"Mercy is strength," Arthur returned, after a short moment. "Is a courage of equal kind."

He tended to do his inspirational speeches best when he didn't realise he was doing it, or when people were about to get killed. Luckily, they weren't in the latter situation. "You have to try," he said. There had been another pause shortly preceding it for reasons he wasn't likely to go into. "It's hardly your father's failing, but when you have the option, you need to try."