Herc laughs at that, a rough and quiet thing, leaning back to observe her. "I never said that," comes first, and then, "and I wouldn't have thought the opinion of stinkin' Fereldan's would matter that much, anyway."

Love his country he might, but he's not blind and he's definitely not deaf. And they do maybe have an excessive enthusiasm for brown, leather and dogs, with a distinct lack of delicate pastries that Orlais and Nevarra seem to be so good at.

"I don't tease. That doesn't sound near serious enough, for me." (He said, teasingly.)