[id: wide shot of the dais with its blue-tinted crystal ball on a pedestal and two large black columns that stand in front of the wrought iron stairs that lead up to it on either side as merlin, having stepped down from it, walks away from the elevated platform of aged grey stone that matches the walls, across the black tiled floor toward the camera. despite his long hair being white he has a youthful looking face devoid of facial hair. /end id]