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as well have ponytail hair, too. It's all right.

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No. No, I don't think you can say that one. Come

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on back. Now, though the methods and lack of

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approval from the speakers is problematic, Antaj

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and his party guard are to be commended once

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again for their heroism in foiling the machinations

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of Marfil and the pig man. Apparently, evidence

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against Marfil and the treasonous wrongdoings

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has been discovered, with more hopefully on the

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way. I mean, with Sturgeon on the case, nothing

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is likely to go undiscovered. Rami Rasool, the

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young child reborn by our times, was involved

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in the raid as well and tragically died in service

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to the world's liberation. And he did not die

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alone. Eight party warriors were removed from

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our plane in the battle. We have yet to count

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the number of fallen amongst the people of the

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old city who fought hard to keep reinforcements

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from the angels' fight. There have also been

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three names spoken with particular awe by the

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good people of the city. Three heroes who played

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instrumental roles in the shifting of these tides.

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Jean Franklin Montelio is most notably known

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as Zebulon Black's sidekick. But what most don't

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realize is that his very father is the seventh

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king of Cog and Zinda. Blanche Trudeau, reports

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say, is the master defense for the Montelio family,

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Jean Franklin's mentor. And then there's Dresden

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Kellig, formerly Salerno LaRouche's personal

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guard, who seemingly left his lofty position

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in pursuit of greater justice. These three names

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have been spoken time and time again. Their actions

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swiftly become a legend on Sansation. And I think

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you're going to want to remember these three

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names. I think you'll be hearing these names

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a lot in the future. For should they choose to

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accept it, these three could well become our

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three newest luminaries. Well, that's exciting.

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Yeah. A lot of exciting things. A lot of exciting

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things. I mean, I told you before. A couple episodes

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ago, how this mounting feeling of like something

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ending was just building. And here the building

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stops. Here the tower crumbles, gentlemen. Oh

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God, I don't like that. Shut up. Here, Saint

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-Cityon ends. This arc that's been half our show

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about to end. That's wild. It's crazy. I know.

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That's what Danny said. That's what Danny said.

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I don't know if the mic's picked up on that groan.

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She couldn't handle it. Yeah, I said it just

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a minute ago. I almost forgot there were other

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worlds out there. Right, yeah. Yeah, yeah. So

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many of them and so many more arcs and stories

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to explore. But we're not going to think about

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those tonight. Tonight we're putting this one

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to bed. We're tying up the loose ends and we're

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saying some goodbyes. Once and for all. All right.

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I am not ready. I'm going to try to get ready.

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Get it? Oh, hell yeah. Now, there is so much

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happening in Fantasy Pants, the metaverse, the

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meta story of these three nerds in the studio

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that I really want to talk about. So many great

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people who are doing really cool things for us

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and with us, and I really, really want to discuss

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them and shout them out. But we haven't unzipped

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next week. I think that's the time to talk shop

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like that because... There's a lot to get to

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and I want to make sure we get to all of it tonight.

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Yeah. And I think, I think it's gonna be a long

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one. Yeah. I mean, yeah, there's so much to talk

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about. So many questions. A lot of questions.

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Thank you to everybody who submitted questions,

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by the way. Thank you everyone. We might do it

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tonight. I don't know if we do, we might sound

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really tired. You'll know. So without further

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ado, let's get started. The lab, the. Chamber

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is dead silent. The fight has just concluded.

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I think the first sound that breaks the silence

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in this sort of post -battle kind of cool -down

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is round stuff. You just hear her crack into

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this sort of light, tinkering sort of laughter.

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And you can see she's looking at the... The steaming

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toad bile covered bones of Zavar. Oh my God.

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Jesus. just like, just like pointing towards

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them and like, just like laughing so hard, almost

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belly laughing. You see like their, her like

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chain and her foot almost like, like rattles

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and she falls on her back and you can see Miskin's

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already moving across the room, dropping there.

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He's got his lock pick that you created for him

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in hand, rushing over. It's the same kind of

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mining, old mining chains. I mean, back in the

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day, those were used a lot for, uh, Insanityan.

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Um, They're kicking around in places, and he's

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kind of, he's practiced now, so he's kind of

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working on that while she laughs. And you can

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see as she laughs, like, the horrors of her days

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trapped in this lab start to, like, they're getting

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pushed back, pushed somewhere farther away from

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her eyes, from her mind, from the forefront.

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And I think as, like, the change comes unlocked

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very swiftly, and she kind of, like, stands up.

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She just looks over at all of you. I knew you'd

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come. And her wide, thankful eyes are moving

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from Miskin. to Jules, to Zebulon. I knew it.

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I never stopped knowing. Thank you. That was

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close, though. That was really... He was going

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to do some stuff. I don't really know. I don't

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understand it, but like a bird. Like a bird.

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He's just looking. He's got a blank face on.

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A void? I don't... You know what? Is that what

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you were waiting for? No, I forgot. All right.

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Yeah, even as she's saying this and kind of rambling

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on, Jules is slowly walking over to her, bending

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down, and the moment that she stops talking,

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grabs her shoulders and pulls her in tight. We

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got you. We got you. No, I knew. I knew. And

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you could feel warm tears kind of running down

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your neck as she buries her face in. Maybe those

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horrors aren't so gone after all. But in this

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moment, there is just a peace. Now, while this

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is happening, what are everyone else's immediate

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actions following the fight? So Arhalon is still

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stable but unconscious, right? Still unconscious,

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yes. You have no idea what, you still don't know

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what happened to him, what was affecting him,

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and if it will be there if he wakes up, you don't

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know. Crispin's going to fall out of wild shape.

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What can you tell me about the manacles that

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were on round stuff? Is it like a set of handcuffs,

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or is it like a neck collar that's attached to

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the ground? It was wrapped around her ankle,

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so it was a small kind of cuff there. It was

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the handcuffs, yeah, that were kind of like...

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They're usually used for ankles, so people would

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be using them to work in the mines. Way back

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when, they'd be manacled to certain spots of

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higher ore. Sure. It's almost like a two -sided

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cuff. Zebulon wants to run over and grab it.

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He hugs Roundstuff, too. Hey, Roundstuff. Can

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I borrow this for just a minute? He grabs the

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manacles, and he wants to go over and... manacle

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one of Arhalon's hands to his opposite leg. Okay.

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Just so he's not going to get up and start running

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or hurting anybody. And then cast Gift of the

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Metallic Dragon. Oh. I don't know if HP is relevant.

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I can actually cast it if you want. No, we'll

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just say at this point, it's not relevant. Yeah.

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You go to cast so this magic sort of flows out

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of you. This magic given to you by Xole. now

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here to help save your brother. And Crispin's

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going to think to himself, boy, I wish Shola

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could see this. And he's going to use Mazir to

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come. Oh, yes! Yes! You had this look in your

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eyes. I was waiting for something. Oh, man. In

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this area, your chances of this happening are

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double level five. If you hit 10, you can feel

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like you say this wish, and your thoughts, you're

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feeling, there's something like this deep trembling

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that leaves you, pushing down into the ground,

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into that very fossil, which seems to glow a

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little brighter. And something besides rage is

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channeling through it, something almost joyful.

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And you press into that, you feel it, you reach

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out, and maybe, maybe, make that roll. Gonna

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roll our... Orange, a D100. The soccer ball.

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So let's go for the high end. Okay. 90 to 100.

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It works? Yeah. Okay. 62. 62. Damn. Here's what

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I'm going to say. I want to have a little fun

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with this because you're going for high end.

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That was above 50. You're not getting what you

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wanted. It's not going to activate. But just

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as a teaser. There's, like, this moment where,

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like, the light, sort of like this flash of light

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sort of sparks above the fossil sort of in the

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room's corner. And for this flash, you see, like,

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an image appears. This almost like, almost like

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a holographic image of Xole just kind of, like,

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staring down into, like, her hand. Her hand's,

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like, shaking as she reaches up behind her neck.

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And she sort of stops. Her fingers kind of resting

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on some scales. Her claws like digging into them.

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And she turns her eyes and looks. And for the

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barest moment, it looks like she sees everything.

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And gone. Like you almost had this, but it slipped

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away. And it's hard. It's so hard. You think

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about Paul, how he managed to create some grand

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miracle. And maybe there's some sliding scale

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of like your sort of, Ability to utilize this

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power. Paul is much more powerful than you. Damn,

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Paul. I think like Zebulon, you heal Arhalon.

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And then as you heal him, you see that image

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up here. You look up and just see that. And beneath

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you, Arhalon kind of... Zebulon. Can you hear

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me, brother? Zebulon. Zebulon. Zebulon. What's

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going on with you? His eyes are still just, like,

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not focused. Snap out of it. Do you want to roll,

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like, a medicine check? Yeah, I'll have Zebulon

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roll a medicine check. Do you think that... What

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would Crispin think to roll? Is medicine just,

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like, pretty obvious, or is it Arcana? Medicine's

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probably the best one. Medicine would make the

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most sense. I'd allow Arcana as well. Okay. I'm

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just going to roll medicine for both of them.

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Okay. Wow. Nobody has any idea what's going on.

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They don't know what's going on, yeah, but he

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just seems like he's aware. He's awake, but he's

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still very out of it. It's almost like he sees

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you, but he's blinking. His pupils are, like,

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wide, like, dilated. He's just kind of, like,

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I think I will say this. I think this is even

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when you're passing because there's almost, like,

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something on him you didn't notice before, like,

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over, like, kind of by his nose and kind of around

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his mouth is slight, like, almost like reddish

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pink, like ash or powder. But he's just sort

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of blinking. Rastaf, did you see what they did

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to him? I was in the other cell for a while,

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but when that last time, when there was a box,

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Zivar said it was from Zinda. I don't know. He

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was making him take it after he healed him. He

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looked bad. Arhalon, he... I thought he was coming

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for me again. He was so scary when they brought

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him in. There was blood and burns and... Part

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of me kind of feels like if we, I don't know,

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if we give this a little bit of time, is he going

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to come out of it? Yeah, that's what I'm wondering.

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Like if he has to keep re -upping on it. Right.

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It sounds like it was done multiple times. Yeah,

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so I think like when you first walked in, it

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was, I think Zavar even said, give him another

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dose. Use it all. Okay. So... So Crispin will

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walk up and wipe the dust and powder off his

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nose and mouth. Let him rest. Let him come out

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of this. I think you feel a presence move up

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behind you, Zebulon. He turns, he dances, like,

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looking at you. And he's got this sort of quizzical

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look in her eyes, and she's, I don't understand.

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What is he? Where is Mateo? I saw him in you.

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When you were first transforming, it's his. Isn't

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it? I'm sorry. That's why you're here now. Instead

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of him, it's his spark. He wasn't strong enough.

