No idea if this is a stupid question as I haven't read a ton of material on the Novus stuff yet.. So it's impossible to get Novus without melding Materia to a scroll. For instance Curtana. Which by default has STR/VIT/Parry/ACC - If I want to keep those same stats, I have to Meld Parry and ACC to it? Since I believe those are the secondary stats? Sounds silly..

Or if I want I could change those stats into something else?