"How that particular rumor has come about I shall never know. Without Dylan insisting we needed to meet and beginning the discussion in the first place, without Stannis making it plain that we ought to hold ourselves accountable, publicly, for those that act out- the Council would never have been formed." Most likely it was due to Vivienne being a strong voice for Circles and Circle organization. She hadn't even been present when they'd pulled together. "It takes more than flame to melt this ice, Knight-Commander."

A beat, she snorts at herself.

"I have had such things tossed at me all night- I am beginning to talk like them. Andraste preserve me."