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He wouldn't have been able to come anyways. He

00:15:01.190 --> 00:15:07.470
asked me. I'm really sorry. But I talked to him

00:15:07.470 --> 00:15:13.750
and he loves you and misses you so much. I think

00:15:13.750 --> 00:15:17.809
at this, she smiles slightly and says, he wouldn't

00:15:17.809 --> 00:15:21.539
say that. Well, I mean, he didn't. But I know.

00:15:21.700 --> 00:15:26.059
He said that you would know. And she actually

00:15:26.059 --> 00:15:31.620
just fully kind of laughs. That's Mateo. Wait,

00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:34.919
that's right, that's right. The message, Jules.

00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:38.399
Before you even finish saying it, like, dance.

00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:42.740
I think her eyes go wide. Jules, he's vanishing.

00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:47.179
You look down, Zebulon, to see that. The edges

00:15:47.179 --> 00:15:49.139
of your, like, bony toes are starting to sort

00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:52.179
of vanish into this light. And this vanishing

00:15:52.179 --> 00:15:55.059
is starting to travel up your body, down to your

00:15:55.059 --> 00:15:58.899
ankles. Your time is running out now. Julius,

00:15:59.100 --> 00:16:02.580
there's not much time, but Mateo, when we were

00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:05.659
in the... He said that... So the fugue plane,

00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:08.220
when you die, people who die in that area, they

00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:10.940
show up where you are. It's like a different...

00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:16.539
And nobody showed up on Tythos. Everybody who...

00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:18.419
would have died, would have showed up right there

00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:21.159
with Mateo, but they didn't. So I don't know.

00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:22.759
What are you saying? I don't know where they

00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:25.720
are. I don't know where Tychus is, but they're

00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:29.059
not dead. Up to your knees. He's gone. They're

00:16:29.059 --> 00:16:30.340
somewhere out there still? They're somewhere

00:16:30.340 --> 00:16:31.980
out there, Jules. You have to go find them. And

00:16:31.980 --> 00:16:34.779
Jules, Jules, don't give in to the darkness.

00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:38.860
Just love. He reaches out and he holds your hand,

00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:43.820
your blackened hand. Turn away from them, from

00:16:43.820 --> 00:16:48.200
those bad people. I'm so angry, Seb. You don't

00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:52.120
need that power to win, to save them. Up to your

00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:54.840
hip is gone. Seb, don't go. I need you. I don't

00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:59.139
know how to do this without you. Just stay. You're

00:16:59.139 --> 00:17:03.700
going to be okay. And I did everything that I

00:17:03.700 --> 00:17:07.079
could, and I'm so grateful for a friend like

00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:12.900
you. All the experiences, and, I mean, I became

00:17:12.900 --> 00:17:16.799
a luminary. Your ribs. We weren't done yet. And

00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:21.339
that's kind of the beauty of it, right? Because

00:17:21.339 --> 00:17:24.960
you don't know. You just don't know. Your neck.

00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:30.599
It's not fair, and I'm sorry, but I think my

00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:34.079
time is up, but just please tell Arhuan, tell

00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:38.960
Soleil that I don't regret anything. Okay. I'll

00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:43.240
tell him. Seb, you... step back with this body

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:46.160
that no longer exists. You begin to let yourself

00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:49.740
fade away. The top of your head now is all that's

00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:52.099
left, and you can vaguely see what's still there.

00:17:52.339 --> 00:17:55.339
I love you, Zeb. You're the best friend I ever

00:17:55.339 --> 00:17:59.559
had. I love you too, Jules. Not all of you guys.

00:18:00.099 --> 00:18:02.819
I think in this moment you hear something else.

00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:10.259
Zeb. Zebulon. No. No! Don't you dare leave me!

00:18:10.380 --> 00:18:13.369
Not again! I'm not letting you leave me behind

00:18:13.369 --> 00:18:16.849
again. You hear me? You hear me, Zabulon? Don't.

00:18:17.470 --> 00:18:19.750
Don't. He's up. He's awake. He's staring in your

00:18:19.750 --> 00:18:23.170
way as you're about to be gone. No. Zabulon,

00:18:23.170 --> 00:18:29.930
hey. Help Jules. Please. Hey. I'm sorry. I'm

00:18:29.930 --> 00:18:34.109
sorry. I'm sorry, Zabulon. I forgive you. I didn't

00:18:34.109 --> 00:18:36.009
want to face that. I needed you. I needed you

00:18:36.009 --> 00:18:38.990
behind me to make me feel strong. And I held

00:18:38.990 --> 00:18:40.730
you back. You were the wind beneath my wings.

00:18:41.369 --> 00:18:44.230
But I couldn't hold the wind, brother. I should

00:18:44.230 --> 00:18:47.849
have told you. And you're gone, Zebulon. Your

00:18:47.849 --> 00:18:50.069
light has extinguished. Your world has gone black.

00:18:50.869 --> 00:18:54.549
And only four more words find you in the void.

00:18:55.789 --> 00:19:02.970
I'm proud of you! And now, just as with the first

00:19:02.970 --> 00:19:06.289
time you died, we're going to leave you in that

00:19:06.289 --> 00:19:09.869
darkness, Zeb. But we will come back for you

00:19:09.869 --> 00:19:16.710
one day. Last time. At the end. I'm shaking a

00:19:16.710 --> 00:19:21.289
little bit. Same. Holy shit, guys. Dude, there

00:19:21.289 --> 00:19:24.390
was like so much that I wanted to say. Yeah.

00:19:24.490 --> 00:19:28.890
But I just like couldn't think. I couldn't. Dude,

00:19:29.349 --> 00:19:32.549
it was beautiful. I like tried to squeeze everything

00:19:32.549 --> 00:19:37.049
in. I know I missed something. I think it was

00:19:37.049 --> 00:19:38.650
beautiful. I'm going to be driving home and I'm

00:19:38.650 --> 00:19:41.849
going to be like, should have said that. Both

00:19:41.849 --> 00:19:46.670
of you, I, yeah. Goddamn. But for now, we linger

00:19:46.670 --> 00:19:52.369
in this mine. Arhalon, one hand sort of cuffed

00:19:52.369 --> 00:19:54.789
to his leg, is just like, you see his eyes are

00:19:54.789 --> 00:19:57.130
still dilated and kind of like shrinking and

00:19:57.130 --> 00:19:59.329
going back. Like he doesn't, like he's experiencing

00:19:59.329 --> 00:20:02.529
a dream and he's just staring at that spot where

00:20:02.529 --> 00:20:05.170
Zebulon just, and he raises sort of this shaking

00:20:05.170 --> 00:20:07.970
hand before him, like kind of reaching out. And

00:20:07.970 --> 00:20:09.750
you could see Jules and you could see his eyes

00:20:09.750 --> 00:20:14.500
fall on it too. A light begins to sort of shine

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:17.240
very, very dimly off of his hand. He's staring

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:23.099
at it. My oath. My light. It was never about

00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:27.519
the children, was it? It was about Zebulon and

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:34.079
me. I've been a fool. And he just, like, drops

00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:39.460
face down into the dirt, weeping. Crispin unlocks

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:44.619
his manacle. Thank you. So he can cry in peace.

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:50.640
Just give me a second. Wow, man. Wow. Oh, we're

00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:55.400
not done yet. I think everything goes quiet again.

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:59.000
And I think, Jules, as you're staring off and

00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:03.140
seeing someone who is there who is not anymore,

00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:09.119
a realization does hit you. Paul. Paul is not

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:20.319
here. Jules in the center of this cavern. Shit,

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:24.339
I forgot about Paul. There was so much happening.

00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:27.019
Even in character, I think Jules could have.

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:29.240
Because you couldn't quite see the cells before.

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:31.079
So I think after saving round stuff was your

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:33.039
number one priority. It's like the cooldown,

00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:35.920
Zebulon, and then suddenly it hits you like it

00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:38.059
wasn't just supposed to be round stuff. You were

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:39.900
expecting them both. But you look at the cells

00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:43.099
and they're empty. One for Arhalon, one the headman

00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:47.839
roundstuffs. Where's Paul? Roundstuff. And she's,

00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:50.200
like, crying, like, looking at his butt. Is he

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:52.839
gone? What happened? Why was he bones? Where's

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:58.240
Paul? What? Where's Paul? And she won't look

00:21:58.240 --> 00:22:00.740
you in the eyes. She kind of, like, looks down.

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:08.559
Where's Paul? They took him. Savart had some

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:12.319
of the... The guard take him days ago, right

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:16.579
after Miskin escaped. He said unto someone, a

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:23.660
woman, Calypsula? I'm sorry, I don't remember

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:26.859
the name. I'm sorry, I was scared. I couldn't

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:31.339
stop it. I couldn't stop it, Jules. Jules stands

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:39.509
up. Calypsania. Was that it? And she nods. Tears

00:22:39.509 --> 00:22:42.049
sort of spilling down her cheeks. Jules looks

00:22:42.049 --> 00:22:48.990
over to Crispin and dance. It's not over. Does

00:22:48.990 --> 00:22:51.690
Crispin know who Calypsani is? You've only heard

00:22:51.690 --> 00:22:55.710
the name just now. Okay. When Zavar spoke. Who's

00:22:55.710 --> 00:22:58.470
this Calypsani? Jules, you've heard it a few

00:22:58.470 --> 00:23:00.569
times in your past, spoken by your mother and

00:23:00.569 --> 00:23:03.009
by others around her, and you've got the impression

00:23:03.009 --> 00:23:05.750
she's someone very, very important to the cult.

00:23:06.450 --> 00:23:11.619
Someone... maybe above Cerise, or at least sort

00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:17.640
of a rival of hers. I've never met her. She's

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:22.920
bad news. Well, Crispin's looking around. There's

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:26.880
a lot of stuff here. Maybe we can find a clue

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:29.819
or something. And he starts to dig through the

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:33.380
bones. As you do that, Crispin gets to work investigating.

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:36.119
You feel a small hand wrap around one of yours.

00:23:48.650 --> 00:23:57.210
Jules bends down and takes them both in, one

00:23:57.210 --> 00:24:04.250
in each arm. Shut up, Miskin. Don't take this

00:24:04.250 --> 00:24:10.259
from me. And he absolutely hugs you back. You're

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:12.259
investigating the bones. I actually will say

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:14.880
there is something to them. And I'm going to

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:17.099
go ahead and say, like, you might take a second

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:20.119
and investigate the room. Yeah, that's the intention.

