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0:38

Hi. This is Jason

0:40

Lou, writer and producer on

0:43

such shows as HBO's insecure

0:45

and ballers. But today, I'm

0:47

so excited to tell you about

0:49

a new podcast that's been a passion of mine for

0:52

a better part of a decade. It

0:54

is called Burned of Empire. It's

0:56

a new scripted fiction series from q

0:58

code, and we are gonna take listeners

1:01

on an epic spectacular journey

1:03

in really new and innovative ways

1:06

that pushes the boundaries of sonic storytelling.

1:09

How do we do that? Well, Along with the incredible

1:11

team at q code, we partnered up with the

1:14

Burned editor and designer of

1:16

huge films like Tennant

1:18

and Dunkirk to bring our rich

1:20

and sprawling tale to life. Set

1:22

some twelve thousand years after the fall

1:25

of modern civilization humanity has returned

1:28

to a way of life more closely resembling

1:30

civilizations of the ancient past. Now

1:32

our first season serves as a

1:34

kind of introduction to each of the

1:36

clans and the four young people of

1:39

New Dakota. So we have the wolves,

1:41

the rams, the bears, and

1:44

the birds. and we are gonna chart the rise

1:46

of the Empire of the New World

1:48

over the course of the show. What

1:50

you're about to hear is the first episode where

1:52

we introduce you to Azera Burned her

1:55

clan the wolves. Follow of

1:57

Empire now by hitting the link in

1:59

the show notes

1:59

to hop right over and listen to rest

2:02

of the show. Hello

2:04

listeners. Be advised that this show

2:06

is an immersive audio experience.

2:08

It may seem like sounds are coming from the sides

2:10

or behind you. listener discretion

2:12

is advised as this content is intended

2:14

for adult audiences only. QCode

2:18

presents birds of Empire.

2:21

created by Jason Liu.

2:25

The year

2:25

is fifteen thousand

2:28

CE. The war Burned

2:30

before is lost.

2:33

Sometime

2:34

near the year two thousand six hundred,

2:37

humanity all but disappeared

2:38

from the earth. war

2:42

plague the wrath of

2:44

nature. The seas came

2:46

to life and swallowed the towers

2:49

machines Burned weapons of

2:51

their making.

2:52

The lights that through the night

2:55

with no flame

2:56

dark.

2:59

and dark was all that was

3:01

known.

3:03

The fires came next,

3:06

then ice, then rebirth,

3:11

The few survivors wandered

3:13

alone for thousands of years

3:16

adapting to the brutality of

3:18

the land,

3:18

their body

3:21

shaping senses sharpening

3:23

to keep them alive. Four

3:27

tribes emerged from the

3:29

ashes, the wolves,

3:32

the rams,

3:33

the bears

3:36

the birds,

3:37

the people of new Dakota.

3:41

This is the tail of the

3:43

birds of Empire and

3:45

the birth of the dawn

3:47

age. Listen

3:50

now. lest

3:52

you forget what always

3:54

was.

3:59

Wait.

4:32

Quite walk. You just hit me in the battle,

4:34

like a guy is. Like a child.

4:37

Wow. Maybe to turn

4:39

your back, and you won't have to wear

4:41

it off. You'll have your child next

4:43

time. You can tell her. Right.

4:45

Whoa. fared to say the same will

4:47

come when I opened your thrower when

4:49

I cried in favor. I'm not

4:52

slicing at dead meat. Little

4:54

but you I will be soaked.

4:55

Save

4:58

it. Warriors to your

5:00

side. See no warrior

5:02

before Azerra.

5:07

Sister what he's doing. Stayzerra

5:10

of your hands not be

5:11

a hard training. All the

5:13

work we did. Where's it gone? You're just

5:15

swinging the dog. strong.

5:17

See, the right hand it

5:19

keeps you the best fighter

5:20

in the drive even back in the blood jet.

5:22

I can. You can. If you focus

5:24

my m, focus it. a

5:26

fight to the death, Azie. You think

5:28

I'd I think you know it too well, which is why

5:30

you're fighting scared. I'm not scared.

5:33

Proving, not to me.

5:35

not to the tribe to you.

5:37

Meggy, you shouldn't be taking fight

5:39

with us from a blind

5:41

boy. better or better

5:43

than you'll ever be with me.

5:46

Any bigger info. But

5:48

thank you. It helps to have

5:50

eyes so far. I in a kill. Hey

5:52

hey. Stop it. Look

5:54

here at me. Where

5:56

are you? Yeah. I'm here.

5:57

That's

5:58

right, your share, with your people, with

6:00

me, your feet on the soil that

6:02

burces you. Can you feel

6:04

it?

6:05

Answer Yes. I

6:08

can feel it. Now

6:10

calmly. Tell me

6:12

what she's doing.

6:13

She

6:16

keeps stepping on my feet and

6:18

throwing elbows. Okay. We

6:21

didn't plan for that. Okay. heard

6:24

how to close the cut. I can't hear

6:26

out of my lefty. It's fine. You need

6:28

to hear to fight. What else? She's

6:30

dropping your left hand. take

6:32

the fingers at Brooke. I managed

6:35

to take him fight out of her shoulder. That

6:37

will be where you focused your strike. Next

6:39

round his blades. You know how to cut muscle

6:41

from bone. She'll go from joint. She's

6:43

meet to a butcher. A cap on your

6:45

table. Nothing more. World's got a face.

6:47

And then send your

6:48

glass much. Thank you.

6:50

Bye. Come and take

6:52

it. What's your name? No.

6:55

Give me the plate. Yo. You're

6:57

Hey. hug your eyes

7:01

and breathe. What

7:03

do you smell? We don't have time, what?

7:06

Do you smell

7:09

the bodies have dark

7:11

worms, hides, seen

7:13

their smoke? Martha. I can't

7:15

focus. You can. What do

7:17

you smell? Pardon?

7:18

Sage.

7:20

mile away.

7:21

Whatever. Use your gift.

7:24

You don't need sight. Just tell me what

7:26

you smell. Debtfish.

7:28

Look, we're paying one. Dead how long?

7:30

Two hours, maybe three. Oh, good.

7:32

I'll bring it here. Build the world around

7:34

you. eyes disease, smell,

7:37

listening, feel. What

7:39

else?

7:41

Why the ice melt is with you?

7:43

What else? What else?

