"What? You don't believe me when I say Bartab?" Probably because the witch was intelligent as well as beautiful. Of course she would see through his pile of nug shit to what the truth was. Namely that he was full of nug shit and often just spewed it out because it kept people underestimating him.

"Bah. You wouldn't want him in the Circle or Chantry anyway. I remember that tower and it's all stuffy in there. Magic is still a bit odd for me but it seems like the free mages have a good idea for that magic stuff." Not that he cared much either way. Magic was magic was magic to him. All that sparkle stuff he didn't fully understand much of the time.

"A study? This study have alcohol in it?" Priorities. He had them.