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listening
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to
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Ghost
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of
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on
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Dog.
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is
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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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and
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Tonight’s
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story
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is “Faju” by TiberiusRings &
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Fruitz,
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authors
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of
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the
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Simon
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King
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trilogy:
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Come
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to
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Dust,
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Down
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the
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Tower,
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and
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Lonely
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Dragon.
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new
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book,
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Two
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Blades,
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is
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set
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to
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release
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soon.
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word
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taboo is the inauspicious
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stepchild
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of
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etymology
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and
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colonialism. “Tapu,”
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from
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the
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polynesian,
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meaning “sacred,
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or
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holy,
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in
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sense
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that
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implies
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prohibitions
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or
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restrictions”
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was
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misheard,
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and
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misunderstood,
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by
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Captain
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James
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Cook
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island
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of
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Tonga,
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and
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once
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passed
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it
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on,
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could
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not
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be
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taken
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back.
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more
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subject
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of
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taboos,
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of
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things
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which
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once
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spoken
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cannot
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be
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taken
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back,
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and
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on
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things
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have
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been
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slightly
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misheard…
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enjoy
“Faju”
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by
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TiberiusRings &
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Fruitz
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child
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village
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knew
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about
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legend
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of
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the
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Faju.
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every
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one
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of
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them
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believed it
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to
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be
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true,
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with
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their
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heart.
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sun
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always
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rises
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west,
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as
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water
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flows
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from
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the
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waterfall,
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and
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just
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winter
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always
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follows
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autumn…the
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legend
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of
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Faju
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was
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real,
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a
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universally
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acknowledged
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truth.
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don’t.”
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leaned
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heels,
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smirking
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companion.
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tufted
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lynx
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wooded
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path where
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parents
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was
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kit.
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had
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celebrated
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twelfth
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year
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month,
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the
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boulder
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no
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longer
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looked
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as
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frightening
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or
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intimidating
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the
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past.
“No,
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don’t
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believe
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all.
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silly
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story
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that
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parents
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tell
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kids
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to
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make
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them
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finish
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their
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chores.
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Some
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old
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villager
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probably
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made
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it
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up
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a
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hundred
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years
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ago
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because
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he
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didn’t
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want
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his
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brats
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sneaking
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into
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the
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woods.”
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friend,
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a lion
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with
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his
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mane
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yet
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to
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grow
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out,
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frowned
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as
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his
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rounded
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ears
334
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flicked,
335
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and
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he
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gave
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a
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nervous
340
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glance
341
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toward
342
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the
343
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forest
344
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edge.
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For
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a
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species
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that
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was
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supposed
351
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to
352
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be
353
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brave,
354
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Sam
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was
356
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especially
357
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cowardly,
358
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despite
359
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being
360
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older
361
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than
362
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Nyx
363
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by
364
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half
365
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a
366
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year
367
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and
368
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also
369
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a
370
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head
371
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taller. “You
372
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shouldn’t
373
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joke
374
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like
375
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that,
376
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Nyx.”
“Why
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not?
378
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Scared
379
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the
380
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big
381
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bad
382
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monster
383
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is
384
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gonna
385
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come
386
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get
387
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us?”
The
388
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lynx
389
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grinned,
390
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leaning
391
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down
392
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to
393
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grab
394
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the
395
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shoulder
396
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strap
397
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of
398
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his
399
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leather
400
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satchel
401
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that
402
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contained
403
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the
404
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textiles
405
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that they
406
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were
407
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bringing
408
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home.
409
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The
410
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bazaar
411
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earlier
412
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that
413
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day
414
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had
415
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been
416
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a
417
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huge
418
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success;
419
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with
420
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this
421
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much
422
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textile
423
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that
424
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the
425
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boys
426
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bought
427
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with
428
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the
429
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profit
430
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they
431
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made,
432
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he
433
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and
434
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Sam’s
435
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mothers
436
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could
437
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make
438
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new
439
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clothes
440
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for
441
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both
442
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of
443
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them
444
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as
445
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well
446
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as all
447
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their
448
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siblings.
“I
449
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didn’t
450
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say
451
00:03:11,340 --> 00:03:12,388:
that!” the
452
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lion
453
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hissed
454
00:03:13,020 --> 00:03:14,219:
sharply.
455
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Sam’s
456
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voice
457
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was
458
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low,
459
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his
460
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amber
461
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eyes
462
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wide
463
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as
464
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he
465
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fidgeted
466
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with
467
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his
468
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tunic. “I
469
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just…my
470
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gran
471
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used
472
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to
473
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say
474
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you
475
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shouldn’t
476
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even
477
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say
478
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its
479
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name.
480
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That’s
481
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what
482
00:03:23,490 --> 00:03:24,060:
starts
483
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it.”
Nyx
484
00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:26,400:
snorted
485
00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:26,580:
and
486
00:03:26,580 --> 00:03:27,000:
tossed
487
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the
488
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dirt
489
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aside. “Then I’ll say it twice. Faju. Faju. See? Still here. Guess it’s
490
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not
491
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as
492
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scary
493
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as
494
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everyone
495
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thinks.”
“Shhh!”
496
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Sam
497
00:03:38,159 --> 00:03:38,520:
hissed
498
00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:39,030:
again,
499
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eyes
500
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wide
501
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in
502
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terror,
503
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glancing
504
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around
505
00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:41,520:
as
506
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if
507
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someone
508
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else
509
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might
510
00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:42,360:
have
511
00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:43,259:
heard. “Don’t
512
00:03:43,259 --> 00:03:43,560:
do
513
00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,810:
that!”
The
514
00:03:45,810 --> 00:03:46,169:
younger
515
00:03:46,169 --> 00:03:46,590:
lynx
516
00:03:46,590 --> 00:03:47,490:
laughed
517
00:03:47,490 --> 00:03:47,610:
and
518
00:03:47,610 --> 00:03:47,849:
watched
519
00:03:47,849 --> 00:03:48,000:
the
520
00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:48,210:
older
521
00:03:48,210 --> 00:03:48,659:
lion’s
522
00:03:48,659 --> 00:03:48,960:
tail
523
00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:49,409:
twitch
524
00:03:49,409 --> 00:03:49,530:
and
525
00:03:49,530 --> 00:03:49,919:
curl
526
00:03:49,919 --> 00:03:50,039:
with
527
00:03:50,039 --> 00:03:51,449:
agitation. “You
528
00:03:51,449 --> 00:03:51,810:
sound
529
00:03:51,810 --> 00:03:52,020:
like
530
00:03:52,020 --> 00:03:52,110:
an
531
00:03:52,110 --> 00:03:52,319:
old
532
00:03:52,319 --> 00:03:53,669:
crow. ‘Don’t
533
00:03:53,669 --> 00:03:53,819:
go
534
00:03:53,819 --> 00:03:53,969:
near
535
00:03:53,969 --> 00:03:54,090:
the
536
00:03:54,090 --> 00:03:54,960:
Talls, don’t
537
00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:55,169:
say
538
00:03:55,169 --> 00:03:55,349:
its
539
00:03:55,349 --> 00:03:56,039:
name, don’t
540
00:03:56,039 --> 00:03:56,219:
do
541
00:03:56,219 --> 00:03:56,520:
this,
542
00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:56,759:
don’t
543
00:03:56,759 --> 00:03:56,939:
do
544
00:03:56,939 --> 00:03:57,210:
that.’
545
00:03:57,210 --> 00:03:57,270:
You
546
00:03:57,270 --> 00:03:57,449:
ever
547
00:03:57,449 --> 00:03:57,810:
notice
548
00:03:57,810 --> 00:03:57,930:
how
549
00:03:57,930 --> 00:03:58,169:
many
550
00:03:58,169 --> 00:03:58,590:
rules this
551
00:03:58,590 --> 00:03:59,009:
stupid
552
00:03:59,009 --> 00:03:59,310:
village
553
00:03:59,310 --> 00:03:59,580:
makes
554
00:03:59,580 --> 00:04:00,090:
up
555
00:04:00,090 --> 00:04:00,479:
just
556
00:04:00,479 --> 00:04:00,599:
to
557
00:04:00,599 --> 00:04:00,840:
keep
558
00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:00,990:
us
559
00:04:00,990 --> 00:04:02,280:
scared?
560
00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:02,580:
Guess
561
00:04:02,580 --> 00:04:02,849:
what,
562
00:04:02,849 --> 00:04:03,090:
I’m
563
00:04:03,090 --> 00:04:03,569:
not
564
00:04:03,569 --> 00:04:05,699:
scared!”
Sam’s
565
00:04:05,699 --> 00:04:06,060:
ears
566
00:04:06,060 --> 00:04:06,360:
pinned
567
00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:06,900:
flat,
568
00:04:06,900 --> 00:04:07,080:
his
569
00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:07,500:
paws
570
00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:07,860:
curling
571
00:04:07,860 --> 00:04:08,009:
into
572
00:04:08,009 --> 00:04:09,599:
fists. “But
573
00:04:09,599 --> 00:04:09,750:
you
574
00:04:09,750 --> 00:04:10,110:
should
575
00:04:10,110 --> 00:04:11,699:
be.”
The
576
00:04:11,699 --> 00:04:12,060:
lynx
577
00:04:12,060 --> 00:04:12,360:
waved
578
00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:12,389:
a
579
00:04:12,389 --> 00:04:12,780:
paw
580
00:04:12,780 --> 00:04:13,830:
dismissively,
581
00:04:13,830 --> 00:04:14,310:
yawning
582
00:04:14,310 --> 00:04:14,580:
loud
583
00:04:14,580 --> 00:04:14,789:
enough
584
00:04:14,789 --> 00:04:14,879:
to
585
00:04:14,879 --> 00:04:15,060:
make
586
00:04:15,060 --> 00:04:15,120:
it
587
00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:15,539:
obvious
588
00:04:15,539 --> 00:04:15,629:
he
589
00:04:15,629 --> 00:04:15,930:
wasn’t
590
00:04:15,930 --> 00:04:17,040:
listening. “Sure,
591
00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:17,939:
sure.
592
00:04:17,939 --> 00:04:18,180:
This
593
00:04:18,180 --> 00:04:18,449:
thing
594
00:04:18,449 --> 00:04:18,600:
is
595
00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:18,839:
out
596
00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:19,019:
there
597
00:04:19,019 --> 00:04:19,110:
in
598
00:04:19,110 --> 00:04:19,199:
the
599
00:04:19,199 --> 00:04:19,439:
woods
600
00:04:19,439 --> 00:04:19,649:
just
601
00:04:19,649 --> 00:04:19,980:
waiting
602
00:04:19,980 --> 00:04:20,160:
for
603
00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:20,310:
me
604
00:04:20,310 --> 00:04:20,459:
to
605
00:04:20,459 --> 00:04:21,000:
say
606
00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:21,269:
its
607
00:04:21,269 --> 00:04:21,720:
name
608
00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:22,139:
three
609
00:04:22,139 --> 00:04:23,129:
times
610
00:04:23,129 --> 00:04:23,399:
so
611
00:04:23,399 --> 00:04:23,490:
it
612
00:04:23,490 --> 00:04:23,639:
can
613
00:04:23,639 --> 00:04:23,850:
come
614
00:04:23,850 --> 00:04:24,120:
eat
615
00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:24,540:
me.
616
00:04:24,540 --> 00:04:25,110:
Sounds
617
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real.”
Sam
618
00:04:27,959 --> 00:04:28,199:
didn’t
619
00:04:28,199 --> 00:04:29,490:
answer.
620
00:04:29,490 --> 00:04:29,670:
His
621
00:04:29,670 --> 00:04:30,060:
gaze
622
00:04:30,060 --> 00:04:30,149:
had
623
00:04:30,149 --> 00:04:30,480:
locked
624
00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:30,569:
on
625
00:04:30,569 --> 00:04:30,660:
the
626
00:04:30,660 --> 00:04:30,930:
dark
627
00:04:30,930 --> 00:04:31,170:
wall
628
00:04:31,170 --> 00:04:31,290:
of
629
00:04:31,290 --> 00:04:31,740:
trees
630
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at
631
00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:31,860:
the
632
00:04:31,860 --> 00:04:32,129:
far
633
00:04:32,129 --> 00:04:32,370:
edge
634
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of
635
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a
636
00:04:32,519 --> 00:04:32,910:
field
637
00:04:32,910 --> 00:04:33,000:
in
638
00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:33,089:
the
639
00:04:33,089 --> 00:04:34,019:
distance:
640
00:04:34,019 --> 00:04:34,170:
the
641
00:04:34,170 --> 00:04:35,910:
Talls.
642
00:04:35,910 --> 00:04:36,480:
Silent
643
00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:36,600:
and
644
00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:37,259:
unyielding,
645
00:04:37,259 --> 00:04:37,410:
their
646
00:04:37,410 --> 00:04:37,740:
trunks
647
00:04:37,740 --> 00:04:38,220:
vanished
648
00:04:38,220 --> 00:04:38,370:
into
649
00:04:38,370 --> 00:04:39,180:
shadow,
650
00:04:39,180 --> 00:04:39,329:
their
651
00:04:39,329 --> 00:04:39,779:
tops
652
00:04:39,779 --> 00:04:40,319:
scraping
653
00:04:40,319 --> 00:04:40,410:
at
654
00:04:40,410 --> 00:04:40,470:
the
655
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last
656
00:04:40,740 --> 00:04:41,250:
streaks
657
00:04:41,250 --> 00:04:41,370:
of
658
00:04:41,370 --> 00:04:41,759:
blue
659
00:04:41,759 --> 00:04:42,149:
fading
660
00:04:42,149 --> 00:04:43,980:
from
661
00:04:43,980 --> 00:04:44,399:
the sky.
Kids
662
00:04:44,399 --> 00:04:44,670:
weren’t
663
00:04:44,670 --> 00:04:45,029:
supposed
664
00:04:45,029 --> 00:04:45,089:
to
665
00:04:45,089 --> 00:04:45,209:
go
666
00:04:45,209 --> 00:04:45,360:
near
667
00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:45,480:
the
668
00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:46,379:
Talls,
669
00:04:46,379 --> 00:04:46,680:
because
670
00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:46,889:
that
671
00:04:46,889 --> 00:04:47,040:
was
672
00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:47,160:
where
673
00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:47,280:
the
674
00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:47,670:
Faju
675
00:04:47,670 --> 00:04:49,589:
lived.
“If
676
00:04:49,589 --> 00:04:49,769:
you
677
00:04:49,769 --> 00:04:50,339:
say
678
00:04:50,339 --> 00:04:50,639:
its
679
00:04:50,639 --> 00:04:51,449:
name,
680
00:04:51,449 --> 00:04:51,839:
he’ll
681
00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:52,170:
get
682
00:04:52,170 --> 00:04:52,980:
you,”
683
00:04:52,980 --> 00:04:53,370:
Sam
684
00:04:53,370 --> 00:04:53,639:
said
685
00:04:53,639 --> 00:04:54,060:
finally,
686
00:04:54,060 --> 00:04:54,240:
his
687
00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:54,540:
voice
688
00:04:54,540 --> 00:04:54,750:
little
689
00:04:54,750 --> 00:04:54,930:
more
690
00:04:54,930 --> 00:04:55,079:
than
691
00:04:55,079 --> 00:04:55,110:
a
692
00:04:55,110 --> 00:04:57,149:
whisper.
Nyx
693
00:04:57,149 --> 00:04:57,389:
shook
694
00:04:57,389 --> 00:04:57,540:
his
695
00:04:57,540 --> 00:04:57,839:
head
696
00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:57,990:
and,
697
00:04:57,990 --> 00:04:58,139:
with
698
00:04:58,139 --> 00:04:58,199:
a
699
00:04:58,199 --> 00:04:59,100:
grunt,
700
00:04:59,100 --> 00:04:59,490:
hauled
701
00:04:59,490 --> 00:04:59,579:
the
702
00:04:59,579 --> 00:04:59,819:
leather
703
00:04:59,819 --> 00:05:00,240:
satchel
704
00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:00,600:
across
705
00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:00,689:
his
706
00:05:00,689 --> 00:05:01,019:
shoulder
707
00:05:01,019 --> 00:05:01,139:
by
708
00:05:01,139 --> 00:05:01,290:
the
709
00:05:01,290 --> 00:05:01,886:
strap as he
710
00:05:01,886 --> 00:05:02,100:
started
711
00:05:02,100 --> 00:05:02,459:
walking
712
00:05:02,459 --> 00:05:02,550:
in
713
00:05:02,550 --> 00:05:02,610:
the
714
00:05:02,610 --> 00:05:03,089:
direction
715
00:05:03,089 --> 00:05:03,180:
of
716
00:05:03,180 --> 00:05:03,300:
their
717
00:05:03,300 --> 00:05:05,519:
village. “Please.
