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0:04Alien?
0:06What on earth are you doing writhing on
0:07the ground like that? And in one of my
0:10traps, no less.
0:11>> You vile witch, you're working with
0:14those ruffians who
0:14>> Woah, woah, calm down. I'm not working
0:17with anyone.
0:18>> There's no time
0:20Help me. I need to save her.
0:22>> Alien, you're in no position to be
0:25helping anyone right now. You rushed in
0:27with no plan.
0:28>> Please help me.
0:30I beg of you.
0:32>> Fine, fine, I'll help you. Goodness.
0:34Just promise me you won't dash in
0:36recklessly, okay? Could get yourself
0:38killed in the state you're in. These
0:40traps are meant for Shadow Race, not
0:42humans.
0:43There you go.
0:46And there he went.
0:49Idiot.
0:52>> Wake up.
0:54So, it is you, princess.
0:57I'm glad to see you're still alive.
1:00I hope my men weren't too rough with
1:02you.
1:03What's the matter?
1:05Don't you recognize your childhood best
1:07friend?
1:09>> [laughter]
1:10>> Bet you didn't know your nearest and
1:12dearest best friend, Caris, was actually
1:15part of your father's secret forces.
1:18Shake your head all you want, doesn't
1:20change the facts.
1:22Hm?
1:24No, I don't think I'll be letting you go
1:26anytime soon, princess.
1:29I wouldn't try struggling. The tree
1:31you're tied to will chafe that delicate
1:33skin of yours. You wouldn't want that
1:35now.
1:37Yes, if I'm really your friend, I should
1:39let you go, right?
1:42Well, which time you knew something very
1:45important, your highness.
1:47I'm not actually your friend, and I
1:49really never was.
1:52I'm not being funny.
1:54It's the truth.
1:56Shut that jaw.
1:59You really are or were very
2:01uninteresting.
2:03It was like being paid to breathe. That
2:05is, of course, until your most recent
2:07birthday where you received Lumina's
2:09favor. Oh, don't cry.
2:12It's nothing personal. I just do what
2:15the king commands me to do.
2:18>> [laughter]
2:19>> And why would I feel bad?
2:23Hm, it's rare to see you actually
2:25talking back to me.
2:27Has your time away from the castle
2:28finally given you a backbone?
2:31It's quite simple.
2:33You're an easy pawn to manipulate in a
2:35much bigger scheme.
2:38You were barely aware of any happenings
2:40in the castle, so it wasn't difficult to
2:42get you to believe anything.
2:45Hm?
2:46Why wouldn't your father want you back?
2:48He does care for you deeply, you know.
2:51>> [laughter]
2:53>> Fine. You're right.
2:56Your father doesn't care about you as
2:58much as he cares about what you can
2:59bring him.
3:01He needs you for
3:03well,
3:04something special.
3:06What do I mean?
3:09I shouldn't have said anything.
3:11It was supposed to be a surprise.
3:13Oh, no, I'm being quite serious. If I'm
3:17scaring you, that's your problem.
3:19But there are big things your father has
3:21planned.
3:22Things beyond our comprehension.
3:25Things so impossibly big, taking over
3:27the kingdom of Crescenta is all but
3:29guaranteed.
3:31Oops.
3:32That was supposed to be a secret.
3:35>> [laughter]
3:37>> Crescenta was too powerful, princess.
3:41With what the king had planned, we might
3:43well conquer the entire world.
3:48You're being unusually outspoken today,
3:51princess.
3:52Where was this all those boring years
3:54ago, hmm?
3:56Oh, taking over Crescentia's going to be
3:58quite simple.
4:00First, we need to get you back to the
4:02palace so you can marry that idiot of an
4:04archmage.
4:06Oh, yes.
4:08That's part of your father's plan. We He
4:09needs the alliance with Crescentia to
4:11successfully infiltrate it without
4:13detection.
4:15>> Release her.
4:16>> [cough]
4:17>> Hmm, you must be her traveling
4:19companion. Strange that the Shadow
4:21Wraiths didn't get to you already.
4:23>> Get away from her.
4:24>> Uh-uh, I wouldn't get any closer. We
4:27wouldn't want anyone getting hurt, now,
4:29would we?
4:29>> You'd hurt your princess?
4:31>> It certainly wouldn't be beneath me.
4:34We could easily write off any injuries
4:36as having been from a horrible kidnapper
4:39in the woods.
4:40>> Don't don't hurt her.
4:43On my knees, I'm asking you, don't hurt
4:45her.
4:47I'm fine, princess. Just
4:49a little tired, that's all.
4:51>> [laughter]
4:52>> But you're not really fine, are you?
4:55Look at you.
4:56You're halfway to death's doorstep.
4:58This will make things easier.
5:00I assure, princess, if you promise to
5:02cooperate, I'll make this as painless as
5:05possible.
5:06And you'll be used as the perfect
5:08scapegoat for what's about to come.
5:11>> What is wrong with that knife?
5:12>> It looks just like the obsidian dagger,
5:15Berenice's Bane. You're quite right, of
5:17course.
5:20>> How did you find that?
5:22It's only ever been depicted a handful
5:24of times throughout the centuries, and
5:26no one ever knew its whereabouts.
5:27>> The king has his ways.
5:29Connections in higher places and
5:31whatnot. But you see,
5:33we've divined a method of spreading and
5:35controlling the curse of Yaninor, and
5:37we're going to use it as a tool to
5:39dominate the seven kingdoms.
5:41Starting with that pathetic kingdom,
5:43Crescentia.
5:45Oh, you'll stop me, princess?
5:48A pathetic pushover princess who doesn't
5:50even comprehend the first thing about
5:52her powers or divine calling. Sure,
5:55makes sense to me.
5:57No.
5:58You can't even free yourself from your
5:59bindings. How on earth would you stop
6:01your father's armies?
6:03>> She won't be alone.
6:06>> You're not going anywhere near her ever
6:08again.
6:10You're not going anywhere again.
6:12Hold still while I turn you into our
6:14newest shadow wraith.
6:17>> I won't let you.
6:20>> You're in certainly no position to
6:22disturb me.
6:24What the
6:26How?
6:28How did you break free from your bonds,
6:30princess? The ropes are ash.
6:34And just why would I let him go,
6:36princess?
6:41>> [groaning]
6:44>> Okay. Okay, I'll let him go.
6:48See?
6:49He's fine.
6:52>> Princess, you're glowing.
6:56>> Glowing is an understatement.
6:59Her scared is shining like starlight.
7:02I'm not going anywhere, princess.
7:05>> Okay. Okay. Okay, fine.
7:09>> But you will regret this, princess.
7:14>> Am
7:16Am I okay?
7:18I'm okay.
7:20You saved me, princess.
7:23Even cradling me in your lap.
7:27It's nothing. It's just a stab wound.
7:30The blade merely nicked me.
7:33Now that I know you're safe, everything
7:36will be fine.
7:38I'm sure.
7:40Now, if you'll help me stand,
7:44we can continue our journey.
7:46We still have quite a ways to go.