# E8 - An Empty Man
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**[00:41] THORFINN**
Einar...
**[01:03] THORFINN**
No, wait. Wait!
**[01:07] THORFINN**
Wait!
**[01:32] THORFINN**
*Damn it...*
**[01:35] THORFINN**
*Why am I here?*
**[01:43] THORFINN**
*I mustn't fall.*
**[01:46] THORFINN**
*If I fall down there...*
**[01:58] THORFINN**
No! Please, don't!
**[02:02] THORFINN**
I'm begging you!
**[02:21] EINAR**
Good morning, Thorfinn.
**[02:24] EINAR**
You were screaming even more
than usual this morning.
**[02:32] THORFINN**
I dreamed about falling down a cliff.
**[02:37] EINAR**
You remember your dream this morning?
**[02:41] THORFINN**
A little.
**[02:42] EINAR**
You were saying all kinds
of things in your sleep,
**[02:46] EINAR**
like "Father" and "Askeladd."
**[02:51] EINAR**
Is "Askeladd" someone's name?
**[04:37] THORFINN**
*No matter what...*
***SIGN*** An Empty Man
***SIGN*** An Empty Man
**[04:40] THORFINN**
* No matter what I do,*
* I can't fully remember my dreams.*
**[04:48] EINAR**
I followed her wondering what she wanted
to show me, and it was a moth this big!
**[04:49] THORFINN**
*I know only that they're horrifying.*
**[04:53] EINAR**
I spent a half-hour explaining to
Lotta that it was a moth, not a butterfly
**[04:53] THORFINN**
*And I feel like...*
**[04:58] THORFINN**
* I feel like I've forgotten*
* something really important.*
**[04:58] EINAR**
but she insisted on keeping it.
**[05:01] EINAR**
Then Mom suddenly showed up, and...
**[05:07] THORFINN**
*It's like a fish bone stuck in my throat.*
**[05:12] THORFINN**
*It scares me. I wish I could truly forget.*
**[05:17] THORFINN**
* But I get the sense it's something*
* I mustn't forget.*
**[05:25] THORFINN**
*I wonder what it is...*
**[05:41] EINAR**
Pull!
**[05:45] CHUBBY**
Hey, look at how much
their wheat has grown already.
**[05:49] CHUBBY**
Maybe the land's fertile
because they just cleared it.
**[05:53] CHUBBY**
No, it's Einar.
**[05:56] CHUBBY**
They suddenly made a bunch of progress
clearing the land since he showed up.
**[06:00] EINAR**
Push!
**[06:10] ISVAR**
The master's out of his mind.
**[06:13] ISVAR**
Farm work is for free men,
and he's allowing slaves to do it.
**[06:20] ISVAR**
This isn't right, even if it's on his orders.
**[06:25] ISVAR**
The world will fall into chaos if slaves
are treated the same as retainers.
**[06:32] ISVAR**
Right, guys?
**[06:42] THORFINN**
Askeladd is the man who killed my father.
**[06:50] THORFINN**
He was a Danish warmonger.
**[06:54] THORFINN**
He was a strong and cruel man.
**[07:00] THORFINN**
Catch.
**[07:01] EINAR**
Oh, right.
**[07:04] EINAR**
So, he showed up in your dream?
**[07:08] THORFINN**
I'm not sure.
**[07:13] THORFINN**
I followed Askeladd onto the battlefield,
**[07:19] THORFINN**
so I could avenge my father.
**[07:22] THORFINN**
I fought for ten—no, 11 years.
**[07:30] THORFINN**
I hated him so much.
**[07:34] THORFINN**
I wanted to kill him.
**[07:39] EINAR**
So, did you get revenge?
**[07:45] THORFINN**
No.
**[07:47] THORFINN**
Askeladd was killed by another man
right before my eyes.
**[07:59] EINAR**
Thorfinn, throw me the next one.
**[08:02] THORFINN**
Oh, right.
**[08:06] THORFINN**
Hup.
**[08:10] EINAR**
Well, I don't know the details,
**[08:14] EINAR**
but I'm starting to understand
why you're always so listless.
**[08:22] EINAR**
If you're dreaming about him,
then you must not be over it yet.
**[08:28] THORFINN**
You're right. Maybe you're right, but...
**[08:37] THORFINN**
*That's not all. There's something else.*
**[08:42] THORFINN**
* I feel like I've forgotten*
* something more important.*
**[08:47] THORFINN**
*Something very important.*
**[08:59] EINAR**
Well, it's not the kind of thing you can
get over just because someone tells you to.
**[09:07] EINAR**
But your quest for revenge is over now.
**[09:15] EINAR**
And besides, hating a dead man
won't get you anywhere.
**[09:21] EINAR**
Isn't that right?
**[09:25] (Flashback) ASKELADD**
Stay back, Thorfinn!
**[09:27] (Flashback) ASKELADD**
Become a true warrior, son of Thors...
**[09:37] THORFINN**
I don't hate him anymore,
**[09:42] THORFINN**
which is exactly my problem.
