Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. Well, now, uh, Lancelot, Galahad, and I, uh, wait until nightfall, and then leap out of the rabbit, taking the French, uh, by surprise. My liege! I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away! Well, I didn't vote for you. I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective. It could be carried by an African swallow! I have no quarrel with you, good Sir Knight, but I must cross this bridge.