Clash of the Titans Page #5

TIAMAT:

We don't negotiate with them! We

dictate to them. Their place is

to beg. They have forgotten their

role and have denied us the

sustenance of their prayers.

APHRODITE:

Our mercy will give them reason to

be grateful. They will bow down

and whisper our names with more

passion than before.

TIAMAT:

They will bow down when we snap

their backs! Mercy? We are Gods!

Some of us remember that and are

not afraid --

Zeus has had enough: furious ARCS OF LIGHTNING jump to

the walls, the eagle beats its wings in rage.

ZEUS:

Silence! Or learn what it is to

be afraid! The debate is over,

the votes cast...

Zeus points to a golden tray; it bears TEN chips of

alabaster versus TWO shards of obsidian.

(CONTINUED)

8.

CONTINUED:

ZEUS:

We guarantee an armistice, we

shield the bridegroom and the

Joppan royal family.

(turning again on

TIAMAT)

And we do not interfere in their

actions. We leave them

undisturbed unless-invoked by name

to enter their affairs.

SET:

And if they refuse our terms?

ZEUS:

They have suffered terrible

losses. They will not pass up a

chance for peace.

INT. ATRIUM - MAGIC HOUR (LATER)

Only Tiamat and Set now. Tiamat regards Zeus' throne.

SET:

This is your rightful place to

take.

TIAMAT:

Soon enough, Set. Zeus has grown

weaker than I knew.

Set gestures at the white chips on the tray as he picks

up the two black shards representing their votes. He

hands one to Tiamat.

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