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think that concludes our announcement.

10:03

Let's go ahead and jump

10:05

in to tonight's episode of

10:07

Critical Role. And

11:59

welcome back. Last

12:03

we left off, upon traveling

12:05

here on the surface of Ruitus, Bell's

12:07

Hells, you have eventually journeyed

12:10

across the dusty and storm-covered surface

12:12

to the central capital city of

12:14

Khabirus, where the Imperium's heart remains.

12:17

You've trekked through the surface portion of

12:20

the very tippy top of

12:22

this mostly subterranean city. You've

12:24

met with a few individuals, barely dodged

12:27

being found out and attacked by

12:29

some of the local soldiers,

12:31

defeating a few of them, and others just barely

12:34

getting by. Some druidic ingenuity.

12:37

Before getting the information you required, which was

12:39

the location of the Volition, the

12:42

resistance troop that has been working

12:44

against the Imperium for a period of time that you

12:46

can only assume has been a long while. After

12:50

finding where this entrance

12:52

was, you talked your way into

12:54

the hidden subterranean tunnels before arriving

12:56

here at the Volition Pass House.

12:59

Here, amongst a period of tense,

13:02

immediate conversations and convincing

13:05

the Volition members present that

13:07

you are not an immediate threat, weapons

13:10

were put aside, and the

13:12

central figure, the seemingly

13:15

leader of this, that you've been referred to in

13:17

the past by other members as

13:19

Roshina of the Golden Hammer, walked

13:22

you to the edge of this pass

13:24

house, where a massive opaque crystal wall

13:26

sat. There, when she

13:28

touched it, it began to become semi-translucent

13:31

to reveal beneath the

13:33

incredibly massive cavernous space

13:35

that contains the expansive,

13:37

beautiful alien, but also

13:39

in some ways oddly familiar

13:42

landscape of

13:45

the city of Kraviras.

13:48

Here, as you take in

13:50

the sights around here, Roshina removes her hand

13:52

from the crystal and it

13:54

clouds over once more before she turns back at the rest

13:56

of you. MATT

14:01

you're here, you

14:03

savor a light. You're not a danger.

14:08

What can the volition do for you, and what can

14:10

you do for the volition? TALIESIN and

14:12

MATT, oh definitely a pillow, three squares a day,

14:14

maybe a place to sleep for a little bit.

14:16

I wouldn't take your eyes off us if I

14:18

were you. And

14:22

for our service

14:24

to the volition, we're

14:27

all pretty aligned on this, shall

14:30

we think? MATT very

14:33

convincing. TALIESIN We want

14:35

to help you! We will help you with

14:37

all the legs on, like Elfman coming

14:39

in and being like, oh,

14:41

this is my boo now. ASHLEY

14:44

and MATT, yeah, what she said. We want to take

14:46

them out. If

14:49

that means taking out your mind-weave

14:52

people as well, we'll do

14:54

that. That's our goal. MATT, I

14:56

say this with all due respect in the chance

14:59

that we've just met here, but you

15:01

would all become paced within moments of

15:03

attempting to go against the Weave Mine.

15:06

Let us begin this forging

15:12

of trust with a bit of a chance

15:15

for you to show us what you're capable

15:17

of before we send you into the chipper.

15:20

ASHLEY Well, we also have a lot

15:22

of allies on Exandria.

15:26

At the end of the day, it wouldn't just be us. Plus,

15:32

we got here, didn't we?

15:34

We've been through

15:36

a lot, just to think you can find you.

15:38

TALIESIN and MATT, that's right. MATT, back in town

15:40

by the sallow

15:43

look on your faces in the sunken

15:45

sockets that surround your eyes, you've certainly

15:47

made your way here. Nevertheless,

15:51

you've come at a time where we're in the midst

15:53

of plotting, so you can make

15:55

yourselves useful, or you can sit back

15:58

and do nothing. We're

16:01

happy to make ourselves useful.

16:04

We're useful people, but is there something specific you

16:06

had in mind? What are you

16:08

plotting? Can we hear it? We want to plot.

16:12

You see, for the first time since

16:14

your arrival in this rachina figure, this

16:16

slight smile curled at the edge of

16:18

her sharp-toothed grin. Plotting

16:22

is what we do best. Well,

16:25

Kuzmei, as she turns back towards the

16:27

center of the main chamber where you were, and

16:30

as you can see, she's moving out of this main chamber

16:32

off to a side chamber where there was a large, rough-looking

16:36

stone table. It looks like it may have

16:39

been a circle at some point, or maybe

16:41

it's shaped in a way where it's circular

16:43

in size, but it's really rough-hewn, so either

16:45

it's a heavily damaged table

16:47

or something that was crafted haphazardly and

16:49

quickly out of the nearby stone. But

16:52

as you walk, some of the other cloaked

16:54

figures follow around, others begin to scatter and

16:56

still keep a distance, but you can still

16:58

sense that you're being watched carefully by many

17:01

figures in the vicinity as

17:03

she continues to walk to the front of your troop

17:05

and leading you into the next room. We're

17:10

all here best in trust. Many of our

17:13

members, many of the people who have sworn

17:15

themselves to this pursuit

17:18

of freedom from underneath

17:20

the Imperium have

17:22

been harmed, misused,

17:25

put into the position of having

17:30

not much else in these days. So

17:34

we are willing to give anything and

17:36

everything for the future. There's

17:40

something you're willing to do. We

17:43

made our peace with giving our lives

17:46

long ago. We know that not

17:48

all of us will come back from this and if

17:50

that aligns with what you're doing then yeah.

17:54

The trust is probably hard to come

17:56

by and it's right

17:58

that you're wary. But

18:01

you don't have a lot of time, and neither do we,

18:03

if there's anything we can do to earn

18:05

that trust. She

18:08

steps to the table, puts her hand there for

18:10

a second. I've

18:13

trusted before. My

18:16

father was a very trusting man. It

18:21

all it took was one time to trust the wrong person. And

18:24

I was hammers at my side. So

18:27

yes, I am

18:29

very careful and know I trust. But

18:32

to your point, things

18:35

have been escalating. And

18:42

she gestures everyone to come to

18:44

the table as other figures begin to emerge

18:46

from the sides. You see one of the

18:48

hulking figures, tall, broad back, heavy cloak that's

18:51

wrapped over the shoulders and a hood that's

18:53

leaned over, pulls it back. And you can

18:55

see one of

18:57

the Ryloran hulks, the juggernaut figures

19:01

that you've seen, themselves

19:03

muscular and swollen with

19:05

whatever psychic

19:07

power that resides within the

19:09

Ryloran. Originally, he steps forward and

19:11

you can see he has heavy

19:14

marks on his face, as well as

19:17

elements of the crest of his forehead. He

19:19

can't tell if it's tattoo or paint, but he

19:21

has these unique shapes and designs put into it.

19:26

He rests both of his arms heavy on the table. You

19:30

see three small figures scurry up

19:32

behind him, tiny two-foot

19:35

entities. Didn't see them before because he was

19:37

so broad, but now that he walks by, you can see there

19:39

are these two bipedal,

19:44

somewhat chewing

19:46

gum-looking, textured

19:49

individuals. The light here is not very prevalent,

19:53

but as they step around him and he's

19:55

flanked to each side, they

19:58

have a fungal texture of him. their

20:00

body. They look like they're some sort of a

20:03

tiny fungus folk that just flanks the

20:05

sides of him as he walks. Little

20:08

companion pets or what? You don't know.

20:10

This is just another figure that steps

20:13

up to the edge of the table. LIAM

20:15

and LAURA, and MARISHA, and TALIESIN, and TALIESIN, and

20:17

TALIESIN, and TALIESIN, and

20:19

TALIESIN, and big guy. MATT,

20:21

and LAURA, and big guy. MATT, and LAURA, and

20:23

big guy. MATT, and LAURA, and big guy. MATT,

20:26

and LAURA, and big guy. MATT, and the headpeat. Another

20:28

one looks like it's either

20:30

not fully grown or it's not developing

20:32

a cat. And

20:34

the other one looks like it's cleft in the

20:36

center and its head split and then it's healed

20:38

over and now, as it walks, both sides flop

20:41

a little bit. You can see an eye on

20:43

each of the two split flaps as it wanders

20:46

up to the sides of this hulking

20:48

Reylor. SAM,

20:52

and LAURA, and LAURA, and TALIESIN,

20:54

and LAURA, and the new

20:56

one. LAURA, TALIESIN, and LAURA.

20:58

MATT, and LAURA, and the other hand

21:00

reass Brazil, and the other threees around.

21:05

MATT and TALIESIN, twoarate,

21:24

hand and the right hand of

21:26

the v horrible vow. You

21:30

said your name wasnote CAS? MARISHA, LAURA, and LAURA.

21:33

MATT, moody and strong words stand close

21:35

to the subscriptasio. MATT, and the poor person pose a standing hand

21:37

and the red shaped hand had to leave the vault in his

21:39

back to break into his arms. MATT

22:00

andICA nerd TALIESIN

22:07

and car Anyway,

22:30

nice to meet you When

22:35

did you join the cause recently or

22:38

were you always now I've been here about ten years Not

22:42

here in particular this place is constantly moving. I've only

22:45

been here about three days, but you know generally Generally

22:48

about ten years Did you

22:50

just say this place is always moving? Yeah?

22:52

That's why they got the flags? Oh oh

22:54

the headquarters always move not physically And

22:58

this this struggle's been going on for so

23:00

long if you made any progress Well,

23:03

I mean yeah It's just

23:05

not a lot of bussing a lot of them I'm

23:13

not back yet Well, there's more

23:15

of you now because you got seven more on

23:18

your side see that there's hardening But

23:22

you fuck up. I'll take your head off Well,

23:24

I guarantee we won't fuck up, but we'll try not to

23:31

These these are my my

23:33

seat they kind of like rubs the top of one You

23:37

really are from around here. Are you looks

23:40

over at a rasheena rasheena goes there

23:44

being exandrians in your first time here in

23:47

the moon I am understand the Ecosystem

23:50

of rudist might seem a bit strange the

23:54

majority of the sustenance the

23:56

folk here is cultivated

24:00

fungus or surface-based creatures

24:03

for meat and leathers, but

24:07

my seat are part of

24:09

the deeply seated ecosystem of

24:12

ruties. I don't

24:16

know what the number's about, but thousands,

24:19

if not hundreds of thousands of them that

24:21

just work throughout the city itself. They

24:25

don't seem to align to

24:28

any political endeavors. They live a

24:30

short time, and at the very

24:32

least are semi-adorable, but they

24:34

can be useful. And

24:38

Gaz seems to have a bit of

24:40

a soft spot, you can

24:42

just say. SAM They're

24:44

not food, are they? MATT No, no. I

24:46

don't eat them. SAM

24:48

Okay, but other fungus is cultivated for food. MATT I

24:50

know, there's a wide variety, at least 347 types of

24:53

fungus down here. Depends what kind of flavor

24:56

profile you're looking for. Texture's pretty heavy, you can go

24:58

for more of a slime mold if you want, something

25:00

more like a party delicatessen vibe. If you're having friends

25:02

over, it's a whole different thing you've got to set

25:04

up for. SAM And not all of them are alive

25:06

in the way that these are. MATT You see,

25:10

first thing I'm going to think, and Rishi goes, no,

25:12

no, they're not, Gaz. They're very different.

25:15

He goes, raw, yeah, very

25:17

different. You see, I shook him

25:19

for a second. The question he hadn't

25:22

really considered before. LIAM I

25:25

want to wave at the one with the split head. What kind of reaction

25:27

do I get? MATT

25:29

The head wobbles for a second,

25:31

it just waves back. LIAM You little

25:33

guy? MATT

25:38

What are their names? TALIESIN

25:40

I don't know any of them. What's your name?

