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you two, that way.

catch her and zad rewards us, she escapes and

we're dead -- argh!

[ meowing ]

what's that?

where?

[ meowing ]

that's not her.

in an age when nature and magic rule the world...

there is an extraordinary legend:

the story of a warrior

who communicates with animals,

who fights sorcery and the unnatural.

his name is dar, last of his tribe.

he's also called...

without a destination, why hurry?

ruh says this forest is full of death.

death happens all the time in the forest.

it's just a natural way of things -- no one knows that

-better than this tiger. -[ growling ]

don't give me this arrgh thing.

there's life and death, and that's

the way it is -- it's natural.

no, this death isn't natural.

[ growling ]

what do you hear?

nothing, nothing at all.

exactly.

all right, so it's a little bit quiet, so?

when a dangerous animal hunts,

the noise in the forest stops.

something dangerous is hunting.

what exactly do you mean by "something dangerous"?

[ cawing ]

ahh, sharak!

how dangerous?

dar.

ahh!

a terron?

was.

I mean, if this dangerous creature, whatever this thing,

is killing terrons, shouldn't we be grateful?

killing's never the answer.

look.

beautiful.

perfect.

both is one.

do you see them?

they are beautiful.

hmm, which one do you like best?

the big one looks strong,

but the little one--

the eyes.

beautiful eyes.

um...

uh...

well, uh...we're...

we're sorry, we, uh...

no, that's right.

we didn't mean to...

no, no, we didn't. of course we didn't.

it's just, we've never seen anyone

in the jungle before...ever.

well, I hope we didn't frighten you.

oh, no, oh, no, no.

um, it's just that I've never, um...

I've, I've never...

tao, I think we should let them get dressed in private.

oh, of course.

did you see the way she was looking at me?

at you?

she gave me the look.

oh, the look.

oh, you have the skill of silence, which is a good thing

in this forest.

our friend told us it's full of great danger and death.

-there is a creature. -it exists

only to destroy.

-it kills... -and kills...

until nothing is left

but death...

and silence.

[ purring ]

have you ever seen this creature?

only what it leaves behind.

yes, we've seen that.

I'm nye.

and this is jem.

I'm tao, and this is dar.

we were just going to eat.

you're welcome to join us.

nothing makes men hungrier than naked wo--

a swim...

a naked swim.

and a long journey...naked.

all journeys end.

but hunger never ends.

satisfaction is fleeting -- appetites

must be fed again and again.

well, luckily we're in a forest that

i'll gather you the finest meal you've had in weeks.

there's a place we can all sit

up ahead by the stream.

ahharghh!

there's no need to kill.

no, none at all.

dar's very strict about that.

he doesn't even approve of killing terrons.

no! He's a friend.

you have nothing to fear.

if he truly is a friend, you should warn him.

even he is no match for the

creature that kills in this forest.

he speaks with animals.

he's a beastmaster.

oh, yeah, he's a beastmaster.

dar and i, we're friends.

and the tiger,

I mean, you know, well, tiger...

excuse me.

everything all right?

he's angry with me.

did he say why?

he said I should know why.

oh, great.

now the tiger's being enigmatic.

He doesn't like our new friends.

oh, those red ones, they're especially tasty.

they have medicinal uses too.

in bunches, they can be bitter and sweet at the same time.

ah, yes, they're grapes.

my people make a drink from grapes.

It makes men act like children.

'cause grapes can have their good side

and their not-so-good side.

uh, like mushrooms.

I mean, there are mushrooms...

and then there's mushrooms.

just depends on which ones you pick.

some of them are healthy, others, deadly.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, by the way,

guard your food, particularly your nuts -- kodo and podo.

ferrets.

[ chattering ]

[ meowing ]

not hungry? That's impossible.

it's the cats. our cats go

everywhere with us.

we love all animals.

they're small, but the heart of a cat

is still the same as any tiger's.

and kodo and podo know that.

what do our cats say to you?

That they really like ferrets...

they're being polite.

nothing could like ferrets.

...to eat.

oh.

extraordinary.

may i?

this is beautiful.

I don't recognize all the symbols,

but this is your story, isn't it?

