Is there really no way to save Meerna from True Soul Nere?
For clarification purposes, Meerna and her brother are Deep Gnome slaves forced to excavate the Temple of Shar, but she gets trapped under the rubble with Nere and then he throws her into the lava out of frustration afterwards.
Since this is the only quest in the game that actually takes the passage of time into consideration (every long rest annoys Nere further and he dies after the 3rd). I thought by not dawdling and immediately rescuing them would make True Soul Nere less annoyed so he would not express his frustrations upon Meerna. But unfortunately it doesn't seem to be the case, as he still kills her.
Kind of disappointing to just be standing there with our hands crossed as he goes to kill her. I'd at least expect an option to intervene and by doing so sacrifice any potential knowledge from Nere in order to save her life.