7:46

Wait. Good.

7:49

You smell

7:50

I do. Tell

7:52

me what it is.

7:54

Fear.

7:57

I smell her fear. What

7:59

does that

7:59

mean? It means she's already

8:02

dead. Yes, it does. What?

8:04

My fuck. Get your sister to her,

8:06

Mark. She's riding her up myself. Get

8:08

your hand.

8:09

Oh, dear, Mark. wake

8:11

up. The rate

8:13

blood will keep my blade shot

8:14

on my enemies a call. It is you.

8:16

I offer my flesh. Is

8:19

today the day you die? No,

8:20

brother. I can't. There you go

8:22

brother. I'll be here when the

8:24

soil drinks her blood. Okay.

8:29

I'm lucky. I love you too. I'll go

8:31

watch you this child so we

8:32

can end this. Okay. Now,

8:37

Bye. Bye.

8:46

I

8:46

am. I was. I will be. I am.

8:49

I am.

8:49

I am. That's why I I

8:52

will be.

8:52

I am. I

8:55

am.

8:57

I am. I am the worst.

8:59

I will be. I am I

9:03

can't hold on.

9:04

I can't hold

9:07

on.

9:08

I can't believe. I

9:10

can't believe. I can

9:12

be. I can

9:14

be. Weeks

9:17

prior.

9:19

on the plains of Dakota.

9:26

Whoa.

9:29

Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.

9:34

Great

9:35

blood health. So that's your ruler of

9:37

our great people

9:37

to guide my spirit to its target vote.

9:42

Who's there? Don't account

9:44

for the wind, sister. Don't account for my

9:46

long end to be away from pests. Even

9:49

pests have

9:49

the rightful place. Termites feed

9:51

the soil Burned the birds, and death

9:53

into life. Like, just the other day, I

9:55

was What do you want? You're the welcome

9:58

joy that radiates from my sister,

9:59

like, to ready to solve? Well, they

10:01

come closer. So

10:02

you get You think

10:05

me

10:05

help this, but

10:11

I I

10:12

don't want to try to see you best if I have

10:14

blind boy. They might never let you within the

10:16

borders again because it would never

10:18

happen. They never never

10:20

never never. the word so

10:22

many -- Correct. --

10:23

come all the way out here to talk to me in the

10:25

submission with myth Yes,

10:27

then.

10:27

Yeah. I

10:29

get it. When is the win? How

10:32

are you a little brother? The sun is

10:34

warm. My lungs are filled with the sweetness of

10:36

the

10:36

air. one day, you'll just

10:39

say

10:39

fine. Is there I'm fine? Then you'll

10:41

know him not myself. And the gods have traded me

10:43

for an evil spirit. How

10:45

goes your training? Fine.

10:48

terrible. Let

10:49

me try. You think you'll do better without eyes

10:51

than I do with them? No. I just want

10:53

to

10:53

honor you with the toss of my own.

10:56

Give it to you.

10:57

so behind in my technique. You

10:59

are. The hunch. Pat, they've been

11:01

hurling these as they could Burned their days

11:03

in the blood dead

11:04

witch era should have. You have something

11:06

they don't. what? The stink

11:08

of meat forever on me?

11:10

You're smell. You're instinct.

11:12

It's like nothing our people see. You

11:14

useless. It just lets me smell in a pitch Kaya

11:16

is coming sticking with the snake leaves

11:18

she chewed. Just give me the spear.

11:20

Let me try. Here. Take it

11:22

if it will quiet you. Call

11:25

to me

11:25

from the target.

11:32

master your father. Great.

11:35

Hey. What are you doing though? Did

11:37

I hit it? My face was right next to it.

11:39

He

11:39

bears out. Answer me as he. Actually,

11:42

Yes. Yes. You're not

11:45

lucky though. It's not

11:46

luck. I used what I can

11:48

to bend the world to

11:50

I do

11:51

not grope in the dark as some belief.

11:54

My world is rich with

11:56

sound and slight variations

11:58

and pressure. and even the flashing

11:59

shades of changing darkness. Yeah.

12:02

I feel anything but blind.

12:04

In fact, I sometimes feel sorry for

12:06

those who can't experience the world this way.

12:11

Bring me to

12:11

spare.

12:14

Close your

12:16

eyes. Okay?

12:19

Now use

12:20

your gift to paint the world around you.

12:24

Everything that you smell Let

12:26

it live all in one moment and build

12:28

the vision in your imagination. I

12:30

smell a riot of things all at

12:32

once always. It's too much. Just

12:34

let it reveal itself to you.

12:39

Sage,

12:41

mask.

12:43

choke berries, bark

12:47

of all different thickness, wetness,

12:49

There's

12:50

a

12:53

squirrel fur and a snake

12:55

skin. To build around, you will now find the

12:57

scent of the mark on the

12:58

tree. with the sound

12:59

and smell and the pressure

13:01

of the wind talk to your muscles.

13:05

Wind

13:05

back. Okay.

13:09

One,

13:11

two.

13:12

Ruffle.

13:16

Open

13:16

your eyes.

13:18

Hi. Did it? I

13:21

did. Wow. It's

13:23

amazing. Perhaps, like,

13:25

no. It It was within you. I

13:27

just guided you

13:28

to your pupils are lucky

13:30

to have you. That's that's not as

13:32

they see it. But thank you,

13:34

Sister. One day you'll make a

13:36

great hunter. If a mother ever

13:38

allows it. She will.

13:40

May the wolf will it. She

13:43

was looking for you mother. That's

13:45

actually what pranks me to bother you. What is it she

13:47

wants? She keeps that to

13:49

herself. gains right of

13:51

secrets. Even from her son?

13:54

Especially from her son. Maybe there's fresh

13:56

meat for

13:56

me to butcher, more entrails and oful.

13:58

We

13:58

can only help.

13:59

the dryness has kept the herds away.

14:01

And I have to slay another plane's

14:04

rat. I'll cleanse my own handle.

14:05

Wolf will just find our way.

14:07

In the blood she leaves us. Come.

14:10

Let me have

14:10

one more toss before we ride. Last

14:13

time was luck. I'll wager.

14:16

Luck is a God who's never favored me,

14:19

sister. Come. There

14:21

must be some other trick to it.

14:23

Come. Is

14:29

there anything better

14:31

for the open space at home?

