Inwardly, he wanted to scream at Merlin for not saying anything sooner. He knew that Merlin had known, but wouldn't tell him. How fucked was that? Keeping secrets from himself! Next, he'd find out that Merlin had a girlfriend that he was seeing when he was actually trying to get some sleep!
He swallowed and reverted his attention back to the matters at hand. Too many questions were swirling around the caverns of his mind. Too many questions with too many answer choices. And not all were good.
He ran his fingers through his hair and nodded curtly. "Okay," he said quickly. "I'll -- we'll help. We both made promises to you a long time ago to help you out with whatever it is you'll ever need until we're dismissed, and that's a promise Merlin and I both intend on keeping, man." Christian glanced up at Michael and patted the other man's knee. "You've got yourself a right-hand man."