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Previously onJeremiah...

The virus is still alive inside you.

I walk out that door and I can wipe out half the world all over again.

There is a way to get Markus and Jeremiah out of Valhalla Sector.

Sir, I have made contact with elements within Thunder Mountain.

In exchange for Markus, Erin, Jeremiah and his father

they're willing to give us the key to the Big Death virus.

Liberty, I'd like you to...

Meet Jeremiah, my son.

Is there any more like you back home?

So Jeremiah, Devon and Libby,

they have to stay alive and untouched or the world dies around them.

They're all dead.

No marks. They don't look like they have been infected.

We still have to find out where they stashed Theo

and the rest of the guys from the meeting at St. Louis.

Meaghan!

I can't go with you, Jeremiah. I'm gonna have to stay.

Why?

Valhalla Sector is still contaminated.

We're going to have to sterilize the entire place to make sure

that the virus doesn't have a chance to get out again.

Markus said he's going to leave a couple of his people behind to help out.

Besides, I'm going to have to make sure that my notes

and any information pertaining to Valhalla's military campaign is secured.

Hey, with a bit of luck, we'll be able to find out

where your people were taken after the raid in St. Louis.

You're welcome to stay if you like.

I... I can't. I got to get back to Thunder Mountain.

- Yeah. - This sucks.

No, no. It's all right. It's all right.

After what you've been through the last few days,

the interrogation, the tortures,

seeing the Big Death up close and personal

for a second time. Well, you need to rest and recover.

So does Libby. We need to get her away from all of this.

You're the only one she really knows and trusts.

Look. We'll get finished up here

and I'll meet you at Thunder Mountain, all right?

It's important for me to know that you're okay.

We've waited to see each other for 15 years,

we can wait another couple of days.

Hmm?

All right.

Look, I'm going to have to go.

We're sending in our first recon team

to find out whether anybody escaped infection.

I'll see you in a few days, all right? I love you.

Me... Me too, Dad.

You made me damn proud in there, Jeremiah.

Damn proud.

I heard a little of that.

- You did? - Yeah. You...

You both had a long time to think about what to say to each other

when and if you had the chance.

But 15 years apart is still 15 years apart.

It'll take him a while to get past the point of "Okay, we found each other."

Markus?

You know what, uh, high verbal is?

Yeah.

Good. Saves me the trouble.

You trying to say I talk too much?

'Cause we could talk about that.

Jeremiah? Jeremiah?

Jeremiah?

So what now?

Markus is beginning to put together a new alliance

with Theo and some of the other leaders.

But they were captured by Valhalla Sector.

Once my dad has information on where they're being held,

we go get them out.

I thought you were going to take a rest.

Compared to this week, it will be like a vacation.

How bad can it be?

Still no word from Valhalla Sector?

Nothing. Do you think something happened?

No. That place is freakin' impervious. You can't touch it.

- So what's going on? - I don't know.

But I'm going to find out, that's for goddamn sure.

We're on a clock here.

You. What are you up to? What happened to Valhalla Sector?

Fuck you!

Hit her again.

Fuck you, asshole!

It's been 15 years since a strange disease

wiped out all of the adults and left us kids to fend for ourselves.

Now I'm moving ahead, through the past.

♪ I can't let go

♪ I'm holding hope so tight

♪ It's hard to breathe When the whole world falls ♪

♪ I'm gonna put the stars back Back up in the sky ♪

♪ Let them all just shine down I'm gonna try ♪

♪ I believe we'll find The world together ♪

♪ Through your eyes

♪ That's all I can see

♪ I believe We're looking at forever ♪

♪ In a world Where we can be free ♪

♪ I believe

Stop!

Let's get something straight.

Yes, Valhalla Sector was the enemy,

and yes, they had to be stopped.

And maybe...

Maybe this way was the only way.

Several thousand people died getting it done

and that's not something you celebrate.

That's something you apologize for.

God says it took you people until now to figure that out?

Find anything?

No.

Nothing.

At least the power's still on.

I'm going to make my way down to the control center.

See if I can find anything there.

Roger that.

Look, don't you have anywhere to go?

- No. Why? - Because you're starting to creep me out.

No, actually, you were creeping me out

when I first met you.

It's just different levels of creeposity, you know.

I'm supposed to be here when you need me.

Well, I don't need you.

- Yes, you do. - No, I don't.

Look, I'm just trying to do a job here, all right?

If it was up to me, there are 100 other places I'd rather be right now.

Yeah, well, then go.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

Okay, I will.

