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A few nights later, Mordred was curled up on his bed, reading a book that Merlin had given him; when Arthur entered the room, holding two white tablets in his hand. Mordred grimaced,
"Do I have to take the sedative tonight?" he complained.
"You don't want to?" asked Arthur.
"It makes me feel tired and when I do sleep, I have weird dreams."
"Well, Gaius said that you can stop taking it when you feel better, so I guess you don't have to. Although I will leave it here if you decide you need to take it later" Arthur said, placing the medicine on the bedside table."
After a pause, he asked, "How do you feel about coming to a training session tomorrow? We don't know when Morgana is going to attack again, so we need all of our best knights to be ready. Also, Merlin tells me that you are starting to go stir crazy; don't worry I have felt like that plenty of times when I have been wounded." Arthur added, smiling.
Seeing Mordred's apprehension, Arthur placed a hand on the young man's shoulder.
"Are you worried about what the other knights will think?" he asked gently.
Mordred nodded, ducking his head.
"Well," said Arthur, "you have nothing to worry about, none of them are angry at you. In fact, many have them have asked about how their 'little brother' is doing , especially Gwaine, Leon and Percival. I think it would do them good to see that you are alright. Also, if any of the other knights say anything, I will be t there and deal with it, alright?"
"Alright, I'll join you," said Mordred, in a small voice.
"Great!" said Arthur, "it's going to be just fine, you'll see."
Mordred stared out the window as Merlin helped him with his armor. Sensing his friend's apprehension, Merlin said, "it's alright to be nervous, just remember that Arthur will be with you the whole time, he will make sure that you are alright. I'll be there too so if something really bad happens I can intervene."
"Thank you, Merlin," said Mordred, "you are a good friend."
