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Sapphire in the Wasteland
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00:03Flush her out!
00:05Must keep her alive!
00:07Though we'll have endless water!
00:09Water! Water!
00:21They know we are sirens.
00:23We will hold them off.
00:24You must survive, Princess.
00:29Syrah! Surrender now!
00:31And I will make this less painful.
00:34Don't be reckless!
00:35You are the last heir of the Ark Kingdom!
00:37Revenge and our great plan depend on you!
00:43Join us! God will hold them!
00:47Don't look back! Survive!
00:56Their sacrifice cannot be in vain.
00:59I must survive.
01:01Must!
01:03End of the line, Princess.
01:13Bastard.
01:31Tell me, Mermaid.
01:33Where is the legendary Eye of the Abyss?
01:36My patience is running out.
01:42Tell me, Mermaid.
01:43Go to hell, Desert Dog.
01:45Don't even think about getting a single word out of me.
01:50It's the end.
01:51In this desert, I have a thousand ways to make you regret your birth.
01:55If you don't speak, I will peel off your scales one by one.
01:59Until you are nothing but a pile of raw meat.
02:02Still nothing?
02:03How about your nails next?
02:11Peel.
02:12Peel them all.
02:13Even if you skin me, you'll find nothing but my curse for your king.
02:21Kale, stop.
02:22Bring her to be alive.
02:24She is more useful than a corpse.
02:28Give her a mouthful of water.
02:30Just enough to keep her from dying.
02:33Give her a mouthful of water.
02:48Nora, where are you?
02:53What?
02:58You think I'd let you stay together?
03:07Drink
03:09I need you alive to tell me the secret
03:17I will not die here
03:21You serve a mad king
03:23Keep my king out of your mouth
03:39I can give you what you truly want
03:42The things you'll never grant
03:44I can save you
03:47Free me and you will never thirst again
03:55You mean it?
04:02Free me first
04:04Including me
04:10What if I say no?
04:12You are in my hands
04:15I can still make you speak
04:21Then you'll get nothing
04:34You'll regret it
04:35You'll never find me water
04:44I'll get what I want
04:45One way or another
04:56You bastard
04:57You filthy beast
05:05Good
05:06Then let me show you just how filthy I can be
05:22Time's up, let's move
05:23You despicable monster
05:25Save your breath
05:26Words won't save you
05:28You are scum
05:29Just like your king
05:30Letting people die
05:31All for your sick games
05:33Our king bears the sand curse himself
05:35You don't know what the hell you're talking about
05:37If he hadn't destroyed the sacred bring
05:39No one would be cursed
05:40Now he only survives on one thing
05:42Siren blood
05:43You expect me to believe your bullshit?
05:46What is your secret?
05:48My king
05:52He doesn't care about you
05:55You're leading your people to death
06:00You better shut your mouth
06:17Your majesty
06:23What's your secret?
06:30your majesty the sirens are imprisoned well done my boy why don't we hold a holy grace ceremony
06:49the holy grace water ceremony begins
07:04oh
07:08give me water
07:11oh
07:23your majesty please give your people more
07:27i've given all my sacred elixir but they need fresh water to survive can we spare more
07:34my child i have given my best excess broods greed
07:39the ceremony is over clear the square
07:50this is your great king
07:51shut up it will be different
07:59your majesty this is syrah
08:01the princess of the siren kingdom and her warrior
08:04syrah
08:06do you remember me stick to the plan
08:09syrah i often think of your father and i believe you are like him
08:14tell me the endless water source secret and the sand kingdom will honor you as a distinguished guest
08:19your majesty if you would just untie me
08:22i will offer it to you with both hands
08:24your majesty please be cautious
08:26it's a trap
08:27relax kale i know syrah well
08:28she is kind and sincere just as honest as her father
08:32untie her
08:36you
08:36step forward
08:47how could you
08:49i gave you a chance
08:50but you chose to betray me
08:53you never had a chance
08:55you planned this from the very beginning
08:57my princess i could not have anticipated being assassinated just as your father could not have anticipated his own death
09:04he never intended to let sand kingdom have the water source
09:08he only wants to kill me
09:09you've been deceived
09:41you're torture means nothing malacon
09:43you'll never break me
09:45never
09:46syrah shut up
09:48then watch her die for your stubbornness
09:51every wound
09:52is on you
09:59you
10:00i
10:02i'll take you to the water
10:03but nora lives
10:17behave yourself monster
10:19one wrong move
10:20and your dog dies
10:23stop wasting time
10:25the sandstorm is coming
10:40water
10:41please
10:42i can't hold on
10:43just a drop
10:44no water
10:45we only have enough for one day
10:47you have to hold out
10:53enough
10:53enough
10:54stop
10:57i said enough
11:00thanks
11:05kale
11:06are you out of your mind
11:07she's a blood sucking freak
11:09a filthy siren
11:10jealous
11:11he'd rather bleed for a freak like me than give you a second glance
11:39take cover
11:41kill it
11:42for the endless water
11:44protect sheera at all costs
11:46no
11:47no
11:49no
11:51no
11:53no
11:54no
11:56no
11:58no
11:58no
12:01no
12:02no
12:03no
12:03no
12:09no
12:11no
12:11no
12:16don't touch him
12:17back off
12:18can you save him
12:21no
12:22no
12:22you have no right
12:24you're just a useless siren
12:27I can save him
12:29no
12:30no
12:55You saved me.