You're still here?

Yeah. Funny that.

- Come on. - What?

- Hey, Kurdy. - Just shut up and come on.

Kurdy? How you doin', man?

I'm all right. How about yourself? - Well...

Listen. We came in together, but we didn't really have a chance to talk.

I'm Mister Smith.

- Mister Smith? - Yes.

- Your first name is Mister? - Yes.

- Mister Smith? - Yes.

So, like, if I was going to introduce you to somebody

I would say, "This is Mr. Mister Smith"?

- Yeah. - What the hell kind of name is that?

It's not something I talk about.

Listen, Kurdy.

Lot of stuff's going down, man.

I was thinking maybe you and I should sit down.

Yeah, well, right now me and Smith are talking.

Right. We have some things, important...

I have some issues.

Yeah, like the name thing.

One of thousands. Would you like to hear them alphabetically

or in order of psychic trauma?

No, you know what, I don't want to hear them.

- I'll catch you later. - No problem.

Told you, you needed me.

Would you just eat?

I don't need you.

There are just certain conversations

I don't feel like having right now.

Okay. No problem. I understand.

So where are you from?

You mean before the Death?

Portland.

Portland. Really? I'm from Portland.

How about that. We have something in common.

That makes us practically like homeboys.

This is the part where I just shut up and eat, right?

- Are you still there? - Right here. What have you got?

I found the CO's log sheets for communications to and from

the outposts we set up around the country.

I've been checking messages for the last few weeks

to see if I can find anything about...

Devon?

Just a sec.

Okay, Houston, we got a problem.

Did you find out where Theo and the others are being held?

Yeah.

That's not the problem.

Get Markus on the line, quick.

So...

why are we sitting under the stairs?

I know why I am sitting here.

Why you're sitting here,

I have no idea.

Okay.

You first.

I was five when they first found me

and brought me into Valhalla Sector.

For the first month they said I didn't sleep,

I didn't talk, I didn't dress myself.

I just

sat under one of the stairs all day

and only came out to use the bathroom.

You know, I don't actually remember doing it,

but why would they lie to me?

Does any of this...

I don't know, ring a bell?

No.

I thought I'd give it a shot, though.

You know, connect my inner tier to my outer tier

so I can balance them out.

You're safe here, you know.

Well, absolutely.

I knew I was safe at home before my folks died.

I knew I was safe at school before that went up into flames.

I knew I was safe at Valhalla Sector before...

It just seems like there's a whole lot of knowing going on

but not a whole lot of safe anywhere.

I think we're over the hump.

Over the hump...

still under the stairs.

Devon, what's up?

I've been going through the files

and I found where your people are being held.

It's a small town called Milhaven.

We use it as a transit point for people going to

and coming from Valhalla Sector.

We have agents there that pretty much run it in our behalf.

I'm familiar with this. So we'll just go in and get our people out.

Their standing orders are code named "Carthage."

Now Carthage was an ancient city

that was wiped out in a war with Rome.

Carthage in this context means that

if Milhaven has no contact with Valhalla Sector for more than a week,

they are to eliminate anyone who might act as a witness against them.

No survivors.

My guess is your people have about 48 hours to live.

Kurdy?

I'm sorry, I didn't know you were...

Nobody packed up her stuff.

Markus asked me to take care of it. It's just...

you know, hard.

I keep letting myself think that

if I leave things just as they were when she left

that she'd some back.

She's not coming back, Erin.

I know.

This was the first thing I gave her.

Not that it was mine to give. It was really Simon's,

but I gave it to her because...

I don't get it, Erin.

I mean, all my life I've been looking for that one person to believe in.

One person to love without question.

I never thought I'd find it.

And then one day,

bang...

there it is.

There she is.

Then the universe just takes her away from me.

Why would it bring me all that way

just to take it away from me again?

I don't know, Kurdy.

All we can do is

cherish the time we have when we have it

and treasure their memories after they're gone.

Try to do right by them.

Everything else is out of our control.

So you wanted to see me?

Uh...

Yeah. Markus wants to hold a strategy meeting, ASAP.

He wants you and Jeremiah there

because you two are the best team.

No, no, there is no more "us two."

Jeremiah told me what happened.

She was followed there. They were tracking all of us.

You can't blame him for what happened.

Look, the main thing is we've spent too much time together lately.

He's obsessed and I'm pissed.

I just need a little more time, all right? That's all.

I got some things I need to work through

and I don't want him around while I'm doing it.

I don't think that would be good for either one of us.

