[The hollow, echoing laughter that follows immediately after Waver's question should be the only answer he needs. Merrill frowns, tattoos glowing with a purplish light for a moment as she raises a hand and forces the Pokemon back into his Keystone before putting it away.]

...No. He was lying. When I evolved, I spilled more of my blood onto his stone to unseal him completely. The first thing he tried to do was kill me and possess my body.

[She sighs, recalling the encounter. It wasn't pleasant for her.]

I was able to overpower him, but there was no way to break the blood bond we'd already forged. So we made a new deal - that Eluvian would help me in my search for the lost history of the Dalish. And in exchange, after I die, he can do as he wishes with my body.