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The hidden people contains mature

0:02

language, content and

0:04

themes. Please listen

0:07

with care.

0:30

Vaden Leiters' movement presents the

0:32

hidden people starring Jordan

0:34

Lopez Alexander Chilton,

0:37

Steven Google, Sean Gunther,

0:39

Xander Hildenbrand, Steven Kalenberg,

0:42

and Luna Madison.

1:07

Season three episode thirteen,

1:10

anniversary. written by

1:12

Chris Burnside directed by

1:14

Chris and Meghan Burnside. Also

1:17

starring Jacob Anderson, Zach

1:20

Brown, Tara Brown, Aaron

1:22

Crane and Daniel Gunther.

1:29

Attention, everyone. I've called

1:31

a meeting of team McKenna. Yes.

1:33

We know. That's why this meeting

1:35

is back at Shaili's

1:36

beach house. Are you complaining?

1:39

Oh, hell no.

1:41

This place is glorious. Thank

1:43

you. everybody, make

1:45

sure you get some cookies and try

1:47

the punch.

1:48

It's one of my dad's old recipes. And

1:51

he thinks I could check

1:53

some kick in this punch. Wine

1:55

and dash of Brandy,

1:57

several dashes

1:59

of Brandy. Dad was

1:59

a theater guy. Yeah. He knew how to throw a

2:02

party.

2:03

Clint,

2:03

do you waste a party sober too?

2:06

Yeah. You didn't know her dad.

2:09

Yeah. Don't forget the Shirley temples. Yeah.

2:11

But how often did Shirley get a little

2:13

dirty? I'd say pretty often.

2:15

I agree with the trainer.

2:17

alcohol dulls, the mind, and the

2:19

senses. I must always be ready for

2:21

my final battle. As I do not know

2:24

when that will occur, I must be ever

2:26

vigilant.

2:27

you know that you don't have to come to team

2:29

meetings. Right? Therefore, the team,

2:32

I have decided I do

2:34

not like television at the moment. So

2:36

I am here to help.

2:38

Mhmm. I did have a point

2:40

to this meeting. It's more than just cookies

2:42

and punch. Yeah. A remote pet of

2:44

tantrum. Okay people. We

2:46

still don't know if Vodan is out of commission from

2:48

the well incident. And if he is, we don't

2:50

know how long that will last. So we need to

2:52

take advantage of this reprieve by following up on

2:55

the only in we have left. Morgan

2:57

the banshee witch? No. The cult of

2:59

Voda. No. Edgar's data.

3:02

No. The master of shot.

3:05

What?

3:05

I don't think he got to finish speaking.

3:08

It's probably like the master of shaggin.

3:11

No. People take this seriously.

3:12

the

3:13

Master of shagging. They

3:16

didn't know. I mean the clue

3:18

Mamiya gave me. Read the transcripts.

3:21

Precisely, So the natural question

3:23

is,

3:24

what transcripts? Seems

3:26

like an important question.

3:28

Maybe something with the cult. A lot

3:30

of them are business men and business

3:33

meetings sometimes have transcripts. Researchers

3:35

also use transcription with interviews. I

3:38

don't think that's what I'm your men. When

3:40

I first met Vodan, I was in a courtroom.

3:42

Exactly. And if

3:44

decades of legal dramas have taught me anything,

3:46

it's that the stenographer effort is always transcribing

3:49

everything that happens in the court case for

3:51

the record. Did Arcadia's

3:54

Court Trim have a stenographer? never

3:56

saw one of those weird little typewriters,

3:58

but one of the hidden people

3:59

had a huge ass quill pen

4:02

thing he was writing with. I think he was

4:04

copying down everything. But

4:06

didn't you say the courtroom exploded?

4:08

Technically, it was all the alder's

4:11

in it who exploded. But yeah,

4:13

it's the same difference. And you escaped

4:15

a mid fiery wreckage. No

4:17

way pile of paper survived that.

4:20

The hidden people would not simply record

4:22

such important records on pieces of paper.

4:25

So magic paper then? psychic

4:28

paper?

4:29

A death note.

4:32

Maybe they laminate it later. She's

4:34

right. A scribe might record everything

4:36

that was said in the courtroom, but though the

4:38

service holds copies of every document of

4:40

the Unceiving court, It should hold transcripts

4:43

too. So even if the paper

4:45

burned up, we could find a backup in the hall

4:47

of the sagas. In theory, Mamir

4:49

wouldn't have told Alfie to read them

4:51

if they couldn't be read, so you're

4:54

probably right. Unless

4:56

he was lying and this is all a ploy to kill

4:58

us, Well,

4:59

that's why not everyone is going.