25:43

MATT I don't know any

25:46

of them. TALIESIN I don't know

25:48

any of them. MATT Don't you? to

26:00

him in their heads so you

26:02

can understand him a little bit better? MATT

26:04

and TRAVIS, as he's

26:08

walking, there's an awkward moment there, and Marisha goes, "'Not

26:14

all Rylora maintain

26:16

the capabilities of telepathic

26:18

connection. The hulks,

26:20

if you are, as "'most of the

26:23

many other deviations of the standard

26:25

Ryloran physicality have been

26:28

altered over "'generations by the We've Mind.

26:31

We began as a singular people, and since

26:34

they've come into "'power, we're now many

26:37

kinds with many specialties.'"

26:40

LAURA and TRAVIS, as they do that on purpose, keep

26:42

people out of the

26:45

hive? "'We can only assume it

26:47

made them easier to control and less likely to resist.'"

26:51

SAM, as if they

26:54

bred different kinds of

26:56

people? "'The

27:00

We've Mind. Five

27:03

extremely powerful Ryloran mystics,

27:05

and they really are

27:07

the true ruling "'circle of rheudith.

27:11

They've fundamentally

27:14

altered the evolution of themselves

27:16

and our entire "'species to

27:18

meet their ends. I

27:21

myself have not seen them in person, but those

27:24

who have been able "'to infiltrate deep enough to

27:26

have even a brief disclimps say that their withered

27:28

forms are far "'taxed beyond their stretched

27:33

lifespans. Since the

27:35

same five have been in power, as far

27:37

as we "'know since they came to bear

27:40

their'?" TALIESIN, as if they haven't. This

27:42

is not a seat that changes every

27:45

couple decades or so. "'The We've Mind has been

27:47

as it's always been since it started." SAM, as

27:50

if we had a whole new start. TALIESIN,

27:52

as if we had four or

27:54

five centuries. SAM, as if we had

27:57

a whole new start. Wait a minute. open

28:00

up the six feet! Say

28:02

that five times faster! The

28:06

six feet's right! MATT.

28:10

The Weavemind oversee magical mystic

28:12

engineers throughout the upper echelons

28:15

of the Imperium Society, that

28:17

develop and support the Dominion of Crook and

28:19

its military might since the development

28:22

of the hoax and various

28:24

other soldiers' specialties under the will.

28:29

They also can psychically project themselves

28:31

all over rutus and can inhabit the

28:33

minds of those who have been marked

28:35

at birth. Which is most? LAURA

28:38

and TALIESIN H to

28:52

see the back of the skull. It

28:55

looks like something was carved out or

28:57

removed and healed over. You

29:00

can see at this point,

29:03

Gaz takes a nod and leans forward of

29:05

it and shows the same thing. ASHLEY

29:08

and LAURA make a noise. ASHLEY and TALIESIN make

29:10

a noise. ASHLEY and LAURA make a noise.

29:12

MATT and ASHLEY make a noise. MATT and LAURA make a

29:14

noise. MATT and LAURA make a noise. TALIESIN and MATT and

29:17

LAURA make a noise. MATT

29:46

and LAURA make a noise. We'd

30:00

be turned into paste immediately because they're so

30:02

powerful Do they have like arms and

30:05

hammers and stuff or do they fight through the will

30:07

of other people? Are they like in little

30:09

floaty chairs and they're all connected to like

30:11

brains and jars range and jars and they're

30:13

like weird Know

30:17

that as far as I know they just

30:19

sort of around And

30:23

how do they enforce their will I guess

30:25

through cruis through the Through

30:28

the five of them together they It's

30:32

hard to explain And

30:34

I hope you don't see it for yourself They

30:39

they're extremely powerfully willed and

30:42

are able to To

30:45

look and see throughout the domain beneath

30:47

them here on road is and especially

30:49

within Proverus at a blink of an eye but

30:54

There's a lot to look at and many people

30:56

here and the most The

31:00

strongest that we can instill

31:03

paranoia within them the

31:05

more unfocused their intent is and that gives

31:07

us strength So

31:10

many questions so many questions Have you

31:12

ever had one of them reach into your

31:14

mind that way or someone here? My

31:17

father ensured that we were Unmarked

31:19

when he could be And

31:23

oh sorry you go ahead that's the bit that

31:26

you carve that out so that they can't yes does

31:28

that work with non-ry

31:30

Lawrence to or no Well

31:35

Only the right Lawrence are marked Marked

31:37

as in something was put in their head

31:40

after birth or you were born with something

31:42

that was carved out short after birth it's

31:45

a requirement upon a

31:47

Rylor and child being bread

31:51

within the city that it must be brought into

31:53

the The

31:56

Ox Cronym to be marked The

31:58

Ox. Crow

32:00

Mox Korean and Parks Orcs Creole

32:03

known for their tagged. At first

32:05

he has Crayola mister Citadel that

32:08

is built into the prime pillar

32:10

but I prefer to says arts

32:12

Korean and aren't. Criminal

32:15

have the Ago and Dominant are

32:18

prefer not an angry you it

32:20

so on. Either they have the

32:22

ability to see all across Ruinous,

32:24

does their empire actually or does

32:27

their control cover all of route

32:29

Ruinous? Are there? Places

32:31

on this moon that are an

32:34

independent. The

32:36

way. To

32:39

be honest from what we know and I

32:41

say this because many of records had been

32:43

stored by the Imperium minute capella, but this

32:45

been. Estimated by,

32:48

it's like mystics we had within our

32:50

reach. his before they passed. In

32:53

this form points in history in which

32:56

mood in society had to be reset.

33:00

By. We

33:03

don't really know why where it

33:05

came from, but the previous it

33:08

has been rebuilt at least twice.

33:12

The central pillar being the only thing that

33:14

remains and. Than

33:17

the way as for does is always been

33:19

wish. This

33:24

is an interesting conversation. Have not quite

33:26

had that many eggs and dairy and

33:28

you have your gods. They

33:31

have. No sway

33:34

here. We

33:36

see no miracles. Other

33:38

than the visions we occasionally grasp and

33:40

a dream and are left with nothing

33:42

but envy? Or is it. Will

33:46

wishful thinking for summer. Although

33:50

we have. Or each other.

33:54

And the promises to be mind. And

33:57

the occasional whisper at the age of

33:59

our conscious. And sense

34:01

of belonging below. With

34:03

mine are the ones interpret the will of. And

34:07

foremost has enough and make sense

34:09

of all this. Speak

34:12

to Tangerines, not to the people

34:14

running fantasy. He

34:18

speaks to some. But

34:22

I think your ultimately is more useful

34:24

to his time. Can

34:28

we talk history? he said. These

34:31

five have been around for four

34:34

or five centuries, maybe? What

34:37

about before that? they sound like

34:39

they have complete control and that's

34:41

what you're working against. Or what

34:43

about a for their rise? Before

34:45

then there was the Collective. There

34:47

are a number of society said

34:49

existed at most places or murders.

34:52

And. And

34:55

there was an event called the Crash

34:58

nearly three centuries ago that destroyed most

35:00

of them. There was tension between the

35:02

Imperium and the Collective, and this crush

35:05

was eventually what. Finished.

35:09

The ability for this varies societies

35:11

into the just defend themselves and

35:13

it was safest. To

35:15

ensure the survival of everyone to. Bend

35:18

to the Imperial. And

35:20

to be honest, The

35:24

for many of his promise. That

35:29

is. Time is progressed.

35:34

It seems they have intent of sweat. And

35:38

the society's motivate. Myself

35:41

effective tools and it is something they're

35:43

invested in. The

35:45

least in my mind. When

35:48

you see she looks around the table here to the

35:50

other snail can have not solemnly. Taco

35:54

Her Tenure Ah sorry,

35:56

this is fucking thrilling.

35:59

Arms. You wouldn't happen

36:01

to have that that it would service

36:03

and a good any of those carved

36:05

out again. sorry but dumb devices that

36:07

came out here. cranium. In

36:12

the browns and kind of. The

36:15

room they eventually come with them to

36:17

are not adjust. Their

36:19

destroyed upon removals. We want to

36:21

ensure that no possible aspect that

36:24

we've minds connection could find it's

36:26

way into anything space or smart.

36:28

So smart with succumbed to position

36:30

as an organic matter isn't. The

36:35

we've mind our masters as. Psychic

36:39

bio. Biggest

36:41

the best way to describe it. So

36:44

it is an organic implantation if you

36:46

know. I

36:49

got com question sorry sorry homeless

36:51

guy sucks up arms oh question

36:54

of one on ah heart of

36:56

ancient power like once was he

36:58

who had of the world would

37:00

have a feel as though we're

37:02

whatever they feeding on and and

37:04

tied into that question is what's

37:07

your plan to take a bow.

37:11

And sensitive first question is something we

37:14

are still trying to discover. We

37:17

assume and has something to do

37:19

with see how the amount of

37:21

know engineer the and maintain Mcrae of

37:23

them. That. They

37:27

have a number of various

37:29

biological designers and tells his

37:32

Sig is that I've worked

37:34

on the them for generations

37:36

to doesn't develop their obsessed

37:39

means of pressing their existence

37:41

and finding a way to.

37:45

Build towards something that feels eminent.

37:52

As to the second thought, well, Who

37:55

had a conversation here? For

37:57

more Houses are sorry sorry sorry. Hardline.

38:01

One last question, there's a whole

38:04

what's your dreams going on price

38:06

Like all the people are rude

38:08

as sir are are hearing the

38:10

dreams of exam dreams. To.

38:13

Those dreams then get. Like.

38:16

He knows the we've mine can see

38:18

or hear those dreams as well. I

38:22

would have no confirmation that I can only assume

38:24

that I'm into that is carried on. That

38:27

connect and tool that people intentionally.

38:30

Where. They are powerful as individuals. It's from

38:32

the size of them are together that they

38:34

are. Unstoppable.

38:38

F F. Because we're

38:40

here to prove ourselves to you or

38:42

be an asset Where the capital. If

38:46

you have any. Best

38:49

young things that are get mellow

38:51

things Carter had maybe don't trash

38:53

one of I'm. Just. Hold on

38:55

a warm for us because we would like

38:58

to do a little dogs gnostic action as

39:00

he of maybe we could. Reverse.

39:03

The flow neither. since I can get

39:05

in one leonard we have to. You

39:07

can? I mean, we're inevitably going to

39:09

come into contact with one noticed artist

39:12

or dog after him. To

39:14

every one of that yes files and a

39:16

whole oh yeah sector back in their heads

39:18

we're just gonna pull out of of a

39:20

bunch of dead. Not right now they were

39:22

there. are. Already

39:26

that doesn't work with him Zoc

39:28

into doing here is from the

39:30

smell and have to apologize to

39:33

us for taking of the trash.

39:37

Owes. Us. Census.

39:40

Before the reason I knew was the connect. Collective

39:44

was destroyed. Sitting on. The

39:48

grass and blueprints sound

39:50

effect, and much less

39:53

than exactly. As

39:56

a confessional, not depressing, Was like a

39:58

war. How long have you been here? Three

40:01

hundred years, Couple days

40:03

or forty eight hours

40:05

forever. So

40:07

you haven't experienced any of the

40:09

quake said the coming weeks point

40:11

we found by the big flashes

40:13

of wire a flat the plan,

40:15

the plasma cracks on different. Different

40:20

phenomenon. Like

40:23

old terrestrial land that as some

40:25

element of. Shifting

40:29

interior. There

40:31

are occasional. Physical

40:33

quakes the very rare and he once

40:35

every few years or so we get

40:38

one through this different regions of it.

40:41

But in recent months they've been happening more

40:43

and more. Rapidly every

40:46

month, And

40:48

and maybe like once a week, If not sooner. Have

40:52

a crush was. Thus

40:56

mullen the three centuries ago a series

40:58

of quake so strong that it destroyed

41:01

most of the surface Brutus and Way.

41:04

They most of us towns to waste

41:07

the so I've been told that I

41:09

wasn't around and so whether somebody ruins

41:11

underneath and underneath the deserts. Port.

41:14

Cities possibly. And.

