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Westeros: an American Musical - Sentence Starters

From the 2018 workshop of “Westeros: an American Musical,” a parody mashup of “Game of Thrones” and “Hamilton.”

Change the pronouns as you see fit.

Lady in Waiting (Wait for It)

• “my beloved grows crueler every day.”
• “i’m doing my darn best to keep out of his way.”
• “i’m running out of places to hide.”
• “i’m feeling premenstrual and a tad terrified.”
• “love doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints.”
• “it takes and it takes, and it takes, and we keep loving anyway.”
• “we laugh, and we cry, and we break, and we make our mistakes.”
• “if there’s a reason i’m set aside when once i was to be his bride, i’m willing to wait.”
• “i’m willing to wait for it.”
• “my father was a man of his word and allegiant.”
• “it seems that the king isn’t one to be lenient.”
• “_____’s fate’s the same.”
• “my father’s been murdered.”
• “they’re gone, and i’ve learned a hard lesson.”
• “you win or you die in this game.”
• “death doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints.”
• “we rise, and we fall, and we break, and we make our mistakes.”
• “if there’s a reason i’m still alive when everyone who loves me has died, i’m willing to wait for it.”
• “wait for it.”
• “i am the one thing they’ve got but can’t control.”
• “i am indomitable, i am an unbroken soul.”
• “i’m not giving in, resigned to my fate.”
• “i’m not giving up, i am lying in wait.”
• “_____ is only concerned with her social climb.”
• “she accepts no excuse; she never seems to lose.”
• “i am learning the game, but i need more time.”
• “i’m trying to find my way through.”
• “_____ never seems afraid, she’s bolder every day.”
• “she takes, and she takes, and she takes, and she keeps winning anyway.”
• “she changes the game, she plays, and she raises the stakes.”
• “if there’s a reason her family thrives when my family fights to survive, i’m willing to wait for it.”

Unreliable Narration (That Would be Enough) 

• “look around, how lucky we are to be alive right now.”
• “look around.”
• “you should have flown.”
• “i’m waiting for a fool who said he could get me home.”
• “_____ can get me home.”
• “i felt sorry.”
• “i saw the wildfire raging on.”
• “I hope i get to hear your promised song.”
• “will you escape this keep with me tonight?”
• “stay with me, your true knight.”
• “i know that you’re a true knight.”
• “just stay a night, that would be enough.”
• “look at what we fought.”
• “look at when you started.”
• “the fact that you’re alive is a miracle.”
• “look at the honor in your heart.”
• “look out world!” 
• “i’m not afraid.”
• “i know you’ll save me.”
• “i know you’ll be a true knight.”
• “i don’t need _____.”
• “i can give you peace of heart.”
•  “let this be the start of a story.”
• “leave the scars of the past in your memory.”

Westeros: an American Musical - Sentence Starters

FromAct 2 of “Westeros: an American Musical,” a parody mashup of “Game of Thrones” and “Hamilton.”

Change the pronouns as you see fit.

Sword in the Darkness" (The Election of 1800)

• “can we get back to _____?”
• “seems that _____ is sitting back and waiting, passive.”
• “we’ve got three dozen men; they’re not exactly feeling combative.”
• “at least _____’s back.”
• “they showed me a secret passage!”
• “so, now we’re facing _____, and his army’s massive.”
• “he’s brought ten thousand horses.”
  
• “he’s sent scouting parties in either direction, and now they’re climbin’.”
  
• “he’s assembled all tribes, combined and unified into his alliance.”
• “oh, good, they’ve got mammoths too.”
• “by the gods, is that a giant?”
• “here’s our problem, you’re our secret weapon, our double agent. but, they don’t trust you since you spent last year enemy-adjacent.”
• “i’m going in alone…don’t dissent.”
• “what do you mean?”
• “i’m gonna meet with _____ in their own tent.”
• “it might be nice to have a brother on the inside.”
• “stand tall!”
  
• “we’ll let them know that they’re not safe behind that wall!”
• “pick up your bow!”
• “you wield your lance!”
• “they won’t surrender?”
  
