"Oh." Ellana hated that term. She felt that wanting to learn about another race or wanting to step outside the bounds of the clan didn't mean that she was going to turn her back on being an elf, but not everyone in the clan agreed. It was why she kept most of her curiosities to herself. But the ones her age, they understood. Gavin went out into the world, Beleth traded with humans. Even Cyril and Merrick played tricks on them. She wished she had a reason to go with them, one that wouldn't anger Keeper Deheune.

"I think once you've felt the sun on your face and the wind in your hair, that you wouldn't wish to stay underground forever anyway." But to those who knew nothing else, it must not have seemed a hardship. "How long were you down in Or-- Orzammar?" Was that its name?