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[ Ethereal music plays ]

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- Are you ready?
- [ Whispers ] Ready.

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- Then we shall begin.

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[ Urgent music plays ]

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This is Agnes,

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and it's her wedding day.

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Agnes didn't want
to get married.

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This man is a stranger,
and his breath is not ideal,

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but she had to.

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Get married. Have a son.

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It was the law.

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It wasn't always like this.

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In the beginning, a god
named Kiddo made the world.

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This world was
just a beautiful garden,

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and it was simple.

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Once Kiddo was sure
that her little humans

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were comfortable and happy,
she let them be.

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Kiddo's father, Birdman,

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had sworn that he would not
meddle in his daughter's world.

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No, he would just let
the humans eat and sleep

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and mate and relax.
- Kiddo.

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- But alas,
it was just too boring.

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- They are without purpose,

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breeding left, right,
and center.

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They know nothing!

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They don't know who you are.
They don't know who I am.

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This won'tdo, Kiddo.

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Leave it with me.

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- Birdman was feeling
especially omnipotent that day,

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and soon every corner of this
world was filled with his image.

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Those who would worship him,
of course...

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- So pleases Birdman!

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- ...and many, many rules.

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- I solemnly swear
to submit to you

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and to avoid temptations,
both mental and physical.

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I promise all this
with a chaste heart.

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And I promise
to give you many heirs.

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So wishes Birdman.
- So wishes Birdman.

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- Oh, much better.

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- But Agnes won't have an heir.

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No one knows it,
but she's already pregnant.

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And her daughter, Hero,

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will change the world.

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[ Bell tolls ]

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- Six months.

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Six months, and not even a hint
of pregnancy.

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Most young couples
under my parish give birth

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barely seven months
after they marry.

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It can't be Jerome.

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My family has produced
countless heirs.

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- Sons. Nothing but sons.

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- I can see that.

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But we're only as strong
as our weakest members.

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And weakness can run
in the family.

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Where is your father?

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- [ Clears throat ]
Still-- Still dead, sir.

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Sorry.

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- This is Cherry.

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Our story really starts
with her.

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Cherry is Birdman's
ideal wife--

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beautiful, obedient,

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good at chess...
[ Chess piece thuds ]

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[ Bird whooshes ]
...and falconry.

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But none of that will save her
at this particular meeting.

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[ Bird whooshes ]
- And who is that?

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♪

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- That's Hero, sir. My maid.

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- Hero is technically
Cherry's maid,

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but she is so much more
than that.

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She is Cherry's best friend.

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- We've been trying every night
since the wedding, sir.

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- You're from excellent stock.

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And you...

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seem pretty healthy and fit,

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despite your dead relatives.

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Report back to me
after 101 nights.

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- Very specific.

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- I amvery specific,
young lady.

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And if you return
and I see no progress...

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...you will not see next spring.

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[ Dramatic music plays ]

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Now, hurry up and conceive.

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[ Gate slams ]

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- Tomorrow.

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[ Door opens ]

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- As it turns out...

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[ Door slams ]

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...Jerome had told a fib.

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- This is your room.

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Let me know
if you need anything.

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- The wedding night hadn't...

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[ Door slams ]
...quite gone as he'd promised.

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- Tomorrow. Tomorrow.
Tomorrow. Tomorrow.

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- And neither had
any other night.

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[ Door slamming ]

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Brutal.

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And it won't be Jerome
who suffers the consequences.

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Birdman loveswomen,
of course, but...

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[ Arrow whooshes and thuds ]

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♪

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[ Door opens, thud ]

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♪

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[ Blade slashes ]

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[ Crowd shouting ]

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- ...he doesn't take
disappointment well.

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[ Owl hooting,
insects chirping ]

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[ Door opens ]

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- [ Softly ] Clarence?

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[ Loud banging ]

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[ Wind whistling ]

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- Fact--
there are nogood women.

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- Yes.

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- I loved her, Jerome.
- I know.

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- Oh, God, I-- I wooed her
with gifts and with charm.

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I promised her many things,

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and in return,
I demanded only one thing...

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- [ Coughs ]
- ...absolute and total loyalty.

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- Yes, absolutely.
- She agrees.

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We get married, but...

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something is off, you know?

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So as a test, my father hires
a servant to seduce her.

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- No. You caught them?
- Not exactly.

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But he had a pair
of her knickers

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and a precise description
of a scar on her inner leg.

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- What did your wife say?
- She denied it.

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Said that he had removed
her knickers by force.

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- [ Laughs ]
You didn't believe her?

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- No one did.

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The Beaked Brothers took my
castle and drove me out of town.

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- And your wife?
- [ Scoffs ]

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- You could remarry.
- Oh, please.

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- Come on! What's your type?

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- I mean, the usual, you know?

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Like, beautiful, chaste,
good at listening,

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mending socks, interested
in maps, falconry, chess, etc.,

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but obviously not excessively
good at any of those things.

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- My wife is exactlylike that.

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- True.

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You lucky thing.

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- Hm.

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- Forgive me, but, uh...

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not even a hint of pregnancy?

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- Eh. Any day now.

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- I have heard rumors.
- Rumors?

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- About how you prefer to, um...

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to hunt and-- and ride
and play darts

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with your handsome friends...
- [ Laughs ] What?

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- ...rather than spending time
in the bedroom with your wife.

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- No, no! You misheard.

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My wife and I can't keep
our hands off each other.

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It's wild.

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- Mm.

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It's horrible
how gossip spreads, isn't it?

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Also funny how easily
it happens for some, though--

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baby thing, right?

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I mean, hell, I even know
some women who have so many,

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they have one to spare.

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- Who?

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- Ah. I know people.

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[ Faint singing in distance ]

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- I'm a very busy man
with many business affairs.

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- No doubt.
- So, unfortunately,

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I must go out of town
for a while...

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for work.

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- Oh.
- Surely no one can blame me.

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I'm not even here
to get my wife pregnant.

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- Well, have a wonderful trip.

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Only, would you...

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It's embarrassing.
Would you allow me

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a couple of days
to arrange a new place to stay?

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- Don't be silly.

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Of course you can stay.
[ Chuckles ]

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I know times are tough.

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- [ Chuckles ]

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You're not worried,
though, are you?

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- How so?
- Well...

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About leaving your wife
here alone...

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- [ Chuckles ]
- ...with me?

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- Not at all. I, uh...

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...I trust you.

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My wife would never.

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- [ Laughs ]

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Listen, Jerome,
my wife-- RIP--

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she couldn't wait to jump
into bed with a servant,

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and, well, look at me.

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- Oh!

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How dare you?
- [ Chuckles ] Whoa!

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- How dare you?

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You smug bastard!
- Smug bastard, is it?

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- My wife would never jump
into bed with-- with a servant

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or you or anyone,
for that matter.

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- Prove it.
- I shall.

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As I said, I'll be away
for a while on business.

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You can try
and seduce her all you like.

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Good luck.
How long do you need?

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- Easy. Give me a month.

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- Have 100 nights.

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It won't make a difference.

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I know my wife to be faithful.

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And then...

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...you will get me an heir from
one of those women of yours...

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...and swear that it's mine.

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And make it come up organically.

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Right?

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- Happily... if I lose.

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Though if I do seduce her...

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...what do I get?

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- Well, if-- if you do win...

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- I mean...

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- ...you can have this castle

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and everything in it.

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- Interesting.

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It is a beautiful castle.

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- Mm-hmm.

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- Hardly change a thing.

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This wife, um...

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where would she--
where would she go if I win?

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- Well, you won't win.

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My wife is a paragon of virtue.

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But ifshe does stray,

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well, she'd go straight to hell,
of course.

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- WhenI win,

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I'll be right there with you
to watch her hang.

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[ Dramatic music plays ]

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[ Birds chirping ]

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[ Birds cooing ]

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[ Indistinct conversation
in distance ]

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- With all due respect,
you're a wonderful hunter.

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I perfected this craft
over many years and--

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[ Chair squeaks ]

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- Ah! Good morning, my dear.

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This is Manfred.

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- Delighted to meet you.

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- Come. Sit.

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I've been meaning to tell you,

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I've been summoned away,
unexpectedly,

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on business.

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- Oh?
- Yes.

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I leave today.

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But it's just for a few days.

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I'll be back before you know it.

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Manfred here will stay on

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to take care of things
while I'm gone.

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And, of course, you have
the guards watching over you.

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Not to mention, of course,
your, um...

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your maid.

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You keep her good company, maid.

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- Mm.
- Mm.

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[ Chair scrapes ]

266
00:15:32,103 --> 00:15:33,415
- [ Gasps softly ]

267
00:15:35,106 --> 00:15:38,075
- I'll be counting down the days
until I'm back.

268
00:15:38,178 --> 00:15:41,043
- You will be sorely missed,
my friend.

269
00:15:42,182 --> 00:15:44,391
And don't worry.

270
00:15:44,495 --> 00:15:47,360
I'll take good care
of your lovely wife.

271
00:15:49,189 --> 00:15:50,811
[ Horse grunts ]

272
00:15:50,915 --> 00:15:53,193
[ Suspenseful music plays ]

273
00:15:53,297 --> 00:16:01,029
♪

274
00:16:01,132 --> 00:16:03,169
[ Door opens ]

275
00:16:07,656 --> 00:16:09,451
- You okay?

276
00:16:09,554 --> 00:16:10,935
- I'm fine.

277
00:16:11,660 --> 00:16:14,456
I understand my husband has
other duties.

278
00:16:14,559 --> 00:16:16,285
Important business.

279
00:16:18,391 --> 00:16:20,807
He did say we would
finally try tonight,

280
00:16:20,910 --> 00:16:24,293
but... business is business.

281
00:16:25,915 --> 00:16:28,504
The only thing is... our guest.

282
00:16:28,608 --> 00:16:30,506
[ Door bangs ]

283
00:16:30,610 --> 00:16:32,577
[ Dramatic music plays ]

284
00:16:32,681 --> 00:16:35,201
- Manfred?
- Yes.

285
00:16:37,237 --> 00:16:40,896
I'm a bit surprised that Jerome
would leave me here...

286
00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,932
with him.

287
00:16:43,036 --> 00:16:44,520
- Yes.

288
00:16:46,729 --> 00:16:48,559
- Where is he?

289
00:16:52,011 --> 00:16:54,151
- [ Breathing heavily ]

290
00:16:55,497 --> 00:16:57,257
- He's unpacking.

291
00:16:57,361 --> 00:17:02,504
♪

292
00:17:02,607 --> 00:17:04,471
- Well, I'm sure my husband knows
what he's doing.

293
00:17:06,473 --> 00:17:08,544
- I'm sure.

294
00:17:08,648 --> 00:17:11,444
- He said this Manfred's here
to keep us safe.

295
00:17:11,547 --> 00:17:13,308
- He did.

296
00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:16,621
- He'll be back soon.

297
00:17:16,725 --> 00:17:18,244
We have time.

298
00:17:20,349 --> 00:17:23,214
I'm sure his friend won't want
much to do with us anyways.

299
00:17:23,318 --> 00:17:25,768
[ Knock on door ]

300
00:17:30,463 --> 00:17:31,636
- Hello.

301
00:17:31,740 --> 00:17:35,123
I would lovea tour
of the castle.

302
00:17:35,226 --> 00:17:37,780
I'm dying to see every--
every nook and cranny

303
00:17:37,884 --> 00:17:39,575
of Jerome's beautiful home.

304
00:17:42,095 --> 00:17:43,683
Shall we?

305
00:17:44,373 --> 00:17:46,789
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]

306
00:17:47,549 --> 00:17:49,275
- The chapel.

307
00:17:52,899 --> 00:17:54,935
West corridor.

308
00:17:55,039 --> 00:17:56,730
Graveyard.

309
00:17:59,147 --> 00:18:00,941
The north wing.

310
00:18:01,045 --> 00:18:06,464
♪

311
00:18:06,568 --> 00:18:11,883
♪

312
00:18:11,987 --> 00:18:13,540
That's the end of the tour.

313
00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:19,477
- Good night, my lord.

314
00:18:19,581 --> 00:18:21,341
- Good night.

