"You hair glows?" Merlin repeated, surprised. His mother (and later Gaius) had always told him that his eyes glow when he did magic, but glowing hair? That was something else.

"It does need to be protected," Merlin said, serious. He thought of Uther, who wouldn't hesitate to cut off all of her beautiful hair just to get rid of the magic - if he didn't cut off Rapunzel's head with it. No, Merlin could understand perfectly Rapunzel's fears. "I know in Camelot...the King thinks magic is evil. He wouldn't have understood that your gift is special. But it must have been hard, hiding from everybody."