Beowulf: "Xena! … Xena!"
Wiglaf: "I thought you said there was no way she could have survived."
Beowulf: "I was wrong."
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Priest: "Hrothgar, the ancient ritual of the Exchange of Blades seals your pledge of fidelity to Wealthea …" |
Wiglaf: "Beowulf, this is not the time!"
Beowulf: "This changes all of our plans. Now that I have Xena to help me save Gabrielle, I need Hrothgar for nothing."
Wiglaf: "Except his wife, who's name is Wealthea."
Beowulf: "Her name is Xena. Trust me."
Wiglaf: "Xena, the mighty warrior princess? I don't think so."
Priest: "Make your vows."
Hrothgar: "Wealthea, I make the Viking pledge of eternal love and devotion." … [places the ring upon Xena's finger]
Xena: [sees images of herself forging a ring] … "I'm sorry, I, um …"
Hrothgar: "You are overcome with joy."
Xena: "Yes, I'm overcome."
Beowulf: "It's the ring, the ring that's changed her."
Xena: "Oh, um, I, Wealthea, promise to be a devoted wife to Hrothgar and a …"
Priest: "… mother …"
Xena: "… mother to his people … [places ring on his hand which triggers the memory of a ghastly Banyan tree-like creature and putting a golden ring on her own finger] … Oh, I am the luckiest woman in all of Denmark!"
Priest: "Let us prepare the sacrifice to the goddess Freya." … [Hrothgar uses his sword to strike the cow Xena rode in on]
Waltraute: "Why are men so foolish?"
Valkyrie: "You think it's foolish for a man to risk his life for a woman?"
Waltraute: "A normal man with no other good use, no. But Sven the Lionheart, Noble John Thomas, Igmar the Valiant?"
Valkyrie: "Hm, does seem a waste of talent."
Waltraute: "If they'd died in pursuit of the ring, I'd understand. But to spill their blood for the ordinary woman who lays entrapped beside it …"
Valkyrie: "Our sister, Brunnhilda, turned herself to flame for that Gabrielle. Perhaps she's not so ordinary. And Xena, Xena seems to care a great deal for her, too."
Waltraute: "You speak the name of that conniving bitch in the presence of heroes?! Thank the gods she's dead and fed to the fishes. Now, hurry it up. Odin wants the best of them in Valhalla by nightfall."
Hrothgar: "Ah, you've come to congratulate me at last, Hyldigith."
Hyldigith: "You've made a terrible mistake, Brother. This Wealthea will never care for you or our people the way I do."
Hrothgar: "Never speak of my marriage that way again, unless you wish me to order my own sister banished."
Hrothgar: "You look as if this was your funeral, not your wedding."
Xena: "At the ceremony, I had such a strange sensation."
Hrothgar: "As did I. It besieges me whenever you are near, and I know of only one cure for this malady." … [tries to kiss her]
Xena: "No, Hrothgar … Hrothgar … tradition says that we cannot be together until the moon is high, otherwise you would jinx our union."
Hrothgar: "I've waited so long to make you truly mine."
Xena: "I know, Hrothgar. And you know that I have been devoted to you since you pulled me from the icy waters. But would it be so very hard to wait a few more hours?"
Hrothgar: "I would wait even longer if I though I had your heart as well."
Xena: "Yes, but … [Hrothgar starts slobbering all over her again] … Hrothgar, my hus- … husband. Hrothgar! No." … [finally pushes him away]
Xena: "Our union has given me a new purpose. You've always known that my priorities are different than other women's."
Hrothgar: [wrapping his hand around her throat] … "You are a Viking Queen! Your priorities are as you master decides!"
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Beowulf: "Hrothgar …" |
Hyldigith: "How intriguing. When you saw my sister-in-law this evening, you looked as if you'd seen a ghost. And now, she looked right through you as if you were one."
Beowulf: "It's kind of a long story."
Hyldigith: "Perhaps if you told it to the right audience, you'd get that happy ending you seek."
[Xena brushes her hair while contemplating her inevitable union with disgust.]
Xena: "Come in, my lord … [a man wearing a mask enters] … You wish to play a game, master? … [Beowulf reveals himself] … You're a lunatic! Stay away from me!"
Beowulf: "Xena, your life is in danger. When Odin learns you are alive, he will kill you, and Gabrielle will never be saved."
Xena: "Gabri--"
Beowulf: "Please try to--" … [Xena's reflexes take over and she tosses him away from her and onto the bed … a raven appears in the window] … Odin's raven. He already knows you are here."
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[Hyldigith, Hrothgar and their entourage barge into the room to see Beowulf sprawled out on the bed and Xena looking ruffled.] |
Hyldigith: "You see, Brother, it's as I said. She cannot give you her heart because she's too busy giving it to your old friend."
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