Stardust (2007)

George Innes: Soothsayer

Quotes 

• [Septimus walks towards the sea-shore] 

  Lackey : Your Highness, the soothsayer, as you requested.

  Septimus : [to the soothsayer]  South you said. South we went. Still no stone. Do you now propose we start swimming?

  Soothsayer : Sire, I've merely relayed to you what the runes have told me. I can do no more.

  Septimus : Well, consult them again.

  [the soothsayer is about to do so when Septimus halts him] 

  Septimus : Wait! Before we seek the stone... I have another question: Am I the seventh son?

  [the soothsayer throws the runes and reads them after they fall with three joined together and one leaning away, with the runic symbols uppermost] 

  Soothsayer : Yes.

  Septimus : Another question. Is my favourite colour blue?

  [the soothsayer throws the runes once more and reads them] 

  Soothsayer : Yes.

  Septimus : Has excessive begging or pleading ever persuaded me to spare the life of a traitor?

  [the soothsayer nervously throws the runes and is afraid when they turn over scattered away from each other, with the blank side uppermost] 

  Soothsayer : Um...

  Septimus : What does that mean?

  Soothsayer : That means "no".

  Septimus : Good! Throw them again. This time throw them high.

  [the soothsayer throws the runes high in the air] 

  Septimus : [while the runes are mid-air]  Do you work for my brother?

  [the runes come down. Septimus removes his dagger and kills the luckless soothsayer, implying that indeed, the runes say "yes."] 

  Septimus : So, do we continue west?

  [He throws the runes up again]