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:26.059
Okay. First things first. The bones. As you go

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:28.960
into them, you see there's like this glint of

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:33.500
like gold and like a ruby. amongst them. Kind

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.980
of knocks them out of the way, gets some gross

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:37.079
toad bile on your fingers. You wipe it on your

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:39.980
chin because you're gross. You lick it off. You

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:44.680
lick it off. Oh, God. You know, it's kissing

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:48.960
yourself. Now who's gross? And you pick up, it

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:51.539
looks like some kind of pendant. Some sort of

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:54.980
magical pendant. Okay. Can I check to see what

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:58.819
it is? Give me an arcana check. I reached for

00:24:58.819 --> 00:25:02.220
Zebulon's dice, but I'm... Not going to use those.

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:04.460
Unless you have Identify, then you can just forgo

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:07.079
with anything. I don't think so, no. Let's go

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:11.720
with Arcana here. Okay. 15. That's pretty good.

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:14.539
I'm going to actually re -roll that for everything

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:16.460
you find in this room. Save some time. Okay.

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:18.519
Let's go with you. Yeah, and I'm just going to

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:20.599
say it so I don't forget about it. As Crispin's

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:22.440
digging through the bones, he looks over his

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:25.579
shoulder. Hey, pick up that recording diamond.

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:28.220
I might have some clues on there, too. Hell yeah.

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:29.839
I knew it was on the ground. I just didn't want

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:31.960
to forget about it. Yeah, Jules will reach over

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:35.279
and pick it back up and pocket it again. So I'll

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.839
get to you in a minute, Crispin. First things

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:41.319
first, the recording diamond. You see it lying

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:43.359
on the ground, Jules, where Arhalon kind of stepped

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:45.299
into a stair, stepped it down deeper in, and

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:48.400
you actually see that main facet have to be facing

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:51.019
the side of the room where you were all, like,

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:53.519
fighting. Though it was pressed in the dirt,

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:56.839
it's just slanted right towards the actual action.

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:58.559
If it were recording, if it were only recording,

00:25:58.740 --> 00:26:03.720
it would have caught... Everything. Ahem. Flashback!

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:08.059
We're back in the first round of battle. Jules

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:09.920
uses dissonant whispers on the ghoul by round

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:12.900
stuff, causing it to flee from her side. And

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:14.380
you see the shine of the diamond catches her

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:17.319
eye, and she reaches forward, desperate to help

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:19.220
in any way. She's straining against the chain,

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:21.539
her finger trembling. She reaches far enough

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:24.000
to press it down on top of the diamond and yell,

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:29.000
Record! Hell yeah. And as you pick it up, Jules,

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:32.319
you see the diamond is still recording. And it

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:35.539
has indeed caught everything. You wanted this

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:39.440
to happen. I'm just a nice... You guys made this

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:41.839
story amazing. Don't say I never did nothing

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:44.359
for you. Miskin had his little moment of helping.

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:46.980
Roundstuff had hers. I think that's awesome.

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:50.240
And speaking of don't say I never did nothing

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:52.819
for you, what you picked up just now, that pendant,

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:56.730
is called a pendant of minor... or no, amulet

00:26:56.730 --> 00:27:01.450
of minor health. Ooh, okay. If your con is below

00:27:01.450 --> 00:27:04.130
14 and you attune to this thing and you're wearing

00:27:04.130 --> 00:27:08.170
it, it becomes 14. Ooh. Nice. That sounds like

00:27:08.170 --> 00:27:11.250
a tool for jewels. Sounds like it might keep

00:27:11.250 --> 00:27:13.910
our bard alive if he wishes to use up that attunement

00:27:13.910 --> 00:27:16.849
slot. Probably, because my con is 11. Yeah. That

00:27:16.849 --> 00:27:19.690
will go from plus zero to a plus two. Putting

00:27:19.690 --> 00:27:21.730
it on now would give you an extra 10 HP for all

00:27:21.730 --> 00:27:24.809
the prior levels you have. You have not had the

00:27:24.809 --> 00:27:27.430
con bonus. Hey, Jules, hold on to this, will

00:27:27.430 --> 00:27:30.609
you? Hold on to it or put it on? I don't care

00:27:30.609 --> 00:27:33.710
what you do with it. My con's 18. I don't need

00:27:33.710 --> 00:27:36.990
it. Stupid druid. Yeah, Jules is going to put

00:27:36.990 --> 00:27:40.430
it on. Hell yeah. It takes time to like, you

00:27:40.430 --> 00:27:42.089
can feel like this magic is kind of flowing into

00:27:42.089 --> 00:27:44.089
you and you can kind of like attune to it. But

00:27:44.089 --> 00:27:47.049
almost like you can feel something happening

00:27:47.049 --> 00:27:48.890
to your body. Like your muscles are getting a

00:27:48.890 --> 00:27:51.390
little like tougher and thicker. It's weird.

00:27:52.650 --> 00:27:54.930
your body is, like, straining and squirming as

00:27:54.930 --> 00:27:57.930
this thing goes on, but it feels great. Oh, Crispin,

00:27:57.930 --> 00:28:01.450
is this what decent HP feels like? I like to

00:28:01.450 --> 00:28:02.750
imagine, because we talked about how it's, like,

00:28:02.789 --> 00:28:05.190
every being in these worlds has, like, some innate

00:28:05.190 --> 00:28:07.349
kind of regeneration. And I like to think of

00:28:07.349 --> 00:28:09.289
Khan as being, like, you have a higher level

00:28:09.289 --> 00:28:11.029
of that regeneration, right? Sure. So you can

00:28:11.029 --> 00:28:12.789
just regenerate out poison really fast. So I

00:28:12.789 --> 00:28:15.509
think in this case, like, your natural power

00:28:15.509 --> 00:28:18.329
is sort of growing. You're even more Wolverine.

00:28:18.549 --> 00:28:20.789
After tossing the amulet, once Crispin figures

00:28:20.789 --> 00:28:22.859
out that, you know, He's pretty much found all

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:27.240
the clues he can find. With some of his druidic

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:31.460
magic and Augury in mind, Crispin picks up some

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:35.039
of Savar's knuckle bones. I thought you were

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:37.539
going to say an apple. That's awesome. I like

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:43.319
that. Like a broom and a tea. I mean, I've never,

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:46.279
like, used knuckle bones, but I don't think that's

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:48.859
how they use them. I'll just give you a quick

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:52.079
rundown of what else you find. by Arhalon's sort

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:54.259
of cell in the north part of the room. There

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:58.059
is that aforementioned sort of little box filled

00:28:58.059 --> 00:29:01.240
with this, or actually it's empty now, but you

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:03.420
can see a bit of this pinkish sort of reddish

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:05.839
residue kind of on the floor at the bottom of

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:08.720
the box. Again, just this weird powder ash something

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:12.359
that looks like it's probably what drove him

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:15.200
wild. Crispin flips it over and reads the label.

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:21.819
Nope. Wrong. I mentioned a desk very messy earlier

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:23.859
on, and you do see this, like, looks like a sort

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:25.559
of bottle kind of versed into the desk. It's

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:28.400
a really neat little inscribed bottle. You kind

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:29.819
of reach and touch it, and it's a little warm

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:32.119
to the touch as you read the inscriptions while

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:33.640
you're rolling over your check. Oh, this one's

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:36.059
got an inscription, huh? You see a bottle of

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:41.759
boundless coffee. It's basically just, like,

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:44.880
filled with coffee forever. Pretty cool. Zavar

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:46.559
definitely drank from it, so that's indirect

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:49.220
kiss territory. So that's a little gross. That's

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:52.740
kind of icky. Smells a little icky. This is something

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:56.519
exactly like Steven and Crispin would love. Dude,

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:59.019
Zebulon would be all over a bottle of endless

00:29:59.019 --> 00:30:00.680
coffee. Oh, yeah, endless coffee? No, he'd be,

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:05.859
yeah, that would be tough. 20 gold scattered

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:09.000
around on the desk. All right. You see two scrolls.

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:13.160
Oh, here we go. These are pretty cool scrolls.

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:16.940
One actually is very spelled as Dance's Lucha

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:20.210
Libretto's namesake. A scroll of Dance Macabre.

00:30:20.230 --> 00:30:23.490
Ah, cool. And another scroll of Create Undead.

00:30:23.750 --> 00:30:26.190
Oh. So if we ever want to use those, we'll go

00:30:26.190 --> 00:30:27.829
over what they do later on when the time comes.

00:30:27.869 --> 00:30:30.609
It's more dramatic that way. But they're, I believe

00:30:30.609 --> 00:30:32.930
it's a fourth level and a fifth level spell.

00:30:33.170 --> 00:30:36.210
You said Create Undead? Create Undead, yes. All

00:30:36.210 --> 00:30:38.289
right, we will dig into that later. There's also,

00:30:38.390 --> 00:30:41.329
the last thing you find is a small black book

00:30:41.329 --> 00:30:43.950
that only has these two, like, stylized horns,

00:30:44.150 --> 00:30:47.299
silver -threaded on the cover. It looks like

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:49.400
a small, almost like pocket edition of the holy

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:53.339
text. I believe it's called, you probably had

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:57.019
to read this when you were young, Jules. It's

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:59.099
called The Tenants of Freedom. It's actually

00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:01.539
pretty fun because I actually like, this was

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:04.980
not initially on my notes, but real quick, shouting

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:07.779
out. So Megan, 100 familiar, is putting together

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:11.920
a new zine, which is all about just like. books.

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:13.980
It's really cool. The Book Den, this bookstore

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:15.960
owned by, I won't spoil anything. It's really

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:18.019
cool. It's really cool. We'll get more into it.

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:20.779
We might get more into it in this podcast. But

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:22.940
basically, long story short, there's a lot of

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:25.059
really cool different kinds of books, descriptions,

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:27.259
titles, things like that in this that have really

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:29.180
cool functions. But one thing that was mentioned

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:32.279
is essentially a pocket sort of religious text

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:34.920
for a deity that could give you sort of bonuses

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:37.220
if you read it. Nice. And sort of checks revolving

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:38.500
around religion, checks revolving around that

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:42.130
deity. Wow. This would do that for Zomate Shab,

00:31:42.250 --> 00:31:43.390
should you want to read it all the way through.

00:31:44.410 --> 00:31:46.509
You would know the inner workings of what the

00:31:46.509 --> 00:31:49.769
cult's all about, what their goals are. It's

00:31:49.769 --> 00:31:51.450
a pretty big deal. Maybe you were supposed to

00:31:51.450 --> 00:31:52.769
read it, Jules, but you never really did when

00:31:52.769 --> 00:31:54.589
you were younger because, like, I don't got to

00:31:54.589 --> 00:31:58.609
read that crap. Well, thank you, Meg, for letting

00:31:58.609 --> 00:32:00.529
us put that in the show. Yes, that's awesome.

