(Soft instrumental music)
*
(Rumbling)
>> Colette: Where do you draw
your line in the sand? My
fondest memories are of my
mother and father. Those were
happier times.
(Explosions)
Before the uprising, before the
chaos and terror, before the
tyranny.
(Cracking)
Before Lucia. I was too young
to know it at the time, but my
father knew, and he's the only
reason I'm still alive today.
I still remember what he said to
me, that we all have to draw our
line in the sand.
*
(Wind gusting)
(Whirring)
(Ominous instrumental music)
*
(Static)
*
(Splashing)
(Pulsing tone)
>> What? No, they will find us.
(Static)
>> Man: Resonance signal, right
tunnel.
(Rumbling)
>> I can't make it. You go on
ahead. Go on, get out of here.
>> Geiss, no. Come on.
(Splashing)
>> Halt!
(Grunting)
(Whooshing)
(Splash)
(Pulsing tone)
(Crashing)
>> No!
(Soft ambient music)
(Thunder rumbling)
*
(Whooshing)
*
(Pulsing tone) (Explosion)
*
(Whooshing)
(Gunfire)
(Creaking)
(Pulsing tone)
(Rumbling)
*
(Water rippling)
>> Okay, fire it up. Let's see
if it holds the link.
(Pulsing tone)
Okay, that's got it. That's the
last of it. We should be ready.
(Whirring)
Huh?
*
Beth?
>> They came without warning.
You have to tell everyone. We
have to escape to Archon.
(Sombre instrumental music)
(Birds squawking)
(Footsteps)
(Click)
>> Hello?
>> Martin: Hello, Arien? It's
Martin.
>> Oh, Martin. How are you?
>> Martin: Sorry, there's no
time. Is Marcus there?
>> Oh, yes. He's right here.
>> Martin: Marcus, what we
talked about the other day,
it's all true.
>> What's that?
>> Martin: Geiss is dead. Beth
is here. There's no time. If
you want to come with us, you
have to come now.
>> What is it?
>> Geiss. Geiss is dead.
(Arien gasps)
We'll be right over.
(Door latch clicks)
>> Colette, wake up. We have to
go.
(Pulsing electronic music)
There's no time. They moved
sooner than we thought.
Soldiers! We have to go out the
back.
>> Man: (Over loudspeaker)
Attention! Attention!
Attention! This sector is now
under containment protocol.
Civil disobedience will not be
tolerated. Stay in your homes.
>> We have to get to Martin's
garage. He has an unregistered
lifter there.
(Ominous instrumental music)
(Soft static)
>> Man: The child.
>> Leave them alone. This child
has done nothing to you.
*
(Pulsing tone)
(Buzzing)
>> Go! Quickly!
(Running footsteps)
>> Antoine!
>> Oh! Morning, Colette.
>> You're doing the right thing.
>> Let's get going.
(Footsteps)
*
(Footsteps)
(Gunshots)
(Clinking)
(Pulsing tone)
(Tense electronic music)
>> Father!
>> Stay there.
>> We have to go. Soldiers are
coming.
(Gunfire)
>> Ceasefire!
(Whirring)
*
(Clicking)
(Whooshing)
(Explosion)
(Whooshing)
(Footsteps)
Get down!
(Gunshot)
*
(Thud)
(Whirring)
*
(Clinking)
(Screaming)
(Gunshots)
(Whooshing)
(Explosion)
(Whirring slows)
(Rumbling)
(Whirring speeds up)
(Soft rattling)
(Soft instrumental music)
>> Colette: The shard is the
eternal remnant of creation.
It links all life, but lies just
beyond our conscious grasp.
Nobody knows when their
connection will awaken. My
father suspected I had the
connection and knew that I was
not safe under Lucia's regime.
Only through the help of his
friends was I able to escape to
Archon. Only then it was too
late to save my mother and
father.
