A beautiful, young woman was pacing in her courtyard. She sighed and walked toward the stables. She got up on her bay horse and rode into the wind. She passed all kinds of fields and streams until at last she stopped in a beautiful meadow to give her horse a rest.
"Prithee, horse of mine, help me. I know thou art but a dumb animal, but I am torn between two men. Lord Samuel is a comely burn (man/warrior) and courageous. He hast done many brave deeds in the name of our God and King. He maketh me feel like a young girl in love. Al be he is lewd at times. Merlin is gentle and hende (clever). He is the right hand of the king. He maketh me feel his equal. I should may hap be saying Mer-El. Merlin is the name he hath made to ease the tongue of Earth. He hath told me he is not a son of Adam, but he is from a strange world haten (named) Krypton. He hath lost his way to return. I love them both al be differently."
In another part of Britain…
"Merlin, there be a strange clothed being with a strange tongue wishing to speak with thee," reported one of the castle servants.
"Send him hither."
The man entered and the servant left.
"Mer-El, buddy, pal!" said the strange man.
"May I help thee?"
"My name is Tempus and I'm about to make your wildest dreams come true."
"How dost thou know my dreams?" he asked suspiciously.
"I know enough to know you want Lady Lucia and with my help you can have her."
"Why would thou want to help me?"
"You're a clever man. I see no reason to lie. I'm from the future and let's just say that it's in my best interest that certain things cease to be. If you marry Lady Lucia, she doesn't marry Lord Samuel of the Lane."
"That would seem so."
"Two of my biggest problems are gone and I can have the future the way I want it.'
"When thou quod (said) problems…"
"I meant people. Listen, pal! I'm going to give it to you straight. If things stay unchanged, Lucia and Samuel have a descendent that annoys the heck out of me and helps to cause Utopia. The other is your descendent, a do-gooder, who does cause Utopia and I want them gone. If you go back to Krypton, the planet ends up getting destroyed. If you stay here, you create a race of Kryptonians without it being the ones I don't want."
"I will not help thee with thy evil deeds. Fate will triumph. Dost thou think I will destroy my descendants or the descendants of Lucia out of selfishness?"
"Like ancestor like descendent. This is why I brought this little rock." He pulled out green kryptonite.
"You will get married to Lucia or be buried with Lucia. So let me ask again, will you help?"
Mer-El was on the floor in pain, but he managed to nod.