0:00

Rusty

0:01

Quill presents.

0:11

Get those more lights out. Come

0:13

on. Good. Put your

0:16

backs into it. I'm

0:19

just about to go into the legislation meeting.

0:21

Can you Can you repeat that?

0:24

We found their temple, the trollerman's run

0:26

a game just like you said we had to.

0:29

we're asking

0:32

your permission to go in. If

0:34

you give us time to get this done, we can

0:36

give you the results you've been looking for.

0:38

Something you can take to the press.

0:43

How long? We're

0:47

We are in the mud right now, just

0:49

trying to get free. We'll

0:51

be there by dusk.

0:56

It's too late. You understand

0:58

that, so you it's much too

1:00

late. We're about to vote.

1:04

Listen to me. You usually dance.

1:07

Listen. You

1:09

called us to this hunt. You paid

1:11

for these troops yours to march out ear

1:13

and serve in our care because you wanted

1:15

us to kill a god. You

1:18

entered into a pact that gage eye We

1:20

understand as something sacred. But

1:23

you must have imagined something else, some

1:26

kind of business arrangement because

1:28

then you change the terms. and

1:30

now you want to change them again because

1:32

all you know how to do is dance and

1:34

squirm. So if we're

1:36

now renegotiating, we

1:38

have a new offer for For

1:41

every minute you make us wait to pursue

1:43

our quarry, we'll hunt down one of

1:45

your soldiers instead. Sister,

1:47

take their skull and will take their

1:49

skin and will wear these things as

1:51

trophies to the glory of the beats that

1:54

stocks in the long grass.

1:57

And then we'll ride into the city.

1:59

We'll find whatever hole you've

2:02

coiled up in and we'll drag your

2:04

carion carcass home through the streets

2:06

with us, and that can

2:08

be the final sacrifice to our

2:10

God. Worthless as it were to anybody

2:12

else.

2:13

payments made in full.

2:16

What do you say? Do

2:19

we have an agreement?

2:26

Fine. Wipe

2:28

out the temple.

2:30

Take it of the ringleaders alive if

2:32

you can.

2:34

Just

2:36

fucking get it done.

2:41

You

2:44

think the political is going to stand for

2:46

that? I don't care if they do.

2:51

You should have never agreed

2:54

to this. I We

2:57

agreed to this. You to

3:00

it. I said I wanted a

3:02

break. I wanted time to breathe,

3:04

but you didn't listen

3:07

to me.

3:10

Gage, what's happened to

3:12

you? We agree

3:14

to the hunt

3:15

together,

3:16

always together. We agree on everything

3:19

we do.

3:19

We only agree because

3:21

I let you decide for us.

3:24

That is a true sibling. You

3:26

don't you

3:28

don't really believe that. Year

3:30

of one mind,

3:31

we act as equals, we always

3:33

have ever since the hunt began. Ever

3:36

since that first sacrifice

3:37

we made in the fields when

3:40

we moved as one, hunted

3:42

as one, and the beast with

3:44

us. You know, that

3:47

how it happened.

3:48

Sister, you remember

3:52

know you remember that

3:54

isn't how it would really happen,

3:57

only the story you like to tell

3:59

for us.

4:02

Tell me remember.

4:06

Let's just get

4:07

back on the road. Tonight,

4:09

we'll wipe out the troller man's people in their

4:11

cave and the political can have their

4:12

victory.

4:14

And then you can have your brainer.

4:18

I'm sorry if I've been

4:19

pushing you too hard. I

4:22

was running, Sister.

4:24

You must remember, I

4:27

was running for him through the

4:29

fields,

4:30

I would have been his quarry, and

4:32

I tripped and fell.

4:33

And he was on top of me,

4:36

choking me. And you came at

4:38

him with the knife and it

4:40

wasn't easy. It was hard

4:42

and ugly. And when it was finally

4:44

done, you sucked. You

4:46

sucked like a v be. Sister,

4:49

I know you remember.

4:54

Get those jeeps moving. Go.

4:57

Go.

5:12

Be

5:18

ready with the rifle. You

5:22

down there. This is private property.

5:25

I know this

5:27

fucking idiot. The river

5:29

rises. She

5:32

said the river rises.

5:37

Watch the past phrase.

5:39

I've got an injured child underwater

5:41

back down the hill. She needs

5:43

medical attention.

5:44

If you are a child

5:47

of the water, you'll know the passphrase.

5:49

I know the one

5:51

from last summer. It

5:54

was a a passive type version.

5:56

Something about toys. I don't

5:58

Cocked the rifle so she can

5:59

hear it. No. That's

6:02

too quiet.

6:10

It's a trick. Don't trust

6:13

her. And

6:15

who should we tell him is at the door

6:17

exactly? My name's

6:19

Carpenter. Sister

6:22

Carpenter is Yes. Yes. Did

6:24

you drop listen to me for the

6:26

flicker? For the sake, to

6:28

me. The pass price

6:29

is cold water's rise to

6:31

swallow shattered roads.

6:32

That's brother Faulkner.

