"Old Ares Had A Farm" Episode 122/610
[TEASER]
G: "Xena, I'm beginning to lose my appetite."
X: "Well, let's give it a try. Sometimes, these places have
great food. Won't be a sec. Pardon me-- didn't you used to ride
with Ahab the lame?"
Ahab's Comrade [A's Com]: "Yeah-- but I've moved on to better
things." [Laughs]
X: "You look like the self-improvement type. And aren't those
Attila's colors you're wearing? Some company. And you-- I could
swear you're Turkestan's boy. What is this? A scum-bag
convention? What brings you cutthroats together?"
A's Com: "Huh! I don't have to tell you that."
X: "Oh, but you do."
[Warlord's Voice]: "Get her!"
[Fight]
X: "All right-- you got _seconds_ to live, so spit it out."
A's Com: "The warlords of Greece, Macedonier [sic], and Thrace--
have put a price on his head. We've united under Gasgar the
Terrible, to hunt him down and split the bounty. Ow! Oh!"
X: "All right-- hunt down who?"
A's Com: "The god of war-- Ares. He's mortal-- and now the
warlords that he crossed when he was a god-- are having their
revenge."
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Ares: [Moans]
A Warlord: "Ares-- prepare to die! Who are you?"
X: "Who are you?"
A Warlord: "They call me-- battling Siki."
X: "Nobody ever called you that. You just made that up. But if
you don't wanna be known as dead Siki-- you'll be movin' on."
A Warlord: "All right. But the gold is mine, Ares."
Ares: "I've been gettin' a lot of that, lately. So-- what
brings you here? Animal magnetism?"
X: "I'm here to save your butt. The word is out that you're
mort'l [sic], Ares. There's a price on your head and every
scum-bag in the world is lookin' to cash in."
G: "Gasgar the Terrible-- Lombar-- the Howl Brothers-- Mosher."
X: "Attila."
G: "The beast of Turkestan."
Ares: "It'll be great fighting by your side. We'll take no
prisoners."
X: "No, we're not here to participate in a blood bath. We're
here to offer you a new life."
Ares: "You're a little ahead of me."
X: "Ares, you're gonna spend the rest of your mortal life a
hunted man, unless you assume a new identity."
G: "You need to go undercover as someone else."
Ares: "Reinvent myself. Well-- I'm not opposed to the idea.
I've given a lot of thought to how I'm gonna live the rest of my
mortal life, a-a-a-a-- king-- a priest-- if the cult was sexy
enough."
X: "Ares, you've gotta do something that no one would ever
suspect of you."
Ares: "Like what?"
X: "How are you at shovelin' shit?"
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[ACT I]
G: "Ares, what's wrong with being a farmer?"
Ares: "For a rube, nothing. But for the god of war-- "
X: "Former god of war."
Ares: "Xena, let's you and I go crazy on Gasgar and his boys. I
am talkin' about slaughter and mayhem."
X: "Ares, do you really wanna fight _every_ warrior who wants to
make a fortune?"
Ares: "OK, it's-- getting to be a chore."
G: "If we set you up as a farmer, you can come and go as you
please."
Ares: "Really?!"
G: "No one would suspect the god of war would be living on a
country farm."
X: "Gabrielle and I'll stay with you-- just until you get the
swing of things."
Ares: "Yeah, a plantation-- some slaves-- half a dozen
flute-playing girls."
X: "Just what I was thinkin'."
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X: "There it is-- just as I remember it."
G: "And whoo."
X: "The Elysian fields on Earth. Come on, come on. Well-- this
is it."
Ares: "What? The outhouse?"
G: "It's beautiful."
Ares: "Hello!"
X: "Oo-oo-ooh!"
Ares: "We're looking at a hovel!"
X: "Look-- here-- I carved my initial in this pole-- here."
G: "Let's see. Huh! It's still there."
X: "My grandma used to sit in this chair. She'd rock and she'd
tell us stories of the Olympian gods."
Ares: "Bet you never thought you'd grow up to kill most of them,
didya?"
X: "But wait-- the best is yet to come."
G: "Come on." [Chuckles]
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G: "Xena-- it's charming."
X: "It even _smells_ the way I remember it."
Ares: "I don't wanna spoil your waltz down memory lane, but Ares
ain't living here. Now you can tell us all about your pastoral
childhood on the way back-- to civilization."
X: "Ares, it's a little run-down, but we can fix it."
