[ A breath of what could be a laugh, but he says, ]

Good,

[ without cynicism. Good that she's found kindness and fair treatment. It might not have truly occurred to him, to ask after what it is to be an elf, here, even when he in theory knows of their treatment in Tevinter, even when the woman he calls sister is an elf herself.

In fairness, he's sure Tsenka forgets that fact half the time anyway. ]

That isn't always so, beyond the island, but there are worse cities than Kirkwall. In that way. Better cities than it as well, but.