It was different. The first time he demonstrated it for me was the day we met. He called a fly to him, then made it go away.

[He shakes his head, as if he had needed any proof this place was going to be a strange one.]

I can see that. Maker knows Kirkwall felt far more crowded whenever battle broke out within the city.

[Templars were trained for urban warfare on small scales, not invasions of Qunari or demons. He won't soon forget any of it.]

Val Royeaux was it for me. Too much in one place. It made Denerim seem provincial.