718
00:05:05,519 --> 00:05:05,699:
If
719
00:05:05,699 --> 00:05:05,819:
the
720
00:05:05,819 --> 00:05:06,209:
Faju
721
00:05:06,209 --> 00:05:06,449:
was
722
00:05:06,449 --> 00:05:06,750:
real,
723
00:05:06,750 --> 00:05:06,990:
we’d
724
00:05:06,990 --> 00:05:07,350:
all
725
00:05:07,350 --> 00:05:07,500:
be
726
00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:07,740:
dead
727
00:05:07,740 --> 00:05:10,050:
already.”
Sam
728
00:05:10,050 --> 00:05:10,230:
said
729
00:05:10,230 --> 00:05:11,220:
nothing,
730
00:05:11,220 --> 00:05:11,370:
but
731
00:05:11,370 --> 00:05:11,519:
his
732
00:05:11,519 --> 00:05:11,910:
gaze
733
00:05:11,910 --> 00:05:12,209:
stayed
734
00:05:12,209 --> 00:05:12,509:
locked
735
00:05:12,509 --> 00:05:12,600:
on
736
00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:12,660:
the
737
00:05:12,660 --> 00:05:13,319:
treeline,
738
00:05:13,319 --> 00:05:13,529:
his
739
00:05:13,529 --> 00:05:13,860:
breathing
740
00:05:13,860 --> 00:05:15,269:
shallow.
741
00:05:15,269 --> 00:05:15,389:
The
742
00:05:15,389 --> 00:05:15,812:
forest
743
00:05:15,812 --> 00:05:16,110:
pressed
744
00:05:16,110 --> 00:05:16,410:
heavy
745
00:05:16,410 --> 00:05:16,769:
against
746
00:05:16,769 --> 00:05:16,860:
the
747
00:05:16,860 --> 00:05:17,459:
earth,
748
00:05:17,459 --> 00:05:17,759:
every
749
00:05:17,759 --> 00:05:18,089:
tree
750
00:05:18,089 --> 00:05:18,180:
an
751
00:05:18,180 --> 00:05:18,389:
old
752
00:05:18,389 --> 00:05:19,139:
sentinel
753
00:05:19,139 --> 00:05:19,620:
watching
754
00:05:19,620 --> 00:05:19,829:
from
755
00:05:19,829 --> 00:05:19,920:
the
756
00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,139:
shadows.
Nyx
757
00:05:22,139 --> 00:05:22,649:
adjusted
758
00:05:22,649 --> 00:05:22,769:
the
759
00:05:22,769 --> 00:05:23,100:
length
760
00:05:23,100 --> 00:05:23,189:
of
761
00:05:23,189 --> 00:05:23,279:
his
762
00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:23,610:
shoulder
763
00:05:23,610 --> 00:05:23,970:
strap
764
00:05:23,970 --> 00:05:24,060:
so
765
00:05:24,060 --> 00:05:24,120:
it
766
00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:24,209:
would
767
00:05:24,209 --> 00:05:24,329:
be
768
00:05:24,329 --> 00:05:24,720:
easier
769
00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:24,839:
to
770
00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:25,170:
carry
771
00:05:25,170 --> 00:05:25,290:
the
772
00:05:25,290 --> 00:05:25,529:
heavy
773
00:05:25,529 --> 00:05:26,579:
satchel.
774
00:05:26,579 --> 00:05:27,029:
Sam
775
00:05:27,029 --> 00:05:27,269:
trailed
776
00:05:27,269 --> 00:05:28,170:
behind,
777
00:05:28,170 --> 00:05:28,560:
also
778
00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:28,949:
carrying
779
00:05:28,949 --> 00:05:29,069:
his
780
00:05:29,069 --> 00:05:29,250:
own
781
00:05:29,250 --> 00:05:29,639:
satchel
782
00:05:29,639 --> 00:05:29,879:
full
783
00:05:29,879 --> 00:05:29,939:
of
784
00:05:29,939 --> 00:05:30,959:
textiles,
785
00:05:30,959 --> 00:05:31,139:
his
786
00:05:31,139 --> 00:05:31,500:
ears
787
00:05:31,500 --> 00:05:31,920:
twitching
788
00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:32,009:
at
789
00:05:32,009 --> 00:05:32,310:
every
790
00:05:32,310 --> 00:05:32,610:
faint
791
00:05:32,610 --> 00:05:34,170:
rustle.
The
792
00:05:34,170 --> 00:05:34,860:
late-afternoon
793
00:05:34,860 --> 00:05:35,160:
sun
794
00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:35,310:
was
795
00:05:35,310 --> 00:05:35,670:
warm
796
00:05:35,670 --> 00:05:35,790:
and
797
00:05:35,790 --> 00:05:36,629:
inviting,
798
00:05:36,629 --> 00:05:37,019:
perfect
799
00:05:37,019 --> 00:05:37,170:
for
800
00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:37,230:
a
801
00:05:37,230 --> 00:05:37,560:
nap
802
00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:37,709:
under
803
00:05:37,709 --> 00:05:37,800:
the
804
00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:38,040:
shade
805
00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:38,100:
of
806
00:05:38,100 --> 00:05:38,160:
a
807
00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:38,490:
tree.
808
00:05:38,490 --> 00:05:38,759:
But
809
00:05:38,759 --> 00:05:38,850:
the
810
00:05:38,850 --> 00:05:39,240:
lynx
811
00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:39,480:
knew
812
00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:39,592:
that
813
00:05:39,592 --> 00:05:39,720:
the
814
00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:39,899:
day
815
00:05:39,899 --> 00:05:40,050:
was
816
00:05:40,050 --> 00:05:40,259:
getting
817
00:05:40,259 --> 00:05:41,310:
shorter,
818
00:05:41,310 --> 00:05:41,430:
and
819
00:05:41,430 --> 00:05:41,639:
these
820
00:05:41,639 --> 00:05:41,759:
two
821
00:05:41,759 --> 00:05:42,000:
young
822
00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:42,420:
travelers
823
00:05:42,420 --> 00:05:42,509:
were
824
00:05:42,509 --> 00:05:42,779:
still
825
00:05:42,779 --> 00:05:43,110:
quite
826
00:05:43,110 --> 00:05:43,379:
far
827
00:05:43,379 --> 00:05:43,560:
from
828
00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:43,680:
their
829
00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:45,750:
village.
The
830
00:05:45,750 --> 00:05:45,990:
boys
831
00:05:45,990 --> 00:05:46,079:
were
832
00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:46,529:
walking
833
00:05:46,529 --> 00:05:46,680:
through
834
00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:47,160:
Darkfang
835
00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:47,910:
Woods,
836
00:05:47,910 --> 00:05:47,969:
a
837
00:05:47,969 --> 00:05:48,480:
large
838
00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:49,259:
forest
839
00:05:49,259 --> 00:05:49,350:
that
840
00:05:49,350 --> 00:05:49,529:
seemed
841
00:05:49,529 --> 00:05:49,589:
to
842
00:05:49,589 --> 00:05:49,889:
spread
843
00:05:49,889 --> 00:05:50,040:
from
844
00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:50,610:
horizon
845
00:05:50,610 --> 00:05:50,730:
to
846
00:05:50,730 --> 00:05:51,990:
horizon.
847
00:05:51,990 --> 00:05:52,079:
Their
848
00:05:52,079 --> 00:05:52,410:
village
849
00:05:52,410 --> 00:05:52,500:
was
850
00:05:52,500 --> 00:05:52,649:
on
851
00:05:52,649 --> 00:05:52,769:
the
852
00:05:52,769 --> 00:05:52,980:
other
853
00:05:52,980 --> 00:05:53,339:
side
854
00:05:53,339 --> 00:05:53,430:
of
855
00:05:53,430 --> 00:05:53,519:
the
856
00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:54,000:
forest.
857
00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:54,300:
During
858
00:05:54,300 --> 00:05:54,389:
the
859
00:05:54,389 --> 00:05:54,870:
day,
860
00:05:54,870 --> 00:05:54,990:
there
861
00:05:54,990 --> 00:05:55,110:
was
862
00:05:55,110 --> 00:05:55,379:
nothing
863
00:05:55,379 --> 00:05:55,439:
to
864
00:05:55,439 --> 00:05:56,699:
fear.
865
00:05:56,699 --> 00:05:56,879:
But
866
00:05:56,879 --> 00:05:57,000:
at
867
00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:57,269:
night,
868
00:05:57,269 --> 00:05:57,509:
every
869
00:05:57,509 --> 00:05:57,899:
shadow
870
00:05:57,899 --> 00:05:58,199:
appeared
871
00:05:58,199 --> 00:05:58,259:
to
872
00:05:58,259 --> 00:05:58,350:
be
873
00:05:58,350 --> 00:05:58,379:
a
874
00:05:58,379 --> 00:05:58,829:
menacing
875
00:05:58,829 --> 00:06:00,089:
creature.
876
00:06:00,089 --> 00:06:00,360:
Not
877
00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:00,629:
many
878
00:06:00,629 --> 00:06:01,139:
villagers,
879
00:06:01,139 --> 00:06:01,379:
even
880
00:06:01,379 --> 00:06:02,279:
adults,
881
00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:02,699:
dared
882
00:06:02,699 --> 00:06:02,819:
to
883
00:06:02,819 --> 00:06:03,209:
traverse
884
00:06:03,209 --> 00:06:03,389:
it
885
00:06:03,389 --> 00:06:03,540:
at
886
00:06:03,540 --> 00:06:05,639:
night.
They
887
00:06:05,639 --> 00:06:05,850:
would
888
00:06:05,850 --> 00:06:05,970:
have
889
00:06:05,970 --> 00:06:06,149:
made
890
00:06:06,149 --> 00:06:06,240:
it
891
00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:06,389:
home
892
00:06:06,389 --> 00:06:06,540:
by
893
00:06:06,540 --> 00:06:07,350:
dusk
894
00:06:07,350 --> 00:06:07,500:
if
895
00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:07,620:
all
896
00:06:07,620 --> 00:06:07,829:
went
897
00:06:07,829 --> 00:06:08,160:
according
898
00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:08,220:
to
899
00:06:08,220 --> 00:06:09,689:
schedule.
900
00:06:09,689 --> 00:06:09,779:
A
901
00:06:09,779 --> 00:06:10,050:
little
902
00:06:10,050 --> 00:06:10,319:
delay
903
00:06:10,319 --> 00:06:11,160:
here
904
00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:11,579:
and another
905
00:06:11,579 --> 00:06:11,822:
little
906
00:06:11,822 --> 00:06:12,120:
delay
907
00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:12,750:
there
908
00:06:12,750 --> 00:06:13,290:
quickly
909
00:06:13,290 --> 00:06:13,740:
stacked
910
00:06:13,740 --> 00:06:14,610:
up,
911
00:06:14,610 --> 00:06:15,000:
causing
912
00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:15,120:
the
913
00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:15,389:
boys
914
00:06:15,389 --> 00:06:15,480:
to
915
00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:15,629:
walk
916
00:06:15,629 --> 00:06:15,750:
through
917
00:06:15,750 --> 00:06:15,839:
the
918
00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:16,410:
woods
919
00:06:16,410 --> 00:06:16,860:
just
920
00:06:16,860 --> 00:06:16,980:
as
921
00:06:16,980 --> 00:06:17,069:
the
922
00:06:17,069 --> 00:06:17,430:
sun
923
00:06:17,430 --> 00:06:17,579:
was
924
00:06:17,579 --> 00:06:17,939:
about
925
00:06:17,939 --> 00:06:18,029:
to
926
00:06:18,029 --> 00:06:18,389:
set
927
00:06:18,389 --> 00:06:18,990:
beyond
928
00:06:18,990 --> 00:06:19,110:
the
929
00:06:19,110 --> 00:06:21,000:
Talls.
It
930
00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:21,149:
was
931
00:06:21,149 --> 00:06:22,170:
quiet.
932
00:06:22,170 --> 00:06:22,350:
Too
933
00:06:22,350 --> 00:06:22,920:
quiet.
934
00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:23,100:
There
935
00:06:23,100 --> 00:06:23,279:
was
936
00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:23,550:
no
937
00:06:23,550 --> 00:06:24,149:
birdsong
938
00:06:24,149 --> 00:06:24,420:
coming
939
00:06:24,420 --> 00:06:24,540:
from
940
00:06:24,540 --> 00:06:24,629:
the
941
00:06:24,629 --> 00:06:25,019:
forest,
942
00:06:25,019 --> 00:06:25,170:
no
943
00:06:25,170 --> 00:06:25,529:
buzzing
944
00:06:25,529 --> 00:06:26,459:
flies,
945
00:06:26,459 --> 00:06:26,579:
and
946
00:06:26,579 --> 00:06:26,764:
no
947
00:06:26,764 --> 00:06:27,240:
wind
948
00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:27,629:
shaking
949
00:06:27,629 --> 00:06:27,720:
the
950
00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:29,310:
branches.
951
00:06:29,310 --> 00:06:29,730:
All was
952
00:06:29,730 --> 00:06:30,089:
hushed
953
00:06:30,089 --> 00:06:30,180:
and
954
00:06:30,180 --> 00:06:30,689:
still,
955
00:06:30,689 --> 00:06:30,839:
as
956
00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:30,930:
if
957
00:06:30,930 --> 00:06:31,019:
the
958
00:06:31,019 --> 00:06:31,410:
forest
959
00:06:31,410 --> 00:06:31,769:
itself
960
00:06:31,769 --> 00:06:31,889:
was
961
00:06:31,889 --> 00:06:32,129:
holding
962
00:06:32,129 --> 00:06:32,279:
its
963
00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:33,000:
breath
964
00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:33,180:
in
965
00:06:33,180 --> 00:06:34,500:
anticipation…but in
966
00:06:34,500 --> 00:06:35,430:
anticipation
967
00:06:35,430 --> 00:06:35,610:
of
968
00:06:35,610 --> 00:06:38,129:
what?
Sam
969
00:06:38,129 --> 00:06:38,610:
stopped
970
00:06:38,610 --> 00:06:39,329:
suddenly,
971
00:06:39,329 --> 00:06:39,480:
his
972
00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:39,779:
voice
973
00:06:39,779 --> 00:06:40,110:
low
974
00:06:40,110 --> 00:06:40,230:
and
975
00:06:40,230 --> 00:06:42,420:
tight. “Maybe
976
00:06:42,420 --> 00:06:42,540:
we
977
00:06:42,540 --> 00:06:42,899:
shouldn’t
978
00:06:42,899 --> 00:06:42,990:
be
979
00:06:42,990 --> 00:06:43,379:
walking
980
00:06:43,379 --> 00:06:43,560:
through
981
00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:44,040:
Darkfang
982
00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:44,279:
Woods
983
00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:44,610:
after
984
00:06:44,610 --> 00:06:46,019:
all.
985
00:06:46,019 --> 00:06:46,170:
The
986
00:06:46,170 --> 00:06:46,589:
elders
987
00:06:46,589 --> 00:06:46,800:
say
988
00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:47,250:
things
989
00:06:47,250 --> 00:06:47,519:
live
990
00:06:47,519 --> 00:06:48,990:
here…things
991
00:06:48,990 --> 00:06:49,079:
that
992
00:06:49,079 --> 00:06:49,230:
don’t
993
00:06:49,230 --> 00:06:49,529:
belong
994
00:06:49,529 --> 00:06:49,860:
anywhere
995
00:06:49,860 --> 00:06:51,360:
else.”
The
996
00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:51,660:
lynx
997
00:06:51,660 --> 00:06:51,930:
rolled
998
00:06:51,930 --> 00:06:52,050:
his
999
00:06:52,050 --> 00:06:53,100:
eyes. “The
1000
00:06:53,100 --> 00:06:53,790:
elders
1001
00:06:53,790 --> 00:06:54,089:
say
1002
00:06:54,089 --> 00:06:54,180:
a
1003
00:06:54,180 --> 00:06:54,629:
lot
1004
00:06:54,629 --> 00:06:54,750:
of
1005
00:06:54,750 --> 00:06:56,370:
things.
