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Rob
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MacWolf,
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your
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fellow
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traveler,
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Today’s
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story
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is
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the
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second
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final
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part
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of “Rapture”
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by
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Shiloh Skye,
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writer,
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editor,
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dog.
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can
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find
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more
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of
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his
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work,
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as
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well
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book
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reviews,
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recommendations,
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and
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info
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about
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where
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to
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find
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more
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great
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furry
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fiction,
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on
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his
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website
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at
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ShilohSkye.com.
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time,
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when
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the
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Rapture
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occurred,
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Petra,
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Mark,
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and
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Seth
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were
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left
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behind,
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curiously
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transformed
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into
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wolf,
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dragon,
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a
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tiger.
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believing
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was
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spiraled
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into
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religious
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fear,
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to
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forgiven
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perceived
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sin. A
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vision
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leads
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concerned
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lovers
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place
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called
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hopes
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will
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a
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second
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chance
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at
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deliverance.
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Author.
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enjoy
“Rapture”
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by
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Shiloh
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Skye,
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Part 2
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of 2
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reached
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the
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outskirts
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of
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town
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in
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an
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station,
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car
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dealership,
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finally
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arriving
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small
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roadside.
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bordered
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county
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hikers,
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students,
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bored
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groups
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of
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friends—ourselves
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included—had
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once
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hiking
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hills,
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need
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to
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consult
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had
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lives.
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hour.
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took
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shortcut,
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hiking
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up
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mud.
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ground
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rose
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steady
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incline,
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though
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found
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new
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claws
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helped
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us
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climb,
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it
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still
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ordeal
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that
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filled
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my
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ears
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with
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a
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cacophony
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of
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rapid,
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thumping
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heartbeats.
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I
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even
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started
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panting,
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much
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to
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Seth’s
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delight.
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the
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ground
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started
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leveling
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off,
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we
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noticed
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cobblestone
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structures
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among
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the
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trees,
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and
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antique
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bricks
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littering
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the
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ground
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like
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fallen
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acorns.
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At
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last,
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we
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emerged
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into
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a
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vast
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clearing
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of
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tall
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grass
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and
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crumbling
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ruins.
Thunder
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Hill
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was
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a
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long-abandoned
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town,
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named
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for
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the
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thunderclouds
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that
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raged
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when
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its
330
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textile
331
00:02:47,009 --> 00:02:47,310:
mill
332
00:02:47,310 --> 00:02:47,729:
burned
333
00:02:47,729 --> 00:02:48,120:
down
334
00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:48,449:
nearly
335
00:02:48,449 --> 00:02:48,719:
two
336
00:02:48,719 --> 00:02:49,110:
hundred
337
00:02:49,110 --> 00:02:49,469:
years
338
00:02:49,469 --> 00:02:50,969:
prior.
339
00:02:50,969 --> 00:02:51,270:
Now
340
00:02:51,270 --> 00:02:51,419:
the
341
00:02:51,419 --> 00:02:51,750:
place
342
00:02:51,750 --> 00:02:51,900:
was
343
00:02:51,900 --> 00:02:52,229:
nothing
344
00:02:52,229 --> 00:02:52,409:
but
345
00:02:52,409 --> 00:02:52,469:
a
346
00:02:52,469 --> 00:02:52,800:
few
347
00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:53,370:
shattered
348
00:02:53,370 --> 00:02:53,909:
hip-high
349
00:02:53,909 --> 00:02:54,360:
stone
350
00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:54,840:
walls
351
00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:55,349:
outlining
352
00:02:55,349 --> 00:02:55,560:
old
353
00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:56,819:
buildings.
354
00:02:56,819 --> 00:02:57,000:
But
355
00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:57,090:
in
356
00:02:57,090 --> 00:02:57,180:
the
357
00:02:57,180 --> 00:02:57,599:
center
358
00:02:57,599 --> 00:02:57,719:
of
359
00:02:57,719 --> 00:02:57,990:
those
360
00:02:57,990 --> 00:02:58,590:
ruins
361
00:02:58,590 --> 00:02:58,830:
now
362
00:02:58,830 --> 00:02:59,189:
stood
363
00:02:59,189 --> 00:02:59,699:
something
364
00:02:59,699 --> 00:03:00,750:
entirely
365
00:03:00,750 --> 00:03:02,610:
new.
At
366
00:03:02,610 --> 00:03:03,330:
first,
367
00:03:03,330 --> 00:03:03,419:
I
368
00:03:03,419 --> 00:03:03,719:
thought
369
00:03:03,719 --> 00:03:03,780:
I
370
00:03:03,780 --> 00:03:03,960:
was
371
00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:04,319:
seeing
372
00:03:04,319 --> 00:03:05,250:
things.
373
00:03:05,250 --> 00:03:05,370:
The
374
00:03:05,370 --> 00:03:05,879:
structure
375
00:03:05,879 --> 00:03:06,090:
was
376
00:03:06,090 --> 00:03:06,360:
far
377
00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:06,629:
too
378
00:03:06,629 --> 00:03:07,178:
pristine
379
00:03:07,178 --> 00:03:07,319:
for
380
00:03:07,319 --> 00:03:07,500:
this
381
00:03:07,500 --> 00:03:08,189:
place,
382
00:03:08,189 --> 00:03:08,370:
and
383
00:03:08,370 --> 00:03:08,669:
didn’t
384
00:03:08,669 --> 00:03:08,879:
even
385
00:03:08,879 --> 00:03:09,150:
seem
386
00:03:09,150 --> 00:03:09,599:
physically
387
00:03:09,599 --> 00:03:10,979:
possible.
388
00:03:10,979 --> 00:03:11,129:
It
389
00:03:11,129 --> 00:03:11,310:
was
390
00:03:11,310 --> 00:03:11,370:
a
391
00:03:11,370 --> 00:03:12,090:
statue
392
00:03:12,090 --> 00:03:12,240:
of
393
00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:12,930:
massive
394
00:03:12,930 --> 00:03:13,650:
encircling
395
00:03:13,650 --> 00:03:14,340:
wings
396
00:03:14,340 --> 00:03:14,460:
the
397
00:03:14,460 --> 00:03:14,879:
size
398
00:03:14,879 --> 00:03:14,969:
of
399
00:03:14,969 --> 00:03:15,030:
a
400
00:03:15,030 --> 00:03:15,449:
small
401
00:03:15,449 --> 00:03:16,199:
house,
402
00:03:16,199 --> 00:03:16,770:
rising
403
00:03:16,770 --> 00:03:16,979:
into
404
00:03:16,979 --> 00:03:17,099:
the
405
00:03:17,099 --> 00:03:17,370:
rough
406
00:03:17,370 --> 00:03:17,819:
shape
407
00:03:17,819 --> 00:03:17,909:
of
408
00:03:17,909 --> 00:03:17,969:
a
409
00:03:17,969 --> 00:03:18,780:
dome,
410
00:03:18,780 --> 00:03:18,990:
with
411
00:03:18,990 --> 00:03:19,770:
impossibly
412
00:03:19,770 --> 00:03:20,189:
intricate
413
00:03:20,189 --> 00:03:20,699:
feathers
414
00:03:20,699 --> 00:03:21,060:
carved
415
00:03:21,060 --> 00:03:21,300:
from
416
00:03:21,300 --> 00:03:22,919:
red stone.
417
00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:23,129:
An
418
00:03:23,129 --> 00:03:23,669:
entrance
419
00:03:23,669 --> 00:03:24,030:
waited
420
00:03:24,030 --> 00:03:24,389:
between
421
00:03:24,389 --> 00:03:24,539:
its
422
00:03:24,539 --> 00:03:25,439:
wing tips,
423
00:03:25,439 --> 00:03:25,650:
as
424
00:03:25,650 --> 00:03:25,740:
if
425
00:03:25,740 --> 00:03:26,310:
Sabaoth
426
00:03:26,310 --> 00:03:26,849:
himself
427
00:03:26,849 --> 00:03:27,030:
was
428
00:03:27,030 --> 00:03:27,539:
inviting
429
00:03:27,539 --> 00:03:27,689:
us
430
00:03:27,689 --> 00:03:27,960:
into
431
00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:28,080:
the
432
00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:28,560:
safety
433
00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:28,650:
of
434
00:03:28,650 --> 00:03:28,830:
his
435
00:03:28,830 --> 00:03:30,689:
embrace.
“There
436
00:03:30,689 --> 00:03:30,870:
they
437
00:03:30,870 --> 00:03:31,500:
are!
438
00:03:31,500 --> 00:03:31,650:
The
439
00:03:31,650 --> 00:03:31,949:
wings
440
00:03:31,949 --> 00:03:32,039:
of
441
00:03:32,039 --> 00:03:32,849:
Sabaoth,
442
00:03:32,849 --> 00:03:33,090:
from
443
00:03:33,090 --> 00:03:33,180:
the
444
00:03:33,180 --> 00:03:34,590:
vision!”
445
00:03:34,590 --> 00:03:34,740:
I
446
00:03:34,740 --> 00:03:35,159:
ran
447
00:03:35,159 --> 00:03:35,280:
up
448
00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:35,400:
to
449
00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:35,490:
the
450
00:03:35,490 --> 00:03:36,030:
statue
451
00:03:36,030 --> 00:03:36,180:
as
452
00:03:36,180 --> 00:03:36,569:
fast
453
00:03:36,569 --> 00:03:36,689:
as
454
00:03:36,689 --> 00:03:36,810:
my
455
00:03:36,810 --> 00:03:37,409:
footpaws
456
00:03:37,409 --> 00:03:37,560:
could
457
00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:37,919:
carry
458
00:03:37,919 --> 00:03:38,610:
me,
459
00:03:38,610 --> 00:03:39,090:
falling
460
00:03:39,090 --> 00:03:39,210:
to
461
00:03:39,210 --> 00:03:39,360:
my
462
00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:39,719:
knees
463
00:03:39,719 --> 00:03:39,840:
at
464
00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:39,900:
the
465
00:03:39,900 --> 00:03:41,219:
threshold.
466
00:03:41,219 --> 00:03:41,400:
The
467
00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:41,939:
beautiful
468
00:03:41,939 --> 00:03:42,539:
carvings
469
00:03:42,539 --> 00:03:42,870:
brought
470
00:03:42,870 --> 00:03:43,379:
tears
471
00:03:43,379 --> 00:03:43,469:
to
472
00:03:43,469 --> 00:03:43,680:
my
473
00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:43,979:
eyes
474
00:03:43,979 --> 00:03:44,099:
as
475
00:03:44,099 --> 00:03:44,219:
I
476
00:03:44,219 --> 00:03:44,669:
traced
477
00:03:44,669 --> 00:03:44,819:
my
478
00:03:44,819 --> 00:03:45,300:
claws
479
00:03:45,300 --> 00:03:45,539:
over
480
00:03:45,539 --> 00:03:45,629:
the
481
00:03:45,629 --> 00:03:46,199:
detailed
482
00:03:46,199 --> 00:03:47,520:
feathers.
483
00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:47,639:
I
484
00:03:47,639 --> 00:03:47,849:
could
485
00:03:47,849 --> 00:03:48,270:
feel
486
00:03:48,270 --> 00:03:48,389:
the
487
00:03:48,389 --> 00:03:49,080:
divinity
488
00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:49,650:
emanating
489
00:03:49,650 --> 00:03:49,860:
from
490
00:03:49,860 --> 00:03:49,919:
the
491
00:03:49,919 --> 00:03:50,789:
stone,
492
00:03:50,789 --> 00:03:51,000:
and
493
00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:51,090:
I
494
00:03:51,090 --> 00:03:51,569:
whispered
495
00:03:51,569 --> 00:03:51,599:
a
496
00:03:51,599 --> 00:03:51,990:
prayer
497
00:03:51,990 --> 00:03:52,110:
of
498
00:03:52,110 --> 00:03:53,250:
thanks.
499
00:03:53,250 --> 00:03:53,460:
With
500
00:03:53,460 --> 00:03:53,909:
renewed
501
00:03:53,909 --> 00:03:54,599:
hope,
502
00:03:54,599 --> 00:03:54,719:
I
503
00:03:54,719 --> 00:03:55,199:
summoned
504
00:03:55,199 --> 00:03:55,349:
my
505
00:03:55,349 --> 00:03:56,099:
faith
506
00:03:56,099 --> 00:03:56,280:
and
507
00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:56,789:
prayed
508
00:03:56,789 --> 00:03:56,909:
as
509
00:03:56,909 --> 00:03:57,270:
hard
510
00:03:57,270 --> 00:03:57,389:
as
511
00:03:57,389 --> 00:03:57,479:
I
512
00:03:57,479 --> 00:03:59,250:
could.
Mark
513
00:03:59,250 --> 00:03:59,370:
and
514
00:03:59,370 --> 00:03:59,939:
Seth,
515
00:03:59,939 --> 00:04:00,210:
as
516
00:04:00,210 --> 00:04:00,960:
usual,
517
00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:01,229:
didn’t
518
00:04:01,229 --> 00:04:01,560:
share
519
00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:01,740:
my
520
00:04:01,740 --> 00:04:02,250:
commitment
521
00:04:02,250 --> 00:04:02,340:
to
522
00:04:02,340 --> 00:04:03,449:
prayer.
523
00:04:03,449 --> 00:04:03,960:
Seth
524
00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:04,379:
eagerly
525
00:04:04,379 --> 00:04:04,740:
stepped
526
00:04:04,740 --> 00:04:05,069:
inside
527
00:04:05,069 --> 00:04:05,159:
the
528
00:04:05,159 --> 00:04:05,610:
temple
529
00:04:05,610 --> 00:04:05,759:
to
530
00:04:05,759 --> 00:04:06,240:
explore
531
00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:06,419:
its
532
00:04:06,419 --> 00:04:06,569:
inner
533
00:04:06,569 --> 00:04:07,620:
chamber,
534
00:04:07,620 --> 00:04:07,800:
but
535
00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:08,129:
Mark
536
00:04:08,129 --> 00:04:08,430:
waited
537
00:04:08,430 --> 00:04:09,629:
outside,
538
00:04:09,629 --> 00:04:09,960:
looking
539
00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:10,289:
around
540
00:04:10,289 --> 00:04:10,349:
the
541
00:04:10,349 --> 00:04:10,830:
clearing
542
00:04:10,830 --> 00:04:10,949:
as
543
00:04:10,949 --> 00:04:11,069:
if
544
00:04:11,069 --> 00:04:11,159:
the
545
00:04:11,159 --> 00:04:11,789:
monolith
546
00:04:11,789 --> 00:04:12,060:
didn’t
547
00:04:12,060 --> 00:04:12,539:
surprise
548
00:04:12,539 --> 00:04:12,689:
him
549
00:04:12,689 --> 00:04:12,780:
in
550
00:04:12,780 --> 00:04:12,840:
the
551
00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:14,280:
least.
552
00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:14,520:
When
553
00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:14,789:
Seth
554
00:04:14,789 --> 00:04:15,240:
emerged
555
00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:15,389:
from
556
00:04:15,389 --> 00:04:15,479:
the
557
00:04:15,479 --> 00:04:15,990:
shadowy
558
00:04:15,990 --> 00:04:16,889:
interior,
559
00:04:16,889 --> 00:04:17,220:
having
560
00:04:17,220 --> 00:04:17,550:
found
561
00:04:17,550 --> 00:04:17,939:
nothing
562
00:04:17,939 --> 00:04:18,089:
but
563
00:04:18,089 --> 00:04:18,149:
a
564
00:04:18,149 --> 00:04:18,569:
bare
565
00:04:18,569 --> 00:04:18,899:
open
566
00:04:18,899 --> 00:04:19,410:
space
567
00:04:19,410 --> 00:04:19,560:
with
568
00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:19,589:
a
569
00:04:19,589 --> 00:04:20,129:
circular
570
00:04:20,129 --> 00:04:20,519:
window
571
00:04:20,519 --> 00:04:20,610:
in
572
00:04:20,610 --> 00:04:20,670:
the
573
00:04:20,670 --> 00:04:21,569:
ceiling,
574
00:04:21,569 --> 00:04:21,930:
Mark
575
00:04:21,930 --> 00:04:22,230:
turned
576
00:04:22,230 --> 00:04:22,319:
to
577
00:04:22,319 --> 00:04:23,819:
me.
“Hey
578
00:04:23,819 --> 00:04:24,839:
hun,
579
00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:25,050:
me
580
00:04:25,050 --> 00:04:25,199:
and
581
00:04:25,199 --> 00:04:25,529:
Seth
582
00:04:25,529 --> 00:04:25,589:
are
583
00:04:25,589 --> 00:04:25,904:
going to
584
00:04:25,904 --> 00:04:26,160:
see
585
00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:26,279:
if
586
00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:26,610:
anything
587
00:04:26,610 --> 00:04:26,850:
else
588
00:04:26,850 --> 00:04:26,970:
has
589
00:04:26,970 --> 00:04:27,300:
appeared
590
00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:27,600:
around
591
00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:28,439:
here.
592
00:04:28,439 --> 00:04:28,620:
Will
593
00:04:28,620 --> 00:04:28,800:
you
594
00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:28,949:
be
595
00:04:28,949 --> 00:04:29,279:
okay alone
596
00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:29,490:
for
597
00:04:29,490 --> 00:04:29,550:
a
598
00:04:29,550 --> 00:04:30,870:
bit?”
I
599
00:04:30,870 --> 00:04:31,170:
looked
600
00:04:31,170 --> 00:04:31,319:
up
601
00:04:31,319 --> 00:04:31,410:
at
602
00:04:31,410 --> 00:04:31,829:
him,
603
00:04:31,829 --> 00:04:33,149:
confused
604
00:04:33,149 --> 00:04:33,300:
and
605
00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:33,629:
wishing
606
00:04:33,629 --> 00:04:33,839:
they’d
607
00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:34,230:
stay
608
00:04:34,230 --> 00:04:34,350:
and
609
00:04:34,350 --> 00:04:34,620:
pray
610
00:04:34,620 --> 00:04:34,769:
with
611
00:04:34,769 --> 00:04:35,639:
me,
612
00:04:35,639 --> 00:04:35,819:
but
613
00:04:35,819 --> 00:04:35,910:
I
614
00:04:35,910 --> 00:04:36,329:
nodded
615
00:04:36,329 --> 00:04:37,769:
regardless.
616
00:04:37,769 --> 00:04:37,920:
The
617
00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:38,339:
dragon
618
00:04:38,339 --> 00:04:38,670:
wrapped
619
00:04:38,670 --> 00:04:38,759:
an
620
00:04:38,759 --> 00:04:39,000:
arm
621
00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:39,240:
around
622
00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:39,329:
the
623
00:04:39,329 --> 00:04:39,779:
tiger’s
624
00:04:39,779 --> 00:04:40,230:
waist
625
00:04:40,230 --> 00:04:40,350:
as
626
00:04:40,350 --> 00:04:40,470:
they
627
00:04:40,470 --> 00:04:40,860:
walked
628
00:04:40,860 --> 00:04:41,100:
off
629
00:04:41,100 --> 00:04:41,339:
into
630
00:04:41,339 --> 00:04:41,430:
the
631
00:04:41,430 --> 00:04:42,600:
ruins.
632
00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:42,779:
I
633
00:04:42,779 --> 00:04:43,230:
wanted
634
00:04:43,230 --> 00:04:43,649:
so
635
00:04:43,649 --> 00:04:44,160:
badly
636
00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:44,250:
to
637
00:04:44,250 --> 00:04:44,639:
follow
638
00:04:44,639 --> 00:04:45,449:
them,
639
00:04:45,449 --> 00:04:45,600:
but
640
00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:45,689:
I
641
00:04:45,689 --> 00:04:46,050:
couldn’t
642
00:04:46,050 --> 00:04:46,319:
allow
643
00:04:46,319 --> 00:04:46,800:
myself
644
00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:46,920:
to
645
00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:47,250:
leave
646
00:04:47,250 --> 00:04:47,490:
this
647
00:04:47,490 --> 00:04:48,420:
temple,
648
00:04:48,420 --> 00:04:48,569:
no
649
00:04:48,569 --> 00:04:48,870:
matter
650
00:04:48,870 --> 00:04:49,079:
how
651
00:04:49,079 --> 00:04:49,379:
much
652
00:04:49,379 --> 00:04:49,470:
I
653
00:04:49,470 --> 00:04:49,889:
wanted
654
00:04:49,889 --> 00:04:50,939:
to.
655
00:04:50,939 --> 00:04:52,230:
Reluctantly,
656
00:04:52,230 --> 00:04:52,350:
I
657
00:04:52,350 --> 00:04:52,829:
returned
658
00:04:52,829 --> 00:04:52,920:
to
659
00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:53,069:
my
660
00:04:53,069 --> 00:04:54,720:
prayers.
Or
661
00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:54,779:
at
662
00:04:54,779 --> 00:04:55,500:
least,
663
00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:55,680:
I
664
00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:56,189:
attempted
665
00:04:56,189 --> 00:04:57,269:
to.
666
00:04:57,269 --> 00:04:57,420:
I
667
00:04:57,420 --> 00:04:57,540:
had
668
00:04:57,540 --> 00:04:58,139:
hoped
669
00:04:58,139 --> 00:04:58,560:
prayer
670
00:04:58,560 --> 00:04:58,740:
would
671
00:04:58,740 --> 00:04:59,160:
ground
672
00:04:59,160 --> 00:04:59,759:
me,
673
00:04:59,759 --> 00:04:59,970:
but
674
00:04:59,970 --> 00:05:00,389:
instead
675
00:05:00,389 --> 00:05:00,449:
I
676
00:05:00,449 --> 00:05:00,689:
felt
677
00:05:00,689 --> 00:05:00,839:
like
678
00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:00,899:
a
679
00:05:00,899 --> 00:05:01,350:
mountain
680
00:05:01,350 --> 00:05:01,920:
climber
681
00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:02,459:
desperately
682
00:05:02,459 --> 00:05:02,910:
searching
683
00:05:02,910 --> 00:05:03,120:
for
684
00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:03,360:
a
685
00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:04,620:
handhold.
686
00:05:04,620 --> 00:05:04,769:
I
687
00:05:04,769 --> 00:05:05,310:
remembered
688
00:05:05,310 --> 00:05:05,519:
how
689
00:05:05,519 --> 00:05:06,000:
committed
690
00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:06,089:
I
691
00:05:06,089 --> 00:05:06,240:
had
692
00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:06,480:
been
693
00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:06,660:
that
694
00:05:06,660 --> 00:05:07,050:
morning
695
00:05:07,050 --> 00:05:07,170:
to
696
00:05:07,170 --> 00:05:07,589:
showing
697
00:05:07,589 --> 00:05:07,980:
God
698
00:05:07,980 --> 00:05:08,129:
would
699
00:05:08,129 --> 00:05:08,550:
accept
700
00:05:08,550 --> 00:05:08,850:
me
701
00:05:08,850 --> 00:05:09,360:
despite
702
00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:09,600:
being
703
00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:10,800:
trans.
704
00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:11,040:
Yet
705
00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:11,310:
here
706
00:05:11,310 --> 00:05:11,459:
I
707
00:05:11,459 --> 00:05:12,029:
was,
708
00:05:12,029 --> 00:05:12,569:
fearing
709
00:05:12,569 --> 00:05:12,689:
that
710
00:05:12,689 --> 00:05:12,750:
I
711
00:05:12,750 --> 00:05:12,930:
had
712
00:05:12,930 --> 00:05:13,079:
been
713
00:05:13,079 --> 00:05:13,829:
abandoned
714
00:05:13,829 --> 00:05:14,069:
and
715
00:05:14,069 --> 00:05:14,430:
begging
716
00:05:14,430 --> 00:05:15,060:
forgiveness
717
00:05:15,060 --> 00:05:15,180:
for
718
00:05:15,180 --> 00:05:15,389:
that
719
00:05:15,389 --> 00:05:15,750:
very
720
00:05:15,750 --> 00:05:16,949:
thing.
721
00:05:16,949 --> 00:05:17,160:
It
722
00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:17,490:
felt
723
00:05:17,490 --> 00:05:18,029:
so
724
00:05:18,029 --> 00:05:19,199:
wrong,
725
00:05:19,199 --> 00:05:19,379:
but
726
00:05:19,379 --> 00:05:19,470:
I
727
00:05:19,470 --> 00:05:19,740:
knew
728
00:05:19,740 --> 00:05:20,129:
God’s
729
00:05:20,129 --> 00:05:20,459:
will
730
00:05:20,459 --> 00:05:20,879:
must
731
00:05:20,879 --> 00:05:21,000:
be
732
00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,019:
right;
733
00:05:22,019 --> 00:05:22,139:
to
734
00:05:22,139 --> 00:05:22,470:
feel
735
00:05:22,470 --> 00:05:23,069:
otherwise
736
00:05:23,069 --> 00:05:23,370:
must
737
00:05:23,370 --> 00:05:23,519:
have
738
00:05:23,519 --> 00:05:23,730:
meant
739
00:05:23,730 --> 00:05:24,089:
something
740
00:05:24,089 --> 00:05:24,420:
about
741
00:05:24,420 --> 00:05:24,569:
me
742
00:05:24,569 --> 00:05:24,990:
was
743
00:05:24,990 --> 00:05:26,430:
broken.
744
00:05:26,430 --> 00:05:26,610:
My
745
00:05:26,610 --> 00:05:27,420:
fear-ravaged
746
00:05:27,420 --> 00:05:27,779:
brain
747
00:05:27,779 --> 00:05:28,110:
couldn’t
748
00:05:28,110 --> 00:05:28,410:
think
749
00:05:28,410 --> 00:05:28,500:
of
750
00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:28,709:
any
751
00:05:28,709 --> 00:05:28,980:
other
752
00:05:28,980 --> 00:05:31,319:
explanation.
After
753
00:05:31,319 --> 00:05:31,560:
an
754
00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:32,100:
hour
755
00:05:32,100 --> 00:05:32,250:
of
756
00:05:32,250 --> 00:05:33,180:
fragmented
757
00:05:33,180 --> 00:05:34,170:
prayer,
758
00:05:34,170 --> 00:05:34,500:
dusk
759
00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:35,519:
approached,
760
00:05:35,519 --> 00:05:35,670:
and
761
00:05:35,670 --> 00:05:35,819:
as
762
00:05:35,819 --> 00:05:35,910:
the
763
00:05:35,910 --> 00:05:36,180:
red
764
00:05:36,180 --> 00:05:36,629:
wings
765
00:05:36,629 --> 00:05:37,110:
deepened to
766
00:05:37,110 --> 00:05:37,589:
crimson
767
00:05:37,589 --> 00:05:37,680:
in
768
00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:37,800:
the
769
00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:38,100:
orange
770
00:05:38,100 --> 00:05:39,149:
sunlight,
771
00:05:39,149 --> 00:05:39,360:
my
772
00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:39,870:
prayers
773
00:05:39,870 --> 00:05:40,439:
wavered
774
00:05:40,439 --> 00:05:40,680:
under
775
00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:40,769:
the
776
00:05:40,769 --> 00:05:41,279:
strain
777
00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:41,699:
of Mark
778
00:05:41,699 --> 00:05:41,790:
and
779
00:05:41,790 --> 00:05:42,209:
Seth’s
780
00:05:42,209 --> 00:05:44,069:
words.
We
781
00:05:44,069 --> 00:05:44,339:
want
782
00:05:44,339 --> 00:05:44,459:
you
783
00:05:44,459 --> 00:05:44,550:
to
784
00:05:44,550 --> 00:05:44,759:
be
785
00:05:44,759 --> 00:05:44,970:
who
786
00:05:44,970 --> 00:05:45,240:
you
787
00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:45,930:
are.
788
00:05:45,930 --> 00:05:46,170:
Not
789
00:05:46,170 --> 00:05:46,470:
whatever
790
00:05:46,470 --> 00:05:46,560:
the
791
00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:47,009:
church
792
00:05:47,009 --> 00:05:47,339:
wants
793
00:05:47,339 --> 00:05:47,459:
you
794
00:05:47,459 --> 00:05:47,550:
to
795
00:05:47,550 --> 00:05:48,899:
be.
I
796
00:05:48,899 --> 00:05:49,290:
told
797
00:05:49,290 --> 00:05:49,740:
myself
798
00:05:49,740 --> 00:05:49,829:
I
799
00:05:49,829 --> 00:05:50,220:
wanted
800
00:05:50,220 --> 00:05:50,310:
to
801
00:05:50,310 --> 00:05:50,430:
be
802
00:05:50,430 --> 00:05:51,360:
fixed;
803
00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:51,600:
that
804
00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:51,750:
was
805
00:05:51,750 --> 00:05:51,930:
what
806
00:05:51,930 --> 00:05:52,230:
God
807
00:05:52,230 --> 00:05:52,589:
surely
808
00:05:52,589 --> 00:05:52,949:
wanted,
809
00:05:52,949 --> 00:05:53,279:
after
810
00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:54,240:
all,
811
00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:54,540:
and
812
00:05:54,540 --> 00:05:54,660:
what
813
00:05:54,660 --> 00:05:54,750:
the
814
00:05:54,750 --> 00:05:55,110:
church
815
00:05:55,110 --> 00:05:55,230:
would
816
00:05:55,230 --> 00:05:55,319:
have
817
00:05:55,319 --> 00:05:55,620:
told
818
00:05:55,620 --> 00:05:55,769:
me
819
00:05:55,769 --> 00:05:55,889:
to
820
00:05:55,889 --> 00:05:56,790:
want.
821
00:05:56,790 --> 00:05:56,970:
But
822
00:05:56,970 --> 00:05:57,120:
my
823
00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:57,569:
body
824
00:05:57,569 --> 00:05:58,319:
itself
825
00:05:58,319 --> 00:05:58,649:
began
826
00:05:58,649 --> 00:05:58,709:
to
827
00:05:58,709 --> 00:05:59,100:
fight
828
00:05:59,100 --> 00:05:59,370:
back
829
00:05:59,370 --> 00:05:59,730:
against
830
00:05:59,730 --> 00:05:59,939:
that
831
00:05:59,939 --> 00:06:00,810:
thought.
832
00:06:00,810 --> 00:06:00,959:
The
833
00:06:00,959 --> 00:06:01,379:
swish
834
00:06:01,379 --> 00:06:01,470:
of
835
00:06:01,470 --> 00:06:01,649:
my
836
00:06:01,649 --> 00:06:02,100:
tail
837
00:06:02,100 --> 00:06:02,220:
in
838
00:06:02,220 --> 00:06:02,310:
the
839
00:06:02,310 --> 00:06:03,209:
grass.
840
00:06:03,209 --> 00:06:03,360:
The
841
00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:03,810:
warmth
842
00:06:03,810 --> 00:06:03,899:
of
843
00:06:03,899 --> 00:06:04,319:
fur
844
00:06:04,319 --> 00:06:04,649:
against
845
00:06:04,649 --> 00:06:04,740:
the
846
00:06:04,740 --> 00:06:05,100:
cool
847
00:06:05,100 --> 00:06:05,550:
Spring
848
00:06:05,550 --> 00:06:06,420:
air.
849
00:06:06,420 --> 00:06:06,569:
The
850
00:06:06,569 --> 00:06:06,959:
heat
851
00:06:06,959 --> 00:06:07,139:
that
852
00:06:07,139 --> 00:06:07,620:
stirred
853
00:06:07,620 --> 00:06:07,980:
between
854
00:06:07,980 --> 00:06:08,100:
my
855
00:06:08,100 --> 00:06:09,149:
legs.
856
00:06:09,149 --> 00:06:09,329:
It
857
00:06:09,329 --> 00:06:09,540:
was
858
00:06:09,540 --> 00:06:10,290:
all so
859
00:06:10,290 --> 00:06:11,550:
distracting,
860
00:06:11,550 --> 00:06:12,029:
so
861
00:06:12,029 --> 00:06:13,620:
tempting.
