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Rose: (shaking, nervous)
"I'm scared…"
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Paul: (breathing heavy, panicked)
"I know."
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He throws her onto his back and sprints out of the camp.
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Rose clinches holding on for dear life, her blonde hair flowing with Paul's immovable wall —towards the river.
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He doesn't slow. He dives straight in, hands together, perfect form.
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SPLASH.
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— WHISPERING FOREST —
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— continue scene —
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They both gasp, heads popping out of iceberg temp water.
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Paul smashes against a fighting current, the water rushes him but his hands and feet keep splashing, his head turns left to right violently, catching his breath for short spurts.
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They're almost across to the other side now. He swims like a professional. Like his life depends on it. Paul burst out of the black, icy river water in no time, droplets streaming from them like sheets.
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Rose clutches his sturdy neck with both arms, soaked, shivering, her fingernails unknowingly piercing Paul's flesh. They hit the bank hard — mud and weeds, cold air cutting through their skin.
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They don't stop.
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He continues running, boots slamming into the earth, splashing through puddles, pushing through brush, breathing sharply and brutal like.
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Rose bounces on his back, arms still wrapped around his neck, trying to keep her head up.
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Ahead —Sally stands composed, waiting for them, concerned. She stands rigid, ears pinned, nostrils flaring. Her whole body trembles when she sees them.
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Paul slows just enough.
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Sally lets out a desperate gasp.
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— STAMPS —
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Paul grabs the saddlehorn and vaults up in one fluid motion. Rose hangs on, adjusting herself around him, wrapping her wrists, still shaking, still soaked.
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Sally launches forward —
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A full sprint. Mud flies.
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Hooves hammer in the ground like thunder.
Paul leans forward, gripping the reins tight.
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The forest blurs around them.
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Branches whip past.
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Cold air stings their faces —
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— Scene fades-
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— CASTLE FORTRESS — LEFT CORRIDOR HALLWAY —
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The torches burn low.
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The stone walls are cold.
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Metro stands alone in the left bottom corridor, arms folded, jaw tight, pacing slowly — thinking of Rose, of the river — Theron's pressure that's caused this, and his decision to commit in partnership, sinks him into a quicksand of guilt.
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All of the privilege, the so-called prestige, doesn't seem to exist anymore, all he can think about is Rose, her eyes and face on the forefront of his mind.
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A shadow moves at the far end of the hallway.
Bandaged Chest. Fresh Stitches. Moving better than he should.
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Eyes darkened, sunken and furious.
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He stops a few feet from Metro.
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It's Sam.
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No greeting. No respect. Just venom.
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Sam:
"So this is where you're hiding…"
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Metro doesn't look at him.
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Sam circles him like a hungry wolf.
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"My brother died out there, and you've been pacing hallways again."
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Metro flinches slightly.
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Sam leans in, hissing:
"You're a bloody coward.
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A fraud."
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"Everyone sees it,
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Maybe she will now too "
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Metro's eyes flicker — slow, dangerous.
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Sam freezes, sensing the hit.
"Yeah… (You know—)
The girl you keep running after, like a pathetic dog.
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(scoffs)
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You probably don't even care about her."
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You know they took her because you weren't man enough to protect her…"
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(It lands.)
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Metro's breath stops.
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Sam steps even closer, chest almost touching Metro's.
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Sam:
So tell me…
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Do you think she's alive?
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Or do you think they'll break her like they did my brother…?
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Metro's fingers curl.
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His eyes flicker with spirit faintly.
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Sam sees it and pushes harder.
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Sam: You're not special, You're not chosen, go ahead, sit there mad, you're not touching me..."
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He stops, looks down, then back up snarling.
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Sam's fist slam into Metro's stomach.
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A sharp brutal hit.
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Sam:
"PUNK!"
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Metro folds from impact, breath catching, eyes narrowing, not rising.
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His boots scrape against the stone as he tries to steady himself.
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Sam walks away into the darkness.
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Metro holds himself on the stone floor.
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Switch scene-
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-GLOWING HAYFIELD TRAIL- NIGHT-
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The multitude of horses lurch forward. The infantry men brace themselves, gripping wood and leather as wagons roll. They steer towards the bridge at full throttle. Adrenaline is still pumping at maximum capacity.
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Luther: (Boasting)
"Damned Dirty Rascals! Someone grab me an ice brew…i'm thirsty from winning! Ha Ha!"
