"No, no, it's all right." She shook her head. She needed to talk to Hawke about this alone. Hawke might get angry, but she would understand what was going on--probably better than Merrill did. She had a way of making sense of things, and Merrill needed to hear that now. If Anders was there.. Well, Merrill didn't know what Hawke would do if Anders was there, but she had a feeling the conversation would go a different direction.
"I'll tell her. It will give her time to cool down, if she needs to." Merrill wasn't worried about Hawke getting angry with her. She felt guilty, like she was a terrible girlfriend, but she wasn't afraid of Hawke.