Okay, so it definitely hadn't worked. She seems to be even more offended if anything. He's never really spoken to a Dalish before, but they seem to be a touchy people. Not that he's especially happy with how she's speaking to him either after she started this whole argument.

"It was hardly handed to me," he says irritably, chest puffed out. "I had to study hard, practice everything. I had to pass my Harrowing, then once I passed set a good example to apprentices. Keep my eye out for any signs of blood magic... it's not a bad life, but we aren't just handed everything as you seem to think. And there are elves in the circles."