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1:04

evening Traveler and welcome. To

1:07

the Penumbra. To

1:10

knight's tale is. The

1:13

Fall. Okay,

1:27

I think I got all

1:29

that. I

1:31

just have one question. Yeah,

1:34

who the hell or any of

1:36

these people again. Ah, While we

1:38

don't have time for me to

1:40

tell it all again, it's already

1:42

been hours. Sorry. This story is

1:45

just a little hard to follow

1:47

when I only know Damian and

1:49

Sir Mark. And maybe I saw

1:52

Marks brother what's his name one

1:54

time? Maybe. but. Let's

1:57

not brawl guy's name. again lord our

1:59

own And she's a lizard. Or

2:02

maybe a bug? Lola's got

2:04

a hell of a lot of friends, doesn't she?

2:06

Can you blame them? No. No,

2:09

I guess I can't. Sometimes the universe thinks

2:11

it made her that way on purpose, to

2:14

bring together humans and monsters. Sometimes

2:16

it thinks that people are the way they are,

2:18

and it can't influence that very much. And

2:21

here's Quan Yee in the middle, trying to

2:23

fit both of those mobs in her head at

2:25

the same time. All

2:28

right. So,

2:34

Silver Shore is falling to pieces. He

2:36

told me that Lord Arom, Mark,

2:38

and those two friends of Ollala's,

2:41

Angelo and Ale, they've

2:43

all escaped Silver Shore through the mirrored plains,

2:45

and a few days later, near the

2:48

Lake of Tranquility, Damien, Mark's brother, and...

2:51

Damn it, what's her name? Rilla. You'll

2:54

want to remember that name. We're coming back to her in

2:56

just a minute. Right. Rilla. Rilla.

3:01

What was Mark's brother's name again? A-huh, Alex.

3:04

Okay, well, those three tangled

3:06

with the Monster Senate, and

3:09

found out the monsters of spies, and are

3:11

ready to go to war whenever the Second

3:13

Citadel makes a move, and

3:16

got their hands on Saint Damien's spear. Did I

3:18

miss anything? Well, not yet, but the

3:20

night is young. You're right, then. We

3:22

are further along than I thought. One

3:25

of the Saint's relics, down, and two to go.

3:27

Does the universe know where Ferdinand's slingshot is? If

3:30

it does, it isn't thinking about it. Its

3:32

mind isn't like a library I can search through.

3:34

It's more like, um... a

3:37

hundred musical performances all at the same time.

3:40

If I listen carefully, I can make out one

3:42

or the other, but most of the time, it's just...

3:45

just... Noise. And

3:48

a whole lot of it, it sounds like. Hell,

3:51

it's not like it would solve all our problems anyway.

3:54

It's like Damien said before he got his hands on

3:56

that spear. Even if we get all these relics, what

3:58

the hell are we supposed to do? to do with them.

4:01

They're very powerful. The

4:03

emissary from over the edge of the world, the

4:05

one that Mark thinks is called the Hand, he

4:08

isn't quite right that this universe is only a

4:10

little bigger than they tend to be. Even

4:13

among the species of creature the universe is, it's

4:15

very powerful and very imaginative,

4:20

too imaginative maybe. It spends all its magic

4:22

on things it's curious about,

4:24

things it would like to see, things

4:26

it thinks its creations need. With

4:29

people from over the world's edge, I

4:31

don't think they understand how powerful the universe

4:34

they've chosen to harvest is. All

4:36

they know is that something went wrong when

4:39

they first tried it thousands of years ago,

4:41

but they haven't stopped to ask what that

4:43

something is. Yeah, that witch ghost

4:45

Caroline was talking to said something similar,

4:47

that it was spending all its magic

4:49

on Olala. Not all, but a lot.

4:54

I don't think the invaders know that

4:56

this universe can make things as powerful

4:58

as those three relics. I

5:01

don't think they've gone up against a universe that can

5:03

make weapons more powerful than their machines. Then

5:05

you think we should just kill them? Another

5:08

massacre on land in the waves in the

5:10

sky but taking down machines instead of monsters?

5:14

I don't know what I think, but

5:17

you don't exactly sound convinced. If

5:19

I'm not convinced it's because I've never seen a

5:21

war in my lifetime that was ended by killing

5:23

a bunch of people. Humans

5:25

and monsters in the north have been doing

5:27

that forever, and it hasn't moved the needle

5:29

either way. Best case scenario, if the saints

5:32

relics really are enough to take out the

5:34

aeroplanes and everything else, the

5:36

invaders just send more aeroplanes. Maybe

5:39

now, maybe a thousand years from now,

5:41

but they'll send them, alright? And

5:43

what the hell are we supposed to do then? If

5:45

it's a thousand years from now, you'll be dead.

5:48

So we just keep handing these weapons

5:50

down generation to generation and hope nobody

5:52

uses them for the wrong reasons in

5:54

between, break glass in case

5:56

of off-world invaders, or

5:59

accidentally blows up an entire kingdom like

6:01

what happened in the first Citadel? This

6:09

universe can clearly protect itself when it

6:11

gets the chance. That

6:13

barrier around Silver Shore, the one from

6:15

the Crystal Baby thing Tristan and Galahad

6:17

were trying to destroy, that

6:20

kept the invaders away for a long time.

6:22

What we need is something like that. Something

6:25

much stronger than that, I think. That

6:27

barrier only needed to keep them out. It

6:29

sounds like you want something that can push

6:32

them out and keep them there. Too big

6:34

an ask, huh? Even for the

6:36

universe? Maybe. It's

6:38

so hard to tell. The universe

6:40

is so big that even it doesn't understand

6:42

what it can do most of the time.

6:48

But I can at least tell you that you aren't

6:50

the only one trying to think through these

6:52

questions. The three who took Saint Damian's

6:54

Spear were thinking about the same thing. Gorilla

6:57

and Damian and... Sir

7:05

Talfron, is something the

7:07

matter? Oh,

7:09

me? Why,

7:12

of course I mean you. Who else could I mean?

