Kings2009

King Vesper Abaddon:
You got yourself here; it's time to change - or die. You have to learn to live without air, and for you air is adoration.

King Silas Benjamin:
Oh, is it wrong to seek the opinion of the people?

King Vesper Abaddon:
Of course it is; you're the best thing for them, and they don't know it. That's right - what would they have without Silas?

King Silas Benjamin:
You.

King Vesper Abaddon:
You see? They owe you; stop trying to win their approval. It is better to be feared than loved - necessary. Maybe you once brought your country into a new day, but that day is done; now, you rule by night.

[cut to Jack discussing plans with William Cross]

King Silas Benjamin:
My son...

King Vesper Abaddon:
Hang 'im.

King Silas Benjamin:
My peace...

King Vesper Abaddon:
You wanna give Gath the land, do it. Those for, plant in front of the cameras; those against, plant in the dirt.

King Silas Benjamin:
That simple?

King Vesper Abaddon:
Don't hide it - let the sun dapple the whole damn mess. And anyone still plotting against you will do it slipping in a blood puddle.

King Silas Benjamin:
I'm trying to win my people back, not get them to hate me more; they already think me a tyrant.

King Vesper Abaddon:
I know you, Silas, better than anyone. My worst enemy - now, my only friend. You're no tyrant... but you could be - if you tried.

[cut to William conferring with his son Andrew]

King Silas Benjamin:
And Shepherd?

King Vesper Abaddon:
You need to kill him - and soon.

King Silas Benjamin:
He's watched over. How do you kill someone whom God protects?

King Vesper Abaddon:
Easy - with a bullet.