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"You seem somewhat less than enthusiastic about our prospects," Merlin said
with
a frown.

"Oh, it isn't that," I said with a sigh. "Quite the contrary. Half the time
I'm
convinced I'm dreaming all this, and the other half I'm having the most
thrilling experience of my entire life. But things are nowhere near as simple
as
you seem to think they are. Everything's falling apart, for God's sake.
There's
rioting in the streets. Society is breaking down. The whole bloody world is
being plunged into a state of anarchy and suddenly you come along to announce
that you're a two-thousand-year-old wizard who just woke up from a nap inside
a
tree to save the human race by opening a school for sorcerers. People will
think
you're absolutely cracked!"

"You don't seem to think so," he replied.

"I wouldn't be so sure. Perhaps I'm absolutely cracked, as well," I said.
"For
all I know, I've gone completely potty and I'm hallucinating all of this."

"I think you know better than that," said Merlin.

"Well, perhaps I do, but I'm still only one person. You'll have to convince
the
entire world! Even if you do manage to pull it off somehow, we haven't even
begun to consider the effect it would have!"
"You think it would be helpful to discuss it?" Merlin

I snorted. "I wouldn't even know where to start!"

"I never claimed that it would be an easy task," said Merlin. "Clearly, the
first thing we have to do is make my presence known, and convince people that
I
am precisely who I claim to be. We shall need to bring our message to as many
people as we can, and as quickly as we can. Tell me, what do you think of my
appearing on the television?"

"Television?" I said. "You want to go on television?'"

"Why not?" he asked.

"Why not?" I said.

And then I thought, indeed, why not? It would be perfect. Once convinced that