[broadcast mind]

[pratservant]

[You can hear him shouting as metal clashes against metal. The fight right outside the door is getting desperate, but the fight inside you is more desperate still

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[breakspromises]

You miss her, don't you?

[pratservant]

[Oh Stephanie, bless you.

It takes him time to finish coming awake, to realize what's happened and respond.]

Yeah...but no more than anyone else misses someone here.

[breakspromises]

[Steph was starting to ship Arthur and Merlin and now you've tricked her! She doesn't know what to ship]

Were you close to her?

[pratservant]

[Knowing the whole story behind the dream might just help with that! ...Or not. Angst has inspired many a ship.]

I considered her my friend. Someone...I could talk to.

[supercilious]

Something you'd like to get off your chest, Merlin?

[pratservant]

[It's another one of those moments where he's been forced to either confess or lie. Lie again when there were to be no more.

They seem to be happening a lot here.]

That was just a bad day. I still think about it.

[supercilious]

I was certain we would not survive. It's a miracle that Morgause decided to halt the Knights, lift the spell, and target Morgana instead.

[pratservant]

Yeah, a miracle.

[His voice cracks, sounds tired. He just repeats what Arthur says, not knowing what to say on his own. For a change.]