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discretion advised. I

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want to help Jeremy

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because you're special. So

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I want to offer you a choice. Why

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what choice? You don't want to hear? Why

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you're no? Okay,

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sure we can talk about that first. I guess

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why would I help you? That's what you're asking

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right? Sure to start, you know, now

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that the shock has worn off, you seem remarkably

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calm for someone talking to an ageless,

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magical being. Well, let's just say

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I've learned to accept a lot in the past

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few weeks, and this is just another thing to

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add to the pilot. Well that's a little insulting.

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Oh, I'm sorry to hurt your feelings, but I

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do have more important things to focus on right

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now. Of course, of course your father, right,

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what about him? Well, I know

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what he's thinking of doing, I mean, so

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noble. How do you know that

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he talked about it in my forest

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with that awful woman, the one who gave

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you those ridiculous rooms. You mean, the

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rooms that were meant to protect us, that

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you sabotage, no sense of adventure.

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I'm almost disappointed. Jeremy

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must be a real kick in the teeth. Huh, dear

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old dad wanting to throw himself back into

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nowhere rather than stay here with you. Oh,

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come on, if you've just come here to mock no, no,

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no. Well, to be fair, you

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came to me stomping through the woods

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shouting for the faye. What exactly

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were you hoping to say to us? I want

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to talk about the deal. Well, what a lovely

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coincidence. I do too.

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I was about to come looking for you myself before

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you very kindly brought yourself to me. All

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right, then, I guess I will ask another

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question. Why are you saying that I'm special? Well,

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you see, I don't particularly like losing.

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From where I'm standing, it seems like you've

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gotten exactly what you

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want for the past several

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centuries. Sure, fine, the deal is, it's

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whatever. But I get bored and you've

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got a very interesting energy. Jeremy.

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When you were a kid, you believed,

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and you were always wandering off where you weren't supposed

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to. You remember that, don't you?

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Or have you forgotten that this isn't your first

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time meeting the fair Realm up close.

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It was you when I

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was a kid. You

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try to lure me away. No, here's

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the thing about that. Nothing

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lured you over. You

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didn't have to be lured. What are you talking

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about. I don't know if you were just a naturally

3:11

curious kid or just fucking lucky. But you

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ran into a puckwagie just

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happened upon it. That doesn't

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make any sense, I know, right,

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And then what's weird? The thing tries

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to do its whole spiel, come play

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with us whatever. That

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seemed good to you, so you followed. And

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here's where it gets really weird. You

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came to the other side just right

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on in. What

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what do you mean? Yeah, you're not supposed to be

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able to do that, but I don't

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know. I guess with the timing of the veil being thinner

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and whatever magical activity those weirdos were

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doing, something hinky was going

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on in the Bridgewater Triangle and you just

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tripped right on into our kingdom. You're telling

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me that I've been to the Faye Realm. You

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spent a lovely afternoon there. I'm

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actually kind of insalted. You don't remember anything

3:59

about it. I don't. This

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doesn't make any sense. Why why would

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you let me go? I didn't. I

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wouldn't have been able to take you back even if I

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wanted to. Okay, no, that's

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a lie. I could have, but I didn't want

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to. So I don't

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get to observe humans all that much, not

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for longer than it takes to, you know, take their

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lives. And I had just taken

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a girl, so I wasn't really looking for another.

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But wait, wait, wait, wait, there was that that

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kid that went missing from her girl Scout Truth,

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the one that my dad and Anne found. Well,

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they didn't find her exactly. Francine

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Markham Jesus,

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that was her name, and now it's one of mine,

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And that's this body.

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The story I told you about getting lost and moving

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away when I was a kid was totally true. So

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you've been living among humans for the past forty

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years. Well, it's

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a little more complicated than that.

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That's the wonderful thing about changelings.

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The terms of our agreement with you lot means

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we're not supposed to come over here and kill a

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bunch of you, and we're not technically

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allowed to take people outside of the willing volunteers

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but as long as we don't do it too often, kids

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are a little more flexible. Changelings

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are different because you're not taking

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them, you're replacing it exactly.

