"Can't blame us for being cautious in these times."

"Oh, you fear more of me will swoop down to turn you into toads?"

"Wouldn't be my favorite kind of swooping..."

"Is there a good kind?" she grumbles under her breath. 

" - Can you turn people into toads?" Lys asks, like a mage in horrible danger of being nerd sniped.

Not that she can talk about in polite company, Shiremi.

Aoife laughs. "That is what the stories say. Who am I to contradict such tales?"

"...That's not what we're here for."

"Could be useful against the darkspawn, though! And theoretically fascinating - "

"What then are you here for?"

"Some Grey Warden documents that were stored here. Treaties."

"Ah. Those you will not find here."

"Where will we find them?"

"My mother took them for safekeeping some time ago."

"That was kind of her," she says, possibly excessively diplomatically. "May we speak to her about returning them to our keeping?"

"If you would like, I will take you to her. Though I make no promises of her response."

She looks at Xandra.

On the one hand, they do need those treaties. On the other hand, unknown Chasind witch leading them to possibly another witch. On the third hand, she's kinda hot.

"Yeah, take us to her."

"Very well. This way."

She starts heading out into the woods.

Briony is staying on guard.

So's Shiremi and Halna.

Lys will leave the 'being on guard' to her companions, while she takes the 'being friendly and asking questions' role. 

Oh? How independent of her.

"Briony and I are a team. I make the questionable decisions, then she sighs and keeps me safe. It helps to specialize like that."

"If it works, I suppose."