E20 - Even a worm will turn.

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[00:01] (Flashback) Iris
    Adam...
[00:03] (Flashback) Iris
    I-I can't take it anymore.
[00:05] (Flashback) Adam
    Yeah, of course.
[00:07] (Flashback) Adam
    It's okay. Go get some sleep.
[00:11] (Flashback) Alcyone
    Master... what is this?
[00:15] (Flashback) Adam
    A child.
[00:16] (Flashback) Adam
    A newborn.
[00:17] (Flashback) Adam
    A baby.
[00:19] (Flashback) Adam
    Erm...
[00:21] (Flashback) Adam
    Anyway, we're going to have you
    support us in raising her.
[00:26] (Flashback) Adam
    We can't ask anyone for help
    because of our circumstances.
[00:31] (Flashback) Adam
    This is Philomela.
[00:34] (Flashback) Adam
    Please.
[00:39] (Flashback) Adam
    Iris and I are both sleep deprived.
[00:42] (Flashback) Adam
    I'm going to catch up a bit, too.
[00:58] (Flashback) Alcyone
    Lady Philomela.
[01:39] (Flashback) Adam
    Shall we start heading back?
[01:42] (Flashback) Alcyone
    Yes, Master.
[03:38] (Flashback) Adam
    Spider of the water surface,
    spin a string of silver.
[03:42] (Flashback) Adam
    Sheep of glass, weave the silver hairs.
[03:46] (Flashback) Adam
    Mirror of silver, show the form of danger.
[03:51] (Flashback) Adam
    Seal away the dangers that
    may befall the child.
[03:56] (Flashback) Adam
    That should ease her fever.
[03:58] (Flashback) Philomela
    I wanna play.
[03:58] (Flashback) Adam
    Let's leave some in the fridge.
[04:00] (Flashback) Iris
    Not today.
[04:01] (Flashback) Alcyone
    Yes.
[04:08] (Flashback) Alcyone
    I haven't seen you use sorcery in a while.
[04:12] (Flashback) Adam
    That was a primitive hex for
    transferring symptoms to a doll.
[04:17] (Flashback) Adam
    Hexes are my favorite kind of sorcery.
[04:21] (Flashback) Adam
    Though you wouldn't normally
    use them on children.
[04:24] (Flashback) Adam
    Hey, you're getting better at that.
[04:28] (Flashback) Adam
    Artificial fairies aren't normally thought
    to change from their original settings.
[04:34] (Flashback) Adam
    Go me.
[04:36] (Flashback) Alcyone
    Am I growing?
[04:39] (Flashback) Adam
    You sure are.
[04:41] (Flashback) Adam
    Everyone in this family is.
[04:43] (Flashback) Adam
    You fail, you scramble to find remedies,
[04:47] (Flashback) Adam
    and when you succeed, you fail again.
[04:51] (Flashback) Adam
    We weren't allowed to fail
    back at my other home.
[04:55] (Flashback) Alcyone
    Which home would that be?
[04:57] (Flashback) Adam
    Ah, I haven't told you about it.
[05:01] (Flashback) Adam
    The Sargants have always
    had someone to serve.
[05:06] (Flashback) Adam
    We specialize in doing people's dirty work.
[05:08] (Flashback) Adam
    Getting rid of people that
    our masters don't like.
[05:12] (Flashback) Adam
    Torturing people for information.
[05:15] (Flashback) Adam
    One day, Iris was sold off to us.
[05:20] (Flashback) Adam
    As a lab rat for my sorcery.
[05:25] (Flashback) Lisbeth
    Use her to practice
     restraint so as not to kill.
[05:32] (Flashback) Adam
    Yes.
[05:47] (Flashback) Leánnan sídhe
    Hold still, damn it!
[05:50] (Flashback) Iris
    I'll never, ever bow to you!
[06:04] (Flashback) Adam
    So anyway, thanks to
    Iris, I was disciplined.
[06:10] (Flashback) Adam
    The would-be heir abandoned his mother,
     his lineage, and his family name.
