Merlin stared after the woman. Eat? He had no time for such petty things, he needed to find and kill Mi...

"She knows him?" Merlin murmured, mind racing on the implications. She knows Michael? She also said she could chase him. The answer was simple then, he'd attack her and force her to take him to Michael. Merlin tried to phase inside her house for a surprise attack.

"Ha!" He yelled in the exact same spot he was just sitting in. He hadn't phased anywhere. He activated his powers and tried again. Nothing. He furrowed his brow and concentrated as hard as he could on phasing inside her house. He experienced a profound lack of movement. "My powers are gone?"

Merlin frantically activated his healing powers, and felt the familiar flow of mana. Of course, he'd done so to understand her, so then he'd assume for whatever reason he couldn't activate his phasing powers. Were the mimic powers gone as well? He'd have to find someone of power to test it on. Merlin rose to his feet and chased after the attractive woman, and upon arriving at her door demanded:

"You know Michael! How, and are you an ally of his?" Merlin pulled all of his available mana into his hands for a brilliant light show, for he knew his healing magics were no threat to anyone. Perhaps he should have had one of the knights teach him weapon handling.

[@Wick]