Uther-Did l do something to disturb you, lady?
Igraine- l felt unwell, sir.
U- You left the moment you saw the dragon on my wrist.
I- l have no fear of dragons. l'm a child of the old world myself, sir.
U- Why do you call me ''sir'' in such a manner... when you know that we are on familiar terms?
I- We have not met before.
U- Not in this life...but like all of us of the old ways...you must believe this is not the only life where we could have met. There is something between our souls already. You felt the power of it...and that's why you left the hall. Am l right, lady? There's nothing to do but give in to it. lf you do not come with me, then l will come for you...
2.
Vivianne- The Goddess is everything in nature...and everything in nature is sacred. Look. That is her face. Listen. That is her voice. She's in everything that is beautiful. And everything that is harrowing as well.
3.
Morgaine - Your motives may be nobler than hers...but you still move us around like pieces on a game board. What has my mother given up for your Avalon? My father died at Uther's hands because of you. My poor, innocent brother, Arthur...
4.
Gwenwyfar- God does not reward sinners.
Arthur- We are all sinners, my love.
5. Merlin-
We had a long fight together...you and l. You have been a worthy partner.
Vivianne- I've learned everything l know from you, Merlin. We shall fight for many years to come.
M- No, l won't see any more wars. But you will continue. You have always...sacrificed everything for Avalon and done so gladly.
V- Merlin, do you think l've wasted my life?
M- No . We gave everything to Avalon because we had no choice.
V- But we failed.
M- No, we didn't fail. We did what we thought was right every single moment. Sometimes we were headstrong but we lived our lives with passion and commitment. We should be grateful for that. Viviane...find some happiness. Just a small moment of happiness that belongs only to you. l think the Goddess lives in our humanity and not anywhere else.
6.
Gwenwyfar- For many years , we prayed to fashion life within me. But it seems that God has not heard those prayers.
Lancelot- Perhaps He has heard but did not will it.
G- But what did He will instead? That a bastard child sprung from an incestuous bed should triumph over our tireless devotion.
L- They say His ways are unknowable.
G- Of course . l am too small to understand the will of God. Do you think I'm being punished for the night we spent together?
L- l don't think it's God who punishes us. l think we punish ourselves. Would it not be a comfort to believe just for a time that we create our own heavens and our own hells?
G- it would be a comfort. it would, Lancelot.
L- Maybe God does not grant you all the comforts you ask of Him but offers you others which you refuse to see. Maybe you should find the comforts He does offer you my dear lady, and accept them.
7.
L- How could l forget?
G- So innocent we were.
L- l pray there is a heaven and that you would be an angel in it so when l die, we can be together at last.
8.
Vivianne- l was behind you much of the way. l was proud and unforgiving.
Morgaine- l may have turned my back on you but my heart never turned.
V- l destroyed something between us in the name of the Goddess. Now l fear l have destroyed something else in her name.
9.
Morgaine- Though Avalon had already rejected me l felt its strange power as it drew the dying king and l back towards its sacred shores. l began to doubt we would ever reach Avalon. Perhaps, for our disobedience we would be lost in this limbo of mist forever. Or perhaps, with Viviane's death it had simply disappeared...
Avalon faded from the world of men and only Glastonbury marked where its wonders had been.
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