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Ah, hello. You've reached Sophie, but I must be in the midst of something. If you have a question about self-defense or Teachers' Council, leave a message letting me know what precisely you're interested in and I'll get back to you.

...everyone else, do as you do, I suppose.

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Perhaps.

[there's really no perhaps in it, this seems like a truth to sophie. no knife cut as deeply as those wielded by a beloved hand. but morgana and merlin seem to be good at punishing themselves, besides]

I was speaking only to Merlin taking his penance in this form.

Merlin -

[ is an impossible man and Arthur said, you love him don't you? and Morgana agreed that, yes, yes she does; but he's a fool still. ]

Merlin and I have acted against one another for years, but it is not Arthur that should pay the price, I have told him as much.

And what does Arthur think?

Arthur had to find out one secret too many since his arrival here all these months ago. We give him the honesty we have not gave him in years and it is a heavy burden. I kept this a secret from him to spare him from knowing the things Merlin is able to do and Freya saw to it that he will know still.

[ and it frustrates her, it angers her. But anger would do little now. ]

Arthur thinks Merlin committed a terrible sin against the woman he calls sister and he is right but that does not mean he doesn't need him at his side despite of that, perhaps he can see it, I do not know.

The problem is that neither of you are wrong.

Perhaps.

[ she nods and sighs ]

But this will have to be solved. I will not let Arthur go to this war without friends at his side. We stand no chance this divided.

Agreed. Arthur and Merlin are at the center of too many things here for them to be divided. But I'm not sure Arthur can be made to do anything, at least not anything like this.

[you're all incredibly stubborn, is what she means]