14:33

She opens late at Don aloe. God,

14:36

sister. Your bitterness only shines a beam

14:38

on your lawn, and I must love you

14:40

greatly. To be a

14:42

wolf is to be a guy. play like

14:44

a child. Sit with me.

14:46

You're an i. I'm on a son. Oh,

14:48

my god.

15:02

really

15:07

I

15:10

love the smell of our debt. Don't you?

15:13

They're tanning hides today.

15:15

So, nope. Describe it

15:17

to me. What you see? I

15:19

haven't timed yaffa. I need to find

15:21

mother. Please, sister, just as

15:23

we walk like was a small boy.

15:27

Our tents stretch out

15:29

on the planes beyond the ice reach.

15:31

cutting into the cool air and boobed

15:33

on. The

15:35

hides pulled over the frames,

15:37

sturdy as our people.

15:41

Buffalo

15:41

skulls and bones adorn

15:43

the entrances. The

15:46

mud structures absorb the light,

15:48

keeping cool, our young, and the gatherings

15:51

that feed us and meet rents low. You'd

15:54

see the young

15:54

men laboring at the Iron Works to make

15:57

our tools as is their purpose in

15:59

place.

15:59

Also, to raise the

16:02

next generation. Yes.

16:03

True. Walking next to me,

16:05

you would see one of the greatest teachers

16:07

and storytellers that our people have ever

16:09

known.

16:10

mastery up. A

16:13

title I accept. Tell me

16:15

more of this master

16:17

storyteller who walks beside you

16:19

right now. he as a

16:19

young man, but much suffering

16:22

and hatred to claim his place in a

16:24

tribe that looked down on those born as

16:26

he was. Our

16:27

people do not suffer weakness in

16:29

any

16:29

form. Thankfully, I was never weak. Far

16:31

from it. You've achieved the greatest

16:33

item man can achieve among

16:35

our to raise and rear our

16:37

young, guiding them

16:38

in our ways making sure they know their histories,

16:41

the fables of our spirit.

16:43

the legends of our great queens Burned

16:45

hunters going back to the first

16:47

den mother and wolf queen,

16:49

Azera the Fae.

16:50

For who you are so named?

16:53

A great

16:55

name, wasted on the butcher. That's

16:59

a kill call. There was no hut Come, let's

17:01

find out what's the myth. Yapa, I have to find mother. She's

17:03

the queen. She'll find you. Come. Yapa,

17:07

slow down. You're like me to try by

17:09

trip. You'll catch me. No. Maybe.

17:10

Maybe not. Excuse me.

17:12

Coming through. What's happening?

17:16

What what's everyone cheering for?

17:18

It's I

17:19

need to get them. Then Oh.

17:23

Kaya

17:23

and Rosa. They've

17:24

had turned with a buffalo. Don't be

17:27

jealous, Azie. This means some

17:28

of us eat. It's only a calf. It

17:30

looks like it hasn't fed in days. Still, it's

17:33

real meat.

17:34

Azera, Who cares who

17:36

Spears are dinner? I do.

17:38

Kaya and Reza have always been cruel to

17:40

me going back to our training days in the blood den.

17:42

If it weren't for their ornament. I

17:44

might come the future I will admit

17:46

to be or a warrior or

17:47

something more than a butcher. Your wolf will

17:49

do differently. That she did.

17:52

mm

17:59

at

18:02

Whoa. People love

18:04

the planes. Tonight,

18:08

We

18:08

you should

18:10

have seen Kaya on

18:12

the mouse chasing dogs. up.

18:15

Talking work. Running it down.

18:16

The blood wolf comes to life. It

18:19

was like in the old legend. Ressa,

18:21

just me. Zhukhan. I simply would

18:23

not rest until my people had food.

18:26

I did my duty as hunting pack

18:29

leader. You have been hungry for

18:31

sideed meats. Well,

18:31

here you have it. And

18:35

soon,

18:35

we'll bring enough for all

18:37

to see. need a butcher to play the skin

18:39

quickly before

18:39

the price spoils. We need preservatives.

18:42

That's one. Just a go on. Let

18:44

another do it. Lania,

18:45

perhaps. She sucks at these but just tips anytime

18:47

she's around them. Jaya, Jap, right here. You have

18:49

the most skilled butcher art people who ever know

18:52

standing before your ass. Suck.

18:56

Cathy. We should've smelled

18:58

you as we always do when you're nearby.

19:00

Don't worry, Kaya. Your instincts have

19:02

always been weak.

19:03

Well, So glad

19:04

you could be here to see what a real

19:06

war you're returning from a hunt looks

19:08

like. Closest you're likely to get.

19:10

Little lazies. It was stuffed away

19:13

in her meat can't cleaning

19:15

shit Burned disappointing clean

19:17

mommy. I should

19:19

better

19:19

be ready to use that blade if you pull

19:21

it in the presence of a true hunter.

19:23

Do you want this butcher? Or do you prefer

19:25

to sit atop your mount basking in your own

19:28

shit like a hawk? You think you're the

19:30

only butcher? I'm

19:32

the best. You

19:32

know what? No. Bring it to my tent

19:35

later when I've had my grass milk. I'll

19:37

turn you

19:37

into grass milk if you don't do your duty to

19:39

the strike

19:40

right now. You're a wolf,

19:43

not a fish. Don't take the bait.

19:46

I do

19:46

it for the tribe. Not for

19:48

you. As you wish.

19:51

cute how the little blind boy

19:53

tags along like a blind

19:55

to feel the ugliness coming off of you

19:58

like he from share. Deal with you later. Oh.

19:59

You're lucky. The Queen's favor

20:02

protects you. Boy. Get me bowls

20:04

and

20:04

water if anyone can manage that and the

20:07

You want me to

20:07

work? I need my things. So get them

20:09

and stop talking. Bring

20:12

it to her.

20:13

How did our

20:15

blood clean here? Such bitter.

20:18

The queen is weak, so her daughter

20:21

hones her tongue or sit to her face and see how

20:23

bitter

20:23

your nose tastes when she faints it to you.

20:25

Sad, really. it's time for

20:27

a new queen.

20:29

Rumories, she's ill. lies from jealous

20:32

rivals with big mouths. Like to

20:33

both of you. challenge her if you

20:35

think she's weak. show this tribe what

20:37

you have beyond bluster. Call a

20:39

blood tournament and make your play for the crown.