315
00:18:22,584 --> 00:18:25,138
[ Snaps fingers ]
Actually...

316
00:18:25,242 --> 00:18:27,140
[ Sighs ] I'm sorry.

317
00:18:27,244 --> 00:18:28,831
I was too shy to ask before,

318
00:18:28,935 --> 00:18:31,834
but I was wondering
if I might see your bedroom,

319
00:18:31,938 --> 00:18:33,560
just to round off the tour.

320
00:18:36,805 --> 00:18:40,567
Jerome had mentioned
how stunning the décor was.

321
00:18:50,370 --> 00:18:52,338
- [ Gasps softly ]

322
00:18:54,616 --> 00:18:57,032
- Perhaps another time,
my lord.

323
00:18:57,136 --> 00:18:58,792
Excuse us.

324
00:19:03,866 --> 00:19:06,214
- Can I--
- [ Gasps ]

325
00:19:09,286 --> 00:19:11,288
What happened?

326
00:19:11,391 --> 00:19:13,669
- Manfred asked to see
your bedroom, and you fainted.

327
00:19:25,302 --> 00:19:28,719
I promise you that
we'll get through this together.

328
00:19:28,822 --> 00:19:30,307
You won't be alone.

329
00:19:34,483 --> 00:19:37,486
And any time you feel like
you need rescuing,

330
00:19:37,590 --> 00:19:39,937
just let me know,
and I'll create a distraction.

331
00:19:40,731 --> 00:19:43,561
Buy us some time
while we figure out what to do.

332
00:19:45,045 --> 00:19:46,633
- What kind of distraction?

333
00:19:49,360 --> 00:19:51,293
- I'll tell a story.

334
00:19:51,707 --> 00:19:54,020
- A story?
- Yes.

335
00:19:54,123 --> 00:19:56,195
Anytime you don't know
what to do,

336
00:19:56,298 --> 00:19:59,508
just say, "Hero,
how did that story end?"

337
00:19:59,612 --> 00:20:01,200
And I'll take it from there.

338
00:20:04,582 --> 00:20:06,653
- I didn't know you told stories.

339
00:20:09,277 --> 00:20:10,726
- I haven't in a while.

340
00:20:13,004 --> 00:20:14,937
- Well, I'd love to hear them.

341
00:20:15,041 --> 00:20:17,837
And if they keep us
out of trouble, even better.

342
00:20:17,940 --> 00:20:19,287
- [ Chuckles ]

343
00:20:21,668 --> 00:20:23,014
- Thank you.

344
00:20:23,739 --> 00:20:25,672
I don't know what
I would do without you.

345
00:20:29,987 --> 00:20:32,403
I feel a bit silly now.

346
00:20:32,507 --> 00:20:34,681
I'm sure it was just
an innocent question.

347
00:20:37,028 --> 00:20:39,479
I bet he'll be
much more reserved tomorrow.

348
00:20:40,169 --> 00:20:42,655
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]

349
00:20:42,758 --> 00:20:48,868
♪

350
00:20:48,971 --> 00:20:55,150
♪

351
00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:56,772
- Lunch!

352
00:20:56,876 --> 00:21:05,954
♪

353
00:21:08,543 --> 00:21:10,717
[ Bell chimes ]

354
00:21:10,821 --> 00:21:17,276
♪

355
00:21:17,379 --> 00:21:24,283
♪

356
00:21:29,011 --> 00:21:30,841
I feel we...

357
00:21:30,944 --> 00:21:33,602
we may have had
a misunderstanding yesterday.

358
00:21:34,672 --> 00:21:36,674
When I asked to see your room...

359
00:21:38,020 --> 00:21:42,059
...I can see how that
could have been interpreted

360
00:21:42,162 --> 00:21:47,167
as an inappropriate advance
on a married woman, which I--

361
00:21:47,271 --> 00:21:48,755
I would never do.

362
00:21:50,550 --> 00:21:54,105
The truth is,
I love architecture.

363
00:21:54,727 --> 00:21:58,006
And dear Jerome had led me
to believe that, uh,

364
00:21:58,109 --> 00:22:01,492
formalities were not required
while he was gone.

365
00:22:01,596 --> 00:22:03,183
He's like a brother to me,
and...

366
00:22:03,287 --> 00:22:06,325
so you, therefore,
are like a sister.

367
00:22:09,673 --> 00:22:13,021
Well, I hope we can start
fresh today.

368
00:22:16,300 --> 00:22:17,577
- Of course.

369
00:22:17,681 --> 00:22:20,649
I'm sorry
if I made you feel unwelcome.

370
00:22:20,753 --> 00:22:23,169
I...wasn't myself yesterday.

371
00:22:23,272 --> 00:22:25,861
- Ah! Think nothing of it.

372
00:22:25,965 --> 00:22:28,036
Manfred, please.

373
00:22:33,248 --> 00:22:35,457
So, uh...

374
00:22:35,561 --> 00:22:37,701
what would you like to do today?

375
00:22:40,117 --> 00:22:41,601
- Together, you mean?

376
00:22:41,705 --> 00:22:43,638
- Well, yes. [ Chuckles ]

377
00:22:43,741 --> 00:22:46,123
I was hoping
I could take your lead.

378
00:22:46,226 --> 00:22:47,952
- Hmm.

379
00:22:48,056 --> 00:22:50,817
I would like to...

380
00:22:52,543 --> 00:22:53,958
...hear a story.

381
00:22:56,064 --> 00:22:57,445
- A-A story?

382
00:22:57,548 --> 00:22:59,550
- Yes. Hero?
- Yes.

383
00:22:59,654 --> 00:23:01,414
- What was that one you
were telling me the other day?

384
00:23:01,518 --> 00:23:03,727
It sounded fascinating.

385
00:23:05,211 --> 00:23:07,455
- I think you mean the story
of the Dancing Stones.

386
00:23:07,558 --> 00:23:08,835
- That was it.

387
00:23:10,768 --> 00:23:12,667
Would you like to hear it
with me?

388
00:23:12,770 --> 00:23:15,014
[ Down-tempo music plays ]

389
00:23:17,913 --> 00:23:20,882
- I would loveto.

390
00:23:20,985 --> 00:23:22,435
- Very well.

391
00:23:34,413 --> 00:23:36,035
Some time ago

392
00:23:36,138 --> 00:23:40,246
in a small town across
the channel from the Great City,

393
00:23:40,349 --> 00:23:42,731
there lived three sisters...

394
00:23:42,835 --> 00:23:47,287
♪

395
00:23:47,391 --> 00:23:50,221
...Mina...

396
00:23:50,325 --> 00:23:52,223
Caterina...

397
00:23:52,327 --> 00:23:57,228
♪

398
00:23:57,332 --> 00:23:58,782
...and Rosa.

399
00:24:00,162 --> 00:24:02,993
They lived with their father,
who was a sea captain.

400
00:24:03,096 --> 00:24:05,029
[ Woman vocalizing ]

401
00:24:05,133 --> 00:24:08,964
Losing his wife had been
the great tragedy of his life,

402
00:24:09,068 --> 00:24:11,657
but he loved his daughters
very much.

403
00:24:12,830 --> 00:24:16,040
And he worried constantly
that with no male heirs,

404
00:24:16,144 --> 00:24:19,181
he'd have nothing to leave them
with when he died.

405
00:24:21,770 --> 00:24:23,945
He couldn't protect them
forever.

406
00:24:26,465 --> 00:24:29,398
And so their training
for marriage began.

407
00:24:29,502 --> 00:24:37,924
♪

408
00:24:38,028 --> 00:24:41,031
The sea captain was
often away for long voyages,

409
00:24:41,134 --> 00:24:43,999
and the sisters were left
to look after themselves.

410
00:24:46,692 --> 00:24:49,039
The sisters loved
their father very much,

411
00:24:49,142 --> 00:24:51,524
and they would practice
their skills faithfully,

412
00:24:51,628 --> 00:24:53,561
even when he was away.

413
00:24:55,597 --> 00:24:57,668
But there was one thing
the sisters practiced

414
00:24:57,772 --> 00:24:59,843
that they could never tell
their father.

415
00:25:03,812 --> 00:25:07,091
It was a secret skill their
mother had passed on to them,

416
00:25:07,195 --> 00:25:10,439
a skill known to be sinful,
wicked,

417
00:25:10,543 --> 00:25:14,582
and absolutely forbidden
for women.

418
00:25:16,963 --> 00:25:18,275
- Hero.

419
00:25:18,378 --> 00:25:21,968
♪

420
00:25:23,383 --> 00:25:26,317
- [ Snoring softly ]

421
00:25:32,392 --> 00:25:34,291
- Good night.

422
00:25:34,394 --> 00:25:36,189
- Thank you.

423
00:25:36,293 --> 00:25:38,122
- Anytime.

424
00:25:44,404 --> 00:25:47,787
- Hero,
what's the forbidden thing

425
00:25:47,891 --> 00:25:50,376
that Rosa and her sisters did?

426
00:25:50,479 --> 00:25:53,172
- You'll have to find out
next time.

427
00:25:53,275 --> 00:25:54,311
- Cruel.

428
00:25:55,623 --> 00:25:58,971
[ Footsteps departing ]

429
00:26:06,841 --> 00:26:09,257
[ Insects chirping ]

430
00:26:23,340 --> 00:26:27,724
♪

431
00:26:32,418 --> 00:26:34,489
- [ Blows ]

432
00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:36,595
[ Mysterious music plays ]

433
00:26:36,698 --> 00:26:41,151
♪

434
00:26:41,254 --> 00:26:44,223
[ Wind blowing,
voices whispering indistinctly ]

435
00:26:44,326 --> 00:26:50,988
♪

436
00:26:51,092 --> 00:26:52,541
- Wilmot?

437
00:26:52,645 --> 00:26:55,268
I'm pregnant.

438
00:26:55,372 --> 00:26:57,029
- Ah.
- [ Sniffles ]

439
00:26:57,132 --> 00:26:59,410
With my luck,
it'll be a girl, too.

440
00:27:00,964 --> 00:27:03,829
- Let's not speculate.

441
00:27:03,932 --> 00:27:05,934
- If she is a girl,

442
00:27:06,038 --> 00:27:08,074
then she won't stay here.

443
00:27:10,111 --> 00:27:11,837
It'll be different for her.

444
00:27:11,940 --> 00:27:14,356
[ Ethereal music plays ]

445
00:27:16,669 --> 00:27:18,498
It will.

446
00:27:18,602 --> 00:27:24,643
♪

447
00:27:24,746 --> 00:27:26,955
- Look.

448
00:27:27,059 --> 00:27:29,268
You can see the moon,
even in the light.

449
00:27:29,371 --> 00:27:30,856
I love when that happens.

450
00:27:34,791 --> 00:27:37,034
- You know...

451
00:27:37,138 --> 00:27:39,727
- What?
- My mother used to tell me

452
00:27:39,830 --> 00:27:41,867
that my grandmother was
the moon.

453
00:27:43,420 --> 00:27:44,870
- On the moon?

454
00:27:44,973 --> 00:27:48,943
- No, the actual moon.

455
00:27:49,046 --> 00:27:51,290
That one.

456
00:27:51,393 --> 00:27:52,947
- The smallest one.

457
00:27:54,776 --> 00:27:57,572
So you're a child of the moon?

458
00:27:57,676 --> 00:27:59,505
- Apparently.

459
00:27:59,608 --> 00:28:01,265
It's fun to believe it.

460
00:28:06,167 --> 00:28:07,513
- I believe it.

461
00:28:07,616 --> 00:28:09,411
- [ Chuckles softly ]

462
00:28:10,585 --> 00:28:12,760
[ Bells tolling in distance ]

463
00:28:12,863 --> 00:28:16,625
- [ Grunts and coughs ]

464
00:28:16,729 --> 00:28:19,111
[ Tolling continues ]

465
00:28:23,598 --> 00:28:25,842
[ Sighs ]

466
00:28:31,399 --> 00:28:32,434
What?

467
00:28:32,538 --> 00:28:34,367
[ Bell tolls loudly, bird caws ]

468
00:28:35,990 --> 00:28:38,509
- I'm determined
to win this time.

