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[foundfate]

["I want to be free of the ghosts to see. That is my wish: to not be burdened by them anymore."

"Unfortunately, I cannot grant that wish. But I can send you to someone who can grant it."

That answer gave Watanuki jack-all to go off of, though, and he was left standing in a field of pink flowers looking absolutely befuddled. How had he gotten there? Where was he in the first place? The flowers seemed to go on forever, and all that was around besides them was a floating tower in the sky.

Well, that seemed like Watanuki's best chance at getting an answer, so he tried to step in that direction, but found that his legs were tangled up in the flowers. He fount this out by tripping, somehow, and ending up face-first in the flowers with a yelp.]

What- why are they-

[Oh, to be tangled up in the Garden of Avalon. His sins weighed him down, and he didn't even know it.]

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[myrdd]

[In some matters, there's no need for Clairvoyance. Merlin knows the makings of a beautiful man, although he can't put a finger on when he first start noticing that potential. Maybe it was over dinner, or the times spent at the observation deck. Or, perhaps, all those moments when Watanuki began to marvel at the results of his own magecraft.

The moment of discovery is a wonderful thing.]

Haven't tried walking down here since I put up the tower. [He casts his gaze upward, clasping his chin. Here, the open sky doesn't change much.] Around fifteen hundred years, give or take.

[Said matter-of-fact.]

[foundfate]

[There is. A long pause there. And then:]

You look pretty good for fifteen hundred years old.

[He's not flirting, but it is partially a compliment and partially surprise. While he does know that Merlin isn't fully human and likely has a long life because of that, he didn't expect it to be THAT long. And it's a bit surprising.

It also brings other questions to mind, though he needs to think of a proper way to ask them.]

have more signs of wata's crush on gil surfaced between then and now?

[myrdd]

[What's with the pause? Watanuki can't have forgotten that the European middle ages happened at least a thousand years ago! Although he can be forgiven for not knowing that Arturia's reign specifically occurred at the beginning of the supposed "Dark Ages," named as such by a few unimaginative scholars who thought civilization, human life and what-have-you ground to a complete halt when the Roman Empire collapsed. Rude. The scholars, not Watanuki. Moreover, if there's someone to be blamed for the link between King Arthur and the High Middle Ages, that would be Malory and his ilk.]

Oho. Yes, that's what I like to hear.

[This, in comparison, is a milder, more amusing topic. A prelude to something potentially heavier, perhaps, but compliments are still welcome.]

Tell me more. Feel free to go into detail and skip the empty flattery.