7:16

Nothing, just... I

7:18

don't know. That sure doesn't feel like

7:20

it fits right anymore, I think. I

7:22

certainly know the feeling, yes. I threw

7:25

mine out years ago, but you look

7:27

nervous, friend Talfron. Of

7:29

course he's nervous. It feels like

7:31

we just broke out of the Second Citadel,

7:33

and now we're trying to break our way

7:35

back in? Really? You're

7:38

in off, my friend. I'm sure we will

7:40

be successful in our endeavor to take Saint

7:42

Aaron's Hammer. That's

7:44

not quite it. I just... You

7:46

guys, do you really think our plan for the Saint's relics

7:49

is a good idea? We've discussed

7:51

this extensively. I know we've

7:53

talked about it, but I still don't

7:55

feel good about it. We're getting

7:57

all these up in so that we can just... Would

8:02

you rather we kill humans by the dozen?

8:04

By the hundreds? I'd rather we

8:06

do something that doesn't end with everyone

8:08

dead. As I've said, there exists a

8:10

theory within the Temple of Tranquility's teachings.

8:13

But aren't those teachings based around the

8:15

miracle of Saint Damien killing all of

8:17

those monsters? You

8:19

said we won't be doing that. Even

8:21

so, from a flawed premise we

8:23

can, at times, find sound reasoning.

8:26

Great minds in the Temple of Tranquility

8:28

have at times opposed the citadel's endless

8:30

war, even if those

8:33

minds were often exiled for doing so. Sounds

8:36

familiar. But the theory again is this.

8:39

If both sides of a war were to

8:41

come upon weapons so terrible that each could

8:43

mean the complete destruction of the other, these

8:45

sides might enter a sort of

8:47

eternal stalemate. Neither side

8:50

can act without the other ensuring

8:52

their destruction, and so neither side

8:54

will act in order to preserve

8:56

themselves. Thus, with the Saint's

8:58

relics in hand, we might be able

9:00

to persuade the invaders from over the

9:02

world's edge that to attack us would

9:04

be their undoing, and so they will

9:06

refuse to attack. But if

9:09

it goes on forever, how would the war

9:11

ever end? Well, it

9:14

wouldn't. That sounds

9:16

like a plan that Senator

9:18

Snout would just love. No

9:21

side can make a big move in the war, so the

9:23

war just goes on forever. And

9:25

that's all assuming the people in charge

9:27

care about preventing their own deaths. You

9:30

think Absalon would hold off on a war just because

9:32

it would kill him? He'd love

9:34

going out in a blaze of glory. No, I'm not

9:37

certain that's fair. And

9:39

even if Absalon wouldn't do it, someone would

9:41

eventually, right? Forever is, like,

9:44

forever. How could we ever

9:46

make sure that people would keep that stalemate going

9:48

after we all die? I don't know. All

9:51

right? Is that what you want to

9:53

hear? I don't know. But

9:56

we're all in agreement that something must

9:58

be done, yes? And

10:00

quickly? Right. Yeah. Because

10:05

we all agree that a weapon as powerful

10:07

as Saint Aaron's hammer, if

10:09

the Second Citadel were to understand its power

10:11

and attempt to use it... Which does sound

10:14

like Absalon. It could be catastrophic,

10:16

particularly for Monsterkind. It is

10:18

better in our hands than

10:20

theirs. Are we in agreement?

10:23

Sure. I

10:25

guess so. Then we must take

10:27

the hammer for ourselves. Since we have it...

10:30

well, as Talphin so clearly

10:32

put it, forever is forever.

10:35

We will have plenty of time to decide what

10:37

should be done with it. And

10:39

unless anyone has a more sound idea, I

10:41

think we should put the topic to rest for now. If

10:44

we have decided to act, we must act. Hesitation,

10:46

even justified hesitation, can only lead us

10:48

to defeat. I

10:51

think he's right, Tal. If we've

10:53

decided to do something, we have to actually

10:55

do it. Okay.

10:58

And now for the problem before us. Saint

11:00

Aaron's hammer is stored in the secret

11:02

passageway leading to the Queen's hidden chambers

11:04

within the Citadel Spire. We

11:07

must find our way into the Spire

11:09

and into that passage, procure the hammer,

11:11

and then escape undetected. Does

11:14

anyone have any ideas as to how we might go

11:16

about that? I don't know. We can

11:19

see the Citadel walls from here, but there are

11:21

an awful lot of guards outside them, and they

11:23

keep patrolling closer and closer to us. You

11:25

don't think they're looking for us, do you? How could they

11:27

be? We escaped almost two weeks

11:30

ago. They'd have to think we're nuts to

11:32

try and sneak back in. To do

11:34

exactly what we're doing, you mean? The

11:36

irony is not lost on us, friend

11:38

Talfran. Information.

11:42

Before anything else, we must gather information.

11:45

There must be some reason that the guard has

11:48

been redoubled this day. If there

11:50

is something special about today in particular, we

11:52

may be able to use that strangeness to

11:54

our advantage. He is

11:56

most secure when he's following his most

11:58

purposed patterns, after all. Any change

12:00

in the nor may present in opening

12:03

weekend take advantage of. Seems like a

12:05

lot of maybe Damien Risk is inevitable

12:07

in this endeavor. I'm afraid. let's draw

12:10

closer and see if we can learn

12:12

anything we can. you will say. That

12:21

and let's hide ourselves in those forces. News

12:23

had corner of the wall and learn what

12:25

we know. And

12:35

of ensuring the full. Force of the night's look around and

12:37

make sure they are to. Interrupt us

12:39

drifted was. Interrupted

12:42

him water heater. Do it. You see

12:44

what I mean or be. For me

12:46

it was chapters. We don't know anything

12:49

about these people doing we'd old, are

12:51

you live? At least we know that.

