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Kill me, Mom. - HOT
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00:00I fought my every strength for survival after the apocalypse day, just for the last hope of my town.
00:06Just as I raise my blade to make another strike, I'm all frozen, unable to continue.
00:11In the distance, there's a girl with only half her body.
00:15She is commanding the entire zombie field through the forced world.
00:18That face of hers looks identical to my daughter's.
00:21But before I set out on this mission, she was still in the base, on a date with her boyfriend.
00:26Zombies don't feed on their own kind, which means she was attacked and devoured by those zombies while still alive.
00:33She turned into one of them.
00:35I can't help but shiver the moment I realize that.
00:38Eyes bloodshot, I'm simply trying to get close to her like a mad woman.
00:42I stare at her face, then look at the locket around her neck, old and familiar.
00:48My heart can't stop beating in a frenzy.
00:51Looking at her face and the necklace, I became increasingly convinced that she was my daughter.
00:57Squad leader, this thing is freaky.
00:59Let me put it down.
01:01For an instant, the horrible visions of my daughter's death flash through my mind.
01:05I conjure a beam of electricity with all I've got, blocking his strike.
01:09She can control zombies and heal their wounds.
01:11She's definitely not simple.
01:13Whether she's really my daughter or not, I will check this out.
01:16I have to.
01:17I want this one alive.
01:19Are you insane?
01:21That's a fucking zombie.
01:23Squad leader, that intelligent zombie can get us all killed.
01:28She's not fighting back or resisting.
01:30She's now very obedient, shielded under my cloak.
01:33Deputy squad leader shouts at me.
01:35Let's return to the base together after getting the job done.
01:38I'm not minding him.
01:39I'm only thinking.
01:40She clearly had every chance to close her.
01:43But she stopped after seeing me.
01:45I caress her face with a gentle touch.
01:47Her breaths, her shapes, all of her is the same as my daughter's.
01:52But why?
01:53Why has she turned into something like this?
01:55I will definitely figure out the whole truth.
01:58Who exactly is that girl claiming to be my daughter back in the base?
02:02Or is this half-bodied zombie my real flesh and blood?
02:07Two guards stopped me at the entrance.
02:10Anna.
02:11Blake's orders.
02:12Anyone who's been outside must get checked for the virus.
02:15The head of the base, Blake Ray.
02:17An enhanced soldier with elect superpowers.
02:21Soon.
02:21I'm out of the exam room.
02:23Slender figure rushes straight into my arms.
02:25It's my daughter, Ivy.
02:27She's in a white dress.
02:29Her hair loose over her shoulders.
02:32Mom, I was so worried about you.
02:34I heard you left with a zombie.
02:37I reach out and tuck her hair behind her ears.
02:39Why worry about me?
02:41I just got you a crystal core.
02:43A crystal core?
02:45Didn't you always want one?
02:46I open my palm and show her.
02:49A blood-red crystal core.
02:51Resting right there.
02:52Ordinary zombies' brains are empty.
02:54Only mid-level and high-level zombies contain crystal cores.
02:58Which can enhance our superpowers after absorption.
03:02A high-level one?
03:03Her eyes light up instantly.
03:05I place the core into her hand with a smile.
03:07Ordinary ones aren't worth my time, you know?
03:10I became the squad leader completely on my own.
03:12It had nothing to do with my daughter's boyfriend, Blake.
03:16In the third year since the apocalypse day, there was a bizarre rainstorm.
03:20Some humans began to awaken special abilities after that, including my daughter and me.
03:24She developed a rare healing ability.
03:26Anyone injured would ask her for help.
03:28As for me, I got the powers to bend the air.
03:30I can turn air into blades, sharp enough to cut any solid stones.
03:34My combat level ranks second.
03:36Only Blake is above me.
03:37Obtaining crystal cores is not difficult for me.
03:40Right now, she clutches the core tightly in her palm.
03:44Mom, you are the best!
03:46You went to treat the injured again, didn't you?
03:49Superpowers cannot be faked unless someone can imitate them completely.
03:52Only one person has that kind of ability.
03:54Aren't we fighting a guerrilla war?
03:56More and more squads are going out these days, and more of them are getting injured.
03:59I've been so busy all day.
04:01Last month, a scout team discovered a zombie horde moving closer from the north.
