1 00:00:13,001 --> 00:00:14,418 [chirping] 2 00:00:16,168 --> 00:00:18,709 [Jaskier] Vespula? Vespula! 3 00:00:19,834 --> 00:00:21,209 Are you even listening? 4 00:00:21,959 --> 00:00:24,709 What does Radovid even mean, I see people? 5 00:00:24,793 --> 00:00:28,126 How does he know what I see? I mean, he's only met me, like, twice. 6 00:00:28,209 --> 00:00:30,001 [traders shouting outside] 7 00:00:30,626 --> 00:00:35,209 Nah… You can't play a player. That's what I always say. 8 00:00:36,876 --> 00:00:39,709 He's hiding something, and if I'm gonna help Geralt, 9 00:00:41,293 --> 00:00:43,418 I need to find out what that is. 10 00:00:44,876 --> 00:00:47,751 Because Geralt is… 11 00:00:49,168 --> 00:00:50,293 a hammer. 12 00:00:51,126 --> 00:00:52,793 -[cockerel crows] -You know? 13 00:00:53,376 --> 00:00:55,001 [hooves clattering] 14 00:00:55,668 --> 00:00:56,668 You're confused. 15 00:00:57,293 --> 00:00:59,001 All right-- Wait-- Okay. Ah… 16 00:00:59,543 --> 00:01:02,668 When you're a hammer, every problem is a nail. 17 00:01:02,751 --> 00:01:05,709 You see a nail and you're like, "Grrr. Fuck this nail." 18 00:01:05,793 --> 00:01:08,543 "Fuck this nail, in particular." And you hammer the nail. 19 00:01:08,626 --> 00:01:10,376 But sometimes the problem is something else. 20 00:01:10,459 --> 00:01:14,043 Sometimes the problem is, uh… a bunch of petunias, 21 00:01:14,126 --> 00:01:18,418 or a bowl of… porridge, and you can't hammer a bowl of porridge. 22 00:01:19,251 --> 00:01:22,376 I mean, you can try, but then your hammer gets all gunked up, 23 00:01:22,459 --> 00:01:26,001 porridge goes everywhere, and then you have… no porridge. 24 00:01:26,084 --> 00:01:28,793 The solution requires 25 00:01:29,834 --> 00:01:31,501 a different kind of tool. 26 00:01:34,501 --> 00:01:37,459 And Radovid… is that tool. 27 00:01:38,168 --> 00:01:42,001 Radovid is… a spoon. 28 00:01:43,501 --> 00:01:46,043 -Oh, obviously. -Obviously. Yeah. 29 00:01:47,001 --> 00:01:49,709 Aah… Yeah, I'm aware this doesn't make a lot of sense. 30 00:01:49,793 --> 00:01:52,376 What I'm trying to say is, the problem is different. 31 00:01:53,293 --> 00:01:55,376 The solution needs to be different. 32 00:01:57,626 --> 00:02:00,876 And Radovid… is different. 33 00:02:03,251 --> 00:02:07,751 He's intelligent. He tries to hide it, but he's insightful. 34 00:02:08,751 --> 00:02:11,709 Sharp… like a knife. 35 00:02:13,668 --> 00:02:16,293 If he's a knife, I need to keep him away from Geralt. 36 00:02:16,876 --> 00:02:18,501 [Vespula] You like him! 37 00:02:19,084 --> 00:02:21,168 Who, Geralt? Yeah, I guess. 38 00:02:21,251 --> 00:02:26,001 Platonically, and occasionally with great effort, as one would a family goat. 39 00:02:26,084 --> 00:02:29,168 -Hang on, when did you get dressed? -I mean the spoon guy. 40 00:02:29,251 --> 00:02:31,209 What, Radovid? No! 41 00:02:31,293 --> 00:02:32,293 -[Vespula] Yes. -No! 42 00:02:32,834 --> 00:02:35,834 I've cursed you for chasing tail of every kind. 43 00:02:35,918 --> 00:02:38,001 Men, women, dwarves, 44 00:02:38,084 --> 00:02:39,793 elves, polymorphous-- 45 00:02:39,876 --> 00:02:43,084 That was one time and I… regret nothing. 46 00:02:43,168 --> 00:02:44,376 -It was amazing. -Hmm. 47 00:02:44,459 --> 00:02:48,084 But never have I ever seen you have a crush. 48 00:02:48,168 --> 00:02:49,751 [playful music] 49 00:02:49,834 --> 00:02:51,209 -A crush? -Mmm. 50 00:02:52,168 --> 00:02:53,626 Oh, you think I have crushes. 51 00:02:53,709 --> 00:02:54,793 Mmm-hmm. 52 00:02:55,293 --> 00:02:58,251 -Crushes are for children, my darling. -Mmm? 53 00:02:58,334 --> 00:02:59,501 [Vespula gasps] 54 00:02:59,584 --> 00:03:02,501 -[Jaskier] I have mind-bending… -Mmm? 55 00:03:03,126 --> 00:03:05,001 …world-ending, 56 00:03:05,084 --> 00:03:07,209 heart-wrenching affairs. 57 00:03:10,501 --> 00:03:12,209 -Whatever you say. -[laughs] 58 00:03:14,084 --> 00:03:16,251 -The Lothario of Lyria. -Oh! 59 00:03:16,793 --> 00:03:19,209 -The Romancer of Redania! -Aah! 60 00:03:19,293 --> 00:03:21,209 -The Stud of Cidaris! -[laughs] 61 00:03:21,293 --> 00:03:22,918 -[banging on door] -[Geralt] Jaskier. 62 00:03:23,584 --> 00:03:25,668 For fuck's… 63 00:03:26,418 --> 00:03:29,001 Sorry. It's the family goat. 64 00:03:30,626 --> 00:03:33,293 [Jaskier] Good to see you too. How'd it go? 65 00:03:33,376 --> 00:03:34,959 [Geralt] Not quite as expected. 66 00:03:36,168 --> 00:03:37,918 [Jaskier] Did you find the castle? 67 00:03:38,001 --> 00:03:40,043 Please tell me you killed Firefingers. 68 00:03:40,126 --> 00:03:42,543 -[horse neighs] -[Geralt] Rience wasn't there. 69 00:03:43,459 --> 00:03:45,459 I did find something else, though. 70 00:03:45,543 --> 00:03:47,209 Yeah, and what's that? 71 00:03:47,293 --> 00:03:48,126 [girl talking] 72 00:03:48,209 --> 00:03:49,543 -[Geralt] Her. -[murmuring] 73 00:03:49,626 --> 00:03:51,043 [Jaskier] And she is? 74 00:03:51,626 --> 00:03:52,626 I don't know. 75 00:03:53,168 --> 00:03:54,709 [girl] Ooh, ooh… ooh! 76 00:03:54,793 --> 00:03:56,293 But she thinks she's Ciri. 77 00:03:56,376 --> 00:03:58,584 [girl] Always a source. No room for… 78 00:03:59,793 --> 00:04:01,209 I hate you. Ooh! 79 00:04:01,293 --> 00:04:03,293 [Geralt] It's all right… Ciri. 80 00:04:03,876 --> 00:04:05,584 -This is a friend. -[muttering] 81 00:04:06,168 --> 00:04:07,459 I'm Jaskier. 82 00:04:07,543 --> 00:04:10,251 [girl] Always a source. No room for vermin. 83 00:04:10,793 --> 00:04:13,376 -Always. -Fuck. Is she all right? 84 00:04:13,459 --> 00:04:15,334 She was part of an experiment. 85 00:04:15,418 --> 00:04:17,126 -[girl] Don't be… -The only survivor. 86 00:04:17,209 --> 00:04:18,418 [whimpering] 87 00:04:18,501 --> 00:04:21,959 She has lucid moments, but reverts back to this. 88 00:04:22,043 --> 00:04:23,126 [singing] 89 00:04:23,209 --> 00:04:25,001 Whatever she's rambling about, 90 00:04:25,876 --> 00:04:28,084 it's stuck in her head in a nonsensical loop. 91 00:04:28,709 --> 00:04:30,293 I need to find out why. 92 00:04:30,376 --> 00:04:32,543 [Jaskier] Please tell me you have a plan. 93 00:04:33,876 --> 00:04:35,626 [Geralt] We're taking her to Anika. 94 00:04:36,209 --> 00:04:38,918 If this is an enchantment, she'll be able to fix it. 95 00:04:39,001 --> 00:04:40,168 And who's Anika? 96 00:04:42,168 --> 00:04:45,251 She's a druid. And a friend of my mother's. 97 00:04:46,543 --> 00:04:48,543 [girl chuckling softly] 98 00:05:02,084 --> 00:05:04,084 [dramatic music] 99 00:05:09,168 --> 00:05:11,543 -[man] Yep, it's him all right. -[Roach snorts] 100 00:05:11,626 --> 00:05:13,834 Smelled you from two hilltops away. 101 00:05:14,501 --> 00:05:16,459 What are you doing here, Otto? 102 00:05:16,543 --> 00:05:20,834 Blame the heightened senses, but we both know you're a ripe old bugger. 103 00:05:22,376 --> 00:05:24,126 I suppose you're here for a reason. 104 00:05:25,168 --> 00:05:26,626 [girl murmuring] 105 00:05:26,709 --> 00:05:28,626 -[Geralt] Hello, Anika. -[girl] Wait. Just-- 106 00:05:28,709 --> 00:05:30,793 -[Otto] She's missed you too. -[sighs] 107 00:05:34,293 --> 00:05:35,126 Come on. 108 00:05:40,751 --> 00:05:42,459 [rustling] 109 00:05:42,543 --> 00:05:45,793 -[clattering] -[Jaskier] Whew! Oh, that burns. 110 00:05:45,876 --> 00:05:47,793 That burns like a Raróg's arsehole. 111 00:05:47,876 --> 00:05:50,834 -[chuckles] What is it? -[Otto] Uh, that's table salt. 112 00:05:50,918 --> 00:05:52,751 [Jaskier coughing] Yeah. 113 00:05:52,834 --> 00:05:54,168 Ooh-hoo. 114 00:05:54,251 --> 00:05:56,834 Yep, that's just, uh… that's just table salt. 115 00:05:56,918 --> 00:05:59,293 That's not, um… not very druidic. 116 00:05:59,793 --> 00:06:01,584 -I'm not a druid. -Oh, right. 117 00:06:01,668 --> 00:06:02,584 I'm a werewolf. 118 00:06:02,668 --> 00:06:05,084 Whoa. What? You're-- What? Uh, a… 119 00:06:05,168 --> 00:06:08,751 [chuckles] I was bit, back in the plague of '21. 120 00:06:08,834 --> 00:06:12,334 Went out to the woods to isolate. Avoid the disease. 121 00:06:12,418 --> 00:06:15,001 Was so worried about boils and shitting myself to death, 122 00:06:15,084 --> 00:06:16,709 I wasn't thinking about werewolves. 123 00:06:16,793 --> 00:06:18,084 Priority, yeah. I get it. 124 00:06:18,168 --> 00:06:20,793 Geralt was hired by the villagers to kill me. 125 00:06:21,459 --> 00:06:22,876 He found me a cure instead. 