EPISODE 148

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PERCIVAL : 

You should be able to find some bears over there.
I have no idea what bear meat tastes like,
but hunting them down would get you some fine rations.
Maybe even enough to cross the sea. 

GIANT : 

…

How do you know there are still giants in Ireland?

PERCIVAL : 

…I heard it from an Irishwoman
who taught me much.

Irish giants live far from human settlements, in remote places.

GIANT : 

Thank you for taking care of her.

PERCIVAL : 

You’ll get no thanks from me for keeping me locked up. Besides, if I hadn’t cared for her, you would’ve killed me.

GIANT : 

And where would I be then?

I have hope now…
…faint though it is.

What are you going to do?

PERCIVAL : 

…I, too, have someone to protect.

She’s my priority.

My hope for a better future…
…may yet grow, if I can bring myself to believe it.

[ bonked!! ]

GIANT : 

…

…She’s thanking you. ( I think. )

PERCIVAL : 

I wish you well, giant. May your hopes not be in vain.

GIANT : 

…
Aodhan.
That’s my name.

What’s yours?

PERCIVAL : 

Percival of Wales. 

[ aodhan and his wyvern fly off, leaving percy to stare after them. after a while, he turns and sets off on the trek back. ] 

MORGAN : 

If the Grail were at hand,
I could probably study it closely enough to solve this problem once and for all. 

[ mordred picks up his shirt. ]

MORGAN : 

Is your sister still looking for it? 

MORDRED : 

She must.

…After all,
she’s always been one to fix others’ mistakes. 

MORGAN : 

…She’s doing it to seek an end to your suffering, Mordred.

To look after you. 

Since you won’t go with her, who will look after her?

MORDRED : 

I don’t know, Mother,
since you don’t seem like you will. 

?? : 

Children…
…are quite the ungrateful lot, these days. 

MORGAN : 

Stop it.

?? : 

Disappointed that he’s finally seeing you as who you really are, eh?

MORGAN : 

What do you want, Merlin?

MERLIN : 

I’m spying on you.

MORGAN : 

And evidently making a mess of it.

MERLIN : 

( Heh. ) You wound me. 

I did learn Mordred was bound to the Grail, though.

Such an intricate spell you cast.
I couldn’t be prouder.

MORGAN : 

You can keep your pride.

If I’d stuck to your lessons, I would not be half the mage I am today. 

MERLIN : 

Perhaps if you had, your incestuous bastard wouldn’t rail against you at every turn.

MORGAN : 

…He’ll thank me for it, one day.

MERLIN : 

I doubt it.

MORGAN : 

You always know everything about everyone, don’t you? 

And still you act as if you were untouchable⎯forever beyond blame.

Tell me…

…does Arthur know how much you’ve lied to him?

The extent
to which you’ve manipulated him his whole life?

MERLIN : 

…
Look at you.

Inside, you’re cheering, thinking about how the fallout will affect Arthur.

Mordred’s insinuations this morning have only stoked your fire,
so you’re convinced everything is going according to plan.

Arthur shall suffer, and it shall be enough to appease your lust for vengeance, your rage.

But it won’t.
And I don’t need a prophecy to know that.
You know what they say.
The higher the rise, the harder the fall. 

| a knock at the door. ]

MORGAN : 

Come in.

DINADAN : 

…Is this a bad time for a chat, your Majesty? 

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