04:05So we all decided to take the initiative.
04:07We kept sending squads out to strike and withdraw immediately.
04:10Then let's share the same room tonight.
04:12Let's have a mother-daughter talk.
04:14Her expression changes slightly.
04:17But Blake wants me with him.
04:19I almost got bitten for getting you that core.
04:21After surviving that, I just missed you even more.
04:24Just stay with me for the night.
04:25She freezes for a few seconds, then nodded.
04:28In the night, on the bed, I ask her this.
04:30Ivy, do you still remember the bedtime story I told you when you were six?
04:35Of course I do.
04:36Little Red Riding Hood.
04:37It wasn't Little Red Riding Hood.
04:39It was the story about the wolf granny.
04:40But my voice remains gentle.
04:42Well, yeah.
04:43You still remember, huh?
04:44She secretly lets out a breath of relief.
04:46After a short while, her breathing slows and evens out in her sleep.
04:51I will find out what you did to my daughter.
04:54In the morning, I step out and find the ground flooded.
04:57This is the second rainstorm since the apocalypse day.
05:00I can feel my superpowers changing again.
05:02Ivy is nearby, directing people to move the supplies.
05:05She's actually living like an untouched flower.
05:08When she sees me,
05:08Mom, perfect timing.
05:10Tell me, where should I put these things?
05:12I glance at the boxes on the ground.
05:13Those are clearly beyond her reach.
05:15That's from Blake?
05:16He insisted.
05:16I said no, but he wasn't happy about it.
05:18Every day, people have to wait in line for hours for rations, too.
05:21Her supplies are stacked as if she owns a warehouse.
05:24Over the next few days, she's getting increasingly outrageous.
05:27She doesn't like the taste of her portions.
05:28Blake spends a long time comfortating her.
05:30When someone's injured, she goes reluctantly.
05:32After treating them, she complains that the wound was too dirty and stained her clothes.
05:36She even begins to interfere in the base operations.
05:38During Blake's meetings, she'd sit beside him with her legs crossed, interrupting sometimes.
05:41I want her to climb higher.
05:42The higher she stands, the harder she'd fall later.
05:46Ivy.
05:48Mom, what is it?
05:49Come with me.
05:50I tell the guards that I'm taking my daughter out for a walk.
05:53We'd be back in a minute.
05:54She keeps chattering all the way,
05:55even demanding that I should give her all the crystal cores I obtain in the future.
05:58Finally, we arrive at the entrance.
06:00The entrance is blocked as I left it last time, leaving only a narrow gap.
06:03Hmm.
06:04Mom, what is this place?
06:05It's so filthy here.
06:07I don't answer her.
06:08I simply walk into the darkness.
06:10After hesitating for a few seconds, she follows me inside.
06:13In the corner, a half-bodied man is still lying there.
06:16In the past few days, I've secretly come here.
06:19I walk over, crouching beside her.
06:21Ivy stands behind me, all impatient.
06:24What are you showing me here?
06:26It's so dark.
06:27I can't even see a...
06:29She suddenly falls silent.
06:31Monster!
06:33At the same time, she notices Ivy too.
06:37There's hatred burning inside her eyes.
06:39A guttrial roar tears out from her ruined throat.
06:42She stumbles backwards in terror and crashes onto the ground.
06:46Mom!
06:47Mom!
06:48Kill it!
06:49I walk over and grab her chin.
06:51You know her?
06:52How could I possibly know that ugly creature?
06:54Mom, just kill it already!
06:57Then she shoves me aside and runs out, without looking back.
07:00A cold laugh escapes me.
07:02I turn around, gently stroping my real daughter's hair.
07:05Don't be afraid.
07:06Mommy is here with me.
07:08They will never get away with it.
07:10After that incident, Ivy becomes much more obedient.
07:13Three days later, in the afternoon, Blake comes to me with a group of badasses in the base.
07:18I'm sitting outside my little cabin, cleaning my sword.
07:20Anna, I heard you're keeping a zombie for yourself.
07:24My heart skips a beat, so he already knew.
07:28There's a whole lot of zombies getting at us out there.
07:30We're risking our damn lives to kill them, and you are keeping one?
07:33Ivy is the only one with healing powers we've got.
07:35If anything happens to her, can you take responsibility for that?
