“Weird text messages. Saying that Mor was cheating on me and that I wasn’t good enough for him.” He smiled bitterly before shaking his head. “Then I started thinkin’ bout my Dad and my mum…”

“You’re going to beli—” she cuts herself off short. “Well. You started thinking, and that led to more thinking, and you just went round in a spiral, down and down and down. Did you block the number?” She sits up, still holding Merlin’s hand, and gives him a look that can only be described as parental.