02x04 - Ephraim and Dot

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02x04 - Ephraim and Dot

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Dad!

Michael! Michael, I'm here.

It's okay, it's okay.
What, what? What is it?

It was so scary. It was so scary.

The shadow again, huh?

Computer, aluminum.

I mean, Lu...

Illuminate?

That's what I said. Make it brighter.

Computer, illuminate.

Sometimes I just feel

like it's you, me and Mommy

out here in the middle
of all this nothing,

and it's gonna eat us.

And nobody would ever know.

I hate being scared.

I know. But I wonder

if you hate the idea of being scared

more than you probably are scared.

Am I right?

Dad, I'm too little to
know what that means.

Can I just sleep with all the lights on?

Sure, you could do that.

But what if I told you
that a girl about your age

with one single tiny light

changed the entire universe?

Nuh-uh.

Forever.

Nuh-uh!

You want to hear the story of
the girl who made the stars?

- Yes.
- 1,000 centuries ago in Africa...

...the first people celebrated the Sun.

Back then there were no
stars in the night sky,

so when the dark came,
it made them afraid.

They gave their fear a name:

the night beast.

Village law said no first person

was allowed to travel at night.

Now, the first people
were hunter-gatherers

just beginning to farm.

And farming the same land
over and over again...

Well, everybody got together

and just freaked out.

What are we going to do?

Oh, my.

We'll have no land left to farm.

But one girl said to the elders...

We can go past the far mountain.

We can find new land.

But the elder said...

That journey would
take longer than a day.

Longer than two days,
and that would anger

the night beast.

And then he said to her...

Girl, go play.

"Go play"? Are you kidding me?

This is what I'm trying to say.

- But that's just rude.
- Ah, ah.

Can I finish, please?

- Mm.
- So, the girl

set out on her own to save her village,

and she was joined by a friend.

But the darkness found her.

And there was only one thing to do.

Run.

Whatever was coming,
she didn't want to see.

So she hid her face in her hands

and waited for the end to come.

And then out of the
darkness came a light.

So she followed it.


Even though she was
scared, she kept going

toward that light.

And there she found the
most incredible thing.

A being unlike anything she'd ever seen.

First, she thought it
was the night beast.

But when she actually
really looked it in the eye,

she wasn't scared.

She was... curious.

And when the being
saw her, it didn't see

a little girl full of fear.

It saw a brave warrior

whose light shined brighter
than she could ever imagine.

Brighter even than the whole galaxy.

It showed her that
outside of her valley,

there was a whole universe
just waiting to be explored.

But the first step was conquering fear.

But how can I tell everyone that
they don't have to be afraid?

"You must show them,"

the being said.

And it gave the girl a gift.

With its ship fixed,

the being disappeared into the night.

When she came back home,

the elder was waiting to scold her.

You could have been eaten or worse.

And you've angered the
darkness, worst of all.

No. I brought us to light.

And the girl brought the stars

to the first people.

She lifted them

because she was brave.

And they were never
scared of the night again.

She was a great explorer,

navigating by the constellations.

The people came to follow her,

and the girl

became a queen.

It was the light inside that guided her.

Exactly.

And when she realized that,

she knew there was
nothing to be afraid of.

Dad, I don't think I need
the night-light anymore.

Good night, my queen.

I love you, Daddy.

I love you, too.

Night night.
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