6:35

We're sorry brother, we we thought

6:37

it's okay. open the gate,

6:39

please. Of course.

6:41

At once, brother. Open

6:44

the door.

7:10

Thanks. Carpenter,

7:11

this is brother flicker and brother fight.

7:13

Twins. I

7:15

return he devours. You

7:18

are not really sister carpenter. Brother

7:20

flicker. For the fight. We left

7:22

sister Therrox in a car further down in the trees.

7:24

I need you to send a stretcher for her

7:26

right away.

7:26

Of course, brother. And

7:28

then I want you to see about getting the disciples

7:30

ready to leave this place before dark. We're

7:32

no

7:32

longer safe here. We need

7:34

to speak to Catabasis in Mason as soon as

7:36

possible.

7:37

I'm afraid

7:39

that's going to be quite impossible, brother.

7:43

Why? Cadabasian Mason

7:45

left us earlier this morning. He

7:47

he said he had business in the city.

7:49

he took one of the jeeps and he told us to

7:51

hold the fort here until he returned. Oh,

7:55

bastard.

7:57

Cow.

8:00

I

8:00

told you Carpenter, he goddamn abandoned

8:03

them.

8:03

You're not brother.

8:05

I I think you're misunderstanding me.

8:07

he didn't abandon us. He simply had

8:09

business.

8:09

No. It doesn't matter. In some

8:12

ways, this makes things easier.

8:14

Load up the rest of the Jeep's with as many

8:16

supplies as you can and get everyone

8:18

ready to leave. We're emptying this

8:20

place out. Like Bauchner

8:22

said, we need to be in the hills by

8:24

sundown. We leave no trace behind.

8:28

You

8:29

heard or didn't you? I I'm

8:33

sorry, brother, but I'm not sure

8:35

we can do that either. Why

8:37

not?

8:47

How many

8:49

people are down here? Fifty

8:52

four adults. twenty, I

8:55

think twenty eight children. They've

8:57

been coming in little by little almost

8:59

since you left, brother Faulkner. Every

9:01

few days, another family,

9:03

sometimes too. The old historic

9:05

place of refuge. Some of them were

9:07

nearly starving by the time they reached

9:09

us. They spent weeks hiding out in

9:11

the redeeds by the water's edge,

9:13

waiting for the soldiers to pass.

9:15

Catabasian Mason said that we could be

9:18

confident the danger might have passed us by.

9:20

Catabasian Mason was wrong.

9:23

How many

9:23

jeeps do you have? Three.

9:28

How

9:28

many of these people can walk? Maybe

9:30

half.

9:34

What do you think? There's

9:37

no way in hell I'm leaving them behind.

9:40

Good. Then we need to

9:42

get ready.

9:45

So the

9:46

Gulch has two floors above

9:47

ground facing the hillside and the road beyond.

9:50

There's

9:50

a few narrow windows carved into the rock, the

9:53

upper floor. could be

9:54

used to take shots at anyone coming up the hill.

9:56

There's

9:56

a lot of trees, a

9:59

lot of shade. They'll

10:00

need to

10:01

be good shots

10:01

to have a chance of hitting anything.

10:04

you confident in your people?

10:06

It'll slow them down

10:08

at least.

10:09

Fine. So

10:11

we station maybe six

10:14

disciples up there with rifles.

10:16

No more

10:17

than that. Let's not overcommit.

10:19

What

10:20

about the Canyon side fees in the

10:22

river? There are three low slowest gates at the

10:24

base of the rock. They they open up to

10:26

fill the sacrificial cages. Yeah.

10:28

I remember. They're

10:30

reinforced, aren't they? And

10:32

we'll hit him. If anyone wants to take the

10:34

time to break through them, they'll be waiting through the river

10:36

up to their necks. Okay.

10:38

so

10:38

we should keep a couple of the greenest on

10:41

watch there, but I don't think we need

10:43

to worry too much. Maybe

10:45

let's hide some supplies on the FarBank.

10:47

could make for a good escape route if we get the opportunity. Yeah. Well,

10:49

the problem is then we'll

10:51

be the ones struggling

10:52

through the current and would be visible

10:55

from the road. will be

10:57

easy targets

10:57

for anyone watching us from above, and that'll

10:59

be far worse for carrying wounds

11:01

with us.

11:03

I

11:03

agree it's a potential escape

11:05

route, but it's not one we should think about

11:08

using other than a last resort once

11:10

we know the enemies committed their forces

11:12

to attract assault. Maybe

11:14

we could jam the gates

11:16

behind us, hold them up while we get to

11:18

safety across the river. We

11:20

could get some of the wounded examples down

11:22

there to pray for a favorable Todd, perhaps,

11:24

couldn't hers. So

11:28

they need to go in through the front

11:30

door. We can make them pay for

11:32

that. But once they're in,

11:34

it's

11:35

numbers. That's the problem.

11:37

Even

11:38

if you count one of ours for one of theirs,

11:40

we're talking about

11:42

forty, fifty trained and fully

11:44

armed soldiers against a bunch of children.