[06:15] (Flashback) Adam
    And now he's here.
[06:17] (Flashback) Alcyone
    Your mother...
[06:20] (Flashback) Adam
    She thinks of me as
     an extension of herself.
[06:24] (Flashback) Alcyone
    I see.
[06:26] (Flashback) Alcyone
    By the way, Master...
[06:28] (Flashback) Alcyone
    It's burning.
[06:37] (Flashback) Iris
    Has she calmed down?
[06:39] (Flashback) Alcyone
    Yes.
[06:40] (Flashback) Alcyone
    It seems that the treat I'd given
    her wasn't what she wanted today.
[06:44] (Flashback) Iris
    Thanks, Alcyone.
[06:47] (Flashback) Iris
    I appreciate it.
[06:49] (Flashback) Alcyone
    Master has informed me that this is
    the most important task in the world.
[06:53] (Flashback) Alcyone
    Nothing is of a higher priority.
[06:59] (Flashback) Iris
    Good girl.
[07:02] (Flashback) Iris
    Man, I wish I had a camera.
[07:06] (Flashback) Iris
    All the smiles, the sobbing, the silliness...
[07:09] (Flashback) Iris
    It's all gone in an instant.
[07:12] (Flashback) Alcyone
    A camera?
[07:14] (Flashback) Iris
    We can't have any photos used
    against us, so we don't have one.
[07:18] (Flashback) Iris
    We're on the run from
     a scary witch, after all.
[07:21] (Flashback) Iris
    My parents used to take lots of photos.
[07:25] (Flashback) Iris
    The walls at home were covered in them.
[07:27] (Flashback) Alcyone
    Master said your mother sold you, too.
[07:33] (Flashback) Iris
    Our financial situation
     went bad in an instant.
[07:36] (Flashback) Iris
    Still, who'd have thought I'd
    end up eloping with the guy
[07:39] (Flashback) Iris
    I headbutted out of
    frustration when I got sold off?
[07:42] (Flashback) Iris
    Life sure is unpredictable.
[07:46] (Flashback) Alcyone
    Frustration?
[07:47] (Flashback) Iris
    He was a well-dressed kid who
    didn't have a worry in the world.
[07:51] (Flashback) Iris
    And I was told he was about to experiment
     on me. Of course I was pissed.
[07:58] (Flashback) Alcyone
    Do you hate Master?
[08:04] (Flashback) Iris
    I'm not sure.
[08:06] (Flashback) Iris
    But we ended up having
    this cute girl together.
[08:16] (Flashback) Iris
    I'm scared, though.
[08:18] (Flashback) Iris
    I don't know if I'll be able to prioritize her
    if something ever really does happen.
[08:25] (Flashback) Iris
    After all, I'm the child of someone
    who sold off their own kid.
[08:39] (Flashback) Alcyone
    My duty,
[08:42] (Flashback) Alcyone
    even if you or Master were to do such
    a thing, is to protect Lady Philomela.
[08:52] (Flashback) Iris
    Hey, Alcyone, please
    remember today, too.
[08:59] (Flashback) Iris
    So if there's ever a day when neither
     Adam nor I can tell her ourselves,
[09:02] (Flashback) Iris
    you'll be there to teach her about the difficult
     times and the joyful times, like today.
[09:17] (Flashback) Adam
    Ham, cheese, bacon, potatoes, carrots.
[09:22] (Flashback) Adam
    That should be about all
    the shopping I need to do.
[09:28] (Flashback) Adam
    Well, this is rather alarming.
[09:31] (Flashback) Adam
    In the city, no less.
[09:32] (Flashback) Chaser A
    The mistress wants me to inform
    you that playtime is over.
[09:38] (Flashback) Adam
    Playtime, huh?
[09:40] (Flashback) Adam
    That sounds like something she'd say.
[09:43] Adam
    A barrier to keep people away.
[09:45] (Flashback) Adam
    Well, she hadn't sent anyone after us.
[09:49] (Flashback) Adam
    I figured she was toying with us.
