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00:00You were right.
00:02Of course I was right.
00:04I'm glad you were able to do that.
00:06But it seemed rather pressing to you.
00:09Pulling your friends into the dream, that's good thinking.
00:12You were already there yourself.
00:14Hardly any effort at all to bring others along with you.
00:18Once you break the surface.
00:20Is that where we are now?
00:23We're deeper in than that.
00:26Dreams can only get you so far.
00:29If the place you took your friends was a dream, then this place is sort of like when you're sleeping without dreams.
00:37A half step further down, so to speak.
00:41Can you teach me about magic?
00:43I'm happy to help.
00:46But listen, there's no need to be in such a rush about it all.
00:50You want to learn about magic, I get it.
00:53But what about the magic of friendship?
00:57All right, all right, I get it.
01:03I don't mean to be rude.
01:05It's been a bad day.
01:09Do you want to talk about it?
01:12I don't think I can.
01:13I don't think I can.
01:14Hmm.
01:15Hmm.
01:16Magic, then.
01:17Too oversimplified.
01:19Magic is the stuff of the dream space, poking out into normal spaces.
01:25There are hundreds of ways to access magic, and just as many ways for it to express itself once you do.
01:31A lot of it depends on how you approach it, and your approach depends in part on how picky you are about the results.
01:40The slow way to go about it would be to let the magic do whatever it's doing anyway.
01:46And when it gets around to doing something you like, you tap in and let it flow.
01:55For example, what you were trying to do with those bits and rocks just now, you can learn a lot that way if you're patient.
02:03But patience isn't the only tricky part.
02:07With slow magic, you have to be open to complexity.
02:13And you have to be willing to fail.
02:17Slow magic is great for things, like figuring out someone's name when they don't bother telling you.
02:24The stakes are low, and you don't mind waiting for the magic to be flowing in the right direction.
02:30You can't always rely on a specific result, though.
02:34And a lot of the time, it's not going to do much at all.
02:38The slow way lets the magic do what the magic wants to do, even if the magic doesn't want to do what you want it to do.
02:46Understand?
02:48The fast way, on the other hand, doesn't really care what the magic wants to do.
02:53You use a catalyst to push magic into the shape you want.
02:57No waiting around.
03:00It's potent, it's fast, and most of all, it's predictable.
03:04And if you have a way to direct the magic, to make it do what you want it to do, you have control.
03:10So there's some work involved here.
03:13You need a catalyst, and then some way to direct the magic.
03:17Not to mention access to the magic itself.
03:20Bone knife.
03:21Yes.
03:22And the shape of the thing will inform the expression of the magic.
03:26So, in your hands, a bone knife cuts through into the dream itself.
03:31That's one way to look at it anyhow.
03:33But, I don't understand.
03:36How did the knife get the magic in the first place?
03:39The magic is in you, Whisper.
03:44Just kidding, seriously though.
03:47Some of it might be now.
03:49That's interesting.
03:50I hadn't thought about that.
03:52But it's going to have to wait.
03:54Look, it's already almost morning.
03:56What?
03:57How?
03:58Something about time again.
04:00But hey, look at us.
04:03Talking all night.
04:05Old friends already?
04:07Now go on then.
04:09Wake up.
04:10Wake up!
04:28Wake up!
04:29You, Wake up!
04:34If you don't run around lava.
04:55Wake up!
04:56Wake up!
04:57Wake up!
04:58I don't know.
05:28The others must be near.
05:34Let's go.
05:58Dammit!
05:59Dammit!
06:00Dammit!
06:01Dammit!
06:10You need a rest.
06:12No.
06:13We can't rest.
06:14Not yet.
06:15You did a good job with this band at the Joy Spur.
06:17I'll be alright.
06:18Oh well.
06:19Look who learned how to lie.
06:21Keep good company.
06:22Brave Oak, your courage is noted and will be told in stories.
06:27We'll tell our children and our grandchildren how you bravely marched yourself to death.
06:32How could we have children if I marched myself to death?
06:35It doesn't matter.
06:36We can't stop now.
06:38Sorry, but if we stop now, we'll be completely defenseless.
06:43Can't be too much further.
06:45So do you have a plan?
06:47Kine.
06:48She protected her people.
06:50She hid them while using her magic.
06:52Like you did with us earlier.
06:54If we can find where she's hidden them, we can get help for Oak.
06:59But you only hid us for a little bit.
07:02Kine would have been hiding for years.
07:04There's only a bit of bone left in the handle.
07:07There must be more power in the blade.
07:10So we have our weapon.
07:12How do we find Kine?
07:17Sit down.
