( Quietly conspiratorial: ) In all truth? I have not visited Kirkwall before, so I can claim no expertise as to its weather. It could snow in Starkhaven, as I recall.

( But it has been a very long time since she was home, since she has visited her city. The city was never really hers, either - the alienage and the Circle were her homes. The city was home only to humans and the wealthy.

Head canting to the side a little, Herian makes as though to speak further, something possibly slightly whimsical given the brief flicker of animation, and then reconsiders whatever she was going to say and just smiles fractionally instead. )