I know you're hurting.

The same way I know that sooner or later

pain will go away.

But your friends will always be here, and that's Jeremiah.

And that's me.

And that's everybody else here.

Tell Markus I'll be there.

But

I'll be there on my own.

We are so screwed.

Face facts, Theo, we're on our own. No one is coming to get us.

All this big talk. Markus is all air.

Yeah. The way I hear it, Markus got caught in his own cell.

Now he's supposed to be up in some real sweet little place in Valhalla Sector

spilling his heart out about us.

Selling us out to save his own neck.

Well, even if they got Markus, no way he'd sell us out.

He's that kind of noble that just drives you nuts.

And if his ass was any tighter, every time he smiled

you'd hear something unpleasant happening down south,

if you know what I'm saying.

No, if anybody is going to get us out of here...

it's Markus.

All I'm saying is

whatever's coming, we've got to look out for ourselves.

Now, these guys have made us a reasonable offer.

Right.

Now, one way or another there is going to be a new country.

Only question is, who is going to run it?

I say we tell them whatever they want to hear.

Whether we mean it or not, just so we can get the hell out of here.

Excuse me?

'Cause Theo can be wrong sometimes, not often, but sometimes.

About 30 seconds ago,

weren't you just complaining about Markus selling us out?

And now you want to do the same thing to save your own ass.

Anybody else see a contradiction here?

Or am I just nuts?

Just nuts pretty much covers it from where I sit.

You know why you're here?

No. Why am I here?

Because your mama's medical plan didn't cover abortions.

Why, you...

And since there won't be any new orders coming from Valhalla Sector any time soon,

at least not from anybody they'd recognize,

we have less than 48 hours before they decide to get rid of the evidence.

- Meaning Theo and the rest. - Exactly.

So what's the problem?

We get in, we hit them, we get out.

First, in taking down Valhalla Sector,

we mounted the largest assault we've ever attempted.

It's going to take a while to put the pieces back together again.

Second, we don't know what the situation is on the ground at Milhaven.

We don't know where they're being held. How many guards there are.

Who's holding them? We don't know anything.

So? Never stopped us before.

We need to stall and we need information and there is a way to do both.

When we came back from Valhalla Sector,

we grabbed a couple of their helicopters

'cause ours were in pretty bad shape.

They've got all the right transponders, markings, everything.

We can use them to send someone in

on the pretext that they're from Valhalla Sector.

Get the information we need and buy us some time.

When you say someone, I assume you mean me and Kurdy.

Uh... I need Kurdy on another part of the mission.

We'll pair you up with somebody else.

It won't do you any good.

Well, I mean...

These people aren't soldiers but they're not exactly stupid, either.

By now they're going to be wound up tighter than a drum

and anyone who goes in there and doesn't know exactly what they're doing

is going to get in a lot of trouble.

Uh...

What do you suggest?

Well,

I've been in Milhaven a few times

picking up bio-samples and other supplies.

We're not best pals but at least they'll recognize me.

I don't think it's a very good idea.

Neither do I.

In fact, I think it's a terrible idea.

It's the stupidest idea in the history of really stupid ideas.

But

I think it's the only one that'll work.

I don't like it, either, but she's got a point.

Thank you.

I mean, I've been there before,

I know the area, I can pretty much take care of myself. Right?

So if you know the area

and you can pretty much take care of yourself,

what do you need me to do?

Clean up.

Davis, you there?

Yeah, what's up?

Helicopter coming in.

It's about freaking time.

Hey. Good to see you. It's Liberty, right?

Right. It's Liberty Kaufman.

This is Jerry.

He is from Valhalla Sector's division of military intelligence.

Just stopping by to see the operation Gonna report back.

Oh. Well, it's good to see you guys.

Hadn't heard anything in a couple days. I was starting to get worried.

It's a communications problem.

The comm system uses a bounce back from the old slipstream satellites

and sometimes the solar flares can get pretty bad.

Enough to knock the system out of commission for a few days to a week.

So what's the good word?

Uh, well, there's another election coming up.

And they say that the air filtration system

is going to stop smelling like boiled cabbages,

but I think...

Oh.

Sorry.

Get rid of that, okay?

What did he do?

Worst thing you can do in Milhaven.

Lied to me.

You sure you want me in charge of this thing, Markus?

Positive.

You handled the attack on Valhalla Sector, you can handle this.

And the others have your trust, that means a lot.

You'll get on the road as soon as possible.

When Jeremiah calls in with the details,

we'll relay the information to you en route.

