"It's hard to say. Some of them could still speak, but their minds could have been so altered that they had no idea what they were fighting for." In her mind, it's better to put them out of their misery. Templars may have been a frightening deterrent all her life, but she can't imagine them years ago looking ahead and wanting this.

"I also helped clear out darkspawn at a place called Valeska's Watch. I was careful to keep my mouth and nose covered." Before Sabriel starts to worry. "I helped the Wardens who took the mission: Hercules, Kaisa, and Scipio." She tries not to let her voice change, because she is certainly mentioning the latter for reasons, but a smile touches her lips regardless. Ellana really needs to work on hiding her thoughts via facial expressions.