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Cloak of the Reaper Forbidden Deal Episode ENGSUB Dark Fantasy, Supernatural Romance
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00:00Hello Chicago! In the latest news, Joe's sloppy house was closed due to suspected cannibalism
00:06and rodent molestation!
00:07Yikes! Not again!
00:09The midnight news never fails to put me to sleep.
00:11Breaking news! I mean Richard Frost and teen heartthrob Ethan Frost were spotted this afternoon.
00:18I see one more article about those slime balls.
00:42That's not a raccoon.
00:45Hello Ivy.
00:55No!
01:05Okay, rational explanations. Cosplayer. A lost Halloween enthusiast. A very committed
01:11Rappoon in a costume. Or a murderer. That works too.
01:20Let me in Ivy. I won't bite. I'm gentle as can be.
01:32Good girl. Be afraid of the weapon.
01:36A scythe.
01:37Now let me in. Or I'll cut you into ribbons and wear you as a tie.
01:42Not from here you won't.
01:43Then I'll find another way in.
01:45Where? All the doors are locked. My parents make sure every night-
01:48You forgot your window. I'll walk slowly, so you actually have a chance.
02:04Either I'm losing my mind, or something very, very wrong just found me.
02:10This is so much fun!
02:12Fun is nice, not where I don't choose.
02:17Mama! It's here! The monster!
02:19What do you want from me, Susie? This is the fifth-fifth night!
02:35Why? Why do I do this to myself?
02:48Oh look, that costume is amazing! So realistic!
02:54We need to get off this ride. Now.
02:57Honey, it's just actors.
03:00Ah!
03:09Can we leave? I think I touched hay.
03:13I'm going to be an angel!
03:14You. An angel?
03:16And you should be the devil, since your name is Ivy.
03:20Like, Ivy is poison. That's ironic, right?
03:23That's not how irony works, but sure.
03:27Try it on. I'll find my wings.
03:40Are you okay? You look pale as a ghost.
03:43Technical difficulties with the costume.
03:48Hey, where's that Grim Reaper display?
03:51Had to take it down. He tends to scare the customers.
03:55On the house. Cupcake.
04:08Uh, Lila, what time is it?
04:10Uh, 7.45, I think.
04:13LILA, TIME IS IT!
04:15AHHHHH!
04:18Oh my god. I killed him!
04:22Don't go out there!
04:25What if he's a zombie?
04:29sir are you okay oh the egg johnny my chest it feels like it's on fire do you want me
04:35to call
04:35an ambulance at least you didn't hit me at 70 miles with a pointy car oh wait you did
04:46i'll give you 20 seconds since your shirt is seen through one two three
04:57four five six seven lila open the damn door eight
05:11calm down it's not the same guy
05:21oh my god thank you so much for helping her
05:25no problem always here to help don't bother you won't see my face why are you following me
05:35holy crap is there a black hole under there
05:39i'm hungry why are you following me you're number one on my priority list don't tell anyone about me
05:46your friend is lucky she's clueless or i'd kill her see you at the party tonight eight o'clock
05:50i know where you live your mother is very nice by the way oh my god go wrong
06:03that guy who saved you was gorgeous wait you saw his face he was two inches from you
06:10how did you not his his hood was up his face was covered he had no hood on ivy
06:20mom dad i'm mr buttons and i love to sing a song
06:26i'm mr buttons and i love to sing a song
06:31I'm Mr. Buttons and I love to sing a song
06:34What the f***?
06:37Stop it!
06:41Grab my hand and we can sing along
06:45I'm Mr. Buttons and I love to sing a song
06:50Dear Ivy, I suggest killing yourself with this knife before I kill you and have tons of fun with it.
06:55Do you like swimming? I heard you're an excellent swimmer.
06:57I also heard you like spiders, gory horror movies, dark places and heights.
07:04I could do something with those.
07:06See you later, Cupcake. Your worst nightmare.
07:09P.S. Don't tell anyone about me unless you want them dead.
07:15Fine. You want to play games? I'm going to that party.
07:28Yo, is that you, Ivy? You look smokin'. Must be an alternate universe.
07:35Don't touch me, the Y.
07:38Oh, she just owned you, bro!
07:40Have you seen Lila?
07:42The kitchen or the pool, I'm not sure. Everything's blurry.
