Thank you :D I'm so happy to know it came across as believable. I was a bit nervous, wondering if, maybe, I had made Arthur too accepting but at this point I feel his reaction to the reveal could go in all kinds of directions. Plus this particular reveal was what the story wanted.

and, really, how could anyone be angry at a poor, broken, hurting and sobbing Merlin? ;) I just want to wrap that boy in a wool blanket even on the good days.