126 00:06:23,959 --> 00:06:26,668 -Kept close to my chest, it keeps me safe. -Oh. 127 00:06:27,459 --> 00:06:29,709 Almost got himself killed in the process, but… 128 00:06:30,751 --> 00:06:32,293 he saved my life. 129 00:06:33,501 --> 00:06:35,918 Yeah. Seems about right. 130 00:06:36,001 --> 00:06:38,001 [girl murmuring softly] 131 00:06:40,709 --> 00:06:42,084 I don't know… 132 00:06:43,751 --> 00:06:45,168 How'd you and Otto meet? 133 00:06:45,834 --> 00:06:47,334 It was about a year ago. 134 00:06:49,126 --> 00:06:51,709 We were at the Temple of Truth. Mourning. 135 00:06:53,043 --> 00:06:56,376 His wife, Edwina, was killed in a fire. The children too. 136 00:06:59,918 --> 00:07:01,209 I was there for Visenna. 137 00:07:08,001 --> 00:07:09,084 She's dead? 138 00:07:11,376 --> 00:07:13,376 She talked about you a lot at the end. 139 00:07:17,709 --> 00:07:19,709 [mournful music] 140 00:07:23,084 --> 00:07:25,584 Well, whoever did this fucked her up pretty good. 141 00:07:25,668 --> 00:07:27,668 It's a mind-control enchantment. 142 00:07:28,376 --> 00:07:29,876 [Geralt] Mind control? 143 00:07:29,959 --> 00:07:32,168 So someone needs her to believe she's Ciri. 144 00:07:33,334 --> 00:07:34,876 It's extremely powerful. 145 00:07:35,918 --> 00:07:38,168 Elements of Chaos, druidic magic, 146 00:07:38,251 --> 00:07:40,626 even some ancient elven sorcery in the spell. 147 00:07:41,709 --> 00:07:43,876 Oh, that's another thing. She's part elven. 148 00:07:43,959 --> 00:07:46,584 Maybe a couple of generations removed, but still. 149 00:07:47,418 --> 00:07:49,376 Poor girl's head's a tangled mess. 150 00:07:50,376 --> 00:07:52,251 Who would have the power to do this? 151 00:07:52,334 --> 00:07:54,959 I don't know anyone with the knowledge to do this. 152 00:07:55,918 --> 00:07:58,584 It would take lifetimes to acquire all these tricks. 153 00:07:59,543 --> 00:08:03,001 Whoever this mage is, they have quite a variety of interests. 154 00:08:04,501 --> 00:08:06,043 [Otto] An extraction elixir. 155 00:08:07,876 --> 00:08:09,293 [Anika] Well done, Otto. 156 00:08:10,959 --> 00:08:12,501 [uncorks bottle] 157 00:08:13,793 --> 00:08:15,251 [soft hissing] 158 00:08:15,334 --> 00:08:16,834 [mystical music] 159 00:08:17,668 --> 00:08:18,543 [winces] 160 00:08:19,793 --> 00:08:21,043 [gasps and splutters] 161 00:08:21,959 --> 00:08:23,543 [whimpering] 162 00:08:25,293 --> 00:08:27,709 Ah, it'll take a while, and there's no guarantee. 163 00:08:28,584 --> 00:08:31,001 If it works, she'll be able to tell us who did this. 164 00:08:31,084 --> 00:08:33,001 [Geralt] And what they want with Ciri. 165 00:08:35,876 --> 00:08:37,876 [dramatic music] 166 00:08:38,543 --> 00:08:40,251 [seabirds calling] 167 00:08:43,543 --> 00:08:45,959 -[bell tinkles] -[Ciri] This is the dwarven bank. 168 00:08:47,334 --> 00:08:49,918 -I thought we were going to Aretuza. -[Yennefer] We are. 169 00:08:50,001 --> 00:08:53,293 But as you said yourself, there's always more to the picture. 170 00:08:53,834 --> 00:08:56,001 -Aah! [laughs] -[dwarf] My eyes deceive me! 171 00:08:56,084 --> 00:08:59,584 For surely, a creature this beautiful cannot be real! 172 00:09:01,168 --> 00:09:02,584 My sweet Yennefer, 173 00:09:02,668 --> 00:09:06,626 it is the most sumptuous of pleasures, as always. 174 00:09:06,709 --> 00:09:09,918 -The pleasure is all mine, Giancardi. -Mmm! 175 00:09:10,001 --> 00:09:13,293 Please, take a seat while we finalize your arrangements. 176 00:09:14,168 --> 00:09:18,501 [Giancardi] Horror! Pure 'orror on my family's faces, 177 00:09:18,584 --> 00:09:21,418 as they watched me dragged away to certain death, 178 00:09:21,501 --> 00:09:23,876 their own fate hanging in the balance. 179 00:09:24,459 --> 00:09:27,584 When who should appear? A goddess from the heaven? 180 00:09:28,209 --> 00:09:31,709 -Better! Yennefer of Vengerberg. -[Yennefer giggles] 181 00:09:31,793 --> 00:09:35,168 She blasted the villainous wretches into dust. 182 00:09:35,251 --> 00:09:37,043 You exaggerate my heroism. 183 00:09:37,126 --> 00:09:38,293 [Giancardi] Nonsense. 184 00:09:38,376 --> 00:09:41,459 This is why the Giancardi Bank, mind well the name, 185 00:09:41,543 --> 00:09:43,626 will do anything for a friend. 186 00:09:46,209 --> 00:09:47,668 For your other matter, 187 00:09:47,751 --> 00:09:50,584 my most secure vault is yours. 188 00:09:50,668 --> 00:09:51,626 Thank you. 189 00:09:52,293 --> 00:09:55,459 If it's not too much to ask, I have one more favor. 190 00:09:55,543 --> 00:09:58,084 -[Giancardi] Sure. -My ward needs a chaperone. 191 00:09:58,168 --> 00:09:59,709 -Say no more. -[Ciri] What? 192 00:09:59,793 --> 00:10:01,918 Fabio is at your disposal. 193 00:10:02,418 --> 00:10:05,209 I thought you said this was important for my future. 194 00:10:05,709 --> 00:10:08,543 It is. But first, my past must be settled. 195 00:10:09,626 --> 00:10:12,293 I know you're nervous. Let me be there with you. 196 00:10:12,834 --> 00:10:14,793 [whimsical music] 197 00:10:27,668 --> 00:10:28,668 There. 198 00:10:29,168 --> 00:10:30,668 Now you look ordinary. 199 00:10:31,501 --> 00:10:32,793 Stop that. 200 00:10:32,876 --> 00:10:36,376 No one is after you here. You're just a normal girl having fun. 201 00:10:36,459 --> 00:10:38,793 Take this. Buy something nice. 202 00:10:39,834 --> 00:10:42,918 Now, let me see that talisman you're constantly fiddling with. 203 00:10:51,709 --> 00:10:53,709 -[speaking in Elder] -[shimmering sound] 204 00:10:54,293 --> 00:10:55,168 What's that for? 205 00:10:55,959 --> 00:10:57,126 A locator spell. 206 00:10:57,793 --> 00:11:01,459 If you get into any trouble, hold this tight and recite the chant. 207 00:11:02,918 --> 00:11:04,876 But don't get into any trouble. 208 00:11:06,209 --> 00:11:07,543 [sighs] 209 00:11:09,834 --> 00:11:11,834 [man breathing heavily] 210 00:11:15,084 --> 00:11:16,209 -[gasps] -[Vizimir grunts] 211 00:11:16,293 --> 00:11:17,959 -[clang] -[man yelps] 212 00:11:19,126 --> 00:11:20,918 -[Dijkstra] Your Highness… -[Vizimir growls] 213 00:11:21,584 --> 00:11:23,209 Your Highness, uh… 214 00:11:23,959 --> 00:11:26,376 there seems to be some confusion among your advisors. 215 00:11:26,876 --> 00:11:28,626 -[clang] -[Vizimir] Yes! 216 00:11:28,709 --> 00:11:29,793 [man groans] 217 00:11:29,876 --> 00:11:32,501 -Did you see that? -Yes, very good. 218 00:11:32,584 --> 00:11:36,543 Whispers of a meeting with an emissary from Nilfgaard? 219 00:11:36,626 --> 00:11:37,668 Oh, that. Yes. 220 00:11:38,168 --> 00:11:40,084 -We brokered a deal. -[laughs] 221 00:11:40,959 --> 00:11:44,084 Quite a good one. In the inevitable event of their push North, 222 00:11:44,168 --> 00:11:46,543 Nilfgaard has agreed to leave Redania untouched. 223 00:11:46,626 --> 00:11:49,834 And they're offering half of Temeria as a vassal state. 224 00:11:49,918 --> 00:11:54,918 Oh, pray tell, my lord, what's the return on this generous Nilfgaardian investment? 225 00:11:55,001 --> 00:11:56,959 Oh, nothing we can't afford. 226 00:11:57,043 --> 00:11:57,918 "We"? 227 00:11:58,001 --> 00:11:59,209 -[clang] -[man groans] 228 00:11:59,293 --> 00:12:03,001 And, should we find her first, we turn the Princess of Cintra over to them. 229 00:12:03,084 --> 00:12:04,418 You are being conned! 230 00:12:07,709 --> 00:12:10,709 With all due respect, sir, Nilfgaard are playing you for a fool. 231 00:12:10,793 --> 00:12:12,501 With all due respect, Dijkstra, 232 00:12:12,584 --> 00:12:15,126 you provide the intelligence, I make the decisions. 233 00:12:15,209 --> 00:12:16,584 -[sighs] -[clang] 234 00:12:16,668 --> 00:12:18,084 -[man groans] -[growls] 235 00:12:18,168 --> 00:12:20,251 -[thump] -[Eva] Pardon, your Grace… 236 00:12:20,751 --> 00:12:21,834 [man groans] 237 00:12:22,418 --> 00:12:23,668 Queen Hedwig sent me to see 238 00:12:23,751 --> 00:12:27,376 if you're finished with the, uh… important affairs of state? 239 00:12:27,459 --> 00:12:31,834 She said to tell you they're here. In case you wanted to say, uh… hello. 240 00:12:32,334 --> 00:12:34,418 Oh, yes. Quite finished. 241 00:12:34,501 --> 00:12:36,543 But you've still got two more serves. 242 00:12:36,626 --> 00:12:39,001 It can wait. My sweet Hedwig can't. 243 00:12:39,084 --> 00:12:42,501 Sire, as your most senior advisor, I cannot stress enough that-- 244 00:12:42,584 --> 00:12:44,334 [Vizimir] You stress too much. 245 00:12:45,918 --> 00:12:49,376 The only reason you have any power here, Sigismund, is because of me. 246 00:12:50,001 --> 00:12:51,209 Don't forget that. 247 00:12:51,293 --> 00:12:52,418 [chuckles] 248 00:12:56,418 --> 00:12:57,418 [door slams] 249 00:12:57,501 --> 00:13:00,334 He doesn't take a shit without me knowing about it. 250 00:13:00,418 --> 00:13:03,251 No one gets a private audience with him outside my purview. 