(Sombre instrumental music)
(Thunder rumbling)
(Whooshing)
*
(Explosions)
(Rumbling)
*
(Doors creaking)
*
(Tense electronic music)
*
(Explosions)
(Running footsteps)
(Gunfire)
(Whirring)
(Gunfire)
(Explosions)
(Running footsteps)
*
(Explosions)
(Whirring slows)
(Footsteps)
(Gunfire)
*
(Running footsteps) (Gunfire)
*
(Gunfire)
*
(Explosions)
*
(Squeaking)
*
(Explosions)
*
(Gunfire)
*
>> Sensei, I have failed.
I have underestimated Lucia.
>> Counsel, it is not too late.
If we pull the troops back, and
form a ring around the dome,
maybe we can hold out until
reinforcements--
>> We could have reasoned with
them when we had the chance.
But now, this...
>> That's the kind of weakness
that got us into this position
in the first place.
(Jet engines rushing)
(Explosion)
*
You!
>> Iasius, it's been ages.
I hope you don't mind me
redecorating a little?
After all, I haven't forgotten
the "favour" you did for me.
>> Lucia, you've gone too far.
*
(Low pulsing hum)
*
(Crackling)
>> Don't betray me again.
I hate to think what I would do
if all you put up half as much
of a fight.
>> Please, have mercy.
>> (Scoffs) Pathetic.
(Pulsing hum)
(Clattering)
>> The capital is ours, Empress,
but there is fierce fighting in
the outlying regions.
They are more prepared for us
than the nation of Cypria was.
>> It seems our reputation
begins to precede us now,
General.
>> What of the nation of Archon?
We are close enough to strike.
I can have Sky Marshal Orbis
prepare--
>> General, I do not intend to
move against Archon until we
cleanse Octavia of all Shard-
sensitive.
I will not have another uprising
on my hands.
Prepare the lifter for
departure.
>> Yes, Empress.
*
>> Blink, Lucia.
>> Abby?
I wasn't...
>> Hmm, he is a fine specimen.
>> Don't be silly.
>> Lucia, I know you better than
that.
>> Okay, but you can't tell
anyone, especially Sensei.
>> Lucia's in love.
>> Not so loud!
>> Oh, please, Lucia.
It's practically painted all
over you.
*
>> Storm's coming up, Maurice.
We better call it a day.
>> Go on ahead.
I'll catch right up with you.
*
>> We shouldn't meet like this.
>> I'll hear nothing of it.
Besides, I made sure I wasn't
followed.
>> Oh, I didn't know Sensei
taught being sneaky.
>> He doesn't.
It just comes naturally.
Come on, I'll show you.
*
(Pulsing hum)
(Thunderclap)
*
>> Ah, Avi.
Approach.
Guards, leave us.
Avi, you have shown excellent
promise as adept and as a
candidate for ascension.
Shall I assume you have
undergone the Initiates?
>> Thank you, Counsel.
Yes, Counsel.
>> Ah, then what is the primary
tenet in the mastery of Shard?
>> Action flows through intent.
Reaction is an emotional
cascade.
>> Then perhaps you might know
why emotional control is so
crucial.
>> Counsel, to link without
control of intent would lead
to the--
>> Black Shard.
The Ascension ceremony is
approaching.
I would hate for it to be a
showcase of Echelon's weakness.
>> No, Counsel.
>> It has come to my attention
that a candidate has come under
undue influence recently.
I'm not accusing you, Avi, but
if you know anything, keep in
mind we will have guests from
many city-states with us.
Now, is there anything you might
want to tell me, Avi?
>> Yes, Counsel.
*
>> This Maurice problem could be
just the tipping point we need.
>> I have had him sent to the
construction project.
>> Interesting.
Then I may have a solution that
will escalate our plans.
>> Good morning, Adept.
>> Bless.
Is Maurice here today?
>> Adept, he got the transfer
order late last night.
I'm afraid it was immediate
priority.
>> Oh?
Do you know where they sent him?
