If Merri never lost his arm in his youth and had his magitek prosthesis grafted on, I imagine he would have lost the major catalyst for his drive in pursuing magitek engineering. He'd be an entirely different character. Might not have even left Garlemald when he did, and likely wouldn't have found his other passion for adventuring. The two things that most define who he is as a character would simply not exist.
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