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Hundred Eyes: If the gods are always watching, we might as well put on a good show. The inability to sleep is the curse of the aged and the guilty.Kublai Khan: And the gout-stricken.Hundred Eyes: Pardon me. I foolishly assumed you were dreaming about your brother's head rolling in the dirt, his body, a feast for vultures.Kublai Khan: Do they hate me?Hundred Eyes: It is better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you are not.Kublai Khan: You're a drunken fool.Hundred Eyes: So, kill me.Kublai Khan: I have thought about it.Hundred Eyes: But you wish to sleep.Kublai Khan: I know you want to tell me one of those endless stories from that infernal Chinese teacher of yours.Hundred Eyes: No stories tonight, Sire.Kublai Khan: No Zen riddles?Hundred Eyes: I will offer a truth instead. Had you spared Ariq you would have encouraged other traitors.Kublai Khan: His execution was just.Hundred Eyes: No. But it was necessary in that moment, to preserve your Empire.Kublai Khan: You ease one worry, but aggravate one greater.Hundred Eyes: As life is wont to do.

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