Ichtharion:
Your Majesty! Is it safe to kill a prophet, even for any guilt? Will not the people——
King Karnos:
Not while he is a prophet; but if he has prophesied falsely his death is due to the gods. The people once even burned a prophet themselves because he had taken three wives.
Ichtharion: [Aside to Ludibras]
It is most unfortunate, but what can we do?
Ludibras: [Aside to Ichtharion]
He will not be killed if he betray us instead.
Ichtharion: [Aside]
Why… that is true.