It's a reasonable enough thing for someone to suspect, and to take advantage of; the scion of one of the Tevinter houses, come to Kirkwall in search of his Venatori criminal father. What self-respecting member of Riftwatch wouldn't try to capitalize on that for the purposes of bringing a magister fugitive under their control? But for all that Tavi has unfinished business with his father, it would not please him to see Atticus Vedici locked away and left to moulder in a prison cell, brought out only when his intellect or intelligence could be leveraged toward some militarily or politically strategic purpose.

He takes the offered hand and steps ashore with only a bit of an unsteady wobble once the pier is underfoot, then takes a moment to somewhat fastidiously straighten his clothes, not that it helps much. And then, yet again, he looks at Byerly in both surprise and incredulity. His jaw works for a moment as he falls into step next to his captor-turned-rescuer.

"That could end badly for you, couldn't it?" he asks cautiously, glancing at Byerly's profile as they walk. "If someone found out the truth."