I made jem's bow.

and I made nye's.

dar's staff has symbols on it that tell the story of

his people, the sulas.

it says you were born in the same place.

very good.

and at the same time.

You're the first to understand.

this has to be wrong.

-it's not wrong. -we know our own story.

but it says you were born of the same mother.

you're twins.

not identical, obviously.

just born at the same time.

I've heard stories how if

one twin is sick or wounded, the other

feels it, even if one's in the mydlands and the other's

-in the territories. -hAs that ever happened to you?

-never. -it can't.

we're always together.

what of your people?

we have no people.

we're nomads.

alone...together.

our tribe didn't want us.

they cast us out at an early age.

why?

we were different.

because we were the same.

we're the same but different.

special.

both as one.

both as one.

[ cawing ]

tao.

what's happening?

terrons.

they've got a prisoner.

maybe the twins, too.

ahhh!

you little witch,

where do you think you can run to?

I can think of a way to quiet her.

not this one. This one's for zad's personal pleasure.

there must be better than this one back in her village.

where is your village?

you bite and spit.

I love that in a woman.

[ laughing ]

and I'll find your sisters and have them too.

beastmaster.

this is not your fight.

release the girl and it won't be.

I'll release her when I'm finished with her.

well, we have a problem, then.

no, wait.

ahhh, ahhh.

I fall over rocks too.

no, no, leave me alone, leave me alone.

we're friends, we're friends, they're not, they're not.

dar and i, dar and I will take care of the terrons.

the terrons?

no, there's much worse danger here.

what, what?

ahhh!

It crushed the life out of him.

what is this -- have you seen

this before?

[ screaming ] no, wait.

get it off.

get it off, get it off.

tao?

tao!

[ screaming ]

ahh, ahh,

no, don't cut the vine.

please don't cut the vine.

the heart.

the heart?

you must kill the heart.

you all right?

ah, ah... it will heal.

-tao can help you. -the vines, they...

what do you know about these vines?

we can't stay here.

the keepers of the vines will be near.

you find

death ugly, do you?

sometimes.

but it's neither ugly nor beautiful.

it just is.

have you never wondered why humans feel

as they do about death?

please, no lectures.

and no warnings about human affairs,

human fate and human emotions.

the talent of mimicry shared

by certain birds

and favoured by small children.

perhaps humans feel this way because

they have seen the life. of the rose.

and no riddles. lessons, please.

don't be so sour, because you can't have your bird man.

the rose, you see,

is a lovely thing because, at some point...

it dies.

why must you speak in circles?

I like circles.

beauty, like life, has value because it's fleeting.

all things must grow old.

even I did...

once.

sorceress...

king zad.

how nice to see you.

mortal senses are not always a reliable guide in your world.

are we alone?

well, in a sense,

one is never alone.

but, yes, there's just me... and now you.

I fear that pompous ass, the ancient one

might be lurking in some musty corner,

checking up on you.

why have you come?

to offer you food for thought.

you once asked me

what I could possibly have to offer you.

yes, and I also remember your impossibly conceited response.

ha, ha, ha, it was true.

the greatest gift I have is myself.

but I offered you a partnership,

which would result in the greatest and most powerful union

in the universe, and you've ignored me.

There's nothing from your world that I could possibly want.

how can you be so sure?

have you ever wondered what it would be like

never to have to answer to somebody?

to have real power?

what? Like you?

I have no master, I have no rival.

only my own myriad desires and appetites to appease.

you, on the other hand,

are constantly looking over your shoulder.

in need of the support and approval of a jaded and fading

old wizard for everything you do.

the ancient one is my teacher, not my master.

a fine distinction.

But wouldn't you like to be rid of that tired old windbag

once and forever?

that's a dangerous thought for you to have.

oh, ho, danger is my meat and drink.

then take care not to choke on it.

think on it, sorceress.

remember, I am an expert in these matters.

my help,

advice and service is always at your disposal.

well?

he's a conceited fool.

oh, granted...but aren't you just the tiniest bit attracted

to the notion of striking out on your own?

how could I be?

I still have so much to learn.

we can't stay here.

this won't take long.

sss...ow.

the poison from the vines eats flesh from bones.

