Merrill/Dialogue

Merrill's dialogue contains a list of conversations she shares with her companions, as well as personal comments.
== Dragon Age: Origins ==
=== Combat comments ===
* Defend yourselves!
* Die, damn you!
* For the Dales!
* To battle!
* I will make this quick!
* It's some kind of... tainted beast! (when encountering darkspawn)
* I'm hurt (when health is low)
=== Merrill's remarks ===
* Let's get moving, and quickly!
* The keeper awaits us.
* I'm ready to go.
* Be cautious.
* Yes. (when given a command)
* I shall. (when given a command)
* It shall be as you say. (when given a command)
* What would you like? (when given a command)
* I cannot do as you ask. (when given a command)
* Alas, it is no good. (when given a command)
== Dragon Age II ==
=== Combat comments ===
Before a fight:
* For the People!
* May the Creators have mercy on you! I certainly won't! 
* Na melana sahlin! 
* Hello! I'm Merrill! And I'll be your distraction! You can't hit me!
* Oh dear, get ready for more trouble. Things are about to get exciting!
* Ah, dear. Why doesn't anyone ever want to be nice to us?
* Everyone! We're about to be attacked!
* I think- we'd better get ready to fight!
* Nobody seems to like you... Do you get used to that?
* Lethallan/Lethallin, more are coming! 
* Elgar'nan, guide me! Enemies, come! 
During a fight:
* Creators, that's a big one! 
* Na abelas! (Woe until you! / Your funeral! / You'll be sorry!) 
* Vir enasalin!
* I'm a little overwhelmed here!
* Could somebody help me with this, please?!
* Ma'tel melana sahlin, help! Please! 
* It's no good! I can barely even see it!
* Oh, I can't hit that! It's much too far!
* I'd have to fly to reach- of course, I've always wanted to learn to fly!
* I've got an idea! Get over here!
* Just fall already, Blighter!
* You'll get more than you bargained for!
* Over here, you- you vile, mean thing!
* Are you afraid to fight a little girl?!
* They'll strike from cover!
* I'm gonna taunt you in Elvish now. Durgen'len! Aravel! Vallaslin!
Kills an enemy:
* Oh, that's gonna hurt!
* And stay down!
* May the Dread Wolf take you!
* You brought this on yourself, you know!
* Oh, I got one!
After a fight:
* My goodness, that was exciting!
* You know, I think they were really trying to kill us!
* Is everyone alright?
* I think it's over. Do you think it's over? 
* Enasalin! (Victory!)
No effect:
* Mythal'enaste! This is no good!
* That should've worked! Why didn't that work?! Blast it all! New plan!
* I really think we need a new plan!
* Does anyone know why nothing seems to be happening? 
* This would probably be better in someone else's hands. 
* Um, no? Definitely not? Ever?
Recovering from KO:
* In the future, someone remind me that I don't like being pummeled.
* Could we, perhaps, do battle with a pack of pretty flowers or soft bunnies next time? I'd do much better.
* That didn't go quite like I thought it would.
* I've got so many bruises now, they've got names and families.
* Ma serannas! Oh, that was close!
* You're very kind! Thank you!
* I had a strangest dream... Uh, maybe it wasn't a dream? Never mind!
About to KO:
* Even the parts of me that weren't black and blue are starting to turn!
* This is going very badly!
* The Keeper told me that there would be days like this!
* Keeper Marethari, is that you? I don't feel so good!
* I know Dalish are meant to be close to the earth. But we don't mean literally!
* Can I just lie down for a moment? I- I can't stop this bleeding!
* I do need a hand here!
Low on stamina:
* Do you think they're tiring? I'm tiring!
* I'm sorry, I can't do anymore!
Someone else KO'd:
*(If Hawke falls and is romanced) Ma vhenan! Hold on!
* (If Hawke falls) Hawke! If you see any paths in the Fade, don't take them, stay put!
* (If Hawke falls) Someone help Hawke!
* (If Hawke falls) Hawke! Mythal'enaste!
* (If Anders falls) Anders needs help!
* (If Aveline falls) By the Creators! Aveline has fallen?
* (If Bethany falls) Oh, dear! We have to help Bethany!
* (If Carver falls) Carver! Don't worry, we'll help you!
* (If Fenris falls) Ah, could someone pick up Fenris, please?
*(If Isabela falls) Isabela can you hear me? Don't move, we're coming!
* (If Varric falls) Varric, if you are faking, I will strangle you!
Taking a potion:
* Ugh! This tastes terrible! What's in this, nightshade?!
* Bottoms up!
* I think this'll help a little!
Stuck:
* By Andruil, I wish I'd worn proper shoes now! I can't move!
* Go on, I'll catch up!
* Oh, for the love of-! I'm stuck!
Trap:
* Someone's laying traps.
* Nobody make a sudden move!
* Oh, let me.
* Um, no? Definitely not? Ever?
=== Location comments ===
(During a quest, including the Gallows)
* "Everything here is cold, hard stone. I wish I'd worn shoes with soles, now."
* "Have I mentioned that I don't really like it here?"
* "I think I stepped in something."
* "This place is so dismal."
* (Various places, referring to Hawke) "(S)He's not very helpful, is (s)he?."
(During Mirror Image)
* "I'm not looking forward to seeing the Keeper again."
* "Everyone is staring at me. Let's get this over with."
* "I've tried everything, but I can't get the mirror to do anything. It doesn't even reflect. That's probably bad."
* "If I get the eluvian to work, I wonder where it will show me..."
(In Merrill's Home)
* "By the Dread Wolf! Why is my house always a mess when people are here? It's clean sometimes, I swear."
* "Elgar'nan, six years in this place, and I still can't fix the holes in the roof." (Act 3)
* (At the Docks) "Look at the ships! I wonder where they're headed." (Day)
* (At the Docks) "Does anyone else think it smells funny here? Like really old, dead fish?" (Night)
* (At the Docks, near Qunari compound gate) "They're so big and grim. What do you suppose would happen if I tickled one of them?." (referring to the Qunari) (Night)
* (At Darktown) "Why would people want to live underneath the city? Apart from the dwarves, I mean."
