- Denna: [bursting into cabin, disturbing five peaceful nuns] Do as I say, and only some of you will get hurt!
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: [outside cabin] The trail ends here. Denna must be in there.
- Cara Mason: Then what are we waiting for?
- Denna: [the corpse is not a corpse] You know your magic is useless against a Mord-Sith!
- [rises, strikes Zedd down with her Agiel]
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: [captive] What is it you want with me, Denna?
- Denna: Right now I want you to cover our tracks.
- [doesn't obey, has to endure Agiel]
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: All right, all right! Enough!
- [magically covers tracks]
- Denna: Keep moving, Wizard.
- Kahlan Amnell: [thigh injured by sword] You should keep going. You'll move faster alone.
- Cara Mason: [unsympathetic] Obviously. But I made a promise to Richard.
- [Kahlan takes bandage off her wound, and gasps with pain]
- Cara Mason: It's infected. We need to burn the wound closed.
- Kahlan Amnell: We don't have time to make a fire.
- Cara Mason: [as she draws her Agiel] I don't need a fire.
- [holds it up]
- Cara Mason: But it will hurt.
- Kahlan Amnell: I've been struck by an Agiel before.
- Cara Mason: Not like this.
- Kahlan Amnell: Do it.
- [the searing heat of the Agiel burns into her flesh, she winces, holds out without losing consciousness, looking into Cara's eyes]
- Cara Mason: I'm impressed. Even the strongest Mord-Sith would have fainted.
- Kahlan Amnell: [dazedly] Yeah.
- [faints]
- Cara Mason: Kahlan?
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: [animal roasting over fire] I hope you don't expect me to eat that without blackberry sauce.
- Denna: Refusing to eat will only make the journey harder for you.
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: [with irony] I'm touched by your concern for my well-being. Why are we going anywhere? Why not break me right here?
- Denna: So your screams can reach sympathetic ears? No. I have a more suitable place in mind for your training.
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: You have another choice. You could be merciful.
- Denna: You think I'll let you go?
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: Of course not. But you could give me a swift death instead of torturing me.
- Denna: [smiling] But that's the part I enjoy the most.
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: I've given you a new life. What else do you want?
- Denna: You... can't imagine the things I want. And you're going to help me get them. You served the Seeker well, and now you'll serve me.
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: [adamantly] Never.
- Denna: [scoffs] I think you'll find it quite liberating. For so long, you've been burdened by all the world's concerns. Once you're liberated, you'll have only one.
- [grins]
- Denna: Pleasing me.
- Denna: [trudging on] Keep moving, Wizard!
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: Allow an old man to rest.
- Denna: You prefer I should carry you?
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: I prefer you should rub my feet.
- Denna: It's no wonder Cara's gone soft with such weak companions as you and your friends.
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: What do you know about friends? You have no one. That's the real reason you won't kill me. Because then you'll be alone, which is what you fear the most, isn't it?
- [Denna slowly shakes her head in obstinate denial]
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: My friends would stop at nothing to find me. Who would do the same for you?
- Denna: [wanly] Friends are for the helpless.
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: Denna. I can think of no one who needs help more than you. All your plans, all your designs on power, where have they gotten you?