His Dark Materials

‫Excuse me?

‫Is this the Land of the Dead?

‫Just tell us where you're going.

‫It's like they're being pulled forward ‫by something.

‫Pan stop that.

‫What's he doing?

‫- This is what we were expecting. ‫- Then where are everyone's daemons?

‫We've been in plenty of worlds ‫without daemons before.

‫Just get in my pocket and we'll be fine.

‫There are people here ‫who should have daemons but don't.

‫Is he okay?

‫He's fine.

‫Doesn't seem it.

‫You've seen that before?

‫No.

‫Are we in the wrong place?

‫This has to be right. ‫It has to be it.

‫Come on.

‫Stop right there.

‫Halt!

‫Oh. Hello.

‫Delighted to see you again.

‫Please tell the Cardinal ‫that Mrs. Coulter is back.

‫Good. This is good.

‫No. No. Stop!

‫Everyone, stop.

‫You.

‫Yes, I'm talking to you.

‫You aren't dead.

‫It was an accident. ‫We were being chased by some men

‫and we just sort of found ourselves here.

‫If you're not dead... you're not welcome.

‫Listen.

‫We've travelled a long way. ‫I need to find my friend before it's too late.

‫First you were chased by men. ‫Now you're looking for friendship?

‫Well, you won't find that here... you liar.

‫Go to holding area thirty-two.

‫Give them this.

‫How long do we wait?

‫Until you die, of course.

‫Go!

‫What does it say?

‫This has to be the place.

‫We need to find the water ‫and we need to cross it.

‫I do hope we sustained no lasting ‫damage after our previous meeting.

‫I was simply ‫trying to protect my daughter.

‫And you had such a lot to say ‫last time we spoke.

‫All sorts of beautiful words ‫about escape and stupidity and mistakes.

‫All words fed to you ‫by the Cardinal, I know.

‫- Father President. ‫- I beg your pardon?

‫He is not the Cardinal. ‫He is Father President.

‫And they were not his words. ‫They were mine.

‫Oh, yes. ‫I've known obsession like yours.

‫Have you?

‫I don't think you have.

‫I don't think you understand faith.

‫Father Gomez, you are a very young man.

‫Did you not think ‫we knew you were coming?

‫Back to us.

‫Where you belong.

‫I find it very hard to judge what ‫the Magisterium knows and doesn't know.

‫Its faith always seems to get in the way.

‫- Who? ‫- It's Father Gomez. I have with me...

‫It's me, Hugh.

‫Or do you only answer ‫to "Father President" now?

‫Come on, let us in.

‫Come.

‫After you.

‫Mrs. Coulter.

‫Is the boy staying?

‫Thank you, Father Gomez.

‫Good.

‫Then it's just the two of us.

‫- You're under arrest, of course. ‫- How disappointing.

‫- For deliberate concealment... ‫- There really is no need.

‫- I'm here to help. ‫- You have prevented us from finding Eve.

‫If you'll let me finish.

‫I came here voluntarily.

‫As soon as I could escape ‫from Asriel's fortress, I did.

‫Look at my clothes, Hugh.

‫I even brought you a piece of his technology,

‫which I'm sure your scholars ‫will be delighted to drool over.

‫All that matters...

‫- is the child. ‫- My child.

‫The alethiometer was quite ‫clear on who she is

‫and what she might bring to us.

‫Are you still hurting yourself?

‫I made you Cardinal.

‫I did that to earn your trust.

‫And in return, you have betrayed me.

‫I betrayed you?

‫She is sin!

‫No. She is the potential of it ‫and I wasn't unaware of this

‫- and I had my own solution... ‫- You had nothing of the sort!

‫To keep her safe until the danger passed.

‫- Your lies are contemptible! ‫- You came along and destroyed everything!

‫What danger did you think you were ‫keeping her safe from?

‫Eden fell...

‫not when Eve came into being ‫but when she was tempted.

‫Somewhere out there is a tempter. ‫A serpent.