11:46

A few

11:49

circled folks too, but yep.

11:52

What

11:54

are you

11:54

thinking?

11:56

accumulus of warfare.

11:59

Remember

11:59

how they

11:59

used to defend the bunkers on the

12:01

northern coast? They'll get

12:03

past the gates

12:05

and

12:05

they'll have to get past the first barricades,

12:07

that's a certainty.

12:09

We

12:09

can't hold them forever.

12:12

So Once they make it past our defenses, we

12:14

need to make use

12:15

of the gold itself. Spit them up. Get

12:17

them lost.

12:19

Get

12:19

them chasing us down the

12:21

corridors. send runners out to drive them away.

12:23

We can lead some of them down to

12:25

the vaults where the water comes in.

12:28

That's where

12:28

we can find an advantage. We

12:30

try and take a few of them live. We

12:32

brand them with the prayer marks. We say

12:34

the Halloween words, and we shove them back out

12:36

into the hallways to find their comrades.

12:38

If

12:40

we're lucky, they'll change

12:42

quickly enough to cause some proper havoc.

12:44

It's

12:46

unreliable. I know it was. There's

12:48

an alternative, though.

12:50

We could

12:50

call for volunteers from amongst our own

12:53

people. how

12:53

old them ahead of the attack, not daring

12:56

it. We'd create a few science that could already

12:58

be wandering the hallways before they even broke through

13:00

the front doors. It'd

13:02

be a lot safer, a

13:04

lot more reliable.

13:06

Yes.

13:08

It would be.

13:10

Is that what you want

13:12

to do?

13:17

We'll make

13:17

do with what we have.

13:20

Alright.

13:20

Where do you wanna

13:22

be? You wanna take

13:23

one of the rifles and go to the upper floor?

13:26

We could

13:26

really use a killer up

13:28

there. help to

13:29

thin them out as I come up the hill.

13:31

I think

13:33

think

13:37

I think Fogner, I think

13:39

I really can't bear the thought of

13:41

taking any more lives in the service of

13:43

the parish of Toden flesh.

13:45

I

13:47

came here to help, and do

13:49

I intend to?

13:52

But

13:53

I've bloodied my

13:55

hands my entire life in the name of

13:57

this fucking god. And now that

13:59

I've

13:59

actually finally made

14:02

some kind of change, I

14:04

really don't think I can stand

14:06

to go out like that. Not

14:09

in

14:09

the past its own temple.

14:14

not surrounded by his people.

14:18

You know?

14:19

If

14:22

we're going to die down here, I don't wanna

14:24

die as a weapon of faith as

14:25

his attack dog.

14:28

I

14:28

want to die

14:30

doing some

14:30

good for other people.

14:33

I know

14:35

it's I hear myself saying it

14:37

and it's a ridiculous distinction and

14:39

it's the worst possible time. It might

14:41

be

14:41

the only time.

14:43

Okay.

14:47

You're a

14:47

supporting party. We'll put you down in the dreaming

14:49

pools. You can be in charge

14:51

of the disciples down there. Get the traps

14:53

set up for the last

14:54

defenses, check on the wounded, keep everyone's spirits

14:56

up. If we need to take the

14:58

escape route into the river, they'll need

15:00

someone to lead them out. Does

15:03

that work?

15:06

Yes. It works.

15:08

You'll be

15:09

an asset wherever you are.

15:12

Thank

15:13

you, by the way.

15:16

for

15:16

not telling them it was all my fault.

15:18

Come on now. What

15:21

kind of story would that be?

15:25

Citra

15:26

Theraox. Good to see

15:28

you on your feet. Limping at

15:30

least.

15:30

Good. Carpenter.

15:33

You wanna say a few words

15:35

too? These aren't my people

15:37

anymore, Faulkner. So

15:41

I I don't know what I'd

15:42

even say. That's alright. I've got

15:44

something prepared. Yeah.

15:49

Of course, you do.

15:55

Again,

16:06

They're

16:09

coming.

16:15

What?

16:17

Let's do. Come a

16:19

little closer. There's nothing to

16:21

be frightened of.

16:32

Hi. You must be

16:34

Carpenter. So sorry we didn't

16:36

recognize you before.

16:38

We've

16:40

been killing our way up and

16:42

down your river for so long

16:45

now. And I have to tell you, It

16:47

is such a relief to get someone in your crosshairs

16:49

who actually matters.

16:51

I

16:53

suppose you're the one in charge here.

16:56

No. He is. I'm kind

16:58

of basing faultner of the perishable

17:00

tied in flesh, prophet of the

17:02

river. We've come to negotiate for the

17:04

safe return of your hostage. Before we

17:06

go any further, I'd like to

17:08

know who I'm speaking to.

17:10

I'm

17:11

gauged. And this is

17:13

Not so fast. Not so fast.

17:16

If he's in charge, what's

17:18

your role in all this precisely?

