Talk:Mordred/@comment-50.171.218.111-20140825054627/@comment-12511635-20141217045834

No it made sense he observes Freya locked in a cage by Halig who was going to sell her for money and he mentions he could have been in the same position. Morgana is the King's ward and Gaius ordered him not to interfere. Merlin is under no obligation to tell anyone about his magic if he does not want to. By the time The Nightmare Begins rolls around, Merlin has a pretty good reason not to trust (or at least to be somewhat uneasy about) Morgana, despite their past relationship. In To Kill the King he witnesses that Morgana can be extremely dangerous when crossed, going so far as to appoint herself judge, jury and executioner for Uther (but not going through with it right at the last second). Later in The Nightmare Begins, he not only has the Dragon's warnings about her knocking about in her head, but he witnesses her refusal to return to Camelot despite the fact that a dozen or so innocent lives are at stake.