lyica: "you need a boyfriend, onee-chan?"
merlin: "no, a I want a dog-hybrid, innit! one that's so cute and cuddly, like her!"

if that doesn't scream lonely, I don't know what well!

I don't know if Merlin wants a boyfriend/girlfriend or a dog, so much as a little sister (as opposed to the same-age sisters she has).

Mithiwithi said:

I don't know if Merlin wants a boyfriend/girlfriend or a dog, so much as a little sister (as opposed to the same-age sisters she has).

an imouto?
....
I can see that strangely enough