41:18

Mostly. Been through the reassessed my life so.

41:22

And just as a random question, as

41:24

I like the hammer, what's the deal?

41:26

Gone homers and a hammer on a

41:29

title I'm just curious. It is a

41:31

hammer and attacking us belong to your

41:33

father. Precious

41:37

metals some some may call rather

41:39

rare of this. Landscape.

41:43

Gold in particular is extremely rare,

41:46

and this was a family heirloom.

41:49

Those constructed when my father was

41:51

part of a. What

41:54

you'd call Masonry Guild Many years ago

41:56

when he stood up into his position

41:58

within the volition. It

42:01

was. And still remains the

42:03

symbol of leadership within the militia. So.

42:05

I can carry with much weight and much

42:07

respected. I'm so sorry for your loss and.

42:10

If. We can help you get revenge. Will. Certainly.

42:13

Try we've all lost something and then

42:15

she looks around everyone kind of the

42:18

some tension in the air. And

42:20

are already lose more. If it means to be can stop

42:22

the cycle of violence. Even

42:25

if it takes fighters. Short.

42:28

Circuits you know how to know who

42:30

you know was responsible for his death

42:32

as I feel like you're getting a

42:34

little too over focus on how can

42:36

I didn't want to make sure they

42:38

were useful soon as I don't think

42:40

that revenge is really what they're asking

42:42

for her surgery or that is very

42:44

much over in the gave. Several that

42:46

I mean recruitment. Left

42:50

me to park. Was

42:53

always work. To

42:55

do more than. Ah,

43:01

we've my israel dangerous but they're just

43:03

one of a few various factors years

43:05

ago. Look out for know. There's

43:08

of course says Dominion a Cruise or

43:10

military law enforcement the spectrum around the

43:12

entire city beyond their homes by the

43:15

sundered you know So Cruise and the

43:17

his organization called The Will. Just

43:20

be so cruel, those are currently

43:22

terrified tacticians. Four years says most

43:25

recent long line of crude something

43:27

the I will throw Rudy a

43:29

military. Kind. Of about

43:31

as to be on facebook Up to the guy. Anyway,

43:35

floodline has are deprived like

43:38

a special psychic connection to

43:40

the be subtle and. Nine

43:44

of Call upon the Will swear a

43:47

lot of they slither lords and the

43:49

worm lords and know the dose lords.

43:51

All kind of stem the training to

43:54

that type and his bloodline service he

43:56

won. Best friends. Three,

43:58

four and it real. For your

44:01

our make room navy where the base

44:03

by dinner good like it's like to

44:05

gather up with lords of like like

44:07

that tadpoles with t we saw saw

44:09

them yeah outside of Korea got a

44:11

if there's all sorts are creepy crawlies

44:13

that call this point seven and lot

44:15

of say the currently at all there

44:17

are other family folk are you thinking

44:20

like real buddy buddy with of the

44:22

i had flown on an odd animals

44:24

around. Five hundred had a high level

44:26

has don't know, I really want. To

44:29

where's the the we've mind seen

44:31

As like the spiritual leaders say

44:33

families on a lighten folder the

44:35

city Enough salvation through purpose in

44:37

the rise. Know that somebody. Owes

44:40

us other the inspirational cent of

44:42

that image. They're the

44:44

ones who asked. Strength.

44:48

Power through strength starter my power

44:50

through. Fisticuffs,

44:53

Enough. For

44:56

silly point I had to make going back to

44:58

what. I'm

45:01

sorry, what for hims one more

45:03

attacked us on that side. A

45:05

couple chuckles in the room and

45:07

of. Virginia's.

45:11

Detect Assad dangerous times,

45:13

but also quite useful.

45:17

Reliably paranoid and self serving

45:19

of the bloodstream between the

45:21

We've mind, The Dominion, and

45:24

many of these various economic

45:26

and social societal norms. And

45:31

has been new to them. We

45:34

also have a member to within the

45:37

Texas that and lined with our interests.

45:41

Of the phrase you tendencies. A.

45:44

Sign up our sleeve but hunt

45:46

refer to actually card to have

45:49

never. I'd contains teams

45:51

chess set with we're going to lean into

45:53

the table like. And. I have

45:55

had visions and dreams of them of these and.

45:59

Sometimes. Play a game where you. You're

46:03

playing for the first hand and

46:05

aces or powerful on some people

46:07

cheating. Keep. Them up their sleeves.

46:10

Guess is like oh it's like holies.

46:13

Oh is that is that says well

46:15

I did you see roles are you

46:17

guys who arrived in a car like

46:19

different said he said like all shapes

46:22

on and then you throw met each

46:24

other to when he pulls in Kansas

46:26

My my my how wide scope over

46:28

you throw really hard you leave or

46:30

for. About

46:32

an hour ago and so on

46:35

the silicon point systems. This I'm

46:37

suddenly very vulgar over standing wins

46:39

a boy was for. Have

46:41

you seen Blueness? Stand? Here

46:44

and it would enemy about the

46:46

exam dreams. Are

46:48

showing up and. We.

46:51

Know about them with had eyes on

46:53

them. We've had skirmishes that the don't

46:55

and fuzzy pretty well and few survivors

46:58

were able to give us. Descriptions

47:02

as well as some ideas of their

47:04

business. Since they've come here that they've

47:06

only been here few weeks, so we've

47:08

been scattered. So

47:11

nation that you might have. We

47:15

do know that they've been since

47:17

they've arrived. In

47:19

Britain all sorts of strange things

47:22

from exemplary across that bridge and

47:24

escorting them that beneath the Citadel.

47:26

And there's been a large scale

47:28

excavation beneath and with in the

47:30

prime killer glass or for their

47:33

work with the roof Nine One

47:35

hundred percent. Of

47:37

the propellers we saw to that.

47:39

What is that anyway? What would

47:41

you know it comes from or

47:43

how far times. I

47:46

myself to notice Oh my specialty. They're

47:49

all sorts of veins of glass that

47:51

we through this. well that's the largest

47:53

that I've ever seen. and

47:56

i can see why it's uses a symbolic

47:58

seat of power to uncovers Can

48:01

we talk for a minute about the one who sleeps?

48:08

What is it? I'm

48:10

not talking myth. Is

48:15

it a tangible, real thing to

48:18

your people today? For

48:24

many, it is the closest thing to a faith

48:26

outside of the Weave Mind, who

48:28

speak of it as a

48:31

calling to all of us. To

48:35

be honest, there

48:38

are a number of theories that even

48:40

all of us at one point were Exandrians. When

48:44

you talk about our gods, the

48:48

people that we've followed here, and that we

48:50

have a problem with back home, the

48:54

best we can tell they want to crack

48:57

open this place like an egg and get

49:02

the sleeping one out for

49:04

some sort of war or...

49:10

We have pretty strong reasons to believe

49:12

that they want your sleeping one to

49:17

eat the gods of Exandria. You

49:20

make a lot of time and money and

49:22

resources into going after your

49:24

faith. And

49:27

we're here because we're a little worried about

49:29

the repercussions for your world

49:32

and ours. Should

49:34

that come to pass? What

49:36

we do know is

49:38

that since

49:40

the vanguard has arrived, the

49:46

Imperium has been ushering

49:49

in an era of excitement within the

49:51

populace. A

49:54

promise of relocation.

49:59

There have been days of... celebration across

50:01

the streets of this township. The

50:04

city itself jovialed with music and dreams

50:10

realized. So

50:16

I know not what this means for this home

50:21

to us, moon to

50:23

others, but

50:26

I believe the intent is for those who are

50:29

true to the weed mind, to

50:31

leave it behind. Are they

50:35

dissatisfied with rudeness? You

50:41

see like how this hardened look come across her face. The

50:48

only reason we know that our life is

50:50

so hard here is because we compare it

50:52

to what we see of yours in our

50:55

dreams. We

50:58

see verdant fields, beautiful

51:02

curling rivers, season.

51:08

We see feasts and

51:11

holidays. We

51:13

see miracles and here

51:20

there is dust and survival. And

51:23

there is joy to be found here. It's

51:27

one thing to not know otherwise,

51:31

except that most nights the

51:33

basis of comparison is put

51:35

in our faith. There

51:39

are many here who would

51:41

hate you for what you

51:43

have. They would not be surprised

51:45

to leave mine, our five of them.

51:48

It's really horrible, I'm sorry. It's

51:51

all that we've known. Do you

51:54

wish, Jen? Oh, sorry.

51:57

We have a little question. We do, and also I just

51:59

realized. I cut off Fern's question. You still

52:01

have a question. You have an answer. I

52:03

don't already got an answer. Oh, I'm sorry.

52:06

You mentioned that

52:10

society has restarted

52:12

several times here. Do

52:15

you recall,

52:18

or have you written texts

52:20

from your history, and how

52:23

you came to be? We

52:27

don't anymore, at least within

52:30

the relation. We have

52:35

an inkling from

52:37

the research that we've done. Do

52:43

you want to know? Maybe.

52:51

This has been a rot already. We're

52:58

more than happy to share whenever you feel. You're

53:02

nervous and fiddling with the gold-hammered her

53:04

side. She

53:08

looks around and you can see there are clusters

53:11

of other volition figures that have been arming

53:14

up and waiting.

53:18

She gives a quick whistle. This little

53:20

loud two-finger whistle and folks begin to

53:22

come into the side of the table.

53:27

We have to start plotting our plans

53:29

for the morning. We

53:34

have a few endeavors to

53:36

transpire simultaneously. Want

53:39

to prove yourselves? Yeah. This is

53:41

an opportunity. At dawn, we plot.

53:44

She's waiting for it. Can't beat me,

53:46

mother. Jesus.

53:53

Check me out. We

53:55

have to begin. Union

53:57

of Democracy. Looking

54:03

about the restaurant chamber. Once

54:07

I didn't either in place to speak up

54:09

with something structure interest. They're

54:12

plotting a detonation. Part of the

54:14

excavation should deeply slow the advancement

54:17

of beneath the prime pillar. He

54:19

was time to recover some of

54:21

our imprisoned allies. And

54:24

it may. Be a lesson of

54:26

your exam dream allies to bring

54:28

some reinforcements. Sorry. But.

54:33

We do know is it so

54:35

loads of outta this current A

54:37

overseeing the excavation beneath, Careerists and.

54:41

Twelve are most of our last demolitions

54:43

team. Most

54:45

well as Demolitions team and ah.

54:50

Made a gracious sacrifice tobias The time

54:52

we have now. And

54:56

the survivor who has been a

54:58

great ally and crafter have some

55:00

of our means of defense. says

55:03

Hemmings Next expedition in the she's put

55:06

your hand up as a lengthy figure

55:08

emerges from the shadow of Mordor. I'm

55:14

quite familiar with the species or services

55:16

or ceiling court said of course season

55:18

and you tell us where you where

55:21

you can just tell us how to

55:23

get here. In

55:25

West London. Never heard him mention. Lights.

55:31

You've learned a lot on my way, haven't

55:33

seen? These things

55:35

to all these little moments

55:37

in form who you're going

55:39

to be. If

55:41

it helps, we know this one could vouch

55:43

for us, but we're not asking for that.

55:47

It's really nice to see with the

55:49

Ira it in Iran. Save

55:53

your leading this newsroom exposition

55:56

as an ally. In

55:58

about how we make his owner. With

56:02

all I led the last

56:05

one. The

56:07

crumpled to have that can

56:09

spin. I was the only

56:11

survivor. Unfortunate. Bottom line and

56:13

a that seems odd to

56:15

Iraq. you know that right?

56:17

That know they are just

56:19

fairies crumpled to have their.

56:22

Tunnels, Tunnels. I heard tongue.

56:24

I was computer science tongues

56:26

missing out on the probably

56:28

I got from an industrial.

56:31

The excavation. This. Happening underneath the

56:33

pillar of that the exam dreams as

56:35

their one. Mining the something we're not

56:37

sure with our schools are in the

56:40

south was a good mission for us

56:42

for a few reasons. Buttons are more

56:44

the our options with obscene be. Well

56:47

we also have a infiltration.