• “we’ll besiege ‘em till their supplies are depleted.”
• “we got the numbers! we can’t be defeated!”
• “is that that pretty crow!?”
• “y’think they’ll be sparing him?”
• “he’s prettier up close!”
• “a lovely head of hair on him!”
• “we’re not sure on which side you’re standing.”
• “no time for a frown.”
• “we need to know which of your prior-broken oaths will you again abandon?”
• “your loyalty’s for who?”
• “the time has come to choose.”
• “well, if it isn’t the mole.”
• “your men gave us quite a show! it’s over though.”
• “will you let my people enter?”
• “if you won’t, then i’ll blow the horn.”
• “is there any way to talk this through?”
• “_____ can’t be trusted.”
• “i learned that from you.”
  
• “a sneak attack by who?”
• “it’s a king from the south!”
  
• “the crown is mine, as the heir.”
• “the crown must govern the realm’s affairs.”
• “they reminded me of one true thing: save the realm and they’ll make me king.”
• “the throne is mine as a matter of course.”
• “now i’m putting the cart behind the horse.”
• “a king does his duty, small or great.”
• “i am _____.”
• “the throne can wait.”
• “well, i’ll be damned.”
• “finally, a king who cares.”
• “we caught them unawares!”
• “you must let my people through.”
• “we’re on the run from _____.”
• “i can manage them as your hostage.”
• “you’ve taken me alive.”
  
• “ha! yeah, right.”
• “you hear this guy? man openly calls himself king with all that king’s blood, talkin’ bout, ‘you’ve taken me alive.’”
• “wait, so anyone who calls themselves king’s a good sacrifice?”
• “yeah, you know what? we can test that.”
• “you’re my sacrifice.”
• “your father was a good man, i’m pleased to have saved his son.”

Westeros: an American Musical - Sentence Starters

FromAct 2 of “Westeros: an American Musical,” a parody mashup of “Game of Thrones” and “Hamilton.”

Change the pronouns as you see fit.

“Best of Spies and Best of Eunichs” (Best of Wives and Best of Women)

• “the boat’s this way.”
• “where would this second tunnel lead me to?”
• “you go, there’s something i still need to do.”
• “why make the climb, when we’re running short on time?”
• “the ship’s ahead.”
• “you’ve been through enough.”
• “i’ve some closure still to be found.”
• “just leave it be.”
• “i’ll be right back down.”
• “i hope you find what you need.”
• “time for some answers.”
  

“Congratshaelations” (Congratulations)

• “your father’s in the loo. he should be back in five.”
• “what the hell?”
• “you’ve taught me well.”
• “i’m not giving away this spot, just like you did.”
• “i’m taking the best shot i got, just like you did.”
• “the queen put me on the spot, just like you did.”
• “i’m not tryna piss off your pop, just like you did.”
• “let’s assess. you had an order, a request that you had to finesse. you transgressed it.
• “that’s just depressing.”
• “it’s your father you should have impressed, but i’m digressing.”
• “so scared of if your family will notice.”
• “the noblesse are gonna notice the excess of your largesse.”
• “you know why _____’s considered so astute?”
• “so yeah, congratulations!”
• “and you are mine?”
• “you’ve alienated your own family, congratulations.”
• “did you ever like my touch?”
• “i look at you and think ‘gods, he was born to a fortune and where did it get him?'”
• “i suppress my alarm with a charming smirk.”
• “i wasn’t born rich and i have to work.”
• “there’s only one career i know.”
• “just please ignore the show.”
• “you claim to be a lion different from his pride.”
• “i can’t believe you might truly have convinced yourself you’re kind.”
• “you’re a morally dark-grey narcissist.”
• “but i’m a nice guy™.”
• “you must be blind.”
• “you risked a slap on the wrist while making me risk my life.”
• “you swore you’d never toss me aside, but you lied.”
• “every failure justified…and your victimhood’s why your life is as shit as the sewer that you smell like.”
  
• “congratulations, you have wrecked both of our lives.”
• “every person forced to deal with you is doomed to have a short shelf life.”
• “yes, you’re right, i’m a pretty shitty protagonist!”
• “congratulations.”
• “this experience has taught me that i spend too much time focusing on others. time for me to focus on me!”
• “but…that’s kinda what you’ve been doing—"
• “lalala, i can’t hear you because i’m a gritty antihero now!”
• “are you kidding me? i’m shitting!”

Westeros: an American Musical - Sentence Starters

FromAct 2 of “Westeros: an American Musical,” a parody mashup of “Game of Thrones” and “Hamilton.”

Change the pronouns as you see fit.

