His Dark Materials

‫"Trading my home for the road again"

‫"singing my songs with ‫an old best friend"

‫"Running around with a child's mind"

‫"Then it gets lucky just ‫a couple of times"

‫Sing it, Hester.

‫Very excited.

‫Damn right I am; ‫I finally got a lead Iorek!

‫He might not be the same bear; ‫the Iorek I knew.

‫Some crazy ‫seal hunter got him drunk;

‫tricked him out of his armour!

‫An armoured bear ‫is nothing without his armour!

‫- Hester! ‫- I'm right here,

‫what do you see?

‫It looks like we're not the ‫only ones heading to Trollesund.

‫Lee, are you sure Iorek ‫will want us making trouble?

‫That bear saved our lives Hester, ‫we owe him trouble.

‫Hey!

‫This is an oil port; ‫there's no smoking on the quay.

‫Then I nearly made ‫a horrible mistake.

‫Lee Scoresby, aeronaut for hire.

‫Tell me, who are all these people here?

‫My question exactly.

‫New arrivals arouse suspicion.

‫I did hear a rumour ‫that interested me.

‫Rumour of a bear.

‫Any truth to that?

‫Yes, I heard a rumour too

‫of an aeronaut who creates ‫bedlam wherever he goes.

‫Any truth to that?

‫- Here we go again. ‫- Friendly place.

‫Yeah, no, it's not.

‫Can we just stay out of trouble?

‫Gyptians; ‫never seen them so far North.

‫The spy fly will ‫have reached Mrs Coulter by now,

‫our business here must be in haste.

‫I don't like it here, either.

‫Go see the Witches' Consul,

‫get whatever help you can and then ‫we leave here as fast as possible.

‫It's been forty ‫years since I saw Serafina last.

‫She might not like what she sees.

‫I remember you ‫as a younger man, Coram;

‫you weren't much to look at even then.

‫You are sure you should take the girl?

‫Something tells me I'll need her.

‫Quite something; all this.

‫My whole life I've wanted to be here. ‫And now that I'm here,

‫I'm not so sure I want to be.

‫Lyra!

‫Lyra, a word please.

‫I need to know if I can trust in ‫your readings of The Alethiometer.

‫How do you decipher it?

‫I kind of feel them or see them.

‫It's like, like, ‫going down a ladder at night.

‫You put your foot down ‫and there's another rung.

‫Well, I put my mind down ‫and there's another meaning.

‫I sort of sense what they mean.

‫It's got a trick in it, ‫sort of like focusing your eyes.

‫So, say you wanted ‫to ask The Alethiometer

‫what your parents are doing now?

‫Well, the Madonna ‫is Mrs Coulter.

‫The Madonna, is it?

‫And for Asriel ‫it would be the Globe.

‫So, I think of my parents ‫when I put the hand there

‫and then I go for ‫The Ant because that means busy...

‫But how do you know what ‫these meanings are?

‫The Magisterium, put it away Lyra.

‫You understand the man we're ‫going to see is important?

‫Yes.

‫The Witch Consul is the link between ‫the human world and the witches.

‫He will decide whether ‫to pass our message on.

‫And we need the witches.

‫Yes, but he'll want to know everything.

‫The Consul is the only way to contact ‫the witches and he must trust us first.

‫But if he does, a witch called Serafina ‫Pekkala will surely come to our aid.

‫With her help, ‫we will find the children.

‫- You mean she'll lead us to Roger? ‫- Yes.

‫Just follow my lead, ‫keep that thing hidden. Okay?

‫How can I help you, Farder Coram?

‫I met a witch some years ago, ‫in the Fen country of Eastern Anglia.

‫Her name was Serafina Pekkala. ‫I wish to get a message to her.

‫I'm aware of your relationship ‫with Serafina Pekkala, Farder Coram.

‫I represent a number of Gyptian ‫families who have lost children.

‫We believe there is an organisation

‫that is capturing these children; ‫ours and others and taking them North.

‫We need her help, to get them free.

‫Well,

‫you realize that relations ‫between the witches and

‫the authorities

‫are perfectly cordial.

‫It is my job to keep them that way.

‫You refer ‫to the Magisterium, hmm?

‫This fight is not ours.

‫They are stealing children!

‫This is war, for all of us.

