Taas pauses at that, frowning as he gets more details. Anders is honest, but it's not good. Not good at all. Now he can understand more about the anger and outright hatred of the man.

Yet he was here, healing people. With smiles and good bedside manners. Not what you expected of a mass-murderer.

"When I first left the Qun, I let myself be taken by the madness and the thirst for blood that my Sten had fostered in me. I joined a bunch of roving Tal-Vashoth bastards and wrecked havoc on the countryside. It wasn't until I killed an innocent woman that I snapped out of it." There's a pause, and he looks at Anders thoughtfully.

"I spent years trying to get my rage under control to atone for what I had done. Is that why you're here?"