20:41

It's open to all our people so long as you

20:43

get nine others to join with you

20:46

hapsai whales. fail to summon at least

20:48

nine. You'll be struck to the binding

20:50

coast and opened up for all the tribe to

20:52

seal the wolf's butcher. Now,

20:54

do your work.

20:57

Is there

21:01

much

21:01

meat? There's some,

21:04

but but what? Stop

21:06

pestering me. I need to

21:11

wait.

21:13

Burned her over.

21:21

not that far

21:23

I'm done here. Hey,

21:26

get back. What are you messing up? Where

21:28

are you going? Hey. To

21:31

clean up. What's the matter? job too hard.

21:33

This calf was sick.

21:35

Anyone who eats this meat

21:37

will die. What are you talking about? I can

21:39

smell the liver and her blood.

21:42

Also, he didn't just kill

21:44

her. She's been dead for at

21:46

least a day, maybe more. How do

21:48

you know that Nothing smells like

21:51

carrying. Like the stink of old

21:53

death and it's everywhere. What are you

21:55

calling us lagers? I'm not calling you

21:57

anything, Reza, because you aren't anything.

21:59

Ask another a doctor.

21:59

She'll tell you the same. You're just trying

22:01

to show up your peters, like

22:03

a jealous little cat. She wants to be

22:05

one of us. We've seen you

22:07

practicing with your dad, little

22:10

spear. You made yourself a

22:12

beautiful dream for an ugly

22:15

girl. And now

22:16

lie. Shade. Go get

22:18

La Naya. She's a better butcher

22:21

anyway. Okay then.

22:24

Here,

22:28

eat the

22:29

heart if you don't believe

22:31

me. Go

22:33

on. In a mighty hunter? No.

22:35

This is the tradition. Go on. Show

22:37

the drive how you take the life

22:38

force into your blood strength from the heart. They

22:41

don't get to see it. It'll be a treat

22:42

for them. Don't you

22:44

wanna see Kaya at the heart of our

22:47

camp? I

22:50

need to sharpen your blessings. Ruthless

22:52

killers don't ask permission deeply.

22:55

Come

22:55

on. I'm not I'm not

22:58

hungry. Fine. If that

23:00

appetite comes back on, just take a

23:02

bite. Just

23:02

know that it's the last bite of anything you'll

23:05

ever

23:05

take. Good joke on your

23:07

pride. a death befitting of you Kaya.

23:09

Put your

23:09

liver out as we'll deal with you

23:12

later. Reza, why don't you take a bite? It would be a

23:14

change from a normal meal of Kaya's

23:16

ass fucking

23:17

town. you

23:24

wouldn't like seconds in the bike

23:26

thing with me. Let's go back. The

23:28

bike

23:28

will come up. Stop.

23:31

Enough. We

23:34

Mike, both of you off the ground.

23:36

What is

23:37

this?

23:38

Childishness. Nothing with your mother.

23:41

My queen. Queen, Kain resident of

23:43

Korps, and they tried to pass her off as a

23:45

kill. And this Sarah Well, Sarah

23:47

helped them save the tribe

23:49

from bad meat. Well,

23:50

Yes, Michael. And it's

23:51

true that we'll be able to use the skin

23:54

and the bones and the bladder and the

23:56

sinews of this animal the wolf has blessed us

23:58

with. Yes, Michael. That's

23:59

That's

23:59

what we wanted. Thank my

24:02

daughter for saving your life from

24:04

your mistake.

24:06

Thank you, Jesus. So

24:09

There doesn't seem to be much of a

24:11

problem except

24:11

time waste. Yes, ma'am. Bring

24:14

the corpse to Azera's she'll

24:16

break it down with the tanner. Bring it to La Naya. I'm done

24:18

with this Bend a knee.

24:21

Mother queen. I am your

24:22

queen first. Azera, and you will

24:25

address me as such. Now, bend

24:28

a knee.

24:30

Yes, my queen. Why

24:34

are

24:34

you too just looking at me like drowning golfers?

24:36

Go. Get

24:37

this rotten meat out of my sight.

24:39

And if you do ever try to pass off

24:41

find as a kill again, you'll be

24:43

up of your titles and spend a cycle on the

24:46

binding post. Is that clear? Let us

24:48

see. Good.

24:49

People of the grass.

24:52

Discendence of the great blood wolf,

24:55

give thanks to the sun and the

24:57

warmth she gives us on

24:59

this day. The wolf

25:00

gets our people with her

25:02

fighting spirit,

25:03

her ferocity,

25:05

her nose

25:06

for the kill, but it

25:08

mustn't burn against

25:10

each other. We must harness

25:13

it wisely. Our

25:15

enemies lie beyond that

25:17

tree line. The bears have stopped up the river

25:19

to a trickle, choking our people in the

25:21

dust of the plains, trapping our

25:23

game so

25:24

we squabble over rats and mice,

25:27

clutch at our throats. To the

25:30

north,

25:30

the REMS build new settlements

25:32

on our holy Burned, thinking

25:35

the dryness has left us bitter

25:37

and divided.

25:38

Has it? Are

25:41

we

25:41

divided? No. Never. Never.

25:45

We are

25:46

united as

25:48

the greatest warriors Dakota

25:50

has ever seen. and we

25:53

fear no one. Even the birds,

25:56

people of the sky who look

25:58

ever down the on us right now.

25:59

There, you can see them above

26:03

spying, watching. But

26:05

we fear no one and no one

26:07

must think we fear each other.

26:10

It's true. The buffalo

26:12

are long overdue, but I have

26:14

faith in our scouts that the hunt will

26:16

fall to a soon We

26:20

will eat. I

26:22

promise, but we must

26:24

stay ready.

26:25

wolves are the greatest

26:28

people, the first terror of Dakota

26:30

and the

26:30

masters of this land.

26:33

We will haunt it

26:35

with blood and spears until they

26:37

hang our heads on pikes. Now,

26:40

to your duties and make proud your

26:43

people.

26:44

Build, forge,

26:47

gather ready yourselves. The

26:50

shaman

26:50

speaks of darker days on the horizon.

26:52

We

26:53

will need our strength to fight for what

26:55

the Wolf granted.

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28:06

Why? Why

28:06

must you use me

28:07

as some excuse to make a speech to

28:10

people. I think I

28:10

like dressing you down in front of the truck. I think you

28:13

do. Then you don't truly know my heart.