469
00:28:38,613 --> 00:28:39,925
- Best of luck.

470
00:28:58,460 --> 00:29:00,946
- Brutal.

471
00:29:01,049 --> 00:29:03,120
- You mind if I cut in?

472
00:29:10,714 --> 00:29:12,578
Your move.

473
00:29:12,681 --> 00:29:14,614
[ Down-tempo music plays ]

474
00:29:14,718 --> 00:29:19,550
♪

475
00:29:19,654 --> 00:29:21,345
[ Chuckles ]

476
00:29:21,449 --> 00:29:23,071
Excellent.

477
00:29:25,453 --> 00:29:28,525
Well, it seems Jerome
has taught you well.

478
00:29:28,628 --> 00:29:29,940
- Mm.

479
00:29:30,044 --> 00:29:32,667
He is wonderful at it,

480
00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:34,358
as his Hero.

481
00:29:34,669 --> 00:29:35,946
- [ Chuckles ]

482
00:29:36,050 --> 00:29:37,672
A woman of many talents.

483
00:29:37,776 --> 00:29:41,296
♪

484
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,126
[ Chess piece clinks ]

485
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,269
It appears you have a checkmate.

486
00:29:51,651 --> 00:29:53,930
- I'm so sorry.

487
00:29:54,033 --> 00:29:56,691
It must be because
you picked up from Hero's game.

488
00:29:56,795 --> 00:29:59,176
She's always so kind
to let me win.

489
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:00,350
- I would never.

490
00:30:00,453 --> 00:30:03,008
Your victories are
entirely your own.

491
00:30:03,111 --> 00:30:05,976
- No need to apologize at all.

492
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:07,529
A worthy opponent.

493
00:30:11,292 --> 00:30:12,707
To new friends.

494
00:30:12,811 --> 00:30:14,847
[ Chuckles ]

495
00:30:16,090 --> 00:30:19,541
[ Chair scraping ]

496
00:30:22,441 --> 00:30:24,270
- [ Clears throat ]

497
00:30:28,965 --> 00:30:30,656
- Much better.

498
00:30:30,759 --> 00:30:35,109
♪

499
00:30:35,212 --> 00:30:36,904
Good?

500
00:30:38,595 --> 00:30:41,149
Well, then I will kill one
for you every day.

501
00:30:44,566 --> 00:30:45,740
- Thank you.

502
00:30:45,844 --> 00:30:50,503
♪

503
00:30:50,607 --> 00:30:53,023
- Oh, you must try this.

504
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:57,096
- It's a bit sweet for me,
my lord.

505
00:30:58,166 --> 00:31:00,755
- Cherry,
would you like to try one?

506
00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:03,620
- Uh... sure.

507
00:31:20,533 --> 00:31:23,053
♪

508
00:31:23,157 --> 00:31:24,503
Mmm.

509
00:31:27,851 --> 00:31:29,508
- You left half the berry, though.

510
00:31:29,611 --> 00:31:36,032
♪

511
00:31:36,135 --> 00:31:40,553
- Thank you for inviting me
to dine with you, my lord.

512
00:31:40,657 --> 00:31:41,934
- Of course.

513
00:31:42,038 --> 00:31:44,143
There's no need
for formalities here.

514
00:31:44,247 --> 00:31:46,766
I'm not like other lords.

515
00:31:46,870 --> 00:31:49,493
- Well, now we're better
acquainted,

516
00:31:49,597 --> 00:31:52,151
it's a perfect time
for me to finish that story,

517
00:31:52,255 --> 00:31:53,670
don't you think?
- Yes.

518
00:31:53,773 --> 00:31:55,775
I have to hear how it ends.

519
00:31:55,879 --> 00:31:57,398
Don't you?

520
00:31:57,501 --> 00:31:59,193
- Oh, absolutely.

521
00:31:59,296 --> 00:32:01,126
Hero, you have us
on tenterhooks.

522
00:32:01,229 --> 00:32:03,404
And this time I am wide awake.

523
00:32:03,507 --> 00:32:05,440
- Wonderful.

524
00:32:05,544 --> 00:32:07,891
Where were we?

525
00:32:07,995 --> 00:32:09,928
Oh, yes.

526
00:32:10,031 --> 00:32:12,344
Rosa and her sisters
had a secret skill

527
00:32:12,447 --> 00:32:15,140
passed down to them
from their mother.

528
00:32:15,243 --> 00:32:18,764
It was a skill known
to be sinful and wicked

529
00:32:18,867 --> 00:32:21,801
and absolutely forbidden
for women.

530
00:32:21,905 --> 00:32:24,494
[ Suspenseful music plays ]

531
00:32:24,597 --> 00:32:28,567
♪

532
00:32:28,670 --> 00:32:30,224
They could read and write.

533
00:32:31,811 --> 00:32:35,643
- Wait, isn't this the story
of Rosa the Cunning?

534
00:32:37,714 --> 00:32:39,371
- You know. I thought so, too.

535
00:32:39,474 --> 00:32:41,821
I haven't heard it in so long,
but the Beaked Brothers used to

536
00:32:41,925 --> 00:32:43,616
make us recite it over and over.

537
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:45,791
- Yes, the rhymes.

538
00:32:45,894 --> 00:32:47,862
Rosa the witch
hid her books in a ditch.

539
00:32:47,966 --> 00:32:50,485
- And cast spell after spell
to send her lovers to hell.

540
00:32:50,589 --> 00:32:52,039
- Yes, I had to recite it
every week.

541
00:32:52,142 --> 00:32:53,730
- That's not her.

542
00:32:55,801 --> 00:32:59,805
Although that is a...
charming rhyme for children,

543
00:32:59,908 --> 00:33:02,256
this Rosa was just
an ordinary woman.

544
00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:06,708
- But it's still forbidden.

545
00:33:06,812 --> 00:33:08,710
- It is.

546
00:33:08,814 --> 00:33:12,197
But Rosa and her sisters didn't
use their skills to cast spells.

547
00:33:13,439 --> 00:33:17,547
They used them to read
about amazing far-off lands

548
00:33:17,650 --> 00:33:20,860
and to write about
their thoughts and feelings,

549
00:33:20,964 --> 00:33:23,932
to let their imaginations
run wild...

550
00:33:24,036 --> 00:33:25,382
[ Ethereal music plays ]

551
00:33:25,486 --> 00:33:27,902
...while hardly ever
leaving their house.

552
00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:29,421
- I've been thinking...

553
00:33:31,664 --> 00:33:34,219
...what will we do
when Father makes us marry?

554
00:33:36,083 --> 00:33:37,498
And all our books.

555
00:33:38,499 --> 00:33:41,743
- We just have to be careful,
that's all.

556
00:33:41,847 --> 00:33:43,642
- Very careful.

557
00:33:47,887 --> 00:33:49,337
- Promise.

558
00:33:51,650 --> 00:33:53,824
- Soon their father
returned home.

559
00:33:53,928 --> 00:33:55,412
- I've heard wonderful things.

560
00:33:55,516 --> 00:33:58,277
- And with him, he brought...

561
00:33:58,381 --> 00:34:00,417
a suitor.

562
00:34:00,521 --> 00:34:04,214
The wealthy merchant found all
of the daughters captivating.

563
00:34:04,318 --> 00:34:06,527
But he liked Rosa best.

564
00:34:06,630 --> 00:34:08,977
- She is enchanting.

565
00:34:09,081 --> 00:34:10,531
- Isn't she?

566
00:34:10,634 --> 00:34:12,395
- So quiet.

567
00:34:12,498 --> 00:34:13,534
And gracious.

568
00:34:13,637 --> 00:34:15,674
Sweet but serious.

569
00:34:17,365 --> 00:34:19,229
I like that very much.

570
00:34:21,749 --> 00:34:25,028
- Now, that wasn't
what Rosa was really like.

571
00:34:25,132 --> 00:34:28,169
Actually, she was funny
and smart...

572
00:34:29,722 --> 00:34:32,208
...with a sharp tongue
and a quick mind.

573
00:34:33,243 --> 00:34:35,625
But he saw what
he wanted to see.

574
00:34:35,728 --> 00:34:40,078
♪

575
00:34:40,181 --> 00:34:42,425
- It's morning.

576
00:34:42,528 --> 00:34:43,702
- She's right.

577
00:34:44,944 --> 00:34:47,154
But which morning?

578
00:34:49,915 --> 00:34:53,401
As Hero's story continued...

579
00:34:53,505 --> 00:34:55,679
- What do you think Rosa
and her sisters are up to?

580
00:34:55,783 --> 00:34:57,405
- Shh!

581
00:34:57,509 --> 00:34:59,580
- ...entire nights had passed
like hours.

582
00:34:59,683 --> 00:35:01,616
[ Voices whispering
indistinctly ]

583
00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:05,275
And Hero's words still linger
in the air.

584
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:07,312
- She is enchanting.

585
00:35:07,415 --> 00:35:09,003
- We just have to be careful.

586
00:35:09,107 --> 00:35:12,179
- I've been summoned away
unexpectedly.

587
00:35:12,282 --> 00:35:16,321
- Cherry's dreams,
normally a swirl of anxiety...

588
00:35:18,150 --> 00:35:20,601
...hold something new...

589
00:35:24,363 --> 00:35:26,227
...unexpected.

590
00:35:26,331 --> 00:35:28,471
[ Clock ticking ]

591
00:35:29,817 --> 00:35:32,613
Manfred's dreams are
a little more straightforward.

592
00:35:32,716 --> 00:35:34,925
- [ Panting ]

593
00:35:35,029 --> 00:35:41,656
♪

594
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:43,865
[ Gasps ]

595
00:35:46,592 --> 00:35:48,525
- [ Sighs ]

596
00:35:48,629 --> 00:35:51,666
- Sophia, the Fertile,
guide me.

597
00:35:51,770 --> 00:35:53,599
Tell me what to do.

598
00:35:55,532 --> 00:35:57,189
My husband won't touch me,

599
00:35:57,293 --> 00:35:59,571
and I want to be touched...

600
00:35:59,674 --> 00:36:02,229
to produce an heir, of course.

601
00:36:05,197 --> 00:36:06,750
When will my husband be home?

602
00:36:10,927 --> 00:36:13,240
I'm sorry. It's just...

603
00:36:13,343 --> 00:36:15,000
It's been a few days.

604
00:36:15,103 --> 00:36:17,036
- Weeks.

605
00:36:17,140 --> 00:36:19,625
- I actually have some news
on that front.

606
00:36:21,903 --> 00:36:23,215
It seems...

607
00:36:23,319 --> 00:36:25,631
alas, he's in no hurry
to return home.

608
00:36:28,634 --> 00:36:30,498
In fact, I think
he's enjoying himself so much,

609
00:36:30,602 --> 00:36:33,674
he won't be back
for a couple of months at least.

610
00:36:33,777 --> 00:36:35,745
[ Dramatic music plays ]

611
00:36:35,848 --> 00:36:40,888
♪

612
00:36:40,991 --> 00:36:42,234
Oh.

613
00:36:43,615 --> 00:36:45,927
I'm sorry, Cherry. I'm...

614
00:36:47,343 --> 00:36:48,965
...just the messenger.

615
00:36:49,068 --> 00:36:55,972
♪

616
00:36:56,075 --> 00:36:57,939
- Mm-hmm.

617
00:36:58,043 --> 00:36:59,838
[ Clears throat ]

618
00:36:59,941 --> 00:37:01,598
Uh...

619
00:37:01,702 --> 00:37:03,117
Forgive me.

620
00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:08,778
♪

621
00:37:08,881 --> 00:37:14,508
♪

622
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,338
[ Knock on door ]

623
00:37:18,753 --> 00:37:20,721
It's me.

624
00:37:20,824 --> 00:37:22,378
- Um, yes.

625
00:37:22,481 --> 00:37:24,794
Uh, o-one second.
I'm changing.

626
00:37:24,897 --> 00:37:30,903
♪

627
00:37:31,007 --> 00:37:37,047
♪

628
00:37:37,151 --> 00:37:39,360
- Can I come in?

629
00:37:41,017 --> 00:37:43,744
I'm sorry I'm a mess.

630
00:37:43,847 --> 00:37:45,746
- No sorries.