By the time you get there, should be ready to go.

Look, I just don't want anyone to think that I'm grabbing for authority, that's all.

I mean, I'm not a leader. I'm just a guy.

All the best leaders are.

You better go. You have to pick your immediate support team.

They got to be good at what they do, Kurdy.

But more importantly they got to be loyal to you. So choose well.

This is where it starts, Erin.

We're applying force to the outside world

to shape it the way we want it to be.

In order to protect it from all the other people

who want to use force to shape the world.

It has to be done. We just need to be sure we're right.

And for my next trick, I'll walk on water,

heal the lame and turn wine into water.

- It's water into wine. - Yeah.

Tomato, tomato.

Look...

I've got to do this thing.

And Markus says I should pick lieutenants who I could trust to be loyal.

Make no mistake. I do think you are a little nutty.

But the truth is you have saved my hide twice

and that's a big thing. So I owe you a chance to...

Are you listening to me?

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm okay. It's just...

What?

It's just...

Most of the time when God talks to me,

there's no tone in the voice.

It's not a male voice, it's not a female voice. It's...

It's not happy, it's not sad.

Doesn't even speak in an English accent,

which really messed me up for a while.

It's not one thing or another. It just sort of is,

you know?

But just now...

Just now...

there was sadness,

grief,

weariness.

And under all of it...

anger.

Real anger.

The kind of anger that makes you throw yourself on the ground

and cover you face and apologize

for everything you've done in your entire life.

God says,

"Look to the east and despair."

That's it?

Yeah. You just kind of had to be there.

Man, come on. We got work to do.

So the trucks pull up with, like, 200 prisoners

and I say to the guy,

"What the hell are we supposed to do with all these people?

I mean, we're still building up. Look at this place."

And he says, "Well, they don't have the facilities over at Valhalla Sector

to house that many people."

Neither do we.

It's not his problem. He's got orders from military intelligence.

Yeah. There's...

There's a contradiction in terms if I ever heard one.

Military intelligence.

Oh. No offense there.

Oh, uh, none taken.

Anyway, we find this place about half a mile south of here,

we take it over, we break them up into small groups

so they fit better.

And...

that's pretty much it.

Now, I'll tell you the truth.

I am going to be so glad when you guys take them off our hands.

They are a real pain in the ass.

There's this one in particular,

Theo.

I swear I would rather pluck my eyes out and spread them on toast

than spend ten minutes in a small room with that woman.

Theo? Isn't that the woman I'm supposed to talk to?

Yeah, right. Um, is there any chance we could talk to her?

No, no way.

We're given strict instructions.

No one's allowed in the holding area

without written authorization from General Waverly. So...

But, um...

You know, we could see her privately. You could bring her to us.

Theo? In private with...

You're either really brave or really stupid...

or both.

But sure. What the hell. I guess it's okay, you know.

I'll bring her by in the morning.

Then you can... You guys can get some sleep. You're going to need it.

You know, the more I see people like that,

the more I think that maybe Daniel is right.

- Daniel? - No, no. Don't go off of me.

I know you people from Valhalla Sector

don't care much for Daniel or what he has to say,

but, you know, sometimes I think

he's got some pretty good ideas.

I really love what you've done here, though.

I see you've finally got the power working again.

Oh, yeah, yeah. Just a few places, though. Here, town hall,

all my lieutenants have power.

You see we use it as sort of this inducement.

You work with us, we work with you.

And everybody else?

You know, I think it was Socrates who said,

"Fuck 'em."

All right, we're locked and loaded.

We leave in 15 minutes.

Is it the carrot or the stick?

The carrot would be great.

Good choice, my man.

Can I ask you a question?

What got you started on this whole

"God talks to me" stuff in the first place?

The first time I heard God speak...

it was kind of hard to know exactly what happened

'cause I was kind of dead at the time.

I'd just given up, okay?

I mean, I...

It had been a rough life and it wasn't getting any easier

and I just decided enough was enough.

So I stood in the middle of this bridge

and I said, "I'm tired.

And I'm done now."

And I jumped.

The reason I chose that way was because

I can't swim for shit and I wanted to make sure

I got the job done right, you know?

I remember, I was afraid to open my mouth.

But finally,

I forced it open and let the water into my lungs.

The next thing I knew, I was sinking.

And it was quiet.

Muffled.

Peaceful.

It was like I was going to sleep.

Then I heard this voice

say,

"Not yet.

Not yet.

There's work to be done."

And I got mad.

