E19 - A Bridge Between Beasts and Humans

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[00:01] Anubis
    At present, no noteworthy
    disturbances have been reported.
[00:06] Anubis
    Peace is returning to the realm.
[00:09] Leonhart
    I'm glad that your wounds
    have healed, as well.
[00:12] Leonhart
    I demanded much of you.
[00:15] Anubis
    Anything for Your Majesty.
[00:17] Leonhart
    I see.
[00:20] Leonhart
    Still, the palace seems
    somewhat less than peaceful.
[00:24] Anubis
    All in the name of preparation for
    the ceremony in two days' time.
[00:28] Anubis
    Fenrir's dissidents have been brought
    to heel, and Your Majesty is well.
[00:34] Anubis
    We shall celebrate with a triumphal
    procession through the city.
[00:38] Leonhart
    I need no pomp.
[00:40] Anubis
    But in this triumph, as at
    the Grand Consecration,
[00:46] Anubis
    it may be wise to keep
    Lady Sariphi out of sight.
[00:51] Anubis
    Our king risked his life to
    rescue his queen from a foe.
[00:56] Anubis
    Were you both beasts,
    no tale could be more moving.
[01:00] Anubis
    However,
[01:01] Anubis
    a reminder that you acted for a
    human girl would be the lone blot
[01:07] Anubis
    to dampen this victorious mood.
[01:16] Anubis
    Far be it from me to say more.
[01:19] Anubis
    I shall defer to Your Majesty's judgment.
SIGN    A Bridge Between Beasts and Humans
[03:00] Sariphi
    Wow!
[03:01] Sariphi
    These look even more delicious than usual!
[03:04] Amit
    I baked them to celebrate
    His Majesty's recovery.
[03:06] Amit
    Would you care for one, Sir Lante?
[03:08] Lanteveldt
    Sorry, but I swore off sweet
    stuff for my training.
[03:12] Amit
    Oh, my. Did you really?
[03:15] Amit
    Why, Lady Sariphi.
[03:17] Amit
    What's become of your ring?
[03:19] Sariphi
    Oh, it broke.
[03:21] Amit
    Goodness! Wasn't that
    a gift from His Majesty?
[03:25] Sariphi
    You knew about that, Amit?
[03:27] Amit
    You always wore it, and the stone
    matched the hue of His Majesty's eyes.
[03:33] Amit
    Anyone would know at a glance.
[03:37] Lanteveldt
    Who cares if you lost that little pebble?
[03:40] Lanteveldt
    You'll have your pick of way fancier
    stuff once you're queen for real.
[03:44] Lanteveldt
    And I'll have one after all.
[03:48] Amit
    If it comes as a gift from one's beloved,
[03:52] Amit
    even a pebble from the roadside
    will outshine any gem.
[03:57] Sariphi
    Amit...
[03:58] Lanteveldt
    Why not ask him for something really lavish?
[04:01] Amit
    I don't know about lavish, Lady Sariphi,
[04:05] Amit
    but perhaps you should ask His Majesty 
    for something to replace it.
[04:11] Leonhart
    Your ring?
[04:13] Leonhart
    Oh, so it broke.
[04:15] Leonhart
    But I gave you that to alleviate the miasma,
[04:20] Leonhart
    and you've now built up a tolerance to it.
[04:24] Leonhart
    You should no longer need it.
[04:26] Sariphi
    Tell me, sire,
[04:28] Sariphi
    do you remember what I told you
    when you gave that ring to me?
[04:36] Sariphi
    Sorry! It's nothing!
[04:39] Sariphi
    I guess it was a long time ago.
[04:42] Sariphi
    I shouldn't be surprised.
[04:44] Leonhart
    Sariphi.
[04:46] Leonhart
    Come. I have something to show you.
[04:51] Sariphi
    Where are we going, sire?
[04:53] Sariphi
    We've already flown a long way.
[04:56] Leonhart
    We've arrived.
[04:57] Sariphi
    Huh?
[05:08] Sariphi
    A tree...
