"I understand completely. Well, I'm sure we'll be happy to host you for however long your business keeps you here. As always, we've had personnel in and out, but there are certainly faces you'll know."

As they get underway, the ferryman keeping his reaction to himself, Julius adds, "It's been a strange time for trade, I can say even as an outsider. I'm in contact with a few merchants as part of my work, and it seems that things blow hot and cold, depending on where one is and where the front is." The shift from Orlais to the Marches had certainly affected Riftwatch's supply lines as it had everyone else's.