8 - Those Who Act Out of Sight

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[00:06] MIRANDA
    The others didn't need to come?
[00:09] KYLE
    They're not fond of formal meals.
[00:18] MIRANDA
    Kyle?
[00:20] KYLE/ID
    This feeling...
[00:25] MIRANDA
    What?
[00:34] MIRANDA
    Kyle, what is the—
[01:02] KYLE
    Demon!
[02:40] KYLE/NA
    Demons...
[02:42] KYLE/NA
    The species controlling the rest of Leunders
    and the bane of humanity.
[02:49] KYLE/NA
    They number far fewer than humanoids,
    but individually, they are far stronger.
[02:56] KYLE/NA
    Currently, not a single nation knows
    exactly what the demons are up to.
[03:02] KYLE/NA
    Three centuries without an attack has been
    plenty of time to let our guard down.
[03:10] KYLE/NA
    Hardly anyone now has ever
    seen a demon in the flesh.
[03:16] KYLE/NA
    But I'm more than familiar.
[03:19] KYLE/NA
    That horn on her head and that
    unique intimidating presence...
[03:24] KYLE/NA
    She's humankind's greatest foe.
[03:27] KYLE/NA
    A demon!
[03:51] KYLE
    Looks like that worked.
[03:54] KYLE
    Care to taste a few more?
[03:58] KYLE/ID
    I don't have my armor.
[03:59] KYLE/ID
    I left Sildonia behind too.
[04:01] KYLE/ID
    I can't use much magic either.
[04:03] KYLE/ID
    I've been careless.
[04:05] KYLE/ID
    I never would've screwed up
    like this during the Great Invasion.
[04:09] GUARD B
    Hey! What happened?!
[04:10] GUARD C
    What's going on?
[04:11] GUARD A
    What's this about?!
[04:12] MAID
    It's Lord Alzard!
[04:16] KYLE
    Wait!
[04:22] KYLE/ID
    She actually ran?
[04:24] GUARDS
    Hey! Summon the other soldiers!
[04:28] KYLE
    Alzard...
[04:31] KYLE/NA
    After that, more than half the soldiers
    and officials at the empire's embassy
[04:37] KYLE/NA
    were found brutally murdered.
[04:40] KYLE/NA
    Strangely, none of the survivors witnessed
    anything or even heard a sound.
[04:49] GOH
    I've made months' worth
     of progress today alone.
[04:53] GOH
    Your knowledge is incredible, Sildonia.
[04:56] SILDONIA
    You're not bad yourself.
[04:59] SILDONIA
    It's impressive you've learned
    so much at your age.
[05:03] GOH
    How old are you, exactly?
[05:07] SILDONIA
    Well, you see...
[05:11] LIESE
    Tea's ready. Why don't you take a break?
[05:13] GOH
    Yeah, okay.
[05:17] GOH
    Sorry you had to clean up the place.
[05:20] LIESE
    Oh, it's fine. I'm used to looking
    after Kyle and Theron.
[05:24] GOH
    Thanks a ton.
[05:26] GOH
    By the way, where is Kyle?
[05:30] URZA
    At lunch with a man from the empire.
[05:32] URZA
    We're not much for formal meetings.
[05:37] THERON
    Aw, man. What a disappointment.
[05:40] GOH
    Sorry. My father's been out since this morning.
[05:43] THERON
    It is what it is.
[05:46] THERON
    Wait, I know. Have you heard anything?
[05:50] THERON
    He was acting like he knew something
    about a sword comparable to Kyle's.
[05:57] GOH
    Maybe he meant the Holy Sword Rand.
[06:01] THERON
    The Holy Sword Rand?
[06:03] GOH
    Yes.
[06:05] GOH
    It was forged in Karan two millennia ago
    by a dwarf heralded as an extraordinary smith.
[06:11] GOH
    They say Randolph the hero used it
    to defeat the demon king of his day.
[06:16] GOH
    The sword was dubbed
    "Holy Sword Rand" after him.
[06:21] GOH
    It's supposedly in the city right now.
[06:25] GOH
    My father says he saw it once.
[06:28] THERON
    That sounds kind of awesome!
[06:31] GOH
    If it really is in Karan, then it's probably
    in the possession of Governor Bax.
[06:38] THERON
    I see.
[06:40] THERON
    Thanks for the tip.
[06:42] THERON
    That sounds perfect for me.
[06:45] GOH
    Except it's a state treasure,
    so I doubt they'd let just anyone have it.
[06:54] GOH
    Uh, are you listening?
[06:57] THERON
    Goh, does anyone have it out for you?
[07:01] GOH
    As you know, I had that dispute
    with those debt collectors.
[07:06] THERON
    The house is surrounded.
[07:07] THERON
    I'd say just under ten men.
