"I wouldn't say elves and dwarves are well-regarded, but people are used to seeing them. And trust me. They know magic exists. Scares most people shitless."

And it wouldn't be a great way to introduce her to life in Thedas by starting with some village or another deciding the girl needed to be driven out, or have some approximation of templars called after her. He wasn't all that comfortable with magic himself, but the girl wasn't in danger from possession or a pique of fury any time soon, from the look of it.

"Doesn't help that there was a mage rebellion recently. A lot of people here got caught in the middle, and they're more than happy to throw blame at the nearest available scapegoat. So...maybe hold onto the 'hiding magic' thing until we get to Skyhold."