**[09:49] THORFINN**
Without my hate,
**[09:55] THORFINN**
I'm empty.
**[10:01] THORFINN**
I survived on my hatred alone.
**[10:08] THORFINN**
I don't know anything
besides the battlefield.
**[10:14] THORFINN**
I don't know the first thing
about fixing a roof.
**[10:17] THORFINN**
I can't do anything.
**[10:19] THORFINN**
I don't even know what I *should* be doing.
**[10:25] THORFINN**
I'm empty.
**[10:31] SVERKEL**
Work.
**[10:33] EINAR**
Sir!
**[10:35] SVERKEL**
If you've got time to flap
your gums, then work.
**[10:38] SVERKEL**
That's not the only job
I've got for you today.
**[10:53] SVERKEL**
You ready? Watch this.
**[11:11] SVERKEL**
Give it a try.
**[11:13] SVERKEL**
Catch some big, fleshy ones.
**[11:20] EINAR**
Huh? It's not spreading.
**[11:23] SVERKEL**
Pull yourself together.
**[11:25] SVERKEL**
We can't eat meat right now
because it's Lent.
**[11:29] SVERKEL**
Are you trying to force this old man
to eat nothing but wheat?
**[11:36] EINAR**
Hey, looking good.
**[11:39] THORFINN**
It's no use. I didn't catch a single one.
**[11:42] SVERKEL**
Put more spin on it, like this.
**[11:46] SVERKEL**
Don't keep throwing in the same area.
**[11:50] THORFINN**
Okay.
**[11:57] SVERKEL**
You can start learning things one at a time.
**[12:06] SVERKEL**
If you're empty, then you can
fit anything inside you.
**[12:09] SVERKEL**
In fact, it's better to be empty
if you want to be reborn.
**[12:16] EINAR**
What? Were you eavesdropping?
**[12:18] SVERKEL**
I just happened to overhear.
**[12:25] THORFINN**
*Can* I be reborn?
**[12:29] SVERKEL**
Work. Your hands aren't moving.
**[12:40] EINAR**
It's so cold.
**[12:42] EINAR**
It's definitely gonna snow.
**[12:44] EINAR**
Catching fish will be rough in this cold.
**[12:48] EINAR**
I'd like to redeem myself, though.
**[12:52] EINAR**
Yesterday, between the two of us,
**[12:54] EINAR**
all we caught were three little fish
and a bunch of clams.
**[12:58] EINAR**
Right, Thorfinn?
**[13:00] THORFINN**
Huh? Oh, sorry. I wasn't listening.
**[13:05] EINAR**
Were you lost in thought again?
**[13:11] THORFINN**
Do you think people can change?
**[13:16] THORFINN**
What does it take for someone to change?
**[13:21] EINAR**
Thorfinn, you used to be a warrior, right?
**[13:26] THORFINN**
Huh? Yeah.
**[13:28] EINAR**
Warriors are, you know...
**[13:31] EINAR**
"Life's all about carrying axes into battle,
plundering the spoils, and drinking beer!"
**[13:36] EINAR**
"Hardy har har!"
**[13:38] EINAR**
Those guys, right?
**[13:41] THORFINN**
M-More or less. I didn't carry an axe, though.
**[13:49] EINAR**
Looking at you now, there isn't anyone
who'd think you're a former warrior.
**[13:58] THORFINN**
You think so?
**[13:59] EINAR**
"You think so?"
**[14:02] EINAR**
Take a look at your own face in the water.
**[14:11] EINAR**
I'm really glad I didn't meet you
back when you were still a warrior.
**[14:18] EINAR**
Worst case, you might've killed me.
**[14:25] EINAR**
People can change, Thorfinn.
**[14:28] EINAR**
You're probably on your way to
becoming a better person right now.
**[14:45] THORFINN**
You think so?
**[14:49] EINAR**
I do.
**[14:54] THORFINN**
Thank you, Einar.
**[15:02] THORFINN**
What's wrong? Einar—
**[15:17] THORFINN**
The wheat...
**[15:46] THORFINN**
It's all...
**[15:49] THORFINN**
Did people do this? Why?
**[15:56] EINAR**
Wheat is a hardy crop.
**[16:00] EINAR**
It gets back up on its own
even if the wind blows it down.
**[16:07] EINAR**
They knew exactly what they were doing.
**[16:11] EINAR**
They dug up the roots.
**[16:19] THORFINN**
Hey, where are you going?
**[16:21] EINAR**
It was the retainers.
**[16:23] EINAR**
They're the only ones who would've done this.
**[16:26] THORFINN**
Wait. What are you planning to do?
**[16:29] THORFINN**
Einar...
**[16:30] THORFINN**
Don't you get it?
**[16:32] THORFINN**
If slaves attack free men...
**[16:35] EINAR**
I don't care. I'll kill them.
**[16:38] THORFINN**
Calm down.
**[16:40] THORFINN**
We don't have proof they did it.
**[16:42] THORFINN**
Even if we question them,
they're bound to deny it.