17:20

I'd like to know who I'm talking to, and I get

17:22

easily confused. Oh, I'm just a

17:25

friend of

17:25

the family. She's one of the

17:27

Karen maidens people. She

17:30

left her faith a long time ago.

17:33

She's a neutral party in this, and she

17:35

shouldn't be considered a combatant. Oh,

17:38

shouldn't

17:39

be considered. So

17:42

why are you here exactly?

17:44

You stop by for a

17:47

for an interface

17:50

conference?

17:52

Well, one mystery solved.

17:55

I suppose our hostage belongs to

17:58

you. Bring it

17:59

out.

18:04

To

18:08

get

18:08

home. I have to get home.

18:11

Gauge here started

18:13

speaking to the old heap of bones and What

18:16

do you know? It spoke

18:18

right back. I never

18:20

even have thought of

18:22

it. Guess every corpse has a story to

18:25

tell.

18:25

What? Where's your other

18:28

hostage? Where's brother Tapper? I don't

18:30

know

18:30

who that is. You're

18:32

really not part of this carpenter. Is

18:34

he telling the

18:35

truth? You're a

18:36

Karen Stewart now.

18:42

Alright. We're not unreasonable.

18:44

So long as she stays out of the

18:46

way and she doesn't cause us any trouble,

18:48

she can be left out of it. Hear

18:51

that cairn steward, find yourself

18:53

another room to hide and you'll

18:55

be left alive. You can bury the

18:58

corpses once we're done

19:00

here. No. I

19:02

won't bury you. We

19:04

also have some families with us, a

19:06

lot of children. I'd hope

19:08

that we can negotiate their

19:11

safe release Just listen

19:13

to him. The confidence

19:15

from what was your

19:17

title again? Profits of the

19:20

river. Do you

19:22

actually think you're at war with the

19:24

government? Do you think this is a

19:26

meeting of equals? What's

19:28

the

19:28

aim of your gage? What do we

19:31

intend? The aim is to

19:33

wipe your god from the face of the

19:35

land. Precisely right.

19:37

No. There's

19:37

only one offer that needs to be

19:39

made here today. Bring out

19:41

your leaders, your preachers, your

19:43

keepers of history. Leave them to

19:45

the front here into the wet grass.

19:48

Put them on their knees. Take

19:50

your place amongst them.

19:52

hug bar your doors and

19:54

raise your heads. And if

19:56

you're lucky, perhaps we'll run out of

19:58

bullets before we come to

19:59

the sick and weak and young. If

20:02

you don't wanna negotiate with

20:04

us, why did you come out here at

20:06

all? To look our

20:08

quarry in the eyes. and to cherish

20:10

its final moments. This

20:13

hunt's been challenging

20:16

in its way for my sibling and

20:19

I. We've burnt what's coming next.

20:21

Your death is waking up ahead of you,

20:23

hunters. She keeps

20:25

watch over the gates of this place.

20:29

If

20:29

you strain your ears, you'll hear her whispers

20:31

reaching out for

20:33

you. This

20:34

is my advice to you. and

20:37

it's as kindly as she

20:39

is. Turn around,

20:42

make a detour, There'll be

20:45

another time for you to meet with

20:47

her. The

20:48

walls here have whitestone

20:50

attackers for centuries. You'll

20:53

lose half your people just coming

20:55

off the hill. Your

20:57

boat still young.

21:00

You

21:00

can have a long life ahead

21:02

of you. The hype that's filled

21:04

with endless possibility

21:06

if you take another

21:09

path.

21:12

But

21:12

you. You haven't said much.

21:14

Did she speak for the both of you?

21:17

She

21:18

and I You're smug.

21:21

Stupid

21:21

old woman. You think you

21:23

can divide us. Sister. You think either of

21:25

us can be swayed from the course?

21:27

sister. That's enough. You think Barb

21:30

and Broken Words will save

21:32

you. Let's go, Faulkner.

21:34

We'll be waiting for you to make your

21:36

move.

21:37

Go

21:40

back to your people. You and your little

21:43

prophet of the river. Say

21:45

your final prayers. run

21:47

and hide if you like. Ground yourselves in

21:49

your river. That's how you'd rather die.

21:51

It doesn't matter.

21:53

This is how it is.

21:56

this tonight. This

21:58

is how it ends.

22:12

We're almost

22:14

ready. There's a hidden

22:17

ditch, but halfway up the hill, and

22:19

we're not getting the jeeps up

22:21

past that. We'll keep them

22:23

back. Shine the spotlights up into

22:25

the windows. Try and bias enough time

22:27

to blow the doors. Five

22:30

of the fastest runners have satchel charges.

22:33

Ten more are carrying decoys. They'll

22:36

fling smoke grenades up as they go.

22:39

Fine. You deserve,

22:42

of course. We'll lose people

22:44

going up the hill. There's no changing

22:47

that. We'd be better off trying to starve them out.

22:49

A real predator strikes without

22:51

hesitation. A real predator knows how

22:53

to wait and choose

22:55

their moment.

22:56

If we wait too long, the politicals apt to change

22:58

their mind again.

