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	Season 1 / Episode 12: - The New King Part 1 Jack Benjamin: Four of our generals, and now our press minister - all loyal to us. William Cross: Where one loyalist falls, ten others will beg you for their position; you're very popular, Jack. Jack Benjamin: It's a message - my father's still alive, and his teeth are still sharp. William Cross: The panicked bite of a dying dog - probably dead already. Jack Benjamin: It just feels like he could just come back anytime. William Cross: He's not coming back; he's one man! Against an army, that answers to us. You've been afraid of your father your whole life; now might be a safe time to grow a pair - and flaunt 'em. I can only put the crown in front of you; they need to see you take it.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - The New King Part 1 King Silas Benjamin: [addressing the nation in a pirate broadcast] People of Gilboa - a few days ago, our nation was the victim of a coup d'état. Your king was shot, and the reins of our country seized by corrupt and evil men. My people, you have been deceived. I address you today to say that I, Silas Benjamin, king of Gilboa am alive - very much alive. I am still sovereign of this nation. I send a message to the traitors who would depose me, who would subvert God's will and the freedom of my people: I am the rightful king of this nation, I and no other. I will return to Shiloh to take my place, given me by God and citizen. Like an earthquake, I will come.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - The New King Part 1 Klotz: So they're still gonna have the ceremony? Is Jack gonna take the crown? Boyden: He just had them polish it; he wants to be the new king. Klotz: But we still have an old king - can we have two kings?... Oh, boy.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - The New King Part 1 Rev. Ephram Samuels: [seeing Jack in his empty church]... A man with much to consider. Jack Benjamin: My whole life, I've waited for this moment - my chance to lead, to impress my personality on a country and make it better... Tomorrow it happens. But I - I don't feel anything... It's not there. Rev. Ephram Samuels: You mean He... is not there. Jack Benjamin: Shouldn't He give me something? Words... of wisdom, or... a warning, an image for a new standard? My father had signs, butterflies, whole conversations, whatever, to give him the confidence to speak in His name... What's my blessing? Rev. Ephram Samuels: God... does not take counsel with sinners. Recently, you and I - we've been made unforgiveable. Jack Benjamin: We both knew my father needed to go. Rev. Ephram Samuels: And all the others? All the innocents shot dead - your declaration of war... Jack Benjamin: That's William. Rev. Ephram Samuels: We allowed it... Silas was right; I cannot accuse him and let myself go unscrutinized. Jack Benjamin: I can make good of our mistakes. Once you put the crown on my head, you will see how well it fits. Rev. Ephram Samuels: The crown will never touch your head. That is the hollowness that you feel - and you know it; He knows it... and He will never speak to you. Jack Benjamin: Why not? Rev. Ephram Samuels: You are not the one He wants.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - The New King Part 1 Queen Rose Benjamin: You never do that again. Michelle Benjamin: Jack and William are wrong; I won't pretend otherwise. Queen Rose Benjamin: Yes, you will. Until Silas returns - and then you will pretend even more. The fate of this monarchy, this family, no longer lies with your brother. Jack will die the moment Silas returns. Michelle Benjamin: And if Silas and David don't return? Queen Rose Benjamin: I know your father; he'll come. And you have to stay alive long enough to greet him with open arms. You keep your head down, your mouth shut. You tell no one of this pregnancy, especially David. You'll have nothing to fear - I'll take care of everything.