56:51

One of our spies as if

56:53

roll off. A bomb

56:55

motor scientist whose tangential to the

56:57

works are losing this has been

56:59

overseeing with in the Imperium. Three

57:01

purpose Smith is of technology that

57:04

he's bringing in. It

57:08

are always vanished into stopped her

57:10

brother Robert i wonder how long

57:12

did it twice. Aroma of our

57:14

robot and he's a.bomb bomb. She's.

57:17

Of the know for moto that I'm Susan. Of

57:21

a robot A so she's gone missing when he to

57:23

get a rough. Somebody any. She's

57:25

been feeding us information for quite some time

57:28

since that arrival in says he. The

57:31

odd shifts in the we've minds

57:33

developments. But it

57:36

will last to be concerned working within

57:38

this colloquium of can decimate said the

57:40

base of the Korean I'm. Pro

57:43

War quello whim of can decimate

57:46

as you know him the kirk

57:48

you incessant death and like as

57:50

a blown handlers arose and and

57:53

really trying on our side it

57:55

really is a sea levels as

57:57

uphill battle for rather than. The.

58:01

Bottom of the Korea and agree own in where,

58:03

where where where we're from, all the others. Are

58:05

no baptized but not that ties with

58:07

a good stamps. Bags on works as

58:10

you are the odds. Clinton is the

58:12

massive stronghold where the we've mind to

58:14

him so that colourful i was ten

58:16

doesn't prevent bad guys there is there

58:18

yet he that we're that in the

58:20

art and the production of the are

58:22

arcs current I'm with you are not

58:24

discover that is like it's a it's

58:26

a stronghold in the sense that it's

58:28

it's just the Corbett but it is

58:30

built all throughout this blast pillow and

58:32

is like a massive extended can have

58:34

many city with vertical club do you

58:36

have any being robbed or even wrote.

58:38

A borrower or lot of our our.

58:41

And the items affairs

58:43

Unfortunately node so been

58:45

a contact through messages.

58:48

Nothing face to face or and

58:51

said. Though we have

58:53

the messages that was sent, some of

58:55

them at least success Help Physical messages.

58:57

Physical messages are everywhere they stayed or

59:00

lived. In didn't know

59:02

they stated the density of the messages would

59:04

be for health wise With any those mental

59:06

messages. Are

59:08

some a mental and physical. Expand

59:11

to reach us as a promoter. She.

59:14

Cannot Run. On.

59:17

The nevertheless last we heard. She

59:21

was and number of others. Crafters

59:25

and designers were working on something for

59:27

lewdness. Some sort of. Device.

59:30

And or weapons. She. Wasn't

59:32

set and then necessity him.

59:35

Through like to see if we can

59:37

either recover salvage or at least learn

59:40

what came of her may be seen.

59:42

But disease. Is

59:46

also. smith

59:48

us i'm heading to a rescue

59:50

operation and mixtape third option of

59:52

up for demands on have been

59:54

a minute on numerous spokesman taken

59:57

prisoner by the imperium the number

59:59

of us as well as

1:00:01

a number of Exandrians who crossed the

1:00:03

bridge and opposed the Imperium. Some of

1:00:05

your allies

1:00:08

looks over towards one of the hooded figures you saw

1:00:10

when you walked in, this scaled, dark

1:00:14

emerald dragonborn that you saw

1:00:16

in this dark-looking, intense

1:00:18

plate armor, steps forward

1:00:20

with this heavy sand of armor chinking

1:00:23

and grinding against the stone as she

1:00:25

steps out. If,

1:00:27

of course, I

1:00:30

came here on the behalf

1:00:32

of the Strife Emperor. Oh!

1:00:34

What? A little bit more of a story?

1:00:37

The Strife Emperor? Wait, who

1:00:39

is that again? Y'all, read your lore. I

1:00:41

am Bizodin Amari,

1:00:43

the Talendart. Was that

1:00:45

a name? Did you say so?

1:00:48

Bizodin Amari. Bizodin.

1:00:50

Bizodin Amari.

1:00:53

Bizodin. I heard

1:00:56

Bizodin too. Bizodin Amari. And

1:00:59

a lot of vowels and consonants. Bizongas. You

1:01:01

worked very hard to make sure that we

1:01:04

can't make Bizongas Dragon Age. Bizoda

1:01:09

Amari. Yeah. You

1:01:11

don't deserve it, man. I'm sorry. I never did. Bizodin.

1:01:16

That's a cool name. It is. It's

1:01:18

really cool. Too late. No, it is

1:01:20

cool. I'm getting everything. I am worth

1:01:23

it. But I don't

1:01:25

recognize the lore of the Travis. What is it?

1:01:27

His Draith Emperor is Bane, who is a Betrayer

1:01:29

God. Oh. That's

1:01:32

bad. But I mean the

1:01:35

fact that they are working with the... Wait,

1:01:38

the Draith Emperor was sent on behalf

1:01:40

of the Straith Emperor. Oh,

1:01:42

well, the fight? I don't know. We

1:01:46

don't know anything though. Well, hang on. But

1:01:48

this confirms some things that like

1:01:50

the Betrayer Gods have a similar... Don't want

1:01:52

to get wiped either. I want to get wiped

1:01:55

either. So are you a chestnut? That's

1:01:57

why his modius was... Are you... Yeah,

1:01:59

it's with... MARY and LAURA and

1:02:01

MARY, she also has a hottie.

1:02:03

Sorry, I'm getting ahead. Are you

1:02:05

a champion of the

1:02:09

Strife Emperor? MATT,

1:02:11

MARY, and LAURA,

1:02:14

and MARY, she

1:02:18

pulls back the cloak. You can see one

1:02:20

arm is missing, and off

1:02:22

the side of that hip is

1:02:24

this wicked-looking punching

1:02:27

dagger. SAM and

1:02:29

LAURA, and I, as awesome Catar that locks

1:02:31

into their gauntlet on her armor, and it

1:02:34

has this crooked,

1:02:40

almost crisp blade that curves in like

1:02:42

a talon. She

1:02:44

clicks in and goes, whatever

1:02:47

inflicts the most pain, I'm

1:02:53

going tomorrow to get some of

1:02:55

my friends back, or

1:02:57

at least take out as many of

1:02:59

them as I can. TALIESIN and MATT and LAURA and

1:03:01

TALIESIN and MATT and TALIESIN and TALIESIN and MATT and

1:03:04

LAURA and TALIESIN and

1:03:08

MATT and LAURA and TALIESIN and TALIESIN and MATT and TALIESIN and

1:03:10

MATT and LAURA and TALIESIN and which

1:03:12

is on the lower end of the

1:03:15

Arx by

1:03:29

the Weaved Mind and their allies for

1:03:32

all possible information, if not

1:03:34

made into tools

1:03:36

of the Imperium as we speak, another

1:03:39

habit of turning

1:03:41

those they spend enough time with. MATT

1:03:43

and LAURA, MATT, and TALIESIN, MATT and LAURA, MATT

1:03:46

and TALIESIN and MATT and TALIESIN

1:03:48

and LAURA and MATT and LAURA, MATT and LAURA, MATT and TALIESIN,

1:03:50

and MATT and LAURA. Your

1:03:54

allies, right? They're not our

1:03:56

people from Exandria, right? I

1:04:01

don't think she would know if they knew us. I have no

1:04:03

idea. Okay. Where

1:04:06

are you from? I'm from Alexandria. Are you from

1:04:08

Alexandria? I am Alexandria, eh? Where

1:04:11

from? First

1:04:15

off, what the fuck

1:04:18

are you? We're all 10, man,

1:04:20

asking a lot of questions. Like

1:04:24

you, I'm a follower of a

1:04:26

deity. I'm a champion.

1:04:31

Well, my god, I might be more powerful than

1:04:34

yours, so don't be upset when I tell

1:04:36

you who it is. All right! We

1:04:38

don't know. You

1:04:42

smell of broken road.

1:04:47

Broken road? Is that what you call? Her

1:04:49

tongue licks the front of her sharp teeth.

1:04:53

It's my favorite ice cream flavor.

1:04:55

Broken road? Is that what you

1:04:57

call the change-bringer? I sort

1:04:59

she is. That's

1:05:02

what she is? Oh, I thought you said

1:05:04

I smell chess. She

1:05:08

backs up, like the intense thing goes, freedom

1:05:10

brings all to ruin in time. Freedom

1:05:15

brings all to ruin in time. He

1:05:18

has subtitles right there. I

1:05:20

don't like the way you talk about

1:05:22

her. She

1:05:27

wouldn't appreciate it either. So

1:05:31

there. So

1:05:34

you want to put a... She watches as the

1:05:37

dragonborn, as Ebon Toni knows.

1:05:39

I don't like him. They

1:05:42

don't come in with me. That's

1:05:45

fine. Hold on. What

1:05:47

are you talking about? Are

1:05:50

we all going to split up

1:05:52

and go on different parts of this mission? I don't know

1:05:54

if we should hedge our bets. We should

1:05:57

spread the wealth. options

1:06:00

here are is sabotage, right? Sloothing

1:06:02

to find this Everella spy, or

1:06:04

prison break. MATT,

1:06:12

you think we'll need any help on the, you know. I don't

1:06:15

know if that would be a good idea,

1:06:24

guys. I don't know

1:06:26

what you mean, I don't know. TALIESIN

1:06:28

and MATT, and he's in the air. MATT,

1:06:32

and TALIESIN and MATT,

1:06:34

and his head is like, okay, in

1:06:37

Gizs' head, you get the sense of, uh oh, did

1:06:40

I fuck up? I was just trying to

1:06:43

like, I was asking questions, you know.

1:06:46

And you see it in the head

1:06:48

like this. Oh, I get it, yeah,

1:06:50

same hair, got it. He's like,

1:06:53

no, the assassination mission that

1:06:55

we're keeping at Coastwatch. MATT,

1:06:58

in her head, I'm going to say, who are you

1:07:00

assassinating? MATT, you

1:07:04

hear in your head, a

1:07:08

figure that would buy us

1:07:10

more time. MATT, you think I'll have a

1:07:12

problem with it? TALIESIN

1:07:15

and MATT, oh shit, they're

1:07:17

going to fuck up. MATT,

1:07:21

slightly. TALIESIN and MATT, oh

1:07:24

god. We don't

1:07:26

know this, though, is it going to happen in here?

1:07:28

MATT, you hear in your head, would you prefer to

1:07:31

helm this mission? Because

1:07:35

it's happening whether or not you're part of it.

1:07:39

MATT, in, deep voice, eager

1:08:01

and well-trained figures waiting

1:08:05

in the wings. After

1:08:11

that moment of quiet staring at each

1:08:13

other, Rashina falls

1:08:15

back. Well, we

1:08:18

have some things to plot, some discussions to have.

1:08:22

We don't have the

1:08:25

nicest of Exandrian pillowed, feathered

1:08:27

quarters here, but she'll be

1:08:30

granted a floor and perhaps a cushion.

1:08:34

The restaurant. She walks away from the

1:08:36

table and Gaz goes, sorry,

1:08:40

her bedside manner is a little brusque, but

1:08:42

I guess that's how we roll down here.

1:08:44

Anyway, pleasure to meet you. Come on, little

1:08:46

guy. The mic walks away. Push inside. They

1:08:51

begin to scatter off in groups and go

1:08:53

about. There's still always no less

1:08:56

than eight or so figures that are

1:08:58

watching you at a distance. So we're just

1:09:00

in here? This is where we stay? Where

1:09:03

do we leave the room? Can we? There's

1:09:06

a moment of silence before you can see two

1:09:09

of the little micey-it

1:09:12

come darting out of a corner.

