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”.