‫And I know Serafina ‫will want to be part of it.

‫The children do not remain here ‫for long.

‫They are taken some distance inland.

‫Do you know what ‫happens to them there?

‫I've heard variously of ‫The Maystadt process,

‫or an Intercision.

‫The process is shrouded in secrecy ‫but the rumours disturbing.

‫There's a reason why you don't see ‫a child on the streets of Trollesund.

‫We too have felt the effects ‫of missing children.

‫Then I will leave you to let ‫Serafina know what we ask of her?

‫Come.

‫I understand you are in ‫possession of an Alethiometer.

‫I have eyes everywhere in Trollesund.

‫Yes.

‫May I look at it?

‫It's exquisite.

‫Do you possess the books of readings?

‫Actually...

‫I can read it.

‫You are very wise to say so.

‫How?

‫I just can.

‫Well, I wonder if I might ask ‫to see you do so?

‫Down here, ‫there are many sprigs of Cloud Pine.

‫Which one belongs to Serafina Pekkala?

‫I can summon ‫the witches through Cloud Pine.

‫Each spray of Cloud Pine ‫is specific to a witch.

‫Show us which one is Serafina Pekkala's.

‫Chameleon

‫and the moon.

‫This one's hers.

‫I'd like to give you ‫something to take away with you.

‫Carry this spray with you,

‫and if you ever truly need her...

‫She will come.

‫Dr Lanselius, may I ask you something?

‫Of course.

‫What question should we ‫be asking you that we are not?

‫You're weak.

‫You may have heart, ‫but The Magisterium have muscle.

‫I would ask where I could obtain ‫the services of an armoured bear.

‫I understood the armoured ‫bears answered to nobody.

‫There is at least one who does, ‫an exile.

‫He shamed his people, but be warned,

‫his skill with metal makes ‫him useful to the town.

‫They don't like strangers knowing about ‫him or interfering in his affairs.

‫You'll find him beside Einarsson's bar.

‫But to get him away will ‫take some doing.

‫His name is Iorek Byrnison.

‫Iorek Byrnison.

‫Iorek Byrnison, can we talk with you?

‫We wish to offer you employment.

‫I am employed.

‫We need fighters or, ‫in all probability; we will.

‫We're going North until ‫we find the place

‫where children ‫are being kept captive.

‫When we find them, ‫there will surely be a battle.

‫What do you do, in the metal works?

‫I mend broken machinery.

‫I lift heavy objects.

‫And what kind of work is ‫that for a Panserbjorne?

‫If you'll excuse me saying,

‫Iorek Byrnison,

‫you could be living free ‫and proud on the ice,

‫hunting seal and walrus, ‫or going to war winning great prizes.

‫I know the people you are seeking;

‫the Child Cutters.

‫People of this town, ‫they pretend not to see!

‫But I see.

‫And are you a coward like they are?

‫A coward?

‫We need you.

‫I am not for sale.

‫- It's quiet today. ‫- Big hearing in the consistorial court.

‫Oh, is that right?

‫And I thought because everyone ‫know I was coming.

‫- We didn't announce it. ‫- No, I know.

‫- I was to be funny. ‫- My apologies.

‫They do like to look ‫at me though, as I pass.

‫Well, you've acquired a reputation!

‫The reputation for staring up trouble.

‫Now quickly, the cardinal ‫will not be kept waiting.

‫I thought I was perfectly clear.

‫You were.

‫Try to keep your head down, ‫show some restraint.

‫Now you express it all, ‫most eloquently.

‫Yet not a few days later, ‫you invaded a college,

‫protected by Scholastic Sanctuary,

‫and undermining a centuries' ‫old relationship.

‫Yes.

‫It was very unfortunate.

‫It's good to see you again, Marisa.

‫It has been some time.

‫Not so long.

‫Can I get anything for you?

‫I know how much you ‫like your sustenances.

‫Food? Tea? Water?

‫I arrived fed and watered.

‫Just skip to the part where you reveal ‫what punishment you intend for me, hm?

‫Punishment?

‫That's such a strange word.

‫I don't intend to punish you.

‫I'm sure that's not true.

‫I fear our project has become too noisy.

‫I'm passing leadership of the ‫Oblation Board onto Father MacPhail.

‫And as of now, ‫you are stripped of all official duties.