That's what city life is. People are always coming and going but it still has a rhythm and pattern to it, it just takes longer to find it. You have to be willing to put the time in to do it. [Araceli stretches, her back popping.] You know I was a thief before I was in Thedas, but to be a good thief that didn't get caught by the guards or who didn't get captured by anyone and put in a cell, I could spend days, weeks, even months learning different routes and routines. That was home, you know home. In time, people will settle, you'll know Kirkwall. Not everything is predictable but you'll learn to have as many plans as you can.

I had mouths to feed with what I was stealing but it was the thrill too. I was better than them. All those rich people with all their money and their guards and sometimes they chased me, sometimes they fought me, a few times they shot me but no one ever caught me. [That's a lie. Leandra caught her but Leandra's plan was very clever after all.] You want to be the best, it becomes your life. I ran with a gang of thieves when I was twelve. I moved to my own rooms at fifteen to provide for myself and then the rest in that building. [Araceli might have had a safety net waiting for her if she needed it but it's where everyone's different life starts to tell them apart; Ellana can survive in the wilds better than Araceli ever could, she'll always know far more about magic and what it is to live in Thedas but this is what Araceli knows. If she's better at passing that on than teaching how to spot tells remains to be seen.]