"It depends on who you ask," she said. "Cleric and magic aren't two words that go well together..." She was going to give him a chance. She had to. They were all stuck here together.

"Will you tell me what it means where you're from?" There. That was a good starting point. She could figure out where he was coming from and then wouldn't have to explain anything about the war or the Chantry or the Chantry's history with the elves in particular or any of that.