LADY AMALTHEA
(to Prince Lír)
Everything dies. I want to die when you die. I'm no
unicorn, no
magical creature! I'm
human, and
I love you.
Don't let him! Lír, I will not love you when I am a unicorn.
PRINCE LIR
Amalthea,
don't.
SCHMENDRICK
Then let the
quest end here! I don't think I could change her back even if you
wished it.
Marry the prince and live
happily ever after.
LADY AMALTHEA
Yes. That is my
wish.
PRINCE LIR
No. Lady, I am a
hero, and
heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen.
A quest may not simply be abandoned.
Unicorns may go unrescued for a long time, but not
forever.
The
happy
ending cannot come in the middle of
the story.
MOLLY GRUE
But what if there isn't a
happy ending at all?
SCHMENDRICK
There are no happy endings,
because nothing ends.
-
The Last Unicorn