"So here I'm mainly studying rifts because I have a personal stake in that, and because the Inquisition is most interested in me as I connect to them. But back home, I focused on evolutionary developmental biology. Lots of it requires equipment I don't have here, but basically how the developmental process of organisms demonstrates their relationships to one another and to their ancestors." Sort of. Best she can do without using the word 'genetics,' at least.

"Did you study in Orlais? I've heard of their university, but haven't had a chance to see it for myself."