[05:10] Sariphi
    It reminds me of the one the palace
    is built into, but this one is thriving.
[05:16] Leonhart
    Wards normally hide this
    great tree from sight.
[05:20] Leonhart
    We'll land here.
[05:22] Sariphi
    How strange. A spring of blue water.
[05:26] Leonhart
    This water is untainted by any miasma.
[05:29] Leonhart
    Such a clear spring is a wonder in Ozmargo.
[05:33] Leonhart
    The ambrosia that I used to make
    your ring only bears fruit here.
[05:41] Leonhart
    This blue water is said to be
[05:42] Leonhart
    a remnant of a time when blue skies,
    not clouds of miasma, canopied this land.
[05:50] Sariphi
    Ozmargo used to be like that?
[05:52] Leonhart
    So legend has it. I don't know the truth.
[05:55] Leonhart
    But due to that legend, this place
    is considered holy ground.
[05:59] Leonhart
    Only mighty royalty and select priests
    may cross the wards that safeguard it.
[06:05] Sariphi
    Should someone like me really be here, then?
[06:09] Leonhart
    I always meant to show you
[06:11] Leonhart
    this clear, beautiful blue—
    the same color as your eyes.
[06:16] Sariphi
    Th-Thank you.
[06:18] Sariphi
    But your eyes are a lovely color, too, sire.
[06:22] Sariphi
    They're warm, like fire.
[06:26] Leonhart
    Sariphi,
[06:27] Leonhart
    give me your hand.
[06:29] Leonhart
    The other one.
[06:31] Leonhart
    Is it not the third finger of the left hand
[06:34] Leonhart
    on which a ring has a special significance?
[06:41] Sariphi
    Sire,
[06:43] (Flashback) Sariphi
    do you know what putting a ring on your
    left ring finger means in human lands?
[06:49] (Flashback) Sariphi
    Well, you see,
[06:51] (Flashback) Sariphi
    it's a token of a promise
    to stay together forever.
[06:56] Sariphi
    You remembered?
[07:00] Sariphi
    I'm so glad.
[07:01] Sariphi
    Thank you.
[07:02] Leonhart
    That's still but an improvised
    adornment. Step back a bit.
[07:24] Leonhart
    I saw your last ring as a
    tool to keep you safe.
[07:29] Leonhart
    But this
[07:31] Leonhart
    is a genuine token of our vows.
[07:34] Leonhart
    Proof that you and I will never part.
[07:41] Sariphi
    What should I do?
[07:43] Sariphi
    Can I really afford to indulge
    in these feelings?
[07:48] Sariphi
    I can't go back to who I was
    before I knew them.
[07:53] Leonhart
    Sariphi.
[07:55] Leonhart
    At tomorrow's ceremony,
    stand beside me wearing this ring,
[08:00] Leonhart
    as my one and only lawful queen-to-be.
[08:05] Sariphi
    Me, stand with His Majesty?
[08:09] Crowd
    The king!
[08:10] Crowd
    Long live the king!
[08:12] Crowd
    Long live Ozmargo!
[08:20] (Flashback) Sariphi
    I won't appear in that ceremony.
[08:23] (Flashback) Leonhart
    Sariphi...
[08:25] (Flashback) Sariphi
    There will be a big fuss if I do.
[08:28] (Flashback) Leonhart
    I'll silence it.
[08:31] (Flashback) Leonhart
    I'll dispel all distressing chatter.
[08:33] (Flashback) Leonhart
    I swear that I'll protect you!
[08:36] (Flashback) Sariphi
    It's not "distressing chatter."
    It's the voices of this kingdom's people.
[08:42] (Flashback) Sariphi
    I appreciate the thought.
[08:44] (Flashback) Sariphi
    But I'll become a queen worthy of you, sire,
[08:49] (Flashback) Sariphi
    so wait until I do.
[08:50] (Flashback) Leonhart
    Sariphi...
[08:52] (Flashback) Sariphi
    In exchange,
[08:53] (Flashback) Sariphi
    once the ceremony is over, 
    go back to being my king.
