[ Weiss is only suspicious because of her other dog experience. Which... Cloud actually doesn't know about! So— ]

You know, Merlin was a stolen dog. The couple that made Shintarou babysit him never came back. I think it was because they were on the run already. His owner didn't look for him, either.

[ Merlin was a crystal moon dog, after all. It wasn't obvious because of his fluff, but there were actual crystals growing around its neck. He was pretty rare! ]