"Actually, I'm—" He stopped again and considered his situation. Devoted to a prince who did not appreciate or even know about the true service Merlin rendered. Loving a man who had chosen a different servant to love. "Pretty pathetic, yeah."

This stabbed me in the heart and cut it into a million of tiny bloody pieces! *gore!! o.O* I feel so bad about Merlin; he's overly under-appreciated and he deserves so much more.