Oh, holy shit! Merle! You were right! I didn't think you were going to be right!

[ Magnus leans down and shakes Merle by the shoulders in his surprise. It would look as though he was hiding behind Merle (which he's not, actually; he could absolutely take on this cute kid, because covering up murders is way different from her being a mystical stabchild), but because Merle is short even for a dwarf, he's just peering at Veronica over top of his head. ]

What do we do with this information?

[ YOU STARTED THIS, MERLE ]