12:53

So actually it's hard for me to

12:56

believe that anything human to come from

12:58

their over the edge of the world

13:00

you mean.say. see people come over here

13:03

to. See

13:06

who? that. Was sick.

13:08

About oh no, know what do we do?

13:10

See client? First of all, you had a be

13:12

too late for that. My real Us. but

13:14

my bow is no use in such close quarters

13:16

and St. Damien Spear would surely killer them.

13:19

Coming from at first I think if there's anybody

13:21

in their game is up, come out with your

13:24

heads up and you will not be harmed. You

13:26

have until the count of three

13:29

blood to. Say

13:32

look who's back to down. The

13:37

salad cheddar nice So far so

13:39

really know. Him

13:42

the flesh baby. Good to see boys again. How

13:44

are things that the old stomping grounds? It's pretty

13:46

strange for it, but I don't actually have time

13:49

to talk. I need speak to Captain Echelon right

13:51

away. Can you get him for me? Where sir,

13:53

Trust? What the hell do you think I need

13:55

to talk to Captain Absalon? About twelve and

13:57

guys would show the also tell him

13:59

sir. Mark the Salamander Knight is home

14:01

and he's got something important to tell

14:03

him. Okay, let's go! Come

14:05

on, Sir Dixiel, let's go! You

14:11

guys can come out of there now. No sense

14:13

in letting bugs or whatever crawl all up in

14:16

your clothes when the coast is clear. Mark!

14:24

Your back! Does

14:27

this mean you... Woke up? More

14:29

or less, yeah. But I couldn't have

14:31

done it alone. Be

14:37

careful! Is that my best friend and

14:39

rival in the flesh? Quiet, schoolboy. There

14:42

might be other guards around. Ollie,

14:44

Angelo, and in his arms!

14:47

That's... that's... Oh, Carl! Damn

14:50

you broaddish oaf! Be careful how you jostle

14:52

me as you... Oh!

14:55

Oh, yes. Perhaps I should have

14:57

said that this lizard lord is

14:59

rather delicate at the moment. Ah,

15:01

you're alive! Ah, Amaryllis.

15:05

My honeysuckle. I can't tell

15:07

you how glad it makes me to... Lower

15:10

me, Angelo. This angle seems rather awkward.

15:13

But of course! Yep. That's

15:15

much better. I am

15:17

so glad to see you again. I

15:20

promised I would return. But are

15:22

you alright? You seem terribly injured, my

15:24

love. Time spent closer to the keep

15:27

should heal these wounds. If

15:29

we have enough time, that is. Between

15:31

Mark and Angelo and Ollie, we've learned quite a

15:33

lot these past few weeks. There

15:35

isn't much time left. Time

15:38

left for what? Time left before those two come back,

15:40

for one thing, and my cover's pretty much blown if

15:42

you all are hanging around here. Go

15:44

find somewhere to hide out and I'll meet you there in

15:47

a minute. An excellent point. Angelo?

15:49

Follow me, friend! Please

15:52

Subscribe. Al?

16:01

Yeah Mark? I

16:03

uh... Yeah I uh... You

16:05

look... I mean... I

16:08

just felt like I should say I'm... I

16:13

think you should probably go catch up with everyone else. I'll

16:16

be there soon. Okay. I

16:30

can't believe it. It's like the

16:32

senator said, the offworlders are really trying to

16:34

take all the magic out of the universe,

16:36

and they're going to go to the center

16:38

of the universe to do it. Events

16:41

are transpiring very quickly now. I

16:43

can't believe that you've taken the spear that led to

16:46

the massacre and the waves, but... Here

16:48

it is. They're going too quickly for us to sit around.

16:50

Are we ready to move? It sounds

16:52

like we've decided what we need to do, right? Someone's

16:55

gonna go in there and take Saint Aaron's hammer before

16:57

Captain Absalon decides to use it. And I'm the only

16:59

one who can still get in there. Not the only

17:02

one. They won't recognize me. That's

17:04

worth something at least. No offense, but

17:06

I'm not sure how comfortable I feel. But the passage

17:08

to the hallway where Saint Aaron's hammer is kept, the

17:11

passage to the Queen's secret chambers, is too small

17:13

for a horse to fit through, Mark. You will

17:15

need assistance in order to take the hammer for

17:17

yourself. And this way I get to keep an

17:19

eye on you. Alright.

17:22

Fine. You ready to

17:24

go? Born ready. Alright. You

17:26

heard the man dump here. That

17:36

is a start. Assuming they're successful.

17:39

But it hardly solves all of our problems. If

17:42

anything, it creates even more. The

17:45

sight of that spear. I

17:47

have to admit, it makes my scales crawl.

17:53

Cal? You okay? Yeah.

17:56

What? Yeah, I just... Sorry,

17:58

I got a little distracted. Lord

18:01

Arm's right, though. Even once we have Saint

18:04

Damien's spear and Saint Aaron's hammer, heck, even

18:06

if we can find Saint Ferdinand's slingshot, I

18:08

don't know what we're supposed to do with them. You stole

18:11

the spear and you don't even have a plan for

18:13

it? No, we have a

18:15

plan. I mean, mostly. It has some

18:18

holes in it, but... Then what sort of holes

18:20

might these be? I,

18:23

too, would like to hear this

18:25

plan. Does it perhaps require prodigious

18:27

strength? I'm afraid not, Angelo. Ah,

18:31

it seems plans rarely do in these dark

18:33

days. Damien thinks that if we

18:35

can get all three relics, we can

18:37

threaten the offworlders into leaving us alone

18:39

without actually killing any of them. A

18:43

war without bloodshed. Several

18:45

of the monster senators have suggested a similar

18:47

theory in years past. It

18:50

seems very...optimistic to

18:52

me. Optimism's basically all we've

18:54

got, though, isn't it? I mean,

18:57

what else are we supposed to do? Just roll over

18:59

and let them kill us all? If

19:02

I'm going to die either way, I'd rather

19:04

believe there's something I can do about it

19:06

before I get there. Optimism is hardly

19:08

all we have when we're holding a

19:10

weapon of such incredible power. The

19:13

denizens of this universe have a right to

19:15

protect themselves. And if push comes to shove?