Ares: "When I was a god, I couldn't have fixed this place."
G: "It's nothing that a little hard work can't put right."
Ares: "See, now you're scaring me."
X: "More than a band of cutthroats who are out for your blood?"
Ares: "Do I hafta answer right away?"
X: "Gabrielle, come check out the stove."
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Warlord Wannabe [W W]: "So, I got the god of war down-- and I
wouldn't listen to his pleas for mercy-- and then I-- fsh! I cut
his throat."
Blonde: "What did he look like?"
W W: "You know? He wasn't as mean-looking as everyone says--
kind of a dark-- handsome guy-- dressed all in black with a
beard. And he had this gray vest-- "
Gasgar [Gas]: "You didn't kill anyone, you little-- pimple-- but
you might've seen somethin'. That description of Ares was pretty
good."
W W: "I-- I did see him."
Gas: "Where?"
W W: "Outside of Ipieros. I followed them as far as the
Lackawan Valley. Then I lost my nerve."
Gas: "What do you mean, them? Does he have an army with him?"
W W: "No, no-- a couple of women."
Gas: [Laughs]
W W: [Yells]
Gas: "Ares always did have a-- weakness for the ladies.
Probably lookin' for a place to shack up with them. Pass the
word. We're headed for the Lackawan Valley."
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Ares: [Sighs]
X: "Ares, hurry up with those rags!"
Ares: "You know what? I, uh-- I just can't seem to find 'em
anywhere."
X: "Well, that doesn't make sense. Come on, then. We'll do
somethin' else."
Ares: "Aw! I was doing a thing!"
G: "Has anyone seen that saw I left out here?"
Ares: "Well, don't look at me. I try to touch tools of common
labor as little as possible."
X: "Well, that's going to change. Come on. Let's go."
Ares: "Not the butt. If that leaves a mark-- "
X: "Don't turn around."
Ares: "Don't you."
G: "I know I left the saw on the railing."
X: "All right, Ares-- I want you to get up here on the
mantelpiece and nail those boards to the ceiling."
Ares: "After you."
X: "Ares-- come on."
Ares: "All right. [Sighs] What did you want me to do with the
rags?"
X: "I wanted you to _stuff_ 'em in the holes in the outside wall
to stop the wind coming through."
Ares: "I'd rather do that."
X: "All right. What are you looking for?"
Ares: "OK, I hid the rags. I thought you were gonna get me to
mop the floor or some other demeaning job I'd rather die than do,
but now, they're gone."
X: "Ah-h-h."
G: "This is strange-- I left both my boots out here and one of
them's gone."
Ares: "OK-- where's my wineskin?"
X: "Something is out there."
Greba [Gre]: "Excuse me. Hello. My name is Greba. I'm your
neighbor?"
X: "Oh, hi."
Ares: "Hello."
Gre: "I've just come from Ipieros. There's an army moving
toward the valley, led by the warlord Gasgar."
G: "Thanks for the warning."
Gre [Sighs]: "That Gasgar-- he's a bad one. You know what they
say his favorite sport is? It's to take a young, beautiful,
helpless maiden-- and despoil her of her chastity-- again and
again and again and again!"
Ares: "Oh, the beast."
X: "Thanks, Greba."
Gre: "It makes me shudder, just thinking about it-- being a--
young widow-- on my own-- without a-- man to take care of my
wants and needs-- alone in my house, just-- over the fence, just
there."
G and X: "Thank you, Greba."
Ares: "Hey, uh-- drop by again, when the news is better. We'll
have a glass of wine-- swap tips on raising root vegetables."
Gre: "Well-- goodbye."
X: "All right-- you two take care of the thief. I'm gonna see
to Gasgar."
Ares: "Oh! Oh! Oh-ho-ho-ho, so _you_ still get to be warrior!"
X: "Uh-huh-- but believe me-- I would much rather stay here and
work on the house."
Ares: "You know the sad thing? I believe you! Where's my
belt?!"
X: "Definitely take care of that one."
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Demetrius [Dem]: "Gasgar? Xena's here."
Gas: "Xena?"
X: "Gasgar-- I've come to present you with a little gift."
Gas: "What is it?"
X: "Ares' head on a platter."
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[ACT II]
Gas: "So-- you want a piece of him, too. Figures. I've heard
about some of the things he's done to you through the years. Let
me ask you somethin'. When you were-- slaughtering gods-- up on
Olympus-- "
X: "Mm-hm-m?"
