EPISODE 110 

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KAY : 

Flor, go open another cask and bring some to these three over there.
And watch where you’re going, it’d put off the guests if you tripped and fell onto someone’s sword…
…. even if you’d probably be of more use as a skewer than running your mouth off again.

[ gawain takes a big old drink and turns away from the railing. ]

KAY :
…
…
[ sighs. ]
YONET!
I swear, if you keep gawking instead of bringing the carafes over⎯

BORS :
Kay sure can’t take a moment to rest, huh.
Just watching him from afar is enough to stress me out.
Is that why you’re over here with us, Bedivere?

BEDIVERE :
Are you kidding? He’s the one pushing me out of the way every time I try to help with something. He says it’s so he won’t start yelling at me too. It’s for the greater good.
For his own good, that is. 

TRISTAN, BORS, LANCELOT :
( Terrifying. ) 

BEDIVERE :
And this way, I can keep an eye on the lot of you. 

LANCELOT :
If you’re keeping an eye on us, then…
Would you happen to know where Palamedes is?
I’m concerned that we haven't seen her yet. She wouldn’t want to miss the eulogies. 

BEDIVERE :
She must’ve holed herself up in the Listenoise quarters.
Grief is always a difficult process.
Even though, as you all know…
… you get used to it, don’t you?

LANCELOT :
…
[ she remains pensive. ]

TRISTAN :
I just hope that this grief
isn’t weighing on her as heavily as it does on Percival.
You might get used to it,
but these things can haunt you for a long time,
and that’s assuming you mean to part with them. 

EVERYONE :
…

DINADAN :
It’ll haunt us longer
if we don’t wrap up this ceremony soon.
Merlin’s not in any hurry to light those fires, is he?

BEDIVERE :
Preparations for the Otherworld take time, you know how Merlin is. He’s just making sure they can leave in peace.

DINADAN :
… Right. They probably would’ve liked it better if they could have lived in peace, rather than rested in it. 

BEDIVERE :
Not today, Dinadan.

DINADAN :
If not today, then when? We’re going to have to address the elephant in the room eventually…
… and it may be for the best, you know.
Not only was Lamorak sent to the seaside to avoid him attacking his brothers,
the blood feud between Listenoise and Orkney is still going, thanks to Gawain. That’s one hell of a coincidence, isn’t it? 

LANCELOT :
[ she puts her foot down, literally. ]
I will not hear you partake in such base gossip, Dinadan.
Gawain is, without a doubt, the best knight among us,
and I shall not let you slander her. 

DINADAN :
( Huh?? )
Are you challenging me to a duel, Lancelot du Lac? ( I’m flattered. )

LANCELOT :
Would you accept? 

DINADAN :
Of course not⎯

LANCELOT :
That’s because you don’t carry the burden
of honor greater than your own. 

DINADAN :
…
… Maybe so.
But I think you misunderstand me, Lancelot.
In the event those rumors aren’t baseless after all…
… Gawain’s not the one I would blame for it.
After all,
she didn’t have the authority to end the feud. 

[ cut to. yeah. ]

GUINEVERE :
So…
Are you finally ready to talk, Arthur?
… You know what’s in this letter, don’t you?
That is why you asked me whether I’d received one.

ARTHUR :
…

GUINEVERE :
I…
… I waited, Arthur.
I waited for a conversation that never came.
I would’ve given anything to hear it from you,
rather than Aglovale’s last letter. 

ARTHUR :
…

GUINEVERE :
… Have you nothing to say?

ARTHUR :
I…
… would’ve liked to be the one to tell you, too. I never…
… never found the courage to…
… to…
…

GUINEVERE :
…
… Yet it wasn’t courage you lacked
when we discussed the possibility we would have to contend with a bastard, sixteen years ago.
It was the only line we agreed we couldn’t cross, not to risk putting a bastard child into the world.
And you crossed it.
I resented you, back then.
For setting your duty aside, for putting our honor on the line, for not thinking of what this meant for our kingdom… and for me.
But I forgave you.
I thought, perhaps this will not come back to haunt us.
Because I was certain
you'd hidden nothing else from me.
…
Tell me, Arthur.
I have a right to hear it from your own lips.
Tell me what happened. 

ARTHUR :
…
…I didn’t lie to you.
At least… not at the time, when I confessed, the day I came back from the front.
I myself thought that would be the end of it.
I met her after the rebellions ended,
at a feast, right before we began the journey home.
She introduced herself as a lady-in-waiting
to a Scottish chieftess, from a clan on the Lothian border.
She wore no jewels, had no retinue.
I believed her. I was naive…
… and proud.
After defeating the rebel kings, I thought myself invincible,
untouchable, as victors are.
A few months later, however…
Gawain discovered something. 

GAWAIN :
Mother, thank you for receiving us.
You would’ve been well within your rights to refuse, and I am glad to see you again.
I would like you to meet Arthur Pendragon.

ARTHUR :
Dame Morgan, it is an honor to meet⎯

MORGAN :
I believe we’ve already met, King Arthur. 

GAWAIN :
Oh, right! You must’ve been there when Uriens swore his oath to the crown.
Well, I have great news for you!
We found out Arthur is your younger brother! You know, the one your mother, lady Igraine, bore. You told me about him, remember?
This means we’re all related!
You have nothing to fear, Mother! 

ARTHUR :
I knew it then and there.
That look on her face…
She didn’t know.
There were many things I should’ve done.
But I could never tell you about this.
I couldn’t look you in the eye and tell you…
…
I dare not put words to it myself. 

GUINEVERE :
…Sixteen years, Arthur.
You had sixteen years to find courage.
I know Kay and Bedivere were in on it, but me… ?
Your own wife?
Do you trust me so little, that I was the only one left out of your secrets?

ARTHUR :
I couldn’t bear the thought you might leave, as understandable as that would have been.
So I delayed my confession over and over again,
and the more time passed, the more I feared to lose you…
… and it sickened me.
So I didn’t tell you about the vilest thing I’ve ever done.

GUINEVERE :
…
You’re afraid you’ll lose me…
So why, Arthur…
Why
are you still lying to me? 

ROUND TABLE TRIVIA

For the deceased, their journey to the Otherworld is only the first step.

GHOST 1 :
Where are we going?

GHOST 2 :
Towards the light.

The bonfires are meant to guide their souls through the Otherworld, until they reach the dwelling of the Dark One, the god of the dead. There, they may stay as guest in his hall as they wait to be reincarnated. 

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