"If it's any comfort, bein' a hero or a villain's mostly about survival. What one man does with to save the lives o' himself or his loved ones might put the other's in danger. Hey, if I ever find tha' book, I might jus' give it a read as a book, not your life story. Different times an' places, you know?"

Ellis wouldn't care either way on principle: this was a different set of circumstances. And drinking out of the skull of a slain enemy sounds metal as hell. "Magic sounds so cool, an' badass..." Oh Hawke, you now have a beginning fan.