(..) out of the way, please leave my house. - Your house? - Yes. Didn't you see the peacock on the front door? There you are, Soothsayer. It seems your fortune-telling skills are not as good as you thought. - We shall see, Shen. - No, you shall see, old goat. - Where were we? (..)

(..) and prosperity to the city could also bring darkness and destruction. Shen's troubled parents consulted a soothsayer. She foretold that if Shen continued down this dark path, he would be defeated by a warrior of black and white. The young lord (..)

(..) I've gathered you here to swear allegiance to my daughter. The princess Maud and her husband expect a son, the soothsayers assure me. I ask you, lords of the land, to pledge before God that until this son comes of age, you will recognize Maud as your ruler. Along with her bastard brother. (..)