See (2019) s03e03 Episode Script

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Her Majesty's Royal Guard! Open up!
Is there any word?
She's completely evaded our dogs,
Ayuras and Scentiers.
Either she's managed to flee the city,
or she's very well hidden.
Who else knows?
Only the Royal Guard,
but they're sworn to secrecy.
Which means the nobles will know
soon, if they don't already.
And when the nobles know,
their staffs will know.
Word will spread.
If Trovere finds out about this,
there will be no avoiding a war.
We need to get her out of the city
before news reaches the court.
She's been promised Sibeth today.
How did it even come to this?
A peace treaty between two nations
hanging on revenge against one
awful woman?
Tamacti, these God Thunder weapons
that Baba speaks of,
what are your thoughts?
I don't know what to think about it.
Baba Voss is a great warrior,
but he's been through a lot.
Maybe he's confused.
It doesn't matter. Someone attacked him.
I will insist she go home
to seek assurances
that this attack, that these weapons,
were not from Trivantes.
Maghra, Trovere is no fool.
She'll know it's a stall.
We need a stall to find my damn sister!
Unless you can convince her to accept
something else in her stead.
No, they seem pretty determined
to have her.
So, what then?
The ambassador is still pretty
enraged about Baba's attack.
I'll give her time to settle,
then I'll approach her.
What will you say?
I don't know.
But I think we all agree
it better be something brilliant.
You're going to leave all our fates
in the hands of an idiot.
Lord Harlan is many things,
but he's no idiot.
If it wasn't for his influence
with Trovere,
we would have been at war months ago.
Must be one hell of a cock.
Well, I wouldn't know.
I should have been there.
Not even you could have saved Paris.
I would not have allowed her
to care for that demon woman.
It was the baby she was
caring for, not Sibeth.
I know you're upset about Paris.
We've all had time to mourn her.
It's not just Paris.
What do you mean?
They killed Bow Lion.
Bow Lion?
The God Thunder.
She never even got a
chance to die fighting.
No fight, just death.
She was with you?
Yes.
I'm sorry.
Me too.
Mama?
I assume you're here to let him out.
Leave us to talk for a moment.
- I will leave with my father.
- Haniwa, not now.
Your sister killed Paris, and
you kept her in her bedroom.
Him, you keep in a dungeon!
If I let him out, he will go
after the ambassador again.
No, he won't.
- Yes, I will.
- Papa!
Haniwa, leave us, please.
It's okay, my love.
Where is No?
No?
The dog.
The dog?
He's more comfortable than you are,
and most likely better fed.
Good.
And Sibeth?
There's no sign of her yet.
I do not understand
why you kept her alive.
Was it so easy for you
to kill your brother?
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, you're right.
It was a mistake.
I should have killed her.
Do not make another one
with the Trivantians.
I have spent a long time
negotiating peace with them.
And I cannot just throw it away
because of a conclusion you have
made without firm evidence.
They will be coming here
with these weapons,
and they will flatten your kingdom!
I do not doubt that you were
attacked by these weapons.
- Yet you've caged me like an animal.
- You forced me to!
You think I want you down here?
I've spent seasons
wondering where you were,
dreaming of your return.
And now I am forced to lock you up?
I'm just trying to hold things together
long enough to capture Sibeth,
or any chance of peace will be lost.
But I cannot hold it together
if you are so determined
to tear it apart.
I need you to trust me,
just for a little while.
Can you do that?
Yes.
Good. Because there is something else
I need you to do.
What?
Talk to Kofun.
Kofun?
He needs his father, more than ever.
Do you have a key?
No.
Then move, please.
I'm sorry I broke your dungeon.
Just another thing to fix.
Paya was once a great and holy kingdom,
where the very mention
of sight was a sin.
But now, our holy kingdom is corrupted
by the very monarchy that built it.
They have put themselves
before their people.
And in so doing, they have
surrendered their birthright.
I served Wolffe Kane, a great king
who is surely spinning in his grave.
His daughters have betrayed him,
and they have betrayed us.
And because he is not here
to right the wrongs of his daughters,
we will do it for him.
The time has come for us to rise up
as a people, as true believers,
and rid Pennsa of these witches.
Thanks.
