Arthur didn't really even look at him much when he came in, he was too busy staring at the candlestick on his table. That might have been the one he'd thrown at Merlin, he wasn't really sure. Probably was.

"Things between us could have been different. If I'd paid more attention to her."

This could be a second chance at that. And wasn't that what this ship was all about, second chances? He could still see Camelot run over in his head, but was it fair to hold a crime she had no idea about against her?