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And sometimes the kids get stuck and

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poor Alden, but mostly

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it works. It allows us

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to circumvent the finer points

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of the deal. Lets us be in our

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realm and this one and not pass out

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from your little tricks, the inside

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out clothes, the bells and so on. You

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mean it, lets you break the rules that you

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made, rules that you broke two

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without even trying. Imagine

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my surprise. I'm in a new form, this

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twelve year old girl, and this

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kid comes on through who I don't

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recognize here. I'm

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thinking someone else decided to pull the old changeling

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act without my explicit say so,

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wait, you mean I'm a no,

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no, you're just you.

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That's what was so strange. And

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given that you didn't come over to do anything malicious,

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I thought it might be interesting to watch

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what the Faye realm does to a living, full

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blown human Over the years.

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That's never happened. But then

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Daddy called and you ran on home, so

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he got me out. You just walked right

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back over. You heard

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his voice, and it was like the veil just lifted

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right up for you. Do you know

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how frustrating that is? I've

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spent so much of my existence waiting

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for tedious human years to

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get back here. In between cycle

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resets, you don't get to go anywhere

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unless you've recently taken a changeling,

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which we can't do all that often. Besides,

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they don't last very long, just a human lifespan.

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And here you were just waltzing

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in and out, no problem

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at all? Why me? How?

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I have no fucking clue. I've

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spent the past few decades trying to figure

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it out, and the best I can come up with is random

7:07

chance mixed with a

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strong connection between you and your father that kept

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you tethered enough to your side to bring you back.

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Love really was the solution all along?

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Then why wasn't I able to bring my dad back from

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the limit all? I don't know. We don't

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control that bit, so it's hard to

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say. This is all wild magic,

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very unpredictable, very capricious.

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And I are you telling

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me that I can do magic? Is

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that because I went over to the other side as a kid, or

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can anyone?

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No? No, no, you can't do magic,

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but you just no human can. It

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was me, obviously. I

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told half my little birdies to go away and then sent

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over some warm tinglis, basically

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mimicking the sensation of real magic

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as much as your puny brain could take anyway.

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So then is

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there a point to any of this? Why

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have you gone through all this trouble? You know you

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are being quite prickly for someone who wants something

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for me. If I remember human stories

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about the fake correctly, being polite is

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one of those big rules. What are you gonna

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do. You're gonna set another thunderbird on me, trapped

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me in a house. If you wanted me dead, you

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would have done it by now. And you know

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what, I am not the one who

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wants something here. Well,

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you might not be magical, but I think you might

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want to be. I think you do

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want to see what's on the other side, and that interests

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me. That was your idea. Remember,

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I was just giving a name to the feeling that

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you were already having. I am a folklore

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professor, of course, I'm interested in magical

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beings. I'm not sure that's

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all it is. Here. You are

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talking to one such being, and you're not

8:47

asking a thing about me besides

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being pretty rude. That's not

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very academic behavior. Like I said,

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I have bigger things to focus on, which

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is why I'd like to help. You'll understand

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I'm a little bit skeptical. Sure, sure

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of course, but don't you want to at least

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hear me out. I don't know. Are you willing to renegotiate

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the deal to close the gate for good and to let us live

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peacefully at our own separate

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world. What do you think then? I

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don't really want to know what you

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have to offer me. Would you even really

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want that, Jeremy, for the gate

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to be closed for good? Of course

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I would. You took my father

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from you, kidnapped children, you killed

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them. But we've also given you

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your whole life's purpose, haven't we. You

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couldn't be a folklore professor if there was no

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folklore to teach. I have operated

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my entire life until now under the assumption

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that nothing I taught was real. There's

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millennia of lore that I

9:43

can lecture on without new monsters

9:46

coming through. But now you know it is

9:48

real, you could find out exactly

9:50

which bits were true, how it all connects.

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I've told you. I'm Faye and that Puckwudgies

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and the Dover Demon are all real. That creature

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in Anne's house that was a yokai

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all right here in the Bridgewater Triangle.