We must wipe out the bastard children
of Maghra and Sibeth Kane!
Chet-chet.
- Fucking witch!
- I got him!
Hold him still.
Kofun!
That's enough of that!
Kofun!
Dad?
Kofun. Are you hurt?
No. I-It's just a cut. I'm fine.
- Let me feel.
- No, I said I'm fine!
Why are you here?
I heard this is where I could find you.
No, I mean, why are you
back here at all?
We should speak.
Your mother has told me
all that has happened.
Then we don't need to speak.
Kofun! Listen to me. Please.
Baba Voss! You got a dog.
Go away.
Kofun? Kofun?
Yeah, Ma, I'm here. I'm fine.
You should have told me he was back.
- How many were there?
- We picked up four of them.
I said I'm fine.
If that blade had gone any deeper,
he would be dead.
This? After Haniwa was grabbed,
then nearly burned in the street?
The Witchfinders have grown too bold.
If it was Witchfinders
that had attacked him,
the boy would be dead.
- Beg to differ.
- This is still their doing.
Their insurgency is giving other people
the nerve to act against my children.
I want every last one of them arrested.
To what end?
I am going to hang them for treason.
Give us space.
Now!
Go. Go!
You're angry. I understand that.
Your family was threatened.
But you can't go rounding up
and executing citizens
without due process.
Don't think like a parent,
think like a queen,
the queen that you are.
Sometimes a queen must do terrible
things for the good of her kingdom.
You sound like your sister.
Well, maybe she was right!
No one dared defy her
the way they do me.
I spent 20 years as the unquestioning
tip of Sibeth's blade.
I'll not do it again.
If you so command me,
I relinquish my post.
Then I will not so command you.
Captain Gosset!
My queen.
Take your men and bring me
every last one of them.
I will not fear for my
own children's lives
in my own kingdom.
Yes, my queen.
What is the point in waiting
for Ambassador Trovere's return?
Her delay clearly demonstrates
that Pennsa has no intention in
honoring the terms of our truce.
Trovere is a seasoned diplomat.
If they are resisting, she will
negotiate her way to our terms.
Our terms are more beneficial
to the Payans than us.
They have become too confident
in the aftermath of Greenhill Gap.
Trivantes is by far
the superior military power.
All we need to do is give
them a taste of defeat,
and the terms will change significantly.
General Voss held the same opinion,
which is what led to Greenhill Gap
in the first place.
Edo underestimated the Payan forces,
but that does not mean he was wrong.
We've defeated the Ganite hordes,
we're at full strength,
and we should be negotiating
from that position.
What does The Bank think?
Far be it from me to weigh
in on military solutions.
But for now, there's simply
too much we don't know.
Trovere either will return
with the queen or she won't.
Either way, we'll know what to do then.
And by then, they will be ready for us.
Which shouldn't matter if, as
you say, we are at full strength.
I say we wait.
The People agrees with The Bank.
The Military concedes to the majority.
I've decided you and Kofun
shouldn't leave the palace right now.
It's too dangerous.
Okay.
Okay, you'll stay inside?
No.
Haniwa, it's not safe out there.
It never has been.
Ouch! Charlotte!
Is someone in your room?
No.
Wrong. Stay back.
Stop!
It's Wren.
Oh.
Oh, I never thought I'd see you again.
I know.
Oh.
So, I'm thinking I should
probably leave now, right?
Yeah, I'm gonna go.
Oh.
What happened to you? Why are you here?
We need to talk.
Okay.
It's okay. It's all right.
It's all right.
Hey, listen to this. Yeah.
Oh. Hey, it's all right. It's all right.
Hey, it's okay. It's okay.
Yes, it is. Yes, it is.
What?
I heard the baby crying. I thought
maybe you needed some help.
Just trying to soothe him.
Hmm. Sounds like you're torturing him.
I have done this before, you know.
Yes.
And they still haven't
stopped their whining.
Here. Give him to me.
Hi, Wolffe. Hi.
I'm Charlotte. Hi, baby.
I don't know what's bothering him.
It's like he knows I'm not his mother.
No. All he knows is
he has gas he can't expel.
- There you go.
- Oh.
- Ooh! Fart away, little man.
- Ew.
You're good with him.
