From across Thedas. Well, at least the odds were good between Ferelden and Kirkwall that she might find some familiar faces. She purses her lips the moment that he asks about the circumstances of Kirkwall at the time of her arrival here, and perhaps that was answer enough -- but not answering would be rude, wouldn't it?

"...she did, yes. After First Enchanter Orsino..." she trails off for a moment, trying hard to keep a stiff upper lip despite the man's fresh death, "Was driven to extreme measures." Yes, that would do as an explanation. Saying that he had used blood magic to turn himself into a horrific creature using the bodies of his former pupils wasn't something she could stomach just now.

"It was Garrett who kept me from that fate." Yet another moment in time where her brother had saved her from something her magic had caused, however indirectly. She swallows thickly.