Playing through Dragon Age

Came across this bit of script -

Varric - Daisy will you please stop cutting across alleys in Lowtown on your own at night?
Merrill- Nothing ever happens, I'm perfectly safe
Varric - and that nothing is costing me a fortune.

So, Varric is paying for Merrill to be followed and kept untroubled? This and a few more of their background conversations are making me ship.