07:37Sit down.
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08:05Sit down.
08:06I don't know.
08:36I don't know.
09:06I don't know these woods.
09:08This is it.
09:10This is where the knife wants us to be.
09:13We're kindfought the beasts.
09:14What are you doing?
09:28Well, hello again.
09:42Grecht.
09:43You're taking to this magic thing pretty well, aren't you?
09:47I don't know.
09:49I was trying to find Kine not to come here.
09:55I thought you said using the knife would give me control.
10:00Yes, well, more or less.
10:02It's not all of one or the other, you know.
10:05There's a lot of middle ground.
10:07Just because you're taking control doesn't mean you can't use a little patience to mix and match.
10:13See what works for you.
10:16And there are so many things to consider.
10:18What you're using for a catalyst, for example.
10:21Or how you feel that day.
10:23Or what the magic feels that day.
10:26I guess what I mean is...
10:27If you want more control, you can get it.
10:31I thought I had it.
10:33You'll work it out, remember.
10:35Magic usually tries to work...
10:37Gets way back to its source.
10:39What's the source of the magic in the bone knife?
10:43How am I supposed to know that?
10:47Come on, think about it.
10:49Here's a clue.
10:50Whose bone do you think it is?
10:52The beast.
10:54See, that's what I like about you.
10:56You're smart.
10:57And you know what you want.
10:59That's a rare quality.
11:00Trust me.
11:02I've asked all kinds of folks what they want.
11:05And they usually use it to make a speech.
11:08You...
11:09Know speeches.
11:11It's really quite pleasant.
11:13Why would the beast give kind his own bone?
11:15Why give magic to anyone at all?
11:18Excellent question.
11:20See, the magic is going to work its way back.
11:23But it changes along the way.
11:25There's no better way to expand your magic than to share it.
11:29And then, when you're ready, to take it back.
11:33Let someone else use it for a while and it learns all kinds of new shapes.
11:37Far-seeing crow knew that.
11:42What do you mean?
11:45How do you know that?
11:47Whisper, you're smarter than that.
11:50I know where my magic goes.
11:52Even if it moves around a lot.
11:54You're the source.
11:56You're the source.
11:58That's why I keep finding my way here.
12:02I'll admit, it's a little roundabout.
12:06A long time ago, though we both know to be careful about that time thing.
12:10A long while ago, a human came to me, looking for magic, for power.
12:20And there have been others, but he was the first.
12:23The first human to find his way to me.
12:27Though I suppose I was easier to find back then.
12:30I wasn't way out here in the abstract in those days.
12:33So, I admit it.
12:38I was curious.
12:40I wanted to see what he could teach the magic to do.
12:45So, I gave him the zone.
12:48Just to see how it would change things.
12:52And he used it.
12:54Oh boy, he used it.
12:57Over time, he twisted up into the shape you know him to have.
13:01And he gave the magic to others, too.
13:05Twisted it up even further.
13:08The bone, well, that's just an easy way to transfer the power.
13:12A vessel.
13:13Though it still needs a catalyst.
13:18It was a mistake, though.
13:20Giving him magic like that, I should have trained him.
13:24Told him how it worked.
13:27But I didn't know humans were so impatient.
13:30Reckless, even.
13:32No, not reckless.
13:34So, wild.
13:36He wasn't going to teach the magic how to do anything I couldn't have already done.
13:41Just kill, kill, kill.
13:43Destroy, destroy.
13:46The shape of the magic started to change.
13:49And he changed it along with it.
13:52Eventually, the magic only wanted to destroy.
13:56And so did he.
13:58At that point, the magic becomes very easy to use.
14:04And you both want exactly the same thing.
14:07And so he stopped wanting anything else.
14:09But death is only potent if you have life to go with it.
14:21So, the man became the sorcerer.
14:26And the sorcerer became the beast.
14:29Once he got that far, giving magic to others was as much a torment as a gift.
14:37Giving it to others, and then taking it back when he felt it would cause the most pain.
14:44Torment is his catalyst now.
14:46And he uses it to feed the magic.
14:52To keep it from finding its way back to me.
14:56Honestly, I'm not sure I even want that magic back at this point.
15:00It's gotten a little icky there.
15:05Well, his methods may be crude, but they are also quite effective.
15:10Pain, it turns out, is an excellent conduit for power.
15:17But I digress.
15:19Again.
15:20So, you want to find kind?
15:23Yes.
15:23Easy enough?
15:24You just overshot things a bit.
15:28Here, let me give you a push.
15:30This is where they went.
15:39Where are we?
15:41I'm not sure.
