Thea glared at the templar as she entered. It was clear the templar had been misled to think she was a child. The way this McKarth looked at her and the way her body screamed her irritation was not lost on the mage. "I am neither a child nor invisible, templar." She practically hissed. The way she had been ignored was not lost on her, neither was the fact that the man accompanying the templar was Tranquil. Even among the Dalish they had tales of how barbaric the Chantry's practices were - if a mage was lost to demons, the Dalish would assemble their hunters and hunt down the abomination with respect and dread. No matter the monster they had become, they were once part of the clan and deserved every bit of dignity, as well as their right to a proper burial. To remove one's emotions and connection to the Fade... It was a fate worse than death, equivalent to losing one's soul.

"I see you make no attempt to hide your barbarism against mages nor do you have any qualms about using them as threats." Thea spoke up again. "If I don't come quietly, is that what you will do? Attempt to take away my very soul? Yet your Chantry wonders why the elves would seek out the Dalish rather than hand their children over to your Circle, or why your mages would flee or turn apostates rather than live under your thumb." She turned to the Keeper.

"Keeper, do not let me go with them. It is plain what they wish to do with me." She begged, a tinge of fear in her voice. The Tranquil were unable to cast magic, so there was no reason for the man to be here other than as a reminder or threat to Thea regarding her fate. The Keeper sighed.

"I must admit, Ser McKarth, that I did not expect you to bring a Tranquil and insult a member of clan so." He spoke, trying to be as diplomatic as possible. "When your men demanded we hand Thea over, we made no quarrel except to request a few days to bid her farewell as we would for one of our own. She is like a daughter to me and were it not for the thinly veiled threat that you would march an army here to capture her, I would never have parted with her. Yet you bring this [i]abomination[/i] before us... I expected that you would at least show us the same respect we have shown you."