In this short scene, we learn that Arthur's mother and father are on their way to Dover to rescue him from the English army. As they prepare to leave, Arthur asks his father if he can take him to his mother. The father replies that he can, but only if he kills his son first. Arthur then tells his father that he has been raised as a knight king and that he is about to become a king. He asks if his parents have abandoned him, and the father responds that they have. Arthur asks if he has ever wanted to be "a hero," and his father says that he never did. Arthur says that if he does not kill his father and mother, his life is in danger.