Where their relationship began with mockery, shifted to commiseration, then avoidance, Benedict finds himself starting to look to Hanzo as an ally. His reaction has been telling; no outbursts of anger, no broken promises yet, no harm being done to anyone, and Bene is beginning to think perhaps he'll get through this even now that the secret's out.

"I want nothing to do with them," he agrees, lowering his voice to nearly a whisper, pulling his knees up to his chest as his stomach flips and flops around. "You won't tell them?" There are greater ramifications to this than just the Templars getting angry: he's been in Southern Thedas long enough to know how the majority feel about slavery and Tevinter's modus operandi in general. The Inquisition itself might get involved. There are so many different ways he could suffer, at so many different hands.