22:59

You see, sibling, I have thought

23:02

about this.

23:04

Send them one up

23:04

as soon as it's dark. Gauge.

23:12

You're

23:12

not dressed. It'll

23:14

be dark down in the tunnels. The helm

23:16

in the hood, it'd be

23:19

an inconvenience. an

23:23

inconvenience. Alright

23:25

then. Let's

23:28

get started.

23:55

Carpenter,

23:55

it's me. Barcades are

23:57

all set up. We've got our rifles watching from

23:59

the

23:59

windows. No movement yet.

24:04

They'll

24:04

wait until it's properly

24:07

dark. You could try throwing a few

24:09

torches down into the grass. It's

24:11

too wet out there to start any wild fires, but

24:13

it'll give you more light Steven Boy.

24:15

Good

24:16

idea. They'll

24:19

try and blow the doors.

24:22

because I'm trying to get them open by hand.

24:25

Keep an eye out for anyone with a rock

24:27

sack, anyone who looks like they might be

24:29

carrying

24:30

explosives. You made sure the

24:32

barricades were placed well back in

24:33

June. We did.

24:36

Don't worry. Good.

24:39

Make sure

24:40

you retreat as soon as you

24:42

need to. We'll be waiting for them

24:45

down here. Your people are ready to

24:46

pull up a fight worthy of any heroics from the

24:49

verse as walker. If you

24:51

survive long enough to tell the story, you might end up

24:53

getting your own chapter in the down hang.

24:57

I've planned for that.

25:00

Would you

25:01

mean you've planned for

25:04

that? If

25:05

we die to not of hitting a record

25:08

under the flagstones in Mason's

25:10

office, tells how it all

25:12

went down. We fought a hundred and

25:14

fifty government men and we

25:16

drowned the steps in their blood before

25:18

the traformer man rose to drag us

25:20

down to the safety of his garden.

25:22

And how

25:26

do I die? Oh,

25:29

you are never peer. You appeared as

25:31

a vision to convince me not to

25:33

give up hope.

25:35

Oh,

25:36

wow. Thank you for giving me such a

25:39

tidy ending.

25:50

Carpenter? I'm

25:53

here.

25:56

I never had a sister grown

25:59

up. I had two older brothers.

26:01

And when you have two older brothers, you spend a

26:03

lot of time thinking about how a

26:05

sister might somehow be

26:07

better

26:09

and please don't make

26:11

me spill it out.

26:14

You don't have

26:17

to

26:17

explain anything to me.

26:19

The

26:23

process of

26:25

water is done. The young

26:27

guy is seeing makeup speech

26:29

is defender of the park. He's gold. He doesn't need a

26:32

sister, Dolce.

26:38

No. That's

26:39

not why I nadir. Well,

26:45

I did have

26:45

a brother. And

26:48

I never got

26:49

over what happened to him.

26:51

So you just

26:52

be fucking careful that they're fucking alright?

27:00

How well?

27:01

You too.

27:27

They're gathering

27:33

at the foot of hill. Looks like they're

27:35

bringing out the gates. couple

27:37

looks like like

27:39

spotlights. They're

27:41

going to try and blind you.

27:46

They're throwing something

27:48

under the grass. It's smoke screen

27:50

along the hill. I

27:52

think this is it. It's

27:55

happening.

27:55

I'd better go.

28:00

Keep in touch. Civil.

28:17

Civilots. Why

28:20

does the troller mate have two mouths and why does

28:22

he

28:22

have two faces? Because there's

28:25

not a damn thing in this world that

28:27

can be accomplished alone.

28:30

The

28:32

soldiers out there

28:32

are government people. They're not

28:35

like us. They've always been

28:37

alone. They've just never understood that.

28:40

They're looking to

28:40

their paychecks to give them courage.

28:43

And when that falters, they'll look to their

28:45

leaders. And when their leaders are

28:47

lying dead in their own blood,

28:49

they'll have nothing else to give

28:51

them strength. We'll look

28:54

to each other as we always

28:57

have. When your brother

28:58

falls, pick him up. When your

29:01

sister reloads, it's your turn to

29:03

shoot. When your sibling

29:04

falters, you need to show

29:07

double the courage until there's

29:09

returns.

29:10

Ensure every one of these

29:13

interlopers dies lost and

29:15

alone and quivering

29:17

as they're dragged down to the troller man's

29:19

garden garden.

29:21

The river rises

29:39

Fire your

29:44

own pay siblings.

29:48

Good

29:48

luck, everybody.

30:20

How's it

30:24

going

30:26

out there,

30:27

Faulkner?

30:38

they pulled back. I've counted maybe maybe

30:40

it doesn't. We are part of them,

30:42

I

30:42

think. We lost four.

30:45

to say anything because they're smoking the lots. They're all

30:48

carrying the same statues. I think some

30:50

must be decoys. One of

30:52

them blew where they got close to

30:54

us. lucky shot from brother flicker.

30:56

We won't keep on

30:58

getting lucky. You

31:00

need to wait until they get close.

