"Oh, uh. Yeah." Beleth can't help but give a quiet laugh, not because Merrill doesn't know, but it all must look so ridiculous from an outsider's perspective. How much can possibly go wrong? Everything, it turns out.
"There was some kind of blood plague that infected the rifters and templars. Which happened to comprise...all of the division heads except for me, at the time." There's a thin smile on her face, and she supposes it's a sign that enough time has passed that she can laugh about it.
"We figured it out, barely, but it was...it was exhausting. I think the worst part was when I had to impose a quarantine on everyone, and you would think I had told them we were...well, locking everyone in the Gallows, I suppose. But it wasn't like I had a choice, or that it was going to be permanent. What if it had infected people in Kirkwall? Or spread out to the rest of Thedas?" She sighs, arms crossed, shaking her head. It wasn't fun, no, but they had Thedas as a whole to think of, a burden that outweighed personal comfort.
"--But that's over, now. And cured. For good. The Necropolis--I wasn't there for that, but we've been trying to figure out what happened. Sabotage, obviously, to make us lose allies in Nevarra. Which was a pain, because I spent most of my time trying to schmooze with people in the palace--but what's done is done, I suppose. We're working on that, as well."
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"There was some kind of blood plague that infected the rifters and templars. Which happened to comprise...all of the division heads except for me, at the time." There's a thin smile on her face, and she supposes it's a sign that enough time has passed that she can laugh about it.
"We figured it out, barely, but it was...it was exhausting. I think the worst part was when I had to impose a quarantine on everyone, and you would think I had told them we were...well, locking everyone in the Gallows, I suppose. But it wasn't like I had a choice, or that it was going to be permanent. What if it had infected people in Kirkwall? Or spread out to the rest of Thedas?" She sighs, arms crossed, shaking her head. It wasn't fun, no, but they had Thedas as a whole to think of, a burden that outweighed personal comfort.
"--But that's over, now. And cured. For good. The Necropolis--I wasn't there for that, but we've been trying to figure out what happened. Sabotage, obviously, to make us lose allies in Nevarra. Which was a pain, because I spent most of my time trying to schmooze with people in the palace--but what's done is done, I suppose. We're working on that, as well."
Aren't you glad to be back, Merrill???