[09:00] (Flashback) Leonhart
    Very well. I understand.
[09:02] Crowd
    The king!
[09:04] Leonhart
    Perhaps I was a bit too hasty.
[09:04] Crowd
    Long live the king!
[09:08] Leonhart
    Sariphi, I have every faith in you.
[09:16] Lanteveldt
    Good grief.
[09:17] Lanteveldt
    Do you need to bring all these 
    to your room at once?
[09:20] Clops
    We're helping carry!
[09:21] Cy
    Carry!
[09:22] Sariphi
    Sorry. When a book catches my eye,
    I can't rest unless I read it straight away.
[09:27] Lanteveldt
    What's so fun about reading? I don't get it.
[09:32] Sariphi
    Books are full of things I don't know.
[09:38] Set
    Oh?
[09:39] Set
    Dear me.
[09:41] Set
    I humbly beg your pardon,
    Acting Queen Consort.
[09:44] Set
    Have I injured you?
[09:46] Sariphi
    Oh, no. I'm fine.
[09:49] Set
    Then, by your leave.
[09:51] Lanteveldt
    Who's he?
[09:52] Sariphi
    Justice Set. I've barely ever
    spoken with him, either.
[09:57] Lanteveldt
    He doesn't leave much of an impression.
[10:00] Lanteveldt
    Is that all of them?
[10:02] Lanteveldt
    You'd better hurry back to your room, then.
[10:05] Lanteveldt
    It looks like rain.
[10:13] Leonhart
    Do you feel calmer now?
[10:15] Sariphi
    Yes, I'm fi—
[10:21] Leonhart
    I suppose I left that wound on your heart.
[10:27] Sariphi
    What do you mean?
[10:28] Leonhart
    You said it all began on a night like this,
[10:30] Leonhart
    when you learned that you
    were to be a sacrifice.
[10:35] Leonhart
    My royal predecessor decreed the
    sacrifices, and I continued them.
[10:41] Sariphi
    But, sire, you—
[10:42] Leonhart
    True, I never devoured a sacrificial maiden,
[10:47] Leonhart
    but I can do nothing for the girls
    I spare after they escape.
[10:52] Leonhart
    And once chosen as sacrifices, they can
    never return to their former lives.
[10:59] Leonhart
    Even now, at your side, I am
    powerless to calm this storm.
[11:06] Sariphi
    Hey, sire, would you tell me a story?
[11:10] Leonhart
    A story?
[11:10] Sariphi
    Yeah.
[11:12] Leonhart
    Very well.
[11:13] Leonhart
    Then I will tell you of my mother.
[11:17] Sariphi
    You don't mind?
[11:18] Leonhart
    It would be unfair of me to learn
    your past without sharing mine.
[11:26] Leonhart
    When I was young, "mother" to me meant
[11:30] Leonhart
    the portrait of the late queen, who I
    was told had died soon after my birth.
[11:35] Leonhart
    But that queen
[11:37] Leonhart
    was not my mother.
[11:40] Leonhart
    So where did I come from?
[11:44] Leonhart
    Do I truly have a mother? Does she
    still live somewhere in the world?
[11:50] Leonhart
    Sometimes I still ponder, even now.
[11:54] Leonhart
    Did my father, who loathed
    other species, love my mother?
[11:59] Leonhart
    Did the mother whom I've never seen love me?
[12:04] Leonhart
    Did anyone wish for my birth?
[12:10] Sariphi
    Sire...
[12:12] Leonhart
    Forgive me. I spoke of parity, but I may
    as well have told you nothing at all.
[12:19] Sariphi
    No.
[12:20] Sariphi
    Thank you for telling me.
[12:23] Sariphi
    His Majesty was born with the blood
    of two conflicting peoples.
[12:27] Sariphi
    My own parents abandoned me.
[12:31] Sariphi
    Even if no one did want us to be born,
[12:36] Sariphi
    what can we do about it?
[12:38] Sariphi
    I mean, we're already here.