251 00:13:03,334 --> 00:13:07,126 Radovid told us they did. He was right. And they're doing it again. 252 00:13:07,793 --> 00:13:09,584 Vizimir's not scheming alone. 253 00:13:10,251 --> 00:13:13,543 Queen Hedwig has been in such a useful mood of late. 254 00:13:14,168 --> 00:13:16,293 Perhaps it's time to make her useful to us. 255 00:13:16,376 --> 00:13:17,584 Or should I do it? 256 00:13:18,084 --> 00:13:20,293 No. You have enough fires to fight. 257 00:13:20,376 --> 00:13:21,543 Hmm. 258 00:13:21,626 --> 00:13:24,251 Speaking of fires, annoyingly, I met another dead end 259 00:13:24,334 --> 00:13:27,459 through that portal in the shape of an artsy-fartsy crafting studio. 260 00:13:27,543 --> 00:13:30,876 Apparently, Rience is being backed by someone with appalling taste. 261 00:13:30,959 --> 00:13:35,626 I meant the portal itself. You said it felt different. More powerful. 262 00:13:36,626 --> 00:13:39,584 Perhaps it's time to reach out to one of your old community. 263 00:13:40,251 --> 00:13:42,793 -Tissaia might be useful. -Ooh… 264 00:13:42,876 --> 00:13:46,334 I only mean that if what the bard says is true, 265 00:13:46,918 --> 00:13:48,751 the witcher is on our scent. 266 00:13:48,834 --> 00:13:51,751 If he gets to Rience first, we lose the girl. 267 00:13:51,834 --> 00:13:53,293 And our leverage. 268 00:13:53,376 --> 00:13:55,418 Which is why we must both act now. 269 00:13:55,918 --> 00:13:59,459 You know as well as I do, there are many ways to persuade the stubborn. 270 00:14:00,043 --> 00:14:03,084 Use Radovid. Time for him to cut his teeth. 271 00:14:05,251 --> 00:14:06,501 [Radovid] Yes, Dijkstra. 272 00:14:07,168 --> 00:14:08,209 Use me. 273 00:14:09,126 --> 00:14:11,834 Shall I, uh… chat with kitchen hands? 274 00:14:11,918 --> 00:14:14,876 Uh, watch for shady carriages rolling up? 275 00:14:16,293 --> 00:14:17,918 Shadow my brother's wife? 276 00:14:19,084 --> 00:14:22,376 You seem nowhere close to finding this powerful Princess Cirilla. 277 00:14:22,876 --> 00:14:25,501 You're just so busy with your royal duties, 278 00:14:25,584 --> 00:14:27,251 I dare not split your focus. 279 00:14:28,043 --> 00:14:29,793 I don't need your help. 280 00:14:31,334 --> 00:14:32,793 Well, tell that to your king. 281 00:14:34,209 --> 00:14:35,584 And your boss. 282 00:14:44,293 --> 00:14:46,293 [door grinding] 283 00:14:47,084 --> 00:14:47,918 [Yennefer] You came. 284 00:14:48,001 --> 00:14:49,876 -[coins shuffling] -[door clangs shut] 285 00:14:49,959 --> 00:14:51,251 Strange, isn't it? 286 00:14:53,168 --> 00:14:55,543 Men bleed and kill for this stuff. 287 00:14:57,251 --> 00:14:58,459 Only to let it rust. 288 00:14:59,918 --> 00:15:01,209 In dark rooms. 289 00:15:01,293 --> 00:15:02,793 [Yennefer] Because it's worthless. 290 00:15:02,876 --> 00:15:05,334 It's too soft to make anything useful. 291 00:15:05,418 --> 00:15:07,418 You can't eat it. Can't fuck it. 292 00:15:08,001 --> 00:15:10,251 Though the King of Aedirn used to like to try. 293 00:15:11,834 --> 00:15:13,918 Its power comes from believing in its value. 294 00:15:14,001 --> 00:15:17,293 An illusion designed to control the masses. 295 00:15:17,876 --> 00:15:20,543 The leader of the Brotherhood should know all about that. 296 00:15:21,543 --> 00:15:23,334 She seems to know everything else. 297 00:15:24,626 --> 00:15:27,501 You know, it started to gnaw at me, back in Ellander. 298 00:15:29,168 --> 00:15:30,668 Northerners killing their own. 299 00:15:30,751 --> 00:15:31,918 [melancholy music] 300 00:15:32,001 --> 00:15:35,501 The whispers of a dozen bounties on Cirilla of Cintra. 301 00:15:35,584 --> 00:15:38,584 When last everyone knew, she was killed in the slaughter. 302 00:15:41,168 --> 00:15:43,918 I think you learned Cirilla was alive and shared the news, 303 00:15:44,001 --> 00:15:46,293 hoping to curry favor with the Northern kings. 304 00:15:48,251 --> 00:15:51,626 Except no one can find her. The Brotherhood is on their shit list, 305 00:15:51,709 --> 00:15:54,543 and they're so focused on terrorizing an orphan 306 00:15:54,626 --> 00:15:57,626 that they can't see an empire waiting to destroy them. 307 00:16:01,168 --> 00:16:02,376 Curry favor? 308 00:16:03,126 --> 00:16:04,959 I don't know what's more insulting. 309 00:16:05,668 --> 00:16:08,126 That you think my goals so basic, 310 00:16:08,709 --> 00:16:11,126 or that you free a Nilfgaardian prisoner of war, 311 00:16:11,209 --> 00:16:12,959 then lecture me on Northern unity. 312 00:16:13,834 --> 00:16:15,668 What mess will you leave us with this time? 313 00:16:19,251 --> 00:16:20,709 I have been a mess. 314 00:16:23,043 --> 00:16:24,043 And I'm sorry. 315 00:16:25,793 --> 00:16:29,918 When I tried to kill myself at Aretuza, I was so desperate to control my destiny. 316 00:16:30,959 --> 00:16:33,043 You weren't taking control. You were losing it. 317 00:16:33,126 --> 00:16:34,043 I know. 318 00:16:34,709 --> 00:16:36,626 And I still feel like that sometimes. 319 00:16:37,918 --> 00:16:39,084 Like I'm at a loss. 320 00:16:41,334 --> 00:16:43,334 Rience. A fire mage. 321 00:16:43,918 --> 00:16:47,334 He's after Cirilla too, but someone far more powerful is backing him. 322 00:16:47,918 --> 00:16:49,501 We can't let him get to her. 323 00:16:51,834 --> 00:16:56,918 You want me to help hide a princess whose existence means war? 324 00:16:57,001 --> 00:16:58,418 I want more than that. 325 00:16:59,918 --> 00:17:01,918 She's extraordinary. 326 00:17:02,001 --> 00:17:05,584 She's the rightful heir to Cintra and a great deal more, so I'm told. 327 00:17:05,668 --> 00:17:08,084 If war is coming, there is no hiding her from it. 328 00:17:08,168 --> 00:17:10,459 Well, then, maybe she can lead us out of it. 329 00:17:11,459 --> 00:17:14,501 For all the Brotherhood's faults, they respect magic. 330 00:17:15,918 --> 00:17:18,293 She deserves to know what hers is capable of. 331 00:17:19,293 --> 00:17:22,543 She deserves control of her destiny. 332 00:17:25,209 --> 00:17:26,168 Please. 333 00:17:27,251 --> 00:17:30,209 Please help me make this right. For us. 334 00:17:31,959 --> 00:17:32,959 For her. 335 00:17:35,709 --> 00:17:37,376 After all this time… 336 00:17:39,959 --> 00:17:43,376 After all your searching, you actually did it. 337 00:17:44,543 --> 00:17:45,584 Did what? 338 00:17:48,126 --> 00:17:49,376 Became a mother. 339 00:17:49,876 --> 00:17:51,793 [melancholy music swells] 340 00:17:52,293 --> 00:17:53,543 [laughs] 341 00:17:55,668 --> 00:17:57,168 [Fabio] Smart rates for a smart lady. 342 00:17:58,001 --> 00:18:00,918 -Giancardi Bank, mind well the name. -Yes, that's four. 343 00:18:01,501 --> 00:18:04,043 -Smart rates for a smart gentleman. -[man 1] No thanks, son. 344 00:18:04,126 --> 00:18:06,668 -Smart rates for a smart lady? -[woman] Oh, piss off. 345 00:18:06,751 --> 00:18:10,293 Smart rates. Come by Giancardi Bank, mind well the name, to open an account. 346 00:18:10,376 --> 00:18:11,418 [man 2] Yeah, go on, then. 347 00:18:11,501 --> 00:18:13,126 Smart rates for a smart lady. 348 00:18:13,209 --> 00:18:16,126 Maybe you'd have better luck if you didn't want it so bad. 349 00:18:17,001 --> 00:18:18,626 Maybe I'd have better luck 350 00:18:18,709 --> 00:18:21,751 if I wasn't with a girl who pounds donuts like a truffle pig. 351 00:18:22,251 --> 00:18:24,709 -Want one? -I'm wheat intolerant. 352 00:18:25,501 --> 00:18:27,668 Come by Giancardi Bank, mind well the name, sir. 353 00:18:35,126 --> 00:18:36,251 What's that place? 354 00:18:36,793 --> 00:18:37,918 Thanedd Island. 355 00:18:38,876 --> 00:18:42,418 Home to Aretuza. That's the Tower of the Gull. Tor Lara. 356 00:18:43,501 --> 00:18:44,834 Looks scary, doesn't it? 357 00:18:45,501 --> 00:18:49,001 Legend has it, they take failing novices to the caves below the tower 358 00:18:49,084 --> 00:18:50,501 and turn them into eels. 359 00:18:55,501 --> 00:18:57,418 Sounds more exciting than this market. 360 00:18:57,501 --> 00:18:58,584 [goat bleats] 361 00:18:58,668 --> 00:19:02,084 Spectacles here would haunt you to your deathbed, you rude little duck's arse. 362 00:19:02,168 --> 00:19:03,043 Try me. 363 00:19:03,793 --> 00:19:06,959 [crowd, to melody of "The Wild Rover"] ♪ All hail Cintra ♪ 364 00:19:07,043 --> 00:19:09,876 ♪ Nilfgaard ever more ♪ 365 00:19:09,959 --> 00:19:13,209 ♪ And I wave the flag of Nilfgaard ♪ 366 00:19:13,293 --> 00:19:16,709 ♪ Nilfgaard ever more! ♪ 367 00:19:16,793 --> 00:19:18,084 [cheering] 368 00:19:19,793 --> 00:19:21,418 -[man] Nilfgaard! -[laughter] 369 00:19:22,459 --> 00:19:23,751 Anyone give you any trouble? 