1006
00:06:56,370 --> 00:06:56,879:
Besides,
1007
00:06:56,879 --> 00:06:56,970:
you
1008
00:06:56,970 --> 00:06:57,089:
know
1009
00:06:57,089 --> 00:06:57,240:
this
1010
00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:57,720:
path
1011
00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:57,870:
is
1012
00:06:57,870 --> 00:06:57,959:
the
1013
00:06:57,959 --> 00:06:58,410:
fastest
1014
00:06:58,410 --> 00:06:58,589:
route
1015
00:06:58,589 --> 00:06:58,680:
to
1016
00:06:58,680 --> 00:06:58,800:
our
1017
00:06:58,800 --> 00:06:59,250:
village.
1018
00:06:59,250 --> 00:06:59,370:
The
1019
00:06:59,370 --> 00:06:59,579:
other
1020
00:06:59,579 --> 00:07:00,060:
one that
1021
00:07:00,060 --> 00:07:00,269:
goes
1022
00:07:00,269 --> 00:07:00,629:
around
1023
00:07:00,629 --> 00:07:00,720:
the
1024
00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:01,290:
forest
1025
00:07:01,290 --> 00:07:01,439:
would
1026
00:07:01,439 --> 00:07:01,620:
take
1027
00:07:01,620 --> 00:07:01,740:
us
1028
00:07:01,740 --> 00:07:01,949:
one
1029
00:07:01,949 --> 00:07:02,160:
more
1030
00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:02,459:
day
1031
00:07:02,459 --> 00:07:02,579:
to
1032
00:07:02,579 --> 00:07:02,790:
get
1033
00:07:02,790 --> 00:07:04,860:
home.”
Sam
1034
00:07:04,860 --> 00:07:05,250:
glanced
1035
00:07:05,250 --> 00:07:05,339:
at
1036
00:07:05,339 --> 00:07:05,430:
him
1037
00:07:05,430 --> 00:07:06,389:
sharply,
1038
00:07:06,389 --> 00:07:06,839:
claws
1039
00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:07,259:
flexing
1040
00:07:07,259 --> 00:07:07,589:
against
1041
00:07:07,589 --> 00:07:07,709:
his
1042
00:07:07,709 --> 00:07:09,089:
palms. “My
1043
00:07:09,089 --> 00:07:10,110:
cousin
1044
00:07:10,110 --> 00:07:10,290:
says
1045
00:07:10,290 --> 00:07:10,439:
one
1046
00:07:10,439 --> 00:07:10,529:
of
1047
00:07:10,529 --> 00:07:10,589:
the
1048
00:07:10,589 --> 00:07:11,100:
hunters
1049
00:07:11,100 --> 00:07:11,279:
went
1050
00:07:11,279 --> 00:07:11,610:
missing
1051
00:07:11,610 --> 00:07:11,879:
last
1052
00:07:11,879 --> 00:07:13,079:
summer. They
1053
00:07:13,079 --> 00:07:13,379:
found
1054
00:07:13,379 --> 00:07:13,410:
his
1055
00:07:13,410 --> 00:07:13,800:
spear
1056
00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:13,920:
by
1057
00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:14,040:
the
1058
00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:15,509:
creek.
1059
00:07:15,509 --> 00:07:15,660:
There
1060
00:07:15,660 --> 00:07:16,980:
were…claw
1061
00:07:16,980 --> 00:07:17,399:
marks
1062
00:07:17,399 --> 00:07:17,550:
on
1063
00:07:17,550 --> 00:07:17,610:
the
1064
00:07:17,610 --> 00:07:19,620:
rocks.”
Nyx
1065
00:07:19,620 --> 00:07:20,059:
laughed,
1066
00:07:20,059 --> 00:07:20,220:
but
1067
00:07:20,220 --> 00:07:20,310:
the
1068
00:07:20,310 --> 00:07:20,699:
sound
1069
00:07:20,699 --> 00:07:20,879:
was
1070
00:07:20,879 --> 00:07:21,209:
thinner
1071
00:07:21,209 --> 00:07:21,389:
than
1072
00:07:21,389 --> 00:07:22,769:
before. “Maybe
1073
00:07:22,769 --> 00:07:22,889:
he
1074
00:07:22,889 --> 00:07:23,220:
fell
1075
00:07:23,220 --> 00:07:23,370:
in
1076
00:07:23,370 --> 00:07:23,459:
and
1077
00:07:23,459 --> 00:07:25,110:
drowned.”
“You
1078
00:07:25,110 --> 00:07:25,529:
can’t
1079
00:07:25,529 --> 00:07:25,889:
joke
1080
00:07:25,889 --> 00:07:26,310:
about
1081
00:07:26,310 --> 00:07:27,240:
it,”
1082
00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:27,660:
the lion
1083
00:07:27,660 --> 00:07:28,230:
said,
1084
00:07:28,230 --> 00:07:28,379:
his
1085
00:07:28,379 --> 00:07:28,620:
voice
1086
00:07:28,620 --> 00:07:28,920:
almost
1087
00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:30,360:
breaking. “Talking
1088
00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:30,720:
about
1089
00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:30,870:
it
1090
00:07:30,870 --> 00:07:31,230:
brings
1091
00:07:31,230 --> 00:07:31,350:
it
1092
00:07:31,350 --> 00:07:33,990:
closer.”
Nyx
1093
00:07:33,990 --> 00:07:34,290:
turned
1094
00:07:34,290 --> 00:07:34,379:
to
1095
00:07:34,379 --> 00:07:34,560:
make
1096
00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:34,769:
another
1097
00:07:34,769 --> 00:07:35,970:
remark—but
1098
00:07:35,970 --> 00:07:37,199:
froze
1099
00:07:37,199 --> 00:07:37,319:
when
1100
00:07:37,319 --> 00:07:37,379:
he
1101
00:07:37,379 --> 00:07:37,560:
heard
1102
00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:37,620:
a
1103
00:07:37,620 --> 00:07:38,069:
cracking
1104
00:07:38,069 --> 00:07:38,430:
sound
1105
00:07:38,430 --> 00:07:38,699:
coming
1106
00:07:38,699 --> 00:07:38,850:
from
1107
00:07:38,850 --> 00:07:38,939:
the
1108
00:07:38,939 --> 00:07:40,800:
underbrush.
1109
00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:40,856:
It
1110
00:07:40,856 --> 00:07:40,949:
was
1111
00:07:40,949 --> 00:07:41,040:
the
1112
00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:41,279:
first
1113
00:07:41,279 --> 00:07:41,550:
sound
1114
00:07:41,550 --> 00:07:41,850:
either
1115
00:07:41,850 --> 00:07:41,939:
of
1116
00:07:41,939 --> 00:07:42,269:
them
1117
00:07:42,269 --> 00:07:42,540:
heard
1118
00:07:42,540 --> 00:07:42,660:
in
1119
00:07:42,660 --> 00:07:42,689:
a
1120
00:07:42,689 --> 00:07:44,819:
while.
1121
00:07:44,819 --> 00:07:45,120:
Both
1122
00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:45,480:
boys
1123
00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:46,620:
stilled,
1124
00:07:46,620 --> 00:07:46,889:
ears
1125
00:07:46,889 --> 00:07:47,610:
swiveling
1126
00:07:47,610 --> 00:07:47,819:
toward
1127
00:07:47,819 --> 00:07:47,910:
the
1128
00:07:47,910 --> 00:07:48,449:
source
1129
00:07:48,449 --> 00:07:48,569:
of
1130
00:07:48,569 --> 00:07:48,689:
the
1131
00:07:48,689 --> 00:07:51,209:
sound.
Silence
1132
00:07:51,209 --> 00:07:55,589:
followed.
Sam
1133
00:07:55,589 --> 00:07:57,120:
grabbed Nyx’s wrist
1134
00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:57,420:
hard
1135
00:07:57,420 --> 00:07:57,689:
enough
1136
00:07:57,689 --> 00:07:57,810:
to
1137
00:07:57,810 --> 00:07:57,990:
make
1138
00:07:57,990 --> 00:07:58,170:
him
1139
00:07:58,170 --> 00:07:59,639:
flinch. “Come
1140
00:07:59,639 --> 00:08:00,149:
on,”
1141
00:08:00,149 --> 00:08:00,240:
the
1142
00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:00,569:
lion
1143
00:08:00,569 --> 00:08:01,199:
hissed,
1144
00:08:01,199 --> 00:08:01,589:
already
1145
00:08:01,589 --> 00:08:01,949:
backing
1146
00:08:01,949 --> 00:08:03,899:
away.
Nyx
1147
00:08:03,899 --> 00:08:04,410:
hesitated
1148
00:08:04,410 --> 00:08:04,589:
only
1149
00:08:04,589 --> 00:08:04,620:
a
1150
00:08:04,620 --> 00:08:04,980:
moment
1151
00:08:04,980 --> 00:08:05,147:
before
1152
00:08:05,147 --> 00:08:05,519:
following
1153
00:08:05,519 --> 00:08:05,670:
his
1154
00:08:05,670 --> 00:08:06,660:
friend,
1155
00:08:06,660 --> 00:08:06,810:
but
1156
00:08:06,810 --> 00:08:07,019:
when
1157
00:08:07,019 --> 00:08:07,379:
another
1158
00:08:07,379 --> 00:08:07,829:
sound
1159
00:08:07,829 --> 00:08:08,370:
rose
1160
00:08:08,370 --> 00:08:08,579:
from
1161
00:08:08,579 --> 00:08:08,670:
the
1162
00:08:08,670 --> 00:08:09,120:
direction
1163
00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:09,209:
of
1164
00:08:09,209 --> 00:08:09,300:
the
1165
00:08:09,300 --> 00:08:10,800:
Talls—low
1166
00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:10,980:
and
1167
00:08:10,980 --> 00:08:11,759:
dragging,
1168
00:08:11,759 --> 00:08:12,029:
like
1169
00:08:12,029 --> 00:08:12,569:
claws
1170
00:08:12,569 --> 00:08:12,870:
raking
1171
00:08:12,870 --> 00:08:13,290:
across
1172
00:08:13,290 --> 00:08:14,790:
bark—his
1173
00:08:14,790 --> 00:08:15,240:
instinct
1174
00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:15,449:
took
1175
00:08:15,449 --> 00:08:16,500:
over.
1176
00:08:16,500 --> 00:08:16,620:
The
1177
00:08:16,620 --> 00:08:16,920:
boys
1178
00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:17,519:
bolted,
1179
00:08:17,519 --> 00:08:17,879:
legs
1180
00:08:17,879 --> 00:08:18,389:
pumping,
1181
00:08:18,389 --> 00:08:18,810:
tail
1182
00:08:18,810 --> 00:08:19,259:
streaming
1183
00:08:19,259 --> 00:08:19,620:
behind
1184
00:08:19,620 --> 00:08:20,459:
them.
The
1185
00:08:20,459 --> 00:08:21,120:
forest
1186
00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:21,449:
stayed
1187
00:08:21,449 --> 00:08:22,620:
quiet.
1188
00:08:22,620 --> 00:08:22,800:
But
1189
00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:23,430:
something
1190
00:08:23,430 --> 00:08:23,759:
was
1191
00:08:23,759 --> 00:08:24,269:
surely
1192
00:08:24,269 --> 00:08:24,930:
following
1193
00:08:24,930 --> 00:08:27,149:
them.
Nyx
1194
00:08:27,149 --> 00:08:27,360:
didn’t
1195
00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:27,569:
look
1196
00:08:27,569 --> 00:08:28,529:
back.
1197
00:08:28,529 --> 00:08:28,680:
He
1198
00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:30,629:
wouldn’t.
The
1199
00:08:30,629 --> 00:08:31,079:
rhyme
1200
00:08:31,079 --> 00:08:31,199:
that
1201
00:08:31,199 --> 00:08:31,290:
he
1202
00:08:31,290 --> 00:08:31,560:
heard
1203
00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:31,680:
when
1204
00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:31,740:
he
1205
00:08:31,740 --> 00:08:31,860:
was
1206
00:08:31,860 --> 00:08:31,919:
a
1207
00:08:31,919 --> 00:08:32,129:
little
1208
00:08:32,129 --> 00:08:32,415:
kit
1209
00:08:32,415 --> 00:08:32,700:
bubbled
1210
00:08:32,700 --> 00:08:32,789:
up
1211
00:08:32,789 --> 00:08:32,945:
from
1212
00:08:32,945 --> 00:08:33,210:
memory
1213
00:08:33,210 --> 00:08:33,389:
like
1214
00:08:33,389 --> 00:08:33,450:
a
1215
00:08:33,450 --> 00:08:34,019:
curse,
1216
00:08:34,019 --> 00:08:34,679:
unbidden,
1217
00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:35,279:
impossible
1218
00:08:35,279 --> 00:08:35,429:
to
1219
00:08:35,429 --> 00:08:36,840:
ignore.
“Hush
1220
00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:37,023:
now
1221
00:08:37,023 --> 00:08:37,679:
children
1222
00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:37,889:
dare
1223
00:08:37,889 --> 00:08:38,129:
not
1224
00:08:38,129 --> 00:08:38,970:
rise,
The
1225
00:08:38,970 --> 00:08:39,299:
wind
1226
00:08:39,299 --> 00:08:40,080:
outside
1227
00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:40,259:
where
1228
00:08:40,259 --> 00:08:40,710:
whisper
1229
00:08:40,710 --> 00:08:42,090:
lies.
Fill
1230
00:08:42,090 --> 00:08:42,299:
your
1231
00:08:42,299 --> 00:08:42,750:
soul
1232
00:08:42,750 --> 00:08:42,960:
with
1233
00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:43,409:
ghoulish
1234
00:08:43,409 --> 00:08:44,340:
fright,
The
1235
00:08:44,340 --> 00:08:44,820:
voice
1236
00:08:44,820 --> 00:08:44,970:
that
1237
00:08:44,970 --> 00:08:45,389:
calls
1238
00:08:45,389 --> 00:08:45,750:
out
1239
00:08:45,750 --> 00:08:45,960:
in
1240
00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:46,080:
the
1241
00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:47,374:
night.
The
1242
00:08:47,374 --> 00:08:47,821:
Faju
1243
00:08:47,821 --> 00:08:48,360:
arrives
1244
00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:48,539:
when
1245
00:08:48,539 --> 00:08:48,840:
moon
1246
00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:49,049:
is
1247
00:08:49,049 --> 00:08:49,769:
pale,
With
1248
00:08:49,769 --> 00:08:50,399:
broken
1249
00:08:50,399 --> 00:08:50,820:
songs
1250
00:08:50,820 --> 00:08:50,909:
and
1251
00:08:50,909 --> 00:08:51,360:
hollow
1252
00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:52,230:
wails.
It
1253
00:08:52,230 --> 00:08:52,649:
wears
1254
00:08:52,649 --> 00:08:52,710:
a
1255
00:08:52,710 --> 00:08:53,159:
face
1256
00:08:53,159 --> 00:08:53,399:
like
1257
00:08:53,399 --> 00:08:53,850:
mother’s
1258
00:08:53,850 --> 00:08:54,840:
skin,
To
1259
00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:55,320:
draw
1260
00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:55,440:
the
1261
00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:55,830:
daring
1262
00:08:55,830 --> 00:08:56,370:
children
1263
00:08:56,370 --> 00:08:57,870:
in.
Stay
1264
00:08:57,870 --> 00:08:58,470:
inside,
1265
00:08:58,470 --> 00:08:58,590:
your
1266
00:08:58,590 --> 00:08:59,159:
windows
1267
00:08:59,159 --> 00:09:00,149:
bind,
Lest
1268
00:09:00,149 --> 00:09:00,299:
your
1269
00:09:00,299 --> 00:09:00,870:
bones
1270
00:09:00,870 --> 00:09:00,990:
be
1271
00:09:00,990 --> 00:09:01,350:
left
1272
00:09:01,350 --> 00:09:03,149:
behind.
The Faju
1273
00:09:03,149 --> 00:09:03,330:
is
1274
00:09:03,330 --> 00:09:03,840:
kind
1275
00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:03,960:
to
1276
00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:04,289:
those
1277
00:09:04,289 --> 00:09:04,559:
who
1278
00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:05,730:
hide,
But
1279
00:09:05,730 --> 00:09:06,480:
walks
1280
00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:06,750:
with
1281
00:09:06,750 --> 00:09:07,409:
those
1282
00:09:07,409 --> 00:09:07,649:
who
1283
00:09:07,649 --> 00:09:08,340:
go
1284
00:09:08,340 --> 00:09:11,309:
outside.”
