[ an understatement if ever ness has heard one, but she just smiles, because—yes. very different priorities, indeed.

she doesn't bother to pretend that she has to think about the answer to his question. ]

There was the elf, Tav, Captain Baudin, the Warden von Skraedder, the Griffon Keeper, and the giant qunari. None seemed terribly perturbed by it, and it has been long enough they could have certainly said something if they'd a mind to, but. That's still more than I'm comfortable with, and I'd like to make sure the number doesn't grow any larger.