“Hostile Witness” (The Adams Administration/John Adams Rap)

• “how does the kinslaying monster, momless for the death his birth caused her, ask leave to take the witness stand?”
• “unleash your acrimony.”
• “here’s the man. it’s _____’s testimony!”
• “the prosecution’s rested, after putting on great evidence.”
• “they’ve confessed, yes, i bribed her to turn state’s evidence.”
• “_____ offers mercy.“
• “just confess.”
• “say what?”
• “_____ answers with an attack.”
• “i’m getting fed up with the false evidence sordidly invented by the queen of inauthentic.”
• “shit.”
• “you want them to write down in their hist’ries that i killed them for a strip tease?”
• “bitch, please.”
• “you trust that harlot i’m screwin’?”
• “that was the queen’s handiwork, as she sits right there with a smirk.”
• “give my regards to your witness when she learns she was a fool to have believed you—you won’t pay her the bribe that you agreed to.”
• “i suppose that the throne games have started again.”
• “our king’s dearly departed again.”
• “aww, such a short reign.”
• “now the tyrant is slain.”
• “put the blame on your star kid again.”
• “why should i give this trial two shits when not a one of you cares if the shoe fits?”
• “yeah, i’m kind of a dick, but i didn’t do this.”
• “we all know why i’m the bro she accuses.”
• “she’ll use this to deny me my innocence.”
• “go ahead, you can call me a jester, you can deny my inheritance.”
• “you highborns and lesser men vilify and despise me, look on me with such scorn.”
• “don’t deny now that i’ve been on trial for forever, found guilty the day that i was born.”
• “i want trial by combat!”
• “this is a mess.”
• “he’ll represent the crown, and _____ has no one who’ll offer to be his champion.”
• “actually, i totally believe he’s innocent, and i’m definitely not just using it as an excuse.”
• “let _____ sort this out.”

"Talk Less, Stab More” (The World Was Wide Enough)

• “time to show what _____ knows.”
• “we meet in the yard at first dawn.”
• “i’ve waited seventeen years to see justice done.”
• “the ‘champion of the crown’ and of _____’s lie!”
  
• “in the game of thrones, you win, or you die!”
• “their pawn’s put in place on the board.”
• “this man’s the key to proving complicity. compelling his confession can confirm their culpability.”
• “her children died a stone’s throw away. so now i swear on their graves today is his last day.”
• “i’ve drawn first blood, he’s grown slower.”
• “confession time, the last one you’ve got.”
  
• “say her name, monster, don’t pretend you forgot.”
• “my last chance to interrogate.”
• “wait for the venom to set in and incapacitate.”
• “say her name, the princess, my sister.”
  
• “we were born one year apart.”
• “i am _____’s pride, but she was our heart.”
• “admit that’s the man who gave the order to kill them.”
• “force the brute to shrive what transpired.”
• “show the realm the lion is a liar.”
• “then die!”
• “that’s the end of _____!”
• “i’m having a bad year.”
• “oh, this is some bull shit.”
• “fuck this.”
• “let’s go home.”
• “_____ wasn’t able to finish his quest for vengeance.”
• “yeah, let’s avenge dad!”
• “yeah, let’s go murder his family!”
• “hello! _____ here.”

Westeros: an American Musical - Sentence Starters

FromAct 2 of “Westeros: an American Musical,” a parody mashup of “Game of Thrones” and “Hamilton.”

Change the pronouns as you see fit.

“The Groom When It Happened” (The Room Where It Happens)

• “what’s with the bag?”
• “i’m getting married and movin’ on up, if i’m to brag.”
• “she’s crazy ‘bout me, and i assure you she’s the one i prefer!”
• “and i just had to do what i’m told.”
• “_____ should try to learn that, if he wants to grow old.”
• “you’ve a feast to attend.”
• “i guess i’ll take a page from our out-of-town friend.”
• “trust less, conspire more.”
• “i’ll put up with them just to keep my foot lodged in the door.”
• “_____ seems tyrannical and merciless.”
• “i’m no political beginner.”
• “sorry, _____, gotta go.”
• “_____ wed an inbred loon with no claim to the throne.”
  
• “no one else was with the groom when it happened.”
  
• “no one even sees that i’m not their man, but it’s out of my hands cuz they think i’ve got plans that they presume that i’m hatchin’.”
• “she was in _____’s bedroom one night, underdressed and full of spite.”
• “she convinced him to kill for her delights.”
• “I have one request.”
  