[12:41] Sariphi
    Thanks to that, we can desire
    someone and be desired now,
[12:47] Sariphi
    and that matters so, so much more.
[12:50] Leonhart
    Yes, you're right.
[12:52] Leonhart
    The past counts for less than the present.
[12:56] Leonhart
    And the future.
[12:59] Leonhart
    Sariphi.
[13:00] Sariphi
    What is it?
[13:02] Leonhart
    I've been toying with an
    idea for some time now.
[13:07] Leonhart
    Several nights of revelation from now,
    Yoana will send another sacrifice.
[13:14] Sariphi
    Yes.
[13:15] Leonhart
    Trickery can only fool the court for so long.
[13:20] Leonhart
    And those chosen as sacrifices
    will suffer regardless.
[13:25] Leonhart
    The time has come to strike
    at the root of the problem.
[13:29] Sariphi
    You mean...
[13:31] Sariphi
    He'll abolish the system of sacrifices?!
[13:35] Leonhart
    Sacrifice is the power balance between
    beasts and humans in microcosm.
[13:40] Leonhart
    The older generations who experienced
    the war will oppose its abolition.
[13:44] Leonhart
    But new generations have not
    learned to hate humans,
[13:48] Leonhart
    and their numbers will surely grow.
[13:51] Leonhart
    If they are to face humans earnestly,
    unswayed by prejudice and past discord,
[13:59] Leonhart
    I must lay a foundation of normal
    relations between our realms now.
[14:04] Leonhart
    That is my duty as king.
[14:08] Sariphi
    Sire...
[14:09] Leonhart
    But first, we must overcome an obstacle:
    the principle of mutual inviolability.
[14:15] Sariphi
    What's that?
[14:18] Leonhart
    Anyone who crosses the border for
    any reason, in either direction,
[14:24] Leonhart
    does so at their own mortal peril.
[14:26] Leonhart
    To reconcile with Yoana,
    we must send emissaries to them.
[14:31] Leonhart
    But our envoys will have no one
    to guarantee their safety.
[14:36] Sariphi
    So if the envoys were to die for some reason...
[14:40] Leonhart
    Hatred of humans would only grow,
[14:43] Leonhart
    and the road to reconciliation
    would grow much longer.
[14:47] Sariphi
    Just like the beast realm
    is dangerous for humans,
[14:50] Sariphi
    the human realm is a
    dangerous place for beasts.
[14:55] Sariphi
    Human?
[14:57] Sariphi
    Sire...
[14:59] Sariphi
    Could I be your envoy?
[15:04] Sariphi
    Since I'm...
[15:09] Anubis
    I am opposed!
[15:11] Anubis
    Abolishing the system of sacrifices
    at all is ill-advised.
[15:14] Anubis
    No one will ever accept such a thing!
[15:17] Leonhart
    The change need not be immediate.
[15:20] Leonhart
    I will propose creating a space
    for our realms to speak directly.
[15:26] Anubis
    That is the problem!
[15:29] Anubis
    Do you realize what it would mean
[15:31] Anubis
    for us to be seen reaching out to Yoana?!
[15:34] Leonhart
    Naturally.
[15:36] Leonhart
    For the sake of restoring
    diplomatic relations in the future,
[15:38] Leonhart
    Ozmargo will henceforth negotiate
    with Yoana as an equal nation.
[15:44] Speaker B
    B-But sire, how can Yoana be our equal?
[15:48] Speaker A
    Vanquishing the rebels allowed you
    to display your royal dignity,
[15:52] Speaker A
    but the people will never stand for this!
[15:55] Lanteveldt
    "The people"? Don't you mean you, old-timers?
[16:00] Lanteveldt
    Most people these days haven't seen
    enough of humans to really hate 'em.
[16:05] Lanteveldt
    Don't act like you speak for the masses
    when you never listen to them.
[16:10] Speaker A
    I-Insolence!
[16:12] Speaker B
    Mind your tongue!
[16:13] Lanteveldt
    We won't get anywhere with you guys.
[16:16] Lanteveldt
    If Sariphi goes, then so will I.
