"Lord?"
"We hold our position."
"They are being slaughtered. Lord King, I gave him my word."
"We hold our position."
"We cannot just stand by and watch them die!"
"What would Uhtred do? He would allow his enemies to destroy one another--"
"I GAVE HIM MY WORD--"
"--THEN WHAT WILL YOU DO, BOY!? You can either bleat or you can MAKE A DECISION! What will you do?"
Alfred Rex and the Prince Edward, The Last Kingdom