5:01

We need designated survivors. Think

5:04

people.

5:05

You were the one who invited

5:07

all of us to this meeting together. Oh,

5:11

right.

5:12

From now on, we need designated survivors.

5:14

Think people. So what are

5:17

you suggesting?

5:17

We need our big guns out here

5:19

in case Vodong wakes up and comes looking for a

5:22

fight, but we can't go in completely unarmed.

5:24

I'm going in because Amir gave me this quest,

5:27

and I happen to know where the hall of the sagas is.

5:29

And Riley is coming so she can step us out if

5:31

things get bad.

5:32

You can't step sideways between Acadian

5:34

here now that all the doors are vanished.

5:36

But we know there's a circle by the backdoor

5:38

entrance. So if we get in trouble, we

5:40

step back to that and run back into our world.

5:42

I don't like just the two of you going in.

5:46

It

5:46

will not be just the two of them.

5:48

I will accompany you on this quest, Alfie.

5:51

Yeah. That doesn't make me

5:53

feel even a little bit better.

5:56

No one here knows Arcadia like I

5:58

do. I will get you to the hall of the sagas.

6:01

And if we face danger, I'll cover

6:03

your escape. Are you

6:05

sure about this? If Alfred O'Toul

6:07

can be this brave. I can also

6:10

step up. Thanks.

6:12

I think. That was at least

6:14

sixty percent compliment. Make

6:16

sure you don't waste any time in there.

6:18

get in and get out. Don't worry.

6:21

We've got this. Does everybody know their assignments?

6:23

You literally only gave assignments to

6:25

yourself and Riley. Perfect. Go

6:28

team.

6:32

I assume she means to come back for

6:34

me. Only would it time unless

6:36

you're a mechanic I shall wait.

6:39

Hey, McKenna. I was

6:41

hoping I could talk to you. Is

6:43

something wrong? No. Just

6:47

maybe we could go back home now.

6:50

Mac, you should really go. Trust

6:54

me. Okay.

6:56

Sure. Come over to the circle.

6:59

I'll be back later, Shaili. Take

7:01

your time. I'm just going to play

7:03

in the waves in the swimsuit.

7:05

Just don't surrounding the water.

7:08

It won't be missing anything. We've

7:10

already established this, but you were

7:12

the devil. Just try to be back for

7:14

dessert. Desire. We

7:16

have dinner plans? No.

7:19

Right.

7:22

I will definitely be back for dessert.

7:25

Not even an ancient angry god

7:27

can understand that they

7:30

still pose him because they have something

7:32

to fight

7:32

for. Something they would die

7:34

for. Could

7:36

he ever say the same.

8:02

Are you both prepared in

8:04

the time since Vosan destroyed the unsealy

8:06

Court? the hip and people would have rebuilt

8:08

their defenses. Stealth is

8:10

our greatest weapon here. If we are

8:12

confronted, stay silent.

8:15

I can use their accent, but your voices

8:17

would betray you as outsiders. Won't

8:20

they recognize you, though? The

8:23

new holders will have risen from the lairs

8:25

who did not die in the courtroom. Many

8:27

of whom may not know me on-site. It

8:29

is possible, though, as

8:31

I was a more visible fetch. If

8:33

I am recognized, step sideways

8:36

back to the entrance and run. We

8:38

can't just leave you. This

8:40

is why I came as I Ed,

8:43

I will cover your escape. Yep.

8:45

Between the well of wisdom in this, it almost

8:47

feels like you want to die fighting. A warrior's

8:49

death is honorable. You would not

8:52

understand. No. I get that, planning

8:54

to go down in a blaze of glory like the final installment

8:56

of an action movie trilogy, but

8:58

you don't have to speed it along. You come

9:01

a long way. Sacrificeing yourself

9:03

heroically won't prove you're a good person

9:06

any more than living to be

9:07

heroic tomorrow. Are you

9:09

suggesting I flee from battle? Not

9:12

flee. Just don't immediately

9:14

assume every bad situation is where you

9:16

die. I know Mac doesn't exactly

9:19

show it because you're kind of for dark mirror, but

9:21

you are part of the team now. We

9:23

don't want you to die. I

9:25

am not.

