Maleficent? Well. That was a twist he hadn't been expecting. But he expected that the Fairy Queen had more than enough power to accomplish such a feat. He wondered if there was a price that the mermaid had to pay for it, but guessed that if Ariel wanted to share it, she would. He didn't expect the witch to be cruel about it, she might make herself appear as an evil thing, but it simply wasn't true.
"I'm glad that you don't have to deal with either thing anymore." He said, smiling. Ariel could live a free life now, and that was good.
"Eric and I are... in a rough patch. I've been good aside from that." Macklyn smiled wider at her sigh, sensing the adoration in her. "I would love to meet him."