02x07 - Chapter XIII: Black Heart, White Mountain

[bunniefuu]

Hey.

Hey, you're finally awake.

You were expecting someone else?

- I...
- I won't take it personally.

You had a rough couple days.

We were both relieved

when your fever
finally broke last night.

- Both?
- Dad!

Hey. Hey, Henry.

Be gentle with your father.

Henry? You're Henry?

Who else would I be?

You always said that
if we had a boy,

we'd name him Henry.
After your...

My father, yes.

Maybe you're still delirious.

Is there anything I can get you?

I have everything
I ever wanted right here.

Sunny.

Hey. Any change?

No. He said some stuff.

I think I heard the name Henry
and then nothing.

He looks bad, bajie.

Shame I couldn't get
something stronger.

I mean, for me.
Obviously, not him.

I couldn't find any wounds,

just some weird markings
on his chest.

His chest?

sh*t.

What?

The bruises.

Cyan must've tagged him
with the five poisons.

The five poisons.
The hand of the five poisons.

It's one of the abbots'
deadliest techniques.

What are they teaching you?

So, what can we do?

Nothing.
There's nothing we can do.

Look...

This one's already affecting
his brain.

Liver, kidneys, lungs are next.

Then the heart.

He'll be lucky
if he lasts a day.

I just watched Ava die.

I can't let him die too.

Sunny. Sunny, wake up.

Sunny, wake up.

Sunny.

Sunny, wake up.

Sunny.

Sunny.

What's the matter, dad?

Nothing. It's just the wind.

Hey, four fingers apart,

straight lines, like I told you.

I don't want to be a farmer
when I grow up.

I want to be a fighter.

Why would you want to do that?

Because then, no one could
mess with me.

Plus, girls like fighters.

Is there a girl
you're trying to impress?

Maybe.

Is she pretty?

Her name's Artemis.

I met her when I was playing
in the woods.

Sorry, kiddo. You all right?

How about this?
I'll race you to the pens.

Ready? One, two, go!

Go, go, go, go, go!

I'm gonna get you!
I'm gonna get you!

I b*at you.

What happened to them, dad?

Something must've gotten in
from the woods.

Maybe it was a wolf.

Go back to the house.

It's getting worse.

Yeah. It will. Lousy way to go.

What do you want me to say?
He's gonna wake up in an hour

with a big smile on his face
and a spring in his step?

I'm sorry to burst
your sentimental bubble,

my friend,
but it's not gonna happen.

What, are you
just gonna let him die?

Let him?

I was the one that warned him
about the abbots

in the first place.

But he still insisted
upon going.

Yeah, you're right. To save me

and he's not gonna die
because of it.

Now, the abbots did this to him,

so they've got to know a way
to undo it.

If there is, the only one
who knows is the master

and she is not the type
to share her secrets.

Maybe she doesn't have to.

She's got these old scrolls
in her chamber.

I bet the cure
is in one of them.

You want to go back in there?

Why not?

They'd never expect it.

Yeah, and with good reason,
we would be insane to try.

Neither of us
have our gift anymore.

It would be like walking in
with our dicks in our hands

and sorry, sorry
but I'm not gonna

put my d*ck in that position.

How did sunny hook up
with an assh*le like you

in the first place?

"How did sunny..."

You don't know the first thing
about me, son.

So now you're angry?

Yeah, maybe I am. You know what?

Maybe I'll stick you
in the ground next to him.

- How about that?
- No, you won't.

You're just angry
because you know that this

is the right thing to do.

Every time I try
and do the right thing,

I end up tits deep in sh*t.

And I do not like
having shitty tits.

It's at least a day's drive
to the monastery.

And to be honest, I doubt
he's gonna make it that far,

but...

Well, then shut up
and let's load him in the car.

Sunny?

Sunny?

You okay?

Yeah.

I, um, been thinking.

I think after what happened
with the pigs,

maybe we should move.

I'll build a higher fence.

Those wolves won't get in again.

Hey. We're safe here.

I'll protect you, I promise.

Dinner's ready.

Okay.

Henry?

Will you drag him in here?

Henry? Dinner's ready.

Just a minute.

What are you doing?

Nothing.

Let me see your hand.

What happened?

I cut myself
putting away the plow.

You can't even lift
that thing. What happened?

Where'd you get this?

My friend from the woods,
Artemis, she gave it to me.

That is the truth. Let me go.
You're hurting me.

Look, I'm sorry.

I don't want you to play
with that girl

in the woods anymore.
You understand?

Mommy.

All right. Fine. I'll bite.

What is on your mind,

other than our friend
back there?

Why'd you leave the monastery?

Why did you leave the monastery?

I found out something
terrible about myself.

Around the same time I found out

something terrible
about the monastery.

