She laughed. "Too busy doing your job? I don't know if I've ever worn one around you. It's a little silly to be wearing armored skirts in a mine or in the city." She wore whatever she needed to until the expedition. She didn't have the coin for a full wardrobe.

"Flatterer." It earned him a smirk and a bit of pink on her neck. "We would both be looking down our noses at our countrymen and we wouldn't give each other another glance. Unless, of course, I'd been born with magic." And that wouldn't have been the sort of attention she wanted. "Much better this way, I agree. Besides, Ferelden is a better place to grow up in."