Listening to each person one at a time, he chose to answer Zen-Aku first, as he was the one Merlin understood best. "Oh there is nothing to apologize for, I understand having to hear it all nonstop could be quite stressful. But the youthful very rarely understand the powers they are gifted with. Why, Morgan there used to be much the same, thinking magic was something for trickery and fun. Perhaps my own fault, why I was just saying to young Lucian here a short while ago that my own magic is a bit, unique, and doesn't often give the best impression of the incredible power magic can be." And after he gave his idea on the statues, Merlin simply said "Quite right you are. These statues were created in the image of the greatest Knights of the Court of Camelot, known as the Knights of the Round Table. They may just be statues, but they hold some portion of the personalities the original Knights had. So it is only natural they kneel to their Princess. And not just her." He looked to Lucian as he said "They show respect to you as well my boy. Royalty is Royalty after all."
Morgan wasn't sure how to respond to the whole thing, a bit awkward as she had no memories of being any sort of royalty, and here a bunch of statues were kneeling to her. She made an awkward gesture as her face was turning red, and fortunately the statues understood it to mean their 'performance' was unnecessary, and so, all the statues stood again, and took their places as actual statues again. That except for one, the one with the sword that still kept its head turned as if watching them. With a long sigh of relief that it was over, she let the others talk as she walked around, inspecting each of the statues one at a time. She figured she should have some familiarity with each of them, and as she read off their names, she felt, something at least. It was almost like she could pick out a single trait that, at least in her mind, defined each of the names she saw. There was Sir Bedivere, which Morgan associated with loyalty. Sir Galahad, which she imagined as entirely pure. Sir Gawain... who she got some sort of an overly serious feeling from. She passed by other statues one by one, until she reached the one with the sword, that had been watching her the entire time. She read the statue's Pedestal, 'Sir Lancelot', and a whole wave of feelings she didn't understand washed over her.
Merlin of course was being absolutely ACCOSTED with questions... which was actually normal for him. He motioned for Zek-Aku to stand, as he said "Yes yes, everybody needs the help of the Wizard. Let's take things one step at a time here. First I promised aid to the young Prince there." He watched as the shelf was put back in place, and the books were being returned to it, motioning for Taivas to hand him one of them as he picked it up. "This should be the one I'm looking for." He dusted it off, and handed it to Lucian. "This book was gifted to me by King Mickey. Most just call him 'The King' but it's a silly title, there are many Kings here and there." The book was titled 'Of Hearts and Light', and wasn't the heaviest of books. "That should explain many of the questions you have, but as for anything about your own origins, I'm afraid I cannot say. I am sure you will learn much about yourself on the journey ahead of you. What you need to know, is that no matter what you learn about yourself, you are still you. Finding out you are a Prince doesn't change who you are. In the grand scheme of things, important, not important, it doesn't matter. Who you are is something you yourself decide, so long as you stay true to your heart."
Once that was said and done, he turned to Taivas next, as he opened the locket and adjusted his glasses before nodding. "Why yes, I have seen them, where was it, let me think..." He had a moment to think before he let out a short "Aha." Closing the locket and handing it back to Taivas. "A curious duo, I can't recall every detail of our meeting, but I do recall they took interest in the mention of a world of Heroes and Gods, and set off to a place called Olympus. I'm afraid beyond that, I couldn't say what they did or what became of them. The path to Olympus has been shrouded for some time now. If you are to go searching for them, you may find yourself having to visit other worlds in the meantime to open the path."
Then finally, he turned back to Zen-Aku. "And now for you, tell me of these, many questions you have. I will do what I can to help, but just know I don't have all the answers in the universe."
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