631
00:37:45,849 --> 00:37:47,403
And you're never a mess.

632
00:37:50,060 --> 00:37:52,166
When did Manfred
hear about this?

633
00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:53,926
- Today, he said.

634
00:37:55,100 --> 00:37:56,688
- We'll find a way through this.

635
00:37:57,930 --> 00:37:59,794
Don't despair. Okay?

636
00:38:01,934 --> 00:38:03,350
Now...

637
00:38:03,453 --> 00:38:06,180
do you think you could be
alone with Manfred?

638
00:38:06,284 --> 00:38:07,664
Just for a bit?

639
00:38:07,768 --> 00:38:10,253
[ Suspenseful music plays ]

640
00:38:10,357 --> 00:38:14,809
♪

641
00:38:14,913 --> 00:38:16,984
[ Door creaks ]

642
00:38:17,087 --> 00:38:24,060
♪

643
00:38:24,163 --> 00:38:31,239
♪

644
00:38:31,343 --> 00:38:38,523
♪

645
00:38:38,626 --> 00:38:45,633
♪

646
00:38:45,737 --> 00:38:52,778
♪

647
00:38:52,882 --> 00:38:59,889
♪

648
00:38:59,992 --> 00:39:07,034
♪

649
00:39:07,137 --> 00:39:14,144
♪

650
00:39:14,248 --> 00:39:17,182
- I'm sorry for earlier, Cherry.

651
00:39:18,010 --> 00:39:22,463
Jerome asked me
to take care of you, and I...

652
00:39:22,567 --> 00:39:24,569
...I feel as though
I have let him down.

653
00:39:24,672 --> 00:39:32,404
♪

654
00:39:32,508 --> 00:39:35,027
Though I-I had hoped that

655
00:39:35,131 --> 00:39:38,859
my company would be somewhat
of a distraction.

656
00:39:42,656 --> 00:39:44,658
- It's not something
you can solve.

657
00:39:48,455 --> 00:39:51,768
Jerome and I,
we must start a family,

658
00:39:51,872 --> 00:39:53,770
urgently.

659
00:39:53,874 --> 00:39:54,978
[ Sighs ]

660
00:39:55,082 --> 00:39:57,429
- Ah, yes.
The Beaked Brothers, I'm sure,

661
00:39:57,533 --> 00:39:59,431
are growing quite impatient.

662
00:40:00,398 --> 00:40:01,951
- Indeed.

663
00:40:06,231 --> 00:40:08,129
- Could you not be
pregnant already?

664
00:40:12,099 --> 00:40:13,307
Are you sure?

665
00:40:13,411 --> 00:40:15,205
Sometimes it takes a while
to show.

666
00:40:15,309 --> 00:40:17,000
- Be impossible.

667
00:40:17,104 --> 00:40:19,555
- [ Chuckles ] Why?
Why is it impossible?

668
00:40:23,041 --> 00:40:24,214
Wait.
Have you and Jerome never--

669
00:40:24,318 --> 00:40:26,044
- Dinner's ready.

670
00:40:27,459 --> 00:40:28,840
- I'm not hungry.

671
00:40:29,944 --> 00:40:32,809
Can you finish the story
instead?

672
00:40:32,913 --> 00:40:34,501
- Of course.

673
00:40:36,330 --> 00:40:39,195
- In the chapel.
I must pray first.

674
00:40:42,060 --> 00:40:45,719
♪

675
00:40:45,822 --> 00:40:47,928
- My wife is a paragon
of virtue.

676
00:40:49,447 --> 00:40:50,793
- Are you hungry, my lord?

677
00:40:54,555 --> 00:40:57,385
- Not at all.

678
00:40:57,489 --> 00:40:59,215
Finish the story.

679
00:40:59,318 --> 00:41:02,425
I'm dying to know if
the merchant gets what he wants.

680
00:41:02,529 --> 00:41:05,048
- Yes, the suspense must be
killing you.

681
00:41:06,325 --> 00:41:07,844
How long have you been here

682
00:41:07,948 --> 00:41:11,020
waiting to hear
what happens next?

683
00:41:11,123 --> 00:41:15,438
- Hero doesn't know exactly
what this smug man is up to,

684
00:41:15,542 --> 00:41:18,130
but she is going to spin
this tale out.

685
00:41:19,511 --> 00:41:21,133
- So what happens next?

686
00:41:23,135 --> 00:41:24,792
- Well...

687
00:41:24,896 --> 00:41:27,450
Rosa and the merchant
got married.

688
00:41:27,554 --> 00:41:29,072
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]

689
00:41:29,176 --> 00:41:32,179
She had never really spoken
to another man before,

690
00:41:32,282 --> 00:41:34,388
besides her father.

691
00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:35,976
So when a handsome merchant
appears

692
00:41:36,079 --> 00:41:39,220
with his compliments
and his eye contact...

693
00:41:39,324 --> 00:41:40,739
- Welcome to your new home.

694
00:41:40,843 --> 00:41:42,361
- ...she doesn't stand a chance.

695
00:41:42,465 --> 00:41:49,265
♪

696
00:41:49,368 --> 00:41:51,647
- Get a grip.
- As long as it takes.

697
00:41:51,750 --> 00:41:53,303
- Everything will be okay.
Right?

698
00:41:53,407 --> 00:41:55,271
- Tomorrow is a fresh start.

699
00:41:57,687 --> 00:42:00,621
- Of all the stories
she could have chosen,

700
00:42:00,725 --> 00:42:03,728
she had decided on this one.

701
00:42:03,831 --> 00:42:05,730
- I know it's forbidden,

702
00:42:05,833 --> 00:42:08,767
but have you heard
the story of the Dancing Stones?

703
00:42:08,871 --> 00:42:10,735
- I think those sisters are
the bravest women

704
00:42:10,838 --> 00:42:13,151
I've ever heard of.
- Me, too.

705
00:42:13,254 --> 00:42:16,395
- There's a secret latch at the
bottom of your clothes chest.

706
00:42:16,982 --> 00:42:18,984
Everything you need is in there.

707
00:42:21,884 --> 00:42:23,851
- I'll miss you so much.

708
00:42:25,819 --> 00:42:28,925
- I propose that we form

709
00:42:29,029 --> 00:42:33,136
a League of Secret Storytellers.

710
00:42:34,275 --> 00:42:36,933
What is the one thing
that they let us do?

711
00:42:37,796 --> 00:42:38,970
- Needlepoint.
- Needlepoint.

712
00:42:39,073 --> 00:42:41,559
- We can't write
and we can't read.

713
00:42:41,662 --> 00:42:43,699
But we have stories to tell.

714
00:42:43,802 --> 00:42:44,976
- What's this?

715
00:42:45,977 --> 00:42:48,600
- Shh.
It's nothing to worry about.

716
00:42:51,189 --> 00:42:52,639
I love you.

717
00:42:54,986 --> 00:42:58,852
- We'll weave tapestries
of the sisters...

718
00:43:01,475 --> 00:43:06,238
...and of every other story
that we have heard whispered

719
00:43:06,342 --> 00:43:08,447
until we run out of stories.

720
00:43:08,551 --> 00:43:13,798
♪

721
00:43:13,901 --> 00:43:16,248
- Where are we going?

722
00:43:16,352 --> 00:43:18,250
- I must see to the fern trees.

723
00:43:18,354 --> 00:43:21,599
Besides, this part of the story
is best told outside.

724
00:43:23,670 --> 00:43:26,293
- Strange question, but...

725
00:43:26,396 --> 00:43:27,881
what day is it?

726
00:43:31,332 --> 00:43:32,679
- How do you mean?

727
00:43:34,819 --> 00:43:36,786
- Since I arrived, uh...

728
00:43:36,890 --> 00:43:38,754
how many nights has it been?

729
00:43:38,857 --> 00:43:41,273
- 50 nights, sir.

730
00:43:41,619 --> 00:43:45,519
- [ Chuckles ]
That's not possible.

731
00:43:45,623 --> 00:43:47,694
- I c-- I could be wrong.
- He's not.

732
00:43:49,385 --> 00:43:51,559
[ Owl hooting ]

733
00:43:51,663 --> 00:43:55,080
[ Dramatic music plays ]

734
00:43:55,184 --> 00:43:57,462
- Cherry...

735
00:43:57,565 --> 00:44:00,016
uh...

736
00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:03,123
while Hero is attending
to that...

737
00:44:04,676 --> 00:44:06,713
...can I talk to you?

738
00:44:06,816 --> 00:44:08,715
Uh, just for a moment?

739
00:44:08,818 --> 00:44:10,026
We won't go far.

740
00:44:10,130 --> 00:44:14,652
♪

741
00:44:14,755 --> 00:44:16,619
- Okay.

742
00:44:16,723 --> 00:44:18,725
- Okay.

743
00:44:20,002 --> 00:44:22,245
- I'll only be a moment.

744
00:44:22,349 --> 00:44:25,455
[ Down-tempo music plays ]

745
00:44:25,559 --> 00:44:32,186
♪

746
00:44:32,290 --> 00:44:38,779
♪

747
00:44:38,883 --> 00:44:41,161
I'm so embarrassed.

748
00:44:43,577 --> 00:44:45,683
Don't look at me like that.

749
00:44:45,786 --> 00:44:47,926
[ Blows ]

750
00:44:48,651 --> 00:44:50,480
- [ Blows ]

751
00:44:51,516 --> 00:44:53,414
- I shouldn't have told you.

752
00:44:53,518 --> 00:44:56,348
- You didn't tell me.
I guessed.

753
00:44:57,211 --> 00:45:00,076
And you didn't dishonor Jerome.

754
00:45:00,180 --> 00:45:02,872
In fact, I've been pondering,
and I wonder if this isn't

755
00:45:02,976 --> 00:45:04,771
exactly what he wanted.

756
00:45:06,876 --> 00:45:08,775
- What do you mean?

757
00:45:08,878 --> 00:45:10,777
- Well, at first
I thought it was impossible.

758
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:12,019
Not my friend Jerome.

759
00:45:12,123 --> 00:45:15,057
It would be so manipulative.

760
00:45:16,127 --> 00:45:19,786
And then I thought, well...

761
00:45:19,889 --> 00:45:22,374
he has this beautiful wife,

762
00:45:22,478 --> 00:45:23,997
and despite saying
that he wants an heir,

763
00:45:24,100 --> 00:45:26,137
he hasn't consummated
his marriage.

764
00:45:26,240 --> 00:45:29,519
And now he's just away [sighs]

765
00:45:29,623 --> 00:45:31,004
for God knows how long,

766
00:45:31,107 --> 00:45:33,316
knowing the pressure
that you're under.

767
00:45:33,420 --> 00:45:34,801
It's odd.

768
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:38,943
Perhaps...

769
00:45:39,046 --> 00:45:41,877
things aren't working
on his end,

770
00:45:41,980 --> 00:45:45,812
and he knows an heir is
impossible.

771
00:45:45,915 --> 00:45:47,468
He's too ashamed to say.

772
00:45:49,229 --> 00:45:51,438
And perhaps he knows that's
[chuckles]

773
00:45:51,541 --> 00:45:53,164
not a problem in my department,

774
00:45:53,267 --> 00:45:56,581
and he was hoping
that I might take care of it,

775
00:45:56,684 --> 00:45:58,583
leaving you alone with me.

776
00:45:58,686 --> 00:46:06,142
♪

777
00:46:06,246 --> 00:46:08,248
Anyway, um...

778
00:46:09,283 --> 00:46:11,251
I hope I'm wrong about him...

779
00:46:13,115 --> 00:46:15,738
...because you deserve

780
00:46:15,842 --> 00:46:18,430
much, much better.

781
00:46:33,963 --> 00:46:36,103
- Are you all right?

782
00:46:36,207 --> 00:46:38,278
I was worried about you
last night.

783
00:46:39,935 --> 00:46:41,212
- I'm sorry.

784
00:46:42,385 --> 00:46:44,284
- There's nothing
to be sorry about.

785
00:46:52,913 --> 00:46:54,881
- Did you ever want to
get married?

786
00:46:56,537 --> 00:46:57,884
- No.

787
00:46:59,195 --> 00:47:01,301
That wasn't really
an option for me.

