"His name is Jehovah, and he created my world, and the people in it. My father was an enemy of his, a created being who came to fall out of pride and arrogance. In the name of overthrowing Jehovah, my father lay with a mortal woman against her will, and conceived me, to try to break prophecy. But my mother, a woman of good heart and faith, took me to Blaise, and Blaise baptized me in waters blessed of Jehovah, and in doing so, connected me to that being."

Merlin's voice was soft, and he told the story as one who not only believed it, but knew it to be true. "My father had placed on me the knowledge of what had been, in order to corrupt me with the weight of all the evils that men do. But Jehovah awoke both my human talents and gave me a new one. from my mother, I gained the power to see what was happening then, but far off, and from Jehovah I gained the sight of what might be. That way, I could see his ultimate triumph, and know that what my father showed me did not matter."

Merlin spoke quietly, but intent, and he nodded at the end of that. "That power, that sheer knowledge of Him, the touch of His presence, is what gives me the Sight."