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Ah, good evening, traveler, and

0:05

welcome to the

0:08

Penumbra. Tonight's

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tale is... Lullaby

0:14

to a Dying World. An

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incantation to catch the universe's ear.

0:28

Oh, it's been so long since

0:30

I've tried magic so powerful, but

0:32

it all feels so easy now.

0:35

It's almost like I can hear the universe's

0:38

thoughts already, ever since that... In

0:40

the mirrored planes, those terrible things

0:43

I saw. But

0:45

now's not the time for that. I have

0:47

to find my Caroline right now, this second,

0:50

without delay. Magic from

0:52

tomes isn't exactly my style, but sometimes

0:54

the classics get the biggest rise out of

0:56

your audience. Where was

0:58

it? Here

1:02

it is. Lullaby to a Dying World. In

1:08

times of great strife, the universe has responded

1:10

well to attempts to soothe it. This lullaby

1:12

has drawn the universe's attention to its speaker

1:14

in the past, and may do so again.

1:16

But be warned, seeker of knowledge, connection

1:18

to the full scope of the universe's

1:21

feeling can stretch the mind to tearing

1:23

and blah blah blah. One sense of

1:25

scope among the universe-dwelling things may seem insignificant,

1:27

yada yada, all the usual, no fun. I

1:30

survived the universe's feelings once, so I'm sure I

1:32

can do it again. Where's

1:34

the good part? Oh,

1:36

here we go. Read

1:38

these words to soothe the universe

1:40

and turn its ear toward you.

1:46

Hush now stars, and hush

1:48

now sky. Quiet

1:50

comes for all who fly. Hush

1:54

now stone, and hush now dirt.

1:57

Quiet every speck of earth. Hush

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to water, hush to waves,

2:03

be quiet, still

2:06

and brave. Mix

2:09

the following ingredients within the cauldron

2:11

of self. First, a token

2:13

of the speaker. My hair.

2:17

Ahh. Mwah. Ahh.

2:20

Ahh. Ahh. Ahh.

2:24

Ahh. Ahh.

2:26

Second, a token of pain. Fairy's

2:28

wings are actually torn. And

2:43

finally, drink

2:45

deeply from a source of passion.

2:58

Ahh. Ahh. Ahh.

3:01

Ahh. With

3:05

your ritual mixed, you are the most

3:07

important you have ever been. Speak

3:10

to the universe and be warned seeker

3:12

of knowledge. It will

3:14

listen. It

3:18

will listen to me. It

3:20

has to listen and I can't say anything that's

3:22

on my mind. I

3:28

know your fear universe. I'm

3:30

the only one alive who understands. And

3:32

you must be so lonely with nobody

3:34

to understand you. You must envy all

3:36

of us who can ignore the fear. Who

3:39

don't know how it feels to have your

3:41

skin burned and your soil shriveled to sand.

3:44

Us who have never made life so we don't know what

3:46

it's like to feel it crushed, extinguished,

3:49

gone. To

3:52

know too much and to be so alone. It

3:55

must be terrifying. But

4:01

you don't have to be alone anymore. Tell

4:03

me, universe, let me speak to

4:05

the part of you that fears the small child

4:07

within you screaming about the end of all things.

4:10

Speak to me, child. It's

4:12

all right. I'll listen and I'll

4:15

kiss you and I'll make it all better.

4:17

I'll... Universe,

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was that you? It's all right. Come

4:30

to me, universe. Tell

4:34

me how you feel. Show me and we

4:36

can... I'm

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sorry my

4:47

child, it

4:50

really

4:53

will. He

4:59

has the power to want to Inst

5:01

visit us but that's not me. Oh

5:04

my, it really does. Don't

5:08

hear. I'm

5:10

just a way of

5:12

feeling and brave. I'm

5:15

just a way of feeling and brave. Why

5:17

it comes wrong? Why?

5:23

My oh my, I've messed a

5:25

lot of fear. You

5:27

poor baby. How could anyone

5:30

take on all of that? But

5:33

it feels so right. Love

5:37

against death, real death, the infinity of nothing

5:39

and nobody. How couldn't you

5:41

scream like that? Why

5:44

aren't we all screaming all the

5:46

time? It's the truth.

5:49

It's the only truth that matters. You

5:55

don't have to be afraid universe. Kwan Yi

5:57

will protect you. Just tell me where

5:59

my kids are. Caroline is. And tell me what I

6:01

need to... What

6:08

was that? You're using up all

6:11

your magic on... What?