His
1285
00:09:11,309 --> 00:09:11,580:
breath
1286
00:09:11,580 --> 00:09:11,850:
tore
1287
00:09:11,850 --> 00:09:12,269:
ragged
1288
00:09:12,269 --> 00:09:12,360:
in
1289
00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:12,509:
his
1290
00:09:12,509 --> 00:09:13,080:
throat,
1291
00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:13,259:
his
1292
00:09:13,259 --> 00:09:13,590:
paw
1293
00:09:13,590 --> 00:09:13,894:
pads
1294
00:09:13,894 --> 00:09:14,250:
slipping
1295
00:09:14,250 --> 00:09:14,340:
on
1296
00:09:14,340 --> 00:09:14,429:
the
1297
00:09:14,429 --> 00:09:14,639:
dirt
1298
00:09:14,639 --> 00:09:15,509:
path.
1299
00:09:15,509 --> 00:09:15,600:
The
1300
00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:15,960:
sky
1301
00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:16,230:
turned
1302
00:09:16,230 --> 00:09:16,919:
crimson,
1303
00:09:16,919 --> 00:09:17,220:
like
1304
00:09:17,220 --> 00:09:17,940:
blood-soaked
1305
00:09:17,940 --> 00:09:18,389:
cloth
1306
00:09:18,389 --> 00:09:18,840:
covering
1307
00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:18,929:
the
1308
00:09:18,929 --> 00:09:19,950:
world.
1309
00:09:19,950 --> 00:09:20,460:
Everywhere
1310
00:09:20,460 --> 00:09:20,610:
he
1311
00:09:20,610 --> 00:09:20,940:
looked,
1312
00:09:20,940 --> 00:09:21,059:
the
1313
00:09:21,059 --> 00:09:21,360:
dark
1314
00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:21,870:
shadows
1315
00:09:21,870 --> 00:09:22,136:
seemed
1316
00:09:22,136 --> 00:09:22,200:
to
1317
00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:22,769:
distort
1318
00:09:22,769 --> 00:09:22,889:
the
1319
00:09:22,889 --> 00:09:23,460:
silhouette
1320
00:09:23,460 --> 00:09:23,580:
of
1321
00:09:23,580 --> 00:09:24,059:
trees
1322
00:09:24,059 --> 00:09:24,179:
and
1323
00:09:24,179 --> 00:09:24,600:
bushes
1324
00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:24,809:
into
1325
00:09:24,809 --> 00:09:25,559:
monsters
1326
00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:25,710:
of
1327
00:09:25,710 --> 00:09:26,129:
different
1328
00:09:26,129 --> 00:09:26,669:
sizes
1329
00:09:26,669 --> 00:09:26,789:
and
1330
00:09:26,789 --> 00:09:28,110:
shapes.
1331
00:09:28,110 --> 00:09:28,320:
All
1332
00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:28,440:
were
1333
00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:29,309:
watching,
1334
00:09:29,309 --> 00:09:29,519:
all
1335
00:09:29,519 --> 00:09:29,639:
were
1336
00:09:29,639 --> 00:09:30,450:
waiting
1337
00:09:30,450 --> 00:09:30,629:
for
1338
00:09:30,629 --> 00:09:30,750:
the
1339
00:09:30,750 --> 00:09:31,019:
lynx
1340
00:09:31,019 --> 00:09:31,139:
to
1341
00:09:31,139 --> 00:09:31,980:
slip,
1342
00:09:31,980 --> 00:09:32,190:
and
1343
00:09:32,190 --> 00:09:33,149:
trip,
1344
00:09:33,149 --> 00:09:33,299:
and
1345
00:09:33,299 --> 00:09:33,419:
be
1346
00:09:33,419 --> 00:09:34,080:
caught
1347
00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:34,259:
by
1348
00:09:34,259 --> 00:09:34,379:
the
1349
00:09:34,379 --> 00:09:37,409:
Faju.
Just
1350
00:09:37,409 --> 00:09:37,559:
as
1351
00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:37,771:
Nyx
1352
00:09:37,771 --> 00:09:37,889:
was
1353
00:09:37,889 --> 00:09:38,100:
about
1354
00:09:38,100 --> 00:09:38,159:
to
1355
00:09:38,159 --> 00:09:38,460:
scream
1356
00:09:38,460 --> 00:09:38,580:
in
1357
00:09:38,580 --> 00:09:38,879:
terror,
1358
00:09:38,879 --> 00:09:39,000:
he
1359
00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:39,210:
caught
1360
00:09:39,210 --> 00:09:39,240:
a
1361
00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:39,570:
glimpse
1362
00:09:39,570 --> 00:09:39,629:
of
1363
00:09:39,629 --> 00:09:39,690:
a
1364
00:09:39,690 --> 00:09:39,990:
wooden
1365
00:09:39,990 --> 00:09:40,350:
structure
1366
00:09:40,350 --> 00:09:40,440:
in
1367
00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:40,529:
the
1368
00:09:40,529 --> 00:09:41,789:
distance.
1369
00:09:41,789 --> 00:09:41,909:
He
1370
00:09:41,909 --> 00:09:42,629:
squinted
1371
00:09:42,629 --> 00:09:42,779:
and saw
1372
00:09:42,779 --> 00:09:42,899:
an
1373
00:09:42,899 --> 00:09:43,080:
old
1374
00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:43,379:
shack
1375
00:09:43,379 --> 00:09:43,440:
at
1376
00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:43,500:
a
1377
00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:43,769:
short
1378
00:09:43,769 --> 00:09:44,070:
distance
1379
00:09:44,070 --> 00:09:44,159:
from
1380
00:09:44,159 --> 00:09:44,250:
the
1381
00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:45,720:
path.
Now,
1382
00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:46,140:
behind
1383
00:09:46,140 --> 00:09:46,229:
him,
1384
00:09:46,229 --> 00:09:46,320:
the
1385
00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:46,590:
sound
1386
00:09:46,590 --> 00:09:47,879:
changed.
1387
00:09:47,879 --> 00:09:48,059:
It
1388
00:09:48,059 --> 00:09:48,450:
wasn’t
1389
00:09:48,450 --> 00:09:48,870:
dragging
1390
00:09:48,870 --> 00:09:49,320:
anymore.
1391
00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:49,409:
It
1392
00:09:49,409 --> 00:09:49,590:
was
1393
00:09:49,590 --> 00:09:51,240:
running.
And
1394
00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:51,690:
it
1395
00:09:51,690 --> 00:09:51,960:
was
1396
00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:52,830:
running
1397
00:09:52,830 --> 00:09:55,440:
fast.
Nyx
1398
00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:55,925:
sprinted the
1399
00:09:55,925 --> 00:09:56,220:
last
1400
00:09:56,220 --> 00:09:56,580:
stretch
1401
00:09:56,580 --> 00:09:57,000:
and,
1402
00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:57,360:
without
1403
00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:58,139:
deliberating,
1404
00:09:58,139 --> 00:09:58,409:
ran
1405
00:09:58,409 --> 00:09:58,679:
inside
1406
00:09:58,679 --> 00:09:58,769:
the
1407
00:09:58,769 --> 00:09:59,279:
shack,
1408
00:09:59,279 --> 00:09:59,669:
slammed
1409
00:09:59,669 --> 00:09:59,759:
the
1410
00:09:59,759 --> 00:09:59,909:
door
1411
00:09:59,909 --> 00:10:00,480:
shut,
1412
00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:00,659:
and
1413
00:10:00,659 --> 00:10:00,960:
shoved
1414
00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:01,019:
the
1415
00:10:01,019 --> 00:10:01,200:
heavy
1416
00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:01,500:
latch
1417
00:10:01,500 --> 00:10:01,620:
into
1418
00:10:01,620 --> 00:10:01,889:
place
1419
00:10:01,889 --> 00:10:02,009:
with
1420
00:10:02,009 --> 00:10:02,370:
trembling
1421
00:10:02,370 --> 00:10:03,779:
paws.
1422
00:10:03,779 --> 00:10:03,929:
He
1423
00:10:03,929 --> 00:10:04,259:
leaned
1424
00:10:04,259 --> 00:10:04,590:
back
1425
00:10:04,590 --> 00:10:04,860:
against
1426
00:10:04,860 --> 00:10:04,950:
the
1427
00:10:04,950 --> 00:10:05,820:
door,
1428
00:10:05,820 --> 00:10:06,134:
chest
1429
00:10:06,134 --> 00:10:07,110:
heaving,
1430
00:10:07,110 --> 00:10:07,500:
ears
1431
00:10:07,500 --> 00:10:07,830:
ringing
1432
00:10:07,830 --> 00:10:08,009:
from
1433
00:10:08,009 --> 00:10:08,159:
his
1434
00:10:08,159 --> 00:10:08,370:
own
1435
00:10:08,370 --> 00:10:10,321:
heartbeat.
It
1436
00:10:10,321 --> 00:10:10,549:
was
1437
00:10:10,549 --> 00:10:11,240:
pitch black
1438
00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:11,690:
inside
1439
00:10:11,690 --> 00:10:11,779:
the
1440
00:10:11,779 --> 00:10:12,470:
shack,
1441
00:10:12,470 --> 00:10:12,590:
for
1442
00:10:12,590 --> 00:10:12,679:
it
1443
00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:12,919:
had
1444
00:10:12,919 --> 00:10:13,100:
no
1445
00:10:13,100 --> 00:10:14,570:
windows;
1446
00:10:14,570 --> 00:10:15,006:
it appeared to have
1447
00:10:15,006 --> 00:10:15,169:
been
1448
00:10:15,169 --> 00:10:15,440:
built
1449
00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:15,500:
as
1450
00:10:15,500 --> 00:10:15,559:
a
1451
00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:15,830:
place
1452
00:10:15,830 --> 00:10:15,952:
for
1453
00:10:15,952 --> 00:10:15,980:
a
1454
00:10:15,980 --> 00:10:16,521:
woodcutter
1455
00:10:16,521 --> 00:10:16,608:
to
1456
00:10:16,608 --> 00:10:16,820:
stay
1457
00:10:16,820 --> 00:10:17,600:
overnight
1458
00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:17,690:
to be
1459
00:10:17,690 --> 00:10:18,139:
protected
1460
00:10:18,139 --> 00:10:18,289:
from
1461
00:10:18,289 --> 00:10:18,409:
the
1462
00:10:18,409 --> 00:10:19,100:
elements
1463
00:10:19,100 --> 00:10:19,279:
for
1464
00:10:19,279 --> 00:10:19,340:
a
1465
00:10:19,340 --> 00:10:19,700:
short
1466
00:10:19,700 --> 00:10:19,940:
amount
1467
00:10:19,940 --> 00:10:20,029:
of
1468
00:10:20,029 --> 00:10:21,379:
time.
1469
00:10:21,379 --> 00:10:21,559:
There
1470
00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:21,769:
was
1471
00:10:21,769 --> 00:10:22,039:
enough
1472
00:10:22,039 --> 00:10:22,220:
room
1473
00:10:22,220 --> 00:10:22,669:
inside
1474
00:10:22,669 --> 00:10:22,894:
for
1475
00:10:22,894 --> 00:10:23,210:
an adult to
1476
00:10:23,210 --> 00:10:23,450:
lie
1477
00:10:23,450 --> 00:10:24,440:
down,
1478
00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:24,620:
but
1479
00:10:24,620 --> 00:10:24,830:
not
1480
00:10:24,830 --> 00:10:25,039:
much
1481
00:10:25,039 --> 00:10:25,399:
more
1482
00:10:25,399 --> 00:10:25,549:
than
1483
00:10:25,549 --> 00:10:27,259:
that.
But
1484
00:10:27,259 --> 00:10:27,529:
Nyx
1485
00:10:27,529 --> 00:10:27,649:
was
1486
00:10:27,649 --> 00:10:27,860:
still
1487
00:10:27,860 --> 00:10:28,220:
grateful
1488
00:10:28,220 --> 00:10:28,399:
for
1489
00:10:28,399 --> 00:10:28,610:
this
1490
00:10:28,610 --> 00:10:29,659:
godsend.
1491
00:10:29,659 --> 00:10:29,840:
As
1492
00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:29,929:
he
1493
00:10:29,929 --> 00:10:30,230:
waited
1494
00:10:30,230 --> 00:10:30,409:
for
1495
00:10:30,409 --> 00:10:30,529:
his
1496
00:10:30,529 --> 00:10:30,769:
heart
1497
00:10:30,769 --> 00:10:30,860:
to
1498
00:10:30,860 --> 00:10:31,159:
stop
1499
00:10:31,159 --> 00:10:31,669:
pounding
1500
00:10:31,669 --> 00:10:31,879:
like
1501
00:10:31,879 --> 00:10:31,940:
a
1502
00:10:31,940 --> 00:10:32,480:
festival
1503
00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:32,780:
drum,
1504
00:10:32,780 --> 00:10:32,960:
he
1505
00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:33,470:
carefully
1506
00:10:33,470 --> 00:10:33,740:
leaned
1507
00:10:33,740 --> 00:10:34,040:
against
1508
00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:34,100:
the
1509
00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:34,549:
door
1510
00:10:34,549 --> 00:10:34,700:
and
1511
00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:36,620:
listened.
1512
00:10:36,620 --> 00:10:37,250:
Silence
1513
00:10:37,250 --> 00:10:37,820:
surrounded
1514
00:10:37,820 --> 00:10:37,940:
him
1515
00:10:37,940 --> 00:10:38,059:
in
1516
00:10:38,059 --> 00:10:38,240:
all
1517
00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:39,080:
directions,
1518
00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:47,960:
until…
Scrrrrk.
Long,
1519
00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:48,559:
deliberate
1520
00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:49,580:
claws
1521
00:10:49,580 --> 00:10:50,090:
dragged
1522
00:10:50,090 --> 00:10:50,539:
across
1523
00:10:50,539 --> 00:10:50,629:
the
1524
00:10:50,629 --> 00:10:50,870:
wooden
1525
00:10:50,870 --> 00:10:51,259:
door
1526
00:10:51,259 --> 00:10:51,409:
from
1527
00:10:51,409 --> 00:10:51,500:
the
1528
00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:51,710:
other
1529
00:10:51,710 --> 00:10:52,909:
side,
1530
00:10:52,909 --> 00:10:53,210:
right
1531
00:10:53,210 --> 00:10:54,019:
beneath
1532
00:10:54,019 --> 00:10:54,169:
where
1533
00:10:54,169 --> 00:10:54,620:
Nyx’s
1534
00:10:54,620 --> 00:10:54,860:
head
1535
00:10:54,860 --> 00:10:55,070:
was
1536
00:10:55,070 --> 00:10:57,080:
placed.
1537
00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:57,169:
The
1538
00:10:57,169 --> 00:10:57,500:
sound
1539
00:10:57,500 --> 00:10:58,009:
vibrated
1540
00:10:58,009 --> 00:10:58,159:
through
1541
00:10:58,159 --> 00:10:58,279:
the
1542
00:10:58,279 --> 00:10:59,269:
wood,
1543
00:10:59,269 --> 00:10:59,899:
low
1544
00:10:59,899 --> 00:11:00,110:
and
1545
00:11:00,110 --> 00:11:01,549:
slow,
1546
00:11:01,549 --> 00:11:01,850:
like
1547
00:11:01,850 --> 00:11:02,299:
whatever
1548
00:11:02,299 --> 00:11:02,570:
was
1549
00:11:02,570 --> 00:11:02,840:
out
1550
00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:03,049:
there
1551
00:11:03,049 --> 00:11:03,289:
was
1552
00:11:03,289 --> 00:11:03,950:
tasting
1553
00:11:03,950 --> 00:11:04,039:
the
1554
00:11:04,039 --> 00:11:04,429:
small
1555
00:11:04,429 --> 00:11:04,879:
shack
1556
00:11:04,879 --> 00:11:05,059:
with
1557
00:11:05,059 --> 00:11:05,269:
its
1558
00:11:05,269 --> 00:11:07,909:
touch.
