EPISODE 22
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PELLES :
Eat your fill, dear knights.
You are at home here.
I had a room prepared for you.
Your long journey must have exhausted you.
I look forward to hearing the tale of your adventures.
TRISTAN :
It's more than we could ask for, your Majesty, Pelles.
The journey was rather peaceful.
PELLES :
Nonsense, it’s the least I can do.
Ah, but it’s true that you knights ask for no reward for your feats.
TRISTAN :
Indeed. We don’t want people to feel like they owe us
when we’re only doing our duty.
DINADAN :
There is something I’d like to know, though.
What’s wrong with your kingdom?
PELLES :
What do you mean, what’s wrong?
DINADAN :
Your lands are in ruins.
There’s no livestock, no crops.
Your people are starving.
And you…
you sit there and fish.
PELLES :
What is your name, knight?
DINADAN :
Dinadan of Estrangore,
son of Brunor of Estrangore.
PELLES :
Oh, so you’re the crown prince?
DINADAN :
No, my brother is.
PERCIVAL :
Prince?!
Dinadan’s a prince??
TRISTAN :
…
…So are you?
PERCIVAL :
…Oh.
That’s true.
PELLES :
I see. Dinadan, does this mean your father has asked you to convey his demands regarding the sudden influx of my people on his lands?
DINADAN :
Oh, no, my father didn’t ask me to do anything.
I saw the conditions those of your people who chose to stay are living in in this wasteland with my own eyes.
So…?
PELLES :
…You must know I am only the regent. My father is king of Corbenic.
Calling me “King Pelles” is a misnomer.
You see, my father is…
…unwell.
He left me to rule a kingdom whose riches ran out.
I have nothing to offer to my people but barren lands…
all this because of…
of…
PERCIVAL :
( How is a prince supposed to act, exactly?
Should I change the way I speak? )
TRISTAN :
Because of what, your Majesty?
PELLES :
…
And who might you be, young squire?
PERCIVAL :
Percival of Wales.
PELLES :
Of Wales? Are you a child of Pellinore, then?
PERCIVAL :
I am, sir.
PELLES :
I see.
What a pleasant surprise.
DINADAN :
…?
So, you’re going to⎯
PELLES :
I’ll let my servants show you to your room.
We shall speak again tomorrow, if you so wish.
TRISTAN :
You seem tired, miss.
Is everything alright?
SERVANT :
I’m touched, sir, but there’s no need to worry.
PERCIVAL :
…
( A barred gate?
Or maybe it’s just off limits.
Those chains look pretty heavy. I wonder what’s behind those doors…
…Whatever.
It’s not going to help me become a knight any faster⎯ )
PELLES :
Did I spook you, my boy?
PERCIVAL :
(stunned)
I… I⎯
PELLES :
You are wondering what’s behind this door, no?
It’s only natural.
It’s not intrusive.
It’s perfect, even.
There…
…lays the source of all my woes.
A great trial, but also a great treasure,
waiting for the one it is destined for.
The one who will attain glory and honor by overcoming its trial.
I believe you to be the one, young Welshman.
Come back here tonight,
and you’ll know once and for all.
PERCIVAL :
( This light…
…It’s open?
…Should I really be here?
…Yes.
I have to know once and for all.
Does this lead to the dungeons?
Am I going to have to fight a wicked fairy who’s been imprisoned there?
I should’ve brought my sword…
but that would have woken Tristan and Dinadan.
They would have wanted to come with me, and it’s my trial, not theirs.
What…
…is this strange place?
…
Is this the treasure he was talking about?
The one destined for me?
!
This magic…
…didn’t mark me?
It’s true that these symbols are different…
They don’t look like they’ve been carved on…?
…This is a bad idea.
It could hurt me like it did Sir Tristan,
or worse.
The king must’ve made a mistake.
I’d better go back to bed…
…But. )
…
DINADAN :
Look, I’m not saying Percival isn’t here.
I’m just saying the weird dungeon underneath the castle maybe isn’t the best place to start.
TRISTAN :
Quiet, Din. We don’t know what’s in here.
DINADAN :
Fine…
TRISTAN :
He’s been out of it the whole trip…
And now he runs off in the middle of the night?
DINADAN :
Given the king’s reaction yesterday, it doesn’t seem like a coincidence.
Seriously, why's everyone so fussed about Pellinore?
I was young when I knew him, but the way I remember it, he was kind of a monomaniac piece of shit.
TRISTAN :
Language, Din.
That said, the only time I ever saw him, he tried to kill me, so you kn⎯
DINADAN :
Perciv⎯
TRISTAN :
( looking for a pulse )
He’s alive!
DINADAN :
…
( stare )
[ the thing gropes for… something. ]
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