‫And I had to keep them from meeting.

‫I had her. I had the boy.

‫I had it all, and then you sent your troops ‫and scared them away.

‫I assume Fra Pavel told you about a knife.

‫A weapon so powerful, ‫it could kill the Authority himself.

‫I broke that knife.

‫It was I who tamed it.

‫So, do not underestimate ‫what I can still do for you.

‫Trust me to advise you as I once did.

‫Concentrate on the battles ‫that need to be fought

‫and leave Lyra and her temptation to me.

‫Is Asriel still actively ‫searching for the girl?

‫She never held much of his interest.

‫The knife attracted him.

‫But now it is broken...

‫he sees only his war.

‫And the way he is fighting, Hugh, it's...

‫terrifying.

‫You know, I think I saw him ‫murder an angel in front of my eyes.

‫An angel?

‫An angel came to Asriel?

‫Yes.

‫And he would hurt such a thing?

‫He would hurt anything ‫that came into his path.

‫I tell you, there is madness upon him ‫and that is why I came, Hugh.

‫To give you what I could.

‫Then you are with us for the fight?

‫Against Asriel.

‫Against Dust.

‫You doubt me?

‫Sometimes your devotion ‫is hard to read, Marisa.

‫You have my mind,

‫my body, and my soul.

‫And I thank the Authority himself

‫that we have you leading the Magisterium, ‫and not Cardinal Sturrock.

‫He could never resist temptation.

‫Whereas you...

‫your abstinence is magnificent.

‫Remember what we did together.

‫Our lives are entwined.

‫Papers?

‫Go to holding area 507.

‫Another holding area?

‫Not another holding area, no. ‫Holding area 507.

‫Five-zero-seven. ‫That's the important bit.

‫- Where is it? ‫- Just ask.

‫Everybody's waiting. Same as you.

‫Papers?

‫- Good evening. ‫- For you. A peace offering.

‫And what exactly is that?

‫Does it fold out into a cage?

‫It's how we found you.

‫A kind gift.

‫Really?

‫Mother.

‫She was only too happy to help.

‫'Course, she was.

‫And she always had such grace.

‫Hello, Mrs. Coulter.

‫Well, you see, ‫that's the problem with insects.

‫- They get everywhere. ‫- Oh, I'm the least of your problems.

‫Did he send you?

‫Yes, I followed you into the intention craft.

‫So, are you here to spy or to help?

‫- What's your plan? ‫- What?

‫So you can relay my every move to Asriel?

‫- I didn't think so. ‫- I can't.

‫My lodestone resonator ‫was damaged during your escape.

‫Interesting. ‫So, in fact, it's you who needs me.

‫You intend to kill them before they kill Lyra.

‫And if they kill you first?

‫You risk yourself very easily.

‫What do you know of this place?

‫What have you seen?

‫Come on, you have no choice.

‫Without me, you have no intention craft,

‫and without the intention craft, ‫you can't return to Asriel.

‫What have you seen?

‫I've been following Father Gomez.

‫He seems particularly interested in one room.

‫Do we keep walking?

‫Feels like we should just keep walking.

‫- They're staring, aren't they? ‫- Yeah, they're staring and saying nothing.

‫Feels like we're in a horror film.

‫Why would you want to watch a film ‫that makes you feel horrible?

‫- You make a good point. ‫- I liked the film with the bear.

‫Who are you?

‫We're travellers.

‫We're headed to the Land of the Dead.

‫Yeah. Well, we're on the same path.

‫Please. We don't know what we're doing, ‫and you seem vaguely friendly.

‫We just really need to know ‫what the rules are here.

‫Okay, you can come in.

‫Thank you.

‫So...

‫introduce yourselves.

‫Hi, I'm Lyra. This is Will.

‫We won't disturb you ‫any more than we need to,

‫but we're looking for my friend. ‫He's in the Land of the Dead,

‫and we don't know if this is a part of it, ‫or how to get to it,