And I said, "Screw you." 'Cause I knew who it was.

When you're that close to death, you know what that voice is.

I said, "Screw you.

You ran out on us. You let pain and death into the world.

And now look at us. Look at what we've become.

What you let it happen."

The voice said,

"I know.

I know.

I've been away too long.

But I'm back now.

My voice will be heard.

You will be my voice."

Anyway, the next thing I knew,

I was awake on the shore and there were people around saying

they saw a wave wash me up and just leave me there.

It scared the hell out of me.

Why? They thought you were dead?

No.

So what's so scary about seeing a wave wash somebody on the shore?

It was a lake.

So did he say anything else to you that first day?

Yeah. Just two words.

And I got the impression they were real important.

I still haven't been able to figure out what they mean

and what they have to do with anything else.

Oh, well, let me guess.

Jesus saves.

All right, I got it.

Happy birthday.

All right, Smith.

What were the two words God said to you that first day?

Fractal theory.

What the hell is fractal theory?

How the hell am I supposed to know?

I'm just God's sock puppet, okay?

He shoves his hand up my ass and words come out the other end.

Who knew math was involved?

We've got to roust them up.

Davis says the guys from Valhalla want to see one of them.

Which one?

Theo.

Shouldn't I be watching the front or something?

You know, so we'll know when they bring her in?

Not necessary, believe me. You will know.

I just got to finish this before they get back.

God damn it, you asshole!

Let me guess, that must be Theo. - That's Theo.

I'm going to kick your ass so hard

your granddaddy is going to feel it.

- Well, this is Theo. - What the fuck?

We finally get to meet face to face.

Yeah.

Good. Well, that's good.

So tell the truth.

Am I everything you ever dreamed of and more?

Actually, a little less.

But I'm prepared to make you a deal.

See, we still don't know how many people escaped

from the little party we crashed in St. Louis.

Oh, you don't know?

Well, you got 200 of us here,

so you do the math. I'm not going to help you.

Are the facilities to your liking?

That dump. Are you out of your mind?

Who the hell thought sticking us in a school gym

was a good idea?

Huh? Do I look like a basketball player to you?

Oh, I don't know. Some cute little gym shorts, some sneakers,

you might surprise everybody.

The point is, Theo, it's a big world out there.

Now it can either be a very bad place

or it can be a really good place.

And that depends on you, on whether or not you want to work with us.

Now, if you cooperate with these gentlemen over here,

I can put in a good word for you.

If you don't, there is nothing that I can do for you.

There is something you can do for me.

What?

You can kiss my ass.

- You like my part of the show. - Yes, well...

You see, the woman's trouble.

I can't wait for you guys to take these jerks off our hands.

Get her out of here.

Now, this area here...

You sure you all right with the walking? - Yeah.

You took quite a shot to the self-esteem back there.

- I know, it's all right. - All right.

Anyways, like I was saying,

this area here separates our part of the town from the rest.

Like here, we've got water, power from a generator just down the street,

the works.

The others, they don't like it too much

but whoever has the power makes the rules, right?

- Right. - Yeah.

Here's why we have to control the food supply.

You see,

you give people too much and they just demand more.

The best way to keep them in line

is to ration stuff out in ways that suits our needs.

Keep them barefoot, off balance,

just hungry enough to do what they're told.

It's the only way to run a place like Milhaven, Jerry.

It's the only way.

Now here...

- Hey. - Hi, how's it going?

We're all set. What you got?

They're being held in a school gym

about half a mile south of here.

They may have been separated into different rooms.

- How many? - About 200.

We got word to them. Told them to get ready to move as soon as you do.

All right. You better get back before they start missing you.

Okay.

- Hey, Liberty? - Hmm?

How's Jeremiah holding up?

He's okay.

A little dented in a few places, but otherwise he's fine.

Should I tell him that you asked me about him?

No, just wondering.

Keep your head down, we're going in.

Take this.

Here.

You will need this when they come. - I won't touch it.

Libby.

- What are you looking at? - Nothing.

Just waiting.

For what?

Santa.

'Cause it's Christmas, baby.

- Everybody out, now! - Move! Move! Move!

Davis. Shit!

What's wrong?

One of the guys we traded with just got in.

He said Valhalla Sector fell three days ago.

What? What happened?

He doesn't know for sure.

All he does know is that everybody is dead.

Well, if it fell three days ago...

We've been tricked.

Damn it.

Tell the others.

Get some of our guys up here. Double up on the prisoners.

All right.

