To Everything There is a Season

[alfreda89]

It's time.

Merlyn doesn't sleep through the night. He has finally bonded with Sauron the vaporizer--he alternates laying down by Sauron and then moving away and laying on his side in the entryway. He hasn't even noticed that I brought his bed down from the bedside--I haven't set him in it because he may be too warm from steaming (either Sauron or

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[suricattus]

*many-pawed hugs*

This is... it's an impossible decision and yet, it's demanded of us.

When I faced this with Pandora, my vet told me that he'd never met anyone who said "I let them go too soon." If we're listening, we know. And you've always listened to Merlyn.

And of course ghost-Merlyn will be in the new place. And he will purr in the sunlight, there.

[theoldone]

I am so sorry. I have been through this before, and it is the most awful thing.

[ex_rolanni]

I'm so very sorry, Kathi.

We just did this, for Mozart. He made it clear, as Merlyn's making it clear, that it was time.

[alfreda89]

I'm so sorry, Sharon. I know he will always have a place with you.

[dancinghorse]

Oh, my dear. Hillary says it's lovely when you shed the space suit. Very very hard on the ones you leave behind, but you expand to fill all available space. (He blew out the cooler nearest him on the way Up.)

[j_cheney]

::Sends a hug:: No one likes reaching this juncture, but I think you're doing the right thing...