00:32:00.529 --> 00:32:03.230
Super, super fast. Dude, she's sold so many of

00:32:03.230 --> 00:32:05.609
those zines. Like, on Kickstarter, she was setting,

00:32:05.630 --> 00:32:07.150
like, stretch goals and meeting them and setting

00:32:07.150 --> 00:32:08.650
more and more, and she kept having to think of

00:32:08.650 --> 00:32:11.160
new stretch goals. That's so cool. She blew the

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:13.180
roof off it. Yeah, it was awesome. Really, really

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:15.160
cool. Yeah. Hungry familiar, everybody. You've

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:16.900
heard her before. Look her up. And honestly,

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:19.819
I have more to say on Meg because she's done

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:21.039
some amazing things for me. You guys don't even

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:23.539
know about yet. Oh, okay. All right. Well, she

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:25.880
answered some questions unzipped. So yeah, that's

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:30.539
next week. Keep your secrets. Stay tuned. That's

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:33.960
all you find in here. So with nothing else to

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:38.460
do here in the lab, in the mine. I will say,

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:41.660
at this point, you are about an hour away from

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:44.220
the city, actually. You've kind of been traveling

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:47.420
southward since you went to Milpazul, and this

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:49.319
is actually fairly close. When you first arrived

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:52.500
here in Manzanares, you saw a branching road

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:56.940
between Hollow and Sanctityan City. You're very

00:32:56.940 --> 00:33:01.660
close to everybody else, to home. Crispin reaches

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:05.920
his hand way up onto Jules' shoulder. Way up.

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:11.039
Real Zeb energy there. Jules, uh, we gotta meet

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:14.059
them at, uh, we gotta meet the others back at

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:18.660
Moreno. Are you ready to leave? We gotta move

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:23.779
forward. I'm ready. You hear, like, how as round

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:26.259
stuff kicks Zavar's skull across the room. All

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:30.480
right, I'm ready now. He just crushes it with

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:35.309
a barf and crushes it into, like, Maybe it was

00:33:35.309 --> 00:33:38.990
a crack. Skulls are hard. But hey, Toad... How

00:33:38.990 --> 00:33:42.529
do you know? Toad... Stomach acid probably weakens

00:33:42.529 --> 00:33:43.410
it a little bit. I don't know. There you go.

00:33:43.450 --> 00:33:44.930
It's brittle. It's brittle, brittle, brittle.

00:33:44.990 --> 00:33:47.750
Toad weakened bones. Maybe it was undead sort

00:33:47.750 --> 00:33:50.670
of anyway, so... Yeah, I'm ready too now. Let's

00:33:50.670 --> 00:33:54.509
go. Into the night. All right. Ready to move.

00:33:54.769 --> 00:33:58.690
Yeah. I think Dance has a sort of far -off look.

00:33:59.549 --> 00:34:03.869
And she's got nods and moves as well. Arhalon.

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:07.220
He's unlocked. I think he just sort of stands

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:13.719
up as well and looks around. Yes. You go ahead.

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:18.460
I will head for Mandanares. I will take the next

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:24.300
gemstone off world. There's much to do. Tythos

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:29.940
is alive. Crispin walks over to Arhalan and holds

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:34.960
out a hand to shake. And he shakes it. I have

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:39.900
not been myself. Not the me I wish to be with

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:45.780
you all. I... I'm sorry. And he locks eyes on

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:48.900
you, especially Jewels, and says, I'm very, very

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:54.159
sorry. But I will be your stalwart ally in all

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:58.300
things. I promise. Zebulon gave me a chance to

00:34:58.300 --> 00:35:03.690
see what I was and what I was not. I won't let

00:35:03.690 --> 00:35:06.570
him down again. Jules will walk over to him,

00:35:06.670 --> 00:35:11.050
kneel down so they're eye level. We're family

00:35:11.050 --> 00:35:15.809
now. We'll do this together. And he goes in for

00:35:15.809 --> 00:35:21.750
a hug. Crispin wants to roll insight on Arhalon.

00:35:21.869 --> 00:35:25.510
I will say with, I think there's like stiffness

00:35:25.510 --> 00:35:27.449
suddenly, like almost like a jerking motion.

00:35:27.530 --> 00:35:29.630
And then just kind of like, I think you could

00:35:29.630 --> 00:35:32.039
see that after he's kind of recovered. From this,

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:34.760
like, whatever's happening to him, his arm has

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:36.679
sort of fallen once again, a little sort of limply

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:41.119
to his side. But with his good left arm, he wraps

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:44.159
it around you and presses you in tight. Fuck

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:50.719
yeah. Wow. Arholon hug. Zebulon could never.

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:57.860
Great. Oh, hell yeah. And so you guys leave?

00:35:58.460 --> 00:36:01.340
Mm -hmm. Hell yeah. As we're walking out, though?

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:04.840
Yeah. I think Jules is holding the hands of both

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:06.920
Roundstuff and Miskin. Oh, he has to skip it

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:08.519
along beside you. So happy to get out of here.

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:11.500
He's going to lean down to Roundstuff. Hey, Roundstuff.

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:16.880
Yeah? Don't tell Chester about that, you know,

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:18.860
Zebulon being my best friend and everything.

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:25.840
Hmm. We'll talk costs later. Just a devilish

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:28.800
little grin. You taught those cherry delights

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:32.289
well. They know leverage when they see it. Can't

00:36:32.289 --> 00:36:34.130
wait to see half of your payout from the whole...

00:36:34.130 --> 00:36:37.690
I think it was 80 gold I saw. Was it? No, 20?

00:36:37.849 --> 00:36:41.190
I don't remember. We'll talk. We'll talk. You

00:36:41.190 --> 00:36:46.170
guys step out from the mine, the great sort of

00:36:46.170 --> 00:36:48.329
doors you push open. Maybe Arholon helps push

00:36:48.329 --> 00:36:50.230
them before he kind of sets off his own way.

00:36:50.869 --> 00:36:54.210
As you step out, you're looking out at this sort

00:36:54.210 --> 00:36:56.489
of quarry that opens up around you. You're kind

00:36:56.489 --> 00:36:59.210
of resting at the bottom of it. There's sort

00:36:59.210 --> 00:37:02.090
of a slope on the other side, and you see a number

00:37:02.090 --> 00:37:04.369
of tents are set up all around. This is probably

00:37:04.369 --> 00:37:06.269
where the guard was sort of hiding out and camped.

00:37:06.809 --> 00:37:09.630
You can see a number of the tents are burned,

00:37:09.789 --> 00:37:12.989
still smoking, sort of charred ruins of their,

00:37:13.010 --> 00:37:17.949
like, tent. What's the word? Enough canvas. The

00:37:17.949 --> 00:37:21.070
supports. What do you call that? Frame. Tent

00:37:21.070 --> 00:37:24.789
frames. They're burning. There's bodies. Kind

00:37:24.789 --> 00:37:27.449
of littered around tracks of people who had fled

00:37:27.449 --> 00:37:31.130
from a fight here. Some bodies bleeding out with

00:37:31.130 --> 00:37:34.369
great sword cuts. Some bodies burned. Damn, Arhalon.

00:37:34.449 --> 00:37:36.550
Arhalon did some good work. He was inspired.

00:37:36.670 --> 00:37:37.849
He gave him bardic inspiration. He kicked some

00:37:37.849 --> 00:37:41.409
ass. That's true. I think he looks out at this

00:37:41.409 --> 00:37:45.230
with this almost sickly, almost looks ashamed

00:37:45.230 --> 00:37:47.929
for a second. And kind of blinks it away and

00:37:47.929 --> 00:37:50.429
shakes his head and just gives you all one last

00:37:50.429 --> 00:37:53.920
nod, gives the kids one last goofy smile. And

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:55.659
they're terrified, and he just flies off into

00:37:55.659 --> 00:38:00.079
the sky. He tries. He tries. They have not seen

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:03.840
the best of Arhalon. There's nothing really here

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:06.559
to gain in the camp, so I imagine you push through.

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:09.260
No chests in the tents or anything? Yeah, I want

00:38:09.260 --> 00:38:14.179
to loot. Get some shitty armor and burn. Okay,

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:15.719
let's spend ten minutes writing it all down.

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:19.460
I'll fight you both. You'll never get a button

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:22.570
again. You push past the camp. You open up the

00:38:22.570 --> 00:38:24.289
slope of the quarry, and as you kind of push

00:38:24.289 --> 00:38:26.289
a little more south, you roll down this hill,

00:38:26.389 --> 00:38:29.809
and you're looking over this small town, completely

00:38:29.809 --> 00:38:34.050
abandoned. I think you see one of those old western...

00:38:34.050 --> 00:38:37.909
Tumbleweed? Tumbleweed. Thank you. Through the

00:38:37.909 --> 00:38:40.349
town, because it's awesome. You're on a roll

00:38:40.349 --> 00:38:43.110
tonight. I'm on a roll tonight. I know, right?

00:38:43.170 --> 00:38:45.570
I used it all. It's gone. The mojo's gone, and

00:38:45.570 --> 00:38:47.130
we're working with nothing. And we got unzipped

00:38:47.130 --> 00:38:50.550
next, so relax. Oh, boy. Dance is actually...

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:53.480
kind of looking towards his town, just staring

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:56.460
at the sunken, weathered buildings. And she actually

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:58.000
kind of, almost like to nobody in particular,

00:38:58.039 --> 00:39:01.320
just says, this is where he was born, Mateo.

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:04.519
Our parents moved to the city before they had

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:09.920
me. It used to be beautiful, he said. Just beautiful

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:15.480
before the mines ran dry. And I think she just

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:18.519
keeps moving. You brought him in a great sacrifice.

00:39:19.630 --> 00:39:23.730
He was a good man. It's hard feeling that mask.

00:39:24.909 --> 00:39:29.989
As you push to the south, crossing the borderlands,

00:39:30.090 --> 00:39:33.969
you see that it's probably about 1 o 'clock in

00:39:33.969 --> 00:39:35.110
the morning. By the time you hit the city, maybe

00:39:35.110 --> 00:39:38.429
1 .30. And yet, the closer you get to the city,

00:39:38.469 --> 00:39:42.730
you can see that there is the sounds of raucous

00:39:42.730 --> 00:39:45.309
festival emanating from the city. All sorts of

00:39:45.309 --> 00:39:48.769
lights glow. Everywhere but Paplati on Hill,

00:39:48.889 --> 00:39:51.050
which seems to have gone in a weird kind of reverse

00:39:51.050 --> 00:39:54.110
of how things normally go. Totally dark. Like,

00:39:54.110 --> 00:39:57.030
the whole city is celebrating apart from the

00:39:57.030 --> 00:39:59.750
hill, which is left in just this solemn darkness.

