He listens without comment to her description and explanation, though one eyebrow goes up in a deliberate arch at her last comment.
'That is not an uncommon sentiment,' he murmurs, rather flatly. 'I can think of any number of reasons as to why that might be so, depending on which variation of the tale he knows. And not all of those reasons would be misguided ones, either.'
He taps his fingertips together, still with the same flat expression on his face. 'Though interestingly enough, a number of variations on the legend have Merlin as the child of a mortal woman and a demonic being, with the infernal realm as the source of his power and visions. The child of a god and a mortal, as it were.'
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Date: 2006-12-29 06:31 am (UTC)'That is not an uncommon sentiment,' he murmurs, rather flatly. 'I can think of any number of reasons as to why that might be so, depending on which variation of the tale he knows. And not all of those reasons would be misguided ones, either.'
He taps his fingertips together, still with the same flat expression on his face. 'Though interestingly enough, a number of variations on the legend have Merlin as the child of a mortal woman and a demonic being, with the infernal realm as the source of his power and visions. The child of a god and a mortal, as it were.'