* (At Lowtown) "I keep getting lost here. The last time I went to the market by myself, it took me four hours to find my way home." (Day)
* (At Lowtown) "I don't know why, but I always feel very nervous being out here at night." (Night)
* (At The Hanged Man) "It's awfully noisy in here."
* (At Hightown) "Everything here is cold, hard stone. I wish I'd worn shoes with soles, now." (Day)
* (At Hightown) "It's so quiet here after dark." (Night)
* (At the Kirkwall Chantry) "Is that statue-lady supposed to be someone important? She looks a bit cross." 
* (At the Viscount's Keep) "My whole clan could camp in here and you'd never even find them!"
* (At the Bone Pit) "You know, I think this might not be the nicest part of Kirkwall."
* (At The Wounded Coast) "Is the coast really wounded? How did that happen? Can't it be healed?"
* (At Sundermount) "It occurs to me: I don't know how Sundermount got its name. Certainly isn't elven, is it?"
* (Triggered when approaching Gamlen's House) "Is that your house? Oh, it's not so far from mine! We're neighbours! Except for the different neighbourhoods thing."
* (In The Blooming Rose) "Why do they call this a brothel? Does it have something to do with broth?"
* (At the Docks) "I fell off the pier once. The harbor is really deep!" (Day)
* (At the Docks) "I like it better here at night. You can't see the large scary men as clearly." (Night)
* (At Darktown) "Have I mentioned that I don't really like it here?"
* (At Lowtown) "So many Qunari lately. Do you think they like it here?" (Day)
* (At Lowtown) "Did you hear something?" (Night)
* (At The Hanged Man) "Isabela said the next time we came here she would teach me to do something called 'body shots'."
* (At Hightown) "Hightown is so much cleaner than the alienage." (Day)
* (At Hightown) "I think I stepped in something." (Night)
* (At the Kirkwall Chantry) "The music here is so pretty, but I can never figure out the lyrics."
* (At the Viscount's Keep) "I think I saw sparrows in the rafters!"
* (At the Bone Pit) "This place is so dismal."
* (At The Wounded Coast) "Do you think we could go swimming later?"
* (At Sundermount) "I think the mountain has actually gotten sadder since I've been away."
* (In the Blooming Rose) "Someone spilled ale in here. Weeks ago, by the smell."
* (At the Docks) "Oh! I think I saw a fish jumping!" (Day)
* (At the Docks) "Why does it always smell like cabbage here?" (Night)
* (At Darktown) "This place would be nicer if they opened it up to get some sunlight. Of course, I guess Kirkwall would collapse, then."
* (At Lowtown) "You know, I sort of miss the Qunari. They didn't talk much, but they were easy on the eyes." (Day)
* (At Lowtown) "It's a pretty evening, don't you agree?" (Night)
* (At The Hanged Man) "Do you think there's time for Varric to tell us a story while we're here?"
* (At Hightown) "Everyone seems so worried, lately." (Day)
* (At Hightown) "I think I heard someone. Did you?" (Night)
* (At the Kirkwall Chantry) "Poor Andraste... she looks so sad. I suppose it's because of mages or Tevinter or something."
* (At the Viscount's Keep) "This place is so sad now. The stones remember what happened to the viscount."
* (At the Bone Pit) "Someone really ought to plant some flowers out here. Spruce things up."
* (At The Wounded Coast) "I bet people would come here more often if they called it the Happy Coast."
* (At Sundermount) "I hate to say it, but my ancestors were not thinking clearly when they decided to bury people on top of a mountain."
* (In the Blooming Rose) "I'm not exactly sure why we keep coming here."
=== Merrill and Hawke ===
(During Welcome Home)
* Merrill: "I'll find something relatively clean for you to sit on."Merrill: "Can I get you something to eat or drink? I have... water."
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* Merrill: "I haven't exactly had many friends. Not even among my own clan. This is... tricky."Hawke: "What made you unpopular with the Dalish?"Merrill: "Being First to the Keeper. I was always... a bit secluded. I studied magic and history while the others were learning the Vir Tanadhal. It's good that I left. I'd have made a terrible keeper. I was never that good with people."
(While Hawke is exploring/looking at things in the estate...)
* "I think Merrill named this falcon sculpture Finnegan. No, wait... that's wrong. Finnegan's on the north face. This one's Messerre Pointy-Face."
* "I came in and watered your plants! Your friend, Merrill." "Well, that was nice of her."
(If in a romance with Merrill)
* "The only thing Merrill's moved in. Maybe she doesn't feel this is her home yet."
* (If Orana serves at the estate) "Orana's a patient music teacher, but Merrill should really just stick to magic."
* (If not romancing Merrill, Hawke refers to Sandal) "Handprints? Has someone been swinging on the chandelier? Merrill..."
* "I came in and watered your plants! Lots of love, Merrill." "That girl's way too nice."
=== Merrill and Anders ===
* Anders: So, when you first did blood magic, it was... just an accident, right?
* Anders: You cut yourself and realized the power? You didn't actually deal with a demon?
* Merrill: Oh, no. I did.
* Anders: Why would you do that?
* Merrill: I needed his help. He was really very nice about it.
* Anders: Of course he was! He's using you to get a foothold in a mortal brain!
* Merrill: He's a spirit. He offered me his aid. I hardly think you're one to criticize.
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* Merrill: I heard Varric saying you were a Grey Warden.
* Anders: I was.
* Merrill: I met a warden once. Back in Ferelden. Duncan, I think his name was. Very odd man.
* Merrill: He had a marvelous beard, though. I'd never seen one before. I thought a squirrel had grabbed him by the chin.
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(If the Hero of Ferelden was Dalish)
* Merrill: I heard Varric saying you were a Grey Warden.
* Anders: I was.
* Merrill: Did you... did you ever meet a Dalish Warden? Mahariel?
* Anders: As a matter of fact, I did.
* Anders: Do you know her/him?
* Merrill: We grew up together. S/He was one of my clan.
* Merrill: I keep hoping to hear some news...
* Anders: I wouldn't get your hopes up. The Hero of Ferelden values privacy rather highly.
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(If the Hero of Ferelden was Dalish, but died killing the Archdemon)
* Merrill: I heard Varric saying you were a Grey Warden.
* Anders: I was.
* Merrill: Did you... did you ever meet a Dalish Warden? Mahariel?
* Anders: No. I had a friend who did, though. Told the most impossible stories.