370 00:19:23,834 --> 00:19:26,459 Please. No one gives a shit about this ancient elven garbage. 371 00:19:26,543 --> 00:19:28,543 [rowdy cheering and laughter] 372 00:19:33,376 --> 00:19:35,793 -Where's the book? -There's no book on monotones. 373 00:19:36,293 --> 00:19:38,209 -Monoliths. -Whatever. 374 00:19:38,293 --> 00:19:40,251 There is. I've been researching for months. 375 00:19:40,334 --> 00:19:43,334 Codringher and Fenn confirmed it was buried in a Xin'trean cavern. 376 00:19:43,418 --> 00:19:44,918 Where is the book? 377 00:19:45,001 --> 00:19:48,126 If you let me finish, the book of whatever had already been recovered. 378 00:19:48,209 --> 00:19:51,209 -I assumed it'd been sent to you. -Why would you assume that? 379 00:19:51,793 --> 00:19:53,126 'Cause it went to Aretuza. 380 00:19:53,709 --> 00:19:55,668 By order of the emperor himself. 381 00:19:56,209 --> 00:19:58,126 You owe me 20 marks, Isturd. 382 00:20:01,501 --> 00:20:02,626 It's Istredd. 383 00:20:03,834 --> 00:20:04,751 Whatever. 384 00:20:06,126 --> 00:20:07,709 All hail the White Flame. 385 00:20:08,293 --> 00:20:10,293 [foreboding music] 386 00:20:24,334 --> 00:20:25,834 [soldiers marching outside] 387 00:20:26,584 --> 00:20:28,043 [soldier shouting instructions] 388 00:20:28,126 --> 00:20:31,084 Thought I was gonna shit my kecks comin' through those gates. 389 00:20:32,001 --> 00:20:34,584 Never seen anything quite like this place. 390 00:20:34,668 --> 00:20:36,126 [Cahir] Well, you just wait. 391 00:20:36,209 --> 00:20:40,251 If the Emperor likes our proposal, you could be seeing a lot more of it. 392 00:20:40,334 --> 00:20:41,209 [door opens] 393 00:20:41,293 --> 00:20:44,251 My man says you're from the Scoia'tael front. 394 00:20:44,334 --> 00:20:46,334 What news do you bring, son? 395 00:20:46,418 --> 00:20:47,584 Gallatin, sir. 396 00:20:47,668 --> 00:20:50,043 -Bad news. We're getting slaughtered. -[coughs] 397 00:20:51,418 --> 00:20:53,959 Forgive me. I'm a fighter, not a politician. 398 00:20:54,043 --> 00:20:56,584 I don't really know how to sugarcoat the truth. 399 00:20:57,168 --> 00:20:58,584 All the better for it. 400 00:20:59,751 --> 00:21:00,876 Continue. 401 00:21:02,459 --> 00:21:04,293 [Gallatin] I've been a soldier all my life. 402 00:21:04,376 --> 00:21:06,001 I take no pleasure in jumping rank. 403 00:21:06,084 --> 00:21:09,584 But Francesca has been siphoning off our best fighters, our resources, 404 00:21:09,668 --> 00:21:13,001 leading my men on side missions straight to their graves. 405 00:21:13,084 --> 00:21:16,834 [Emhyr] Well, Francesca has made many sacrifices for her people. 406 00:21:16,918 --> 00:21:19,251 What makes you think her choices can't be trusted? 407 00:21:19,334 --> 00:21:21,668 Her choices are in defiance of your orders, sir. 408 00:21:21,751 --> 00:21:25,584 She's not fighting to soften the North. She's searching for a girl. 409 00:21:25,668 --> 00:21:27,126 [inhales sharply] 410 00:21:31,293 --> 00:21:32,793 I'd like you to stay awhile. 411 00:21:33,584 --> 00:21:35,543 We can resolve this issue, I have no doubt. 412 00:21:36,376 --> 00:21:38,334 -Make sure this man is fed. -[man] My lord. 413 00:21:38,418 --> 00:21:39,543 [boots stamp] 414 00:21:40,084 --> 00:21:40,959 Thank you. 415 00:21:44,626 --> 00:21:46,626 [marching away] 416 00:21:46,709 --> 00:21:48,709 [soldiers continue drilling outside] 417 00:21:50,668 --> 00:21:52,209 Thank you, my lord. 418 00:21:52,793 --> 00:21:54,793 I knew your righteousness would prevail. 419 00:21:54,876 --> 00:21:57,834 [Emhyr] Is this a manipulation to end your punishment? 420 00:21:57,918 --> 00:22:01,293 Because, don't forget, it was deceit that got you where you are now. 421 00:22:01,376 --> 00:22:02,626 No, my lord. 422 00:22:03,334 --> 00:22:05,043 I would not lie about this. 423 00:22:06,501 --> 00:22:09,168 I asked for a private audience to protect your secret. 424 00:22:10,209 --> 00:22:12,751 But Cirilla… Cirilla is out there. 425 00:22:17,459 --> 00:22:19,168 I am having dreams about her. 426 00:22:19,668 --> 00:22:22,543 -She wants me to find her. -You tried that once. 427 00:22:23,793 --> 00:22:24,918 You failed. 428 00:22:26,043 --> 00:22:29,126 My lord, I have been in the field. Gallatin is a good fighter. 429 00:22:29,209 --> 00:22:31,334 He knows the land. The elves are loyal to him. 430 00:22:31,418 --> 00:22:33,084 He can deliver us the North. 431 00:22:37,709 --> 00:22:40,959 Division among the elves would only hurt our cause on both fronts. 432 00:22:43,668 --> 00:22:44,626 But, uh… 433 00:22:46,126 --> 00:22:48,918 an army is only as good as its leader, uh… 434 00:22:51,043 --> 00:22:53,293 I know a good leader when I see one. 435 00:22:59,376 --> 00:23:02,709 It gave me… no pleasure to punish you. 436 00:23:05,959 --> 00:23:07,959 But I had to know you could be trusted. 437 00:23:09,834 --> 00:23:12,293 That I had not lost you. 438 00:23:14,834 --> 00:23:16,584 Are you ready to come home, Cahir? 439 00:23:19,668 --> 00:23:20,543 Yes. 440 00:23:28,126 --> 00:23:28,959 Prove it. 441 00:23:38,334 --> 00:23:44,209 [Jaskier] I think you've chopped enough wood here for… two, 442 00:23:45,418 --> 00:23:48,209 maybe three centuries of fire. 443 00:23:51,334 --> 00:23:52,751 What's the plan, Geralt? 444 00:23:55,584 --> 00:23:58,209 We wait for her to wake up, make sure she's okay, 445 00:23:58,293 --> 00:24:00,709 find Rience and the mage that did this, and kill them. 446 00:24:00,793 --> 00:24:02,043 And then what? 447 00:24:02,668 --> 00:24:06,584 Yarpen told me he saw you talking to Philippa Eilhart in Ban Gleán. 448 00:24:07,293 --> 00:24:08,626 It's okay, Jaskier. 449 00:24:09,459 --> 00:24:11,001 What did Dijkstra want you to do? 450 00:24:13,251 --> 00:24:16,626 He wanted me to convince you 451 00:24:17,668 --> 00:24:19,168 to take Ciri to Redania. 452 00:24:19,251 --> 00:24:20,459 [chuckles] 453 00:24:20,543 --> 00:24:21,751 And I agree with him. 454 00:24:23,168 --> 00:24:27,543 She'd be safe with an army, an entire army at her back. 455 00:24:27,626 --> 00:24:31,293 Ciri would be nothing more than a brood mare on the Cintran throne. 456 00:24:31,376 --> 00:24:33,293 She's a princess, Geralt. 457 00:24:33,376 --> 00:24:35,126 That's what princesses do. 458 00:24:35,209 --> 00:24:38,501 They sit on little royal thrones and they have little royal babies. 459 00:24:38,584 --> 00:24:41,668 And they rule kingdoms. This is what Ciri wants. 460 00:24:41,751 --> 00:24:45,168 Does she want to be a political pawn for Vizimir and Dijkstra? 461 00:24:45,251 --> 00:24:46,376 -No… -No. 462 00:24:47,043 --> 00:24:48,376 We stay the course. 463 00:24:48,459 --> 00:24:49,918 Neutrality has consequences too. 464 00:24:50,001 --> 00:24:54,334 There are already consequences, Jaskier. And not just for Ciri. 465 00:24:55,209 --> 00:24:58,418 I thought by taking her off the board, the world would stop trying to use her. 466 00:24:59,168 --> 00:25:01,418 Instead, they're trying to use others in her place. 467 00:25:01,501 --> 00:25:03,043 And they will continue to. 468 00:25:03,126 --> 00:25:07,376 Because that is what people in power do. 469 00:25:08,334 --> 00:25:09,543 But she's not a witcher. 470 00:25:10,334 --> 00:25:16,918 She's certainly not an Aretuzan witch sourcing magic out of… stones, or hemp, 471 00:25:17,001 --> 00:25:20,209 or plants, or whatever it is that Yennefer does. 472 00:25:20,293 --> 00:25:22,084 She's a princess. 473 00:25:23,209 --> 00:25:24,668 I think you should trust her. 474 00:25:26,793 --> 00:25:28,126 Her source. 475 00:25:29,376 --> 00:25:30,626 Her… what now? 476 00:25:33,334 --> 00:25:34,418 You're right. 477 00:25:37,543 --> 00:25:38,709 [Jaskier] I'm right… 478 00:25:40,418 --> 00:25:42,959 Well, that's deeply worrying. What? 479 00:25:48,084 --> 00:25:49,084 [Anika] Geralt-- 480 00:25:49,168 --> 00:25:51,293 -I need you to wake up. -[Anika] Geralt, no. 481 00:25:51,376 --> 00:25:52,876 -[Otto] It's too soon. -Can you hear me? 482 00:25:52,959 --> 00:25:54,584 [Otto] You could hurt the extraction spell. 483 00:25:55,668 --> 00:25:57,293 You said there was always a source. 