07:48Ivy! You look so cute. Do you want to swim? I have extra bikinis.
07:54Sure. Sounds great.
08:00Ladies and gentlemen, we have ourselves a dry little lady. You know what that means?
08:05Dunker! Dunker!
08:07Come on, just dip your toes in.
08:09Jake, stop! I can't swim! Please!
08:14When I was little, I fell off my dad's boat. I almost drowned.
08:17I've been afraid of water ever since.
08:42Don't fight me. It'll make this harder for you.
08:58You're okay. Nobody's going to hurt you.
09:05Who are you?
09:08A friend.
09:13Remember that.
09:18I made out with George.
09:21You guys broke up.
09:23He cheated on you.
09:25You're just jealous because I have all the guys and you have nothing.
09:30At least I don't.
09:31He's coming.
09:33What?
09:33Ivy! Ivy! Ivy!
09:36Ivy!
09:36Ivy!
09:37Ivy!
09:38Ivy!
09:40Ivy!
09:42Ivy!
09:43Ivy! Ivy!
09:44Please help me and you'll be safe.
09:46Get off my property, Arden. And put a shirt on, YOU TOOL.
09:51Demonstrate your power.
10:10Pepper, how did I get here?
10:31You were dead asleep when we got home.
10:33How was the party?
10:35Fine.
10:36Mom, did anyone come to the house yesterday while you were gone?
10:40No, why?
10:42No reason, Mom.
11:03A rational person would go to the police, a sane person would delete these texts and
11:07move on.
11:07But there's something about him, about the way he appears and disappears, the way everyone
11:10sees him differently than I do, and that makes me feel like the police can't help me, like
11:14this is something else entirely.
11:16Hey!
11:18Wasn't that party amazing?
11:20You don't remember anything weird happening?
11:23I remember dancing, in the pool, in Joya Gypsies.
11:29I mean the guy, the one who grabbed me.
11:32What guy?
11:34Never mind.
11:52I was
11:54teen heartthrob Ethan Frost is missing.
11:56Teen heartthrob
11:56reportedly transferring to a Chicago public school for a grounding experience,
12:00According to his father, billionaire Richard Frost.
12:03Incan F-R-O-S-D ice calming air?
12:06Great.
12:07Because my life isn't chaotic enough.
12:10Oh, Ivy.
12:16Ivy?
12:18Ivy!
12:23I'm fine.
12:25Just a stomach thing.
12:38You think a celebrity walked in?
12:40A celebrity did walk in!
12:42Oh my god, his job.
12:48He looked at you!
12:49He looked at everyone.
12:55You're the only person not staring at me.
12:58Congratulations.
12:59Won a trophy?
13:01I'm Ethan.
13:05I know who you are.
13:06You were on Vogue.
13:07Naked.
13:10I had my hands strategically.
13:12I don't need the detail.
13:16I don't need the detail.
13:17I want to know.
13:21I want to know who you are.
13:45you can't be here this is a school i can be wherever i want take the hood off no why
13:52because
13:52the last girl who saw my face couldn't stop screaming because you're ugly the opposite
13:58actually that's not why she screamed are you going to kill me that's not the plan then why haven't you
14:07you're complicated that's not an answer it's the only one you're getting
14:17i'm supposed to read your soul ivy morgan that's what i do i'm death death the one lonely and the
14:24side that the threats the creepy notes occupation then why warn me why give me 20 seconds to run
14:31i saved me from choking on a taco like i said complicated stay away from arden and frost
14:40neither of them want what's best for you and you do i want you dead but apparently i'm having
14:47trouble following through he's death actual death and somehow that's not even the scariest part
14:58the scariest part is that i believe him
15:09balance was created by the others the original angels to monitor good and evil in the world
15:18doing homework on me i'm flattered stop watching me the book is mostly wrong but the part about the
15:24world ending that's accurate
15:29how long have you been there 40 minutes you snore by the way i do not why are you in
15:37my room
15:37the balance is shifting faster than it should be something is accelerating it and whatever it is
15:44it's connected to you me i'm a 17 year old a cat and a stomach problem i'm not connected to
15:50anything
15:51your stomach problem is the connection those pains you keep getting that's the balance reacting to you
15:56you're different i was sent to kill you because certain force believe your existence was disrupting
16:00everything and do you believe that i don't know what i believe anymore which is a problem
16:06because i've been doing this for centuries and i've not known centuries i'm a lot of kick