12:57Why?
12:59Why risk your life for me?
13:01I just didn't want you dying on me.
13:06Kale, Kale.
13:09My body is here.
13:32My body is here.
13:32My body is here.
13:32I'm not sure.
13:33I'm not sure.
13:42Kale! Touch her again and I'll cut you!
13:45She tried to assassinate the king!
13:49Enough, Zara.
13:50What's between us is none of your business.
13:57You're just a bitter loser.
14:00Shut up!
14:01Shut up!
14:02Next one goes right through your heart!
14:19Water! We found it!
14:24Dying, just like my father.
14:27And I couldn't even avenge him.
14:33Go to hell, useless trash.
14:36What the hell did you do?
14:38Cena!
14:39Oh, my God!
15:03Sarah, Sarah, wake up!
15:06Sarah, Sarah, wake up!
15:30No, no, no, no, Sarah, look at me, wake up, stay with me, blood, blood, will my blood
15:36save you?
15:42Please, sorry, please, look at me.
15:56Kale, Kale, you're bleeding too much, I thought you were gone, Siri, you idiot, I'm still
16:06here, aren't I, stop crying, Kale, you hit the rocks, for
16:14me, you're back, it must be agonizing, it's fine as long as you're alive.
16:27We're reporting, Lady Zara, the current is too strong below, we've searched every ledge,
16:32no sign of Commander Kale.
16:33That wretched siren, she bewitched him.
16:35Head back to the capital to report to the king.
16:37How about the commander?
16:38Never mind that now, just get back.
16:44I'm going to catch some fish.
16:46Let me show you how a real siren does it.
16:54The water is warmer than your heart, come in.
17:00With a huntress this beautiful, I might never want to find the way out.
17:04Then stay here, Commander, I promise I won't let you starve.
17:16Never thought I'd see you like this.
17:23Tired?
17:24Let's rest for a moment.
17:25This passage seems endless.
17:32Malachar did this.
17:34Ciri, calm down.
17:35The king protects us.
17:36Protects?
17:37He's hoarding the water and draining my people's blood to stay young!
17:40Is this cereal?
17:41You can zap me Q7 to my fence.
17:43You just need to grow up my Yud-Madaw!
17:45No, no, no, no, no!
17:46Enough!
17:46One more word and we're done.
17:48You're guarding a butcher's throne and calling it duty.
17:51I said stop!
17:55Now I see.
17:56You're just like them, Commander.
18:01Don't.
18:02We are done.
18:04I didn't mean to.
18:19What?
18:20Watch out!
18:28Go!
18:29I'll hold it off!
18:35Cale!
18:36No!
18:38Mariah!
18:44Sira, run!
18:45This way!
18:51End this!
18:59Sira! Sira! Answer me!
19:01I'm here.
19:09I'm sorry, Sira. I hurt you and now I'm making you save me again.
19:13Don't think too much of it. I'm just paying you back for taking that hit for me.
19:18I owe you my life.
19:20Sira, I'll go back. I will investigate Malik's secrets.
19:23If the king is the monster you save, I will end him myself.
19:26You'd better do that, because if you choose him over me again, I will kill you both with my own
19:31hands.
