How to avoid enemies, how to gain allies; it's all so important and it's all on a completely different level to what she's used to. Hate is a simple emotion. It's pure and raw, and Ellana has seen it in the eyes of those who despise elves and mages. Indifference never worried her before, because it couldn't hurt her. But indifference from nobles? From others on the Council? It will cripple her. She can't allow that to happen, not when she's agreed to be a voice for Dalish mages.

"Thank you for this. Changing my approach to all this is something I really have to do, and I feel that you've given me so much to consider and think on."