If his former obsession was that she must remember him even in death,
then after he came of age, that obsession turned into a desire to be with her even in death.
Merlin Edvin felt that from birth until now, he had been like someone else's puppet on strings.
When he was very young, he was God's puppet.
His limbs could fold at will.
God created him to be a capricious toy.
Merlin Edvin still remembered going to see a children's puppet show with his brother when he was very small, watching the nimble little figure on the stage, he felt as though he was looking at his own avatar.
Latterly, he could no longer hide his "gift."
Thus, he became humanity's puppet.
Everyone around him wanted to control him.
From the senior leaders of the Secret Agent Organization to his parents and brother, even the sister adopted by his family, they all treated him as a "toy" they wanted to pocket.
In the scant moments he resisted fate, only Hannah Clegg was different.
