Slick, sorry for coming back to your thread so late.
I am so glad that it will be only 2 months before you have a new cuddle buddy. Merlin looks gorgeous and I think it is a great name for a cat.
Of course you are fully experienced with the elegant long fur and so it will be always shiny and clean.
Merlin does not know yet HOW happy he will be but he will enjoy it very very much