I like them until they can speak.
Do you want him back?
No, no, no.
Please, he's happy with you. Stay.
Okay.
Hi.
Do you have any children of your own?
If I did,
I wouldn't be running all over the place
trying to keep yours out of trouble.
Hmm.
I always thought I would
wanna have a daughter.
Maybe name her for a flower.
Lily. Rose.
But this life, The Compass
it's all I've ever known.
It's all I have to offer a child.
If I were to go to the trouble
of bringing someone into this world
I'd wanna have more to offer them.
I think you have more
to offer than you think.
Charlotte, I don't know
if I've ever thanked you
for protecting my children.
I do. You have not.
Well, please know that
I am very grateful.
There is no need.
It's my sacred mission.
- Mama.
- What? What is it?
I I need you to come
with me. Right now.
We're fine. You go.
So the weapons are real.
Baba, you were right.
With one hand, the Triangle seeks peace,
while the other plans our destruction.
No, that's not true.
Well, not entirely.
This isn't the Triangle.
It's a rogue military scientist
named Tormada.
Tormada?
You know him?
He's a man with no soul.
He would kill thousands.
I didn't recognize his voice
but it is he who killed Bow Lion.
How can we fight him if these weapons
are as powerful as you say they are?
The bombs. We have to destroy
them before they can be used.
We have to go back
to the House of Enlightenment.
So Jerlamarel is building weapons
for the Trivantians.
Jerlamarel is dead.
What?
Edo killed him,
and then forced his children
to build the bombs under
Tormada's supervision.
Mom.
We need to go.
We can destroy the bombs. We
can save our brothers and sisters.
You mean the ones that gave you to Edo?
Oloman was forced to do that,
and to build the bombs.
He died so I could escape to warn you.
This Tormada, h-he will just make more.
He can't, without the children.
The process of refining
the coal requires sight.
He needs them to make the weapons.
And you wonder why they fear us.
Did you say the weapons
are made from coal?
Yes.
I will have Tamacti Jun take
a battalion to take the house.
They will hear them coming
from a thousand heartbeats away.
I will go with Haniwa and Kofun.
They know the house and the grounds.
And we will free
the children of Jerlamarel,
and they will tell us how
to destroy these weapons.
You want to bring our
children back to that place?
They are not the children they were
when they first went there.
They're adults now.
- Warriors.
- Well, you are injured.
I'm always injured.
First Paris, and now Bow Lion.
I cannot bear to lose one of you.
But we cannot let their deaths
have been for nothing.
You will all have a full night's sleep,
and then leave first
thing in the morning.
Thank you, Mama.
Come on.
I should have believed you.
We were both right.
We were also both wrong.
So, what do you think?
About what?
Haniwa. And her woman.
She had to fall for a Trivantian?
She takes after her mother.
Yeah, we all know
how well that worked out.
Mmm.
- Ambassador?
- Yes.
Lord Harlan requests an audience.
I will receive him.
Enter.
Come to say goodbye?
You lied to me.
- Harlan.
- The weapons Baba Voss spoke of are real.
The Trivantians are planning an attack.
Oh, have you lost your mind?
Tormada. A man named Tormada built them.
If you lie to me,
I will slit your throat.
I know you too well.
Not as well as you think.
Oh, yes, I do. And you know me too,
well enough to know
I would not betray you.
Well, kill me or kiss me, but for
fuck's sake, do something already.
I had to be sure.
And are you?
Yeah.
I've heard of Tormada.
He's one of the Military's
top scientists.
He is an extremist, but it's been a
while since he's made any noise.
Well, apparently he's been pretty busy
building weapons
that can flatten cities.
How can that even be?
I don't know.
These weapons are made
using large quantities of coal.
So that's why your knife
was at my throat.
Yeah.
Pretty much all the coal smuggled
into Trivantes comes from me,
which means it comes from you.
A portion of my shipments
do go to the Military.
It's how I keep the routes open.
Military? You think he's
in league with Tormada?
It's possible. Greenhill Gap
was an embarrassment.
The Military has made no secret
of his desire for a show of force.
If a rogue faction of my government
is planning to march on Paya,
it will mean not only a war
with your country,
but a civil war in mine.
Great.
So how do we stop it?