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - The New King Part 1 King Silas Benjamin: You can drink with people you hate; life's taught me that much. Come on - might be your last. David Shepherd: [sitting down opposite Silas]... So that's it, then - we die tomorrow. King Silas Benjamin: Odds are not in our favor... Not like the old days - then I was sure. I'd ask the outcome of a battle, and He'd answer in thunder and the answer would always be "yes". David Shepherd: No answer tonight? King Silas Benjamin: Not for some time. King Silas Benjamin: [heavenward] Hey, maybe we can help You out a little. King Silas Benjamin: [pouring a third shot glass at the table] Just let us know You're listening out there, and that You exist and that You care a little for the back-and-forthings of we tiny men, and that success - or death - in the outcome of battle mean a little out there in the sparkly quintessence... Just knock the glass over. An infant could do it; a breeze... No?... I guess we're on our own. David Shepherd: Maybe He doesn't talk to bastards. King Silas Benjamin: And here I thought we were getting along so well. David Shepherd: I know you - too well now. I'll help you tomorrow; I'll probably die, too... But I'll do it, because the people need you. They have a chance at peace with you. King Silas Benjamin: [as they get up to leave] If we do survive, I owe you more than apologies - I wronged you. David Shepherd: The minute I see you in your chair, I'm outta here. I don't wanna see any of you again. King Silas Benjamin: ...Do that. David Shepherd: Just promise me one thing: If God ever does speak to you again, you'll listen.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - The New King Part 1 Chancellor Hanson: [nervously] Sir - Reverend Samuels... he won't come... coronation... William Cross: He knows I'll kill him for this. Chancellor Hanson: He said he expects it. William Cross: Fine; send a team - meet his expectation. William Cross: [bewildered]... Sir, what about the benediction? William Cross: You do it.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - The New King Part 1 Chancellor Hanson: [Jack's coronation begins] I read from the benediction of the Reverend Ephram Samuels: Our cause is just; our union is perfect. As we unified our lands, unify our purpose. Rev. Ephram Samuels: Forgive my eyes, for what they have overlooked. Forgive my mouth, for its pride. Forgive these hands... for works done and works unfinished. If I die today, I die knowing my offense. Chancellor Hanson: Guide his eyes, mouth, hands - that they see Your goals, speak Your words, build monuments to Your gifts. William Cross: [whispering to Queen Rose at the coronation, about Silas] Still think he's coming? Rev. Ephram Samuels: Only let me live long enough to see my wrongs righted. I have walked before You, from the time of my youth... here I am.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - The New King Part 1 King Silas Benjamin: [finding the substitute crown on his throne] You were gonna put this on Jack? Chancellor Hanson: [terrified] Sir... King Silas Benjamin: Say there was a gun to your head, and I won't have to put one there. King Silas Benjamin: [to the coronation guests] So - where are they? William Cross, Jack Benjamin... where are they?... I ask once more with words, and then with blood. Jack Benjamin: [entering the room] I'm here... I'm not gonna run - not anymore... You said I couldn't be what I was; God said I couldn't be what I wanted. There's nothing left for me... but to die... Do it. Go on; finish it - I'm ready. King Silas Benjamin: We can think of worse things for you than death... You could have had everything.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - The New King Part 1 Andrew Cross: When I came back, my father told me to watch and learn. I learned who should be king - and who shouldn't. King Silas Benjamin: Anything else? Andrew Cross: You lost a son; I lost a father. Maybe I could be a part of the family.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - The New King Part 1 Michelle Benjamin: [disappointed] You're leaving. David Shepherd: All I did was replace one corrupt king for another. Michelle Benjamin: You stopped a war; who knows how many lives you saved? David Shepherd: I can't live here. Back home, things were either right - or wrong.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - The New King Part 1 King Silas Benjamin: [praying from the rooftop] Not bad, right? Even You must be impressed today. King Silas Benjamin: You're welcome. I give, and I am thankful - for giving is a need; we understand each other on the point. It was a mad idea You had in the first place - kings, a monarchy? In this day and age? I'm looking out at a city that I built in Your name; this is what you wanted. Deny it? King Silas Benjamin: Then you can forgive me; then I still have some role yet to play? King Silas Benjamin: [as a soft rain begins to fall] Oh, thank you! Thank you! Whatever You want, I am ready! King Silas Benjamin: [loud thunder roars through the sky] Him? But why? No - no, what about me? What am I supposed to do? King Silas Benjamin: [seeing the clouds break and dissipate] Don't go! Don't go!...