862
00:06:13,620 --> 00:06:14,129:
Soon
863
00:06:14,129 --> 00:06:14,220:
the
864
00:06:14,220 --> 00:06:15,060:
sensations
865
00:06:15,060 --> 00:06:15,389:
broke
866
00:06:15,389 --> 00:06:15,569:
my
867
00:06:15,569 --> 00:06:15,930:
prayers
868
00:06:15,930 --> 00:06:16,500:
apart
869
00:06:16,500 --> 00:06:16,769:
into
870
00:06:16,769 --> 00:06:17,100:
loose
871
00:06:17,100 --> 00:06:17,639:
strands
872
00:06:17,639 --> 00:06:17,730:
of
873
00:06:17,730 --> 00:06:18,750:
thought,
874
00:06:18,750 --> 00:06:18,930:
and
875
00:06:18,930 --> 00:06:19,050:
I
876
00:06:19,050 --> 00:06:19,680:
realized
877
00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:19,769:
I
878
00:06:19,769 --> 00:06:20,129:
wouldn’t
879
00:06:20,129 --> 00:06:20,279:
be
880
00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:20,490:
able
881
00:06:20,490 --> 00:06:20,610:
to
882
00:06:20,610 --> 00:06:21,029:
pray
883
00:06:21,029 --> 00:06:21,240:
any
884
00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:21,870:
further
885
00:06:21,870 --> 00:06:22,199:
without
886
00:06:22,199 --> 00:06:22,649:
sating
887
00:06:22,649 --> 00:06:22,800:
my
888
00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,050:
curiosity.
The
889
00:06:25,050 --> 00:06:25,649:
priests
890
00:06:25,649 --> 00:06:26,100:
rose
891
00:06:26,100 --> 00:06:26,279:
up
892
00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:26,399:
in
893
00:06:26,399 --> 00:06:28,199:
protest.
Do
894
00:06:28,199 --> 00:06:28,620:
not
895
00:06:28,620 --> 00:06:28,860:
let
896
00:06:28,860 --> 00:06:29,459:
yourself
897
00:06:29,459 --> 00:06:30,060:
enjoy
898
00:06:30,060 --> 00:06:30,389:
your
899
00:06:30,389 --> 00:06:31,529:
body.
It
900
00:06:31,529 --> 00:06:31,740:
is
901
00:06:31,740 --> 00:06:32,610:
false.
902
00:06:32,610 --> 00:06:32,759:
It
903
00:06:32,759 --> 00:06:32,910:
is
904
00:06:32,910 --> 00:06:33,000:
a
905
00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,860:
trap.
But
906
00:06:34,860 --> 00:06:35,129:
I
907
00:06:35,129 --> 00:06:35,730:
had
908
00:06:35,730 --> 00:06:35,879:
to
909
00:06:35,879 --> 00:06:36,089:
do
910
00:06:36,089 --> 00:06:36,930:
it.
911
00:06:36,930 --> 00:06:37,199:
Not
912
00:06:37,199 --> 00:06:37,470:
because
913
00:06:37,470 --> 00:06:37,560:
I
914
00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:37,980:
wanted
915
00:06:37,980 --> 00:06:38,639:
to,
916
00:06:38,639 --> 00:06:38,819:
of
917
00:06:38,819 --> 00:06:39,120:
course
918
00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:39,959:
not,
919
00:06:39,959 --> 00:06:40,139:
but
920
00:06:40,139 --> 00:06:40,500:
because
921
00:06:40,500 --> 00:06:40,589:
it
922
00:06:40,589 --> 00:06:40,740:
was
923
00:06:40,740 --> 00:06:40,800:
a
924
00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:41,670:
necessity
925
00:06:41,670 --> 00:06:41,879:
for
926
00:06:41,879 --> 00:06:42,000:
me
927
00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:42,089:
to
928
00:06:42,089 --> 00:06:42,389:
keep
929
00:06:42,389 --> 00:06:43,560:
praying.
930
00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:44,040:
Surely
931
00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:44,310:
God
932
00:06:44,310 --> 00:06:44,459:
would
933
00:06:44,459 --> 00:06:44,879:
forgive
934
00:06:44,879 --> 00:06:45,000:
me
935
00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:45,120:
if
936
00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:45,300:
I
937
00:06:45,300 --> 00:06:45,540:
did
938
00:06:45,540 --> 00:06:45,629:
this
939
00:06:45,629 --> 00:06:45,810:
for
940
00:06:45,810 --> 00:06:46,079:
His
941
00:06:46,079 --> 00:06:47,699:
sake.
It
942
00:06:47,699 --> 00:06:47,910:
was
943
00:06:47,910 --> 00:06:48,029:
an
944
00:06:48,029 --> 00:06:48,629:
irrational
945
00:06:48,629 --> 00:06:49,620:
loophole,
946
00:06:49,620 --> 00:06:49,800:
and
947
00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:49,920:
it
948
00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:50,189:
brought
949
00:06:50,189 --> 00:06:50,279:
the
950
00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:50,610:
most
951
00:06:50,610 --> 00:06:51,240:
furious
952
00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:51,329:
of
953
00:06:51,329 --> 00:06:51,420:
the
954
00:06:51,420 --> 00:06:51,777:
priest’s
955
00:06:51,777 --> 00:06:52,949:
screams,
956
00:06:52,949 --> 00:06:53,129:
but
957
00:06:53,129 --> 00:06:53,310:
my
958
00:06:53,310 --> 00:06:53,850:
desire
959
00:06:53,850 --> 00:06:54,089:
was
960
00:06:54,089 --> 00:06:54,329:
too
961
00:06:54,329 --> 00:06:54,990:
strong
962
00:06:54,990 --> 00:06:56,639:
resist.
963
00:06:56,639 --> 00:06:56,819:
I
964
00:06:56,819 --> 00:06:57,509:
immediately
965
00:06:57,509 --> 00:06:57,870:
lifted
966
00:06:57,870 --> 00:06:58,050:
my
967
00:06:58,050 --> 00:06:58,589:
shirt
968
00:06:58,589 --> 00:06:58,769:
and
969
00:06:58,769 --> 00:06:59,100:
ran
970
00:06:59,100 --> 00:06:59,279:
my
971
00:06:59,279 --> 00:06:59,790:
claws
972
00:06:59,790 --> 00:06:59,939:
through
973
00:06:59,939 --> 00:07:00,839:
the fur there,
974
00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:01,620:
stimulating
975
00:07:01,620 --> 00:07:02,279:
the
976
00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:03,120:
undercoat
977
00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:03,269:
and
978
00:07:03,269 --> 00:07:03,720:
finding
979
00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:03,870:
my
980
00:07:03,870 --> 00:07:04,350:
nipples
981
00:07:04,350 --> 00:07:04,740:
buried
982
00:07:04,740 --> 00:07:05,100:
beneath
983
00:07:05,100 --> 00:07:06,000:
it.
984
00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:06,180:
Their
985
00:07:06,180 --> 00:07:07,259:
sensitivity,
986
00:07:07,259 --> 00:07:07,439:
which
987
00:07:07,439 --> 00:07:07,560:
had
988
00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:07,920:
always
989
00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:08,189:
felt
990
00:07:08,189 --> 00:07:08,459:
so
991
00:07:08,459 --> 00:07:08,970:
foreign
992
00:07:08,970 --> 00:07:09,089:
to
993
00:07:09,089 --> 00:07:09,689:
me,
994
00:07:09,689 --> 00:07:09,899:
was
995
00:07:09,899 --> 00:07:10,139:
now
996
00:07:10,139 --> 00:07:11,069:
dulled,
997
00:07:11,069 --> 00:07:11,250:
and
998
00:07:11,250 --> 00:07:11,310:
I
999
00:07:11,310 --> 00:07:11,639:
found
1000
00:07:11,639 --> 00:07:11,699:
a
1001
00:07:11,699 --> 00:07:11,939:
few
1002
00:07:11,939 --> 00:07:12,180:
more
1003
00:07:12,180 --> 00:07:12,870:
similarly
1004
00:07:12,870 --> 00:07:13,529:
desensitized
1005
00:07:13,529 --> 00:07:13,829:
sets
1006
00:07:13,829 --> 00:07:14,069:
below
1007
00:07:14,069 --> 00:07:14,189:
the
1008
00:07:14,189 --> 00:07:15,300:
first.
1009
00:07:15,300 --> 00:07:15,420:
I
1010
00:07:15,420 --> 00:07:15,750:
couldn’t
1011
00:07:15,750 --> 00:07:16,019:
help
1012
00:07:16,019 --> 00:07:16,139:
but
1013
00:07:16,139 --> 00:07:16,709:
smile
1014
00:07:16,709 --> 00:07:16,829:
at
1015
00:07:16,829 --> 00:07:17,069:
how
1016
00:07:17,069 --> 00:07:17,459:
right
1017
00:07:17,459 --> 00:07:17,670:
this
1018
00:07:17,670 --> 00:07:17,910:
male
1019
00:07:17,910 --> 00:07:18,300:
chest
1020
00:07:18,300 --> 00:07:19,290:
felt,
1021
00:07:19,290 --> 00:07:19,470:
but
1022
00:07:19,470 --> 00:07:19,529:
I
1023
00:07:19,529 --> 00:07:19,889:
soon
1024
00:07:19,889 --> 00:07:20,189:
caught
1025
00:07:20,189 --> 00:07:21,240:
myself;
1026
00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:21,389:
I
1027
00:07:21,389 --> 00:07:21,569:
was
1028
00:07:21,569 --> 00:07:21,810:
doing
1029
00:07:21,810 --> 00:07:21,959:
this
1030
00:07:21,959 --> 00:07:22,110:
for
1031
00:07:22,110 --> 00:07:22,980:
God,
1032
00:07:22,980 --> 00:07:23,220:
not
1033
00:07:23,220 --> 00:07:23,339:
for
1034
00:07:23,339 --> 00:07:24,870:
me.
I
1035
00:07:24,870 --> 00:07:25,230:
reached
1036
00:07:25,230 --> 00:07:25,589:
back
1037
00:07:25,589 --> 00:07:25,740:
and
1038
00:07:25,740 --> 00:07:26,100:
grabbed
1039
00:07:26,100 --> 00:07:26,250:
my
1040
00:07:26,250 --> 00:07:27,060:
tail,
1041
00:07:27,060 --> 00:07:27,420:
played
1042
00:07:27,420 --> 00:07:27,660:
with
1043
00:07:27,660 --> 00:07:27,779:
and
1044
00:07:27,779 --> 00:07:28,199:
splayed
1045
00:07:28,199 --> 00:07:28,290:
the
1046
00:07:28,290 --> 00:07:28,649:
toes
1047
00:07:28,649 --> 00:07:28,740:
of
1048
00:07:28,740 --> 00:07:28,860:
my
1049
00:07:28,860 --> 00:07:29,970:
footpaws,
1050
00:07:29,970 --> 00:07:30,449:
wiggled
1051
00:07:30,449 --> 00:07:30,569:
and
1052
00:07:30,569 --> 00:07:31,019:
flexed
1053
00:07:31,019 --> 00:07:31,170:
my
1054
00:07:31,170 --> 00:07:31,889:
ears,
1055
00:07:31,889 --> 00:07:32,069:
and
1056
00:07:32,069 --> 00:07:32,310:
even
1057
00:07:32,310 --> 00:07:32,670:
booped
1058
00:07:32,670 --> 00:07:32,850:
my
1059
00:07:32,850 --> 00:07:33,029:
own
1060
00:07:33,029 --> 00:07:33,480:
nose
1061
00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:33,660:
like
1062
00:07:33,660 --> 00:07:33,810:
I’d
1063
00:07:33,810 --> 00:07:34,019:
done
1064
00:07:34,019 --> 00:07:34,110:
to
1065
00:07:34,110 --> 00:07:34,319:
so
1066
00:07:34,319 --> 00:07:34,529:
many
1067
00:07:34,529 --> 00:07:34,920:
dogs
1068
00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:35,009:
in
1069
00:07:35,009 --> 00:07:35,069:
the
1070
00:07:35,069 --> 00:07:36,300:
past.
1071
00:07:36,300 --> 00:07:37,110:
Finally,
1072
00:07:37,110 --> 00:07:37,290:
I
1073
00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:37,680:
reached
1074
00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:37,800:
what
1075
00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:37,860:
I
1076
00:07:37,860 --> 00:07:38,009:
had
1077
00:07:38,009 --> 00:07:38,189:
been
1078
00:07:38,189 --> 00:07:38,610:
dying
1079
00:07:38,610 --> 00:07:38,730:
to
1080
00:07:38,730 --> 00:07:39,420:
investigate
1081
00:07:39,420 --> 00:07:39,689:
since
1082
00:07:39,689 --> 00:07:39,899:
that
1083
00:07:39,899 --> 00:07:41,310:
morning.
1084
00:07:41,310 --> 00:07:41,430:
I
1085
00:07:41,430 --> 00:07:41,670:
looked
1086
00:07:41,670 --> 00:07:42,029:
around
1087
00:07:42,029 --> 00:07:42,120:
to
1088
00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:42,300:
make
1089
00:07:42,300 --> 00:07:42,569:
sure
1090
00:07:42,569 --> 00:07:42,899:
Mark
1091
00:07:42,899 --> 00:07:43,019:
and
1092
00:07:43,019 --> 00:07:43,350:
Seth
1093
00:07:43,350 --> 00:07:43,680:
hadn’t
1094
00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:44,879:
returned,
1095
00:07:44,879 --> 00:07:45,000:
then
1096
00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:45,180:
I
1097
00:07:45,180 --> 00:07:45,600:
undid
1098
00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:45,750:
my
1099
00:07:45,750 --> 00:07:46,439:
pants
1100
00:07:46,439 --> 00:07:46,620:
and
1101
00:07:46,620 --> 00:07:46,949:
slid
1102
00:07:46,949 --> 00:07:47,100:
them
1103
00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:48,449:
down.
1104
00:07:48,449 --> 00:07:48,720:
There
1105
00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:49,079:
between
1106
00:07:49,079 --> 00:07:49,230:
my
1107
00:07:49,230 --> 00:07:49,709:
legs
1108
00:07:49,709 --> 00:07:49,860:
was
1109
00:07:49,860 --> 00:07:49,920:
a
1110
00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:50,310:
furry
1111
00:07:50,310 --> 00:07:50,819:
sheath
1112
00:07:50,819 --> 00:07:50,970:
and
1113
00:07:50,970 --> 00:07:52,079:
balls.
1114
00:07:52,079 --> 00:07:52,230:
I
1115
00:07:52,230 --> 00:07:52,589:
cupped
1116
00:07:52,589 --> 00:07:52,769:
them
1117
00:07:52,769 --> 00:07:52,860:
in
1118
00:07:52,860 --> 00:07:53,009:
my
1119
00:07:53,009 --> 00:07:53,850:
paw,
1120
00:07:53,850 --> 00:07:54,779:
trembling
1121
00:07:54,779 --> 00:07:55,019:
and
1122
00:07:55,019 --> 00:07:55,500:
unable
1123
00:07:55,500 --> 00:07:55,620:
to
1124
00:07:55,620 --> 00:07:55,860:
keep
1125
00:07:55,860 --> 00:07:56,069:
my
1126
00:07:56,069 --> 00:07:56,490:
glee
1127
00:07:56,490 --> 00:07:56,639:
in
1128
00:07:56,639 --> 00:07:57,750:
check.
1129
00:07:57,750 --> 00:07:57,899:
I
1130
00:07:57,899 --> 00:07:58,410:
teased
1131
00:07:58,410 --> 00:07:58,500:
the
1132
00:07:58,500 --> 00:07:58,709:
rim
1133
00:07:58,709 --> 00:07:58,800:
of
1134
00:07:58,800 --> 00:07:58,980:
my
1135
00:07:58,980 --> 00:07:59,730:
sheath,
1136
00:07:59,730 --> 00:07:59,879:
and
1137
00:07:59,879 --> 00:07:59,939:
the
1138
00:07:59,939 --> 00:08:00,389:
hit
1139
00:08:00,389 --> 00:08:00,480:
of
1140
00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:01,410:
sensitivity
1141
00:08:01,410 --> 00:08:01,769:
sent
1142
00:08:01,769 --> 00:08:01,829:
a
1143
00:08:01,829 --> 00:08:02,399:
shiver
1144
00:08:02,399 --> 00:08:02,550:
up
1145
00:08:02,550 --> 00:08:02,670:
my
1146
00:08:02,670 --> 00:08:03,720:
spine,
1147
00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:04,139:
causing
1148
00:08:04,139 --> 00:08:04,319:
my
1149
00:08:04,319 --> 00:08:04,709:
sheath
1150
00:08:04,709 --> 00:08:04,860:
to
1151
00:08:04,860 --> 00:08:05,250:
plump
1152
00:08:05,250 --> 00:08:05,910:
up,
1153
00:08:05,910 --> 00:08:06,060:
and
1154
00:08:06,060 --> 00:08:06,149:
the
1155
00:08:06,149 --> 00:08:06,600:
beginnings
1156
00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:06,720:
of
1157
00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:06,779:
a
1158
00:08:06,779 --> 00:08:07,110:
red
1159
00:08:07,110 --> 00:08:07,439:
tip
1160
00:08:07,439 --> 00:08:07,649:
to
1161
00:08:07,649 --> 00:08:08,790:
emerge.
1162
00:08:08,790 --> 00:08:08,939:
It
1163
00:08:08,939 --> 00:08:09,300:
felt
1164
00:08:09,300 --> 00:08:09,720:
so
1165
00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:10,620:
wild,
1166
00:08:10,620 --> 00:08:11,040:
so
1167
00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:11,910:
new,
1168
00:08:11,910 --> 00:08:12,449:
so
1169
00:08:12,449 --> 00:08:13,230:
incredibly
1170
00:08:13,230 --> 00:08:15,569:
right.
“Nice,
1171
00:08:15,569 --> 00:08:15,899:
isn’t
1172
00:08:15,899 --> 00:08:16,740:
it?”
I
1173
00:08:16,740 --> 00:08:17,279:
jumped
1174
00:08:17,279 --> 00:08:17,430:
and
1175
00:08:17,430 --> 00:08:17,730:
fell
1176
00:08:17,730 --> 00:08:17,970:
onto
1177
00:08:17,970 --> 00:08:18,120:
my
1178
00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:18,899:
back,
1179
00:08:18,899 --> 00:08:19,290:
quickly
1180
00:08:19,290 --> 00:08:19,740:
shimmying
1181
00:08:19,740 --> 00:08:19,889:
my
1182
00:08:19,889 --> 00:08:20,339:
pants
1183
00:08:20,339 --> 00:08:20,639:
back
1184
00:08:20,639 --> 00:08:20,790:
up
1185
00:08:20,790 --> 00:08:20,939:
to
1186
00:08:20,939 --> 00:08:21,269:
cover
1187
00:08:21,269 --> 00:08:21,389:
my
1188
00:08:21,389 --> 00:08:23,129:
modesty.
“I’m
1189
00:08:23,129 --> 00:08:23,879:
sorry!
1190
00:08:23,879 --> 00:08:24,060:
I
1191
00:08:24,060 --> 00:08:24,269:
was
1192
00:08:24,269 --> 00:08:25,019:
just—I
1193
00:08:25,019 --> 00:08:25,199:
was
1194
00:08:25,199 --> 00:08:25,439:
just
1195
00:08:25,439 --> 00:08:25,800:
trying
1196
00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:27,209:
to—”
With
1197
00:08:27,209 --> 00:08:27,269:
a
1198
00:08:27,269 --> 00:08:27,750:
laugh,
1199
00:08:27,750 --> 00:08:28,110:
Mark
1200
00:08:28,110 --> 00:08:28,439:
waved
1201
00:08:28,439 --> 00:08:28,589:
my
1202
00:08:28,589 --> 00:08:28,980:
panic
1203
00:08:28,980 --> 00:08:30,360:
away. “It’s
1204
00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:30,959:
okay.
1205
00:08:30,959 --> 00:08:31,170:
You’re
1206
00:08:31,170 --> 00:08:31,889:
curious,
1207
00:08:31,889 --> 00:08:32,039:
I
1208
00:08:32,039 --> 00:08:32,309:
get
1209
00:08:32,309 --> 00:08:32,789:
it.
1210
00:08:32,789 --> 00:08:33,149:
Seth
1211
00:08:33,149 --> 00:08:33,269:
and
1212
00:08:33,269 --> 00:08:33,360:
I
1213
00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:33,570:
just
1214
00:08:33,570 --> 00:08:33,720:
did
1215
00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:33,779:
the
1216
00:08:33,779 --> 00:08:34,080:
same
1217
00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:34,320:
thing
1218
00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:34,409:
a
1219
00:08:34,409 --> 00:08:34,590:
little
1220
00:08:34,590 --> 00:08:34,889:
while
1221
00:08:34,889 --> 00:08:36,120:
ago.”
1222
00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:36,240:
The
1223
00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:36,629:
dragon
1224
00:08:36,629 --> 00:08:37,019:
winked
1225
00:08:37,019 --> 00:08:37,110:
and
1226
00:08:37,110 --> 00:08:37,409:
sat
1227
00:08:37,409 --> 00:08:37,649:
down
1228
00:08:37,649 --> 00:08:37,919:
next
1229
00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:38,009:
to
1230
00:08:38,009 --> 00:08:39,210:
me. “It
1231
00:08:39,210 --> 00:08:39,509:
looks
1232
00:08:39,509 --> 00:08:39,809:
good,
1233
00:08:39,809 --> 00:08:39,960:
by
1234
00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:40,080:
the
1235
00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:41,519:
way.”
My
1236
00:08:41,519 --> 00:08:41,850:
ears
1237
00:08:41,850 --> 00:08:42,090:
grew
1238
00:08:42,090 --> 00:08:42,450:
hot
1239
00:08:42,450 --> 00:08:42,570:
at
1240
00:08:42,570 --> 00:08:42,629:
the
1241
00:08:42,629 --> 00:08:43,710:
compliment,
1242
00:08:43,710 --> 00:08:44,279:
especially
1243
00:08:44,279 --> 00:08:44,549:
coming
1244
00:08:44,549 --> 00:08:44,759:
from
1245
00:08:44,759 --> 00:08:45,629:
Mark,
1246
00:08:45,629 --> 00:08:45,779:
who
1247
00:08:45,779 --> 00:08:45,929:
was
1248
00:08:45,929 --> 00:08:46,379:
usually
1249
00:08:46,379 --> 00:08:47,070:
disinterested
1250
00:08:47,070 --> 00:08:47,159:
in
1251
00:08:47,159 --> 00:08:47,460:
such
1252
00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:48,600:
things.
1253
00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:48,690:
I
1254
00:08:48,690 --> 00:08:48,929:
had
1255
00:08:48,929 --> 00:08:48,990:
the
1256
00:08:48,990 --> 00:08:49,350:
sudden
1257
00:08:49,350 --> 00:08:49,889:
desire
1258
00:08:49,889 --> 00:08:50,009:
to
1259
00:08:50,009 --> 00:08:50,250:
see
1260
00:08:50,250 --> 00:08:50,429:
what
1261
00:08:50,429 --> 00:08:50,519:
the
1262
00:08:50,519 --> 00:08:50,970:
dragon’s
1263
00:08:50,970 --> 00:08:51,240:
own
1264
00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:51,629:
cock
1265
00:08:51,629 --> 00:08:51,840:
looked
1266
00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:52,799:
like,
1267
00:08:52,799 --> 00:08:52,919:
but
1268
00:08:52,919 --> 00:08:53,009:
I
1269
00:08:53,009 --> 00:08:53,519:
swallowed
1270
00:08:53,519 --> 00:08:53,669:
my
1271
00:08:53,669 --> 00:08:54,419:
curiosity
1272
00:08:54,419 --> 00:08:57,299:
down.
“Where’s Seth?”
1273
00:08:57,299 --> 00:08:57,450:
I
1274
00:08:57,450 --> 00:08:58,080:
asked,
1275
00:08:58,080 --> 00:08:58,590:
noticing that
1276
00:08:58,590 --> 00:08:58,740:
he
1277
00:08:58,740 --> 00:08:59,039:
hadn’t
1278
00:08:59,039 --> 00:08:59,909:
returned,
1279
00:08:59,909 --> 00:09:00,090:
and
1280
00:09:00,090 --> 00:09:00,720:
desperate
1281
00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:00,809:
to
1282
00:09:00,809 --> 00:09:01,110:
change
1283
00:09:01,110 --> 00:09:01,200:
the
1284
00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:02,909:
subject.
“Off
1285
00:09:02,909 --> 00:09:03,149:
over
1286
00:09:03,149 --> 00:09:03,929:
there,”
1287
00:09:03,929 --> 00:09:04,230:
Mark
1288
00:09:04,230 --> 00:09:04,769:
said,
1289
00:09:04,769 --> 00:09:05,159:
pointing
1290
00:09:05,159 --> 00:09:05,399:
toward
1291
00:09:05,399 --> 00:09:05,460:
a
1292
00:09:05,460 --> 00:09:05,879:
distant
1293
00:09:05,879 --> 00:09:07,200:
ruin. “He
1294
00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:07,470:
needed
1295
00:09:07,470 --> 00:09:07,649:
some
1296
00:09:07,649 --> 00:09:07,919:
time
1297
00:09:07,919 --> 00:09:08,009:
to
1298
00:09:08,009 --> 00:09:08,909:
think.
1299
00:09:08,909 --> 00:09:09,090:
It’s
1300
00:09:09,090 --> 00:09:09,240:
been
1301
00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:09,299:
a
1302
00:09:09,299 --> 00:09:09,600:
heavy
1303
00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:10,259:
day,
1304
00:09:10,259 --> 00:09:10,409:
and
1305
00:09:10,409 --> 00:09:10,559:
he’s
1306
00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:10,919:
worried
1307
00:09:10,919 --> 00:09:12,149:
sick.”
I
1308
00:09:12,149 --> 00:09:12,629:
spotted
1309
00:09:12,629 --> 00:09:12,720:
the
1310
00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:13,110:
tiger
1311
00:09:13,110 --> 00:09:13,500:
sitting
1312
00:09:13,500 --> 00:09:13,529:
a
1313
00:09:13,529 --> 00:09:13,830:
few
1314
00:09:13,830 --> 00:09:14,190:
dozen
1315
00:09:14,190 --> 00:09:14,519:
yards
1316
00:09:14,519 --> 00:09:14,850:
away
1317
00:09:14,850 --> 00:09:15,120:
upon
1318
00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:15,179:
a
1319
00:09:15,179 --> 00:09:15,570:
broken
1320
00:09:15,570 --> 00:09:15,960:
stone
1321
00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:16,830:
wall,
1322
00:09:16,830 --> 00:09:17,009:
his
1323
00:09:17,009 --> 00:09:17,519:
shoulders
1324
00:09:17,519 --> 00:09:18,149:
slumped
1325
00:09:18,149 --> 00:09:18,299:
and
1326
00:09:18,299 --> 00:09:18,450:
his
1327
00:09:18,450 --> 00:09:18,809:
tail
1328
00:09:18,809 --> 00:09:19,289:
swayed
1329
00:09:19,289 --> 00:09:19,769:
idly
1330
00:09:19,769 --> 00:09:19,889:
as
1331
00:09:19,889 --> 00:09:19,980:
he
1332
00:09:19,980 --> 00:09:20,399:
stared
1333
00:09:20,399 --> 00:09:20,669:
off
1334
00:09:20,669 --> 00:09:20,850:
into
1335
00:09:20,850 --> 00:09:21,929:
space.
1336
00:09:21,929 --> 00:09:22,080:
I
1337
00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:22,200:
had
1338
00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:22,470:
never
1339
00:09:22,470 --> 00:09:22,889:
known
1340
00:09:22,889 --> 00:09:23,220:
Seth
1341
00:09:23,220 --> 00:09:23,370:
to
1342
00:09:23,370 --> 00:09:23,490:
be
1343
00:09:23,490 --> 00:09:23,639:
an
1344
00:09:23,639 --> 00:09:24,389:
introspective
1345
00:09:24,389 --> 00:09:25,470:
person,
1346
00:09:25,470 --> 00:09:25,679:
but
1347
00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:26,129:
perhaps
1348
00:09:26,129 --> 00:09:26,250:
the
1349
00:09:26,250 --> 00:09:26,669:
reality
1350
00:09:26,669 --> 00:09:26,759:
of
1351
00:09:26,759 --> 00:09:26,850:
the
1352
00:09:26,850 --> 00:09:27,299:
Rapture
1353
00:09:27,299 --> 00:09:27,539:
was
1354
00:09:27,539 --> 00:09:28,019:
finally
1355
00:09:28,019 --> 00:09:28,379:
catching
1356
00:09:28,379 --> 00:09:28,529:
up
1357
00:09:28,529 --> 00:09:28,679:
to
1358
00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:30,120:
him.
“He
1359
00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:30,450:
shouldn’t
1360
00:09:30,450 --> 00:09:31,080:
worry,”
1361
00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:31,200:
I
1362
00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:31,799:
said,
1363
00:09:31,799 --> 00:09:32,279:
returning
1364
00:09:32,279 --> 00:09:32,370:
to
1365
00:09:32,370 --> 00:09:32,519:
my
1366
00:09:32,519 --> 00:09:32,970:
religious
1367
00:09:32,970 --> 00:09:34,379:
convictions. “I
1368
00:09:34,379 --> 00:09:34,559:
have
1369
00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:34,830:
no
1370
00:09:34,830 --> 00:09:35,220:
doubt
1371
00:09:35,220 --> 00:09:35,399:
that
1372
00:09:35,399 --> 00:09:35,675:
once
1373
00:09:35,675 --> 00:09:35,970:
God
1374
00:09:35,970 --> 00:09:36,330:
shows
1375
00:09:36,330 --> 00:09:36,480:
us
1376
00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:36,600:
the
1377
00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:37,200:
way,
1378
00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:37,379:
he’ll
1379
00:09:37,379 --> 00:09:37,559:
be
1380
00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:37,799:
able
1381
00:09:37,799 --> 00:09:37,919:
to
1382
00:09:37,919 --> 00:09:38,070:
do
1383
00:09:38,070 --> 00:09:38,669:
whatever’s
1384
00:09:38,669 --> 00:09:39,269:
necessary
1385
00:09:39,269 --> 00:09:39,450:
to
1386
00:09:39,450 --> 00:09:40,409:
ascend.
1387
00:09:40,409 --> 00:09:40,679:
He’s
1388
00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:40,919:
too
1389
00:09:40,919 --> 00:09:41,190:
good
1390
00:09:41,190 --> 00:09:41,279:
to
1391
00:09:41,279 --> 00:09:41,580:
stay
1392
00:09:41,580 --> 00:09:43,110:
here.”
“He’s
1393
00:09:43,110 --> 00:09:43,379:
not
1394
00:09:43,379 --> 00:09:43,740:
worried
1395
00:09:43,740 --> 00:09:43,980:
about
1396
00:09:43,980 --> 00:09:44,940:
himself.
1397
00:09:44,940 --> 00:09:45,210:
He’s
1398
00:09:45,210 --> 00:09:45,539:
worried
1399
00:09:45,539 --> 00:09:45,779:
about
1400
00:09:45,779 --> 00:09:47,460:
you.”
My
1401
00:09:47,460 --> 00:09:47,730:
ears
1402
00:09:47,730 --> 00:09:48,149:
shot
1403
00:09:48,149 --> 00:09:49,740:
up. “Me?
1404
00:09:49,740 --> 00:09:51,419:
Why?”
“Why
1405
00:09:51,419 --> 00:09:51,480:
do
1406
00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:51,629:
you
1407
00:09:51,629 --> 00:09:52,679:
think?”
1408
00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:52,980:
Mark
1409
00:09:52,980 --> 00:09:55,049:
sighed. “Look,
1410
00:09:55,049 --> 00:09:55,289:
you’re
1411
00:09:55,289 --> 00:09:56,009:
afraid.
1412
00:09:56,009 --> 00:09:56,190:
We
1413
00:09:56,190 --> 00:09:56,460:
get
1414
00:09:56,460 --> 00:09:57,330:
that.
1415
00:09:57,330 --> 00:09:57,570:
Who
1416
00:09:57,570 --> 00:09:57,929:
wouldn’t
1417
00:09:57,929 --> 00:09:58,049:
be
1418
00:09:58,049 --> 00:09:58,529:
spooked
1419
00:09:58,529 --> 00:09:58,649:
by
1420
00:09:58,649 --> 00:09:58,799:
the
1421
00:09:58,799 --> 00:09:58,950:
end
1422
00:09:58,950 --> 00:09:59,039:
of
1423
00:09:59,039 --> 00:09:59,129:
the
1424
00:09:59,129 --> 00:10:00,059:
world?
