Merlin (TV Series)

Lamia (2011)

Bradley James: Arthur

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• Arthur : [teasingly]  So... Merlin. Being saved by a woman, that really can't feel good.

  Merlin : Feels a lot better than being dead.

  Arthur : Does it? Being saved by a woman or dying. I'd have to think about that one.

  Merlin : Well, don't think too hard. I wouldn't want you to hurt yourself.

• Gaius : [too busy to make a distant house call]  Might I make a suggestion, sire? Why not send Merlin in my place?

  Arthur : Merlin?

  Gaius : He has a knowledge of the healing arts. If the diagnosis is straightforward, he can prescribe a remedy, I'm sure.

  Arthur : And what if it isn't?

  Gaius : Then he can bring his findings to me.

  Arthur : Findings? Merlin can't find his own backside most of the time.

  Gaius : I think he's capable of much more than you imagine, sire.

• Arthur : It's almost good to see you, Merlin.

  Merlin : Likewise.

  Arthur : Almost.

• Arthur : Does anything strike you as odd about these bodies?

  Gaius : Yes, sire. There's not a mark on them.

  Arthur : Not so much as a scratch.

• Gaius : The girl escaped and killed them all but him.

  Arthur : How is that possible? She's just one girl.

  Gaius : Not a girl, sire. A lamia.

  Arthur : A lamia?

  Gaius : A creature of magic. In their wars with the ancient kings, the high priestesses of the old religion took the blood from a girl and mingled it with that of a serpent. The creatures they created has ferocious powers. They could control the mind of a man, suck the life from him with a single embrace.

  Arthur : Which is why none of the traders has a mark on them.

  Gaius : But the lamia proved more deadly than their makers had ever imagined. They could transform at will and become hideous monsters. And they kept on killing, sire. They would not stop.