9:26

But you are though, we're a family,

9:29

and you're part of it, kind of in

9:31

the brand new stepsister way, but

9:33

you're still part of it.

9:36

I do not deserve your

9:38

kindness. Nine less than this in

9:40

Mac do. That was

9:42

a sick burn. Wasn't

9:44

it? The sickest. I

9:48

am honored to fight by

9:50

your side and protect you when

9:52

you cannot protect yourselves. Come.

10:18

Fact, isn't

10:21

this place usually a lot busier?

10:24

The historical accuracy department

10:27

of the discovery channel is

10:29

busier than this.

10:30

No movement. no

10:33

activity. I don't

10:35

see anyone. Look

10:38

at the windows on those buildings over there.

10:40

all broken. And no glass outside,

10:43

all broken inward.

10:45

Someone threw rocks at

10:47

all the windows, or

10:50

maybe everyone was defenestrated. Of

10:52

course, if you throw someone through a window

10:55

into a building, would it be

10:57

refinish straight in. Past

11:00

that, the buildings look scorched

11:02

as if they were partially burned

11:04

down. Something happened here and

11:06

not recently. high city

11:09

was attacked. But the only

11:11

way in is the back door. The deaths of the

11:13

elders sealed off the other entrances. So

11:15

this couldn't have been an attack from the outside. and

11:18

uprising. Impossible. The

11:20

drudges and fetches of the undercity have

11:22

always been held in check. by

11:25

the Anne Sealy Court. Which

11:28

went boom. If

11:30

the undercity did rise up, the hall of

11:32

the sagas may not have survived. protective

11:35

magics might not hold without the court.

11:37

Only one way to find out, and

11:40

that way would be going there.

12:05

Okay.

12:10

What's the big secret? You

12:13

don't know what day it is to you. It's

12:15

Sunday.

12:18

Come on. We have to go somewhere.

12:21

The kind of place you don't teleport into,

12:23

especially not in the middle of a day.

12:35

and you're not going to tell me where we're

12:37

going. You'll figure it

12:39

out on the way.

12:45

We

12:47

take it. This is a public place,

12:49

the kind where people would recognize me.

12:52

I suppose you just expect me to make everyone

12:54

look the other way with magic.

12:57

I mean, yeah. I kinda

12:59

do. Just

13:01

make sure there aren't too many. have

13:03

limits, you know.

13:04

Don't worry.

13:06

It's usually not too crowded at this time of

13:08

day.

13:09

Alright. Places

13:11

you go that are this direction.

13:13

The grocery

13:15

store?

13:16

No. lives, what I'll do with stepping

13:18

sideways to European markets? Sam's

13:21

house. Is she back in town? No.

13:25

Still in Auckland. The

13:27

cemetery, are we going to

13:29

oh,

13:31

shit. Told you you'd figure

13:33

hear it out. It's the anniversary

13:35

of how

13:38

it does not feel like a year has passed since

13:40

that day.

13:40

It's been a blur. I

13:43

feel like the whole world is different, and

13:45

I haven't been through nearly what you have.

13:48

Yeah. I

13:49

haven't been back since fuck

13:52

since before I found out anything

13:54

about who I am.

13:55

I'm a terrible person.

13:58

You've been a little busy,

13:59

saving the world multiple times.

14:02

I think they forgive you. Yeah.

14:12

Thank

14:13

you for remembering. Not

14:15

that you'd ever forget, but

14:16

Thank you. I

14:18

was prepared to drag you kicking and screaming,

14:20

so you probably shouldn't thank me. I'm

14:24

just glad were still together, especially

14:27

on a day like this.

14:30

Parents who will never again

14:32

hold their children.

14:35

grandparents who will never meet their

14:38

grandchildren page

14:41

and Robert Thor.

14:44

You are missed.

15:15

Hold on. Will not be pleased.

15:18

When he weakens, these ones

15:20

have failed at their casts. I

15:23

struck at the fetch in her mind and sowed

15:25

the seeds of doubts. She saw

15:27

through your ruse and does not abandon McKenna.

15:30

That is the definition of failure.

15:32

Oh, master. It

15:35

seems the only ones who have been

15:37

sufficiently demoralized are

15:40

Makena and Nissa. I

15:43

broke Makena and vaudon

15:45

himself Scott Tanisha. I

15:48

wonder if there's a pattern here.