* Merrill: I'd like to hear them, sometime. If you don't mind.
In all likelihood, the friend Anders is referring to is Oghren
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* Merrill: Ser Pounce-a-lot... who knighted him?
* Anders: Is that a serious question?
* Merrill: Did he have a little sword, or just his claws? I bet he had a dashing cap with a feather in it!
* Anders: Would you stop making fun of my cat?
* Merrill: Oh... no hat, then?
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* Anders: Maybe you don't really understand the difference between spirits and demons.
* Merrill: Did I ask you?
* Anders: Spirits were the first children of the Maker, but He turned his back on them to dote on His mortal creations.
* Anders: The ones who resented this became demons, driven to take everything mortals had and gain back the Maker's favor.
* Merrill: Your "Maker" is a story you humans use to explain the world.
* Merrill: We have our own stories. I don't need to borrow yours.
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* Merrill: You could get another cat, you know. There's one in the Lowtown market with a litter of kittens ready to wean.
* Anders: You don't pay attention to templars, Qunari or politics, but you notice kittens?
* Merrill: Templars, Qunari, and politics don't meow and attack your feet when you're buying food.
* Anders: Are there any tabbies? I'd like a tabby.
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* Anders: Do Dalish honestly not recognize the difference between demons and beneficial spirits?
* Merrill: We've never thought of the Fade as the home of our gods.
* Merrill: It is another realm, another people's home. No different or more foreign than, say, Orzammar.
(If Varric is in the party)
* Varric: You can say that again.
* Anders: But have you never studied the types of demons? They break down very clearly into different sins—
* Merrill: Spirits differ from each other, just as you and Hawke and Isabela are all human.
* Merrill: More or less...
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(If you complete 'Dissent' and stop Anders from killing Ella)
* Merrill: Are you all right?
* Anders: I nearly killed an innocent girl. How could I be all right?, there is no definition of alright that fits this state.
* Merrill: I'm sorry.
* Anders: You're sorry? For me? This could be you! You could be the next monster threatening helpless girls!
* Merrill: Anders... There's no such thing as a good spirit. There never was.
* Merrill: All spirits are dangerous. I understood that. I'm sorry that you didn't.
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(After you complete 'Dissent')
* Anders: It's not a good feeling, you know.
* Merrill: What?
* Anders: Being an abomination. I just got a taste of your future.
* Merrill: I'm not that foolish. Our relationship is, um, strictly platonic.
* Anders: It's like you're trapped in your own body, seeing out your eyes, while someone else moves you like a puppet.
* Anders: And you're trying to scream, to move a single muscle, but there's no escape. Until you look down at the blood on your hands...
* Merrill: Stop it. You're scaring me.
* Anders: That's the point.
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* Anders: You must join us. Do you see that now? You must stand with Kirkwall's mages.
* Merrill: It's not my fight.
* Anders: You can't hide in Sundermount.
(If the Dalish were killed during A New Path)
* Anders: Your clan is dead.
(Otherwise)
* Anders: There is no place for you among the Dalish.
* Merrill: No! My clan is all I ever cared about! Everything I did, I did for them!
* Anders: On second thought, maybe don't try to help us.
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* Merrill: Have I ever mentioned I like your coat?
* Anders: You do?
* Merrill: It's very lively! Like a crow in the middle of anting!
* Anders: That's...that's great. Thanks, Merrill.
(If Varric is in the party)
* Varric: I tried to warn you, Blondie.
* Anders: You're not helping.
(If Isabela is in the party)
* Isabela: I wouldn't have called them "lively." Bedraggled, maybe. Or just...fluffy.
* Anders: You're not helping.
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* Merrill: You really believe don't you?
* Anders: What are you talking about?
* Merrill: Believing. You do, I can tell, in freedom, in mages, in good spirits and bad templars. With more fire than the sun.
* Anders: And your point is?
* Merrill: I miss it sometimes, things being certain.
* Anders: Some things are certain.
* Merrill: Not anymore.
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* Merrill: Be careful what you believe in. A lot of things burn in that fire.
* Anders: Burning isn't necessarily bad. Fire can cleanse.
* Merrill: I don't think people are cleansed by fire. I used to believe in things, too. Now, I think maybe it's better just to believe in people.
* Anders: People make mistakes.
* Merrill: That's why they need you to believe in them. If you never made mistakes, it wouldn't matter if you believed.
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(During A New Path)
* Anders: I don't know why I'm bothering with this, but you do realize it is crazy, right?
* Merrill: Believe me I noticed, if I had any other choices, I'd take them.
* Anders: You have choices! You always had choices! Stop using blood magic. Get rid of that damned mirror.
* Merrill: Oh in that case, I will head back to Kirkwall and throw it away, right after you abandon the plight of the circle of mages.
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(If you complete A New Path)
* Anders: Your Keeper did not deserve that death.
* Merrill: It was my risk to take! I never asked her to do this for me.
* Anders: She knew you didn't have the strength to resist the demon. That's why it picked you.
* Merrill: Why are you doing this? What can I do about it now?
* Anders: Make up for your mistakes. Most blood mages never get a second chance.
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(If Hawke romanced Merrill but also slept with Isabela)
* Anders: Hawke was a fool to let you move in. You'll only betray him/her. That's all your kind can do.
* Merrill: Why do you only do this to me? Are you jealous? You don't get upset about Hawke and Isabela.
* Anders: You can't really get jealous of someone for sleeping with Isabela. It's just...understood.
* Anders: She's like a side dish. She comes with the meal.
(If Isabela is in the party)
* Isabela: Only if it's a good meal.
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(If Hawke romanced Anders)
* Merrill: Are you happy?
* Anders: Beg your pardon?
* Merrill: S/He seems happy. Hawke, I mean. Are you?
* Anders: Yes, I suppose I am.
* Merrill: Good! You've spent much too much time being grumpy. It's a nice change.
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(During Justice (Quest) if Hawke has romanced Merrill)
* Anders: I know it isn't my place to criticize, but... are you sure about Merrill? She acts sweet, but she'll never choose you over her demon.
* Hawke: Merrill loves me.
(If Merrill is in the party)
* Merrill: What right to you have to question us? Is your Justice any different?