07:38Anna really crossed the line this time.
07:40Blake, the one I'm keeping is different.
07:42She has anti-
07:43A zombie is a zombie, for God's sake!
07:45It's our mortal enemy!
07:46Dispose of it immediately!
07:47This is an order!
07:48Bring me its head.
07:50I'll extract its core myself.
07:51Then you apologize to Ivy in front of all of us.
07:54You want my daughter's head?
07:55The guys behind him are ready to channel their powers with murderous intent.
07:59You know where I hit the supplies of my squad.
08:01They are stored in several locations.
08:03I'm the only one who knows the exact positions.
08:06Is this a threat?
08:07I suddenly throw an airblade out of my palm, slicing the attacker behind me.
08:12Since we started the guerrilla tactics, our supply has been depleting.
08:14Plus, Ivy's been wasting her resources, and you kept it a secret.
08:17The rest of the base has no idea that a famine is coming soon.
08:20Panic flashes in Blake's eyes.
08:21I step forward.
08:23If I'm in danger, those supplies outside will never be found.
08:26His eyes burn with fury.
08:28Electro surges crackling in his fists.
08:30Clearly, he wants to kill me.
08:32Anna, you better stay alive then.
08:34I look up at the top of the walls as a few zombies are trying to climb in.
08:38I can't help but laugh at them.
08:40Tonight, those zombies will break in.
08:42I hope you are all ready.
08:44When night falls, it's raining again.
08:46I close my eyes.
08:48Something comes to my mind.
08:49Three months ago, my daughter was sent on a mission.
08:52She was gone for three days.
08:54When she returned, she was injured.
08:56I asked her what happened.
08:57She said she accidentally got cut somewhere, but she could get better with her own healing powers.
09:02I didn't take it seriously back then.
09:04Now I realize, the one who came back from that mission was not my daughter at all.
09:08It was the impostery.
09:10She didn't heal the wound immediately.
09:11Probably because she had just learned the power.
09:14The same face.
09:15The same voice.
09:16Even the same plagueness.
09:17I turn over on my bed.
09:19Suddenly, there's a compotion outside.
09:21Someone is shouting.
09:22I bolt up immediately and rush out.
09:24Everyone is running for their lives.
09:26But Blake and Ivy are nowhere to be seen.
09:28On the walls, sentries are sounding the alarms like hell.
09:32Everyone, to the walls!
09:34When I reach the walls, I see a pitch black mass rolling closer at us.
09:38They are swarming in from the north like crazy tides.
09:41One wave after another, countless zombies are filling this rainy night.
09:46Pyro-enhanced guys are fully prepared.
09:48A rain of fire arrows shoots out at the zombies, burning down some of them.
09:53But more are surging forward the next second.
09:55On the walls, all the enhanced people are gathered here.
09:59Pyro, electro, air, all kinds of superpowers are blasting into the zombie herd.
10:04But there are just too many of them.
10:06What we are doing is not enough at all.
10:08I raise my hands and summon storms powerful enough to erase everything.
10:13The storms tear thousands of them apart.
10:15But the horde still keeps coming.
10:18Then, I see a familiar figure among the darkness.
10:21There! A half-bodied one! Shoot it!
10:24Lots of arrows rain down at her.
10:26My heart skips a beat.
10:27She suddenly accelerates her moves, dodging the arrows.
10:30I watch with eyes wide open as she reaches the base of the walls.
10:34She's looking at me.
10:36Then, she turns around and faces the incoming zombie tide.
10:40A piercing scream erupts from her throat.
10:43At the same time, the zombies charging forward suddenly all stop.
10:47I can't believe what I'm seeing right now.
10:49Everyone's shocked.
10:50My daughter is the only one ahead of them.
10:53That piercing scream is still going on.
11:00She's commanding them.
11:02She's actually controlling the zombie horde.
11:08A thought suddenly flashes through my mind.
11:11Something inside her suppressed her mutation.
11:15Therefore, she didn't turn immediately.
11:18And some humanity is still left in her.
11:21She can even tell those zombies what to do.
11:26Does that mean one day...
11:30She can fully be human again?
11:35Now!
11:36Kill that half-bodied one!
11:38She's the zombie queen!
11:39I snap back to the moment.
11:41On the walls, a dozen people have already raised their weapons.