16:13very old arden is an angel he wants to use you ethan frost's family isn't what they seem
16:20and i i'm supposed to be one who ends you so trust no one including you especially me
16:37you'd explain everything i said i'd show you everything warning what you see might change
16:44things just take it off
16:52hideous terrifying both you're beautiful and that makes you more terrifying most people see what
16:59they what they want to see what is this the real me whatever that means at this point
17:08so now what now you know what death looks like you're still standing here which means easy either
17:16you're incredibly brave for me or incredibly stupid i was gonna say stubborn i have questions
17:23lots of them i know that's the problem with you you never stop
17:34tomorrow your rooftop don't bring anyone
17:48so your death like the death one of them there's a hierarchy i handle high priority cases
17:55and i'm high priority because because you shouldn't exist the balance flagged you 17 years ago
18:01a soul that doesn't fit not fully human not fully anything else my orders were to eliminate you
18:07before you disrupted the system but you didn't i was the one who pulled you out of the water when
18:11you fell off your dad's boat you were six you looked up at me with those stupid big eyes and
18:17i
18:17hesitated i never hesitate that was you my dad said it was one of his friends i made him think
18:25that so you've been watching me for 11 years assigned to you there's a difference is there
18:33look the elders want you dead arden was sent to recruit you for heaven's side before i could
18:37finish the job and the frost family richard frost isn't human neither is ethan they're playing a game
18:43you can't see yet what game control of the balance whoever controls you controls it
18:50i'm not a weapon to them you are so what are my options i die get recruited get used
18:58or i make a deal with you i keep you alive buy us time to figure out what you actually
19:02are
19:02in exchange in exchange you stay close you do what i say and you don't trust anyone else
19:09you literally told me not to trust you i told you i was supposed to kill you
19:14the fact that you're still breathing should tell you something deal
19:24we need to talk about your new friend i don't have any new don't insult my intelligence ivy
19:32i can smell death on you he's manipulating you that's what he does he collects souls
19:38he doesn't save them he saved mine when i was six because he needs you elders who believe your
19:45soul is the key to stabilizing the balance if it's reaped properly by injury anything
19:50and they shift toward vol reaped properly you mean killed sacrifice there's a difference funny
19:58everyone keeps telling me the difference between things that sound exactly the same
20:02i'm trying to protect you by killing me nicely death will turn on you
20:07it's in his nature when the time comes and his masters demand your soul he'll deliver it
20:11he always does i'm offering you a choice come with me and i can at least make sure it means
20:15something
20:20here's my choice no i'm not dying for anyone's cause not his not yours
20:31he's already breaking rules for you ivy and when heaven notices and they will they won't punish him
20:37they'll punish you
20:41will you
20:44i haven't decided yet that's not reassuring
20:59you've been avoiding me i've been busy busy with the guy on the motorcycle
21:04how do you know about him i notice things my father notices things your father doesn't know i exist
21:12he wanted me to invite you to dinner oh he knows exactly who you are ivy
21:19look i'm not the enemy come to dinner saturday
21:33were you listening i'm always listening
21:44do you sleep no i eat don't need to but i like tacos
21:52do you feel things i'm not supposed to
21:55that's not what i asked i felt nothing for centuries
21:59i reaped souls followed orders existed in the spaces between life and death
22:04then i pulled a six-year-old girl out of the ocean
22:06and she looked at me like i was a person instead of a nightmare
22:11damien
22:13don't
22:14don't say my name like that
22:16like what
22:17like it matters
22:21why like cupcake
22:23what
22:24you keep calling me cupcake
22:26why
22:27when i first found you when you were six on the boat
22:29you were holding a cupcake pink frosting
22:31you offered it to me after i pulled you out