31:02

There'll be a moment where they'll pause before they toss

31:05

the charges. The decoys will

31:07

pull back and your targets will

31:09

run ahead. I know

31:12

what

31:12

I'm doing, Carpenter.

31:18

Move me. they're coming to

31:20

you.

31:22

Alright. We'll be waiting for

31:24

them down here. Good good luck

31:29

luck. Brother

31:34

Fade, how are we

31:36

looking? Structures are prepped. The tide

31:39

remains low and the currents are

31:41

calm. The trouser man smiles

31:43

upon us. How

31:43

long do you need to open the slingskates?

31:45

A few minutes. Wait for

31:47

the signal. Faulkner will let us know as soon

31:49

as his people reach the lower levels.

31:51

If not

31:54

If they're

31:55

not giving chase, if they're not

31:57

following us down to the Gulch, they stay

31:59

on the surface

31:59

and wait for us to emerge, the bell won't

32:02

sound. Then what do we

32:03

do? Throwing a hole most likely.

32:05

We'll have to

32:06

make a dash. through the

32:09

current state of the foreign bank. They'll have a

32:11

clear shot of us on the road, but

32:13

and

32:13

maybe the troler man will give

32:15

us another miracle.

32:16

So keep on praying. Go.

32:33

Keep your

32:35

eyes

32:35

and ears

32:36

open. When you hear the right

32:38

words from someone running down the stairs, you

32:40

let them pass. When

32:42

you

32:42

don't hear the words, you don't

32:44

hesitate. Grab them. Brand

32:47

them.

32:47

Twist the gun out of their guards' damned hands

32:49

when they come through the doorway. and

32:51

you push them back out and you lock

32:53

that door behind them. If

32:55

someone falls, focus on the enemy. You could

32:57

help them once

32:58

the work is done.

33:02

Alright.

33:02

Be ready. Take up your

33:04

positions. It won't be up.

33:08

It

33:08

won't be long.

33:18

Look at.

33:36

They're through. They're

33:39

through. Get back. Everyone,

33:41

get back in the

33:43

tunnel. Brother

33:46

placard. Run.

33:49

You go Catabasian.

33:52

You go I'll keep these

33:54

godless wretches back.

33:58

Ease

33:58

away my grateful skin

33:59

troller man. I will rejoice that

34:02

skin reshaped and soaked, and

34:04

my fragments will swim in the

34:06

currents of the abyss. fill

34:09

my eyes and mouth with thicken

34:11

choking mud, thrower man. I

34:13

will exalt in the death

34:15

of sight, sensation, and

34:18

Bear me away into Black Death

34:20

Strollerman. I will

34:22

forget my cane and the name I once

34:26

wore. rise like a dark river in my

34:28

throat, crawler man. And my

34:30

drowning lungs

34:32

will

34:47

Mine. Torches

34:49

on,

34:49

take it slow.

34:51

burn anything that moves. If you're

34:54

stupid enough to get separated, you deserve

34:56

everything that's coming to

34:58

you.

34:58

oh me

34:59

Follow me.

35:19

Move.

35:21

Move.

35:22

They're coming

35:26

this

35:26

way. Stay quiet.

35:28

Carbinder,

35:32

this isn't working. They're

35:35

sticking close together. They're not letting

35:37

us split them off. We're

35:38

taking losses up here. I don't know what to do. Carpenter.

35:44

I need help.

35:48

I

35:50

need ideas.

36:03

Must take what? Turn

36:05

back. Turn back

36:08

that there's some

36:10

down here. This passage is flooded.

36:12

There's no way down here.

36:18

Use the echoes.

36:19

Here's the echoes keep running, but make

36:21

some noise wherever you

36:24

go. I've got one of them. I've got

36:26

one

36:28

for me.

36:33

Can

36:36

you

36:38

can you hear me? Oh,

36:44

where did that? Here you go. Where's

36:47

the torch gone?

37:10

Get him out. Get him

37:11

out into

37:14

the corridor.

37:15

the

37:24

Blessings upon

37:31

the

37:31

truller man. The first saint is

37:34

loose in the eastern stairwell. Get clear

37:36

if there as soon

37:37

as you can. Can

37:41

can anyone hear me?

37:43

Catabasian Faulkner.

37:44

Sister carpenter. Flicker.

37:53

Alright.

37:57

are making progress. There's a lot of panic up there now

37:59

and

37:59

the

38:01

same

38:03

starting to turn. I'll

38:05

gather everyone up I can, we'll head down to

38:07

you. You ready to make

38:09

a run forward?

38:12

timing is good. It's how it's beginning to

38:13

turn. For lock holes, it'll be

38:16

floated down here by the time they arrive and they won't be

38:18

able to

38:20

follow Let me speak

38:22

quick. Give me five minutes and I'll be there.

38:30

Everyone, it's time

38:31

to move just as we

38:33

purchased. Curtivation

38:35

forkner. I need to speak with you.

