His Dark Materials

‫"For each and every one of you"

‫going out to fight this abominable foe,

‫in the face of an attack on everything ‫we hold as sacred,

‫I implore you to channel the Authority ‫in this time of need.

‫The Aurora is strong now.

‫And the child's is here.

‫It's time.

‫I know .

‫What is all this stuff?

‫I understand you arrived here ‫on Iorek Byrnison's back.

‫New king of the bears; ‫I believe you preferred the old one.

‫But you should be happy now you're free.

‫How does a little girl acquire the King ‫of the Panserbjorn as a guardian?

‫It's been quite a journey to get here.

‫That's not an answer, ‫and I don't remember inviting you.

‫You don't want me here?

‫I left you where you were safe, Lyra,

‫at Jordan College.

‫Whatever you brought me, ‫I hope it was worth it.

‫Now what is it?

‫I'll tell you, if you tell me why you...

‫why you lied to me ‫about being my father.

‫I would have been so proud.

‫Why would you have been proud?

‫Because you're... Lord Asriel,

‫and you're father.

‫Your mother, she...

‫Do you know who your mother is?

‫Your choice in women is almost as bad ‫as your choice in bears.

‫I don't think we should ‫continue this conversation.

‫Why not?

‫- Because it is getting sentimental. ‫- Sentimental?!

‫And because I wouldn't like to!

‫Are you crying?It's unnecessary.

‫Lyra Belacqua, you are stronger ‫than that.

‫It's Silvertongue now.

‫- You don't want my name? ‫- Silvertongue feels like my name.

‫It was given to me by someone ‫who actually loves me,

‫which is better than I can say for you.

‫This is why I'm here.

‫I brought you this and I saved Roger. ‫Now I'll be on my way.

‫It's the middle of the night.

‫I'll leave in the morning then.

‫You can keep the Alethiometer. ‫I don't need it.

‫You don't want it?

‫I didn't say that.

‫Go on.

‫I looked after this. ‫All the way from Jordan College.

‫Fought the Magisterium, ‫enlisted the witches, fought the best,

‫all to bring it to you ‫and you refuse it?

‫Call yourself a father.

‫I think that's rather the point.

‫I've called myself a father.

‫Have you intruded for a reason?

‫The winds have changed direction.

‫we should pick up speed now.

‫We'll be there by morning.

‫The Authority must be on our side.

‫I wouldn't be so arrogant ‫as to claim that.

‫Hopefully we shall prove fast enough.

‫However fast we go, ‫Asriel will be waiting.

‫We have fire power and belief.

‫Two mighty weapons.

‫All he has is his own ‫distorted arrogance.

‫And his work.

‫Work you don't want others ‫to see but...

‫you really don't want ‫to see it yourself?

‫You want to see it?

‫I'm not frightened of it.

‫What did he do to you?

‫What power he still exerts.

‫You know nothing.

‫I knew you;

‫an ambitious young woman ‫with a good marriage,

‫well on her way to quite some position. ‫And then that man came along and you,

‫- melted in front of him. ‫- I did not melt

‫You don't even ‫claim responsibility for your child.

‫I suppose you consider yourself ‫without sin?

‫No one can claim to be without sin.

‫So what is your sin, I wonder.?

‫Lust?

‫Greed?

‫No.

‫It's envy.

‫You want what Asriel and I have; ‫a sureness of step, a conviction,

‫but you, you lack it.

‫I'm the best weapon you'll ever have.

‫- Has it given you an answer? ‫- An Alethiometer gives you

‫the answer you need, ‫not necessarily the answer you desire.

‫Sometimes it's more of a riddle ‫than anyone would like...

‫What did it say?

‫The question I posed, very precisely, is ‫"What did Grumman discover?"

‫What did the damn thing say?

‫It said, there's a knife in a tower, ‫surrounded by angels.

‫- That's what he discovered. ‫- And?

‫His son will lead you to it.

‫Well Grumman never married, ‫never had a son,

‫so I may need to aske the question or...

‫A son?

‫You're sure it said a son?

