Ash gathered a handful of berries and sat down again, cross-legged on the grass, laying the berries down between them on a leaf. "You do? I know about them but I haven't met them yet. My mother says Merlin is her friend. He's very powerful but his magic is different to hers. How do you know him? I'd like to meet him. I know all the stories." He'd wondered about Matthew’s angle on this whole thing, and he was curious and interested.