15:51

Excuse me, but Alfred

15:53

has also been demoralized by the

15:55

joint machinations of myself and

15:58

the brotherhood. Does this

16:00

one mean when that one tricked

16:02

him and stole from him?

16:05

Yes, Winston. Black Annis

16:07

agrees that the puck is also

16:10

confused. Your

16:12

dolls aren't even hear who

16:14

are you talking to? Enough

16:17

puck. You will treat the

16:19

morigna with our due respect.

16:22

Oh, believe me. I am.

16:25

Some might say I'm being generous.

16:30

We can still work the will of Vodan

16:32

in his absence. Store, I

16:34

get the weak links to

16:36

devour all the whole.

16:39

The anthrop papa guy speaks truth.

16:42

You both nauseate me.

16:45

You shade are a mere

16:47

shadow of a man. And

16:49

this headless monstrosity

16:53

Perhaps together, you could make one

16:56

useful being.

16:58

We feel the vibrations but

17:00

cannot hear the words. let

17:03

us start your lips that

17:05

we might know your truth.

17:08

You disgust me.

17:10

Quit waving your hands at the back

17:13

away. This must

17:15

be what Vodan means when he mentions being surrounded

17:17

by fools. Listen up

17:19

Jack Wagons. We must strike

17:21

another blow at them, a successful

17:24

one this time. The

17:26

puck knows that those

17:28

ones cannot be killed

17:31

so sick, vote

17:34

on.

17:35

Vonage was quite explicit about that. Trust

17:37

me.

17:38

Their spirits can be broken

17:40

without killing them. you

17:43

need only look at my encounter

17:45

with Makena to see this. I

17:48

was able to get

17:49

your hands away from me.

17:51

We feel the sounds but cannot

17:54

understand. Perhaps you will

17:56

understand this sound.

18:02

Oh, yes. We seem to

18:04

be doing very well in our God's absence.

18:07

Everything's hunky fucking gory.

18:09

Fine. We will show you all

18:12

how it's done. The morigna

18:14

will succeed again where

18:17

all

18:17

others languid.

18:59

The house has Wi Fi if you want to use your phone

19:01

or I can take your home?

19:04

No. I like watching

19:05

the ocean. listening to the waves.

19:08

It's like a white noise and she makes up for a living.

19:11

Mandy if you're doing it.

19:13

It's your beach. Is

19:16

everything okay? I'm

19:18

just thinking that

19:20

much is obvious. Yeah.

19:27

Hey, Shaili. What

19:30

does it feel like when you die? What?

19:34

I mean, I

19:36

can't stop thinking about it.

19:39

I'm gonna die soon, and

19:42

actual god decreed it.

19:45

And you've died twice, so I figured

19:47

you probably had a good idea. I

19:51

don't think it's really the same thing

19:53

considering that it's impossible to ask a human,

19:55

you're probably the next best thing.

19:59

Not that you're a thing. I Relax,

20:03

I get it.

20:06

I don't really know what to tell you though.

20:09

It's mostly

20:09

just black. and then

20:11

I was just there again. Coming

20:14

back wasn't really like waking up.

20:16

It was almost like opening

20:18

your eyes from a blink.

20:24

Well, unfortunately,

20:25

for me, I don't think I can

20:27

be brought back with that.

20:30

I'm not so much interested

20:32

in post death parts. After

20:34

life or no, it'll be what it is. It's

20:39

It's

20:39

the dying part that fixates me.

20:42

Honestly, that wasn't

20:44

as bad as you'd

20:45

think I've been shot before

20:47

with bullets,

20:48

Mindy, not iron, and that second

20:50

hurts,

20:50

like a lot. Also

20:52

had not got stripped out by the wolf,

20:54

that hurt even more. Diane

20:58

was

21:00

quicker,

21:01

simpler. It only

21:03

hurts for a moment, a half second

21:06

of pain, and then nothing.

21:09

Because you exploded. I'll

21:12

probably bleed

21:14

out slowly and ride and add me for

21:16

an hour. That's

21:18

the spirit.

21:28

We

21:29

can't win, can we?

21:31

I don't know.

21:33

I think you do. The

21:36

time

21:36

since AAMIC McKinnon has been a banner

21:38

year for Shirley being wrong.