6:18

Oh, oh, oh no baby, it's okay, don't be scared.

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How can you? Everything. Tell

6:24

me everything, and I'll make it

6:26

all better. I'll fix things so nobody can hurt you the way

6:28

they did before. Nobody understands you

6:30

but me, universe. And if

6:32

you take care of my Caroline, I'll take care of

6:35

you no matter what it takes. But

6:38

first, it felt so

6:40

right. So scream

6:42

with me again, universe, with

6:44

all your pain and sorrow

6:47

and fear and loss. Scream.

6:52

Scream. Scream.

6:55

Scream. Scream.

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Scream. Scream.

7:07

Scream. I

7:23

don't need to be much better now. We

7:25

don't need to camp out here all night just

7:28

because... We are not marching out into the tundra

7:30

in the dead of night, and we are certainly

7:32

not doing it while you're ill. It was just

7:34

a little dizziness. I'm fine. Hey,

7:37

Ola-la, maybe you should take it easy. But I'm

7:39

fine, I'm... Alright,

7:42

let's get you down again.

7:47

Just a little dizziness, eh? And

7:49

a little dizziness causes you to lose consciousness for

7:51

several hours, does it? It can't have been that

7:53

bad. I don't even remember it. Loss

7:55

of consciousness and memory doesn't seem that

7:57

bad to you? What? How? I

8:02

don't remember hitting my head or anything like that.

8:04

We just fought off those snowgulls, and

8:06

then we were going to check one of the buildings

8:08

in the witch's camp, and then... I

8:13

can't remember anything after that. I told you,

8:15

you were bitten by a snowgull. A

8:18

third one that none of us caught in time. Their

8:20

venom causes the symptoms you've described. But I don't

8:22

have any bite marks on me. I'm

8:25

not sure what to tell you, Ola-la. Perhaps

8:27

your body shapeshifted the wound away. You

8:30

also woke much more quickly than people

8:32

typically do when bitten by snowgulls. Your

8:35

body must have means of recovery that we

8:37

don't understand. But that doesn't mean you

8:39

don't need weight. We'll see how you're

8:41

feeling in the morning. But Caroline- We'll see how

8:43

you're feeling in the morning, and if you're well

8:45

enough to travel, we'll leave this camp. Understood.

8:48

But I still don't understand why the universe

8:50

was telling us to come here in the

8:52

first place. Lem and I searched while

8:54

you were unconscious, but we weren't able to find

8:56

anything. The time spent searching was enough for me

8:58

to come up with a new course of action. Perhaps

9:01

that's all the universe wanted from us. For me

9:03

to come here and come up with that strategy.

9:06

You really didn't find anything, Lem? What?

9:10

Oh, yeah, no. Didn't find anything

9:12

besides abandoned buildings and a whole lot of snow.

9:14

The truth of the matter is that I have

9:16

a plan, Ola-la, and I need you at peak physical

9:18

and mental condition if that plan is going to work.

9:22

Perhaps the snowgull's bite really hasn't affected you, but

9:24

that's not a risk I can take. You

9:28

need me for your plan? I

9:31

do. So try and get some rest,

9:33

will you? Alright,

9:35

Caroline. I

9:37

can do that. Where are you going? Some

9:44

of the finer points of my plan still need work.

9:46

While you rest, I'll prepare. We

9:48

each have our part in this, Ola-la. Take

9:51

care of yourself for now, and your part will come

9:53

soon enough. Alright, Caroline. I

9:55

will. I know you will. I

10:00

have a word. You make it fit.

10:02

I have quite a lot of preparations to take

10:04

care of. I'll be right back, Ola. Try to

10:06

get some rest? Oh, snow-whole bite! Seriously? A

10:10

better lie isn't the issue here. Why not just tell her about your... toast? Which lady?