**[16:45] THORFINN**
Stop, Einar.
**[16:47] THORFINN**
Let's talk to Pater first.
**[16:52] EINAR**
You're awfully calm, Thorfinn.
**[16:54] EINAR**
Do you not understand this situation?
**[16:59] EINAR**
We used up the soil's fertility,
but we'll have no harvest.
**[17:03] EINAR**
We'll have to borrow seeds
for the next planting, too.
**[17:07] EINAR**
But more than that, they... they...
**[17:13] EINAR**
They should know the difficulty
and joy of growing wheat.
**[17:19] EINAR**
They're farmers, too!
**[17:23] EINAR**
How could they do this?
**[17:27] EINAR**
You should be angry, Thorfinn.
**[17:29] EINAR**
Our wheat has been ruined!
**[17:38] THORFINN**
I...
**[17:40] THORFINN**
Until now, I've been someone
who took and destroyed.
**[17:49] THORFINN**
Unlike you, I have no right
to be angry at the retainers.
**[17:58] THORFINN**
If you want to kill the retainers,
**[18:03] THORFINN**
then I deserve to die by your hand
a hundred times over, too.
**[18:19] THORFINN**
First, let's calm down. Please, Einar.
**[18:33] PATER**
I see...
**[18:35] PATER**
This certainly is awful.
**[18:39] PATER**
Neither of you saw it happen?
**[18:43] THORFINN**
No.
**[18:45] PATER**
Leave this field the way it is until
I'm finished with my investigation.
**[18:49] PATER**
They may have left some clues behind.
**[18:54] PATER**
So, do you have any idea
who might have done it?
**[18:59] EINAR**
The retainers.
**[19:03] PATER**
I see...
**[19:05] PATER**
All right. I'll report
all of this to the master.
**[19:09] PATER**
Leave the rest to me.
**[19:14] PATER**
I suffered a lot as a slave, too.
**[19:19] PATER**
I wondered why my bullies would do something
that didn't benefit them in any way.
**[19:28] PATER**
People who love to discriminate
can be found everywhere,
**[19:31] PATER**
but not everyone is like that.
**[19:35] PATER**
Don't lose hope, you two.
**[19:56] EINAR**
Apparently...
**[20:00] EINAR**
the master has really
taken a liking to Arnheid.
**[20:07] EINAR**
She doesn't have a deal like ours that
allows her to earn her freedom by working.
**[20:15] EINAR**
It seems like she's given up
on ever being free again.
**[20:22] EINAR**
Even if they like you,
you become bound to them.
**[20:25] EINAR**
If they hate you, this is how they treat you.
**[20:30] EINAR**
What kind of lives are we living?
**[20:46] RETAINER**
That was more work than
I expected. I'm exhausted.
**[20:49] RETAINER**
What are you talking about?
You were just watching.
**[20:52] RETAINER**
Yeah.
**[20:52] THORFINN**
Let's go another way, Einar.
**[20:56] THORFINN**
Don't, Einar.
**[20:59] EINAR**
There's no reason for us to sneak around.
**[21:04] ISVAR**
Well, speak of the devil.
**[21:12] ISVAR**
What's wrong? Why the long faces?
**[21:16] THORFINN**
Restrain yourself, Einar.
Don't listen to them.
**[21:28] ISVAR**
What's your problem? Move.
**[21:32] EINAR**
You're the one who ravaged
our farm, aren't you?
**[21:36] ISVAR**
What? Farm?
**[21:39] ISVAR**
I have no idea what you're talking about.
**[21:44] THORFINN**
Einar!
**[21:46] ISVAR**
I see, I see. So your farm was ravaged.
**[21:50] ISVAR**
I'm sorry to hear that.
**[21:53] ISVAR**
But don't let it get you down.
**[21:59] ISVAR**
It was wheat grown by *slaves*.
**[22:02] ISVAR**
It would've been too putrid
for anyone to eat.
**[22:35] THORFINN**
Crap...
**[22:41] EINAR**
His jaw looks broken.
**[22:47] EINAR**
What a punch!
**[22:49] CHUBBY**
You brat!
**[22:51] BRAIDS**
How dare you, slave! I'll kill you!
**[22:57] EINAR**
Slave this, slave that... Shut up already!
**[23:00] EINAR**
Quit crying and come at me.
**[23:02] THORFINN**
Y-You idiot, don't—
**[23:07] EINAR**
Thorfinn.
**[23:07] EINAR**
Are you okay?
**[23:10] EINAR**
Let go, damn it.
**[23:18] EINAR**
Damn you!
**[23:19] THORFINN**
D-Don't...
**[23:28] THORFINN**
*H-Huh?*
**[23:31] THORFINN**
*What are you...*
**[23:47] THORFINN**
*F-Father?*
**[23:52] THORFINN**
*He's telling me something...*
**[23:59] THORFINN**
*It's no use.*
**[24:01] THORFINN**
*I'm... falling...*
***SIGN*** Oath
***SIGN*** Oath
**[25:52] Narrator**
"Oath."