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The new horses carry the wagons, their wheels creak, and the stallions gallop thunderously in the night, across the bridge, disappearing past the moonlight river.
CASTLE ENTRANCE —
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Sally slows to a halt at the front gate —hooves scraping against stone.
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Guards rush forward, pulling the gate wider, shouting for space.
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Paul swings off first, boots hitting the ground hard.
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He reaches up to lift Rose down, setting her gently on her feet.
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She stands like a statue.
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The night sky is dry and clear, stars sharp and scattered above them — but their clothes drip river water onto the floor, cold and heavy.
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Paul's chest still heaves with left over adrenaline. He puts his hands on his hips, staring at the ground, trying to find words.
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Paul:
"Your mother'll be wanting to see you. Metro too. I suppose—"
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He exhales, jaw tight.
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"He fought hard for you. To protect —"
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He looks up.
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Rose is still standing.
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Exactly where she was.
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But she's not present.
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Her eyes stare straight through him —unfocused, hollow, shaking.
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Her arms hang at her sides, fingers curled slightly, like she doesn't have the strength to use them anymore.
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Tears stream down her face in silent, uncontrollable lines.
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Paul freezes.
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A soft, involuntary gasp leaves him —
barely audible.
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He hadn't considered her emotional state.
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Not fully.
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Not like this.
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A long, aching silence stretches between them.
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Then Rose breaks.
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Her shoulders fold inward.
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Her head drops.
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She stands there weeping, body trembling, unable to lift her hands, unable to speak, unable to do anything but cry.
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Paul shifts, uncomfortably — not out of annoyance, but out of the fear that he'll might make it worse.
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He glances around, unsure, heart pounding from a different kind of battle.
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He steps closer.
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Slowly.
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Carefully.
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He leans in, giving her space to pull away if she needs to.
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She doesn't.
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She can't.
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Paul finally commits fully — He wraps his arm gently over her, pulling her close to his chest.
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His chin rests on her hair.
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Rose stands against him, Paul holding her upright from collapsing.
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Her fist clutch the front of his flannel with what little strength she has left.
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Paul's shirt soaks with river water and Rose's tears.
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He holds her steady.
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Eyes softening.
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Silent.
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Grounded.
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Present with her pain, the cold wind blows.
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The night stays quiet.
(crickets in the wind)
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Then —Footsteps.
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Fast.
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Desperate.
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Lilly.
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She burst through the gate, hair wild, apron still on, eyes wide with terror and hope.
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The moment she sees Rose —
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Lilly:
"ROSE!!!"
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Her voice cracks into a cry, sobbing heavily. Rose's body reacts before her mind does. She lets go of Paul instantly, hands falling away from his shirt, and she throws herself into her mother's arms like a magnet snapping to its true north.
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Lilly catches her mid collapse.
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Rose clings to her, leaking tears, exhausted.
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Lilly sobs erupt louder than her daughters.
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Lilly: (raw, overflowing)
"OH MY GOD!"
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She holds Rose's head with both hands, kissing her hair, her forehead, her cheeks, crying into her.
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It's not grief.
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It's not fear.
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It's relief so powerful it hurts.
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A miracle returned.
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A daughter restored.
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A mother re-born.
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Paul steps back, chest rising, watching the reunion with a stunned respect.
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He stands there, still soaked.
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Then — A shift in the air.
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A presence.
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Metro.
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He walks out the front main hall entrance slowly, cloak flapping in the night wind. His boots echo against the stone.
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His aura glows faintly — white and blue — simmering around his body, pulsing with everything he's been holding back.
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Paul looks at him.
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Metro's glow flickers, then dims.
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Turning down in brightness as he approaches.
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He says nothing.
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He watches Rose in her mother's arms
— eyes full of longing, relief, guilt and something deeper that he can't name.
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— scene continuation —
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(moments later in the distant hayfield trail)
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The night outside the castle begins to illuminate in the dark horizon.
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The ground begins to tremble.
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Hooves.
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Dozens of them.
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Galloping, and creaking with large spinning steel wheels.
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It's a celebration.
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Sally lifts her head from her post at the front gate, ears flicking, nostrils flaring. She watches the small lighted orbs in the darkness like she already knows what's coming.
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A glow appears first — torches, lanterns.
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A neon green.
