Honestly he was a little concerned she was going to scream, 'The Templar is trying to beat/take advantage of/make me a Tranquil/looking at me funny!' and he would find himself promptly imprisoned.

Possibly hung upside down in a tree, if what he read about Dalish customs were anything.

Of course, this particular Dalish woman just seemed to be shocked that he was standing there, so he just ... kept standing there. She did seem to relax, and she was looking at him with something akin to wonder.

Which he was glad to return, with a hint of a wry smile, "Ah, I do not believe causing plants to grow from seed by will alone could ever be considered nothing. Which means your friend Sina can, what, make it grow to the size of a sapling?"