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Despite Analise's various arguments for it, with maybe some of her memory manipulating magic coming into play, Merlin managed to convince her that staying with him and Gaius again would be the biggest possible mistake. That would raise too much suspicion; a noblewoman suddenly moving out of Uther Pendragon's castle into the chambers of a servant wasn't exactly auspicious. He had just gotten her back and there was no way he was going to take the risk of losing her. Not again. His heart wouldn't be able to take that.
"How are you feeling?" he asked the next morning when he went to change her sheets, a chore that seriously didn't need to be done.
"A whole lot better. I can't thank you enough."
"I think three or four more times should suffice," he joked, smiling, and she returned it.
He watched her do up her hair with small pins, still needing to hold up her royal image.
"How did all this come about? The Lady image an all?"
"You'd be surprised how persuasive Nimueh is, Merlin. Especially when her host as a knack for memory spells.
"What will we do about her, speaking of? She's obviously strong enough to live on her own now."
She looked at him through the mirror. "But she isn't technically alive, is she?"
That made Merlin think of Freya back at the lake, how she told him that she wasn't really alive. Maybe that was the same case with Nimueh.
"I guess not," he replied.
"So, we have to kill someone who's alive, but not really alive. How exactly does one go about doing that?"
"Excalibur."
"Pardon?"
"The sword forged from the dragon's breath. Excalibur. It can kill the dead," he said, reaching an epiphany.
"Really? Where is it?"
"At the bottom of Lake Avalon."
"Oh Merlin."
"Well, I had to get rid of it. It's a sword of great power,and it could do terrible damage in the wrong hands," Merlin told her, merely repeating what Kilgharrah had told him.
"How can we retrieve it, then? Are you up to swimming to the bottom of a lake?"
He smirked. "No. But I know someone who'd be more than willing to help."