The smile is all that matters then. "It hasn't scared you off yet," he notes, dropping his voice into a whisper.

When Hawke moves he makes no noise at all. It surprises some that he can even be so quiet given his usual subtlety. If he chooses to, Hawke could easily move about unseen. He just rarely chooses to do so.

They get almost withing touching distance of the deer creature. Hawke half expects it to suddenly whirl on them with a mouth full of dagger like teeth but it does no such thing. He finds himself enjoying this. Maybe they should do it more often so Nilin can see more animals firsthand.