19:17

I'm sure we will. But only

19:20

if there is truly no other course of

19:22

action. One cannot be a pacifist

19:24

only when it is convenient. One's

19:26

values are truly tested when they become

19:28

difficult to uphold. That's an

19:30

honorable viewpoint, I suppose. But

19:34

it's not one I expect will last very

19:36

long. Perhaps

19:39

you're right. Even if

19:41

this theory were to work, and in

19:43

the interest of self-preservation, the offworlders do

19:46

not attack us. That can only

19:48

by time. What of the

19:50

next generation, once we are dead and gone? How

19:53

will we ensure that they understand the

19:55

severity, the importance of protecting these relics,

19:57

but only using them if there is

19:59

absence? absolutely no other choice. Just

20:02

holding these weapons seems like an

20:04

incredible risk. We can simply tell

20:06

them so, and hope they tell

20:08

the next generation. And the next. That

20:11

only gets us so far, Angelo. People

20:13

forget things over the course of

20:15

generations. Or they tell stories,

20:17

and then those stories get twisted. Just

20:20

based on what the Monster Senate said, I

20:23

think we don't have the whole story about the

20:25

Saints' relics, for example. The

20:29

protective field over Silvishore was destroyed in

20:31

much the same way. The

20:33

jellyfish elder knew of it, but the workers

20:35

at Wayward East Press did not, and so

20:37

they did not protect it properly. The invaders

20:39

from over the edge of the world have

20:41

waited many centuries to take this universe, I

20:44

suspect. Too true! I believe the podium in

20:46

Sage Helicoid's shell chambers was made of the

20:48

same metal as their aeroplanes. They

20:50

must have been behind the attack that

20:52

destroyed Fort Terminus all those years ago.

20:54

And so, if we merely delay their

20:56

assault, they will simply take our descendants

20:59

instead of ourselves. I can

21:01

hardly think of that as victory. A population

21:03

over generations forgets. An

21:07

individual? Yes,

21:09

perhaps an individual. What's

21:11

that, Aaron? Angelo?

21:15

Talfron? I

21:17

apologize, but would it

21:19

be possible for me to speak privately with Damien

21:21

and Amaryllis for a moment? Okay. But

21:24

of course! Let us away, friend Talfron,

21:26

and allow the lovebirds their privacy. Angelo,

21:28

I don't think- Ah, yes, of course.

21:30

My apologies. The love lizards, then! Lord

21:41

Arum, is there something you wanted to say

21:43

to us? There

21:45

is. Though

21:48

I find that now that I am on the cusp

21:50

of saying it, saying it, I

21:52

am having some difficulty willing the words

21:54

to come forward. Then,

21:58

Arum- Can

22:00

I ask you something first? Of course, I'm

22:02

a Rithis. I don't like

22:04

asking this, but I am

22:06

curious. It

22:09

seemed like the Senate knew exactly where

22:11

the spear was. And

22:14

since you voted in the monster Senate before,

22:17

doesn't that mean you would have known too? But,

22:20

well, I'd hoped that if you were going

22:22

to ask first, you might ask something a

22:24

bit easier to answer. Very

22:28

well. I suppose, well,

22:31

six years feels like hardly any time at all,

22:33

doesn't it? One can

22:35

easily put off a conversation to tomorrow, and

22:38

tomorrow, and tomorrow, until

22:41

one looks up and the time is just flitted

22:44

away. Particularly

22:46

when that topic is likely to be... uncomfortable.

22:52

Well, perhaps I'm just making excuses for

22:54

myself. I've never done

22:56

this sort of close

22:59

commingling before. Perhaps

23:01

humans don't keep such secrets. No.

23:05

No, I hardly think we are

23:07

above that. Perhaps

23:10

there are things I should tell you

23:12

as well, Lord Arim. Damien. If not

23:14

now, then when, Myrilla? It

23:16

seems our time in this universe may nearly be

23:19

at its end. All

23:21

right. But let him talk first.

23:24

Please do, and Lord Arim, know that I will

23:26

not be upset with you, no matter what you

23:28

have to say. It is too

23:30

great a relief to see you well again. We'll

23:34

see if you feel that way when I'm through. Yes,

23:41

I was aware of the hiding place of

23:43

what you call St. Damien's Spear. I

23:46

was aware that you would likely desire to

23:48

know its location, honeysuckle. But

23:51

I was aware as well, all too

23:53

aware of the tales that monsters tell about

23:55

that spear. About

23:57

The terrible, destructive power it once had. in

24:00

the hands of a human when you were

24:02

still a night, it was out of the

24:04

question for me to share that information with

24:06

you. To do so would betray monster kind

24:09

to an extent of return solitary as myself.

24:14

Once you revoked your knighthood, I

24:17

could. Perhaps I.

24:20

Could have said that the masters till

24:22

the very different story about the origins

24:24

of that spear and those relics. Can't

24:27

claim to know who story is closer to

24:29

the truth. Perhaps

24:31

perhaps, but. I was

24:34

cowardly and I did not. Sorry.

24:41

I. Thank you Lord our I'm. But

24:43

I do not think you have anything to

24:45

apologize for. Life.

24:47

But I don't. I don't

24:50

and you'll. Still angry

24:52

with me? Then. Know I

24:54

just don't get it. There are a

24:56

lot of religious things I don't get

24:58

and this one see me and he

25:00

were so sure that spear belonged in

25:03

the temple. Is may yet.

