- Merlin settles in at the cave and realizes how much he's missed all the quiet and isolation.
- Merlin gets news from his dad that Pascentius really is building up his troops, and there will be war by the end of summer. But not just now.
- So Merlin takes up a seriously pastoral mode of life, picking herbs, strumming some tunes on his harp, and making Cadal laugh at how bad his lyrics are.
- Merlin makes up a song about his lady love coming up through the bluebells, and lo and behold—he sees Keridwen coming up through the bluebells near his home the next day. Spooky.
- Merlin and Keridwen have some awkward convo, in which Keridwen tells him that a nun's life just wasn't for her. And seriously, she's pretty turned on that Merlin's a magician and the son of the High King.
- Pretty soon, the chemistry is on between them, and they're rolling around in the bluebells. But wouldn't you know, that's when a terrible sense of death kicks in. Something isn't right.
- And Merlin just can't ignore it. He pushes Keridwen away, and she's annoyed. She laughs at him for being a virgin and tries to hide her hurt feelings.
- Keridwen's pretty sure Merlin doesn't want her because her mom was a prostitute. Merlin did not know that before, but he's not going to hold that against her.
- The whole feeling-he-was-in-a-grave thing really threw Merlin off his game. Keridwen's not having any excuses. She tells him she doesn't even believe he has special powers.
- By the way, girl totally faked the whole toothache thing.
- Now that's just hurtful.
- Keridwen asks Merlin for a silver coin to pay for her ripped dress. Merlin kind of gets it, then. Keridwen's not a nice girl.
- Merlin drops a gold coin for Keridwen and gets the heck out of there. She laughs at him as he leaves.