Gaius quotes from Merlin

Gaius

It's all ridiculous. I didn't save Uther. You did.

Merlin

No, no. For once, I'm happy for someone else to take the credit. You were prepared to sacrifice your life to save me.

Gaius

Where do you get that from?

Merlin

I thought...

Gaius

No. I didn't do anything. You saved me and you saved Uther. Maybe you are a genius.

Merlin

You think so?

Gaius

Well, almost. One day.

Gaius

Has anyone ever told you you're a genius?

Merlin

You certainly haven't.

Gwen

I don't want you to go. I don't trust Edwin. There was no blood in Morgana's ear. He put it there. He did something to her, I know he did.

Gaius

You need to be careful who you say that to.

Gwen

I'm saying it to you, because you can do something about it.

Gaius

I can't.

Gwen

But you think the same, don't you? He's evil.

Gaius

It's not that simple.

Gwen

So you're going to turn your back on us.

Gaius

I have no choice. I'm sorry, Gwen.

Gwen

In life you always have a choice. Sometimes it's easier to think that you don't.

Gaius

Well then, my choice is to leave.

Gwen

Then I'll miss you. Good bye, Gaius.

Gaius

Uther's right. It's time I stepped down.

Merlin

What are you doing?

Gaius

I cannot stay when there's no longer a use for me.

Merlin

You're not leaving?

Gaius

I believe it's for the best.

Merlin

Then I will come with you.

Gaius

Merlin, you're like a son to me. I never expected such a blessing so late in life.

Merlin

And you are more than a father to me.

Gaius

Then as a father, I must tell you, you must remain here. Camelot is where you belong.

Merlin

But you belong here too.

Gaius

Not any more. Merlin, you must promise me you will not waste your gifts.

Merlin

My gifts mean nothing without you to guide me.

The Great Dragon

How old a man can become and yet change so little.

Gaius

You have not changed either.

The Great Dragon

Twenty years. Almost a lifetime to make the short journey back to where you began.

Gaius

I'm not here for myself.

The Great Dragon

The boy?

Gaius

You know about Merlin?

The Great Dragon

You have struggled against his destiny but you can no more prevent it than he can.

Gaius

So it is true then?

The Great Dragon

Oh yes. He and the young Pendragon one day will unite the land of Albion.

Gaius

But he is in danger.

The Great Dragon

No, it is my jailer who stands in peril.

Gaius

Must Uther be sacrificed for the boy?

The Great Dragon

Their time cannot come until his is past.

Gaius

But is that time now?

The Great Dragon

(chuckling) That is of your choosing.

Gaius

I will not choose between them.

The Great Dragon

Then turn a blind eye. That is, after all, your talent.

Gaius

(about Morgana) She must never find out the truth.

Merlin

Why not? She had a premonition that helped save Arthur's life.

Gaius

And it could cost her her own. If Uther ever found out, things would never be the same again. It must remain a secret.

Merlin

Is she like me? Can she use magic?

Gaius

No one's like you, Merlin.

Merlin

But she has the gift?

Gaius

For her sake, I hope not.

Uther

When you failed to show up for patrol this morning, I feared you'd eloped with Sophia in a fit of passion.

Merlin

I wish he had, because then I wouldn't be stood in front of you looking like an idiot. Again.

Uther

This is becoming a near daily occurrence with you.

Merlin

But there was a mistake, and I would not say it was anyone's fault... not really... You could say it was mine.

Uther

Could somebody tell me what happened?

Merlin

Well...

Uther

Somebody with a brain.

Arthur

After Sophia left, I wanted to take my mind off her so I went for a hunt.

Morgana

So killing things mends a broken heart?

Arthur

No, but it's good fun. Merlin was meant to inform you that I wouldn't be back til later today.

Uther

Have you some kind of mental affliction?

Merlin

Probably.

Gaius

I'm looking into it, sire.

Uther

Well, I hope for our sake you find a cure or we'll find ourselves with a food shortage on our hands.

Merlin

Food shortage?

Merlin

Arthur?

Arthur

What happened? Where am I?

Merlin

Can you remember anything?

Arthur

(sitting up in bed) Oh, my head. There was a girl. Sophia. She... I asked my father something about her... I asked him... What was I thinking?

Merlin

Well, we did wonder. Especially when you eloped with her last night.

Arthur

I did what?

Gaius

Merlin had to bring you back to Camelot.

Arthur

I don't recall any of this.

Gaius

It must have been some blow.

Arthur

What blow?

Merlin

Well, when I caught up with you, I couldn't persuade you to return. You were beyond reasoning. So I had to make you.

Arthur

You managed to knock me out?

Merlin

Yep. With a lump of wood.

Gaius

He only did it to bring you back safely.

Arthur

No-one can know about this. Any of it.

Gaius

I assume it's the plight of the druid boy that's causing your forehead to wrinkle like a lizard's elbow.

Merlin

Would you let something terrible happen if it meant you'd stop something even worse happening in the future?

Gaius

I suppose it depends on what the terrible and even worse things were.

Merlin

One of them's bad. Really bad. And the other... it's unthinkable.

Gaius

Sounds as if you've already made your decision. You can only do what you believe to be right, Merlin. I just hope it doesn't involve putting yourself in terrible danger.

Merlin

For once, you don't have to worry. I'm going to do nothing.

Gaius

Are you not fond of old crypts?

Merlin

I wouldn't be seen dead anywhere else.

Gaius

You've got the food I prepared for you?

Merlin

Yes.

Gaius

Careful with the wine. You know what you're like. One whiff of a barmaid's apron and you're singing like a sailor.

Merlin

Where did you get the water to make the tea? *takes a sip*

Gaius

Fortunately for the both of us you forgot to empty your bath yesterday.

Merlin

*spits it back out* You're making tea from my bath water?

Gaius

It's not so bad. Perhaps a little bit...soapy.

Merlin

We haven't done all the things we're meant to do!

Gaius

That is the lament of all men.

Uther

We must learn our lessons from these terrible events, Gaius.

Gaius

Indeed, Sire.

Uther

They prove beyond doubt I was right. Magic is evil; it is our greatest threat. [pause] I have grown complacent, Gaius.

Gaius

I wouldn't say that, sire.

Uther

We must renew our efforts. We must ensure that all sorcerers and their followers are eradicated from this kingdom.

Gaius

Of course, sire.

Merlin

I just want Arthur to trust me, and to see me for who I truly am.

Gaius

He will.

Merlin

When? Everything I do is for him, and he just thinks I'm an idiot.