00:40:00.670 --> 00:40:03.510
I think Danza's looking at this like, what is

00:40:03.510 --> 00:40:06.329
happening? Like, this is weird. And as you approach

00:40:06.329 --> 00:40:09.130
the gates to the city, the gates that lead into

00:40:09.130 --> 00:40:11.670
Los Cavalanes, the old city, which is usually,

00:40:11.750 --> 00:40:14.130
when you left, very, very heavily guarded. People

00:40:14.130 --> 00:40:15.730
aren't normally allowed to just wander out of

00:40:15.730 --> 00:40:17.800
the city. They don't want... you know, a lot

00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:21.119
of the folk to just get out. Yet you see no guard.

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:25.079
Not one. And Dan's staring at this with, like,

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:28.039
just such awe and disbelief. What is going on?

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:30.559
And the other side of the group would probably

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:33.119
know that the guards, they all fled when the

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:34.579
angels attacked. They're unsure of what side

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:36.300
they're supposed to join. I mean, do we stay

00:40:36.300 --> 00:40:38.820
loyal to the Tressida and Marfil when fucking

00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:42.099
Atos is raging war against them? Of course not.

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:46.179
They're gone. They just took off. They hid. The

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:47.719
battles of the armors, but the human element

00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:51.400
or dwarven element, whatever races were making

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:54.360
up the actual city militia, had nothing to do

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:59.199
with it. And so you push into the city. And again,

00:40:59.320 --> 00:41:03.019
it is in the throes of great celebration. The

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:05.139
living and dead alike are dancing in the streets.

00:41:05.179 --> 00:41:07.719
The air is heavy with the smell of spices, tobacco,

00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:11.579
and beer. Marple is overthrown. And somewhere

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:13.219
at the top of the hill, Atash is looking down

00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:17.250
on a free world. His warriors rounding up evidence,

00:41:17.369 --> 00:41:19.690
collecting any incriminating images, items, and

00:41:19.690 --> 00:41:23.050
people they can find. I will tell you that somewhere

00:41:23.050 --> 00:41:27.469
up there, Samuel LaRoche is sweating rivers.

00:41:27.769 --> 00:41:33.150
His wrists shackled, overseen by a Pari warrior.

00:41:33.710 --> 00:41:36.110
The Tresina all surround him. A number of other

00:41:36.110 --> 00:41:39.110
allies of the Tresina surround him. And amongst

00:41:39.110 --> 00:41:42.690
them, as we kind of pan up here, we see Itzmin

00:41:42.690 --> 00:41:48.489
Del Prado. claimed, resurrected, and sealed in

00:41:48.489 --> 00:41:51.849
a crystal prison. Holy fuck. His face is yet

00:41:51.849 --> 00:41:55.329
locked in an expression of disbelieving horror.

00:41:55.690 --> 00:41:58.409
Oh, there's no way Atash is letting him die.

00:41:58.550 --> 00:42:01.809
Yeah, sure. Fair. Wow. Not with what he's digging

00:42:01.809 --> 00:42:04.010
up. Not with what the Tressina have been saying.

00:42:04.190 --> 00:42:08.250
No. The mastermind behind it all? He's going

00:42:08.250 --> 00:42:13.349
away for many, many lives. And though... The

00:42:13.349 --> 00:42:15.409
eyes of the Tresna and the frozen eyes of Itzman

00:42:15.409 --> 00:42:17.769
look down upon the city from the top of the hill.

00:42:18.409 --> 00:42:22.869
Those on top have never been lower. I will say,

00:42:22.869 --> 00:42:25.030
though, don't worry. You guys went back, other

00:42:25.030 --> 00:42:27.250
party, city party. You got the goods from Itzman

00:42:27.250 --> 00:42:29.130
before this all went down, before the angels

00:42:29.130 --> 00:42:31.869
claimed him. You got a payout. There was some

00:42:31.869 --> 00:42:35.210
stuff he dropped. Okay, cool. I'm not going to

00:42:35.210 --> 00:42:36.570
deny you your loot because you went and helped

00:42:36.570 --> 00:42:40.050
some people fight. You get your loot. I'm a nice

00:42:40.050 --> 00:42:43.199
guy today. I love the idea of, like, Blanche

00:42:43.199 --> 00:42:45.679
and Dresden looting Eatsman's body and then like

00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:48.320
looking up to see Atash walk through the garden.

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:52.320
Oh shit, run! Dive into the roads where she just

00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:54.980
picks it up like, I thought I saw. Never mind!

00:42:55.280 --> 00:43:01.559
It's like coins scattering everywhere. And now

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:04.340
the good people of the old city are celebrating!

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:07.550
But there is a shadow behind it all. Folk did

00:43:07.550 --> 00:43:09.690
die in the battle against the armors. It seems

00:43:09.690 --> 00:43:11.730
the return tactically took the heavier brunt

00:43:11.730 --> 00:43:14.150
of the damage by Paloma's sort of command. And

00:43:14.150 --> 00:43:16.130
so like many skeletal bodies you see sort of

00:43:16.130 --> 00:43:18.969
around the celebration are sort of cracked and

00:43:18.969 --> 00:43:22.610
leaking light. There's new forms injured. Many

00:43:22.610 --> 00:43:25.429
of them sent back into death before they could

00:43:25.429 --> 00:43:28.750
finish the night. But by taking the hits, the

00:43:28.750 --> 00:43:31.809
living yet live. But true blood was spilled.

00:43:32.090 --> 00:43:34.030
And the clergy at Moreno have their work cut

00:43:34.030 --> 00:43:36.780
out for them. There were... Those who did die.

00:43:37.179 --> 00:43:39.480
Among the fallen you can see, or we can see,

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:41.260
the camera can see, Ramin Rasool has been laid

00:43:41.260 --> 00:43:43.820
out in a place of honor. Many gifts of spiral

00:43:43.820 --> 00:43:46.239
-shaped flowers resting around his body as if

00:43:46.239 --> 00:43:48.960
ushering him into a deep and peaceful sleep.

00:43:49.579 --> 00:43:53.199
And not far from him is Serapio. I imagine Jean

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:54.639
Franklin informed the good people of the old

00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:57.880
city about his situation, his curse. Serapio

00:43:57.880 --> 00:44:00.039
wanted to fight back against his father, but

00:44:00.039 --> 00:44:02.139
he had to play around the restrictions Zavar

00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:04.889
put on him. It's quite possible that his every

00:44:04.889 --> 00:44:07.250
move had been in pursuit of this end, his own

00:44:07.250 --> 00:44:10.510
death and the death of his father. But these

00:44:10.510 --> 00:44:13.070
intentions, his true intentions, can never really

00:44:13.070 --> 00:44:16.170
be known. Was he a bad guy through and through?

00:44:16.550 --> 00:44:19.929
Maybe. But the body of Serapio is laid out in

00:44:19.929 --> 00:44:22.889
honor nonetheless. You can see he has reverted

00:44:22.889 --> 00:44:25.969
to his human form, though his right hand is still

00:44:25.969 --> 00:44:29.030
corrupted, the black, wrinkled skin curving into

00:44:29.030 --> 00:44:33.480
short talons, much like a bird of prey. might

00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:36.159
recall as players in this moment that Serapio

00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:41.900
was always wearing gloves. Okay. Yes, I do recall.

00:44:42.079 --> 00:44:46.059
Yes. Why are you retelling us information that

00:44:46.059 --> 00:44:47.940
we already know, David? I'm sorry. Foolish of

00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:51.500
me. Everyone remembers that. Of course. Let's

00:44:51.500 --> 00:44:53.579
go back to the streets, to the party that has

00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:56.000
come back from the battle in Hollow. I will say,

00:44:56.099 --> 00:44:59.219
just as you start entering the city, a small

00:44:59.219 --> 00:45:01.320
form just kind of very excitedly bursts through

00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:03.639
the crowd, runs up to you. You see Grindy comes

00:45:03.639 --> 00:45:05.659
across you, Jules, having heard your arrival

00:45:05.659 --> 00:45:06.960
from, like, the grapevine. People are talking

00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:09.679
all over when you guys pop back into town. And

00:45:09.679 --> 00:45:12.239
maybe he's filling all of you in on everything

00:45:12.239 --> 00:45:15.099
that has happened. You know, dance, listening

00:45:15.099 --> 00:45:18.099
intently to it all. And I think as, like, information

00:45:18.099 --> 00:45:20.900
comes across her, the death of Ramin, the fall

00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:24.300
of Yitzmin, the death of so many of the revolutionaries,

00:45:24.300 --> 00:45:26.760
like, all these people, this whole fight, she...

00:45:27.289 --> 00:45:32.309
Kind of just steps away from you all. I need

00:45:32.309 --> 00:45:34.789
some time. And sort of wanders off for now, kind

00:45:34.789 --> 00:45:37.809
of on her own. But Grindy is just chattering

00:45:37.809 --> 00:45:40.110
and chattering as you travel through the night.

00:45:40.210 --> 00:45:42.630
Just like, I guess you have to tell me your story

00:45:42.630 --> 00:45:44.869
or is he just taking up all the air? Like me,

00:45:44.969 --> 00:45:50.289
right now. I think Jules is silent in thought.

00:45:51.659 --> 00:45:53.760
processing what just happened. A lot of what?

00:45:53.860 --> 00:45:55.599
Yeah. After everything that happened, you come

00:45:55.599 --> 00:45:57.039
back here and you're like, oh, they overthrew

00:45:57.039 --> 00:45:59.579
the city actually. What the hell? Yeah. I don't

00:45:59.579 --> 00:46:01.699
think we're really spilling the beans to Grindy

00:46:01.699 --> 00:46:05.659
about our, you know, fight in the caves and,

00:46:05.719 --> 00:46:09.000
you know, all this stuff about where Paul is

00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:11.400
and whatnot. I'm trying to keep that on the DL.

00:46:11.559 --> 00:46:15.059
Yeah. As need to know. And Grindy, love you,

00:46:15.119 --> 00:46:19.070
man. But you don't need to know. So as you travel

00:46:19.070 --> 00:46:20.690
through this raucous night, as you're pushing

00:46:20.690 --> 00:46:24.829
through, let me ask, what are Blanche, Dresden,

00:46:25.070 --> 00:46:28.610
and Jean -Franklin Montelio up to? I mean, I

00:46:28.610 --> 00:46:31.670
got to imagine that they're back at Moreno, you

00:46:31.670 --> 00:46:34.289
know, patiently waiting. Yeah. You know, kind

00:46:34.289 --> 00:46:36.750
of on, like, the edge of their seats. Are you,

00:46:36.769 --> 00:46:38.889
like, strip soldier waiting, kind of, like, still

00:46:38.889 --> 00:46:41.929
kind of in the, I guess, like, in service? Or

00:46:41.929 --> 00:46:43.110
are you, like, drinking and kind of having a

00:46:43.110 --> 00:46:46.489
good time, too? Do these guys settle ever? For

00:46:46.489 --> 00:46:49.559
Dresden's part. I think he actually did settle.

