His Dark Materials

‫"Lyra!"

‫"Lord Asriel has torn up our sky,"

‫"and left the world in chaos."

‫"The witches believe this is ‫the start of a powerful prophecy ..."

‫"one that could destroy all existence."

‫"Or make it anew."

‫"It is time to prepare,"

‫"to draw sides."

‫I know,

‫I miss Roger too but we can't go back.

‫Lyra, look!

‫Asriel's photogram.

‫It's the city in the sky.

‫I don't like this.

‫Someone left in a hurry.

‫Where is everyone?

‫Something's happened here, Pan.

‫Asriel?

‫I wouldn't put it past him.

‫Should we ask the alethiometer ‫where everyone is?

‫No. ‫We're not asking that thing anything.

‫- Not yet. ‫- I think we can trust it.

‫It's never lied to us.

‫Without it, would Roger have died? ‫No,

‫we need to make our own way now.

‫We have all observatories ‫trained upon the schism,

‫all are reporting back ‫the same thing: One world.

‫And do they have a sense ‫of how to block up this hole?

‫- Not as yet. ‫- A new world

‫and Asriel simply exploded ‫it into being.

‫Presumably it was already there.

‫Heresy!

‫Cardinal, it is hardly heresy any more.

‫It is visible in the sky ‫above our heads.

‫If you would just leave the vessel ‫to look at it.

‫I will not be lectured by you ‫on this issue.

‫Nor should you have to be.

‫Cardinal Sturrock, ‫I simply ask

‫that rather than focus on ‫what is in the past,

‫we focus on what is in the present:

‫the fuse has been lit, ‫the bomb has been exploded,

‫the world is aware, we cannot ignore ‫what everyone has seen, we would lose...

‫Damn you!

‫Perhaps I may help.

‫There is a witch on board; ‫caught as part of our round up of...

‫undesirables following this incursion.

‫For centuries witches have claimed ‫knowledge of other worlds,

‫this witch ‫may help us understand this instability.

‫Good.

‫Give me the honour of talking with her.

‫That is if you men ‫have finished your discussions.

‫We have yet to understand what ‫is your precise role in all of this.

‫My precise role?

‫What did you and Asriel discuss ‫on the mountain on that night?

‫I never reached Asriel, Your Eminence.

‫Why do I doubt that?

‫I have absolutely no idea. ‫But you're right, Asriel needs stopping.

‫This explosion requires investigation, ‫not ignorance.

‫There is one, ‫possibly multiple worlds out there.

‫And these witches have always known ‫more than they should,

‫let me find out what.

‫We cannot allow this woman ‫to take control!

‫You know I look around this room

‫and I see failure.

‫Father MacPhail who failed to even ‫emerge from Asriel's laboratory.

‫Fra Pavel who couldn't read his ‫alethiometer to see what was happening.

‫I am not immune from failure myself,

‫I didn't reach Asriel in time ‫and I vow now

‫never to fail again.

‫This witch, you believe you can ‫find an answer to what Asriel did?

‫Well, I believe that I am more ...

‫persuasive than most.

‫Test me on what I discover,

‫and if I discover nothing,

‫then do your worst.

‫It's a cafe.

‫Maybe we could find ‫something to eat in there?

‫You're hurting me! Ow!

‫That'll teach you for sneaking around.

‫- I'm sorry I scared you. ‫- You didn't scare me.

‫- Sorry I scared. ‫- Please let me go!

‫Who are you?

‫Lyra Silvertongue.

‫- Is this your house? ‫- No.

‫I'm Will Parry.

‫Finally, someone else to talk to.

‫That's Pan.

‫Where's your daemon?

‫How' s it talking?

‫He does know not to touch me, right?

‫- That's a talking animal. ‫- No, it's not a talking animal!

‫- That's my daemon. ‫- Your what?

‫You don't have a daemon?

‫I can't see one.

‫That's impossible.

‫I don't know what you're talking about.

‫No. Come on, Pan.

‫Lyra Silvertongue, wait!

‫Don't make assumptions. ‫He seems kind; he could be helpful.

‫- Fixed my heater yet? ‫- Heater's still busted.