21:41

Asid, you couldn't see for Fitch. Stop

21:43

the Majester, stop Cygnus

21:45

without killing some, defeat the

21:47

unseely court.

21:49

If I tell you we can't beat more

21:51

on and stop the whale hunt. The

21:53

odds are that Mckenna will kill him with a railway

21:55

spike.

21:57

That's where. Look at

21:59

it like this.

21:59

If he could kill us, he would

22:02

have.

22:03

He could have killed me kill it twice and didn't.

22:06

For some reason, he can't

22:08

do it.

22:10

or he makes us alive as part

22:12

of his master plan.

22:14

Either way, we're still here,

22:16

still fighting.

22:19

I can't tell you that you're not born

22:21

today,

22:22

but it can tell you if

22:24

you do.

22:25

will all be right behind you,

22:28

fighting to the last breath.

22:31

When did we become heroes?

22:34

McKenna.

22:36

I was never brave before her.

22:39

I find that horrible. It's

22:42

true. Maybe it's because

22:44

she's a half them.

22:46

Maybe it's because I'm in love with her.

22:47

Whatever

22:48

the reason, she makes the

22:50

woman to be better.

22:51

You're in love

22:53

with her. Isn't it obvious?

22:58

It's one thing for us to see it. It's

23:00

another for you to say it. I

23:02

know it. She knows it. Don't

23:05

mind if the rest of you know it too.

23:08

Vodan probably also knows

23:10

it. You'll

23:13

use it against you.

23:15

Against her. I

23:17

he surely will.

23:20

But that isn't the reason

23:22

to deny it. It is a

23:24

strength. You can use

23:26

some of strengths against them. but

23:28

the air still strengthens. When

23:31

we

23:31

finally go toe to toe, you'll

23:33

see that strength. Right

23:35

before I stick my sword up his arse,

23:38

You got a new one? I rebuilt it too

23:40

much, my last one. It comes out to Miss Lee,

23:42

so we don't have to touch the eye on. Well,

23:46

hope

23:46

when the time comes, you shove it up so

23:48

far that it comes out of his mouth.

23:51

More than likely he'll kill me before

23:53

I get close.

23:55

But like you said, I've dined

23:57

twice. What's the third time?

23:59

At

24:00

least do you have a good attitude about it?

24:03

McKinnon will bring the back. Maybe

24:06

I could be little taller next time.

24:09

Cosmetic surgery appeared dying.

24:12

And this

24:13

feels like normal reasonable logic.

24:16

Last year has really been something.

24:18

It surely has.

24:23

Well, if I'm gonna

24:25

die, there's something you need to do beforehand.

24:29

I'm gonna take you up on that WiFi offer.

24:50

I can't believe they've been gone a year. Sort

24:53

of feels like yesterday,

24:54

though it also feels like

24:56

a completely different life. I

24:59

know what you mean.

25:00

The last time I was here, I still thought

25:03

they were

25:03

my parents. they were.

25:06

You know what I mean? I didn't realize

25:08

I was

25:08

adopted better

25:12

I guess.

25:14

You know that wouldn't have

25:15

mattered to them. If

25:17

they'd known they'd have under stood you

25:20

even more. It wouldn't have changed

25:22

our family. No. It

25:24

was my mother who did that.

25:26

So you could survive.

25:28

She

25:28

did what she needed to do. Tell

25:30

that to your other

25:31

sister.

25:34

I saw what the world was like without

25:36

you in it. And I won't lie.

25:39

She had it really good. Nobody

25:42

else did, but McKenna was normal.

25:46

And I know we disagree on this, but

25:48

I wouldn't trade for that. I didn't

25:51

trade for that because her

25:53

life isn't more important than yours,

25:56

and now you both get to

25:58

live.

25:59

She has caused so much pain.

26:02

She has caused knew so much pain. I

26:05

know. She is the reason

26:07

we are standing here right now. In

26:09

some a cherry. I know.

26:12

I

26:12

know you have a soft spot for her.

26:14

You finally found your real sister. I

26:16

understand that, but that doesn't give

26:18

her a pass. That doesn't make her part

26:21

of the family. She belongs in

26:23

prison, paying for what she did to them.

26:25

That wasn't her fault. She swung

26:27

the site that killed our mom.

26:29

Yeah. A site you now used to save

26:31

lives. That is not the same thing.

26:34

No. Because that's just a tool.

