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Thomasina:
Sir - I have concerns... for your heart.

King Silas Benjamin:
Doctor gave it a clean bill, just winter.

Thomasina:
Not the function; the temperature. I fear it's gone cold... since Serenity, sir. Since you stopped going.

King Silas Benjamin:
I know of no such place.

Thomasina:
So it seems.

King Silas Benjamin:
You have a point?

Thomasina:
Without it... without *her*, you have *not* been yourself as... as I know you. What you spied sharply escapes notice; and what gave you pause, doesn't. And without the countervalence of warmth, you've grown mean, sir. And I don't know how to serve this cold Silas. And my duty is to protect the family.