>> I'm afraid I don't know
anything more.
*
>> Avi, Maurice is gone.
They sent him away.
I have to find him.
I have to!
>> Lucia, calm down.
It is close to the Ascension.
You should be concentrating on
your meditations.
>> You sound just like them!
I thought I could count on you,
Avi.
>> Lucia, I'm... I'm sorry.
I overheard Counsel Leo in the
garden.
I know where Maurice is.
*
>> Well, Maurice, you picked a
hell of a day to start here.
>> Oh?
Why's that?
>> They're going to lift the
head of Seffodek today.
You'll never see the levitation
up so close.
>> Meh, I've seen better.
*
(Crackling explosion)
*
(Clattering)
*
>> Don't move!
Let me get this off of you!
>> The Silent Aum.
I can't link.
>> Lucia, get out of here.
>> No. I won't lose you.
*
(Whirring)
*
(Zapping)
>> (Feebly) Lucia.
>> Maurice! No!
Maurice.
(Sobbing)
(Sombre instrumental music)
*
(Ticking)
*
(Thunder rumbling)
*
(Ticking continues)
*
(Footsteps)
*
(Rumbling)
*
(Soft ethereal music)
*
>> Father? Is that you?
>> I came back to see you
one last time.
>> Where is this?
>> Shh. Do not worry.
I must go soon.
>> What?
Where are we going?
>> No. Stay here.
There is something you must do.
You have to go back for them.
>> But--
>> My friends will take care of
you. I must go now.
(Light smooch)
I will be waiting for you.
>> What?
(Foliage crackles)
>> Be at ease.
I mean you no harm.
>> What?
Who... who are you?
>> I am Octavien. Fear not.
You will come to no harm here.
>> What... what is this place?
>> Ah, the plants here have
forgotten the seasons it
would seem. Is there something
you have forgotten as well?
>> I was on a lifter. Soldiers
were coming. We were about
to crash and...
Mother. Father.
My hand was....
(Gasps)
>> Yes. Open your eyes.
You have many things to see.
*
(Slow instrumental music)
>> Colette, are you all right?
>> Yes. I had the dream again,
the dream of the eyes.
>> Colette, you're safe here
with us in Archon.
>> I feel like... like I should
have done more.
Somehow I could have saved them.
>> You... you saved us all.
If you hadn't awakened when you
did, none of us would have
escaped from Echelon. Now I
need your help again. Come with
me to the Archon Council
tomorrow. I need you to help me
convince them. We need to stand
against Lucia.
>> This... this power I feel
growing inside me, they used to
teach us about the Shard in
class before Lucia.
I've known you and the other
monks my whole life but I never
knew what it... what it was like
until I awoke this, this power.
>> Colette, I am no sensei.
It took me five years to reach
your level of awareness and you
have outgrown my ability to
teach in a quarter of that time.
Only a master can teach you now.
>> I... I will come with you
tomorrow.
(Sombre instrumental music)
*
(Footsteps)
*
(Clucking)
*
(Birds singing)
>> Good morning, Colette.
Ready to go?
>> Hm, I will be once I get this
coffee into me.
(Slurps)
I've never been much of a
morning person.
>> No rush. The diose transport
won't be here for a while yet.
>> Diose transport? We're not
taking the lifter?
>> No. Archon Council has
grounded all Echelon lifters,
civs, transports, even refugees.
Can't say I blame them though.
>> That's why we must convince
the council for the sake of the
people here, for the sake of
those we've lost.
(Whooshing)
*
(Descending whirr)
(Engines wind down)
(Clanging footsteps)
>> I won't be going with you.
Keep Antoine out of trouble.
*
(Engines whirring)
(Whirring)
>> You've never seen Archon Doma
before, have you?
>> No.
>> Don't let them intimidate
you.
>> I... I will not fail them
again.
(Gentle instrumental music)
*
(Footsteps)
>> Council will attend to you.
