Britannia

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Dangoset bridd...

dangoset haul.

Datgel imi.

A Beth all fynd.

Oh, shit.

All right, who wants to go first?

In a few hours time,

400 ships will set sail for Britannia.

20,000 men...

or to be more precise, 19,996,

because you four didn't fancy it...

thought you'd desert your posts and make a run for it.

What was it, eh?

The weather?

Britannia is a cursed land...

ruled by the dead.

The forests are filled with demons...

a devil's army.

They feast on human flesh.

The sea swarms with serpents.

Giant squid.

Well, that sounds scary, doesn't it, Lucius?

Sounds awful.

We've all heard those stories.

Enough to give you nightmares.

When you joined this army,

you swore an oath.

Anyone remember what it was?

To faithfully execute all that the Emperor commands,

to never desert the Legion...

Never desert the Legion...

unless, of course, the enemy was a bit scary.

Hmm?

Unless...

there was a fucking giant squid.

We're not the only ones.

Half the legion don't want it.

There's going to be a mutiny.

As soon as you're in country, they're going to do you,

and him...

What's the punishment for desertion, Lucius?

Death by stoning...

to be carried out by the same legion

whose lives have been endangered by fell cowardice.

Please, General. Have mercy...

Have mercy.

Have mercy, General.

Mercy.

I don't want to wake up an entire legion,

march them off these ships in this pissing rain

just so they can stone you four to death.

So I will show mercy.

Whichever one of you cuts the other three's throats,

I'll let that man go.

What?

- Lucius? - Loud and clear, General.

Loud and clear.

- I'll do it. - What?

- Give me the knife. - You're my cousin!

- Give me the knife! - Let me do it. Give me the knife!

I'll do it. Give me the knife.

- Give me the knife. - Silence!

You're a bit quiet.

What's the matter? You don't fancy it?

I made a mistake.

I was weak. I accept my punishment.

What do you think, Lucius? Does he look weak to you?

Does he, fuck!

He's got muscles on his piss.

I'm going to need men like you

when we get over there.

So what do you say?

Second chance?

Hmm?

I'll be outside.

No, don't do it, Antonius.

You don't do it, Antonius.

He's crazy! Don't do what he says.

Stick together, please, brother!

We're brothers!

No! Please!

No!

Well, look at that rain.

Let's leave it a couple of days, shall we?

Wait for the storm to break?

This is our time. Trust me.

When we spy land,

the wind will drop, the waves will vanish,

and we'll drop anchor in perfect sunshine.

What makes you so sure of that?

Because I'm lucky.

We all done in there?

Are you ready for Britannia?

Aye, General.

Well, let's get on that fucking boat.

Tonight, at the Solstice,

you will be girls no more.

You will choose a new name,

and the gods will know you by it.

When will I talk to her again?

When the Solstice has passed, not before.

And if she speaks to you...

she will disappear...

forever.

I'll stop if you ask.

You have to ask, though.

Stop!

You spoke.

Your face!

Even the gods don't see everything.

If I speak to you, I disappear.

- Still here. - Islene!

What are you doing?

Mum bought me here,

when my face was painted white,

day before my Solstice...

to speak to me.

What did she say?

Lots of things.

The thing I remember was,

"You don't have to do everything Dad says."

She said he's a good man,

but he has a way of sticking to things,

even if they don't make him happy.

Mum didn't listen to Dad?

She listened.

Then she did what she wanted.

Did Dad know that?

All men know that.

They just don't like to talk about it.

So, come on.

Ask me.

Anything you like.

Do you miss being a girl?

Being a girl

is the best thing in the world...

until you become a woman.

Then the gods add something...

something amazing.

Being a girl is definitely easier,

but being a woman,

if you stay sharp, put the work in...

Does it hurt?

I mean the knife, when they cut your tummy.

No.

You're somewhere else.

You have the smoke spirit inside you.

What's that like?

You'll find out tonight.

It's like...

nothing you've ever felt before.

Cait, truth is...

you're just going to have to pass through it all.

I'll see you on the other side of the ritual,

and the first thing we'll do...

remember?

We'll go hunting together.

First thing.

I promise.

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Take that tongue out your mouth.

It doesn't belong to you.

- Please forgive me coming here, Willa. - Don't say my name.

Don't look at me. Look at the earth.

What's the matter?

You had enough of life?

You want us to put you out of your pain?

I need to speak to Veran. I need to warn him.

Why don't you speak to me?

I need to speak to Veran!

Why don't you speak to me?

For weeks now... no, for months...

from dawn until night and beyond... it's in my dreams too.

Slow down.

There's been signs. I've checked them all.

The rivers and the sun... I stared into both.

The sparrows and the...

What are you jabbering about?

You see, the moon... the moon still speaks to me,

and now it has the same voice as the sparrows

and the same voice as the river

and the same voice as the badgers and the frogs.

Everything is speaking in one voice...

but the sun won't speak to me...

but everything else in the same voice...