Cassandra makes no indication of amusement, or indeed, any indication that she had caught the joke at all. Instead, she nods slowly.

"I see," she says. "It is a difficult thing, to find oneself suddenly in such an unfamiliar place."

Going from Nevarra to Orlais is no comparison from falling through a rift into another world, but she still remembers how it had felt - how new and terrifying everything had been, especially at first. She's not entirely without sympathy.