Shadow Games

Spartacus: Blood and Sand

Season 1 Episode 5

& Batiatus: Rain! By Jupiter’s cock, would you fucking rain!
    Lucretia: What are you doing?
    Batiatus: Praying.
    Lucretia: Blaspheming.
    Batiatus: The two are narrowly separated in these trying times.

& Batiatus: Set your purpose to the task of training Crixus and Spartacus for the match.
    Doctore: I fear no amount will save them from the shadow’s grasp.
    Batiatus: Then prepare them for a glorious death.

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& Pietros: Each time you step beyond these walls, I fear for you and what...
    Barca: Grab hold of your cock and be a man!

& Crixus: Just because you stand beside me with sword and shield, do not mistake yourself as a gladiator. I fight to honor these walls, you fight to leave them!
    Spartacus: You fight... Because you are a slave. Like me.
    Crixus: No. Not like you. I accept my place here. I embrace it. But you... You still dream of a life beyond the arena. Where that wife of yours we’ve all heard about is still nestled by your side. And that is all it is, Spartacus. A dream and one day soon you will awaken to the truth. You will never leave this place.

& Batiatus: You survived being dragged from your homeland by Legatus Glaber... You survived execution by four gladiators in the arena... You even survived the horror of the pits. Can you survive this?

& Spartacus: How will he to be defeated?
    Doctore: By accomplishing both at once. Press... And defend. Distract... And strike. Fight as one... Or die as two.

& Spartacus: Glory...
    Crixus: There is no greater thing, than standing victorious arena.
    Spartacus: Is there no purpose beyond the blood? No dream beyond the cheering crowd? Is there nothing else you fight for?

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