"They are. It's the kind of place you can grow up with adventure, and enough excitement to keep you on your toes, but no one really trying to kill you, and if they do it's usually impersonal and frankly quite clumsy."

And hey, sometimes you just need a change of pace. Earth, to Random, is a place to relax a little. He may be speaking too soon in Merlin's case, but what can you do?