In fairness to you, the main guy was very high on his own supply. All I have unlocked the secrets of life and you are an insignificant worm, I'm sure you know the type.

[She settles on one of the other stools.]

When he finally believed I wasn't lying to him about being a scientist, he mostly wanted information from me about my own world's natural laws. But more broadly, as best I could tell, I think they were looking to see how much exposure to lyrium rifter bodies could stand. They were also using blood magic on the captives, I think to make sure none of us died before they wanted us to. The asshole I interacted with the most he was,

[A pause.]

...offended, I think. That rifters had access to Thedas's magic in any way. He framed it as taking something that didn't belong to us.