484 00:25:57,376 --> 00:25:59,251 -[sighs] -[Geralt] What did you mean? 485 00:26:00,751 --> 00:26:02,251 Always a source to what? 486 00:26:03,334 --> 00:26:04,501 Magic. 487 00:26:05,376 --> 00:26:07,126 [Geralt] Can you tell me your name? 488 00:26:08,334 --> 00:26:09,418 Teryn. 489 00:26:09,959 --> 00:26:11,084 [Geralt] Good. 490 00:26:11,168 --> 00:26:13,334 Something happened that affected your mind. 491 00:26:15,376 --> 00:26:16,876 Do you remember what happened? 492 00:26:19,668 --> 00:26:20,626 [gasps] 493 00:26:20,709 --> 00:26:22,543 I was dragged from my room. 494 00:26:22,626 --> 00:26:23,626 Yes. 495 00:26:24,626 --> 00:26:25,834 By a man. 496 00:26:26,584 --> 00:26:27,584 A man with a scar? 497 00:26:27,668 --> 00:26:28,918 [Anika] Careful, Geralt. 498 00:26:29,001 --> 00:26:32,001 [Teryn, shakily] He was there. Sometimes. 499 00:26:34,834 --> 00:26:37,876 And the woman with the funny voice. 500 00:26:38,876 --> 00:26:40,834 They all helped the man. 501 00:26:42,001 --> 00:26:43,168 The man, he… 502 00:26:45,709 --> 00:26:47,251 He always scared me. 503 00:26:48,376 --> 00:26:49,418 You knew him. 504 00:26:50,376 --> 00:26:51,709 At school. 505 00:26:53,209 --> 00:26:54,584 At Aretuza. 506 00:26:56,001 --> 00:26:57,209 [gasps] 507 00:26:57,834 --> 00:26:59,834 Oh… [sobbing] 508 00:26:59,918 --> 00:27:01,418 We need to put her back under. 509 00:27:01,501 --> 00:27:03,501 -[Geralt] I need a name. -[Otto] I'll grab elixir. 510 00:27:03,584 --> 00:27:04,876 -[wailing] -It's all right. 511 00:27:04,959 --> 00:27:06,751 -Just say it. -What was his name, Teryn? 512 00:27:06,834 --> 00:27:08,834 [screaming] 513 00:27:10,376 --> 00:27:11,543 [wails] 514 00:27:12,834 --> 00:27:14,084 [sobs] 515 00:27:16,918 --> 00:27:18,668 [deep voice] Stupid witcher. 516 00:27:18,751 --> 00:27:21,876 You're doomed and you don't even know it. 517 00:27:22,543 --> 00:27:25,084 [overlapping voices] I am Cirilla's destiny. 518 00:27:25,668 --> 00:27:27,293 May all ye wail, 519 00:27:27,376 --> 00:27:31,084 for the Destroyer of Nations is upon us. 520 00:27:34,209 --> 00:27:35,293 [yelps] 521 00:27:35,876 --> 00:27:37,084 Anika! 522 00:27:37,751 --> 00:27:39,959 -[cracking sounds] -[groaning] 523 00:27:41,918 --> 00:27:42,793 [crunching] 524 00:27:42,876 --> 00:27:44,543 [deep voice] Geralt! 525 00:27:44,626 --> 00:27:46,418 -[growling] -Jaskier, the amulet! 526 00:27:47,626 --> 00:27:48,834 No, no, no, no. Teryn. Teryn! 527 00:27:48,918 --> 00:27:51,001 -Jaskier! -[roaring] 528 00:27:52,001 --> 00:27:53,376 -[grunting] -Geralt! 529 00:27:55,418 --> 00:27:56,834 [Otto] Ah! Aah… 530 00:27:58,126 --> 00:28:00,584 -[Teryn gasping] -[Jaskier] Shh, shh. 531 00:28:01,876 --> 00:28:04,334 -[Otto sighing] -[Teryn whimpering] 532 00:28:05,918 --> 00:28:08,001 [Jaskier] Shh, shh. 533 00:28:13,376 --> 00:28:15,459 [barker] Roll up! Roll up! 534 00:28:15,543 --> 00:28:17,293 Roll up! 535 00:28:17,376 --> 00:28:18,834 See with your own eyes 536 00:28:18,918 --> 00:28:22,293 the most frightful creature the gods ever created! 537 00:28:22,376 --> 00:28:27,251 A live basilisk, the venomous terror of the Zerrikanian desert! 538 00:28:27,334 --> 00:28:29,793 An insatiable man-eater! 539 00:28:29,876 --> 00:28:31,334 -Only 15 groats. -Told you. 540 00:28:31,418 --> 00:28:33,709 [barker] That's 15 groats, yeah? Hey, you, hop it. 541 00:28:33,793 --> 00:28:36,751 15 groats, everyone. Yeah, go on. Pay the money to the boy. 542 00:28:36,834 --> 00:28:38,709 In you go. Enjoy. In you go. 543 00:28:38,793 --> 00:28:41,626 Enjoy the show. [chuckles] Enjoy the show. 544 00:28:42,751 --> 00:28:44,501 [barker continues shouting] 545 00:28:46,793 --> 00:28:47,751 [man] Come on, hurry up! 546 00:28:47,834 --> 00:28:51,751 Careful. These beasts are notoriously unpredictable. 547 00:28:51,834 --> 00:28:53,626 I've fought enough of them to know. 548 00:28:55,584 --> 00:28:57,668 [woman] Hey, let's get to the front. 549 00:28:58,251 --> 00:28:59,459 [growling] 550 00:28:59,543 --> 00:29:02,168 -[Ciri] That cage looks small. -Maybe it's a baby basilisk. 551 00:29:02,709 --> 00:29:05,751 That would be a rip-off. How scary could that be? 552 00:29:06,834 --> 00:29:08,126 You'd be surprised. 553 00:29:09,043 --> 00:29:10,501 They are unpredictable. 554 00:29:11,418 --> 00:29:13,376 And unpredictable means trouble. 555 00:29:13,459 --> 00:29:15,293 What's wrong with a little trouble? 556 00:29:15,376 --> 00:29:17,668 [scoffs] A lot if you've lived my life. 557 00:29:19,418 --> 00:29:20,959 That sounds like a challenge. 558 00:29:22,168 --> 00:29:23,584 [soft clink] 559 00:29:23,668 --> 00:29:25,293 [growling continues] 560 00:29:26,626 --> 00:29:31,001 Ladies and gentlemen! 561 00:29:31,084 --> 00:29:32,834 [laughing] 562 00:29:32,918 --> 00:29:35,376 The king of all serpents. 563 00:29:35,459 --> 00:29:37,876 'Tis a most rare monster. 564 00:29:37,959 --> 00:29:39,126 -[thump] -[squealing] 565 00:29:39,209 --> 00:29:44,043 Hatching from an egg only laid by a knavish cockerel, well! 566 00:29:44,126 --> 00:29:46,709 Who presents his rump to another… 567 00:29:46,793 --> 00:29:50,084 in the manner of a horny hen! 568 00:29:50,168 --> 00:29:51,793 -Ooooh! -[laughter] 569 00:29:51,876 --> 00:29:54,334 Cock-a-doodle-doo-ooh-ooh! 570 00:29:55,959 --> 00:29:57,084 Ta-da! 571 00:29:57,168 --> 00:29:58,084 [crowd gasps] 572 00:29:58,168 --> 00:30:00,209 An egg that must be brooded 573 00:30:00,876 --> 00:30:03,876 by a hundred and one venomous snakes. 574 00:30:03,959 --> 00:30:05,209 [growling] 575 00:30:05,293 --> 00:30:08,418 Good people, keep your distance. 576 00:30:09,001 --> 00:30:11,459 Its breath alone could poison you. 577 00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:14,126 -[Ciri] That's not a basilisk. -[gasps and murmurs] 578 00:30:14,209 --> 00:30:15,751 [man] Stop interrupting, love. 579 00:30:17,209 --> 00:30:19,501 When the basilisk hatches, 580 00:30:19,584 --> 00:30:22,376 it devours the snakes, imbibing their venom. 581 00:30:22,459 --> 00:30:25,168 And when a knight stabs it with his sword, 582 00:30:25,251 --> 00:30:27,668 the poison runs up the blade, killing the knight… 583 00:30:27,751 --> 00:30:29,751 -Chhkk, chhkk! Outright. -[crowd gasps] 584 00:30:29,834 --> 00:30:31,293 That is the falsest lie. 585 00:30:31,376 --> 00:30:32,876 'Tis the truest truth. 586 00:30:33,459 --> 00:30:37,293 That's why a basilisk can only be killed by seeing its reflection in the mirror. 587 00:30:37,376 --> 00:30:38,834 Quite right, sir! 588 00:30:38,918 --> 00:30:41,459 -Don't. -No, you're all wrong. This is a wyvern. 589 00:30:41,543 --> 00:30:45,251 And it's young, and it's starving because you're keeping it in this cage! 590 00:30:45,959 --> 00:30:47,084 [laughs mockingly] 591 00:30:47,168 --> 00:30:49,626 Listen, darlin', if you don't like my little show, 592 00:30:49,709 --> 00:30:52,209 why don't you just piss off and shut up? 593 00:30:53,918 --> 00:30:56,251 -[wyvern squeals] -[barker groans] 594 00:30:57,501 --> 00:30:58,709 [wood crunching] 595 00:30:58,793 --> 00:31:00,376 [purring and chirping] 596 00:31:02,709 --> 00:31:04,209 [screaming] 597 00:31:04,293 --> 00:31:05,834 [chittering] 598 00:31:07,918 --> 00:31:09,584 -[roars] -[screaming] 599 00:31:12,334 --> 00:31:13,668 [snarling] 600 00:31:13,751 --> 00:31:15,501 [screaming] 601 00:31:21,834 --> 00:31:23,626 [wyvern squealing] 602 00:31:31,293 --> 00:31:33,251 Oi, oi, you little shit! 603 00:31:36,043 --> 00:31:38,751 This girl is under the protection of Giancardi Bank. 604 00:31:38,834 --> 00:31:40,543 Mind well the name, arsehole. 605 00:31:40,626 --> 00:31:41,584 [thumping] 606 00:31:43,668 --> 00:31:44,543 [gasps] 607 00:31:45,626 --> 00:31:47,584 [snarling] 608 00:31:48,334 --> 00:31:49,459 Where's my knife? 609 00:31:57,709 --> 00:31:58,668 Here! 610 00:32:00,376 --> 00:32:01,751 [wyvern cries] 611 00:32:01,834 --> 00:32:03,834 [wyvern whimpering] 612 00:32:04,626 --> 00:32:06,209 [woman] Who is she? Is she okay? 613 00:32:06,293 --> 00:32:09,668 -[Ciri groans] -[knight] Get off of her, devil dog! 614 00:32:12,459 --> 00:32:14,293 You saved me, brave knight! 615 00:32:14,376 --> 00:32:16,418 We have a hero in our midst! 616 00:32:16,501 --> 00:32:18,293 -He saved us all! -[knight] I did? 617 00:32:20,084 --> 00:32:22,251 -I did! -[Ciri] I have to get out of here! 618 00:32:22,334 --> 00:32:25,209 [Fabio] That was fucking incredible! Did you see me hit that guy? 619 00:32:25,293 --> 00:32:27,918 -[Ciri] Yennefer will kill me. -I'll get fired, I don't even care! 620 00:32:28,001 --> 00:32:29,834 -Where the fuck's my money? -I can travel. 