11:44All aiming at my daughter.
11:49No!
11:49No!
11:50I rush forward and step into their line of fire.
11:54All of you, stand down!
11:58Anna, are you insane?
12:00She's controlling the zombies!
12:03Someone is shouting.
12:05Just kill her.
12:06And they will all go away!
12:10I said...
12:12Stand down.
12:15Raising my hand, I send an airblade past that man's face.
12:18Cutting into the pillar behind him, everyone freezes.
12:22Anyone who wants to hurt her will have to go through me first.
12:26The rain is still falling.
12:28I stand there on the walls, facing the partners I once fought with.
12:32My daughter's piercing scream echoes through the air.
12:34Within that sound, I can hear her pain and her struggle, and her determined will to keep me safe.
12:42The confrontation between us drags on for a long time.
12:47Finally, I tell them she's my daughter.
12:51The rain keeps falling down hard, blurring everyone's vision.
12:57At last, someone speaks again.
13:00Squad leader Anna, please step aside.
13:03I recognize the voice.
13:04It's my deputy squad letter.
13:07He's all drenched.
13:08His expression indecipherable.
13:13Deputy squad leader.
13:16Even if she is your daughter.
13:19He says.
13:20She's a zombie now.
13:23I notice he's channeling his energy.
13:25Aiming at my daughter's back.
13:27No!
13:32No.
13:35She's different.
13:37Hearing my defense, the deputy squad leader gets even more agitated.
13:42Squad leader!
13:43Snap out of it!
13:46No matter how different she is, she's one of those goddamn zombies!
13:51I follow the direction he's pointing at.
13:56Far beyond!
13:58More and more zombies are swarming in!
14:01Dense!
14:02Endless!
14:03No horizon in sight!
14:06This is only the beginning, he says.
14:08If she can't hold on, or loses control, all of these zombies will breach our gates and walls!
14:17Hundreds of people here will die!
14:19All of us!
14:20She may be controlling those zombies, but as the zombie queen, she'll also attract more and more zombies to rush
14:27over.
14:28Squad leader Anna, now step aside.
14:30He looks at me.
14:31I know you can't do it, so I'll do it for you.
14:35My grip on my blade is tightening.
14:39I know he's got a point, but I cannot step aside.
14:45That's my real daughter.
14:47My own flesh and blood.
14:49I raised her with all my love since she was a child.
14:52I also promised my husband before he turned that I'd protect her for the rest of my life.
14:56I look down there.
14:58She's only got half a body, battered by the freezing rain, doing everything she can to protect us.
15:03Step aside?
15:04How?
15:04Soon, the piercing scream stops.
15:07My daughter's body is shaking.
15:09All those zombies begin to move again.
15:11Oh no!
15:12She's losing control!
15:13All the enhanced people in the front are paired for sacrificing themselves.
15:17At this pivotal moment, the zombie horde advances a few steps, then retreats.
15:22A few steps forward, then back again.
15:26This process repeats a number of times.
15:30Maybe they're struggling against something.
15:33No.
15:35Not them.
15:36It's my daughter, who's still making her efforts.
15:41She's been resisting the zombie instincts with her own strong will.
15:45She looks up at me, opening her mouth.
15:48This time, her voice changes.
15:51No longer that pursing scream that made everyone suffer.
15:54It's a simple word.
15:56A feign, fragile word.
15:58Mom!
15:59I come undone!
16:01Tears are streaming down my face.
16:04She's calling me.
16:06I'm in!
16:07I'm rushing down to get her.
16:10Glory, sir!
16:12Squad leader, Anna!
16:15Someone shouts behind me, but it doesn't stop me.
16:20I leap straight off the walls and charge into the zombie herd.
16:24Zombies reach out their hands to grab me.
16:27But just before they can touch me, they recoil.
16:30My daughter is holding them back.
16:32She's using the last of her strength to protect me.
16:36I crouch down and pull her into my arms.
16:38Her body is icy cold.
16:41Mom.
16:44She's calling me again.
16:49I'm here.
16:51I hold her tightly as tears blur my vision.
16:54I'm right here.
16:56She looks at me.
16:58She looks.
17:01In her gray eyes, I see a faint, lingering flicker of humanity.
17:09I'm sorry.
17:14I want to go home.
17:18I hold her even tighter.