10:03

How is that possible? I don't

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know, and I'm assuming that you're not going to just tell

10:08

me. I think you owe it to yourself to find

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out. Oh, don't pretend to know me, don't

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I We've had a handful of conversations

10:15

and one of us was lying about who they were the whole

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time. So no, I don't think you know me. Come

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on, that's not fair. I think we

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were clicking, I mean, becoming friends,

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weren't we. I didn't know anything

10:26

real about you, Sure you did. You

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said you were a legend tripper, which

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you are not, aren't I I spend

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a good deal of my time chasing monsters

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around. You said you'd never seen anything paranormal.

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I haven't where I'm from.

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All those creepy crawleys are perfect on

10:43

you. Stop stop stop twisting

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this around. You tricked me. I don't know why.

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I don't know if it was just for fun for

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you, I don't know. And

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I don't know why you think I would be interested

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in seeing your world? But you

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are not going to trick me again. I

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thought maybe you needed a friend, that's

11:03

why it was fun.

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But well, I

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think you're being pulled in all sorts of directions

11:10

and it's become impossible to know

11:12

which way is up, and you want to

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help orient me out of the goodness of

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your heart. Maybe I need

11:18

a friend too. I don't think that we have the strongest

11:20

foundation for a friendship, or maybe not. But

11:23

tell me when was the last time

11:25

you met someone you felt like you could actually

11:28

talk to, who understood

11:31

you. Is this my choice then,

11:33

to be your friend or not? Not exactly.

11:37

I want to give you the chance to

11:39

save your father. How

11:42

I'm going to tell you a secret now, Jeremy,

11:45

a secret that's been very well kept

11:48

for centuries. I'm

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going to tell you what happens when someone passes

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all the way through the liminal, as

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you call it. They don't die,

11:58

not exactly. It becomes

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nearly impossible for them to cross back out.

12:03

Their body wouldn't survive in this mortal

12:05

world. That sounds

12:07

an awful lot like dying. I

12:09

like to think of it as eternal life. So

12:12

you're saying that when the souls have served their time,

12:14

they go to heaven. No, I

12:17

don't know anything about all that stuff.

12:20

God and the Devil and all the rest. Could be real,

12:22

could be just humans confusing us

12:24

for something else. I don't

12:26

know, and I don't particularly care to find

12:29

out. But the Kingdom,

12:32

our kingdom is a kind of

12:34

heaven, full of beauty

12:36

and magic and creatures you've

12:38

never even heard of. You

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loved it when you were there as a kid, and

12:44

I think you'd love it again. That's

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what happens when humans pass through. They

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come to live with us in the Kingdom

12:52

forever. I thought you said humans

12:55

didn't just come over to the other side.

12:57

By the time they get there, they're not

13:00

human anymore, just

13:02

like the body standing in front of you, all

13:04

the changelings, your dad, anyone

13:07

who passes through becomes something

13:09

else. And what if they don't want to

13:11

pass through, What if they just want to die? Well, I'm

13:13

sure we could arrange that, but

13:16

no one has ever wanted to die, not

13:18

once they've reached the other side. Problem

13:21

is, this secret wasn't really ever meant to be a

13:23

secret. The knowledge got lost

13:25

on the way somehow, and it seems that that

13:28

caused lots of problems. Well,

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I don't know what you're getting at. Well, no one

13:32

ever said you had to stay in the liminal.

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The deal was for two souls every

13:37

forty years to pass through the veil

13:39

and join us. Every forty

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years, we open the gate a little bit more and

13:44

we take a sacrifice and invite

13:46

guests. Remember, they

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have to be willing, which means we

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can't just pull them through to the other side,

13:53

and so people get stuck. People

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get stuck. They could just continue

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to walk through, go through the

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other side of the veil. We don't

14:03

need them to stay in the liminal until the gate

14:05

opens again. But no one

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can ever find the other gate when they're inside.

