Maybe -- maybe if this is all he has to do, if they're not going to attack unless provoked, maybe he doesn't have to kill these particular demons. All he has to do is keep them distracted. That's still two less demons that Hawke and the Inquisitor will have to contend with as they make their escape.

(Surely they've escaped by now, part of him whispers. He swats it aside, like he's done so many times before.)

Softer, more hoarse, "What do you really want with me?"