1425
00:10:00,059 --> 00:10:00,240:
But
1426
00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:00,480:
you’ve
1427
00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:00,659:
been
1428
00:10:00,659 --> 00:10:01,110:
quoting
1429
00:10:01,110 --> 00:10:01,710:
scripture
1430
00:10:01,710 --> 00:10:01,889:
and
1431
00:10:01,889 --> 00:10:02,399:
mumbling
1432
00:10:02,399 --> 00:10:02,909:
prayers
1433
00:10:02,909 --> 00:10:03,269:
and
1434
00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:03,750:
saying
1435
00:10:03,750 --> 00:10:04,080:
things
1436
00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:04,200:
that
1437
00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:04,500:
don’t
1438
00:10:04,500 --> 00:10:04,889:
sound
1439
00:10:04,889 --> 00:10:05,129:
like
1440
00:10:05,129 --> 00:10:05,309:
you
1441
00:10:05,309 --> 00:10:05,610:
all
1442
00:10:05,610 --> 00:10:06,539:
day.
1443
00:10:06,539 --> 00:10:06,840:
We’ve
1444
00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:07,200:
only
1445
00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:07,409:
ever
1446
00:10:07,409 --> 00:10:07,710:
seen
1447
00:10:07,710 --> 00:10:07,830:
you
1448
00:10:07,830 --> 00:10:08,100:
like
1449
00:10:08,100 --> 00:10:08,309:
this
1450
00:10:08,309 --> 00:10:08,639:
once
1451
00:10:08,639 --> 00:10:10,440:
before.”
My
1452
00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:10,830:
ears
1453
00:10:10,830 --> 00:10:11,100:
fell
1454
00:10:11,100 --> 00:10:11,429:
back
1455
00:10:11,429 --> 00:10:11,490:
at
1456
00:10:11,490 --> 00:10:11,730:
that
1457
00:10:11,730 --> 00:10:12,269:
unwelcome
1458
00:10:12,269 --> 00:10:13,289:
reminder.
1459
00:10:13,289 --> 00:10:13,440:
I
1460
00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:13,950:
scratched
1461
00:10:13,950 --> 00:10:14,100:
my
1462
00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:14,580:
claws
1463
00:10:14,580 --> 00:10:15,000:
idly
1464
00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:15,149:
through
1465
00:10:15,149 --> 00:10:15,269:
the
1466
00:10:15,269 --> 00:10:15,570:
fur
1467
00:10:15,570 --> 00:10:15,659:
on
1468
00:10:15,659 --> 00:10:16,679:
my wrists,
1469
00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:17,250:
staring
1470
00:10:17,250 --> 00:10:17,490:
off
1471
00:10:17,490 --> 00:10:17,669:
into
1472
00:10:17,669 --> 00:10:18,659:
space
1473
00:10:18,659 --> 00:10:18,840:
as
1474
00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:18,990:
if
1475
00:10:18,990 --> 00:10:19,110:
in
1476
00:10:19,110 --> 00:10:19,620:
tandem
1477
00:10:19,620 --> 00:10:19,769:
with
1478
00:10:19,769 --> 00:10:19,830:
the
1479
00:10:19,830 --> 00:10:20,399:
forlorn
1480
00:10:20,399 --> 00:10:22,259:
tiger.
“You’re
1481
00:10:22,259 --> 00:10:22,710:
saying
1482
00:10:22,710 --> 00:10:23,009:
I’m
1483
00:10:23,009 --> 00:10:23,429:
acting
1484
00:10:23,429 --> 00:10:23,639:
like
1485
00:10:23,639 --> 00:10:23,730:
I
1486
00:10:23,730 --> 00:10:24,000:
did
1487
00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:24,330:
after
1488
00:10:24,330 --> 00:10:24,779:
they
1489
00:10:24,779 --> 00:10:25,139:
tried
1490
00:10:25,139 --> 00:10:25,230:
to
1491
00:10:25,230 --> 00:10:25,649:
convert
1492
00:10:25,649 --> 00:10:27,149:
me?”
Mark
1493
00:10:27,149 --> 00:10:27,990:
stared,
1494
00:10:27,990 --> 00:10:28,200:
his
1495
00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:28,590:
answer
1496
00:10:28,590 --> 00:10:28,710:
in
1497
00:10:28,710 --> 00:10:28,860:
his
1498
00:10:28,860 --> 00:10:30,450:
gaze.
I
1499
00:10:30,450 --> 00:10:30,750:
took
1500
00:10:30,750 --> 00:10:30,809:
a
1501
00:10:30,809 --> 00:10:31,139:
deep
1502
00:10:31,139 --> 00:10:31,559:
breath
1503
00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:31,679:
and
1504
00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:31,889:
let
1505
00:10:31,889 --> 00:10:31,980:
it
1506
00:10:31,980 --> 00:10:32,190:
out
1507
00:10:32,190 --> 00:10:33,629:
slowly. “I
1508
00:10:33,629 --> 00:10:34,080:
suppose
1509
00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:34,259:
that
1510
00:10:34,259 --> 00:10:34,500:
makes
1511
00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:35,580:
sense.
1512
00:10:35,580 --> 00:10:35,759:
They
1513
00:10:35,759 --> 00:10:35,909:
were
1514
00:10:35,909 --> 00:10:36,299:
right,
1515
00:10:36,299 --> 00:10:36,659:
after
1516
00:10:36,659 --> 00:10:39,299:
all.”
“Petra!”
“Well,
1517
00:10:39,299 --> 00:10:39,539:
weren’t
1518
00:10:39,539 --> 00:10:40,409:
they?”
1519
00:10:40,409 --> 00:10:40,529:
I
1520
00:10:40,529 --> 00:10:41,879:
snapped. “Once
1521
00:10:41,879 --> 00:10:41,940:
it
1522
00:10:41,940 --> 00:10:42,059:
was
1523
00:10:42,059 --> 00:10:42,269:
just
1524
00:10:42,269 --> 00:10:42,360:
the
1525
00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:42,750:
priests
1526
00:10:42,750 --> 00:10:42,840:
and
1527
00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:42,990:
my
1528
00:10:42,990 --> 00:10:43,470:
family
1529
00:10:43,470 --> 00:10:43,769:
telling
1530
00:10:43,769 --> 00:10:43,889:
me
1531
00:10:43,889 --> 00:10:43,980:
I
1532
00:10:43,980 --> 00:10:44,159:
was
1533
00:10:44,159 --> 00:10:44,460:
damned
1534
00:10:44,460 --> 00:10:44,610:
for
1535
00:10:44,610 --> 00:10:44,909:
wanting
1536
00:10:44,909 --> 00:10:45,000:
to
1537
00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:45,149:
be
1538
00:10:45,149 --> 00:10:45,179:
a
1539
00:10:45,179 --> 00:10:45,840:
man.
1540
00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:46,110:
Now
1541
00:10:46,110 --> 00:10:46,289:
it’s
1542
00:10:46,289 --> 00:10:46,530:
God
1543
00:10:46,530 --> 00:10:48,659:
Himself.”
“Hun,
1544
00:10:48,659 --> 00:10:48,929:
that
1545
00:10:48,929 --> 00:10:49,320:
isn’t
1546
00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:49,529:
what’s
1547
00:10:49,529 --> 00:10:50,460:
happening.
1548
00:10:50,460 --> 00:10:50,610:
And
1549
00:10:50,610 --> 00:10:50,970:
hauling
1550
00:10:50,970 --> 00:10:51,120:
you
1551
00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:51,389:
off
1552
00:10:51,389 --> 00:10:51,480:
and
1553
00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:51,870:
locking
1554
00:10:51,870 --> 00:10:52,019:
you
1555
00:10:52,019 --> 00:10:52,110:
in
1556
00:10:52,110 --> 00:10:52,320:
a
1557
00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:52,529:
room
1558
00:10:52,529 --> 00:10:52,649:
with
1559
00:10:52,649 --> 00:10:52,919:
those
1560
00:10:52,919 --> 00:10:53,340:
priests
1561
00:10:53,340 --> 00:10:53,669:
was
1562
00:10:53,669 --> 00:10:55,230:
evil.”
“They
1563
00:10:55,230 --> 00:10:55,529:
had
1564
00:10:55,529 --> 00:10:55,620:
the
1565
00:10:55,620 --> 00:10:55,830:
right
1566
00:10:55,830 --> 00:10:56,759:
intentions,”
1567
00:10:56,759 --> 00:10:56,879:
I
1568
00:10:56,879 --> 00:10:57,990:
said. “They
1569
00:10:57,990 --> 00:10:58,350:
wanted
1570
00:10:58,350 --> 00:10:58,470:
me
1571
00:10:58,470 --> 00:10:58,559:
to
1572
00:10:58,559 --> 00:10:58,889:
see
1573
00:10:58,889 --> 00:10:59,039:
that
1574
00:10:59,039 --> 00:10:59,190:
this
1575
00:10:59,190 --> 00:10:59,340:
would
1576
00:10:59,340 --> 00:10:59,730:
happen
1577
00:10:59,730 --> 00:11:00,269:
someday
1578
00:11:00,269 --> 00:11:00,389:
if
1579
00:11:00,389 --> 00:11:00,450:
I
1580
00:11:00,450 --> 00:11:00,779:
didn’t
1581
00:11:00,779 --> 00:11:01,769:
repent.
1582
00:11:01,769 --> 00:11:02,009:
I
1583
00:11:02,009 --> 00:11:03,059:
relapsed,
1584
00:11:03,059 --> 00:11:03,240:
and
1585
00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:03,419:
now
1586
00:11:03,419 --> 00:11:03,720:
here
1587
00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:03,870:
I
1588
00:11:03,870 --> 00:11:04,139:
am
1589
00:11:04,139 --> 00:11:04,470:
paying
1590
00:11:04,470 --> 00:11:04,590:
the
1591
00:11:04,590 --> 00:11:06,629:
price.”
Mark
1592
00:11:06,629 --> 00:11:06,870:
shook
1593
00:11:06,870 --> 00:11:07,049:
his
1594
00:11:07,049 --> 00:11:07,350:
head
1595
00:11:07,350 --> 00:11:07,470:
and
1596
00:11:07,470 --> 00:11:07,889:
slumped
1597
00:11:07,889 --> 00:11:08,190:
back
1598
00:11:08,190 --> 00:11:08,370:
on
1599
00:11:08,370 --> 00:11:08,429:
the
1600
00:11:08,429 --> 00:11:09,330:
ground.
1601
00:11:09,330 --> 00:11:09,509:
He
1602
00:11:09,509 --> 00:11:10,019:
sighed
1603
00:11:10,019 --> 00:11:10,139:
and
1604
00:11:10,139 --> 00:11:10,440:
looked
1605
00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:10,620:
up
1606
00:11:10,620 --> 00:11:10,769:
at
1607
00:11:10,769 --> 00:11:11,309:
Sabaoth’s
1608
00:11:11,309 --> 00:11:11,730:
crimson
1609
00:11:11,730 --> 00:11:13,440:
wings.
“They’re
1610
00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:13,559:
in
1611
00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:13,710:
your
1612
00:11:13,710 --> 00:11:13,950:
head
1613
00:11:13,950 --> 00:11:14,460:
again,
1614
00:11:14,460 --> 00:11:14,730:
aren’t
1615
00:11:14,730 --> 00:11:15,990:
they?”
I
1616
00:11:15,990 --> 00:11:16,259:
grit
1617
00:11:16,259 --> 00:11:16,409:
my
1618
00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:17,220:
teeth,
1619
00:11:17,220 --> 00:11:17,669:
feeling
1620
00:11:17,669 --> 00:11:18,000:
caught
1621
00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:18,899:
out,
1622
00:11:18,899 --> 00:11:19,080:
but
1623
00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:19,169:
I
1624
00:11:19,169 --> 00:11:19,769:
hesitantly
1625
00:11:19,769 --> 00:11:21,539:
nodded. “I’ve
1626
00:11:21,539 --> 00:11:21,990:
been
1627
00:11:21,990 --> 00:11:22,620:
remembering
1628
00:11:22,620 --> 00:11:22,710:
the
1629
00:11:22,710 --> 00:11:23,009:
things
1630
00:11:23,009 --> 00:11:23,159:
they
1631
00:11:23,159 --> 00:11:23,549:
said
1632
00:11:23,549 --> 00:11:23,759:
ever
1633
00:11:23,759 --> 00:11:24,090:
since
1634
00:11:24,090 --> 00:11:24,389:
you
1635
00:11:24,389 --> 00:11:24,659:
took
1636
00:11:24,659 --> 00:11:24,809:
me
1637
00:11:24,809 --> 00:11:24,960:
out
1638
00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:25,049:
of
1639
00:11:25,049 --> 00:11:25,169:
the
1640
00:11:25,169 --> 00:11:26,429:
pool.
1641
00:11:26,429 --> 00:11:26,580:
The
1642
00:11:26,580 --> 00:11:27,120:
memories
1643
00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:27,330:
just
1644
00:11:27,330 --> 00:11:27,600:
sort
1645
00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:28,019:
of
1646
00:11:28,019 --> 00:11:28,379:
pop
1647
00:11:28,379 --> 00:11:28,559:
up
1648
00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:28,710:
out
1649
00:11:28,710 --> 00:11:28,799:
of
1650
00:11:28,799 --> 00:11:29,820:
nowhere,
1651
00:11:29,820 --> 00:11:30,330:
always
1652
00:11:30,330 --> 00:11:30,720:
yelling
1653
00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:30,899:
at
1654
00:11:30,899 --> 00:11:32,370:
me.”
1655
00:11:32,370 --> 00:11:32,519:
My
1656
00:11:32,519 --> 00:11:33,000:
shoulders
1657
00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:33,441:
slumped
1658
00:11:33,441 --> 00:11:33,539:
and
1659
00:11:33,539 --> 00:11:33,629:
I
1660
00:11:33,629 --> 00:11:34,590:
sighed,
1661
00:11:34,590 --> 00:11:34,950:
feeling
1662
00:11:34,950 --> 00:11:35,519:
suddenly
1663
00:11:35,519 --> 00:11:37,440:
bitter. “Why
1664
00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:37,590:
did
1665
00:11:37,590 --> 00:11:37,710:
they
1666
00:11:37,710 --> 00:11:37,950:
have
1667
00:11:37,950 --> 00:11:38,070:
to
1668
00:11:38,070 --> 00:11:38,250:
be
1669
00:11:38,250 --> 00:11:38,700:
right,
1670
00:11:38,700 --> 00:11:39,929:
damnit?
1671
00:11:39,929 --> 00:11:40,139:
Why
1672
00:11:40,139 --> 00:11:40,440:
can’t
1673
00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:40,769:
God
1674
00:11:40,769 --> 00:11:41,009:
just
1675
00:11:41,009 --> 00:11:41,220:
let
1676
00:11:41,220 --> 00:11:41,370:
me
1677
00:11:41,370 --> 00:11:42,299:
be…
1678
00:11:42,299 --> 00:11:44,549:
me.”
Mark’s
1679
00:11:44,549 --> 00:11:45,000:
eyes
1680
00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:45,539:
brightened
1681
00:11:45,539 --> 00:11:45,629:
at
1682
00:11:45,629 --> 00:11:45,750:
my
1683
00:11:45,750 --> 00:11:46,110:
sudden
1684
00:11:46,110 --> 00:11:46,409:
lack
1685
00:11:46,409 --> 00:11:46,529:
of
1686
00:11:46,529 --> 00:11:47,610:
conviction,
1687
00:11:47,610 --> 00:11:47,789:
but
1688
00:11:47,789 --> 00:11:47,970:
they
1689
00:11:47,970 --> 00:11:48,419:
darkened
1690
00:11:48,419 --> 00:11:48,990:
again
1691
00:11:48,990 --> 00:11:49,169:
when
1692
00:11:49,169 --> 00:11:49,259:
he
1693
00:11:49,259 --> 00:11:49,500:
saw
1694
00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:49,679:
me
1695
00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:50,129:
wince
1696
00:11:50,129 --> 00:11:50,250:
and
1697
00:11:50,250 --> 00:11:50,700:
straighten
1698
00:11:50,700 --> 00:11:51,480:
up,
1699
00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:51,809:
more
1700
00:11:51,809 --> 00:11:52,289:
words
1701
00:11:52,289 --> 00:11:52,769:
popping
1702
00:11:52,769 --> 00:11:52,950:
into
1703
00:11:52,950 --> 00:11:53,100:
my
1704
00:11:53,100 --> 00:11:53,370:
head
1705
00:11:53,370 --> 00:11:53,490:
to
1706
00:11:53,490 --> 00:11:53,700:
pull
1707
00:11:53,700 --> 00:11:53,850:
me
1708
00:11:53,850 --> 00:11:54,149:
back
1709
00:11:54,149 --> 00:11:54,330:
on
1710
00:11:54,330 --> 00:11:55,980:
track.
“Do
1711
00:11:55,980 --> 00:11:56,129:
you
1712
00:11:56,129 --> 00:11:56,639:
remember
1713
00:11:56,639 --> 00:11:56,970:
how
1714
00:11:56,970 --> 00:11:57,389:
different
1715
00:11:57,389 --> 00:11:57,553:
you
1716
00:11:57,553 --> 00:11:58,200:
acted
1717
00:11:58,200 --> 00:11:58,529:
after
1718
00:11:58,529 --> 00:11:58,679:
they
1719
00:11:58,679 --> 00:11:58,919:
took
1720
00:11:58,919 --> 00:11:59,639:
you?”
1721
00:11:59,639 --> 00:11:59,970:
Mark
1722
00:11:59,970 --> 00:12:01,139:
asked. “You
1723
00:12:01,139 --> 00:12:01,409:
had
1724
00:12:01,409 --> 00:12:01,649:
that
1725
00:12:01,649 --> 00:12:02,460:
thousand-yard
1726
00:12:02,460 --> 00:12:03,600:
stare
1727
00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:03,720:
and
1728
00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:03,809:
I
1729
00:12:03,809 --> 00:12:04,230:
swear
1730
00:12:04,230 --> 00:12:04,350:
you
1731
00:12:04,350 --> 00:12:04,529:
could
1732
00:12:04,529 --> 00:12:04,830:
only
1733
00:12:04,830 --> 00:12:05,129:
speak
1734
00:12:05,129 --> 00:12:05,250:
in
1735
00:12:05,250 --> 00:12:05,789:
scripture
1736
00:12:05,789 --> 00:12:06,029:
half
1737
00:12:06,029 --> 00:12:06,120:
the
1738
00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:07,049:
time.
1739
00:12:07,049 --> 00:12:07,200:
You
1740
00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:07,529:
wouldn’t
1741
00:12:07,529 --> 00:12:07,769:
even
1742
00:12:07,769 --> 00:12:08,159:
admit
1743
00:12:08,159 --> 00:12:08,279:
that
1744
00:12:08,279 --> 00:12:08,490:
we’d
1745
00:12:08,490 --> 00:12:08,759:
ever
1746
00:12:08,759 --> 00:12:08,940:
been
1747
00:12:08,940 --> 00:12:09,210:
more
1748
00:12:09,210 --> 00:12:09,360:
than
1749
00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:10,320:
friends.
1750
00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:10,470:
They
1751
00:12:10,470 --> 00:12:10,740:
put
1752
00:12:10,740 --> 00:12:10,889:
you
1753
00:12:10,889 --> 00:12:11,190:
back
1754
00:12:11,190 --> 00:12:11,279:
in
1755
00:12:11,279 --> 00:12:11,549:
your
1756
00:12:11,549 --> 00:12:12,090:
egg,
1757
00:12:12,090 --> 00:12:12,240:
and
1758
00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:12,360:
you
1759
00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:12,480:
were
1760
00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:12,720:
too
1761
00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:13,139:
scared
1762
00:12:13,139 --> 00:12:13,230:
to
1763
00:12:13,230 --> 00:12:13,500:
come
1764
00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:13,740:
out
1765
00:12:13,740 --> 00:12:13,889:
for
1766
00:12:13,889 --> 00:12:13,950:
a
1767
00:12:13,950 --> 00:12:14,309:
long
1768
00:12:14,309 --> 00:12:15,450:
time.
1769
00:12:15,450 --> 00:12:15,690:
Now
1770
00:12:15,690 --> 00:12:15,870:
you’re
1771
00:12:15,870 --> 00:12:16,200:
throwing
1772
00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:16,620:
yourself
1773
00:12:16,620 --> 00:12:16,919:
back
1774
00:12:16,919 --> 00:12:17,850:
in.
1775
00:12:17,850 --> 00:12:20,490:
Why?”
“It’s…
1776
00:12:20,490 --> 00:12:20,730:
it’s
1777
00:12:20,730 --> 00:12:21,840:
necessary,”
1778
00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:21,960:
I
1779
00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:23,129:
said. “I
1780
00:12:23,129 --> 00:12:23,399:
got
1781
00:12:23,399 --> 00:12:23,730:
caught
1782
00:12:23,730 --> 00:12:23,909:
up
1783
00:12:23,909 --> 00:12:24,000:
in
1784
00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:24,450:
becoming
1785
00:12:24,450 --> 00:12:24,870:
someone
1786
00:12:24,870 --> 00:12:25,769:
else.
1787
00:12:25,769 --> 00:12:25,919:
I
1788
00:12:25,919 --> 00:12:26,490:
rejected
1789
00:12:26,490 --> 00:12:27,090:
Gnosis,
1790
00:12:27,090 --> 00:12:27,240:
and
1791
00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:27,539:
now
1792
00:12:27,539 --> 00:12:27,779:
I’m
1793
00:12:27,779 --> 00:12:28,169:
paying
1794
00:12:28,169 --> 00:12:28,500:
for
1795
00:12:28,500 --> 00:12:30,210:
it.”
Mark
1796
00:12:30,210 --> 00:12:30,539:
placed
1797
00:12:30,539 --> 00:12:30,570:
a
1798
00:12:30,570 --> 00:12:30,929:
hand
1799
00:12:30,929 --> 00:12:31,019:
on
1800
00:12:31,019 --> 00:12:31,169:
my
1801
00:12:31,169 --> 00:12:33,360:
paw. “Petra,
1802
00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:33,509:
the
1803
00:12:33,509 --> 00:12:33,720:
way
1804
00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:33,899:
you’re
1805
00:12:33,899 --> 00:12:34,289:
seeing
1806
00:12:34,289 --> 00:12:34,409:
the
1807
00:12:34,409 --> 00:12:34,889:
Rapture
1808
00:12:34,889 --> 00:12:35,190:
doesn’t
1809
00:12:35,190 --> 00:12:35,460:
make
1810
00:12:35,460 --> 00:12:35,669:
any
1811
00:12:35,669 --> 00:12:36,690:
sense.
1812
00:12:36,690 --> 00:12:36,929:
This
1813
00:12:36,929 --> 00:12:37,259:
isn’t
1814
00:12:37,259 --> 00:12:37,529:
about
1815
00:12:37,529 --> 00:12:38,100:
condemning
1816
00:12:38,100 --> 00:12:38,279:
you
1817
00:12:38,279 --> 00:12:38,490:
for
1818
00:12:38,490 --> 00:12:38,909:
wanting
1819
00:12:38,909 --> 00:12:39,000:
to
1820
00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:39,210:
be
1821
00:12:39,210 --> 00:12:39,360:
who
1822
00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:39,509:
you
1823
00:12:39,509 --> 00:12:39,899:
really
1824
00:12:39,899 --> 00:12:40,740:
are.
1825
00:12:40,740 --> 00:12:40,919:
If
1826
00:12:40,919 --> 00:12:41,039:
it
1827
00:12:41,039 --> 00:12:41,850:
was,
1828
00:12:41,850 --> 00:12:42,059:
there’d
1829
00:12:42,059 --> 00:12:42,179:
be
1830
00:12:42,179 --> 00:12:42,240:
a
1831
00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:42,509:
hell
1832
00:12:42,509 --> 00:12:42,629:
of
1833
00:12:42,629 --> 00:12:42,659:
a
1834
00:12:42,659 --> 00:12:42,899:
lot
1835
00:12:42,899 --> 00:12:43,110:
more
1836
00:12:43,110 --> 00:12:43,470:
people
1837
00:12:43,470 --> 00:12:43,740:
left
1838
00:12:43,740 --> 00:12:45,360:
behind.”
I
1839
00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:45,750:
shook
1840
00:12:45,750 --> 00:12:45,899:
my
1841
00:12:45,899 --> 00:12:47,070:
head. “I
1842
00:12:47,070 --> 00:12:47,250:
don’t
1843
00:12:47,250 --> 00:12:47,460:
think
1844
00:12:47,460 --> 00:12:47,700:
that’s
1845
00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:48,570:
true.
1846
00:12:48,570 --> 00:12:48,750:
And
1847
00:12:48,750 --> 00:12:48,870:
if
1848
00:12:48,870 --> 00:12:48,990:
it
1849
00:12:48,990 --> 00:12:49,559:
is,
1850
00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:49,860:
there
1851
00:12:49,860 --> 00:12:49,980:
must
1852
00:12:49,980 --> 00:12:50,100:
be
1853
00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:50,490:
something
1854
00:12:50,490 --> 00:12:50,730:
about
1855
00:12:50,730 --> 00:12:50,820:
the
1856
00:12:50,820 --> 00:12:51,299:
judgment
1857
00:12:51,299 --> 00:12:51,389:
of
1858
00:12:51,389 --> 00:12:51,480:
the
1859
00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:51,990:
Rapture
1860
00:12:51,990 --> 00:12:52,259:
that’s
1861
00:12:52,259 --> 00:12:52,590:
just
1862
00:12:52,590 --> 00:12:52,710:
as
1863
00:12:52,710 --> 00:12:53,879:
important.
1864
00:12:53,879 --> 00:12:54,179:
Like
1865
00:12:54,179 --> 00:12:54,570:
maybe
1866
00:12:54,570 --> 00:12:54,690:
on
1867
00:12:54,690 --> 00:12:54,990:
top
1868
00:12:54,990 --> 00:12:55,080:
of
1869
00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:55,500:
everything
1870
00:12:55,500 --> 00:12:56,159:
else,
1871
00:12:56,159 --> 00:12:56,309:
it
1872
00:12:56,309 --> 00:12:56,700:
judges
1873
00:12:56,700 --> 00:12:56,940:
whether
1874
00:12:56,940 --> 00:12:57,090:
you
1875
00:12:57,090 --> 00:12:57,240:
can
1876
00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:57,360:
be
1877
00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:57,779:
fixed
1878
00:12:57,779 --> 00:12:57,870:
or
1879
00:12:57,870 --> 00:12:58,649:
not.
1880
00:12:58,649 --> 00:12:58,860:
I’m
1881
00:12:58,860 --> 00:12:59,129:
not
1882
00:12:59,129 --> 00:12:59,399:
sure
1883
00:12:59,399 --> 00:12:59,519:
I
1884
00:12:59,519 --> 00:12:59,879:
can
1885
00:12:59,879 --> 00:12:59,970:
be
1886
00:12:59,970 --> 00:13:01,830:
fixed.”
Mark
1887
00:13:01,830 --> 00:13:02,190:
stared
1888
00:13:02,190 --> 00:13:02,309:
at
1889
00:13:02,309 --> 00:13:02,730:
me,
1890
00:13:02,730 --> 00:13:03,120:
hoping
1891
00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:03,210:
I
1892
00:13:03,210 --> 00:13:03,360:
would
1893
00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:03,659:
find
1894
00:13:03,659 --> 00:13:03,720:
a
1895
00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:03,899:
more
1896
00:13:03,899 --> 00:13:04,409:
rational
1897
00:13:04,409 --> 00:13:05,039:
conclusion
1898
00:13:05,039 --> 00:13:05,129:
in
1899
00:13:05,129 --> 00:13:05,220:
the
1900
00:13:05,220 --> 00:13:05,639:
awkward
1901
00:13:05,639 --> 00:13:06,809:
silence,
1902
00:13:06,809 --> 00:13:06,990:
but
1903
00:13:06,990 --> 00:13:07,169:
my
1904
00:13:07,169 --> 00:13:07,590:
faith
1905
00:13:07,590 --> 00:13:07,860:
held
1906
00:13:07,860 --> 00:13:08,399:
fast
1907
00:13:08,399 --> 00:13:08,580:
and
1908
00:13:08,580 --> 00:13:09,779:
firm.
1909
00:13:09,779 --> 00:13:10,049:
He
1910
00:13:10,049 --> 00:13:11,700:
sighed.
“When
1911
00:13:11,700 --> 00:13:11,850:
we
1912
00:13:11,850 --> 00:13:12,330:
deny
1913
00:13:12,330 --> 00:13:12,509:
who
1914
00:13:12,509 --> 00:13:12,720:
we
1915
00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:13,649:
are,
1916
00:13:13,649 --> 00:13:13,769:
it
1917
00:13:13,769 --> 00:13:14,100:
leaves
1918
00:13:14,100 --> 00:13:14,159:
a
1919
00:13:14,159 --> 00:13:14,669:
hollow
1920
00:13:14,669 --> 00:13:15,090:
inside
1921
00:13:15,090 --> 00:13:15,210:
of
1922
00:13:15,210 --> 00:13:15,720:
us,
1923
00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:15,929:
where
1924
00:13:15,929 --> 00:13:16,350:
things
1925
00:13:16,350 --> 00:13:16,500:
will
1926
00:13:16,500 --> 00:13:16,919:
crawl
1927
00:13:16,919 --> 00:13:17,190:
in
1928
00:13:17,190 --> 00:13:17,370:
and
1929
00:13:17,370 --> 00:13:17,639:
make
1930
00:13:17,639 --> 00:13:17,820:
us
1931
00:13:17,820 --> 00:13:17,970:
into
1932
00:13:17,970 --> 00:13:18,419:
something
1933
00:13:18,419 --> 00:13:18,629:
we’re
1934
00:13:18,629 --> 00:13:20,370:
not.”
1935
00:13:20,370 --> 00:13:20,519:
The
1936
00:13:20,519 --> 00:13:21,000:
dragon
1937
00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:21,360:
opened
1938
00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:21,389:
a
1939
00:13:21,389 --> 00:13:21,720:
wing
1940
00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:21,870:
and
1941
00:13:21,870 --> 00:13:22,230:
wrapped
1942
00:13:22,230 --> 00:13:22,350:
it
1943
00:13:22,350 --> 00:13:22,649:
around
1944
00:13:22,649 --> 00:13:22,919:
me
1945
00:13:22,919 --> 00:13:23,070:
for
1946
00:13:23,070 --> 00:13:23,250:
some
1947
00:13:23,250 --> 00:13:23,940:
much-needed
1948
00:13:23,940 --> 00:13:25,740:
comfort. “We’re
1949
00:13:25,740 --> 00:13:26,009:
here
1950
00:13:26,009 --> 00:13:26,220:
for
1951
00:13:26,220 --> 00:13:26,399:
you,
1952
00:13:26,399 --> 00:13:26,549:
you
1953
00:13:26,549 --> 00:13:27,509:
know.
1954
00:13:27,509 --> 00:13:27,899:
Whatever
1955
00:13:27,899 --> 00:13:28,379:
happens
1956
00:13:28,379 --> 00:13:29,250:
tomorrow,
1957
00:13:29,250 --> 00:13:29,429:
I
1958
00:13:29,429 --> 00:13:29,549:
have
1959
00:13:29,549 --> 00:13:29,970:
faith
1960
00:13:29,970 --> 00:13:30,120:
you’ll
1961
00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:30,509:
close
1962
00:13:30,509 --> 00:13:30,720:
that
1963
00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:31,289:
hollow
1964
00:13:31,289 --> 00:13:31,470:
and
1965
00:13:31,470 --> 00:13:31,649:
get
1966
00:13:31,649 --> 00:13:31,740:
to
1967
00:13:31,740 --> 00:13:31,919:
be
1968
00:13:31,919 --> 00:13:32,100:
who
1969
00:13:32,100 --> 00:13:32,250:
you
1970
00:13:32,250 --> 00:13:32,669:
really
1971
00:13:32,669 --> 00:13:32,970:
are
1972
00:13:32,970 --> 00:13:33,090:
in
1973
00:13:33,090 --> 00:13:33,210:
the
1974
00:13:33,210 --> 00:13:34,230:
end.
1975
00:13:34,230 --> 00:13:34,950:
Sabaoth
1976
00:13:34,950 --> 00:13:35,279:
wouldn’t
1977
00:13:35,279 --> 00:13:35,610:
leave
1978
00:13:35,610 --> 00:13:35,759:
you
1979
00:13:35,759 --> 00:13:35,909:
to
1980
00:13:35,909 --> 00:13:36,120:
live
1981
00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:36,179:
a
1982
00:13:36,179 --> 00:13:36,539:
life
1983
00:13:36,539 --> 00:13:36,690:
you
1984
00:13:36,690 --> 00:13:36,960:
don’t
1985
00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:38,759:
want.”
