“Indeed,” said the Knight with Two Swords, “it’s too bad. One would lose much less by Gawain’s death than by Pellinor’s.”

“Not so,” said the squire. “Merlin told me to tell you that he will have a better knight in Gawain, when he comes of age, than he has in King Pellinor. For this reason, you shouldn’t lament the death of one more than of the other.”

Post-Vulgate Merlin