15:43Somewhere between places.
15:45If we are dead, I'm going to be very irritated.
15:48If we were dead, I would imagine it to feel a lot better.
15:51Or worse.
15:52They're close.
15:54Look.
15:56Flo, you there.
16:00Strangers.
16:05Friends.
16:05What miracle has brought you to us?
16:10Do you need help?
16:11I'm kind.
16:14This is a sacred place.
16:16You are safe here.
16:18I'm Whisper of the Bearstalkers.
16:20These are my hunters, Fox and Oak.
16:22We come to hunt the Sorcerer Beast.
16:26You saw the Beast?
16:28We were on a hunting journey when the Beast attacked our tribe.
16:32We've heard stories of your battle with him.
16:35Where are the others?
16:36Of the hunting party, we are the only survivors.
16:40We would have rejoined our tribe, but we feared...
16:41Feared the Beast would follow you.
16:43You've made the right decision coming here.
16:46How did they find us, Master?
16:48I've told you.
16:50You can call me Kine.
16:52I'm still with the old ways, these two.
16:54Could your powers be fading?
16:57Don't be afraid.
16:58We are still hidden.
17:00We are still safe.
17:02As long as I have my magic, we will be able to stay here.
17:07Questions?
17:08I have so many questions.
17:11Come, you must tell me of your journeys.
17:13Rule your hurt.
17:15Lord, we'll see to death.
17:18Come on.
17:26How did you survive?
17:29This place, this version of the forest, it never really ends.
17:36Seasons don't change, so we've learned to survive without following the seasons.
17:41We face starvation.
17:43But I led my people through that as well.
17:46We've sacrificed.
17:49We get by.
17:51Control.
17:52Control is what saved my people.
17:54But where are your people?
17:57Well, you've met them, of course.
17:59But I take your meaning.
18:01I should have introduced you.
18:02This is Astra.
18:04Thank you for coming so far.
18:06It means so much to know that life has continued.
18:10I can't imagine what you've been through.
18:13And you're hurt.
18:15I've had worse.
18:16Bored, we'll see to it.
18:18It's no good to let it sit.
18:19It's all right, Fox.
18:23I'll be with you the whole time.
18:27Astra will show you the way.
18:38Come.
18:44Why did the beast attack your tribe?
18:45How did you track it?
18:50Whisper, how did you get here?
19:00I don't believe it.
19:03I thought it was destroyed.
19:10I understand.
19:11When the beast first gave me the bone knife,
19:18it was, as you see here,
19:20a sharpened blade.
19:22I cut my own hand when I first used it.
19:26And the magic it gave me was
19:28strong and wild.
19:34I crafted a binding to control the blade.
19:36The blade and the binding together.
19:42Death and control in one.
19:46That is how I was going to slay the beast.
19:49So it's true.
19:50You served the beast.
19:53I turned against him.
19:56But I couldn't save everybody.
19:59Many were slain or
20:00left behind when I brought us to this place.
20:03We are safe here.
20:13The beast can't find us.
20:15How did you hear about the knife?
20:17Who told you about the beast?
20:18Was it your parents?
20:21I was raised by a mystic me,
20:23far-seeing crow.
20:25These were his.
20:26Yes.
20:26Yes.
20:26Yes.
20:26Yes.
20:27Yes.
20:28Yes.
20:28Yes.
20:29Yes.
20:30Yes.
20:30Yes.
20:31Yes.
20:31Yes.
20:32Yes.
20:32Yes.
20:33Yes.
20:35Of course.
20:45These belong to my father.
20:46Yes.
20:49I thought he was slain by the beast when I...
20:53When he was left behind.
20:57I did what I had to to save my people.
20:59I always thought the ones that were left behind were either slain or fell to the hands of the beast.
21:06If you had known, would you have come for us?
21:14Where is he now? Farsi and Crow? The others?
21:20As you said, the beast took them all.
21:29When I found the knife, I cut myself. That's when all this began.
21:50The bone holds incredible power, even if it's just what's left in the handle.
21:57The first time I used it, I cut my hand as well.
22:02It draws its magic from the blood, confers it through pain.
22:08Every time you kill a living thing with the bone knife, you absorb its vitality, its vigor, its strength.
22:19And sometimes even its dreams and memories.
22:28I can show you. Let's find a rabbit or a mouse.
22:32I don't kill.
22:34A knife can serve you. You just need to make some sacrifices.
22:43How much have you sacrificed?
22:46A little more each day. I will sacrifice it all if I must.
22:53We are different, Whisper.
23:03The magic came to us. No one else.
23:08It is bigger than us, but we can still bind it.