1:09:16

Grab your finger and start pulling

1:09:18

you along. These are just

1:09:21

rough caves. There's no real beds. There's

1:09:23

no separate rooms. The only real door

1:09:48

that exists is the one that led you into the chamber. They lead

1:09:50

you over to two small alcoves. carved

1:10:00

out very haphazardly. A lot of the dirt is

1:10:02

still resting in the edges of it. It's a

1:10:04

10-foot by 10 open

1:10:06

space where you have to get real cozy for the night.

1:10:10

A moment later, another maisy comes in and

1:10:14

throws this dirty blanket in there that lays

1:10:17

onto it, one of them, and

1:10:19

then scatters off. And then darts off for a bit.

1:10:28

Would they be considered smaller beasts? Beasts?

1:10:32

No. Well, you're

1:10:34

not sure. They're fungal.

1:10:36

They're humanoid-ish. I

1:10:38

speak with small beasts, but I don't know if it'll work

1:10:40

out. I don't have a

1:10:43

sense of speak with small farts. I probably could. Let

1:10:45

me try to talk to them with your head. A

1:10:49

moment later, he comes in and

1:10:51

is dragging this, what looks

1:10:53

like a, it

1:10:55

looks like a leather water balloon with

1:10:58

a spout on it. It's pretty large. It's scooting

1:11:00

it in, and it is just a bag

1:11:02

of water. It

1:11:05

hits the ground like a water bed on

1:11:07

it. Oh,

1:11:10

no, no, no. Oh, I'm going to toss

1:11:12

the silver. I'm

1:11:21

just going to run it off. Leaving

1:11:28

it there. What's

1:11:32

this shit taste like? Yeah,

1:11:40

is it just straight water in this thing? It's

1:11:42

water. I'm not drinking my

1:11:44

bed. Stop laying on

1:11:46

my fucking water. It's

1:11:49

pretty clean. It's pretty crystal. You

1:11:53

gather whatever water makes its way through

1:11:55

here is pretty heavily filtered through the

1:11:57

nearby stone and dirt, so it's pretty

1:11:59

clean. It's

1:12:01

not, I don't know, it doesn't

1:12:03

kill the pain, but it does hydrate. They

1:12:06

have a sparklet truck. So it's just us

1:12:08

now in a cavern, right? Like a small

1:12:10

cave chamber? Yeah, and it's like an open,

1:12:12

into the nearby hall, and occasionally figures do

1:12:14

like walk by and you get the sense

1:12:16

there are other figures on the outside of

1:12:18

it just kind of posted. So we're in

1:12:20

the vestibule, essentially. More or

1:12:22

less, yeah. Do we still have thinking? Yeah, yeah,

1:12:24

you put it up. Yeah, so

1:12:27

we'll think to each other, I guess. We

1:12:30

got four possible, no, three possible missions

1:12:32

as far as we know. No, there's

1:12:34

still a lot of them talking about it.

1:12:36

No, they were like just staring at each other.

1:12:39

There is another mission. Yeah.

1:12:42

Apparently they are

1:12:45

planning to assassinate my mom

1:12:47

tomorrow. How

1:12:50

do you feel about that? How do you feel about that?

1:12:52

How do you feel about that? About that? That's

1:12:56

a lot

1:12:59

to process. Yeah.

1:13:03

I think, you

1:13:13

know, I kind of written her off. It's fun. I

1:13:15

don't know. When

1:13:25

we get to this inevitability, of course,

1:13:27

none of us assumed that it would

1:13:29

be. So soon. Yes.

1:13:32

I thought it would be after we came back, you know. I

1:13:37

know she's bad. We said it. We've

1:13:40

made that clear. She does bad

1:13:42

things for bad people. But

1:13:45

when I made that connection, I felt

1:13:50

her wanting me to stay

1:13:52

away from him. You

1:13:55

know, she didn't want me to connect.

1:14:00

I don't know if that's protecting me or if that's... Protecting

1:14:04

them. Did

1:14:10

they make it seem when you

1:14:12

were communicating with them that you

1:14:15

would be welcome along for that? They

1:14:18

said I could... I could

1:14:20

helm the mission if I wanted to. Do

1:14:26

you sense that there's any possibility

1:14:29

for redemption in her? God,

1:14:34

it would take a lot I think. That

1:14:40

pull is very strong and

1:14:45

she's got almost 20 years on it, you know?

1:14:50

And if they do go through

1:14:52

with it and take her out,

1:14:55

would you want to... 10

1:14:58

years. She's got 10 years. Would you

1:15:00

rather not be there to witness it? No,

1:15:02

she's 30 years. How old am

1:15:04

I? Sorry, keep going. Are you 10

1:15:06

years old? I'm

1:15:09

28. She's

1:15:12

been gone since I was tiny. So she's

1:15:14

like 25 years with him. It's

1:15:16

been a long time. You

1:15:18

hear in your head very loudly. But

1:15:22

would you rather be there to see it or

1:15:24

not? You

1:15:26

get one more glimpse of her before she goes? I

1:15:31

think. Say

1:15:38

goodbye. To

1:15:40

change your mind, to see how you

1:15:42

hold up. What if I try to stop

1:15:44

it? That is a question. We're

1:15:47

also talking about an assassination attempt.

1:15:51

Your mother is very powerful. Yes,

1:15:53

I wouldn't be able to overpower her. God

1:15:57

of Han may be right there too. Check.

1:16:05

The globo to have. Far

1:16:09

more level than it was when you are

1:16:11

above the city. She's somewhere in the third

1:16:13

of previous. Tricky

1:16:21

because. We

1:16:23

go along. You

1:16:25

face your mother. And

1:16:29

you could change your mind.

1:16:31

Maybe maybe? Across

1:16:34

our. Be.

1:16:36

A point against us and our

1:16:38

i hear that goes wrong way.

1:16:42

But or that you killed. And

1:16:45

probably as. A

1:16:48

fan. Your

1:16:51

mother asked to be stopped was rather. Strangers

1:16:54

do it. For

1:16:56

the rather be you with the chance

1:16:59

of. Getting her

1:17:01

back. Now.

1:17:08

And every the new. Seeking

1:17:13

of Parents will now. Yeah. I mean

1:17:15

the other mission my involve

1:17:17

icing your? That's right. yeah.

1:17:20

Yeah. This.

1:17:28

Is that national for here Last

1:17:30

year? his home and that some

1:17:32

patrol. My

1:17:34

name is that a run in

1:17:36

the excavation and burn since to

1:17:38

blow it up stairs possibly with

1:17:40

him am it and I were

1:17:43

her iran course Has his vengeance

1:17:45

against him set makes sense that

1:17:47

he is happening that one. Have

1:17:52

you feel about see him best? For

1:17:55

he said he didn't even read. That

1:17:59

book, politics and. something about yourself

1:18:01

that you didn't know. Well,

1:18:04

that would be... that would be

1:18:06

something, but I mean... I don't

1:18:10

know him. Can

1:18:13

I just toss this out here? Because it feels applicable

1:18:15

to both of you. You

1:18:18

both got questions that you don't even know you

1:18:20

have, right? Look,

1:18:25

I would love to be crass and cold-hearted about

1:18:27

it, and I am. But

1:18:30

this is the last chance you have to

1:18:32

ask those questions or get answers, especially if

1:18:34

it's going to fill in the gaps. This

1:18:40

is our story. I

1:18:43

don't think you can make decisions for

1:18:45

other people or even for Exandria before

1:18:47

you take care of yourself first, because

1:18:49

then we fall apart. You

1:18:52

crumble. We

1:18:55

made it to the moon. I

1:18:57

think you could get an audience with your

1:19:00

mom for one more set of questions. I

1:19:02

feel like you could meet with

1:19:04

this unseally court guy. That

1:19:07

sounds crazy, but we're on

1:19:09

the moon. Crazy's

1:19:11

kind of what we do. I'd

1:19:16

rather have your mother at our side than against

1:19:18

us. I

1:19:21

wish there was more than one instance

1:19:23

where she was trying to keep you from

1:19:25

something that seems dangerous, because that would at

1:19:27

least feel like there's something there worth saving.

1:19:29

But it's... it's something. Your

1:19:33

mother can be far

1:19:35

deep into whatever

1:19:38

this mess is and still love you. Sure,

1:19:41

those two can coexist. But

1:19:45

does that change the outcome? If

1:19:48

she's helping Luden, does

1:19:51

it matter if she loves me? Good.

1:19:54

You only get one mom. I

1:19:57

think the tricksy part about all of this...

1:20:00

is that the entire

1:20:02

reason for doing one of these missions

1:20:04

is to gain the trust of

1:20:07

the Volition. Yeah. And

1:20:12

if it seems like we're going on

1:20:14

one of these missions to thwart that,

1:20:16

then undermine our connection with them, yeah.

1:20:20

I mean, I feel like if

1:20:22

there's parts

1:20:24

of your mother that are... there's

1:20:28

still care there for you. And

1:20:31

wanting to keep you away, there's still something

1:20:33

there in her that I think... there's still

1:20:35

love there. There's

1:20:38

still care. I

1:20:43

say, if we want to keep this

1:20:45

group on our side, maybe we try

1:20:47

to save your mom. And I don't

1:20:49

mind, maybe we can take out my dad. I'll

1:20:51

volunteer. Yeah? I

1:20:54

mean, I don't know him at all, so... You could also ask...

1:20:57

it was to buy more time, right? This

1:20:59

mission that you've heard of? Maybe

1:21:02

we can ask for a little more time. I

1:21:06

mean, they can try tomorrow. They might fail. They

1:21:09

might succeed. Maybe

1:21:11

it could be your last chance

1:21:13

that they go off without us and they

1:21:15

and your mother. That's

1:21:18

a decision taken out of your hands. You

1:21:21

could also ask how many times they've tried.

1:21:23

How many times they've failed? What have they

1:21:25

come up against? Does a day

1:21:27

or two make a difference? They're in a cave.

1:21:29

I don't think they're gonna succeed. They've

1:21:32

been in this cave for clearly

1:21:34

a while. Or a cave. They

1:21:37

don't know what they're gonna be hitting. I

1:21:39

feel like this is a conversation that maybe you

1:21:43

could have with Regina.

1:21:47

Just say like, maybe

1:21:50

there's another angle here. Yeah.

1:21:56

To Jenny's point. This

1:21:58

war... And the whole

1:22:00

reason we're involved with it. It's

1:22:03

been personal since day one. It

1:22:08

might not be worth trying to pretend like it's not.

1:22:15

A lot of risks. We

1:22:17

can make enemies on both sides. And

1:22:20

I doubt that the Champion of the Strife Emperor is...

1:22:23

gonna be big on our plan. Holy

1:22:25

shit! That's just a story

1:22:28

you were a problem. Fucking

1:22:31

Strife Emperor. That's a

1:22:33

really evil... evil

1:22:35

god. Yeah, yeah. I've never come

1:22:37

across anybody that actually followed him.

1:22:41

Them, them, he... I don't know. Bad

1:22:45

stuff. Like war. Lawlessness

1:22:48

and... Why do you

1:22:51

want to go with... this end then? I mean,

1:22:53

it's like a celebrity. Hm. I

1:22:57

just want to see what goes down. Plus, I

1:23:00

mean, it's a lot of action. But,

1:23:03

if I was being practical, I would

1:23:05

probably go for option B, the... Ivaralwa.

1:23:10

Finding them. I feel like our chances

1:23:12

are highest with the first one. The

1:23:15

detonation one. Because we know Ira. She's

1:23:18

got a connection. Yeah. And

1:23:21

we're good at breaking things. We are. And

1:23:23

then we broke the one in the favor out

1:23:25

there. The only reason I was thinking that we

1:23:27

could do that maybe second, or

1:23:30

not at all, is... Because

1:23:32

people are looking for us. We're hot.

1:23:35

And I feel like we'll get hotter doing that one.

1:23:37

Well... We're gonna

1:23:40

work hot anyway. We're rolling with the rebels,

1:23:42

right? I think so. I also think

1:23:44

that, you know, if we are

1:23:46

hot already, it's gonna be hard for us to infiltrate

1:23:48

anything and find out about... Ivaralwa.