14:10

It's like they're in a waiting room with two doors, and

14:12

they're blind to the second door. So

14:15

you're telling me that this whole time, my

14:17

dad and Alden could have just gone through

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the other door and lived in the Kingdom, and the

14:22

Liminal would have been empty for forty years,

14:24

and that would have been fine, according

14:26

to the terms of the deal. We're not cruel,

14:28

Jeremy, we're not. We're

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particular. It's not our

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fault. You're kind or terrible communication.

14:36

Why can't you just show people the door that's

14:39

what I'm offering to you.

14:41

You go through willingly, and I

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tell you how to get right into the kingdom.

14:46

I can't trust you to get lucky again.

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You can find that boy who's in there already

14:51

and taken through with you. I'll let

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that count as two for this cycle. Give you a

14:55

little bit of a freebee. Why would you

14:57

be giving me this preferential treatment.

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I like you, Why

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on earth would I trust you? You did before?

15:06

Nothing's changed, of course it

15:08

has changed. I trusted the human I met,

15:10

not whatever you are, and you're right you were. You

15:13

were easy to talk to. I did feel

15:16

a connection, but that was all. It was all

15:18

fabricated. You're angry

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with me, Yeah, I'm angry with a lot of people

15:23

right now. Why why are you mad?

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Because I feel stupid,

15:29

I feel duped. I found you

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interesting. Now I'm being told

15:33

it was all a trick. Wait, you

15:35

find me interesting? Yeah?

15:39

I did, And now that you find

15:41

out I'm a being of magic and myth,

15:43

I'm less interesting. I found

15:45

you interesting in a way that I don't usually find

15:48

people interesting. Okay, Oh

15:50

you know I have people in my life. I'm not some

15:52

sort of hermit. I didn't say you were

15:55

you kind of did. I said you needed

15:57

a friend. We can always use more

15:59

friends. Well, there are people

16:01

who care about me and people that I

16:04

care about, But I

16:06

don't know. I guess

16:08

I don't normally meet people who intrigue

16:11

me. Never, No, not

16:14

never. It's just there

16:17

have been people through the years, people who

16:19

are sweet and not a

16:21

lot else, and they always

16:24

wanted more more than

16:26

you wanted to give. I guess

16:28

I'm just picking. I'm not asking

16:31

anything of you that you don't want to give. Jeremy,

16:34

now you're just asking for my life. What's

16:36

one human life? When you can live forever? Is

16:39

something so much more? Well?

16:42

What would happen when I'm over there? The

16:45

learning never ends. You

16:47

would be treated as one of us. What

16:51

are you doing? You would be able

16:53

to do magic over there, Jeremy

16:55

magic you can't even dream of.

16:58

Ah, Magic

17:00

like this. A broken

17:03

wrist heal in an instant.

17:07

This is the choice I'm presenting you with, Jeremy.

17:10

Come with me through the veil and into the

17:12

other side. All the questions

17:14

you've had your entire life will

17:16

be answered, and you get to save

17:18

your dad in the process. I'd

17:20

never see them again, or Anne

17:23

or Vibbin or Olivia

17:24

or anyone

17:28

true. But come on, your

17:30

connections to people are tenuous at best.

17:33

You know that which you could give

17:35

all those relationships meaning by saving

17:37

the people you love. Isn't

17:39

that the best thing you could do for them? Give

17:42

them a chance to live, Give

17:44

them a chance to live without me, with

17:47

the knowledge that you are alive and well somewhere

17:49

else, and that you gave them

17:51

their lives. They'll love

17:53

you for that more than they could ever you

17:56

stayed. How do I know that you're

17:58

telling me the truth? You

18:00

have done nothing but tricked me. I'm

18:02

telling you the truth. I've

18:04

been telling you the truth this whole time.

18:07

You just have to open your eyes and see it.

18:10

Isn't that what this has all been about, the

18:13

evidence of the truth in front of you this whole

18:15

time? But you never believed

18:17

it, not until you saw your

18:19

father. I didn't have any proof

18:22

until then. But did you really need it? What

18:25

do you think would have happened if you'd believed it

18:27

all earlier? Do you think you could

18:29

have saved him sooner? Don't

18:31

let skepticism keep you from doing the right

18:33

thing again, Jeremy, you

18:37

can trust me. I

18:58

just think he should be back by an He just

19:00

needs a little space, Thomas. We

19:03

don't hear from him in the next half hour, we'll give

19:05

him a call. Are

19:10

we making completely the wrong decision? Anne?

