"Because your name is Merlin," Zacharias explained, as if that said it all. "People are going to comment on it for now, until the day that you die. Especially when you're old and actually have a long white beard," he said with a chuckle. "So you ought to have a good response for them."
His blue eyes rolled a little bit. "You need to stop apologizing too," he added, not sure why he even wanted to bother explaining things to him, but he did. "If you keep apologizing, people will think they can walk all over you."