Poor thing! No one so accustomed to slavery should be without a master, indeed. She will certainly do whatever she can to help Merrin with that problem.
"I'd intended to try a few more things, but I confess, I have a suspicion at this point how those tests will go. Three such tests are important, though."
"First, I need to very weakly enchant that needle of which I spoke before, and try poking you with it. Even for an enchantment that doesn't really do anything, that's still a task of a few minutes, and I won't be much for speaking during that." A needle extrudes from the wall as Albe speaks, along with a small lump of silvery metal.