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Maghra!

Did you find Mom?

She was taken before their leader.

I saw her die.

I went to look for her.

I found this. We must go.

I know a place we can hide safely. Follow me.

Nobody will find us here. It's a cave, well hidden.

We've arrived.

-Boots! -Open this gate!

Open this gate!

No!

I heard that when a Payan monarch ascends the throne,

an amulet is embedded just above the heart.

How could someone have kidnapped the queen?

I am the only one here who can help you.

I know who has your sister.

Chet-chet!

Chet-chet-chet!

Dorian the Elder once said...

"The most unsettling sound in the human experience is silence...

when nature begs for wailing."

Silence in a birth, silence in a moment of devastating heartbreak.

Silence during the infliction of such extreme pain.

You've done yourself proud.

Your defiance is powerful.

Some men in my position might find themselves affected by it...

suddenly fighting the onset of pity, their resolve weakened...

and so on, and so on.

Just to be clear, those men are cowards.

There's a reason why I am in this position and they aren't.

And eight fingers from now...

we start on toes.

I will do this for days until you tell me where my queen is.

I have the destination where the queen is being held.

They won't be expecting us.

It's days from here at a quick pace.

The company is already preparing to depart.

There's only a few things that we need to resolve before then.

"Resolve"?

First, the boy.

I'm grateful he aided in the capture of the two Shadows out there.

Now...

I'd like to know how he did it.

He's not your son.

That much was clear the moment he was brought to you.

But he has vision too, doesn't he?

Yes.

Another child of Jerlamarel's...

with another woman.

You deserved more than that.

None of that is the boy's fault, and you'd be nowhere without him.

I'm the Witchfinder, Maghra, and there is one sitting in my tent as we speak!

Fault has nothing to do with it. I can't simply ignore who he is.

Of course you can!

He's with me.

He has my protection. And I'm the daughter of the king.

What else do you wanna resolve?

Whether he comes with us.

"Comes with us"?

I'm moving this army. I cannot leave you behind.

Absolutely not. I am not leaving until my family is found.

It's been days, and my scouts have found no signs of them.

-You promised me! -I promised to search.

And from where I stand, that promise is kept.

Then you leave some of your men behind. I will continue to search.

I have no choice in this matter, and neither do you.

Boy...

I have forgotten more about killing than you will ever know.

If you think because you have sight that that will even the odds between us...

think again.

It's all right.

This place is uninhabited. There's little danger here.

Just a few men could guarantee my safety.

Maghra, the queen is compromised.

She may be incapacitated. She may be dead.

We don't know who is governing the kingdom.

We don't know if anyone is governing the kingdom.

The chaos that preceded your family's rule was dire.

Countless rivalries, grievances and vendettas.

Without a Kane on the throne to rule, they will rear their heads again.

And you are rightfully the next Kane in the line of succession.

I will leave a contingent behind to continue looking for your family.

But as far as your presence goes...

this isn't a choice for either of us.

You're in command of the men left behind?

Yes, Your Highness. Four men under me.

Eight would be better.

Do it.

You understand how important your charge here is, yes?

Yes, ma'am, of course.

They're my life.

Yes, ma'am.

You must talk to your father.

He doesn't wanna hear anything I have to say.

That is why you must talk to him.

Why me?

Haniwa, it doesn't matter who speaks first.

It is the way forward.

You think it's simple.

It is.

Break this silence while you can.

Why are we stopping?

We'll camp here for the night. Your father's gone ahead, scouting.

How far off is it?

How far is what?

Oh, wow.

I can't tell if I'm relieved or if I was hoping we'd never find it.

I'll go tell the others.

How does a queen who never leaves her palace

end up by the side of the road with nothing but a handmaiden and a driver?

You think someone attempted to move against her?

I could imagine a number of things.

I'm trying not to.

She had enemies.

Comes with the crown.

More for some than others.

She's my mother. You know that, don't you?

Their faces, their voices, the way they breathed, even.

I was so young when my mother died, but even then I knew it.

The two of them were exactly the same.

So when she died,

it felt especially cruel that every time my sister was nearby...

to hear her, to smell her, to touch her...

suddenly, I'd be mourning my mother all over again.

I imagine it was no different to my father.

I imagine that's why he could never bring himself to take away the one thing

she treasured above all else:

her birthright.

I brought food for her, as you asked.

You can call her what she is. There is no power or magic in it here.

I brought food for the queen, as you asked.

Very well.

Still not up to your standards, huh?

I had heard stories of your stubbornness, your self-destructiveness, even.

When I first heard them, they seemed outlandish to me, not to be trusted.

But now...

Perhaps you could confirm or deny a few of them for me.

I heard you killed lovers for snoring in their sleep.

Servants, because you didn't like their smell.

You severed the tongues of young maiden

because they didn't please you fast enough.

Any of these you'd care to dispute, or perhaps even claim credit for?

You know the rules.

The bell rings, and how do we know you aren't trying to escape?

The bell rings, and we must respond.

The bell rings, and you will suffer for it.

Until your ransom is paid,

you are an asset that I intend to be very careful with.

So why don't you just relax?

Let us continue our conversation, shall we?

Please know, inasmuch as I found those stories entertaining...

the one that really interests me involves a particular lover...

who broke your heart and then left you.

Haniwa.

What I said before...

I know.

-It's just because... -It's okay.

-In the cave... -I understand.

You sure?

Yeah.

What do you think we're headed towards?

Honestly, I think you need to manage your expectations.

To set aside what we know of him, okay?

Set aside the fact that he left his child to be abused

until he turned into a monster.

-We don't really know what actually happ-- -Mom didn't want this.

I have no memory of her talking about him without sounding sad.

I have no memory of her talking about any of this without warning us against it.

I mean, that has to have been for a reason, Haniwa.

Don't you think it's strange that she never told us what that reason was?

I don't know...

what was... in Mama's head.

But I do know that she loved him.

And there must be a reason for that.

You heard it in your sleep.

Is that an owl?

Not an owl. That is a man.

We're in the Badlands, Baba. Lawless land.

And you are not well.

I'm fine.

Do the children know?

There's no need for them to know.

They always know more than you think.

Did Haniwa speak to you?

Why?

She's holding something...

something that she cannot give voice to...

and it frightens her.

Well, she's mourning.

So is Kofun.

But he's not gripped by the same darkness.

They're different. They need different things at this moment.

I would think you of all people would understand what she needs.

What do you mean?

You remember when I first came to you?

The rage, and how destructive I was?

Because I was afraid.

Afraid to trust you...

afraid to believe that I actually escaped and that it was true.