Merlin lifted his mug to toast her. He paused at her question. "Strangeness. Crazy events? Or, well, true madness. Such times and places as this, milady, breed it, as sure as time breeds fools of us all." He nodded.

"There is nothing to do but look for it, and be ready." He stretched and nodded, closing his eyes for a moment. "I have been Watching for a very long time." He blinked, and for a moment as his eyes opened, they were the eyes of a very old man, old and tired, and then the look was gone and they were his eyes once more, youthful and full of sincerity.