I
1986
00:13:38,759 --> 00:13:40,320:
nodded. “Same
1987
00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:40,440:
for
1988
00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:40,590:
you
1989
00:13:40,590 --> 00:13:40,740:
and
1990
00:13:40,740 --> 00:13:41,789:
Seth.
1991
00:13:41,789 --> 00:13:41,970:
If
1992
00:13:41,970 --> 00:13:42,269:
God
1993
00:13:42,269 --> 00:13:42,720:
decides
1994
00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:43,919:
otherwise,
1995
00:13:43,919 --> 00:13:44,039:
I
1996
00:13:44,039 --> 00:13:44,279:
don’t
1997
00:13:44,279 --> 00:13:44,399:
know
1998
00:13:44,399 --> 00:13:44,580:
what
1999
00:13:44,580 --> 00:13:44,730:
I’ll
2000
00:13:44,730 --> 00:13:45,870:
do.
2001
00:13:45,870 --> 00:13:46,049:
You’re
2002
00:13:46,049 --> 00:13:46,289:
right
2003
00:13:46,289 --> 00:13:46,559:
about
2004
00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:46,799:
one
2005
00:13:46,799 --> 00:13:47,789:
thing.
2006
00:13:47,789 --> 00:13:48,000:
I
2007
00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:48,179:
am
2008
00:13:48,179 --> 00:13:50,100:
scared.”
He
2009
00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:50,490:
wrapped
2010
00:13:50,490 --> 00:13:50,610:
me
2011
00:13:50,610 --> 00:13:50,700:
in
2012
00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:50,850:
his
2013
00:13:50,850 --> 00:13:51,690:
arms,
2014
00:13:51,690 --> 00:13:52,080:
holding
2015
00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:52,230:
my
2016
00:13:52,230 --> 00:13:52,529:
head
2017
00:13:52,529 --> 00:13:52,860:
against
2018
00:13:52,860 --> 00:13:53,009:
his
2019
00:13:53,009 --> 00:13:53,519:
chest
2020
00:13:53,519 --> 00:13:53,639:
and
2021
00:13:53,639 --> 00:13:54,149:
comforting
2022
00:13:54,149 --> 00:13:54,720:
me
2023
00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:54,899:
with
2024
00:13:54,899 --> 00:13:54,960:
the
2025
00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:55,500:
strong
2026
00:13:55,500 --> 00:13:55,799:
beat
2027
00:13:55,799 --> 00:13:55,919:
of
2028
00:13:55,919 --> 00:13:56,039:
his
2029
00:13:56,039 --> 00:13:57,809:
heart. “Whatever
2030
00:13:57,809 --> 00:13:58,860:
happens,
2031
00:13:58,860 --> 00:13:59,220:
you’ll
2032
00:13:59,220 --> 00:13:59,549:
have
2033
00:13:59,549 --> 00:13:59,639:
the
2034
00:13:59,639 --> 00:14:00,179:
power
2035
00:14:00,179 --> 00:14:00,299:
to
2036
00:14:00,299 --> 00:14:00,450:
be
2037
00:14:00,450 --> 00:14:00,809:
happy
2038
00:14:00,809 --> 00:14:00,899:
in
2039
00:14:00,899 --> 00:14:01,019:
the
2040
00:14:01,019 --> 00:14:01,860:
end.
2041
00:14:01,860 --> 00:14:02,009:
I
2042
00:14:02,009 --> 00:14:03,539:
promise.”
2043
00:14:03,539 --> 00:14:03,720:
He
2044
00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:04,019:
looked
2045
00:14:04,019 --> 00:14:04,169:
up
2046
00:14:04,169 --> 00:14:04,259:
at
2047
00:14:04,259 --> 00:14:04,320:
the
2048
00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:05,070:
sky
2049
00:14:05,070 --> 00:14:05,220:
and
2050
00:14:05,220 --> 00:14:05,370:
was
2051
00:14:05,370 --> 00:14:05,759:
silent
2052
00:14:05,759 --> 00:14:05,940:
for
2053
00:14:05,940 --> 00:14:06,000:
a
2054
00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:06,809:
while,
2055
00:14:06,809 --> 00:14:07,080:
just
2056
00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:07,649:
staring
2057
00:14:07,649 --> 00:14:07,740:
at
2058
00:14:07,740 --> 00:14:07,860:
the
2059
00:14:07,860 --> 00:14:08,370:
emerging
2060
00:14:08,370 --> 00:14:09,240:
night,
2061
00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:09,450:
as
2062
00:14:09,450 --> 00:14:09,600:
if
2063
00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:10,049:
reading
2064
00:14:10,049 --> 00:14:10,500:
fate
2065
00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:10,710:
from
2066
00:14:10,710 --> 00:14:10,799:
the
2067
00:14:10,799 --> 00:14:13,559:
stars. “Yeah,
2068
00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:13,830:
we’re
2069
00:14:13,830 --> 00:14:14,190:
going
2070
00:14:14,190 --> 00:14:14,309:
to
2071
00:14:14,309 --> 00:14:14,519:
make
2072
00:14:14,519 --> 00:14:14,850:
sure
2073
00:14:14,850 --> 00:14:14,970:
of
2074
00:14:14,970 --> 00:14:17,340:
it.”
That
2075
00:14:17,340 --> 00:14:17,909:
night,
2076
00:14:17,909 --> 00:14:18,059:
we
2077
00:14:18,059 --> 00:14:18,450:
slept
2078
00:14:18,450 --> 00:14:18,539:
in
2079
00:14:18,539 --> 00:14:18,600:
the
2080
00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:18,899:
wings’
2081
00:14:18,899 --> 00:14:20,009:
embrace.
2082
00:14:20,009 --> 00:14:20,190:
It
2083
00:14:20,190 --> 00:14:20,370:
was
2084
00:14:20,370 --> 00:14:21,149:
rough,
2085
00:14:21,149 --> 00:14:21,600:
lying
2086
00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:21,720:
on
2087
00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:21,809:
the
2088
00:14:21,809 --> 00:14:22,139:
hard
2089
00:14:22,139 --> 00:14:22,559:
ground
2090
00:14:22,559 --> 00:14:22,679:
with
2091
00:14:22,679 --> 00:14:22,860:
no
2092
00:14:22,860 --> 00:14:23,340:
blankets
2093
00:14:23,340 --> 00:14:23,429:
or
2094
00:14:23,429 --> 00:14:24,539:
pillows,
2095
00:14:24,539 --> 00:14:24,720:
but
2096
00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:24,779:
I
2097
00:14:24,779 --> 00:14:25,139:
told
2098
00:14:25,139 --> 00:14:25,620:
myself
2099
00:14:25,620 --> 00:14:25,799:
this
2100
00:14:25,799 --> 00:14:26,009:
was
2101
00:14:26,009 --> 00:14:26,340:
only
2102
00:14:26,340 --> 00:14:26,519:
for
2103
00:14:26,519 --> 00:14:26,759:
one
2104
00:14:26,759 --> 00:14:27,840:
night.
2105
00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:28,019:
In
2106
00:14:28,019 --> 00:14:28,860:
fact,
2107
00:14:28,860 --> 00:14:29,009:
if
2108
00:14:29,009 --> 00:14:29,100:
I
2109
00:14:29,100 --> 00:14:29,279:
was
2110
00:14:29,279 --> 00:14:29,639:
granted
2111
00:14:29,639 --> 00:14:30,120:
Gnosis
2112
00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:30,210:
in
2113
00:14:30,210 --> 00:14:30,269:
the
2114
00:14:30,269 --> 00:14:31,080:
morning,
2115
00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:31,230:
I
2116
00:14:31,230 --> 00:14:31,379:
would
2117
00:14:31,379 --> 00:14:31,649:
never
2118
00:14:31,649 --> 00:14:32,279:
experience
2119
00:14:32,279 --> 00:14:32,700:
physical
2120
00:14:32,700 --> 00:14:33,389:
discomfort
2121
00:14:33,389 --> 00:14:33,629:
ever
2122
00:14:33,629 --> 00:14:35,820:
again.
Naturally,
2123
00:14:35,820 --> 00:14:35,940:
I
2124
00:14:35,940 --> 00:14:36,330:
couldn’t
2125
00:14:36,330 --> 00:14:37,289:
sleep,
2126
00:14:37,289 --> 00:14:37,559:
so
2127
00:14:37,559 --> 00:14:37,649:
I
2128
00:14:37,649 --> 00:14:37,950:
rolled
2129
00:14:37,950 --> 00:14:38,250:
away
2130
00:14:38,250 --> 00:14:38,460:
from
2131
00:14:38,460 --> 00:14:38,789:
Seth
2132
00:14:38,789 --> 00:14:38,879:
and
2133
00:14:38,879 --> 00:14:39,210:
Mark
2134
00:14:39,210 --> 00:14:39,360:
to
2135
00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:39,720:
sit
2136
00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:39,840:
and
2137
00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:40,259:
stare
2138
00:14:40,259 --> 00:14:40,350:
at
2139
00:14:40,350 --> 00:14:40,440:
the
2140
00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:41,820:
ceiling.
2141
00:14:41,820 --> 00:14:42,059:
My
2142
00:14:42,059 --> 00:14:42,570:
eyesight
2143
00:14:42,570 --> 00:14:42,659:
in
2144
00:14:42,659 --> 00:14:42,750:
the
2145
00:14:42,750 --> 00:14:43,049:
dark
2146
00:14:43,049 --> 00:14:43,440:
seemed
2147
00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:43,710:
much
2148
00:14:43,710 --> 00:14:44,279:
improved
2149
00:14:44,279 --> 00:14:44,490:
from
2150
00:14:44,490 --> 00:14:44,669:
when
2151
00:14:44,669 --> 00:14:44,730:
I
2152
00:14:44,730 --> 00:14:44,909:
was
2153
00:14:44,909 --> 00:14:45,659:
human,
2154
00:14:45,659 --> 00:14:45,960:
so
2155
00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:46,049:
I
2156
00:14:46,049 --> 00:14:46,409:
spent
2157
00:14:46,409 --> 00:14:46,529:
the
2158
00:14:46,529 --> 00:14:47,009:
hours
2159
00:14:47,009 --> 00:14:47,399:
idly
2160
00:14:47,399 --> 00:14:47,940:
stroking
2161
00:14:47,940 --> 00:14:48,090:
my
2162
00:14:48,090 --> 00:14:48,690:
fur
2163
00:14:48,690 --> 00:14:48,870:
and
2164
00:14:48,870 --> 00:14:49,379:
staring
2165
00:14:49,379 --> 00:14:49,500:
at
2166
00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:49,559:
the
2167
00:14:49,559 --> 00:14:50,039:
stone
2168
00:14:50,039 --> 00:14:50,490:
feathers
2169
00:14:50,490 --> 00:14:51,090:
swirling
2170
00:14:51,090 --> 00:14:51,269:
like
2171
00:14:51,269 --> 00:14:51,330:
a
2172
00:14:51,330 --> 00:14:52,169:
whirlpool
2173
00:14:52,169 --> 00:14:52,440:
toward
2174
00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:52,529:
the
2175
00:14:52,529 --> 00:14:52,980:
stars
2176
00:14:52,980 --> 00:14:53,070:
in
2177
00:14:53,070 --> 00:14:53,190:
the
2178
00:14:53,190 --> 00:14:53,460:
open
2179
00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:54,929:
center.
2180
00:14:54,929 --> 00:14:55,110:
My
2181
00:14:55,110 --> 00:14:55,500:
mind
2182
00:14:55,500 --> 00:14:55,679:
was
2183
00:14:55,679 --> 00:14:56,340:
similarly
2184
00:14:56,340 --> 00:14:57,269:
chaotic;
2185
00:14:57,269 --> 00:14:57,389:
I
2186
00:14:57,389 --> 00:14:57,750:
couldn’t
2187
00:14:57,750 --> 00:14:58,049:
sink
2188
00:14:58,049 --> 00:14:58,200:
my
2189
00:14:58,200 --> 00:14:58,740:
claws
2190
00:14:58,740 --> 00:14:58,950:
into
2191
00:14:58,950 --> 00:14:59,009:
a
2192
00:14:59,009 --> 00:14:59,549:
single
2193
00:14:59,549 --> 00:14:59,909:
line
2194
00:14:59,909 --> 00:15:00,029:
of
2195
00:15:00,029 --> 00:15:00,629:
thought
2196
00:15:00,629 --> 00:15:00,960:
before
2197
00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:01,080:
they
2198
00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:01,200:
were
2199
00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:01,649:
swept
2200
00:15:01,649 --> 00:15:01,950:
away
2201
00:15:01,950 --> 00:15:02,100:
by
2202
00:15:02,100 --> 00:15:02,190:
the
2203
00:15:02,190 --> 00:15:02,700:
stormy
2204
00:15:02,700 --> 00:15:03,120:
seas
2205
00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:03,210:
in
2206
00:15:03,210 --> 00:15:03,360:
my
2207
00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:04,889:
head.
I
2208
00:15:04,889 --> 00:15:05,190:
looked
2209
00:15:05,190 --> 00:15:05,279:
at
2210
00:15:05,279 --> 00:15:05,580:
Seth
2211
00:15:05,580 --> 00:15:05,669:
and
2212
00:15:05,669 --> 00:15:06,330:
Mark,
2213
00:15:06,330 --> 00:15:06,480:
who
2214
00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:06,899:
slept
2215
00:15:06,899 --> 00:15:07,259:
so
2216
00:15:07,259 --> 00:15:07,919:
soundly
2217
00:15:07,919 --> 00:15:09,090:
together.
2218
00:15:09,090 --> 00:15:09,419:
Mark
2219
00:15:09,419 --> 00:15:09,600:
had
2220
00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:09,929:
cuddled
2221
00:15:09,929 --> 00:15:10,080:
up
2222
00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:10,470:
close
2223
00:15:10,470 --> 00:15:10,590:
to
2224
00:15:10,590 --> 00:15:11,129:
Seth
2225
00:15:11,129 --> 00:15:11,279:
and
2226
00:15:11,279 --> 00:15:11,610:
draped
2227
00:15:11,610 --> 00:15:11,940:
both
2228
00:15:11,940 --> 00:15:12,330:
arm
2229
00:15:12,330 --> 00:15:12,629:
and
2230
00:15:12,629 --> 00:15:12,960:
wing
2231
00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:13,200:
over
2232
00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:13,289:
the
2233
00:15:13,289 --> 00:15:13,710:
sleeping
2234
00:15:13,710 --> 00:15:14,820:
tiger,
2235
00:15:14,820 --> 00:15:15,029:
while
2236
00:15:15,029 --> 00:15:15,480:
Seth’s
2237
00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:15,840:
tail
2238
00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:15,960:
had
2239
00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:16,409:
curled
2240
00:15:16,409 --> 00:15:16,710:
around
2241
00:15:16,710 --> 00:15:17,039:
Mark’s
2242
00:15:17,039 --> 00:15:18,149:
leg.
2243
00:15:18,149 --> 00:15:18,330:
They
2244
00:15:18,330 --> 00:15:18,629:
looked
2245
00:15:18,629 --> 00:15:19,110:
so
2246
00:15:19,110 --> 00:15:20,220:
beautiful,
2247
00:15:20,220 --> 00:15:20,850:
smiling
2248
00:15:20,850 --> 00:15:20,970:
in
2249
00:15:20,970 --> 00:15:21,090:
their
2250
00:15:21,090 --> 00:15:21,570:
sleep
2251
00:15:21,570 --> 00:15:21,690:
as
2252
00:15:21,690 --> 00:15:21,809:
if
2253
00:15:21,809 --> 00:15:21,899:
the
2254
00:15:21,899 --> 00:15:22,409:
Rapture
2255
00:15:22,409 --> 00:15:22,529:
had
2256
00:15:22,529 --> 00:15:22,860:
taken
2257
00:15:22,860 --> 00:15:23,039:
their
2258
00:15:23,039 --> 00:15:23,399:
worries
2259
00:15:23,399 --> 00:15:23,850:
away
2260
00:15:23,850 --> 00:15:24,269:
instead
2261
00:15:24,269 --> 00:15:24,389:
of
2262
00:15:24,389 --> 00:15:24,539:
their
2263
00:15:24,539 --> 00:15:25,919:
souls.
2264
00:15:25,919 --> 00:15:26,039:
I
2265
00:15:26,039 --> 00:15:26,429:
tried
2266
00:15:26,429 --> 00:15:26,490:
to
2267
00:15:26,490 --> 00:15:26,879:
steady
2268
00:15:26,879 --> 00:15:27,059:
my
2269
00:15:27,059 --> 00:15:27,960:
envy,
2270
00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:28,110:
to
2271
00:15:28,110 --> 00:15:28,350:
no
2272
00:15:28,350 --> 00:15:29,909:
avail.
The
2273
00:15:29,909 --> 00:15:30,299:
aimless
2274
00:15:30,299 --> 00:15:30,840:
stroking
2275
00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:30,960:
of
2276
00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:31,110:
my
2277
00:15:31,110 --> 00:15:31,470:
fur
2278
00:15:31,470 --> 00:15:31,889:
soon
2279
00:15:31,889 --> 00:15:32,850:
escalated,
2280
00:15:32,850 --> 00:15:33,000:
and
2281
00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:33,090:
I
2282
00:15:33,090 --> 00:15:33,419:
found
2283
00:15:33,419 --> 00:15:33,809:
myself
2284
00:15:33,809 --> 00:15:34,409:
exploring
2285
00:15:34,409 --> 00:15:35,460:
again.
2286
00:15:35,460 --> 00:15:35,610:
I
2287
00:15:35,610 --> 00:15:36,120:
fondled
2288
00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:36,269:
my
2289
00:15:36,269 --> 00:15:37,169:
cock,
2290
00:15:37,169 --> 00:15:37,350:
which
2291
00:15:37,350 --> 00:15:37,470:
had
2292
00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:37,740:
grown
2293
00:15:37,740 --> 00:15:38,250:
further
2294
00:15:38,250 --> 00:15:38,399:
out
2295
00:15:38,399 --> 00:15:38,519:
of
2296
00:15:38,519 --> 00:15:38,610:
its
2297
00:15:38,610 --> 00:15:39,179:
sheath
2298
00:15:39,179 --> 00:15:39,299:
and
2299
00:15:39,299 --> 00:15:39,659:
become
2300
00:15:39,659 --> 00:15:40,529:
unbearably
2301
00:15:40,529 --> 00:15:41,700:
sensitive
2302
00:15:41,700 --> 00:15:41,879:
as
2303
00:15:41,879 --> 00:15:41,970:
I
2304
00:15:41,970 --> 00:15:42,419:
yearned
2305
00:15:42,419 --> 00:15:42,570:
for
2306
00:15:42,570 --> 00:15:42,659:
the
2307
00:15:42,659 --> 00:15:43,139:
tiger
2308
00:15:43,139 --> 00:15:43,289:
and
2309
00:15:43,289 --> 00:15:43,740:
dragon
2310
00:15:43,740 --> 00:15:44,009:
just
2311
00:15:44,009 --> 00:15:44,039:
a
2312
00:15:44,039 --> 00:15:44,340:
few
2313
00:15:44,340 --> 00:15:44,730:
yards
2314
00:15:44,730 --> 00:15:45,990:
away.
2315
00:15:45,990 --> 00:15:46,200:
It
2316
00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:46,889:
throbbed
2317
00:15:46,889 --> 00:15:47,009:
in
2318
00:15:47,009 --> 00:15:47,190:
my
2319
00:15:47,190 --> 00:15:48,059:
paw,
2320
00:15:48,059 --> 00:15:48,450:
begging
2321
00:15:48,450 --> 00:15:48,659:
for
2322
00:15:48,659 --> 00:15:49,200:
attention
2323
00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:49,620:
past
2324
00:15:49,620 --> 00:15:49,679:
the
2325
00:15:49,679 --> 00:15:50,039:
point
2326
00:15:50,039 --> 00:15:50,129:
of
2327
00:15:50,129 --> 00:15:50,519:
simple
2328
00:15:50,519 --> 00:15:52,320:
exploration.
2329
00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:52,500:
I
2330
00:15:52,500 --> 00:15:53,100:
whined as
2331
00:15:53,100 --> 00:15:53,250:
I
2332
00:15:53,250 --> 00:15:53,429:
drew
2333
00:15:53,429 --> 00:15:53,610:
my
2334
00:15:53,610 --> 00:15:53,970:
paw
2335
00:15:53,970 --> 00:15:55,379:
away.
It
2336
00:15:55,379 --> 00:15:56,100:
wasn’t
2337
00:15:56,100 --> 00:15:57,659:
fair.
With
2338
00:15:57,659 --> 00:15:57,720:
a
2339
00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:58,649:
huff
2340
00:15:58,649 --> 00:15:58,769:
I
2341
00:15:58,769 --> 00:15:59,220:
stared
2342
00:15:59,220 --> 00:15:59,370:
up
2343
00:15:59,370 --> 00:15:59,460:
at
2344
00:15:59,460 --> 00:15:59,519:
the
2345
00:15:59,519 --> 00:15:59,970:
ceiling
2346
00:15:59,970 --> 00:16:00,899:
again,
2347
00:16:00,899 --> 00:16:01,440:
trying
2348
00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:01,559:
and
2349
00:16:01,559 --> 00:16:02,070:
failing
2350
00:16:02,070 --> 00:16:02,190:
to
2351
00:16:02,190 --> 00:16:02,610:
chant
2352
00:16:02,610 --> 00:16:03,090:
aimless
2353
00:16:03,090 --> 00:16:04,080:
prayers,
2354
00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:04,259:
which
2355
00:16:04,259 --> 00:16:04,409:
had
2356
00:16:04,409 --> 00:16:04,769:
become
2357
00:16:04,769 --> 00:16:05,070:
even
2358
00:16:05,070 --> 00:16:05,370:
more
2359
00:16:05,370 --> 00:16:06,029:
impossible
2360
00:16:06,029 --> 00:16:06,509:
lately
2361
00:16:06,509 --> 00:16:07,019:
despite
2362
00:16:07,019 --> 00:16:07,110:
the
2363
00:16:07,110 --> 00:16:07,559:
scolding
2364
00:16:07,559 --> 00:16:07,679:
of
2365
00:16:07,679 --> 00:16:07,769:
the
2366
00:16:07,769 --> 00:16:08,220:
priests
2367
00:16:08,220 --> 00:16:08,279:
in
2368
00:16:08,279 --> 00:16:08,429:
my
2369
00:16:08,429 --> 00:16:11,190:
head.
“Petra,
2370
00:16:11,190 --> 00:16:11,490:
you’re
2371
00:16:11,490 --> 00:16:12,539:
awake?”
2372
00:16:12,539 --> 00:16:12,690:
I
2373
00:16:12,690 --> 00:16:12,960:
heard
2374
00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:13,259:
Seth
2375
00:16:13,259 --> 00:16:14,399:
whisper.
2376
00:16:14,399 --> 00:16:14,580:
When
2377
00:16:14,580 --> 00:16:14,669:
I
2378
00:16:14,669 --> 00:16:14,940:
looked
2379
00:16:14,940 --> 00:16:15,179:
over
2380
00:16:15,179 --> 00:16:15,269:
to
2381
00:16:15,269 --> 00:16:16,019:
answer,
2382
00:16:16,019 --> 00:16:16,169:
he
2383
00:16:16,169 --> 00:16:16,320:
was
2384
00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:16,860:
already
2385
00:16:16,860 --> 00:16:17,340:
crawling
2386
00:16:17,340 --> 00:16:17,519:
out
2387
00:16:17,519 --> 00:16:17,730:
from
2388
00:16:17,730 --> 00:16:17,970:
under
2389
00:16:17,970 --> 00:16:18,330:
Mark’s
2390
00:16:18,330 --> 00:16:19,259:
wing.
2391
00:16:19,259 --> 00:16:19,379:
The
2392
00:16:19,379 --> 00:16:19,799:
dragon
2393
00:16:19,799 --> 00:16:20,190:
mumbled
2394
00:16:20,190 --> 00:16:20,250:
a
2395
00:16:20,250 --> 00:16:20,879:
bit,
2396
00:16:20,879 --> 00:16:21,029:
but
2397
00:16:21,029 --> 00:16:21,090:
he
2398
00:16:21,090 --> 00:16:21,480:
stayed
2399
00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:21,899:
fast
2400
00:16:21,899 --> 00:16:22,350:
asleep
2401
00:16:22,350 --> 00:16:22,470:
as
2402
00:16:22,470 --> 00:16:22,559:
the
2403
00:16:22,559 --> 00:16:22,980:
tiger
2404
00:16:22,980 --> 00:16:23,429:
crawled
2405
00:16:23,429 --> 00:16:23,730:
over
2406
00:16:23,730 --> 00:16:23,909:
on
2407
00:16:23,909 --> 00:16:24,149:
all
2408
00:16:24,149 --> 00:16:25,200:
fours,
2409
00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:25,440:
his
2410
00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:25,769:
hips
2411
00:16:25,769 --> 00:16:25,889:
and
2412
00:16:25,889 --> 00:16:26,279:
tail
2413
00:16:26,279 --> 00:16:28,769:
swaying.
“Yeah,”
2414
00:16:28,769 --> 00:16:28,889:
I
2415
00:16:28,889 --> 00:16:30,179:
said. “Can’t
2416
00:16:30,179 --> 00:16:31,860:
sleep.”
“I
2417
00:16:31,860 --> 00:16:32,070:
can
2418
00:16:32,070 --> 00:16:32,909:
tell,”
2419
00:16:32,909 --> 00:16:33,269:
Seth
2420
00:16:33,269 --> 00:16:34,559:
said. “I
2421
00:16:34,559 --> 00:16:35,340:
um…
2422
00:16:35,340 --> 00:16:35,610:
This
2423
00:16:35,610 --> 00:16:35,730:
is
2424
00:16:35,730 --> 00:16:36,000:
going
2425
00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:36,059:
to
2426
00:16:36,059 --> 00:16:36,389:
sound
2427
00:16:36,389 --> 00:16:36,809:
weird,
2428
00:16:36,809 --> 00:16:37,590:
but
2429
00:16:37,590 --> 00:16:37,799:
I
2430
00:16:37,799 --> 00:16:38,070:
think
2431
00:16:38,070 --> 00:16:38,159:
I
2432
00:16:38,159 --> 00:16:38,460:
woke
2433
00:16:38,460 --> 00:16:38,639:
up
2434
00:16:38,639 --> 00:16:39,509:
because,
2435
00:16:39,509 --> 00:16:40,440:
well,
2436
00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:40,679:
you’re
2437
00:16:40,679 --> 00:16:40,950:
giving
2438
00:16:40,950 --> 00:16:41,159:
off
2439
00:16:41,159 --> 00:16:41,190:
a
2440
00:16:41,190 --> 00:16:42,929:
scent.”
2441
00:16:42,929 --> 00:16:43,080:
He
2442
00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:43,350:
looked
2443
00:16:43,350 --> 00:16:43,409:
at
2444
00:16:43,409 --> 00:16:43,559:
my
2445
00:16:43,559 --> 00:16:44,100:
paw,
2446
00:16:44,100 --> 00:16:44,370:
which
2447
00:16:44,370 --> 00:16:44,909:
clumsily
2448
00:16:44,909 --> 00:16:45,450:
concealed
2449
00:16:45,450 --> 00:16:45,539:
the
2450
00:16:45,539 --> 00:16:45,960:
stubborn
2451
00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:46,350:
bulge
2452
00:16:46,350 --> 00:16:46,440:
in
2453
00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:46,559:
my
2454
00:16:46,559 --> 00:16:47,970:
pants.
I
2455
00:16:47,970 --> 00:16:48,450:
realized
2456
00:16:48,450 --> 00:16:48,539:
the
2457
00:16:48,539 --> 00:16:49,559:
implication
2458
00:16:49,559 --> 00:16:49,710:
and
2459
00:16:49,710 --> 00:16:49,830:
my
2460
00:16:49,830 --> 00:16:50,190:
face
2461
00:16:50,190 --> 00:16:50,429:
grew
2462
00:16:50,429 --> 00:16:50,850:
hotter
2463
00:16:50,850 --> 00:16:51,059:
than
2464
00:16:51,059 --> 00:16:51,299:
ever
2465
00:16:51,299 --> 00:16:53,070:
before. “Oh
2466
00:16:53,070 --> 00:16:53,429:
no,
2467
00:16:53,429 --> 00:16:53,940:
Seth
2468
00:16:53,940 --> 00:16:54,120:
I’m
2469
00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:54,360:
so
2470
00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:55,019:
sorry,
2471
00:16:55,019 --> 00:16:55,259:
I
2472
00:16:55,259 --> 00:16:55,590:
couldn’t
2473
00:16:55,590 --> 00:16:55,860:
help
2474
00:16:55,860 --> 00:16:57,360:
it.”
“No,
2475
00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:57,600:
it’s
2476
00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:58,470:
okay.
2477
00:16:58,470 --> 00:16:58,590:
It
2478
00:16:58,590 --> 00:16:58,830:
didn’t
2479
00:16:58,830 --> 00:16:59,190:
smell
2480
00:16:59,190 --> 00:16:59,850:
bad.
2481
00:16:59,850 --> 00:17:00,000:
It
2482
00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:00,149:
was
2483
00:17:00,149 --> 00:17:00,509:
actually
2484
00:17:00,509 --> 00:17:00,809:
kind
2485
00:17:00,809 --> 00:17:01,379:
of,
2486
00:17:01,379 --> 00:17:02,519:
well…”
2487
00:17:02,519 --> 00:17:02,730:
He
2488
00:17:02,730 --> 00:17:03,142:
averted
2489
00:17:03,142 --> 00:17:03,330:
his
2490
00:17:03,330 --> 00:17:04,259:
eyes.
2491
00:17:04,259 --> 00:17:04,380:
I
2492
00:17:04,380 --> 00:17:04,559:
could
2493
00:17:04,559 --> 00:17:04,829:
tell
2494
00:17:04,829 --> 00:17:04,950:
he
2495
00:17:04,950 --> 00:17:05,130:
was
2496
00:17:05,130 --> 00:17:05,549:
blushing
2497
00:17:05,549 --> 00:17:05,759:
under
2498
00:17:05,759 --> 00:17:05,970:
that
2499
00:17:05,970 --> 00:17:07,740:
fur. “Maybe
2500
00:17:07,740 --> 00:17:07,829:
I
2501
00:17:07,829 --> 00:17:08,160:
shouldn’t
2502
00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:08,279:
have
2503
00:17:08,279 --> 00:17:08,490:
said
2504
00:17:08,490 --> 00:17:09,509:
anything.
2505
00:17:09,509 --> 00:17:09,720:
I’ll
2506
00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:10,019:
try
2507
00:17:10,019 --> 00:17:10,140:
to
2508
00:17:10,140 --> 00:17:10,529:
ignore
2509
00:17:10,529 --> 00:17:11,700:
it.”
I
2510
00:17:11,700 --> 00:17:12,119:
reached
2511
00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:12,329:
out
2512
00:17:12,329 --> 00:17:12,420:
and
2513
00:17:12,420 --> 00:17:12,750:
placed
2514
00:17:12,750 --> 00:17:13,319:
a paw on
2515
00:17:13,319 --> 00:17:15,150:
his. “No, it’s
2516
00:17:15,150 --> 00:17:16,319:
okay.
2517
00:17:16,319 --> 00:17:16,769:
Just
2518
00:17:16,769 --> 00:17:17,190:
stay
2519
00:17:17,190 --> 00:17:17,400:
for
2520
00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:17,460:
a
2521
00:17:17,460 --> 00:17:18,150:
bit,
2522
00:17:18,150 --> 00:17:19,380:
please?
2523
00:17:19,380 --> 00:17:19,470:
I
2524
00:17:19,470 --> 00:17:19,650:
could
2525
00:17:19,650 --> 00:17:19,890:
really
2526
00:17:19,890 --> 00:17:20,130:
use
2527
00:17:20,130 --> 00:17:20,220:
some
2528
00:17:20,220 --> 00:17:22,079:
company.”
Seth
2529
00:17:22,079 --> 00:17:22,650:
smiled
2530
00:17:22,650 --> 00:17:22,769:
and
2531
00:17:22,769 --> 00:17:23,819:
agreed.