22:33you said here's scary man you look hungry
22:36i don't remember that
22:38i never forgot it
22:44don't go to the frosts i mean it
22:46give me a reason
22:47because if something happens to you in that house i will burn it to the ground with everyone inside
22:50and that would be very bad for the balance
22:56ivy morgan i've been looking forward to meeting you for quite some time
22:59you know my name
23:00i know much more than your name
23:02i know what you are
23:03and what's that
23:05an anomaly
23:06a soul the balance can't categorize
23:08neither fully light nor fully dark
23:10do you know how rare that is
23:12i'm starting to get the picture
23:14the elders want you destroyed
23:15death was dispatched to do it
23:17and yet
23:18here you sit
23:19alive
23:19which means our mutual friend has gone rogue
23:23i'm offering you protection ivy
23:24real protection
23:25not whatever sentimental arrangement death has cooked up
23:28in exchange for what
23:29your cooperation
23:30your soul has the power to tip the balance permanently
23:33i intend to use that power to reshape the world
23:36with you willingly at my side the transition would be smooth
23:39and without me
23:41considerably less smooth
23:43for everyone you love
23:44dad
23:45quiet
23:45ethan
23:46thank you for dinner
23:47i'm leaving
23:53the door is locked dear
23:56sit down
23:57we have so much to discuss
24:02i told you not to come
24:06death himself crashing through my window for a human girl
24:09how romantic
24:10how pathetic
24:11she's not yours frost
24:12she's not yours either
24:13that's the delicious part
24:21when i say run run
24:25she can't run from destiny
24:27run
24:31this way
24:31why are you helping me
24:35because my father is insane
24:37and i should have warned you sooner
24:44father isn't human
24:45he hasn't been for a long time
24:47he made deals
24:49dark ones
24:50for power
24:51he wants the balance broken
24:53not balanced
24:54what about you
24:58i'm his son
25:00i didn't get a choice in what i am
25:03but i'm choosing now
25:10get your hands
25:12tsar
25:14frost
25:15in can
25:15i just saved her life
25:18i said
25:19let go
25:23we're leaving
25:25now
25:32you're bleeding
25:33i don't bleed
25:35there's literally blood on your face
25:40it'll heal
25:42what is richard frost
25:44he was human once
25:46he sold his humanity for power
25:50strong enough to hurt me
25:52which means strong enough to destroy you
25:54and ethan
25:56born half corrupted
25:57he helped me escape
25:58i noticed
26:00you came in for me
26:01i told you i would
26:03you said you'd burn the house down
26:05i considered it
26:07this can't happen
26:08what can't
26:10this
26:12whatever you're feeling right now
26:13it's a bad idea
26:17i'm feeling grateful
26:18you're feeling more than that
26:20i'm taking you home
26:21your parents will be worried
26:22damien
26:23don't
26:29heaven has made its decision
26:31about
26:31you
26:33they've issued an order
26:34your soul is to be collected
26:35by me
26:36before richard frost or death can use it
26:37i tried to give you time ivy
26:39time's up
26:40i thought you said you should protect me
26:42this is protection
26:43if frost gets your soul the world ends
26:45if death keeps defying orders
26:46they'll destroy him and take you anyway
26:48at least with us
26:49your sacrifice means something
26:51there's that word again
26:53it won't hurt
26:54i promise
26:59touch her again and i will end you
27:02angel or not
27:07you condemn her
27:08you can't protect her from heaven and hell
27:12watch me
27:19stop
27:19both of you
27:26i'm not a weapon
27:27and i'm not doubting for anyone's plan
27:29do you hear me
27:31you lied to me
27:33and you
27:34you should have told me they were coming
27:42i know you're awake
27:43your light is on
27:44go away
27:45i can't
27:46can't or won't
27:47both
27:51you have 60 seconds
27:52i should have told you about heaven's order
27:54i found out three days
27:55go i thought i could handle it before it reached you
27:58you thought you could handle it
28:00like i'm a problem to be managed
28:02that's not
28:03that's exactly what it is
28:04you
28:05ardenfrost
28:06everyone's managing me
28:07planning around me
28:08nobody talks to me
28:12you're right
28:12what
28:13you're right
28:14i've spent 11 years watching over you
28:16and i still treat you like a mission instead of a person
28:18old habit
28:19tell me everything
28:21right
