This apparition, or whatever she may be of Morgana, looks at him, full of assessment. "You cannot defy your father, not openly."

She turns the question back on him. "How many people with magic were slaughtered looking for me? I never asked to come back, Arthur but if I was to be forced back, to avoid more slaughter, what else did you expect me to do?"

And there is an answer to her question. "Those who live within the city are not innocent. They are the ones who most supported the King. They cheered at executions of children. They stood by while an entire culture was destroyed. Do not tell me they are innocent."