I'm not sure if that's comforting or not.

[Then, after a moment, because there's apparently no consequence to talking about it.] I suppose there's no harm in talking about it then.

Tevinter is in the middle of political upheaval. There are those who are working to tear down the established political order and put an end to the corruption. The revelation of how many of their people happily joined the Venatori gave them an opening, and they intend to keep the momentum going.