"Sweet Maker, I'd never do anything if I was from your world," Anders grumbled. "I'd end up scrubbing washrooms for a living."

"And no," he added, answering her question. "Leo was from Wales, which at least made some sense -- it's Nathan's favorite place. But Kirkwall sounds like a terrible place all around. Cassandra said she'd been there and didn't like it much either. I can't understand why we'd go there."

Again, the ability to anticipate the fifth blight and resultant flood of refugees would have cleared the confusion right up.