2532
00:17:23,819 --> 00:17:24,000:
He
2533
00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:24,450:
attempted
2534
00:17:24,450 --> 00:17:24,509:
to
2535
00:17:24,509 --> 00:17:24,750:
sit
2536
00:17:24,750 --> 00:17:25,529:
cross-legged
2537
00:17:25,529 --> 00:17:25,650:
in
2538
00:17:25,650 --> 00:17:25,920:
front
2539
00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:26,009:
of
2540
00:17:26,009 --> 00:17:26,670:
me,
2541
00:17:26,670 --> 00:17:26,849:
but
2542
00:17:26,849 --> 00:17:26,940:
the
2543
00:17:26,940 --> 00:17:27,119:
new
2544
00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:27,509:
shape
2545
00:17:27,509 --> 00:17:27,599:
of
2546
00:17:27,599 --> 00:17:27,720:
his
2547
00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:28,109:
legs
2548
00:17:28,109 --> 00:17:28,680:
confused
2549
00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:29,279:
him,
2550
00:17:29,279 --> 00:17:29,400:
and
2551
00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:29,519:
he
2552
00:17:29,519 --> 00:17:29,880:
opted
2553
00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:30,299:
instead
2554
00:17:30,299 --> 00:17:30,359:
to
2555
00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:30,599:
sit
2556
00:17:30,599 --> 00:17:31,259:
clumsily
2557
00:17:31,259 --> 00:17:31,380:
on
2558
00:17:31,380 --> 00:17:31,529:
his
2559
00:17:31,529 --> 00:17:32,430:
side.
2560
00:17:32,430 --> 00:17:32,549:
I
2561
00:17:32,549 --> 00:17:32,849:
couldn’t
2562
00:17:32,849 --> 00:17:33,089:
help
2563
00:17:33,089 --> 00:17:33,210:
but
2564
00:17:33,210 --> 00:17:35,339:
snicker.
“Hey,
2565
00:17:35,339 --> 00:17:35,519:
I’m
2566
00:17:35,519 --> 00:17:35,789:
doing
2567
00:17:35,789 --> 00:17:35,910:
the
2568
00:17:35,910 --> 00:17:36,180:
best
2569
00:17:36,180 --> 00:17:36,269:
I
2570
00:17:36,269 --> 00:17:37,079:
can,”
2571
00:17:37,079 --> 00:17:37,470:
Seth
2572
00:17:37,470 --> 00:17:38,490:
laughed.
2573
00:17:38,490 --> 00:17:38,640:
He
2574
00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:39,119:
finally
2575
00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:39,569:
settled
2576
00:17:39,569 --> 00:17:39,750:
into
2577
00:17:39,750 --> 00:17:40,170:
something
2578
00:17:40,170 --> 00:17:40,319:
that
2579
00:17:40,319 --> 00:17:40,589:
only
2580
00:17:40,589 --> 00:17:40,859:
looked
2581
00:17:40,859 --> 00:17:41,789:
half-comfortable
2582
00:17:41,789 --> 00:17:42,150:
before
2583
00:17:42,150 --> 00:17:43,710:
asking, “How’s
2584
00:17:43,710 --> 00:17:43,829:
your
2585
00:17:43,829 --> 00:17:45,480:
head?”
“Not
2586
00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:46,440:
great,”
2587
00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:46,589:
I
2588
00:17:46,589 --> 00:17:47,670:
answered. “I
2589
00:17:47,670 --> 00:17:48,029:
can’t
2590
00:17:48,029 --> 00:17:48,420:
settle
2591
00:17:48,420 --> 00:17:48,750:
down
2592
00:17:48,750 --> 00:17:49,019:
enough
2593
00:17:49,019 --> 00:17:49,140:
to
2594
00:17:49,140 --> 00:17:50,099:
pray.
2595
00:17:50,099 --> 00:17:50,220:
I
2596
00:17:50,220 --> 00:17:50,490:
feel
2597
00:17:50,490 --> 00:17:50,670:
like
2598
00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:50,819:
my
2599
00:17:50,819 --> 00:17:51,150:
head’s
2600
00:17:51,150 --> 00:17:51,390:
going
2601
00:17:51,390 --> 00:17:51,539:
to
2602
00:17:51,539 --> 00:17:52,140:
explode
2603
00:17:52,140 --> 00:17:52,259:
if
2604
00:17:52,259 --> 00:17:52,319:
I
2605
00:17:52,319 --> 00:17:52,619:
can’t
2606
00:17:52,619 --> 00:17:52,920:
find
2607
00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:52,980:
a
2608
00:17:52,980 --> 00:17:53,160:
way
2609
00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:53,250:
to
2610
00:17:53,250 --> 00:17:55,529:
relax.”
Seth
2611
00:17:55,529 --> 00:17:55,859:
tapped
2612
00:17:55,859 --> 00:17:55,980:
his
2613
00:17:55,980 --> 00:17:56,369:
claws
2614
00:17:56,369 --> 00:17:56,490:
on
2615
00:17:56,490 --> 00:17:56,579:
the
2616
00:17:56,579 --> 00:17:56,940:
ground
2617
00:17:56,940 --> 00:17:57,539:
rhythmically
2618
00:17:57,539 --> 00:17:57,660:
in
2619
00:17:57,660 --> 00:17:59,789:
thought. “Here,
2620
00:17:59,789 --> 00:18:00,000:
let
2621
00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:00,089:
me
2622
00:18:00,089 --> 00:18:00,420:
try
2623
00:18:00,420 --> 00:18:01,769:
something.”
2624
00:18:01,769 --> 00:18:01,920:
The
2625
00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:02,286:
tiger
2626
00:18:02,286 --> 00:18:02,670:
scooted
2627
00:18:02,670 --> 00:18:03,150:
close
2628
00:18:03,150 --> 00:18:03,269:
and
2629
00:18:03,269 --> 00:18:03,599:
lifted
2630
00:18:03,599 --> 00:18:03,750:
my
2631
00:18:03,750 --> 00:18:04,079:
head
2632
00:18:04,079 --> 00:18:04,349:
onto
2633
00:18:04,349 --> 00:18:04,500:
his
2634
00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:05,339:
lap,
2635
00:18:05,339 --> 00:18:05,759:
careful
2636
00:18:05,759 --> 00:18:05,940:
not
2637
00:18:05,940 --> 00:18:06,059:
to
2638
00:18:06,059 --> 00:18:06,359:
crush
2639
00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:06,569:
my
2640
00:18:06,569 --> 00:18:08,640:
ears.
“What
2641
00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:08,700:
are
2642
00:18:08,700 --> 00:18:09,569:
you—?”
2643
00:18:09,569 --> 00:18:09,750:
I
2644
00:18:09,750 --> 00:18:10,680:
asked,
2645
00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:10,829:
but
2646
00:18:10,829 --> 00:18:10,980:
when
2647
00:18:10,980 --> 00:18:11,039:
I
2648
00:18:11,039 --> 00:18:11,369:
felt
2649
00:18:11,369 --> 00:18:11,549:
him
2650
00:18:11,549 --> 00:18:11,789:
run
2651
00:18:11,789 --> 00:18:12,000:
his
2652
00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:12,420:
paws
2653
00:18:12,420 --> 00:18:12,569:
through
2654
00:18:12,569 --> 00:18:12,690:
the
2655
00:18:12,690 --> 00:18:13,019:
fur
2656
00:18:13,019 --> 00:18:13,079:
on
2657
00:18:13,079 --> 00:18:13,259:
my
2658
00:18:13,259 --> 00:18:14,099:
neck,
2659
00:18:14,099 --> 00:18:14,262:
it
2660
00:18:14,262 --> 00:18:14,849:
silenced
2661
00:18:14,849 --> 00:18:15,029:
me
2662
00:18:15,029 --> 00:18:16,589:
completely.
2663
00:18:16,589 --> 00:18:16,740:
It
2664
00:18:16,740 --> 00:18:16,890:
was
2665
00:18:16,890 --> 00:18:17,099:
like
2666
00:18:17,099 --> 00:18:17,190:
a
2667
00:18:17,190 --> 00:18:17,609:
burst
2668
00:18:17,609 --> 00:18:17,700:
of
2669
00:18:17,700 --> 00:18:18,630:
heaven,
2670
00:18:18,630 --> 00:18:18,869:
his
2671
00:18:18,869 --> 00:18:19,349:
fingers
2672
00:18:19,349 --> 00:18:19,859:
tracing
2673
00:18:19,859 --> 00:18:20,039:
through
2674
00:18:20,039 --> 00:18:20,190:
my
2675
00:18:20,190 --> 00:18:21,000:
fur,
2676
00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:21,420:
rubbing
2677
00:18:21,420 --> 00:18:21,750:
behind
2678
00:18:21,750 --> 00:18:21,960:
my
2679
00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:22,950:
ears.
2680
00:18:22,950 --> 00:18:23,069:
The
2681
00:18:23,069 --> 00:18:23,519:
tension
2682
00:18:23,519 --> 00:18:23,759:
went
2683
00:18:23,759 --> 00:18:23,910:
out
2684
00:18:23,910 --> 00:18:23,970:
of
2685
00:18:23,970 --> 00:18:24,119:
my
2686
00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:24,809:
muscles
2687
00:18:24,809 --> 00:18:24,930:
and
2688
00:18:24,930 --> 00:18:25,079:
my
2689
00:18:25,079 --> 00:18:25,529:
tail
2690
00:18:25,529 --> 00:18:26,039:
wagged
2691
00:18:26,039 --> 00:18:28,349:
uncontrollably.
“I
2692
00:18:28,349 --> 00:18:28,650:
had
2693
00:18:28,650 --> 00:18:28,710:
a
2694
00:18:28,710 --> 00:18:29,819:
feeling.
2695
00:18:29,819 --> 00:18:30,119:
Maybe
2696
00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:30,299:
you
2697
00:18:30,299 --> 00:18:30,480:
have
2698
00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:30,660:
some
2699
00:18:30,660 --> 00:18:30,990:
dog
2700
00:18:30,990 --> 00:18:31,079:
in
2701
00:18:31,079 --> 00:18:31,289:
you,
2702
00:18:31,289 --> 00:18:32,519:
huh?”
2703
00:18:32,519 --> 00:18:33,000:
Seth
2704
00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:33,359:
looked
2705
00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:33,750:
down
2706
00:18:33,750 --> 00:18:33,960:
into
2707
00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:34,170:
my
2708
00:18:34,170 --> 00:18:34,829:
dumbfounded
2709
00:18:34,829 --> 00:18:35,730:
eyes.
2710
00:18:35,730 --> 00:18:35,940:
His
2711
00:18:35,940 --> 00:18:36,359:
smile
2712
00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:36,630:
turned
2713
00:18:36,630 --> 00:18:36,750:
me
2714
00:18:36,750 --> 00:18:36,869:
to
2715
00:18:36,869 --> 00:18:37,259:
putty
2716
00:18:37,259 --> 00:18:37,349:
in
2717
00:18:37,349 --> 00:18:37,500:
his
2718
00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:38,490:
paws,
2719
00:18:38,490 --> 00:18:39,000:
deepening
2720
00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:39,089:
the
2721
00:18:39,089 --> 00:18:39,539:
longing
2722
00:18:39,539 --> 00:18:39,660:
I
2723
00:18:39,660 --> 00:18:39,809:
had
2724
00:18:39,809 --> 00:18:40,140:
felt
2725
00:18:40,140 --> 00:18:40,319:
for
2726
00:18:40,319 --> 00:18:40,559:
him
2727
00:18:40,559 --> 00:18:40,950:
all
2728
00:18:40,950 --> 00:18:42,450:
day.
Seth
2729
00:18:42,450 --> 00:18:42,809:
leaned
2730
00:18:42,809 --> 00:18:43,019:
in
2731
00:18:43,019 --> 00:18:43,140:
and
2732
00:18:43,140 --> 00:18:43,380:
ran
2733
00:18:43,380 --> 00:18:43,559:
his
2734
00:18:43,559 --> 00:18:43,890:
paws
2735
00:18:43,890 --> 00:18:44,250:
across
2736
00:18:44,250 --> 00:18:44,400:
my
2737
00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:44,849:
chest
2738
00:18:44,849 --> 00:18:44,970:
and
2739
00:18:44,970 --> 00:18:45,839:
belly.
2740
00:18:45,839 --> 00:18:46,079:
I
2741
00:18:46,079 --> 00:18:46,619:
whined
2742
00:18:46,619 --> 00:18:46,740:
as
2743
00:18:46,740 --> 00:18:46,829:
he
2744
00:18:46,829 --> 00:18:47,309:
slipped
2745
00:18:47,309 --> 00:18:47,519:
under
2746
00:18:47,519 --> 00:18:47,700:
my
2747
00:18:47,700 --> 00:18:48,240:
shirt
2748
00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:48,359:
and
2749
00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:48,509:
my
2750
00:18:48,509 --> 00:18:48,990:
thoughts
2751
00:18:48,990 --> 00:18:49,259:
came
2752
00:18:49,259 --> 00:18:49,410:
to
2753
00:18:49,410 --> 00:18:49,470:
a
2754
00:18:49,470 --> 00:18:50,970:
halt.
2755
00:18:50,970 --> 00:18:51,269:
All
2756
00:18:51,269 --> 00:18:51,390:
the
2757
00:18:51,390 --> 00:18:51,779:
guilt
2758
00:18:51,779 --> 00:18:52,079:
went
2759
00:18:52,079 --> 00:18:52,259:
out
2760
00:18:52,259 --> 00:18:52,500:
of
2761
00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:52,799:
me
2762
00:18:52,799 --> 00:18:52,950:
as
2763
00:18:52,950 --> 00:18:53,069:
I
2764
00:18:53,069 --> 00:18:53,549:
enjoyed
2765
00:18:53,549 --> 00:18:53,730:
the
2766
00:18:53,730 --> 00:18:54,359:
ecstasy
2767
00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:54,480:
of
2768
00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:54,630:
his
2769
00:18:54,630 --> 00:18:55,109:
gentle
2770
00:18:55,109 --> 00:18:56,670:
touch.
“How
2771
00:18:56,670 --> 00:18:56,789:
is
2772
00:18:56,789 --> 00:18:57,569:
that?”
2773
00:18:57,569 --> 00:18:57,750:
he
2774
00:18:57,750 --> 00:19:00,569:
asked.
“G-Good,”
2775
00:19:00,569 --> 00:19:00,690:
I
2776
00:19:00,690 --> 00:19:01,410:
gasped
2777
00:19:01,410 --> 00:19:01,589:
as
2778
00:19:01,589 --> 00:19:01,710:
he
2779
00:19:01,710 --> 00:19:02,069:
rubbed
2780
00:19:02,069 --> 00:19:02,130:
up
2781
00:19:02,130 --> 00:19:02,279:
my
2782
00:19:02,279 --> 00:19:02,849:
sides
2783
00:19:02,849 --> 00:19:02,940:
and
2784
00:19:02,940 --> 00:19:03,414:
returned
2785
00:19:03,414 --> 00:19:03,509:
to
2786
00:19:03,509 --> 00:19:04,049:
scratching
2787
00:19:04,049 --> 00:19:04,230:
my
2788
00:19:04,230 --> 00:19:05,369:
neck.
2789
00:19:05,369 --> 00:19:05,549:
My
2790
00:19:05,549 --> 00:19:05,910:
tongue
2791
00:19:05,910 --> 00:19:06,329:
lolled
2792
00:19:06,329 --> 00:19:06,480:
out
2793
00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:06,569:
of
2794
00:19:06,569 --> 00:19:06,720:
my
2795
00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:07,289:
muzzle
2796
00:19:07,289 --> 00:19:07,470:
as
2797
00:19:07,470 --> 00:19:07,589:
I
2798
00:19:07,589 --> 00:19:08,069:
panted
2799
00:19:08,069 --> 00:19:08,190:
in
2800
00:19:08,190 --> 00:19:09,210:
pleasure,
2801
00:19:09,210 --> 00:19:09,960:
mindlessly
2802
00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,029:
content.
Seth
2803
00:19:12,029 --> 00:19:13,650:
chuckled. “I
2804
00:19:13,650 --> 00:19:13,890:
think
2805
00:19:13,890 --> 00:19:14,039:
I’ve
2806
00:19:14,039 --> 00:19:14,279:
set
2807
00:19:14,279 --> 00:19:14,430:
you
2808
00:19:14,430 --> 00:19:15,240:
off.
2809
00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:15,509:
That
2810
00:19:15,509 --> 00:19:15,960:
scent is
2811
00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,539:
back.”
Mortified,
2812
00:19:18,539 --> 00:19:18,690:
I
2813
00:19:18,690 --> 00:19:19,259:
realized
2814
00:19:19,259 --> 00:19:19,380:
how
2815
00:19:19,380 --> 00:19:19,769:
tight
2816
00:19:19,769 --> 00:19:19,920:
my
2817
00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:20,279:
pants
2818
00:19:20,279 --> 00:19:20,400:
had
2819
00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,109:
become. “I’m
2820
00:19:22,109 --> 00:19:23,130:
sorry,
2821
00:19:23,130 --> 00:19:23,250:
it
2822
00:19:23,250 --> 00:19:23,549:
just
2823
00:19:23,549 --> 00:19:23,849:
does
2824
00:19:23,849 --> 00:19:24,630:
that,”
2825
00:19:24,630 --> 00:19:24,750:
I
2826
00:19:24,750 --> 00:19:25,859:
said. “I
2827
00:19:25,859 --> 00:19:26,099:
don’t
2828
00:19:26,099 --> 00:19:26,250:
know
2829
00:19:26,250 --> 00:19:26,430:
how
2830
00:19:26,430 --> 00:19:26,549:
to
2831
00:19:26,549 --> 00:19:27,059:
control
2832
00:19:27,059 --> 00:19:27,750:
it.
2833
00:19:27,750 --> 00:19:27,900:
I
2834
00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:28,109:
don’t
2835
00:19:28,109 --> 00:19:28,259:
know
2836
00:19:28,259 --> 00:19:28,500:
how
2837
00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:28,769:
any
2838
00:19:28,769 --> 00:19:28,859:
of
2839
00:19:28,859 --> 00:19:29,099:
this
2840
00:19:29,099 --> 00:19:31,140:
works.”
Seth
2841
00:19:31,140 --> 00:19:31,740:
smiled
2842
00:19:31,740 --> 00:19:31,829:
and
2843
00:19:31,829 --> 00:19:32,130:
sat
2844
00:19:32,130 --> 00:19:32,279:
me
2845
00:19:32,279 --> 00:19:33,269:
up.
2846
00:19:33,269 --> 00:19:33,420:
To
2847
00:19:33,420 --> 00:19:33,569:
my
2848
00:19:33,569 --> 00:19:34,500:
surprise,
2849
00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:34,650:
he
2850
00:19:34,650 --> 00:19:34,980:
placed
2851
00:19:34,980 --> 00:19:35,039:
a
2852
00:19:35,039 --> 00:19:35,430:
paw
2853
00:19:35,430 --> 00:19:35,579:
on
2854
00:19:35,579 --> 00:19:35,819:
my
2855
00:19:35,819 --> 00:19:36,210:
aching
2856
00:19:36,210 --> 00:19:36,990:
need
2857
00:19:36,990 --> 00:19:37,170:
and
2858
00:19:37,170 --> 00:19:37,440:
looked
2859
00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:38,039:
lovingly
2860
00:19:38,039 --> 00:19:38,220:
into
2861
00:19:38,220 --> 00:19:38,460:
my
2862
00:19:38,460 --> 00:19:38,880:
eyes
2863
00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:39,029:
as
2864
00:19:39,029 --> 00:19:39,180:
he
2865
00:19:39,180 --> 00:19:39,630:
undid
2866
00:19:39,630 --> 00:19:39,809:
the
2867
00:19:39,809 --> 00:19:40,140:
button
2868
00:19:40,140 --> 00:19:40,259:
of
2869
00:19:40,259 --> 00:19:40,410:
my
2870
00:19:40,410 --> 00:19:41,819:
pants.
2871
00:19:41,819 --> 00:19:41,940:
I
2872
00:19:41,940 --> 00:19:42,630:
smiled
2873
00:19:42,630 --> 00:19:43,650:
awkwardly
2874
00:19:43,650 --> 00:19:43,769:
and
2875
00:19:43,769 --> 00:19:44,130:
began
2876
00:19:44,130 --> 00:19:44,250:
to
2877
00:19:44,250 --> 00:19:44,430:
look
2878
00:19:44,430 --> 00:19:45,269:
away,
2879
00:19:45,269 --> 00:19:45,450:
but
2880
00:19:45,450 --> 00:19:45,750:
Seth
2881
00:19:45,750 --> 00:19:46,170:
lifted
2882
00:19:46,170 --> 00:19:46,349:
my
2883
00:19:46,349 --> 00:19:46,650:
chin
2884
00:19:46,650 --> 00:19:46,799:
with
2885
00:19:46,799 --> 00:19:46,950:
his
2886
00:19:46,950 --> 00:19:48,359:
fingertips,
2887
00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:48,779:
leaned
2888
00:19:48,779 --> 00:19:49,500:
in,
2889
00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:49,710:
and
2890
00:19:49,710 --> 00:19:50,069:
kissed
2891
00:19:50,069 --> 00:19:51,720:
me.
The
2892
00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:52,140:
tiger
2893
00:19:52,140 --> 00:19:52,349:
made
2894
00:19:52,349 --> 00:19:52,440:
it
2895
00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:52,740:
feel
2896
00:19:52,740 --> 00:19:53,099:
so
2897
00:19:53,099 --> 00:19:54,269:
natural,
2898
00:19:54,269 --> 00:19:54,630:
even
2899
00:19:54,630 --> 00:19:54,900:
with
2900
00:19:54,900 --> 00:19:55,049:
the
2901
00:19:55,049 --> 00:19:55,470:
awkward
2902
00:19:55,470 --> 00:19:55,859:
shapes
2903
00:19:55,859 --> 00:19:55,980:
of
2904
00:19:55,980 --> 00:19:56,099:
our
2905
00:19:56,099 --> 00:19:57,390:
muzzles.
2906
00:19:57,390 --> 00:19:57,660:
My
2907
00:19:57,660 --> 00:19:57,990:
eyes
2908
00:19:57,990 --> 00:19:58,230:
went
2909
00:19:58,230 --> 00:19:58,710:
wide
2910
00:19:58,710 --> 00:19:58,799:
and
2911
00:19:58,799 --> 00:19:58,950:
my
2912
00:19:58,950 --> 00:19:59,339:
fur
2913
00:19:59,339 --> 00:20:00,630:
shivered.
2914
00:20:00,630 --> 00:20:00,720:
I
2915
00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:01,109:
shouldn’t
2916
00:20:01,109 --> 00:20:01,259:
let
2917
00:20:01,259 --> 00:20:01,470:
this
2918
00:20:01,470 --> 00:20:02,460:
happen.
2919
00:20:02,460 --> 00:20:02,730:
God
2920
00:20:02,730 --> 00:20:02,880:
was
2921
00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:03,299:
surely
2922
00:20:03,299 --> 00:20:04,230:
watching.
2923
00:20:04,230 --> 00:20:04,380:
I
2924
00:20:04,380 --> 00:20:04,740:
needed
2925
00:20:04,740 --> 00:20:04,829:
to
2926
00:20:04,829 --> 00:20:05,160:
stop
2927
00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:06,539:
myself.
But
2928
00:20:06,539 --> 00:20:06,630:
I
2929
00:20:06,630 --> 00:20:06,990:
couldn’t
2930
00:20:06,990 --> 00:20:08,009:
stop.
2931
00:20:08,009 --> 00:20:08,160:
The
2932
00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:08,609:
taste
2933
00:20:08,609 --> 00:20:08,700:
of
2934
00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:09,150:
Seth’s
2935
00:20:09,150 --> 00:20:09,480:
tongue
2936
00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:09,630:
on
2937
00:20:09,630 --> 00:20:10,559:
mine,
2938
00:20:10,559 --> 00:20:10,680:
the
2939
00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:11,099:
heat
2940
00:20:11,099 --> 00:20:11,220:
of
2941
00:20:11,220 --> 00:20:11,400:
his
2942
00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:12,480:
breath,
2943
00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:12,599:
the
2944
00:20:12,599 --> 00:20:12,960:
heady
2945
00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:13,380:
scent
2946
00:20:13,380 --> 00:20:13,500:
of
2947
00:20:13,500 --> 00:20:13,710:
his
2948
00:20:13,710 --> 00:20:14,009:
own
2949
00:20:14,009 --> 00:20:14,490:
emerging
2950
00:20:14,490 --> 00:20:15,779:
arousal;
2951
00:20:15,779 --> 00:20:15,930:
the
2952
00:20:15,930 --> 00:20:16,380:
tiger
2953
00:20:16,380 --> 00:20:16,589:
was
2954
00:20:16,589 --> 00:20:18,910:
intoxicating,
2955
00:20:18,910 --> 00:20:19,204:
my lust for him
2956
00:20:19,204 --> 00:20:20,615:
overwhelming.
2957
00:20:20,615 --> 00:20:20,944:
Not
2958
00:20:20,944 --> 00:20:21,244:
even
2959
00:20:21,244 --> 00:20:21,424:
my
2960
00:20:21,424 --> 00:20:21,875:
faith
2961
00:20:21,875 --> 00:20:22,055:
could
2962
00:20:22,055 --> 00:20:22,474:
stop
2963
00:20:22,474 --> 00:20:22,894:
me
2964
00:20:22,894 --> 00:20:23,134:
from
2965
00:20:23,134 --> 00:20:23,765:
embracing
2966
00:20:23,765 --> 00:20:23,884:
the
2967
00:20:23,884 --> 00:20:24,365:
beautiful
2968
00:20:24,365 --> 00:20:24,934:
tiger’s
2969
00:20:24,934 --> 00:20:27,005:
gift.
Seth
2970
00:20:27,005 --> 00:20:27,214:
put
2971
00:20:27,214 --> 00:20:27,365:
his
2972
00:20:27,365 --> 00:20:27,694:
paws
2973
00:20:27,694 --> 00:20:27,964:
around
2974
00:20:27,964 --> 00:20:28,085:
my
2975
00:20:28,085 --> 00:20:28,474:
hips
2976
00:20:28,474 --> 00:20:28,595:
and
2977
00:20:28,595 --> 00:20:28,894:
pulled
2978
00:20:28,894 --> 00:20:29,075:
me
2979
00:20:29,075 --> 00:20:30,065:
close.
2980
00:20:30,065 --> 00:20:30,365:
Free
2981
00:20:30,365 --> 00:20:30,605:
from
2982
00:20:30,605 --> 00:20:31,265:
thought,
2983
00:20:31,265 --> 00:20:31,419:
I
2984
00:20:31,419 --> 00:20:31,865:
pushed
2985
00:20:31,865 --> 00:20:32,075:
into
2986
00:20:32,075 --> 00:20:32,434:
him,
2987
00:20:32,434 --> 00:20:32,615:
and
2988
00:20:32,615 --> 00:20:32,704:
we
2989
00:20:32,704 --> 00:20:33,035:
fell
2990
00:20:33,035 --> 00:20:33,365:
back
2991
00:20:33,365 --> 00:20:33,605:
onto
2992
00:20:33,605 --> 00:20:33,694:
the
2993
00:20:33,694 --> 00:20:34,144:
ground
2994
00:20:34,144 --> 00:20:34,265:
where
2995
00:20:34,265 --> 00:20:34,355:
I
2996
00:20:34,355 --> 00:20:34,805:
stood
2997
00:20:34,805 --> 00:20:34,924:
on
2998
00:20:34,924 --> 00:20:35,045:
my
2999
00:20:35,045 --> 00:20:35,464:
hands
3000
00:20:35,464 --> 00:20:35,555:
and
3001
00:20:35,555 --> 00:20:36,305:
knees,
3002
00:20:36,305 --> 00:20:36,964:
grinding
3003
00:20:36,964 --> 00:20:37,414:
against
3004
00:20:37,414 --> 00:20:38,224:
him.
3005
00:20:38,224 --> 00:20:38,644:
Seth
3006
00:20:38,644 --> 00:20:38,944:
pulled
3007
00:20:38,944 --> 00:20:39,095:
my
3008
00:20:39,095 --> 00:20:39,515:
pants
3009
00:20:39,515 --> 00:20:40,115:
down
3010
00:20:40,115 --> 00:20:40,234:
and
3011
00:20:40,234 --> 00:20:40,384:
my
3012
00:20:40,384 --> 00:20:40,775:
cock
3013
00:20:40,775 --> 00:20:41,285:
spilled
3014
00:20:41,285 --> 00:20:41,855:
out,
3015
00:20:41,855 --> 00:20:42,484:
painfully
3016
00:20:42,484 --> 00:20:42,934:
hard
3017
00:20:42,934 --> 00:20:43,055:
and
3018
00:20:43,055 --> 00:20:44,134:
dripping.
3019
00:20:44,134 --> 00:20:44,285:
He
3020
00:20:44,285 --> 00:20:44,795:
fondled
3021
00:20:44,795 --> 00:20:44,944:
my
3022
00:20:44,944 --> 00:20:45,454:
package
3023
00:20:45,454 --> 00:20:45,605:
with
3024
00:20:45,605 --> 00:20:45,664:
a
3025
00:20:45,664 --> 00:20:46,115:
gentle
3026
00:20:46,115 --> 00:20:46,775:
touch
3027
00:20:46,775 --> 00:20:46,954:
that
3028
00:20:46,954 --> 00:20:47,224:
sent
3029
00:20:47,224 --> 00:20:47,825:
shivers
3030
00:20:47,825 --> 00:20:47,974:
through
3031
00:20:47,974 --> 00:20:48,125:
my
3032
00:20:48,125 --> 00:20:48,454:
whole
3033
00:20:48,454 --> 00:20:50,525:
body.
“Come
3034
00:20:50,525 --> 00:20:50,704:
here,
3035
00:20:50,704 --> 00:20:50,884:
you
3036
00:20:50,884 --> 00:20:51,335:
handsome
3037
00:20:51,335 --> 00:20:52,474:
wolf.
3038
00:20:52,474 --> 00:20:52,684:
Let
3039
00:20:52,684 --> 00:20:52,775:
me
3040
00:20:52,775 --> 00:20:53,075:
show
3041
00:20:53,075 --> 00:20:53,224:
you
3042
00:20:53,224 --> 00:20:53,404:
how
3043
00:20:53,404 --> 00:20:53,494:
to
3044
00:20:53,494 --> 00:20:53,884:
use
3045
00:20:53,884 --> 00:20:56,075:
this.”
I
3046
00:20:56,075 --> 00:20:56,404:
must
3047
00:20:56,404 --> 00:20:56,494:
have
3048
00:20:56,494 --> 00:20:56,734:
only
3049
00:20:56,734 --> 00:20:57,184:
slept
3050
00:20:57,184 --> 00:20:57,335:
for
3051
00:20:57,335 --> 00:20:57,575:
two
3052
00:20:57,575 --> 00:20:57,664:
or
3053
00:20:57,664 --> 00:20:57,934:
three
3054
00:20:57,934 --> 00:20:58,325:
hours
3055
00:20:58,325 --> 00:20:58,535:
that
3056
00:20:58,535 --> 00:20:59,404:
night,
3057
00:20:59,404 --> 00:20:59,585:
but
3058
00:20:59,585 --> 00:20:59,674:
it
3059
00:20:59,674 --> 00:20:59,825:
was
3060
00:20:59,825 --> 00:20:59,914:
the
3061
00:20:59,914 --> 00:21:00,335:
best
3062
00:21:00,335 --> 00:21:00,875:
sleep
3063
00:21:00,875 --> 00:21:01,025:
of
3064
00:21:01,025 --> 00:21:01,234:
my
3065
00:21:01,234 --> 00:21:02,494:
life.
3066
00:21:02,494 --> 00:21:02,674:
I
3067
00:21:02,674 --> 00:21:03,035:
woke
3068
00:21:03,035 --> 00:21:03,244:
up
3069
00:21:03,244 --> 00:21:03,605:
holding
3070
00:21:03,605 --> 00:21:03,934:
Seth
3071
00:21:03,934 --> 00:21:04,025:
in
3072
00:21:04,025 --> 00:21:04,234:
my
3073
00:21:04,234 --> 00:21:05,075:
arms,
3074
00:21:05,075 --> 00:21:05,494:
muzzle
3075
00:21:05,494 --> 00:21:05,944:
resting
3076
00:21:05,944 --> 00:21:06,335:
against
3077
00:21:06,335 --> 00:21:06,515:
his
3078
00:21:06,515 --> 00:21:07,535:
cheek.