28:15

So stand up for me. Be my

28:17

mother when I need you instead of making an

28:19

example of me humiliating

28:21

me in front of everyone. You know nothing

28:23

of what it is to be a mother

28:25

or a queen. yet I know what it

28:27

feels like to be failed by But, mister,

28:30

please. She has to lead in one

28:32

past you. Yupa.

28:33

Why are you even here? That's

28:35

of cubs to tell useless stories too so they can grow

28:37

up to be as

28:37

useless and blind as you are.

28:40

Actually, you're right.

28:41

My pupils

28:43

will be gathered now awaiting

28:45

me. I'll

28:46

I'll

28:47

take my

28:48

leave of you

28:50

gladly. And

28:54

Queen, you Yafah, wait. Let

28:57

him go, may I be

29:00

excused? Mother,

29:02

I don't need a

29:03

great deal. Starting first

29:05

with respect. I've done nothing

29:07

but respect things

29:08

myth whole all like. Is that

29:11

sound? Respect the elders, respect the

29:13

traditions, respect the path you chose

29:15

for me. A lowly butcher.

29:17

Butchers are sacred our people. I don't feel

29:19

sacred. I feel humiliated.

29:21

I I feel like a girl surrounded by death

29:23

and the stink of blood in

29:25

sit and meet. The wolf chooses our path.

29:29

Just let me hunt. I

29:33

can

29:33

do it. I

29:35

never got a fair chance. After Gaia died, I

29:37

wasn't myself for for

29:41

so long. I

29:44

couldn't focus on anything but the

29:46

burn of grief. But

29:48

it's been the years. And

29:50

I know that the hunt is

29:53

my calling. And if you'd only let

29:55

me show you, your calling

29:56

is what I say it is Azera.

29:59

Why would do this. Because

30:01

I am your mother and I know what's best

30:03

for you. How is my misery?

30:04

What's best for me? I don't need you

30:06

to protect me anymore. I was a hunter. I know

30:09

those girls are ruthless. It's not just

30:11

hunting. It's a life that I can handle

30:13

those. Bill, you cut your throat while you're not

30:15

looking

30:15

in our ways would let them they

30:17

wouldn't. I

30:19

did.

30:22

Queen Ilara. she

30:24

favored me after watching me fight a wild dog to the

30:27

death. She inducted me

30:29

into the hunting pack,

30:30

too young. I

30:33

had only

30:33

started my time in the blood

30:36

den. I was

30:37

wild, cocky.

30:39

The fight

30:39

wolf was still beating lessons into

30:42

I wasn't

30:43

formed.

30:44

My teeth just newly sharpened

30:46

to points, but the queen

30:49

insisted I joined the pack and it made me feel could

30:51

take on anything.

30:53

Anyone.

30:56

But

30:57

I was wrong. Those

31:00

girls

31:00

tortured me in

31:01

ways that would have made

31:03

the warriors of the crow age blush

31:05

for shame. Mother.

31:06

I tell our people that I cut

31:09

my breast off to

31:09

be more fierce with the bow, but

31:12

it's

31:12

a lie. It

31:15

was

31:15

it for

31:16

me by a hunter in the pack. Her

31:18

name was Sukari.

31:23

tall as a hook she hated me from sight.

31:25

And one day she decided to

31:27

act on that hate.

31:31

Zakari tied me to a tree and cut

31:33

off the buds of my chest, leaving

31:35

me to die. Mother, I broke

31:37

my wrist to get free. and

31:39

waited till nightfall to sneak

31:40

into her tent. In

31:43

the

31:43

morning, the shaman found me and

31:46

the chanting place with Sukari's severed head in my

31:48

lap wearing her skin.

31:50

I drank her blood for

31:53

strength chewed her heart. I

31:56

felt

31:56

her soul moving in

31:59

my

31:59

body. I

32:00

felt that girl,

32:03

the one who was too

32:06

young.

32:07

I felt her die, so a

32:09

hunter, and later a queen could

32:12

be born. Never told

32:14

me. My wounds healed. and no

32:16

one ever again challenged me. Pat

32:19

Laws protected me from exile.

32:21

I rose to alpha, later

32:24

when the queen was weak, I called

32:26

the blood tournament. She had

32:28

many enemies, so twenty warriors entered.

32:31

vicious warriors some of

32:33

them wanting a chance to avenge the

32:35

kari. I battered my

32:37

way to the death myth, killing an

32:39

old warrior named Canal.

32:41

The queen saw her end in my

32:43

eyes and chose, rather

32:46

than risk her life to keep

32:48

her crown.

32:49

Is this the path you want for

32:52

yourself, my

32:52

daughter? I just want

32:55

more. There

32:57

has to be more. I'm your mother, and

32:59

I'm protecting what I see.

33:01

Not snuffing it out. Even

33:05

if it sometimes feels that way.

33:08

Yes.

33:09

My queen.

33:12

Are you

33:13

alright with me? I'm fine.

33:18

I'm

33:18

fine. What

33:19

does the healer say? Nothing

33:22

if she wants to see another

33:25

sunrise.

33:26

Oh, heaven.

33:29

Coughing blood into my hand like a wounded pup. You need to

33:31

keep it from our

33:32

people. Our people don't suffer weakness

33:34

and certainly not in their queen.

33:36

Why should they? This looks like

33:39

strength to me. You're different to

33:41

my

33:42

girl. Born

33:43

of some other clay.

33:46

I am my mother's daughter. Too

33:50

true. The moment

33:53

they knew the Burned was calling

33:55

me. Myth rain would

33:57

be over this moment is too important for

33:59

our people. What do you mean? Come to cancel

34:02

tonight. I'll show you. Is

34:04

that why you were looking for me

34:06

earlier? Yes. I want you there for this

34:08

moment. It may change the

34:10

course of our people.

34:11

I'll be there. and

34:13

this era. Keep

34:15

your right hand up when you

34:18

fight. You drop it too easily and it

34:20

gives these bitch is

34:20

in opening. I will. Kaya,

34:24

like it or not,

34:24

she may be our next queen.

34:28

I can't protect you from her

34:29

forever. You won't have

34:32

to. Of course,

34:36

until tonight.

34:38

Let

34:44

me joke.