25:05

I don't know what story of who

25:07

penned in my hands, and increasingly I

25:09

believe that I'm not fully aware of

25:11

the story that has brought it here

25:14

today, but I know that I hardly

25:16

trust myself with the spear. Such terrible

25:18

power. It is a terrible thing to

25:20

have such terrible power, particularly when one

25:22

does not understand it. I think if

25:25

I could hide it away again, I

25:27

would. And so I'm

25:29

not angry with you for not telling

25:31

me earlier. Lord are I'm I. Am

25:33

only honored that you feel you

25:36

can tell me now. that is

25:38

very generous. It

25:42

is not the only secret kept

25:44

from said or out in in

25:46

what else you got. You made

25:48

an interesting point about the future

25:50

guardianship of the three relics. Strikes.

25:54

Me that I may be

25:56

uniquely suited to that protects.

25:58

for certain You

26:00

mean like you could make a creature that

26:03

would protect them? But, Harum,

26:05

after my deal with Kwan Yee, I don't think I could help

26:07

you to do anything. I would not make

26:09

the creature, Amaryllis. I

26:12

believe I am the creature.

26:15

What do you mean? I have

26:18

not been honest with you both

26:20

about my age.

26:25

I am... I

26:27

suppose you would call it immortal-ish.

26:32

I have been alive for centuries,

26:36

and will likely live for centuries

26:38

more. I

26:41

will not live forever, but

26:43

I may come quite close. I

26:47

cannot die of old age, you see. Lord

26:51

Harum, that is another reason it has been so easy for

26:53

me to keep secrets from you. I

26:56

have treasured these past six years more than I

26:58

can say, and at the same time, compared to

27:00

the scope of my life, they are very little.

27:04

I know that for you that is not the case. Harum...

27:08

You are likely furious with me, and I do not blame you. How

27:11

can you expect to have an equal relationship,

27:13

a symmetrical relationship, with

27:15

a creature that cannot comprehend time or mortality in

27:17

the same way as you can, the

27:20

essential language we think and speak and

27:22

exist within is severed? If

27:24

you desire to... Harum, please shut up.

27:28

We're not mad, at least I'm

27:30

not, Damien. Of course not.

27:32

I am concerned, yes,

27:34

but not angry. But... The

27:39

essential language and an equal

27:41

symmetrical relationship, I... Who cares?

27:44

You must have been so afraid of

27:46

being alone. And

27:49

you didn't even tell us. That

27:51

sounds... So

27:53

hard. Indeed. I

27:56

wish only that I could help you in some

27:58

way, that you love us so much. much

28:00

that you stay with us despite knowing

28:02

the heartache that is inevitable in your

28:04

future. Yeah, it's nice and, I

28:07

mean, existentially horrifying when you think about it

28:09

for more than a few seconds, but nice

28:12

also. It is

28:14

horrifying. It

28:17

truly is. But

28:22

nothing in our relationship has ever been simple,

28:24

has it? I suppose

28:26

there's no reason this should be either. No,

28:30

nothing is simple. And

28:32

so perhaps I should speak my heart as

28:34

well, my Rilla? I...

28:38

I still don't know, Damien. Arum

28:41

has been brave, and so I think

28:43

I must as well. Yes?

28:46

What is it? Lord Arum,

28:48

before we met you all those

28:51

years ago, Rilla and I had made a

28:53

sort of promise to one another. We

28:56

were engaged to be married. Ah,

28:58

yes, I see. I

29:01

did wonder what happened to that. You

29:05

knew? And you

29:08

don't mind? I was aware, yes. But

29:11

when the two of you didn't bring it up, I assumed... Well,

29:15

that is, I thought... Amaryllis,

29:21

how do you feel about this

29:24

promise? She is certainly for it.

29:26

She agreed when I asked her, after all, and

29:28

I... Damien? I'm sorry.

29:32

I guess it's

29:35

my turn to be honest now. What?

29:41

I shouldn't have done it, but

29:44

I think I

29:46

used Arum as an excuse, and

29:48

I don't know how I

29:50

feel about marriage. Well, maybe

29:52

I do. I just didn't know how

29:54

to say it, but I... How long have you felt

29:56

this way? Since

30:02

before, Arom, actually, I... When

30:06

you asked me to marry you, I love you,

30:09

Damien, and I could tell

30:11

that you loved me, and getting married was

30:13

how you wanted to express that love. And

30:17

I saw how beautiful it was to you, and

30:20

I know how much Citadelte Traditions mean to you, and

30:22

I think it's beautiful for

30:25

you. But

30:27

for me, after

30:30

everything the Citadelte did to my parents and

30:32

then exiling me, it

30:36

just doesn't feel right. My

30:39

love for this place is different

30:42

from yours, Damien, and

30:45

I want to do something that shows

30:47

you how much I love you. I

30:49

really do, but doing the

30:51

same thing that all Citadelte people do

30:53

just isn't it. You

30:57

need to hurry. I see. And

31:00

even after all this time, you never...

31:03

After all the times we discussed this. Damien...

31:07

Honey Suckle, oh well, perhaps

31:09

it isn't my place to speak now. I

31:12

think you should. I... I

31:15

can reach no words from where I stand

31:17

at present. Typically I would say that you

31:19

must take your time, and

31:21

that you're feeling settled before acting. But

31:24

now... There

31:27

is no guarantee that we will have that time

31:29

now. Afraid you may

31:32

have to act now in a way that would cause you

31:34

no regret in the future, provided

31:36

we are allowed a future at all.

31:41

Yes. Yes, I think

31:43

you're right. And I can

31:45

only imagine one course that I might regret.

