[ It's amazing how she can switch from one expression to another, and while Merlin definitely doesn't have an ability like hers to see how she feels, it looks more like a cover for something else. It helps him open up a little more, too. ]

My magic was like that. My mother told me that it was a gift, something special that I could use to help people... even when it was banned. If I'd have been caught... I would have been executed.

[ And that fear is still there. Even now. ] The King hates magic. Despises it. But not all magic is bad. [ He shakes his head to refuse the fries though, feeling a bit queasy with the talk to even think about it right now. ]