788
00:47:05,477 --> 00:47:07,169
- I desperately wanted to.

789
00:47:08,584 --> 00:47:11,380
I was told over and over that
that was the best thing for me.

790
00:47:12,899 --> 00:47:15,004
But I'm clearly terrible at it.

791
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:17,904
My husband doesn't even want me.

792
00:47:18,007 --> 00:47:20,389
- It's not you.

793
00:47:20,492 --> 00:47:21,942
- How can you be so sure?

794
00:47:23,944 --> 00:47:25,428
- I'm sure.

795
00:47:29,501 --> 00:47:31,538
- What does it feel like?

796
00:47:31,641 --> 00:47:33,609
- What?

797
00:47:33,712 --> 00:47:35,956
- To be wanted.

798
00:47:36,060 --> 00:47:40,167
What does a man do when,
you know,

799
00:47:40,271 --> 00:47:43,067
they want to make an heir?

800
00:47:43,170 --> 00:47:45,828
- Well, I don't have much
experience in making heirs,

801
00:47:45,932 --> 00:47:49,694
but... the wanting part,

802
00:47:49,797 --> 00:47:51,420
I have some experience.

803
00:47:53,732 --> 00:47:55,320
- Tell me.

804
00:48:00,878 --> 00:48:02,880
- Come on.

805
00:48:04,778 --> 00:48:07,160
All right, so...

806
00:48:08,506 --> 00:48:12,648
First, um,
they would take your hand.

807
00:48:15,237 --> 00:48:17,480
And they would do this.

808
00:48:19,758 --> 00:48:21,553
- What else?

809
00:48:21,657 --> 00:48:23,107
- Um...

810
00:48:23,210 --> 00:48:28,112
They... would do...

811
00:48:28,215 --> 00:48:29,907
this.

812
00:48:33,841 --> 00:48:36,534
Has anyone ever done that
before?

813
00:48:36,637 --> 00:48:38,260
- No.

814
00:48:39,606 --> 00:48:43,023
- Has he, um...

815
00:48:47,027 --> 00:48:48,615
What about...

816
00:48:52,308 --> 00:48:53,965
...this?

817
00:48:56,105 --> 00:48:58,659
[ Very soft music plays ]

818
00:48:58,763 --> 00:49:06,771
♪

819
00:49:06,874 --> 00:49:08,497
Do you...

820
00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:09,981
Would you want it?

821
00:49:12,432 --> 00:49:14,710
- It feels good.

822
00:49:14,813 --> 00:49:16,470
- Good.

823
00:49:21,165 --> 00:49:23,339
- What else do they do?

824
00:49:23,753 --> 00:49:24,962
- Um...

825
00:49:27,826 --> 00:49:30,415
If I were them...

826
00:49:32,210 --> 00:49:33,729
...I would, um...

827
00:49:36,180 --> 00:49:39,355
...I would go slowly.

828
00:49:39,459 --> 00:49:46,707
♪

829
00:49:46,811 --> 00:49:54,025
♪

830
00:49:54,129 --> 00:49:56,303
Then I would stop...

831
00:49:58,374 --> 00:50:01,412
...just for a moment here.

832
00:50:02,378 --> 00:50:05,933
And if you turned towards me,
then...

833
00:50:06,037 --> 00:50:08,453
I would know you wanted more.

834
00:50:08,557 --> 00:50:14,425
♪

835
00:50:14,528 --> 00:50:20,431
♪

836
00:50:20,534 --> 00:50:26,437
♪

837
00:50:26,540 --> 00:50:32,201
♪

838
00:50:32,305 --> 00:50:35,032
- [ Gasps softly ]

839
00:50:37,482 --> 00:50:40,071
Thank you for my hair.
- Mm.

840
00:50:44,938 --> 00:50:46,733
[ Door opens ]

841
00:50:47,734 --> 00:50:48,942
[ Door closes ]

842
00:50:49,046 --> 00:50:51,703
- [ Panting ]

843
00:50:53,153 --> 00:50:54,603
- Well...

844
00:50:54,706 --> 00:50:57,399
[ Dramatic music plays ]

845
00:50:57,502 --> 00:51:00,850
♪

846
00:51:00,954 --> 00:51:03,991
...if Birdman wasn't too fond
of women going outside

847
00:51:04,095 --> 00:51:05,821
alone after teatime...

848
00:51:09,376 --> 00:51:11,551
...you can imagine what
he'd think of this.

849
00:51:11,654 --> 00:51:16,314
♪

850
00:51:16,418 --> 00:51:17,833
So, they're friends.

851
00:51:17,936 --> 00:51:19,145
- [ Laughs ]

852
00:51:19,248 --> 00:51:21,664
- Good friends.

853
00:51:21,768 --> 00:51:23,666
- There you are.

854
00:51:23,770 --> 00:51:25,496
[ Ax chops ]

855
00:51:28,878 --> 00:51:30,017
Walk?

856
00:51:30,121 --> 00:51:32,261
[ Ax chops ]
- Okay.

857
00:51:33,573 --> 00:51:35,609
- Just friends.

858
00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:39,717
[ Birds chirping ]

859
00:51:39,820 --> 00:51:42,237
- [ Snoring ]

860
00:51:47,828 --> 00:51:50,728
- It was lovely spending time
just the two of us today...

861
00:51:52,005 --> 00:51:55,595
...and I hope not too trying
for you.

862
00:51:57,562 --> 00:51:58,874
- No, my lord.

863
00:51:59,944 --> 00:52:01,221
- Manfred.

864
00:52:09,126 --> 00:52:10,610
Well, then.

865
00:52:17,893 --> 00:52:20,344
♪

866
00:52:20,447 --> 00:52:22,173
Have a lovely evening.

867
00:52:23,968 --> 00:52:26,591
Although...

868
00:52:26,695 --> 00:52:29,732
I was still curious
to see your room.

869
00:52:30,630 --> 00:52:32,908
Most beautiful room
in the house.

870
00:52:35,738 --> 00:52:37,154
May I?

871
00:52:38,776 --> 00:52:41,019
- Uh...

872
00:52:41,123 --> 00:52:42,987
Okay.

873
00:52:43,090 --> 00:52:44,333
But just for a moment.

874
00:52:44,437 --> 00:52:47,612
- Ah, the merest of moments.

875
00:52:47,716 --> 00:52:49,373
[ Door opens ]

876
00:52:53,135 --> 00:52:55,482
- [ Gasps ] Hero.

877
00:52:57,415 --> 00:52:59,590
He wanted to see
the architecture.

878
00:52:59,693 --> 00:53:02,696
- Yes. It's even more beautiful
than I imagined.

879
00:53:06,044 --> 00:53:07,563
All done?

880
00:53:07,667 --> 00:53:09,013
- Yes.

881
00:53:09,116 --> 00:53:12,361
But I tell you what we haven't
finished is that story.

882
00:53:12,465 --> 00:53:15,606
The merchant was just about
to discover Rosa's secret.

883
00:53:15,709 --> 00:53:17,194
- Well, actually, we were
just about to have a drink.

884
00:53:17,297 --> 00:53:18,229
- I'd love a drink.

885
00:53:18,333 --> 00:53:19,299
- Only two glasses.

886
00:53:19,403 --> 00:53:21,198
- I can use the flask,

887
00:53:21,301 --> 00:53:24,477
while I tell you all about
Rosa's fate.

888
00:53:29,206 --> 00:53:30,862
Or whatever the lady wants.

889
00:53:35,695 --> 00:53:38,525
- Oh, um...

890
00:53:38,629 --> 00:53:42,219
Well, we shouldn't leave
a story unfinished.

891
00:53:43,806 --> 00:53:45,705
- I agree.

892
00:53:48,742 --> 00:53:50,537
Now...

893
00:53:54,817 --> 00:53:56,543
...where were we?

894
00:53:56,647 --> 00:53:59,995
- I think the merchant
had just comforted Rosa.

895
00:54:03,999 --> 00:54:08,279
- Well, yes, you could say that
he comforted her, in a way.

896
00:54:09,418 --> 00:54:12,249
Comforted her so well, in fact,
that Rosa forgot

897
00:54:12,352 --> 00:54:14,423
the sense of dread
that she'd been feeling.

898
00:54:14,527 --> 00:54:16,218
[ Suspenseful music plays ]

899
00:54:16,322 --> 00:54:18,462
She loved her new home
in the Great City.

900
00:54:18,565 --> 00:54:21,292
[ Serene music plays ]

901
00:54:21,396 --> 00:54:23,915
She'd grown to love
her husband, too.

902
00:54:24,019 --> 00:54:25,503
And for those first few months,

903
00:54:25,607 --> 00:54:27,988
she almost forgot
the secret she had.

904
00:54:30,715 --> 00:54:31,958
Almost.

905
00:54:32,061 --> 00:54:34,650
[ Woman vocalizing ]

906
00:54:34,754 --> 00:54:37,481
♪

907
00:54:37,584 --> 00:54:40,242
But keeping the secret
from the one she loved

908
00:54:40,346 --> 00:54:42,762
felt more and more lonely.

909
00:54:42,865 --> 00:54:46,490
And one evening when
a cold chill blew off the sea,

910
00:54:46,593 --> 00:54:48,595
Rosa thought of her sisters.

911
00:54:48,699 --> 00:54:54,291
♪

912
00:54:54,394 --> 00:55:00,193
♪

913
00:55:00,297 --> 00:55:06,061
♪

914
00:55:06,164 --> 00:55:11,963
♪

915
00:55:12,067 --> 00:55:14,897
[ Dramatic music plays ]

916
00:55:15,001 --> 00:55:16,727
- [ Gasps ]

917
00:55:17,037 --> 00:55:18,936
Out with it!

918
00:55:21,766 --> 00:55:22,802
What did it say?

919
00:55:23,941 --> 00:55:26,909
What was that spell
you wrote on the window?

920
00:55:27,427 --> 00:55:28,946
- You can't read?

921
00:55:29,049 --> 00:55:30,499
- Are you calling me stupid?!

922
00:55:30,603 --> 00:55:32,639
- No. It wasn't a spell.

923
00:55:32,743 --> 00:55:34,641
It just said, "I love you,"
that's all.

924
00:55:34,745 --> 00:55:40,613
♪

925
00:55:40,716 --> 00:55:46,688
♪

926
00:55:46,791 --> 00:55:48,448
- Liar!

927
00:55:49,242 --> 00:55:51,140
Whore.

928
00:55:52,763 --> 00:55:53,902
Witch.

929
00:55:55,559 --> 00:55:56,836
I'm guessing your sisters
are no better.

930
00:55:56,939 --> 00:55:59,079
- No! It's just me.

931
00:55:59,183 --> 00:56:01,875
[ Crying ]

932
00:56:01,979 --> 00:56:04,050
[ Lock clicks ]

933
00:56:04,153 --> 00:56:06,052
Please, it's just me!

934
00:56:06,155 --> 00:56:09,435
- But it wasn't enough
for him just to trap Rosa.

935
00:56:10,090 --> 00:56:13,404
Soon a letter arrived
at the little house by the sea,

936
00:56:13,508 --> 00:56:15,855
marked with the seal
of the Beaked Brothers.

937
00:56:16,959 --> 00:56:20,135
"To the sisters
of Rosa the Witch,

938
00:56:20,238 --> 00:56:23,380
if you are reading this,
then it means that your sister

939
00:56:23,483 --> 00:56:27,245
lied more than her husband
ever thought possible.

940
00:56:27,349 --> 00:56:29,178
- She wronged him."
- It's just me.

941
00:56:29,282 --> 00:56:30,939
- "But we are merciful.

942
00:56:31,042 --> 00:56:33,113
And if you turn yourselves in
and repent,

943
00:56:33,217 --> 00:56:35,046
then we will spare her life."

944
00:56:36,669 --> 00:56:39,085
And even though the sisters
didn't imagine for a second

945
00:56:39,188 --> 00:56:41,536
that Rosa would go free,

946
00:56:41,639 --> 00:56:44,711
they knew what they had to do.

