MERLIN : That doesn't matter.
SIGAN (CEDRIC) : But it must hurt so much to be so put upon, so overlooked, when all the while you have such power.
MERLIN: That's the way it has to be.
SIGAN (CEDRIC) : Does it? You're young, Merlin. Look inside yourself. You have yet to discover your true power. I can help you. Think, Merlin. To have the world appreciate your greatness. To have Arthur know you for what you are.
MERLIN : That can never be.
Merlin: It's…lonely. To…be more powerful than any man you know and have to live like a shadow. To…be special and, and have to pretend you're a fool. I know how it feels, I understand.
Gilli: Then you understand why I have to fight. If Uther is killed, so what? How many of our kind have dies at his hands? How many more will? It's time those with magic fought back!
Gilli: I'm not going to apologise for who I am! You can be a servant and, and pretend you're less than them, but I'm not going to...
Merlin: No, that's not what I do!
Gilli: No? You're defending the King! Protecting a man that would have you dead!
Merlin: I'm protecting you!
Gilli: You've been pretending for so long now that you've actually forgotten who you are.
Merlin: That's not true.
Gilli: Isn't it? Merlin: No.
crazy how sigan's words came back to bite merlin in the ass in s3