19:32I promise.
19:38Run! The bedrock is collapsing!
19:43Hold your breath! Don't let go!
20:00Trust me. I will save you.
20:08Stop acting, Kale! You jumped into that collapsing abyss! For her!
20:13Jumped for her? No, Sira. I jumped for the water map she has in her head.
20:19But we already have the water, Kale.
20:23Then she is useless.
20:26Let me end this here, your majesty.
20:28Wait, Kale. Don't be so hasty.
20:32Killing her now would be a waste.
20:35This siren is still a useful water-seeking tool.
20:38Take her to the dungeon.
20:44Consider yourself lucky, monster. We'll see about that.
20:49Take her.
20:57Kale, now let me consider how shall I reward.
21:01Your majesty, the greatest reward you could throw upon me is to bring the water into the city without delay,
21:06and distribute it to every district and soul.
21:08Kale is right, your majesty. Sharing this new source will make the people more devoted to your throne.
21:13I wish I could, Kale. But the ground is fragile. A sudden surge would collapse the city. We must wait.
21:19But the people...
21:21Kale, you know I care for the people most. I would not make a mistake.
21:25But you, it seems, the siren has clouded your mind. You shouldn't see her for a while.
21:33It's mine! My daughter hasn't had a drop in three days! Die! We're all dying!
21:41I must find the truth. I cannot let them die like this.
21:50Finally, the vein.
21:53The canal is already flowing. Then why did his majesty say it was impossible? Where is all this water going?
21:59The door coming!
22:14Your majesty are you truly deceiving us all? Is everything Sira said actually the truth?
22:23Sira, I saw the canal under the palace. It's full. Mirak has already redirected the water.
22:28So the blindfold finally falls. He didn't just cut off the water, Kale. He weaponized their thirst to control you
22:34all.
22:35He watched them die. Just for his own power.
22:39Hey, the one in the back! Stop dowdling. The siren isn't going anywhere.
22:43By my blood, I call the heavens. Let the parched earth drink, and my people be redeemed.
22:59You're trembling, Kale. The drought is over. Why the distressed face?
23:03I saw the canal, sire. Under the palace, it's full. Why let them die outside when there's a river beneath
23:09your feet?
23:10I just gave my blood to the sky. Is that not enough?
23:14The rain is a moment, but that canal has been flowing for years! You lied to us!
23:18Has she clouded your mind so deeply that you would come here to question me?
23:22I haven't!
23:23Kale, the sirens squandered the water. The ground is paper thin.
23:28If I speak, tens of thousands will riot for it, and this entire city will collapse into the void.
23:35I raised you, Kale. You, above all others, know my heart.
23:41Would you truly doubt the man who called you son? My good boy.
23:56I went to confront him. He said that the siren ancestors wasted the water, that if the citizens riot for
24:01the canal, the whole city will collapse.
24:03Sire, is it possible he's just protecting them?
24:06Protecting them? That is the ultimate lie. He's not protecting the city. He's afraid he can't control you without the
24:10water source.
24:11Kale, my parents were slaughtered by Marak to refine our blood for immortality. The water he granted the people was
24:16a curse.
24:17He murdered the sirens. No. He said...
24:20It was the death of the siren king that withered the veins. Free me, Kale. If you have a shred
24:25of conscience left, help me end this cycle of sin.
24:28Sire, believe me. I will find the truth. I will see it with my own eyes.
24:38General! Thank gods I found you. A sudden outbreak in the lower districts. People are dropping dead in the streets.
24:44And their bodies...
24:45Sir, you need to see this for yourself. Prepare the horses. Lead the way. Now!
25:00It was never salvation. It was slaughter. Marak, you will answer.
25:08By the king's command, I am here to audit the migrant records and siren negotiation logs. Every entry must be
25:15verified.
25:15Of course, General. Right this way. Let me see what's really going on here.
25:26All corpses. All of them were the lucky ones who drank the holy water.
25:39Sire, you were right about everything.
25:46They all turned to sand because of that holy water. Marak, you even treat the sirens with such barbaric cruelty.
25:53Just for power? Your so-called greatness?
25:56General Kael, his majesty summons you to the High Hall. Immediately.
26:00Why now? Is it possible? He found out about my investigation. Lead the way.