1:23:53

I just meant we're in this new city. We're

1:23:55

now underground, right? We've left the surface. We could

1:23:57

take advantage of any... Any...

1:24:01

Our face is not being quite as known for a

1:24:03

little bit longer. If we blow up the tunnel, you

1:24:07

know, and we're running, we're gonna be hot

1:24:09

down here too. I think it's blow up a tunnel and

1:24:12

prove ourselves to the Volition and maybe head out. I

1:24:16

also think that demolition is probably the easiest, but

1:24:18

what I worry is that you will miss your

1:24:21

window if we

1:24:23

do anything other than follow your mother. Options

1:24:26

B and C put

1:24:29

us somewhere

1:24:31

in the Arx, Keryonim,

1:24:35

which could also give us some answers.

1:24:40

Rescuing Prison is also more data. A really good

1:24:42

menu. Maybe we can talk to them about delaying

1:24:44

some of these so we can do more than

1:24:46

one. Or we speak up.

1:24:48

They all have to be on the same page. It's

1:24:50

crazy. Why would we explain it like that? I think

1:24:52

the detonation maybe is, you know... Distraction.

1:24:55

Is it like a double landing? Yeah, the detonation is

1:24:58

so that they can get in and do the rescue

1:25:00

mission. Is that

1:25:02

a crazy suggestion? We can also split up. At

1:25:06

least take half and half. Half and half. Because

1:25:08

some of these might require a smaller group than

1:25:11

just seven big dumb idiots. Yeah,

1:25:13

the strife emperor probably only needs one other

1:25:15

person. Hello,

1:25:18

episode. What a fuck. Did you see

1:25:20

the weapon she had? It was scary.

1:25:22

That armor was sick. You should think

1:25:24

about Keryonim. You don't weapon that bitch.

1:25:26

It just attaches to my arm? When

1:25:28

you're done with that mission, do you

1:25:30

mind shanking, visiting

1:25:32

inside? Would

1:25:35

you unite me as a paladin

1:25:38

of the chainspringer? I would if that's the

1:25:41

chainspringer's wish. I'm listening. That's

1:25:44

all I have to say. Oh. I'm

1:25:49

done. I mean, I think

1:25:51

any of these could help us in our

1:25:53

standing with evolution, but only one's got personal

1:25:55

stake, and it's really two. Two.

1:25:59

But yeah. I don't even know him. I've

1:26:02

heard of him. I've heard of him. I

1:26:05

didn't even know he was my dad until like,

1:26:07

I don't know, like a week ago. I

1:26:10

would also like to say that your dad

1:26:12

has been after you since

1:26:14

you were born. So

1:26:17

it could get a little hairy if

1:26:19

we like deliver him. Danger close.

1:26:21

Yeah, directly to him. He's

1:26:23

gonna want her as a Caesar. It just sucks. It

1:26:26

sucks because it's players, unseally court, whole

1:26:29

area of fame. We've

1:26:31

never seen this. I know!

1:26:33

This is the worst Denny's

1:26:35

ever. I want all the things.

1:26:37

We can hang out with Iris and more.

1:26:39

He has a whole bunch of glamour. If

1:26:42

you get in trouble, couldn't you summon your devil boyfriend

1:26:45

to help you out? Oh my gosh. Would

1:26:47

he be able to get here? Your devil boyfriend, could

1:26:49

he get here? They're on the same

1:26:51

plane. Oh no, there's a couple. It might be a

1:26:53

problem. You probably can't get him here. He

1:26:57

can't get through the gate. No. Only one

1:26:59

way to find out. Hello? I

1:27:02

think you gotta lick it first. Wait, if he

1:27:05

comes through your ring, then the ring's already

1:27:07

hit the gate. If

1:27:09

he comes through the ring, then... Yeah,

1:27:12

but your coin is through the gate as well

1:27:14

and you're having trouble talking to her. Well,

1:27:17

let's find out. It's not like a bear is on the ring.

1:27:19

If you're gonna be able to get yourself into this secret hideout,

1:27:21

we're gonna be in trouble. I'm gonna ask the changebringer to answer

1:27:23

me one question. If

1:27:31

I can do that with the coin. Yeah.

1:27:34

All right, what question do

1:27:36

you ask? Silently, I ask, is

1:27:38

Imogen's mother redeemable?

1:27:42

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

1:27:45

Ooh! Ooh! Let's

1:27:48

go. Heads for yes, heels for no,

1:27:51

or if they don't know, it stands on its side. Do

1:27:55

you fling me? Twilight's alone. It's

1:27:59

interesting. when the

1:28:01

coin flips into the air, when you flip

1:28:04

it normally, after asking a question, it

1:28:06

has this ring to it. It's like,

1:28:08

ching, ching, ching. It has the most

1:28:10

beautiful, perfect sound of a

1:28:13

coin toss. It's just

1:28:15

silent when you flick it. And

1:28:18

then it lands. Just

1:28:21

flat, or on the side. On

1:28:23

its side. On its side. Whoa. Quiet, Tom. Oh,

1:28:28

yeah. Yeah,

1:28:31

you know. Unhelpful. I

1:28:33

asked about your mom, but...

1:28:37

Complicated. But it's complicated. Sources say,

1:28:39

ask again later, or whatever. Well,

1:28:42

that means to me it can

1:28:44

go either way. But also, it

1:28:47

does mean... I

1:28:49

mean, coins don't just land like this

1:28:51

normally. It means that the change-bringer is

1:28:53

connected to me still, even

1:28:55

through the gate. Yeah. Because

1:28:59

the power of my love is strong enough. One

1:29:02

thing is certain. We

1:29:05

gotta fucking sleep. We

1:29:08

gotta rest. I'm somehow at more than max

1:29:10

hit points. I don't even know how that's

1:29:12

possible. I know, we sleep, how did we,

1:29:14

we slept. We did sleep. Yeah.

1:29:16

But sure, we can sleep again. Did we?

1:29:21

I don't think we did. I

1:29:23

work on two now. I think we did. Did

1:29:25

we? Yeah. When? I don't know. The

1:29:28

last night was short rest. But you need to get your,

1:29:30

oh, maybe we took a short rest. We took a shorter

1:29:32

rest because I would be... How

1:29:34

many levels of exhaustion do you have? Yeah,

1:29:36

so we have it. Oh, we still haven't slept,

1:29:38

holy monsieur. But I will lose by two seconds.

1:29:41

Oh, there's much more there. So when I wake

1:29:43

up, I'll have one. Wait, we need to get

1:29:45

real one. That's

1:29:47

a bad thing. That's a

1:29:50

bad thing. You know? That's

1:29:52

what sleeping will do. Yeah, a good rhythm that came

1:29:54

out on the table. We

1:29:56

can get a restoration and then he'd be at top level.

1:29:58

Then he'd be at the top. Yeah, but that's not any

1:30:00

fun. It

1:30:03

is expensive, although we have a scroll of greater reference. It's

1:30:06

got to get you a sentient weapon while you're in the back.

1:30:09

That's free. Do you

1:30:11

have the boots right now? That scroll

1:30:13

was to save Plane Rider Rin in

1:30:15

case we came across her. But I also

1:30:17

can do it. But what if

1:30:19

I'm not with you? I

1:30:21

could do it. Somehow

1:30:23

in all of this craziness, I still have

1:30:25

one sixth level spell left. I

1:30:28

have a lot of spell left. That's why I'm confused right

1:30:30

now. I'm not sure what we did. I

1:30:33

think using the scroll would be a bad idea. How

1:30:36

much was the cost? One hundred

1:30:38

bucks. One hundred...

1:30:41

It's a diamond worth a

1:30:43

hundred gold pieces. Do you have a diamond? Or

1:30:45

diamond dust worth... Oh, we got that. At least

1:30:47

one hundred gold. You have more diamond dust than

1:30:50

a hundred gold pieces worth of diamond

1:30:52

dust. I believe so. Let me see in

1:30:54

my inventory. I

1:30:56

have powdered silver, one hundred gold. Diamond

1:31:00

dust, five hundred gold. If

1:31:03

that's where we're sitting, then I will take

1:31:05

that. Because this hurts. And

1:31:08

I am cranky. You hear these

1:31:11

heavy, rampant footfalls. Uh-oh. And

1:31:13

around the corner, guys, he goes, All

1:31:16

right, just remember, you

1:31:18

had a question. We totally forgot to get to it earlier.

1:31:20

I'm so sorry. What were you going to ask? Good.

1:31:24

Uh-oh. I hear... Wow.

1:31:29

I think I got answered, but I actually... I

1:31:31

did another thing. I was... Hold on a

1:31:33

minute. How did you end up on

1:31:35

this side of things? Well,

1:31:38

you know, just... It's

1:31:43

hard being like a lot of what you've been told your whole life

1:31:45

you're supposed to be doing. It just feels wrong the whole

1:31:48

time. But, you

1:31:51

know, I had a

1:31:54

Momo ride to... Had

1:31:56

a run-in with Regina's

1:31:58

dad. And

1:32:00

I mean,

1:32:03

I had him with an inch of his life, really.

1:32:07

Dead rights on the ground, just one

1:32:09

little pop and

1:32:13

something he broke. I don't

1:32:15

know why, like there was just a look in his eye.

1:32:17

It was just pity

1:32:20

and forgiveness.

1:32:22

I don't know, it's hard to describe,

1:32:25

but I

1:32:29

just heard a cry. I've

1:32:32

never cried before, and the

1:32:34

tears just wouldn't stop. And

1:32:37

he just held me. And

1:32:39

I said, help me. And

1:32:43

he unmarked me

1:32:45

and took me back and been

1:32:49

here ever since. He

1:32:52

was a good man. Yeah.

1:32:57

What's the plan for tomorrow with the

1:33:00

assassination? And

1:33:03

could it be delayed by a day? I

1:33:07

don't know if I'm supposed to talk about that. I don't

1:33:09

know. You're not talking about any of the ass. You're just

1:33:11

making a check. Oh, what a

1:33:13

good day. Okay.

1:33:22

It's like... There's

1:33:31

been a particular figure of

1:33:33

interest who's been dealing quite

1:33:35

directly with the vanguard,

1:33:38

weave mine, and well,

1:33:41

seems to be of this laden,

1:33:45

powerful figure, this lewdness guy

1:33:47

that everyone keeps talking

1:33:50

about has been putting on

1:33:52

a pedestal, seems real important. But

1:33:56

they've been kind of hard to pin

1:33:58

down, moving around rather quickly. seeing bits

1:34:00

and pieces floating through the city and

1:34:02

vanishing and stuff. Definitely exactly. But

1:34:05

recently, I discovered

1:34:07

that she's

1:34:09

been kind of held

1:34:11

up in this place called the Woven Music Grand

1:34:14

Hall. Been

1:34:16

gathering a lot of these, uh, which

1:34:20

I'mma call it. A

1:34:23

lot of you Exandrian folk been wandering on

1:34:25

here. Rude

1:34:29

is born. That's the one, yeah. Rude

1:34:32

is born. They've all

1:34:34

been kind of conglomerating in that musical. It's

1:34:36

real pretty. It looks like a big shell.

1:34:39

Wow. But,

1:34:42

uh, I was seen

1:34:44

there yesterday and was there for today, and

1:34:46

so we figure while we have the time

1:34:49

here at some point tomorrow, we're gonna send

1:34:51

in a strike team and see if we can take

1:34:55

her out. Maybe wreck

1:34:58

up and tangle some of the plans of the bad guys.

1:35:01

And what if she's working

1:35:05

against the bad guys from the inside?

1:35:09

And by killing her, y'all, uh,

1:35:13

y'all hurt yourselves. Ow.

1:35:29

I don't know. Everyone seems to say she's pretty bad, so, uh...

1:35:32

Yeah. I don't

1:35:34

know. I just do what I'm told. Mm-hmm.

