[Despite the effort he's put into saying all this, Merlin still feels like he's failed Arthur somehow. Is it "thank you for trying"? or maybe "thank you, but it still isn't enough"? Merlin can't, for the life of him, derive much from those two words.]
If this is all--[if I am]--too much trouble...
[Something in him twists painfully, and he hunches his shoulder inward, unable to finish.]
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If this is all--[if I am]--too much trouble...
[Something in him twists painfully, and he hunches his shoulder inward, unable to finish.]