[07:11] THERON
    And this bloodlust...
[07:12] THERON
    They're stronger than
    the ruffians from yesterday.
[07:14] THERON
    Are they here for us?
[07:17] THERON
    Well, we'll know once we capture 'em.
[07:21] THERON
    I'll handle most of them.
[07:24] THERON
    But some might still make it inside.
[07:27] THERON
    Be on your guard.
[07:28] GOH
    I-Is this for real?
[07:30] LIESE
    You can bet on what he says.
[07:32] LIESE
    He's got a real nose for this sort of thing.
[07:36] URZA
    And only this sort of thing.
[07:39] LIESE
    Goh, you hide in the back.
[07:40] GOH
    S-Surely there's something I can do to help.
[07:43] SILDONIA
    An amateur won't be of much use here.
[07:46] SILDONIA
    You should hide with me.
[07:48] GOH
    O-Okay.
[07:51] GOH
    You're so calm, Sildonia...
[08:13] THERON
    Ask Kyle to pay for a new door.
[08:17] THERON
    Oh, you're perfect.
[08:19] THERON
    Caught someone to torture
    until he spills the beans!
[08:26] THERON
    Man, I feel like this is all I do lately.
[08:30] THERON
    You guys should run if you don't wanna die.
[08:34] THERON
    If you're lucky, you might get away.
[08:43] URZA
    That's berrada poison.
[08:45] URZA
    A single scratch will immobilize you.
[08:47] LIESE
    Got it.
[08:51] LIESE/ID
    Remain calm during battle.
[09:16] LIESE
    All right.
[09:17] LIESE
    Oh no! I went overboard!
[09:20] LIESE
    I was hoping to question him.
[09:24] LIESE
    Well, Urza will figure something out.
[09:32] URZA
    An undine's body is made of water.
[09:35] URZA
    Neither daggers nor poisons
    are effective against them.
[09:47] URZA
    I may have gone a little too far.
[09:50] URZA
    Thank you, undine. I appreciate the help.
[09:58] LIESE
    Poor guy.
[09:59] URZA
    Hey, you didn't go much easier than I did.
[10:03] URZA
    He'd better be alive.
[10:04] LIESE
    I mean... I think so?
[10:16] LIESE
    Thank goodness.
[10:18] LIESE
    They're alive.
[10:20] URZA
    That is good news.
[10:22] GOH
    You're both pretty strong.
[10:25] URZA
    Why are you standing so far away?
[10:26] GOH
    Oh, no reason.
[10:30] THERON
    All finished in here too?
[10:35] THERON
    Now then...
[10:37] THERON
    Why don't you tell us who you are?
[10:41] THERON
    Why did you attack us?
[10:45] THERON
    I'd recommend you talk, for your own sake.
[10:47] THERON
    These ladies behind me
    are professional torturers.
[10:53] THERON
    The redhead can turn any common
    household item into a torture device.
[11:00] THERON
    Knives.
[11:01] THERON
    Forks.
[11:03] THERON
    Even ladles.
[11:05] THERON
    She'll slice you up good all over
    and rub irritant in each and every wound
[11:11] THERON
    so she can enjoy your endless screaming.
[11:17] THERON
    But don't go thinking you can
    take the easy way out by croaking.
[11:21] THERON
    We've got loads of healing potions.
[11:24] THERON
    Not to mention...
[11:26] THERON
    The elf woman is skilled at keeping
    people just short of death.
[11:32] THERON
    She'll feed you healing potions just
    as your consciousness begins to fade,
[11:37] THERON
    all so she can prolong
     your suffering, of course.
[11:43] THERON
    Eventually, you'd beg me...
[11:46] THERON
    to put you out of your misery.
[11:50] THERON
    But I'm not a cruel man.
[11:54] THERON
    You may be my enemy, but I couldn't
     bear to hand you over to them.
[11:58] LIESE & URZA
    We're killing you later.
[12:01] THERON
    So if you answer me honestly, I'll let you go.
[12:06] THERON
    I'll even pay for your getaway.
[12:08] THERON
    But make the call quick.
[12:11] THERON
    We have others I'm sure
     would be happy to take your place.
[12:20] ATTACKER A
    W-We were just hired to kidnap that Goh kid.
[12:26] THERON
    A kidnapping?
[12:28] THERON
    You seemed awful bloodthirsty for that.
[12:31] ATTACKER A
    We were told we could kill
    anyone who got in the way.
[12:35] GOH
    Come to think of it, I've been hearing rumors.
[12:39] GOH
    They say missing persons
    in Karan have been on the rise.
[12:44] GOH
    It's not yet known if foul play is involved.
[12:47] URZA
    People are going missing?
[12:49] LIESE
    Is that why Miranda had so many guards?
[12:53] THERON
    What happens to the folks getting nabbed?