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - The New King Part 1 King Silas Benjamin: [to Thomasina] Find Shepherd - bring him to the mansion... Tell him I listened.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - The New King Part 1 David Shepherd: You said I could go home. King Silas Benjamin: You were asked for... It seems God has plans other than you might have wanted; get used to that... He spoke to me again; He told me... you were meant to take my place. David Shepherd: Me? David Shepherd: No... no, I - I'm no king. King Silas Benjamin: It's not up to you, either. David Shepherd: But why? King Silas Benjamin: [exasperated] I don't know why. Because you're good? I've been good. Because you're young? I was young too; oh, I gave Him that - everything He ever asked for. But now He turns away, loves you. David Shepherd: I don't know that He does. King Silas Benjamin: ...You have His favor! I doubt I could have escaped the traps I laid for you. You never knew what you were being given; but now - now I see. How long has He been whispering in your ear? David Shepherd: He hasn't. King Silas Benjamin: No? You didn't feel anything? Hm? Before your butterfly crown? After? Don't lie to me! David Shepherd: I never asked for anything! King Silas Benjamin: ...He did come to you - offered himself behind my back, yours for the taking. Shameful - the two of you laughing at me. David Shepherd: No; God loved you - and so did I! King Silas Benjamin: [he throws his drink at Shepherd and tackles him] Listen to your lies? While you were playing me? The old fool - huh? Is that what you thought? Huh? Is that what you thought? God looked me in the eye - and lied to me! You backstabbing, cheating whore! David Shepherd: You're jealous! That's why He left you! Maybe I should be king! Maybe I should!
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - The New King Part 1 Rev. Ephram Samuels: Silas did this to you. David Shepherd: He thinks I've stolen God's favor. Rev. Ephram Samuels: You haven't, David; God gave it freely. David Shepherd: I don't want it! Rev. Ephram Samuels: David Shepherd, son of Jessie, son of Judah, know this: You were chosen... to be the new king. Michelle Benjamin: ...It's true, isn't it?... Where can I take him? Rev. Ephram Samuels: His only place of refuge... you cannot follow - Gath. Silas would never look for you there. David Shepherd: Gath?... I'll be alone; I'll have nothing. Rev. Ephram Samuels: You need fear no evil; you, David, are never alone. David Shepherd: [to Michelle] As long as we're together, you'll be in danger; I can't risk you. You have to stay here. Michelle Benjamin: [removing her ring] Take this; wear it... and know that I will always love you, no matter what. Always know that. David Shepherd: I will never stop loving you - ever... I'll be back for you. Michelle Benjamin: I'll be waiting. Rev. Ephram Samuels: Husband and wife, if you like; vows of love, exchanged before God. You two were married long ago, and you will be married forevermore.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - The New King Part 1 Jack Benjamin: I pictured prison colder. Jack Benjamin: [seeing Lucinda at the door] She had no part in this. Thomasina: Her part she'll be glad to play... Your father wants for you a living death, to brick you into a wall with someone who loves you - who you can't stand the sight of... until you produce an heir, which Silas will take, and raise right this time. Lucinda Wolfson: [embracing Jack] I... don't understand. Jack Benjamin: Thomasina, love... please. You've known me since I could crawl. Thomasina: You went against the family; you're not charming anymore, Jack. Jack Benjamin: Don't do this! Thomasina: It's not so hard; just close your eyes, and dream of someone who's dead.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - The New King Part 1 Queen Rose Benjamin: An issuance of the king: For her acts of treason in support of her brother, Michelle Benjamin is ordered exiled from Gilboa - stripped of any rights as citizen or noble, removed from all our lands, and kept from any company but her own for a period of no less than one year. Michelle Benjamin: What are you talking about? Queen Rose Benjamin: [whispering] I told you I would take care of everything. King Silas Benjamin: All our plans... Queen Rose Benjamin: We'll make new ones... We'll be young again; everything there is to fight for began with you. You're the stone center; you're Silas. King Silas Benjamin: Yes... Queen Rose Benjamin: And nothing can take the future from this family. King Silas Benjamin: Nothing? King Silas Benjamin: ...Least of all David Shepherd. Rev. Ephram Samuels: Let him go, Silas. King Silas Benjamin: I will find David; I will hunt him down, and when his dead body lays at my feet I'll come for you for your part in this. Rev. Ephram Samuels: Killing David will not keep you king. King Silas Benjamin: At least God will know I'm angry. Rev. Ephram Samuels: He's gone, Silas - where you can not find him. His family is safe, too. Nothing can stop God's plan. King Silas Benjamin: I travel that path no more; I'm a sinner now. He wants peace, I want war - God and I are now constant enemies. Rev. Ephram Samuels: Then I bring a message from the enemy: Do not search too hard for my servant, for the day you lay a hand on him... will be the day that you die. King Silas Benjamin: Oh, is that what He says? Well, take a message back to Him: We are at war.
