Mm, that's true. Probably for the best that I wasn't kept in that Circle, even if the reasons were political rather than benevolent. No doubt I would have been killed quite young. [ she says it with the casual ease of stating a simple fact, breezy as a comment on the weather.

one eyebrow arched, she gives him a quick glance: he certainly looks well capable of taking care of himself ]

Well, now that the man is dead, surely there's no reason to keep up the same speed? What else might keep you from making Kirkwall your home, if you want it?