Philotas:
Father! We must fall back to the gully, Father!
Parmenion:
No, hold! Where is he? We’re far too thin! Get word to Alexander! Move!
Soldier:
Yes, sir.
Macedonian right:
Alexander:
Come, Macedonians! Ride! Ride! Drive for the hole!
Soldiers:
Drive for the hole! Drive for the hole!
Macedonian center:
Darius:
Prince Merdicus, bring these men up.
Macedonian left:
Parmenion:
Back and to the left! Back and to the left!
Soldier:
General!
Soldier:
Get to your home! And go home fast.
Parmenion:
I cannot see! Philotas! Philotas!
Philotas:
Father.
Parmenion:
Go. Tell Alexander yourself. And if he won’t listen, then survive me and avenge this betrayal!
Macedonian center:
Black Cleitus:
Pay attention, lad! Your father still watches over you!
Alexander:
Darius!
(to Hephaistion) Find your horses.
Darius!
Darius:
Go! Go!
Alexander:
We can reach those mountains by sunset, go all night and catch Darius at dawn. Provision the horses!
Philotas:
Alexander! Alexander, my father’s lost. They’ve overrun the flank! They’re into the baggage train.
Hephaistion:
Parmenion’s crumbling.
Ptolemy:
Alexander, if you chase him, you risk losing your army here.
Alexander:
And if we capture him, we gain an empire.
“You can run to the end of the earth, you coward! But you’ll never run far enough!”
To Parmenion!
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