kings; goliath, be brave now
Reverand Samuels: You are very polite, David.
David: It's the way I was raised.
Reverand Samuels: Do something about that before you grow up.
David: Gimme a light.
Eli: Easy, killer. I promised mom I'd take care of you, no smoking.
Eli: That's Jack Benjamin. You saved the King's son.
Jack: You saved my life. We can skip all that. Besides, you're the darling today.
David: Sorry, sir?
Jack: I know. I get taken hostage and almost get killed, and they're throwing you a party. Mysteries of the palace.
David: I wish they wouldn't. I'm not even really sure why I'm here.
Jack: Technically so I could give you a tour... an hour ago. Sorry. You're here to get shown off, to take a picture with my father, and then get sent back. Thanks for serving your country.
Jack: If I'm gonna be king and telling the butterfly story, I need to be a war hero in command of my company. I can't do that from the sidelines.
Silas: You believe what they're saying? That ambush wasn't my fault.
Jack: I know that.
Silas: Then what?
Jack: I fought for you. Commanded.I have the respect of everyone except the one who owes it to me most. Is it my reputation? "The party prince?" Is that it? None of that matters. That... it's not who I am.
Silas: If only it was. What would I give for a playboy who couldn't keep it in his pants, and who runs through women?
But what I have... is a son who shows no interest in them. You thought I didn't know? I've been keeping pictures of our family out of the free press for years. What you do at night with your boys after your show of skirt chasing is a disgrace. If you were my second son, I wouldn't care. But for a king, it's not possible. Not possible. We give what we want when we want power. Believe me. Now you want to show me you have the heart to be king? Show me you can control it. Wrestle it to the ground. Numb it with ice. But you cannot be what God made you, not if you mean to take my place. Celebrate. It's what you're good at...
David: I'm not what you think I am. I'm not a hero. That whole picture's a lie.
Eli: But you stood up to them.
David: When they took that picture I wasn't standing up. I was surrounded. They had me, so I surrendered. I dropped my gun, my grenade went off. I got a lucky shot off. It wasn't even luck, it was stupid. I surrendered. Everyone thinks I'm brave. But I'm not.
Eli: Be brave now.
David: You want blood? Come here and take it. It's fresh, still warm from the life that just left it. The blood of my brother. So take it, take his blood and call it enough. If you need more, take mine. Do it. I surrender! Shoot me and call that enough. Or can one of you come down here, and show me your face. Show me that you're more than tank, metal, and shell. That you're human like we are, that you breathe, that you bleed, that you feel, and feel pity. That you live for more than our death. Come, any of you who have lost a brother. Come and tell me it's enough.
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