621 00:32:29,918 --> 00:32:32,376 -Kick arse through this fucking Continent! -Where's my money? 622 00:32:32,459 --> 00:32:33,918 -[woman] Hey, trouble! -[coins jingle] 623 00:32:34,001 --> 00:32:35,001 [horse snorts] 624 00:32:37,834 --> 00:32:39,251 You were great in there. 625 00:32:41,709 --> 00:32:43,376 Fucking hell. 626 00:32:44,834 --> 00:32:46,418 I've gotta go. Thank you. 627 00:32:47,168 --> 00:32:49,751 -Where are you goin'? -And good luck kicking arse! 628 00:32:53,751 --> 00:32:55,293 [speaking in Elder] 629 00:32:57,501 --> 00:32:58,918 [repeats spell] 630 00:32:59,543 --> 00:33:00,751 [repeats spell] 631 00:33:04,043 --> 00:33:05,251 Where are you, Yennefer? 632 00:33:08,668 --> 00:33:09,793 [repeats spell] 633 00:33:10,876 --> 00:33:11,959 [repeats spell] 634 00:33:12,043 --> 00:33:14,376 Another runaway. You've had your fun, novice. 635 00:33:14,459 --> 00:33:16,418 -Back to the dorms. -Get your hands off me! 636 00:33:16,501 --> 00:33:18,001 [gasps] 637 00:33:18,084 --> 00:33:20,376 You will address me as Mistress Laux-Antille. 638 00:33:20,459 --> 00:33:22,876 And you'll clean the toilets for your impertinence. 639 00:33:22,959 --> 00:33:24,293 [Yennefer] I'll take it from here. 640 00:33:24,376 --> 00:33:25,876 [Mistress Laux-Antille] Yen. 641 00:33:25,959 --> 00:33:27,793 [Sabrina] What are you doing here? 642 00:33:29,209 --> 00:33:31,334 Bringing my ward to get a proper education, 643 00:33:31,418 --> 00:33:33,376 one she obviously sorely needs. 644 00:33:34,543 --> 00:33:36,126 Forgive her, Rita. 645 00:33:40,251 --> 00:33:41,543 So this is the girl. 646 00:33:45,668 --> 00:33:46,751 Don't look at her. 647 00:33:49,376 --> 00:33:50,334 Look at me. 648 00:33:53,876 --> 00:33:56,251 Don't you dare take your eyes off me. 649 00:33:57,584 --> 00:33:59,584 [low rumbling] 650 00:34:04,209 --> 00:34:06,543 -[Yennefer] That's enough introductions. -[breathing shakily] 651 00:34:07,209 --> 00:34:11,626 As an apology for her impudence, allow me to treat you ladies to some luxury. 652 00:34:12,209 --> 00:34:13,584 [Sabrina] Thank gods, I'm bored. 653 00:34:13,668 --> 00:34:15,876 Shall we take the waters at the Silver Heron? 654 00:34:15,959 --> 00:34:16,876 [both giggle] 655 00:34:16,959 --> 00:34:19,084 [Rita] Don't threaten me with a good time. 656 00:34:19,793 --> 00:34:21,209 [gasps] 657 00:34:22,959 --> 00:34:23,918 [sighs] 658 00:34:24,584 --> 00:34:26,584 [echoing laughter] 659 00:34:28,376 --> 00:34:31,459 [Rita chuckles] Hands off. He's mine. 660 00:34:33,876 --> 00:34:36,459 [Sabrina] I wasn't planning on using my hands. 661 00:34:41,709 --> 00:34:44,043 [Rita] Fuck magic, let's stay here. 662 00:34:48,418 --> 00:34:52,251 [Sabrina] If this place ever closes, I'll burn this fucking city to the ground. 663 00:34:53,334 --> 00:34:54,168 Here, girl! 664 00:34:56,918 --> 00:34:58,751 Novices these days are useless. 665 00:34:58,834 --> 00:35:01,293 -[Sabrina] Mmm. -[Rita] Not like when we were girls. 666 00:35:03,001 --> 00:35:04,543 I told you to bring the wine. 667 00:35:04,626 --> 00:35:07,126 I'm surprised you can taste anything at this point. 668 00:35:07,209 --> 00:35:09,209 Are you calling me a lush? 669 00:35:09,293 --> 00:35:11,584 Better a lush than a traitor. 670 00:35:13,918 --> 00:35:15,209 Tell me, Yennefer. 671 00:35:15,293 --> 00:35:17,459 Are the rumors about witchers true? 672 00:35:18,043 --> 00:35:21,209 That their mutations make them impotent? 673 00:35:21,293 --> 00:35:24,668 -[Rita] You're fucking a witcher? [laughs] -[Sabrina] Atrocious, isn't it? 674 00:35:25,459 --> 00:35:28,084 -Almost as atrocious as your manners. -Mmm. 675 00:35:28,168 --> 00:35:29,668 -[Rita] Ooh. -[Sabrina giggles] 676 00:35:29,751 --> 00:35:33,834 Perhaps instead of dwelling on the past, focus our attention on the future. 677 00:35:34,834 --> 00:35:36,376 I wanted red! 678 00:35:36,459 --> 00:35:37,584 [Sabrina] Here. 679 00:35:38,334 --> 00:35:39,459 We deserve a drink. 680 00:35:39,959 --> 00:35:42,918 After all the fires we've been putting out between kingdoms. 681 00:35:44,043 --> 00:35:45,959 Fires we didn't start. 682 00:35:48,459 --> 00:35:50,459 [Rita] Damned Cintran princess. 683 00:35:50,543 --> 00:35:53,168 -What's so special about her, anyway? -[Sabrina] Mmm. 684 00:35:55,376 --> 00:35:57,418 Girl, the wine! Now. 685 00:35:58,459 --> 00:35:59,459 Get it yourself. 686 00:35:59,543 --> 00:36:00,584 [bangs pitcher down] 687 00:36:04,334 --> 00:36:05,918 [laughs] 688 00:36:06,001 --> 00:36:07,376 She'll only screw it up. 689 00:36:07,459 --> 00:36:10,084 Besides, I know where the good stuff is. 690 00:36:14,543 --> 00:36:15,626 [gasps] 691 00:36:16,209 --> 00:36:18,793 -What the hell is wrong with you? -Shut the fuck up. 692 00:36:18,876 --> 00:36:22,501 -Before you spoil everything. -I can't spoil something already rotten! 693 00:36:22,584 --> 00:36:25,001 This place, these women, it's horrible! 694 00:36:25,084 --> 00:36:27,668 "This place"? You're not a princess here. 695 00:36:28,251 --> 00:36:30,793 You're a low-level novice. Get used to being treated like one. 696 00:36:30,876 --> 00:36:32,918 Entitlement will get you nowhere. 697 00:36:33,001 --> 00:36:35,418 [breathing heavily] I don't want to do this. 698 00:36:36,001 --> 00:36:37,626 You know, I don't want to do this either. 699 00:36:38,251 --> 00:36:40,709 Tomorrow I'll be expected to crawl back to the Brotherhood, 700 00:36:40,793 --> 00:36:43,168 tail between my legs, begging for forgiveness. 701 00:36:43,251 --> 00:36:44,543 And I'll do it. 702 00:36:44,626 --> 00:36:48,668 Because Aretuza is my best hope of protecting you from those who hunt you. 703 00:36:48,751 --> 00:36:51,001 Our best chance to be safe. 704 00:36:51,959 --> 00:36:54,584 -You have to go along to get along. -To what end? 705 00:36:55,251 --> 00:36:59,251 If I can't learn to control my powers, will you let Tissaia turn me into an eel? 706 00:36:59,334 --> 00:37:02,334 And if I do become some powerful, learned Aretuzan maid, 707 00:37:02,418 --> 00:37:04,168 will you let her scrape out my insides 708 00:37:04,251 --> 00:37:07,126 to become vapid and power-hungry like your friends out there? 709 00:37:07,209 --> 00:37:10,543 Tissaia is one of the most powerful sorceresses on this Continent! 710 00:37:10,626 --> 00:37:13,084 You should be grateful she's willing to teach you! 711 00:37:13,168 --> 00:37:14,459 [breathing heavily] 712 00:37:17,209 --> 00:37:19,084 [whispers] Just because she saved you 713 00:37:20,543 --> 00:37:22,918 does not mean you owe her the rest of your life. 714 00:37:24,459 --> 00:37:26,793 You told me to never apologize for my power, 715 00:37:26,876 --> 00:37:29,209 and yet that's all you seem to do. 716 00:37:30,084 --> 00:37:33,709 You want to be a great leader? You want to change the world? 717 00:37:34,251 --> 00:37:35,834 Well, the day-to-day of leading 718 00:37:35,918 --> 00:37:38,626 is dealing with a lot of vapid, power-hungry arseholes! 719 00:37:43,168 --> 00:37:44,334 I'm not Geralt. 720 00:37:45,459 --> 00:37:46,834 This isn't Kaer Morhen. 721 00:37:47,959 --> 00:37:50,376 This is the version of myself I have to be here. 722 00:37:50,959 --> 00:37:54,209 So you need to find a version of yourself that can deal with that. 723 00:37:54,709 --> 00:37:56,543 Trust me, I know you're not Geralt. 724 00:37:57,334 --> 00:37:59,834 -He would never sell his soul like this. -[sobbing] 725 00:38:04,084 --> 00:38:05,418 -[yells] -[glass clatters] 726 00:38:06,834 --> 00:38:08,001 [sobbing] 727 00:38:13,709 --> 00:38:15,251 [fire crackling] 728 00:38:15,334 --> 00:38:16,626 -[owl hooting] -[sighs] 729 00:38:18,959 --> 00:38:20,668 [gasping] 730 00:38:21,834 --> 00:38:23,251 -It's all right. -[sighs] 731 00:38:25,834 --> 00:38:27,209 Thanks to Otto. 732 00:38:28,834 --> 00:38:31,168 I've never seen someone make a potion so fast. 733 00:38:32,251 --> 00:38:33,376 You taught him well. 734 00:38:34,834 --> 00:38:36,793 [sighs] Just like Visenna taught me. 735 00:38:43,084 --> 00:38:44,418 Did she suffer? 736 00:38:47,168 --> 00:38:49,834 She was mistaken for an elf while helping a villager. 737 00:38:49,918 --> 00:38:51,501 [mournful music] 738 00:38:52,626 --> 00:38:54,251 She was beaten very badly. 739 00:38:58,043 --> 00:39:00,293 Does that make you feel better or worse? 