* Anders: Yes. Keep your illusions then. Maker knows I won't be the one to change them.
(Or)
* Hawke: You're right. It isn't your place.
=== Merrill and Aveline ===
* Merrill: You must really like the Hawke family.
* Aveline: Why do you say that?
* Merrill: You came all the way from Lothering with them, didn't you? And they're not even your clan.
* Aveline: Humans don't have clans, Merrill.
* Merrill: Exactly! You came so far together, and you didn't even have a Keeper to make you get along.
* Aveline: So your Keeper tells you to stop kicking each other, or she'll turn the aravel around?
* Merrill: Sometimes she also warns us to stop pulling hair.
* Merrill: I would like to know more about being a guard, Aveline.
* Aveline: I don't think that's the job for you.
* Merrill: I know, but it might help me not get caught.
* Aveline: You probably shouldn't have said that part.
* Merrill: Why?
* Aveline: Just... never mind.
* Merrill: Did Lothering have an alienage?
* Aveline: It wasn't a big enough village to have a wall around it, let alone a place for elves.
* Merrill: Where did the elves live, then?
* Aveline: Stables and outbuildings, mostly.
* Merrill: I think I like alienages better.
* Merrill: Why don't you arrest us, Aveline?
* Aveline: What?
* Merrill: We break the law. I'm pretty sure. There are laws for almost everything. You're not a bad guard, are you?
* Aveline: No!
(If on a friendship path with Merrill)
* Merrill: That's good. Is it because you're fond of Hawke? I kind of am.
* Aveline: How very nice for you. Keep it to yourself.
* Merrill: I'd rather keep it with her/him.
(If on a rivalry path with Merrill)
* Merrill: That's good. You look uncomfortable. Did I say something wrong again?
* Aveline: No, Merrill, that's fine.
* Merrill: Ah, maybe it's your shoes.
* Aveline: You're incredibly talented, Merrill. I can see you are meant for great things.
* Merrill: Thank you!
* Aveline: But... You're stupid.
* Merrill: I'm sorry, what?
* Aveline: Don't you think it would be better to work on where you are now, instead of recreating old glory?
* Merrill: No. No, that's kind of the opposite of what I've been saying. I'm the stupid one? Whatever.
* Merrill: The Qunari must like it here, to stay so long.
* Aveline: From what I've seen, the Qunari don't like anything.
* Merrill: That can't be true. They must like some things... Sunshine? Butterflies? Rainbows?
* Aveline: If I spot a Qunari admiring butterflies, Merrill, you'll be the first person I tell.
(After completing The Long Road)
* Merrill: (Giggles)
* Aveline: Yes?
* Merrill: Is it like you thought? It's nice, isn't it? He seems nice.
* Aveline: Yes, he's very nice.
* Merrill: I know! And you're so cute when you're with him! Not like normal-you at all!
* Aveline: Haven't you got something unholy to do?
* Merrill: No, we're following Hawke. That's important, too.
(If you complete Mirror Image)
* Aveline: This mirror of yours — what does it do?
* Merrill: Mostly it stands in my house, looking a bit spooky.
* Aveline: But its magic, right? So it can do... Magic things? Is it dangerous?
* Merrill: It could fall on someone, but you'd have to push it really hard. It's quite heavy.
* Aveline: Merrill, is it a danger to the people of Kirkwall or not?
* Merrill: Oh! Only to anyone sitting right under it.
* Merrill: Aveline, you'll look after Hawke, won't you?
* Aveline: The champion of Kirkwall doesn't need my protection (Rivarly with Hawke)
* Aveline: Of course I will. What kind of a question is that? (Friendship with Hawke)
* Merrill: And sometimes Isabela gets into awful trouble. You'll watch out for her, too?
* Aveline: Merrill... what brought this on?
* Merrill: Anything could happen. You'll protect them, though. It's what you do.
* Aveline: There's nothing to worry about, Merrill.
* Merrill: Aveline, what's in your mirror?
* Aveline: What do you mean?
* Merrill: In your mirror. What do you see?
* Aveline: A warrior. A wife. All the mistakes I made to get here and make it right.
* Aveline: Why? What have you decided to see?
(If after A New Path and Merrill decided to break the Eluvian)
* Merrill: My mirror is broken. But I think... I think I see good things.
* Merrill: Maybe a headband...
(If after A New Path and Merrill did not break the Eluvian)
* Merrill: Demons. And... cracks.
(Otherwise)
* Merrill: Sometimes it's hard to tell. Cracks, mostly.
* Merrill: Maybe I'll borrow yours sometime. If that's all right? 
* Aveline: It's all right.
* Aveline: I didn't expect you to stick around for this mess Merrill. This has nothing to do with your elves.
(If Hawke is romancing Merrill)
* Merrill: I love Hawke, I wouldn't go anywhere.
* Aveline: But it's not your fight.
* Merrill: I love Hawke.
* Aveline: You said that.
* Merrill: I say it a lot. It makes things clearer, takes away doubt when everything is crazy and people are dying.
* Aveline: I understand.
* Merrill: Oh, good. Someone should.
(If not romanced)
* Merrill: Everything affects everything. We were born, a bunch of things happened, and now we're in a mess with our friends.
* Aveline: That seems too simple.
* Merrill: Simple is good. It sneaks up on you, makes you smile.
* Merrill: Maybe that should be enough once in a while.
* Aveline: Simple it is.
(If after A New Path)
* Aveline: That seems too simple.
* Merrill: Simple is good. It sneaks up on you, makes you smile.
* Merrill: Or it says "Hey over there!" And kills with a pin.
* Aveline: Merrill?
* Merrill: Simple Aveline. Not stupid.
* Merrill: Aveline... do you think we'll win?
* Aveline: Win what?
* Merrill: In the end. It feels like something is ending, doesn't it? Do you think we'll win?
* Aveline: Nothing is ending, Merrill. Things are a little tense, but it will pass.
* Merrill: I hope we win. Varric will make it a good story, I'm sure.
(During Champions and Captains, if Isabela is not present, and you choose "How was the honeymoon?")
* Hawke: You never said how your three weeks in Orlais went.
* Aveline: You're right. I didn't.
* Merrill: So, how was it?
(Pause, silence)
* Merrill: Oh! (Laughs)
(During A New Path)
* Aveline: What should we be prepared for if something goes wrong?
