-we're very close. -are you sure?
so close I can almost smell it.
if you're right, we'll be like gods.
not like gods. we will be gods.
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I think we're safe here.
we're far enough away.
we'll never be far enough away.
they'll always find us.
no, I don't accept that.
I can't.
close by, watching our backs as always.
this is no place for children.
I am saramago. I seek something in your land.
show me where it is. I'll find out either way.
take me to the waters.
I know they're close.
if I must ask again, you die.
run, murakai.
let her go. She won't get far.
don't hurt her.
she's my... she's my sister.
you're in no position to ask for anything, boy.
I ask; you answer.
you will not speak?
I can tell you nothing.
[ gasping ]
as I thought, he is one of them.
with this power, no enemy can defy us.
now we find the girl.
in an age when nature and magic rule the world...
there is an extraordinary legend:
the story of a warrior
who communicates with animals,
who fights sorcery and the unnatural.
his name is dar, last of his tribe.
he's also called...
hey, just get, get. Stop.
call off your rodents. this is important.
what? Lines?
this is a map.
you know, someday everybody's going to thank me
because you'll be able to find anyone anywhere
just by following lines on hide.
I know many wouldn't see the advantage.
only the short-sighted.
you mean like me?
dar, think about it.
no more getting lost.
but I like to get lost in the jungle.
some of my most treasured days
have been spent lost in the jungle.
oh!
two warriors, I just saw--
I haven't encountered these people before.
well, this is your good fortune.
he's venatu, like the other two I saw.
it's also not very surprising.
These people are almost extinct.
they exist in small numbers because they kill each other
as savagely and as wantonly as they kill
all others that cross their path.
such as him?
yes. He's not venatu.
poor man.
this girl certainly had good cause
to be terrified.
not that that should stop us.
tell me your secrets.
look into my eyes as I look into your thoughts.
I have it on the best authority
that inside the cockatoo's head is virtually nothing.
eat, nest, eat...
is there a purpose to this visit, or have
you come simply to annoy me?
to annoy you? Oh, sorceress.
such disrespect
from a callow student to her esteemed teacher.
respect must be earned, isn't that what you taught me?
I try so very hard with you, but this obsession you have
to obtain the beastmaster's
gift, it's such a waste of your time and, worse, of mine.
who are you to decide what's best for me?
I don't decide.
Anyway, to the business at hand. we have an interesting day.
King zad, the wise and powerful, will be paying you a visit.
a certain promise you made to him, to deliver
the lovely kyra, your precious beastmaster's beloved.
-remember? -of course.
good -- then I suppose you'll be able
to explain to him why you're unable
to keep this promise.
you know the answer to that.
nevertheless, one should never make promises one can't keep.
humans are very difficult to manage when
they've been lied to.
-i'Ll find a way to satisfy him. -good.
I look forward to your efforts with considerable interest,
or with what passes as interest
for one who already knows everything.
look what I found -- she said she was running
from venatu warriors.
so you mean
you and aron
and that mangy cat of yours...
weren't trying to leave us, muraki.
where is aron?
the venatu have aron -- that much is true,
why would the venatu be anywhere near here? She's lying.
aron will be far where I found her.
I'll go and bring him in.
they're heading this way, and they know about the water.
this isn't some pathetic lie to save your skin, is it?
'cause either way,
the consequences of
what you and aron have done--
-I know your rules, karstyn. -well, then presumably,
you'll know what aron can expect from his captors
if you are telling the truth.
exactly. So why would I lie?
imagine what a weapon the water might become
in the hands of the venatu.
even more frightening than it is in yours?
make sure the waters are safe. arm yourselves well.
what about her?
after the danger has passed, we'll take care of her.
hello. My name is karstyn.
-have you lost your way? -ha.
hi, uh, whoa, that's a real nice ring you got there, tao.
would you like to trade it for something of mine?
[ laughing ]
-are your parents around? -they're away
for a while.
we take care of ourselves -- We're to play till they return.
we're searching for a girl.
well, there are many girls around, but none of them
are in any trouble.
there are many dangerous strangers
-in the forest. -well, you two are strangers.
-are you dangerous? -we're talking about venatu.
have you heard about venatu warriors?
well, yes, they don't exist.
they died out because they were so horrible.
no one wanted them to live.
That's what our parents told us.
our parents would want you to go now.
all right.
we'll go, if you insist.
be sure to tell your parents
that we're looking for the child.
they may know about her.
good luck on finding her.
thank you.
