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[kingoftheround]

[To say the very least, Arthur looks troubled, though he's trying to hide it.]

Merlin? Merlin, you idiot, where are you?! Did you get eaten by some monster in this forest? Answer your damned communication device--I don't care if you are in the belly of a beast.

...

[He slumps into a nearby chair.]You can't have simply left, you fool. You have

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[marriedforlove]

Your manservant?

[Video]

[kingoftheround]

Yes. He has...returned home, it appears.

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[marriedforlove]

I am sorry for your loss.

[She knows how meaningless it is to mouth things about it being better for him at home. She knows how useless it is to know her Arthur is in paradise; he is not with her.]

[Video]

[kingoftheround]

Thank you.

[He's silent now, not knowing what to say.]

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[marriedforlove]

It says much good about you that you were close to the members of your household.

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[kingoftheround]

[He chuckles.] My father was--is--not as such, in the least. However, over the past few years, I have come to appreciate the servants and the like for who they are--people no different than you nor I. Merlin, Guinevere...

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[marriedforlove]

My ladies are certainly close to me. They have shared my hardships and my triumphs both.