You're so small, Yorik. You should go running with the gardener's boy. He's got some meat on his bones. I feel like I could snap you in half with my hand, and I'm dying man. HAHAHAHAHAHA! *Coughing*

I'm leaving you the Last Empire of Man in this world. It should be hard. It will always be hard. But you will rise to meet the challenge. But you will need to be vigilant. You will need to protect them. You know what lurks in those damned forests, outside the walls. My last wish to you will become law, and you will uphold it until the last of your days. This is the way of our people. Tell me you understand this.

Basil, I want double the guards on his room tonight. If we're lucky I'll pass tonight and we'll be done with this damned ritual, and I'll be free of this pain in me. Otherwise, have the boy brought back to me in the morning, and I'll give my last wishes again.