"What?" Merlin, he hadn't thought of it, not really. What it would be like if Meg lost her magic. That would be pretty awful. And they'd not known each other very long. But- "No, Meg! I- Meg, I love you." Totally, stupidly, spirits save him.
Being brave. He had this all worked out. He was going to say... what was it? Something about doing great things... "I'm going after Bole."