- [last lines]
- King Conchobar: It is better to surrender and fight another day, but the next battle cannot end in failure, for all of Kells will surely be lost.
- Prince Ivar: We need Pyre. We'll have to face him without our weapons.
- Princess Deirdra: And face the Sentinels, too.
- Rohan: We will. No surrender. No retreat!