[16:18] Lanteveldt
    Isn't that what a guard captain's for?
[16:21] Sariphi
    Lante, we should excuse ourselves.
[16:25] Lanteveldt
    Ugh! Me going with you
    would solve all our problems.
[16:31] Sariphi
    But if a beast like you got in a fight
    with humans, we'd have trouble.
[16:38] Sariphi
    Can you swear you won't fight?
[16:40] Lanteveldt
    Nope!
SIGN    HONEST
SIGN    HONEST
[16:41] Sariphi
    See?
[16:43] Sariphi
    Of course, this is easier said than done.
[16:47] Sariphi
    Sire. Did you talk things out?
[16:50] Leonhart
    No. Anubis wishes to speak with you privately.
[16:55] Sariphi
    He does?
[17:05] Sariphi
    Unbelievable. Can't young women
    these days so much as clean properly?
[17:11] Anubis
    Who is that an impression of?!
[17:15] Anubis
    Girl, do you honestly believe
    that beasts and humans can come
[17:19] Anubis
    to an understanding with each other?
[17:21] Sariphi
    Well, I know that it won't be easy, but—
[17:25] Anubis
    Spare me the preamble.
[17:27] Anubis
    Answer yes or no.
[17:30] Sariphi
    I think... we can.
[17:33] Anubis
    And by volunteering as an envoy,
[17:36] Anubis
    do you believe you can become a bridge
    between beasts and humans?
[17:39] Anubis
    Be truthful, girl.
[17:41] Sariphi
    Me, a bridge? Oh, Mr. Chancellor,
    you're exaggerating.
[17:45] Anubis
    That was exactly my point!
[17:47] Anubis
    How vexing! I knew that talking
    to humans was a waste of time!
[17:51] Sariphi
    You mean talking to me,
    not "to humans," don't you?
[17:57] Sariphi
    This isn't about humans and beasts.
    You just don't like me.
[18:03] Sariphi
    If someone as hard-headed as you
    can see a person before their species,
[18:07] Sariphi
    then other people can do it, too.
SIGN    FREEZE
[18:10] Sariphi
    I can't help it if they don't like what they see.
[18:13] Sariphi
    But perfect strangers hating each other
    through misconceptions and hearsay?
[18:19] Sariphi
    That terrifies me.
[18:21] Sariphi
    So if approaching Yoana can
    change the future even slightly,
[18:27] Sariphi
    then I'll do everything that I can right now.
[18:31] Sariphi
    If there's something only I can do
    for the future His Majesty wants...
[18:36] Sariphi
    If it will help the king who made
    me the person I am now...
[18:41] Anubis
    Very well.
[18:43] Anubis
    I will approve a diplomatic mission to Yoana
    and the appointment of you as our emissary.
[18:50] Anubis
    I shall inform the senate forthwith.
[18:53] Sariphi
    Thank you, Mr. Chancellor!
[18:55] Sariphi
    I guess you can be nice every now and then!
[18:58] Sariphi
    I'll tell His Majesty, okay?
[19:01] Anubis
    For His Majesty, is it?
[19:04] Anubis
    That girl never fails to irritate.
[19:08] Leonhart
    I see. So Anubis agreed.
[19:11] Leonhart
    Very well.
[19:12] Leonhart
    My message to Yoana is in your hands.
[19:16] Sariphi
    Sire!
[19:17] Leonhart
    But Lanteveldt and several
    guards will accompany you.
[19:21] Sariphi
    Huh? But doesn't that defeat
    the point of sending me?
[19:25] Leonhart
    I refuse to compromise on your safety.
[19:28] Sariphi
    Please, sire.
[19:29] Sariphi
    I know I'm not the most dependable, so—
[19:32] Leonhart
    No! I—
[19:34] Bennu
    Hold it right there!
[19:36] Bennu
    Make way for the greatest
    holy beast, Bennu the phoenix!
[19:41] Bennu
    I ain't a beast or a human, so nothing 
    can tie me down, numbskulls!
[19:49] Sariphi
    Bennu!