26:06Kael, you've been rather distracted lately. Tell me, what is it that occupies my best general's mind? Is it that
26:17siren?
26:18Your majesty, Jaze. The sirens are enemies of this kingdom. My only thoughts concerning them are how to efficiently extract
26:26what we need and dispose of the rest. They are merely tactical resources.
26:32Excellent. A flawless tactical mindset. Then prove this efficiency to me.
26:45The siren is stubborn. Since you despise her so much. Break her. Do it.
26:57Is that it? Your swing is as weak as your loyalty.
27:03Shut your mouth, monster. Good Kael. Break her mind before you break her body.
27:15Just kill me. Coward. She's right, my boy. Finish it.
27:21What are you waiting for? Loser!
27:37Forgive me, General. I had to be sure the ceiling's filth hadn't poisoned your mind. You've passed.
27:44King's orders. Hand over the keys and clear the block. I'll deal with the siren myself.
27:56It's over now. I'm fine. Look what he did to you. The blood on his hands.
28:01Ciri, I can't take this any longer. I'll rally my men at once.
28:05Rise up in rebellion. And make Malazan pay for every crime he's committed.
28:10I'm with you, Kael. For my family. For the sirens. And for everyone.
28:20Malakar is a butcher. He drinks our blood to live forever. And rots this land to the core.
28:27Stand with me. And we take back our water. We take back our freedom. We take back our lives.
28:59We're done thirsting. Today, we'll take back our water.
29:04We take back our water.
29:07Bring him down!
29:16Open the gates! Stand down and you live!
29:26This is too easy. You think he just gave up?
29:31He knows he's a dead man. Keep moving.
29:39Get to Malakar! Get to Malakar!
29:44Malakar, your time is up.
29:56Look at this. He's got nothing left.
30:01Let's finish it.
30:06Blow the gate! I want him on his knees!
30:21Why the hurry? The feast has just begun.
30:25It ends right now, Malakar!
30:27I gave you everything. Raised you as my own and you throw it all away for some siren you barely
30:32know?
30:32Better than serving a butcher.
30:35I'm speaking to my son.
30:37Keep your mouth shut, Bottom Feeder.
30:41She speaks for me! We're done talking!
30:44Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
31:01It's a trap! Fall back! Get down!
31:25Get down!
31:29Journey!
31:49Stay back, Sierra! It's suicide!
31:58You set us up, you sick bastard.
32:02Did you really think I was blind, Kale?
32:05Stand down. Give me the siren and you might walk out of here alive.
32:14Screw you, Moloch.
32:26Kill Malagar! And the curse dies with him! Everything ends today!
32:35For the water! Charge!
32:43Keep pushing! Move! Move!
32:49Go! Go! Charge!
32:56Murderer! Give us our water!
32:59Give us our water!
33:07What the hell was that?
33:09What did you do to them?
33:10Isn't this what you came for, Kale?
33:14Water.
33:15His son shall fight with stench.
33:17That's not water!
33:19It's poison!
33:20Poison?
33:21It's more than enough to wash away rats like you.
33:25So...
33:26Still eager to die, Kale?
33:34He's a monster!
33:35He's a freaking god!
33:40You're a siren!
33:42You slaughtered my parents!
33:44You took our gift and turned it into this sickness!
33:47I am their god now.
33:50Who are they going to believe?
33:53Princess Syrah?
33:56Let me go!
33:58I'll kill him!
34:01Sarah!
34:02If you die here, it's all over!
34:04We have to go!
34:07Everyone, fall back!
34:10Get her out of here!
34:11Strap her in!
34:12I'll clear a path!
34:17Kale! Don't do this!
34:19Come with us!
34:25Fire!
34:31Siren!
34:37Kale!
34:40Kale!
34:55Kale!
34:56The engine's dead.
34:58I'll go check the perimeter.
35:04Kale is still in there.
35:08Sira, don't look back!
35:10We have to survive!
35:11For him!
35:19Look at the ground.
35:20The desert is moving.
35:31Bullets aren't working.
35:32Draw your blades.
35:37The Djinn Elite?
35:40The King abandoned them in the storm a century ago.
35:42Left them to dry out and die.
35:44Sira!
35:45There's too many of them!
35:49We'll die here.
35:51Exhausted.
35:52Unless...
35:54Eternal Water.
35:56I am Sira.