I'm going to the cabin.
if any more strangers come, let me know.
that karstyn, there's something
very strange going on there.
for a child, chose words carefully.
what about the parents -- I can't believe responsible
parents leave their children in the forest.
what about that fountain?
fountain in the middle of nowhere?
maybe when we find the girl, we'll find some answers.
that's strange.
what?
you and aron were fools to try and leave.
you must have known what to expect.
you really believe in
karstyn, don't you -- and you really think that
protecting the waters is all that matters.
Because it is all that matters.
why didn't you tell us about the other men?
-other men? -two of them.
they saw you, muraki, and they saw the venatu.
so, she was telling the truth.
not that it alters her fate.
let's hope that they haven't found their way here.
We're lucky no one's been here.
but the venatu could have made aron talk.
they still might come.
hopefully they've gone to the fountain in the forest
and think that's the magic they're looking for.
When they realize they're wrong, we'll do what we've always done.
almost a shame. They've made it so easy for us.
what? Who is she?
what we've been looking for -- a nymph...
under a spell.
but the magic water.
the nymph gives the water power...
a power which is now in my hands. Now go.
drink.
show me the miracle.
you're a fool, cappo.
did you really think I'd share this with anyone?
there's a group of children here.
the ones we met?
their feet don't tell me that.
what about the girl we saw this morning?
yeah.
these look like her tracks.
But she didn't want to be here.
you can tell that?
yeah, look -- she was pulled
and she was pushed, you see?
these tracks around her.
then two men have come along.
but only one has returned.
well, maybe we shouldn't go in there...
since it could be dangerous.
oh, uh, oomph.
interesting.
more lines.
but different lines. Writing.
still, it's more lines.
uh, "what starts when you begin becomes less"
-"and stops when you--" -tao, we have to find girl.
hold on, dar. I need a drink.
rejuvenates the body, purifies the soul.
what is it?
what's wrong? What is it?
oh!
look at me. What am i?
what's happened to me?
you drank the water.
yes, I drank the water, but...
I drank the water.
the water.
-you're a boy. -on the inside always.
but now also on the outside, it seems.
when I was a boy,
really a boy, I heard stories about
a fountain guarded by a bewitched girl,
a nymph.
-tao, there's no nymph here. -it was just a fable.
the gods were punishing her. I don't know why.
but that's what gods do -- anyway,
in a barely animate form, she was forced to seduce others
into selling their souls
in exchange for eternal youth.
what will I do? I don't want to be young again.
being a child was painful enough the first time around.
you wouldn't believe how clumsy I was then.
this is magic that
many would kill for.
there's got to be a way to reverse
the magic of the waters.
I'll track them.
you'll track them?
so now you're going to leave
a defenceless child alone out here too?
what am I supposed to do?
go to the fountain in the forest.
whatever happened to you happened to the other children.
learn what you can from them.
I doubt they'll recognize you, buddy.
at least they probably won't hurt me,
not someone so cute.
hey, karstyn could hurt you.
Don't you trust him, all right?
ok.
let's go.
if you won't talk to me that way, then you'll
talk to me this way.
now you can prattle on and on, just like humans do.
sorceress.
king zad.
a pleasant surprise.
pleasant, certainly.
surely not a surprise, not to a sorceress.
you credit me with too much insight, sir.
I think not, lady.
we have unfinished business.
I'm sure you knew I would be anxious
to conclude it eventually.
I've been patient, inordinately so for one
used to having every whim instantly satisfied.
our arrangement...
concerning a certain
delectable young woman by the name of kyra.
I gave you the beast to find her,
did I not?
but your men let it die.
I don't like excuses.
it is an explanation, not an excuse.
perhaps you're playing a game with me.
keeping her away from me for your own perverse reasons.
she has escaped twice already.
it makes me wonder if you truly want her at all.
don't presume to tell me what I want,
woman -- oh, forgive me... forgive me.
I can be
an emotional man.
kyra has always been trouble.
she never gave you
the respect you deserve.
she's insolent.
maybe that's why I'm attracted to her,
because of her stubborness.
hmm, and her youth?
I do like to surround myself with young
-beautiful things. -but in this case,
was she ever really good enough for you?
she was good enough for the beastmaster.
but you are king, not some savage
-wandering the forest. -mmm.
she could never possibly
appreciate you.
[ laughing ]
to do so might require a more sophisticated palate,
-might it not? -mmm.
like yours perhaps.
nicely done, my dear.
for you should know where the vessel will find safe haven
before you launch it on the tide.
riddles, riddles.
