"B-but Merlin!" Oliver sputtered. "But isn't he...if..." He waved vaguely, struggling for words, but then realised that he was on the verge of sharing information that it would probably be much better not to share and snapped his mouth shut. If magic was outlawed, he shouldn't walk around pointing out Merlin as a wizard, even if he suspected a close friend like Gwen might already know. "Well, uh...if you say so. And yeah, 'course I'll like him!" He smiled sheepishly, still shaking his head in disbelief. How could he not like Merlin?

"You work on the training grounds?" Oliver echoed, hardly able to believe it. "Okay. Yeah. Let's do that!" Despite his shock and confusion over the situation, he flashed her a grin, his excitement still very much intact, even if part of his brain was continuously telling him that this had to all be a dream of some sort.