I can't help myself; it's too much fun. Here's more:

"I have been alive since before the Music of the Ainur, before Ëa, before Melkor became Morgoth the origin of all evil, before the Sun and the Moon."

Arthur stared.

Merlin just kept talking, oblivious or not caring about the King's confused and awed emotions, "But now, back to the topic of Andúril and your great heritage."