740 00:39:01,626 --> 00:39:03,126 I never wanted her to hurt. 741 00:39:06,084 --> 00:39:09,043 -Just wanted her to know what she did. -Oh, she knew. 742 00:39:09,709 --> 00:39:13,626 Love for a child forces parents to make the hardest choices of their lives. 743 00:39:14,751 --> 00:39:16,126 Impossible ones, even. 744 00:39:18,126 --> 00:39:21,209 Chances are, they toil over it for the rest of their lives. 745 00:39:30,751 --> 00:39:32,668 I do remember bits of our life. 746 00:39:37,501 --> 00:39:39,084 She smelled like embers. 747 00:39:40,418 --> 00:39:44,501 From keeping those measly fires alive for the long nights. 748 00:39:47,959 --> 00:39:49,418 I remember my hunger. 749 00:39:50,709 --> 00:39:53,168 And her stomach growling twice as loud as mine. 750 00:39:55,834 --> 00:39:57,126 She used her magic 751 00:39:58,543 --> 00:40:01,334 to create elaborate meals that we couldn't afford. 752 00:40:08,001 --> 00:40:10,251 I would have done anything to make her smile. 753 00:40:13,293 --> 00:40:14,418 And yet… 754 00:40:16,959 --> 00:40:18,251 the day she left me, 755 00:40:19,084 --> 00:40:20,334 she was sick. 756 00:40:23,918 --> 00:40:26,168 She needed water, so I went to get her some. 757 00:40:26,668 --> 00:40:28,043 And when I came back… 758 00:40:30,584 --> 00:40:31,709 she was gone. 759 00:40:34,126 --> 00:40:35,418 I called for her. 760 00:40:39,501 --> 00:40:40,501 But she was gone. 761 00:40:42,084 --> 00:40:43,876 She loved you the best she could. 762 00:40:46,001 --> 00:40:48,251 To save you, she had to let you go. 763 00:40:50,501 --> 00:40:53,584 -This can't have been the only choice. -It wasn't. 764 00:40:55,168 --> 00:40:56,668 It's simply the one she made. 765 00:40:57,918 --> 00:41:00,459 And now you have your own impossible decision. 766 00:41:00,543 --> 00:41:02,293 I won't abandon Ciri. 767 00:41:03,668 --> 00:41:05,501 Even if it costs me my life. 768 00:41:06,959 --> 00:41:08,376 [sighs] 769 00:41:11,084 --> 00:41:12,043 Teryn. 770 00:41:14,501 --> 00:41:17,584 Can she stay here, while I work out how to help her? 771 00:41:17,668 --> 00:41:20,251 -Mmm, of course. -Thank you. 772 00:41:21,376 --> 00:41:22,501 Where are you going? 773 00:41:25,084 --> 00:41:27,001 Aretuza. [sighs] 774 00:41:30,459 --> 00:41:32,459 [water splashing gently] 775 00:41:35,751 --> 00:41:36,959 [quiet laughter] 776 00:41:38,501 --> 00:41:39,709 Are you all right? 777 00:41:41,001 --> 00:41:42,209 No. 778 00:41:45,334 --> 00:41:46,793 The magic is one thing. 779 00:41:48,168 --> 00:41:49,876 -But the politics… -Hmm. 780 00:41:51,001 --> 00:41:53,918 Even if I can curry enough favor to get back into the Brotherhood's fold 781 00:41:54,001 --> 00:41:55,709 and get her trained, you're right. 782 00:41:55,793 --> 00:41:58,084 War is coming, and she's at the center of it. 783 00:41:59,501 --> 00:42:02,126 Mages have kept kings in check for centuries. 784 00:42:04,251 --> 00:42:07,584 -We'll find a way. -Toxicity's infectious. 785 00:42:09,376 --> 00:42:13,793 The kings have turned against each other. How long before mages follow suit? 786 00:42:14,543 --> 00:42:17,959 If we are to unite the North, we must be united. 787 00:42:18,043 --> 00:42:19,209 [Tissaia chuckles] 788 00:42:21,709 --> 00:42:22,918 A conclave. 789 00:42:24,084 --> 00:42:24,918 What? 790 00:42:26,459 --> 00:42:28,376 We host a conclave of mages. 791 00:42:30,001 --> 00:42:33,334 -We haven't had one since before Sodden. -And then we went to war. 792 00:42:33,418 --> 00:42:35,209 So we do it differently this time. 793 00:42:35,293 --> 00:42:40,043 Instead of discord and debate, we focus on trust. 794 00:42:41,001 --> 00:42:41,876 Togetherness. 795 00:42:47,418 --> 00:42:49,209 Is this also the girl's doing? 796 00:42:49,834 --> 00:42:52,918 If we have any hope of appealing to the kings, 797 00:42:54,001 --> 00:42:56,584 we first have to find better versions of ourselves. 798 00:42:59,751 --> 00:43:00,959 I'm willing to try. 799 00:43:02,626 --> 00:43:03,626 Are you? 800 00:43:05,584 --> 00:43:07,251 -[chuckles] -[laughter downstairs] 801 00:43:10,876 --> 00:43:12,668 [wistful music] 802 00:43:12,751 --> 00:43:14,126 [dog barking] 803 00:43:21,668 --> 00:43:23,251 [breathing shakily] 804 00:43:23,334 --> 00:43:24,293 [whispers] Geralt. 805 00:43:25,001 --> 00:43:26,418 Hey, Geralt, where are you? 806 00:43:26,501 --> 00:43:29,001 -[whispering voices] -Geralt, where are you? 807 00:43:29,084 --> 00:43:30,668 -[wind whistling] -[voice] Who's Geralt? 808 00:43:30,751 --> 00:43:32,334 -[voices overlapping] -Where are you? 809 00:43:32,418 --> 00:43:34,459 [jumbled voices and laughter] 810 00:43:34,543 --> 00:43:36,668 [voice whispers] He's coming. Now. 811 00:43:36,751 --> 00:43:38,459 [Geralt] We'll meet again soon. 812 00:43:40,876 --> 00:43:43,793 [mouth full] I understand your concerns. But I've made up my mind. 813 00:43:43,876 --> 00:43:46,251 This Cirilla nonsense is too much of a headache. 814 00:43:47,126 --> 00:43:48,959 I couldn't agree more, Your Majesty. 815 00:43:49,834 --> 00:43:52,418 But bargaining with Nilfgaard is not the answer. 816 00:43:53,209 --> 00:43:56,668 -The queen is opinionated and strong. -Like a bull. 817 00:43:56,751 --> 00:44:00,418 And Radovid is eager to please. But all three of you are far too important 818 00:44:00,501 --> 00:44:03,751 to burden yourself with the minutiae of Redanian intelligence. 819 00:44:04,584 --> 00:44:05,751 What would you suggest? 820 00:44:06,626 --> 00:44:10,626 Hope I'm not interrupting. Uh, this was left with my manservant. 821 00:44:11,834 --> 00:44:13,793 -The note says it's for you. -Oh. 822 00:44:14,584 --> 00:44:16,376 A present. [chuckles] 823 00:44:20,626 --> 00:44:23,043 "Courtesy of Nilfgaard." See, I told you, Dijkstra. 824 00:44:23,126 --> 00:44:24,418 They're not so ba-- 825 00:44:25,918 --> 00:44:27,376 [yelps] 826 00:44:27,459 --> 00:44:29,376 [gasps] 827 00:44:29,459 --> 00:44:31,209 -[wailing] -[coughing] 828 00:44:31,918 --> 00:44:33,293 [Vizimir sobbing] 829 00:44:34,543 --> 00:44:37,293 I want men on every door and window. Nobody in or out but me! 830 00:44:37,376 --> 00:44:39,584 Tell the gatekeeper to scout the perimeter. 831 00:44:39,668 --> 00:44:41,876 Bring me Radovid's manservant immediately! 832 00:44:41,959 --> 00:44:44,043 -[sobbing] -[guard 1] With me! Now! 833 00:44:44,626 --> 00:44:46,543 Man on every door! We've got intruders! 834 00:44:46,626 --> 00:44:50,709 [whispers] I swear to you, I will not let them get away with this. 835 00:44:51,209 --> 00:44:52,918 -[men running] -[guard 1] Guard the gates! 836 00:44:53,001 --> 00:44:54,751 -Come. Come. -[guard 2] Secure the perimeter! 837 00:44:55,918 --> 00:44:57,834 -Through that gate! -[guard 3] By me! 838 00:44:59,293 --> 00:45:00,793 -Through there, now! -Come. 839 00:45:01,376 --> 00:45:03,376 -Take the king to his chambers. -My lord. 840 00:45:04,501 --> 00:45:06,668 -[distant door slams] -[guards yelling] 841 00:45:07,251 --> 00:45:08,876 -[sighs] -[Vizimir sobbing] 842 00:45:12,793 --> 00:45:14,126 [nearby door slams] 843 00:45:15,668 --> 00:45:17,126 [intriguing music] 844 00:45:17,209 --> 00:45:18,251 Hmm. 845 00:45:22,376 --> 00:45:23,959 [Radovid gasps] 846 00:45:24,043 --> 00:45:25,209 Mmm. Hah! 847 00:45:27,668 --> 00:45:28,584 You. 848 00:45:30,543 --> 00:45:33,834 All that talk of… making the queen more useful. 849 00:45:35,293 --> 00:45:36,376 You and Philippa did this. 850 00:45:38,834 --> 00:45:40,209 You won't get away with it. 851 00:45:40,709 --> 00:45:41,584 Huh. 852 00:45:41,668 --> 00:45:42,959 It's treason. 853 00:45:44,918 --> 00:45:47,251 -I'll tell my brother. -Tell him what, exactly? 854 00:45:48,834 --> 00:45:52,126 That his strong, opinionated queen, gods rest her soul, 855 00:45:52,209 --> 00:45:54,376 went a little rogue in the secret meetings, 856 00:45:55,043 --> 00:45:56,709 and deserved to be assassinated? 857 00:45:58,209 --> 00:45:59,376 On your watch? 858 00:46:00,376 --> 00:46:01,876 -He trusted you. -Trusts. 859 00:46:05,168 --> 00:46:06,251 He trusts me. 860 00:46:07,793 --> 00:46:08,918 Now more than ever. 861 00:46:10,376 --> 00:46:12,376 I am his most important advisor. 862 00:46:12,876 --> 00:46:17,668 Whereas you are a weak, silly, ineffectual little shit 863 00:46:17,751 --> 00:46:20,459 who just delivered his wife's head to him in a box. 864 00:46:21,793 --> 00:46:23,626 Well, now I come to think of it, 865 00:46:23,709 --> 00:46:26,376 how do we know you weren't involved in her treachery? 866 00:46:29,543 --> 00:46:32,668 You want to help? Go back to sucking on the royal teat 867 00:46:32,751 --> 00:46:36,084 until you're just drunk enough to forget this terrible tragedy. 