947
00:56:44,815 --> 00:56:50,648
♪

948
00:56:50,752 --> 00:56:53,617
[ Footsteps approaching ]

949
00:56:53,720 --> 00:56:57,724
♪

950
00:56:57,828 --> 00:57:01,072
- We are the Sisters of Rosa.

951
00:57:01,176 --> 00:57:03,454
And we've come to take her home.

952
00:57:05,214 --> 00:57:07,320
[ Beaked Brothers laughing ]

953
00:57:07,424 --> 00:57:09,115
- We know it's a trap.
- Get on with it.

954
00:57:09,218 --> 00:57:11,911
[ Laughter continues ]

955
00:57:12,014 --> 00:57:21,610
♪

956
00:57:21,714 --> 00:57:26,684
- These women are
accused of reading,

957
00:57:26,788 --> 00:57:30,516
of performing witchcraft
and spells.

958
00:57:30,619 --> 00:57:33,415
Witnesses have seen them engaged

959
00:57:33,519 --> 00:57:37,177
in the unnatural acts of magic.

960
00:57:37,799 --> 00:57:40,733
- Words are beautiful.

961
00:57:40,836 --> 00:57:43,149
We have just as much right
to them as any man.

962
00:57:43,252 --> 00:57:45,496
- Don't interrupt me!

963
00:57:47,325 --> 00:57:49,776
As punishment,

964
00:57:49,880 --> 00:57:53,400
they shall be pushed
from the Great Cliff

965
00:57:53,504 --> 00:57:55,541
to their deaths.

966
00:57:56,611 --> 00:57:57,991
- What?!

967
00:57:59,855 --> 00:58:01,374
But I thought this was
a different story

968
00:58:01,478 --> 00:58:03,376
than Rosa the Cunning.
- It is different.

969
00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:05,654
- They-- They were witches, though.

970
00:58:05,758 --> 00:58:06,966
- Rosa didn't cast a spell.

971
00:58:07,069 --> 00:58:08,933
She wrote the words,
"I love you."

972
00:58:09,037 --> 00:58:10,452
She certainly wasn't
cunning about it.

973
00:58:10,556 --> 00:58:12,143
- But it ends the same.

974
00:58:12,247 --> 00:58:13,904
- No, it doesn't.

975
00:58:14,007 --> 00:58:16,631
She refuses
to renounce her passion,

976
00:58:16,734 --> 00:58:18,978
her dignity, or her sisters.

977
00:58:19,081 --> 00:58:21,670
- So pleases Birdman!

978
00:58:21,774 --> 00:58:24,190
- So pleases Birdman.

979
00:58:24,293 --> 00:58:25,950
[ Suspenseful music plays ]

980
00:58:26,054 --> 00:58:33,475
♪

981
00:58:33,579 --> 00:58:35,373
- [ Voice breaking ]
Why did you come?

982
00:58:35,477 --> 00:58:39,723
♪

983
00:58:39,826 --> 00:58:41,966
- We couldn't let you
do this alone.

984
00:58:42,070 --> 00:58:48,041
♪

985
00:58:48,145 --> 00:58:54,151
♪

986
00:58:54,254 --> 00:59:00,260
♪

987
00:59:00,364 --> 00:59:06,681
♪

988
00:59:09,546 --> 00:59:11,617
- [ Softly sobbing ]

989
00:59:11,720 --> 00:59:14,033
- Shh. Stop it!

990
00:59:14,136 --> 00:59:16,069
- [ Sniffles ]

991
00:59:17,933 --> 00:59:20,280
[ Down-tempo music plays ]

992
00:59:24,353 --> 00:59:26,839
- I'll be right there with you
to watch her hang.

993
00:59:29,324 --> 00:59:31,360
- [ Gasps softly ]

994
00:59:31,464 --> 00:59:34,985
[ Murmuring ]

995
00:59:36,365 --> 00:59:38,471
- Is everything all right?

996
00:59:38,575 --> 00:59:39,852
- Hmm?

997
00:59:41,888 --> 00:59:44,339
Yes. Yeah. Yes, of course.

998
00:59:47,100 --> 00:59:50,034
Just didn't sleep last night.

999
00:59:53,486 --> 00:59:55,039
What happened to the merchant?

1000
00:59:58,111 --> 00:59:59,147
- Sorry?

1001
01:00:01,528 --> 01:00:05,187
- Well, when Rosa
and her sisters died,

1002
01:00:05,291 --> 01:00:06,603
you didn't say.

1003
01:00:12,747 --> 01:00:16,613
- The merchant remarried
one month later.

1004
01:00:19,788 --> 01:00:22,411
- I feel a bit strange.
Can I have some water, please?

1005
01:00:26,312 --> 01:00:27,451
Thank you.

1006
01:00:27,554 --> 01:00:29,039
- You're welcome.
- You're welcome.

1007
01:00:35,942 --> 01:00:38,842
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]

1008
01:00:38,945 --> 01:00:45,124
♪

1009
01:00:45,227 --> 01:00:51,406
♪

1010
01:00:51,509 --> 01:00:53,235
- Manfred here will stay on

1011
01:00:53,339 --> 01:00:56,031
to take care of things
while I'm gone.

1012
01:00:56,135 --> 01:01:00,104
♪

1013
01:01:00,208 --> 01:01:02,935
- Surely the merchant
felt remorse.

1014
01:01:04,005 --> 01:01:06,421
- If he did, he didn't show it.

1015
01:01:08,285 --> 01:01:09,631
- [ Murmuring ]

1016
01:01:09,735 --> 01:01:11,978
- You know that's
not the end of the story.

1017
01:01:12,082 --> 01:01:15,016
It wasn't the first time
the merchant had lost a wife.

1018
01:01:16,983 --> 01:01:20,469
His first wife had drowned
under mysterious circumstances.

1019
01:01:21,747 --> 01:01:24,577
And the merchant found her
so beautiful,

1020
01:01:24,681 --> 01:01:26,475
he didn't want to let her
go to waste.

1021
01:01:26,579 --> 01:01:28,685
- [ Moans ]

1022
01:01:28,788 --> 01:01:30,963
- He gave her body to a harpist

1023
01:01:31,066 --> 01:01:33,241
who knew just what
to do with her.

1024
01:01:34,138 --> 01:01:35,899
He washed her fine-spun hair,

1025
01:01:36,002 --> 01:01:38,349
leaving it to dry in the sun
until it gleamed.

1026
01:01:38,453 --> 01:01:40,144
- It's not my... fault.

1027
01:01:40,248 --> 01:01:44,045
- Then he cleaned her bones
so well they shone white

1028
01:01:44,148 --> 01:01:49,291
and carved them slowly,
carefully into a harp.

1029
01:01:49,395 --> 01:01:52,225
He strung the harp
with her long hair,

1030
01:01:52,329 --> 01:01:55,056
and when the harp played
at Rosa's wedding,

1031
01:01:55,159 --> 01:01:59,060
it made an extraordinary
and melancholy sound.

1032
01:01:59,646 --> 01:02:01,718
But Rosa didn't hear
the warning.

1033
01:02:01,821 --> 01:02:03,374
- [ Shouts ]

1034
01:02:03,478 --> 01:02:05,480
[ Suspenseful music plays ]

1035
01:02:05,583 --> 01:02:07,171
- [ Gasps ]

1036
01:02:08,794 --> 01:02:11,175
[ Door opens ]
Manfred's getting worse.

1037
01:02:11,279 --> 01:02:17,112
♪

1038
01:02:17,216 --> 01:02:18,873
Have you...

1039
01:02:18,976 --> 01:02:21,116
this whole time?

1040
01:02:22,083 --> 01:02:23,463
- I have.

1041
01:02:27,191 --> 01:02:28,883
- You're not above the rules,
Hero.

1042
01:02:28,986 --> 01:02:30,919
- [ Chuckles ]

1043
01:02:31,023 --> 01:02:32,921
Believe me, I know.

1044
01:02:33,025 --> 01:02:34,647
Look, just let me finish
the story.

1045
01:02:34,751 --> 01:02:36,891
- I don't have time
for your stories anymore.

1046
01:02:40,860 --> 01:02:43,863
And the worst part is,
you know how this ends.

1047
01:02:46,901 --> 01:02:48,799
[ Door slams ]

1048
01:02:53,700 --> 01:02:56,151
[ Dramatic organ music plays ]

1049
01:02:56,255 --> 01:03:02,261
♪

1050
01:03:02,364 --> 01:03:04,159
[ Knock on door ]

1051
01:03:04,263 --> 01:03:10,441
♪

1052
01:03:10,545 --> 01:03:12,202
Can I come in?

1053
01:03:12,305 --> 01:03:20,417
♪

1054
01:03:20,520 --> 01:03:23,144
[ Door creaks closed ]

1055
01:03:24,352 --> 01:03:26,803
- I'm sorry. I...

1056
01:03:26,906 --> 01:03:28,805
I'm a mess.

1057
01:03:31,635 --> 01:03:33,223
Night terrors.

1058
01:03:33,326 --> 01:03:39,332
♪

1059
01:03:39,436 --> 01:03:45,407
♪

1060
01:03:45,511 --> 01:03:46,926
What's the matter?

1061
01:03:48,583 --> 01:03:50,067
- I think you're right.

1062
01:03:50,171 --> 01:03:58,524
♪

1063
01:03:58,627 --> 01:04:01,320
If my husband's intentions are
as you say...

1064
01:04:04,426 --> 01:04:05,945
...then we should...

1065
01:04:06,049 --> 01:04:08,775
make an heir before he returns.

1066
01:04:08,879 --> 01:04:17,888
♪

1067
01:04:17,992 --> 01:04:19,959
He'll get what he wants.

1068
01:04:21,512 --> 01:04:22,824
He doesn't want me.

1069
01:04:22,928 --> 01:04:29,141
♪

1070
01:04:29,244 --> 01:04:35,078
♪

1071
01:04:35,181 --> 01:04:37,183
- I can't imagine that.

1072
01:04:37,287 --> 01:04:44,535
♪

1073
01:04:44,639 --> 01:04:51,853
♪

1074
01:04:51,957 --> 01:04:59,378
♪

1075
01:04:59,481 --> 01:05:06,695
♪

1076
01:05:06,799 --> 01:05:08,697
- [ Gasps ]

1077
01:05:08,801 --> 01:05:16,533
♪

1078
01:05:16,636 --> 01:05:24,437
♪

1079
01:05:24,541 --> 01:05:26,370
If I could...

1080
01:05:26,474 --> 01:05:28,545
I'd follow you
for so long, Cherry.

1081
01:05:31,134 --> 01:05:33,205
Perhaps lonely.

1082
01:05:33,308 --> 01:05:41,247
♪

1083
01:05:41,351 --> 01:05:43,456
So lonely.

1084
01:05:43,560 --> 01:05:53,121
♪

1085
01:05:53,225 --> 01:05:56,228
- What the hell is this?
- [ Gasps ]

1086
01:05:58,161 --> 01:06:00,991
- Jerome. You're home early.

1087
01:06:01,095 --> 01:06:03,683
- No, I'm not.
It's been 100 nights.

1088
01:06:04,443 --> 01:06:06,686
- I'm afraid Jerome's right.

1089
01:06:06,790 --> 01:06:07,964
- [ Chuckles ]

1090
01:06:08,067 --> 01:06:10,345
[ Harp playing ]

1091
01:06:10,449 --> 01:06:19,837
♪

1092
01:06:19,941 --> 01:06:22,012
- Shh.

1093
01:06:25,188 --> 01:06:27,086
All right. You've won.

1094
01:06:28,018 --> 01:06:30,365
- Won?
- Stay quiet, harlot!

1095
01:06:30,469 --> 01:06:33,265
[ Suspenseful music plays ]

1096
01:06:34,956 --> 01:06:38,097
A deal is a deal.
I'm a man of my word.

1097
01:06:39,133 --> 01:06:41,376
You can keep the castle.

1098
01:06:41,480 --> 01:06:43,654
But you will not disgrace me.

1099
01:06:43,758 --> 01:06:45,104
All right?

1100
01:06:48,314 --> 01:06:51,110
As for you, I'm afraid...

1101
01:06:51,214 --> 01:06:54,286
we'll have to lock you
in your room until we...

