Merlot was working on his devices.

Merlot had finally finished on his newer, larger syringe that was bigger than him. At last he would be able to mutate some bigger specimens.

Merlot entered the laboratory of his wife Dr. Ursula.

Makes sure the area around her is safe.

The very purpose of his research is to make sure that she and everyone else can be safe.

"There is work to be done."

"No amount of adversity will make me give up my dream."

I just noticed that me and Doctor Claret Merlot both have Lusus Naturae lyrics as our @'s.

"Hello, Esmee." Her father said in his deep voice. Even when he tried to be a calm presence, many found his vocals to be quite menacing.

"Oh, the usual, been busy but maintaining optimism. I'm glad to know you've been doing the same."

"Indeed, when their time finally comes they will serve mankind well."

"..."

"It's just... for a while I feared I wouldn't get a hug from you again."

"Remnant is a world full of knowledge that the powers at be have decided to forbid."

He tilted his head, unsure if she was joking or not.

"If I cared about my reputation, if I cared about my own well being, I would have quit a long time ago when Ozpin first confronted me about my study of Grimm."

"Reminder that if you call the authorities, what they'll punish me for is my research and my sentence will be death."

//Merlot Industries canonically furthered the fields of Genetics and AI (just a whole bunch of intersectionality there huh rt) so it's Canon compliant that she can just, grow a person.

"How dare they what? What happened?"