First Sentry

You must not talk with them. Our duty is to strike them down. Such are our orders, and we must obey.

Second Sentry

My reason tells me that I must not converse with them, but in my soul I feel that I must. Whom do we serve by compassing their death?

First Sentry

What a question, simpleton! We serve God, and the king our master.

Second Sentry

But God said, and it is written: “Thou shalt not kill”. Mayhap, if I were to take my sword and cast it from me, I should serve God better than by slaying an enemy.

First Sentry

But it is likewise written: “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth”.