Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Okoye's Plea in a Critical Moment
Okoye:
They wear blue, and they had superhuman strength. And they came from the water on the back of whales. I struck down three of them with blows that should've killed them, but they rose again. I wish to leave immediately to retrieve our princess.
Queen Mother Ramonda:
Okoye, you will be stripped of your rank as general of Wakanda's armies and your status as Dora Milaje.
Okoye: [in Xhosa]
Permission to speak, my queen?
Ramonda:
You may.
Okoye: [in Xhosa; in English, teary-eyed; kneels, in Xhosa; in English]
I beg of you. I have given everything. Let me die serving my country and that throne. I'm asking you, mother. Allow me to make this right!
Ramonda:
Make it right? I don't know if my daughter is alive or dead.
Border Tribe Elder:
Perhaps we are being too hasty. She raised a spear against her own husband for Wakanda.
Ramonda: [Okoye stands; Okoye thrusts down her spear and leaves the throne room]
Where is her treacherous husband now? But in a place where she can visit if she wished? Mine... is with the ancestors. I am Queen of the most powerful nation in the world, and my entire family is gone! Have I not given everything?! On your feet, General. I stood by you after Killmonger took the throne and you and the Elders in this room stood by him, while I ran begging to the Jabari for protection. And I warned you about taking my daughter on this mission and you lost her. So today, I am done.
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