19:13

I don't know. I really don't.

19:16

If you tell me you don't want to do this, I

19:18

will support you one hundred percent. We'll find

19:20

another way. You know, we don't have that

19:22

time. We don't know that. No,

19:25

we don't know for certain that you couldn't survive

19:27

here. No, I know it. I

19:29

can feel it in my bones. Are

19:34

you really okay with this? Do you truly understand

19:36

what you're giving up? I've I've

19:40

made so many mistakes, Thomas. I've

19:44

had a lifetime fault with mistakes. Are

19:48

you saying no? Oh no,

19:51

no, not you never hear you? You,

19:54

Jeremy Shelley, Those were the best

19:57

choices I've ever made. But I think I

20:00

was given these gifts. You know, I

20:04

squandered him and no

20:06

I did yes, And

20:10

I can never get that time back. But

20:13

you could what I

20:16

want to do this, Thomas. I owe this to my

20:18

family, to this place, to you, to myself

20:20

to do this. I want to make things

20:23

right, Okay. I want to protect the people that

20:25

I love, but you maybe

20:28

you've done enough and I could

20:30

go without you. You know, think

20:33

about it. You're still You're

20:35

still so young, Thomas, and

20:38

even if you're sick, you could at least

20:40

spend the rest of your life here. I mean, have a

20:42

little joy before you go. My

20:45

best years there behind me. And I

20:48

could die tomorrow. We have no idea.

20:50

Yeah, but you're not dead yet. I mean, even

20:53

if you are, if this world

20:55

really is rejecting you, then at least

20:58

it'll all be over right. But in the

21:00

meantime, you could you

21:04

could live another month or a year. I mean,

21:06

we just don't know, no, and

21:09

I won't let you. Oh

21:12

okay, well, since when have

21:15

you been able to tell me what to do? Please

21:19

let me do this for you. Let

21:21

me give you the family that I spent my

21:24

life keeping at a distance. I mean, I

21:26

ruined my chance, but

21:28

you you haven't ruined yours. I

21:31

don't want to do this without you, okay.

21:35

I mean I've been without you for so

21:37

long. I know, I

21:40

know, but maybe maybe we don't

21:42

get to be together. No, maybe

21:47

we have been given this beautiful family,

21:49

but we have to you know, we

21:52

have to take care of them at different times in

21:54

different ways you've been thinking

21:56

about this. I was just trying to find

21:58

the right way to bring it up. I knew

22:01

that when we told Jeremy that I'd

22:03

have doubt. You deserve

22:05

to be with your son, Thomas. So to you,

22:08

he's not mine. He

22:10

was once and then I abandoned

22:12

him. Okay, I lost you and

22:14

I abandoned him. You know you can't do the

22:17

same. I know.

22:21

No, we're not doing

22:23

it, Thomas. I

22:26

appreciate what you're trying to do for

22:28

me. Anne. I love

22:30

you so much for it. But it's all

22:32

a mood point. It needs

22:34

two souls. Maybe not

22:37

it did when you went in because

22:39

Alden was already in there. No,

22:42

I would take good care of

22:44

him, Thomas. I swear to you, No,

22:47

you can't do that. I can't

22:49

do that to him. I made a promise, I

22:51

know, and you will keep that

22:53

promise. But remember what you said

22:56

to Jeremy that you wanted

22:58

to buy him time, And that's

23:00

what I am doing. I am buying you time.

23:03

I'll look after Alton while you figure out how

23:05

to help us cross over, and then

23:07

close the gates for good and you can

23:09

really get to live while

23:11

you still can. Please

23:14

Thomas, Jeremy,

23:18

Jeremy. Guys, Peyton,

23:21

what are you doing here? Where's Jeremy?

23:24

He's out for some air?

23:27

Why they told him they're going into

23:29

the liminal good? That's

23:31

one problem solved. Well do

23:34

you know where he went? He's not picking up his phone.