10:13

And leave out the message we received? I'm

10:15

sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm

10:18

sorry. I'm sorry. I'm

10:20

sorry. I'm sorry. I'm

10:22

sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm

10:25

sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm

10:28

sorry. I'm sorry. I'm

10:30

sorry. That's not the question. The less likely she

10:32

is to believe her. Shh. You

10:35

think I enjoyed it? You think I want it the best thing? Can't

10:37

we see a secret? I don't see why we can't just tell her. Show yourselves in

10:39

her shoes, Doctor. But anybody in her shoes,

10:41

you are told that the world will end

10:43

unless you die. The choice you think she'll

10:46

make then. The choice would

10:48

anyone make. You

10:51

don't know that, you. You've

10:56

just got here. I have been working

10:58

for years to make the universe a safe place for all our

11:00

lives to live. Knowing

11:02

that her death would ensure the universe continues on to

11:04

destroy everything I've worked for. Everything she's

11:06

been told. You have the right to take that away from her. No

11:08

one can. I have to get to work. I have a plan, but

11:11

Charlie won't cause death. It's

11:17

going to be difficult, even with the Hibernian

11:19

witches' map. And still now I

11:21

should have it prepared by daybreak. So goodnight, land.

11:23

This isn't over, Trustee Cresium. Just a second, Mike.

11:25

It's a memory. Haunt. You

11:28

know, why do you ask them so high and mighty

11:32

about anyway? It's not like you have the time. It

11:38

hurts. Still, it

11:40

just doesn't feel right. Oh, hell,

11:45

I didn't ask to get caught up in this kid's

11:47

problem. Well,

11:50

I'm here. Lam,

11:56

is everything all right? What? Yeah,

11:59

Ola la. Everything's fine. You

12:01

don't look like everything's fine. Yeah?

12:05

Well, I guess not. Oh

12:09

la la. You

12:11

know you don't have to take on those people from over the

12:14

edge of the world, right? No

12:16

matter what the voice you heard said, no matter

12:18

what plan Caroline's got. You

12:20

know you don't have to do it, don't you? I

12:22

can't just leave Caroline. She

12:25

has a plan. She needs me. I'm

12:27

not saying that. I'm just

12:30

saying you can keep it in mind. What really

12:32

happened while I was unconscious, Lam? Because

12:35

you and Caroline have been acting very strangely since

12:37

then. I... You...

12:44

You were bitten by one of those snow ghouls. That's

12:46

really all that happened. But... Listen, oh

12:48

la la. I'm trying to tell you something important, alright? Something

12:51

that took me way too long to learn, and I

12:53

guess I'm just hoping that you... Just

12:57

do me a favor. Keep

13:00

in mind what I said, alright? You

13:03

don't have to fight. You have a choice.

13:09

I grew up in the second citadel, oh la la. A

13:13

kingdom that's been at war...

13:15

forever. Over

13:17

there they eat war. Breathe it. Drink it in.

13:19

It's a fact of life the same way weather

13:21

is, so growing up, it

13:24

seemed inevitable. No matter what

13:26

shape life took, war would be a part of it. And

13:28

if that's true, why not just

13:30

join the war machine yourself, you know? That's

13:34

why I became a knight, if you want to know the

13:36

truth. It wasn't some big dream

13:38

for me, it was just... What

13:41

talented people did. And

13:44

since I was a kid, everyone told me to do

13:46

it, so... I did it. I've

13:49

been to the second citadel, Lam. I know what it's

13:51

like. But you don't know what it's like to grow up there.