Nyx’s
1559
00:11:07,909 --> 00:11:08,240:
tail
1560
00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:08,629:
puffed
1561
00:11:08,629 --> 00:11:09,470:
out,
1562
00:11:09,470 --> 00:11:09,710:
every
1563
00:11:09,710 --> 00:11:10,070:
hair
1564
00:11:10,070 --> 00:11:10,490:
standing
1565
00:11:10,490 --> 00:11:10,669:
on
1566
00:11:10,669 --> 00:11:13,669:
end.
Tap.
1567
00:11:13,669 --> 00:11:15,080:
Tap.
1568
00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:19,340:
Tap.
Three
1569
00:11:19,340 --> 00:11:19,700:
sharp
1570
00:11:19,700 --> 00:11:20,179:
knocks
1571
00:11:20,179 --> 00:11:20,509:
against
1572
00:11:20,509 --> 00:11:20,570:
the
1573
00:11:20,570 --> 00:11:21,740:
shutters.
1574
00:11:21,740 --> 00:11:23,240:
Precise.
1575
00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:25,429:
Testing.
He
1576
00:11:25,429 --> 00:11:25,759:
backed
1577
00:11:25,759 --> 00:11:25,970:
away
1578
00:11:25,970 --> 00:11:26,149:
from
1579
00:11:26,149 --> 00:11:26,269:
the
1580
00:11:26,269 --> 00:11:26,690:
door,
1581
00:11:26,690 --> 00:11:27,049:
paws
1582
00:11:27,049 --> 00:11:27,289:
gripping
1583
00:11:27,289 --> 00:11:27,379:
the
1584
00:11:27,379 --> 00:11:28,399:
floorboards,
1585
00:11:28,399 --> 00:11:28,549:
but
1586
00:11:28,549 --> 00:11:28,639:
the
1587
00:11:28,639 --> 00:11:29,059:
sound
1588
00:11:29,059 --> 00:11:29,450:
followed
1589
00:11:29,450 --> 00:11:30,200:
him.
1590
00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:31,610:
Scrrk.
1591
00:11:31,610 --> 00:11:32,779:
Tap.
1592
00:11:32,779 --> 00:11:34,250:
Scrrk.
1593
00:11:34,250 --> 00:11:36,350:
Tap.
1594
00:11:36,350 --> 00:11:36,679:
Moving
1595
00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:37,009:
along
1596
00:11:37,009 --> 00:11:37,100:
the
1597
00:11:37,100 --> 00:11:37,909:
wall,
1598
00:11:37,909 --> 00:11:38,299:
creeping
1599
00:11:38,299 --> 00:11:39,289:
closer,
1600
00:11:39,289 --> 00:11:39,919:
tracing
1601
00:11:39,919 --> 00:11:40,009:
the
1602
00:11:40,009 --> 00:11:40,399:
shape
1603
00:11:40,399 --> 00:11:40,519:
of
1604
00:11:40,519 --> 00:11:40,610:
the
1605
00:11:40,610 --> 00:11:41,059:
shack
1606
00:11:41,059 --> 00:11:41,299:
from
1607
00:11:41,299 --> 00:11:44,269:
outside.
The thing
1608
00:11:44,269 --> 00:11:44,450:
then
1609
00:11:44,450 --> 00:11:44,809:
climbed up
1610
00:11:44,809 --> 00:11:44,990:
onto
1611
00:11:44,990 --> 00:11:45,080:
the
1612
00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:46,009:
roof.
1613
00:11:46,009 --> 00:11:46,190:
He
1614
00:11:46,190 --> 00:11:46,519:
heard
1615
00:11:46,519 --> 00:11:46,610:
the
1616
00:11:46,610 --> 00:11:46,909:
wooden
1617
00:11:46,909 --> 00:11:47,299:
boards
1618
00:11:47,299 --> 00:11:47,360:
of
1619
00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:47,450:
the
1620
00:11:47,450 --> 00:11:47,720:
roof
1621
00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:48,110:
groan
1622
00:11:48,110 --> 00:11:48,320:
under
1623
00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:48,409:
the
1624
00:11:48,409 --> 00:11:58,070:
strain.
“Faju…”
It
1625
00:11:58,070 --> 00:11:58,250:
was
1626
00:11:58,250 --> 00:11:58,279:
a
1627
00:11:58,279 --> 00:11:59,480:
whisper,
1628
00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:00,049:
barely
1629
00:12:00,049 --> 00:12:00,379:
loud
1630
00:12:00,379 --> 00:12:00,679:
enough
1631
00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:00,919:
for
1632
00:12:00,919 --> 00:12:01,220:
Nyx
1633
00:12:01,220 --> 00:12:01,340:
to
1634
00:12:01,340 --> 00:12:02,330:
hear.
1635
00:12:02,330 --> 00:12:02,509:
But
1636
00:12:02,509 --> 00:12:02,690:
he
1637
00:12:02,690 --> 00:12:02,960:
heard
1638
00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:03,056:
it,
1639
00:12:03,056 --> 00:12:03,169:
all
1640
00:12:03,169 --> 00:12:05,000:
right.
1641
00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:05,090:
The
1642
00:12:05,090 --> 00:12:05,360:
voice
1643
00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:05,750:
seemed
1644
00:12:05,750 --> 00:12:06,620:
wrong,
1645
00:12:06,620 --> 00:12:07,129:
terribly
1646
00:12:07,129 --> 00:12:08,149:
wrong.
1647
00:12:08,149 --> 00:12:08,269:
It
1648
00:12:08,269 --> 00:12:08,419:
was
1649
00:12:08,419 --> 00:12:08,870:
low
1650
00:12:08,870 --> 00:12:09,080:
and
1651
00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:09,590:
wet,
1652
00:12:09,590 --> 00:12:09,860:
like
1653
00:12:09,860 --> 00:12:10,669:
stones
1654
00:12:10,669 --> 00:12:11,029:
grinding
1655
00:12:11,029 --> 00:12:11,570:
together
1656
00:12:11,570 --> 00:12:17,299:
under water.
“Faju…open
1657
00:12:17,299 --> 00:12:17,600:
the
1658
00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,299:
door.”
His
1659
00:12:20,299 --> 00:12:20,659:
breathing
1660
00:12:20,659 --> 00:12:21,830:
hitched.
1661
00:12:21,830 --> 00:12:21,980:
He
1662
00:12:21,980 --> 00:12:22,399:
clamped
1663
00:12:22,399 --> 00:12:22,730:
both
1664
00:12:22,730 --> 00:12:23,269:
paws
1665
00:12:23,269 --> 00:12:23,419:
over
1666
00:12:23,419 --> 00:12:23,600:
his
1667
00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:24,590:
muzzle,
1668
00:12:24,590 --> 00:12:30,350:
shaking.
“Faju…let
1669
00:12:30,350 --> 00:12:31,220:
me
1670
00:12:31,220 --> 00:12:34,070:
in.”
But
1671
00:12:34,070 --> 00:12:34,309:
before
1672
00:12:34,309 --> 00:12:34,549:
Nyx
1673
00:12:34,549 --> 00:12:34,669:
could
1674
00:12:34,669 --> 00:12:34,850:
think
1675
00:12:34,850 --> 00:12:34,909:
of
1676
00:12:34,909 --> 00:12:35,029:
what
1677
00:12:35,029 --> 00:12:35,120:
to
1678
00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:35,299:
do,
1679
00:12:35,299 --> 00:12:35,389:
the
1680
00:12:35,389 --> 00:12:35,600:
thing
1681
00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:36,019:
outside
1682
00:12:36,019 --> 00:12:36,320:
began
1683
00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:36,889:
pounding
1684
00:12:36,889 --> 00:12:37,009:
the
1685
00:12:37,009 --> 00:12:37,220:
door
1686
00:12:37,220 --> 00:12:37,309:
and
1687
00:12:37,309 --> 00:12:37,370:
the
1688
00:12:37,370 --> 00:12:37,640:
walls
1689
00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:37,698:
of
1690
00:12:37,698 --> 00:12:37,789:
the
1691
00:12:37,789 --> 00:12:38,659:
shack,
1692
00:12:38,659 --> 00:12:39,139:
rattling
1693
00:12:39,139 --> 00:12:39,320:
them
1694
00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:40,309:
violently
1695
00:12:40,309 --> 00:12:40,460:
as
1696
00:12:40,460 --> 00:12:41,179:
something
1697
00:12:41,179 --> 00:12:41,840:
slammed
1698
00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:42,080:
into
1699
00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:42,320:
them
1700
00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:42,679:
over
1701
00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:42,799:
and
1702
00:12:42,799 --> 00:12:43,370:
over,
1703
00:12:43,370 --> 00:12:43,669:
each
1704
00:12:43,669 --> 00:12:44,059:
strike
1705
00:12:44,059 --> 00:12:44,450:
heavier
1706
00:12:44,450 --> 00:12:44,600:
than
1707
00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:44,690:
the
1708
00:12:44,690 --> 00:12:45,919:
last.
1709
00:12:45,919 --> 00:12:46,610:
Splinters
1710
00:12:46,610 --> 00:12:46,909:
jumped
1711
00:12:46,909 --> 00:12:47,090:
from
1712
00:12:47,090 --> 00:12:47,179:
the
1713
00:12:47,179 --> 00:12:47,629:
wood,
1714
00:12:47,629 --> 00:12:48,289:
scattering
1715
00:12:48,289 --> 00:12:48,620:
across
1716
00:12:48,620 --> 00:12:48,710:
the
1717
00:12:48,710 --> 00:12:49,190:
floor
1718
00:12:49,190 --> 00:12:49,460:
as
1719
00:12:49,460 --> 00:12:50,000:
dust
1720
00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:50,450:
drifted
1721
00:12:50,450 --> 00:12:50,600:
from
1722
00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:50,690:
the
1723
00:12:50,690 --> 00:12:51,049:
ceiling
1724
00:12:51,049 --> 00:12:52,039:
beams.
1725
00:12:52,039 --> 00:12:52,220:
The
1726
00:12:52,220 --> 00:12:52,639:
walls
1727
00:12:52,639 --> 00:12:53,120:
groaned
1728
00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:53,273:
under
1729
00:12:53,273 --> 00:12:53,389:
the
1730
00:12:53,389 --> 00:12:53,570:
weight
1731
00:12:53,570 --> 00:12:53,659:
of
1732
00:12:53,659 --> 00:12:54,230:
it,
1733
00:12:54,230 --> 00:12:54,350:
the
1734
00:12:54,350 --> 00:12:54,830:
shack
1735
00:12:54,830 --> 00:12:55,669:
shuddering
1736
00:12:55,669 --> 00:12:55,850:
with
1737
00:12:55,850 --> 00:12:56,090:
every
1738
00:12:56,090 --> 00:12:58,009:
blow.
Something
1739
00:12:58,009 --> 00:12:58,399:
dragged
1740
00:12:58,399 --> 00:12:58,549:
its
1741
00:12:58,549 --> 00:12:58,970:
claws
1742
00:12:58,970 --> 00:12:59,330:
across
1743
00:12:59,330 --> 00:12:59,419:
the
1744
00:12:59,419 --> 00:12:59,899:
boards,
1745
00:12:59,899 --> 00:13:00,799:
slow
1746
00:13:00,799 --> 00:13:00,980:
and
1747
00:13:00,980 --> 00:13:01,639:
deliberate,
1748
00:13:01,639 --> 00:13:02,149:
testing
1749
00:13:02,149 --> 00:13:02,269:
the
1750
00:13:02,269 --> 00:13:02,629:
seams
1751
00:13:02,629 --> 00:13:02,690:
of
1752
00:13:02,690 --> 00:13:02,750:
the
1753
00:13:02,750 --> 00:13:03,259:
shack,
1754
00:13:03,259 --> 00:13:03,889:
scratching
1755
00:13:03,889 --> 00:13:04,519:
deeper
1756
00:13:04,519 --> 00:13:04,730:
and
1757
00:13:04,730 --> 00:13:05,330:
deeper
1758
00:13:05,330 --> 00:13:05,659:
each
1759
00:13:05,659 --> 00:13:08,659:
time.
Scrrrrrk.
The
1760
00:13:08,659 --> 00:13:08,990:
sound
1761
00:13:08,990 --> 00:13:09,230:
made
1762
00:13:09,230 --> 00:13:09,769:
Nyx’s
1763
00:13:09,769 --> 00:13:10,039:
fur
1764
00:13:10,039 --> 00:13:10,639:
bristle,
1765
00:13:10,639 --> 00:13:10,850:
his
1766
00:13:10,850 --> 00:13:11,149:
ears
1767
00:13:11,149 --> 00:13:11,629:
flattening
1768
00:13:11,629 --> 00:13:11,750:
as
1769
00:13:11,750 --> 00:13:11,809:
he
1770
00:13:11,809 --> 00:13:12,139:
shoved
1771
00:13:12,139 --> 00:13:12,259:
his
1772
00:13:12,259 --> 00:13:12,590:
paws
1773
00:13:12,590 --> 00:13:12,799:
over
1774
00:13:12,799 --> 00:13:12,950:
them,
1775
00:13:12,950 --> 00:13:13,129:
but
1776
00:13:13,129 --> 00:13:13,190:
it
1777
00:13:13,190 --> 00:13:13,490:
didn’t
1778
00:13:13,490 --> 00:13:14,360:
help.
1779
00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:14,480:
The
1780
00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:14,929:
scratching
1781
00:13:14,929 --> 00:13:15,139:
wasn’t
1782
00:13:15,139 --> 00:13:15,350:
just
1783
00:13:15,350 --> 00:13:15,620:
loud;
1784
00:13:15,620 --> 00:13:15,710:
it
1785
00:13:15,710 --> 00:13:15,889:
was
1786
00:13:15,889 --> 00:13:16,519:
inside
1787
00:13:16,519 --> 00:13:17,090:
him,
1788
00:13:17,090 --> 00:13:17,539:
buzzing
1789
00:13:17,539 --> 00:13:17,659:
in
1790
00:13:17,659 --> 00:13:17,840:
his
1791
00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:18,440:
skull,
1792
00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:19,190:
vibrating
1793
00:13:19,190 --> 00:13:19,429:
down
1794
00:13:19,429 --> 00:13:19,580:
his
1795
00:13:19,580 --> 00:13:21,080:
spine.
Then
1796
00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:21,379:
came
1797
00:13:21,379 --> 00:13:21,470:
the
1798
00:13:21,470 --> 00:13:22,730:
footsteps.
1799
00:13:22,730 --> 00:13:23,600:
Heavy,
1800
00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,129:
intentional.
1801
00:13:25,129 --> 00:13:25,309:
They
1802
00:13:25,309 --> 00:13:25,789:
circled
1803
00:13:25,789 --> 00:13:25,879:
the
1804
00:13:25,879 --> 00:13:26,240:
shack
1805
00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:26,389:
in
1806
00:13:26,389 --> 00:13:26,750:
uneven
1807
00:13:26,750 --> 00:13:27,350:
bursts,
1808
00:13:27,350 --> 00:13:27,500:
as
1809
00:13:27,500 --> 00:13:27,620:
if
1810
00:13:27,620 --> 00:13:27,860:
whatever
1811
00:13:27,860 --> 00:13:28,070:
was
1812
00:13:28,070 --> 00:13:28,490:
outside
1813
00:13:28,490 --> 00:13:28,759:
wasn’t
1814
00:13:28,759 --> 00:13:29,120:
walking
1815
00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:29,210:
so
1816
00:13:29,210 --> 00:13:29,419:
much
1817
00:13:29,419 --> 00:13:29,509:
as
1818
00:13:29,509 --> 00:13:30,799:
stalking,
1819
00:13:30,799 --> 00:13:31,309:
testing
1820
00:13:31,309 --> 00:13:31,549:
each
1821
00:13:31,549 --> 00:13:31,879:
wall,
1822
00:13:31,879 --> 00:13:32,059:
each
1823
00:13:32,059 --> 00:13:32,330:
wooden
1824
00:13:32,330 --> 00:13:32,690:
board
1825
00:13:32,690 --> 00:13:32,840:
that
1826
00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:33,350:
formed
1827
00:13:33,350 --> 00:13:33,440:
the
1828
00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:33,799:
small
1829
00:13:33,799 --> 00:13:35,690:
shack.
THUD!