Your turn.

I left because of a girl,
all right?

She was my novice at the time.

She was a mouthy little punk,
just like you.

When I found her,
she was so small

that I nicknamed her flea.

Took to training
like nobody's business.

Do you know what it's like
having your arse kicked

by a 12-year-old girl?

God! She had so much potential.

What happened to her?

One day, cyan and I,

we were tracking a, a dark one

through the
outlying territories.

And when we found him,
he'd been trussed up

and, caged by slavers.

And then I hear flea.

And she's marched
into the center of their camp

and she's screaming
at the slavers

to release their captives.

They just laughed at her.

And the next thing I know is,
is, um,

she cuts her arm
and her eyes go black.

And it is an absolute bloodbath.

No one survived.

Not even the people
she was trying to help.

I think you can guess
what happened

when we got back
to the monastery.

I'm sorry.

Maryanne?

The water is getting cold.

Maryanne?

Maryanne.

Put those things down at once!

I'm done taking orders
from you, baroness.

Baroness.

The widow is on a warpath.

Her forces have reached
our gates

and our cogs are deserting.

What about the clippers?

The ones who aren't dead

are pledging their loyalty
to the widow.

We need to go, now.
I'll pack what I can,

you saddle up
the two best horses.

Vehicles will be too easy
to track.

- Yes.
- Go.

Henry?

It hurts, daddy.

Let me see.

What happened?

Artemis.

Artemis? Your friend?
She did this?

She's angry you took the sword.

Henry.

What is... What happened?

I... I don't know.

Go and get some,

some hot water and clean towels.

Hey, it's gonna be okay.
It's gonna be okay.

It's gonna be okay.
Don't touch it.

Who are you?

Don't you remember me?

Artemis?

It's all over his chest.
Drive faster.

It's not mine.

Come on. Breathe.

Wait.
They've surrounded the house.

We can still make it
to the tunnels.

A for effort.

The last time
I stood in this room,

you were just a baron's wife.

But you learn the game quickly,

don't you, baroness?

Perhaps a little too quickly
for your own good.

I thought you didn't k*ll women.

You're right, I don't.

But he might.

It's always good
to see you, Jade.

Let's boogie.

What's our plan?

There's an old door,
below the waterfall.

They keep it locked

but the latch was pretty rusty
when I was here.

Shouldn't be too hard to break.

They still eat
every night at 6:00?

Yeah. Like clockwork.

All right.
Should give us 30 minutes.

The dinner siren.

We need to hurry.

What?

- Sorry, I can't go in there.
- Yeah, you can.

You have got three choices,
my friend.

You can shut up and get back
in the car,

or you can go it alone.

The third choice, you do not
want to find out about.

Do you still wanna know
why I left?

I k*lled my mother.

Same way flea k*lled
those nomads and cogs.

All this time I've been
looking for her

so that we could find our way
back to azra.

But then in the mirror chamber
I learned the truth.

Sunny's the only other person
who's cared about me, bajie.

I can't lose him.

And I, I can't save him either.

Not without your help.

The mirror chamber.

Did the master tell you
not to trust

everything you see in there?

Yeah. She also told me
azra didn't exist,

so sunny
was gonna help me find it.

How was he gonna do that?

He had this compass.
And I had this book.

When we use them together,

it would point us
in the direction we had to go.

.

Book and a compass?

If we make it
out of this alive, if...

I am gonna k*ll you.

Let's go.

You had it all, didn't you?

A brief, shiny moment.

You had everything
I always dreamed of.

Yours will be the story
all the little cog girls

will tell each other.

She was the one who came
from the filth of the fields

and...

And the greasy stench
of the kitchen

to the velvety heights
of the barony.

Only to be pushed
from that pinnacle

by her own ambition.

Not by my ambition.

By your blade.

If you hadn't k*lled
your own son,

none of this
would have happened.

We're quite alike, you and I.

- I am nothing like you.
- Aren't you?

We're both cogs
who rose to become barons.

Me by the strength
of my sword, and, and you...

Well, by deploying
other weapons.

Your beauty, which beguiled me.

Your cunning, ooh!

My compliments.

But you were
always so pragmatic,

even to the point of,

of marrying my weak,
traitorous son.

Why not admit it?

The only difference
between us is that,

is that I'm honest
about who I am.

You are deluded.

And I was only pragmatic
in marrying you.

I loved your son.

Maybe his weakness

was that he was able
to love me back

in a way you never could.

You be careful, Jade.

I can make this very easy,
or very painful.

That's what you do, isn't it?

Deliver pain.

You have no idea what love is,

what Ryder and I had,
to love another person

- more than you love yourself.
- Damn...

That's what you
resent most, isn't it?

That he wasn't a stone-hearted
machine like you.

