Hawke really can't imagine another system than what they've got set up. She's heard people mumble about going a different way, but without offering any other way to do things. If they were led by someone awful, maybe then they'd have to do something about it, but so far everything was alright. She is genuinely intrigued by what he was saying. "It sounds a bit more civilized, to be sure."

She tilts her head at the question, not understanding right away what he means. "Oh, fighting to the death? Well I did try the diplomatic solution first. But the person in question tried to take over my city and killed a lot of our people. He wanted to kill her too, and that just wasn't going to work out." Hawke has no qualms with killing when it comes down to it. It's how she lived to fight another day. "Once I killed him, his group were true to their word and left us alone. Honestly that's one of the better end results than you can usually expect in Kirkwall."