The question caught her by surprise, but only briefly. Even though he wasn't looking her way, her expression softened as the answer immediately came to her.

"Not at all. Besides, if you're a traitor, then so am I. Sometimes I wish I could leave, but I would always come back. I want to see what's out there, outside of the clan, as you do." There was a pause as she moved to another stone. "But the Keeper won't allow it. She won't let a mage go." Ellana knew it was because the woman wanted to protect her from Templars, yet sometimes she felt as trapped as those dwarves underground must have felt.