26:37

She's a human being. They beat

26:39

her body down and ripped her

26:41

mind apart. And she came back

26:43

from that She took that

26:45

second chance you gave her and

26:47

she's using it. She could kill

26:49

any of us at any time. She

26:51

probably doesn't even need a reason.

26:53

You saved her. You

26:55

gave her a second chance. In the junkyard,

26:58

why can't you let her use that chance?

27:00

Her second chance was to live

27:02

in prison. That was

27:04

by necessity. We didn't know

27:06

then what we know now.

27:08

Look, I get what they did

27:10

to her. I get why she's like this.

27:13

But just because someone opposes human

27:15

trafficking king doesn't mean that they should

27:17

let murderers live in their house even

27:19

if the murderers

27:19

were brainwashed at the time. You

27:22

know that night before before we went to

27:24

the junkyard. I asked if

27:27

you were fighting for your life and

27:29

you said you were fighting for hers.

27:31

At first, I thought you meant Shaili, but

27:34

I realized as you

27:36

laid out your plan that you met the other

27:38

Makena. You

27:39

were fighting for her life. Why?

27:43

So she could sit in prison. You

27:46

risked every things so she could go

27:48

to jail?

27:49

She deserves punishment for what she did.

27:52

Don't

27:52

you think she's been punished enough?

27:54

A few months in prison is barely any. thing.

27:56

That wasn't what I meant her

27:59

entire life has been punishment.

28:02

Look what she's done with the opportunity to

28:04

find redemption,

28:04

watch Netflix. Help.

28:09

She wants to help.

28:11

She's

28:11

been offering suggestions and ideas.

28:14

She went with us to the well.

28:16

Yeah, to give us painless deaths.

28:18

Sure. She said that, but what did she

28:21

do? When Riley and Shaili

28:23

got Missa and I out, she stayed with

28:25

Alfie.

28:26

She was ready to die to cover our

28:28

escape. And just today, she

28:30

went along to protect Alfie and

28:32

Riley. She's really be trying.

28:37

Yeah. I

28:39

guess, I

28:40

know you know it. And

28:42

I'm sure this isn't easy for you.

28:45

You probably feel guilty for

28:47

what she's been through. and

28:50

you hate her for what she did. I

28:52

feel my own versions of all of that.

28:55

Did you really bring me here just to talk about

28:57

her?

28:59

I brought you here because this headstone

29:01

says Thorne, that's who

29:03

you are, who I am,

29:06

and who she is. Don't

29:09

you think if they could talk

29:11

to us right now? They'd ask

29:13

you to watch over their other daughter to

29:15

help her.

29:17

Of course, they would. Of

29:20

course,

29:20

they would.

29:22

Yeah. You're

29:24

right.

29:25

I think shocker there. I'm

29:28

sorry. Yes. been a jerk to her. I'm

29:31

not the one you should apologize to.

29:34

Oh, buddy. If you think I would say that

29:36

to her face, you really don't know me at all.

29:38

Yeah.

29:38

I guess I can't expect both

29:41

of my sisters to wanna be better people.

29:44

You

29:44

realize I have superpowers and can

29:46

publicly

29:46

humiliate you in so many ways.

29:49

But you wouldn't. Countless

29:51

ways, Thomas, countless ways Come

29:54

on. Come on. Let's say goodbye

29:56

and get to Shailies. I wanna be there

29:58

when they get back from Arcadia.

30:36

We are here, the hall of the sagas.

30:39

we should hurry. The desolation unnerves

30:41

me. Okay. Well,

30:44

good news. The hall of the sagas is here

30:46

and appears to be intact. However,

30:49

good news. None of the hidden

30:51

people are anywhere in sight.

30:53

I see your good news

30:55

and raise your hand. and

30:57

a

30:58

Find your transcripts.

31:01

I'll keep watch.

31:08

Would the undercity really rise up to destroy

31:10

the hidden up here? The undercity are

31:12

the broken and they're rejected. outcasts,

31:16

the drags of the hidden society, drudges

31:19

and discarded fetches mostly. Some

31:21

of the equities lived on the edge of the undercity,

31:24

the lesser ones, but

31:26

the world that they had in people is very organized

31:28

into classes. The lower classes

31:31

were treated terribly. in some

31:33

cases worse than fetches. So

31:35

the answer to your question is

31:38

yes. The undercity has

31:40

many reasons to revolt.

31:42

So we would say the hidden people

31:44

are revolting.