3079
00:21:07,535 --> 00:21:07,714:
I
3080
00:21:07,714 --> 00:21:08,045:
licked
3081
00:21:08,045 --> 00:21:08,134:
at
3082
00:21:08,134 --> 00:21:08,315:
his
3083
00:21:08,315 --> 00:21:08,644:
fur
3084
00:21:08,644 --> 00:21:08,765:
and
3085
00:21:08,765 --> 00:21:09,214:
squeezed
3086
00:21:09,214 --> 00:21:09,335:
him
3087
00:21:09,335 --> 00:21:09,694:
tight
3088
00:21:09,694 --> 00:21:10,025:
without
3089
00:21:10,025 --> 00:21:10,325:
even
3090
00:21:10,325 --> 00:21:11,615:
thinking.
3091
00:21:11,615 --> 00:21:12,125:
Only
3092
00:21:12,125 --> 00:21:12,305:
when
3093
00:21:12,305 --> 00:21:12,424:
I
3094
00:21:12,424 --> 00:21:12,785:
opened
3095
00:21:12,785 --> 00:21:12,964:
my
3096
00:21:12,964 --> 00:21:13,805:
eyes
3097
00:21:13,805 --> 00:21:14,015:
did
3098
00:21:14,015 --> 00:21:14,134:
I
3099
00:21:14,134 --> 00:21:14,674:
realize
3100
00:21:14,674 --> 00:21:14,855:
what
3101
00:21:14,855 --> 00:21:14,974:
I
3102
00:21:14,974 --> 00:21:15,125:
had
3103
00:21:15,125 --> 00:21:16,954:
done.
“Good
3104
00:21:16,954 --> 00:21:17,375:
morning
3105
00:21:17,375 --> 00:21:17,525:
you
3106
00:21:17,525 --> 00:21:18,575:
two,”
3107
00:21:18,575 --> 00:21:18,904:
Mark
3108
00:21:18,904 --> 00:21:19,744:
said,
3109
00:21:19,744 --> 00:21:19,835:
a
3110
00:21:19,835 --> 00:21:20,285:
tease
3111
00:21:20,285 --> 00:21:20,434:
to
3112
00:21:20,434 --> 00:21:20,585:
his
3113
00:21:20,585 --> 00:21:21,845:
voice.
3114
00:21:21,845 --> 00:21:21,964:
The
3115
00:21:21,964 --> 00:21:22,414:
dragon
3116
00:21:22,414 --> 00:21:22,805:
crouched
3117
00:21:22,805 --> 00:21:23,045:
next
3118
00:21:23,045 --> 00:21:23,224:
to
3119
00:21:23,224 --> 00:21:23,825:
us,
3120
00:21:23,825 --> 00:21:23,884:
a
3121
00:21:23,884 --> 00:21:24,335:
huge
3122
00:21:24,335 --> 00:21:24,664:
grin
3123
00:21:24,664 --> 00:21:24,785:
on
3124
00:21:24,785 --> 00:21:24,964:
his
3125
00:21:24,964 --> 00:21:26,075:
face.
3126
00:21:26,075 --> 00:21:26,224:
He
3127
00:21:26,224 --> 00:21:26,674:
caressed
3128
00:21:26,674 --> 00:21:27,035:
Seth’s
3129
00:21:27,035 --> 00:21:27,785:
cheek,
3130
00:21:27,785 --> 00:21:27,904:
and
3131
00:21:27,904 --> 00:21:27,994:
I
3132
00:21:27,994 --> 00:21:28,325:
felt
3133
00:21:28,325 --> 00:21:28,414:
the
3134
00:21:28,414 --> 00:21:28,805:
cat’s
3135
00:21:28,805 --> 00:21:29,105:
purr
3136
00:21:29,105 --> 00:21:29,615:
vibrate
3137
00:21:29,615 --> 00:21:30,005:
against
3138
00:21:30,005 --> 00:21:31,684:
me. “Good
3139
00:21:31,684 --> 00:21:32,525:
kitty,”
3140
00:21:32,525 --> 00:21:32,855:
Mark
3141
00:21:32,855 --> 00:21:33,845:
cooed,
3142
00:21:33,845 --> 00:21:34,025:
then
3143
00:21:34,025 --> 00:21:34,144:
he
3144
00:21:34,144 --> 00:21:34,505:
reached
3145
00:21:34,505 --> 00:21:34,865:
over
3146
00:21:34,865 --> 00:21:34,984:
and
3147
00:21:34,984 --> 00:21:35,285:
rubbed
3148
00:21:35,285 --> 00:21:35,525:
me
3149
00:21:35,525 --> 00:21:35,884:
behind
3150
00:21:35,884 --> 00:21:35,974:
the
3151
00:21:35,974 --> 00:21:37,505:
ears. “And
3152
00:21:37,505 --> 00:21:37,744:
good
3153
00:21:37,744 --> 00:21:39,785:
doggy.”
Despite
3154
00:21:39,785 --> 00:21:39,994:
my
3155
00:21:39,994 --> 00:21:40,355:
ears
3156
00:21:40,355 --> 00:21:40,625:
going
3157
00:21:40,625 --> 00:21:40,954:
hot
3158
00:21:40,954 --> 00:21:41,105:
from
3159
00:21:41,105 --> 00:21:41,194:
the
3160
00:21:41,194 --> 00:21:41,464:
pet
3161
00:21:41,464 --> 00:21:42,154:
name,
3162
00:21:42,154 --> 00:21:42,305:
my
3163
00:21:42,305 --> 00:21:42,815:
stomach
3164
00:21:42,815 --> 00:21:43,325:
turned
3165
00:21:43,325 --> 00:21:43,535:
from
3166
00:21:43,535 --> 00:21:43,625:
the
3167
00:21:43,625 --> 00:21:43,984:
guilt
3168
00:21:43,984 --> 00:21:44,105:
of
3169
00:21:44,105 --> 00:21:44,285:
what
3170
00:21:44,285 --> 00:21:44,434:
I’d
3171
00:21:44,434 --> 00:21:45,815:
done.
3172
00:21:45,815 --> 00:21:45,934:
I
3173
00:21:45,934 --> 00:21:46,384:
released
3174
00:21:46,384 --> 00:21:46,684:
Seth
3175
00:21:46,684 --> 00:21:46,861:
from
3176
00:21:46,861 --> 00:21:47,015:
my
3177
00:21:47,015 --> 00:21:47,644:
arms,
3178
00:21:47,644 --> 00:21:48,095:
sat
3179
00:21:48,095 --> 00:21:48,634:
up,
3180
00:21:48,634 --> 00:21:48,815:
and
3181
00:21:48,815 --> 00:21:49,234:
averted
3182
00:21:49,234 --> 00:21:49,444:
my
3183
00:21:49,444 --> 00:21:50,224:
eyes,
3184
00:21:50,224 --> 00:21:50,674:
staring
3185
00:21:50,674 --> 00:21:51,724:
emotionlessly
3186
00:21:51,724 --> 00:21:51,845:
at
3187
00:21:51,845 --> 00:21:51,934:
the
3188
00:21:51,934 --> 00:21:54,634:
ground.
“Petra?”
3189
00:21:54,634 --> 00:21:54,964:
Mark
3190
00:21:54,964 --> 00:21:56,045:
said.
I
3191
00:21:56,045 --> 00:21:56,345:
didn’t
3192
00:21:56,345 --> 00:21:58,085:
answer.
“What’s
3193
00:21:58,085 --> 00:21:58,954:
wrong?”
3194
00:21:58,954 --> 00:21:59,345:
Seth
3195
00:21:59,345 --> 00:22:00,605:
asked.
But
3196
00:22:00,605 --> 00:22:00,664:
I
3197
00:22:00,664 --> 00:22:01,085:
stayed
3198
00:22:01,085 --> 00:22:02,045:
mute,
3199
00:22:02,045 --> 00:22:02,525:
listening
3200
00:22:02,525 --> 00:22:02,644:
to
3201
00:22:02,644 --> 00:22:02,734:
the
3202
00:22:02,734 --> 00:22:03,244:
voices
3203
00:22:03,244 --> 00:22:03,335:
in
3204
00:22:03,335 --> 00:22:03,484:
my
3205
00:22:03,484 --> 00:22:05,464:
head.
No
3206
00:22:05,464 --> 00:22:06,244:
desire
3207
00:22:06,244 --> 00:22:06,484:
can
3208
00:22:06,484 --> 00:22:06,634:
be
3209
00:22:06,634 --> 00:22:07,085:
met
3210
00:22:07,085 --> 00:22:07,474:
without
3211
00:22:07,474 --> 00:22:09,605:
consequence.
This
3212
00:22:09,605 --> 00:22:09,815:
is
3213
00:22:09,815 --> 00:22:09,934:
the
3214
00:22:09,934 --> 00:22:10,444:
proof
3215
00:22:10,444 --> 00:22:10,654:
of
3216
00:22:10,654 --> 00:22:10,954:
your
3217
00:22:10,954 --> 00:22:13,085:
cage.
I
3218
00:22:13,085 --> 00:22:13,595:
stared
3219
00:22:13,595 --> 00:22:13,654:
at
3220
00:22:13,654 --> 00:22:13,775:
the
3221
00:22:13,775 --> 00:22:14,224:
entrance
3222
00:22:14,224 --> 00:22:14,345:
to
3223
00:22:14,345 --> 00:22:14,464:
the
3224
00:22:14,464 --> 00:22:15,454:
temple.
3225
00:22:15,454 --> 00:22:15,875:
Light
3226
00:22:15,875 --> 00:22:16,085:
had
3227
00:22:16,085 --> 00:22:16,414:
begun
3228
00:22:16,414 --> 00:22:16,505:
to
3229
00:22:16,505 --> 00:22:16,954:
drive
3230
00:22:16,954 --> 00:22:17,224:
away
3231
00:22:17,224 --> 00:22:17,375:
the
3232
00:22:17,375 --> 00:22:18,005:
dark
3233
00:22:18,005 --> 00:22:18,214:
and
3234
00:22:18,214 --> 00:22:18,515:
paint
3235
00:22:18,515 --> 00:22:18,634:
the
3236
00:22:18,634 --> 00:22:18,994:
world
3237
00:22:18,994 --> 00:22:19,144:
in
3238
00:22:19,144 --> 00:22:20,464:
gold.
3239
00:22:20,464 --> 00:22:20,855:
Dawn
3240
00:22:20,855 --> 00:22:21,035:
had
3241
00:22:21,035 --> 00:22:22,894:
come.
I
3242
00:22:22,894 --> 00:22:23,795:
stood,
3243
00:22:23,795 --> 00:22:24,244:
pulled on
3244
00:22:24,244 --> 00:22:24,394:
my
3245
00:22:24,394 --> 00:22:24,815:
pants
3246
00:22:24,815 --> 00:22:24,934:
to
3247
00:22:24,934 --> 00:22:25,234:
cover
3248
00:22:25,234 --> 00:22:25,414:
my
3249
00:22:25,414 --> 00:22:26,434:
sin,
3250
00:22:26,434 --> 00:22:26,615:
and
3251
00:22:26,615 --> 00:22:27,154:
stumbled
3252
00:22:27,154 --> 00:22:27,365:
out
3253
00:22:27,365 --> 00:22:27,484:
of
3254
00:22:27,484 --> 00:22:27,575:
the
3255
00:22:27,575 --> 00:22:28,025:
temple
3256
00:22:28,025 --> 00:22:28,265:
into
3257
00:22:28,265 --> 00:22:28,414:
the
3258
00:22:28,414 --> 00:22:28,714:
open
3259
00:22:28,714 --> 00:22:29,914:
field.
3260
00:22:29,914 --> 00:22:30,035:
I
3261
00:22:30,035 --> 00:22:30,424:
turned
3262
00:22:30,424 --> 00:22:30,845:
around
3263
00:22:30,845 --> 00:22:30,934:
to
3264
00:22:30,934 --> 00:22:31,265:
see
3265
00:22:31,265 --> 00:22:31,625:
every
3266
00:22:31,625 --> 00:22:31,984:
part
3267
00:22:31,984 --> 00:22:32,105:
of
3268
00:22:32,105 --> 00:22:32,194:
the
3269
00:22:32,194 --> 00:22:33,125:
hill,
3270
00:22:33,125 --> 00:22:33,394:
my
3271
00:22:33,394 --> 00:22:33,755:
ears
3272
00:22:33,755 --> 00:22:34,295:
swiveling
3273
00:22:34,295 --> 00:22:34,535:
like
3274
00:22:34,535 --> 00:22:35,015:
radar
3275
00:22:35,015 --> 00:22:35,404:
dishes
3276
00:22:35,404 --> 00:22:35,494:
in
3277
00:22:35,494 --> 00:22:35,855:
hopes
3278
00:22:35,855 --> 00:22:35,944:
of
3279
00:22:35,944 --> 00:22:36,335:
finding
3280
00:22:36,335 --> 00:22:37,535:
something,
3281
00:22:37,535 --> 00:22:38,494:
anything,
3282
00:22:38,494 --> 00:22:38,644:
to
3283
00:22:38,644 --> 00:22:38,974:
show
3284
00:22:38,974 --> 00:22:39,275:
God
3285
00:22:39,275 --> 00:22:39,424:
was
3286
00:22:39,424 --> 00:22:39,724:
still
3287
00:22:39,724 --> 00:22:40,085:
coming
3288
00:22:40,085 --> 00:22:40,355:
for
3289
00:22:40,355 --> 00:22:41,345:
us.
3290
00:22:41,345 --> 00:22:41,585:
But
3291
00:22:41,585 --> 00:22:42,154:
everything
3292
00:22:42,154 --> 00:22:42,365:
was
3293
00:22:42,365 --> 00:22:42,755:
just
3294
00:22:42,755 --> 00:22:42,904:
as
3295
00:22:42,904 --> 00:22:42,994:
it
3296
00:22:42,994 --> 00:22:43,115:
had
3297
00:22:43,115 --> 00:22:43,355:
been
3298
00:22:43,355 --> 00:22:45,515:
before.
When
3299
00:22:45,515 --> 00:22:45,815:
Mark
3300
00:22:45,815 --> 00:22:45,934:
and
3301
00:22:45,934 --> 00:22:46,288:
Seth
3302
00:22:46,288 --> 00:22:46,684:
emerged
3303
00:22:46,684 --> 00:22:46,865:
from
3304
00:22:46,865 --> 00:22:46,954:
the
3305
00:22:46,954 --> 00:22:48,035:
statue,
3306
00:22:48,035 --> 00:22:48,214:
they
3307
00:22:48,214 --> 00:22:48,575:
found
3308
00:22:48,575 --> 00:22:48,724:
me
3309
00:22:48,724 --> 00:22:48,845:
on
3310
00:22:48,845 --> 00:22:48,994:
my
3311
00:22:48,994 --> 00:22:49,384:
knees
3312
00:22:49,384 --> 00:22:49,482:
in
3313
00:22:49,482 --> 00:22:49,625:
the
3314
00:22:49,625 --> 00:22:49,924:
damp
3315
00:22:49,924 --> 00:22:50,315:
morning
3316
00:22:50,315 --> 00:22:51,545:
grass.
3317
00:22:51,545 --> 00:22:51,724:
They
3318
00:22:51,724 --> 00:22:52,295:
approached
3319
00:22:52,295 --> 00:22:53,224:
slowly,
3320
00:22:53,224 --> 00:22:53,704:
Seth
3321
00:22:53,704 --> 00:22:54,125:
hiding
3322
00:22:54,125 --> 00:22:54,575:
slightly
3323
00:22:54,575 --> 00:22:54,964:
behind
3324
00:22:54,964 --> 00:22:55,055:
the
3325
00:22:55,055 --> 00:22:55,505:
dragon’s
3326
00:22:55,505 --> 00:22:57,244:
wings.
“I’m
3327
00:22:57,244 --> 00:22:58,535:
sorry,”
3328
00:22:58,535 --> 00:22:58,625:
I
3329
00:22:58,625 --> 00:22:58,924:
said
3330
00:22:58,924 --> 00:22:59,045:
to
3331
00:22:59,045 --> 00:22:59,974:
them. “I
3332
00:22:59,974 --> 00:23:00,214:
should
3333
00:23:00,214 --> 00:23:00,305:
have
3334
00:23:00,305 --> 00:23:00,724:
tried
3335
00:23:00,724 --> 00:23:01,835:
harder.
3336
00:23:01,835 --> 00:23:01,924:
I
3337
00:23:01,924 --> 00:23:02,134:
should
3338
00:23:02,134 --> 00:23:02,224:
have
3339
00:23:02,224 --> 00:23:02,615:
stopped
3340
00:23:02,615 --> 00:23:04,684:
myself.”
Seth
3341
00:23:04,684 --> 00:23:04,954:
looked
3342
00:23:04,954 --> 00:23:06,035:
confused,
3343
00:23:06,035 --> 00:23:06,244:
as
3344
00:23:06,244 --> 00:23:06,365:
if
3345
00:23:06,365 --> 00:23:06,454:
he
3346
00:23:06,454 --> 00:23:06,815:
wasn’t
3347
00:23:06,815 --> 00:23:07,085:
even
3348
00:23:07,085 --> 00:23:07,565:
thinking
3349
00:23:07,565 --> 00:23:07,865:
about
3350
00:23:07,865 --> 00:23:08,105:
how
3351
00:23:08,105 --> 00:23:08,224:
our
3352
00:23:08,224 --> 00:23:08,494:
night
3353
00:23:08,494 --> 00:23:08,884:
together
3354
00:23:08,884 --> 00:23:09,065:
had
3355
00:23:09,065 --> 00:23:09,305:
just
3356
00:23:09,305 --> 00:23:09,724:
ruined
3357
00:23:09,724 --> 00:23:09,845:
our
3358
00:23:09,845 --> 00:23:10,325:
chances
3359
00:23:10,325 --> 00:23:10,414:
of
3360
00:23:10,414 --> 00:23:11,704:
ascending.
3361
00:23:11,704 --> 00:23:11,974:
No
3362
00:23:11,974 --> 00:23:12,394:
doubt
3363
00:23:12,394 --> 00:23:12,515:
it
3364
00:23:12,515 --> 00:23:12,664:
had
3365
00:23:12,664 --> 00:23:13,055:
anchored
3366
00:23:13,055 --> 00:23:13,234:
us
3367
00:23:13,234 --> 00:23:13,355:
to
3368
00:23:13,355 --> 00:23:13,474:
our
3369
00:23:13,474 --> 00:23:13,894:
bodily
3370
00:23:13,894 --> 00:23:14,404:
prisons
3371
00:23:14,404 --> 00:23:15,424:
now.
3372
00:23:15,424 --> 00:23:15,634:
From
3373
00:23:15,634 --> 00:23:16,115:
wherever
3374
00:23:16,115 --> 00:23:16,325:
they’d
3375
00:23:16,325 --> 00:23:16,595:
gone
3376
00:23:16,595 --> 00:23:16,714:
in
3377
00:23:16,714 --> 00:23:17,434:
death,
3378
00:23:17,434 --> 00:23:17,585:
the
3379
00:23:17,585 --> 00:23:18,095:
archons
3380
00:23:18,095 --> 00:23:18,244:
were
3381
00:23:18,244 --> 00:23:18,484:
no
3382
00:23:18,484 --> 00:23:18,815:
doubt
3383
00:23:18,815 --> 00:23:19,414:
cackling
3384
00:23:19,414 --> 00:23:19,565:
in
3385
00:23:19,565 --> 00:23:20,525:
victory,
3386
00:23:20,525 --> 00:23:20,674:
and
3387
00:23:20,674 --> 00:23:20,765:
it
3388
00:23:20,765 --> 00:23:20,884:
was
3389
00:23:20,884 --> 00:23:21,154:
all
3390
00:23:21,154 --> 00:23:21,394:
my
3391
00:23:21,394 --> 00:23:23,494:
fault.
Mark
3392
00:23:23,494 --> 00:23:23,944:
crouched
3393
00:23:23,944 --> 00:23:24,035:
at
3394
00:23:24,035 --> 00:23:24,154:
my
3395
00:23:24,154 --> 00:23:24,994:
side.
3396
00:23:24,994 --> 00:23:25,174:
He
3397
00:23:25,174 --> 00:23:25,565:
opened
3398
00:23:25,565 --> 00:23:25,684:
his
3399
00:23:25,684 --> 00:23:25,954:
mouth
3400
00:23:25,954 --> 00:23:26,075:
to
3401
00:23:26,075 --> 00:23:26,375:
say
3402
00:23:26,375 --> 00:23:27,214:
something,
3403
00:23:27,214 --> 00:23:27,365:
but
3404
00:23:27,365 --> 00:23:27,454:
he
3405
00:23:27,454 --> 00:23:27,605:
was
3406
00:23:27,605 --> 00:23:27,994:
clearly
3407
00:23:27,994 --> 00:23:28,565:
struggling
3408
00:23:28,565 --> 00:23:28,684:
to
3409
00:23:28,684 --> 00:23:28,984:
form
3410
00:23:28,984 --> 00:23:29,075:
the
3411
00:23:29,075 --> 00:23:29,345:
right
3412
00:23:29,345 --> 00:23:29,734:
words
3413
00:23:29,734 --> 00:23:29,855:
to
3414
00:23:29,855 --> 00:23:30,305:
condemn
3415
00:23:30,305 --> 00:23:32,704:
me.
“Petra,”
3416
00:23:32,704 --> 00:23:32,855:
he
3417
00:23:32,855 --> 00:23:33,275:
finally
3418
00:23:33,275 --> 00:23:34,325:
said, “I
3419
00:23:34,325 --> 00:23:34,654:
need
3420
00:23:34,654 --> 00:23:34,775:
to
3421
00:23:34,775 --> 00:23:35,045:
tell
3422
00:23:35,045 --> 00:23:35,194:
you
3423
00:23:35,194 --> 00:23:36,125:
something.
3424
00:23:36,125 --> 00:23:36,335:
It’s
3425
00:23:36,335 --> 00:23:36,755:
very
3426
00:23:36,755 --> 00:23:37,325:
important,
3427
00:23:37,325 --> 00:23:38,134:
so…
3428
00:23:38,134 --> 00:23:38,555:
listen
3429
00:23:38,555 --> 00:23:39,575:
close,
3430
00:23:39,575 --> 00:23:39,785:
and
3431
00:23:39,785 --> 00:23:40,295:
please
3432
00:23:40,295 --> 00:23:40,714:
believe
3433
00:23:40,714 --> 00:23:41,825:
me.”
3434
00:23:41,825 --> 00:23:41,974:
I
3435
00:23:41,974 --> 00:23:42,305:
readied
3436
00:23:42,305 --> 00:23:42,785:
myself
3437
00:23:42,785 --> 00:23:42,934:
for
3438
00:23:42,934 --> 00:23:43,115:
the
3439
00:23:43,115 --> 00:23:43,535:
dragon’s
3440
00:23:43,535 --> 00:23:44,525:
fury.
3441
00:23:44,525 --> 00:23:44,674:
He
3442
00:23:44,674 --> 00:23:44,914:
took
3443
00:23:44,914 --> 00:23:44,944:
a
3444
00:23:44,944 --> 00:23:45,275:
deep
3445
00:23:45,275 --> 00:23:45,694:
breath
3446
00:23:45,694 --> 00:23:46,444:
in,
3447
00:23:46,444 --> 00:23:46,954:
readying
3448
00:23:46,954 --> 00:23:47,164:
his
3449
00:23:47,164 --> 00:23:48,095:
fire,
3450
00:23:48,095 --> 00:23:48,305:
and
3451
00:23:48,305 --> 00:23:49,144:
finally
3452
00:23:49,144 --> 00:23:49,444:
let
3453
00:23:49,444 --> 00:23:49,595:
it
3454
00:23:49,595 --> 00:23:51,484:
out.
“God
3455
00:23:51,484 --> 00:23:51,785:
didn’t
3456
00:23:51,785 --> 00:23:52,025:
give
3457
00:23:52,025 --> 00:23:52,144:
you
3458
00:23:52,144 --> 00:23:52,265:
the
3459
00:23:52,265 --> 00:23:52,625:
vision
3460
00:23:52,625 --> 00:23:52,775:
that
3461
00:23:52,775 --> 00:23:53,045:
brought
3462
00:23:53,045 --> 00:23:53,224:
us
3463
00:23:53,224 --> 00:23:54,545:
here.
3464
00:23:54,545 --> 00:23:54,755:
I
3465
00:23:54,755 --> 00:23:56,615:
did.”
My
3466
00:23:56,615 --> 00:23:57,005:
brow
3467
00:23:57,005 --> 00:23:57,515:
furrowed
3468
00:23:57,515 --> 00:23:57,664:
as
3469
00:23:57,664 --> 00:23:57,934:
Mark
3470
00:23:57,934 --> 00:23:58,325:
waited
3471
00:23:58,325 --> 00:23:58,835:
patiently
3472
00:23:58,835 --> 00:23:59,015:
for
3473
00:23:59,015 --> 00:23:59,194:
my
3474
00:23:59,194 --> 00:24:00,484:
reaction.
3475
00:24:00,484 --> 00:24:00,634:
It
3476
00:24:00,634 --> 00:24:00,845:
took
3477
00:24:00,845 --> 00:24:00,904:
a
3478
00:24:00,904 --> 00:24:01,174:
few
3479
00:24:01,174 --> 00:24:01,595:
moments
3480
00:24:01,595 --> 00:24:01,744:
for
3481
00:24:01,744 --> 00:24:01,924:
my
3482
00:24:01,924 --> 00:24:02,285:
mind
3483
00:24:02,285 --> 00:24:02,375:
to
3484
00:24:02,375 --> 00:24:02,644:
catch
3485
00:24:02,644 --> 00:24:04,204:
up.
“That
3486
00:24:04,204 --> 00:24:04,595:
doesn’t
3487
00:24:04,595 --> 00:24:04,805:
even
3488
00:24:04,805 --> 00:24:05,015:
make
3489
00:24:05,015 --> 00:24:06,035:
sense,”
3490
00:24:06,035 --> 00:24:06,154:
I
3491
00:24:06,154 --> 00:24:07,595:
said.
“It
3492
00:24:07,595 --> 00:24:07,775:
was
3493
00:24:07,775 --> 00:24:07,894:
the
3494
00:24:07,894 --> 00:24:08,224:
only
3495
00:24:08,224 --> 00:24:08,404:
way
3496
00:24:08,404 --> 00:24:08,494:
to
3497
00:24:08,494 --> 00:24:08,704:
make
3498
00:24:08,704 --> 00:24:08,825:
you
3499
00:24:08,825 --> 00:24:09,154:
leave
3500
00:24:09,154 --> 00:24:09,244:
the
3501
00:24:09,244 --> 00:24:10,055:
church,”
3502
00:24:10,055 --> 00:24:10,204:
he
3503
00:24:10,204 --> 00:24:11,375:
said. “I
3504
00:24:11,375 --> 00:24:11,644:
put
3505
00:24:11,644 --> 00:24:11,825:
it
3506
00:24:11,825 --> 00:24:11,944:
in
3507
00:24:11,944 --> 00:24:12,125:
your
3508
00:24:12,125 --> 00:24:12,484:
head,
3509
00:24:12,484 --> 00:24:12,664:
so
3510
00:24:12,664 --> 00:24:12,724:
I
3511
00:24:12,724 --> 00:24:12,904:
could
3512
00:24:12,904 --> 00:24:13,144:
bring
3513
00:24:13,144 --> 00:24:13,295:
you
3514
00:24:13,295 --> 00:24:13,535:
here
3515
00:24:13,535 --> 00:24:13,654:
to
3516
00:24:13,654 --> 00:24:13,744:
the
3517
00:24:13,744 --> 00:24:14,075:
wings
3518
00:24:14,075 --> 00:24:14,164:
of
3519
00:24:14,164 --> 00:24:15,724:
Sabaoth.”
3520
00:24:15,724 --> 00:24:15,934:
My
3521
00:24:15,934 --> 00:24:16,474:
brow
3522
00:24:16,474 --> 00:24:17,224:
furrowed,
3523
00:24:17,224 --> 00:24:17,404:
but
3524
00:24:17,404 --> 00:24:17,494:
I
3525
00:24:17,494 --> 00:24:18,275:
squinted
3526
00:24:18,275 --> 00:24:18,454:
as
3527
00:24:18,454 --> 00:24:18,575:
I
3528
00:24:18,575 --> 00:24:19,055:
remembered
3529
00:24:19,055 --> 00:24:19,144:
the
3530
00:24:19,144 --> 00:24:19,654:
moment
3531
00:24:19,654 --> 00:24:19,744:
in
3532
00:24:19,744 --> 00:24:19,805:
the
3533
00:24:19,805 --> 00:24:20,224:
church
3534
00:24:20,224 --> 00:24:20,404:
when
3535
00:24:20,404 --> 00:24:20,674:
Mark
3536
00:24:20,674 --> 00:24:20,825:
had
3537
00:24:20,825 --> 00:24:21,184:
locked
3538
00:24:21,184 --> 00:24:21,454:
eyes
3539
00:24:21,454 --> 00:24:21,634:
with
3540
00:24:21,634 --> 00:24:22,174:
me
3541
00:24:22,174 --> 00:24:22,355:
and
3542
00:24:22,355 --> 00:24:22,535:
put
3543
00:24:22,535 --> 00:24:22,684:
his
3544
00:24:22,684 --> 00:24:23,045:
hand
3545
00:24:23,045 --> 00:24:23,164:
on
3546
00:24:23,164 --> 00:24:23,315:
my
3547
00:24:23,315 --> 00:24:24,424:
shoulder,
3548
00:24:24,424 --> 00:24:24,815:
just
3549
00:24:24,815 --> 00:24:25,265:
before
3550
00:24:25,265 --> 00:24:25,384:
the
3551
00:24:25,384 --> 00:24:25,805:
vision
3552
00:24:25,805 --> 00:24:26,045:
took
3553
00:24:26,045 --> 00:24:27,755:
hold.
“Remember
3554
00:24:27,755 --> 00:24:27,845:
the
3555
00:24:27,845 --> 00:24:28,350:
humans
3556
00:24:28,350 --> 00:24:28,954:
Sabaoth
3557
00:24:28,954 --> 00:24:29,371:
raised
3558
00:24:29,371 --> 00:24:29,434:
to
3559
00:24:29,434 --> 00:24:29,765:
become
3560
00:24:29,765 --> 00:24:29,944:
his
3561
00:24:29,944 --> 00:24:31,085:
archons?
3562
00:24:31,085 --> 00:24:31,325:
How
3563
00:24:31,325 --> 00:24:31,444:
I
3564
00:24:31,444 --> 00:24:31,835:
always
3565
00:24:31,835 --> 00:24:32,194:
wanted
3566
00:24:32,194 --> 00:24:32,255:
to
3567
00:24:32,255 --> 00:24:32,585:
become
3568
00:24:32,585 --> 00:24:33,515:
one?
3569
00:24:33,515 --> 00:24:34,265:
Well,
3570
00:24:34,265 --> 00:24:34,325:
a
3571
00:24:34,325 --> 00:24:34,625:
few
3572
00:24:34,625 --> 00:24:34,954:
years
3573
00:24:34,954 --> 00:24:35,375:
ago,
3574
00:24:35,375 --> 00:24:35,555:
I
3575
00:24:35,555 --> 00:24:35,855:
got
3576
00:24:35,855 --> 00:24:36,035:
my
3577
00:24:36,035 --> 00:24:37,775:
wish.”
I
3578
00:24:37,775 --> 00:24:38,285:
stared,
3579
00:24:38,285 --> 00:24:38,825:
remembering
3580
00:24:38,825 --> 00:24:39,035:
how
3581
00:24:39,035 --> 00:24:39,394:
Mark
3582
00:24:39,394 --> 00:24:39,575:
had
3583
00:24:39,575 --> 00:24:39,815:
cut
3584
00:24:39,815 --> 00:24:39,934:
me
3585
00:24:39,934 --> 00:24:40,174:
off
3586
00:24:40,174 --> 00:24:40,654:
so
3587
00:24:40,654 --> 00:24:41,644:
adamantly
3588
00:24:41,644 --> 00:24:41,795:
as
3589
00:24:41,795 --> 00:24:41,914:
he
3590
00:24:41,914 --> 00:24:42,424:
explained
3591
00:24:42,424 --> 00:24:42,515:
the
3592
00:24:42,515 --> 00:24:42,815:
true
3593
00:24:42,815 --> 00:24:43,355:
workings
3594
00:24:43,355 --> 00:24:43,444:
of
3595
00:24:43,444 --> 00:24:43,565:
the
3596
00:24:43,565 --> 00:24:45,125:
archons.
