Supporting Quote 2

"The horrible armies were on the point of joining battle, to dispute the imaginary boundary between their glass trays when Merlyn came to his rescue."

This quote shows that a war is about to happen between 2 ant nests over boundary and food. At this time, Arthur is sick of the war preparations and wants to leave. Arthur's disgust of the war shows that war is horrible and bad. He learns this so he knows how it feels to have conflict and he will not have conflict in his kingdom.