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Javelin King Vesper Abaddon: You got yourself here; it's time to change - or die. You have to learn to live without air, and for you air is adoration. King Silas Benjamin: Oh, is it wrong to seek the opinion of the people? King Vesper Abaddon: Of course it is; you're the best thing for them, and they don't know it. That's right - what would they have without Silas? King Silas Benjamin: You. King Vesper Abaddon: You see? They owe you; stop trying to win their approval. It is better to be feared than loved - necessary. Maybe you once brought your country into a new day, but that day is done; now, you rule by night. King Silas Benjamin: My son... King Vesper Abaddon: Hang 'im. King Silas Benjamin: My peace... King Vesper Abaddon: You wanna give Gath the land, do it. Those for, plant in front of the cameras; those against, plant in the dirt. King Silas Benjamin: That simple? King Vesper Abaddon: Don't hide it - let the sun dapple the whole damn mess. And anyone still plotting against you will do it slipping in a blood puddle. King Silas Benjamin: I'm trying to win my people back, not get them to hate me more; they already think me a tyrant. King Vesper Abaddon: I know you, Silas, better than anyone. My worst enemy - now, my only friend. You're no tyrant... but you could be - if you tried. King Silas Benjamin: And Shepherd? King Vesper Abaddon: You need to kill him - and soon. King Silas Benjamin: He's watched over. How do you kill someone whom God protects? King Vesper Abaddon: Easy - with a bullet.
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Javelin King Silas Benjamin: Tomorrow has come. Some of you meet it with reproach, and with the unkind thought that the return of any land to an enemy is weakness; lose that thought, friends. The handover of Port Prosperity will take place, and Gath will be our unfiring chum. In the name of peace, I will crush any in the blessed event's way. Chancellor Hanson: There are some still in their homes, sir, refusing to leave. King Silas Benjamin: Any who have not vacated by the deadline will be arrested; any who resist arrest will be shot - twice. King Silas Benjamin: [observing two ministers whispering] Oh - say you have some dissent, please. Minister Forsythe: Not at all, sir... Shall I order a media blackout, to keep anyone from thinking you unsympathetic? King Silas Benjamin: But I am unsympathetic, to all those who oppose my will. Send more cameras. Let them remember it was my will that built from the ashes this nation and put in their mouth the right to complain - but there are limits, now reached. Go, do your jobs. Minister Forsythe: Sir - what is the official statement on the fate of David Shepherd? King Silas Benjamin: Who?
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Javelin Queen Rose Benjamin: Jack... King Silas Benjamin: Oh, forget Jack. Queen Rose Benjamin: No; he's in hiding from you. King Silas Benjamin: So he should be. Queen Rose Benjamin: He's your son... who once you held in the palm of your hand, whose laughter was God's greatest gift. King Silas Benjamin: Not anymore. Queen Rose Benjamin: Jack is a surety under this family's legacy. He lives, or the crown dies with you. King Silas Benjamin: Lucky I don't die. Queen Rose Benjamin: ...I built this country with you. I bound it to our family and name. You may have the will, but I maximize your effect. And tomorrow will be your greatest hour - and you need at least one smile by your side that isn't trying to hold back the tears... So Jack will stand beside you; he will not be arrested, and he will not be harmed. You will acknowledge him, and you will do this for me. King Silas Benjamin: And if I don't? Queen Rose Benjamin: You'll find yourself standing alone. King Silas Benjamin: ...If he behaves, I won't cut his throat.
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Javelin Michelle Benjamin: Where's David? King Silas Benjamin: Held temporarily underground, until we can find a more permanent place for him there. Noon tomorrow, David Shepherd ceases to exist; time to find a new boyfriend. Michelle Benjamin: What if I already did? What if I found someone and was seen with him - let the cameras and the country see that the princess found someone she like more than David Shepherd, how he doesn't mean anything to her, and he shouldn't to them either. King Silas Benjamin: What a mature young lady you have become. Michelle Benjamin: I want to say goodbye. King Silas Benjamin: ...Better hurry.
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Javelin Michelle Benjamin: David... there's no way to say "sorry" well enough; you needed me, and I left you. David Shepherd: Did you think I was guilty? Michelle Benjamin: No - but there was a reason. David Shepherd: I would have bet my life you'd be there for me... I did; you didn't come. Michelle Benjamin: I couldn't. Please, just let me explain. David Shepherd: I can't trust you, Michelle! Nothing you say could matter to me. Just keep your reasons.
