"Where was this? When you healed him--where was he?" Loghain asks brusquely; better to make this demand of Pelidanus now than let himself think on Maric in the clutches of some depraved magister, in such a condition where he might require the services of a mage healer. He scrutinizes Pelidanus' face coldly, unrelentingly, and if the man seeks to make a friend of him, it's clear he's going to need to provide more information before that happens.