"Well, yeah, it freaks people out when you go blabbing their inner thoughts to them." It freaked Rita out too, the first time she met Cole. If he was human, she might even still be freaked out. Somehow, it's just easier to tolerate weirdness when it's coming from a spirit.

Right, Lavellan told her about demons... Now Rita actually has some context for some of Cole's blathering. She also knows that telling him to maybe stop trying to help people who didn't ask for it might be futile. But maybe...

"Can't you... I don't know, try a different approach? Instead of sneaking up on people and whispering weird stuff at them?"