1:35:38

I'm just... To

1:35:40

make sure we're super clear on this, did

1:35:43

the woman, you know what she looks like? Does

1:35:47

she look kind of like her? Oh,

1:35:49

yeah. Spin image. Got a while, though. I was gonna ask a question

1:35:51

about that. Gotta

1:35:53

freak this out when you walked in and be personal. I'm sure. You're

1:35:56

like, oh, shit. Target came to

1:35:58

us. It makes it really easy, but... But

1:36:01

it has to be tomorrow or this is an ongoing

1:36:03

meeting that they have there? Well I don't know, we

1:36:05

just don't know how long they're going to be there

1:36:08

and if they move off-site then we've lost our

1:36:11

lead. So it's um... Do

1:36:13

you have a plan to deal with the flying, mysterious

1:36:15

stranger who seems to be zipping around?

1:36:19

Well I'm not the one organizing

1:36:21

this, I'm

1:36:23

just here supporting the uh... I mean there's

1:36:25

a general plan that you... I

1:36:28

definitely know you do not have the details

1:36:30

clearly but there's a notion

1:36:32

of a plan through somebody's head. I

1:36:35

mean I trust Rashina as it all figured out, she's

1:36:37

real smart and we have a lot of intel in

1:36:40

this particular figure having all sorts of wild

1:36:42

powers in line with a number

1:36:44

of the thought eaters and other high-end mystics

1:36:47

so uh... We have ways of dealing

1:36:49

with them so uh... Have you ever... What

1:36:51

ways, wait, what ways? Well

1:36:53

you're not going to get anything out of it. No

1:36:56

I... You can bow at the moment. If you could

1:36:58

help us and you

1:37:00

have ways of dealing with those thought eaters? There

1:37:03

are a number of ways, yeah. Look

1:37:11

I don't know how they work but there's um... Like...

1:37:16

Sort of like scrambling devices

1:37:19

kind of shuts them down for

1:37:21

a moment. And then folks like me just come

1:37:23

in and... Pop

1:37:25

em, you know. Good to know. Yeah. Um...

1:37:29

Alright. I'm scared. Kaz

1:37:32

have they tried a... A

1:37:34

hit mission on this target

1:37:37

before? No no not this one. Never been able to...

1:37:40

Put her down long enough. She's always been kind of a... Just

1:37:43

a person of interest and only recently has her...

1:37:47

Dealings and word coming back that she's... Rather

1:37:51

integral to the plan of the vanguard.

1:37:53

Which makes her an asset

1:37:55

worth uh... Taking out. Does

1:37:58

the Volition have a decent successor? made

1:38:00

on previous assassination missions? I put

1:38:02

us about 60-40. Which

1:38:05

direction? I'll

1:38:08

get back to you on that one. Yeah, right. But,

1:38:10

Gaz, you know it's possible for

1:38:12

people to change. Oh

1:38:15

yeah, totally. You

1:38:18

changed. Oh yeah. You just took this.

1:38:21

No, real proud of it, too. Yeah.

1:38:23

You know, it's really impressive

1:38:25

sometimes if you just

1:38:27

give someone a chance and a right path they can

1:38:29

turn right around. I'll

1:38:32

have the chain to turn into me. Turn

1:38:34

the path to me. It would be a shame if someone killed you

1:38:36

before you were able to. Make

1:38:39

that chain. You're telling me. All

1:38:42

right, you all rest well. See you in

1:38:44

the morning. Yeah. Yeah. I love them. Can

1:38:48

I put the monocle on? I'm

1:38:52

gonna cast Arcane Eye in

1:38:55

this little room and I'm gonna

1:38:57

send it after Gaz. Just

1:38:59

following him out, I don't know where he's going.

1:39:03

Sure. I

1:39:05

just gotta sit down. You know, a little my

1:39:08

feet. I just wanna see where else people

1:39:10

are going outside of this room. I'm

1:39:14

now officially less worried about your mom being

1:39:16

good and more worried about what happens if

1:39:18

she's just a manipulative

1:39:21

fuck. I

1:39:23

mean, I. Officially now. I do want

1:39:27

to cast any doubt on the

1:39:30

volition and their plans, but your

1:39:33

mother is gathering a bunch of rudists born

1:39:36

into a single place and they think

1:39:38

they're gonna roll in there and assassinate her.

1:39:40

That sounds like a

1:39:42

suicide mission. Like a suicide mission. Yeah.

1:39:45

That's a terrible idea. Do

1:39:48

they even know how powerful

1:39:51

the rudists are? Maybe we should go just so that

1:39:53

we can protect them. Yeah, from

1:39:56

her. I mean, look

1:39:58

at how hard it was just. fight

1:40:01

that one thought-eater.

1:40:03

That one 16-year-old

1:40:06

kid awoke in that

1:40:08

moment and he was easy. Yes, but

1:40:10

imagine him times 40. LIAM,

1:40:17

so if we go in there swinging, your

1:40:20

mom is going to be really dangerous,

1:40:22

deadly. It might be more effective just

1:40:24

for you to try to talk her out of there. I

1:40:26

wonder if we could pitch extraction. I mean,

1:40:30

I hate to say this. This is a

1:40:32

terrible, terrible idea, but couldn't

1:40:35

you theoretically talk to her now? Yeah.

1:40:39

Oh. But

1:40:41

I don't want to mourn her if... I

1:40:43

know. Not

1:40:47

with her. No. Somewhere

1:40:50

else that might be. God, it's just complicated.

1:40:53

It is incredibly complicated. I

1:40:59

don't know. Maybe see her. In

1:41:02

a dream. We

1:41:05

still have the

1:41:07

one scroll. We still have the scroll up.

1:41:09

The mind-shieldy one? We've

1:41:13

used them both. That one still affects you right

1:41:15

now. It hasn't made it entirely, but overnight's rest will

1:41:17

go away. Well,

1:41:19

we've got to make a decision. Do we

1:41:22

sleep on it and decide in the morning, or do we

1:41:24

want to take a pixies out of her tonight? But

1:41:28

if we take a pixies, isn't that like

1:41:31

you could be giving in back to that

1:41:33

theater? I don't know. I

1:41:35

don't know anything here. Forty-five.

1:41:37

I don't know. You want to visit your dad

1:41:40

in a dream? Did

1:41:42

you figure out where she was other than rue

1:41:44

just when you were dreaming? Sure.

1:41:46

I could find her exact fucking location, but

1:41:48

guess what? She could see me

1:41:50

too. I was just curious if

1:41:52

locations showed up in dreams. I don't

1:41:54

know. My dreams are fucking

1:41:56

weird. They seem to here. Shit.

1:42:02

It's been great to have that conversation. As

1:42:05

you sit now, it may be add a little bit

1:42:07

of extra protection while we still have the barrier

1:42:11

of this scroll, but I'm not entirely sure

1:42:14

if that's the case. I don't know. Yeah,

1:42:17

probably. Like a

1:42:19

little bit of a one-way call.

1:42:22

I mean, I think it was reaching out to Pardathos

1:42:24

that called Odahan to us before, so

1:42:27

maybe if I reach out to her directly. What

1:42:31

would I say? Other

1:42:33

than warning her that we're coming, which

1:42:35

is a terrible idea. That's a terrible idea. I

1:42:38

can't do that. Yeah, the very act of calling

1:42:40

might do that. Even if the

1:42:43

volition is tipped off, even in the slightest

1:42:46

that she got tipped, it's going to

1:42:48

point directly back to us. We

1:42:51

have no allies. What if you just reached

1:42:53

out to her and lied

1:42:56

and said, you

1:42:58

know, Mom, I'm in trouble. And

1:43:00

just see if she is concerned

1:43:02

or not. I

1:43:05

don't know. I think

1:43:07

you tried that, didn't you? Well,

1:43:13

do you think all we got to do is figure out

1:43:15

if we're going to go on that mission with them tomorrow

1:43:17

or not? When you

1:43:19

tried to talk to her when we were attacking

1:43:22

the Malleus Key, did

1:43:25

she feel like there was any possibility of swaying her

1:43:27

then? No.

1:43:33

The only time I felt... At

1:43:43

the Malleus Key, I... Yeah.

1:43:47

She looked at me for a

1:43:49

moment. It

1:43:53

was like she wanted to help, but... something

1:43:58

pulled her the other way. I

1:44:03

feel like she's just in

1:44:05

too deep to try to... she's not

1:44:07

again out. Yeah. Do

1:44:10

you think there's a way to reach her tonight to ask

1:44:12

her to meet

1:44:15

you somewhere safe? I

1:44:19

don't know. Relatively. Outside of

1:44:21

here, outside of there. I'm

1:44:25

sure there's a whole location in this place on your head.

1:44:28

I don't know where she's safe, though. In

1:44:30

your dream? I could talk to her in

1:44:32

our dreams. Isn't

1:44:36

that like putting you online again? Kinda.

1:44:38

Yeah, I mean... For everyone to know

1:44:41

that you're online? Yeah.

1:44:44

But maybe if it happens fast enough, maybe

1:44:46

it'll be different with us. And

1:44:52

there were less people

1:44:54

topside. Maybe you could invite her

1:44:56

to meet you... above.

1:44:59

Seems like

1:45:01

dreams is gonna be the safest bet. Even

1:45:05

just leaving this stronghold that we're in

1:45:07

now. If we're gonna do it, then

1:45:09

we should do it soon before our

1:45:11

scroll wears off. And

1:45:13

I'll also say, as much as I... love

1:45:17

all of you fucking complete

1:45:20

messes, you're making a lot of

1:45:22

assumptions that your mom is actually

1:45:25

good. No,

1:45:27

we're not, Ashton. All

1:45:30

of these plans and all of these things

1:45:32

are taking that assumption that she's swayable, and

1:45:35

I just wanna make sure that there's... that

1:45:38

thought does not leave, because no one's mentioned in

1:45:41

all this. And then one last

1:45:43

chance, we can talk to her, we can

1:45:45

bring it around, just to make sure that we do know that

1:45:47

this could go real bad real quick. I think none of

1:45:49

us have wanted to say that in the second part of

1:45:51

the world. Exactly. If it goes

1:45:53

south, then it's a throwdown. But we all know that. Yeah.

1:45:57

We need to say it out loud. Because

1:46:00

the ultimate question is, are

1:46:03

we going to allow this one last chance? Because

1:46:06

it seems like if we do it, it

1:46:08

really is the last chance. And

1:46:12

we've already tried. Honestly,

1:46:17

I thought I'd already given up on her. I'm

1:46:24

hearing that she's... She

1:46:29

could be gone. There's

1:46:35

also a chance that if I go in, I

1:46:42

might have trouble coming back out. I

1:46:47

don't know if it's worth that risk. Well,

1:46:55

it's either a dream or no. One

1:47:01

more shot. Let's do

1:47:03

it. Sorry Ashton.

1:47:07

You're going to be exhausted tomorrow. I know.

1:47:10

Remember, and I feel like this should be

1:47:12

in a couple people's heads if I've learned

1:47:15

anything. And

1:47:18

my adult wife is not a strange

1:47:20

parent, she's just a stranger

1:47:23

who can make you believe any bullshit. Just

1:47:27

be careful. Let's

1:47:33

sleep. All

1:47:35

right. I'm trying to reach

1:47:38

out. You all gather up tightly within

1:47:40

this alcove and

1:47:43

try and prep as comfortable as can be

1:47:47

a way that Imogen can slip

1:47:50

into unconsciousness amongst the anxiety

1:47:52

and concern. It

1:47:54

takes some time, but through

1:47:57

some concentration, friends

1:48:00

and FGG's

1:48:04

comforting presence. MATT

1:48:06

and LAURA, and they begin to

1:48:09

sit. It's here in this space, familiar, warm,

1:48:11

red, nothing.

1:48:35

It surrounds you. There's

1:48:41

no dust, there's

1:48:43

no storm, it's just warmth

1:48:48

and color. You

1:48:51

cast your spell? I

1:48:54

do, but because I'm casting

1:48:56

at such an insanely high level, technically

1:48:59

I could bring us all. Unless

1:49:05

you just want it to be

1:49:07

you, which is also totally valid.