34:47

of a great and

34:49

mighty people,

34:50

the world.

34:54

deep deep in the black of silence. In the

34:56

early days of time, the four beasts roamed

34:59

an empty landscape. The

35:02

birds.

35:03

The

35:04

the rare

35:06

rams, the

35:07

bears, and

35:10

the mighty.

35:12

bliss

35:13

blood wolf. Through

35:18

the plains,

35:18

The mighty Wolf

35:20

started to pray with claws of his

35:22

deal in a mouthful of blades.

35:26

The

35:26

earth then was part

35:28

fire, and huge pillows of smoke powered into the sky.

35:30

The four beasts would meet upon

35:32

the planes and clash in combat. From

35:34

their blood were born the first people.

35:38

Beings of great wonder and ancient magic,

35:41

but forgetful. Airgain.

35:46

They forgot the beats that bore them,

35:48

scarred the land, that fed

35:50

them, forgot that they too

35:52

were animals. they built

35:54

structures to their false gods, then made

35:56

gods of themselves, claim to

35:58

be bringers of death

36:00

and life. A

36:01

great battle consumed them. And fires and floods

36:03

and ice and a sickness that

36:05

fell all, but

36:08

a few.

36:10

The first

36:10

people bled into the earth returning

36:12

from whence they came. All

36:14

was still in the land, for

36:17

thousands of years. As the earth healed, the

36:19

four beasts returned. This

36:21

time with Malzavash with

36:24

the blood of the first people, with the

36:26

bones of their follies, they made

36:28

the four great tribes and the likeness of

36:30

the first

36:32

people. The

36:32

mightiest of them all was our tribe.

36:35

The wolves. People of the

36:37

grass who dwell on the plains descended

36:39

of the sleepless blood

36:42

Hunters of

36:42

unmatched skill faster than a

36:45

stag. We starve into the sun without

36:47

blinking burst the most vicious

36:49

warriors of the land. we

36:52

are unchallenged rulers of the

36:54

planes that spread across the

36:56

vastness of Dakota, and

36:58

so too, shall we always

37:00

be. And

37:02

you. You

37:03

are the future warriors

37:04

and tanners and scouts

37:08

in firemasters. I can help you

37:10

see our past and

37:13

great future ahead. The

37:16

old stories will make us new, the plague

37:19

of the mountains, the Lady

37:21

of Red River, the

37:24

green war. The Queen's going

37:26

back to our very first as they

37:29

were the and look who's

37:32

arrived to share her trade with us. Yo,

37:34

sir. Azera of this

37:36

day.

37:37

Come. sacred butcher, do you

37:39

have meat to show us?

37:43

No. Master Yatra, I

37:45

come to beg forgiveness.

37:46

forgiveness

37:49

is what she seeks. Well, what is she

37:51

willing to do for this

37:53

forgiveness? Yaffa. Please.

37:57

I believe she says she would beg.

37:59

Would

37:59

you like

38:01

to hear that? Are

38:06

you pleased to give you a hot tempered system?

38:08

I will

38:12

consider it Are

38:15

we done?

38:17

Yes. Go go. You're not my

38:19

problem anymore. Next room we'll

38:21

be learning about forget it. You

38:24

don't care.

38:30

I'm sorry, brother. So

38:32

I hear? I mean it. Mother

38:34

brings it out in you. I should

38:36

be used to it by now. She

38:40

does, but I didn't mean

38:42

to Come here. What

38:44

will become a boss? Not

38:47

much. I fear. Therefore,

38:49

what you wish for, sister.

38:52

The Blood Wolf teaches the stubborn with hardship

38:54

and pain, then I must be her

38:57

favorite student. Come. I meant to

39:00

help you saw the dig. There's word that some water bubbled up through the ground.

39:03

The ground? Yes. where

39:06

we forged. Sounds strange, but water from any direction would

39:08

be a blessing. The dry season has never

39:10

stayed this long. We'll find a way.

39:13

this won't be the undoing of the mighty wolves. That much,

39:15

I know. Mother asked me to the

39:17

den of souls tonight to hear

39:19

the elder speak. She

39:21

doesn't see herself She has many cells. It's how

39:23

she's remained queen for so long. Won

39:25

three blood turnemies. Young men after

39:28

me will tell her story

39:30

with awe. and cubs will scarcely believe a woman so fears ever

39:32

lived. And who will follow her, I

39:34

wonder? That is for mother and the shaman to

39:36

decide when the time

39:38

is right. or the

39:40

wolf if a turn is

39:42

caught. Sounds

39:44

like you're thinking

39:46

of making a play for the blood crown

39:48

perhaps. Queen Azera,

39:51

the grumpy. I had seen her

39:53

spend a life expending the ship from buffalo

39:55

intestines. Better you than I. Go

39:57

without me to your puddle. I need to pray. I'll

39:59

be without my eyes and my heart if

40:01

you leave me to it. No

40:03

manage. Just watch

40:06

your back Kai and Reza are up to something. I can handle

40:08

myself, sister.

40:12

Sister, tell

40:15

Gaya that

40:16

tell her

40:17

hello. Hello.

40:37

Mighty

40:37

blood wolf.

40:40

To you, I offer my blood and spirit, and

40:42

to you, I shall return in the wind

40:44

world when my purpose filled upon

40:46

your plane. I ask now your permission to

40:48

speak to one who lives across the divide

40:50

and the clutch of your jaws. You

40:53

carry her now as you did when she was a

40:56

mother. My

40:58

sister, Gaia,

41:01

It is

41:02

to her, I know speak.

41:15

Sister,

41:18

I thought much of you

41:21

today as it

41:22

was near this day that I

41:23

first lost

41:26

you. a

41:27

worry.

41:29

I feel

41:30

that you are now drifting.

41:36

farther

41:36

and farther away.

41:39

Today when

41:41

those

41:43

when

41:43

they taunted me. and came

41:46

from

41:46

me. Normally, in

41:49

those moments, I can feel you just

41:51

at my shoulder, just as we

41:53

were in the womb. usually

41:56

I I can feel

41:59

your

41:59

forehead on mine as we did

42:02

when

42:02

hiding from from everyone.