23:36

He just went for a walk around the block. His

23:38

car isn't here. What

23:41

what's going on? What's wrong that

23:44

friend of his? I don't

23:46

know what her deal is, but she is bad

23:48

news. What do you mean she's

23:52

the one who's summoned the birds. I

23:54

don't know how she knew the right room or why

23:57

she did it. But if Jeremy is

23:59

with her right now, then we have

24:01

a big problem. You think

24:03

she'd hurt Jeremy, no offense, but

24:05

it is not Jeremy. I'm worried about. What

24:07

are you worried about? I think

24:10

whoever that legend tripper

24:13

is, she's trying to open the

24:15

gate for good. Are

24:26

we even sure this is where he would come?

24:29

If he's not here yet, he will be soon.

24:32

How do you know? Can't you feel

24:34

that something is unsettled?

24:37

Yeah? This is all feeling really

24:39

eerily familiar. Jeremy would he

24:42

wouldn't try to go in himself. Would

24:44

he No, no way, Are

24:46

you sure? Because I think he would do

24:48

a lot to save Thomas. If

24:50

he goes in, he goes in as

24:53

long as he's willing. Problem solved.

24:55

No, no, not problem

24:58

solved. But if he's trying to help that

25:00

woman do something extremely stupid,

25:03

I don't. I don't think Jeremy would

25:05

open up our world to chaos. Do

25:08

you agree with your girlfriend that he'd do anything

25:10

to save his dad? Yeah,

25:14

well then we better

25:17

hurry live.

25:19

Yeah, I need you to do something

25:21

for me, Honey. What is it? I

25:24

think, I think whatever is

25:26

about to happen. I have a feeling that this is this

25:28

is gonna be app Okay, this is going to

25:30

end today. Yeah, and so I

25:32

need you to tell your mom what happened and that

25:35

I love her, Nanna. I thought

25:37

we were gonna have my time that I could say

25:39

goodbye. You don't have to do this, I

25:42

do, you know, I do. I

25:44

never should have told my mom about Thomas. I

25:47

thought you were sure that she deserved to know. She

25:49

did it, But she shouldn't have ever met him live,

25:52

because now she's met her dad live.

25:55

I'm going to go in alone. What

25:58

I've told Thomas to stay. Nana,

26:01

it's okay, it's okay, okay.

26:04

Just give Ethan a huge hug from No Nana.

26:07

You can't do this. I won't

26:09

let you, all

26:11

right, Joel. The lake is just ahead. We're

26:14

sure that's where they'll be. I'm not sure

26:16

about anything, but we have

26:18

to start somewhere. There

26:21

he is, Jeremy, Jeremy,

26:24

Dad, Get away

26:26

from him. Dad, what are you doing

26:28

here? I mean it, you step

26:30

away. She's Louise. Everyone

26:33

is so touchy today. Dad.

26:36

You shouldn't be here, Jeremy. This woman

26:38

she can't be trusted. She knew that

26:41

the ruin would open the veil. She's been lying

26:43

to you. I know, you know.

26:46

She's a change link. She's Faye. Wait

26:49

what she's actually

26:51

called me? Francine. Good

26:54

to meet you, Jeremy. What

26:56

the hell is going on? Francine

26:58

and I have made a deal, h you

27:01

just what? Not binding just

27:03

yet? So you know, if you could

27:06

give us a sesse stay back, Jeremy,

27:09

what did you do? We've had it wrong.

27:11

Okay, people don't have to stay in the liminal. They

27:13

can pass through to the other side. Oh

27:15

no, what are you talking about? She explained

27:17

everything. The deal was made for two souls

27:20

to pass through, and people have been getting lost.

27:22

They've not been going to the second

27:24

door. Second, there is no

27:26

second door. Excuse me, there

27:29

is. Actually you don't talk. I

27:31

know, Dad, I know how to find it,

27:33

and I am going through and I will find Alden

27:36

and we will both go into the Kingdom.

27:39

Kingdom. This is not happening, Dad.

