EPISODE 4
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[ birds chirping ]
AGLOVALE :
( sigh )
I’m not sure what you’re waiting for.
She won’t come, Percival.
We have to leave, we've got a ship to catch.
PERCIVAL :
…
Just one moment…
NESTE :
Sir Percival!
PERCIVAL :
Ah, Neste!
NESTE :
I really thought I wouldn’t make it!
I just wanted to say goodbye.
PERCIVAL :
Thank you for coming.
… What about my mother?
NESTE :
... I did everything I could to convince her,
but she didn’t want any heart-wrenching farewells.
PERCIVAL :
I see…
NESTE :
Sir…
MERLIN :
This is only a goodbye.
You’ll see her again.
So dry your tears, Percy.
All will be well.
PERCIVAL :
Okay.
PERCIVAL :
Goodbye, Neste!
Take good care of my mother!
NESTE :
You can count on me, young master!
AGLOVALE :
Will Merlin ever stop showing up so… sneakily?
GALAHAD :
Oh, you’re exaggerating, sir, it isn’t that bad.
AGLOVALE :
Please, you were terrified when he appeared yesterday.
PERCIVAL :
Tell me, Aglovale…
AGLOVALE :
Hm?
PERCIVAL :
Is Merlin human?
AGLOVALE :
... Hard to say.
The only thing we know for certain is that he’s much older than he looks.
He’s first and foremost a druid, and a court mage.
Why not ask him yourself when we get to Camelot, hm?
PERCIVAL :
Camelot?
AGLOVALE :
That's where the king's court is.
But first, we must reach the nearest harbor.
A ship is waiting for us there.
GALAHAD :
Looks like we’re almost in Caernarfon.
AGLOVALE :
Perfect. We’re within our schedule.
GALAHAD :
That said, Norgales is very pretty.
You grew up here, didn’t you?
AGLOVALE :
Hm, no. In Listenoise, to the south.
GALAHAD :
Right, of course.
GALAHAD :
Hey, Percy!
By the way, can I call you Percy?
PERCY :
Uh, sure.
GALAHAD :
Well, I would’ve thought you’d be happier to be on your way to become a knight!
PERCIVAL :
That’s not it…
It’s only that
I don’t know what to expect.
Your daily life is so strange and foreign to me.
The more answers I get, the more questions I have in turn.
And I hear my mother’s words with every step I take away from her.
( sigh )
Maybe she was right.
Ah, but I didn’t mean to say…
AGLOVALE :
It’s only natural to be afraid, Percival.
In the span of a few hours, I forced you to give up on everything you knew.
I take no pleasure in it,
but this is your duty.
Forgive me. I must have made a rather poor first impression.
Seeing our mother again affected me more than I wished…
… for in the past, she forced me to give up on everything I knew,
and I know how paralyzing it must be to face the unknown, as well as others’ expectations.
But,
I won’t let you face it all on your own, Percival.
( smiles )
You can count on your eldest brother to guide you as much as I can on the path to knighthood.
PERCIVAL :
Oh!
So you can smile!
AGLOVALE :
Yes? The same as anyone else?
GALAHAD :
It is pretty rare, to be honest.
AGLOVALE :
(Hey!) I didn’t ask you for your opinion, Galahad.
PERCIVAL :
( I spent the journey asking questions.
I learned a lot, thanks to my brother’s patience.
The island of Britain was unified by a man called Arthur Pendragon
but he wasn’t accepted by every other monarch right away.
As a symbol of equality between all, he created the Round Table. )
AGLOVALE :
To sum it up, it’s a military order.
Each knight is vassal to a king,
but every king, like myself, is King Arthur’s subject.
Through their king, a knight can serve Arthur directly.
Hence, they are part of the Round Table, the coalition of Britain’s forces,
and they may sit at the table that gives the order its name.
PERCIVAL :
( Made round so all may sit around it as equals…
All of that made little sense to me.
I still knew nothing of chivalry,
and of the reasons that might have led Arthur to push for equality. )
GALAHAD :
Sir, I can see Camelot!
[ birds chirping,
hubbub of the city ]
PERCIVAL :
( I've never seen so many people at once before...
It’s so…
noisy… )
AGLOVALE :
Very well, we’re here.
Percival,
Galahad and I will go report our return to the seneschal.
PERCIVAL :
The seneschal?
What’s that?
AGLOVALE :
Long story short, he’s the one who keeps the castle running.
Be good and stay here in the meantime, hm?
It won’t take long.
PERCIVAL :
Y-yes.
( ENOUGH!
BE QUIET!
STOP! )
?? :
Hey, you.
Are you okay?
PERCIVAL :
( shakes )
I⎯
I don’t know.
?? :
Take a deep breath, lad.
Focus on my voice,
and come with me.
I’ll find you some quieter spot, okay?
PERCIVAL :
Okay.
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