23:12The magic started with the beast, and we can slay the beast in turn.
23:19But it doesn't have to start with slaying the beast.
23:23Let it run through you. Feel what it is trying to become.
23:37I'd like to see Fox and Oak now.
23:50Of course. You don't need my permission.
23:54Vord keeps company around the way.
23:58I'm sure you'll find it.
24:07What is it?
24:21I'm from your tribe. Or I was once.
24:25Astra, right?
24:28I'm Whisper.
24:30Sit with me for a moment. Tell me about our people.
24:34What is it?
25:01Ah, since often.
25:03You would hate it more if I told you what's in it.
25:07Helpful.
25:08I'm impressed with your friend's bandaging work.
25:12She's got the touch.
25:14It's a little rough.
25:17Perhaps, but given the circumstances, that's easy to understand.
25:25Forgive my chatter.
25:27It's so nice to have fresh faces.
25:29New people, new stories.
25:31New problems.
25:33Perhaps.
25:34But every problem contains its own solution.
25:40Your newcomers here, you haven't seen how things work.
25:46But you will see that the Master's way is best.
25:49Despite the sacrifices.
25:52Sacrifices?
25:54Just leave that.
25:56And don't scratch at it.
26:02Now just drink this.
26:06You too.
26:07It'll return your strength.
26:08Yes, you too.
26:21The whole thing.
26:24Board.
26:25Master.
26:26Come.
26:27Good.
26:28Wait here.
26:29Where did you find us?
26:30Is it magic?
26:31Tell me how.
26:32Why?
26:33So I can get out.
26:34I can get out.
26:35No.
26:36I can't get out.
26:37Is it magic?
26:38Tell me how.
26:39Why?
26:40what did you find us? is it magic? tell me how. why? so I can get out.
27:03but out there is a sorcerer beast. out there is death. no. death is here. how is he?
27:15how to tell. you've done well. give me a few minutes.
27:27it's undone. the bone knife was broken. magic was fading. the master had to kill larger animals. and then two at a time. and then she killed one of the tribe. she said it was the only way. at first it was just the sick or the injured. but then it was not.
27:56but then it was anyone who argued with her. or stood up to her. her soul feels like. where is kine?
28:12bro. your life will save the lives of your tribe. what? no. no.
28:22oh come on. get up. get up. am i dying?
28:24don't you dare die. come on.
28:26is it true?
28:50you should be resting. is it true?
28:54is it true? to use your magic you have to kill. you kill your own people. who told you that?
29:01if i tell you is there blood on me as well? my magic keeps us suspended here. between life and death. keeps us safe. sacrifices must be made.
29:16we aren't talking about people. i must think of the entire tribe. would you do it? kill one to save many?
29:23there is a power in the transition between life and death. death to life. you've seen it. you've used it. and so has the sorcerer beast. someone will harness that power. who would you give it to?
29:43who would you give it to? there is nothing noble in what you are doing. i don't claim nobility. i've been cruel. i have brought death. but the sacrifices must be made to keep us safe.
29:58you've caged them. used them. killed them. to avoid what you cannot change.
30:05the beast is still out there. why are you still hiding?
30:08then we can change that. we can kill the beast. all we have to do is rebuild the knife. that's why you're here, isn't it? to hunt the beast.
30:19but you've used a bone knife for evil.
30:23and what is that? evil. is killing evil? killing is survival. life is cruel. living is cruel. all we can do is turn that outward before the end comes.
30:46the beast can die. we just have to rebuild the knife.
30:53we just have to rebuild the knife.
31:08are you alright? where is whisperer? where is gruel? pine.
31:14strange to be back in the place where we first came together. i can feel it. the world is thinner here. something primal. something forgotten.
31:43forgotten.
31:45you know it doesn't end when we kill the beast. killing gives the knife power. imagine the power that we will have from the blade once we slay the beast. and not a person.
31:57maybe no one should have that power. someone will always have that power. you get to decide who.
32:04don't be afraid to make that choice. we don't all get one.
32:10i don't have a choice. so you do understand.
32:17if only my power was stronger. we wouldn't even need the knife to cross into the drain.
32:28it is not your magic. it is mine. and it's time i took it back.
32:35let's slay the beast.
32:56we'll whisperer. what is your time?
33:08what is your time?
33:16well this is unexpected. a real surprise. it's not very often that someone like you breaks out once they start a pattern. i see you took my words to heart.
33:27i didn't have a choice. but that's what's so surprising. no one ever has a choice. not really. but most folks never figure that out. once you do however.
33:39well that's when things start to get weird. you're telling me things aren't already weird.