• “well, you know i’m horny. i think that plan’s alright.”
• “the guests all got acquainted, while she made sure the wine glass, in contrast, was tainted.”
• “in the game of thrones, you either win or die.”
• “the queen’s got more moves than you, so don’t you even try.”
• “we must assume that it happened.”
• “little birds have given me their word that they heard them making threats at _____.”
• “i’m really sorry.”
• “the witness may approach us with her intel and info, and maybe she can tell us ‘bout the person she knows.”
• “they confessed to me his darkest machinations, and all his vices when we had our frequent fornications.”
• “wouldn’t you like to know he was a monster at home?”
• “you are under oath.”
• “i swear on my life.”
• “and he acted alone?”
• “he planned it all with his wife.”
• “_____, where’ya taking’ me?”
• “are we going somewhere ‘cross the sea?”
• “what just happened?”
• “i think it was _____.”
• “what did you have to do to leave the city with a gaping power vacuum?”
• “i didn’t even see you at the dinner.”
• “were there deals that were happ’ning in the backroom?”
• “was the point of this plan that you wouldn’t have to be in the capital?”
• “i wed your aunt, i got my reward.”
• “you’ve climbed even higher.”
• “i’m the newest major lord.”
• “if they don’t know where you’re going, you’ll never be seen.”
• “if a pawn lives long enough, she gets to be queen.”
• “those bastards killed your mother.”
• “you were forced to ignore it. 
• “i just wasn’t gonna wait for it.”
• “whenever planning a regicide, secure an alibi for the night that the king dies!”
• “how did it happen?”
• “you pulled the strings, but tell me who’s the assassin?”
• “i might’ve been near the groom when it happened.”
• “did they have to take the blame?”
  
• “well, someone’s gotta pay when we play the game.”
• “the lion got a thorn in his paw.”
• “they’re gonna be my grandson-in-law.”
• “i had to be near the groom when it happened.”
  
• “_____’s doom!”

Westeros: an American Musical - Sentence Starters

FromAct 2 of “Westeros: an American Musical,” a parody mashup of “Game of Thrones” and “Hamilton.”

Change the pronouns as you see fit.

“Opposing Council” (Cabinet Battle #2)

• “we received a raven.”
• “they’re presumed dead.”
• “they are desperate and urging us to send any aid we can.”
• “the only king is _____.”
• “dark wings, dark words, and these are disconcerting.”
• “a hundred thousand men are on the march, uh, who’s between us and them?”
• “in their oaths, they swore to hold no lands, living a promise that they’d always stand and band as one as they range into the wilds.”
• “vigilance is their duty, but now we must lend a hand!”
• “send them our men, they can help.”
• “i know _____’s here, the angry, stupid thing, and she would never agree with this plan.”
• “she can’t help but be vain and mean.”
• “dresses like she’s still the queen, hoping she might remain relevant.”
• “all that she does, it seems, is for the hell of it.”
• “set a precedent.”
• “you must be out of your wine-soaked brain if you believe we will let a single infantryman leave.”
  
• “in cyvasse ya can’t just give away your elephant.”
  
• “this shit is bananas!”
• “your plan only helps them!”
• “should we break up our army cuz we beat them?”
• “yeah, just let them have the throne—great job!”
• “we will send no aid; the issue is closed.”
• “the king will help when his reign’s unopposed.”
• “we should kill those traitors!”
• “the things from the mouth of this teenage dictator…”
• “the king’s so amusing.”
• “the king’s so alarming, always threatening those who don’t mean to harm him.”
• “kill them all dead and let their castle burn.”
• “you’ve a wedding, let’s adjourn.”
• “i still owe you a debt.”
• “your man slashed at my head.”
  
• “you made plans against me, yet you can’t see your son’s the real threat.”
  
• “it stood for a very long time. and if they heed their hand we’ll be fine.”
• “are you trying to kill every member of your family?”
• “where will you draw the line?”
• “this king will destroy us.”
• “as you will annoy us.”
• “you’re pleased with him?”
• “i am nothing but joyous.”
• “the debt’s paid when that joy turns to ashes.”
  
• “_____, out!”

Westeros: an American Musical - Sentence Starters

FromAct 2 of “Westeros: an American Musical,” a parody mashup of “Game of Thrones” and “Hamilton.”

Change the pronouns as you see fit.

