" Holy shit!” he shouted. “You were nearly incinerated!”
“Merlin?” Gwen said as Mercer weapons began to reload.
Merlin snapped his fingers and every living on the moon, apart from the three of them, froze. “Note to self, the moment they need me is a tad too literal. Next time I’ll try for an hour before the moment they need me. Although, let’s not hope for a next time. "

― A.R. Capetta , Sword in the Stars (Once & Future #2)