"Somehow I can't imagine that letting them know that you're from the stars would make it any better." It still amazed him that Altair wasn't human, or any race known to Thedas. It also made him special in a way, in that he was one of the few who knew about the Chiss, and that Altair trusted him enough to let him know.

"Sort of. Spirits can sense magic, and lyrium is basically raw magic in crystal form, and thus they can hear it as music. Get up close to a mage, and he can sense the magic within them too. I can hear it too, through Justice." Though he heard a more muted version, since he was parsing it through a mortal mind.