Death Smiles at Us All

-Maximus! Maximus! Maximus!
They call for you.
The general who became a slave.
The slave who became a gladiator.
The gladiator who defied an emperor.
A striking story.
Now the people want to know how the story ends.
Only a famous death will do.
And what could be more glorious than to
Challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena?
-You would fight me?
-Why not?
Do you think I'm afraid?
-I think you have been afraid all your life.
-Unlike Maximus the Invincible, who knows no fear?
-I knew a man who once said, Death smiles at us all.
All a man can do is smile back.
-I wonder, did your friend smile at his own death?
-You must know.
He was your father.