“The Red Wedding” (The Reynolds Pamphlet)

• “have you read this?”
• “_____ broke an oath.”
• “he’s been betrayed and slain.”
• “for purposes of undoing her dishonor, he wed her while already sworn to marry _____’s daughter for a considerable toll he had already spent.”
• “they tricked them and killed the boy at a red wedding.”
• “_____ was butchered by his allies who then also slew his mother.”
• “they’re never gon’ be threats again now.”
• “that’s one less king to worry about.”
• “please, tell me it’s not true.”
• “let’s serve _____ his head!”
• “i’m sorry, this wasn’t something i knew of or condoned.”
• “just let me mourn alone.”
• “you claimed to be a lion different from his pride.”
• “i can’t believe i tried trusting you, believing you were kind.”
• “i loved my father more than anything in this life.”
• “your family swore you’d leave him alive, but you lied.”
• “the rest of my family died as soon as i was your bride.”
• “my eyes have been opened wide. gods, i hope you’re satisfied.”
• “at least he was honorable.”
• “you ever think maybe he chose the wrong wife?”
• “it cost his life.”

“Your Obedient Warden” (Your Obedient Servant)

• “why would _____, a laggard braggart, pockmarked, moribund, pervert patriarch dare to murder a prodigy, a brilliant commander and winner, while a guest at his dinner?”
• “was _____ hosting the groom when it happened?”
• “they should have been immune when it happened.”
• “i am slow to action, often toeing the line, but i savor all the favor that your house bears mine.”
• “i look back on how we won, and i relish the effect of offering one’s peers mutual respect.”
• “_____ was a liar and my house was shunned.”
• “i have the honor to be your obedient warden.”
• “i assured you that you could trust me.”
• “i was duly able to deceive.”
• “our correspondences remained a secret like the chainmail underneath my sleeve, even though i stabbed the boy in the heart.”
• “i had to send the realm a message.”
• “we took his wolf’s head and sewed it onto his headless torso.”
• “he was your lord, though.”
• “hey, i was led astray, then they betrayed.”
• “shame it’s now in their hands.”
• “they have overstayed their welcome.”
• “suffice to say that i will see them flayed.”
• “these letters are perverse, old man.”
• “you truly are the worst, old man.”
• “in-between the toasts your twisted toadies intersperse, old man.”
• “see our house is cursed, old man.”
• “_____, your shame’s unfounded.”
• “there was a best option and i found it.”
• “should i let thousands die in a full campaign?”
• “you can’t deny that this was more humane.”
• “we’re doomed, father.”
• “respect? so long. good will? gone.”
• “you’re wrong.”
• “give me a grandson.”
• “see it done!”

Westeros: an American Musical - Sentence Starters

FromAct 2 of “Westeros: an American Musical,” a parody mashup of “Game of Thrones” and “Hamilton.”

Change the pronouns as you see fit.

“Stark to Finish” (Blow Us All Away)

• “meet the latest owner of a western castle.”
• “dang, i got shot by some vassal.”
• “suffice to say i fell in love with _____ and followed my heart!”
• “my heart ain’t that smart.”
• “i’m only sixteen but i feel about fifty.”
• “weighed down by this crown, cuz morale has been shifting.”
• “i broke my betrothal on the fly.”
• “now they say that i broke my oath.”
• “those lyrics sound a little concerning, i guess y’all have learned about the bridge that i’m burning.”
• “there’s rumblings that the fleet have taken our towns.”
• “my home captured? that’s something i can’t allow.”
• “he’s a fighter of sorts?”
• “more a hunter for sport.”
• “no need to sell your son short.”
• “i’d be lost without your uncompromising support.”
• “fucking idiot. are you serious?”
• “_____, why’ve you come?”
• “your mother freed _____ after he murdered my sons!”
• “is killing a hostage what they’d really want from you?”
• “i dunno, ask the captured squires i just slew.”
• “i name thee traitor now.”
• “i swore to avenge them and, unlike you, i keep my vows.”
• “i’ll do the deed myself. go on and kneel down.”
• “oathbreaker with a traitorous mom. at least i’ll die proud.”
• “without them, i can’t attack our foe directly.”
• “perhaps, it’s time to negotiate a peace.”
• “signing some treaty won’t make my father less deceased.”
• “what about _____?”
• “it’s being held by _____.”
• “i truly wish the worst on _____.”
• “make peace, then take back your family seat.”
• “you wouldn’t even be the first to bend the knee.”
• “enough blood has been spilled trying to take this shot.”
• “wars need not be fought until the last drop.”
• “and let _____ off the hook? i’d lose my honor.”
• “better than losing your head, just ask your father.”
• “i’d have enough troops if i won them back.”
• “i’ll offer my uncle in a new marriage pact.”
• “that’s crazy.”
• “they will be re-engaging as allies in the war we’re waging. it’s the only way, see?”
• “this seems a bit too perfect…a quick fix after their pride was pricked?”
• “my mother’s nervous, but she’s forgetting all will be set right after i attend this wedding.”
• “then they will forgive me for my sins.”
• “my men are exhausted.”
• “would you provide us some snacks?”
• “come on inside.”
• “the hard part is done; we can relax for the rest.”
• “don’t be stressed!”
• “apologize for all that’s transpired.”
• “praise the sons and daughters he’s sired.”
• “_____, you’re wearing armor underneath your cloak!?”
• “and so he spoke, and so he spoke—"
• “_____ sends their regards.”
• “wait, not _____ specifically?”
• “the _____, as a whole, send their regards.”
• “i haven’t even seen _____, i thought i’d missed him.”
• “no, he hasn’t been in this. i think they’re writing around that.”
• “they sang about me capturing him.”
• “that was only referring to him.”
• “well if it wasn’t _____, then who told you they were sending all these regards?”
• “i’m pretty sure it’s only the _____’s regards.”
• “okay, thank you. that’s enough.”
• “nope. absolutely not. we. are. done. here.”
• “ohhhh, you gotta be shitting me.”
• “glad you were able to make the trip.”
• “thank you for having me. the ceremony was lovely.”