>> The refugees are just the
tip of the iceberg. The real
problem is Lucia.
>> Every time Lucia mobilizes,
we get a flood of refugees,
Shard sensitive monks, their
families.
Then it stops. Nothing.
No one every escapes once
Echelon consolidates power.
Lucia is methodically and
systematically persecuting
Shard Sensitives.
>> I am not convinced. I would
feel it were it true.
>> Council, the representatives
of the Echelon refugees.
>> Antoine: Thank you--
>> Colette: Thank you--
>> Antoine: ...Council.
>> Colette: ...Council
>> Excuse me, Archon Rem, but I
couldn't help hearing you
when we entered. Archon Ioss
speaks the truth.
I have seen it.
We have seen it first hand.
Lucia has mastered the Black
Shard and broken the Silent Aum.
This is why her intentions are
hidden to you.
She took us all by surprise.
Very few of us from Dojo
Ashedow managed to elude her
grasp.
>> And you, young Colette,
you have seen all this as well?
>> Archon, my mother and father
are gone because of Lucia.
They died saving me from
Echelon.
I was too young to know it at
the time but my father knew.
(Pulsating drone)
The uprising was a lie.
The epidemic was a lie.
(Clicking)
The medical screening was a lie,
an excuse to identify the Shard
Sensitive.
Then the disappearances started.
Antoine taught me the Silent Aum
even before I awoke to the
Shard. It was my father's idea
and he's the only reason I'm
still alive today.
I still remember what he said to
me, that we all have to draw
our line in the sand.
Archon, where do you draw
your line in the sand?
(Birds singing)
(Slow ominous music)
*
(Heels clacking)
>> This spot is my favourite
part of the grounds. My sensei
planted that tree himself when
he was about your age.
Our lives are like this tree
reaching upwards, always
branching. The choices we make
are like the branches. Some bear
fruit, some thorns, some fall to
the ground having borne neither.
What choice will you make?
The Archon Defence forces will
only accept a fully trained
adept.
Antoine tells me you are a fast
learner.
>> Yes, sensei.
Thank you, sensei.
>> We always have room at Dojo
Cephadek.
(Reverberating drone)
(Whooshing)
(Engines rumbling)
(Heels clacking)
>> Alan. Are you okay?
>> I'll be...
Just go.
*
(Staccato whirring)
>> She must be some catch.
>> Hey, I thought I told you to
stay out of my head.
>> I am. Relax.
You've been staring at that
photo the whole trip.
(Staccato whirr)
I don't always have to link to
you to know what you're
thinking. Believe me, I've
been there. I couldn't be
happier for the two of you.
(Engine whirring)
*
(Staccato whirring)
*
>> Well, look what the cat
dragged in.
About time you doggers showed
up.
>> Nyah, flyboy here is in love.
>> Hah! I knew it.
Let's get him up on the board.
>> Alan: You guys have,
seriously, too much time on your
hands.
>> What's for lunch?
>> Well, let's see if anyone
left anything good in the
fridge.
>> You guys better not be
stealing my lunch again.
(Beeping)
>> We interrupt this program for
an important news bulletin.
This is the scene unfolding from
the Atavia capital of Magino as
the invasion by Echelon forces
continues. We have reports that
Atavia Dolmen has fallen and
the collapse of the regency is
imminent. In response to
escalating hostilities, the
Archon Council stood in
emergency session today.
>> We must establish a strong
and unified response and a
readiness to stand against
Echelon's repeated (Unclear)
over these last several years.
We ask all Shard monks and
pilots of able body to enlist
with the Archon Defence Wing
immediately to...
(Footsteps)
(Squawking)
>> Alan, what's wrong? You're
so quiet.
>> Mary, I have to go.
I have to enlist. Your mother
was an Adept. If what they say
about Echelon is true, I can't
let that happen to you.
>> I... I will be with you.
(Percussive march music)
(Shuffling)
>> Company halt.