* Merrill: I'm not entirely sure. I've never seen an abomination myself. The keeper said they... warp and change before your eyes.
* Aveline: So you want us to come along and watch for something, but you don't know what?
* Merrill: It's just a precaution, Aveline. Nothing will go wrong.
* Aveline: Oh. That's reassuring.
=== Merrill and Bethany ===
=== Merrill and Carver ===
* Carver: So, you're not like a lot of other girls.
* Merrill: No, I'm an elf.
* Carver: Right, alright then.
* Merrill: Oh, did I miss something dirty?
* Carver: What? No! It wasn't dirty. It wasn't anything.
* Merrill: Oh? Right, because I miss a lot of dirty things and sometimes I wouldn't mind hearing them.
* Carver: Would you now?
* Carver: Your people came a long way Merrill, but I like to think that we have Ferelden in common.
* Merrill: I never saw Lothering. Did you walk as much as we did? Probably more, you didn't start with halla. Our ship stunk.
* Carver: Your ship?
* Merrill: There was something foul in the hold. I can still smell it.
* Carver: Oh, well, that must have been unpleasant.
* Merrill: It was. Did I miss something dirty again?
* Carver: No.
* Merrill: Do you miss it? Ferelden I mean.
* Carver: Sometimes.
* Merrill: Blackberries. They don't seem to grow here. And there were little song birds with black caps on their heads.
* Carver: I sort of miss the dogs barking.
* Merrill: Yes... It's been mostly humans barking at me here. Not nearly as cute.
* Merrill: How did you learn swording?
* Carver: "Swording"?
* Merrill: Those things you do with the sword. It looks tricky. Was it hard to learn?
* Carver: It takes a lot of practice.
* Merrill: Well, you seem good at it! I bet one day you'll be best sworder in Kirkwall.
* Carver: Merrill...
* Merrill: I said something wrong again, didn't I? Maybe I'll just stop talking.
=== Merrill and Fenris ===
* Merrill: You've probably never met a Dalish before, have you?
* Fenris: I wouldn't know.
* Merrill: I'm sure you'd be able to tell. Dalish aren't much like the elves in the cities.
* Fenris: The smug sense of superiority does give you away.
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* Merrill: Certainly your people have stories about the Dalish. No?
* Fenris: My people?
* Merrill: The elves in Tevinter. They must have heard of us.
* Fenris: They've heard. They just don't care.
* Merrill: But if they ran away, the Dalish would help them.
* Fenris: You might as well say, "If they flew into the sky, they could live in the clouds."
* Merrill: What would they eat in the clouds? There's nothing there but fluff and the occasional bird.
* Fenris: This is why nobody takes the Dalish seriously.
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(After you bring Fenris to the Gallows for the first time)
* Fenris: Why are you watching me like that?
* Merrill: You have vallaslin. The same markings that the Dalish have.
* Fenris: Yours are not made of lyrium.
* Merrill: No, they're made of blood. Our blood. That's what vallaslin means: blood writing. It's a mark of adulthood.
* Fenris: Mine were carved into my flesh against my will, in a ritual I remember only for the agony it caused me.
* Merrill: I'm...so sorry.
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* Fenris: I don't want your pity.
* Merrill: Are you talking to me?
* Fenris: You said you were sorry about the ritual I endured. Keep your sorrow.
* Merrill: I only meant—
* Fenris: You have all the freedom none of our kind enjoy, and you throw it away. On what?
* Merrill: Our people need to reclaim their heritage.
* Fenris: A heritage of defeat? To what end?
* Merrill: Would you truly turn your back on your own history? There's so much we don't know...
* Fenris: It's not my history. It's simply history.
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* Fenris: Tampering around in mud all day, how do the Dalish do it?
* Merrill: Do you like the crowded cities better?
* Fenris: It's a smell I'm more familiar with, yes.
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* Merrill: You never come to the alienage, Fenris.
* Fenris: I don't live in the alienage.
* Merrill: Don't you care about the plight of our people? Not even a little bit?
* Fenris: I don't need to visit the alienage to know what they suffer. I know it better than you.
* Merrill: I've lived there for years! I see it firsthand!
* Fenris: And I lived it.
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* Merrill: Did you step on something sharp, Fenris?
* Fenris: No.
* Merrill: Slam your fingers in a door?
* Fenris: No.
* Merrill: Smack your head on a low beam?
* Fenris: Is there a point to this line of questioning?
* Merrill: Just wondering why you're so cross all the time.
(If Varric is in the party)
* Varric: I think he jabs himself with those spikes, personally.
* Fenris: Perhaps it's the inane prodding.
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(During A Bitter Pill, in the Abandoned Slaver Den, when the Blood Sacrifice is examined)
* Fenris: See for yourself. The legacy of the magisters.
* Merrill: They sacrifice the unwilling?
* Fenris: Is that so hard to believe? You are only a step away from it yourself.
* Merrill: That's not true.
* Fenris: Believe what you like. In my experience, mages always find a way to justify their need for power.
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(After you complete A Bitter Pill)
* Fenris: Avert your eyes, witch.
* Merrill: You said I was dwelling on "useless" history, but what are you doing?
* Merrill: The past is important, to you and to all of us. We must know it to move forward.
* Fenris: Yet, I have made no deal with a demon to learn of my past.
* Fenris: You had a life. You had a family. And you abandoned them to chase after ghosts.
* Fenris: We are nothing alike. Don't even begin to think that we are.
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(If you complete Mirror Image)
* Fenris: You are more naive than I thought.
* Merrill: What have I done to you now?
* Fenris: To me? Nothing. Not yet.
* Fenris: To yourself—you can't even begin to imagine the number of mages that have walked down the path you're now on.
* Merrill: My clan didn't believe in me. If you don't believe in me either, I won't mind.
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(During Mirror Image)
* Merrill: Pol...What was he thinking?...He acted like I was a monster...
* Fenris: You are a monster.
(If Isabela is in the party)
* Isabela: You aren't helping.
* Fenris: Good.
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* Merrill: Poor Anders.
* Fenris: You pity him? He's dangerous to himself and everyone around him.
* Merrill: I think he's broken the thing he wanted to save.
* Fenris: You pity him because he's you.