00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:53.079
Oh, shit. Yeah. Hell yeah. That was a lot. That

00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:55.199
was a lot. That was a lot. I mean, you guys earned

00:46:55.199 --> 00:46:57.639
a party. I mean, he's not sitting there like,

00:46:57.699 --> 00:47:02.019
you know, crying and showing emotion. He's just,

00:47:02.059 --> 00:47:06.500
I think he's sitting slumped over and he's, for

00:47:06.500 --> 00:47:11.400
the first time in this campaign, relaxed. Hell

00:47:11.400 --> 00:47:14.139
yeah. I love it. Blanche is at the door. She's

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:17.409
trying to get whatever information. We'll walk

00:47:17.409 --> 00:47:19.630
through it. You know, I'm sure she's talking

00:47:19.630 --> 00:47:23.730
to if Paloma's there or whoever is coming and

00:47:23.730 --> 00:47:28.210
going, trying to get a sit rep, I guess, and

00:47:28.210 --> 00:47:31.949
asking, has Jules LaRoche arrived? Has anybody

00:47:31.949 --> 00:47:34.670
heard of Jules LaRoche? I think, like, eventually

00:47:34.670 --> 00:47:36.849
you do get that. Maybe Paloma is coming by, just,

00:47:36.909 --> 00:47:39.429
like, checking on, you know, maybe, like, check

00:47:39.429 --> 00:47:41.349
and make sure her people are being well taken

00:47:41.349 --> 00:47:45.869
care of. And, oh, he has a news. He's coming

00:47:45.869 --> 00:47:48.360
your way. Grindy got him. He's bringing him over

00:47:48.360 --> 00:47:50.840
here right now. Jules is here. He's back. He's

00:47:50.840 --> 00:47:53.360
all right. He looks a little beat up, but he's

00:47:53.360 --> 00:47:56.659
all right. Too attention, boys. Jules is on his

00:47:56.659 --> 00:48:01.420
way. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Sir! And Sorceress Atal

00:48:01.420 --> 00:48:04.360
is like, he is, I believe, my luminary now. I

00:48:04.360 --> 00:48:09.559
should make sure to announce him properly. He

00:48:09.559 --> 00:48:10.980
doesn't have a title, though. He does. He's a

00:48:10.980 --> 00:48:13.639
prince. This is rather tricky. So I'm just kind

00:48:13.639 --> 00:48:16.769
of like mulling this over. As you guys are kind

00:48:16.769 --> 00:48:18.750
of standing, getting ready for the arrival of

00:48:18.750 --> 00:48:20.650
the remainder of your party, I will tell you

00:48:20.650 --> 00:48:24.369
this. Following the fight with Itzmin, you got

00:48:24.369 --> 00:48:28.449
a couple things. Itzmin on his person had a small

00:48:28.449 --> 00:48:33.849
wallet with six platinum. Whoa. Oh, yeah. Rich

00:48:33.849 --> 00:48:37.090
man's little travel wallet. Nice. Just in case

00:48:37.090 --> 00:48:38.250
he wants to go out for lunch. Just in case he

00:48:38.250 --> 00:48:40.010
wants to go out for lunch and leave the most

00:48:40.010 --> 00:48:43.579
outrageous tip possible. It's a small steel book

00:48:43.579 --> 00:48:45.920
with metal sheets for pages that basically won't

00:48:45.920 --> 00:48:48.239
burn. That's kind of why you'd have a book like

00:48:48.239 --> 00:48:51.920
this, so you can't ever lose it. It's very small.

00:48:51.960 --> 00:48:55.679
The text is almost illegibly tiny. I think when

00:48:55.679 --> 00:48:57.199
you picked it up, you're like, I don't even see

00:48:57.199 --> 00:48:59.920
what's going on in this book to retrace it. Then

00:48:59.920 --> 00:49:02.539
you notice the spectacles had fallen off when

00:49:02.539 --> 00:49:06.320
he had died. And you might have picked those

00:49:06.320 --> 00:49:07.880
up and looked through them, and you realize...

00:49:08.579 --> 00:49:11.900
These are eyes of minute seeing. Whoa. These

00:49:11.900 --> 00:49:15.119
spectacles essentially give you, I think it's

00:49:15.119 --> 00:49:17.780
an advantage on investigation checks. They just

00:49:17.780 --> 00:49:19.619
kind of let you see like even the tiniest. So

00:49:19.619 --> 00:49:21.059
as you look at the book, you can almost feel

00:49:21.059 --> 00:49:23.760
your eyes can focus in zooming in on the paper

00:49:23.760 --> 00:49:26.820
and you can make out his writing clearly. I will

00:49:26.820 --> 00:49:29.320
tell you that, do spell books give you cantrips?

00:49:29.340 --> 00:49:30.699
I forgot to look this up. Yeah, I'm not positive

00:49:30.699 --> 00:49:33.380
actually. Well, if it gives you cantrips, I'll

00:49:33.380 --> 00:49:34.900
tell you all the spells. Okay, so what's a spell

00:49:34.900 --> 00:49:37.280
book? It's Spellbook, yeah. Sorry. Of course

00:49:37.280 --> 00:49:40.059
it's Spellbook. He's a wizard. Spellbook, Cantrips,

00:49:40.139 --> 00:49:43.639
Light, Mage Hand, Shocking Grasp. I'll give you

00:49:43.639 --> 00:49:46.380
all this later on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. First level

00:49:46.380 --> 00:49:49.199
spell, Detect Magic, Mage Armor. Second level

00:49:49.199 --> 00:49:52.199
spells, Magic Weapon, Mirror Image. Third level

00:49:52.199 --> 00:49:55.320
spells, Blink, Glyph of Warding. Fourth level

00:49:55.320 --> 00:49:58.380
spell, Resilient Sphere. I don't know Resilient

00:49:58.380 --> 00:50:00.980
Sphere. It is, in fact, the spell he was casting

00:50:00.980 --> 00:50:05.530
when Dresden cut him down. Huh. Huh. Well, we'll

00:50:05.530 --> 00:50:06.949
get to that later. We'll find out about it. You

00:50:06.949 --> 00:50:09.590
could, as a wizard, record some of these into

00:50:09.590 --> 00:50:11.130
your own book. Certainly some useful ones in

00:50:11.130 --> 00:50:13.789
there, I think. Yeah, some good stuff. And so

00:50:13.789 --> 00:50:16.110
maybe you'll scroll through this book a little

00:50:16.110 --> 00:50:17.389
bit while you're kind of waiting, and you sort

00:50:17.389 --> 00:50:19.130
of put it down. With the spectacles on the edge

00:50:19.130 --> 00:50:21.110
of her nose there. Does Blanche take the spectacles?

00:50:21.889 --> 00:50:23.789
Are you wearing them? Well, she needs them to

00:50:23.789 --> 00:50:25.389
read the spellbook, at least. You look so good

00:50:25.389 --> 00:50:32.389
in those. You stand at attention. The crowd begins

00:50:32.389 --> 00:50:35.880
to part. People just kind of moving out of the

00:50:35.880 --> 00:50:38.380
way in awe as the party from the Borderlands

00:50:38.380 --> 00:50:41.960
is returning. You see Jules and Crispin moving

00:50:41.960 --> 00:50:44.579
alongside Grindy. I mean, these are luminaries.

00:50:44.579 --> 00:50:46.079
These are big deals. Even the old city folk are,

00:50:46.099 --> 00:50:51.179
like, excited as they push up towards the steps

00:50:51.179 --> 00:50:54.000
leading up to Moreno. And at the base of those

00:50:54.000 --> 00:50:59.820
steps, Jean Franklin, Dresden, and Blanche. Who's

00:50:59.820 --> 00:51:02.119
the first to move forward? Does Dresden make

00:51:02.119 --> 00:51:04.170
a move on Jules? or is Jaune going to hug him

00:51:04.170 --> 00:51:08.409
first? It's Jaune. Yeah, that's where I was going

00:51:08.409 --> 00:51:12.610
with that. Of course it's going to be Jaune.

00:51:12.730 --> 00:51:19.510
He waited for you to open your mouth. He just

00:51:19.510 --> 00:51:22.090
charges over, just wraps his arms around you.

00:51:22.210 --> 00:51:25.090
Ha, you're back. We did it. We killed the thing.

00:51:25.230 --> 00:51:27.670
You're good. You feel warm. You're not cold.

00:51:27.869 --> 00:51:33.150
You're better, right? I'm good. Yes. And he looks

00:51:33.150 --> 00:51:34.510
down, he sees the Mexican round stuff, and you

00:51:34.510 --> 00:51:37.550
did it, you... Wait, hang on. And he looks up,

00:51:37.610 --> 00:51:39.789
and he just realizes there's supposed to be three.

00:51:40.530 --> 00:51:44.050
Without a word, before Jean Franklin can say

00:51:44.050 --> 00:51:47.789
anything... Yeah. Jules nods and says, We'll

00:51:47.789 --> 00:51:51.389
talk. Very well. I mean, things have been crazy

00:51:51.389 --> 00:51:56.750
here, I... Jean. Yeah. Thank you. Of course,

00:51:56.809 --> 00:52:05.820
I... Everyone... This is, it's Jules, Jules LaRoche.

00:52:05.920 --> 00:52:09.820
And he's trying to think. No. The Midnight Prince

00:52:09.820 --> 00:52:16.300
has returned. And there's like, just like cheers.

00:52:16.639 --> 00:52:19.739
Jules looks at John and just mouths, what the

00:52:19.739 --> 00:52:30.699
fuck? It's cool. I just thought of it. Does Dresden

00:52:30.699 --> 00:52:33.739
approach this? Yeah, I think he comes up behind

00:52:33.739 --> 00:52:37.460
John and just stands and waits his turn. And

00:52:37.460 --> 00:52:39.900
I think John steps away. I don't know if these

00:52:39.900 --> 00:52:42.980
two are... No, they're not. They do a lot of

00:52:42.980 --> 00:52:45.579
their speaking without speaking. Very convenient.

00:52:45.719 --> 00:52:51.219
Yeah. I think at first it's a quick initial genuine

00:52:51.219 --> 00:52:55.760
hug, and then they both pull back, put each other's

00:52:55.760 --> 00:52:58.760
hands on each other's shoulders, just give a

00:52:58.760 --> 00:53:02.320
good squeeze and a good shake and a nod. Hell

00:53:02.320 --> 00:53:04.159
yeah. I don't know if Dresden's anything for

00:53:04.159 --> 00:53:05.920
Crispin. These two are kind of like, they were

00:53:05.920 --> 00:53:08.320
kind of partners before they split up. Yeah,

00:53:08.340 --> 00:53:10.599
Crispin reaches up for a little fist bump. Fist

00:53:10.599 --> 00:53:16.260
bump roll. It's so good. I just love that you,

00:53:16.340 --> 00:53:19.639
I love that you make it a point every time. I'm

00:53:19.639 --> 00:53:21.980
reaching up. Reaching up, yeah, seriously. He's

00:53:21.980 --> 00:53:24.780
a small -sized creature. He's a Haringan. Yeah.

