"Sometimes." Julius's expression is grave and muted. "Students who were afraid of failing their Harrowing sometimes looked at it compared to 'possessed by a demon' or 'executed by a Templar' and choose Tranquility as the least bad of the three options. That happened at Kinloch Hold." A pause where it seems like he might elaborate, but he opts not to.

Instead, he adds, "And, I understand, there were cases before the war where after the fact people claimed the Tranquil chose it to put a pretty face on an ugly thing. Or, I suspect, cases in between where the appearance of choice remained but pressure was exerted beneath. It is a powerful thing, to have people you trust tell you that you could become a monster."