Well... well you people are
the sloppiest excuse for a
platoon I've ever seen.
You people couldn't even
organize a garage sale at a
garbage dump! Why, you maggots
are worthless. Why, if it
wasn't for... Private Belmont,
front and centre!
Drop to the deck, give me 20.
(Footsteps)
Private Mark, you too. Drop
down and give me 20.
Pilot and resonator must act as
a cohesive unit. If one is
weak, then both are weak. It is
by unity that we will prevail!
>> I'll be right back.
(Footsteps)
Mary.
What are you doing here?
>> I enlisted, Signal Corp. I
told you I'd be with you.
>> Mary, a warzone is a
dangerous place.
>> That's so typical of you.
Don't worry, you'll be safe on
my watch.
(Footsteps)
So who's your resonator?
>> Colette: (Narrating) Alan's
fiancé Mary was jealous of me
from the beginning. A pilot and
resonator develop an intimate
connection through the Shard,
acting with singular intent, a
unity of mind.
Link deep enough, link long
enough, and a lasting bond can
form. This kind of thing was
frowned upon in Echelon and
forbidden under Lucia.
Alan kept himself distant from
me at first. But eventually he
let down his guard. But Archon
Defender never let down its
guard.
As the war drew on, the men of
Wing 665 passed one by one.
Eventually the war would touch
all of us...
more than I could have ever
known.
(Soft rumbling)
(Whooshing)
*
(Zapping)
*
(Gunfire) (Explosion)
*
(Gunfire) (Explosion)
*
(Gunfire)
(Explosion)
*
(Gunfire) (Explosion)
>> Brace yourself. We're going
in hard.
>> Copy that.
(Gunfire)
(Explosion)
(Gunfire)
(Whooshing)
(Gunfire)
*
(Explosion)
*
(Whooshing)
(Gunfire)
(Explosion)
(Radio static)
>> Sir, the First Wave is coming
in range of the forward zone
plate batteries.
>> Recall all units to minimum
standoff distance.
>> Mary: Yes, sir.
(Whooshing)
(Gunfire)
(Popping)
(Beeping)
Unit 23, withdraw to standoff
point.
(Beeping)
>> Negative. I can take this
one out.
>> 23, fall back immediately.
Acknowledge.
(Whooshing)
>> Acknowledged.
But I softened them up a bit for
you.
>> Sir, target's in range.
>> Fire at will.
Close the blast shields. We
don't want to get caught in the
collection burst.
(Creaking)
(Whirring)
(Whooshing)
*
(Explosions)
*
(Footsteps)
>> First Wave losses at 85%,
Empress.
Shall I order the withdrawal?
>> No, Marshall. Continue to
target. All units are to
maintain heading. I will not
tolerate deviation. To play so
strong a hand tells me they are
getting desperate and that we
are gaining the advantage.
Prepare the Dias quadrants for a
ground assault. We will
infiltrate under their defences
and take the city of Halaphai as
a staging ground for our final
push. It seems that Archon
might actually be a worthy
adversary, Marshall.
*
(Soft whirring)
(Gunfire)
(Crackling)
>> Sorry, sir, only emergency
responders are allowed past this
point.
(Whirring)
*
>> What have we done?
>> You have gotten exactly what
you wanted.
>> Lucia broke through the
Silent Aum. Few have such
strength after years of mastery.
>> You know she was the only one
of The Adept who could resist
our efforts. She will not be a
challenge to us now in her state
even if The Council does proceed
with the Ascension. None can
match you now.
>> The Ascension. The Ascension
will proceed.
(Trickling)
(Nature din)
>> Ah, the gardens of Echelon.
We do not have such splendour in
Atavia.
>> Sensei.
>> Council tells me you have
quite a strong connection.
>> Thank you, Sensei.
>> Let me show you something
that not many people know.
(Knocking at door)
(Footsteps)
>> Lucia, you haven't been out
of this room in days.
