Ingrid & Catherine B

Catherine
All right, then. Enough sparring for today?

Ingrid
Yes, that should suffice!

Catherine
I must say, you've gotten good at seeing through my tricks. I can't mislead you so easily anymore.

Ingrid
I've made it my goal to read your aim and not give away anything through my body language.

Catherine
But in hand-to-hand combat, your form needs work. On the battlefield, even if you lose your weapon, you can't ever stop fighting.

Catherine
Sink your teeth into their throats, kick 'em where it hurts. Do whatever it takes to survive.

Ingrid
Have you ever needed to employ such methods?

Catherine
Not on the battlefield. I've never been in such a dire situation that I needed to.

Catherine
But at the tavern, loads of times! With a well-aimed boot, I've brought many a man to his knees.

Ingrid
Hahaha! Haha!

Catherine
My point is, you can't hesitate to use dirty tactics. You have to grit your teeth and fight back.

Catherine
War isn't as pretty as it's made out to be, in all those poems and songs.

Catherine
Sometimes, even as a knight, you have to do things that you might think are beneath you.

Catherine
You might even have to let innocent bystanders die.

Catherine
Are you prepared for that, Ingrid? Do you really want to be a knight, knowing what it entails?

Ingrid
I'm prepared to do whatever is requested of me. Come what may.

Ingrid
I will be a knight who loyally serves my king, just as you loyally serve Lady Rhea.

Catherine
You've got me wrong. I'm loyal to the archbishop, but only up to a point.

Catherine
I'd do anything in the world for Lady Rhea... except die. If she asked me to die for her, I wouldn't.

Catherine
Does that sound like a contradiction? Very well. That's just who I am.

Ingrid
You're right—it does sound like a contradiction. With all due respect, that isn't very knightly of you.

Ingrid
I'm not sure I fully understand...

Catherine
You will someday. Maybe not for a while, but you will.

Catherine
In the meantime, just don't die. OK?

Ingrid
I'll try my best.