1
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[ both laughing ]

2
00:00:07,466 --> 00:00:10,100
Well, time to assume
my secret identity.

3
00:00:10,102 --> 00:00:12,169
Same time next week
for sword training?

4
00:00:12,171 --> 00:00:15,605
Yeah. It's a shame
I can't practice more at home.

5
00:00:15,607 --> 00:00:17,174
Hey, wait a sec.
Hup!

6
00:00:17,176 --> 00:00:19,009
May I?

7
00:00:20,978 --> 00:00:21,978
[ Gasps ]

8
00:00:21,980 --> 00:00:23,079
Here-eth.

9
00:00:23,081 --> 00:00:26,183
You can borrow-eth
my mother's sword...Eth.

10
00:00:26,185 --> 00:00:31,021
Steven, that's so nice,
if grammatically incorrect.

11
00:00:31,023 --> 00:00:35,192
But thou can't just givest me
thine mother's sword.

12
00:00:35,194 --> 00:00:37,260
Why not-eth?

13
00:00:37,262 --> 00:00:39,996
Because it's
really important-eth.

14
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That's exactly why
you should have-eth it.

15
00:00:42,868 --> 00:00:47,938
You can have all week
to practice-eth with it-eth.

16
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[ Laughs ]

17
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Pbbhhthank you.

18
00:00:50,809 --> 00:00:54,044
We got to be ready if we have to
fight Malachite or Peridot

19
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or those creepy
gem-fusion experiments.

20
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I'll make sure
nothing happens to it.

21
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[ Garage door whirring ]

22
00:01:00,452 --> 00:01:02,052
That's the garage door.
Mom's home.

23
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We have to hide
the sword.

24
00:01:03,722 --> 00:01:06,223
There's no way mom would let me
have this in the house.

25
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Lion? Lion?

26
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He walked off.

27
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What are we gonna do?!

28
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[ Door closes,
violin music playing ]

29
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Hi, mom. Just finishing
my 6:00 violin practice.

30
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You should have finished
five minutes ago.

31
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You're late
for your 7:00 study hour.

32
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Hello, Steven.

33
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Hi, Dr. Maheshwaren.

34
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How are you?
Sitting!

35
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[ Shudders ]
[ Sighs ]

36
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I had a rough day
at work,

37
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and I'm not in the mood
for any more surprises.

38
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What happened at work?

39
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There was a really strange case
at the hospital today --

40
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straight out
of a nightmare.

41
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Oh, don't worry.

42
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The rules of doctor-patient
confidentiality

43
00:01:43,762 --> 00:01:45,829
keep me from sharing
the graphic details, but --

44
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hang on a moment.
When did we get a coat rack?

45
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Oh, no.

46
00:01:51,236 --> 00:01:52,769
A sword?!

47
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Connie,
where did you get this?!

48
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It's --
I found it.

49
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I just found it
outside,

50
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and I wanted to show it
to Steven.

51
00:01:59,544 --> 00:02:02,946
How could you possibly
think this is okay?
It's --

52
00:02:02,948 --> 00:02:05,949
do you know how many children
I see every day in the hospital

53
00:02:05,951 --> 00:02:08,451
who've cut their faces off
playing with swords?

54
00:02:08,453 --> 00:02:09,786
I --
none!

55
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Because they all have
parents who love them

56
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and who don't let them play
around with deadly weapons

57
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like some kind
of gang member!

58
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No playing with swords
under any circumstances.

59
00:02:19,865 --> 00:02:21,932
[ Cellphone rings ]

60
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This is Dr. Maheshwaren.
Yes, calm down, straumburg.

61
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Another one?
Is she
gonna give it back?

62
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All right, I'll --
I'll be right there.

63
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I have to go
to the hospital.

64
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I'll have a talk
with your father

65
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to calculate
just how grounded you are.

66
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And we're using
the abacus.

67
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I hate that abacus.

68
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Steven, I'm so sorry.
She took your mother's sword.

69
00:02:43,789 --> 00:02:45,822
Maybe we can get her
to change her mind.

70
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She never, ever
changes her mind.

71
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We've got to get
that sword back ourselves.

72
00:02:51,396 --> 00:02:52,996
[ Crickets chirping ]

73
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Whoa!

74
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Ugh.