1830
00:13:35,690 --> 00:13:35,929:
came
1831
00:13:35,929 --> 00:13:36,230:
against
1832
00:13:36,230 --> 00:13:36,320:
the
1833
00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:36,529:
door
1834
00:13:36,529 --> 00:13:38,299:
again.
THUD!
1835
00:13:38,299 --> 00:13:38,509:
This
1836
00:13:38,509 --> 00:13:38,720:
time,
1837
00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:38,840:
on
1838
00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:38,899:
the
1839
00:13:38,899 --> 00:13:39,139:
wall
1840
00:13:39,139 --> 00:13:39,409:
next
1841
00:13:39,409 --> 00:13:39,529:
to
1842
00:13:39,529 --> 00:13:39,620:
the
1843
00:13:39,620 --> 00:13:41,090:
door.
THUD!
1844
00:13:41,090 --> 00:13:41,330:
Right
1845
00:13:41,330 --> 00:13:41,629:
above
1846
00:13:41,629 --> 00:13:41,779:
him
1847
00:13:41,779 --> 00:13:42,110:
now,
1848
00:13:42,110 --> 00:13:42,559:
shaking
1849
00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:42,649:
the
1850
00:13:42,649 --> 00:13:43,490:
rafters,
1851
00:13:43,490 --> 00:13:43,793:
dust
1852
00:13:43,793 --> 00:13:44,210:
raining
1853
00:13:44,210 --> 00:13:44,600:
down
1854
00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:44,690:
in
1855
00:13:44,690 --> 00:13:45,169:
choking
1856
00:13:45,169 --> 00:13:46,940:
clouds.
The
1857
00:13:46,940 --> 00:13:47,179:
pace
1858
00:13:47,179 --> 00:13:48,289:
quickened,
1859
00:13:48,289 --> 00:13:48,349:
the
1860
00:13:48,349 --> 00:13:48,649:
thing
1861
00:13:48,649 --> 00:13:49,039:
outside
1862
00:13:49,039 --> 00:13:49,519:
hammering
1863
00:13:49,519 --> 00:13:49,610:
the
1864
00:13:49,610 --> 00:13:50,059:
wall,
1865
00:13:50,059 --> 00:13:50,210:
the
1866
00:13:50,210 --> 00:13:50,720:
roof,
1867
00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:51,019:
every
1868
00:13:51,019 --> 00:13:51,409:
wall, and
1869
00:13:51,409 --> 00:13:51,710:
every
1870
00:13:51,710 --> 00:13:51,950:
weak
1871
00:13:51,950 --> 00:13:52,309:
point
1872
00:13:52,309 --> 00:13:52,429:
in
1873
00:13:52,429 --> 00:13:53,090:
rapid,
1874
00:13:53,090 --> 00:13:53,659:
chaotic
1875
00:13:53,659 --> 00:13:55,009:
bursts.
1876
00:13:55,009 --> 00:13:55,129:
It
1877
00:13:55,129 --> 00:13:55,309:
was
1878
00:13:55,309 --> 00:13:55,730:
everywhere
1879
00:13:55,730 --> 00:13:55,820:
at
1880
00:13:55,820 --> 00:13:56,120:
once,
1881
00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:56,659:
surrounding
1882
00:13:56,659 --> 00:13:57,019:
him,
1883
00:13:57,019 --> 00:13:57,500:
faster
1884
00:13:57,500 --> 00:13:57,620:
and
1885
00:13:57,620 --> 00:13:58,190:
faster,
1886
00:13:58,190 --> 00:13:58,730:
claws
1887
00:13:58,730 --> 00:13:59,120:
tearing
1888
00:13:59,120 --> 00:13:59,450:
deep
1889
00:13:59,450 --> 00:13:59,960:
grooves
1890
00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:00,200:
into
1891
00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:00,320:
the
1892
00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:00,950:
siding as
1893
00:14:00,950 --> 00:14:01,039:
the
1894
00:14:01,039 --> 00:14:01,429:
sound
1895
00:14:01,429 --> 00:14:01,730:
built
1896
00:14:01,730 --> 00:14:01,970:
into
1897
00:14:01,970 --> 00:14:02,029:
a
1898
00:14:02,029 --> 00:14:03,649:
storm.
Then
1899
00:14:03,649 --> 00:14:03,740:
it
1900
00:14:03,740 --> 00:14:11,330:
stopped.
Silence.
Nyx’s
1901
00:14:11,330 --> 00:14:11,720:
chest
1902
00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:12,679:
heaved,
1903
00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:13,309:
ears
1904
00:14:13,309 --> 00:14:13,730:
twitching
1905
00:14:13,730 --> 00:14:14,539:
wildly,
1906
00:14:14,539 --> 00:14:15,169:
straining
1907
00:14:15,169 --> 00:14:15,230:
to
1908
00:14:15,230 --> 00:14:15,559:
catch
1909
00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:15,740:
any
1910
00:14:15,740 --> 00:14:16,519:
sound,
1911
00:14:16,519 --> 00:14:16,759:
any
1912
00:14:16,759 --> 00:14:17,090:
hint
1913
00:14:17,090 --> 00:14:17,179:
of
1914
00:14:17,179 --> 00:14:17,360:
where
1915
00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:17,450:
it
1916
00:14:17,450 --> 00:14:17,539:
had
1917
00:14:17,539 --> 00:14:18,799:
gone.
1918
00:14:18,799 --> 00:14:18,919:
He
1919
00:14:18,919 --> 00:14:19,100:
heard
1920
00:14:19,100 --> 00:14:21,080:
nothing.
How
1921
00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:21,320:
long
1922
00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:21,440:
had
1923
00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:21,500:
he
1924
00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:21,710:
been
1925
00:14:21,710 --> 00:14:22,039:
inside
1926
00:14:22,039 --> 00:14:22,129:
the
1927
00:14:22,129 --> 00:14:22,490:
shack,
1928
00:14:22,490 --> 00:14:23,000:
shivering
1929
00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:23,149:
and
1930
00:14:23,149 --> 00:14:24,019:
trembling
1931
00:14:24,019 --> 00:14:24,169:
as
1932
00:14:24,169 --> 00:14:24,320:
though
1933
00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:24,379:
he
1934
00:14:24,379 --> 00:14:24,500:
was
1935
00:14:24,500 --> 00:14:24,980:
stranded
1936
00:14:24,980 --> 00:14:25,070:
in
1937
00:14:25,070 --> 00:14:25,129:
a
1938
00:14:25,129 --> 00:14:26,419:
blizzard?
1939
00:14:26,419 --> 00:14:26,720:
The lynx
1940
00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:26,899:
could
1941
00:14:26,899 --> 00:14:27,080:
not
1942
00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:27,860:
know,
1943
00:14:27,860 --> 00:14:28,039:
as
1944
00:14:28,039 --> 00:14:28,250:
every
1945
00:14:28,250 --> 00:14:28,580:
second
1946
00:14:28,580 --> 00:14:28,820:
seemed
1947
00:14:28,820 --> 00:14:28,970:
like
1948
00:14:28,970 --> 00:14:29,059:
an
1949
00:14:29,059 --> 00:14:29,600:
eternity
1950
00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:29,690:
to
1951
00:14:29,690 --> 00:14:30,049:
him
1952
00:14:30,049 --> 00:14:30,590:
inside
1953
00:14:30,590 --> 00:14:30,679:
the
1954
00:14:30,679 --> 00:14:30,980:
small
1955
00:14:30,980 --> 00:14:31,370:
shack,
1956
00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:31,519:
with
1957
00:14:31,519 --> 00:14:31,730:
its
1958
00:14:31,730 --> 00:14:32,299:
flimsy
1959
00:14:32,299 --> 00:14:32,600:
wooden
1960
00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:32,990:
door,
1961
00:14:32,990 --> 00:14:33,679:
wall,
1962
00:14:33,679 --> 00:14:33,889:
and
1963
00:14:33,889 --> 00:14:34,370:
roof
1964
00:14:34,370 --> 00:14:34,940:
somehow
1965
00:14:34,940 --> 00:14:35,240:
keeping
1966
00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:35,360:
him
1967
00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:35,690:
safe
1968
00:14:35,690 --> 00:14:35,870:
from
1969
00:14:35,870 --> 00:14:35,960:
the
1970
00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:36,590:
thing
1971
00:14:36,590 --> 00:14:36,769:
that
1972
00:14:36,769 --> 00:14:37,190:
stalked
1973
00:14:37,190 --> 00:14:37,279:
him
1974
00:14:37,279 --> 00:14:38,750:
outside.
1975
00:14:38,750 --> 00:14:38,809:
He
1976
00:14:38,809 --> 00:14:38,960:
could
1977
00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:39,110:
not
1978
00:14:39,110 --> 00:14:39,259:
see
1979
00:14:39,259 --> 00:14:39,320:
a
1980
00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:39,710:
single
1981
00:14:39,710 --> 00:14:40,009:
thing,
1982
00:14:40,009 --> 00:14:40,100:
but
1983
00:14:40,100 --> 00:14:40,190:
he
1984
00:14:40,190 --> 00:14:40,340:
could
1985
00:14:40,340 --> 00:14:40,640:
feel
1986
00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:40,730:
the
1987
00:14:40,730 --> 00:14:41,120:
dust
1988
00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:41,389:
falling
1989
00:14:41,389 --> 00:14:41,539:
from
1990
00:14:41,539 --> 00:14:41,629:
the
1991
00:14:41,629 --> 00:14:42,500:
ceiling,
1992
00:14:42,500 --> 00:14:42,620:
the
1993
00:14:42,620 --> 00:14:43,039:
texture
1994
00:14:43,039 --> 00:14:43,100:
of
1995
00:14:43,100 --> 00:14:43,190:
the
1996
00:14:43,190 --> 00:14:43,460:
wooden
1997
00:14:43,460 --> 00:14:43,700:
door
1998
00:14:43,700 --> 00:14:44,059:
against
1999
00:14:44,059 --> 00:14:44,179:
his
2000
00:14:44,179 --> 00:14:44,990:
back,
2001
00:14:44,990 --> 00:14:45,139:
and
2002
00:14:45,139 --> 00:14:45,200:
the
2003
00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:45,889:
floorboard
2004
00:14:45,889 --> 00:14:46,309:
creaking
2005
00:14:46,309 --> 00:14:46,669:
underneath
2006
00:14:46,669 --> 00:14:46,789:
his
2007
00:14:46,789 --> 00:14:47,720:
feet
2008
00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:48,080:
caused
2009
00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:48,259:
by
2010
00:14:48,259 --> 00:14:48,529:
his
2011
00:14:48,529 --> 00:14:50,419:
trembling.
But
2012
00:14:50,419 --> 00:14:50,720:
now,
2013
00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:50,840:
as
2014
00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:50,929:
he
2015
00:14:50,929 --> 00:14:51,169:
sat
2016
00:14:51,169 --> 00:14:51,320:
in
2017
00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:51,710:
complete
2018
00:14:51,710 --> 00:14:52,669:
silence
2019
00:14:52,669 --> 00:14:53,120:
for
2020
00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:53,539:
god
2021
00:14:53,539 --> 00:14:53,870:
knows
2022
00:14:53,870 --> 00:14:54,080:
how
2023
00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:54,409:
long,
2024
00:14:54,409 --> 00:14:54,500:
he
2025
00:14:54,500 --> 00:14:54,649:
could
2026
00:14:54,649 --> 00:14:54,889:
sense
2027
00:14:54,889 --> 00:14:55,220:
something
2028
00:14:55,220 --> 00:14:55,429:
other
2029
00:14:55,429 --> 00:14:55,610:
than
2030
00:14:55,610 --> 00:14:56,809:
fear:
2031
00:14:56,809 --> 00:14:59,299:
curiosity.
Was
2032
00:14:59,299 --> 00:14:59,389:
the
2033
00:14:59,389 --> 00:14:59,600:
thing
2034
00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,429:
gone?
Did
2035
00:15:01,429 --> 00:15:01,519:
the
2036
00:15:01,519 --> 00:15:01,879:
Faju
2037
00:15:01,879 --> 00:15:02,090:
give
2038
00:15:02,090 --> 00:15:04,040:
up?
Could
2039
00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:04,129:
he
2040
00:15:04,129 --> 00:15:04,399:
make
2041
00:15:04,399 --> 00:15:04,610:
a
2042
00:15:04,610 --> 00:15:04,909:
run
2043
00:15:04,909 --> 00:15:05,210:
for
2044
00:15:05,210 --> 00:15:05,330:
it
2045
00:15:05,330 --> 00:15:05,450:
and
2046
00:15:05,450 --> 00:15:05,727:
reach
2047
00:15:05,727 --> 00:15:05,840:
the
2048
00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:06,200:
village
2049
00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:06,590:
before
2050
00:15:06,590 --> 00:15:06,769:
the
2051
00:15:06,769 --> 00:15:07,128:
Faju
2052
00:15:07,128 --> 00:15:09,049:
returned?
He
2053
00:15:09,049 --> 00:15:09,379:
wanted
2054
00:15:09,379 --> 00:15:09,440:
to
2055
00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:09,710:
know,
2056
00:15:09,710 --> 00:15:10,429:
badly.
2057
00:15:10,429 --> 00:15:10,789:
Perhaps
2058
00:15:10,789 --> 00:15:10,885:
the
2059
00:15:10,885 --> 00:15:11,240:
Faju
2060
00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:11,389:
had
2061
00:15:11,389 --> 00:15:12,620:
left.
2062
00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:13,070:
Perhaps
2063
00:15:13,070 --> 00:15:13,340:
Nyx
2064
00:15:13,340 --> 00:15:13,460:
had
2065
00:15:13,460 --> 00:15:13,759:
waited
2066
00:15:13,759 --> 00:15:13,970:
long
2067
00:15:13,970 --> 00:15:14,240:
enough
2068
00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:14,360:
in
2069
00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:14,419:
the
2070
00:15:14,419 --> 00:15:14,899:
shack
2071
00:15:14,899 --> 00:15:14,990:
that the
2072
00:15:14,990 --> 00:15:15,230:
sun
2073
00:15:15,230 --> 00:15:15,350:
had
2074
00:15:15,350 --> 00:15:15,889:
risen,
2075
00:15:15,889 --> 00:15:16,159:
giving
2076
00:15:16,159 --> 00:15:16,309:
him
2077
00:15:16,309 --> 00:15:16,730:
ample
2078
00:15:16,730 --> 00:15:17,450:
opportunities
2079
00:15:17,450 --> 00:15:17,570:
to
2080
00:15:17,570 --> 00:15:17,870:
return
2081
00:15:17,870 --> 00:15:17,960:
to
2082
00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:18,019:
the
2083
00:15:18,019 --> 00:15:18,409:
safety
2084
00:15:18,409 --> 00:15:18,470:
of
2085
00:15:18,470 --> 00:15:18,620:
his
2086
00:15:18,620 --> 00:15:19,730:
village.
2087
00:15:19,730 --> 00:15:20,419:
Perhaps
2088
00:15:20,419 --> 00:15:20,600:
he
2089
00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:20,809:
was
2090
00:15:20,809 --> 00:15:24,139:
safe.
Nyx
2091
00:15:24,139 --> 00:15:24,379:
turned
2092
00:15:24,379 --> 00:15:24,799:
around,
2093
00:15:24,799 --> 00:15:25,549:
slowly,
2094
00:15:25,549 --> 00:15:25,970:
inside
2095
00:15:25,970 --> 00:15:26,059:
the
2096
00:15:26,059 --> 00:15:27,110:
shack.
2097
00:15:27,110 --> 00:15:27,470:
Facing
2098
00:15:27,470 --> 00:15:27,559:
the
2099
00:15:27,559 --> 00:15:28,190:
door,
2100
00:15:28,190 --> 00:15:28,309:
he
2101
00:15:28,309 --> 00:15:28,460:
took
2102
00:15:28,460 --> 00:15:28,759:
hold
2103
00:15:28,759 --> 00:15:28,820:
of
2104
00:15:28,820 --> 00:15:28,909:
the
2105
00:15:28,909 --> 00:15:29,330:
latch
2106
00:15:29,330 --> 00:15:29,419:
and
2107
00:15:29,419 --> 00:15:30,230:
slowly,
2108
00:15:30,230 --> 00:15:30,889:
quietly,
2109
00:15:30,889 --> 00:15:31,279:
raised
2110
00:15:31,279 --> 00:15:31,370:
it
2111
00:15:31,370 --> 00:15:31,580:
from
2112
00:15:31,580 --> 00:15:31,707:
its
2113
00:15:31,707 --> 00:15:32,360:
slot
2114
00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:32,509:
that
2115
00:15:32,509 --> 00:15:32,840:
held
2116
00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:32,929:
the
2117
00:15:32,929 --> 00:15:33,169:
door
2118
00:15:33,169 --> 00:15:33,620:
locked
2119
00:15:33,620 --> 00:15:33,710:
and
2120
00:15:33,710 --> 00:15:35,899:
shut.