[09:51] (Flashback) Chaser A
    No more playing house.
[09:53] (Flashback) Chaser A
    With your daughter as grown as she is,
[09:56] (Flashback) Chaser A
    we can no longer allow you to roam free.
[09:58] (Flashback) Chaser A
    Lord Adam, we ask you
    to return to the mansion.
[10:02] (Flashback) Adam
    So she was waiting for her granddaughter
    to grow old enough to use as a hostage.
[10:13] (Flashback) Chaser B
    Shit! She's shooting at us!
[10:15] (Flashback) Chaser C
    Open the damn door!
[10:18] (Flashback) Chaser C
    Shoot the doorknob.
[10:19] (Flashback) Chaser C
    We're breaking in!
[10:21] (Flashback) Alcyone
    Master...
[10:23] (Flashback) Alcyone
    Master.
[10:23] (Flashback) Iris
    Alcyone!
[10:25] (Flashback) Iris
    We'll catch up later.
[10:26] (Flashback) Iris
    Don't give her to that house!
[10:29] (Flashback) Philomela
    No, Mom!
[10:31] (Flashback) Philomela
    I'm not going!
[10:34] (Flashback) Philomela
    Mom!
[10:37] (Flashback) Iris
    Wait for us up ahead.
[10:41] (Flashback) Iris
    Go!
[10:42] (Flashback) Iris
    I'll be right behind you!
[10:43] (Flashback) Philomela
    Mom!
[10:43] (Flashback) Chaser D
    Don't shoot!
[10:44] (Flashback) Chaser D
    You'll hit the child!
[10:54] (Flashback) Chaser D
    We shouldn't have lost the child.
[10:57] (Flashback) Chaser D
    We didn't expect you to give up your life.
[11:02] (Flashback) Chaser A
    What...
[11:08] (Flashback) Chaser A
    Some kind of hex to mirror
    an injury to your attacker?
[11:18] (Flashback) Chaser A
    B-But you've sacrificed yourself.
[11:21] (Flashback) Adam
    And?
[11:23] (Flashback) Adam
    Now that I know what
    the outside world is like...
[11:25] (Flashback) Adam
    I'd never...
[11:28] (Flashback) Adam
    go back to that damn place.
[11:31] (Flashback) Adam
    I'm more certain of that
    than anything else.
[11:35] (Flashback) Adam
    I'd rather die than go back.
[11:37] (Flashback) Chaser A
    Stop...
[11:38] (Flashback) Chaser A
    No!
[11:42] (Flashback) Adam
    Hey, Mom. Why don't we make one last bet?
[11:49] (Flashback) Adam
    Let's make sure I never see you again.
[11:58] (Flashback) Iris
    My life sure is shit.
[12:03] (Flashback) Iris
    You bastards. Do you know how
    long I've been with that guy?
[12:10] (Flashback) Iris
    He pretends to be all nice,
[12:12] (Flashback) Iris
    but he's just a cocky brat who
    can't help but try to get even.
[12:22] (Flashback) Adam
    This curse won't protect you,
    but it'll take revenge.
[12:29] (Flashback) Iris
    So you want me to trust you?
[12:32] (Flashback) Adam
    Sorry.
[12:33] (Flashback) Adam
    I'm sure you don't want to
    be hurt in the first place.
[12:37] (Flashback) Iris
    I don't care.
[12:39] (Flashback) Iris
    It'll help me remember my anger and
    my decision to leave this place.
[12:44] (Flashback) Iris
    If you really feel guilty, you'll
    become a really good sorcerer
[12:49] (Flashback) Iris
    and get me out of here someday!
[13:29] (Flashback) Iris
    I didn't want to die yet.
[13:38] Alcyone
    Master, Lady Iris, please be assured
    that I am here for this child.
[13:45] Alcyone
    Even if I am destroyed,
    Lady Philomela will surely...
[13:55] (Flashback) Chaser E
    Damn artificial fairy,
    making us chase you down...
[14:10] Alcyone
    I was given a task.