‫- Compass too. ‫- Compass has got fritzed by the storm.

‫- Lee, you're being strange. ‫- I'm not being strange.

‫The whole world is talking ‫about that tear in the sky.

‫The witches will want us ‫to join the fight.

‫We're not here to talk about the fight, ‫we're here to talk about Lyra!

‫Let's see if the witches can help us.

‫They might know ‫of this weapon we're looking for.

‫Lee, look.

‫Well, isn't that something?

‫Lyra, we need to think sensibly.

‫If your father was here, he's gone.

‫So we need a new plan.

‫But we're going to need friends and...

‫We had a friend, he died.

‫Please, think.

‫- Perhaps he's our only chance to... ‫- Hi.

‫Hi, Will.

‫Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you.

‫It's just... ‫I've never seen a daemon before.

‫To me daemon means something evil.

‫Er, thanks?

‫You're not from here, are you? ‫From this world?

‫Me neither. ‫How did you get here?

‫I crossed through a window ‫that my father made.

‫You?

‫Er, I er, I followed a cat ‫through a hole in the air.

‫It sounds mad!

‫So, there are three worlds ‫and two windows?

‫All connected to here.

‫Look, ‫I know this world doesn't make sense.

‫And I don't know whether I'm odd ‫for not having a daemon

‫or you're odd for having one. ‫But maybe we could look around together?

‫The three of us.

‫That's the best idea I've heard all day.

‫Strange new times.

‫It must be hard to be separated ‫from your sister witches.

‫Now I am trying to help you.

‫Not out of any generosity of spirit ‫but rather pragmatism;

‫such an underrated quality.

‫You know that you're trapped? ‫You and your daemon.

‫All you have is the information ‫you carry.

‫Share that information ‫and we can become productive.

‫And productive people...

‫well, they are generally treated ‫very well.

‫I'm looking for a child last seen ‫with an aeronaut

‫and one of your kind at Boulvangar.

‫I can tell you nothing.

‫A witch's cloud-pine...

‫Is it true that within ‫it is your ability to fly?

‫Your ability to use magic?

‫What is within me is vaster ‫than anything you can imagine.

‫Someone must be able to tell us ‫how these worlds are connected.

‫There's millions of worlds. ‫My father saw this one. Why?

‫I think it has to do with Dust.

‫I think that's why I'm here?

‫- Dust? ‫- You don't have Dust?

‫No, we have dust.

‫I'm just guessing my dust, ‫is not the same as your Dust.

‫- Well, some people think it's sin. ‫- Sin?

‫But I actually think ‫it's more complicated than that.

‫I think if bad people think it's bad, ‫then maybe it's good .

‫Did you hear that?

‫There's someone there.

‫Wait! ‫I just want to talk to you.

‫Stop!

‫Come on.

‫Get off!

‫Enough, leave me alone.

‫Who are you and why were ‫you running from us?

‫Who are you ‫and why were you chasing us?

‫Because you're the only other people ‫we've seen here.

‫We just wanna know about this place.

‫Nah, I'm good.

‫Don't worry, we're good at snuffling ‫the safe stuff aren't we Paola?

‫The bread's still fresh.

‫- Where are the grown-ups? ‫- The clever ones have run.

‫Since the attack. ‫Spectres are everywhere.

‫What are Spectres? ‫Is that why no ones here?

‫You don't know what Spectres are?

‫They're bad, these Spectres?

‫You're safe yet; you're still a girl.

‫He's close though; to the change.

‫What change?

‫When you're a man ‫and the Spectres can get you.

‫- Just like Tullio. ‫- Who's Tullio?

‫No-one.

‫We've got to be careful, that's all.

‫So, if Spectres are everywhere, ‫then why can't we see them?

‫Only adults can see Spectres.

‫- What do they do? ‫- It's awful.

‫They take your insides out.

‫You're still alive,

‫but everything that makes you human;

‫that's gone.

‫Our parents; it happened to them. ‫So it's just us now.

‫And we're happy, aren't we, Paola?

‫Can run around the city now; ‫do what we like.

‫And so can you.

‫See you around.

‫- What are you doing? ‫- Paying for the food we ate.