75
00:02:55,667 --> 00:02:57,901
We can't
bring Lion inside.

76
00:02:57,903 --> 00:03:01,738
I'd feel really bad
if my mom confiscated him, too.

77
00:03:01,740 --> 00:03:04,407
Oh, it's no problem.
He can stay out here.

78
00:03:04,409 --> 00:03:07,510
Look -- I finally found a way
to get him to do what I want.

79
00:03:07,512 --> 00:03:08,678
[ Chomp! ]

80
00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,181
[ Growling softly ]

81
00:03:11,183 --> 00:03:14,651
He didn't even take
the plastic off.

82
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What an animal.

83
00:03:16,188 --> 00:03:18,455
[ Both laugh ]

84
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Okay, serious.

85
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Yeah. Serious.

86
00:03:23,494 --> 00:03:26,029
This way.

87
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Ah, you mean
the super scary way.

88
00:03:29,201 --> 00:03:31,701
They turn the lights down
after dinner.

89
00:03:31,703 --> 00:03:33,837
[ Wheezing ]
What was that?

90
00:03:37,041 --> 00:03:40,643
[ Hinges creak, doors slam ]

91
00:03:40,645 --> 00:03:42,379
Man: Dr. west
ain't gonna like it.

92
00:03:42,381 --> 00:03:44,647
Woman: Well,
Dr. west isn't here.

93
00:03:44,649 --> 00:03:46,282
[ Both chuckle evilly ]

94
00:03:50,554 --> 00:03:52,889
[ Cellphone rings ]

95
00:03:52,891 --> 00:03:56,793
Yes, yes, I just got here.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

96
00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:04,034
[ Wheezing ]

97
00:04:04,036 --> 00:04:06,503
Where did you say
you found them?

98
00:04:06,505 --> 00:04:08,505
The side of the road?

99
00:04:08,507 --> 00:04:11,741
I'm not sure just yet.
I haven't had a look for myself.

100
00:04:11,743 --> 00:04:13,543
[ Groaning ]

101
00:04:13,545 --> 00:04:14,844
[ Gasps ]

102
00:04:14,846 --> 00:04:18,014
It doesn't look
like a car accident.

103
00:04:18,016 --> 00:04:20,083
You didn't find an I.D.?

104
00:04:20,085 --> 00:04:21,851
Listen,
I'll call you back

105
00:04:21,853 --> 00:04:24,320
when, or if,
I have an answer for you.

106
00:04:24,322 --> 00:04:25,488
Goodbye.

107
00:04:25,490 --> 00:04:26,689
[ Cellphone beeps ]

108
00:04:26,691 --> 00:04:28,491
Okay, now.

109
00:04:28,493 --> 00:04:31,694
[ Wheezes ]

110
00:04:31,696 --> 00:04:32,929
What's she doing?

111
00:04:32,931 --> 00:04:35,098
She's probably checking
their vitals.

112
00:04:35,100 --> 00:04:37,534
Haven't you been
to a hospital before?

113
00:04:37,536 --> 00:04:38,668
No.

114
00:04:38,670 --> 00:04:39,769
Oh. Lucky.

115
00:04:39,771 --> 00:04:42,705
[ Gasps ]
Steven, look.

116
00:04:42,707 --> 00:04:44,174
Hmm.

117
00:04:44,176 --> 00:04:45,708
[ Groans ]

118
00:04:45,710 --> 00:04:47,243
[ Wheezing ]

119
00:04:47,245 --> 00:04:48,478
Hmm.

120
00:04:50,381 --> 00:04:52,449
No heartbeat.

121
00:04:55,119 --> 00:04:59,189
Ugh.
Cheap hospital budgets.

122
00:05:09,567 --> 00:05:12,569
[ Screeches ]

123
00:05:12,571 --> 00:05:16,106
[ Wheezing ]

124
00:05:18,542 --> 00:05:21,277
[ Growling ]

125
00:05:21,779 --> 00:05:24,280
[ Growling continues ]

126
00:05:24,282 --> 00:05:25,648
[ Wheezing ]

127
00:05:25,650 --> 00:05:27,550
[ Wheezing stops ]

128
00:05:27,552 --> 00:05:29,486
[ Both sigh ]

129
00:05:29,488 --> 00:05:31,988
Connie!
Oh, no!

