It takes him a moment to parse the question properly. "Ah. I am new to Riftwatch, but I joined the Inquisition five years ago, give or take. Much before that, there weren't Rifts, the way there are now. My experience with spirits or demons was ... more limited." He pauses, not embarrassed so much as unsure how much to explain. He decides against diving into either his experience in the Circles or Nevarran beliefs on the afterlife in more detail. Surely she doesn't want an entire encyclopedia entry.

"I can't claim to have known any rifters especially well, but I worked alongside them before. It is much of a piece with your question about us all being dead, I think. I can't prove rifters aren't demons, or spirits. But if you are and you want to spend years helping those of us fighting Corypheus, I'm not entirely sure it matters."

"Do you want the official line or my observation?" Frank, though with just enough wryness to suggest he is not, in fact, an emotionless information dispenser at all times.

Reaching to take his turn with the dice, he adds, "I'm not in charge of anything, so if you pick the latter, do know that my only advantage over you is having had enough time here to form an opinion."

"Very well." He sits back in his chair, glass in hand. "I think that while the Inquisition has members with longer term plans, as an organization it will do whatever it takes to try to defeat Corypheus. There is no viable path toward that end in fully alienating Rifters. That's why they won't entirely cut Riftwatch loose, either, despite any divergence in politics. If and when there are enough Thedas natives with anchor shards to stay on top of the need to close rifts alone, that may change, but I suspect the war will be over one way or another well before that could happen unless there's a significant change to the Fade's instability."