[ right. well. he gets that. he has his share of dramatic promises to kill or be killed under certain contingencies - he can't judge that. ]

... Hawke is already doomed. You know as well as I do if he hadn't been voted for, he would have been a target. If this happens again, an easy vote. I imagine he thought the same thing about me when he chose my execution.

[ this doesn't answer the "would you have been alright" question, but maybe "alright" is beyond the point. he was not alright to begin with, so what's the point in aiming for that? ]