ARTHUR If this is you trying to leave your job...
MERLIN No. I'm happy to be your servant. Till the day I die.
ARTHUR Sometimes I think I know you, Merlin. Other times... [shakes head]
MERLIN Well, I know you. And you're a great warrior. One day, you'll be a great king.
ARTHUR That's very kind of you.
MERLIN But you must learn to listen as well as you fight.
ARTHUR Any other pointers?
MERLIN No. That's it. Just...don't be a prat.
this whole interaction just breaks my heart because arthur is just so confused and merlin is almost to the point of making a love confession while he's about to go ride to what he believes is his death
this interaction must baffle arthur for years to come, he probably remembers it as he lays dying in merlin's arms after the battle of camalann and he finally realizes what merlin was intending to say


















