Barda - Distract Gorl - S1B1

“You wear the armor of a knight, Gorl,” Barda said. “But you are not a true knight. You do not fight your enemies with honor.” Are things not bad enough, Barda? thought Lief, in terror. Why do you risk making him even more angry than he is? But Gorl hesitated, his great sword wavering in his hand.
“I must protect the Lilies of Life,” he said sullenly. “I knew my destiny the moment I saw their golden nectar dropping from their petals, long ago.”
“But you were not alone when you saw this, were you, Gorl?” Barda demanded, his voice strong and bold. “You would not have come alone on a quest to the Forests of Silence. You had companions.”
He is trying to turn Gorl’s mind from us, Lief thought, suddenly understanding. He hopes that Gorl’s hold over us will weaken, if he begins to think of other things.
“Gorl, what happened to your companions?” Barda demanded.
The knight’s head jerked aside, as if Barda had dealt him a blow. “My companions — my two brothers — ran towards the Lilies,” he muttered. “And …”
“And you killed them!”
Gorl’s voice rose to a loud, high whine. “I had to do it!” he wailed. “I could not share with them! I needed a whole cup of the nectar for myself. They should have known that.”
He lowered his head and began pacing the circle, mumbling to himself. “While my brothers fought me, trying to save themselves, the Lilies wilted, and the nectar fell to waste in the mud. But I did not despair. The Lilies were mine, and mine alone. All I had to
do was wait until they bloomed again.”
Lief’s heart leapt as he felt the iron bands of the knight’s will loosening, letting him move freely again. Barda’s idea was working. Gorl’s mind was now far away from them. (S1B1 - The Forests of Silence, p.58-59)