868 00:46:36,918 --> 00:46:38,834 And keep your mouth shut. 869 00:46:40,876 --> 00:46:43,876 [whispers] Because next time, it could be your head in a box. 870 00:46:47,584 --> 00:46:49,584 [dramatic music] 871 00:47:02,709 --> 00:47:04,709 [echoing sighs] 872 00:47:07,418 --> 00:47:09,418 [romantic music] 873 00:47:17,584 --> 00:47:19,584 [groaning] 874 00:47:23,501 --> 00:47:24,584 Breathe. 875 00:47:26,584 --> 00:47:27,543 Breathe. 876 00:47:36,459 --> 00:47:38,459 -[screams] -[echoing gasps] 877 00:47:45,501 --> 00:47:46,543 Mmm. 878 00:47:50,751 --> 00:47:51,834 Enough. 879 00:47:51,918 --> 00:47:52,876 [laughs] 880 00:47:53,959 --> 00:47:55,293 [groans] 881 00:47:57,293 --> 00:47:59,376 Aah! [laughing] 882 00:48:00,709 --> 00:48:02,709 Oh, I wish you were there today. 883 00:48:03,959 --> 00:48:05,959 I mean, I knew Hedwig had a thick neck, 884 00:48:06,043 --> 00:48:08,751 but gods, that was a workout to cut through. [chuckles] 885 00:48:10,209 --> 00:48:11,293 [Philippa] Mmm. 886 00:48:13,293 --> 00:48:16,751 I wonder what Dijkstra thought of my pièce de résistance. 887 00:48:16,834 --> 00:48:18,043 [Philippa] Mmm. 888 00:48:18,126 --> 00:48:20,418 No one ever expects a head in a box, do they? 889 00:48:22,084 --> 00:48:24,126 -[Philippa] It doesn't make any sense. -Hmm? 890 00:48:24,209 --> 00:48:27,459 Emhyr uses mages for cannon fodder, not emissaries. 891 00:48:29,251 --> 00:48:31,959 The woman you saw in the meeting didn't move her mouth. 892 00:48:32,043 --> 00:48:34,584 Oh, well, it takes all sorts, I suppose. [chuckles] 893 00:48:35,918 --> 00:48:37,876 Unless she was using telepathy. 894 00:48:39,709 --> 00:48:40,668 Hmm. 895 00:48:41,751 --> 00:48:43,751 But how did she manage to portal into the palace 896 00:48:43,834 --> 00:48:46,376 and through my protection enchantments? 897 00:48:47,293 --> 00:48:49,751 Maybe because the portal was special? 898 00:48:52,293 --> 00:48:53,959 A portal is a portal. 899 00:48:55,668 --> 00:48:56,918 I've seen your portals. 900 00:48:58,709 --> 00:49:01,209 [sighs] This wasn't that. 901 00:49:01,293 --> 00:49:06,376 This was a swirling black vortex of fucking unnervingness. 902 00:49:09,584 --> 00:49:11,793 The mage backing Rience… 903 00:49:13,751 --> 00:49:15,251 works for Nilfgaard. 904 00:49:17,334 --> 00:49:18,709 Fuck me. 905 00:49:21,293 --> 00:49:22,168 [caws] 906 00:49:22,251 --> 00:49:25,334 [Rience] The only reason I fucking agreed to do this job 907 00:49:25,418 --> 00:49:28,543 is because you told me you didn't work for Nilfgaard. 908 00:49:28,626 --> 00:49:30,709 [Lydia] I don't. I work for my lord. 909 00:49:30,793 --> 00:49:33,043 -Who works for fucking Nilfgaard! -[cawing] 910 00:49:33,126 --> 00:49:37,001 Oh, Rience, don't get so agitated. It makes you uglier. 911 00:49:37,793 --> 00:49:42,584 As for my lord, working with Nilfgaard is not the same as working for Nilfgaard. 912 00:49:42,668 --> 00:49:45,543 The White Flame is just a means to an end. 913 00:49:45,626 --> 00:49:47,834 A small piece of a much bigger puzzle. 914 00:49:48,709 --> 00:49:51,251 -Don't worry your hideous little face. -[crow caws] 915 00:49:52,168 --> 00:49:54,001 At least I still have a face. 916 00:49:55,834 --> 00:49:58,126 Instead of just the illusion of one. 917 00:50:00,168 --> 00:50:03,959 Tell him I'm growing tired of being kept in the dark. 918 00:50:04,543 --> 00:50:06,751 If he wants me to go along with his little plan, 919 00:50:08,584 --> 00:50:10,209 I have a demand of my own. 920 00:50:12,543 --> 00:50:14,543 [Francesca speaking in Elder] 921 00:50:20,751 --> 00:50:24,626 -[continues speaking in Elder] -[creaking and sighing sounds] 922 00:50:30,293 --> 00:50:31,626 [Filavandrel] Hey. 923 00:50:33,168 --> 00:50:36,209 You… are exhausted. 924 00:50:37,001 --> 00:50:39,459 -You need to eat. -Not until they do. 925 00:50:41,709 --> 00:50:42,918 What news from the scouts? 926 00:50:43,001 --> 00:50:46,834 There was a rumor that she was spotted in Maribor. Nothing came of it. 927 00:50:48,751 --> 00:50:49,876 And Gallatin? 928 00:50:49,959 --> 00:50:53,376 He's headed to Xin'trea with the roundy general. 929 00:50:54,334 --> 00:50:56,918 So perhaps it would be wise to consider 930 00:50:57,543 --> 00:50:59,043 an escape plan. 931 00:51:00,043 --> 00:51:04,084 The only escape I'll take is death, Filavandrel. 932 00:51:05,209 --> 00:51:06,501 [knocking at door] 933 00:51:08,751 --> 00:51:13,501 I don't miss the snobbery of the city, but shit, I do miss the services. 934 00:51:13,584 --> 00:51:16,209 [sighs] Your White Flame sure knows how to host. 935 00:51:16,293 --> 00:51:17,918 -[door slams] -Well… 936 00:51:18,543 --> 00:51:19,834 I suppose it's not hard 937 00:51:19,918 --> 00:51:22,376 to impress a backwards pointy like you, though, is it? 938 00:51:22,459 --> 00:51:25,043 I'd rather be a backwards pointy invited to the palace 939 00:51:25,126 --> 00:51:27,834 than the rich little shit who got kicked out of it. 940 00:51:27,918 --> 00:51:31,876 That's not fair. I lost my money long before I was kicked out. 941 00:51:34,251 --> 00:51:36,168 My father was the nobleman. 942 00:51:37,334 --> 00:51:41,501 He expected me to have a disposition of a diplomat like my brothers. 943 00:51:42,126 --> 00:51:45,293 But I was impetuous. Short temper, rash judgment. 944 00:51:45,376 --> 00:51:48,126 -That's why I like fighting. -[scoffs] You? No. 945 00:51:48,918 --> 00:51:53,543 Well, if we've moved onto the emotional story-swapping part of our friendship, 946 00:51:54,126 --> 00:51:56,168 I think we'd have got on as kids. 947 00:51:56,251 --> 00:51:59,834 We may have burned down a town or two on accident, but… still. 948 00:52:06,251 --> 00:52:10,584 When the Usurper took Nilfgaard, he enslaved my father and my brothers. 949 00:52:11,251 --> 00:52:15,168 He was afraid of their strength and their ability to someday take revenge, but… 950 00:52:16,001 --> 00:52:16,959 but I was… 951 00:52:18,001 --> 00:52:20,001 I was just a little boy, I was… 952 00:52:21,001 --> 00:52:22,543 too weak for concern. 953 00:52:22,626 --> 00:52:24,418 I was left to starve or die. 954 00:52:24,501 --> 00:52:27,459 Cahir, I've known you to march into battle 955 00:52:27,543 --> 00:52:31,709 with little more than a breastplate made of chicken bones and a stick for a sword. 956 00:52:31,793 --> 00:52:34,709 Fuck the Usurper. He was an idiot. 957 00:52:35,293 --> 00:52:38,418 That's what the White Flame said to me when he came to free me. 958 00:52:39,626 --> 00:52:42,126 "The Usurper was a fool to let you go, son, 959 00:52:42,626 --> 00:52:44,751 because you are the strongest of them all." 960 00:52:44,834 --> 00:52:47,209 Well, I suppose you're strong for a scrawny little-- 961 00:52:49,084 --> 00:52:50,918 [mournful music] 962 00:52:52,709 --> 00:52:54,084 [choking] 963 00:53:04,501 --> 00:53:05,501 [Cahir] I'm sorry. 964 00:53:06,084 --> 00:53:08,543 I'm sorry it had to be this way. 965 00:53:09,043 --> 00:53:10,626 [sobbing] 966 00:53:14,918 --> 00:53:16,918 [wind whistling] 967 00:53:19,459 --> 00:53:21,459 [sighing sounds] 968 00:53:24,043 --> 00:53:25,334 [Cahir groans] 969 00:53:40,459 --> 00:53:42,459 [birds calling] 970 00:53:43,709 --> 00:53:45,709 -[wind sighing] -[horse galloping] 971 00:53:51,501 --> 00:53:52,709 [neighs] 972 00:53:54,751 --> 00:53:56,751 [dramatic music] 973 00:54:00,543 --> 00:54:02,459 [thunder crashing] 974 00:54:09,543 --> 00:54:11,168 [thunder booming] 975 00:54:16,001 --> 00:54:17,959 [frightened neighing] 976 00:54:22,751 --> 00:54:24,168 [whispering voice] Ciri… 977 00:54:25,334 --> 00:54:26,543 [wind whistling] 978 00:54:30,084 --> 00:54:32,043 [wind howling] 979 00:54:32,793 --> 00:54:34,501 [hooves thundering] 980 00:54:35,126 --> 00:54:37,168 [Eredin] Cirilla! 981 00:54:37,668 --> 00:54:40,126 Cirilla! 982 00:54:43,334 --> 00:54:44,626 -[deep voice] Cirilla! -[neighing] 983 00:54:44,709 --> 00:54:47,459 [Eredin] Cirilla! 984 00:54:52,168 --> 00:54:54,418 No. You're ghosts. Corpses. 985 00:54:55,001 --> 00:54:59,834 Yes, we are corpses, but you are death itself! 986 00:55:05,918 --> 00:55:07,668 Join us. 987 00:55:09,043 --> 00:55:10,709 [yells] 988 00:55:15,918 --> 00:55:17,876 [horses screaming] 989 00:55:17,959 --> 00:55:19,959 [roaring] 990 00:55:26,626 --> 00:55:27,918 You found me. 991 00:55:34,293 --> 00:55:36,293 [foreboding music] 992 00:55:55,751 --> 00:55:56,876 They were real.