>> Leave me alone, Avi!
>> But the Ascension is today.
>> I don't care, Avi!
I don't care anymore.
I finally found everything that
I wanted and they destroyed it!
>> Lucia, I'm sorry. If I
thought Council Leo would send
Maurice away, I would have never
told him.
>> Told him? Avi, you had a
hand in this?
After all this?
This?
(Nature din)
Don't betray me again, Avi.
If it's an uprising they want,
it's an uprising they will get.
*
(Footsteps)
>> The ceremony is closed,
Adept.
(Whooshing)
(Rumbling)
*
>> Lucia. What is the meaning
of this?
(Whooshing)
*
>> Get back.
*
(Whooshing)
*
(Footsteps)
Link to me. Now!
*
>> Ah, Vincent, you can join me
or them.
I will only ask you once.
*
(Pulsing continues)
>> Alan, are you here?
Martin, was Alan here yet?
>> Sorry, I haven't seen him
yet.
>> Hmm. Where is he?
*
Alan, Com has called a general
deployment.
>> It was my fault. I had that
bomber in my sight.
I could have taken it out
then Mary would still be...
>> Alan, I'm--
>> Leave me alone!
She was always jealous of you,
of all the time we spent
together linked.
She could never link. Even
though her mother was an Adept
she could never.
>> Alan, I'm not--
>> No! Our last words alone
were about you, how she resented
you and this war and Echelon for
driving us apart and because you
are from Echelon.
I never wanted any of this.
Leave me alone.
>> Damn it, Alan. Do you think
you're the only one who's been
hurt?
(Whoosh)
(Marching footsteps)
(Electronic pulsing)
(Whooshing)
*
>> Colette, I... I'm sorry.
I had no idea.
>> No, I'm sorry. I will not
link to you so deeply again.
I need these memories for
myself. It's all that keeps me
going.
I will carry my past with me
alone.
All I ask is that you stand with
me against Lucia.
(Footsteps)
*
(Engine whirring)
(Explosions)
(Gunfire)
*
(Blasting)
*
(Explosion)
(Gunshots)
*
(Gunshots)
*
(Whirring)
*
(Gunfire)
*
(Blast)
*
(Whirring)
*
(Crashing)
*
(Gunfire)
*
(Engine pulsing)
(Blast)
(Whooshing)
(Gunfire)
(Explosions)
*
(Crash)
*
(Thud)
*
(Electronic effects)
(Gasp)
*
>> No, they're dead.
>> Oh. Good thing, or we'd be
in a fix.
*
Colette, what are you doing?
(Rumbling)
(Whoosh)
*
(Electronic effects)
*
>> (Whispering) Thank you,
Colette for freeing me.
I have not known the touch of
another until now.
There are more like me, many
more.
Your brother is one of us.
You can help him.
You can release us from Lucia.
(Echoing)
>> Octavian, I don't understand.
I have no brother.
>> Colette, you do indeed.
Your mother did not die when you
were separated in Echelon.
She was with child, though did
not know it.
This did not escape the notice
of Echelon, however.
Lucia's plan to harness the
power of the Shard by taking the
newly grown Shard Sensitive
and bending them to her will
before they were even aware of
their own existence, their own
will. It is the ultimate
betrayal of innocence...
but it will also be your
downfall
There is growing awakening
amongst the resident and with
all Shard Sensitive. You are
part of this as well.
Even though Lucia can feel this
awakening she is blinded by her
rage and her ambition.
This is your advantage.
You have the knowledge to defeat
her. You have the will and
intent. All you need now is to
take action.
>> Colette.
Colette. Colette! Colette!
Colette! (Groan)
(Whooshing)
(Thudding)
*
(Alan groans)
>> Alan, are you okay?
>> I think so.
>> Are you okay to fly?
>> The Tracer is wrecked.
>> Can you fly a Dias transport?
>> An Echelon Dias? We'll get
shot down before we make it
halfway to base.