Where is he? Where is he?

Hey!

Come on.

Well, hello, boys.

Oh!

Yeah, you better run.

- Any problems? - Some.

These guys are spread out all over the place.

It's going to be inch by inch for a while.

Come on.

Any more reports of fighting?

No, not since dawn.

And the guys in charge?

No sign of them.

Kurdy's tracking them down. I don't know.

Wouldn't hold out much hope, even with the extra help.

Once those people saw what was going on around here,

they split the party pretty fast.

Sounds like they've had a pretty rough run here for a while.

Which is a shame, because from what I can tell,

Valhalla Sector managed to rebuild a lot of the infrastructure here.

Yeah. They just, you know, didn't share the wealth,

kept it all to themselves.

Mm-hmm.

What do you mean, "mm-hmm"?

I said we're going to move into the outside world, make a statement.

This time would be a good place to start.

Turning things around, take what the outside world had exploited.

Give it direction, purpose.

Continue the rebuilding, but not just for the favored few and powerful.

Besides, this was a transit point for Valhalla Sector,

which means a lot of people will be coming through here all the time.

Gonna be a good hub for us.

Yeah, I agree.

Just have to find the right people to, uh, run it.

- Do the job right. - Yeah.

Which brings me to you.

You've always talked about all those years on the road you spent

dreaming about what it would be like to have a home.

A real home, in a town like this.

Be stable for a while.

I'd like to put you in charge of putting this place back together.

You've done us a lot of good on the road, Jeremiah,

but this is potentially a lot more important.

I don't know about being nailed down in one spot.

You know, it's hard sometimes.

But I like being able to move around.

That's my point.

You've been out there, scraping by, just like them.

You'll have their respect a lot faster

than if we send somebody from the Mountain.

And I've been thinking about asking Liberty to stick around, too.

She knows the town, they know her and she knows you.

When are you thinking of pulling the trigger on this thing?

Not for a while. We have to clear out some of the problems here

before we can bring somebody in to actually run the place.

I figure in another few weeks.

Well, I'll give it a shot. You think this is a good idea?

All my ideas are good ideas.

Markus, your modesty knows no end.

Thank you.

It's 'cause it knows no beginning, either.

I can live with that.

- How's it going? - Okay.

You're new here, right?

Yeah, I just got in.

I'm a friend of Kurdy's, actually.

Great guy.

Yeah. Yeah, he is.

So, where are you from originally?

Me? New Orleans.

New Orleans, no kidding? Me too.

How about that? We have something in common.

Guess that makes us practically homeboys, doesn't it?

Yo. Heard you were looking for me.

Kurdy, yeah. Come on in.

Any news on the Milhaven guys?

Who, the main guys? Nothing.

I think they got clear.

But we're still tracking down some of the lower level guys.

Well, hopefully it won't be a problem

now that they've lost their powerbase.

You heard about Jeremiah?

Yeah, and I think once that place is ready, he'll do well over there.

Good.

Anyway, that's all. I appreciate the update.

- Let me ask you a question. - Sure.

What is fractal theory?

Uh...

Fractal theory is a part of chaos theory.

It describes a series of identical geometric patterns

nested one inside the other to infinity.

Here, let's... Let's check it out.

And this gives us chaos theory, which says that the presence of chaos

may actually produce order and patterns like this on a much larger scale.

Chaos may actually be necessary for order to develop.

And not just order, but beauty.

What are those two dark areas?

Every fractal has a moment of transition

where it can grow one way or the other

depending on which strange attractor it's drawn to.

Strange attractor.

Um...

A set of points, such that all trajectories nearby are drawn to it.

Okay, well, I know what it does. But what is it, Markus?

No one knows.

They can see the effect it has on what's around it,

but science actually hasn't figured out what it is.

Some people think it's the final proof of the existence of God.

Because, like God we can see the effect

as it repeats the pattern infinitely throughout time,

creating beauty and order out of chaos.

But to find what it is, not possible.

But there's always one strange attractor in the bunch, huh?

No, actually. Oddly enough, there are usually two,

and everything that happens around them is defined by that division.

The greater the chaos, the greater the beauty that comes out of it.

Assuming that everything follows the right strange attractor.

'Cause that's what shapes the world around it.

Hey, I saw your fire.

It's cold, I didn't get a chance to grab my coat.

Do you mind if I join you?

Thanks.

So which way are you heading?

East.

There's somebody I want to see.

- You? - East.

I want to see this Daniel with my own eyes.

New world coming. I want to be part of it.