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Wild ponies play near my house.
They tease my son. He wants to be one.
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- Remember the last time you were home?
- Two years, 264 days and this morning.
:31:13
I envy you, Maximus.
:31:16
It's a good home.
Worth fighting for.
:31:24
There is one more duty...
:31:28
that I ask of you
before you go home.
:31:33
What would you
have me do, Caesar?
:31:36
I want you to become
the protector of Rome after I die.
:31:42
I will empower you
to one end alone...
:31:45
to give power back
to the people of Rome...
:31:51
and end the corruption
that has crippled it.
:32:02
Will you accept this great honor
that I have offered you?
:32:08
With all my heart, no.
:32:13
Maximus...
:32:16
that is why it must be you.
:32:20
But surely a prefect,
a senator...
:32:22
somebody who knows the city,
who understands her politics.
:32:25
But you have not been
corrupted by her politics.
:32:35
- And Commodus?
- Commodus is not a moral man.
:32:40
You have known that
since you were young.
:32:43
Commodus cannot rule.
:32:46
He must not rule.
:32:51
You are the son
that I should have had.
:32:57
Commodus will accept my decision.