31:47

oh

31:48

healthy. I just

31:50

made a dad joke. I'm

31:52

losing my head. Sure.

31:55

I thought it was actually funny.

31:57

focus

31:58

whether the undercity destroyed

31:59

the lairs or civil war rages

32:02

on elsewhere in Arcadia. we cannot

32:04

remain here for long. Even a band

32:06

of roaming fetches could be deadly. Okay.

32:09

You do realize this isn't the supply

32:11

closet of the sagas. Right? It could

32:14

take these to find what we need. Do

32:16

you think

32:16

they use the Dewey Desimal System?

32:19

I don't see any codes or numbers on

32:21

any of their stuff.

32:23

Well, how did the hidden people find

32:25

anything in here then? They must have a

32:27

system.

32:29

Hang on. Alfie, what's

32:31

that book you've got?

32:33

Something about Mesopotamia.

32:40

They do have a system.

32:47

Okay. Their their

32:49

complex planning system

32:50

is oldest to newest.

32:52

Seriously? To

32:55

the hidden people age is extremely important.

32:58

I am not surprised that this would be their primary

33:01

criteria.

33:02

That transcript has to be the last thing they added

33:04

to the hall.

33:05

So it would just be

33:08

at the other end

33:09

Race you there.

33:30

Well,

33:33

I've read through the entire trial. It

33:36

took hours and I'm exhausted. But

33:38

it was kinda neat to relive our big hero moments

33:40

from last year. Also,

33:42

this confirms that Vodan knows everything

33:45

because wow, the levels of detail.

33:48

Not helping us feel better. Did

33:50

you find anything helpful in there? Most

33:53

it was just what happened to all of us. I

33:56

do have to apologize though. I

33:58

read a lot of private conversations

33:59

that people had I

34:02

spent most of the last year with you, so

34:04

you saw and heard most of my experiences

34:07

firsthand.

34:09

Wait. Like

34:10

every private conversation? He

34:12

didn't include

34:13

everything. Just what was relevant

34:15

to his story.

34:16

Good.

34:17

Don't worry. Shaley. He only

34:19

had a little bit about the night Mac brought you back

34:22

to life before it all faded to black. Yep.

34:24

That's enough of that. Did

34:26

you learn anything useful beyond spying on us?

34:29

Only one thing that seemed to fit with what Hamir

34:31

said and what we're trying to figure out about Vodan,

34:34

and it involves me, so it makes sense

34:36

that Mamir gave the quest to me.

34:38

What was it? He's just dragging

34:40

it out to make it more dramatic. Give

34:43

him space he earned this victory.

34:46

When Elsha captured Nisea and I and we squared

34:48

off against the magister, I lied

34:50

to him, and Elsha said I was telling the

34:52

truth. And she's an inquisitor, so

34:55

she would know. I

34:56

remember you telling us about that.

34:58

Where does that matter though we already knew

35:00

it

35:00

happened? Exactly.

35:03

and you also lied to rob and good fellows

35:05

successfully when you were at the cult mansion.

35:08

So in conclusion, Alfie

35:10

has super hours.

35:12

How is any of this helpful?

35:13

The answer isn't in me

35:15

lying to the Manchester or Tricking Elsha

35:18

or Robin for them had It's

35:20

later when we told the story to you and

35:22

Thomas.

35:23

Right. We were at Nissa's apartment

35:26

the day after birthday. I

35:28

made cake.

35:29

Vollon skipped the retelling, but he had

35:31

the rest of it exactly right, down to

35:33

every little thing we said, all about

35:36

how Mac should us chili again.

35:37

This was after you had learned about me

35:40

working for the mudster.

35:41

Vodan interjected though, eated

35:44

that little throughout the entire transcript almost

35:46

like he was talking directly to us some

35:48

of the time. That's disturbing. I

35:51

actually found it to be a really effective storytelling

35:53

device. Mac. After

35:56

you asked me, how did you trick

35:58

her, vote on interjected?

35:59

acted

36:01

That's what I would like to know.

36:03

Something he didn't know. Correction.

36:06

The only thing he didn't know

36:09

in

36:09

the entire transcript

36:11

or at least the only thing he admitted

36:14

to not knowing.

36:15

Oh, this is huge.

36:17

A gap in his knowledge. Also,

36:20

the second

36:20

time this has happened if you count the recent

36:22

incident with Nisha's computer.

