Stardust (2007)
Grant Burgin: Lackey
Quotes
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[Septimus walks towards the sea-shore]
Lackey : Your Highness, the soothsayer, as you requested.
Septimus : [to the soothsayer] South you said. South we went. Still no stone. Do you now propose we start swimming?
Soothsayer : Sire, I've merely relayed to you what the runes have told me. I can do no more.
Septimus : Well, consult them again.
[the soothsayer is about to do so when Septimus halts him]
Septimus : Wait! Before we seek the stone... I have another question: Am I the seventh son?
[the soothsayer throws the runes and reads them after they fall with three joined together and one leaning away, with the runic symbols uppermost]
Soothsayer : Yes.
Septimus : Another question. Is my favourite colour blue?
[the soothsayer throws the runes once more and reads them]
Soothsayer : Yes.
Septimus : Has excessive begging or pleading ever persuaded me to spare the life of a traitor?
[the soothsayer nervously throws the runes and is afraid when they turn over scattered away from each other, with the blank side uppermost]
Soothsayer : Um...
Septimus : What does that mean?
Soothsayer : That means "no".
Septimus : Good! Throw them again. This time throw them high.
[the soothsayer throws the runes high in the air]
Septimus : [while the runes are mid-air] Do you work for my brother?
[the runes come down. Septimus removes his dagger and kills the luckless soothsayer, implying that indeed, the runes say "yes."]
Septimus : So, do we continue west?
[He throws the runes up again]