[ valor-swept and refueled by purpose, Diarmuid brandishes Gae Dearg and Gae Buidhe. ]

...It is an indescribable honor, to cross blades with our country's finest.

[ far from flattery; he believes this, without self-deprecation to cloud the compliment. ]

I, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, first spear of the Knights of Fianna, humbly accept your welcome. ...May the strength of my spear prove that you left Erin in good hands.