‫For that part, it gave me levels ‫of the baby,

‫the angel and the marionette symbols,

‫the answer was quite categorical.

‫Tell me, sir. ‫Does she have everything she needs?

‫A brush for her teeth for instance; ‫does she have a toothbrush?

‫I wouldn't be overly concerned.

‫Now that Iofurs dead, there'll be ‫an airship of soldiers on the way here.

‫But the Magisterium won't be ‫our only enemies for much longer.

‫You've a found a bigger enemy?

‫The enemy.

‫And now that Iofurs guard has gone, ‫I'm free to go after it.

‫I'm afraid I wont be here ‫when the Magisterium arrives.

‫I'm going to ask you to make sure ‫that Lyra is safe.

‫After all this time, ‫you don't want me with you?

‫It's not that. I need you here.

‫I'm asking you to protect my daughter.

‫Will you say goodbye to her?

‫No. No, I have work.

‫It's the very least you could do.

‫We don't need Lord Asriel, we'll leave ‫in the morning at first light.

‫- Lyra, are you there? ‫- I am.

‫And you're not coming in.

‫I'll come in, walking backwards, ‫and sit backwards.

‫Fine.

‫- Tell me if I'm going to hit anything. ‫- You aren't.

‫You can sit down there.

‫- So, what you got? ‫- What?

‫To say? ‫Why are you in the bathroom?

‫- I just got spooked. ‫- By what?

‫By your father. What's he doing here?

‫He looked at you really angrily.

‫And then saw me ‫and he calmed down immediately.

‫He looked at me like he was a wolf ‫or something.

‫My father...

‫Can we call him your father now?

‫He knows I know.

‫Didn't go so well?

‫Not really.

‫You know what I think?

‫Parents are more trouble ‫than they're worth.

‫That's why I never bothered ‫getting to to know mine.

‫Sensible.

‫You know, I always liked it; ‫that we were the same,

‫orphans.

‫So if you want, we can pretend we are.

‫You shouldn't have let him go.

‫I didn't know he was useful to us. ‫You wanted the letters.

‫He is. He's important.

‫Tell me what to do.

‫I don't see why I should ‫get you to do anything.

‫You mess up.

‫You ask for help, I give you Thomas ‫and you miss up again.

‫- Hang on... ‫- And I have to come myself.

‫Tell me,

‫is there anything that you can do alone?

‫Now think, where this Will might be,

‫what he might be doing.

‫The kid was a loner. ‫My guess he's on the streets somewhere.

‫I'll look into it.

‫- Get rid of the body. ‫- Done.

‫And find the boy.

‫This is DI Walters to control.

‫Circulating obs to all units ‫in the Oxford area,

‫for last name Parry, first name William, ‫fifteen year-old male,

‫around five foot seven likely on foot.

‫Reporting missing persons, ‫any sightings,

‫please come to me direct. Over.

‫"Copy, DI Walters, this is control."

‫"On the lookout for last name Parry, ‫first name William,"

‫"fifteen year-old male, ‫around five foot seven likely on foot."

‫Stop it.

‫He wasn't even surprised.

‫He wasn't even upset ‫he was just...

‫annoyed at me.

‫It's probably not ‫what you really thinks.

‫Are you sure about that?

‫You can look at the Alethiometer.

‫Ask it how he really feels.

‫Does it know everything?

‫Does it know everything ‫that will happen to us?

‫I think so, but...

‫I think it only tells me ‫what it wants me to know, so...

‫Then let's not use it. So we ‫just know what we know, I suppose.

‫I mean, I'm not like you.

‫I would've never chosen to leave Jordan.

‫- I know. ‫- But now here we both are;

‫halfway round the world.

‫And I'm here because of you.

‫And you are here because of me.

‫Because we change each other's lives.

‫But I like the fact ‫you've changed my life.

‫Can't promise I won't stop changing it.

‫Cheers!

‫Lyra?

‫Don't be frightened. Come.

‫"You once asked me what Dust was."

‫Truth is, I don't know.

‫Why is the Magisterium so afraid of it?

‫They're afraid of it ‫because they think it's Sin.

‫Actual, physical sin.