- Aughra: Welcome, clever Brea.
- Brea: [gasps] The Crystal! It... it's cracked! It's missing a shard!
- Aughra: Quiet! I'm not done!
- Brea: Sorry...
- Aughra: Now, where was I...? Ah, yes! Welcome, proud All-Maudra!
- All-Maudra: [bows] Hm.
- Aughra: Fierce Naia.
- Naia: [surprised] Ha...
- Aughra: Wise Kylan...
- Kylan: [nods] Hm.
- Aughra: ...and Gurjin.
- Gurjin: [exasperated] What? That's it? Just "Gurjin"?
- The Chamberlain: Death is unnatural! Death is cruel joke! Death mocks life! Mocks Skeksis! But no more! Skeksis conquer death. And you, Gelfling, will do same in Skeksis' place.
- The Chamberlain: All Gelfing are in danger! Rian must confess to murder of Mira. Stand with Skeksis and silence whispers of rebellion. Stop war before it starts.
- Rian: [angrily] You don't care about the Gelfling!
- The Chamberlain: False! I am friend. I am only reason Gelfling still alive.
- Rian: So we can live as your slaves.
- The Chamberlain: Is Gelfling slave if Gelfling does not know it is slave? Now Gelfling happy. Eating, dancing, drinking, running like fizzgig.
- Rian: [sighs] We're not your pets.
- The Chamberlain: False! You live only a few trine. Skeksis are immortal. We are to you as you are to crawlies. The choice is pets... or enemies. Choose wisely.
- The General: Which princess is this?
- The Ritual Master: Haven't got a clue. They all look the same to me.
- [skekVar takes another chrysalis from the ceiling, this time a blue one]
- The Ritual Master: Don't.
- [skekVar eats it anyway. skekZok shakes his head and sighs]
- The General: Better.
- The Chamberlain: And what are Skeksis? Hmmm?
- Rian: Evil.
- [skekSil laughs]
- The Chamberlain: Delightful! And how are Skeksis evil? Please! You tell.
- Rian: You killed Mira!
- The Chamberlain: Hmmmmm... all things kill! Is Z'nid Bird evil because it eats crawling Nurloc?
- Rian: Birds eat to live.
- The Chamberlain: So do Skeksis. All living things consume other things to survive. Not evil. Natural.
- Rian: There was nothing natural about what you did to Mira!
- Brea: [Hup is on one knee before the Aull-Maudra] Is this Podling in his right mind?
- Deet: He wants to be a paladin.
- All-Maudra: No time for ceremony now, Podling. Innocent lives are at risk. Stand, and prove the strength of your spoon, by my side.
- [Rian is tied and hanging upside down by his feet. skekSil searches him]
- The Chamberlain: Where is it? Here? Or here?
- Rian: Get away from me! Leave me alone!
- [skekSil feels behind Rian's right leg]
- Rian: Mira! No!
- [skekSil feels the vial inside Rian's pant leg]
- The Chamberlain: Here it is!
- Rian: No! No!
- [skekSil laughs triumphantly]
- The Chamberlain: Yes. Good.
- Rian: No! Give it back! Give it back!
- [He grunts and struggles]
- Rian: Give it back!
- [But Rian is helpless. skekSil opens the vial and drinks the last of Mira's essence]
- Rian: No! Mira! No! No!
- [skekSil giggles with immersive wicked glee]
- Rian: No! No!
- The Chamberlain: Tasty. Tasty!
- Rian: No! No!
- The Chamberlain: And now we send her back to Thra.
- [He hurls the bottle to the ground, smashing it to pieces]
- Rian: Mira!
- [skekSil cackles]