"I'm probably more familiar with fighting Tal'Vashoth than you," he points out with a roll of his eyes. "I grew up with them practically on my doorstep."

He didn't mean to sound ungrateful but honestly, he wasn't a helpless mage. He had a blade on his staff and knew how to fight if his mana was drained. Perhaps he didn't have the best wilderness survival skills but he had sense in his head.

"That root business is much more useful to me. And which way is Kirkwall from here? If I do get lost I can navigate by the stars if I know which way the city is." He studied astronomy because it was important to Tevinter history and no other reason. It just happens to be a good skill right now.