Gas: "-- why didn't you just take him out then?"
X: "The coward ran-- I didn't get the chance."
Gas: "Hm-m. Well-- he's mortal now. So any of us can kill him.
We don't need you-- Xena. And we sure don't need to split the
bounty any more ways."
X: "I'm not in this for the gold. This is personal. And
besides-- what if you're wrong? What if it's all just a rumor,
and he hasn't lost his immortality at all? You'd be stalking the
god of war. But I-- I have the ability to kill gods. Now
wouldn't that make a nice insurance policy-- hm-m? Besides-- I
know where to find him."
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G: "Ares-- when you gave up your immortality to save me and
Eve-- that was-- that was quite a sacrifice. Thank you."
Ares: "If Eve had died-- and Xena lost her power to kill gods--
then Athena would have killed Xena-- so I was saving Eve to save
Xena. You were an afterthought."
G: "Thanks, anyway. How'd it go?"
X [Sighs]: "So far, so good. You cleared the chimney."
G: "Ares did the heavy work."
Ares: "She's exaggerating. She just doesn't want to admit she
couldn't get me to work any better than you could."
G: "A lot of truth in that."
X: "You know, my brothers and I used to sit by the fire, here--
and tell ghost stories. My brothers-- I miss them sometimes."
Ares: "Xena-- the thief is still here. He got my gauntlet this
afternoon. Whoever it is is good, I mean, very, very good. We
didn't see a thing."
G: "What if there's nothing to see?"
Ares: "Like a ghost?"
G: "Yeah."
X: [Snickers]
Ares: "You mortals go to the most incredible places just to
rationalize unexplained phenomena."
X: "You know what's wonderful?"
G: "What?"
X: "It's wonderful that we're sitting here together in front of
this cozy fire."
G: "That's right. Life on a farm is so peaceful"
X: "Mm-m-m-m-m."
Ares: "Are you two insane? The life is incredibly dull.
It-it-it-it's-- it's horribly uncomfortable, and, it-- it-- it's
hard."
X: "Oh, you'll change your tune when you get a few-- calluses on
your hands."
Ares: "Let me guess. This is your _favorite_ part."
X: "Split up. There's gotta be one dry room in the house."
G's Voice: "The kitchen's worse."
X: "Hey, it's dry in here. This was my room. Grandpa must have
fortified the roof. It's the only dry room in the house."
Ares: "That's a big bed. The three of us can sleep in there."
G: "Three of us in one bed?"
Ares: "Sure."
X: "Well, I suppose. We are all grown-ups."
Ares: "We certainly are."
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X: "I think a change of positions is in order. I meant we
should _both_ change positions."
Ares: "All right. I'm in Tartarus."
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X's Voice: "Gabrielle! I don't care if it _is_ a ghost-- if I
can kill gods, _maybe_ I can kill ghosts, too!"
Ares: "Oh, thank God I'm a country boy."
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X: "Wait a minute-- drag marks. Look."
G: "The ghost stole her breastplate."
Ares: "It couldn't carry her breastplate. Had to drag it. An
ample breastplate, to be sure, but-- "
X: "This way! Come on!"
Ares: "Oop!"
X: "Something buried our stuff."
G: "What is this?"
X: "Look. Oh! Oh-h-h!"
G: "Strange. Where are my boots?"
Ares: "Sh-h-- it's a wolf."
G: "It's not a wolf-- it's a dog. Don't they have dogs on
Olympus?"
Ares: "Not one-headed ones. Oh-h! Get it off me!"
X: "Hey, he's not attacking you. He's trying to be
affectionate."
Ares: "Well, I am not _interested_ in that kind of
relationship."
G and X's Voice: "O-h-h-h-h. Aw, come here, pooch."
Ares: "Oh, now, don't-don't-don't do that. Now we'll never get
rid of it."
G: "Maybe we don't wanna get rid of him."
Ares: "Is there anything you and I agree on? Oh, yeah--
anything else?"
X: "All right, Ares-- you can stay here with your furry little
friend and fix the roof. Gabrielle and I are off to town for
some supplies."
Ares: "Can it get any worse?"
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Gre: "Hello, again!"
Ares: "Neighbor lady-- hello. You filthy mongrel."
Gre: "Dogs make me go all cuddly."
Ares: "See the lady? Say hello to the lady. Say hello!"
