[MEMORY WRITE-UP] Dialogue with Anders, act 2.

[eluvianathema]

Dialogue between Merrill and Anders, act 2.

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.
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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Merrill: Are you all right?
Anders: I nearly killed an innocent girl. How could I be all right?
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.


LEARNED
+ Anders is still kind of a pompous douche with a huge chip on his shoulder, but he's usually not deliberately cruel towards Merrill.
+ Looks like that has changed! Dick.
+ Unless they're on the topic of cats. Cats are the neutral ground.
+ Still, Merrill feels pity for Anders because he's clearly trying very hard to do something right and it just keeps blowing up in his face.