I
3597
00:24:45,125 --> 00:24:46,144:
froze,
3598
00:24:46,144 --> 00:24:46,325:
as
3599
00:24:46,325 --> 00:24:46,805:
still
3600
00:24:46,805 --> 00:24:46,954:
and
3601
00:24:46,954 --> 00:24:47,105:
as
3602
00:24:47,105 --> 00:24:47,555:
cold
3603
00:24:47,555 --> 00:24:47,704:
as
3604
00:24:47,704 --> 00:24:47,795:
the
3605
00:24:47,795 --> 00:24:48,214:
broken
3606
00:24:48,214 --> 00:24:48,664:
stone
3607
00:24:48,664 --> 00:24:48,994:
walls
3608
00:24:48,994 --> 00:24:49,355:
around
3609
00:24:49,355 --> 00:24:50,884:
us. “Why
3610
00:24:50,884 --> 00:24:50,974:
are
3611
00:24:50,974 --> 00:24:51,125:
you
3612
00:24:51,125 --> 00:24:51,545:
saying
3613
00:24:51,545 --> 00:24:51,815:
such
3614
00:24:51,815 --> 00:24:52,505:
ridiculous
3615
00:24:52,505 --> 00:24:54,214:
things?”
“It’s
3616
00:24:54,214 --> 00:24:54,934:
true,”
3617
00:24:54,934 --> 00:24:55,325:
Seth
3618
00:24:55,325 --> 00:24:55,924:
said,
3619
00:24:55,924 --> 00:24:56,375:
stepping
3620
00:24:56,375 --> 00:24:56,555:
out
3621
00:24:56,555 --> 00:24:56,944:
fully
3622
00:24:56,944 --> 00:24:57,125:
from
3623
00:24:57,125 --> 00:24:57,484:
behind
3624
00:24:57,484 --> 00:24:57,815:
Mark’s
3625
00:24:57,815 --> 00:24:58,984:
wings. “He
3626
00:24:58,984 --> 00:24:59,345:
showed
3627
00:24:59,345 --> 00:24:59,464:
me
3628
00:24:59,464 --> 00:24:59,525:
a
3629
00:24:59,525 --> 00:24:59,795:
long
3630
00:24:59,795 --> 00:25:00,095:
time
3631
00:25:00,095 --> 00:25:00,904:
ago.
3632
00:25:00,904 --> 00:25:01,085:
We
3633
00:25:01,085 --> 00:25:01,325:
just
3634
00:25:01,325 --> 00:25:01,595:
couldn’t
3635
00:25:01,595 --> 00:25:01,865:
tell
3636
00:25:01,865 --> 00:25:02,045:
you
3637
00:25:02,045 --> 00:25:02,345:
because
3638
00:25:02,345 --> 00:25:02,434:
it
3639
00:25:02,434 --> 00:25:02,555:
was
3640
00:25:02,555 --> 00:25:02,944:
all so
3641
00:25:02,944 --> 00:25:03,785:
fast,
3642
00:25:03,785 --> 00:25:04,055:
and
3643
00:25:04,055 --> 00:25:04,234:
you
3644
00:25:04,234 --> 00:25:04,535:
thought
3645
00:25:04,535 --> 00:25:04,744:
all
3646
00:25:04,744 --> 00:25:05,255:
archons
3647
00:25:05,255 --> 00:25:05,375:
were
3648
00:25:05,375 --> 00:25:05,884:
evil
3649
00:25:05,884 --> 00:25:06,484:
and,
3650
00:25:06,484 --> 00:25:07,595:
well…”
3651
00:25:07,595 --> 00:25:07,714:
The
3652
00:25:07,714 --> 00:25:08,105:
tiger
3653
00:25:08,105 --> 00:25:09,154:
hesitated,
3654
00:25:09,154 --> 00:25:09,365:
then
3655
00:25:09,365 --> 00:25:09,694:
shook
3656
00:25:09,694 --> 00:25:09,997:
Mark
3657
00:25:09,997 --> 00:25:10,144:
by
3658
00:25:10,144 --> 00:25:10,265:
the
3659
00:25:10,265 --> 00:25:11,674:
shoulder. “Show
3660
00:25:11,674 --> 00:25:11,765:
him
3661
00:25:11,765 --> 00:25:11,914:
what
3662
00:25:11,914 --> 00:25:12,005:
you
3663
00:25:12,005 --> 00:25:12,394:
showed
3664
00:25:12,394 --> 00:25:13,684:
me.”
“I
3665
00:25:13,684 --> 00:25:13,865:
was
3666
00:25:13,865 --> 00:25:14,164:
just
3667
00:25:14,164 --> 00:25:14,434:
about
3668
00:25:14,434 --> 00:25:15,005:
to,”
3669
00:25:15,005 --> 00:25:15,335:
Mark
3670
00:25:15,335 --> 00:25:16,444:
said. “Look
3671
00:25:16,444 --> 00:25:16,595:
me
3672
00:25:16,595 --> 00:25:16,684:
in
3673
00:25:16,684 --> 00:25:16,805:
the
3674
00:25:16,805 --> 00:25:17,105:
eyes,
3675
00:25:17,105 --> 00:25:18,125:
Petra.
3676
00:25:18,125 --> 00:25:18,484:
Just
3677
00:25:18,484 --> 00:25:18,694:
like
3678
00:25:18,694 --> 00:25:18,815:
at
3679
00:25:18,815 --> 00:25:18,875:
the
3680
00:25:18,875 --> 00:25:20,855:
church.”
I
3681
00:25:20,855 --> 00:25:21,305:
locked
3682
00:25:21,305 --> 00:25:21,545:
eyes
3683
00:25:21,545 --> 00:25:21,694:
with
3684
00:25:21,694 --> 00:25:22,355:
Mark,
3685
00:25:22,355 --> 00:25:22,565:
though
3686
00:25:22,565 --> 00:25:22,744:
out
3687
00:25:22,744 --> 00:25:22,894:
of
3688
00:25:22,894 --> 00:25:23,315:
anger
3689
00:25:23,315 --> 00:25:23,615:
more
3690
00:25:23,615 --> 00:25:23,734:
than
3691
00:25:23,734 --> 00:25:23,974:
from
3692
00:25:23,974 --> 00:25:24,125:
his
3693
00:25:24,125 --> 00:25:25,265:
direction.
3694
00:25:25,265 --> 00:25:25,384:
I
3695
00:25:25,384 --> 00:25:25,565:
was
3696
00:25:25,565 --> 00:25:25,894:
about
3697
00:25:25,894 --> 00:25:25,984:
to
3698
00:25:25,984 --> 00:25:26,404:
scold
3699
00:25:26,404 --> 00:25:27,214:
him,
3700
00:25:27,214 --> 00:25:27,394:
but
3701
00:25:27,394 --> 00:25:27,484:
he
3702
00:25:27,484 --> 00:25:27,875:
placed
3703
00:25:27,875 --> 00:25:28,025:
his
3704
00:25:28,025 --> 00:25:28,414:
hands
3705
00:25:28,414 --> 00:25:28,505:
on
3706
00:25:28,505 --> 00:25:28,654:
my
3707
00:25:28,654 --> 00:25:29,615:
shoulders,
3708
00:25:29,615 --> 00:25:29,765:
and
3709
00:25:29,765 --> 00:25:29,884:
the
3710
00:25:29,884 --> 00:25:30,515:
ripples
3711
00:25:30,515 --> 00:25:31,894:
returned.
3712
00:25:31,894 --> 00:25:32,974:
Everything—the
3713
00:25:32,974 --> 00:25:33,724:
sky,
3714
00:25:33,724 --> 00:25:33,845:
the
3715
00:25:33,845 --> 00:25:34,414:
field,
3716
00:25:34,414 --> 00:25:34,565:
the
3717
00:25:34,565 --> 00:25:35,075:
ruins,
3718
00:25:35,075 --> 00:25:35,194:
the
3719
00:25:35,194 --> 00:25:35,585:
distant
3720
00:25:35,585 --> 00:25:36,904:
trees—fell
3721
00:25:36,904 --> 00:25:37,144:
out
3722
00:25:37,144 --> 00:25:37,384:
from
3723
00:25:37,384 --> 00:25:37,625:
under
3724
00:25:37,625 --> 00:25:38,404:
me,
3725
00:25:38,404 --> 00:25:38,585:
and
3726
00:25:38,585 --> 00:25:38,674:
I
3727
00:25:38,674 --> 00:25:39,454:
finally
3728
00:25:39,454 --> 00:25:39,904:
saw
3729
00:25:39,904 --> 00:25:40,025:
the
3730
00:25:40,025 --> 00:25:42,184:
truth.
A
3731
00:25:42,184 --> 00:25:42,545:
boy
3732
00:25:42,545 --> 00:25:42,964:
plays
3733
00:25:42,964 --> 00:25:43,085:
with
3734
00:25:43,085 --> 00:25:43,295:
his
3735
00:25:43,295 --> 00:25:43,505:
two
3736
00:25:43,505 --> 00:25:44,464:
friends.
3737
00:25:44,464 --> 00:25:44,855:
Grows
3738
00:25:44,855 --> 00:25:45,394:
up.
3739
00:25:45,394 --> 00:25:45,815:
Falls
3740
00:25:45,815 --> 00:25:45,904:
in
3741
00:25:45,904 --> 00:25:46,894:
love.
3742
00:25:46,894 --> 00:25:47,105:
As
3743
00:25:47,105 --> 00:25:47,164:
a
3744
00:25:47,164 --> 00:25:47,494:
girl
3745
00:25:47,494 --> 00:25:47,644:
is
3746
00:25:47,644 --> 00:25:48,005:
taken
3747
00:25:48,005 --> 00:25:48,154:
by
3748
00:25:48,154 --> 00:25:48,275:
the
3749
00:25:48,275 --> 00:25:49,174:
priests,
3750
00:25:49,174 --> 00:25:49,355:
he
3751
00:25:49,355 --> 00:25:49,835:
cries
3752
00:25:49,835 --> 00:25:50,075:
out
3753
00:25:50,075 --> 00:25:50,194:
in
3754
00:25:50,194 --> 00:25:50,734:
helpless
3755
00:25:50,734 --> 00:25:51,815:
grief.
3756
00:25:51,815 --> 00:25:51,994:
He
3757
00:25:51,994 --> 00:25:52,144:
is
3758
00:25:52,144 --> 00:25:53,105:
visited,
3759
00:25:53,105 --> 00:25:53,494:
told
3760
00:25:53,494 --> 00:25:53,555:
of
3761
00:25:53,555 --> 00:25:53,674:
the
3762
00:25:53,674 --> 00:25:54,065:
coming
3763
00:25:54,065 --> 00:25:54,815:
end,
3764
00:25:54,815 --> 00:25:54,964:
of
3765
00:25:54,964 --> 00:25:55,144:
what
3766
00:25:55,144 --> 00:25:55,474:
he
3767
00:25:55,474 --> 00:25:55,654:
and
3768
00:25:55,654 --> 00:25:55,835:
his
3769
00:25:55,835 --> 00:25:56,134:
own
3770
00:25:56,134 --> 00:25:56,285:
will
3771
00:25:56,285 --> 00:25:57,575:
become.
3772
00:25:57,575 --> 00:25:57,755:
The
3773
00:25:57,755 --> 00:25:58,115:
boy
3774
00:25:58,115 --> 00:25:58,625:
trembles
3775
00:25:58,625 --> 00:25:58,744:
with
3776
00:25:58,744 --> 00:25:58,835:
the
3777
00:25:58,835 --> 00:25:59,164:
weight
3778
00:25:59,164 --> 00:25:59,255:
of
3779
00:25:59,255 --> 00:25:59,345:
the
3780
00:25:59,345 --> 00:26:00,305:
secret.
3781
00:26:00,305 --> 00:26:00,484:
He
3782
00:26:00,484 --> 00:26:00,875:
falls
3783
00:26:00,875 --> 00:26:01,115:
away
3784
00:26:01,115 --> 00:26:01,327:
from
3785
00:26:01,327 --> 00:26:01,414:
the
3786
00:26:01,414 --> 00:26:02,255:
church,
3787
00:26:02,255 --> 00:26:02,674:
holding
3788
00:26:02,674 --> 00:26:02,825:
his
3789
00:26:02,825 --> 00:26:03,184:
mates
3790
00:26:03,184 --> 00:26:03,724:
closer
3791
00:26:03,724 --> 00:26:03,994:
each
3792
00:26:03,994 --> 00:26:04,444:
passing
3793
00:26:04,444 --> 00:26:05,255:
year.
3794
00:26:05,255 --> 00:26:05,825:
Revealing
3795
00:26:05,825 --> 00:26:05,914:
the
3796
00:26:05,914 --> 00:26:06,424:
secret
3797
00:26:06,424 --> 00:26:06,575:
to
3798
00:26:06,575 --> 00:26:06,934:
one
3799
00:26:06,934 --> 00:26:07,085:
who
3800
00:26:07,085 --> 00:26:07,265:
would
3801
00:26:07,265 --> 00:26:08,194:
stay,
3802
00:26:08,194 --> 00:26:08,647:
keeping
3803
00:26:08,647 --> 00:26:09,095:
it
3804
00:26:09,095 --> 00:26:09,394:
from
3805
00:26:09,394 --> 00:26:09,694:
one
3806
00:26:09,694 --> 00:26:09,904:
he
3807
00:26:09,904 --> 00:26:10,384:
thought
3808
00:26:10,384 --> 00:26:10,535:
would
3809
00:26:10,535 --> 00:26:11,884:
ascend.
3810
00:26:11,884 --> 00:26:12,304:
Then
3811
00:26:12,304 --> 00:26:13,384:
baptism.
3812
00:26:13,384 --> 00:26:13,595:
The
3813
00:26:13,595 --> 00:26:14,194:
end.
3814
00:26:14,194 --> 00:26:14,315:
The
3815
00:26:14,315 --> 00:26:14,855:
vision.
3816
00:26:14,855 --> 00:26:15,005:
The
3817
00:26:15,005 --> 00:26:15,904:
wings.
3818
00:26:15,904 --> 00:26:16,025:
The
3819
00:26:16,025 --> 00:26:16,595:
wolf
3820
00:26:16,595 --> 00:26:16,775:
who
3821
00:26:16,775 --> 00:26:18,065:
remained.
3822
00:26:18,065 --> 00:26:18,154:
A
3823
00:26:18,154 --> 00:26:18,755:
dragon
3824
00:26:18,755 --> 00:26:18,936:
and
3825
00:26:18,936 --> 00:26:18,994:
a
3826
00:26:18,994 --> 00:26:19,714:
tiger,
3827
00:26:19,714 --> 00:26:20,434:
conspiring
3828
00:26:20,434 --> 00:26:20,585:
in
3829
00:26:20,585 --> 00:26:21,575:
secret,
3830
00:26:21,575 --> 00:26:22,115:
desperate
3831
00:26:22,115 --> 00:26:22,204:
to
3832
00:26:22,204 --> 00:26:22,474:
heal
3833
00:26:22,474 --> 00:26:22,595:
the
3834
00:26:22,595 --> 00:26:23,164:
scars
3835
00:26:23,164 --> 00:26:23,285:
of
3836
00:26:23,285 --> 00:26:23,375:
the
3837
00:26:23,375 --> 00:26:24,035:
terrified
3838
00:26:24,035 --> 00:26:24,394:
man
3839
00:26:24,394 --> 00:26:24,575:
they
3840
00:26:24,575 --> 00:26:27,454:
love.
I
3841
00:26:27,454 --> 00:26:27,845:
found
3842
00:26:27,845 --> 00:26:28,295:
myself
3843
00:26:28,295 --> 00:26:28,595:
back
3844
00:26:28,595 --> 00:26:28,684:
at
3845
00:26:28,684 --> 00:26:29,704:
Thunder Hill,
3846
00:26:29,704 --> 00:26:30,305:
trembling
3847
00:26:30,305 --> 00:26:30,394:
in
3848
00:26:30,394 --> 00:26:30,515:
the
3849
00:26:30,515 --> 00:26:30,904:
arms
3850
00:26:30,904 --> 00:26:30,994:
of
3851
00:26:30,994 --> 00:26:32,644:
Sabaoth’s archon.
3852
00:26:32,644 --> 00:26:32,795:
He
3853
00:26:32,795 --> 00:26:33,065:
held
3854
00:26:33,065 --> 00:26:33,214:
me
3855
00:26:33,214 --> 00:26:34,085:
close,
3856
00:26:34,085 --> 00:26:34,265:
his
3857
00:26:34,265 --> 00:26:34,714:
snout
3858
00:26:34,714 --> 00:26:35,194:
resting
3859
00:26:35,194 --> 00:26:35,315:
on
3860
00:26:35,315 --> 00:26:35,434:
my
3861
00:26:35,434 --> 00:26:37,144:
shoulder.
“The
3862
00:26:37,144 --> 00:26:37,684:
Rapture
3863
00:26:37,684 --> 00:26:38,105:
doesn’t
3864
00:26:38,105 --> 00:26:38,704:
judge
3865
00:26:38,704 --> 00:26:39,005:
whether
3866
00:26:39,005 --> 00:26:39,275:
you’re
3867
00:26:39,275 --> 00:26:39,605:
good
3868
00:26:39,605 --> 00:26:39,785:
or
3869
00:26:39,785 --> 00:26:40,595:
bad,
3870
00:26:40,595 --> 00:26:41,164:
broken
3871
00:26:41,164 --> 00:26:41,315:
or
3872
00:26:41,315 --> 00:26:42,214:
whole,”
3873
00:26:42,214 --> 00:26:42,365:
he
3874
00:26:42,365 --> 00:26:43,684:
said. “It
3875
00:26:43,684 --> 00:26:44,194:
judges
3876
00:26:44,194 --> 00:26:44,375:
who
3877
00:26:44,375 --> 00:26:44,555:
you
3878
00:26:44,555 --> 00:26:44,884:
want
3879
00:26:44,884 --> 00:26:45,005:
to
3880
00:26:45,005 --> 00:26:45,964:
be.
3881
00:26:45,964 --> 00:26:46,234:
The
3882
00:26:46,234 --> 00:26:46,595:
fallen
3883
00:26:46,595 --> 00:26:47,105:
created
3884
00:26:47,105 --> 00:26:47,194:
our
3885
00:26:47,194 --> 00:26:47,644:
bodies
3886
00:26:47,644 --> 00:26:47,795:
as
3887
00:26:47,795 --> 00:26:48,755:
prisons,
3888
00:26:48,755 --> 00:26:48,934:
but
3889
00:26:48,934 --> 00:26:49,085:
we
3890
00:26:49,085 --> 00:26:49,265:
can
3891
00:26:49,265 --> 00:26:49,865:
reclaim
3892
00:26:49,865 --> 00:26:50,105:
these
3893
00:26:50,105 --> 00:26:50,795:
prisons
3894
00:26:50,795 --> 00:26:50,944:
and
3895
00:26:50,944 --> 00:26:51,605:
transform
3896
00:26:51,605 --> 00:26:51,845:
them
3897
00:26:51,845 --> 00:26:52,085:
into
3898
00:26:52,085 --> 00:26:53,974:
homes.”
3899
00:26:53,974 --> 00:26:54,125:
The
3900
00:26:54,125 --> 00:26:54,575:
dragon
3901
00:26:54,575 --> 00:26:54,875:
kissed
3902
00:26:54,875 --> 00:26:55,025:
my
3903
00:26:55,025 --> 00:26:55,984:
forehead
3904
00:26:55,984 --> 00:26:56,164:
and
3905
00:26:56,164 --> 00:26:56,494:
placed
3906
00:26:56,494 --> 00:26:56,555:
a
3907
00:26:56,555 --> 00:26:56,944:
hand
3908
00:26:56,944 --> 00:26:57,065:
on
3909
00:26:57,065 --> 00:26:57,214:
my
3910
00:26:57,214 --> 00:26:58,144:
chest,
3911
00:26:58,144 --> 00:26:58,625:
firm
3912
00:26:58,625 --> 00:26:58,954:
against
3913
00:26:58,954 --> 00:26:59,105:
my
3914
00:26:59,105 --> 00:26:59,555:
racing
3915
00:26:59,555 --> 00:27:01,414:
heart. “This
3916
00:27:01,414 --> 00:27:01,595:
is
3917
00:27:01,595 --> 00:27:01,835:
where
3918
00:27:01,835 --> 00:27:02,015:
you
3919
00:27:02,015 --> 00:27:03,095:
belong.
3920
00:27:03,095 --> 00:27:03,335:
It’s
3921
00:27:03,335 --> 00:27:03,545:
where
3922
00:27:03,545 --> 00:27:03,724:
you
3923
00:27:03,724 --> 00:27:04,085:
want
3924
00:27:04,085 --> 00:27:04,204:
to
3925
00:27:04,204 --> 00:27:05,224:
be.
3926
00:27:05,224 --> 00:27:05,525:
Your
3927
00:27:05,525 --> 00:27:07,325:
home.”
I
3928
00:27:07,325 --> 00:27:07,505:
could
3929
00:27:07,505 --> 00:27:08,045:
scarcely
3930
00:27:08,045 --> 00:27:08,404:
breathe
3931
00:27:08,404 --> 00:27:08,525:
as
3932
00:27:08,525 --> 00:27:08,615:
I
3933
00:27:08,615 --> 00:27:08,884:
took
3934
00:27:08,884 --> 00:27:09,065:
in
3935
00:27:09,065 --> 00:27:09,244:
his
3936
00:27:09,244 --> 00:27:10,234:
words.
3937
00:27:10,234 --> 00:27:10,355:
It
3938
00:27:10,355 --> 00:27:10,625:
didn’t
3939
00:27:10,625 --> 00:27:10,894:
make
3940
00:27:10,894 --> 00:27:11,045:
any
3941
00:27:11,045 --> 00:27:12,005:
sense.
3942
00:27:12,005 --> 00:27:12,184:
It
3943
00:27:12,184 --> 00:27:12,515:
wasn’t
3944
00:27:12,515 --> 00:27:13,565:
right.
3945
00:27:13,565 --> 00:27:13,835:
How
3946
00:27:13,835 --> 00:27:14,045:
could
3947
00:27:14,045 --> 00:27:14,134:
it
3948
00:27:14,134 --> 00:27:14,285:
be
3949
00:27:14,285 --> 00:27:14,644:
so
3950
00:27:14,644 --> 00:27:14,825:
when
3951
00:27:14,825 --> 00:27:14,884:
the
3952
00:27:14,884 --> 00:27:15,275:
church
3953
00:27:15,275 --> 00:27:15,634:
taught
3954
00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:15,755:
that
3955
00:27:15,755 --> 00:27:15,875:
our
3956
00:27:15,875 --> 00:27:16,355:
bodies
3957
00:27:16,355 --> 00:27:16,535:
were
3958
00:27:16,535 --> 00:27:19,444:
wrong?
“W-what’s
3959
00:27:19,444 --> 00:27:19,714:
going
3960
00:27:19,714 --> 00:27:19,805:
to
3961
00:27:19,805 --> 00:27:20,914:
happen?”
3962
00:27:20,914 --> 00:27:21,065:
I
3963
00:27:21,065 --> 00:27:21,845:
asked,
3964
00:27:21,845 --> 00:27:22,414:
recovering
3965
00:27:22,414 --> 00:27:22,625:
from
3966
00:27:22,625 --> 00:27:22,684:
the
3967
00:27:22,684 --> 00:27:24,214:
shock.
“We’re
3968
00:27:24,214 --> 00:27:24,575:
going
3969
00:27:24,575 --> 00:27:24,694:
to
3970
00:27:24,694 --> 00:27:24,994:
live
3971
00:27:24,994 --> 00:27:25,144:
as
3972
00:27:25,144 --> 00:27:26,134:
ourselves,”
3973
00:27:26,134 --> 00:27:26,464:
said
3974
00:27:26,464 --> 00:27:26,555:
the
3975
00:27:26,555 --> 00:27:28,295:
dragon. “Everyone
3976
00:27:28,295 --> 00:27:28,505:
on
3977
00:27:28,505 --> 00:27:28,744:
Earth
3978
00:27:28,744 --> 00:27:28,924:
who’s
3979
00:27:28,924 --> 00:27:29,075:
been
3980
00:27:29,075 --> 00:27:29,315:
left
3981
00:27:29,315 --> 00:27:30,305:
behind—and
3982
00:27:30,305 --> 00:27:30,904:
yes,
3983
00:27:30,904 --> 00:27:31,144:
there
3984
00:27:31,144 --> 00:27:31,295:
are
3985
00:27:31,295 --> 00:27:31,805:
many
3986
00:27:31,805 --> 00:27:33,065:
more—can
3987
00:27:33,065 --> 00:27:33,365:
move
3988
00:27:33,365 --> 00:27:33,694:
on
3989
00:27:33,694 --> 00:27:33,904:
from
3990
00:27:33,904 --> 00:27:34,474:
humanity
3991
00:27:34,474 --> 00:27:35,345:
now.
3992
00:27:35,345 --> 00:27:35,704:
On to
3993
00:27:35,704 --> 00:27:36,035:
better
3994
00:27:36,035 --> 00:27:37,444:
things.”
3995
00:27:37,444 --> 00:27:37,744:
Mark
3996
00:27:37,744 --> 00:27:38,075:
held
3997
00:27:38,075 --> 00:27:38,315:
my
3998
00:27:38,315 --> 00:27:38,585:
fuzzy
3999
00:27:38,585 --> 00:27:38,914:
paw
4000
00:27:38,914 --> 00:27:39,005:
in
4001
00:27:39,005 --> 00:27:39,154:
his
4002
00:27:39,154 --> 00:27:39,575:
scaled
4003
00:27:39,575 --> 00:27:41,224:
hand. “Much
4004
00:27:41,224 --> 00:27:41,555:
better
4005
00:27:41,555 --> 00:27:43,474:
things.”
Seth
4006
00:27:43,474 --> 00:27:43,805:
kneeled
4007
00:27:43,805 --> 00:27:44,075:
next
4008
00:27:44,075 --> 00:27:44,255:
to
4009
00:27:44,255 --> 00:27:44,855:
us,
4010
00:27:44,855 --> 00:27:45,275:
placing
4011
00:27:45,275 --> 00:27:45,454:
his
4012
00:27:45,454 --> 00:27:45,724:
own
4013
00:27:45,724 --> 00:27:46,384:
paw atop
4014
00:27:46,384 --> 00:27:48,365:
ours. “Mark
4015
00:27:48,365 --> 00:27:48,515:
has
4016
00:27:48,515 --> 00:27:48,904:
offered
4017
00:27:48,904 --> 00:27:49,025:
us
4018
00:27:49,025 --> 00:27:49,085:
a
4019
00:27:49,085 --> 00:27:49,474:
chance
4020
00:27:49,474 --> 00:27:49,565:
to
4021
00:27:49,565 --> 00:27:49,894:
become
4022
00:27:49,894 --> 00:27:50,525:
Sabaoth’s
4023
00:27:50,525 --> 00:27:51,065:
archons
4024
00:27:51,065 --> 00:27:51,785:
too,”
4025
00:27:51,785 --> 00:27:51,934:
he
4026
00:27:51,934 --> 00:27:53,134:
said. “We
4027
00:27:53,134 --> 00:27:53,375:
don’t
4028
00:27:53,375 --> 00:27:53,644:
have
4029
00:27:53,644 --> 00:27:53,825:
to
4030
00:27:53,825 --> 00:27:53,944:
if
4031
00:27:53,944 --> 00:27:54,065:
we
4032
00:27:54,065 --> 00:27:54,244:
don’t
4033
00:27:54,244 --> 00:27:54,484:
want
4034
00:27:54,484 --> 00:27:55,204:
to,
4035
00:27:55,204 --> 00:27:55,505:
but
4036
00:27:55,505 --> 00:27:55,805:
that’s
4037
00:27:55,805 --> 00:27:55,924:
what
4038
00:27:55,924 --> 00:27:56,015:
the
4039
00:27:56,015 --> 00:27:56,315:
wings
4040
00:27:56,315 --> 00:27:56,404:
are
4041
00:27:56,404 --> 00:27:56,704:
really
4042
00:27:56,704 --> 00:27:58,505:
for.”
I
4043
00:27:58,505 --> 00:27:58,984:
recalled
4044
00:27:58,984 --> 00:27:59,134:
my
4045
00:27:59,134 --> 00:28:00,214:
vision—the
4046
00:28:00,214 --> 00:28:00,575:
pillar
4047
00:28:00,575 --> 00:28:00,694:
of
4048
00:28:00,694 --> 00:28:01,055:
light
4049
00:28:01,055 --> 00:28:01,625:
shining
4050
00:28:01,625 --> 00:28:01,954:
down
4051
00:28:01,954 --> 00:28:02,105:
through
4052
00:28:02,105 --> 00:28:02,194:
the
4053
00:28:02,194 --> 00:28:02,494:
wing’s
4054
00:28:02,494 --> 00:28:04,714:
center.
“Sabaoth
4055
00:28:04,714 --> 00:28:04,865:
will
4056
00:28:04,865 --> 00:28:05,224:
grant
4057
00:28:05,224 --> 00:28:05,375:
us
4058
00:28:05,375 --> 00:28:05,494:
the
4059
00:28:05,494 --> 00:28:05,884:
power
4060
00:28:05,884 --> 00:28:06,005:
to
4061
00:28:06,005 --> 00:28:06,275:
make
4062
00:28:06,275 --> 00:28:06,484:
this
4063
00:28:06,484 --> 00:28:06,815:
world
4064
00:28:06,815 --> 00:28:06,934:
our
4065
00:28:06,934 --> 00:28:07,144:
new
4066
00:28:07,144 --> 00:28:08,194:
home.
4067
00:28:08,194 --> 00:28:08,345:
We
4068
00:28:08,345 --> 00:28:08,525:
can
4069
00:28:08,525 --> 00:28:08,765:
be
4070
00:28:08,765 --> 00:28:08,944:
who
4071
00:28:08,944 --> 00:28:09,154:
we
4072
00:28:09,154 --> 00:28:09,815:
are,
4073
00:28:09,815 --> 00:28:10,234:
instead
4074
00:28:10,234 --> 00:28:10,355:
of
4075
00:28:10,355 --> 00:28:10,444:
the
4076
00:28:10,444 --> 00:28:10,865:
church
4077
00:28:10,865 --> 00:28:11,285:
making
4078
00:28:11,285 --> 00:28:11,494:
us
4079
00:28:11,494 --> 00:28:11,734:
into
4080
00:28:11,734 --> 00:28:12,154:
something
4081
00:28:12,154 --> 00:28:12,365:
we’re
4082
00:28:12,365 --> 00:28:14,015:
not.”
The
4083
00:28:14,015 --> 00:28:14,704:
priests
4084
00:28:14,704 --> 00:28:15,454:
screamed
4085
00:28:15,454 --> 00:28:15,605:
in
4086
00:28:15,605 --> 00:28:15,785:
my
4087
00:28:15,785 --> 00:28:17,105:
head.
The
4088
00:28:17,105 --> 00:28:17,644:
wardens
4089
00:28:17,644 --> 00:28:18,154:
crafted
4090
00:28:18,154 --> 00:28:18,424:
thy
4091
00:28:18,424 --> 00:28:18,815:
body
4092
00:28:18,815 --> 00:28:18,904:
in
4093
00:28:18,904 --> 00:28:21,095:
deception!
Indulgence
4094
00:28:21,095 --> 00:28:21,184:
in
4095
00:28:21,184 --> 00:28:21,394:
their
4096
00:28:21,394 --> 00:28:21,755:
lie
4097
00:28:21,755 --> 00:28:22,025:
will
4098
00:28:22,025 --> 00:28:22,414:
bind
4099
00:28:22,414 --> 00:28:22,565:
you
4100
00:28:22,565 --> 00:28:22,744:
to
4101
00:28:22,744 --> 00:28:23,015:
your
4102
00:28:23,015 --> 00:28:24,755:
prison!
Damned
4103
00:28:24,755 --> 00:28:24,934:
are
4104
00:28:24,934 --> 00:28:25,055:
the
4105
00:28:25,055 --> 00:28:25,654:
traitors
4106
00:28:25,654 --> 00:28:25,775:
who
4107
00:28:25,775 --> 00:28:25,924:
would
4108
00:28:25,924 --> 00:28:26,375:
trade
4109
00:28:26,375 --> 00:28:26,674:
one
4110
00:28:26,674 --> 00:28:27,125:
prison
4111
00:28:27,125 --> 00:28:27,424:
for
4112
00:28:27,424 --> 00:28:29,404:
another!
