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Robert the Bruce:
A rebellion has begun.

The Leper:
Under whom?

Robert the Bruce:
A commoner... named William Wallace.

The Leper:
We will embrace this rebellion. You will support it from our lands in the north while I gain English favor by condemning it, and ordering it opposed from our lands in the south. Sit down. Stay a while.

Robert the Bruce:
This Wallace, he doesn't even have a knighthood, but he fights with passion and he inspires.

The Leper:
[laughs] And you wish to charge off and fight as he did. So would I.

Robert the Bruce:
Well, maybe it's time.

The Leper:
It is time to survive. You're the seventeenth Robert Bruce. The sixteen before you passed you land and title because they didn't charge in. Call a meeting of the nobles.

Robert the Bruce:
But they do nothing but talk.

The Leper:
Rightly so. They're as rich in English titles and lands as they are in Scottish, just as we are. You admire this man, this William Wallace. Uncompromising men are easy to admire. He has courage, so does a dog. But it is exactly the ability to compromise that makes a man noble. And understand this: Edward Longshanks is the most ruthless king ever to sit upon the throne of England. And none of us, and nothing of Scotland will remain, unless we are as ruthless. Give an ear to our nobles. Knowing their minds is the key to the throne.