35:58Princess of the Sirens.
36:00Only I can lead you to the water.
36:05Smell it.
36:06Pure water.
36:08Siren blood.
36:09Then you know.
36:11If there's a dead man, don't trust crowns.
36:14Fight for me, and you'll never thirst again.
36:17I swear it.
36:18If I betray you,
36:20may I turn to salt and dust beside you.
36:27A century of thirst,
36:29ended by your blood.
36:31Siri,
36:32the engine's back online.
36:33We can move.
36:37You carry the weight of a war on you.
36:40A brutal one, I take it.
36:42Malasar controls the water.
36:44We tried to stop him,
36:45and we failed.
36:47And the man I love,
36:48he didn't make it out.
36:49I have drifted through these wastes for a hundred years,
36:52but today,
36:53I walk with you.
36:54If a ghost can find his path,
36:56so can you.
36:58Perhaps.
36:58When danger finds you,
37:00let your blood call my name.
37:01We'll be there before your next breath.
37:06Something's in the road!
37:12It's gonna blow!
37:14Bail!
37:35It's gonna blow!
37:44Damn.
37:45That stings.
37:46You really don't hold back,
37:47do you, sweetheart?
37:48Are you human?
37:49Why are you here?
37:51War horse,
37:51left here to rot.
37:53Bad attitude turned me into that hump of junk.
37:55Relax,
37:56she's just got a few cracked ribs.
37:57But your leg?
37:58That burn fixed my neck.
38:00I'll fix you on its own.
38:01Deal?
38:02Tell you what,
38:03you fixed my neck,
38:04you fixed your leg.
38:05No!
38:06No!
38:08I told you.
38:10Now it's my turn, gorgeous.
38:16Still crying over a dead man?
38:19Why not focus on the living?
38:20Keep talking,
38:22and I'll unstitch it.
38:30Malachar's hounds.
38:31Malachar's hounds.
38:32They found us.
38:38Capture the Siren Princess alive!
38:40Kill everyone else on sight!
38:53Cannons!
38:54Cannons!
38:55Fire!
38:55I'm on drive!
38:56Move the vehicle now!
39:05No!
39:29What the hell is that?
39:30Fire everything!
39:31Fire!
39:47Monsters!
39:48Monsters!
39:48You monsters!
39:49Sarah!
39:50Where did you find these disgusting things?
39:52You're a freak!
39:53No!
39:54No!
39:57Get off me!
39:58Get off me, disgusting freak!
40:01Disgusting?
40:02Let me show you disgusting.
40:05Enough!
40:06She's serious.
40:10Any last word?
40:12Kill me,
40:13and Malachar will burn you to ash!
40:15Cale and I grew up together.
40:16He'll hunt you down!
40:20He'll hunt you down!
40:21Time's up.
40:36I will run no more.
40:38Malachar will pay in blood.
40:40I will find my people and rebuild the Siren Kingdom.
40:44When it's done,
40:45you will have your vengeance!
40:57Hey, your salt dust is clogging my lungs!
41:02A century in the sand,
41:04the salt was fused with my bones.
41:06If this makes you uncomfortable,
41:09I am truly sorry.
41:11Enough, Jacob.
41:12If you don't like it,
41:13ride in the back.
41:16You're doing this on purpose!
41:18Don't play the victim with me,
41:19you!
41:35Above us!
41:36Take cover!
41:37Get down!
41:38Now!
41:41Rustbone dragon.
41:42A desert mutation.
41:44It spits molten sand,
41:46and those wings will tear the rovers apart!
41:48Amateur.
41:49Bite me, dustbag!
41:50Shut up, both of you!
41:51Save the pissing battle
41:52for when we're not being hunted!
41:56What is that blue light?
41:57It's core.
41:58Cut the power,
41:59and it's nothing but scrap metal.
42:01And how do we get up there?
42:05I know how.
42:07Jacob!
42:07To me!
42:10Jacob, put me right under his belly,
42:13now!
42:20Gotcha!
42:32Lights out.
42:53Malachor is a dead man.
42:55Always has been.
43:00Damn.
43:02I love it when you talk like that.
43:06Human warrior,
43:08help me reconnect the cables,
43:10and I will be at your command.
43:13We need the lift.
43:17I'll fix you,
43:18but it demands a blood oath.