17:21Yes, let's go home.
17:27Mommy will take you home.
17:34She closes her eyes.
17:37The echoes of the piercing scream stop completely.
17:44Behind me, the zombies begin to move again.
17:47I bend the air around me into sharp blades.
17:55I strike once, twice, three times.
18:04One wave down.
18:06Then another.
18:07But there are just too many of them.
18:11Way too many.
18:14There's no end to this.
18:20Just as I'm about to collapse, I hear someone breaking through to our rescue.
18:27It's my deputy squad leader.
18:29He's bringing people down to help me.
18:31Squad leader Anna!
18:33Step back!
18:34They charge into the zombie horde, unleashing their superpowers in all directions.
18:39I hold my daughter in my arms, retreating.
18:41When I reach the base of the walls, someone pulls us back up with a rope.
18:45She's resting motionless in my arms, eyes closed, as if she were asleep.
18:51Raindrops strike her face, then slide down her cheeks.
18:55I wipe them away with my hands.
18:57As I'm wiping her face, something astonishing happens.
19:01Her face is changing.
19:02Her asher withered skin is slowly regaining skin color.
19:06I immediately check her breathing with my hand.
19:09She's breathing.
19:11Weak, but yes, still breathing.
19:14She is alive!
19:15She's still alive!
19:17She knew she was bitten.
19:18She knew she'd turn into a zombie eventually.
19:21She knew exactly what she would end up like.
19:23Yet she said nothing about those things.
19:25She only whispered to me,
19:27Mom, if I ever turn into a zombie one day, please don't just let me go.
19:32I won't kill her.
19:34As we reckoned, they fled because their superpowers had regressed.
19:38That second rainstorm was the reason.
19:41Ivy is enjoying herself in a newly built wooden hut.
19:45Chirta canned food, ordering people around just as before.
19:49When she sees me, she freezes for a moment.
19:53Then she grins at me, thinking I'm still fooled by her charade.
19:58Mom, why are you here?
20:00Missed me?
20:02I look at her and say,
20:04I just want to check on you.
20:08She stares at me defensively.
20:11What's there to check?
20:12I let out a cold laugh.
20:15Just seeing how much longer you can keep this up.
20:19She suddenly gets anxious.
20:21What do you mean?
20:22Outside, my deputy squad leader and his unit have already rounded the entire, surrounded the entire area.
20:29She rushes out in panic.
20:31The moment she sees them, her face turns completely pale.
20:34What are you doing?
20:36Her tech, you know, with three of spliced.
20:38I'm Ivy!
20:40I'm with Break!
20:42No one responds to her at all.
20:44All bold, Bay Sion.
20:45I stand in front of the crowd, questioning her.
20:48Imitation is your trick, isn't it?
20:51Hearing her secret being announced in public, she panics completely.
20:55It rains all night.
20:57By dawn, the zombie horde is almost gone.
20:59No one knows why.
21:00But I do.
21:02She's the only reason.
21:03To ensure the safety of our base, I bring her back to parking lot.
21:07Every day, I feed her a little of my own blood and wipe her body clean.
21:11Her body is recovering, bit by bit.
21:14Those murky eyes are turning clearer by the day.
21:17On the 15th day, she opens her eyes, looks at me, and says,
21:21Mom.
21:22Her voice is soft.
21:24Just as before, I cannot say a thing.
21:28Only tears can do the talking.
21:32Ivy.
21:33She smiles.
21:34That smile brings back all my memories with her.
21:37Mom, I'm back.
21:39I hold her tight in my arms.
21:41All I can do now is cry.
21:43Only later do I learn what really happened that day.
21:46Three months earlier, during her mission, she met someone.
21:52Someone who looked exactly like her.
21:55That girl wanted to kill her and replace her.
21:59My daughter couldn't fight her and was thrown into a zombie horde.
22:03But she had her healing powers.
22:06She used her superpowers to suppress the virus inside her body.
22:10She held it down for three grueling months.
22:12But the virus was too strong, so she couldn't suppress it forever.
22:17In the end, she still turned.
22:20After hearing her story, I can't speak a word for a long time.
22:24Who was that girl?
22:25Then I ask her.
22:27She lowers her head.
22:29It was Blake's first love.
22:32Just as really unexpected.
