"No, I can't. This is still a Circle. There are protocols. If I break them, it will go worse for all of us when the Chantry forces arrive, and they will." Not to mention it was too much privacy in Ferelden that allowed Uldred to make the move he did. He won't make that mistake here, not with the Veil as thin as it is already.

"You're not crazy, but you're not from here. You don't have the same perspective." He doesn't sound angry, but he's very matter-of-fact. In this respect it's much like arguing with a stone wall. There's no hint of movement.