My people have no remedy for it.

You're very gifted, aren't you?

well, my people have a way with leaves.

adranna, you mentioned the keepers of the vines.

do you know who they are?

no, no one's seen them.

but the stories travel.

those in this forest before they came.

they don't only kill terrons, do they?

no.

they kill every living thing.

the death.

the thing that's unnatural.

ruh felt it in the beginning.

he was right about other things too.

now, when you take this off, you'll hardly even know

the burn was ever there.

thank you both. Now I must return to my village.

oh, no, no, I think you

there's no time. I must return and warn my people.

the terrons intend to take more slaves.

look, you really shouldn't be going

-out in the bush, now sit down-- -tao.

-just, I'd really-- -tao.

come here.

uh...

this isn't working.

you'll have to use the other gift.

which one?

persuasion.

doesn't work on you, and I've got

a feeling she's more stubborn than you are.

ha, all right, all right, I'll try, ok?

adranna...adranna?

hey, where'd she-- oh, no, we have to stop her.

Playing the cuckoo, ancient one?

stealing the beastmaster's nest when he's absent?

borrowing, not stealing.

hmm, lying as well.

colouring the truth.

it's a tool of the trade.

now, these twins, they're very clever

with those vines, aren't they?

do you find them beautiful?

strange...fascinating...

I guess in a way they are beautiful.

two perfect halves making one beautiful whole.

but a rather shallow beauty,

don't you think?

sometimes, nature doesn't

get it quite right.

do you think them evil?

moral judgements are not my game.

although, I do find the notion

of self-love very interesting --

particularly when it expresses itself in killing

for the sheer pleasure of it.

is it a plesure or craving?

both.

And sometimes it's never enough.

there are those similarly afflicted

who crave greater knowledge and power...

like you.

ha, it's good to see you angry...

Rather than plotting rebellion.

you don't really think

I'd do that, do you?

I don't think, I know.

just as I know the resentment you feel for me can be entirely

attributed to the precious stirrings of your human heart.

you explore your feelings.

you put a girl in your head to see how it would feel.

that is not the point.

don't forget, you are not me.

because you don't allow it.

and I never will.

a wise student waits, watches and listens.

you play petty games with me.

name one.

you took my unicorns.

snatched them right out of the night sky.

well, it appeared rather crowded up there.

too many stars.

you're petulant.

me?

look in the mirror.

I'm just a jaded, fading old wizard.

I thought we would have caught her by now.

she obviously knows the forest very well.

and its dangers.

the keeper of the vines, could they be--

I should have known.

how could you have known?

'cause ruh tried to warn me.

you're only human -- nye is beautiful and jem

feels like someone we've known for years.

it was easy to see what we wanted.

no, it wasn't, I ignored ruh,

the cats, and my own animal instincts.

what good is a beastmaster

who doesn't listen to animals?

ahh!

I've done nothing to you.

I must return to my village.

are you like the others there?

she must be, otherwise...

they wouldn't let you go back.

-not if you're different. -like us.

ooh, she's young...

and beautiful.

-like you. -oh...

she's the perfect bait.

she's not enough?

Well, no. You know what I want.

you want the beastmaster's friend to play with.

and the beastmaster.

so do you.

she'll bring him to us.

to you.

to us both.

both is one.

dar, I've been thinking about nye and jem.

to some, evil must be its own reward.

now, take king zad, for instance.

I mean, what drives him is power, bloodlust and greed.

but for nye and jem it's totally different.

does it matter?

I think it does. You've got to see it from their point of view.

they're outcasts, alone in a world

they think doesn't love them.

They have a love for each other,

but it's one that suffocates and strangles.

my food pouch.

I didn't realize it was missing.

the twins must have taken it.

why would they do that?

so we'd find it here.

such perfect skin.

why are you doing this to me?

because we want to.

because you are not us.

please let me go.

we can't do that.

when tao and dar come...

-you can watch... -while we kill them.

first them, and then you.

sad things.

out of place in the world.

no escape.

on your own.

a curious comfort.

the comfort of a curse.

separated... yet always one.

with someone who understands completely.

never doubts you... your longings.

your fears.

someone you can trust

to know what it's like.

to never be alone.

she's alone...

poor thing...

like I am.