They
4113
00:28:29,404 --> 00:28:29,615:
had
4114
00:28:29,615 --> 00:28:30,154:
crawled
4115
00:28:30,154 --> 00:28:30,694:
so
4116
00:28:30,694 --> 00:28:31,115:
deep
4117
00:28:31,115 --> 00:28:31,625:
inside
4118
00:28:31,625 --> 00:28:31,714:
of
4119
00:28:31,714 --> 00:28:32,704:
me—the
4120
00:28:32,704 --> 00:28:33,305:
archons
4121
00:28:33,305 --> 00:28:33,394:
of
4122
00:28:33,394 --> 00:28:33,605:
my
4123
00:28:33,605 --> 00:28:33,904:
own
4124
00:28:33,904 --> 00:28:34,444:
personal
4125
00:28:34,444 --> 00:28:35,795:
prison.
4126
00:28:35,795 --> 00:28:35,914:
I
4127
00:28:35,914 --> 00:28:36,454:
shivered
4128
00:28:36,454 --> 00:28:36,575:
as
4129
00:28:36,575 --> 00:28:36,664:
I
4130
00:28:36,664 --> 00:28:37,144:
gazed
4131
00:28:37,144 --> 00:28:37,505:
deep
4132
00:28:37,505 --> 00:28:37,744:
into
4133
00:28:37,744 --> 00:28:37,865:
the
4134
00:28:37,865 --> 00:28:38,555:
dragon’s
4135
00:28:38,555 --> 00:28:39,035:
eyes,
4136
00:28:39,035 --> 00:28:39,275:
and
4137
00:28:39,275 --> 00:28:39,394:
I
4138
00:28:39,394 --> 00:28:41,464:
whined.
“Help
4139
00:28:41,464 --> 00:28:43,625:
me.”
Mark
4140
00:28:43,625 --> 00:28:43,835:
put
4141
00:28:43,835 --> 00:28:43,894:
a
4142
00:28:43,894 --> 00:28:44,255:
hand
4143
00:28:44,255 --> 00:28:44,464:
under
4144
00:28:44,464 --> 00:28:44,615:
my
4145
00:28:44,615 --> 00:28:45,575:
chin,
4146
00:28:45,575 --> 00:28:45,994:
lifted
4147
00:28:45,994 --> 00:28:46,174:
my
4148
00:28:46,174 --> 00:28:47,194:
snout,
4149
00:28:47,194 --> 00:28:47,375:
and
4150
00:28:47,375 --> 00:28:47,765:
kissed
4151
00:28:47,765 --> 00:28:48,994:
me.
4152
00:28:48,994 --> 00:28:49,144:
The
4153
00:28:49,144 --> 00:28:49,744:
priests
4154
00:28:49,744 --> 00:28:50,494:
screamed
4155
00:28:50,494 --> 00:28:50,704:
in
4156
00:28:50,704 --> 00:28:51,605:
fury,
4157
00:28:51,605 --> 00:28:51,785:
but
4158
00:28:51,785 --> 00:28:51,934:
their
4159
00:28:51,934 --> 00:28:52,414:
voices
4160
00:28:52,414 --> 00:28:52,535:
were
4161
00:28:52,535 --> 00:28:53,075:
snuffed
4162
00:28:53,075 --> 00:28:53,315:
out
4163
00:28:53,315 --> 00:28:53,525:
like
4164
00:28:53,525 --> 00:28:55,055:
candleflames,
4165
00:28:55,055 --> 00:28:55,474:
carved
4166
00:28:55,474 --> 00:28:55,714:
from
4167
00:28:55,714 --> 00:28:55,865:
their
4168
00:28:55,865 --> 00:28:56,525:
hollow
4169
00:28:56,525 --> 00:28:56,734:
and
4170
00:28:56,734 --> 00:28:57,484:
obliterated
4171
00:28:57,484 --> 00:28:57,664:
by
4172
00:28:57,664 --> 00:28:58,055:
Mark’s
4173
00:28:58,055 --> 00:28:58,595:
love
4174
00:28:58,595 --> 00:28:58,744:
and
4175
00:28:58,744 --> 00:28:59,434:
Sabaoth’s
4176
00:28:59,434 --> 00:29:00,515:
power.
4177
00:29:00,515 --> 00:29:00,724:
An
4178
00:29:00,724 --> 00:29:01,565:
unbearable
4179
00:29:01,565 --> 00:29:02,285:
weight,
4180
00:29:02,285 --> 00:29:02,555:
one
4181
00:29:02,555 --> 00:29:02,734:
I
4182
00:29:02,734 --> 00:29:02,884:
had
4183
00:29:02,884 --> 00:29:03,275:
carried
4184
00:29:03,275 --> 00:29:03,454:
with
4185
00:29:03,454 --> 00:29:03,694:
me
4186
00:29:03,694 --> 00:29:03,964:
all
4187
00:29:03,964 --> 00:29:04,204:
my
4188
00:29:04,204 --> 00:29:05,285:
life,
4189
00:29:05,285 --> 00:29:05,734:
crumbled
4190
00:29:05,734 --> 00:29:05,884:
to
4191
00:29:05,884 --> 00:29:06,934:
dust
4192
00:29:06,934 --> 00:29:07,115:
and
4193
00:29:07,115 --> 00:29:07,414:
fell
4194
00:29:07,414 --> 00:29:07,565:
from
4195
00:29:07,565 --> 00:29:07,684:
my
4196
00:29:07,684 --> 00:29:09,065:
shoulders.
4197
00:29:09,065 --> 00:29:09,244:
My
4198
00:29:09,244 --> 00:29:09,664:
mind
4199
00:29:09,664 --> 00:29:09,875:
was
4200
00:29:09,875 --> 00:29:10,384:
finally
4201
00:29:10,384 --> 00:29:11,345:
returned,
4202
00:29:11,345 --> 00:29:12,335:
tranquil
4203
00:29:12,335 --> 00:29:12,515:
and
4204
00:29:12,515 --> 00:29:12,964:
relieved
4205
00:29:12,964 --> 00:29:13,055:
of
4206
00:29:13,055 --> 00:29:14,734:
fear.
It
4207
00:29:14,734 --> 00:29:15,184:
broke
4208
00:29:15,184 --> 00:29:16,744:
me.
Mark
4209
00:29:16,744 --> 00:29:17,075:
pulled
4210
00:29:17,075 --> 00:29:17,315:
away
4211
00:29:17,315 --> 00:29:17,525:
from
4212
00:29:17,525 --> 00:29:17,644:
the
4213
00:29:17,644 --> 00:29:18,634:
kiss.
4214
00:29:18,634 --> 00:29:19,204:
Tears
4215
00:29:19,204 --> 00:29:19,505:
fell
4216
00:29:19,505 --> 00:29:19,684:
into
4217
00:29:19,684 --> 00:29:19,835:
my
4218
00:29:19,835 --> 00:29:20,164:
cheek
4219
00:29:20,164 --> 00:29:21,275:
fur.
4220
00:29:21,275 --> 00:29:21,664:
Seth
4221
00:29:21,664 --> 00:29:21,934:
hugged
4222
00:29:21,934 --> 00:29:22,055:
me
4223
00:29:22,055 --> 00:29:22,265:
from
4224
00:29:22,265 --> 00:29:22,714:
behind
4225
00:29:22,714 --> 00:29:22,805:
as
4226
00:29:22,805 --> 00:29:22,894:
I
4227
00:29:22,894 --> 00:29:24,515:
sobbed. “I’m
4228
00:29:24,515 --> 00:29:25,714:
sorry.
4229
00:29:25,714 --> 00:29:25,954:
I’m
4230
00:29:25,954 --> 00:29:26,285:
so
4231
00:29:26,285 --> 00:29:28,325:
sorry.”
They
4232
00:29:28,325 --> 00:29:28,625:
held
4233
00:29:28,625 --> 00:29:28,744:
me
4234
00:29:28,744 --> 00:29:29,164:
steady
4235
00:29:29,164 --> 00:29:29,585:
between
4236
00:29:29,585 --> 00:29:30,484:
them,
4237
00:29:30,484 --> 00:29:30,815:
letting
4238
00:29:30,815 --> 00:29:30,964:
me
4239
00:29:30,964 --> 00:29:31,204:
know
4240
00:29:31,204 --> 00:29:31,355:
there
4241
00:29:31,355 --> 00:29:31,535:
was
4242
00:29:31,535 --> 00:29:31,924:
nothing
4243
00:29:31,924 --> 00:29:32,075:
to
4244
00:29:32,075 --> 00:29:32,825:
apologize
4245
00:29:32,825 --> 00:29:33,994:
for.
4246
00:29:33,994 --> 00:29:34,174:
They
4247
00:29:34,174 --> 00:29:34,505:
both
4248
00:29:34,505 --> 00:29:34,805:
told
4249
00:29:34,805 --> 00:29:34,924:
me
4250
00:29:34,924 --> 00:29:35,075:
they
4251
00:29:35,075 --> 00:29:35,375:
loved
4252
00:29:35,375 --> 00:29:36,005:
me,
4253
00:29:36,005 --> 00:29:36,184:
and
4254
00:29:36,184 --> 00:29:36,275:
I
4255
00:29:36,275 --> 00:29:36,755:
returned
4256
00:29:36,755 --> 00:29:36,875:
the
4257
00:29:36,875 --> 00:29:37,414:
words
4258
00:29:37,414 --> 00:29:37,894:
again
4259
00:29:37,894 --> 00:29:38,045:
and
4260
00:29:38,045 --> 00:29:40,954:
again.
I
4261
00:29:40,954 --> 00:29:41,494:
stood
4262
00:29:41,494 --> 00:29:41,615:
at
4263
00:29:41,615 --> 00:29:41,704:
the
4264
00:29:41,704 --> 00:29:42,575:
threshold
4265
00:29:42,575 --> 00:29:42,694:
of
4266
00:29:42,694 --> 00:29:44,464:
Sabaoth’s wings.
4267
00:29:44,464 --> 00:29:44,615:
It
4268
00:29:44,615 --> 00:29:44,795:
was
4269
00:29:44,795 --> 00:29:45,515:
noon,
4270
00:29:45,515 --> 00:29:45,694:
and
4271
00:29:45,694 --> 00:29:45,755:
the
4272
00:29:45,755 --> 00:29:46,295:
sunlight
4273
00:29:46,295 --> 00:29:46,744:
shone
4274
00:29:46,744 --> 00:29:47,105:
down
4275
00:29:47,105 --> 00:29:47,285:
from
4276
00:29:47,285 --> 00:29:47,375:
the
4277
00:29:47,375 --> 00:29:47,795:
window
4278
00:29:47,795 --> 00:29:47,884:
in
4279
00:29:47,884 --> 00:29:47,974:
the
4280
00:29:47,974 --> 00:29:48,454:
temple’s
4281
00:29:48,454 --> 00:29:49,355:
roof,
4282
00:29:49,355 --> 00:29:49,865:
forming
4283
00:29:49,865 --> 00:29:49,924:
a
4284
00:29:49,924 --> 00:29:50,345:
pillar
4285
00:29:50,345 --> 00:29:50,494:
of
4286
00:29:50,494 --> 00:29:50,914:
golden
4287
00:29:50,914 --> 00:29:52,894:
light.
Seth
4288
00:29:52,894 --> 00:29:53,015:
had
4289
00:29:53,015 --> 00:29:53,285:
gone
4290
00:29:53,285 --> 00:29:54,125:
first,
4291
00:29:54,125 --> 00:29:54,305:
and
4292
00:29:54,305 --> 00:29:54,424:
he
4293
00:29:54,424 --> 00:29:54,515:
had
4294
00:29:54,515 --> 00:29:54,964:
emerged
4295
00:29:54,964 --> 00:29:55,144:
from
4296
00:29:55,144 --> 00:29:55,204:
the
4297
00:29:55,204 --> 00:29:55,565:
light
4298
00:29:55,565 --> 00:29:55,894:
much
4299
00:29:55,894 --> 00:29:55,984:
the
4300
00:29:55,984 --> 00:29:56,345:
same
4301
00:29:56,345 --> 00:29:56,464:
as
4302
00:29:56,464 --> 00:29:56,555:
he
4303
00:29:56,555 --> 00:29:56,674:
had
4304
00:29:56,674 --> 00:29:56,974:
gone
4305
00:29:56,974 --> 00:29:57,875:
in.
4306
00:29:57,875 --> 00:29:58,025:
A
4307
00:29:58,025 --> 00:29:58,444:
glow
4308
00:29:58,444 --> 00:29:58,565:
in
4309
00:29:58,565 --> 00:29:58,744:
his
4310
00:29:58,744 --> 00:29:59,285:
eyes
4311
00:29:59,285 --> 00:29:59,974:
dissipated
4312
00:29:59,974 --> 00:30:00,125:
as
4313
00:30:00,125 --> 00:30:00,214:
he
4314
00:30:00,214 --> 00:30:00,575:
walked
4315
00:30:00,575 --> 00:30:00,694:
up
4316
00:30:00,694 --> 00:30:00,815:
to
4317
00:30:00,815 --> 00:30:01,474:
me,
4318
00:30:01,474 --> 00:30:01,565:
a
4319
00:30:01,565 --> 00:30:01,835:
big
4320
00:30:01,835 --> 00:30:02,375:
smile
4321
00:30:02,375 --> 00:30:02,494:
on
4322
00:30:02,494 --> 00:30:02,644:
his
4323
00:30:02,644 --> 00:30:04,265:
muzzle.
“It
4324
00:30:04,265 --> 00:30:04,625:
feels
4325
00:30:04,625 --> 00:30:05,434:
good,”
4326
00:30:05,434 --> 00:30:05,585:
he
4327
00:30:05,585 --> 00:30:06,815:
said. “Like
4328
00:30:06,815 --> 00:30:06,845:
a
4329
00:30:06,845 --> 00:30:07,174:
hot
4330
00:30:07,174 --> 00:30:07,505:
bath
4331
00:30:07,505 --> 00:30:07,595:
or
4332
00:30:07,595 --> 00:30:08,615:
something.
4333
00:30:08,615 --> 00:30:08,825:
And
4334
00:30:08,825 --> 00:30:08,944:
you
4335
00:30:08,944 --> 00:30:09,214:
learn
4336
00:30:09,214 --> 00:30:09,575:
things,
4337
00:30:09,575 --> 00:30:10,384:
too,
4338
00:30:10,384 --> 00:30:10,744:
like
4339
00:30:10,744 --> 00:30:10,954:
what
4340
00:30:10,954 --> 00:30:11,075:
we
4341
00:30:11,075 --> 00:30:11,255:
can
4342
00:30:11,255 --> 00:30:11,525:
do
4343
00:30:11,525 --> 00:30:11,795:
and
4344
00:30:11,795 --> 00:30:12,035:
how
4345
00:30:12,035 --> 00:30:12,154:
we
4346
00:30:12,154 --> 00:30:12,305:
can
4347
00:30:12,305 --> 00:30:12,515:
make
4348
00:30:12,515 --> 00:30:12,785:
things
4349
00:30:12,785 --> 00:30:14,734:
better.”
4350
00:30:14,734 --> 00:30:15,154:
Seth
4351
00:30:15,154 --> 00:30:15,605:
pointed
4352
00:30:15,605 --> 00:30:15,724:
at
4353
00:30:15,724 --> 00:30:15,785:
the
4354
00:30:15,785 --> 00:30:16,714:
ground;
4355
00:30:16,714 --> 00:30:17,404:
flowers
4356
00:30:17,404 --> 00:30:17,704:
now
4357
00:30:17,704 --> 00:30:18,005:
grew
4358
00:30:18,005 --> 00:30:18,154:
where
4359
00:30:18,154 --> 00:30:18,275:
there
4360
00:30:18,275 --> 00:30:18,454:
had
4361
00:30:18,454 --> 00:30:18,724:
only
4362
00:30:18,724 --> 00:30:19,055:
been
4363
00:30:19,055 --> 00:30:19,429:
dry
4364
00:30:19,429 --> 00:30:19,714:
dirt
4365
00:30:19,714 --> 00:30:20,134:
seconds
4366
00:30:20,134 --> 00:30:22,055:
before.
Mark
4367
00:30:22,055 --> 00:30:22,444:
walked
4368
00:30:22,444 --> 00:30:22,565:
up
4369
00:30:22,565 --> 00:30:23,015:
behind
4370
00:30:23,015 --> 00:30:23,194:
me
4371
00:30:23,194 --> 00:30:23,315:
and
4372
00:30:23,315 --> 00:30:23,704:
ruffled
4373
00:30:23,704 --> 00:30:23,855:
my
4374
00:30:23,855 --> 00:30:24,095:
head
4375
00:30:24,095 --> 00:30:24,664:
fur,
4376
00:30:24,664 --> 00:30:25,025:
making
4377
00:30:25,025 --> 00:30:25,144:
me
4378
00:30:25,144 --> 00:30:26,944:
smile.
“This
4379
00:30:26,944 --> 00:30:27,305:
place
4380
00:30:27,305 --> 00:30:27,424:
will
4381
00:30:27,424 --> 00:30:27,575:
be
4382
00:30:27,575 --> 00:30:27,605:
a
4383
00:30:27,605 --> 00:30:27,964:
city
4384
00:30:27,964 --> 00:30:28,924:
someday,”
4385
00:30:28,924 --> 00:30:29,105:
he
4386
00:30:29,105 --> 00:30:30,214:
said. “The
4387
00:30:30,214 --> 00:30:30,755:
center
4388
00:30:30,755 --> 00:30:30,904:
of
4389
00:30:30,904 --> 00:30:31,025:
the
4390
00:30:31,025 --> 00:30:31,265:
new
4391
00:30:31,265 --> 00:30:32,345:
world.
4392
00:30:32,345 --> 00:30:32,525:
And
4393
00:30:32,525 --> 00:30:33,335:
together
4394
00:30:33,335 --> 00:30:33,634:
we’ll
4395
00:30:33,634 --> 00:30:33,934:
help
4396
00:30:33,934 --> 00:30:34,055:
it
4397
00:30:34,055 --> 00:30:35,545:
thrive.”
4398
00:30:35,545 --> 00:30:35,724:
He
4399
00:30:35,724 --> 00:30:36,115:
showed
4400
00:30:36,115 --> 00:30:36,265:
me
4401
00:30:36,265 --> 00:30:36,325:
a
4402
00:30:36,325 --> 00:30:36,684:
vision
4403
00:30:36,684 --> 00:30:36,775:
of
4404
00:30:36,775 --> 00:30:36,954:
what
4405
00:30:36,954 --> 00:30:37,105:
he
4406
00:30:37,105 --> 00:30:38,214:
intended:
4407
00:30:38,214 --> 00:30:38,335:
a
4408
00:30:38,335 --> 00:30:38,785:
grand
4409
00:30:38,785 --> 00:30:39,174:
city
4410
00:30:39,174 --> 00:30:39,325:
of
4411
00:30:39,325 --> 00:30:39,775:
color
4412
00:30:39,775 --> 00:30:39,924:
and
4413
00:30:39,924 --> 00:30:40,825:
light,
4414
00:30:40,825 --> 00:30:41,664:
peaceful,
4415
00:30:41,664 --> 00:30:42,474:
happy,
4416
00:30:42,474 --> 00:30:42,654:
and
4417
00:30:42,654 --> 00:30:42,954:
free
4418
00:30:42,954 --> 00:30:43,194:
from
4419
00:30:43,194 --> 00:30:43,285:
the
4420
00:30:43,285 --> 00:30:43,704:
pain
4421
00:30:43,704 --> 00:30:43,855:
and
4422
00:30:43,855 --> 00:30:44,424:
oppression
4423
00:30:44,424 --> 00:30:44,515:
of
4424
00:30:44,515 --> 00:30:44,634:
the
4425
00:30:44,634 --> 00:30:44,934:
old
4426
00:30:44,934 --> 00:30:46,105:
world.
4427
00:30:46,105 --> 00:30:46,224:
I
4428
00:30:46,224 --> 00:30:46,555:
saw
4429
00:30:46,555 --> 00:30:46,674:
the
4430
00:30:46,674 --> 00:30:47,275:
citizens
4431
00:30:47,275 --> 00:30:47,394:
who
4432
00:30:47,394 --> 00:30:47,664:
lived
4433
00:30:47,664 --> 00:30:48,505:
there,
4434
00:30:48,505 --> 00:30:48,744:
all
4435
00:30:48,744 --> 00:30:48,865:
of
4436
00:30:48,865 --> 00:30:49,164:
them
4437
00:30:49,164 --> 00:30:50,065:
exactly
4438
00:30:50,065 --> 00:30:50,214:
who
4439
00:30:50,214 --> 00:30:50,365:
they
4440
00:30:50,365 --> 00:30:50,755:
wanted
4441
00:30:50,755 --> 00:30:50,815:
to
4442
00:30:50,815 --> 00:30:52,795:
be.
“More
4443
00:30:52,795 --> 00:30:53,184:
animal
4444
00:30:53,184 --> 00:30:53,994:
people?”
4445
00:30:53,994 --> 00:30:54,174:
I
4446
00:30:54,174 --> 00:30:55,285:
laughed.
“You’re
4447
00:30:55,285 --> 00:30:55,585:
damn
4448
00:30:55,585 --> 00:30:55,884:
right
4449
00:30:55,884 --> 00:30:56,125:
more
4450
00:30:56,125 --> 00:30:56,454:
animal
4451
00:30:56,454 --> 00:30:57,234:
people,”
4452
00:30:57,234 --> 00:30:57,384:
he
4453
00:30:57,384 --> 00:30:57,684:
said
4454
00:30:57,684 --> 00:30:57,894:
with
4455
00:30:57,894 --> 00:30:58,255:
toothy
4456
00:30:58,255 --> 00:30:59,545:
smile. “No
4457
00:30:59,545 --> 00:30:59,815:
more
4458
00:30:59,815 --> 00:31:00,894:
humanity.
4459
00:31:00,894 --> 00:31:01,134:
We’ve
4460
00:31:01,134 --> 00:31:01,404:
moved
4461
00:31:01,404 --> 00:31:01,765:
past
4462
00:31:01,765 --> 00:31:02,275:
that,
4463
00:31:02,275 --> 00:31:04,494:
right?”
“Right,”
4464
00:31:04,494 --> 00:31:04,644:
I
4465
00:31:04,644 --> 00:31:05,454:
agreed,
4466
00:31:05,454 --> 00:31:05,875:
wagging
4467
00:31:05,875 --> 00:31:06,025:
my
4468
00:31:06,025 --> 00:31:06,414:
tail
4469
00:31:06,414 --> 00:31:06,535:
and
4470
00:31:06,535 --> 00:31:06,954:
standing
4471
00:31:06,954 --> 00:31:07,134:
my
4472
00:31:07,134 --> 00:31:07,464:
ears
4473
00:31:07,464 --> 00:31:07,615:
up
4474
00:31:07,615 --> 00:31:09,025:
tall.
“This
4475
00:31:09,025 --> 00:31:09,144:
will
4476
00:31:09,144 --> 00:31:09,234:
be
4477
00:31:09,234 --> 00:31:09,954:
fun,”
4478
00:31:09,954 --> 00:31:10,345:
Seth
4479
00:31:10,345 --> 00:31:11,424:
said. “Lots
4480
00:31:11,424 --> 00:31:11,545:
to
4481
00:31:11,545 --> 00:31:12,115:
see,
4482
00:31:12,115 --> 00:31:12,474:
lots
4483
00:31:12,474 --> 00:31:12,565:
to
4484
00:31:12,565 --> 00:31:13,525:
do.”
4485
00:31:13,525 --> 00:31:13,704:
He
4486
00:31:13,704 --> 00:31:13,974:
ran
4487
00:31:13,974 --> 00:31:14,125:
his
4488
00:31:14,125 --> 00:31:14,424:
paw
4489
00:31:14,424 --> 00:31:14,785:
across
4490
00:31:14,785 --> 00:31:14,875:
the
4491
00:31:14,875 --> 00:31:15,174:
curve
4492
00:31:15,174 --> 00:31:15,295:
of
4493
00:31:15,295 --> 00:31:15,474:
my
4494
00:31:15,474 --> 00:31:16,285:
hip,
4495
00:31:16,285 --> 00:31:16,585:
down
4496
00:31:16,585 --> 00:31:16,674:
to
4497
00:31:16,674 --> 00:31:16,884:
my
4498
00:31:16,884 --> 00:31:17,605:
rear,
4499
00:31:17,605 --> 00:31:17,934:
below
4500
00:31:17,934 --> 00:31:18,144:
my
4501
00:31:18,144 --> 00:31:19,525:
tail. “Lots
4502
00:31:19,525 --> 00:31:19,704:
to
4503
00:31:19,704 --> 00:31:21,384:
explore.”
I
4504
00:31:21,384 --> 00:31:22,075:
laughed,
4505
00:31:22,075 --> 00:31:22,585:
swatting
4506
00:31:22,585 --> 00:31:22,734:
him
4507
00:31:22,734 --> 00:31:23,244:
playfully
4508
00:31:23,244 --> 00:31:24,505:
away. “Save
4509
00:31:24,505 --> 00:31:24,625:
it
4510
00:31:24,625 --> 00:31:24,775:
for
4511
00:31:24,775 --> 00:31:25,134:
later,
4512
00:31:25,134 --> 00:31:25,345:
you
4513
00:31:25,345 --> 00:31:25,674:
horny
4514
00:31:25,674 --> 00:31:27,444:
cat.”
Seth
4515
00:31:27,444 --> 00:31:27,714:
gave
4516
00:31:27,714 --> 00:31:27,865:
me
4517
00:31:27,865 --> 00:31:27,924:
a
4518
00:31:27,924 --> 00:31:28,164:
little
4519
00:31:28,164 --> 00:31:28,674:
growl
4520
00:31:28,674 --> 00:31:28,795:
as
4521
00:31:28,795 --> 00:31:28,884:
I
4522
00:31:28,884 --> 00:31:29,214:
kissed
4523
00:31:29,214 --> 00:31:29,815:
him,
4524
00:31:29,815 --> 00:31:30,085:
then
4525
00:31:30,085 --> 00:31:31,134:
Mark—my
4526
00:31:31,134 --> 00:31:31,434:
two
4527
00:31:31,434 --> 00:31:31,914:
lovers
4528
00:31:31,914 --> 00:31:32,125:
and
4529
00:31:32,125 --> 00:31:32,994:
saviors,
4530
00:31:32,994 --> 00:31:33,144:
who
4531
00:31:33,144 --> 00:31:33,295:
I’d
4532
00:31:33,295 --> 00:31:33,565:
never
4533
00:31:33,565 --> 00:31:33,835:
let
4534
00:31:33,835 --> 00:31:34,285:
anything
4535
00:31:34,285 --> 00:31:34,555:
pull
4536
00:31:34,555 --> 00:31:34,704:
me
4537
00:31:34,704 --> 00:31:34,944:
away
4538
00:31:34,944 --> 00:31:35,335:
from
4539
00:31:35,335 --> 00:31:35,694:
ever
4540
00:31:35,694 --> 00:31:37,404:
again.
I
4541
00:31:37,404 --> 00:31:37,795:
walked
4542
00:31:37,795 --> 00:31:37,944:
up
4543
00:31:37,944 --> 00:31:38,065:
to
4544
00:31:38,065 --> 00:31:38,154:
the
4545
00:31:38,154 --> 00:31:38,605:
light
4546
00:31:38,605 --> 00:31:38,755:
and
4547
00:31:38,755 --> 00:31:39,204:
tested
4548
00:31:39,204 --> 00:31:39,325:
it
4549
00:31:39,325 --> 00:31:39,474:
with
4550
00:31:39,474 --> 00:31:39,625:
my
4551
00:31:39,625 --> 00:31:40,734:
footpaw,
4552
00:31:40,734 --> 00:31:40,944:
as
4553
00:31:40,944 --> 00:31:41,065:
if
4554
00:31:41,065 --> 00:31:41,484:
testing
4555
00:31:41,484 --> 00:31:41,605:
the
4556
00:31:41,605 --> 00:31:42,234:
temperature
4557
00:31:42,234 --> 00:31:42,355:
in
4558
00:31:42,355 --> 00:31:42,414:
a
4559
00:31:42,414 --> 00:31:42,714:
pool
4560
00:31:42,714 --> 00:31:42,805:
of
4561
00:31:42,805 --> 00:31:43,974:
water.
4562
00:31:43,974 --> 00:31:44,125:
It
4563
00:31:44,125 --> 00:31:44,305:
was
4564
00:31:44,305 --> 00:31:45,265:
warm,
4565
00:31:45,265 --> 00:31:46,464:
comfortable,
4566
00:31:46,464 --> 00:31:48,325:
welcoming.
I
4567
00:31:48,325 --> 00:31:48,595:
looked
4568
00:31:48,595 --> 00:31:48,894:
back
4569
00:31:48,894 --> 00:31:48,954:
at
4570
00:31:48,954 --> 00:31:49,045:
the
4571
00:31:49,045 --> 00:31:49,525:
tiger
4572
00:31:49,525 --> 00:31:49,674:
and
4573
00:31:49,674 --> 00:31:49,795:
the
4574
00:31:49,795 --> 00:31:50,244:
dragon
4575
00:31:50,244 --> 00:31:50,545:
one
4576
00:31:50,545 --> 00:31:50,904:
more
4577
00:31:50,904 --> 00:31:52,105:
time,
4578
00:31:52,105 --> 00:31:52,285:
and
4579
00:31:52,285 --> 00:31:52,375:
I
4580
00:31:52,375 --> 00:31:53,154:
finally
4581
00:31:53,154 --> 00:31:53,634:
stepped
4582
00:31:53,634 --> 00:31:53,904:
into
4583
00:31:53,904 --> 00:31:53,994:
the
4584
00:31:53,994 --> 00:32:00,204:
light.
This
4585
00:32:00,204 --> 00:32:00,565:
was
4586
00:32:00,565 --> 00:32:00,654:
the
4587
00:32:00,654 --> 00:32:01,194:
second
4588
00:32:01,194 --> 00:32:01,315:
and
4589
00:32:01,315 --> 00:32:01,674:
final
4590
00:32:01,674 --> 00:32:01,974:
part
4591
00:32:01,974 --> 00:32:03,384:
of “Rapture”
4592
00:32:03,384 --> 00:32:03,535:
by
4593
00:32:03,535 --> 00:32:03,954:
Shiloh
4594
00:32:03,954 --> 00:32:04,944:
Skye,
4595
00:32:04,944 --> 00:32:05,184:
read
4596
00:32:05,184 --> 00:32:05,275:
for
4597
00:32:05,275 --> 00:32:05,394:
you
4598
00:32:05,394 --> 00:32:05,587:
by
4599
00:32:05,587 --> 00:32:05,755:
the
4600
00:32:05,755 --> 00:32:07,285:
author.
As
4601
00:32:07,285 --> 00:32:07,884:
always,
4602
00:32:07,884 --> 00:32:08,005:
you
4603
00:32:08,005 --> 00:32:08,154:
can
4604
00:32:08,154 --> 00:32:08,454:
find
4605
00:32:08,454 --> 00:32:08,694:
more
4606
00:32:08,694 --> 00:32:09,355:
stories
4607
00:32:09,355 --> 00:32:09,565:
on
4608
00:32:09,565 --> 00:32:09,684:
the
4609
00:32:09,684 --> 00:32:10,134:
web
4610
00:32:10,134 --> 00:32:10,285:
at
4611
00:32:10,285 --> 00:32:11,994:
thevoice.dog,
4612
00:32:11,994 --> 00:32:12,174:
or
4613
00:32:12,174 --> 00:32:12,535:
find
4614
00:32:12,535 --> 00:32:12,595:
the
4615
00:32:12,595 --> 00:32:12,835:
show
4616
00:32:12,835 --> 00:32:13,164:
wherever
4617
00:32:13,164 --> 00:32:13,345:
you
4618
00:32:13,345 --> 00:32:13,615:
get
4619
00:32:13,615 --> 00:32:13,855:
your
4620
00:32:13,855 --> 00:32:15,625:
podcasts.
4621
00:32:15,625 --> 00:32:15,984:
Thank
4622
00:32:15,984 --> 00:32:16,105:
you
4623
00:32:16,105 --> 00:32:16,255:
for
4624
00:32:16,255 --> 00:32:17,095:
listening to The
4625
00:32:17,095 --> 00:32:18,025:
Voice
4626
00:32:18,025 --> 00:32:18,474:
of
4627
00:32:18,474 --> 00:32:18,865:
Dog.