Such lovely green grassland.
When Botica was at peace, it had many such prairies.
I'm tearful thinking about it.
Makes me sick. Nothing to eat, far as the eye can see.
Then here...
For the last time, humans don't drink biofuel!
Starving's my third least favorite way to die.
Dinner.
And breakfast. And lunch!
Come back here!
Hey!
Philly! You there?
Almost had it!
What do you want, Eddy? We're meeting in Madura City tomorrow. You lost?
Those two bots better be worth what you owe me.
If not, Philly, the interest will be your life.
Yeah, don't worry. They're worth it.
Does Bessie want to go for a walk?
Can't.
We're almost out of coins!
About that.
Wanna ditch the wilderness for the city? We can go to Madura City.
A city? I haven't been to a large one since Botica!
We should go there right away.
Truth is I'm banned from coming and going there.
Or more like they're looking for me there.
Anyway, there's a friend I want you to meet.
You said you didn't have any.
He's the exception.
Madura's got everything. Food, which I'm dying for, coins...
Maybe they can upgrade you.
Ooh! An upgrade!
You'll have a good time.
Yay!
There it is!
It's full of excitement. People on the move, up to stuff...
Philly, is this what you meant when you said "excitement"?
Hello?
Anyone here? I'm Sam!
There's no one here.
Maybe they all went to see a show. We would every week...
Figured. Like I thought, no one's here. Which means...
This is the best!
- Let's see... - Hey, Philly...
Are you listening? Where do I get an upgrade?
Oh, right. Maybe the library.
But first, you've got an important job.
Sam, use these.
Coins, gems, metal scraps... Whatever you find, put them in a bag.
But isn't that theft?
Casey, leave that alone!
I'll save it!
Just... Never mind.
Listen. We're not stealing them. We're saving them.
If we don't take––no, save them, they'll go to waste. Got it?
I saved another!
It looks like there should be more.
Hello, I'm Sam. Can we be friends?
- No, the Fetter will find us. - Forget you saw us!
What's "the Fetter"?
No!
- Heave-ho. Heave-ho. - Casey.
- Have you heard of a Fetter? - Oh, is it like one of these?
Some people I met feared it so much they didn't even want to be friends.
And now they're gone. We have to save them. Don't you think so?
Never heard of one. We could go to the library like Philly said.
That might be good. Let's have him take us there. Wait...
Where is he?
I don't think he's going anywhere.
That's all right. I'm sure we can find the library on our own.
All right, Bessie...
What's that?
I didn't think anyone was left.
I tried to stop myself, but...
Go quickly. Before I take you too.
Or how about this?
They always talk too much.
Huh? Oh, thanks.
Damn it!
I didn't want to do this, but it's your fault!
Ow...
This is your fault.
This is the library? Where are the data ports? The drone assistants?
I don't see an upgrade jack either.
All they have are bound, thin plant sheets.
Is it decorated with handwriting?
There are letters written down!
No way!
Here, see?
Oh, it's true!
They store information on these low-tech devices.
How inefficient. That would never happen in Botica.
Books on cooking, on food, on how to eat.
Huh? This is a map! It was miscategorized.
We don't have time. We have to get those people back from the Fetter.
I found it!
This book is lying. It's titled How to Fix Everything...
...but there's nothing in it I want to fix.
Casey, I found it.
It says a Fetter is an immortal magician.
They survive by absorbing life from people via magic.
And don't stop at one victim.
They go after their friends one by one!
That must mean those people are already gone.
What? Doesn't even show how to fix cross-threaded lobinators...
...or hydraulic winches!
I wonder if there's anything in this old city worth saving...
It happened! You really revived!
Now I see how you survive. You play dead until you're out of danger.
But not this time. You're not going anywhere.
Whatever, shithead!
Meeting someone like you...
In my dreams, I never thought I'd be so lucky.
I've desperately held myself back till now.
I've done what's necessary to live though.
And magic moves along emotional ties.
If I take one life...
...I can't stop until I've taken everyone they love.
I'm just so hungry!
Starving's tough all right.
But you're perfect. I can't find fault with you as prey!
You have no connections whatsoever.
Zero friends! No one who loves you!
I knew all that the moment I absorbed your energy.
Now I can drain you over and over and no one gets hurt.
I do!
Bessie!
Poor girl! What happened to you?
Leaving you here like this... Philly's so cruel!
Philly? Philly! Where are you?
Sam, Bessie's stuck and can't move. Might take a while to get unstuck.
But Philly would never leave food and go off somewhere.
He must be in terrible danger! In any case, let's find this Fetter.
Shit, that's enough!
Magnificent! The power is overflowing!
Till now, I didn't expect to take children, mothers, good people.
Their lives, all taken for no reason.
But it's just deserts for you.
I see through everything you've done and haven't done.
Remember your sinful past!
How you behaved with that girl in Port Cabana.
All those deaths on the Irlani Plains.
They started it!
There's more! Recall the true sin you've forgotten!
How you watched your parents die when Botica attacked your farm.
How, mad with hatred, you sold your soul to preserve your life.
Yet why?
Why do you not take your vengeance with your immortal body?
You spit on their memory, betray them!
Now, nourish me with your tortured soul.
Hope I'm hard to digest, bastard.
You still have some fight left. Good.
I'm strong thanks to you, but I still hunger.
It's time I teach you to behave.
I hope we're searching correctly. First off, what does magic look like?
Come on! We've covered two percent of the city!
Wait. It says Fetters live in nature, as they draw magic from the ground.
Nature? Then he's not in the city?
Philly!
Sam!
Wow! I can't believe it, Sam!
Hiding such awesome weapons... You're so amazing, Sam!
Why didn't you tell me?
What fool doesn't know how to die?
You're one to talk.
What have you done with your life?
Merely wandered the world, drowned in booze, squandered immortality.
If you wanted to avenge your parents as you swore, you had the ideal tool.
That friendship robot serves the heir to the Botican throne.
Through her, you could've made the entire kingdom yours.
Yet you chose to sell her to a thug to settle a bar debt.
Truly clever!
Shut up.
W-What's that?
Silence.
Halt.
C-Cannon Buster!
Get him, Sam!
That's it. Power down.
Sam!
Who put you in this form?
One has waited for such power in this world.
If I make it mine...
Damn it!
How do you like that?
What?
Wha? It can't be!
If I don't absorb energy...
But this power...
Sam!
Philly's fine. Thank you! You got us here in time!
I got us here? You don't remember anything?
You're okay! I was so worried!
It's a secret only I know? Awesome!
What the hell happened? Did that creep explode?
Something like that.
That'll teach him to overeat.
That'll do. Now I'm back to being poor.
It's all for your friend? Won't you get hungry?
Had my fill. I kept enough coins for Gara's Keep.
Wasn't Eddy going to help us?
Well, um, I was thinking...
...he could take you there, but as a friend, I had to go.
I knew you wouldn't leave us!
Let's get this done. I'll get back to my job after.
I'll introduce you to Prince Kelby and the others when we arrive.
Sure, thanks.
I can't wait.