[Looks bewildered for a moment -- so he's from then, not from-- and drops his gaze away again, tensing up when Lancelot steps closer but not moving away, either]
... This isn't--
Merlin's here and he's not... [dead... or whatever they are when they're here and not... wherever.]
[Quiet, feeling completely useless and incapable of talking. damnit he's supposed to at least not kinda suck at this.]
This isn't what's beyond the veil. At least, I don't think it is.