27:41

You have to let me do this. You think this

27:43

this thing is telling you the truth. She's

27:46

nothing to gain from this. She is not

27:48

lying. Yemmy, come on, you're

27:51

smarter than this. You know the

27:53

fake can't be trusted. Rude.

27:56

They have motivations that we know nothing

27:58

about. They're playing this game

28:00

on a different scale. This

28:02

is not a game, Jeremy.

28:05

I'm going your what me

28:08

and your dad agreed. He's going to stay and I

28:10

am going to go. I'll take care of Alden and

28:12

if what this woman is saying is true,

28:14

I'll take him through and you stay here

28:16

with your dad and you find a way to make him healthy

28:19

or just enjoy whatever time you

28:21

have. We didn't agree.

28:25

Oh yeah, that's not going to work for me

28:27

anymore. What well,

28:30

you've agreed to go, so I think we should

28:32

just stick to that. What do you want

28:34

with my son? You know, if you would just let

28:37

him stay lost the first time, we wouldn't even

28:39

be in this situation. What

28:41

the hell does that mean? Jeremy

28:43

is of interest to us? Hey,

28:46

cover me. I'm about to do something very stupid.

28:51

Why is he of interest to you? Well,

28:53

we're flattered that he finds us so

28:55

interesting. Hey, I

28:58

could find you interesting. Come

29:01

on, Jeremy, you know it should

29:03

be me. Don't be a martyr. Can

29:05

everyone just stop for a second. If

29:07

none of us are willing, then it won't work and

29:10

you will have to renegotiate the deal.

29:14

That's not really how it works. I

29:20

wouldn't do that if I were you.

29:27

You really shouldn't be messing around with

29:29

magic. You don't understand

29:31

what are

29:33

you doing to him? He was being very

29:35

sneaky carving rooms. Oh

29:38

fippen, Yeah,

29:40

you knew that wouldn't work. Very

29:43

valiant, try though, you broke

29:46

my arm bones heel.

29:48

I thought you said you weren't going to hurt anyone. It

29:51

was self defense. He

29:53

was trying to banish me. Fair

29:55

enough, Jeremy, Well

29:58

this has been interesting. Sorry,

30:03

that was a lie. This kind

30:05

of human drama is so exhausting. I don't

30:07

know how you do it so much, but

30:10

we should get going, Jeremy.

30:15

You have to let me do this. Dad. Did you just watch

30:17

what she did to your best friend and you still want to

30:19

go with her? Bibbin is fine? This

30:22

is our best option. No, it isn't.

30:25

I'm going alone. No.

30:27

I promised Alden I

30:29

would get him out. Yeah, and you will. Oh,

30:32

screw Alden. Alden is not your

30:34

son. I am Jeremy, Jeremy,

30:37

and I know that doesn't mean very much anymore, which

30:39

is why I am doing this. You

30:41

all clearly don't need me, Jeremy.

30:44

That's not true. This is the best thing I can

30:46

do. This is how I can be most useful.

30:49

This is what I'm good for. No can

30:52

get off of me. No, you're not going,

30:54

Jeremy. Do you not let me go? I

30:57

will. You'll let me go and

30:59

keep him down, Okay, Dad?

31:02

No, I love you, Jeremy.

31:06

No, I love you so much. Being

31:08

your dad is the most important thing in the world

31:10

to me. No, Dad,

31:14

I will always love you. Don

31:19

is so quaint now, Jeremy. The

31:23

doorst openness, and your

31:25

dad would never want you to walk through it. You

31:28

know that. But it's not finished.

31:30

Live, Nana,

31:33

tell the mom and Ethan that I love them. Nana.

31:36

No, it's okay, Live, it's

31:38

okay. Ethan hug

31:41

for me. Jeremy,

31:43

I'm so sorry. God,

31:49

damn it, this

31:51

isn't over. It's

32:00

done. It's

32:03

done, Jeremy,

32:10

it can't be. No,

32:15

I'm sorry.

