Oh! [ duh, that's a good point... ] Then I'll just be close enough. Does he know that he can type things and the CereVice will recite the words he's typed? It's one of the features of the device.

[ she gets the clean thing, though. she's studied phobias before! ] And at least it's better than being afraid of water. Do you know what it would be like if you're afraid of water? You can't take baths, Merlin.

[ and that's grim as fuck. ]

I don't need to! Cheval means Horse in French. So it's a very, very good name.