00:53:25.699 --> 00:53:29.019
And then I think. Dresden and Jaune sort of part

00:53:29.019 --> 00:53:30.900
to the side as Jaune's like, oh, right, I should

00:53:30.900 --> 00:53:34.579
introduce you. This here is Blanche Trudeau,

00:53:34.639 --> 00:53:36.719
master defense of the Metellia family and my

00:53:36.719 --> 00:53:39.639
mentor. Blanche, she was instrumental. Jules,

00:53:39.739 --> 00:53:43.860
she was amazing. She jumped right to it, helped

00:53:43.860 --> 00:53:46.300
us in big ways, and I think he's kind of rambling,

00:53:46.380 --> 00:53:49.460
almost like stammering, and Blanche Trudeau's

00:53:49.460 --> 00:53:53.400
eyes meet Jules LaRoche's. Yeah, Blanche steps

00:53:53.400 --> 00:53:56.820
forward. Jules Trudeau, I've... Had a lot about

00:53:56.820 --> 00:54:00.599
you, and I'm looking forward to a debrief. You

00:54:00.599 --> 00:54:03.360
said Jules Trudeau. You said Jules Trudeau. Oh,

00:54:03.360 --> 00:54:05.699
my God. Are you serious? Blanche be crushing.

00:54:06.139 --> 00:54:09.360
Damn. That's not what I wanted to do at all.

00:54:15.199 --> 00:54:17.739
I'm not going to redo it, but let's pretend she

00:54:17.739 --> 00:54:20.449
said. Jules LaRoche. Pretend in Dungeons and

00:54:20.449 --> 00:54:23.329
Dragons? Come on. Hey, man. This world is wild

00:54:23.329 --> 00:54:26.769
and crazy. All right. And after she says that,

00:54:26.829 --> 00:54:32.909
she just bows very deeply at the waist. Jules

00:54:32.909 --> 00:54:38.030
puts a hand on her arms to lift her up. Stares

00:54:38.030 --> 00:54:46.380
her straight in the eye. Eyes. She got two. My

00:54:46.380 --> 00:54:50.000
eyes are up here, Jules Trudeau. My eye are up

00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:54.880
here, Jules. Sorry. Anna's tradition for the

00:54:54.880 --> 00:54:58.019
last 30 minutes just pulls her in for a hug.

00:54:58.500 --> 00:55:01.780
All right. Yeah. Yeah. Blanche returns the hug.

00:55:02.179 --> 00:55:06.679
I think there's... Well, hug us, I see. I think

00:55:06.679 --> 00:55:07.639
there's... This will take a little getting used

00:55:07.639 --> 00:55:11.760
to. ...an energy almost here. I think it's something

00:55:11.760 --> 00:55:15.280
that both of you almost feel. Jaune feels it.

00:55:15.300 --> 00:55:19.340
The children feel it. This almost a feeling of

00:55:19.340 --> 00:55:23.000
just fate, like a fated meeting. Kind of like

00:55:23.000 --> 00:55:26.280
main character energy? Kind of like it. I think

00:55:26.280 --> 00:55:31.219
nobody seems to feel this more than Crispin Dubois.

00:55:32.440 --> 00:55:35.320
Crispin, you've felt it this entire time in the

00:55:35.320 --> 00:55:37.380
city, but almost right now, almost like it's

00:55:37.380 --> 00:55:39.840
sort of been growing and growing, and there is

00:55:39.840 --> 00:55:43.280
a magic in the air here. Maybe they don't...

00:55:43.630 --> 00:55:46.050
See it the way you do. Feel it the way you do.

00:55:46.130 --> 00:55:48.869
But it's everywhere. It swirls all around you,

00:55:48.909 --> 00:55:50.969
mingling with every element of the festivities.

00:55:51.510 --> 00:55:55.130
A magic that surges out through the earth far

00:55:55.130 --> 00:55:58.630
beneath your feet. You glance down, I think,

00:55:58.630 --> 00:56:03.829
feeling this energy so familiar. Not a rage like

00:56:03.829 --> 00:56:07.289
the others, but something joyous yet sorrowful.

00:56:08.289 --> 00:56:11.030
Bittersweet. There is no voice grating in your

00:56:11.030 --> 00:56:14.429
mind, but there are eyes. Feel them looking at

00:56:14.429 --> 00:56:21.090
you. Looking at her city. Her people. And she

00:56:21.090 --> 00:56:26.489
is proud. It's vague, but this is what you feel.

00:56:27.050 --> 00:56:31.869
Okay. From here, from this moment, I simply want

00:56:31.869 --> 00:56:34.829
to ask that you paint me a few scenes of this

00:56:34.829 --> 00:56:38.579
night. Dance still away. What... What are you

00:56:38.579 --> 00:56:40.760
guys doing, I'll ask, basically, during these

00:56:40.760 --> 00:56:43.119
festivities? How do these characters sort of

00:56:43.119 --> 00:56:46.519
spend the evening as the city celebrates its

00:56:46.519 --> 00:56:49.679
freedom, as you celebrate your victories? I need

00:56:49.679 --> 00:56:51.599
you to hit pause real fast first because there

00:56:51.599 --> 00:56:54.659
is no way that there is going to be a party before

00:56:54.659 --> 00:56:58.019
Blanche Trudeau sits down, Jules, and has, like,

00:56:58.039 --> 00:57:01.019
a serious debrief. Oh, that's what you're doing.

00:57:01.179 --> 00:57:04.380
Yeah. Yeah. It's a party. Like, yeah, like, blow

00:57:04.380 --> 00:57:06.739
by blow. Like, this is what happened. This is,

00:57:06.840 --> 00:57:09.719
you know what I mean? If we're in a tavern, we're

00:57:09.719 --> 00:57:12.980
in our own corner booth drinking and going over

00:57:12.980 --> 00:57:14.699
stuff. You guys find a tavern. This is what happens.

00:57:14.960 --> 00:57:16.699
You go find a tavern. You find a corner booth.

00:57:16.780 --> 00:57:18.800
Everyone else is kind of doing their thing. Yeah.

00:57:19.139 --> 00:57:21.639
Yeah. I mean, I love that. Yeah, you guys are

00:57:21.639 --> 00:57:24.239
really talking. This is Blanche's military mind.

00:57:24.360 --> 00:57:27.440
Like, there is still business to wrap up before

00:57:27.440 --> 00:57:30.099
we can enjoy ourselves. Yep. I have to imagine

00:57:30.099 --> 00:57:31.960
you guys are, like, wandering off to do this.

00:57:32.000 --> 00:57:34.219
And then John's like. Wait, sir, what about that?

00:57:34.300 --> 00:57:36.420
And the children are like kind of all around

00:57:36.420 --> 00:57:38.480
him. It's like, what do we do with these? And

00:57:38.480 --> 00:57:41.239
they kind of grab his arms. No, no! Start pulling

00:57:41.239 --> 00:57:44.880
away. Come on, John. Come on, Uncle John. No,

00:57:45.000 --> 00:57:48.059
wait. Uncle John. I don't know what to do with

00:57:48.059 --> 00:57:52.920
kids. As this all goes around, you can see Blanche

00:57:52.920 --> 00:57:55.960
and Jules in the corner talking a little bit

00:57:55.960 --> 00:57:58.400
of business. You see John getting dragged away

00:57:58.400 --> 00:58:01.760
and you can kind of see out the window. Crispin's,

00:58:01.780 --> 00:58:03.760
you know, leaning against the side of the building.

00:58:04.119 --> 00:58:05.820
You know, he's got his pipe out and he's chatting

00:58:05.820 --> 00:58:08.159
with maybe a couple other people who are, you

00:58:08.159 --> 00:58:10.039
know, in the fight, in the melee, you know, they're

00:58:10.039 --> 00:58:12.880
talking about. Maybe Dresden. He was in it. Yeah,

00:58:13.179 --> 00:58:15.639
totally. And they're catching up. Yeah, that

00:58:15.639 --> 00:58:17.420
strikes me as a really good combo. Doing their

00:58:17.420 --> 00:58:20.260
own much more casual debrief. More as like a,

00:58:20.280 --> 00:58:21.960
hey, we're just hanging out, having a drink and

00:58:21.960 --> 00:58:27.280
a smoke. Yeah. Hell yeah. I love it. And now

00:58:27.280 --> 00:58:31.090
let's push ahead in time. Let the hours of the

00:58:31.090 --> 00:58:37.469
night rush by us as we reach very near the hours

00:58:37.469 --> 00:58:40.670
of the morning, very near the coming of the dawn

00:58:40.670 --> 00:58:46.889
for one last scene. As the sky begins to light,

00:58:47.050 --> 00:58:50.429
we move back to Moreno, back to those very steps

00:58:50.429 --> 00:58:54.590
where dance is kind of resting against the door,

00:58:54.670 --> 00:58:58.599
just looking out over all of it. Same door she

00:58:58.599 --> 00:59:00.800
just barged into yesterday during Zebulon's funeral,

00:59:00.940 --> 00:59:03.739
and now she's just at the top. Her eyes taking

00:59:03.739 --> 00:59:07.539
in the celebration but holding no joy. And I

00:59:07.539 --> 00:59:09.360
think maybe we see, moving up the stairs towards

00:59:09.360 --> 00:59:14.619
her, his jewels. She kind of looks over at him.

00:59:15.119 --> 00:59:18.039
Maybe her eyes are slightly red -rimmed, like

00:59:18.039 --> 00:59:21.400
she'd been crying some time ago. Now she's just

00:59:21.400 --> 00:59:25.059
kind of looking a little numb. And she just says,

00:59:25.219 --> 00:59:29.690
I'm sorry about Paul. But you'll find him. If

00:59:29.690 --> 00:59:32.130
he's this important Drakkan guy they mentioned,

00:59:32.230 --> 00:59:35.909
they won't hurt him, right? Jules sits down next

00:59:35.909 --> 00:59:41.929
to Dan's. We'll get him. I'm sorry about Mateo.

00:59:43.130 --> 00:59:46.889
I'm sorry he wasn't there. I've been waiting

00:59:46.889 --> 00:59:50.429
for something. Some kind of guide to know what

00:59:50.429 --> 00:59:56.090
I do. Now it feels like it's all just looks.

