That's true, and not something to brush aside. On the other hand, that confrontation was always coming if you planned to do anything other than going into hiding the moment Corypheus is defeated. Perhaps doing it now, this way...
[He thinks, then says:]
It's still a large risk, and it's your life. But if I were in your place, I'd prefer to roll the dice on the Chantry's response now when they have both a practical reason not to want to alienate one of the forces opposing Corypheus and a calculus to make about setting off a war on yet another front. You're surrounded by other former Circle mages watching to see what the Chantry will do; you're not one mage acting on your own.
[In other words, the fact that the situation was complicated might give her some leverage she would otherwise lack. Granted, "might" could seem a bit slender when it was one's own life and liberty in play.]
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[He thinks, then says:]
It's still a large risk, and it's your life. But if I were in your place, I'd prefer to roll the dice on the Chantry's response now when they have both a practical reason not to want to alienate one of the forces opposing Corypheus and a calculus to make about setting off a war on yet another front. You're surrounded by other former Circle mages watching to see what the Chantry will do; you're not one mage acting on your own.
[In other words, the fact that the situation was complicated might give her some leverage she would otherwise lack. Granted, "might" could seem a bit slender when it was one's own life and liberty in play.]