[14:22] Alcyone
    So why do I...
[14:37] Morrigan
    A smart dog with a new master...
[14:41] Morrigan
    You're barking up the wrong tree.
[14:44] Chise
    Who are you?
[14:46] Morrigan
    I ask of the maiden only one thing now.
[14:50] Morrigan
    To bring here the golden branch.
[14:53] Morrigan
    The one brimming with
    the fruit of white vigor.
[14:58] Chise
    Golden branch?
[15:01] Chise
    What an odd voice. It's like
    honey, sweet and viscous.
[15:07] Elias
    She means mistletoe.
[15:09] Chise
    Elias.
[15:11] Elias
    Be strong.
[15:12] Elias
    Don't look away.
[15:14] Elias
    But don't look into her eyes.
[15:16] Elias
    This is bad.
[15:18] Elias
    I didn't expect a god like her to
    show up now of all times.
[15:22] Morrigan
    You, amalgamation.
[15:24] Morrigan
    Dregs of the shadows of the forest.
[15:27] Morrigan
    A pile of decaying twigs and
    leaves, death and winter.
[15:31] Morrigan
    Child of my domain.
[15:34] Morrigan
    What scent of rot do you
    smell in your dreams,
[15:38] Morrigan
    covered in countless pieces
    of flesh and skin?
[15:43] Elias
    I apologize for the unsightly display,
    mistress of the winter and night.
[15:48] Morrigan
    Surely my daughter had informed you...
[15:51] Morrigan
    That in the coming year, you would
    give your fruit to the mother.
[15:56] Elias
    Huh?
[15:59] Elias
    There must have been a mistake.
[16:04] Elias
    This maiden is still young.
[16:08] Elias
    It would be difficult to provide
    the sacrifice to you here and now.
[16:13] Elias
    I will soon come prepared.
[16:17] Elias
    Please forgive me for now.
[16:21] Elias
    Did that not work?
[16:23] Elias
    This is my only option, though.
[16:25] Morrigan
    I do...
[16:30] Morrigan
    I do smell the coming war.
[16:34] Morrigan
    Though there are neither spears,
    nor swords, nor shields, nor war horns...
[16:43] Morrigan
    Indeed, indeed.
[16:45] Morrigan
    While under siege, none would have
    the time to search for the fruit of love.
[16:50] Elias
    Shit...
[16:51] Elias
    I don't want to deal with either of them.
[16:53] Morrigan
    In that case...
[16:54] Morrigan
    What do you desire,
[16:56] Morrigan
    little bird that will take the form of a beast
     symbolizing battle with heretics just to fly?
[17:05] Chise
    What...
[17:06] Chise
    What do I want?
[17:08] Chise
    What to do?
[17:10] Chise
    I—
[17:11] Elias
    Chise.
[17:12] Elias
    If you don't want to give up
    something precious to you,
[17:16] Elias
    you mustn't speak a wish to a god.
[17:20] Morrigan
    You clever little runt.
[17:22] Morrigan
    Then I shall lend you my help for now,
[17:27] Morrigan
    provided that I will be given
    the golden branch later.
[17:31] Soldier A
    What? What are they talking about?
[17:33] Soldier B
    What are they doing here?
[17:35] Morrigan
    Seek my form.
[17:38] Morrigan
    Create my outline.
[17:40] Morrigan
    Bind me to myself.
[17:43] Morrigan
    Speak it.
[17:49] Elias
    Chise, neither you nor I can refuse
    the requests of an ancient god.
[17:55] Elias
    I don't know whether this will make
    our situation better or worse, but...
[18:00] Chise
    If I have to do it now, I'll
    do it first and then decide.
[18:04] Elias
    That's how I've known you to be.
[18:07] Elias
    Follow my lead.
[18:10] Elias
    Now that you've been called,
    you should know its name.
[18:17] Elias & Chise
    Beautiful is the battlefield.
[18:19] Elias & Chise
    Beautiful is the blood-tainted sky.
[18:21] Soldier A
    Stop the chanting!