13:54

It's like I'll never know what it was like to grow up in

13:56

your garden of graves. All

13:59

the things people say to me... you the

14:01

things they assume what counts as an

14:03

education the stories they tell when

14:06

you grow up adults around you package the

14:08

world the way they see it and give it to

14:10

you like that's the only world there can ever be

14:12

in the second citadel that's

14:14

war even if

14:16

you aren't a knight your job only exists

14:19

to feed the Knights or build up the

14:21

citadel's defenses or I don't

14:23

know to distract people from the

14:25

war so they get to go on with

14:28

their lives without spending every second worrying it

14:31

all comes back to the war does

14:33

that make sense I understand

14:35

what you're saying limb but I

14:37

do not understand why you're saying

14:39

it because it took me until I left the

14:42

citadel to see that life could have another shape in

14:44

silver sure they didn't talk about war they

14:46

had their own problems and their own obsessions

14:49

but they were different and honestly

14:51

that blew my mind that

14:54

opened me up in a way I wasn't ready

14:56

for what

14:59

I'm saying to you oh la la is

15:03

that the way the world's going now a lot

15:06

of people including Caroline are going to tell

15:08

you that war is the only life there

15:10

is that you have to fight tooth and

15:12

nail every single day because that's all life's

15:14

got to offer I'm saying that's

15:17

not true other lives

15:19

are out there they might be hard to find and

15:21

they might be hard to live but you

15:23

don't have to fight if you don't want to and

15:27

anytime you decide that's the case you tell me

15:29

and we'll get the hell out of here okay

15:32

I'm not going to you don't have to

15:34

I just won't

15:38

feel right unless you know it's an option

15:42

you're brave oh la la one of the bravest I've

15:44

ever met but what I'm saying

15:46

to you is you don't have to be brave

15:49

if you don't want to it's

15:51

a choice and I'm here for you no

15:53

matter what you choose say the word and

15:55

we'll find somewhere to live outside of it

15:57

all or after all this is done we'll

15:59

find somewhere. I haven't thought

16:01

about my next home after Silver Shore, but there

16:04

has to be another place like it somewhere. Someplace

16:07

for two people who don't fit in anywhere fit

16:09

in, you know? You

16:12

want me to come live with you? What?

16:15

I... Yeah.

16:20

I guess that is what I said, yeah. I

16:24

mean, if you want to. I know you've

16:27

been with Caroline a long time, so, you know,

16:29

I don't want to assume. No. I

16:32

think having a home

16:34

like that is what I want. It's

16:37

what I've wanted ever since the Garden of Graves. The

16:41

only place I felt like home since the

16:43

Garden of Graves was Silver Shore. And

16:46

I know there won't just be another Silver Shore, not

16:49

after what those people did to it. But

16:52

the people who lived in Silver Shore must need

16:54

a new place to live, too. You're not the

16:56

only one who lost his home. And

17:00

I don't think Caroline will ever want a home

17:02

like that. Really. I was

17:05

mad at her about it for a long time, but now

17:08

I think that might just be what she's like. So,

17:14

you're sure? I can

17:16

really follow you wherever you go next? I'd

17:19

be glad if you did, Ola. Just

17:22

take some time to think about it, okay? Thank

17:24

you. Well?

17:28

Ola, I think you should probably get some rest

17:30

now. I will. Just one more

17:32

question, I promise. Okay. Hit

17:35

me then. Why?

17:40

Why are you so nice to

17:42

me? Nice? What

17:45

do you mean? Maybe nice isn't the

17:47

right word, but we

17:50

didn't meet very long ago. You

17:52

brought me to the waiverties press to steal those books

17:54

with you, but that made sense since I could be

17:56

useful. But now, you came

17:58

back for us and saved me from that snogul.

18:01

Even though you don't want to do what Caroline wants,

18:03

you're still coming with us. And

18:05

you just said I could come with you wherever

18:07

you go. But we barely

18:09

know each other. Yeah,

18:13

I guess that's true. So...

18:17

why? I... well...

18:22

sometimes before I act, I

18:25

ask myself, what would the best version of

18:27

me do? The guy I can

18:29

be most proud of. Because for

18:31

a long time, I didn't listen to that person. For

18:34

a long time, I just did what I was told, so... I

18:38

don't know, helping you, it seems right. It

18:41

seems like the kind of thing she... She? Who? I'd

18:45

rather not talk about it. Let's

18:48

just say I like you, kid. Okay? Okay.

18:51

But I'm not a kid. I know. Just

18:54

try to get some rest now, alright? Alright,

18:57

Lam. Goodnight.

18:59

Goodnight, Ola. Lemarke,

19:16

it's time to wake up. We have so much

19:18

to do today. Five more

19:20

minutes. Five more minutes? Lam,

19:22

you promised. Yeah, alright!

19:25

Alright, I'm up.

19:28

You know I hate it when you... Close

19:31

to going here? Is that... is

19:35

that really you? Who else would

19:37

it be? Don't tell me you've been inviting

19:39

some other mermaid over. No,

19:41

it's just... why

19:44

do I feel like you shouldn't... I

19:48

must have been having a nightmare, that's all. Well, it's

19:50

time to shake that nightmare out of your system and

19:52

get up, Lam! Because we have a lot to do

19:54

today. A lot to do? What

19:57

do we have to do? Don't tell me you

19:59

forgot... That you... The child, now! The

20:01

child is paying! Child? Hey!

20:05

What was that for? You must

20:07

still be half asleep if you've forgotten. So

20:10

maybe some cold water will help. No,

20:12

I remember. It's just... I

20:15

thought... You

20:18

can say it. I

20:20

thought... We couldn't have

20:22

a baby. So

20:24

you do remember. We tried. For

20:28

a long time we tried. I

20:31

started stealing books just to find a way. If

20:34

there was a way. I

20:37

thought we had time, but... You wanted it to

20:39

happen so badly and... I didn't want to leave

20:41

you alone. Alone. Right.

