Merrill looked up from her attempts at reading her map to stare at the armored woman standing before her. The look on her face coupled with the armor, and then that powerful gait screamed Aveline at her.

She knew it wasn't Aveline. If Aveline was here then that likely meant that Kirkwall had fallen to pieces. Plus, last she remembered, Aveline didn't have pointy ears. A city elf, then! Even after living in an alienage for years, city elves were still a major source of curiosity for her.

Then she actually heard what she said. Merrill looked back down at her map, and flipped it to its correct orientation.

But no. It still didn't make any more sense to her.

"No. No, I don't think I was. This is still wrong."