A/N: I should be getting 300 reviews this chapter! *is excited* Thank you all so much! Now, this is another not-favorite, but I thought the point needed to be made. So please review even if it isn't exciting; I want to know what you think of this idea…
25. Unacknowledged
There were times when Merlin felt like a useless, unseen shadow, as important as cracks in the ground.
At least that's better than being hated, than being executed. It's preferable to be a live shadow.
But Merlin wanted to be seen. It was hard for someone so powerful to not be noticed or recognized.
If love can't be had, being ignored is better than being hated.
But hatred wasn't the opposite of love. Indifference was.
There were times when Merlin really wanted to leap out of the shadows. So he could be seen. So no one forgot he was there.