[18:22] Soldier A
    It's an atrophied god!
[18:25] Soldier A
    Kill the medium before she's given her name!
[18:30] Elias
    Why would I allow that?
[18:32] Chise
    Sing your grief.
[18:34] Chise
    Wash the blood away from your armor.
[18:36] Chise
    Queen of nightmares, cackling in the night;
[18:39] Chise
    mistress of heroes,
    mother of warriors...
[18:43] Chise
    Bring to your head the crown of thorns.
[18:46] Chise
    Bring here your name.
[18:49] Chise
    Bring here the name of the goddess Morrígan.
[18:57] Morrigan
    Over millennia, I lost my
    people and my language,
[19:03] Morrigan
    and my land was taken from me.
[19:07] Morrigan
    Millennia later, I was summoned
    by the maiden from afar.
[19:14] Soldier C
    What are these things?!
[19:16] Morrigan
    Now, my fine, strong men, this is
     the battle you've been waiting for.
[19:22] Morrigan
    Tear them apart.
[19:23] Morrigan
    Pierce their flesh, break their
    bones and cut them down.
[19:28] Morrigan
    Live valiantly and steal pathetically.
[19:32] Morrigan
    Flee pitifully and die in flames.
[19:35] Morrigan
    Know that none who fight on the goddess
    Morrígan's battlefield will escape!
[19:54] Morrigan
    Poor thing.
[19:57] Morrigan
    You never expected your first
    battle to end like this, did you?
[20:05] Elias
    It looks like we'll be able to reach the
    mansion without being attacked, thanks to her.
[20:10] Elias
    It turned out well, but a god's
    actions really are unpredictable.
[20:16] Elias
    As are yours.
[20:18] Elias
    Chise?
[20:20] Chise
    It's nothing.
[20:21] Chise
    Let's go.
[20:23] Chise
    I didn't think I had any other choice.
[20:25] Chise
    I'm just glad I don't know anyone here.
[20:29] Chise
    Do I really know how to
    distinguish people from sheep?
[20:39] Zoe
    A-Are we out?
[20:40] Isaac
    Where are we?
[20:42] Elias
    The Sargant family's yard.
[20:44] Lucy
    So, what happened, anyway?
[20:48] Chise
    A lot of stuff.
[20:50] Lucy
    You look pale.
[20:52] Isaac
    Guys, hear me out.
[20:54] Isaac
    We should get our objectives in order.
[20:56] Zoe
    Our objectives?
[20:58] Isaac
    What are we prioritizing?
[20:59] Isaac
    We need to get that straight, or we
    could end up turning on each other.
[21:04] Isaac
    Chise and I will bring Philomela back alive.
[21:07] Isaac
    All right?
[21:08] Chise
    Yeah.
[21:10] Isaac
    Lucy?
[21:11] Lucy
    I have tons of questions
    for her and this family.
[21:15] Isaac
    Zoe?
[21:16] Zoe
    I want Lu—everyone to come home safe.
[21:21] Zoe
    So I'm helping.
[21:23] Isaac
    What about you, Mr. Ainsworth?
[21:25] Elias
    Supervising to make sure my apprentice
    doesn't get in over her head.
[21:28] Isaac
    Mr. Zaccheroni? Actually, never mind.
[21:30] Zaccheroni
    Hey!
[21:32] Isaac
    I think all our interests line up.
[21:35] Isaac
    So first, Philomela...
[21:41] Isaac
    A werewolf?!
[21:43] Lucy
    It's her!
[21:44] Zoe
    Guys, I'll see you up ahead!
[21:47] Isaac
    Zoe? Why...
[21:50] Zoe
    This job is for me.
[21:54] Zoe
    Go without me!
[21:58] Isaac
    He's right that it's the
    best way to buy time...
[22:02] Chise
    But...
[22:11] Zoe
    Man...
[22:13] Zoe
    I was hoping I could use this
    when Lucy was in a bind, but...
[22:18] Zoe
    Things don't ever work out
    the way you want, huh?