>> We're not going back to base.
(Whooshing)
*
Lucia's command wing. We can
stop this. She has grown bold
and left herself exposed.
>> Well, it's a bit roughed up
but it'll fly.
>> The Resonator is gone. How
will you maintain the link?
>> I will link directly. There
is a growing intent among the
Shard Sensitive, a growing aum
against Lucia. I'm part of
it. It's part of me. My aum is
a focus of my will. Now, fly.
(Whirring)
>> Concentrate bombers on this
front.
>> Empress, there are no targets
of military value there nor is
there hardly any Resonant
signal. Would it not be better
to smash their defences and take
the dolmen?
>> They're hiding their
strongest Adept there. They are
sheltering the traitors there
and they are shielding
themselves from us. In
maintaining the Silent Aum, they
have no strength to mount a
defence against a concentrated
attack. Send out your bombers,
Marshall. Vincent, ready the
Dias squadrons. I grow tired of
this protracted war. This will
be a decisive victory.
>> Both: Yes, Empress.
(Whirring)
*
>> Fly towards the central cube.
(Whirring)
>> No. That's one of ours.
(Whirring)
*
(Whirring)
*
>> Incoming!
*
(Whirring)
(Explosion)
*
(Whirring)
Is this the best Archon can send
against me? I'll wipe you all
out of my way.
(Whooshing)
*
(Zap)
*
(Dramatic instrumental music)
*
(Gunshots)
*
(Whooshing)
*
>> You fight like my old sensei.
If I didn't know any better I'd
think you had studied under him.
>> Lucia, your tyranny has gone
too far.
(Chuckles)
>> He would have said something
like that. Send him my regards.
(Whooshing)
*
>> There is a growing awareness
amongst the Resonant, a growing
resistance to her will. Lucia
is blinded by her ambition and
rage. Otherwise she would feel
this. This is your advantage.
If you awaken enough of the
Resonant, you can weaken her
powerbase. Your brother is in
one of her Resonators.
>> How will I know which one?
>> Octavien: He will know you
through your link to the Shard.
When the time comes let yourself
go and trust in him.
(Buzzing)
*
(Glass shattering)
*
(Zap)
*
(Crash)
*
(Whirring)
>> Stay on course, stay on
mission.
>> I see you have quite a strong
connection to the Shard. Shall
I assume you have undergone the
initiation? Action flows from
intent. Reaction is emotional
cascade.
*
(Footsteps)
Her failure will be your
failure. She has betrayed you
through her failure. She has
betrayed you as I have been
betrayed.
(Whooshing)
What? What is this?
>> Lucia, it is you who has
betrayed me.
>> Who are you?
>> I'm am Octavien. I am
Achondel, Desmeril, Seffodek
Fetra. You know me though you
have forgotten long ago.
I was waiting for you.
(Whoosh)
>> No, I waiting for the Lucia
that I used to know. You I do
not know.
(Footsteps)
(Whoosh)
>> I don't even know myself.
>> Myself.
*
(Whoosh)
>> This empire of yours, Lucia,
this war, I did not want this,
not for my sake.
>> I just... I...
>> Come with me, Lucia. I can
end all this.
>> Maurice, I... I'm...
(Whooshing)
*
(Whoosh)
*
(Whoosh)
>> Father!
(Footsteps)
(Whooshing)
>> We will be waiting for you,
my daughter.
*
(Footsteps)
>> It's over.
(Running footsteps)
(Whooshing)
(Thud)
>> Hold your fire.
>> I remember walking by the
ocean as a child standing in the
surf as the waves broke around
me washing away my footsteps
with each passing moment until
there remained no sign of my
passage but for the memory. It
seemed so vivid at the time, the
war with Lucia and the end, like
waking from a dream, a dream
that fades as moments pass.
When memory is gone, will it be
that we never existed or is our
time here now the memory, the
dream of some other time and
place?
(Lively percussive music)
*