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Gabrielle: "You don't understand. I need to talk to her. I need to explain to her why I did what I did. I'm terrified of what she might be thinking of me."
Ming T'ien: "You betrayed her, therefore you are her enemy. She'll kill you now as soon as look at you."
Gabrielle: "You're wrong, you don't know her."
Ming T'ien: "I know her. Tell me, why did you do it if you love her so?"
Gabrielle: "I felt that she was betraying herself if she went back to the way of murder."
Ming T'ien: "Murder is in her blood Gabrielle, her soul. It is more natural to her than love."Gabrielle: "Look, I know what Xena did to you was a terrible thing."
Ming T'ien: "No, you're wrong. It wasn't terrible. It change my life, gave it a meaning and a direction. She taught me how to rule."
Ming T'ien: "She understood how to send fear flooding into your very soul. And when that kind of terror lives deep inside people, they're yours forever."Ming T'ien: "My father didn't understand this. He was too soft ... When he ransomed me that night, he held me to him like a foolish woman, tears in his eyes."
Gabrielle: "You can't blame your father for being emotional at a time like that."
Ming T'ien: "He was a fraud, just like Xena said. He cared about me only because a king needs an heir."
Gabrielle: "Where is he now?"
Ming T'ien: "Dead. But we're alive, Gabrielle, so let's stop living in the past and celebrate your heroic deed. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be the emperor of Chin. I would be another one of Xena's victims."
Xena: "What do you want?"
Jiu: "He's giving you his shirt."
Xena: "I don't want your clothes. What ... what are they doing?"
Jiu: "Clothing you. It's their way of paying you tribute."
Xena: "For what?"
Jiu: "They heard what you did ... or tried to do -- you're attempt at killing the Emperor."
Xena: "They like that, huh?"
Jiu: "There's not a man here who has not lost many of his loved ones at the hands of that monster."Xena: "Where are you from?"
Jiu: "From the Kingdom of Lao."
Xena: "Lao? Then you know Lao Ma."
Jiu: "Lao Ma ... of course. She's the wife of our king. Beautiful woman."
Xena: "When was the last time you saw her? ... What?"
Jiu: "Like you, many of us had heard of her great powers and thought she would use them to escape. Perhaps, they were all a lie."
Xena: "No. No, her powers were real."
TEN WINTERS AGO ...
Lao Ma: (in response to Xena drop kicking a vase) "Would you kill a mosquito with an axe?"Lao Ma: "This (hair brooch)is very beautiful."
Xena: "That's good."
Lao Ma: "That could be a very useful weapon if thrown at the right body part."
Lao Ma: "If necessary. I don't like to kill."
Xena: "Everyone has their preferences. I happen to like a good kill."
Lao Ma: "You're so full of anger and hate."
Xena: "Everyone's gotta be full of something."Xena: (in response to Lao Ma demolishing a vase with her psycho-kinetically) "Teach me to do that."
Lao Ma: "Well, try it."
Lao Ma: "You're trying to attack the bottle with your will."
Xena: "What else is there?"
Lao Ma: "Exactly."
Xena: "What?"
Lao Ma: "The entire world is driven by a will, blind and ruthless. In order to transcend the limitations of that world you need to stop willing ... stop desiring ... stop hating."Lao Ma: "Heaven endures and the earth lasts a long time because they do not live for themselves. Therefore, she who would live a long time should live for others, serve others."
Xena: "I could serve you, if that's what you mean."
Lao Ma: "Of course you can. It's easy to serve someone you love. You feel it will make them love you more. It's like a good business investment. That's not what I'm talking about."
Xena: "You mean that I should serve someone who hates me."
Lao Ma: "More than that. You need to serve someone you hate, Ming Tzu."
Xena: "Ming Tzu?"
Lao Ma: "Yes, the man who had you hunted like an animal. He comes here tomorrow with his son."
Xena: "Serve Ming? I'd rather die."
Lao Ma: "You've been a dead woman for a long time now Xena. I offer you the chance to live."
Lao Ma: "Welcome to my home. I wish only that it were worthy of your presence. Welcome, Ming T'ien."
Ming Tzu: "Yes, the gold and horses I gave him for double-crossing that whore (who just so happens to be standing behind him with a knife in her hand) have made him too powerful. Borias is very dangerous. He's more dangerous than that witch, Xena. He's very clever. She was a stupid thug."
Xena: "Alright, Lao Ma. I did the whole servant bit and it accomplished nothing."
Lao Ma: "You're wrong. For a few hours, you actually silenced you will. It's a beginning."
Xena: "Beginning to what, huh? I should have just sliced that pig's throat."
Lao Ma: "To conquer others is to have power. To conquer yourself is to know the Way."Lao Ma: "My husband."
Xena: "I heard that you keep him in a coma. I didn't believe it, but it's true."
Lao Ma: "Oh, yes. If he were actually dead, word would get out and his imbecile cousin would become king. No, I make sure he stays alive, but in this half-conscious state."Lao Ma: "You understand pressure points, don't you? I make sure he's seen every once in a while in the garden. It helps to convince doubters."
Xena: "So you rule in his name."
Lao Ma: "The only way a woman could rule in the Kingdom of Chin. It's my gift to him. He was a vicious tyrant. I'm going to make him the most loved of rulers."
Xena: "Don't you get sick of him getting all the credit for everything you do?"
Lao Ma: "Not at all, as long as good is done."Xena: "You write down all that wisdom stuff, huh?"
Lao Ma: "Yes, in his book."
Xena: "You give him credit for that, too?"
Lao Ma: "This wisdom comes from Heaven. What difference does it make who gets credit for it, Lao Ma or Lao Tzu?"Xena: "Nothing seems to phase you ... except that boy I kidnaped. Every time he ignores you that cuts deep."
Lao Ma: "I know it's foolish of me. Just because we give birth to them doesn't mean we own them."
Xena: "He's your son?"
Ming T'ien: "So, you have nothing to say in your defense then, Xena?"
Gabrielle: "Xena?"
Ming T'ien: "So be it. Tomorrow at dawn you will experience this life for the last time. The sentence is death."
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