[Sitting, Araceli takes a bite of her meal and gestures with her fork for Korrin to do the same to buy herself more time to think about how to put this. Because she has to. Because there's a part of her that's too used to eyes on her and not having the luxury of not caring about opinions as much as she might protest otherwise.]

Korrin, people are always watching. They're always listening. Skyhold was so far from everyone that the rumours could be an advantage but we're so close to where everyone and everything is that things will always come out. [The people of Kirkwall much as the rest of the world have to the see the Inquisition as the Inquisition first, not as whatever other loyalties anyone holds. Araceli isn't about to hold her breath when it comes to people getting the message as she pushes her food on her plate.] You know that me not wanting you to go isn't because I didn't want to help and it isn't because I didn't care about him but I care about you more, and you going off to Qunari lands ends up with you dead or worse. I wouldn't let that happen.

[Araceli guarded her queen, usually she doesn't let too much of it out in Thedas but if she had to she would here and now. Never before has she understood her mother and 'it's for your own good'.]