It is simply a matter of who has the greater will. Episode 1.3: That Old Black Magic Merlin: Concentrate. Tasha: Are you dead? Merlin: Do I look dead? Tasha: I was just asking! Merlin: I am projecting myself here from my own time, through means beyond your comprehension! Tasha: Try me! Gwen: Stop it! This isn't happening! Merlin: Guinevere! Episode 1.2: Psyched Karen Jones: Evil is a river running through time. Magic is your birthright and your destiny. You were first born in a time of great magic. Your's on the other hand is one of the Ancients. Tasha: Explains what? Merlin: Your dim-wittedness of course! Your soul is in it's mere infancy.

Tasha: Are you saying she's.? Merlin: Yes, that explains it. Mari, Svetlana, Fujiko, of course they were just your human reincarnations. You've had quite a few since you were Guinevere. Merlin: Guinevere, must we go through this with every lifetime? Gwen: My name's Gwen. Merlin: She is your servant? Gwen: What? Merlin: This Tasha, she is your servant? Gwen: No she's. Tasha: Who are you? Merlin: I am Merlin, of course. Merlin: Well then, at last, I have your attention.

I will have the crystal, if it takes a thousand years. Guinevere: Never! Merlin: Enough of your trickery, Morgana! Guinevere: Merlin, I have failed you. Morgana: Queen? For how long? Once your precious Arthur learns what you've done, you will help me find the crystal. Guinevere: How dare you threaten the Queen. Season 1 Episode 1.1: Hard Rain Morgana: You cannot run away from me.

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