Gre: "My husband and I had a dog. But then he died three years
ago in the battles-- my husband, that is, not the dog. And then
the-- dog was run over by the funeral wagon that was carrying his
body home. There's been a great gaping hole in my heart ever
since that day. Isn't war just terrible?"
Ares: "A crime against humanity."
Gre: "I don't know why people can't be more like animals. I
mean, animals don't go to war or-- lie or cheat or betray each
other. Take this little guy right here. I mean-- when he likes
you-- he just comes up and starts licking you. Why can't we be
more like that?"
Ares: "A very, very good question. Maybe-- we can-- take him
for a long walk sometime, huh?"
Gre: "They wouldn't mind us borrowing their dog? Your
daughters?"
Ares: "You mean, slave girls."
Gre: "No-- they don't act like slaves."
Ares: "Well, I spoil them. So, uh-- what made you think they
were my daughters?"
Gre: "Oh, well-- I mean-- you being an older man and everything.
Oh, don't get me wrong, I mean, you're-- you're in great shape,
and-- you hold yourself so well. You know, good posture's so
very imporant. It's just that you're-- you're so much more
sophistocated than what I'm used to, and-- well-- with the gray
hair, it's just-- "
Ares [Laughs]: "Gray-- gray-gray hair. Gray hair."
Gre: "Oh-- you have that-- patch of gray just-- there."
Ares: "Was that rain? I-- fix the roof."
Gre: "Oh. Well-- goodbye."
Ares: "Bye. Think that's funny? Yuk it up. Oh! Of course.
Ah-h-h-h-h-h-h!"
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X: "Ares-- "
Ares: [Moans]
X: "What are you doing?"
Ares: "Oh-- I'm just lying here-- smelling my mortality-- "
X: "Oh."
Ares: "-- every muscle in my body aching. I have gray hair--
and the dog has its-- tongue in my mouth."
X: "Well-- ha-ha-- enough of that. Scat. Go on."
Ares: "All due respect, Xena-- this is the worst idea you've
ever had. Oh! Oh! Oh-h. I'll never make a convincing farmer."
X: "Nonsense. You just need to know how to accessorize. Come
on."
Ares: "Oh!"
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Ares: "I'm guessing these are the accessories."
G: "Hey-- look what I found." [Chuckles]
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X: [Humming Xena Theme Song]
Ares: "This dog is incredibly needy."
G: "Why don't you pet it? Then maybe it won't be so needy."
[Chuckles]
X: "Ares, I got a job you might like."
Ares: "Really?"
X: "Why don't you go kill a chicken for dinner?"
Ares: "All right! Now you're talkin'!"
G: "Only one chicken."
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Ares: "Yah!"
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G: "Do you think he'll ever get used to this?"
X: "He just has to convince them once. After that, he can hire
in some help or get his dancing girls, for all I care. But once
he is set up-- you and I are out of here."
G: "Mm-hmm."
Ares' Voice: [Yells]
X: "What?"
G: "Xena, I know you wanna help Ares-- but you're here to relive
your childhood memories."
X: "You think so?"
G: "Yeah."
X: "Maybe you're right. I was happy here. It was a peaceful
and I f-- felt safe."
G: "Hm-m."
X: "Ever since-- my life has been anything but."
G: "I'll say. Let's enjoy it while we can."
Ares: [Yells]
X: "Come here."
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Ares: "Come on. Come on. Come on. [Yells] Come on. Come on.
Come to Papa! Uh, careful-- I'm beginning to like that."
X: "Uh, Ares-- my plan's working perfectly."
Ares: "You planned to drive me insane?"
X: "No, my plan to deal with Gasgar."
Ares: "Are they leaving the valley?"
X: "Nope-- they're comin' right toward us."
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[ACT III]
X: "All right, Ares-- if you can pull this one off and convince
them that you're a farmer-- they'll leave and you'll have your
cover."
Ares: "But Gasgar and Attila know what I look like."
X: "Oh, that's the beauty of it. I've asked around. They're
the only ones who know what you look like-- and they won't be
part of the search party."
Dem's Voice: "You inside!"
Dem: "Show yourselves!"
X: "OK-- the official story-- Ares passed by here a couple of
days ago."
G: "Suck it in."
X: "And when he left-- he was headed for the Hurata Pass."
Dem's Voice: "I said get out here!"
X: "All right-- you're on. I'll be waiting out back. Wouldn't
do to find the warrior princess hanging out on a farm."
Dem: "If you don't come out here-- "
Dem's Voice: "-- things are going to get ugly."