22:34After that heavy rainstorm, she disappeared.
22:37Blake thought she was dead, but she wasn't.
22:39She developed an imitation ability.
22:41She could become anyone she wanted and even copy their powers.
22:45She wanted to return to Blake, but I was with him at the time.
22:49So she decided to kill me to replace me.
22:52At night, I lead my squad to Blake and Ivy's deadly hidden spot.
23:01Imitation powers have made you sterile.
23:04My gaze falls upon her flat, barren abdomen.
23:07You're not carrying a child at all.
23:10You... how...
23:11She takes a step back because my real daughter is back.
23:15Hearing this news, her buttress turns each on serenably pale.
23:19Then, a voice comes from behind.
23:21Move aside.
23:24It's Blake.
23:25He walks forward, looking at me.
23:28Then, at the imposter.
23:31What she just said... is it true?
23:34The imposter opens her mouth, but unable to utter a word.
23:37Blake stares at her.
23:39You killed my girlfriend?
23:40No!
23:41No, it's not like that!
23:44Blake, please!
23:46Blake's voice turns ice cold.
23:48I kept wondering why, after waking up, you look at me differently.
23:52You speak differently, too.
23:54So, you're not her.
23:57The imposter stumbles back, retreating all the way to the cold concrete, a dead end for her.
24:04Blake, Blake, listen to me.
24:07Listen to me.
24:08I love you.
24:09I did everything for you.
24:10So, for me, you just killed her?
24:15The imposity starts crying.
24:17The deputy squad leader waves a hand.
24:19Several people step forward and pin her to the ground.
24:22As she's taken away, she keeps screaming Blake's name and my daughter's name, desperately begging for help.
24:28Still, no one responds to her desperate calls.
24:30Watching her disappearing figure, I suddenly recall something.
24:33Three months ago, my daughter smiled at me in the rain when she returned.
24:38Mom, I'm back.
24:39At that moment, who exactly was I looking at?
24:42Her or that impostery?
24:45She is going through a smooth recovery.
24:47Her healing powers have evolved into something even stronger than before.
24:51She's locked in an iron cage underground.
24:54Every day, someone would bring her food, but no one speaks to her.
24:57Blake went to see her once.
24:59After their meeting, he sat at the base entrance for a long time.
25:03I don't know what he was thinking.
25:04That's not my problem anyway.
25:06Since he had not taken part in the scheme against my daughter, I shall spare him my blade.
25:10Later, the zombie hordes attack several more times.
25:14But each time, they retreat halfway.
25:16Because there's someone special watching the walls now.
25:19A girl in white.
25:20My daughter.
25:21People in the base are calling her the guardian.
25:24Every time she hears that, she'd smile with genuine warmth.
25:27One night, I join her during her duty on the walls.
25:32Mom?
25:32Yes?
25:33Do you think I can actually ever be human again?
25:36Yeah, sure you can.
25:38Really?
25:39Really.
25:39When I fully recover, I want your braised pork again.
25:43Of course.
25:45And your apple pie.
25:46Sure.
25:47What else?
25:48She looks at me, her eyes shiny.
25:50I want you to hug me.
25:53Silly girl.
25:54I can do that right now.
25:56Her body is still a little cold, but much better than before.
26:00Ivy.
26:01Hmm?
26:03Don't ever leave me again.
26:05Yeah.
26:05In the distance, the sun is rising from the horizon.
26:08A brand new day is coming.
26:10Humanity will keep fighting against the zombies.
26:12We'll soon embrace our rebirth.
26:14Bathing in sunlight again.
26:16Not long ago, our virology expert successfully extracted antibodies from my daughter's blood.
26:21In the afternoon, Blake shows up.
26:24He only stays outside the cabin.
26:26When my daughter sees him, she doesn't know how to react.
26:29Then she leaves my side and walks to the door.
26:32They stand a few steps apart, looking at each other.
26:35Neither of them is speaking a word.
26:37I step out of the cabin.
26:39They need some room for privacy.
26:41I know that.
26:42Blake is saying something with his head tilted down.
26:44My daughter is listening, occasionally nodding at him.
26:48After a while, she raises a hand to touch his face.
26:51I see Blake's shoulder tremble for a moment.
26:54Then he reaches out and pulls her into his arms.
26:58Mom.