So go ahead, k*ll me.

It's what you do, Quinn.

An escort of my men
will take her to the border,

and then she's on her own.

Let her suffer the misery
she has given to others.

Hey. Be nimble, yeah?

In, out.

All right.
The scrolls are over here.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
I'll look for the scrolls.

I need you to look
for a leather satchel

about so big.

A satchel?

Do you wanna help sunny?

Yeah? Stop asking questions.
Come on.

No.

Needles?

Bajie, there's got to be
a better way.

No. No, there isn't.

And I cannot guarantee
this is gonna work either.

I've seen the abbots
use these before

on one of my friends.

Better him than you, trust me.

Hey, got it!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa, what are you doing?

Looking for sunny's compass.

It's long gone. Forget it.

Come on, we gotta go.
We gotta go.

- Come on.
- All right.

sh*t.

Smells good.

Welcome home, bajie.

Well, this is awkward.

You're looking good.

I mean, you can't be a day
over 135?

You haven't changed, bajie.

Still hiding your failings
behind jokes.

Well, I'm just,

I'm just trying to lighten
the mood, you know?

You were once my greatest hope.

Instead, you have become
my bitterest disappointment.

I'm sorry.

If it helps, I've disappointed
a lot of people

since you, old lady.

And you, m.K.

I sent three of our best
to search for you and Ava.

They found us.

Ava's dead.

And so are the others,
it would seem.

I imagine bajie had something
to do with that.

You'd be a fool to trust him,
m.K.

Bajie only cares about himself.

That's why he left us.

No, I left when I realized
that you were a hypocrite,

pretending that you cared.

All you wanted to do
was control.

Take them.

You should know
that w*apon won't help you.

She's lying to you!

Ask her about Tate.

Go on, ask her.

There's so much
you do not know, child.

It's a pity you rejected
the chance

for me to teach you.

Have any ideas?

Cut the novices.
They'll att*ck the abbots.

M.K. Let's go!

- Come on.
- Go!

Go, go, go!

Where are you going?

I'm taking Henry away from here.

Away from you.

Wh... what? Why?

Sunny, I don't know
what's going on.

Why won't you
give him that sword?

What about the cuts on his back?

The dead pigs. Wolves did not
line them up like that.

What do you want?
Why are you doing this?

No.

No.

No!

Henry?

What did you do?

She wanted us to leave.
I couldn't let that happen.

What do you mean?

She didn't understand.
I'm going to be just like you.

Where are you? Show yourself!

Where's my son?
What did you do to him?

What did I do?

You made him k*ll his mother.

That wasn't my fault.
It's yours.

Do you know why you can't have
the life that you want?

This dream?

All this time,
you've been so worried

the thr*at would come
from outside,

but it's been inside you
all along.

And now, it's in your son.

He will become you,
and that will be your legacy.

Stand back.

Or what? You'll k*ll me?

You already did,
don't you remember?

You k*lled me and my brother

in the same
careless sword stroke.

We're nothing but black lines
on your back now.

Still don't remember?
Maybe this will help.

Sunny. Sunny. Sunny.

Recognize them, sunny?

Sunny?

They're all your victims.

You can't even remember
their faces.

But yours was the last one
they ever saw.

His tattoos, they're bleeding.

All right. Quick.
Pass me a needle.

- Okay.
- Load it up. Quickly.

Heart, brain, lungs, liver,
kidney, that's five.

Whoa, come on!

- Here, here.
- Okay.

I really hope this works.

Sunny. Sunny. Sunny.

I saved your life.

Well, I mean,
we saved your life. He helped.

How do you feel?

Just appreciating the day.

Funny how much
you take for granted.

Yeah. Well,
you'll have some time

to rest on the drive.

Bajie says he has a plan
to get us into the wall.

What?

you wouldn't be alive right now.

Yeah, but I bet
it wasn't his idea

to go back to the monastery.

I... I couldn't lose you, too.

You're the closest thing
I have to family, so...

Thank you.

Of course.

You did good.

- How's he doing?
- I think he's okay.

He's resting.
Bruises are already fading.

Good. We can soon get back
to him belittling my morals

and telling me
I'm a useless piece of crap.

You're not
a useless piece of crap.

A loud mouth piece of crap
maybe,

but definitely not useless.

Sorry about flea.

I'll find her one day.

I... I thought she was...

Still a pin cushion?

No. No, I got her out.

How?

Let's say I found
a spiritual loophole.

Yeah.

I used my gift
to bring her back.

Why do you think
I can't do that sh*t anymore?

What happened to her?

Well, I freed her from
the needle room

and, um, she ran.

She had to run,
right there and then.

I promised her
I'd find her again,

but no luck.

The badlands is the only place
I haven't looked.

I should check on him.

Yeah.