31:51

I... Suppose I

31:53

can't blame you for hiding your feelings,

31:56

Myrilla. I don't know

31:58

that I would have responded very well to them. at

32:01

any point in the past. But

32:07

you're okay now? Wounded,

32:10

perhaps, but not fatally so. Ha

32:13

ha ha! I

32:15

might have guessed it, to be frank. Your

32:18

reticence to discuss it. Well,

32:21

I suppose I didn't want to see it. And

32:24

now, on the potential eve of the end, the

32:26

end of everything, I suppose

32:28

the truth must come out, mustn't it? There

32:31

really isn't any other way. There

32:35

are many ways we do not fit the three

32:37

of us. But I find, perhaps

32:40

it is the darkness of these times,

32:43

but I find that does not make me

32:45

despair. It only makes me

32:49

determined to build a way,

32:51

a new way, perhaps to interlock

32:53

the three of us together. A

32:56

commitment of love as deeply powerful as marriage.

32:59

That doesn't come with all the Citadel's baggage.

33:02

And that might last forever, even

33:04

beyond the mortal scope of our arrangement.

33:07

If only, if only

33:09

there were such a way. Ahh.

33:18

If you don't mind my saying so, friend

33:20

Taufryn, you seem preoccupied. Even

33:22

now that you've said your piece about this plan

33:24

for the Saint's relics, something still appears to be

33:27

on your mind. Yeah,

33:30

maybe. Is it perhaps about your

33:32

brother? How did you know? How did I

33:34

not? He was very preoccupied about

33:36

you as well during our journey here. Yet

33:39

I noticed that once he actually arrived, you two

33:41

have hardly spoken. There's so much

33:43

to say. It's like it all

33:45

gets stuck in the door on the way out, you

33:47

know? I don't know if

33:50

I forgive him yet. I

33:52

don't know how I feel. There will be time. Do

33:54

you know that, though? Does anybody

33:56

know that anymore? Everything

34:01

in life is... it's

34:03

always moving around and changing, you

34:05

know? It feels like it takes all

34:07

of your energy and focus just to keep up with it.

34:10

And to deal with that, we always say,

34:12

tomorrow. Tomorrow. I'll figure it out tomorrow. But

34:14

what do we do when there's no guarantee we'll even get

34:17

a tomorrow? How do we know what

34:19

truth is so solid and real that it's worth saying

34:21

today? Good questions all, friend

34:23

Talpharin. Any answers? Oh,

34:25

who can possibly say? But

34:28

if I truly think on it, I find... Well,

34:31

I suppose I find... If

34:36

you feel a fire in your heart that something

34:38

must be said, if the thought

34:40

of never saying it seems too terrible to bear,

34:43

you have no choice but to say it today. Isn't

34:45

that so? That makes it sound

34:47

so easy. I disagree. I've made it

34:49

sound simple, perhaps, as only a simple

34:51

mind can. But simple and

34:53

easy are not the same thing. Often

34:56

I find them to be quite opposed to one another. A

34:59

simple act cannot hide behind flourishes or

35:01

grand gestures. It can only be itself.

35:04

I guess that makes sense. Do

35:08

you think he'll be safe in there? Trying

35:10

to steal Saint Aaron's hammer? I

35:12

don't know what the Citadel would do to him if

35:14

he gets caught. Why, I'm certain he will. I've

35:17

met few men as hardy as your brother. And

35:19

one of those men is Ale, who

35:21

stands now at his side. That's reassuring.

35:24

Why, you should have seen them yourself,

35:26

friend Talvron. Hardly two weeks ago, Ale

35:28

had resolved to kill your brother. And

35:30

when they locked sword... Ale wants to kill Mark?

35:33

And now they're in there alone together? But

35:35

he changed his mind, right? Yes! Well,

35:38

no. Well, I suppose we

35:40

haven't broached the topic directly since, now that

35:42

you mention it. I

35:45

suppose we'll find out one way or another soon

35:48

enough now, won't we? No!

35:54

So... That

35:58

all seemed kind of... Personal?

36:02

Is there a reason you told me all of that,

36:04

or...? I... don't

36:08

know. The universe thought it was important to

36:10

me, I guess. A

36:12

story isn't just a useful part, and stories

36:14

are what the universe cares about most of

36:16

all. It's just that I barely know

36:18

these people, and now I'm kinda

36:21

all up in their personal business,

36:23

so... You'll meet them soon enough. That's...

36:26

even more awkward, actually.

36:30

You learned that Lord Armin will live forever-ish.

36:33

Is that useful enough for you? Not to

36:35

be a bummer or anything, but... not

36:38

really. Maybe if we can't

36:40

think of anything better, but that would be pretty

36:42

bad. Hard to get too

36:44

excited about mutually assured destruction, especially given what

36:47

we've seen from the people over the world's

36:49

edge. Hard to believe

36:51

they'll give up, no matter how

36:53

many aeroplanes we threaten to destroy, especially

36:55

since the battlefield is our home, not

36:58

theirs. We have everything

37:00

to lose here. What's the universe

37:02

think about that? Too many things to

37:04

say, and most of them contradict one

37:06

another. Cool. Super

37:08

helpful. What

37:13

about Mark and... the

37:16

one-armed swordsman, Ale? Did

37:19

they manage to get their hands on St. Aaron's hammer?

37:22

Fine then. I'll get back to

37:24

the useful part. Well,

37:29

the three in love, the big man and

37:31

the other one, were having a series of

37:33

very touching conversations that some people can't appreciate.

37:36

Mark and Ale had managed to slip into the

37:38

secret passage leading to Queen Mira's hidden chambers.

37:47

That was a tight squeeze even

37:49

without down here. Get out of the

37:51

way. Yeah, I did. Give me a second. Never

38:01

thought I'd ever be this deep into the Citadel Spire. I

38:04

feel like I spent most of my life trying to

38:06

stay away from this place. Well, if we don't get

38:08

moving, they're gonna lock us up somewhere much deeper. We're

38:10

lucky we didn't run into many guards on the way

38:12

here. That did seem weird to me. They must be

38:14

busy with those special guests. Letting those

38:16

people from over the edge of the world have the

38:18

run of the place. I don't

38:21

feel good about that. I've seen

38:23

their machines up close and personal, and they're...

