[ ness is silent as she listens to cosima's explanation, and cosima might hear the scratching of a pen on ness' end of the crystal as she takes notes. ]

So, [ she says once cosima's finished, organizing her thoughts, ] in order to safely perform these trans-fusions, we'll need to find a way to determine which type of blood someone has. Do you have elves and dwarves and qunari where you're from, Provost? We may be dealing with more than four types here in Thedas, if not.

[ her pen keeps scratching away, quickly noting down questions to answer and tasks to complete in advance of performing a transfusion. ]

Is the micro-scope used in determining types of blood? I already thought those should be our primary focus going forward, they seem to be at the root of many of your worlds' advancements.

[ finally there is a pause in the scratching of a pen, and ness hesitates. ]

We must give some thought as to how to distinguish this trans-fusion from blood magic, to set Thedosians at ease.