"Kirkwall does have something of a lawless reputation, no more Templars patrolling the Gallows - have you read any of the books? Swords and Shields? My sister adores it, she'd quote long passages to me in letters, I think I know it by heart but I hope the guards are less inept than they are in that pulp." (Tavin has absolutely read the trashiest romance novels, we all have our vices but he is a good Andrastian, he won't be admitting to it.)

Eyes lighting up with nothing to do with a certain guard captain based on no actual real persons whatsoever, he nods very gravely. "With a quillback? Most certainly dear lady, they're very voracious when provoked and they do have quite the temper when it comes to defending their territory and resources. Resources are scarce in the Western Approach and thus a territory must be controlled through aggression and dominance, if you can't make it up to a safe spot for observation after you've laid out the bait for your subject then I'm afraid you very much become the bait and the subject." Tavin sighs as he explains, hands rather like a pair of very animated spiders as he pantomimes things that really don't need to be pantomimed. "There wasn't even anything for them to burn, what the quillbacks didn't finish, the hyenas did and they're capable of devouring bone without any trouble at all."