Well, it, it was supposed to be a thing, an analogy. It may not have come across right.
Ha, Merlin. You're not me are you? No, I suppose you can't be, I'd remember that... unless a future version of me ended up calling himself Merlin again? But then you'd know what I was going on about, so, then...
Hello, Merlin, you're a long, long, long way from home. Or a long, long, long when from home.