[ laughing ]
so, my friend, the seed has been scattered.
now let's see if the ground is fertile, hmm?
this should keep you from going too far.
as we don't want you to miss
tonight's festivities.
especially seeing that she's the guest of honour.
karstyn,
I found this one nearby.
Will you please stop wriggling?
I had pet worms that struggled less.
he says he owns it.
that's better -- perhaps I should try this
on another obstinate cat, I know.
-and who are you? -my name is teemu.
my parents were attacked by terrons a few days ago.
but I escaped with my lion -- do you think I--
we could stay with you for a while.
-of course you can. -thank you.
it reminds me of a waterfall that I saw in
the woods, quite a big one.
you must know it.
you talk a great deal but
-you don't always make sense. -I don't?
my cub is thirsty.
-may i? -of course.
that's muraki's cat.
this teemu must be looking for her.
as he was before.
the two strangers that came here earlier,
he was one of them, only his name was tau
and he was a lot older.
he's drank from the waters.
hello.
I'm called dar.
can you hear me?
tao's story was right.
you are bewitched.
I'm from the mydlands.
a beastmaster.
and now...i'm your master.
she says she doesn't know
this teemu, or tao, whatever his name is.
is this true, muraki?
he isn't a friend come to save you?
he's stolen my farah.
how can he be a friend?
it doesn't matter who he is.
he's been to the waters.
we'll make an example of both of them.
and still you rule by fear, karstyn.
discipline, muraki. not fear --
absolute discipline.
we can only be safe,
and live as long as we choose, if I control
the nymph and the waters.
we have no choice.
those who stray from our community must be killed.
For the protection of all of us.
are you comfortable, beastmaster?
-pleasure in this? -in killing?
of course.
to inflict maximum pain
we venatu take great pleasure
in such things.
try to enjoy your dying
as much as I will.
mmm...
we must leave.
karstyn plans to kill us both.
you're not who you say you are.
I know you drank the water.
-big mistake, believe me. -shh.
they had me caged, farah chewed it open.
thank you for bringing her to me.
I didn't know you were here.
and I don't know who you are.
I saw you in the forest.
running from the venatu.
my name is tao.
I'm a friend.
I know that now.
come on.
oh...
-i'm a little clumsy. -I noticed.
-did you grow up like that? -yes.
there's one thing I must ask you.
when you and your friend saw me in the forest,
did you see anyone else?
apart from the venatu?
yes. An old man.
dead, yes?
yes, but how...
death will break the spell of the waters.
that man looked the same age as you when he died.
he was my father.
we knew to expect nothing but death from the venatu.
is death the only way
to break the spell?
no, there is one other possibility.
thank you.
but next time... do the hands first.
not for anything.
not even eternal youth.
Youth -- other people's youth -- is a handicap I intend to use
to my advantage.
sorceress...
you came.
you wanted to see me.
Illuminating my humble dwelling by your very presence.
you wanted something from me?
surprisingly, perhaps, no.
not even the beastmaster's lover.
not any more.
then...
I want to give you something.
what could you possibly give me?
The greatest gift I could give.
myself.
yourself, king zad?
I've thought about you a lot since our last conversation.
it troubled me at first that there someone so intelligent,
so powerful, so clearly my equal.
and then I realized... it doesn't trouble me at all.
it kept me awake at night.
filled my mind with fever.
So now you're trying to woo me?
I've seen a change in you.
softer...
more open.
your mind is playing tricks on you.
let it?
I'm a willing fool.
we could make a powerful alliance.
the greatest kingdom ever created.
no. Your power comes from destruction.
you know nothing of creation.
you can teach me.
or perhaps...
I could teach you.
when you wake, my king...
even if my father and I had escaped,
we wouldn't have been truly free.
that's because you wanted to be young.
That's why you drank the water.
sometimes when you get what you want,
you discover it isn't really what you want,
but by then, it's too late.
why are we here?
if we can solve the riddle on the wall of the cavern,
we can break the spell.
not only for us, but for everyone.
the riddle can only be solved by someone of great intellect,
one whose mind works like no other.
well, you're looking at him.
let me concentrate, see what I can do.
you have to speak it aloud and then answer.
if you are right, the world will blink,
and the curse of eternal youth will vanish forever.
well, let's get this over with before karstyn finds us.
you're not the first to try, tao -- there are those
who say this is a question for which there is no answer.
"what starts when you begin,"
"becomes less as you gain more?"
"stops when you end,"
"yet never ends?"
that's so easy.
the answer is life.
life!
the answer is not life.
everyone says life... which you're about to lose.
existence! The answer is existence.
health! It's health.
what about fear?
you should be dead.
stay back or she dies.
how do you know it's her I'm after?