38:26

nasty. Alright,

38:30

let's get moving. You gonna crawl the whole way? What's

38:32

it to you? See him slow, that's all. Yeah,

38:35

well... Listen,

38:39

I get the feeling that both of us are used to people treating

38:41

us without a whole lot of dignity. So

38:43

I'm not gonna pick you up without asking, but I am offering.

38:46

So you've decided you're not killing me? Jury's out,

38:48

but I don't need to be your best friend

38:50

to treat you with respect. Now

38:52

are you taking the ride or not? Alright,

38:54

piggyback me. Ugh!

38:57

Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!

39:00

Ugh! Ugh! Let's move.

39:03

Yeah! Don't push it. Should

39:08

be simple enough. Get in, grab

39:10

the hammer, get out. And

39:14

where is the hammer? Should be close to

39:16

the staircase that leads up to Queen Mira's

39:18

secret chambers. Right around

39:20

that corner. There! Bring

39:22

me closer. Easy

39:26

now. If what that lizard guy was saying

39:28

is true, that thing is dangerous. I'll be careful. Hm?

39:32

Oh, Lee, this thing is heavy. Yeah,

39:35

you're not the only one feeling it. Can

39:38

we get out of here now? I'll find out

39:40

that our sickened citadel has quite a lot of

39:42

common ground with our new off-universe friends. Isn't

39:44

that right, my queen? Indeed. This

39:47

meeting has been... ...edifying.

39:50

Common ground, yes. That's

39:52

a good way to think about it. This

39:54

settlement has stayed close to the off-universe

39:56

values of your ancestors. You

39:59

should take pride in that. where you can't. Wait.

40:02

Do you hear that? Yeah. Someone's

40:04

coming down the staircase. All the more reason

40:06

to get out of here. Oh, that sounds

40:08

like Captain Absalon, the Queen, and...

40:11

Oh, I don't recognize that third voice. So

40:14

let's go before they recognize us. We might

40:16

learn something important. Just

40:18

hide around that corner for now and let's see what we

40:20

can hear, okay? If Absalon's expecting

40:22

a special guest, this might

40:24

be that guest. Fine. Will

40:29

your people be staying with us long, Emissary?

40:32

No, no. I think they've likely finished their

40:34

inspection right about now. And may

40:36

I ask what they've been inspecting for,

40:38

precisely? Far be it from me to question

40:40

you, my Queen, but I question whether it

40:43

is neighborly to interrogate our guests like this.

40:46

That's him. The Hand! The

40:48

guy who killed Galahad! He killed Galahad?

40:52

One of the off-worlders? Don't get

40:54

any ideas, Allie. Ideas? What

40:56

ideas? You wanted to kill Galahad. He killed

40:58

Galahad. So now you probably

41:00

want to kill him. That's like the

41:02

transitive property, isn't it? That's not really

41:04

how revenge works. Shh, he's saying something.

41:07

Most esteemed Queen Meera. But

41:10

for now, I'm afraid I must take your leave. Nonsense. At

41:12

least, Snape. Dinner, my

41:14

friend. We

41:16

will hold a feast the likes of which you've

41:18

never seen in your honor. Goodbye, Queen Meera. Captain

41:21

Absalon. Well,

41:26

I feel like that went very well, don't you? He's

41:28

coming this way. Where do we hide? Hide? There's a

41:30

straight hallway behind us, and those three are in

41:32

front. Where do you think we're gonna hide? You're

41:35

the one who said we had to listen in. You didn't ever

41:37

plan to hide us? Listen, I'm more of a

41:39

one smart idea at a time kind of guy, so... Shut up and

41:41

think of something. He's almost

41:43

here. Excuse me. Excuse

41:47

me. Hmm.

41:53

Is that Emissary just speaking with someone? Nerves,

41:55

Meera. I'm certain it's just nerves. I

41:58

have to admit, I'm a ball of nerves myself. Those

42:00

off-world fellows do have a certain gravitas

42:02

to them, don't they? A

42:05

very serious bunch. Well, better

42:07

that they're on our side than the

42:09

alternative, isn't it? Are you certain he

42:11

was on our side, Captain? He

42:14

seemed more concerned with understanding the size of

42:16

our army than anything else. And far be

42:18

it from me to criticize, especially since you've

42:20

taken the captain of the Guard post, in

42:23

addition to the journeyman captain post. But...

42:26

I do wonder about the wisdom in telling

42:28

him so much. Let's be honest, my

42:30

queen. Those humans from over

42:32

the edge of the world represent the future

42:34

of our Second Citadel. The world

42:37

they live in has accomplished our aim

42:39

of eradicating monsters for good, and what's more,

42:41

my queen, they've turned it into a science!

42:44

Was that truly our aim, I wonder?

42:48

Seems difficult to remember now. It

42:50

has always been the knight's aim, and the

42:52

knights are the backbone of the Second Citadel. And

42:54

where the backbone goes, so must the body, yes? Otherwise...

42:58

Well, he'd have to

43:00

get the castle chiropractor on that, wouldn't we? And

43:06

good thing too, because I don't know if we could

43:08

have taken on those aeroplanes and the like. So

43:11

all is as it should be. Yes,

43:14

I think that went very well. Very

43:16

well indeed. What

43:23

the hell was that? I

43:25

don't know what to do with you. Alice…

43:34

West FAM… Ellie,

43:48

tell me you're sick! West Food!

43:54

Natalie! Look

43:56

at that! The ceiling's

43:59

totally caved in. How the hell are we supposed

44:01

to get through here? What

44:05

were you doing here? It is

44:07

they- What

44:10

are you doing with Satan Eret's hammer? Only one thing I can

44:12

see worth doing right now. Clearing

44:15

a path with the only thing we've got. You're

44:17

not seriously going to use the hammer, are you?

