[If Merlin reaches out, what his mind brushes against will feel barely human. A dark void. A desolate wasteland, spanning out in all directions like a barren sea of cold, dead sand.
He does manage to startle the Darkling hard enough for him to throw out his hands, shadows leaping at his call to swirl like angry smoke along the floor.]
What?
I'm sure someone will come along shortly. Do not do that again, or you will find that I have no patience for trickery.
This is fine- canon blind, but lemme know if this isn't how it works for him
He does manage to startle the Darkling hard enough for him to throw out his hands, shadows leaping at his call to swirl like angry smoke along the floor.]
What?
I'm sure someone will come along shortly. Do not do that again, or you will find that I have no patience for trickery.