A belly full of breakfast later, Thor stepped out on to the Green, slowly and carefully scanning the area, looking for squirrels. Earlier, he'd overheard a snippet of a conversation between a group of squirrels, and actually understood their language as more than chattering. He hadn't heard it all, but what was heard didn't sound friendly at all. Not what he expected from woodland creatures. This revelation raised Thor's awareness of a potential threat surrounding them, which felt more ominous than the shadow monsters others were claiming to see in the Void Mist around the campus.
"What was this ring you wanted back?" he asked Varric, who was standing beside him.