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Large amounts of glow leaf.
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Lutheran and the infantry burst into view.
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Twenty soldiers ride in a loose chaotic formation, the horses look exhausted and confused.
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Behind them, five massive steel framed wooden wagons rumble forward, each one overflowing with bundles of shiny radiance, pulsing like captured stars.
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Lutheran's men are now on top of the wagons, legs dangling, helmets crooked, praising themselves.
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They chew glow leaf openly, jaws glowing faintly green.
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Some drink from brown vials looted off of bandit corpses — toxic.
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They're eyes widen. The spirits are high. Their discipline is gone.
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They slap each other's backs, raise their crossbows, and shout into the night.
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At the front of the formation rides Lutheran.
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He sits tall on his red war horse, posture proud.
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Eyes bright with a different kind of spirit —part adrenaline, part victory, part glow leaf, part brown vial madness.
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His beard is still wet. His clothes are muddy. His grin, enormous.
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He looks like a man who just survived hell, and came back with souvenirs.
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The guards at the gate scramble, shouting as the wagons roll forward.
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Luther: (shouting)
"WE BROUGHT THE FOREST HOME BOYS! STACK 'EM TALL!! STACK 'EM HIGH!! HAHAHA!"
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The horses slow, the infantry dismounts, still buzzing with energy.
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They begin unloading the wagons immediately — bundles of harvested bloom, glowing green, stacked high, carried into the main hall like sparkling treasure. The crop lights up the entire entrance.
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Sally watches it all from her post — ears forward, eyes wide, tail flicking. She snorts once, long and unimpressed.
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The main gate is alive tonight.
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Men unloading bloom, horses stamping, wagons creaking, and lanterns swinging, wavering past torches on the castle entrance and main halls.
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Lutheran walks through it all like a man floating. Hand on his hip, smirk on his face. Other hand resting on his weapon, satisfied. Glow-leaf still buzzing in his veins. Brown vial — warmth in his chest. Victory humming through every step.
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The soldiers cheer behind him, stacking bundles of bloom sloppily, slapping each others backs, laughing, some sampling without permission.
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Lutheran barely hears them.
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He's walking in slow motion again, savoring the moment, cloak swaying behind him, boots echoing on stone. He turns the corridors corner toward the cafeteria's entrance.
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The entire mood shifts.
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Sam stands(ten injured soldiers behind him), he squares up in front of Metro (Paul, Lilly and Rose behind him) at the upper balcony family table.
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Sam's chest is puffed, bandages tight, eyes burning with grief and rage.
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Metro stands opposite him, shoulders bucked, refusing to back down.
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Sam:
"You weren't out in the field fighting! You were hiding!"
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Metro's jaw locks.
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Sam:"
So you guessed the bandits camp — but Luther and Paul did the work, saved your girlfriend from being kidnapped.”
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Not you."
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Sam points his index in Metro's face.
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"You can't lead us!"
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The disrespect climbs to an all time high.
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Sam connects his finger, pushing Metro's forehead backwards.
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"You don't know your PLACE!"
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— Metro snaps —
"I DO KNOW MY PLACE!"
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Sam comes back even harder, voice cracking with grief and fury.
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Sam:
"NO! YOU DONT!"
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My brother died while you were pacing back and forth in your chamber. He fought! You didn't!
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Metro's mug flinches, rage canceling utterance.
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Sam pauses.
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Something shifts in him.
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A dark calm settles over his countenance.
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Like he's discovered a new weapon.
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He steps closer.
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"I know what you are."
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"These men don't,
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"But I'll tell them.
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You're a warlock…"
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The farmhands gasp. Injured guards lean in. The room tightens.
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"People fear your kind for a reason."
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"Me and the guys here, know you used to roll with a gang of bandits…"
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(A beat)
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A black shadow is seen inside Sams expression.
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"I know you man, we know your history…
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"You're a criminal."
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(shakes his head in deep disapproval)
"You should have been dead a long time ago."
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Metro's breath shakes.
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Sam leans in, delivering the final blow —the one meant to break him.
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"Your father knew you were an abomination, a half-breed curse—"
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(another beat)
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"I heard he left you for dead —"
(shadowed eyes in Sam)
"Like your bitch warlock mother did!"
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Metro detonates.