[12:56] ATTACKER A
    I don't know.
[12:57] ATTACKER A
    We were just told to take them
    to an empty house outside the city.
[13:01] THERON
    Either way, I can't believe
    you'd strike in broad daylight.
[13:04] ATTACKER A
    We were always discreet in the past!
[13:08] ATTACKER A
    But you're outsiders.
[13:10] ATTACKER A
    Who'd care if we came straight for you?
[13:14] LIESE
    He has a point.
[13:15] URZA
    The guards still haven't shown up.
[13:28] THERON
    All right, so who hired you?
[13:30] ATTACKER A
    I don't know! Honest!
[13:32] ATTACKER A
    We've already kidnapped a few people,
    but nothing's come of it!
[13:36] ATTACKER A
    They're probably covering it up!
[13:38] THERON
    Which means your employer is fairly powerful.
[13:41] ATTACKER A
    Yeah. I don't know who it is, but it might be—
[13:45] THERON
    Get down!
[13:46] ATTACKER A
    Huh? What?
[13:54] LIESE
    Is everyone okay?
[13:56] URZA
    Yeah. All good over here.
[13:58] LIESE
    Let's go after them. Whoever's behind this—
[14:00] THERON
    Don't go!
[14:03] THERON
    Not this time.
[14:06] THERON
    I haven't encountered anyone
    this dangerous in a while.
[14:10] SILDONIA
    You're not giving chase?
[14:16] THERON
    Yeah, no.
[14:18] THERON
    I haven't felt anything like that
    since seeing my mom at full power.
[14:21] SILDONIA
    I suppose I should commend your judgment.
[14:28] SILDONIA
    That spell...
[14:30] SILDONIA
    was undoubtedly the work of a demon.
[14:36] MIRANDA
    The situation is grim.
[14:39] MIRANDA
    The damage is extensive, but the
    diplomatic issues cannot be ignored either.
[14:44] THERON
    You people know what happened, don't you?
[14:46] URZA
    Kyle was injured.
    Surely you don't think he did it.
[14:50] MIRANDA
    He's been cleared of suspicion,
    but the real problem is the empire.
[14:56] MIRANDA
    They'll insist we're consorting with demons
[15:00] MIRANDA
    and issue all manner of rebukes against us.
[15:04] LIESE
    I know Kyle saw a demon at the embassy,
    but are we sure one came after us?
[15:11] SILDONIA
    Indeed. That destructive magic
    is unique to demons.
[15:16] SILDONIA
    They're unsubtle with their spells
    because they have so much magic power.
[15:21] SILDONIA
    And if they're involved,
    then in the worst case...
[15:28] SILDONIA
    they could blow the entire city off the map.
[15:35] KYLE
    It's too dangerous to go
    after the demons right now.
[15:40] KYLE
    First, we should confirm whether Governor Bax
    is really involved with the kidnappings.
[15:46] LIESE
    Miranda, you knew about
     the kidnappings, didn't you?
[15:51] MIRANDA
    I'm sorry I didn't tell you.
[15:54] MIRANDA
    We were only recently able
    to confirm they were happening.
[15:58] URZA
    Do you know who's responsible?
[16:00] MIRANDA
    No. They're covering their tracks well.
[16:06] MIRANDA
    I won't deny it's possible the governor
    is involved in the kidnappings.
[16:10] MIRANDA
    But I can't make sense of him condoning
    such crimes in his own city.
[16:21] EMBASSY STAFF
    Terrible news! The governor's mansion...
[16:23] EMBASSY STAFF
    The governor's mansion is on fire!
[16:27] DWARVES
    Someone lend me a hand!
[16:32] DWARVES
    Heave ho!
[16:34] KYLE
    They beat us to it.
[16:37] URZA
    It burned right to the ground. Unnaturally so.
[16:40] LIESE
    A fire now, of all times?
    There's no way that's a coincidence.
[16:46] THERON
    I picked through the rubble
    but didn't find the Holy Sword Rand.
[16:50] KYLE
    Don't be a looter.
[16:53] MIRANDA
    I came up empty-handed as well.
[16:55] KYLE
    You can't find the governor?
[16:58] MIRANDA
    That's correct.
[16:59] MIRANDA
    We haven't even located his body,
[17:01] MIRANDA
    even though he was gravely ill and bedridden.
[17:05] LIESE
    Did demons do this, too?
[17:07] KYLE
    No, that seems unlikely.
[17:11] MIRANDA
    Indeed.
[17:12] MIRANDA
    If arson were among their methods,
    they would've employed it at the embassy.
[17:18] URZA
    Then if demons didn't set this fire...
[17:21] MIRANDA
    Our prime suspect is the governor,
    who is still unaccounted for.
