Well... [There is a pause in which one might paint a sigh, though none is audible. The equivalent, perhaps, of covering the receiver.] I am, technically, qualified.

More to the point, if I hadn't accepted, they would have either gone without anyone speaking on the Rifter's behalf, or potentially chosen someone who wasn't qualified. Perhaps not even a Rifter. I don't yet know if we're going to be in Thedas for the duration, nor how or when we might return to our homelands, and until we do... Well.

Whatever my personal opinions, we deserve a voice in our own future, not to have it decided for us.