User blog comment:MerlinUSA/Lies My Dragon Told Me/@comment-5102537-20130130003215/@comment-5995315-20130130150759

Both the examples do refer to particular circumstances. What I think is that they also bring into play some theme or other that will become important over the remaining episodes. The dragon talked about the power of love in reference to Gwen at the time, but he didn't say, "The power of Gwen's love."

Because Kilgharrah is a creature of magic, I don't think he can easily read  human thoughts. True, he might have an intelligence and emotions suited to magical creatures, including his own sort of love. I just think there's a disconnect between the two kinds.