They write a note and hand it off at the temple.

"So... now we wait?"

"Guess so, yeah. I might want to go see my family."

"Sounds good, we could be gone for a while. I'll - hang out, I guess."

"All right. See you later."

"Yep! See you."

...not having anything to do is not going to take very long to drive her crazy. She heads out and buys some stuff to knit with. Maybe that'll keep her sane. 

She heads back to the inn and starts a pair of socks. For Alistair, probably. And she waits.

He comes by a couple of hours later. His face is visible; he's wearing commoner's clothes. He looks miserable. He looks around. He sees her. He keeps looking around and doesn't see anyone else and looks back at her.

...wave?

- that gets a surprised little smile. 

...she's so confused about everything about this place's etiquette stuff. Unfortunately her latest language spell has worn off, so - maybe she can get the bard to give her another one for some extra gold -

While she is figuring this out, North heads over to Hagan in search of pets.

Oh good. What a good good boy.

This is a good human! North approves of him. (Not just because of the pets, although that is very good, the saving Aria thing is good, too.)

Annnd can she in fact get another language spell? She has gold.

She can!

Cool.

"Hey. Fazil went off to visit his family before we figure stuff out. Not sure where Mahdi is right now."

Nod. "They don't - are they very angry?"

"...about what, exactly?"

"I mean I don't know how much you caught but I lied to them. A lot. For a long time. And they wouldn't have - Fazil cares a lot about his obligations and they would've been very different if he'd known. And both of them are probably, like, replaying everything they have ever said in my hearing to figure out whether any of it was terribly rude, and - they're not really allowed to be mad, of course, but I would be."

"They did spend some time worrying about whether their paper was nice enough for you. But - I don't think they're really mad, no."

She was kind of mad. She thinks she's getting over it.

He makes a miserable face at the paper.

"My brother said that they seemed sincere and you seemed utterly miserable."

"I don't like humans in fancy hats. Or - places with servants, in pretty much full generality. Or bathing in front of people, or not having my sword, or not knowing where my dog is, or having my warden uniform taken away in favor of pretty dresses. Or things that for whatever reason remind me of the day I was conscripted. - but, like, it's whatever, these are the dangers we brave."

"It's horrible. All of it. I don't brave it, I just - hide."

" - well, I didn't brave it for very long. But, fair warning, if I have to treat you like they treat princes here while we're in Ferelden, I will go insane. If you wanted me to start calling you 'your grace' instead of either of your other names I could make an attempt at that."

"I actually got my brother to agree that I should be disguised in Ferelden so no one gets any ideas about ransoms! - Osirion doesn't pay ransoms. Just so you know."