Morning Star

Once more, my friend.

Once more.

Yah!

Yah! Yah!

Let him go.

I have to take you home.

Let me go.

I don't want to go back.

You can rest in peace there, with your father and his father.

Look at him. He is far by now.

I want to go home.

I know.

Now he's free.

Why do you smile?

He's at peace now.

Let him go then.

I'll not leave you alone. I gave you my pledge.

And I will honour that pledge.

I'll bring you back to your mother and your sisters.

I'm not alone.

No.

No.

Return to your path, stranger.

Why do you do this?

He must pay for that which he has done.

What is his crime?

He is a thief.

It's not true, sire.

Help me, please. I beg of you!

Silence!

What was stolen?

Our rabbits.

Lies! Nothing but lies!

You would kill him for stealing rabbits?

This is not your business, stranger.

This is my path.

Our lives are now one.

You're brave, soldier,

brave but stupid.

You can hardly stand.

And yet you think you can give me orders?

Go.

I won't tell you again.

Kill him.

No, please.

I'll not harm you.

Who are you?

I've not seen you around here before.

I've not been around here before.

Then it was fate that brought you here.

They would have killed me.

I thank you. You saved my life.

By taking more life.

They left you no choice.

Perhaps, but I've not always made the right choice.

Nor have I.

But now, I am just an old man,

and it is life that chooses.

You are wrong.

Are you sure, stranger?

Who is he?

An old friend.

What happened to him?

We are soldiers.

I understand.

Are you hungry?

Yes. I have nothing.

That's what you think.

Where are you from?

The battlefields in the south.

"The battlefields"?

And who won, if I may ask?

Nobody, I believe.

"Nobody"? What do you mean, "Nobody"?

Somebody must have won. Somebody always wins.

Not this time.

I understand.

Strange thing, war.

I fought once.

Many years ago.

But in those times, somebody always won.

Times have changed.

Times have changed.

I don't like it.

What?

The war.

Why?

Because you die in war.

Ask your friend here.

War means death.

So, you told me where you're from.

But you haven't told me where you're going.

You ask a lot of questions, old man.

Well, where are you going?

East.

"East".

And is there anyone waiting for you?

No.

"No"?

So, why do you travel?

For him.

"For him"?

Don't tell me he's got somebody waiting for him.

Watch what you say, old man.

Forgive my tongue, soldier.

Sometimes, I can't control it.

His blood still stains my hands.

I will bury him, in the land of our fathers.

He must sleep...

in peace.

Sleep well, soldier.

Sleep well.

Stop!

Stop, I say.

And for what reason, stranger?

That body you carry with you does not belong to you.

I don't understand what you mean.

The body, it's mine.

Yours?

I don't think so, stranger. It's mine, always has been.

You are mistaken, old woman.

"Mistaken"?

Are you telling me I wouldn't recognize

the body of my own son?

He's not your son.

Mind what you say.

I know what I say.

And it's you who should beware.

I know his mother. You have nothing to do with him.

I know him.

And I know you.

What?

I know you, soldier.

I have known you for a long, long time.

Your star will not shine forever.

And your path is long.

You are a witch.

You accuse me?

I accuse you, witch.

Return what you have stolen. And I will spare you.

You would deprive a mother of her only son?

Oh. You're angry, soldier.

I am tired.

You should rest then.

I will rest when I have returned him home.

Stubborn.

You have no idea.

So, it was you.

In the woods. You followed me.

Yeah.

Enough. Return to your path if you wish to live.

And if I were to tell you that our paths were the same?

There is no place for you on my path.

There's no place for anybody.

You win, soldier.

My son will go with you.

But beware.

There is nothing worse than the rage of a mother.

You are not his mother!

Yes, I am!

Yes, I am mother of all those like you.

You are all mine.

I will not forget you.

I will not forget.

Nor will I.

For days, I wanted to ask you where are we headed?

You always ask such stupid questions.

I am tired.

And what a joke today.

This time, you are mistaken, my friend.

I was not asking a stupid question.

Why don't you remember why we left in the first place?

I am so hungry.

I will hunt tomorrow.

You remember?

When we were young?

You always got the bigger deer.

Yes. This I remember.

Much time has passed.

Two wars...

That last battle was a massacre.

"Massacre" you said?

Well, we fight till we die.

That's all we know.

Now I think the victory would be to return home,

grow old in peace.

"Peace"?

I don't think that men like us

will ever be able to understand the meaning of peace.

What I remember was...

smell, blood,

mud, muck.

You will have peace soon.

Morning Star will guide us.

We're heading east.

Look at me.

Take off the hood.

We need to make sure she's alive for the trial.

Well? What are you waiting for?

I'm not going to do it.