1:49:12

In the past, y'all have never been able to

1:49:15

affect anything. You

1:49:17

could just compromise us and

1:49:20

don't do it. I

1:49:23

think I have to go. Okay.

1:49:27

Do you want anybody else with you? Mm-hmm.

1:49:29

Okay. As

1:49:35

the gentle

1:49:37

spiritual spark of your friend,

1:49:39

fresh-cut grass, remains tethered to

1:49:41

you here in this expanse,

1:49:44

you have taken the space and

1:49:46

it simultaneously feels like an endless

1:49:48

void, but also

1:49:50

the proximity of warm

1:49:53

water hugging you. It's

1:49:56

an odd mixture of sensation

1:49:59

and pressure. What

1:50:02

would you like to do? I'm going

1:50:04

to search for my mom. Try

1:50:07

to find her mind. The

1:50:11

minute you

1:50:14

imagine her in

1:50:17

your mind's eye, you

1:50:19

see a light appear.

1:50:25

A hundred feet, ten miles. It's

1:50:27

hard to tell any distance here. I

1:50:32

go towards it. I

1:50:35

try to pull it towards me. Like

1:50:39

a rack focus. Within

1:50:42

but a split second, the

1:50:44

light approaches. And

1:50:47

there you see, kind of balled

1:50:49

up, knees to

1:50:51

chest and arms around, the sight

1:50:54

of your mother. Her hair floating,

1:50:56

her eyes closed. Imagine.

1:51:07

We're going to go to bed. Oh! Yeah!

1:51:15

I'm a hero! Good job.

1:51:18

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1:51:20

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1:52:06

MATT and LAURA, here

1:52:08

in the dream, your

1:52:11

mother unfurls slightly from

1:52:13

her, somewhat balled-up

1:52:15

physicality, the bright

1:52:18

light of her spirit in this

1:52:20

space, thrumming with a

1:52:25

twinned energy to be yours as

1:52:27

she looks up to you, her

1:52:29

eyes open. You mention it. I'm

1:52:35

here. You're

1:52:40

as stubborn as your mother, you know that? The

1:52:48

harder I try and push you away, the faster

1:52:50

you run towards me, and maybe

1:52:54

that's my fault. You make

1:53:02

me want to... help.

1:53:08

I know you don't want to be here. It's

1:53:12

almost over. It's

1:53:26

almost over and you won't have to worry about any of

1:53:28

this. Nobody

1:53:31

will. I

1:53:34

don't want to lose you. You

1:53:40

don't have to lose me. I'm

1:53:43

not going anywhere. I

1:53:53

just... I didn't want this to be a burden thrust upon you.

1:54:03

But I guess I found you anyway. That's

1:54:08

my name, Tay. You

1:54:17

said before you were trying

1:54:19

to make a difference from the inside. And

1:54:21

I am. In

1:54:24

what way? He listens to me. He

1:54:30

said yourself he's coming. Yes.

1:54:34

How do you think... How do you know

1:54:36

he's actually listening to you? Because

1:54:38

I've seen his behavior change. I've

1:54:48

pulled him from the edge a few times. And

1:54:53

he's done some good

1:54:55

after. I'm

1:55:00

not saying he's good. But

1:55:04

I'm worried what would

1:55:07

happen if I wasn't here. If

1:55:10

that makes any sense. But

1:55:13

Mama, what if you were fighting him? What

1:55:17

if you could stop him? For

1:55:20

real. Do

1:55:24

you even want it? I

1:55:28

don't know. This

1:55:32

is all so much bigger

1:55:34

than either of us,

1:55:37

but here we are.

1:55:40

Can I reach out? Can

1:55:45

I touch you? You

1:55:51

see her expressions shift almost like

1:55:53

a pain de-earning. And

1:55:55

there's a hesitation

1:55:57

and a worry before she reaches out. And

1:56:00

as her hand touches yours, they pass through each

1:56:02

other, but there's a warmth. There's

1:56:06

a connection. There's a...

1:56:08

There's an astrology. Are

1:56:19

you doing this all for lewdness, or... Do

1:56:24

you feel that pull? I'm

1:56:34

not doing any of this for

1:56:37

lewdness. I'm doing this because

1:56:41

I didn't have a choice. Neither

1:56:44

of us do. We're

1:56:46

here. I

1:56:48

tried to keep this from pulling you here, but

1:56:50

you came anyway, and now we're both here in

1:56:53

the center of it all. And

1:56:56

it's going to happen. And

1:56:59

I want you to be

1:57:02

free of it. And once

1:57:04

this is over, all

1:57:06

of us will be all of us who

1:57:09

were not given a choice but be

1:57:11

born into this red light. And... You

1:57:16

know how

1:57:20

much I miss just taking care of those horses? You

1:57:25

know how much

1:57:27

I dream of just walking

1:57:31

the fields and making

1:57:35

breakfast at sunrise? All

1:57:41

that was taken from me. And

1:57:46

all I could think about was making sure I didn't take it

1:57:49

from you. And

1:57:55

I fielded that too. I

1:58:09

want you to

1:58:12

leave them. There's

1:58:23

a fight coming. I

1:58:26

don't want to fight you. I mentioned there

1:58:28

are children here. I

1:58:31

like you that rely

1:58:33

on me. Yeah,

1:58:40

but we just make sure he never wakes up. But

1:58:44

I'm to sleep, get rid of lewdness,

1:58:47

and keep them asleep. I

1:59:02

don't know if that would just be deleting the

1:59:05

inevitable. And

1:59:09

being so close to this, I feel like I have...

1:59:14

I feel like I can guide this the

1:59:18

best way it can be. I'm

1:59:23

surrounded by

1:59:29

some very dangerous people. But

1:59:33

they need me. I can

1:59:35

feel it, and they listen to

1:59:37

me. And

1:59:41

I'm scared about what would happen if I wasn't here. But

1:59:47

what would happen to these children, these

1:59:50

people... Think of the children

1:59:52

that will die if you let them free.

1:59:56

I don't know why you think people will

1:59:58

die for this production. Kratos doesn't want

2:00:01

to destroy the world. Just

2:00:03

the gods? Who

2:00:06

do you think those gods protect? That's

2:00:09

a good question, isn't it? Tell

2:00:16

me what you know. I'm

2:00:19

here to convince you the other way, but if you have

2:00:21

something that can bring

2:00:23

me to your side, I need to know it. What

2:00:30

is a god but a tyrant that's always been?

2:00:37

They protect those who

2:00:41

give themselves to them like

2:00:45

any other king. I

2:00:55

know change is hard, and I know that I

2:01:03

don't know if it's also. And

2:01:10

part of me just wants to run away from it all, but I

2:01:12

know I can't. It's too late,

2:01:16

and I. It's not too late.

2:01:20

It's not too late. It's

2:01:28

a little bit too late. You

2:01:37

know I love you, right? I

2:01:40

love you, and I'm so sorry. So

2:01:45

sorry I wasn't there. Maybe

2:01:49

one day when you have a child of your own,

2:01:51

you'll understand, or not. Are

2:01:54

you prepared to take my life, keep

2:01:59

that child from being born? It's okay, guys. It could

2:02:01

happen. We're

2:02:03

on a pose

2:02:05

inside the room. You just hate to run

2:02:07

away. I'm

2:02:13

not running anymore. I'm not running

2:02:15

anymore. You

2:02:18

just hate to

2:02:21

run away. I'm

2:02:24

not running anymore.

2:02:50

I love you. Mary

2:02:55

still loves you. If

2:03:02

I do this right, maybe

2:03:06

we can all go. No.

2:03:15

You lied to yourself. They're

2:03:20

lying to you. Litness

2:03:24

is an evil, evil man.

2:03:28

And he's gone into your head. The

2:03:32

history is evil, man.

2:03:38

I feel the courage to stand up and try

2:03:40

and stop them. Where

2:03:44

I'm standing. I

2:03:48

don't think we're on the opposing sides like you

2:03:50

think we are. We

2:03:53

just have a different myth, that's all. Hello.

2:04:08

Please see it in yourself to understand what

2:04:10

I've done and given up all of this.

2:04:30

Maybe it's your turn to run. I'm

2:04:33

gonna wake up. I'm

2:04:43

still in there. Where'd she go? Oh

2:04:46

God! We're out here in

2:04:49

there too! Oh God! Hi.

2:04:52

Hi. Can I

2:04:54

take you out? Yeah. You're

2:04:58

hiding in the bank. That

2:05:00

was fucking damn, that was fire.

2:05:04

She's still in there. Yeah.

2:05:09

She's in there. What? I

2:05:17

don't think we're gonna convince her otherwise. She

2:05:29

sees the good in it. And

2:05:32

she is saving people. I mean there's... There's

2:05:36

children here. Mm-hmm. A

2:05:41

lot of children have already died. And

2:05:44

more will. This

2:05:46

is the middle of the night, the morning? Where are we? She

2:05:48

went to sleep. She

2:05:50

went to sleep, no, this is maybe

2:05:52

a few hours into your room. Sorry.

2:05:56

I was like, did we stay awake? Did we

2:05:58

stay awake or? You kill me. Yeah,

2:06:00

I guess it's up to you guys. Um,

2:06:03

wake up for a minute. That's fine. I'll

2:06:05

stay, I'll stay. I'll sleep. I

2:06:08

don't want to die. Truschee,

2:06:10

Truschee, Scryble, I'm in front. I'm

2:06:12

on the table. Been

2:06:14

watching it the whole time. It's moved to

2:06:16

the surface. How

2:06:20

many hours is it now? Probably

2:06:22

a couple hours until we're on. Couple?

2:06:24

Yeah. Okay,

2:06:27

I was thinking of risking an exhaustion point. I'm missing it

2:06:29

when I was awake and I heard you sitting with a

2:06:31

soreness lamp. Imagine

2:06:33

we can take, it's quite hard to take watches.

2:06:35

Yeah, it's like, uh, yeah, take watches, right? You

2:06:38

should take watches. We're not

2:06:40

safe here. I'll

2:06:45

take the next watch. I'm fine. Do

2:06:49

you want to talk about it now or do you want to talk about

2:06:51

it in the morning? I

2:06:55

don't think I should go there. Do

2:06:59

you want it? I

2:07:02

think she should. Do

2:07:11

you feel far gone? I

2:07:18

mean, that's

2:07:20

fine. Do you think, do you have any

2:07:22

opinion about whether others of us should go?

2:07:26

Just to see? I don't think I could forgive you

2:07:28

if you had a hand in it.

2:07:32

What if we had a hand in stopping it?

2:07:36

Could you forgive us then? I

2:07:41

have a very strong feeling this assassination

2:07:43

is not going to be successful. Thank

2:07:46

you, Rod. I agree. Might

2:07:50

be best to stay up there. I've been all together after that. We

2:07:52

should let them know that they're in

2:07:54

for more than they can handle. Yeah, that's

2:07:56

right. Alright,

2:08:00

and then we'll do a different one tomorrow.

2:08:02

Or a couple. Okay.

2:08:06

Yeah. Okay, why

2:08:08

don't we sleep on that? Sure.

2:08:11

Figure. Yeah. Imogen. We're

2:08:15

all real sorry. Thank

2:08:19

you. I

2:08:23

knew it, you know. This

2:08:26

was just a confirmation. She's

2:08:32

not bad. So

2:08:37

gray. It

2:08:39

is. I think the

2:08:41

gods are gray. I mean, love them or hate

2:08:43

them. They

2:08:46

bring a lot of order to the world, and a

2:08:48

lot of joy. But also...

2:08:53

You know, there's bad ones too.

2:08:58

Everything's gray. She called

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them tyrants. The

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gods? Yeah. She

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wasn't talking

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about man, right? In specific ways? She said they protect those

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who serve them. It's

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pretty ironic coming from someone who's dedicated their

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