[ Ellana would have been as likely to visit some sense of lecture a few years ago; as it is, those aren't how her priorities work any longer. Particularly not when she's needed to examine blood magic as a tool, with the wielder determining the meaning behind that tool's use or abuse; not when questioning her beliefs about her people and their history, and having her understandings shaken to the core.

Things have changed, and she's needed to make herself change to survive. Their people have always been better at that than they remember to credit themselves. ]

Ah, no, I don't believe we've ever met face to face. I'm a friend of a friend — Varric Tethras, as it is. I met him in 9:41 Dragon, near Haven.