I will leave with Sibeth today.
Once I've supplied
the last barrier to peace,
they'll sign the treaty as agreed.
If the Military objects,
we will know where he stands.
- No.
- No?
The queen will not let her sister go
until you've provided assurances
that this insurrection
has been put down.
The queen is in no position
to make such a demand.
Nevertheless, she has made it.
If I leave without Sibeth,
then war is inevitable.
Not if you expose a rogue faction.
Prevent a civil war.
You'll be hailed as a hero.
Or buried as one.
Come with me.
To Trivantes?
I may need you to support my argument.
Yeah, who's gonna listen to me?
You need this peace even more
than we do. They know that.
It gives you credibility.
Plus, you have your networks.
They can help us track the coal.
I can bring you in as
an official emissary.
It's risky. I could be grabbed,
used as leverage.
I don't want my presence known
about unless it has to be.
How? I don't understand.
I've been sneaking into Trivantes
since I was a boy.
If you are discovered, they
will execute you as a spy.
Well, then I'd better be quiet.
This is a terrible idea.
I agree.
We should leave immediately.
You don't have to be quiet. He's awake.
Why is he in here?
The stench of her is everywhere.
Her scent is what comforts him,
for better or for worse.
Yes. There's my boy.
Come to Papa Baba.
Papa Baba.
- You've heard about these bombs?
- Yes.
Tomorrow, we go to destroy them.
If that's an invitation, then I accept.
Thank you, Charlotte.
You're welcome, Baba Voss.
We would be lost without you, Charlotte.
Oh, Baba, you flatter me.
What are you doing with him?
Kofun.
He's my grandson, is he not?
There is your papa.
Yes.
Come to me.
You know, the day you and
your sister were born,
Witchfinders attacked our village.
Many died, and we fled.
Your first night was spent in a forest,
and I stood guard that cold night.
And every rush of wind through the trees
sounded like the breath
of a Witchfinder.
I had been a father for less than a day,
and I already thought
that I had failed you,
that I could not protect my children.
That fear never goes away.
But I have learned to embrace it.
It is what makes us a father.
I don't know that I'm
supposed to be a father.
Not like this.
Oh, son.
You will find a way, as all fathers do.
How?
There is no great secret.
You'll be scared often.
That's part of it.
Fatherhood is a, uh,
a different kind of battle,
one that you wage with your heart.
And you, Kofun,
you have the strongest heart
of any man I've ever met.
Now take him.
Your battle begins today, son.
All that time in Wolf's Cliff
what did you do?
I hunted,
climbed,
dreamed of you.
You didn't have to dream of me.
You knew where I was.
In my dreams, you are not here.
We're far from here.
I know you're not happy here,
but maybe one day you could be,
when we're not living
under the threat of war.
Kingdoms and countries will
always be under threat, my love.
Do you even remember what it felt
like to live away from all of this?
Quiet, peace
all together.
Our children just a shout away.
The world has changed.
No.
The world is still there.
We just can't sense it from here.
Wren?
What is it?
Hmm?
Hmm?
I keep seeing the soldiers,
when the bombs went off.
One minute they were standing
there, and the next
they were just
torn to pieces
burned to ash.
I can't get it out of my head.
Being able to see isn't always a gift.
I don't know that it ever is.
Wren?
I'm a deserter.
What?
I left my battalion, and
that's punishable by death.
I can never go back.
I will never see my family again.
They will be told that I'm a coward.
And they'll be shamed.
If your parents know you,
they will know that that isn't true.
Every time
I hear your dad speak
I hear Edo's voice.
You miss him.
He was like a father to me.
He built these bombs.
I know.
I still love him.
What does that make me?
Oh, my love. Oh.
Here. Aw.
It makes you human,
just like the rest of us.
I was afraid you weren't coming.
I had to be careful.
Have you found a safe place?
Not yet. Something came up.
But I brought enough
food for a few days.
A few days? No. No,
no, no. You promised.
Just let me out of here!
I will. As soon as I'm back.
Back? Where are you going?
What's more important than this?
Keeping Wolffe alive.
The Trivantians have
made these new weapons.
Thunder and fire.
They can destroy the entire city
and all of Paya.
What? What are you talking about?