[17:26] MIRANDA
    If he were the mastermind
     behind the kidnappings,
[17:28] MIRANDA
    it would make sense that he'd start
    the fire to destroy evidence.
[17:33] MIRANDA
    Either way, we must uncover his whereabouts.
[17:39] KYLE/ID
    She's so dependable at times like this.
[17:43] KYLE/ID
    The Miranda I knew was a key figure
    in keeping our allies supplied and informed.
[17:50] KYLE/ID
    But she could be callous.
    She wasn't as genial as she is now.
[17:55] GOH
    What an awful situation.
[17:58] MIRANDA
    Goh! What are you doing here?
[18:00] THERON
    We told you to wait with the guards.
[18:03] GOH
    Sorry. I heard there was
    a fire and got worried.
[18:07] KYLE
    You're worried about the governor?
[18:10] GOH
    No. My father was summoned
     by one of his messengers.
[18:15] MIRANDA
    What? What are you saying?
[18:17] GOH
    I think he might've come here.
[18:20] LIESE
    Why would the governor summon Gazus?
[18:22] GOH
    I don't know.
[18:25] KYLE
    Does this have anything to do
    with Gazus being a candidate for governor?
[18:30] KYLE
    If so, maybe Bax is behind
     the kidnappings after all.
[18:37] LIESE
    M-Miranda?
[18:38] MIRANDA
    Th-This is all my fault...
[18:41] MIRANDA
    I'm the one who nominated him
     to be the next governor.
[18:48] MIRANDA
    What should I do?
[18:50] MIRANDA
    I dragged someone so important into this!
[18:52] MIRANDA
    If anything happens to him, I...
[18:56] LIESE
    M-Miranda, we don't know
     it's come to that yet.
[19:01] KYLE/ID
    What's going on? Why is Miranda so distraught?
[19:07] (Flashback) MIRANDA
    You think I'm cold, don't you?
[19:12] (Flashback) KYLE
    N-No, I don't.
[19:14] (Flashback) MIRANDA
    I wasn't...
[19:17] (Flashback) MIRANDA
    I wasn't always like this, y'know?
[19:21] (Flashback) MIRANDA
    I had a lover once.
[19:24] (Flashback) KYLE
    I see...
[19:26] (Flashback) MIRANDA
    But he died because of me.
[19:32] (Flashback) MIRANDA
    After that, I gave up on love.
[19:36] (Flashback) MIRANDA
    I decided to become heartless and calculating.
[19:42] KYLE/ID
    The lover she mentioned back then...
[19:45] KYLE/ID
    Was it Gazus?!
[19:52] GOH
    You didn't know they were romantically involved?
[19:56] LIESE
    Yeah, we had no idea.
[19:59] GOH
    My dad's hard to get along with at first,
    but he's nice once you get to know him.
[20:07] GOH
    Things have been awkward lately, though.
[20:11] GOH
    I think my father was avoiding her.
[20:14] LIESE
    I see.
[20:16] GOH
    So Miranda would do things like
    come over to feed me sometimes.
[20:20] GOH
    Like she was trying to score points.
[20:23] THERON
    Score points?
[20:24] GOH
    I mean, with Miranda's personality,
    she probably thinks this is her last chance.
[20:31] THERON
    Better not say that to her face.
[20:37] KYLE/ID
    If her lover in my previous life was Gazus,
    this must be the incident where he died.
[20:44] KYLE/ID
    I have to think back.
    Was there anything else of note?
[20:51] (Flashback) KYLE
    Hey, you'll catch cold.
[20:53] (Flashback) KYLE
    This is why I can't stand drunks.
[20:56] (Flashback) MIRANDA
    If only...
[20:58] (Flashback) MIRANDA
    If only I'd found that
    underground passage sooner...
[21:10] LIESE
    What's up, Kyle? You donned your armor.
[21:13] KYLE
    I'm going to the governor's mansion.
[21:15] THERON
    What? Again?
[21:17] KYLE
    Yeah. I just realized something.
[21:20] KYLE
    Urza, I'd like to borrow your magic.
[21:23] KYLE
    Come with me.
[21:24] URZA
    Very well.
[21:26] THERON
    Then I'll tag along too.
[21:28] THERON
    I haven't given up on the Holy Sword Rand yet.
[21:33] LIESE
    I-I want in too!
[21:35] KYLE
    Sure thing.
[21:36] KYLE
    Goh, look after Miranda until we get back.
[21:40] KYLE
    Don't leave the embassy.
[21:43] GOH
    Okay.
[21:45] KYLE/ID
    If what Miranda said was for real...
[21:49] KYLE/ID
    then all the answers lie through
    that hidden underground passage.
[23:35] SIGN
    Next Time
[23:35] SIGN
    Hidden Ambitions
[23:35] NA
    Next time: "Hidden Ambitions."