Outside the castle walls night had fallen and all was quiet. The lake was dark save for the moonlight on the water. Ezra, Morrigan, Leliana, and Alistair made their way down the hill to the shore. On the docks stood a Templar.
"You!" he shouted at the party. "You're not looking to get across to the tower, are you? Because I have strict orders not to let anyone pass!"
"I am Ezra, a Grey Warden, and I seek the help of the mages," Ezra said to the man. He had no time to deal with more people trying to keep him from doing something.
"Oh, you're a Grey Warden, are you? Prove it," the Templar said.
"I have these." Ezra handed the man the treaties.
"Yes? Oh, a Grey Warden seal. A-ha. So you're claiming to be one of those." The man scoffed. "You know, I have some documents, too. They say I'm the queen of Antiva. What do you think of that?"
"You're obviously a templar, not a queen.
"And if you can't prove you're who you say you are, I'm not letting you in. Anyway, it was nice chatting with you. Now on your way. Right now. Go," the Templar commanded. Ezra narrowed his eyes and glared daggers at the man.
"I warn you, my patience is wearing thin," he said clenching his fists at his side.
"Uhh... is that bad? Look, I'm uh, just trying to do my job. I'll take you right now... just like you wanted."
The Templar quickly stepped aside and allowed the party to get in the boat. Ezra gave him a small 'thanks' before he joined everyone the in boat. Once the Templar had undid the ropes he began to row the party across the lake.
Alistair noticed Ezra's fists still clenched along with his jaw.
"Ezra, are you okay?" he asked the elf.
"I'm fine," Ezra said not even looking at Alistair.
"I don't think you are, you're still clenching your fists. What's wrong?" Alistair asked.
"Nothing. I just want to hurry this up and go save that kid. Its not fair what has happened to him. Its also not fair that every time we try and help people, someone else tries to stop us. What ever happened to good will towards all men?"
"Well its actually just 'good will towards men' but I'm not sure," Alistair said. "I know this is new for you, this whole saving the world thing, but you're doing a great job. Not that I've done it before but, I think you're definitely not doing it wrong."
"How could you even do that wrong?"
"By trying not to save the world and destroying it instead."
That made Ezra laugh. He laughed so hard that he made the boat shake which caused a look of panic on Morrigan's face. When he had stopped laughing he apologized to her and went back to speaking with Alistair.
"Thank you," he said.
"For what?"
"For believing in me. We haven't known each other more than 2 weeks and yet you're already so sure that I am doing the right thing. Thank you Alistair," Ezra said. He placed one hand on Alistair shoulder and gave it a small pat. Alistair blushed and thanked the Maker that it was too dark for Ezra to see.
The boat docked on the other side of the lake. Ezra thanked the Templar again and apologized for his earlier behavior. The Templar only nodded and began rowing back to the other side.
"I'm sure the Templars will be happy to see me," Morrigan said sarcastically.
"Would you rather have stayed at the castle?" Ezra asked doubting that she honestly wasn't looking forward to making some Templars upset.
"Of course not. I was merely saying how they won't be happy to see an apostate." Ezra rolled his eyes while Morrigan grinned.
"Whatever, lets go get the mages help."