38:37

Sister to Therux, you should not be up here. You need

38:39

to get down to the dreaming

38:40

pools right away. If you can't walk fast, finds

38:43

someone to carry you. you've got

38:45

enough wounded to carry as it is. Catabation, I want to

38:47

stay behind. We're not

38:50

waving

38:50

anyone behind the rocks.

38:54

Get down

38:54

there with the rest of them quick come on now. Catabation, please. Please

38:57

listen to

38:57

me. I want to be useful

39:00

to you. Give

39:00

me the wither mark. That's

39:04

not. I'll barricade

39:05

myself into Catabation Mason's office.

39:08

I'll wait until you're clear, and then I'll

39:10

set it off. There'll be

39:12

nobody left to follow you into the

39:15

hills. Please. We all

39:17

have our part to play, don't

39:19

we? In this way, Maybe others will be

39:21

inspired to follow you. Everyone

39:23

up and down

39:24

the country, they'll know that when our enemies fell upon

39:26

us, it was by your hand that the rivers

39:30

rapped fell upon

39:34

them. No.

39:38

They'll say it

39:38

was by yours. Keep

39:40

your walkie talk

39:42

close to hand and stay on the line. I'll contact

39:44

you once we're

39:44

well clear and in the hills. For

39:48

whether

39:48

Mark is

39:50

immense, you need to

39:53

understand that. It's like nothing

39:55

you've ever seen. So you'll need to give

39:57

us time. Maybe more time

39:59

than you'll have.

40:04

Don't use it till I gave you the signal.

40:06

Alright? If they bond you, they break through to

40:08

you before already, then do whatever you

40:10

need to do. but the mark

40:12

alone.

40:14

I understand.

40:18

Begin with the Dolores Rose

40:20

inside that hexagonal frame with

40:22

a pair of twin eyes,

40:24

old pattern in

40:26

the heart. six rods connecting the corners to the

40:28

pedals. Then six basic

40:30

prayer symbols clockwise starting at

40:32

the

40:32

top.

40:34

Earth,

40:35

water, pain,

40:39

fury, effort, completion.

40:43

That's it? Yes. That's

40:46

it. Will you remember it?

40:48

I

40:48

will. Catabasian.

40:52

Thank

40:52

you. Thank you for giving me this

40:56

Go. Go. I'll

40:57

throw them off. Right.

41:02

Right. Just wait. Over here.

41:04

Profit

41:05

of the river. Where

41:08

are

41:09

you running to?

41:31

I

41:37

know

41:39

you're down here.

41:49

Come

41:50

on. Make this easy.

41:52

Come forward into the lights, and

41:54

I'll kill you quick.

42:13

Profit, you

42:16

still breathing?

42:18

Fork

42:23

are you

42:24

there?

42:34

Alright.

42:37

Maybe I was wrong. Maybe you

42:40

are the brains of

42:42

the operation.

42:43

Well, are you going to take your

42:46

shot? No

42:50

need. You

42:52

took it

42:57

for me.

43:02

What is that?

43:06

It's a

43:10

final war.

43:31

Forker.

43:36

Forker, can you

43:38

hear me?

43:40

Fucking sake. Fuck. No. We

43:42

need to get moving.

43:47

It's me.

43:53

It's me. linked up with

43:55

the survivors in the northern passage. We're heading your way. You start

43:57

leaning out into the currents. We'll

43:59

catch

43:59

you up. Alright.

44:02

Motherfade,

44:06

I have to get these people out on the

44:10

water. Let's go. We're getting out

44:12

of here.

44:54

Come

44:54

on. Come on. Damn

44:58

thing. A

45:00

adjudicate. How

45:02

were the peace talks? Who the

45:05

hell are you? You and

45:07

I actually went to school

45:09

together if you

45:12

believe it. back when you grew up along the edge

45:14

as you're so fond of

45:17

telling the papers. But

45:20

I'm not here tonight to

45:22

reminisce about old times, but

45:24

rather as a senior representative

45:26

of the parish of Tide

45:29

and fled To kill

45:32

me? Let's hope

45:34

not. The car doors

45:38

already unlocked. I saw they'd

45:40

equipped you with a silent

45:42

alarm. That was extremely prudent

45:44

of them under the circumstances,

45:46

but please don't go lounging

45:48

for it. Let me get

45:50

to the point.

45:52

I've been reliably informed

45:55

that the God have just

45:58

this morning located

45:59

one of our main

46:02

refuges. A good number

46:04

of my people are defending

46:06

that position to the

46:08

point of what I could only

46:10

describe as hopelessness,

46:13

wounded, and so

46:15

on. you want to beg

46:18

for your people's lives. If their

46:20

survival can be worked

46:22

into our arrangement, I'll

46:24

take it as an added bonus.

46:26

There's not going to be any arrangement.

46:29

The results of

46:32

the legislature's vote on

46:34

retributive military action will be

46:36

announced to the public. Tomorrow morning,

46:39

I understand. The sheer

46:42

number of whiskeys you consumed at that

46:44

last bar, however, gives

46:46

you an early impression

46:48

of what we can expect.