Sibeth, I don't have time to explain.
I want my baby.
I don't care what you want.
I am not doing this for you.
I'm doing it for Wolffe.
I can't let them kill his mother,
even if she deserves it.
- Kofun.
- Just shut up and stay put.
I'll be back in a few days.
What if you don't come back?
Then we're all dead anyway.
You heard?
Yes.
We may have to make some other plans.
They are already in process, my queen.
Oh.
A gift for you.
Oh. A perfect fit.
Thank you, Harmony.
Those Trivantian weapons
he mentioned, fire and thunder.
I have heard whispers in the palace.
Find out what you can.
Might be interesting.
Yes, my queen.
Gate!
Lucien Bray.
Tamacti Jun.
I hope you're pleased.
Far from it.
You chose the wrong side.
You're the one standing ready to swing.
And you'll be called to
answer for my death,
for all of our deaths.
I have enough to answer for. We all do.
Give us space.
Recant your position, all of you,
and I'm confident I can convince
the queen to spare you.
I can't do that.
You're dying for nothing.
I am dying for my vow to the God Flame.
That you call it nothing tells me
just how lost you truly are.
There was a time that you would
have proudly died beside me.
We were deceived, Lucien.
Pledged to a woman
who used the God Flame
as an excuse to murder.
And how does this one
excuse her murders?
I'm trying to help you.
Help me?
You can't even help yourself.
Now, if there's nothing else
I have a hanging to get to.
Gate!
Get in there!
This land is your land ♪
This land is my land ♪
From the lowly valleys ♪
To the mountain highlands ♪
From the hidden forest ♪
To the salty waters ♪
This land was made for you and me ♪
This land was made ♪
I have to go.
I'll be back in a little bit.
These three former Witchfinders,
Nellicut, Wallen, Yarnes,
stand before you,
judged for the murder of an
innocent Payan citizen, Row Vano,
burning him alive because they
suspected he might be sighted.
The penalty for murder
is death by hanging.
And now, the rest of you, rise.
The kingdom of Paya
no longer recognizes witches.
You have defied the royal edict
and openly called for the
death of those with sight.
Violation of your queen's edict
is punishable by death.
But
we have all experienced more
than enough death as of late.
And you are all still the same soldiers
who fought heroically at Greenhill Gap.
You shall live,
not with a warning, but with a promise.
If you violate the royal edict again,
if you continue to gather
and foment rebellion,
you and your families will suffer
far more than these men did today.
Go home.
Wise decision.
Time will tell.
Be silent as a spider.
Kofun?
Welcome back, Baba Voss.
Sibeth!
You've woken the baby.
Ah. There, there.
It's only Grandpa.
He's come to say goodbye
before Mama takes you on a trip.
- Put the boy down.
- Stay back or I will slice fast and hard.
My blade is at his neck.
He is your child.
Yes, he is mine. And I will
kill him before I lose him.
You would kill your own child?
I'm going to be lectured on murder
by a Trivantian slaver.
How many souls did
you capture, sell, kill?
I'd have to drown ten Kanzuas
to compete with you.
Now, let me go.
You killed your own father.
You killed your own brother.
Oh, will you kill your
own grandchild too?
There is no place you can go
that I will not find you.
You couldn't find me in
your own house. Hmm.
What the fuck is happening?
Kofun.
There's been a change of plans.
I'm grateful for your help,
but I can no longer hide
in the walls like a restless spirit.
It's time to leave.
- You freed her?
- Dad.
Wait, Sibeth. Please,
just give him to me.
I can't have the same
conversation twice.
You see my blade at his neck.
Let me pass.
You're not taking my son.
He is my son.
I made him. I carried him.
But don't worry, Wolffie will return
when I take back my kingdom
and place him on the throne.
You're out of your fucking mind.
That's never gonna happen.
He is the child of prophecy.
He can't see!
There's no fucking prophecy.
He doesn't have my eyes, he has yours.
Which means he isn't
some blessed savior,
which means you aren't chosen by God.
You're lying.
We promised to always
tell each other the truth.
You know I'm not.
Well, then you know I
will kill your blind baby.
- Let me go.
- No.
Kofun!
Kofun, let me feel.
You're bleeding badly.
Kofun.