26:59Yes?
26:59He apologized to me.
27:01Okay.
27:02He said he should have seen through that imposter sooner.
27:04True.
27:04He said he's been regretting it every day.
27:07Yeah.
27:07Mom, do you think I should forgive him?
27:09Do you want to forgive him?
27:10She goes silent for a while.
27:12I'm not sure.
27:13I stroke her hair gently.
27:14Then take your time.
27:15We've got all the time in the world now.
27:17After a moment, she speaks again.
27:19Mom?
27:19Yes?
27:20Can I go see that person?
27:22You want to see her?
27:24She nods.
27:25I want to go check on her.
27:27Aren't you afraid she might do something to you?
27:29I am.
27:31But I still want to see her.
27:35I take her hand into mine, getting up.
27:38Let's go then.
27:39I'll go with you.
27:40The iron cage is in the deepest corner.
27:42The woman inside is all curled up, turning her back on us.
27:46When she hears our footsteps, she moves slightly.
27:48Then she slowly turns around.
27:50It's been three months.
27:52She's now skeletal as a ghost.
27:54Her hair tangled, her face covered in dirt.
27:57When she sees me and my daughter behind me, she's all sluggish.
28:02Then she opens her mouth.
28:04Her voice is hosky, giving me a feeling of worn-out sandpaper.
28:07Well, well.
28:09Look who just decided to show up.
28:11Here to mock me?
28:13My daughter remains silent, just looking at her.
28:15That woman studies her from head to toe.
28:19Already walking?
28:21Impressive, really.
28:22A new pair of legs with your powers?
28:25Incredible.
28:26My daughter still doesn't say a thing.
28:28After a brief period of silence, the smile on her face fades away.
28:34What exactly are you here for?
28:37To see how miserable I am?
28:40To see me locked up like a damn dog?
28:43Now you've seen it.
28:44Happy?
28:45My daughter steps forward.
28:47That woman instinctively recoils out of fear.
28:51What do you want?
28:52Her voice is shaking.
28:54Say it!
28:55My daughter finally answers.
28:57I'm here to see if there's any sense of regret left in you.
29:01She's confused.
29:02She suddenly starts laughing, almost to tears.
29:05Regret?
29:06Regret?
29:07Seriously?
29:08She lifts her chin up and looks at my daughter.
29:10It's all madness in her eyes.
29:12I actually met him before you did.
29:15You know that?
29:17In the third year since the apocalypse day.
29:20That rainstorm awakened our powers.
29:23His was Electro.
29:24Mine was Imitation.
29:26We killed zombies and searched for supplies together.
29:30We survived.
29:31When he held me in his arms, he said I was the only love for his entire life.
29:38But later, her voice is growing harsher and harsher.
29:41Then he met you.
29:43You were prettier than me.
29:46More useful than me.
29:48Better than me in every way.
29:51So he abandoned me.
29:53Stopped seeing me.
29:54She bursts into tears.
29:55Do you know what that feels like?
29:57The man you love is right in front of you, but he's falling for someone else?
30:02My daughter looks at her with indifference.
30:04So you had to kill me.
30:05She freezes.
30:09You wanted to kill me and replace me, only to get back with him.
30:14Do you know what I was thinking when those zombies bit me?
30:19She's mute now.
30:22I was only thinking about my mom.
30:25If I died, who would take care of her?
30:27Does she have anyone else to talk to?
30:29She's always forcing himself to remain strong.
30:32But would she cry?
30:33As she speaks, tears fall from her eyes.
30:37You'll never understand that feeling.
30:40Because you've got no conscience at all.
30:43My daughter looks at her for one last time.
30:46Then she turns to leave.
30:49Wait!
30:50Inside the cage, the woman looks up at her.
30:53Can you ask Blake to come see me once?
30:58My daughter stops, but she doesn't turn around.
31:02Just for once.
31:05I want to...
31:08I want to say something to him.
31:10My daughter remains silent for a moment, considering...
31:14All right.
31:15Outside the basement, night has already fallen.
31:18My daughter stands at the doorstep.
31:20Mom.
31:22Yes?
31:22I lied to her.
31:24I won't let Blake see her ever again.
31:26She turns and smiles at me.
31:28I embrace her with both my arms.
31:34Let's go home now.
31:36Yeah.
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