EPISODE 129

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PALAMEDES : 

We’re here.
This is where Dinadan and Galahad are supposed to meet up to talk about the Grail. 

I didn’t expect you to come along, actually.

Is finding Dinadan so important to you? 

MORDRED : 

I’ve come to discuss the Grail, mostly. 

PALAMEDES : 

Of course, of course. 

MORDRED : 

What, you don’t believe me?

Do you really think I’m worried about Dinadan? 

PALAMEDES : 

Hey, you said it, not me. 

[ well! here he is! ] 

PALAMEDES : 

…
Looks like he’s doing well… 

GALAHAD : 

Oh, what a surprise! 

Come, have a seat and enjoy the show! 

And you can tell me about what happened to him…

MORGAN : 

What a gentle summer we’re having. It’s quite pleasant, isn’t it? 

I’m so glad to see you again. The new hairstyle suits you. 

GUINEVERE : 

Funny, that’s exactly what I thought of you. 

MORGAN : 

How about a game of cards to go with our tea? 

GUINEVERE : 

Yes…
…

…No, Morgan, I…
…You didn’t come all this way just to have a chat, did you? 

MORGAN : 

What makes you think that? 

GUINEVERE : 

You already know I know about Mordred. 

If Bedivere is to be believed, that makes me a target in your quest for vengeance. 

…

You or any other lord, it matters little to me. 

Am I nothing but a means to hurt Arthur…? 

MORGAN : 

…
It’s true. 

You were an easy target, and closest to his heart.
Perhaps the most vulnerable, too.

GUINEVERE : 

…
So why didn’t you do anything, all these years? 

MORGAN : 

… 

You know the cost of marrying a king, don’t you?

You had to leave your family, your castle, your loved ones…
…to go live with the husband that was chosen for you. 

And you were so young… 

As I was,
when my mother betrothed me to Loth.
All these promises of crowns and power,
when we had neither.
She wanted a better life for me.
Her choice of husband was questionable, yes…
But it could’ve been worse. I was almost engaged to Uriens instead.

Not that it would’ve changed much, I fear.

In Scotland, one’s clan is everything, and I would never be part of theirs. 

So, when Loth was killed…

I lost everything. 

I was still his wife, with everything it implied, and

it made me a nuisance to both the Britons and the Scots.

I’ve always had to fight on every front just to take back what was mine by right.
And you know how the defeated are treated, don’t you? 

So I fought,
with every weapon at my disposal.
With a bastard sired by the king of all Britain in my belly, I could ensure my safety, as well as my children’s. 

GUINEVERE : 

It would’ve given you a place at his court.

MORGAN : 

You get it, don’t you? It must be hard to hear, but…
I promise you, we were not aware of the blood ties between us.

And it made everything so complicated.
I remember his face on that day…

Frightening, panicked…
…threatening. 

The last months of my pregnancy were spent in constant anguish.
( Is this meal poisoned?
These knights keeping me captive in my own home…
…what are they capable of?
Why won’t my daughter come to see me,
or protect me?
And Merlin, trying to lay a claim to the child… 

No.
This child…
…will be mine
and mine alone.
Take from me your life, take from me your fury.
Drink from my breast my hatred of knighthood,
that which molds the world in its rotten image.
And this king…
…this king who, like Loth before him, took everything from me…
You will be his ruin! )

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