Merlin is silent for a long moment, considering. Ordinarily he dislikes telling people much of anything about himself. For a number of reasons, but the fact that humans typically reacted poorly or didn't truly understand definitely ranked up there. But then again, she is apparently a goddess, which doesn't make her exactly human, does it?

"I'd doubted from the start that it would make any difference, and that was proven rather immediately in any case. But it's not a bad way to pass the time, even so."

Much like how many people still took some solace in drinking or eating the food that appeared with some of the locations here, despite not actually needing to.