Time Period: A Flashback
Place: The Palace
Situation: The Queen's time of confinement
A physician (checking on the queen): How you feeling, my queen?
Gorgo (super close to delivery, she is on mandatory bedrest): I am sad and afraid
Physician: Why you are sad and afraid?
Gorgo (choked up): I miss my husband. I wish he was here with me. I fear I may die in childbirth.
Physician: The King is with you in spirit. The King and The Gods will give you strength. You will not die in childbirth.
Gorgo (rubbing her stomach): What if something goes wrong with the delivery?
Physician: You are not going to die. You must stay positive.
Gorgo: I thank you for your services, but you are not in charge of my fate. I must make preparations for my son just in case I die.
Physician: I understand, my queen
Time Period: Days Later
Place: The Palace
Situation: Jonas' birth
Gorgo (exhausted from pushing): I can't do this anymore
The midwife (examining the baby's position): The baby is stuck. He can't fit through the birth canal unless I perform an episiotomy.
Gorgo (desperate): I love my baby. I will sacrifice my life for him. Please save his life.
The midwife (making a small incision into Gorgo's lady parts): I have made a small incision. The baby has room to move now. You must push him out, my queen.
Gorgo (bearing down and pushing): AHA...AHA...AHA...AHA
The midwife (adding pressure to Gorgo's stomach): Push, my queen, push