ZYFAN:
Karanthir, have I thanked you for waking me?
KARANTHIR:
Haha - I'll assume that means you're no longer irritated at me
for sneaking into your bedroom, uninvited, my prince.
ZYFAN:
I did not mind so much. It is just ...
KARANTHIR:
Yes?
ZYFAN:
On my way here, I passed Mez ...
KARANTHIR:
And?
ZYFAN:
I think he is angry with me. He knows you were in my bed and …
KARANTHIR:
Oh come now, we didn’t do anything – he has nothing to be
angry about. You mustn’t let him bother you.
ZYFAN:
Had I not stopped you, you would have done
something, everything.
ZYFAN:
... Stop smiling like that. It is not funny. I do not want Mez to be unhappy with me. Why must you make things so difficult?
KARANTHIR:
Difficult - moi? Not at all. I wanted you so I came to you.
It was quite simple really.
ZYFAN:
I do not object to being wanted but sometimes I wonder
if I am just a convenience for you.
KARANTHIR:
A convenience?
ZYFAN:
You come to me at the oddest times and then, there are other times, when I have no idea where you go …
KARANTHIR:
A convenience.
ZYFAN:
I do not mind, for when I am with you, it is
so wonderful, but still …
KARANTHIR:
You honestly think you’re just a convenience for me!
Do you think I only want you for sex? I can get that
anywhere, anytime and with anyone.
ZYFAN:
I have made you angry.
KARANTHIR:
Indeed you have. Here I am going out of my way bringing you places
that would be of interest to you. Sharing things with you I’ve never told anyone else. Zyfan, I’ve given up women for you! Now you tell me I’m
with you because you conveniently live under the same roof as me?
ZYFAN:
When you put it that way I … Karanthir, please forgive me.
It is just ... you reveal so little of your feelings that I am never quite
sure where I stand. I love you so deeply that I ...
KARANTHIR:
You love me, deeply?
ZYFAN:
I … I am sorry. I did not want to say it before you. If you do, I mean.
KARANTHIR:
But my prince, I've been telling you this for some time now.
ZYFAN:
You have never spoken these words to me.
KARANTHIR:
I've shown you a thousand times over, and in my own way I've been
saying it all along. You're just not listening.
ZYFAN:
I am not?
KARANTHIR:
Let me be very clear, Zyfan, I cherish you. I see only you. You are my sovereign ruler, my one and only, my love … My Prince.
ZYFAN:
Karanth….
KARANTHIR:
Hush, and listen to me with your heart.
KARANTHIR:
… My Prince. Do you hear it? Because every time I call you that
- I’m telling you I love you.
ZYFAN:
I do hear it now.
KARANTHIR:
And my prince, I'm elated to know you love me too.
ZYFAN:
I do Karanthir, I love you deeply.