It didn't take that long for him to wake. He blinked his eyes again, hoping it all had been part of some horrible nightmare. But there it was, the same horrible light, the same walls made of metal... He took a sharp breath and turned to look at Merlin.
"I cannot be here, you must understand... I must pay for my deeds. I must atone. I have to go back!" he said hastily, his eyes full of fear, unable to understand what was happening.