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"Merlin."
"Yes, sire?"
"Have you ever wondered about your soulmate?"
Merlin's hands stilled on the breastplate. "I... what do you mean?"
Arthur was sitting on the edge of his bed, unlacing his boots, but his movements had grown slow and thoughtful. "I mean, do you ever think about what they might be like? Whether you'll recognize them when you meet them?"
"Sometimes," Merlin admitted, his voice barely above a whisper. Every waking moment.
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- Part 4 of The Great War Challenge
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13 Sep 2025
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Everyone insisted that Arthur needed time to process, to accept that Merlin was gone. The only problem was that Merlin wasn’t.
Arthur didn’t know how to explain it without sounding like Uther when he’d seen Ygraine in the well, like he was losing his mind and looking for ghosts. He didn’t know how to look at his court and make them understand that Merlin had once told him about nature, about the sacred connectedness of the earth, and asked Arthur if he felt it. He didn’t know how to say that he hadn’t felt it back then, but that he did now. He felt it all. He felt Merlin in it.
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Merlin saves Arthur's life at Camlann at the cost of his own. Merlin can't die, so it's not that simple.
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10 Sep 2025
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Arthur does not need love. A prince is above such things. He does not need to be held, he needs only the embrace of armor on his skin as he trains to protect Camelot. He does not need friends, only allies to ensure his kingdoms future. These are the marks of a good leader.
That is what he tells himself, anyway.
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09 Sep 2025
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Merlin has fulfilled his destiny. Albion is united and magic is restored to the land- but nothing in the prophecies had mentioned what to do afterward. Merlin's old roles are suddenly filled by people more competent than him, and there is no need for him any longer.
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09 Sep 2025
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Even after peace had come to Camelot, Arthur couldn't shake the feeling that he was missing something - someone - important.
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