Disclaimer: I do not own Merlin.
A/N: So, as I am waiting for my sister's baby to be born! Here's the next update. Oh, this one is about Percival.
People assumed that since he said very little that he was unintelligent. Being big and burly helped that image too. It was useful. People said things around him that they wouldn't say around other people. He observed things, too, that others didn't seem to see.
The prince's manservant, for example. He was always running off, slipping away, and when he came back, sometimes wounded, everything was better. Beasts would be slain and curses broken. He noticed things out of the corner of his eyes, odd occurrences, saving them. It could only be one thing.
Yes, sometimes, fewer words is better.