28:21now
28:22no more it's complicated
28:24no more you're not ready
28:25everything
28:26when you were born the balance fractured
28:28not because you're evil
28:28because your soul is neutral
28:29perfectly impossibly neutral
28:31you contain equal parts light and dark
28:33that's never happened before
28:35you're the living embodiment
28:37of what the balance is supposed to be
28:39so i am the balance
28:41seem a living anchor for it
28:42if your soul is reaped and given to heaven
28:43the balance tips permanently toward good
28:45sounds nice
28:45but it would destroy free will
28:47if frost gets it
28:48the balance collapses into chaos
28:50the balance holds
28:52as long as you breathe the world stays in equal rhythm
28:54that's why you're a weapon
28:55alive you're a lock on pandora's box
28:57so the only way to save the world
28:59is for me to survive
29:01and the only one assigned to kill you is me
29:03what happens to you
29:04if you define your orders
29:06obliteration
29:06not death
29:07death can't die
29:09erasure
29:09like i never existed
29:10every soul i ever reaped
29:12every moment
29:13every memory gone
29:13even the memory of me
29:16then why are you still here
29:18because for the first time in centuries
29:21there's something i'm more afraid of losing than myself
29:24your 60 seconds are up
29:26i know
29:30thank you all for coming
29:32this is a terrible idea
29:33for once we agree
29:34richard frost is coming for me
29:37heaven is coming for me
29:39the only way i survive
29:40is if the three of you
29:41stop trying to kill each other
29:43and start working together
29:44my father has allies
29:45dark ones
29:46demons
29:47corrupted spirits
29:48people in power
29:49who sold their souls to him
29:50he's been building an army for years
29:52waiting for this moment
29:53and heaven won't wait much longer
29:55if i don't deliver your soul
29:57they'll send someone who will
29:58someone less
30:00merciful
30:01define merciful
30:02you try to rip her soul out in the school hallway
30:05i was trying to spare her a worse fate
30:09enough
30:11here's the plan
30:12arden you buy us time with heaven
30:14tell them you're still working on me
30:16lie if you have to
30:19angels don't
30:20learn
30:21arden's jaw tightens but he nods
30:23ethan
30:23you know your father's operation from the inside
30:27his weaknesses
30:28his schedule
30:29his allies
30:30i need everything
30:31if he finds out i betrayed him
30:33he'll
30:34i know
30:35that's why it has to be careful
30:37ethan swallows hard
30:39nods
30:40and damien
30:43let me guess
30:44stay close
30:45protect you
30:46don't kill anyone
30:48can you handle that
30:50the don't kill anyone part
30:53is going to be challenging
30:54i can feel you
30:55imagining my death right now
30:58it's the only thing getting me through this meeting
31:00boys
31:01focus
31:02richard frost wants the balance broken
31:04we're the only thing standing in his way
31:06so either we work together
31:08or the world ends
31:09pick one
31:10truce
31:11truce
31:12am i part of the truce too
31:14or
31:14don't push it
31:16frost
31:17so then he says
31:21you've been so quiet lately honey
31:23everything okay at school
31:25just stressed midterms
31:28that's my girl
31:29always worrying
31:31you know what i say
31:32take it one fish at a time
31:35that's not a saying
31:37dad
31:37it is now
31:39i invented it on the boat
31:54do you ever wonder what it would be like
31:57to be normal
31:58i was never normal
32:03humor me
32:04if i were normal
32:06i'd probably have terrible taste in music
32:09work some dead-end job
32:10eat too many tacos
32:12you already eat too many tacos
32:15see
32:16i'm halfway there
32:18after tomorrow
32:19if everything goes wrong
32:20it won't
32:21but if it does
32:22i need you to know
32:24don't
32:24don't say it like a goodbye
32:25i'm not saying goodbye
32:28i'm saying thank you
32:30for the boat
32:31for the tacos
32:32for every time you were there
32:34even when i didn't know it
32:36you offered me a cupcake
32:38when you were six
32:40no one had ever given me anything before
32:42damien
32:44yeah
32:45if we survive this
32:46i'm buying you a whole box of cupcakes
32:48i'll hold you to that cupcake
32:52my father is on the one
32:54the ritual chamber
32:55am i he exiting a break
32:56to grab that door
32:57without the real anchor present
33:00that wise it holds
33:00original to reach your ritual