32:18

I've got you, I've

32:21

got you. Is that thing

32:23

gone? I think so? She

32:26

said? Do

32:28

you think she'll be back? The deal is

32:30

for two souls. She

32:32

might still be able to come over here in that form,

32:35

but she can't do anything more, not

32:38

now, but eventually. We'll

32:40

worry about that another day.

32:43

Okay, right, Ben,

32:46

all the monsters might still be out

32:48

there. We're not done yet.

32:55

And what she do to me? Do

32:58

you mean she

33:00

healed my wrist? I think

33:03

it? God,

33:05

I felt like she did something to me. It

33:09

wasn't myself, wasn't I No,

33:12

No, you weren't. I

33:15

think I think maybe she was

33:17

messing with your head somehow. You

33:19

know, I want I really

33:22

wanted to go. I

33:26

know I didn't mean that

33:29

that stuff what

33:31

I said. I know, I know that I know what

33:33

it too. You think my dad

33:35

knew? Yeah, yeah,

33:38

I think he knew. I

33:41

should I have I

33:45

wish I told him

33:47

he's God's

33:50

God. Listen,

33:54

we should get out of the forest. Hello,

34:00

h

34:03

Uncle Tommy? Is

34:06

that? Where

34:08

does uncle Tommy? Where

34:11

am I holden?

34:18

Holden? Hey?

34:41

Lee? Profession? Oh

34:45

yeah, I wasn't expected to show you

34:47

again. I

34:49

know this is unexpected, but there's

34:51

something I need to

34:53

tell you. How did that radio

34:56

work out for you? It worked out well?

34:58

Really? U really well?

35:00

Actually, if it's hard, I'd

35:02

like to hang onto it for a little while. Of

35:05

course I've got no use for it anymore.

35:08

Are you hoping to talk to more

35:11

ghosts? Kind of want

35:13

to lend it to a friend. Actually, she's got some stuff happening

35:16

down in Virginia that she could use little little

35:19

help with. All. The radio is

35:21

yours? Thanks, y. That's

35:24

not why you're here, though, is it? Now?

35:28

I I brought

35:30

someone to see you. Oh

35:33

yeah, it's Thomas with you now

35:35

now. Um Thomas had to uh

35:39

he left Bridgewater. Oh

35:41

I'm sure to hear that. Yeah,

35:43

me too, but he really

35:46

wanted to bring someone back to see you. Ah,

35:50

is this your son? No? This

35:54

is um? Hey?

35:57

Can you can you come a little closer? Lee?

36:03

Lee? You got so Oh

36:08

what? Really,

36:13

it's really him

36:18

Oh.

36:24

This episode of Bridgewater was written by Lauren

36:27

Shippin and directed by Brendan Patrick

36:29

Hughes Assistant director Sarah

36:31

Klein. Sound designed by Vincent de

36:34

Johnny Rima Ilkali, Josh

36:36

Thane, and Trevor Young, with music

36:39

by Chad Lawson. Starring Misha

36:41

Collins as Jeremy Bradshaw, Melissa

36:43

Ponzio as Anne Becker, Alan

36:46

Tudik as Thomas Bradshaw, Karen

36:49

Sony as Vipen Krana, Sabra

36:51

May as Olivia Hoskins,

36:54

Cheryl Umania as Officer Bautista,

36:57

Will Wheaton as Captain Haddock, Risha

37:00

Helper as the Legend Tripper,

37:02

Stephen Guarino as Doctor Edwards

37:05

Nandamisu Dembe as Peyton

37:07

Blake, Hilary Burton Morgan as

37:10

Shelley Hoskins, Nicki McCauley

37:12

as Celeste Than, Victoria Grace

37:15

as Katie Franks, with additional

37:17

voice acting by Greta Gould, Shelby

37:20

Young, Adam O'Byrne, Monte,

37:22

Markham, Charlie Bergman, and Teren

37:24

Westbrook. Executive producers

37:26

Aaron Manky, Misha Collins, Lauren

37:29

Shippin, Matt Frederick and Alexander

37:31

Williams, supervising producers Josh

37:34

Thane and Trevor Young. Bridgewater

37:36

was created by me Aaron Mankey and

37:38

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