<span style="color: #00FF00">"Right," Valehna said in agreemnt. "I'm sure he can't." She crossed her arms and frowned slightly at the pair of them. Always upset about something, it seemed. Except there was a strange sense of discomfort that she hadn't sensed before, and it struck her as odd that Mesaraih was waiting for them by the bridge and hadn't come with Ester to wake them up. She followed along quietly, just behind Ester.</span><br/><br/>Mesaraih looked back at the Qunari as he caught up and started walking next to him. For a brief moment, he was about to tell them the entire truth of what happened. Something ended up holding him back, however, and he gave the Qunari one of his usual good-natured grins. "Something crazy," he said dramatically. He looked behind him to see Ester and Valehna following close behind. Everyone would be able to hear him.<br/><br/>"Simply put, I almost got seduced by a desire demon," he said, eyes wide as he nodded slowly. It was like he was telling the story and listening attentively to it at the same time. "Horrifying thing, really. It disguised itself as a woman, and when we wouldn't fall for its tricks, it transformed into this purple creature in a woman's body with horns. And then..." he paused dramatically and shook his head, as if the next part was too horrible for words.<br/><br/>He took a deep breath and continued. "And then, it tried to bargain with us. Rather, blackmail us. It said it could give us anything we desired. Money, power, love even. I almost wanted to give in. It plays with your head, makes you want what it offers. We were able to break free of its hold and fight it off, however. Still, my pride is a bit wounded that I let a monster nearly seduce me completely. And poor little Ester over there is sad because the demon told her she didn't belong anywhere. You lot should go easy on her, we're likely going to encounter some nasty things up ahead and we don't want her bursting into tears on the battlefield," he finished, turning around and giving Ester a wink.<br/><br/>If there was ever anything that could lighten his mood, it was weaving a fantastically dramatic story. And for the first time in a while, he felt light-hearted again.