00:23I'll see you next time.
00:59I'll see you next time.
01:27Bye-bye.
01:30What is it?
01:34He knows I'm here.
01:37Of course he does.
01:40No.
01:42He knows I'm here.
01:48Is that significant?
01:57Probably not.
02:00File it anyway.
02:10Possible reasons?
02:14Three possibilities.
02:16One, he dislikes me.
02:17Two, he knows something about the vessel.
02:20Three, someone instructed him not to speak to me.
02:23The third option worries me most.
02:25Why?
02:31Why?
02:34Because people don't avoid questions unless they're protecting answers.
02:58Before the binding ceremony, you'll experience changes.
03:04The pack calls it the thread.
03:07Connection to the Alpha and the Territory begins before the ceremony itself.
03:12Your senses may sharpen.
03:14Hearing first.
03:16Then smell sometimes instinct.
03:19How long before the ceremony?
03:21Different for everyone.
03:26The previous vessel.
03:29What about her?
03:31The woman who came here during the previous Alpha's time.
03:34Did you prepare her?
03:37I was a junior member of staff I assisted.
03:43What was her name?
03:46What happened to her?
03:54Kala.
04:00Her name was Kala.
04:04Today, we're covering dietary protocols.
04:07We'll begin there.
04:19Sarah.
04:20Sarah.
04:37Walk.
04:50this feels suspicious good it should the stables after the midday meal come alone
04:59and don't tell anyone especially kale you're asking me to keep a secret from your alpha
05:07yes
05:10why
05:13because if i'm right
05:16you'll want to hear this before anyone realizes i've told you
05:20and if you're wrong
05:24then you'll have wasted 10 minutes in a stable but if i'm right
05:30after the midday meal
05:31and if i'm wrong
06:08you came
06:11you sounded worried
06:14color didn't have an accident that's the story people tell it's not the one i believe
06:17what do you believe
06:20i think someone around the previous alpha helped make her disappear
06:24and i think that person is still here
06:26who
06:28aldrich
06:29evidence
06:36instinct
06:39patterns things that don't fit
06:44send cross-reference
06:47if aldrich handled kala's belongings
06:50or access places connected to her posha
06:54there may be overlap
06:55exactly
06:58i'll see what i can find
07:00quietly obviously
07:05you look like you've discovered another problem
07:09possibly an old one
07:11aldrich
07:13tell me something
07:16useful
07:19when kala disappeared aldrich was the one who told everyone what happened
07:23he said she'd run away
07:25said nobody could find her
07:28and people believed him
07:30most did
07:31back then he was one of the previous alpha's most trusted men
07:46do you think aldrich knows what happened to her
07:49i think aldrich knows what story he's supposed to tell
07:55i'm more interested in the story he's trying not to tell
08:05you're in my way
08:08good
08:12was that intentional
08:20why
08:22because you spent the entire meal watching aldrich
08:27and
08:29and aldrich has spent the entire meal pretending not to notice
08:33maybe he should be nervous
08:34if you're going to investigate someone
08:37don't announce it from across a dining hall
08:45you're asking the wrong question
08:47which is
08:48not why kala disappeared
08:51why it never happened again
08:55after kala i spent two years creating safeguards
08:57restrictions control protocols
09:00you expect me to trust that
09:03no verify it
09:04no verify it
09:21i
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