* Merrill: Breaking the things you love most isn't restricted to mages, Fenris.
* Fenris: Sadly true.
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* Merrill: Your master must have been a terrible man, to make you hate mages so.
(If Alone has been completed)
* Fenris: He was, now he's dead.
(Otherwise)
* Fenris: He is a terrible man. He's not dead.
* Merrill: We're not all like him.
* Fenris: How often I hear that, and yet, how often I find it's not true.
* Merrill: The Keepers are different. They exist to preserve the old ways, and to protect our people.
* Fenris: And none of them would ever fall prey to a demon, or perform blood magic.
* Merrill: It's impossible to talk to you!
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(If Hawke is romancing Fenris)
* Merrill: (Giggles)
* Fenris: What? Why are you looking at me like that?
* Merrill: You're in love!
* Fenris: I am not.
* Merrill: You keep looking at Hawke with sad puppy eyes every time his back is turned. (male Hawke)
* Merrill: Everytime she looks away, you stare at Hawke with those sad puppy eyes. (female Hawke)
* Fenris: There are no puppy eyes.
* Merrill: It's all right, you know. Even you can be happy once in a while. It won't kill you. But your face might crack if you smile, so be careful.
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(If Alone & Questioning Beliefs has been completed)
* Merrill: Do you regret it? What happened with your sister, I mean.
* Fenris: No.
(If Fenris killed Varania)
* Merrill: You don't feel bad about killing her? Not even a little?
* Fenris: It was necessary.
(Otherwise)
* Merrill: You don't wish...that maybe you hadn't found her again?
* Fenris: Whatever I wish, it is already done.
* Merrill: You're lucky, then. There are so many things I wish I could undo.
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(If A New Path has been completed)
* Fenris: This...Keeper of yours, she was a friend?
* Merrill: She was like a mother to me. To all of us.
* Fenris: Then I'm sorry.
* Merrill: No, you're not. She's just one more mage to you. Why would you be sorry she's dead?
* Fenris: I'm not sorry she's dead. I'm only sorry she died for you.
* Merrill: What?
* Fenris: Let's hope the sacrifice of someone who cared for you that much isn't wasted.
=== Merrill and Isabela ===
=== Merrill and Sebastian ===
* Sebastian: Have you heard the Chant of Light?
* Merrill: That's the song they sing at the Chantry, right? It's pretty... but a little repetitive.
* Sebastian: Then you know the story? How Andraste became the Maker's divine bride and convinced Him to offer us a second chance?
* Merrill: Right. But I never understood why she had to die.
* Sebastian: Her mortal husband betrayed her out of jealousy.
* Merrill: But if He wanted her to spread her faith, couldn't she do that better alive?
* Sebastian: The Maker gave us free will. By his betrayal, Maferath showed us that men were not yet worth saving.
* Merrill: I don't know. It's a nice story, but I think it's got some holes.
* Merrill: Your armor is very shiny, Sebastian. Doesn't that make you an easier target?
* Sebastian: The Light of the Maker is my armor, Merrill. I am not afraid.
* Merrill: Maybe you could ask Him to make His Light less shiny? Then you wouldn't need as much armor.
* Merrill: If your city was stolen, why didn't you just call the guards?
* Sebastian: I'm afraid the matter can't be handled by guards, Merrill.
* Merrill: Aveline could help you! She's very good at making thieves give things back. I think it's because she's so tall.
* Sebastian: This is beyond even Aveline's power, I'm sorry to say.
* Merrill: Are you sure? Have you seen her hit people?
(If Aveline is in the party)
* Aveline: I can hear every word you're saying.
* Sebastian: So what do you believe, Merrill?
* Merrill: Our gods abandoned us long ago. They haven't answered our prayers since the fall of Arlathan.
* Merrill: When we've proven that we're elves again, that we didn't lose everything, they'll come back to us.
* Sebastian: We say the same of the Maker.
* Sebastian: Perhaps they're only different names for the same divine force that created the world.
* Merrill: The Maker wants you to be elves?
* Merrill: I've always wondered: how do your Divines choose their names?
* Sebastian: They write all the best sacred names on slips of paper and stuff them in a miter.
* Sebastian: Then the newly elected Divine picks a name out of the hat.
* Merrill: What if she picks a name she doesn't like? Does she have to keep it?
* Sebastian: Of course she does. How do you think we got four Divines named Hortensia?
* Merrill: Does your bow have a name? Varric's bow has a name.
* Sebastian: I'm afraid I can't compete with our dear dwarf's... relationship to his weapon.
* Merrill: You could call it Philomela! 
* Sebastian: Why would I do that?
* Merrill: Because it reminds me of a woman in the alienage. Skinny, pointed, and always throwing things at people.
* Merrill: What does your Chantry do?
* Merrill: I mean, you keep saying how great it is. Anders and Isabela tell me to stay away from it. But what does it do?
* Merrill: Among the Dalish, the Keepers teach the children, preserve our history, perform magic. The priestesses here just... sing.
* Sebastian: The Chantry does many charitable works. It cares for widows and orphans—
* Merrill: Who in the Dalish would just be part of the clan, like everyone else.
* Merrill: I just don't get it.
(After completing A New Path)
* Sebastian: You need to seek atonement.
* Merrill: I know I should've died there, not Marethari. Don't you think I feel guilty enough?
* Sebastian: Guilt isn't a punishment. It's a reminder of the things you haven't set right.
* Sebastian: The only way to shed its burden is to repent with a sincere heart and to rectify your failings.
* Merrill: But how?
* Merrill: The Keeper is dead, my clan lost everything because of me.
* Merrill: There's not enough I can do in this lifetime to make up for that.
* Sebastian: It was your pride that led you to the demon. Admitting what you can't do is a good first step.
=== Merrill and Varric ===
Act 1
* Merrill: I've never met a dwarf before.
* Varric: That's because you spend too much time frolicking in the woods, Daisy. Dwarves don't frolic.
* Merrill: Dalish don't really frolic, either. Not in the woods anyway.
* Varric: You have sanctioned frolicking areas?
* Merrill: No, just not in the woods. The trees get jealous.
* Varric: But you do frolic?
* Merrill: Of course we do! We wouldn't be elves, otherwise.
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* Merrill: You remind me of Hahren Paivel, Varric. Only younger. And shorter. And not as serious.
