It's so irritating that, despite the fact you're psychically connected to them, companions like Wyll or Karlach can't understand you are lying to Minthara to gain their trust and don't intend to do bad things for them.
Losing approval because you are playing a con is very irritating.
I am afraid that some things simply are not possible in a cRPG versus pnp RPG.
I had the same issue when I deceitfuly offered to buy Gnome slaves, or that hentai guy in the Zentarim store.