I know...you've shown that you're the great warrior and leader everyone expects you to be. [His voice lowers.] That doesn't mean I'll stop wanting to protect you anyway.

It's just. Sometimes I still forget you already know, that I can talk to you here, when I couldn't before. I've been hiding for years. It's sort of become habit.

[Merlin folds his hands together as he closes his eyes.] I'll...try my best to break it. I want you to trust me, and you can't do that until I stop keeping things from you because I think you're better off not knowing.