44:19

Hold onto your crown, Your Majesty. Because this is

44:21

about to get hairy. The

44:37

fallen brother, flaming board,

44:40

humbling walls, it would be endless.

44:43

And outside the black and the manes of

44:45

the Second Head, all the others could do,

44:48

watch. For

44:52

all of the sakes, I

44:54

have found what I say to those

44:56

who are happy. If

44:59

Satan is smaller, he looks my friend. If

45:01

Satan is in love with me, it will have

45:03

to take. Such

45:10

a signal, how pitiful. Where

45:14

is Ollie? My... Satan's

45:21

Citadel. There

45:23

is such mixed feelings about it, but it

45:26

is so awful. Look at everyone

45:28

running out of the craftsman's quarter, out of

45:31

everywhere. The craftsman's quarter? Home.

45:34

Yes. The

45:37

total. The barracks. By

45:39

many homes for all these years. Gone.

45:44

It worked. He can't be gone. They

45:46

never said- They never told

45:48

him. Oh, now look.

45:51

There he is. And always back

45:53

at the course. We

45:59

have to die. Now! The

46:02

second citadel is in real bad shape. We're gonna

46:04

be in horseshoe at that salon in a schoon's

46:06

kitchen. He knows we have the hammer. We

46:08

have to move. The second citadel! I'm

46:11

sorry, but I think you need to say your goodbyes now,

46:13

Damien. It's...it's gone! Farewell,

46:23

my citadel. The

46:31

second citadel... Belle?

46:36

It's gone? It

46:42

has. I'm sorry. And a lot more is gonna go the same way. You can't believe it. I

46:45

never would have

46:47

thought. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

46:51

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm

46:53

sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You

46:56

can't believe it. I never

46:58

would have thought. I

47:02

can't believe it! Neither

47:04

could the universe. And that, I

47:06

think, Wyatt listened so

47:09

closely to what the Hand had to

47:11

say next, to his leaders off

47:13

the edge of the world. It

47:18

is done. The largest

47:20

organized military on the Plateau has

47:22

fallen. And now there should

47:24

be nothing in the way of us taking the center

47:26

of the universe. Not

47:28

that there's much they could have done anyway. But

47:32

you've asked me to ensure that this goes smoothly, and

47:35

that's exactly how it's going to go. Lamorac,

47:49

are you all right? Yeah,

47:51

yeah. Yeah. Just

47:54

thinking. What

47:57

am I saying? No, I'm not all right. Two

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homes down now. I knew... I knew

48:04

that those invaders wanted to destroy everything,

48:07

but nothing prepares you emotionally

48:09

for when they actually do it. I'm

48:13

sorry, but I don't think we have to- I know. That's

48:16

why I'm thinking now. But...

48:21

Mark and All A got the hammer, at least,

48:23

right? That's right. That happened

48:26

earlier today, or yesterday, I guess.

48:29

It's early in the morning now. Two relics

48:31

then. And if All A

48:33

loves right, we have a lead on the third. But

48:35

no matter how powerful they are, fighting back against these

48:37

people might be the wrong move. We

48:40

can only send more aeroplanes, and who knows what

48:42

kind of damage we'll do to our own universe

48:44

if we use the relics wrong. The

48:46

hammer destroyed the first Citadel after all, so we

48:48

need a way to keep them out. Somehow.

48:55

The ghost which the Caroline talks to,

48:57

Sylvie of Hiberna. She

48:59

said that the universe was spending so much

49:01

magical energy on All A-la that it couldn't

49:04

protect itself. Is that right? Hard

49:06

if the universe thinks so. And so if the universe

49:08

had more magic to spend, it could get rid of

49:10

the invaders and keep them away on its own? But

49:13

All A-la? Part of the

49:15

universe is so scared it wants to give up on

49:17

her, and it's so hard not to listen to that

49:20

part, but... She's

49:22

hope, isn't she? And

49:24

if the universe doesn't have hope, if we

49:26

don't have hope, what's even the

49:28

point? Nothing's going to happen

49:31

to All A-la. Not if

49:33

I have anything to say about it. But she

49:36

can't be the only thing the universe is spending its

49:38

magic on. Those relics,

49:40

for example. If they're that

49:42

destructive, wouldn't they be packing a lot of power

49:44

of their own? I... I

49:47

think I know what you're suggesting. So... would

49:50

it work? I don't know. I

49:52

don't think the universe knows either. Not really.

49:54

And even when it does, it's so

49:57

difficult to get a straight answer. So

49:59

it's amazing. But given how

50:01

rough everything's looking, I'll take a maybe. If

50:06

you saw all that, you must be able to get

50:08

around the universe pretty quick, right? Think

50:10

you can deliver a few messages for me? What

50:12

do I look like, an errand girl? It'll

50:14

help Caroline. Okay.

50:18

Alright. I

50:20

want you to get to that other group, Mark

50:22

and the Frog Guy and all of them, and

50:24

tell them to meet us at the center of

50:26

the universe. I suspect it as

50:28

much. Then I want you to do

50:30

the same for the Queen and Absalon. Tell them to bring

50:32

what's left of the knights too. Them?

50:36

But won't they get in the way? Hopefully. Based

50:39

on what you said about that pig senator,

50:41

moving the Citadel's army should move the Monster

50:43

army too. We're looking to make

50:45

a mess, as big a mess as we can manage.

50:47

I think it's our only shot. I

50:50

hope so. If you let anything

50:52

happen to my Caroline... Then it's my head.

50:54

Sure, you can get in line with everyone

50:56

else who wants to take it. But you

50:59

should probably move quick. I get the impression we're

51:01

running out of time. Alright

51:03

then. It's

51:13

a long shot, memory. But

51:16

when a long shot's the only shot you got, you take

51:18

it every time. Well...

51:27

Is it my turn to take the watch yet? Feels

51:30

like I've been asleep for longer than I should. I've

51:33

got the watch for tonight, Ola. Get some rest. I'm

51:36

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