00:59:56.809 --> 01:00:00.010
That everything. There was a moment where I thought

01:00:00.010 --> 01:00:03.389
that I might go with you, Jules. After all of

01:00:03.389 --> 01:00:07.750
this. And that I missed everything. The revolution's

01:00:07.750 --> 01:00:13.889
fight. Ramin. And... Stupid, but even Serapio,

01:00:14.030 --> 01:00:16.190
my old friend, he'd been suffering all this time

01:00:16.190 --> 01:00:19.530
with this darkness and I never knew. He was a

01:00:19.530 --> 01:00:23.829
pest, a villain to me. And now I can't leave.

01:00:23.929 --> 01:00:27.460
It's all so uncertain. They cheer for our angelic

01:00:27.460 --> 01:00:29.179
saviors, yet I worry we have only traded our

01:00:29.179 --> 01:00:32.440
captors. Mateo told me things about him, Atash.

01:00:32.480 --> 01:00:34.860
You... And she looks down at your, like, arm

01:00:34.860 --> 01:00:37.780
and just puts her hand on it. You should hide,

01:00:37.800 --> 01:00:42.800
Jules. Hide your arm hard. The corruption. Please,

01:00:43.019 --> 01:00:45.219
please, for me. He will lock you away if he sees

01:00:45.219 --> 01:00:47.059
you like that. And his eyes are going to reach

01:00:47.059 --> 01:00:51.519
so much farther soon. Please, I... I don't want

01:00:51.519 --> 01:00:56.809
to lose anybody else that I am. Care about. And

01:00:56.809 --> 01:00:59.349
her eyes sort of lock onto yours. They've never

01:00:59.349 --> 01:01:02.369
seemed so deep, so warm. I think there's like

01:01:02.369 --> 01:01:04.449
this long sort of held moment and then she just

01:01:04.449 --> 01:01:09.550
sighs. I'll keep it covered. If only for you.

01:01:11.389 --> 01:01:15.369
Thank you. I think you feel her hand sort of

01:01:15.369 --> 01:01:19.230
slides down to yours. Almost sort of weakly kind

01:01:19.230 --> 01:01:22.329
of holds it. And she looks up again, just looks

01:01:22.329 --> 01:01:24.369
around at everything, taking it all in, just...

01:01:24.369 --> 01:01:30.309
I've always loved this night. I just wish I could

01:01:30.309 --> 01:01:34.750
celebrate too. This is your home. And you're

01:01:34.750 --> 01:01:37.309
going to celebrate when you help it rebuild.

01:01:38.610 --> 01:01:42.849
I know you'll do it. When it's you. I think I

01:01:42.849 --> 01:01:49.210
believe it. It's stupid. Sorry. We've won. We've

01:01:49.210 --> 01:01:51.760
had... Victory after victory, I shouldn't be

01:01:51.760 --> 01:01:56.760
so down. Mishador stands up, kind of like stretches,

01:01:56.900 --> 01:01:59.360
a quick sort of fighter stretch. I'm letting

01:01:59.360 --> 01:02:03.119
your knight down too, George, so... No, I'm right

01:02:03.119 --> 01:02:07.159
where I want to be. Oh? And what do you want

01:02:07.159 --> 01:02:11.039
to do right where you want to be, George LaRoche?

01:02:11.820 --> 01:02:17.000
Well, you never answered my question. Got a cocks

01:02:17.000 --> 01:02:44.739
on my row? Question? Look, I know it's scary

01:02:44.739 --> 01:02:47.579
to be vulnerable, okay? But, I mean, look at

01:02:47.579 --> 01:02:50.380
us, really. Come on. We're two peas in a pod.

01:02:51.099 --> 01:03:18.050
And I got you. And if you wanna... want to dance.

01:03:59.239 --> 01:04:04.639
Holy shit. Fucking awesome. God, that was cool.

01:04:04.960 --> 01:04:08.719
Yeah, dude. Wow. Dude, that fucking exploded.

01:04:08.719 --> 01:04:13.019
You're right. Holy shit. Oh, fuck. Oh, my God.

01:04:13.079 --> 01:04:18.139
Amazing. Amazing. Oh, Mr. Jeremy Wolf. Round

01:04:18.139 --> 01:04:21.039
of applause. Mr. Jules LaRoche. Come on. Mr.

01:04:21.039 --> 01:04:23.159
Jules LaRoche. Yeah, give credit where credit's

01:04:23.159 --> 01:04:29.230
due here. I think as this song ends. Dance is

01:04:29.230 --> 01:04:32.550
fixing you with this annoyed, suffering look.

01:04:33.150 --> 01:04:35.429
But the play facade melts away in a burst of

01:04:35.429 --> 01:04:38.630
laughter. Those last few, like, words. Her smile

01:04:38.630 --> 01:04:42.349
is just so wide. Her eyes so warm. They are burning,

01:04:42.570 --> 01:04:47.789
smoldering. And she grabs you suddenly. One hand

01:04:47.789 --> 01:04:49.329
in your hair, the other around your waist. She

01:04:49.329 --> 01:04:52.449
presses close and says, Yes, I want to dance

01:04:52.449 --> 01:04:57.809
too. And you are pulled fiercely into a kiss.

01:05:04.399 --> 01:05:07.579
Holy shit. I have to imagine the whole scene

01:05:07.579 --> 01:05:12.019
is bathed in good old red loot light. Did you

01:05:12.019 --> 01:05:14.139
do that on purpose? What? It's blue loot light.

01:05:14.539 --> 01:05:16.199
No, when you go, I think the last time she embarrassed

01:05:16.199 --> 01:05:17.780
you, it was red. I thought it was different for

01:05:17.780 --> 01:05:19.760
different emotions. Oh yeah, that's right. Thanks

01:05:19.760 --> 01:05:21.860
for reminding me guys. So you see, you're flustered.

01:05:22.139 --> 01:05:23.579
Like maybe the bright pink is red or whatever.

01:05:23.679 --> 01:05:26.519
Like that first time when she like. cornered

01:05:26.519 --> 01:05:28.780
you in the market um and you're just like i think

01:05:28.780 --> 01:05:31.679
like maybe full -on sort of reaching down full

01:05:31.679 --> 01:05:35.360
sort of graceful dancer's position um very much

01:05:35.360 --> 01:05:40.260
taking the lead and it's it's magical i think

01:05:40.260 --> 01:05:44.300
we pan back from this down the steps where jean

01:05:44.300 --> 01:05:46.599
blanche crispin and dresden are sort of watching

01:05:46.599 --> 01:05:48.619
odd of you guys happen upon this scene hearing

01:05:48.619 --> 01:05:52.570
the music and And maybe I imagine, could be wrong,

01:05:52.769 --> 01:05:54.710
but do you think we're seeing a rare Dresden

01:05:54.710 --> 01:05:59.230
smile at this? I think so. You led me into it,

01:05:59.230 --> 01:06:04.530
but yeah, I think so. John Franklin sort of beside

01:06:04.530 --> 01:06:07.849
him looks almost quizzical, just, chosen dance?

01:06:08.449 --> 01:06:12.849
Really? I had no idea. And you see something,

01:06:12.949 --> 01:06:15.570
something turns, like his eyes sort of wide,

01:06:15.670 --> 01:06:18.110
to an empty space to his right, his eyes sort

01:06:18.110 --> 01:06:22.960
of fixing on. Nothing. How very odd. I thought

01:06:22.960 --> 01:06:27.719
I felt... And then he smiles too, his eyes sort

01:06:27.719 --> 01:06:30.139
of welling up. And after a moment, he breaks

01:06:30.139 --> 01:06:32.519
eye contact with this space beside him. He turns

01:06:32.519 --> 01:06:36.400
back towards Jules and Dance. And as he does,

01:06:36.579 --> 01:06:40.199
everything begins to sort of slowly vanish. The

01:06:40.199 --> 01:06:42.219
partygoers in the street, the buildings, the

01:06:42.219 --> 01:06:46.579
music, all fading into the grayness of the fugue

01:06:46.579 --> 01:06:50.889
plane. We see dance and jewels are fading to

01:06:50.889 --> 01:06:55.889
Blanche and Dresden, Crispin and Jean. And right

01:06:55.889 --> 01:07:00.650
beside the smiling tortle, we see Zebulon. The

01:07:00.650 --> 01:07:03.909
scene all fades. The magic of the city starting

01:07:03.909 --> 01:07:07.130
to wane at this early hour. But the night of

01:07:07.130 --> 01:07:09.650
the remembered gave you one last miracle. All

01:07:09.650 --> 01:07:11.369
those restless souls were not summoned back.

01:07:12.090 --> 01:07:14.610
Much like it was with your link through Jamal,

01:07:14.630 --> 01:07:16.880
you saw everything. You were there. Walking the

01:07:16.880 --> 01:07:20.159
streets alongside your friends one last time

01:07:20.159 --> 01:07:24.199
for one last night. But now only the familiar

01:07:24.199 --> 01:07:27.519
gray wasteland surrounds you, Zebulon. You see

01:07:27.519 --> 01:07:30.739
a beacon of light shines far in the distance.

01:07:30.760 --> 01:07:33.519
Its warmth washing over you, drawing you in.

01:07:33.519 --> 01:07:38.000
It feels wonderful. Like coming home after a

01:07:38.000 --> 01:07:41.059
very long day. And you know there are promises

01:07:41.059 --> 01:07:43.960
behind that light. Offers of new adventures should

01:07:43.960 --> 01:07:47.119
you still desire to fight. Should you still want

01:07:47.119 --> 01:07:51.820
to walk the path of the hero? And funnily enough,

01:07:51.980 --> 01:07:56.159
the second time you died, you also died, I'm

01:07:56.159 --> 01:07:59.659
almost 100 % certain, with bardic inspiration

01:07:59.659 --> 01:08:03.280
intact on you. And so as you stare into this

01:08:03.280 --> 01:08:06.460
light, we see the familiar projection of Jamal

01:08:06.460 --> 01:08:09.239
the Pangolin rests on your shoulder, no longer

01:08:09.239 --> 01:08:12.659
a tether to a material plane, but a comfort all

01:08:12.659 --> 01:08:19.569
the same. You got this, Zeb. Thanks. I guess

01:08:19.569 --> 01:08:23.090
I don't know anymore, but are you coming with

01:08:23.090 --> 01:08:28.569
me? Yeah, I'll be by your side. It's hero time.

01:08:30.529 --> 01:08:33.989
And so you go? Let's go show that lady I'm not

01:08:33.989 --> 01:08:40.909
afraid. And so this is the last we ever see of

01:08:40.909 --> 01:08:44.829
Zebulon Black. Marching on towards that light.

01:08:46.189 --> 01:08:50.189
and towards his next and his final and eternal

01:08:50.189 --> 01:08:54.989
adventure. And we'll call it there.