20:47

Because you... You're...

20:54

I remember. That

20:56

quickly, huh? It's

20:59

too bad. I hoped

21:01

we'd have more time together this time. I

21:03

have this dream a lot, don't I? There's

21:06

magic in my pearl, Lamb. Some

21:08

magic can only work its way out in dreams. Then...

21:13

I can still see you sometimes? You

21:15

weren't really gone? You could see a picture of me,

21:17

couldn't you? That wouldn't change the fact that I'm

21:19

gone. And the fact is, you

21:21

have to get up, Lamb. Because the child is

21:24

waiting. The child? I

21:26

don't understand. You never... We

21:29

couldn't figure it out. Not my child,

21:31

Lamb. Yours. There.

21:36

I think that's her now. I'm

21:42

sorry. I'm not there with

21:44

you now. Taking

21:46

care of her all on your own. That

21:50

has to be so hard. I'm not alone.

21:53

There's... Caroline.

21:57

Right! Are

22:00

you ready for me to open the

22:02

door now? Can't we just stay here a little longer? Even

22:05

if this isn't real, I just... I

22:08

miss you, Positonia. I miss

22:10

you so much and it hurts just... all

22:13

the time. Well... Just a minute,

22:15

please. Shh... Shh... Here.

22:21

Oh, shh... Oh... I

22:27

don't need to tell you that one real

22:29

person is this... who

22:31

has been dreaming of me. Do

22:33

I? No. No, of course not.

22:37

I'm going to open the door now. She's

22:39

waiting for you. Alright. Wait.

22:43

Just one more thing. I...

22:49

How do I know I'm doing the right thing with her? Back

22:52

when we were together, back when we talked about having

22:54

a kid... I always thought...

22:58

I always thought you would know what to do. All

23:01

I ever did was kill and think of better ways

23:03

of killing, taking care of someone. I

23:06

don't know how to do it. You did

23:08

not become a knight to kill,

23:10

Lemarack. You know

23:12

how to protect people. Maybe

23:15

it's time you looked at yourself with that

23:17

piercing eye, really. Goodbye,

23:21

little knight. Wait.

23:26

Don't go. Postodonia? Postodonia!

23:36

Lemarack, get up. We're

23:39

leaving. Well,

23:42

are you alright? Yeah. Yeah,

23:45

I'm fine. I was dreaming about...

23:47

Uh... I

23:53

guess I don't remember. Caroline says we have

23:55

a lot of hiking through the snow to do today. We should

23:57

probably get started. Right. It's

24:04

about time you've opened up. Are you ready? Live a

24:06

long ways to travel. Lead the

24:08

way and let's go. So where

24:12

are we going? Into that forest ahead of

24:14

us first. The sun is high today

24:16

and it's a flare in the snow, and the

24:18

visibility will be low. We'll need shade in order

24:21

to get a good sense of our surroundings. Is there

24:23

something in particular we should be looking out for? A

24:25

great many threats exist in the snow fields of the

24:27

Southern Cross. Humps, yes, but

24:29

spirits and bandits too. And

24:31

snowballs? Of course. Snowballs

24:33

could be around. Right. Or

24:36

like the one that bit me. Yes. More

24:39

snowballs as well. And the last

24:41

thing we need is for one of us to fall unconscious in the

24:43

middle of the snow. We're

24:45

entering the forest now. Follow behind me and stay

24:47

safe. Of course, but we can't be around any

24:50

painless. Forest gives them a lot of places to

24:52

hide. Oh, visibility should still be

24:54

clear ahead and anywhere else. It's far

24:56

more difficult to move through a forest, I believe. We

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should be able to hear them coming through any step

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of bronze or the whistle of leaves. Then

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I will give myself the ease of a rabbit to

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better hear their approach. Ah!

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Did you hear anything, Olala? No.

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Nothing at all. Ah.

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Hmmm. That's strange. There

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should be something living in this forest. Caribou,

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owls, insects and rodents.

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You truly hear nothing,

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Olala? Shh. Easy. I

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think I hear something, but

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it doesn't. It

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doesn't make any sense. What

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is it? Just breathing,

25:47

but no movement. Like everything

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is... everything

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is... Oh.

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It's so hard to think for some reason. I

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don't know what it's like. Maybe

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we should take a break. I

26:04

can't remember how long we've been hiking,

26:07

but... It must have

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been for a long time, because I'm exhausted. I've

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gotten into you two, and all you've said...

