"A shame for lost opportunities, then," she said lightly. "Though I'd rather you two keep your jobs. It would be so much harder to drag her out if I had to go through you or vice versa. I would have to get creative with my excuses."

After idly checking to see how much brandy they had left, she nodded. "Sure. I'm going to need to ask Isabela where she got this. It's pretty good."

She took a sip and smiled around the bottle. "Too boring to be in one place all the time. Lothering was small enough that it never felt like I was far. Running errands around Kirkwall is an entirely different story."