[ cawing ]

sharak saw them?

-they have adranna. -is she alive?

-yes. -then I don't understand.

they want us, not her.

she is powerless...

but I am not.

I will not let you do this to me, ancient one.

curse me with my memories, mock my tears,

take away the things I love.

leave a dark space in the sky...

like the dark space in my heart.

you forget my knowledge

grows, ancient one.

my memories cause pain... but I learn from them as well,

in spite of what you think.

I love your touch.

and i, yours.

bad time to rest.

you don't want to Miss tao's death.

or the beastmaster's.

I think we should kill tao first.

he can't teach us anything.

-are you sure? -yeah.

tao has knowledge of the world.

we could learn that.

we don't need that.

the world doesn't like us.

you like him, don't you?

you know what I like.

I always do.

dar will fight.

we should kill him first.

and then tao will be

completely at our mercy.

your mercy or mine?

perhaps you will let dar kill me?

-I will never... -do you want that?

-let anybody.. -I don't believe you.

kill you.

both is one.

both is one.

dar, if they want us to find her, then it's a trap.

why are we hurrying to fall into it?

dar, please, listen. they have adranna.

it doesn't matter how good a fighter you are,

the moment we appear, they will kill her.

There will be nothing we can do.

now, the twins have this weakness.

their strength lies in their togetherness.

we're as strong as individuals -- all my strength's

-up here, yours, it's all over. -what's your point?

my point is this. They have this thing for each other.

Both is one. If we separate them they'll lose their strength.

I'm not talking about physically, I mean emotionally.

have you seen how she looks at me? She likes me.

we can use this to our advantage.

you said yourself, once they see us, they'll kill adranna.

exactly -- so they won't see us, they'll see me.

yes. See, we'll play their game against them.

they've been using adranna as bait to attract us.

we're going to use me as bait to attract nye.

it's like the worm to the fish.

-well, uh, not exactly. -what about their weapons?

-bows and arrows. -your concern. And the vines?

I didn't think about the vines.

"i didn't think about the vines."

so, what will you do about the vines?

Oh, you won't have long to wait.

[ branch snapping ]

hello again.

where's your friend?

oh, you mean dar?

I left him out there...somewhere.

oh.

I was hoping that you and I

could spend some time together...alone.

maybe we could go for a walk.

you didn't come to rescue her?

why should i? it's you I came to see.

without dar?

well, unlike you and jem, dar and I

don't have to do everything together.

neither should you.

you like me, don't you?

I find you fascinating and very beautiful.

don't listen to him. it's a trick.

nonsense.

-it's all right. -no, it isn't.

-no one likes us. -no one likes you?

I find that very difficult to believe.

I told you...we're different.

difference is good. I find variety to be the spice of life.

[ hissing ]

ahh!

nye!

jem...no.

I can't

be alone.

nye...

are you hurt?

I've never seen anything like that.

-sorcery. -tHey've been taken to the sky.

animals that don't belong with other living things...

are made to look down upon them from the darkness

-of the sky -- -how did you know that?

from my father, when I was young.

it's a sula legend.

they've been repaid for their evil

with the curse of immortality.

thank you.

if you'd like to come back to my village,

you'd be more than welcome.

I will come back with you.

we'll escort you. Make sure you're safe from the terrons.

you could teach me about your medicine from the leaves.

Oh, you pick the darkest leaves.

they're the ones that heal the best.

ha, look, my best advice...

just keep away from the vines. I think they're gone, but...

you never know, I mean, you know what I mean.

thank you, tao.

yeah.

ahem...

something wrong?

no.

no, nothing's wrong -- I was just...

uh, I was looking for kodo and podo.

who?

[ tao ]: as beautiful as this place is,

it's nice to be leaving.

[ dar ]: there's good and evil in every place.

what words of wisdom now?

words of wisdom, and a warning.

oh, no, wait. Let me guess, let me guess.

he said, uh, "don't let this happen again."

he said, "don't let this happen again."

really? Did he really? is that what he said?

is that really what he said? Because that's what I thought--

shh, shh.

listen.

[ birds chirping ]

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