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 sacred...

... I implore you to channel the Authority

in this time of need.

The aurora is strong now.

And the child's here.

It's time.

I know.

* Susurros immortales *

* Audiunt haruspices *

* Incipite parvuli *

* Incipite parvuli *

* Procedant menses magni *

* Incipite *

* Incipite. *

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 panserbjorne

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?

Left you where you were safe, Lyra, at Jordan College.

Whatever you've 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 my 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 and 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.

Hm.

I looked after this.

All the way from Jordan College!

Fought the Magisterium, enlisted the witches, fought the bears,

all to bring it to you,

and you refuse it?

Call yourself a father?

I think that's rather the point.

I've never 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 firepower 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... - I did not melt.

You don't even claim responsibility for your child.

Hm.

I suppose you consider yourself without sin.

No-one can claim to be without sin.

So what is your sin,

I wonder?

Hm?

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... - 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 has discovered.

And?

His son will lead you to it.

But Grumman never married, never had a son.

So I may need to ask another question, or...

A son?

You're sure it said a son?

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

the angel and the marionette symbols.

The answer was quite categorical.

Tell me, sir, does she have everything she needs?

- Hm? - A brush for her teeth, for instance.

Does she have a toothbrush?

I wouldn't be overly concerned.

Now that Iofur's dead,

there will be an airship of soldiers on their way here.

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

You've found a bigger enemy?

The enemy.

And now that Iofur's guards are gone, I'm free to go after it.

I'm afraid I won't 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, walk in backwards and sit backwards.

Fine.

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

You can sit down there.

So what have you got?

What?

To say. Why are you in the bathroom?

Oh.

I just got spooked.

By what?

By your father. What's he doing here?

He looked at you really angrily,

and then he 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 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 mess 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.