Well. That's the most excited qunari that Merrill has ever seen.

It's not, perhaps, as startling as it should be - she had been in Kirkwall while the Qunari were there, after all, and she had met the Iron Bull and talked with him about pretty pink rocks. Still, Merrill definitely has a moment where she just stares. Barkley barks, but it's not any sort of warning; it's a delighted, "is this a new friend hi hi hi" sort of barking. That snaps her out of it, and she laughs, ducking her head as a flush rises up her cheeks.

"Thank you! It's the first aravel of my own that I've ever had- I built it back when we were all in Skyhold."