G: "OK-- go out there."
Ares: "No-no-no-no-- I'm gonna need a moment. Well, stall!"
G: "Stall?"
Dem: "Torch the place."
Warrior's Voice: "Yeah!"
G [As Josa]: "Sorry, I was, um-- busy."
Dem: "Come down here, pretty one. Would you like to help us?"
"Josa": "Oh-- of course."
Dem: "We're looking for somebody. His name is Ares. He
probably doesn't go by that now. Now, I've never seen him-- but,
uh-- they say-- his looks are dark-- and women like the look of
him."
"Josa": "Well, there are a lot of men who come around here whose
looks I like."
Ares: "Josa! What _are_ you doin'? Get back on in the house,
woman. All right! What do you want?"
Dem: "I want you to drop the attitude, farm-boy. Then I want
you to tell me if you've seen anybody suspicious around here."
Ares: "Yes, sir, yes I have-- that'd be you."
Dem: "Now-- give me an answer. Have you seen any tall, dark,
handsome guy around here? I'm sure your woman over there
would've been all over him if you did."
X: "Wait a minute! If he's out cold, how can we question him?"
Dem: "He's pretty feisty for a farmer. How do we know he's not
Ares himself?"
Ares: [Laughs]
X: "Are you kidding? Ares is a much younger man than this."
Dem: "Oh, yeah-- you've seen him. Well, the question is-- has
_he_ seen him?"
X: "That's exactly what I'm gonna find out."
Dem: "Put that pinch on him. I've never seen it."
X: "Well, it's not exactly a spectator sport."
Dem: "Yeah, but I hear that it makes the nose gush blood. Are
you gonna do it or not?"
Ares: "O-o-oh!"
X: "O-o-oh! You-- you are going to be dead in 30 seconds-- you
and your little dog, too, if you don't tell me-- have you seen
Ares, the god of war?"
Ares: "He stayed here a coupl 'a nights ago-- and went to the
Hurata Pass."
X: "The Hurata Pass."
Dem: "Good work."
Ares: "Hey-- hey-hey-hey-hey."
X: "I'll let Gasgar know right away."
X: "I'm gonna head for the Hurata Pass."
Warriors: "Yah!"
Ares: "Oh-h-h-h!"
G: "Ares-- you shouldn't have come out with such an attitude."
Ares [Chuckles]: "My woman-- "
G: "Yeah?"
Ares: "-- was about to take on an entire army."
G: "Oh."
Ares: "I-- think even a farmer would just have a little bit of
attitude about that, don't you?"
G: "I was playing with my character. I just used the first
thing that popped into my head."
Ares: "I think that says a lot about you."
X: "Well done, Ares. You fooled 'em. They're gone. Get down
from there. Hey!"
Ares: "Hey-hey-hey-hey-hey-- do _not_ be throwing things at my
dog!"
X: "What do you mean?! He bit me! It-- did you say your dog?"
Ares: "He is the only one that stood up for me just now. I
think I'll call you-- Horace. Come, Horace-- let's go kill some
chickens."
G: "It's amazing-- he's bonded with the dog."
X: "Well, that dog worships him. That's a relationship Ares can
understand."
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G: "I see you use the pull and squeeze method. I prefer the
double squeeze."
X: "Double squeeze takes too long."
G: "No, you get more milk that way. It's easier on the cow.
Ha-ha-ha."
Ares [Laughs]: "The warrior princess and the battling bard--
discussing the correct technique for milking a cow. Absurd-- and
yet, at the same time-- ridiculous."
X: "It's important."
Salesman: "Hello? Anyone there?"
Ares: "Horace! Where you goin', buddy?!"
G: "In here!"
Salesman: "I'm sorry to bother you, but-- I was just wondering
if anyone had seen my dog."
Ares: "Your dog."
Salesman: "Mm-m. Uh-- I'm a traveling salesman. I was passing
through here a couple of weeks ago, and-- my dog ran off during a
thunderstorm. I was just trying to find him. Y-you can't miss
him. He's-- he's got two different colored eyes."
Ares: "One gray, one blue?"
Salesman: "Yes!"
Ares: "I've never seen him."
Salesman: "Shame. That's him. That's him! Ha-ha. Tha-- tha--
that's him!"
Ares: "That's not a dog. It's a horse. We breed 'em small
around here."
Salesman: "No, it's- no, it's really him! Jake! Jake, come
back! Here you go! Jake, come back to Daddy!"