33:01if she's close enough
33:02he can siphon it without her consent
33:03then why are we walking toward him
33:06because if we don't stop him tonight
33:07he'll come to you
33:09at your house
33:10with your parents inside
33:11let's go
33:17i'll clear the path
33:18move fast
33:24stay behind me
33:29top floor
33:30two more flights
33:33what was that
33:34he started the ritual
33:38right on time ivy
33:40knew you'd come
33:41your soul recognizes the balance's pain
33:43you can end it
33:45all you have to do
33:46is let go
33:48no
33:48dad
33:49stop this
33:50quiet son
33:51or join the offering
33:56you want her soul
33:58come through me
33:59with pleasure
34:30the balance is breaking
34:32if that signal completes
34:33it's over
34:47Ethan
34:48wake up
34:51the signal
34:52it needs a soul
34:54to activate
34:55any soul
34:56he designed it
34:58to work with yours
34:58but what
34:59if someone else
35:00steps into the center
35:01willingly
35:02someone with enough
35:03supernatural energy
35:04could overload
35:04short circuit
35:06the whole thing
35:27you chose a human
35:30for eternity
35:31how poetic
35:33how stupid
35:36run
35:38no
35:40ivy no
35:42if you step in
35:43he'll take your soul
35:44i'm not giving him
35:46my soul
35:47i'm using it
35:52what are you doing
35:53you'll destroy the channel
35:58that's the point
36:04no
36:05i spent
36:07decades
36:13son
36:15son
36:21ivy
36:23ivy
36:24her soul
36:25her soul is intact
36:25but it overextended
36:26she poured everything
36:27into breaking the signal
36:28she's
36:29she's what
36:30fading
36:31don't you do this to me
36:32don't you dare
36:33you owe me cupcakes
36:35remember
36:39yeah cupcake
36:40we won
36:46you're crying
36:47i don't cry
36:48there's literally tears
36:50on your face
36:51shut up
36:57the doctors say
36:58you passed out
36:59from exhaustion
36:59and some kind of
37:00electrical event
37:01they're baffled
37:02sounds about
37:03right
37:03ivy
37:04i know
37:04something happened
37:05something bigger
37:06than what you're
37:07telling me
37:07i'm not as clueless
37:08as everyone thinks
37:09i know you're not
37:10will you tell me
37:11someday
37:12someday
37:14i promise
37:19heaven has recalled
37:20the order
37:20your survival
37:21proved something
37:22they didn't expect
37:22that the balance
37:23doesn't need a sacrifice
37:24it needs a guardian
37:26a living
37:26so they're leaving
37:27me alone
37:28for now
37:28possibly forever
37:30you've changed
37:30the equation ivy
37:31they're recalculating
37:32angels recalculate
37:34we're learning
37:34what about you
37:36i've been reassigned
37:37observation duty
37:38apparently watching over
37:39earth is my penance
37:40for going rogue
37:42take care of yourself
37:43ivy morgan
37:44the world needs you
37:45breathing
37:46hey
37:48hey
37:48my father's gone
37:49the company
37:50the mansion
37:51the empire
37:51all of it's being
37:52dismantled
37:52i'm 18 with nothing
37:53you have yourself
37:55that counts
37:56you sound like a
37:57motivational poster
37:58you're welcome
37:59i'm leaving chicago
38:00starting over somewhere
38:01nobody knows the frost name
38:02i just wanted to say
38:03thank you
38:03for seeing me as
38:04something other than
38:05his son
38:05you were always
38:06something other than
38:07his son
38:07ethan
38:08you just didn't
38:08know it yet
38:11goodbye ivy
38:12you came
38:22i always
38:24come
38:24the elders
38:25your superiors
38:26what are they going to do to you
38:28they offered me a choice
38:29continue as a reaper
38:30new assignment
38:31new soul
38:32forget everything
38:32or
38:33or
38:34become mortal
38:34lose my power
38:35my immortality
38:36my position
38:37start from zero
38:37live and eventually die
38:39which did you choose
38:43i figured i owed you one
38:4411 years late
38:45you chose mortal
38:46i chose you
38:48you're going to be
38:49terrible at being human
38:51probably
38:52i don't know how to do taxes
38:53or cook
38:54or sleep
38:55you'll learn
38:56to sleep
38:57i eat too many tacos
38:59we'll work on that
39:01no more scythe
39:02no more scythe
39:04no more death threats
39:05i might keep the nickname
39:07cupcake
39:10so
39:11that's what that feels like
39:13welcome
39:13to being human
39:19here's what they don't tell you in bedtime stories
39:21good doesn't always conquer evil
39:23and evil doesn't always win
39:24sometimes
39:25against every odd
39:26they find balance
39:27they find balance