42:06

But

42:07

now it's

42:09

so faint. In

42:12

my dreams, I've

42:15

been reliving

42:18

your death. it

42:20

is happening

42:22

again. And

42:23

again, I keep

42:25

going over it. I felt

42:26

ill when I woke, they say your

42:29

horse had been taken by an evil spirit and

42:31

that you'd fallen,

42:32

that it was equipment. I

42:38

never

42:38

felt ill like that. And

42:40

your horse was bonded

42:43

to you, like,

42:46

It was as if some evil

42:48

that come across the planes.

42:50

It clips the sun. Like, I walked

42:52

through

42:53

to some other world in

42:56

I've remained here ever since a world where you're buried beneath

42:58

the earth and I am always alone wanting

43:00

to show you I can't be good enough

43:03

braving up, fixing up for the both

43:05

of us.

43:10

Up

43:10

hi

43:12

tight.

43:19

something

43:22

is

43:24

coming.

43:24

Some evil.

43:29

I

43:30

can't explain it. And if you were here, I wouldn't have

43:33

to. You just look at me and know,

43:35

but instead it's just this

43:38

Fucking emptiness. This yawning

43:40

darkness staring back at me every day,

43:42

and I can't bear it anymore.

43:51

So

43:52

oh

43:54

Send me a

43:57

sign. This

44:01

sign from your world

44:03

tells me that this would mean something

44:06

that I mean

44:08

something that I meant

44:12

for something Why

44:19

maybe we're children, you'd always lead the way

44:21

to breakfast, to the blood down along the path,

44:23

to the dead legs where we'd eat

44:25

her. The stolen

44:29

of this and scream that we were a

44:31

horse. I

44:32

i need

44:33

need I

44:36

need you

44:37

to show that bad again.

44:40

So that I

44:44

don't follow

44:46

down yours. I

44:52

love you, sister.

44:56

May

44:56

you walk and wind and the blood of the ancient?

45:11

Elders. I welcome you in

45:13

the name of the great wolf. Thank you for gathering on this

45:15

night. Well, I love the king,

45:17

the queen. And may

45:19

the wolf keep you? Sit.

45:22

Why does the zara sit

45:24

among us? My daughter

45:26

is here at my urging to learn our ways.

45:28

She's a butcher, not

45:29

anointed to discuss the ways of the

45:31

gods and elders Burned the business of our people, she

45:34

should not be here. My daughter's

45:35

presence bothers you, Ria. I

45:38

strive

45:38

to keep the

45:40

traditions.

45:40

Is that not what keeps us

45:42

great? I keep us great. I have kept our band

45:44

of

45:45

thousands thriving in the dust of

45:47

drought with enemies pressing

45:49

in on all sides, so I

45:52

will share our business with whoever I

45:54

see fit. Mother, I

45:56

sit down.

45:57

shaman, anoint Azera into the

45:59

den of souls,

46:02

Azera of Narra,

46:05

Give me

46:05

your hand. Yes,

46:08

Sherman. Does your blood

46:10

run the color of a sunrise

46:13

deep into rivers? pie into the

46:15

tall grass of the plains? Yes. shaman. Are

46:18

you now an evermore of

46:19

the wolf tribe

46:22

of Dakota? And will

46:23

your heart wither

46:24

under this soil as you move

46:26

into the next life? Crows,

46:29

I Yes. jump. The thing of the wolf now

46:31

takes your blood.

46:37

drink of your own blood as the wolf

46:40

would, and hear her

46:42

holy business among her people

46:44

and our queen. Thank

46:46

you, Sherman. there.

46:48

Are you

46:48

satisfied the traditions are upheld real?

46:51

Yes, my

46:51

queen. I never meant to

46:54

offend. Rise

46:55

my queen.

46:58

Bring it in.

47:03

Behold. Our

47:06

future it's a wooden chest. That's the mark

47:08

of the rams upon it.

47:12

Open

47:12

it. Are

47:14

these bits of metal? They're just small circles.

47:17

Drinkets like on a necklace

47:19

or a war. It's

47:21

some kind of

47:22

new metal we've never known,

47:25

not

47:25

iron as our tools and weapons are made

47:28

of. This shines

47:30

like water. and is softer. How did we come

47:32

upon it? Zen and her raiding party captured it

47:35

from a group of REMS.

47:36

We came upon

47:38

them as they made for

47:40

the green trail. The sun was

47:43

high and it was clear many of

47:45

them had never seen battle or

47:47

swung an axe against anything

47:49

more than a tree. They stunk

47:51

of fears. We gutted them without ceremony.

47:54

The wolf keep

47:56

using. Our

47:58

people will thank you. Come. Let

48:00

me carve a mark into your arm.

48:04

May the wolf

48:06

protect you, my queen,

48:09

and also you.

48:11

right Rise.

48:12

Supp with your warriors. You're as brave as

48:14

the wolf is fierce. Go.

48:18

Yes,

48:18

myth

48:20

queen. It's

48:23

called

48:23

silver. Some new form of water

48:25

that begun between the rams and the

48:27

bears. This chest was on its way

48:29

to green palm.

48:31

What business is this of ours.

48:33

A new system of trade is being forged between our enemies that

48:35

leaves us out. Why leave us out? Because

48:37

we have nothing they

48:39

want. used to feed

48:40

Dakota with the finest of meats in

48:42

exchange from metals and tools from

48:44

the rams

48:45

and elixirs and crop from

48:47

the bears, but the dryness has left us

48:49

with nothing to

48:50

offer. But now now

48:52

we remind them of who we

48:54

are and what falls to those who

48:57

would lower our strength. Yes. And now we

48:59

have something

49:00

that they both

49:02

value. that is

49:03

our business. Leverage. The

49:06

Rams will

49:06

see this as an

49:09

act of war. Let them They

49:11

build their settlements on the edges of

49:13

our land. Let's remind them of what we

49:15

are. Are we prepared for

49:18

who? Erin, and the Stone Council will sue for peace and negotiate

49:20

terms as he always has. His

49:22

people faint that the sight of blood

49:24

will tell him that it

49:26

was regrettable. offer back half the

49:28

silver for some tools. And then, while

49:30

I have his ear, we'll

49:32

move their load landers off the

49:34

planes. You speak as if you

49:36

are in the mind of the

49:38

very man. What a hell? Get up real.