* Varric: So it's a close resemblance, then.
* Merrill: Well, he tells stories. And you tell stories. Although none of his begin, "No shit, there I was."
* Varric: I'll have to give him some better stories, then.
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(After you speak to Merrill in her home for the first time)
* Merrill: Thank you very much for the help earlier, Varric!
* Varric: You made it back to the Alienage in one piece, then?
* Merrill: I don't know how I wound up in Darktown. There are just too many corners in Kirkwall.
* Varric: Still got that ball of twine?
* Merrill: I left it at my house. Don't worry! I won't get lost while we're following Hawke.
* Varric: Bring it next time, Daisy. Just in case.
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* Varric: Daisy, for my sake, please quit cutting through the alleys in Lowtown alone at night.
* Merrill: Nothing ever happens. I'm perfectly safe, Varric.
* Varric: Yes, I know. And that nothing is costing me a fortune.
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Act 2
* Varric: So, I hear you've been visiting the viscount's garden, Daisy.
* Merrill: They're enormous! And they're always empty. Why don't more people go to see them?
* Varric: Probably because they're private and surrounded by guards.
* Merrill: I thought all those men looked a bit cross.
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* Merrill: Bianca is a very pretty name.
* Varric: I'll tell her you said so, Daisy.
* Merrill: She can't actually hear you, can she?
* Varric: Of course she can. What kind of a question is that?
* Merrill: Wait, are we talking about your crossbow or something else now?
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(If you complete Family Matter)
* Merrill: I'm sorry about your brother, Varric. Have you any other family?
* Varric: (Snorts) I have family like a rat has fleas, Daisy.
* Merrill: Does that mean you have a lot of family, or that they make you itch a lot?
* Varric: Both.
(Alternatively)
* Varric: I'm sure any priest who would pray for Bartrand would burst into flames.
* Merrill: Oh, I didn't know priesthood was so dangerous.
* Varric: Don't worry Daisy, the chantry keeps a lot of water on hand.
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(If you complete Mirror Image)
* Varric: Why a mirror?
* Merrill: I don't understand the question.
* Varric: If your people were going to make a magical whatever for talking to each other, why choose a mirror?
* Varric: Do elves spend a lot of time talking to their own reflections?
* Merrill: I suppose the ancient elves would have felt silly talking to a wardrobe or an urn.
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(If Isabela is gone at the end of Act 2)
* Merrill: Do you ever miss her?
* Varric: Isabela? Of course I do.
* Merrill: You call her by her name! I've never heard you do that before.
* Varric: No fun in calling her Rivaini if she's not here to be annoyed by it.
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Act 3
* Merrill: You should have this back.
* Varric: Twine? When did I loan you a ball of twine?
* Merrill: You gave it to me when I first moved here when I kept getting lost in Lowtown.
* Merrill: It drove the merchants in the market completely batty, but it did help me find my way.
* Varric: Keep it, Daisy.
* Merrill: I don't think I'll be getting lost again anytime soon.
* Varric: You never know. You might need to tie a package up, hang a lantern, dress a roast chicken. It's multipurpose.
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* Merrill: Is there a story behind Bianca?
* Varric: There's a story behind everything, Daisy.
* Merrill: So tell me!
* Varric: I can't.
* Merrill: Why not?
* Varric: There was a girl, and I made a promise. Bianca is the only story I can never tell.
* Merrill: You can't say that! Now I want to know even more!
* Varric: That was the idea, Daisy.
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(During A New Path)
* Varric: Does anybody else get the feeling that this is going to end badly? Just me huh?
* Merrill: It's not all bad Varric, think of the stories you'll be able to tell later.
* Varric: No offense Daisy, but I could live without telling anyone that we murdered you on some mountain side, it's little hard to made that one sound good.
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(During A New Path)
* Varric: Who thought putting a demon in a cave on Sundermount was a good idea in the first place?
* Merrill: Where would you have put him?
* Varric: Tevinter maybe? Or in the Anderfels? Further away from Kirkwall that's for sure.
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* Merrill: How do you do it, living in the city without picking a side? Doesn't it matter to you?
* Varric: Of course it does. That's why I don't take sides.
* Merrill: That doesn't make any sense.
* Varric: I've got you and Aveline, Fenris and Anders. Hawke. Isabela.
* Varric: I've got friends in the Circle and drinking buddies in the templars. All of them matter.
* Merrill: But you're going to fight. If it comes to that, I mean.
* Varric: I fought my own brother, Daisy. Nobody said this was going to be happy story.
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(During The Last Straw)
* Merrill: Varric, how does the story end?
* Varric: Which story, Daisy?
* Merrill: The big one. With us and Hawke, the mages and templars. Everything.
* Varric: You want to know before it happens? You're not worried about spoiling the surprise?
* Merrill: I might not see it end.
* Varric: You have to stick with us if you want to find out how it turns out, Daisy.
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== Legacy ==
=== Merrill's remarks ===
(If in Act 1)
* Merrill: Is this the thing? The expedition you've been going on about? I thought that was going to involve Varric's family somehow.
(Otherwise)
* Merrill: Is this going to be a new tradition for you, Hawke? Every three years, a little excursion into the Deep Roads?
* "I've never heard of a dwarf doing blood magic. Do you suppose this Corypheus taught them? But why would they want you in particular?"
* "I'm sure the Wardens have a good reason for letting terrible, ancient darkspawn out. They do, don't they?"
(Upon seeing Deepstalkers)
* Merrill: Oh, look at the sweethearts! I want one as a pet!
* Aveline: You would. 
* Isabela: Doesn't anything cute live down here?
=== Merrill and Hawke ===
=== Merrill and Anders ===
=== Merrill and Aveline ===
* Merrill: You must be having so much fun Aveline! There are more criminals here than I've seen in my life!
* Aveline: Not "fun" exactly. But it is like a candy shop full of villains.
* Aveline: Are you all right, Merrill?
* Merrill: I'm perfectly fine. Why?
* Aveline: We're quite deep. I'm told dwarves don't do well when they first come to the surface. I wondered if elves felt similar underground. 
* Merrill: It's a ceiling. We have ceilings.
* Aveline: Right, right.
(If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality)
* Hawke: Really, Aveline?
