[Hm. Well, Psyche seems awfully affected by Merlin dying despite not knowing him very well. She must be pretty civilian-level, possibly on the first person she's seen die, or she's just a bit of bleeding heart.]

Doubt you'd have stopped him even if y'did know. Old git woulda called 'em either way, so you mighta gotten yourself offed gettin' involved in that.

[It's the truth, but also an attempt to keep her from doing something dumb like blaming herself. Not that he has much reference for if it's working, he's never been the guy to comfort people.]