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Javelin William Cross: He thinks it's all selfish - CrossGen, our thick pocket-lining, our pockets swell for war... There's a language to civilization, and a small group of scholars who can read it. I was born fluent; General Benjamin could barely make out the glyphs - as king, he's lost his glasses. Can't see that war is just the fuel of progress. Nothing gets made in peace - except art... He changed; I remember when we first met - I really liked him. He used to be so funny...
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Javelin King Vesper Abaddon: [speaking to David through the prison vent] Are you really not gonna eat any of that? I can smell the meat from here... oh, shame to waste steak. King Vesper Abaddon: Aaah... thank you. Mmm... The girl? David Shepherd: The king's daughter. King Vesper Abaddon: Oooh - not bad. David Shepherd: Doesn't matter; the king, in all his wisdom, set me up to die any minute. King Vesper Abaddon: That was my idea; sorry about that, David. David Shepherd: You know who I am? King Vesper Abaddon: Oh, I know lots about you. You gave me back my mind. I was asleep for a long time; I talked to weevils in my mash, filled books with garbage - and then you came, rose like the sun, and outshone the world's brightest star. And then he came to me, and I told him - heh, I told him to blot you out, bring back the night, to turn into me... and he listened! And in helping him, I got my mind back. At some point he'll realize that I was up to no good, and boy, will he be mad! David Shepherd: Who are you? King Vesper Abaddon: I... am the king. David Shepherd: [dismissing the idea as a prisoner's delusion] You're a prisoner. King Vesper Abaddon: I don't suppose they tell in school of Vesper Abaddon? David Shepherd: Only about his atrocities. King Vesper Abaddon: Hmm - interesting fellow, with his faults. If he were alive, he'd probably tell you that there is nothing to be afraid of in death... Were you loved, David? David Shepherd: I'm not sure. King Vesper Abaddon: You were; I saw. That's someone whose heart will die when you do. It's lucky - even if it was just skyfire-fast... Since I owe you double, let me give you a parting gift - your obol coin in the mouth:... It is always better to be loved than feared. Some of us made the mistake the other way, and it does not go well. Die loved, you die happy. David Shepherd: I'd rather live miserable. King Vesper Abaddon: I like you!
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Javelin Jack Benjamin: I come to beg forgiveness. King Silas Benjamin: Forgiveness is a form of love, and I do not love you. Queen Rose Benjamin: Silas... Jack Benjamin: [whispering, almost inaudibly] Yes, you do. King Silas Benjamin: ...Kneel. King Silas Benjamin: [seeing Jack's hesitation]... Kneel. King Silas Benjamin: Now kiss the ground I walk on. Queen Rose Benjamin: Silas! King Silas Benjamin: ...Your mouth's been in dirtier places. King Silas Benjamin: That's the second time your mother's given you life... It'll be the last.
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Javelin King Silas Benjamin: Last time we met, we weren't sure who should shake hands first. Premier Shaw: Well, you've taken the liberty twice; now, let me be the one to offer my hand. King Silas Benjamin: What's it like - governing when the people have hope? Premier Shaw: Unusual. And how has it been governing when they're afraid? King Silas Benjamin: Easier.
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Javelin King Silas Benjamin: Peace is not a lamb, but a lion - and it requires force and discipline; otherwise it will go wild, feed on you. I make no meek apology - history will thank me; you will, too.
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Javelin David Shepherd: [praying as he awaits his execution] I have only ever lived for peace... I lift my eyes to You, and I know I'll find it.
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Javelin King Silas Benjamin: Our cause is peace. We've been on a long drift from God, and it is the duty of the leader to cinch the tide and turn the soft, blind swimmer towards where we conceive the shore.
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Javelin Queen Rose Benjamin: You've come to tell me... you've come to tell me he's dead. Rev. Ephram Samuels: ...Ma'am. Queen Rose Benjamin: No - he can't be. I know him; he's harder than lead. He once looked at a man and he fell dead of fright. And you would have known this - you see things of this size. Did you see some sign? No! Silas does not die like this; he... does not die. Rev. Ephram Samuels: Rose... Rose, he was just a man, after all... more so today than ever. Now, your son and daughter... the country... they are all gonna look to you for how to mourn... Shall we go and see the body? Queen Rose Benjamin: Silas is not a body! He is not dead! Any moment, the king will walk through the door.

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