Merlin smirked to himself as he fixed the tea. He did enjoy being right.
"I can't say as I normally carry excesses of sodium chloride in stock, but I did ask for my housekeeper to pick up some extra when she went shopping," he said, tapping the teaspoon on the side of the cup. "So I do have some. You're sure the demon will return there? Surely he must have received some warning of the real Hermes' release. T'were me, I'd have run for the hills by now." Probably. Merlin wasn't always the best at listening to warnings.