"Yeah, it surprised me and caught me more off guard. They knew what they were doing when I first got there. Kept me from properly fighting back. Not that I could at the time. It wasn’t till Merlin showed up, summoned his staff. Then he broke several laws that preserve the secrecy and left," I explained. "Then Marcus arrived and we turned the tide. Killing both of them. If it wasn’t for the staff, I wouldn’t have been able to fight back."