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He lunges forward, roaring, aura flaring white and blue —Paul grabs him from behind, his forearm hair being singed from Metro's pulsing heat. He gets a grip around Metro's chest, and locks it, dragging him backwards, upstairs.
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Rose gasps.
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Metro screams in fury.
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Lilly pulls her close, pushing Metro and Paul towards the stairs.
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Metro fights against Paul's grip.
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Sam steps back triumphant, lifting his chin.
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Sam:
"You see this? He's a bloody lunatic!"
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His buddies nod, murmuring, emboldened.
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Sam smirks.
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"That's your leader?"
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Lutheran appears behind him — face red, jaw tight, embarrassed and furious.
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Without a word he puts Sam into a full nelson, carrying him backwards. Sam kicks and flails his arms, through the cafeteria and main hall.
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Lutheran drops him in the main hall like a sac of vegetables.
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(men are still unloading product)
Sam catches himself, still buzzing with anger and adrenaline. Lutheran stands over him, expression laced with fury.
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Luther:
"What was that about?!"
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Sam scoffs hard, eyes sharp with defiance.
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Sam:
"Don't tell me your a warlock lover too?"
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Lutheran blinks.
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Confused —Thrown off.— Not expecting that angle.
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Sam leans in.
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"… what?
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(arms crossed)
"… you actually believe in him?"
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He looks Sam square in the eyes, squints and tilts his head, steady, unblinking.
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— Scene switch —
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Metro is dragged upstairs by Paul, kicking — shaking with rage, chakra still simmering around him.
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The moment is broken, but the wound is open.
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* METRO'S CHAMBER *
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Paul shoves Metro through the doorway — not violently, but with force.
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Metro lands on his feet instantly, springing forward, trying to push past Paul and get back into the fight.
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Rose moves quickly, stepping towards the chamber bed end, sitting down, hands trembling.
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Lilly slips in behind Paul and locks the chamber door with a hard click.
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Metro:(aura flickering)
"OUTTA MY WAY!"
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He lunges at the door.
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Paul plants one hand on Metro's chest and shoves him back like he's nothing.
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Metro:
"I SAID, OUTTA MY WAAAY!!"
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Paul doesn't move.
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He's a rock.
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Like a solid oak tree.
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Unshakable.
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Metro snarls, lowering his shoulders, spearing Paul, but Paul doesn't budge an inch.
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Metro pushes harder.
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Head down.
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Teeth clenched.
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Tears burning in his eyes.
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He's not trying to hurt Paul.
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He's trying to prove something.
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That he's not a curse.
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That he's not a mistake.
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That he's worth something.
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That he's not what Sam said he was.
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He pushes until his legs shake.
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Until his breath breaks.
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Until his chakra flickers like a dying flame.
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Paul looks down at him — his eyes glowing with a soft, celestial neon, something ancient and grounded.
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Paul:
"If you're gonna fight anyone son, let it be me…"
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Metro freezes in Paul's gaze.
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Paul holds eye contact — unblinking, father-strong.
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Metro's anger collapses.
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His knees buckle.
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He folds into Paul, head bowed, shoulders shaking, tears leaking silently onto the stone.
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He tries to hold it in.
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But he whimpers.
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He breathes heavily.
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Trying not to make a sound.
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But the weight is too much.
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Paul drops on one knee, beside him.
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Lilly and Rose move in, surrounding him, forming a circle of warmth around his shivering body.
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Paul places his hand on Metro's back, looking down at him with genuine affection.
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Paul: (whispering)
"We love you."
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(A beat)
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He leans closer, (with more conviction), voice softer, breaking the evil spell.
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"We love you buddy."
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Metro wails —
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A sound ripped from somewhere deep.
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Somewhere wounded.
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Somewhere ancient.
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He tries to stop.
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He can't.
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A moment passes.
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Lilly touches Metro's face gently, lifting his chin so he can look at her.
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Her eyes shine with tears.
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Lilly:
"My sweet, dear boy… you're amazing, and you don't even know it. —"
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She presses her forehead to his.
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"We believe in you. We believe in The Light."
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Rose wraps her arms around him from the side, tears flowing, trembling, but steady.
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Paul holds his shoulders.
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Lilly holds his face.
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Rose holds his heart.
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Metro breaks — Hard.
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But breaks in their arms.
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Not alone…
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Together…
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With his family…
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Surrounded by people who love him.
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— Scene fades to black —
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and then Add to home screen.