And
2121
00:15:35,899 --> 00:15:37,549:
now,
2122
00:15:37,549 --> 00:15:37,789:
with
2123
00:15:37,789 --> 00:15:37,909:
the
2124
00:15:37,909 --> 00:15:38,240:
door
2125
00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:39,830:
unlocked,
2126
00:15:39,830 --> 00:15:39,950:
he
2127
00:15:39,950 --> 00:15:40,399:
pushed
2128
00:15:40,399 --> 00:15:40,490:
the
2129
00:15:40,490 --> 00:15:40,759:
door
2130
00:15:40,759 --> 00:15:41,269:
slightly
2131
00:15:41,269 --> 00:15:41,720:
ajar,
2132
00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:42,080:
just
2133
00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:42,529:
barely
2134
00:15:42,529 --> 00:15:43,399:
enough
2135
00:15:43,399 --> 00:15:43,519:
to
2136
00:15:43,519 --> 00:15:43,759:
give
2137
00:15:43,759 --> 00:15:44,179:
him
2138
00:15:44,179 --> 00:15:44,269:
a
2139
00:15:44,269 --> 00:15:46,478:
peek.
The
2140
00:15:46,478 --> 00:15:46,909:
moon
2141
00:15:46,909 --> 00:15:47,090:
was
2142
00:15:47,090 --> 00:15:47,690:
illuminating
2143
00:15:47,690 --> 00:15:48,080:
everything
2144
00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:48,169:
in
2145
00:15:48,169 --> 00:15:48,259:
the
2146
00:15:48,259 --> 00:15:48,710:
forest
2147
00:15:48,710 --> 00:15:48,950:
with its
2148
00:15:48,950 --> 00:15:49,370:
eerie
2149
00:15:49,370 --> 00:15:49,700:
pale
2150
00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:51,019:
light.
2151
00:15:51,019 --> 00:15:51,230:
Not
2152
00:15:51,230 --> 00:15:51,289:
a
2153
00:15:51,289 --> 00:15:51,590:
soul
2154
00:15:51,590 --> 00:15:51,769:
made
2155
00:15:51,769 --> 00:15:51,830:
a
2156
00:15:51,830 --> 00:15:52,759:
sound,
2157
00:15:52,759 --> 00:15:52,970:
not
2158
00:15:52,970 --> 00:15:53,210:
even the
2159
00:15:53,210 --> 00:15:55,159:
wind.
2160
00:15:55,159 --> 00:15:55,519:
Nyx’s
2161
00:15:55,519 --> 00:15:55,789:
eye
2162
00:15:55,789 --> 00:15:56,210:
searched
2163
00:15:56,210 --> 00:15:56,360:
for
2164
00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:56,570:
any
2165
00:15:56,570 --> 00:15:56,929:
sign
2166
00:15:56,929 --> 00:15:56,990:
of
2167
00:15:56,990 --> 00:15:57,259:
movement
2168
00:15:57,259 --> 00:15:58,759:
outside.
2169
00:15:58,759 --> 00:15:59,990:
No,
2170
00:15:59,990 --> 00:16:00,110:
there
2171
00:16:00,110 --> 00:16:00,259:
was
2172
00:16:00,259 --> 00:16:02,389:
nothing.
2173
00:16:02,389 --> 00:16:02,840:
The thing
2174
00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:03,049:
was
2175
00:16:03,049 --> 00:16:03,440:
nowhere
2176
00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:03,559:
in
2177
00:16:03,559 --> 00:16:04,940:
sight.
2178
00:16:04,940 --> 00:16:05,059:
The
2179
00:16:05,059 --> 00:16:05,539:
Faju
2180
00:16:05,539 --> 00:16:05,779:
was
2181
00:16:05,779 --> 00:16:08,269:
gone.
For
2182
00:16:08,269 --> 00:16:08,360:
the
2183
00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:08,600:
first
2184
00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:08,779:
time
2185
00:16:08,779 --> 00:16:08,870:
in
2186
00:16:08,870 --> 00:16:08,899:
a
2187
00:16:08,899 --> 00:16:09,230:
long
2188
00:16:09,230 --> 00:16:09,769:
time—at
2189
00:16:09,769 --> 00:16:10,039:
least
2190
00:16:10,039 --> 00:16:10,519:
to Nyx—the
2191
00:16:10,519 --> 00:16:11,389:
lynx gave a
2192
00:16:11,389 --> 00:16:11,779:
sigh
2193
00:16:11,779 --> 00:16:11,899:
of
2194
00:16:11,899 --> 00:16:14,389:
relief.
2195
00:16:14,389 --> 00:16:14,480:
He
2196
00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:14,659:
was
2197
00:16:14,659 --> 00:16:14,899:
not
2198
00:16:14,899 --> 00:16:15,139:
about
2199
00:16:15,139 --> 00:16:15,200:
to
2200
00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:15,529:
venture
2201
00:16:15,529 --> 00:16:15,679:
out
2202
00:16:15,679 --> 00:16:15,830:
into
2203
00:16:15,830 --> 00:16:15,950:
the
2204
00:16:15,950 --> 00:16:16,250:
night.
2205
00:16:16,250 --> 00:16:16,490:
He
2206
00:16:16,490 --> 00:16:16,730:
will
2207
00:16:16,730 --> 00:16:17,090:
wait
2208
00:16:17,090 --> 00:16:17,419:
until
2209
00:16:17,419 --> 00:16:18,169:
sunrise,
2210
00:16:18,169 --> 00:16:18,291:
and
2211
00:16:18,291 --> 00:16:18,590:
then
2212
00:16:18,590 --> 00:16:18,799:
he will
2213
00:16:18,799 --> 00:16:19,039:
go
2214
00:16:19,039 --> 00:16:19,340:
out,
2215
00:16:19,340 --> 00:16:19,580:
just
2216
00:16:19,580 --> 00:16:19,669:
to
2217
00:16:19,669 --> 00:16:19,759:
be
2218
00:16:19,759 --> 00:16:20,120:
safe.
2219
00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:20,299:
But
2220
00:16:20,299 --> 00:16:20,419:
the
2221
00:16:20,419 --> 00:16:21,110:
knowledge
2222
00:16:21,110 --> 00:16:21,230:
that
2223
00:16:21,230 --> 00:16:21,350:
the
2224
00:16:21,350 --> 00:16:21,679:
worst
2225
00:16:21,679 --> 00:16:21,830:
was
2226
00:16:21,830 --> 00:16:22,850:
over
2227
00:16:22,850 --> 00:16:23,059:
gave
2228
00:16:23,059 --> 00:16:23,240:
him
2229
00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:23,809:
tremendous
2230
00:16:23,809 --> 00:16:26,809:
relief.
Nyx
2231
00:16:26,809 --> 00:16:27,180:
closed
2232
00:16:27,180 --> 00:16:27,259:
the
2233
00:16:27,259 --> 00:16:27,470:
door
2234
00:16:27,470 --> 00:16:29,210:
shut. I
2235
00:16:29,210 --> 00:16:29,389:
guess
2236
00:16:29,389 --> 00:16:29,539:
I’m
2237
00:16:29,539 --> 00:16:30,289:
safe,
2238
00:16:30,289 --> 00:16:30,379:
he
2239
00:16:30,379 --> 00:16:32,000:
thought.
2240
00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:32,090:
I
2241
00:16:32,090 --> 00:16:32,269:
can
2242
00:16:32,269 --> 00:16:32,629:
finally
2243
00:16:32,629 --> 00:16:32,870:
breathe
2244
00:16:32,870 --> 00:16:37,429:
easy.
But
2245
00:16:37,429 --> 00:16:37,940:
before
2246
00:16:37,940 --> 00:16:38,059:
he
2247
00:16:38,059 --> 00:16:38,269:
could
2248
00:16:38,269 --> 00:16:38,779:
engage
2249
00:16:38,779 --> 00:16:38,899:
the
2250
00:16:38,899 --> 00:16:39,559:
latch
2251
00:16:39,559 --> 00:16:39,740:
with
2252
00:16:39,740 --> 00:16:39,830:
the
2253
00:16:39,830 --> 00:16:40,250:
slot
2254
00:16:40,250 --> 00:16:40,370:
to
2255
00:16:40,370 --> 00:16:40,700:
lock
2256
00:16:40,700 --> 00:16:40,820:
the
2257
00:16:40,820 --> 00:16:42,019:
door,
2258
00:16:42,019 --> 00:16:42,169:
a
2259
00:16:42,169 --> 00:16:42,919:
cold
2260
00:16:42,919 --> 00:16:43,519:
paw
2261
00:16:43,519 --> 00:16:44,120:
grabbed
2262
00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:44,570:
Nyx’s
2263
00:16:44,570 --> 00:16:45,019:
shoulder
2264
00:16:45,019 --> 00:16:45,259:
from
2265
00:16:45,259 --> 00:16:45,740:
behind
2266
00:16:45,740 --> 00:16:45,980:
him
2267
00:16:45,980 --> 00:16:46,159:
and
2268
00:16:46,159 --> 00:16:46,970:
slammed
2269
00:16:46,970 --> 00:16:47,149:
his
2270
00:16:47,149 --> 00:16:47,539:
body
2271
00:16:47,539 --> 00:16:47,750:
onto
2272
00:16:47,750 --> 00:16:47,870:
the
2273
00:16:47,870 --> 00:16:49,700:
floorboard.
2274
00:16:49,700 --> 00:16:49,850:
Then,
2275
00:16:49,850 --> 00:16:49,909:
a
2276
00:16:49,909 --> 00:16:50,899:
voice
2277
00:16:50,899 --> 00:16:52,039:
whispered
2278
00:16:52,039 --> 00:16:52,639:
right
2279
00:16:52,639 --> 00:16:53,179:
next
2280
00:16:53,179 --> 00:16:53,330:
to
2281
00:16:53,330 --> 00:16:53,600:
his
2282
00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:54,139:
tufted
2283
00:16:54,139 --> 00:17:00,950:
ear:
“Faaajuuu…Foooound
2284
00:17:00,950 --> 00:17:04,279:
youuuu.”
The
2285
00:17:04,279 --> 00:17:05,150:
lynx
2286
00:17:05,150 --> 00:17:05,390:
let
2287
00:17:05,390 --> 00:17:06,109:
out
2288
00:17:06,109 --> 00:17:06,200:
the
2289
00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:06,890:
loudest
2290
00:17:06,890 --> 00:17:08,210:
scream to
2291
00:17:08,210 --> 00:17:09,140:
ever
2292
00:17:09,140 --> 00:17:09,769:
leave
2293
00:17:09,769 --> 00:17:09,980:
his
2294
00:17:09,980 --> 00:17:16,190:
lungs.
***
Nyx
2295
00:17:16,190 --> 00:17:16,640:
gasped
2296
00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:16,730:
and
2297
00:17:16,730 --> 00:17:17,059:
jolted
2298
00:17:17,059 --> 00:17:17,869:
upright,
2299
00:17:17,869 --> 00:17:18,079:
his
2300
00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:18,349:
breath
2301
00:17:18,349 --> 00:17:18,980:
ragged,
2302
00:17:18,980 --> 00:17:19,460:
claws
2303
00:17:19,460 --> 00:17:19,940:
tangled
2304
00:17:19,940 --> 00:17:20,029:
in
2305
00:17:20,029 --> 00:17:20,089:
the
2306
00:17:20,089 --> 00:17:20,450:
blanket
2307
00:17:20,450 --> 00:17:20,569:
that
2308
00:17:20,569 --> 00:17:20,869:
covered
2309
00:17:20,869 --> 00:17:21,559:
him.
2310
00:17:21,559 --> 00:17:21,740:
His
2311
00:17:21,740 --> 00:17:22,069:
chest
2312
00:17:22,069 --> 00:17:22,819:
heaved,
2313
00:17:22,819 --> 00:17:23,059:
fur
2314
00:17:23,059 --> 00:17:23,720:
plastered
2315
00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:23,869:
with
2316
00:17:23,869 --> 00:17:24,140:
cold
2317
00:17:24,140 --> 00:17:24,859:
sweat,
2318
00:17:24,859 --> 00:17:25,039:
and
2319
00:17:25,039 --> 00:17:25,160:
his
2320
00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:25,490:
ears
2321
00:17:25,490 --> 00:17:25,970:
rang
2322
00:17:25,970 --> 00:17:26,089:
as
2323
00:17:26,089 --> 00:17:26,210:
his
2324
00:17:26,210 --> 00:17:26,660:
eyes
2325
00:17:26,660 --> 00:17:27,019:
darted
2326
00:17:27,019 --> 00:17:27,289:
around
2327
00:17:27,289 --> 00:17:27,380:
the
2328
00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:27,680:
small
2329
00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,150:
shack.
“Oh,
2330
00:17:29,150 --> 00:17:29,329:
my
2331
00:17:29,329 --> 00:17:30,259:
goodness!”
2332
00:17:30,259 --> 00:17:30,319:
a
2333
00:17:30,319 --> 00:17:30,799:
surprised
2334
00:17:30,799 --> 00:17:31,099:
voice
2335
00:17:31,099 --> 00:17:31,759:
said. “You’re
2336
00:17:31,759 --> 00:17:34,190:
awake!”
The lynx’s
2337
00:17:34,190 --> 00:17:34,490:
eyes
2338
00:17:34,490 --> 00:17:34,910:
rested
2339
00:17:34,910 --> 00:17:35,029:
on
2340
00:17:35,029 --> 00:17:35,119:
the
2341
00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:35,450:
figure
2342
00:17:35,450 --> 00:17:35,539:
of
2343
00:17:35,539 --> 00:17:35,809:
another
2344
00:17:35,809 --> 00:17:36,650:
lynx
2345
00:17:36,650 --> 00:17:36,829:
who was
2346
00:17:36,829 --> 00:17:37,339:
standing
2347
00:17:37,339 --> 00:17:37,430:
at
2348
00:17:37,430 --> 00:17:37,519:
the
2349
00:17:37,519 --> 00:17:37,700:
door
2350
00:17:37,700 --> 00:17:37,789:
of
2351
00:17:37,789 --> 00:17:37,849:
the
2352
00:17:37,849 --> 00:17:38,359:
shack
2353
00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:38,480:
as
2354
00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:39,019:
sunlight
2355
00:17:39,019 --> 00:17:39,500:
streamed
2356
00:17:39,500 --> 00:17:40,369:
in,
2357
00:17:40,369 --> 00:17:40,789:
causing
2358
00:17:40,789 --> 00:17:41,210:
Nyx
2359
00:17:41,210 --> 00:17:41,329:
to
2360
00:17:41,329 --> 00:17:45,680:
squint.
“Mother…?”
The
2361
00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:46,099:
female
2362
00:17:46,099 --> 00:17:46,400:
lynx
2363
00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:47,000:
immediately
2364
00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:47,299:
held
2365
00:17:47,299 --> 00:17:47,390:
him
2366
00:17:47,390 --> 00:17:47,480:
in
2367
00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:47,539:
a
2368
00:17:47,539 --> 00:17:47,779:
tight
2369
00:17:47,779 --> 00:17:49,220:
embrace. “What
2370
00:17:49,220 --> 00:17:49,309:
a
2371
00:17:49,309 --> 00:17:50,029:
fool
2372
00:17:50,029 --> 00:17:50,240:
you
2373
00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:50,900:
are,”
2374
00:17:50,900 --> 00:17:51,109:
she
2375
00:17:51,109 --> 00:17:51,619:
said,
2376
00:17:51,619 --> 00:17:51,740:
her
2377
00:17:51,740 --> 00:17:52,039:
voice
2378
00:17:52,039 --> 00:17:53,450:
cracking. “We
2379
00:17:53,450 --> 00:17:53,569:
were
2380
00:17:53,569 --> 00:17:53,960:
looking
2381
00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:54,140:
for
2382
00:17:54,140 --> 00:17:56,240:
you.”