46:52

You've been following me closely enough to hear you tell your

46:54

advisors that you're admirably

46:56

planning to lead a

47:00

protest appeal. but you must already know will

47:04

fail. When the war

47:06

begins tomorrow,

47:08

as one of its key opponents,

47:11

you will become useless or

47:14

worse suspect.

47:17

Your odds of retaining your position

47:19

after the local election results. We both know

47:22

how that's going to

47:24

turn out. Maybe

47:27

I don't want

47:28

to retain this position. Have

47:31

you

47:31

considered that? Maybe I've

47:33

had enough of these

47:35

These

47:35

fucking twisters. If it

47:38

helps, I still believe you

47:40

could still do a considerable amount of

47:43

good where you are. If a war

47:45

must break out tomorrow, and of course, we all

47:47

hope that it doesn't. It's

47:50

surely better

47:52

that it has good moral people overseeing its

47:55

direction, the right

47:57

hands of the wheel. allowing

47:59

someone like adjudicate a

48:02

bubble to take control.

48:04

It seems like a

48:06

dereliction of duty more than

48:08

anything else. Doesn't it?

48:10

That's not her title yet.

48:12

not her titled No.

48:15

now Not

48:17

yet.

48:19

It digs

48:21

wisdom in

48:22

the face of hope, inevitability to

48:25

understand that our circumstances must

48:28

inevitably change, and

48:31

it takes cunning to consider

48:33

how changed might make the hopeless future

48:36

look, not quite

48:40

so hopeless after all. I

48:42

believe you possess both of these

48:44

qualities in ample measure adjudicator.

48:50

Our faith is old. Our

48:54

god is powerful

48:57

as you've seen. and you

48:59

will most certainly be able to reassert

49:02

yourself, reinvent yourself

49:04

even in the legislatives, in

49:07

the press, wherever such a reinvention is

49:09

required during the course of the

49:11

coming war by offering the

49:14

strength of the white skull

49:16

river towards than national

49:20

effort. We're

49:21

available for

49:24

hire

49:24

You are still looking

49:26

for a running mate, aren't you? You

49:28

think people have forgotten about what you

49:30

did at Bell Brothers? I'd go

49:34

fast. I'd suggest that thanks

49:36

to the sterling efforts of

49:38

Ms. Barboe and Company, a

49:42

considerable a portion of

49:44

our citizenry are already fully persuaded that it was our

49:46

enemies across the water

49:50

were responsible. when war

49:52

breaks out, bellwethers could be

49:54

just another terrible crime to be

49:56

added to the litany of

49:58

charges against

50:00

them. the formal

50:02

licensing and recognition of our

50:04

faith accompanied by some suitable

50:06

press statements as to

50:08

our innocence. should be enough to settle the matter

50:11

for the history books. The

50:14

tune is already written.

50:16

The song merely needs

50:18

to be son.

50:21

Alternatively, I

50:24

kill you right now in this parking

50:26

garage and your assassin. which

50:28

again will Presumably have been carried out by

50:31

the same agents of the lingers Straits

50:33

who made an attempt on your

50:35

life last week.

50:38

It can be my personal solace for

50:41

our loss today. Under

50:44

those circumstances, whether they

50:46

mourn you

50:48

or place your adjudicate of the war will still go

50:52

ahead, inevitably.

50:52

inevitably And

50:59

how and how

51:02

will your own people feel? about

51:05

becoming lawful again. Exactly. The contributions

51:07

will agree with me.

51:09

They understand the

51:11

change is needed. if

51:13

we're going to survive. We have a

51:16

few

51:16

younger, more fervent elements. It's

51:19

true, but I've been

51:21

working to deal with those in

51:25

my own

51:27

fashion. nifty

51:29

little gadget that the

51:31

perks of leadership. They installed

51:34

it as

51:34

another security measure in

51:37

case of attack. Can

51:40

I take this? Oh, please

51:42

do. It'll be for me

51:46

anyway.

51:52

Hello?

51:52

hello

51:56

It's for

51:57

you. Thank you.

52:00

Sister Therux.

52:02

Good to

52:05

hear your voice.

52:10

Mhmm.

52:24

Yes,

52:24

sir. Remember?

52:26

Love your lots. Bar the

52:28

doors and keep yourself safe now.

52:33

What the hell was

52:35

that? Oh, the

52:38

final piece in

52:40

our negotiations. a

52:42

gamble that paid off.

52:45

The withermark. The wrath

52:47

of the white gold river is

52:49

now available for sale as part

52:51

of our arrangement, a miraculous

52:54

new weapon. Only one previous

52:56

owner to date, which can be

52:59

turned upon any foolish invaders who set forth

53:01

in the North Western territory.

53:04

It's been uncontrollable

53:06

and somewhat clumsy,

53:08

yes, in the hands of fanatics

53:10

and fools. But that doesn't

53:12

mean it can't be controlled and put

53:14

to good use. In

53:16

the right

53:17

hands, It's yours,

53:19

adjudicator, if

53:23

you want it. Well, what's

53:28

your answer?