I ♥ this icon - Utena was one of the first anime I watched, and it has a special (albeit very confusing at times) place in my heart.

The sphere of light in the caves of Balor is always going to represent the essence of the Merlin and Arthur dynamic to me. Merlin is always by Arthur's side, even when distance would seem to prevent it.

That sums them up really well. I'll be interested to see how they address this aspect of the relationship in the third season - the second seemed to put some distance between them, which looked harder on Merlin than on Arthur.