Ares: "Run, Horace, run."
Salesman: "Back! Come back!"
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Salesman: "Look at the workmanship there."
Dem: "Get out of the way."
Salesman: "Oh-- I'll be with you later. Now-- how may I help
you gentlemen?"
Gas: "What's _he_ chewin' on?"
Salesman: "Oh-- it's, uh-- it's funny you should ask that
because-- it's just one of the most precious things that we have
here. Look at that. It's-- well, uh-- it's available-- for a
price."
Dem's Voice: "It looks like Ares' gauntlet."
Gas: "Where'd you get it?"
Salesman: "Now, that's a very interesting thing in itself. You
see-- "
Gas: "Wher'd you get it?!"
Salesman: "My dog found it on-on a farm."
Gas: "What farm?"
Salesman: "A-- a f-farm."
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[ACT IV]
G: "Maybe he buried it in the field."
Ares: "Oh-- you are so quick to blame Horace."
X: "Well, who else would steal your gauntlet?"
Gre: "Hello? Bad news-- Gasgar's army has turned around and is
heading back down the valley. A soldier from his army was drunk
in a tavern at Ipieros last night-- and he says that Gasgar is
heading for this farm. Somehow, Gasgar's got it in his head that
Ares is here. Goodness-- aren't people just the funniest thing?"
X: "Thank you, Greba."
Gre: "Oh, and I also heard that-- "
X: "Greba-- go away."
Gre: "Well-- goodbye."
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Dem: "Gasgar-- Xena's here.."
Gas: "Oh. Good-- send her in. I thought you were headed for
the-- Hurata Pass, Xena."
X: "And I heard you turned your army around. I didn't want you
to waste your time. Ares headed through here a few days-- "
Gas: "That's not gonna play. Ares' gauntlet-- a dog found it on
a farm-- a farm you happened to ride up to-- when Demetrius was
in the middle of an interrogation. Why are you tryin' to hide
Ares, Xena?
G's Voice: "I'll tell you why."
X: "Gabrielle, what are you doing here?"
G: "I'm tired of being used by you, Xena."
X: "Gabrielle, this is not time for one of your little spats."
G: "You wanna know where Ares is?"
Gas: "Yeah."
X: "Don't listen to her. She's insane."
G: "I'll tell you who's insane-- you. If you think you can walk
away from me. You've fallen in love with Ares, and suddenly I'm
nothin'."
Gas: "You fell in love with Ares? After all he's done to ya?
That's pathetic."
X: "You want a piece of me, Gasgar?"
Gas: "None of my business, really."
X: "Damn straight."
Gas: "You were about to tell me-- where Ares is."
G: "Yeah."
X: "Wouldn't do that if I were you, Gabrielle."
G: "Xena, you taught me how to fight. I may be tougher than you
think. Ares is headed to Pultruis. He's gonna hide in the
Naughton Cave."
X: "Why, I oughtta-- "
G: "Come on, warrior princess. Let's see what ya got. Come
on."
["Fight"]
G: "Ow!"
Gas: "Whoa. Whoa. Can we take this outside? OK-- I'll leave.
How far to Pultruis?"
Dem: "It's a day's ride."
X: "All right. Nice moves."
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Ares: "Horace! Oh, yeah. Come on, come on. Yeah. Oh-h-h-h."
G: "I guess you don't need the flute girls anymore."
Ares: "Hey-- I like his company. It's not like he takes care of
all my problems."
X: "Here."
Ares: "So, what happened to Gasgar?"
X: "Oh, he headed with the others towards the Pultruis Caves.
He thought you were hiding out there for some reason."
Ares: "That would be the Pultruis where the beast of the 7 heads
makes his lair?"
G: "Eight heads-- and not one of them is friendly."
X: "So you can stay here as long as you want. No one'll bother
you here."
Ares: "Thanks, Xena-- but to be honest-- once I'm out of
chickens-- I might just move on."
X: "Well, you should drag it out. You know, you might find a
kind of peace here that you won't find afterwards. And who
knows? Maybe I'll come and visit ya sometime."
Ares: "Or-- I could give this whole rural thing a good try."
X: "Good boy. Have fun."
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G: "How are you feeling?"
X: "I've learned something since coming back here. You can't
look for peace in the world around you. You've gotta find it in
your own heart. I was happier when I was a kid here 'cause I was
loved and I felt like I belonged. I was lucky then and I'm lucky
now."
G: "Me, too."
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