33:46the fun part is once you realize that you don't have a choice. you suddenly are free to make any choice you want. and that in turn reveals a secret. how the whole thing comes together. magic is about choice.
34:03whisperer. it's about shouting as loudly as you can and forcing the universe to listen. there's so much noise. you really do have to work to be heard. so many days filled with meaningless effort and wasted pain.
34:19you told me that pain is a catalyst. and so it is. and here you are. the question is. now that you have a choice. how will you use it?
34:31you said. it's time. yes. yes it is. you know whisper. i'm going to miss talking with you like this. it's exciting to see someone really truly break free from the expected. i'll be watching to see what you do next.
34:50whisper. fox. what is happening. what. oak. oak needs help. i may have gotten myself a little poison. lord poisoned him. of course he did.
35:12whisper.
35:42To live you must kill.
35:49I have protected my people.
35:56You betrayed me, and you wasted your life protecting those who abandoned you.
36:02You've grown strong from their weakness, drawn life from their pain, but the magic has always
36:10been mine to take back.
36:40Enough of this!
37:02You feel it.
37:09Life flows from death.
37:11Many have sought my magic, but few have understood power only comes from pain.
37:17Kill him, Whisperer.
37:20I have no idea.
37:23From death.
37:24You must kill to live.
37:25Kill him!
37:26Come with me, and I will teach you how to live forever.
37:29You can end this.
37:30Please, come Bane!
37:31Kill him, Whisperer.
37:32From death.
37:33You must kill to live.
37:36Kill him!
37:37Come with me, and I will teach you how to live forever.
37:41You can end this!
37:43The beast is gone.
38:13Do you feel it?
38:18I don't understand.
38:22Of course you don't. Why would you?
38:38Why hello, old friend.
38:41Welcome back.
38:43The magic always does find its way home now, doesn't it?
38:52The beast is in your dream world now.
38:55You had him.
38:58Why didn't you kill him?
39:01Why did you let him go?
39:03And why didn't he kill you when he first met you those years ago?
39:07Why give you magic at all?
39:10I never thought to ask.
39:12I never thought to ask.
39:17No.
39:18I never thought to ask youサメ.
39:20No.
39:21No.
39:22Let's go.
39:24Why did he fight it?
39:26No.
39:27Fox, are you okay?
39:49I am a focus.
39:54You did the hard part.
39:57I'm not sure the hard part is done.
40:01Let me see your leg.
40:05Okay.
40:07Okay.
40:09Okay.
40:11Okay.
40:13Okay.
40:15Okay.
40:17Okay.
40:19Okay.
40:21Okay.
40:23What should we do with them?
40:30We should kill them.
40:31Of course we should kill them.
40:33No.
40:34There's been too much of that.
40:36Follow your heart and we will follow you.
40:40Follow your heart and we will follow you.
40:47Okay.
40:48Okay.
40:49Okay.
40:50Okay.
40:51Okay.
40:52Okay.
40:53Okay.
40:54Okay.
40:55Okay.
40:56What would you have done if we stayed with you?
41:09You would have killed us certainly.
41:10In time, your magic will fade away.
41:23What will you do then?
41:24Okay.
41:25Okay.
41:26Okay.
41:27Okay.
41:28Okay.
41:29Okay.
41:30Okay.
41:31Okay.
41:32Okay.
41:33This hunting journey has gone on long enough.
41:35We're going back to the tribe tomorrow.
41:37Astro, you'll come with us.
41:39Your friends were right.
41:40You should kill them.
41:41No.
41:42That is over.
41:43You can come with us as our captive or stay in the wilderness.
41:46If nature's as cruel as you say, you will not last long.
41:52I'm not sure which one is more painful.
41:53Do I have a choice?
41:54No.
41:55No.
41:56That is over.
41:57No.
41:58That is over.
41:59You can come with us as our captive or stay in the wilderness.
42:02If nature's as cruel as you say, you will not last long.
42:08I'm not sure which one is more painful.
42:13Do I have a choice?
42:18No.
42:19No.
42:20No.
42:21No.
42:22No.
42:23No.
42:24No.
42:25No.
42:26No.
42:27No.
42:28You tell me.
42:48No.
42:50No.
42:51No.
42:52No.
42:53No.
42:54No.
42:55He was right after all, pain is a very good conduit.
43:21This is much more satisfying than I expected it to be.
43:27I've been missing out by keeping a safe distance.
43:31All this time, I've been letting the magic come to me, but it's here for the taking.
43:37Now, time to make a mess.
43:41Nae!
43:51Ha-ha-ha!
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