"Come, Wifey, come see what I've made!"
Merwyn latched onto her out of nowhere, startling her sorely, and dragged her away from the prince and to a nearby food stand.
Even Adrien looked shocked as he turned toward her only to see her being dragged off somewhere by her faerie familiar.
But he's also the Fae Key...it's not like I had a choice about him also being a familiar...!
Technically...
She did.
But she pled temporary insanity on that matter caused by Merwyn being...himself. Especially in that tower. He was far less happy and carefree in that tower, even if he tried to force himself to pretend he was.
Freedom on him had a difference she just couldn't miss.
Not a bad difference, necessarily.
But also...not what she could possibly have expected he'd be like back then. The melancholy in his behavior just wasn't ever there anymore. Which was good.
It was also...