Nyx,
2383
00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:56,539:
hearing
2384
00:17:56,539 --> 00:17:56,660:
his
2385
00:17:56,660 --> 00:17:56,900:
mother
2386
00:17:56,900 --> 00:17:57,380:
sobbing,
2387
00:17:57,380 --> 00:17:58,609:
wondered:
2388
00:17:58,609 --> 00:17:58,819:
Was
2389
00:17:58,819 --> 00:17:58,941:
it
2390
00:17:58,941 --> 00:17:59,119:
a
2391
00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:01,099:
dream?
His
2392
00:18:01,099 --> 00:18:01,519:
paws,
2393
00:18:01,519 --> 00:18:01,789:
still
2394
00:18:01,789 --> 00:18:02,390:
shaky,
2395
00:18:02,390 --> 00:18:02,660:
hugged
2396
00:18:02,660 --> 00:18:02,750:
his
2397
00:18:02,750 --> 00:18:03,019:
mother
2398
00:18:03,019 --> 00:18:03,410:
back,
2399
00:18:03,410 --> 00:18:03,500:
as
2400
00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:03,589:
the
2401
00:18:03,589 --> 00:18:03,769:
two
2402
00:18:03,769 --> 00:18:04,069:
sat
2403
00:18:04,069 --> 00:18:04,220:
there
2404
00:18:04,220 --> 00:18:04,309:
in
2405
00:18:04,309 --> 00:18:06,589:
silence.
“I’m
2406
00:18:06,589 --> 00:18:06,980:
sorry,
2407
00:18:06,980 --> 00:18:07,279:
mother.
2408
00:18:07,279 --> 00:18:07,369:
I
2409
00:18:07,369 --> 00:18:07,819:
didn’t
2410
00:18:07,819 --> 00:18:08,000:
want
2411
00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:08,059:
to
2412
00:18:08,059 --> 00:18:08,329:
take
2413
00:18:08,329 --> 00:18:08,390:
a
2414
00:18:08,390 --> 00:18:09,079:
detour
2415
00:18:09,079 --> 00:18:10,460:
and…”
“Hush,”
2416
00:18:10,460 --> 00:18:10,609:
his
2417
00:18:10,609 --> 00:18:10,819:
mother
2418
00:18:10,819 --> 00:18:11,695:
said. “You
2419
00:18:11,695 --> 00:18:11,809:
are
2420
00:18:11,809 --> 00:18:13,099:
safe,
2421
00:18:13,099 --> 00:18:13,215:
and
2422
00:18:13,215 --> 00:18:13,579:
that’s
2423
00:18:13,579 --> 00:18:13,730:
all
2424
00:18:13,730 --> 00:18:13,849:
that
2425
00:18:13,849 --> 00:18:14,269:
matters,
2426
00:18:14,269 --> 00:18:15,799:
Nyx. Your
2427
00:18:15,799 --> 00:18:16,190:
father
2428
00:18:16,190 --> 00:18:16,309:
and
2429
00:18:16,309 --> 00:18:16,369:
I
2430
00:18:16,369 --> 00:18:16,521:
were
2431
00:18:16,521 --> 00:18:16,819:
so
2432
00:18:16,819 --> 00:18:17,150:
worried
2433
00:18:17,150 --> 00:18:17,269:
when
2434
00:18:17,269 --> 00:18:17,390:
you
2435
00:18:17,390 --> 00:18:17,509:
and
2436
00:18:17,509 --> 00:18:17,850:
Sam
2437
00:18:17,850 --> 00:18:18,079:
didn’t
2438
00:18:18,079 --> 00:18:18,710:
return by
2439
00:18:18,710 --> 00:18:19,250:
dusk,
2440
00:18:19,250 --> 00:18:20,960:
and—”
Nyx’s
2441
00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:21,259:
eyes
2442
00:18:21,259 --> 00:18:23,390:
widened. “Sam,”
2443
00:18:23,390 --> 00:18:23,509:
he
2444
00:18:23,509 --> 00:18:23,900:
muttered
2445
00:18:23,900 --> 00:18:23,990:
as
2446
00:18:23,990 --> 00:18:24,079:
he
2447
00:18:24,079 --> 00:18:24,589:
remembered
2448
00:18:24,589 --> 00:18:24,890:
losing
2449
00:18:24,890 --> 00:18:25,311:
track
2450
00:18:25,311 --> 00:18:25,369:
of
2451
00:18:25,369 --> 00:18:25,519:
his
2452
00:18:25,519 --> 00:18:25,819:
lion
2453
00:18:25,819 --> 00:18:26,750:
friend
2454
00:18:26,750 --> 00:18:27,170:
after
2455
00:18:27,170 --> 00:18:27,289:
they
2456
00:18:27,289 --> 00:18:27,589:
began
2457
00:18:27,589 --> 00:18:27,890:
running
2458
00:18:27,890 --> 00:18:28,039:
from
2459
00:18:28,039 --> 00:18:28,160:
the
2460
00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:29,599:
Faju. “Mother,
2461
00:18:29,599 --> 00:18:29,750:
did
2462
00:18:29,750 --> 00:18:29,809:
you
2463
00:18:29,809 --> 00:18:29,960:
see
2464
00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:30,230:
Sam
2465
00:18:30,230 --> 00:18:30,890:
outside?
2466
00:18:30,890 --> 00:18:31,069:
He
2467
00:18:31,069 --> 00:18:31,279:
must be
2468
00:18:31,279 --> 00:18:31,460:
so
2469
00:18:31,460 --> 00:18:32,329:
frightened!
2470
00:18:32,329 --> 00:18:32,480:
We
2471
00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:32,599:
were
2472
00:18:32,599 --> 00:18:32,900:
walking
2473
00:18:32,900 --> 00:18:33,109:
home from
2474
00:18:33,109 --> 00:18:33,230:
the
2475
00:18:33,230 --> 00:18:33,650:
bazaar
2476
00:18:33,650 --> 00:18:33,740:
and
2477
00:18:33,740 --> 00:18:33,859:
we
2478
00:18:33,859 --> 00:18:35,779:
heard—”
“Hush,”
2479
00:18:35,779 --> 00:18:35,930:
his
2480
00:18:35,930 --> 00:18:36,200:
mother
2481
00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:36,410:
said
2482
00:18:36,410 --> 00:18:37,369:
again,
2483
00:18:37,369 --> 00:18:37,609:
this
2484
00:18:37,609 --> 00:18:38,089:
time
2485
00:18:38,089 --> 00:18:39,349:
quieter,
2486
00:18:39,349 --> 00:18:42,470:
sadder. “Sam
2487
00:18:42,470 --> 00:18:44,869:
is…Sam
2488
00:18:44,869 --> 00:18:47,119:
is…”
Nyx broke
2489
00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:47,359:
away
2490
00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:47,569:
from
2491
00:18:47,569 --> 00:18:47,690:
his
2492
00:18:47,690 --> 00:18:48,019:
mother’s
2493
00:18:48,019 --> 00:18:48,349:
arms
2494
00:18:48,349 --> 00:18:48,470:
and
2495
00:18:48,470 --> 00:18:48,680:
got
2496
00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:49,609:
up.
2497
00:18:49,609 --> 00:18:49,940:
Running
2498
00:18:49,940 --> 00:18:50,390:
outside,
2499
00:18:50,390 --> 00:18:50,450:
he
2500
00:18:50,450 --> 00:18:50,630:
saw
2501
00:18:50,630 --> 00:18:50,960:
another
2502
00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:51,319:
older
2503
00:18:51,319 --> 00:18:51,829:
lynx—his
2504
00:18:51,829 --> 00:18:52,940:
father—and
2505
00:18:52,940 --> 00:18:53,059:
an
2506
00:18:53,059 --> 00:18:53,269:
older
2507
00:18:53,269 --> 00:18:54,410:
lion
2508
00:18:54,410 --> 00:18:54,950:
standing
2509
00:18:54,950 --> 00:18:55,190:
next
2510
00:18:55,190 --> 00:18:55,309:
to
2511
00:18:55,309 --> 00:18:55,369:
a
2512
00:18:55,369 --> 00:18:56,000:
lioness
2513
00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:56,240:
who was
2514
00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:56,599:
kneeling
2515
00:18:56,599 --> 00:18:56,690:
in
2516
00:18:56,690 --> 00:18:56,779:
the
2517
00:18:56,779 --> 00:18:57,049:
dirt
2518
00:18:57,049 --> 00:18:57,259:
just
2519
00:18:57,259 --> 00:18:57,289:
a
2520
00:18:57,289 --> 00:18:57,619:
short
2521
00:18:57,619 --> 00:18:58,039:
distance
2522
00:18:58,039 --> 00:18:58,160:
from
2523
00:18:58,160 --> 00:18:58,250:
the
2524
00:18:58,250 --> 00:18:58,880:
path,
2525
00:18:58,880 --> 00:18:59,000:
her
2526
00:18:59,000 --> 00:18:59,900:
face
2527
00:18:59,900 --> 00:19:00,230:
buried
2528
00:19:00,230 --> 00:19:00,319:
in
2529
00:19:00,319 --> 00:19:00,410:
her
2530
00:19:00,410 --> 00:19:01,849:
paws.
2531
00:19:01,849 --> 00:19:01,970:
It
2532
00:19:01,970 --> 00:19:02,059:
was
2533
00:19:02,059 --> 00:19:02,480:
Sam’s
2534
00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:04,130:
mother.
He
2535
00:19:04,130 --> 00:19:04,430:
stepped
2536
00:19:04,430 --> 00:19:04,940:
closer,
2537
00:19:04,940 --> 00:19:05,089:
his
2538
00:19:05,089 --> 00:19:05,390:
throat
2539
00:19:05,390 --> 00:19:07,339:
dry. “What…what
2540
00:19:07,339 --> 00:19:09,559:
happened?”
Sam’s
2541
00:19:09,559 --> 00:19:10,009:
father
2542
00:19:10,009 --> 00:19:10,339:
turned
2543
00:19:10,339 --> 00:19:11,480:
around,
2544
00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:11,630:
his
2545
00:19:11,630 --> 00:19:12,140:
hollow,
2546
00:19:12,140 --> 00:19:12,589:
sunken
2547
00:19:12,589 --> 00:19:13,190:
eyes
2548
00:19:13,190 --> 00:19:13,579:
boring
2549
00:19:13,579 --> 00:19:13,819:
into
2550
00:19:13,819 --> 00:19:16,460:
Nyx’s.
Nyx
2551
00:19:16,460 --> 00:19:16,819:
froze
2552
00:19:16,819 --> 00:19:17,150:
as he saw
2553
00:19:17,150 --> 00:19:17,269:
the
2554
00:19:17,269 --> 00:19:17,750:
satchel
2555
00:19:17,750 --> 00:19:17,839:
on
2556
00:19:17,839 --> 00:19:17,930:
the
2557
00:19:17,930 --> 00:19:18,950:
ground.
2558
00:19:18,950 --> 00:19:19,640:
It was Sam’s
2559
00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:20,240:
satchel,
2560
00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:20,359:
with
2561
00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:20,509:
its
2562
00:19:20,509 --> 00:19:21,109:
contents
2563
00:19:21,109 --> 00:19:21,650:
scattered
2564
00:19:21,650 --> 00:19:22,910:
nearby.
2565
00:19:22,910 --> 00:19:23,240:
Claw
2566
00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:23,930:
marks
2567
00:19:23,930 --> 00:19:24,259:
ripped
2568
00:19:24,259 --> 00:19:24,380:
through the
2569
00:19:24,380 --> 00:19:25,519:
textiles,
2570
00:19:25,519 --> 00:19:26,000:
shredding
2571
00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:26,119:
them
2572
00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:26,299:
into
2573
00:19:26,299 --> 00:19:26,690:
tattered
2574
00:19:26,690 --> 00:19:28,069:
pieces.
2575
00:19:28,069 --> 00:19:28,220:
The
2576
00:19:28,220 --> 00:19:28,640:
beautiful
2577
00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:29,089:
linens that
2578
00:19:29,089 --> 00:19:29,210:
the
2579
00:19:29,210 --> 00:19:29,359:
two
2580
00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:29,480:
of
2581
00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:29,660:
them
2582
00:19:29,660 --> 00:19:29,930:
bought
2583
00:19:29,930 --> 00:19:29,990:
at
2584
00:19:29,990 --> 00:19:30,079:
the
2585
00:19:30,079 --> 00:19:31,309:
bazaar,
2586
00:19:31,309 --> 00:19:31,700:
linens
2587
00:19:31,700 --> 00:19:31,819:
that
2588
00:19:31,819 --> 00:19:31,910:
were
2589
00:19:31,910 --> 00:19:32,329:
once
2590
00:19:32,329 --> 00:19:32,809:
colorfully
2591
00:19:32,809 --> 00:19:33,109:
dyed
2592
00:19:33,109 --> 00:19:33,259:
with
2593
00:19:33,259 --> 00:19:33,680:
pigments
2594
00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:33,980:
of
2595
00:19:33,980 --> 00:19:34,309:
different
2596
00:19:34,309 --> 00:19:35,539:
colors,
2597
00:19:35,539 --> 00:19:35,973:
were all
2598
00:19:35,973 --> 00:19:36,500:
soaked
2599
00:19:36,500 --> 00:19:36,589:
in
2600
00:19:36,589 --> 00:19:36,650:
a
2601
00:19:36,650 --> 00:19:37,039:
puddle
2602
00:19:37,039 --> 00:19:37,160:
of
2603
00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:37,910:
dark
2604
00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:38,900:
crimson
2605
00:19:38,900 --> 00:19:40,609:
liquid.
And
2606
00:19:40,609 --> 00:19:40,700:
the
2607
00:19:40,700 --> 00:19:41,269:
Talls
2608
00:19:41,269 --> 00:19:41,390:
were
2609
00:19:41,390 --> 00:19:41,839:
watching
2610
00:19:41,839 --> 00:19:42,740:
them,
2611
00:19:42,740 --> 00:19:42,980:
as
2612
00:19:42,980 --> 00:19:43,130:
they
2613
00:19:43,130 --> 00:19:43,849:
always
2614
00:19:43,849 --> 00:19:50,450:
were.
This
2615
00:19:50,450 --> 00:19:54,440:
was “Faju” by TiberiusRings & Fruitz,
2616
00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:54,950:
read for you
2617
00:19:54,950 --> 00:19:55,069:
by
2618
00:19:55,069 --> 00:19:55,309:
Rob
2619
00:19:55,309 --> 00:19:55,970:
MacWolf,
2620
00:19:55,970 --> 00:19:56,450:
Werewolf
2621
00:19:56,450 --> 00:19:57,769:
Hitchhiker.
2622
00:19:57,769 --> 00:19:57,890:
You
2623
00:19:57,890 --> 00:19:58,009:
can
2624
00:19:58,009 --> 00:19:58,279:
find
2625
00:19:58,279 --> 00:19:58,490:
more
2626
00:19:58,490 --> 00:19:58,970:
stories
2627
00:19:58,970 --> 00:19:59,089:
on
2628
00:19:59,089 --> 00:19:59,180:
the
2629
00:19:59,180 --> 00:19:59,720:
web
2630
00:19:59,720 --> 00:19:59,839:
at
2631
00:19:59,839 --> 00:20:01,339:
thevoice.dog,
2632
00:20:01,339 --> 00:20:01,609:
or
2633
00:20:01,609 --> 00:20:01,910:
find
2634
00:20:01,910 --> 00:20:01,970:
the
2635
00:20:01,970 --> 00:20:02,210:
show
2636
00:20:02,210 --> 00:20:02,450:
wherever
2637
00:20:02,450 --> 00:20:02,630:
you
2638
00:20:02,630 --> 00:20:03,049:
get
2639
00:20:03,049 --> 00:20:03,289:
your
2640
00:20:03,289 --> 00:20:05,029:
podcasts.
2641
00:20:05,029 --> 00:20:05,299:
Thank
2642
00:20:05,299 --> 00:20:05,390:
you
2643
00:20:05,390 --> 00:20:05,690:
for
2644
00:20:05,690 --> 00:20:06,529:
listening
2645
00:20:06,529 --> 00:20:06,680:
to
2646
00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:06,799:
The
2647
00:20:06,799 --> 00:20:07,849:
Voice
2648
00:20:07,849 --> 00:20:08,119:
of
2649
00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:08,660:
Dog.