1102
01:06:54,389 --> 01:06:57,082
figure out what your sin is
for public record.

1103
01:06:57,185 --> 01:06:59,739
- No.
- No?

1104
01:07:00,878 --> 01:07:04,537
- I'm keeping your castle,
and I'm keeping Cherry.

1105
01:07:04,641 --> 01:07:06,022
I love her.

1106
01:07:06,125 --> 01:07:09,646
♪

1107
01:07:09,749 --> 01:07:11,958
- [ Scoffs ]

1108
01:07:12,062 --> 01:07:13,891
[ Chuckles ]

1109
01:07:13,995 --> 01:07:15,721
Love?

1110
01:07:15,824 --> 01:07:18,655
You said you'd be there with me
to watch her hang.

1111
01:07:20,864 --> 01:07:22,935
- That was before I knew you.

1112
01:07:23,039 --> 01:07:24,971
I-I'm different now.

1113
01:07:25,075 --> 01:07:27,008
- Guards?
- No.

1114
01:07:27,112 --> 01:07:30,805
♪

1115
01:07:30,908 --> 01:07:33,152
Cherry had nothing
to do with this.

1116
01:07:34,533 --> 01:07:36,535
I enchanted her.

1117
01:07:36,638 --> 01:07:38,157
With these.

1118
01:07:39,779 --> 01:07:41,747
Forbidden stories.

1119
01:07:41,850 --> 01:07:43,680
The responsibility is mine
and mine alone.

1120
01:07:43,783 --> 01:07:46,441
Cherry had no part in it.

1121
01:07:46,545 --> 01:07:49,479
I'll go quietly. Just please...

1122
01:07:49,582 --> 01:07:51,170
don't harm her.

1123
01:07:54,518 --> 01:07:58,660
- See, Cherry is a victim
of witchcraft, as am I.

1124
01:07:59,040 --> 01:08:00,835
You don't even want her, Jerome.

1125
01:08:00,938 --> 01:08:03,458
You never consummated.

1126
01:08:03,562 --> 01:08:05,357
A shameful fact
I will keep to myself

1127
01:08:05,460 --> 01:08:08,739
if you release Cherry
and your castle to me.

1128
01:08:10,224 --> 01:08:12,295
I want to keep her.

1129
01:08:13,537 --> 01:08:15,815
I think I deserve a fresh start.

1130
01:08:16,540 --> 01:08:19,819
I've been patient,
and-- and I have listened.

1131
01:08:19,923 --> 01:08:22,167
I have listened somuch.

1132
01:08:22,270 --> 01:08:23,927
And I would have won the bet
fair and square

1133
01:08:24,030 --> 01:08:25,756
if it wasn't for
those enchanted stories.

1134
01:08:25,860 --> 01:08:27,137
- Stop!

1135
01:08:28,380 --> 01:08:30,830
Just stop, everyone.

1136
01:08:33,074 --> 01:08:35,559
I'm still here, okay?
I'm not dead yet.

1137
01:08:40,806 --> 01:08:43,015
Nothing much was supposed
to happen to me.

1138
01:08:43,119 --> 01:08:46,294
[ Dramatic music plays ]

1139
01:08:46,398 --> 01:08:49,504
I was supposed to get married,
have children,

1140
01:08:49,608 --> 01:08:52,818
do needlepoint, I guess,
and then die.

1141
01:08:56,270 --> 01:08:58,479
Meeting you,

1142
01:08:58,582 --> 01:09:01,861
hearing about those women
that wanted more--

1143
01:09:01,965 --> 01:09:04,450
that's been the greatest
adventure of my life.

1144
01:09:07,729 --> 01:09:10,318
When I found your secret books,
I was scared.

1145
01:09:12,182 --> 01:09:14,219
But mostly jealous

1146
01:09:14,322 --> 01:09:17,049
because I wish that I lived
a braver life.

1147
01:09:17,153 --> 01:09:23,538
♪

1148
01:09:23,642 --> 01:09:27,232
So... here we go.

1149
01:09:30,649 --> 01:09:31,926
I love you, Hero.

1150
01:09:32,029 --> 01:09:37,932
♪

1151
01:09:38,035 --> 01:09:41,453
If you get rid of her,
you get rid of me, too.

1152
01:09:41,556 --> 01:09:47,217
♪

1153
01:09:50,841 --> 01:09:53,775
- Wow.

1154
01:09:53,879 --> 01:09:56,053
Well...

1155
01:09:56,157 --> 01:09:58,642
I guess, uh, things have really

1156
01:09:58,746 --> 01:10:00,575
gone off the rails
since I left, eh?

1157
01:10:00,679 --> 01:10:03,751
[ Suspenseful drumbeat plays ]

1158
01:10:03,854 --> 01:10:06,443
Well, I guess this, uh,

1159
01:10:06,547 --> 01:10:08,721
clears things up between us.

1160
01:10:11,276 --> 01:10:12,725
Guards!

1161
01:10:12,829 --> 01:10:14,279
- Jerome.
- Call for the Beaked Brothers.

1162
01:10:14,382 --> 01:10:16,108
- Jerome, stop.

1163
01:10:16,212 --> 01:10:18,110
- This is the story.

1164
01:10:18,214 --> 01:10:19,974
There was no bet.

1165
01:10:20,077 --> 01:10:21,320
I was away on business.

1166
01:10:21,424 --> 01:10:24,254
My wife was with child.

1167
01:10:24,358 --> 01:10:26,532
And you were here
to take care of her

1168
01:10:26,636 --> 01:10:29,639
whilst I was away
on important business.

1169
01:10:29,742 --> 01:10:32,400
You performed the task
admirably.

1170
01:10:33,539 --> 01:10:37,198
The maidkilled my heir

1171
01:10:37,302 --> 01:10:40,960
with her witchcraft
and bewitched my bride.

1172
01:10:41,064 --> 01:10:49,693
♪

1173
01:10:49,797 --> 01:10:52,662
- I'm not like him.
- It's not our fault.

1174
01:10:54,388 --> 01:10:55,906
There are laws.

1175
01:10:56,010 --> 01:11:00,463
♪

1176
01:11:00,566 --> 01:11:02,637
It's their destruction or ours.

1177
01:11:02,741 --> 01:11:07,849
♪

1178
01:11:07,953 --> 01:11:10,335
So...

1179
01:11:10,438 --> 01:11:12,820
whose story is right?

1180
01:11:12,923 --> 01:11:18,860
♪

1181
01:11:18,964 --> 01:11:25,004
♪

1182
01:11:37,879 --> 01:11:39,812
- I'm...

1183
01:11:39,916 --> 01:11:41,538
I'm sorry.

1184
01:11:44,576 --> 01:11:47,958
[ Down-tempo music plays ]

1185
01:11:48,062 --> 01:11:56,726
♪

1186
01:11:56,829 --> 01:12:05,286
♪

1187
01:12:05,390 --> 01:12:07,978
- Right.

1188
01:12:08,082 --> 01:12:10,498
It's just us then.

1189
01:12:10,602 --> 01:12:13,363
Guards! Take them.

1190
01:12:13,467 --> 01:12:15,261
And burn those books.

1191
01:12:15,365 --> 01:12:17,919
[ Dramatic music plays ]

1192
01:12:18,023 --> 01:12:23,615
♪

1193
01:12:23,718 --> 01:12:29,137
♪

1194
01:12:29,241 --> 01:12:30,932
- Now!

1195
01:12:31,036 --> 01:12:38,630
♪

1196
01:12:38,733 --> 01:12:46,120
♪

1197
01:12:46,223 --> 01:12:48,018
- [ Gasps ]
[ Door slams ]

1198
01:12:48,122 --> 01:12:49,986
[ Metal clangs ]

1199
01:12:50,089 --> 01:12:59,236
♪

1200
01:12:59,340 --> 01:13:08,694
♪

1201
01:13:08,798 --> 01:13:11,283
- Hero.

1202
01:13:11,387 --> 01:13:13,423
Can you tell me the story?

1203
01:13:14,286 --> 01:13:15,908
The one about you?

1204
01:13:18,532 --> 01:13:20,396
- Are you sure?

1205
01:13:20,499 --> 01:13:21,845
- Yes.

1206
01:13:23,329 --> 01:13:25,849
I can't leave a story
unfinished.

1207
01:13:26,850 --> 01:13:28,921
I mean, you promised me hope.

1208
01:13:31,441 --> 01:13:34,202
- All right.

1209
01:13:34,306 --> 01:13:36,101
Just for you.

1210
01:13:36,204 --> 01:13:41,071
♪

1211
01:13:41,175 --> 01:13:45,766
This story starts where Rosa
and her sisters' story ends.

1212
01:13:47,526 --> 01:13:50,529
When the heartbroken
sea captain brought Rosa,

1213
01:13:50,633 --> 01:13:53,532
Caterina, and Mina home

1214
01:13:53,636 --> 01:13:56,604
and insisted on burying them
himself.

1215
01:13:56,708 --> 01:13:58,641
[ Sad music plays ]

1216
01:13:58,744 --> 01:14:02,265
He placed a tall stone
on each one of their graves.

1217
01:14:02,368 --> 01:14:03,818
[ Woman vocalizing ]

1218
01:14:03,922 --> 01:14:07,304
And as he stood there
in his grief,

1219
01:14:07,408 --> 01:14:10,480
the stones seemed to dance
in the wind,

1220
01:14:10,584 --> 01:14:13,000
as his daughters had loved
to do.

1221
01:14:14,450 --> 01:14:18,419
And a wave of determination
came over him,

1222
01:14:18,523 --> 01:14:21,457
and he searched the house
until he found

1223
01:14:21,560 --> 01:14:24,494
their now infamous
secret stories.

1224
01:14:24,598 --> 01:14:27,255
[ Ethereal music plays ]

1225
01:14:27,359 --> 01:14:29,810
♪

1226
01:14:29,913 --> 01:14:32,778
For days after, he sat
on the hill by their graves

1227
01:14:32,882 --> 01:14:36,264
and read every story
they had ever written.

1228
01:14:37,162 --> 01:14:39,716
And he loved them.

1229
01:14:39,820 --> 01:14:42,201
So he wrote their story, too.

1230
01:14:42,305 --> 01:14:44,445
The story of the Dancing Stones.

1231
01:14:44,549 --> 01:14:49,346
♪

1232
01:14:49,450 --> 01:14:51,141
And instead of staying secret,

1233
01:14:51,245 --> 01:14:53,696
the story spread.

1234
01:14:53,799 --> 01:14:55,629
In every corner of the empire,

1235
01:14:55,732 --> 01:14:58,528
people were talking
about the sisters.

1236
01:14:59,115 --> 01:15:02,498
[ Voices whispering
indistinctly ]

1237
01:15:04,430 --> 01:15:06,778
And at length,
it came to the isle,

1238
01:15:06,881 --> 01:15:11,058
a tiny, windswept beach
just outside the empire.

1239
01:15:11,161 --> 01:15:13,336
[ Voices whispering
indistinctly ]

1240
01:15:13,439 --> 01:15:15,683
A woman called Wilmot
lived there.

1241
01:15:17,651 --> 01:15:19,480
And when Wilmot heard about
the sisters

1242
01:15:19,584 --> 01:15:20,964
and their terrible death,

1243
01:15:21,068 --> 01:15:24,381
it filled her
with rage and sadness.

1244
01:15:25,037 --> 01:15:28,075
She knew that soon
the story would be warped

1245
01:15:28,178 --> 01:15:31,147
and molded into lies.

1246
01:15:31,250 --> 01:15:32,562
- I have a plan.

1247
01:15:32,666 --> 01:15:34,909
No one is telling me
what to do anymore.

1248
01:15:35,013 --> 01:15:40,121
I'm an old woman on her own,
and I feel like

1249
01:15:40,225 --> 01:15:42,503
it's time I saw the world.

1250
01:15:42,607 --> 01:15:46,990
So I will take our stories
to the Great City.

1251
01:15:47,094 --> 01:15:51,926
And I will find every story
I can collect

1252
01:15:52,030 --> 01:15:53,652
that would of been forgotten.

