Not so very long. A little over a year; I first arrived with them when their forces were stationed near Halamshiral, towards the end of Solace, I think. ( She smiles very slightly. ) I was helping some refugees make it to the Inquisition, and the shelter of Skyhold. There were friends of mine here that thought I might deem it a worthy cause, but I was away on a mission for some... six months. I'd wager you are better familiar with half the Inquisition than I am in some... twelve days, Seoraj, if that.

( There is a slight smile, though her voice is soft and even and careful. She had been quieter when last he saw her as well, had been disinclined to say or do much after her father died - perhaps that's better than if he had known that she'd been brighter again, louder and more mischievous, before the Spire fell. )

Before that I moved through Orlais, helping where I could. Were you based there? You mentioned Val Royeaux I— it would be a strange thing, if we had managed to cross paths before without realising.