Merlin

Lady Helen: (about Arthur) Poor child. It can't have been easy to grow up without a mother. Uther: No. Uther: Hasn't been easy. Lady Helen: I'm sure. Perhaps if you found someone? If you remarried? I'm sure you'd have the pick of any lady in the kingdom. Uther: Well, perhaps I'll find love again, but I'm afraid it's too late to replace Arthur's mother. Lady Helen: Yes. It's certainly too late for Arthur.

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Gaius: What did your mother say to you about your gifts? Merlin: That I was special. Gaius: You are special. The likes of which I've never seen before. Merlin: What do you mean? Gaius: Well... magic requires incantations, spells that take years to study. What I saw you do was... elemental. Instinctive. Merlin: What's the point if it can't be used? Gaius: That I do not know. You are a question that has never been posed before, Merlin. Merlin: Did you ever study magic? Gaius: Uther banned all such work twenty years ago. Merlin: Why? Gaius: People used magic for the wrong ends at that time. It threw the natural order into chaos. Uther made it his mission to destroy everything from back then, even the dragons. Merlin: What, all of them? Gaius: There was one dragon he chose not to kill. He kept it as an example. He imprisoned it in a cave deep beneath the castle where no-one can free it.

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Merlin: Hello? Gaius? (He spots Gaius standing and clears his throat. Gaius is startled and falls.) Gaius: Whoa! Gaius: What did you just do? Merlin: Ehm. Gaius: Tell me. Merlin: I ... I ... I have no idea what just happened. Gaius: If anyone has seen that ... Merlin: Oh no, that was .. that was nothing to do with me, that was. Gaius: I know what it was. I just want to know where you learned how to do it. Merlin: No I.. Gaius: So how is it that you know magic. Merlin: I don't.

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Gaius: :(after Merlin uses magic to save him from a fall) Where did you study? Answer me! Merlin: I've... I've never studied magic or been taught. Gaius: Are you lying to me, boy? Merlin: What do you want me to say? Gaius: The truth! Merlin: I was born like this. Gaius: That's impossible!

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Arthur: I warn you, I've been trained to kill since birth. Merlin: Wow. And how long have you been training to be a prat? Arthur: You can't address me like that. Merlin: Sorry. How long have you been training to be a prat, my lord?

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Gwen: I saw what you did. It was so brave. Merlin: It was stupid. Gwen: Well, I'm glad you walked away. You weren't going to beat him. Merlin: Oh, I could beat him. Gwen: You think? Because you don't look like one of these big muscley kind of fellows. Merlin: Thanks. Gwen: No, no. I'm sure you're stronger than you look. It's just... Arthur's one of these real rough, tough save-the-world kind of men and well... Merlin: What? Gwen: You don't look like that. Merlin: (beckoning her closer) I'm in disguise. Gwen: (laughing) Well, it's great you stood up to him. Merlin: You think so? Gwen: Arthur's a bully and everyone thought you were a real hero.

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