[ Adrasteia nods at that. They're both curious people, clearly, or none of this would be happening. ]

Running water seeks its own level. Something my father used to say.

I'm glad that Ellis has people in his corner. [ She'd worried, upon her arrival to Kirkwall and learning he was here, that he didn't. That he had no one and was just existing, surviving as part of a group but functionally separate. It's nice to know that isn't entirely true.

She waits for him to finish chewing before asking: ] Do you miss your home terribly?