36:24

But what do these things have in

36:26

common? I'll see.

36:28

Yeah?

36:29

No. The thing in common

36:32

is you healthy. Vodan

36:34

didn't know how you could lie to Elsha

36:36

successfully. and he also

36:38

didn't know what was happening when you were pinging my

36:40

computer. You're the

36:42

common element here. Me.

36:45

I'd like like to again float the idea that

36:48

Alfie has superpowers. Alfie,

36:51

you're wonderful. Yeah. but

36:53

you can't outgrow God. None

36:56

of us can. But how else do you explain

36:58

this? I don't know what

37:00

the must be an explanation.

37:03

Yeah. It's what my meter wants us

37:05

to figure out. But so

37:07

far all we know is that alfia is hella confusing

37:10

to vote Well,

37:12

it's back to the grindstone forest. Together,

37:15

we'll figure it out. I'm

37:18

going to back out of the for a day or

37:20

so. There's something I need

37:22

to do before I

37:25

you know. In

37:27

case Vodan's knowledge is infallible.

37:30

That's fine, nissa. Whatever you need.

37:34

Research and ideas are not a part

37:36

of my skill it. I would like to

37:38

try watching television again, but

37:40

no more sick comps. You may call

37:42

for me if you need me.

37:44

No problem. You learned a break too.

37:47

Thank you for watching over Alfie and Riley.

37:49

I you

37:52

are welcome.

38:00

Did you just thank

38:02

her. I'm

38:04

growing as a person. Check

38:06

out my much larger person

38:09

Thank you for thanking her, McKenna.

38:12

I really appreciate you trying.

38:13

No. This is really

38:26

What is wrong? I'm

38:28

gonna have the rest.

38:30

What is this?

38:32

A sporting event. in a large

38:34

arena. Where's the singer?

38:37

They are showing the sports players. They're

38:40

all holding their chest. Who

38:42

is singing the fucking song?

38:45

Wrong Mckenna. Shit

38:48

that voice.

38:50

There, it's her. It's Morgan.

38:53

Why is Morgan seeing the national anthem

38:56

march madness? Big basketball

38:58

fan. Everybody's got a bracket. Shipped

39:02

fucking

39:02

cameraman pant out. show

39:05

the court need to see a circle. Or

39:07

are you just gonna step sideways into

39:09

televised arena? I have to.

39:11

She would only go there to do something horrible.

39:13

If I don't see you.

39:15

Thank you.

39:17

I am pork.

39:19

And this

39:21

is pork.

39:48

Oh, no. Gosh.

39:54

The

39:54

picture has stopped.

39:56

No. The camera stopped

39:58

rolling. You you saw

40:00

what happened. Right? The entire

40:03

building came down. I

40:05

am very against hidden people dropping

40:08

buildings on humans. This

40:10

one wasn't just on you. That

40:13

arena was packed, all those people.

40:16

She did this for us.

40:19

She's calling us out. How

40:21

would she know we'd even be watching? She

40:24

knew we would see it. life

40:26

or after I went viral. This

40:28

is it. They're retaliation for

40:31

what I did to vote on. This is what

40:33

I get for trying to fight back. This

40:35

is what happens when we try.

40:37

I'm

40:39

gonna kill her. This

40:42

isn't like the movies. This

40:43

isn't McKenna needing to learn her lesson

40:46

about killing, monsters

40:48

need to die. but

40:50

this monster was unstoppable

40:53

during their last encounter. McKenna

40:56

is going to need a lot more than just

40:58

anger and determination to beat her.

41:01

She's

41:01

going to need help.

41:08

Gayton Ryder's movement presents the

41:10

hidden people. Executive producers

41:13

Chris Burnside and Meghan Burnside.

41:17

Producers, Aleksey Tett Fisher,

41:19

Sarah Gellner, Sandra Hildenbrand,

41:22

Emily Callenberg, Steven Callenberg,

41:24

Jordan Lopez and Katherine

41:27

Seaton. Lead

41:29

writer Chris Burnside, script

41:31

editors Megan Burnside and Alexia

41:33

Fed Fisher. Sound

41:35

designs score an original music

41:38

by Katherine Seaton. Audio

41:41

production McKenny Watts,

41:43

Chris Burnside, and Katherine Seaton.

41:47

Or more on the hidden people visit

41:49

our website at hidden peoplespot cast

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