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Oh, huh. I

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think... I think

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I just need to lie down for a little while. I'll,

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um... I'll go for a coat.

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And sleep. Caroline.

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What the hell is going on? I don't know. Perhaps

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after we sleep... Why

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does this seem familiar? Damn

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it all. I can't fall asleep.

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I must stay awake. Long

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enough to carve this... this...

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rune. I

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just want more... lies.

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No! What the hell? What happened?

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Sleeping magic. And powerful magic at that.

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Keep your wits about me. But who will be attacking

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us with magic? Those people from over the edge of

27:20

the world use the machine and... Oh!

27:25

That tree trapped us, prompted us around this labyrinth. On it.

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I thought the worst thing was just

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coming alive to give up. Oh, watch

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out! The

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worst thing alive to give up? What

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does it give you, Chola? Keep

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your head. I thought it was you. That

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tree... It's more possible. It's

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not. An illusion. Some

27:52

of these trees are real, but some are just

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illusions. The power to manifest an entire forest has

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a thin ass. I've never seen someone use a

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universe as well. It's so deeply... ...me!

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What's that? What's that? What's

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that? It's copy.

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It is! Hi sweetie.

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Did you miss me? He

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is. What are you doing? A

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terrible thing, my love. Sometimes

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a terrible thing has to be done. I

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hate love. You didn't fall into my

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life. You weren't even trying.

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You were afterward twucker! I'm just doing nothing if you

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kept me. I told you to sleep

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forever. Put

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me back. Dairy

28:44

Nicole now that you inspiring LCanne.

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We're here. Choose

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this other place. Jenny,

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don't do what you say you're doing. It won't work. I'm

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in such a great place. I know you're strange. You

28:59

can't hurt me when I was out hurting me too. But,

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why would you want to hurt me? It's

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me, Pummy. It's all a lot. Don't

29:07

make this difficult, Merlin. Think

29:10

about what you're doing for just a moment. I'll

29:12

tell you about it much more than that. Perhaps

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you haven't hurt anyone, but I

29:16

have some things like information from the

29:18

universe itself that you've made. Then,

29:22

you already know? Well,

29:26

what if when you're talking about telling, you

29:28

say another word about her in front of

29:30

her, then she doesn't know?

29:33

Remember, take Ololol and run. You can't do

29:35

it. Merlin, I can't

29:37

leave without Carolyn. Go.

29:41

Carolyn, you don't understand

29:43

why you hold her up with her effectively as

29:45

I'm aware of her keeping you safe too. No,

29:47

please. I

29:50

am thinking sweet little girl. Oh,

29:55

boo, you caught my spell and I got so hard on

29:57

it too. Pummy, you're

29:59

all right. I'm acting rationally when do

30:01

I am? Even more so than usual.

30:03

See, that's where you're wrong, my girl. I'm

30:06

thinking perfectly rationally. In fact, I think

30:08

I might be the only one who is thinking

30:11

rationally, much more so than

30:13

you. This is all I were talking

30:15

about. You've lived without just the same as

30:17

I have. How did you even consider it? There is

30:19

no considering. You haven't seen what I have.

30:22

Nobody's seen what I have seen. If

30:24

they had, if they knew what kind

30:27

of reckoning our universe is headed for, well, I

30:29

wouldn't be the only one looking for her.

30:31

There has to be another way. But despite

30:33

those people from over the world's edge, I'm

30:35

certain we can. Because I refuse

30:38

to believe it after all we've done, after all

30:40

we've been through for her sake. You don't understand

30:42

what kind of power they're playing with. You

30:44

haven't felt it. I have your

30:47

little sword and even my little spells.

30:49

They're nothing against what those people have brought with

30:51

them. It's simple.

30:54

It's brutal, but it's simple. Either

30:57

Ola dies and all of us

30:59

live, or everyone, including Ola dies.

31:02

That's it. Because...

31:07

In the end, it didn't work, sweetie. It

31:10

didn't work. The universe's experiment in

31:12

Ola. To see

31:14

if humans and monsters could get along. It

31:17

didn't work. And that's... Sad,

31:20

it is. It really is, but... The

31:23

humans are here. And they're gonna

31:25

kill everyone. And it's time to call it

31:27

like it is. So

31:29

get out of my way, my Caroline. I

31:33

don't want to hurt you. But if

31:35

it means protecting you, I'll do anything

31:37

I have to. Anything.

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