These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

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[ebuild  NS    ] dev-lang/lua-5.1.5-r200:5.1::gentoo [5.4.8:5.4::gentoo] USE="deprecated readline" 389 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-lua/compat53-0.14.4-r1::gentoo  LUA_TARGETS="lua5-1 -lua5-3 -lua5-4 -luajit" 61 KiB

Total: 2 packages (1 new, 1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 449 KiB