elanye:

Apology accepted. /She keeps sitting, so as not to stand and unsettle him further. That would do no good./ I am a Thalmor in the loosest of senses. I’ve no interest in the heresy of this land, in its people… I am of the interest pertaining to bringing criminals - not some unimportant heretic - /She waves a hand/ true criminals to justice. /Her voice is calm, but not dispassionate./ 

So if you are not, say, a murderer… you’ve nothing to worry about.

//he’s tempted to ask if he looks like he’s capable of murdering someone, as a nervous joke, but thinks better of it.

We’ve only had your typical minor thievery around here as of late. Everything’s more or less normal.