EPISODE 8
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AGLOVALE :
So, if I understand correctly,
Dinadan is bringing you and Mordred to Corbenic
because Tristan requested help and a squire to keep watch at the castle?
PERCIVAL :
… Yes?
AGLOVALE :
… Hm.
Sounds like he’s making excuses to get some company so he won't be bored once he gets there.
Quite unsurprising coming from him, all in all.
But it is good to hear from him.
To be honest, I don’t have any objections.
( “The uniform suits you.” “Thank you!”)
A simple watch is a good place to start.
How about you, Lamorak?
Do you have any objections?
LAMORAK :
Hm. Whatever.
I’ll be leaving sooner rather than later, anyway.
AGLOVALE :
Are you done sulking? It’s your fault, I’ll have you know.
LAMORAK :
What?
AGLOVALE :
You could have left on a quest with him long ago.
But starting him off with simple ones isn’t prestigious enough, I suppose?
LAMORAK :
I just wanted him to get the basics down.
But, well, I want him to be able to fend for himself, and it’s not my fault he can’t manage.
Sorry I made the mistake of being honest. You can’t say what you think up in this castle without getting sent to the gallows.
Else, we can⎯
DINADAN :
OOOOH…
BIGMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN
AND I’VE GOT NO RIGHT TO TAKE MY PLACE
TO THE HUMAN RACE🎵
LAMORAK :
Din!
( Aglovale : “Hm, I love this song.”)
Stop fucking with me!
PERCIVAL :
… Huh?
AGLOVALE :
Oh, don’t worry about it. This is normal. (Ignore them.)
( Lamorak : “You brother-stealing thief!!” / Dinadan : “Haha, should’ve taken better care of him!” )
He’ll go let off some steam and then admit he was wrong.
PERCIVAL :
I don’t think he was wrong…
AGLOVALE :
I don’t know what he told you exactly,
but don’t take it too much to heart.
As a squire, you’re not supposed to be able to stand up to a knight of his caliber.
You’re supposed to learn by going on quests with him.
He knows this, and he resents himself more than he does you.
He got defensive because he was disappointed, is all.
PERCIVAL :
You seem pretty confident in what you're saying…
AGLOVALE :
I grew up with him, Percival.
And I’ve been through these very theatrics time and time again.
He’s so dramatic all the time that this song comes up quite often in Dinadan's repertoire.
(sigh.)
PERCIVAL :
Oh.
AGLOVALE :
You’ll just have to get used to it.
To be honest, it reassures me to know you’re leaving with Dinadan rather than Lamorak.
PERCIVAL :
Ah?
AGLOVALE :
In case it wasn’t clear,
your brother is a brute.
He fights often and tends to pick very dangerous quests.
You’ll be safer with Dinadan, and have some time to practice your skills until you meet up with Tristan.
PERCIVAL :
… Why safer?
Is Dinadan as good a knight?
AGLOVALE :
Well… He⎯
MORDRED :
Hey. Hey!
Pass me the water skin.
PERCIVAL :
… Here you go.
MORDRED : …
What?
PERCIVAL :
I haven’t seen you without a frown in two days, not even once.
Is that normal, or are you actually in pain?
MORDRED :
… Mind your own business.
PERCIVAL :
Listen, Mordred, we’re a team, so⎯
MORDRED :
We’re not a team.
We’re two squires temporarily working together.
That’s all there is to it.
You’re from Listenoise, I’m from Orkney, and that’s the end of it.
PERCIVAL :
You know,
maybe it wouldn’t be…
if Gawain hadn’t murdered Pellinore.
MORDRED :
What?
That’s what they told you?
That Gawain started all this?
Oh, of course.
They only forgot a tiny detail.
Pellinore killed my father.
All Gawain did was deliver some semblance of justice,
and your brothers better not try anything with her.
DINADAN :
Ah.
Or what?
You’ll kill them?
MORDRED :
… Well…
DINADAN :
Hm.
So if that happened,
Percival, you’d want revenge too, right?
PERCIVAL :
I…
DINADAN :
I see. So it’s possible.
…
Do you at least know why Pellinore killed Loth?
Because I do. And I could spend hours telling you about it,
but the question is, would you believe me?
You didn’t know your fathers, after all.
So, to sum it up,
you’d both be ready to kill each other
in the hypothetical scenario in which your brothers and sister did the same
because two blokes you’ve never met did it first.
MORDRED :
… It's a matter of family honor.
DINADAN :
Hm. Maybe it is, yeah.
At least, that’s what the Welshmen will say when they take revenge against your sister.
I’m just saying your situation is absurd,
and that it may be better to work together to break that cycle
while you have no ill will towards each other.
Well, we’ll have plenty of time to talk about it again, won't we?
After all,
we’ve got a long journey ahead,
so you’ll have time to think about it! (wink)
On the other hand, don’t kill each other off on the way,
else I’ll be the one catching a fistful of family honor.
?? :
Hey, you there!
You’re a knight of the Round Table, aren’t you?
DINADAN :
Yes?
?? :
I’m looking for Lancelot.
You must know something about it, no?
DINADAN :
We’re all looking for Lancelot, buddy.
We haven’t gotten any news in months.
?? :
Buddy? You’re acting awfully familiar towards a baron of Gaheviez, knight.
DINADAN :
Who?
ALIXANS :
Baron Alixans of Gaheviez.
Do you not know who I am?
Has the Round Table sunken into ignorance over the years under the weight of its country bumpkins?
DINADAN :
… Oh.
Nevermind, I do know who you are.
You’re a freshly knighted newbie who achieved some menial quest
and now thinks he can go toe to toe with Lancelot, no less,
to be noticed by the Round Table, which he doesn’t want to join out of contempt,
all that while waving his title around to justify his own ego.
Except Lancelot has better things to do than taking down pompous⎯
ALIXANS :
Get on your horse,
and ride a tilt against me, right now.
I’ll make you eat your words.
PERCIVAL :
Oh, uh,
should I prepare your sword?
DINADAN :
No. :)
ALIXANS :
Wh-what?
DINADAN :
No, I won’t ride against you.
ALIXANS :
… You’re refusing to fight?
DINADAN :
Indeed.
So, be on your way.
ALIXANS :
… Wait,
are you not Dinadan of Estrangore?
DINADAN :
In the flesh!
One of the aforementioned country bumpkins of the Round Table. <3
ALIXANS :
That’s what I thought.
You'd have no reputation whatsoever if not for the Round Table.
As it is, the one you do have is is that of an honorless coward, forgettable and forgotten.
DINADAN :
Ah. What a reputation indeed.
It’s a shame I don’t give a damn about it.
I could’ve bragged and said I had that much on you.
ALIXANS :
Hmpf!
A nobody like you isn’t worth my time!
DINADAN :
Alright,
back in the saddle, you two.
We’ve got a long road ahead.
PERCIVAL :
But… !
Doesn’t a knight have to accept duels?
And defend others’ honor and their own?
DINADAN :
Oh, if you want to go and “defend my honor”, you're welcome to.
But in my opinion, we’ve got better things to do.
PERCIVAL :
But… ?
MORDRED :
You didn’t know, huh?
That’s Dinadan’s reputation.
He doesn’t accept any duels,
doesn’t fight,
and has no honor to defend.
NARRATION :
“Is Dinadan as good a knight?”
“Well…”
“He’s barely a knight at all.”
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