Westeros: an American Musical - Sentence Starters

FromAct 2 of “Westeros: an American Musical,” a parody mashup of “Game of Thrones” and “Hamilton.”

Change the pronouns as you see fit.

“A H(e)art Inflamed” (Burn)

• “i recall every slight _____ gave me.”
• “from the moment i saw you, i knew you were his, you look just like his, you had to be his.”
• “do you know what _____ said on the night you were conceived? he said: ‘do you actually need this bed?’”
• “that’s something i cannot believe!“
• “he and his face haunted my memories.”
• “he skipped me, he never acknowledged me.”
• “he built a legacy of drunken lechery.”
• “i built a navy.”
• “i’m re-righting the slights they handed me.”
• “now you are mine, and i’ll watch you burn.”
• “the life of this bastard means everything…the ends do not warrant these means.”
• “you are the king; you can still save the realm, without ending his life.”
• “do you know what _____ said, when my pet hawk just wouldn’t fly? he said: ‘if you’re not gonna soar in life, it might be a mercy to die.’”
• “please, consider your legacy, this action would be a detraction.”
• “still you are haunted by your brother’s wrath and how you perceived him.”
• “he erased my name from his legacy.”
• “he left me alone, he gave _____ home.”
• “i’ll watch his son burn.”
• “the realm cannot steal my birthright!”
• “the dark cannot stifle my light!”
• “the king is not out of this fight!”
• “i’m burning my memories, burning the brother i perceive when i see you.”
• “i just want to be the true king!”
• “i just want to be my own man!”
• “there’s only my destiny.”
• “i’ll make that throne mine!”
• “i won’t let you burn.”
• “_____, you have left your cell.”
• “i was told you had need of my counsel.”
• “you have always given me the hard truths, those i had…forgotten.”
• “there is no one better.”
• “you swear there is no other way forward? no path open to us?”
• “i guess…if you really want all that king’s blood to go to waste just sitting there in his veins…we could burn some leeches instead.”
• “are you kidding me!?”
• “fiiiiine, yes, we can leech some blood from the skinsack of juicy king’s blood.”
• “my name is _____!”
• “see it done.”
• “this way may serve, but it is not the surer way, or the better way.”
• “his path for you will not end with the death of these false kings.”
• “i feel dizzy!”
• “speak plainly, woman.”
• “once it has demonstrated its power through these leeches, and the usurpers lie dead, you must give me a sacrifice of king’s blood.”
• “i…i will revisit this only after the leeches have done their work.”
• “we should get on with it.”
• “how do the slugs work?”
• “give each to the flame, as you say the name.”
• “_____ is a monster, i know.”
• “none will mourn _____.”
• “we’re escaping!”
• “a usurper, yes, but surely he won’t die too terribly?”
• “perhaps a fever, and then he passes peacefully in his sleep?”
• “errrr…the flames are unclear.”
• “i wasn’t even in this plaayyyyy.”
• “remember, when the leeches have done their work, you must give me the boy.”