43:20As you wish,
43:23Master.
43:25I swear it,
43:27if I betray you,
43:28let my iron shatter
43:30and my core turn to dust.
43:32Ivan,
43:33take a look and see
43:34how we can fix this thing.
43:36All patched up.
43:38Fire up.
43:40My core burns again.
43:44The sky is yours, Master.
43:47Climb on.
43:49Let's go.
43:54Glad the big guy
43:55can't shapeshift into a man.
43:57What are you babbling about now?
43:59I want our queen.
44:02And don't play dumb, Fossil.
44:04I know you do too.
44:09Fair warning, dead man.
44:10I don't share.
44:13Father,
44:15Kyle,
44:16hold on.
44:17When I come back,
44:19Malachron dies.
44:20Look!
44:21Down there!
44:22Trees!
44:30Bring us down!
44:32Now!
44:40Water!
44:41We're almost there.
44:45We're almost there.
44:46Sira!
44:47Sira!
44:53Sira!
44:55It's okay, Sira.
44:57You're safe.
44:58Gwen.
44:59Commander Gwen.
45:01Gwen.
45:03Gwen.
45:03The others?
45:04Did they make it?
45:05Not many.
45:07After the capital fell,
45:09we became ghosts.
45:21We had to run.
45:23Kept moving.
45:24Kept dying.
45:25Then we found this place.
45:27I kept who I could alive.
45:29Our best fighters.
45:32I've been through hell, Gwen.
45:34I swear on the falling.
45:37Malachar will pay in blood
45:38for every drop he stole.
45:40No mercy.
45:41Just the debt.
45:43We take back our home.
45:45And the Sirens will rule the water once again.
45:48You are the last of the Holy Blood.
45:50You are our queen now.
45:51We follow you to the end.
45:56Look!
45:57It's our princess!
45:59Sira has returned!
46:00Stand with me!
46:02We end this today!
46:04For our home!
46:06And for Malachar's head!
46:12Attack the Kingdom of Sand!
46:16Kill Malachar!
46:18Rebuild our home!
46:21Eyes on the Sand Kingdom.
46:23Full speed.
46:37Malachar!
46:39Malachar!
46:39Open your gates!
46:46Syra!
46:48No!
46:49How the hell...
46:51Burn it to the ground!
46:56Close the gates!
46:57Bring that thing down!
47:08Hey Malachar, come out and play!
47:12What are these things, Zahra?
47:15You killed her, didn't you?
47:17Damn right. And now, I'm taking your head.
47:22Salt and bone arise.
47:29What the hell is this?!
47:32Fire!
47:33Don't let them get close!
48:04It's over, Malachar.
48:08Syrah. I die, he dies with me.
48:13Get him out! Now!
48:23Kael?
48:25Surprised, Princess? I kept him breathing just for this.
48:31Drop your weapons!
48:33Or I cut his throat right now!
48:39Look at you.
48:41So weak.
48:43Can't even pull the trigger!
48:46You're one of us!
48:48How could you slaughter your own kind?!
48:51I am the Sand King!
48:54I am no freak like you!
48:59What are you waiting for?
49:01Do it!
49:02What are you worthy for?!
49:03?
49:07Constructors!
49:08Kalauendesk, they're in me!
49:09Bear up!
49:10In the gaatons!
49:11I just want you to fucking...
49:21Kyle!
49:30You!
49:30Keep him down!
49:45Wait!
49:46We're the same! Your own kind!
49:50Funny.
49:51I thought you said you weren't one of us.
49:55Dying is the easy part.
49:56And you don't get off easy.
49:58This is for my parents.
50:00The king and queen you butchered.
50:03This is for our people.
50:05For every drop of blood you stole.
50:08And this...
50:09This is for Kale.
50:39You!
50:45Your majesty.
50:47Your blood can't heal this land overnight.
50:50I'll find water.
50:53No one will ever die of thirst again.
50:55Until the holy spring awakes.
51:12You did it, Kale.
51:15The desert is alive.
51:21My love will turn you back.
51:23My love will turn you back.
51:24I will add a ghost.
51:27I will be here in the dark.
51:30I hope that you will be here in the dark.
51:35Let's go.
51:36Let's go.
51:39The desert is coming.
51:43The desert is coming.
51:44The desert is coming.
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