The Dead Lands

The dead,

they sigh to me.

They tell me to seek a warrior...

...more monster than man.

And only he can help me save my people.

Your uncle's a shaman of great power.

He's hiding something.

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Mehe, I loved Father as much as you,

but he did not have Uncle's strength.

You call it strength.

Get away from them! He wants to sacrifice our children!

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You should've killed me.

There is a boy held captive by three sisters...

powerful witches. Find this boy.

You see, he knows the name of the one who broke the world.

- No! No! - Tell her, boy.

No! Oh! Mehe, they're killing me!

- Stop! What are you doing? - He's about to admit it.

He knows who broke the world; the dead told me.

- Why does he deny it? - Maybe the dead lied.

It thinks you're going to help it.

You want to believe that there is good in everyone.

Good people usually die badly - look at your father.

Fuck.

You're all going to die.

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- Lay hands on it with us. - I'm not touching it.

- - Is that all you care about -

- yourself? - Yes.

It will dig into your mind, but don't lie to it.

If you want to find its true name, only speak the truth.

- Understand? - Not really.

Try not to die.

You were going to leave me here.

I was going to abandon you. Yes, I am a selfish man.

I'm trying. I promise - I'll never leave you alone.

- - What is your tribe?

Maiki! We are Maiki.

The Maiki are creatures who serve Whiro.

So it's not just the dead we fight, but a god too.

- Who broke the world? - It was my father,

Te Kaiporangi Turoa.

Did you know that it was my father who broke the world?

It's your destiny to heal the world

and cut that man's throat and offer his blood to the gods

for what he did to me, for what he did to us.

Uncle.

What is it?

What's happened?

They came through the walls.

And we sealed it.

Using the ancient paths through the Earth...

secret and known only to me,

shown to me by my father and his father before - father to son,

and only I know.

So tell us before they return.

Release me and I'll show you.

- If he can help. - After what he did?

Well, I won't help you, then.

They're your people too.

But you won't let me lead them.

- - Well...

let the youth prove their worth.

Let's see how certain you are when the dead come again.

Because there are many tunnels like the one they used...

and they all lead right here,

boy.

Hine.

Are you coming?

You, me and the girl?

What will you do, wait for the dead to come to feast on you?

There's nothing for me here.

The sacred tree is dying.

The Earth itself is poisoned. I feel it.

A war has begun.

What war?

Between Tane, god of the forest,

and his brother Whiro, lord of the underworld,

as it was when the Earth was born from the darkness

into light.

You heard what the boy said.

He said his father broke the world, not the gods.

But on whose instructions?

Well, I'll make them undo it,

and they can feast on my excrement.

Leave these lands before night.

I'll warn you a final time -

don't go to my father's pa. You won't like what you find there.

- Go well, boy. -

I thought you hated him.

It's going to take days

to get around these maggot-infested lands.

We've seen some things, you and I. Haven't we?

I've said some things, and I can see that you think well of me.

Would you stop talking? I'm trying to think.

Just trying to be nice.

We're not going to the pa; we are going to my tribe.

Back to those shit-eating caves? What for?

To my people. After what Hine told us,

I need to make sure that they're all right.

And we're going to make camp for the night.

We are not going back - we are going to the pa.

I am - you can come or not. I don't care.

Liar.

- What? - You care.

Do you think I would... with you?

Is that what you thought?

I was trying to be gentle. I've seen the way you look at me.

- I look at dogs the same way. - So do I.

Now, Hine, she's more my taste.

- Well, fuckin' mine too. - Well, go! Good riddance!

Boil your head!

- - You boil your head.

You saw it - I'm trying to save everything,

and she just walks away. I'm the noble one, not her.

I gave her every chance, and she's as stubborn as a rock.

She thinks she knows everything.

Well, this time, she can live with the consequences.

Fuck!

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- Argh! -

- - Argh!

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- Come on, you dogs! -

There's better eating down here.

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Fuck you, Waka!

You could at least say thank you.

For abandoning me?

- You walked away. - I could've died. Did you care?

All you care about is yourself.

I came back.

I came back.

So you can feel guilt. I'm truly surprised.

I've no food. This is miserable.

Miserable.

Here.