I will kill her.
where is the beastmaster I've heard about about?
defender of the weak.
it's nothing but fairy tales.
I think you bluff.
you would let her die?
she was never in any danger.
you need her too much.
then you know she's the key.
You know this water will control my enemies, and I will control
these lands.
eternal youth is no guarantee.
it's not my youth.
if I take the waters, men and women
become weak children who can't fight back.
even you, beastmaster, will become
a harmless child when you drink.
you will drink.
ahh...!
no, thank you.
I'm taking you back to the cavern.
my friends need my help and you might be the answer.
help...me.
on my word. I promise.
we were your family, muraki.
and you've betrayed us. now the nymph is gone.
you still have the water made magic by her.
you still oppress those who try to leave you.
is that true?
of course not.
we all know we must protect our way of life
from those who break the rules.
He doesn't care about losing the nymph because of what
others would gain, or what you'd lose.
he's only afraid
of what he could lose
if someone solves the riddle.
-enough! -then he loses power over you.
he has nothing to hold you.
there's no reason listening to what he has to say.
the fires are ready.
the riddle while you're trying to avoid the fire.
I say, he doesn't make it till sundown.
gather more wood.
it's going to be a great fire. a cleansing fire.
there must be a way out.
lean forward.
it must go up and down
so neither of us is left in the flames.
eventually, one of us will give up.
and then we'll both burn.
lean forward.
the cavern's this way.
no, no, please. not there.
is it dangerous?
did someone hurt you there?
s-spell...gods.
for many lifetimes I've suffered.
been imprisoned like this.
why? What was your crime?
pride, vanity.
I valued my own image above all else.
please, solve the riddle.
free me.
ruh will watch out for you.
I'll bring back tao.
we'll find a way
to break this spell.
your seat's on fire. we're going to die.
calm yourself.
karstyn had a point.
if we solve the riddle, we do
still have a chance of saving ourselves.
what starts when you begin...
Becomes less as you gain more...
stops when you end...
yet never truly ends.
love.
ah...uh...memories.
wisdom...ah!
pain.
dar!
just be still.
stay calm.
now, don't move
until tao's ready to jump.
-hurry! -patience.
patience is for those who aren't on fire.
all right, we're going to jump on three.
you ready?
one...
two...three.
-tao. -they're escaping. Stop them.
out of the fire, into the firing line.
what are you waiting for? attack them!
they're children
children who are going to kill you.
Get out of here. I'll catch up.
[ yelling ]
-this way. -where are we going?
to the nymph. you found her.
she's under a spell.
here, take this.
it's strange.
she seems so helpless.
-she is. -I know the feeling.
farah!
we've lost farah.
the lion cub -- he helped us escape from karstyn.
I must go back for him.
no need.
I brought him to you.
even though I'm the selfish, power-hungry one,
somehow you've gone and stolen the prize.
we're trying to set her free.
we want her back.
let him go.
or what? He'll eat me?
no one's afraid of your little cub.
remember the kind of people we used to be?
the things we believed in?
it's not this.
this is evil.
your time is up.
get them.
wait! That's it.
I know the answer to the riddle.
if you know the answer, tao, would you say it now?
what starts when you begin,
becomes less as you gain more?
stop when you end, yet never truly ends...is time!
muraki, you were right. the world blinked.
you've ruined it all!
you still fight like a child.
look, karstyn, a big kitty.
beastmaster,
thank you.
I owe you my life.
you owe me nothing.
once again, you're life is your own.
tao?
muraki...
you're beautiful.
if it wasn't for you, I never would have grown up.
well, I'm glad that I've grown up, too.
'cause right now, at this very moment,
I realize why I'm happy being the age
that I am.
'scuse me.
well, nice of you to show up there, big boy,
after all the hard work's over.
did you really pull the lion's tail?
would I do that?
I heard, you not only pulled it,
you said it's a way to deal with ruh.
aw, come on, you're telling me that a lion talked to ruh--
look, guys, I was a baby, all right?
didn't know what I was doing.
I've got to justify myself to a dumb animal?
I mean, not that I would ever,
for one moment-- I would never say that ruh
tao... You're only digging yourself in deeper.
ha, ha, ha...that's great...
ha, ha, that's fantastic.
muraki, did you--
I just don't understand. I was talking with muraki--
holding her.
talking with her.
whatever...and the next thing you know, she's...
tao, just, just don't.
to some riddles, there's no answers.
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