*snorts, amused* I'm not all that surprised, actually. A lot of you looked the same to us, too.
*hearing you repeat the name, has the impression you're trying to reconcile it with the man he is now* *more softly* I'm just Doc, Jackie Lee. I haven't been Merry Brandybuck for a long, long time. *crooked grin* Gandalf calls me Meriadoc sometimes, but he's usually teasing.