49:40

The people

49:40

of this land must

49:44

fear us first or we have

49:46

nothing. Just as the moment you stop

49:47

fearing me, you'll stab me in

49:50

my back. Do

49:53

you fear

49:54

me? Yes. My queen,

49:57

as you

49:58

should. as all

50:00

of the tribes of Dakota should

50:02

fear us. From the birds in

50:04

the sky to the

50:05

bears in the green expanse,

50:08

The rams simply want to

50:09

be left alone with their toys

50:11

and wheels and contraptions

50:14

and trinkets. The age

50:16

when they

50:16

were warriors is long past.

50:20

Our scouting party was outnumbered and they

50:22

were no match. We do

50:24

not

50:24

allow our enemies to

50:26

shape us,

50:27

but act to

50:30

shape them. There is

50:31

rumor that Aaron's son calls for war,

50:33

that he

50:35

longs for their

50:37

warrior day. Their

50:40

warrior days were marked by blood

50:42

and failure. We

50:44

are the true warriors of the Dakota.

50:47

what

50:47

says the shaman.

50:52

shaman.

50:53

But this distant wing, a distant horn. The

50:56

gathering

50:56

storm froze inside her

50:59

belly. Yeah.

51:01

Below The water

51:03

black with the skin of the ancients, black with the eyes

51:05

of the dead, the lips,

51:08

the poison. There

51:10

is danger in the damage.

51:12

As there is danger in

51:14

the edges of the night each time we

51:18

sleep, But the queen is

51:19

wise, not to give in to an urge to

51:21

cower with her hides. I think the

51:23

opening. No one wants us

51:26

to cower. just not

51:28

ride into a war when we're

51:30

started. This shaman

51:32

speak

51:32

a war. Different than any

51:35

we have known is coming. the

51:37

old prophecies will come to pass.

51:40

We must prepare. We must

51:42

prepare our

51:44

blades and the very ground threatens to open

51:46

a new death, a new world, a

51:48

seed is growing in the mountains,

51:50

and with it,

51:52

a new light you

51:53

see. The shaman herself

51:56

speaks of the importance of

51:57

the mountains and the battle that

51:58

may come. We will

51:59

follow you I couldn't

52:02

Could it be so?

52:04

That's my car to the

52:08

qualls like the fires. The

52:10

hunt is upon us.

52:12

Come. We must ready the

52:14

packs. Get

52:14

your blades ready. Tonight,

52:16

We

52:17

eat, yes, mother. We need to get

52:19

you to the packs. They'll want to hear from

52:21

their queen before setting out. You see

52:24

Azera. The best days of our people in our

52:26

head. But the wolf

52:28

smiles

52:28

upon us. Yes,

52:29

mother. My queen, the call is from the

52:32

west. That means the bear weren't able to it

52:34

in first. Your horse, Pacira,

52:36

a few in the morning, will

52:38

share the best meat at a cup of

52:42

fresh I'll make ready my

52:44

plate. Thank In

53:01

the morning,

53:04

we'll feed

53:06

your horse. She's here. But

53:09

why is no. Yes,

53:12

brother. No.

53:14

What is No.

53:22

pungers.

53:28

You stand before your queen

53:30

and the spirit of the great boy.

53:33

blood runs through us

53:35

all. Do you fear

53:38

it? You are the

53:40

fiercest of

53:40

our I was once one of

53:42

you. You must be the

53:44

animal you

53:45

are hunting. You must

53:48

die step

53:50

along with it. Feel it's life

53:51

kicking and wailing out of its

53:54

body as you plunge in

53:56

the spear. cut out

53:58

the

53:59

heart. Our people are

54:02

hungry. There hasn't been a Burned in

54:04

months that we need to feast.

54:07

Will you end your people summary?

54:10

We will. The scout

54:12

say the herd is thin but fast and

54:14

ferocious. They are desperate,

54:16

thirsty a leaf.

54:18

They'll be fighting hard.

54:20

They've grown clever

54:21

and widely in

54:23

their desperation. Last hunt, we lost

54:25

good warriors to goreng and

54:28

stampede. But if you

54:30

find

54:30

and

54:32

killed alpha, chaos will

54:33

run through the herd and they'll be easy

54:36

killing. Anyone who brings me

54:37

the head of the alpha.

54:39

I'll make a rich reward on their

54:42

neighbor. You

54:44

are the dollars of death. That's

54:47

killers of the plane. No

54:50

person shall no fear until

54:52

they stand

54:54

before us. you're

54:55

ready. Use the cloak

54:58

of night and make your

55:00

people

55:01

proud. Hi. not

55:11

be less comfortable. Hi, using

55:15

the

55:15

rhythm of

55:18

their

55:18

stamping. shift step.

55:22

Now,

55:22

tonight cruise.

55:26

Isn't

55:32

it amazing?

55:32

to the hunt in here. I

55:34

can't believe him out here with

55:35

you. If they catches

55:38

out here, Kai

55:39

can slit our throats. The

55:41

elders forbid non hunters,

55:43

like, funny. I'm sick of

55:44

living just to live. I

55:46

wanna live. There hasn't been a night Burned

55:48

since I've been alive. They're not disturbing for

55:51

blind boy and a

55:51

girl who rides by her new. The moon is barely

55:54

sliver. It'll take a lot

55:56

to even find the alpha. Let alone kill her.

55:58

It'll take all

55:59

we have.

55:59

Maybe even our last

56:01

breath. Soviet. And with

56:03

that last breath,

56:04

I'll say. I am

56:06

a sarah. God

56:09

of the hunt and all down,

56:12

no me.

56:25

Burned of Empire stars

56:27

Bianca Norwood as Azera, Gwendolyn Riley Strand

56:29

as the keeper, Mac

56:31

Dolacey as Reza, Andrew

56:33

Weiner as Yaffa, Heidi

56:35

Kwan is Kaya, Michelle Bonilla,

56:38

Aznara, Candice Edmonston, Azriel,

56:40

with additional performances by Carolina

56:44

Hoyos, Chris Watkins, Burned,

56:47

Sharon Luther, written and directed

56:49

by Jason Liu. Executive produced by Jason Liu, Rob

56:51

Harding, Sandra Yealink, Michelle Zarate,

56:54

and Shen Yun He Yu. Co

56:55

executive producer,

56:58

Bianca Norwood. Story consultant

57:00

Quinn Perry,

57:01

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57:03

Darren Johnson and Matthew

57:06

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57:08

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57:10

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57:12

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57:15

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57:18

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57:20

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57:22

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