1253
01:15:53,756 --> 01:15:55,689
And I will bring them back here,

1254
01:15:55,792 --> 01:16:00,003
and we will weave them
into tapestries

1255
01:16:00,107 --> 01:16:04,456
and pass them down
to our daughters and our allies.

1256
01:16:04,560 --> 01:16:06,044
And one day,

1257
01:16:06,147 --> 01:16:09,772
everyone will know ourstories.

1258
01:16:09,875 --> 01:16:15,225
♪

1259
01:16:15,329 --> 01:16:16,951
- Count me in.

1260
01:16:17,055 --> 01:16:18,470
- Me, too.

1261
01:16:18,574 --> 01:16:22,578
♪

1262
01:16:22,681 --> 01:16:25,822
- The fire is dying.
I'll be back.

1263
01:16:25,926 --> 01:16:34,935
♪

1264
01:16:35,038 --> 01:16:36,937
- Wilmot?

1265
01:16:37,040 --> 01:16:38,732
- Yes, dear?

1266
01:16:43,012 --> 01:16:45,083
- Can you...

1267
01:16:45,186 --> 01:16:48,569
Can you sneak my daughter out
when you go?

1268
01:16:48,673 --> 01:16:51,641
Can you find a way
to bring Hero with you?

1269
01:16:51,745 --> 01:16:54,644
[ Dramatic drumbeat plays ]

1270
01:16:54,748 --> 01:16:56,473
- I thought you'd never ask.

1271
01:16:56,577 --> 01:17:03,170
♪

1272
01:17:03,273 --> 01:17:04,999
- My mother stayed behind.

1273
01:17:05,103 --> 01:17:08,796
♪

1274
01:17:08,900 --> 01:17:12,662
But after a while,
Wilmot's travels led her here.

1275
01:17:14,319 --> 01:17:18,288
There was a story that needed to
be told from one of the maids.

1276
01:17:19,911 --> 01:17:22,741
So she became a maid, too,

1277
01:17:22,845 --> 01:17:24,950
and wove her stories here.

1278
01:17:26,296 --> 01:17:28,436
She hid them in the walls
and the floors

1279
01:17:28,540 --> 01:17:30,197
until she could leave.

1280
01:17:30,300 --> 01:17:34,304
♪

1281
01:17:34,408 --> 01:17:36,375
But she never left in the end.

1282
01:17:39,793 --> 01:17:42,036
And so I came here,

1283
01:17:42,140 --> 01:17:44,867
thinking I could present
as a maid

1284
01:17:44,970 --> 01:17:47,766
and find her stories

1285
01:17:47,870 --> 01:17:49,388
and bring them home.

1286
01:17:51,943 --> 01:17:53,392
- And you found them?

1287
01:17:55,049 --> 01:17:56,844
- Yes.

1288
01:17:59,398 --> 01:18:01,884
- But you didn't leave?

1289
01:18:01,987 --> 01:18:03,713
- No.

1290
01:18:05,819 --> 01:18:07,475
What did you think of it?

1291
01:18:07,579 --> 01:18:09,374
Was it a good last story?

1292
01:18:12,584 --> 01:18:14,448
- It was perfect.

1293
01:18:17,934 --> 01:18:21,420
Maybe one day they'll tell ours.

1294
01:18:23,560 --> 01:18:26,011
[ Wind blowing ]

1295
01:18:29,739 --> 01:18:32,673
[ Dramatic music plays ]

1296
01:18:32,777 --> 01:18:35,918
- Remove your coverings!

1297
01:18:36,021 --> 01:18:38,437
And face your shame!

1298
01:18:38,541 --> 01:18:44,064
♪

1299
01:18:44,167 --> 01:18:49,552
♪

1300
01:18:49,655 --> 01:18:52,382
These women have been accused

1301
01:18:52,486 --> 01:18:56,283
of perversion and witchcraft!

1302
01:18:58,492 --> 01:19:01,219
And they shall be put to death!

1303
01:19:02,634 --> 01:19:05,948
So pleases Birdman!

1304
01:19:09,330 --> 01:19:13,300
So pleasesBirdman!

1305
01:19:14,232 --> 01:19:15,992
- Let them go!

1306
01:19:16,096 --> 01:19:17,545
- Let them go!
- Let them go!

1307
01:19:17,649 --> 01:19:20,272
- Let them go!
- Let them go!

1308
01:19:20,376 --> 01:19:24,414
[ Crowd shouting ]

1309
01:19:24,518 --> 01:19:26,554
- Let them go!
- Let them go!

1310
01:19:26,658 --> 01:19:27,693
- Let them go!

1311
01:19:27,797 --> 01:19:29,523
- As it turns out,

1312
01:19:29,626 --> 01:19:31,697
the guards had not
followed orders.

1313
01:19:31,801 --> 01:19:33,492
- I'm still thinking
about Rosa.

1314
01:19:35,218 --> 01:19:36,599
- Never stop.

1315
01:19:36,702 --> 01:19:43,433
♪

1316
01:19:43,537 --> 01:19:46,333
- They had not burned
Hero's books at all.

1317
01:19:48,714 --> 01:19:52,063
In fact,
they'd passed her secret stories

1318
01:19:52,166 --> 01:19:54,203
to their family and friends...

1319
01:19:54,306 --> 01:19:57,413
[ Crowd shouting ]

1320
01:19:57,516 --> 01:20:00,761
...who'd whispered it in corners
to their friends,

1321
01:20:00,865 --> 01:20:04,144
and so on and so on...

1322
01:20:04,247 --> 01:20:06,871
- Silence!

1323
01:20:06,974 --> 01:20:08,769
- ...until all over the city...

1324
01:20:08,873 --> 01:20:10,253
[ Crowd shouting ]

1325
01:20:10,357 --> 01:20:13,843
...people were talking
about Cherry

1326
01:20:13,947 --> 01:20:16,018
and Hero the Storyteller.

1327
01:20:16,121 --> 01:20:17,847
[ Triumphant music plays ]

1328
01:20:17,951 --> 01:20:20,436
- All right!

1329
01:20:22,093 --> 01:20:25,544
We are reasonable and just.

1330
01:20:27,408 --> 01:20:29,134
We will let you go...

1331
01:20:30,964 --> 01:20:33,932
...if you admit your sin.

1332
01:20:34,036 --> 01:20:36,935
[ Suspenseful music plays ]

1333
01:20:37,039 --> 01:20:39,731
Admit that you've done wrong,

1334
01:20:39,835 --> 01:20:42,492
beg for mercy, and...

1335
01:20:42,596 --> 01:20:44,011
we'll let you live.

1336
01:20:45,116 --> 01:20:48,567
And admit that knowledge
wasn't made for you.

1337
01:20:49,879 --> 01:20:51,674
That's all we require.

1338
01:20:51,777 --> 01:21:01,304
♪

1339
01:21:01,408 --> 01:21:02,581
- Are you sorry?

1340
01:21:04,825 --> 01:21:06,792
- Not one bit.

1341
01:21:06,896 --> 01:21:08,622
- Neither am I.

1342
01:21:10,141 --> 01:21:12,626
We are not sorry!

1343
01:21:12,729 --> 01:21:15,525
[ Crowd shouting ]

1344
01:21:17,044 --> 01:21:19,529
- We did not commit a sin!

1345
01:21:19,633 --> 01:21:21,635
[ Shouting continues ]

1346
01:21:21,738 --> 01:21:29,608
♪

1347
01:21:29,712 --> 01:21:31,817
- How dare you?

1348
01:21:31,921 --> 01:21:33,785
[ Music builds ]

1349
01:21:33,889 --> 01:21:42,690
♪

1350
01:21:42,794 --> 01:21:51,630
♪

1351
01:21:51,734 --> 01:22:00,536
♪

1352
01:22:00,639 --> 01:22:09,441
♪

1353
01:22:09,545 --> 01:22:12,444
[ Ethereal music plays ]

1354
01:22:12,548 --> 01:22:15,309
[ Wind blowing ]

1355
01:22:15,413 --> 01:22:22,351
♪

1356
01:22:22,454 --> 01:22:25,492
[ Voices whispering
indistinctly ]

1357
01:22:28,840 --> 01:22:31,636
- Go ahead, ask her.

1358
01:22:31,739 --> 01:22:33,638
[ Footsteps approaching ]

1359
01:22:33,741 --> 01:22:35,502
- Hello?

1360
01:22:37,297 --> 01:22:39,851
We've come from the Great City

1361
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seeking the
League of Secret Storytellers.

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- We're the
League of Secret Storytellers.

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- You know,
it's been a long time

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since we've had any new stories.

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- We've come to tell you one

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about a maid who told stories
that spread

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and started a great revolution.

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[ Hopeful music plays ]

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♪

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The city is burning,

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and the Beaked Brothers
have fled.

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♪

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All because
of two excellent women

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called Cherry...

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and Hero.

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♪

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♪

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- Where are we?

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♪

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- Hello?

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[ Birds chirping ]

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♪

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- Who are you?

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- I'm the moon.

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- You're the moon.

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01:24:15,395 --> 01:24:17,811
- The smallest,
most beautiful moon?

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01:24:17,914 --> 01:24:21,297
- Well, I don't like to brag,
but yes.

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- What are you doing here?

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- I'm rescuing you, my dear.

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Sorry it took so long.

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My sisters think
I interfere too much.

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♪

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Now...

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shall we go home?

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- How was the journey?

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- Very long.

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- We traveled for days
to find you.

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[ Indistinct conversation ]

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♪

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♪

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- The next night,

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there were two new stars
in the sky.

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♪

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♪

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A new constellation
that shone clear and bright.

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Brighter than
all the other stars.

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Nearly as bright as the moon.

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♪

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- And do they have a name?

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- They are called many things.

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The Twins.

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The Eyes.

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- But the name
most commonly held is...

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...The Heroes.

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[ Purity Ring's
"Only Alive" plays ]

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♪

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- [ Vocalizing ]

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♪

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- ♪ I fell through time

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♪ Only outlived by

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♪ Every object I ever touched

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♪ Everything my hands
ever caught ♪

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♪ You said wealth is a lie

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♪ Just a weapon
they hide behind ♪

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♪ Every bayou beneath the sun

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♪ I dream of forests
we'll all become ♪

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♪ I'm only alive

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♪ Oh, I'm only alive

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♪ No one else
'cause we just arrived ♪

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♪ Oh, I'm only alive

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♪ I fell through the sky

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♪ About your eyes

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♪ Your rage is a cradle
I rest ♪

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♪ And your hope is a fire
come blazing ♪

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♪ You said,
love, don't give up ♪

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♪ All the good ones
are broken light ♪

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♪ Just one light
and an empire burns ♪

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♪ You don't have to bend
this whole world ♪

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♪ Take now all of me

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♪ Hands made everything,
love, pray, and empathy ♪

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♪ Call it mercy

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♪ I fell on the sea,
swim through all of me ♪

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♪ When that's clarity,
stay here next to me ♪

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♪ I'm only alive

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♪ Oh, I'm alive ♪

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♪ No one else
'cause we've just arrived ♪

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♪ So I'm only alive

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♪ I'm only alive

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♪ I'm only alive

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♪ No one else
'cause we've just arrived ♪

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♪ So I'm only alive

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♪

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♪

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♪

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♪

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[ Vocalizing ]

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♪

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♪

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[ Katy Totah's
"Ghost of You" plays ]

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♪

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- ♪ Underneath the cherry sky

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♪ Was the truth,
you off the line ♪

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♪ I was watching,
didn't speak ♪

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♪ The shadows danced
across your cheek ♪

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♪ And I burned for you
like the morning sun ♪

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♪ But the night was long
and the words undone ♪

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♪ Cherry red fades into blue

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♪ But I'm still chasing
the ghost of you ♪

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♪ Ghost of you

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♪ The ghost of you

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♪ Still chasing
the ghost of you ♪

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♪ You

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♪ All night you let it slip

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♪ Your heart's a fragile girl

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♪ Stars tangled in the dark

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♪ Our love was just
a fleeting spark ♪

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♪ And I fell for you
like the morning sun ♪

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♪ But the night was long
and words undone ♪

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♪ Cherry red fade into blue

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♪ But I'm still chasing
the ghost of you ♪

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- But it was perfect!

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[ Birds chirping ]