While the girl went for the letter, unsure what Falina was getting at. If the girl still had the letter all it would do would prove was that she was guilty, which seemed to already have been proven. He eyed Falina for a moment. Maybe Dwarven courts required more then the accusations of a knight to prove guilt? Maybe they relied on things like evidence and that? That would be weird.
"Honestly? I say we can't stay for the duration of the trial. We have a job to do, and it's not policing the Ferelden country side. By the treaties that allow us to operate, we have no authority unless it relates to the darkspawn. Ordhan, as a knight of the crown does have the authority to do something here.
Plus, and I'm not exactly thrilled to be pointing this out, but our elf friends aren't entirely innocent. If this whole story is true, then they were the ones who attacked. And they did it based on an oddly worded letter from some Tevinter people saying "Hey merchants, you can sell some "things" to us in the elven alienage." Which does sound an awful lot like slavery, but if they thought they were in danger the only thing keeping them from leaving would be if they were restrained, and if they were restrained they couldn't have really attacked." Conlan put a hand to his chin. "Then again... if they could... we probably want to recruit them for our mission instead of sending them on their merry way." Conlan looked toward Davin, and at the same time felt regret for suggesting more trouble be heaped on the elf, and at the same time, felt that at least half of the dead on the field was his fault. Then again from Conlan's view point taking this to the courts was just heaping more trouble on everyone.
"Not that I'm saying they should be arrested, In fact I don't think they should be, but I would imagine that honor demands that if one is going to drag a bunch of idiot teenagers to trial for not sending a letter and thinking about committing a crime, then you'd probably have to bring in a bunch of people who actually killed a bunch of people." Conlan surprised himself with how he'd said "honor demands" and it no doubt showed on his face. Perhaps the death of his father still left a sour taste in his mouth. He shook it off to continue.