He tipped his chin up at that accusation, before he folded his hands around Merrill's to keep them warm. He looks down at her, and says quietly.

"I think she is a young woman, in a great deal of trouble. I don't know what she did, to have a pride demon come after her ... but I do not think she did it without a reason. Her people's magic is not the Chantry's magic, so it seems likely that she has gotten in way over her head. But then, she knew when to ask for help."

He kept one hand in Merrill's, as he stared at the other man's back. It was a statement he heard, far too many times. All right then, let's hear what the greatest threat to peace in Thedas had to say for himself. Sooner or later he would have to hunt for the woman who killed his mentors - if he could not handle the man who started this entire disaster, how could he truly say he would not kill her the first moment he saw her?

"So what is the truth?"