[19:50] Bennu
    Hey.
[19:51] Sariphi
    Of course!
[19:53] Sariphi
    Beast and human laws
    don't apply to holy beasts!
[19:56] Bennu
    You got it, girlie. I'll just fly
    right over with you on my back.
[20:01] Sariphi
    I can get to Yoana safely if I fly on Bennu.
[20:04] Sariphi
    Please, sire!
[20:08] Leonhart
    You win.
[20:11] Set
    I knew it. Not a single trace
    in all these documents.
[20:17] Set
    The pregnancies of queens and concubines.
[20:20] Set
    Where and when they gave birth, the
    weather at the time, the attending priest...
[20:25] Set
    All these details that should have been
    recorded are conspicuously missing.
[20:31] Set
    And for only one royal.
[20:34] Set
    Yes,
[20:36] Set
    only the records of our current king's birth!
[20:43] Amit
    Lady Sariphi, please, please take care!
[20:47] Amit
    Turn back at the first sign of danger!
[20:49] Clops
    Sari!
[20:50] Cy
    Ri!
[20:51] Lanteveldt
    I still don't like it.
    Guarding you is my job.
[20:56] Sariphi
    Thank you all for seeing me off.
[20:59] Lanteveldt
    The king's awfully cold, though.
[21:01] Lanteveldt
    I can't believe he didn't come to
    say goodbye. Is he still sulking?
[21:04] Sariphi
    Nothing like that.
[21:06] Sariphi
    His Majesty said his goodbyes
    when I left the palace.
[21:12] (Flashback) Sariphi
    I just have to deliver your letter and
    come back with the answer, right?
[21:19] (Flashback) Sariphi
    Well, I'd better get going.
[21:22] (Flashback) Leonhart
    Sariphi.
[21:24] (Flashback) Leonhart
    Making you my emissary is probably
    the best choice available to me.
[21:30] (Flashback) Leonhart
    The decision may even
    leave its mark on history.
[21:37] (Flashback) Leonhart
    And yet, I...
[21:42] (Flashback) Sariphi
    Sire, I owe you an apology.
[21:46] (Flashback) Sariphi
    I said that I knew you were worried
    because I'm not dependable.
[21:52] (Flashback) Sariphi
    But that wasn't it, was it?
[21:53] (Flashback) Sariphi
    You were only worried
    because you care about me.
[22:02] (Flashback) Sariphi
    So...
[22:05] (Flashback) Sariphi
    I won't tell you not to worry.
[22:07] (Flashback) Sariphi
    Instead, I'll only ask you to wait.
[22:12] (Flashback) Sariphi
    If you'll wait for me—if I can
    have a place to come home to—
[22:18] (Flashback) Sariphi
    I'll be able to draw so much
    courage just from that.
[22:22] (Flashback) Leonhart
    Yes.
[22:25] (Flashback) Leonhart
    I'll be waiting for your return.
[22:28] (Flashback) Leonhart
    So...
[22:29] (Flashback) Leonhart
    Let me worry myself to death.
[22:33] (Flashback) Sariphi
    Okay.
[22:35] Sariphi
    I'll be back, sire.
[22:42] Set
    The king's birth holds some vital secret.
[22:47] Set
    Likely one whose exposure
    could upend everything.
[22:51] Amit
    Please take care!
[22:54] Cy; Clops
    Sari!
[22:55] Lanteveldt
    You'd better make this quick!
[22:57] Sariphi
    See you later, everyone!
[23:01] Set
    So, if I can uncover it,
    then I can finally achieve
[23:08] Set
    my long-cherished ambition!
[23:15] Sariphi
    As a human—and a sacrifice—
    I will be the beasts' emissary to Yoana.
[23:25] Sariphi
    To end the sacrifices and normalize relations,
[23:29] Sariphi
    with His Majesty's great resolve in my heart,
[23:31] Sariphi
    I set out for my homeland, Yoana,
[23:34] Sariphi
    as the beasts' emi—
[23:36] Bennu
    That's why I said to hang on tight, dimwit!
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