I mean, the Keeper WAS being stupid, but it seems like a bad time to say so... so yeah, comfort the sad Merrill.
Because it has already been established that Marethari "warned" everyone about you to such a degree that Pol ran away in terror at the sight of you because he was convinced you were probably a demon with the Blight? ()
While we're here -- we have that Dalish ring for Merrill. (^This is a handing-her-the-ring gesture.) Oh god, we didn't accidentally propose to you or something, did we, Merrill? >_?
i'm trying to beat the third "awiergan scrolls" boss but i am. unfortunately. not very good at this game. so we may have to forgo the pointlessly difficult challenges. whatever, there's no story there. what? no, i'm not a sore loser. (mumbling about losing an hour of my life in the distance)