[ jim moves to sit next to her, considers how he wants to start; but decides, ultimately, to just get into it. ]

Venatori have a special interest in capturing anchor-bearers. [ so: not a rifter-specific danger, but natives are more likely to already know this than rifters. ] They want to experiment on people like us, figure out how we work, how the shard of Fade can be used. We have reason to believe they've been trying to find rifts, too, and grab people before we can. They're a large part of why it's important to be careful who knows about your anchor, outside of Kirkwall.