* Aveline: Never you mind.
(If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality)
* Hawke: Nice. Now ask if she's afraid of shoes.
* Aveline: You shut it.
(If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality)
* Hawke: Minds on the job, ladies.
* Aveline: I'll "lady" you.
=== Merrill and Bethany ===
=== Merrill and Carver ===
(During Act 1)
* Carver: So... what are you doing later?
(If Hawke is female)
* Merrill: Oh, probably trying to stop creepy things from eating your sister. That happens a lot, come to think of it.
(If Hawke is male)
* Merrill: Probably casting spells at whatever's trying to gnaw through your brother's shins. Strange how many creatures go for the shins.
* Carver: Shocking, that. No, I meant after we return to Kirkwall. 
* Merrill: You know, a lot of the creatures down here aren't very nice. Don't they teach manners underground? 
* Hawke: Merrill...
* Merrill: I missed something again, didn't I?
(After Act 1)
* Carver: So, Merrill. Do you have any plans I could interrupt?
(If Hawke is female)
* Merrill: Oh, probably trying to stop creepy things from eating your sister. That happens a lot, come to think of it.
(If Hawke is male)
* Merrill: Probably casting spells at whatever's trying to gnaw through your brother's shins. Strange how many creatures go for the shins.
* Carver: I was thinking more along the lines of the Hanged Man? Although I suppose the same warning could apply there. What I mean is, or meant to say is... wow, how do you still muddle me?
(If Isabela is in the party)
* Isabela: Interesting.
* Merrill: I missed something again didn't I?
(If Hawke is in a romance with Merrill)
* Carver: So, you and Merrill, huh?
(If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality or has a rivalry with Carver)
* Hawke: Merrill and I. Yes.
* Carver: Wonderful. Happy for you. 
* Merrill: I missed something again didn't I?
=== Merrill and Fenris ===
=== Merrill and Isabela ===
=== Merrill and Sebastian ===
=== Merrill and Varric ===
== Mark of the Assassin ==
=== Merrill's remarks ===
* (After meeting Tallis) "She seems very nice."
* (When clicked, if romanced) "Yes, ma vhenan? Oh! Did I miss something important?"
* (When clicked on a friendship path) "This is so much fun! I'm glad you asked me!"
* (When clicked on a rivalry path) "Are you sure it was a good idea bringing me along? I'll probably mess everything up."
* (When reaching Hawke and Tallis in the prison cells and in a romance) "Ma vhenan! Thank the Creators! How did you escape? Was it exciting? Did you shank someone?"
=== Merrill and Hawke ===
=== Merrill and Aveline ===
* Merrill: Is it a lot of fun being a guard?
* Aveline: I don't think the city guard is right for you, Merrill.
* Merrill: I've read all about it in Varric's guard serial! I could be your partner! We could fight crime together!
* Aveline: Guards don't have partners. Not like he says, anyway.
* Merrill: That's why you need me! Oh! We could get matching outfits!
* Aveline: All guards have matching outfits.
* Merrill: But ours would be the matching-est!
(While looking for Hawke and Tallis)
* Merrill: Aveline? Remember how you told me to tell you if I noticed anything peculiar?
* Merrill: Well, we've passed the same cracked floor tile nine times now.
* Aveline: We've been walking in circles and you only tell me now?
* Merrill: I wasn't sure. Maybe there are a lot of tiles broken in exactly the same way!
=== Merrill and Anders ===
* Merrill: This is very exciting, isn't it?
* Anders: What, crashing a fancy Orlesian party?
* Merrill: Usually, we'd just go on in hitting people! We've never done anything like this before!
* Anders: ... You might be on to something there.
* Anders: Do the Dalish ever have fancy parties?
* Anders: I always imagined they celebrated most big occasions by eating mushrooms and acorns. And maybe dancing naked around a campfire.
* Merrill: You know, I was wondering when the naked dancing was going to start. And the human sacrifice.
* Merrill: I mean, you just can't throw a decent party without kidnapping a human child and offering her entrails to the sky gods.
* Anders: Really?
* Merrill: No.
(While trying to find Hawke and Tallis)
* Anders: What is wrong with Orlesians? Why build a prison with this many identical cells?
* Merrill: Maybe we should ask for directions.
* Anders: Of course, we'll say, "We're staging a daring prison break. Could you tell us where our friend is and then tie yourself up? Thanks!"
* Merrill: It's not possible to tie yourself up, is it? You'd never get the knots right.
=== Merrill and Bethany ===
=== Merrill and Carver ===
(While trying to find Hawke and Tallis. If Hawke is in a romance with Merrill)
* Carver: A shame we didn't have time like this back in Kirkwall. Back then.
* Merrill: If we have to be lost somewhere, at least it's a nice hallway! Very well built, not at all likely to collapse.
* Carver: Right, well, let's get to it. My brother/sister will be missing you.
* Merrill: I'm glad you think so.
(While trying to find Hawke and Tallis. If Hawke is not in a romance with Merrill)
* Carver: Okay, we're lost together. Both of us, not that we're "together" together.
* Merrill: If we have to be lost somewhere, at least it's a nice hallway! Very well built, not at all likely to collapse.
* Carver: Right, well, back to rescuing... wait. You're doing that on purpose!
* Merrill: (Giggles)
(If Hawke is romancing Merrill)
* Merrill: Do you think wyverns are hard to take care of?
* Carver: I'm sure my brother/sister could manage it, if you got him/her one.
* Hawke: I could not!
* Merrill: Well of course you could.
* Merrill: Where would you take it for walks? What if it got hungry and ate the neighbors?
* Carver: (Chuckles) Enjoy your new pet.
* Hawke: She'll find one, too. Thanks for that.
(If Hawke is not romancing Merrill)
* Merrill: Do you think wyverns are hard to take care of?
* Carver: You could tame it. Tame its wild heart.
* Hawke: (Snickers) I'm sorry. I really am.
* Carver: Quiet, you!
* Merrill: Where would you take it for walks? What if it got hungry and ate the neighbors?
* Carver: And there goes the moment.
* Tallis: That was adorable.
=== Merrill and Fenris ===
=== Merrill and Isabela ===
=== Merrill and Sebastian ===
=== Merrill and Varric ===
=== Merrill and Tallis ===
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