130
00:05:31,990 --> 00:05:35,425
How did you even --
what are you doing with this?!

131
00:05:35,427 --> 00:05:36,326
I made a rule --

132
00:05:36,328 --> 00:05:38,761
no swords
under any circumstances.

133
00:05:38,763 --> 00:05:39,963
But, mom!

134
00:05:39,965 --> 00:05:41,898
We will finish
this conversation at home.

135
00:05:41,900 --> 00:05:43,566
[ Clattering in distance ]

136
00:05:44,668 --> 00:05:46,636
[ Heavy footsteps ]

137
00:05:46,638 --> 00:05:50,707
Sir? Ma'am? Dr. west?

138
00:05:51,609 --> 00:05:53,843
[ Sighs ] He can't
take a day off, can he?

139
00:05:53,845 --> 00:05:55,512
[ Growls ]

140
00:05:55,514 --> 00:05:58,181
You?
It's my other patient.

141
00:05:58,183 --> 00:05:59,983
What are you doing
out of bed?

142
00:05:59,985 --> 00:06:01,851
Why aren't you with
Dr. straumburg?

143
00:06:01,853 --> 00:06:03,786
[ Growls ]
That's not a patient.

144
00:06:03,788 --> 00:06:05,989
[ Roars ]
Aah!

145
00:06:05,991 --> 00:06:08,324
[ Roaring, screeching ]

146
00:06:09,860 --> 00:06:11,361
I don't know
what's going on here,

147
00:06:11,363 --> 00:06:13,530
but I am going to get
to the bottom of it.

148
00:06:13,532 --> 00:06:16,266
[ Growling ]

149
00:06:16,268 --> 00:06:19,602
Connie, I think that's
one of the gem mutants.

150
00:06:19,604 --> 00:06:21,271
What? Are you sure?

151
00:06:21,273 --> 00:06:23,540
Pretty sure
at this point.

152
00:06:23,542 --> 00:06:27,110
Mom, I really, really,
really need that sword.

153
00:06:27,112 --> 00:06:30,013
Connie, no.
Now is not the time.

154
00:06:30,015 --> 00:06:32,549
[ Pounding ]

155
00:06:32,551 --> 00:06:35,385
Now is the perfect time,
mom!

156
00:06:35,387 --> 00:06:37,820
Connie,
what has gotten into you?

157
00:06:37,822 --> 00:06:41,491
You know I never go back
on a rule, young lady.

158
00:06:41,493 --> 00:06:44,360
There have to be
some exceptions.

159
00:06:44,362 --> 00:06:47,330
I'm not
some rule-driven robot.

160
00:06:47,332 --> 00:06:49,632
[ Screeching ]

161
00:06:49,634 --> 00:06:51,167
Aah!
Connie!

162
00:06:51,169 --> 00:06:52,569
Mom!

163
00:06:52,571 --> 00:06:53,937
I'll save you!

164
00:06:55,539 --> 00:06:57,740
Here!

165
00:06:57,742 --> 00:07:04,214
Keep your hands
off my Connie!

166
00:07:04,216 --> 00:07:06,749
These patients
are beyond reason.

167
00:07:06,751 --> 00:07:10,553
Mom, if you would just go back
on your rule this one time...

168
00:07:10,555 --> 00:07:13,223
[ Screeches ]
Aah!

169
00:07:13,225 --> 00:07:16,593
I just need to help Steven
to get us out of here!

170
00:07:17,761 --> 00:07:19,762
Mother knows best!

171
00:07:19,764 --> 00:07:22,332
[ Screeching ]

172
00:07:26,337 --> 00:07:28,438
[ Screeching ]

173
00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:29,839
Steven, come on!

174
00:07:29,841 --> 00:07:32,108
[ Screeching continues ]

175
00:07:46,290 --> 00:07:47,023
Oh, no.

176
00:07:47,025 --> 00:07:48,091
We're trapped.

177
00:07:48,093 --> 00:07:49,559
We don't have to be.

178
00:07:49,561 --> 00:07:52,128
[ Screeching continues ]

179
00:08:01,472 --> 00:08:04,607
Really, mom,
I know how to do this.

180
00:08:04,609 --> 00:08:05,808
No, you don't.

181
00:08:05,810 --> 00:08:07,777
Ugh! Yes, she does.

182
00:08:07,779 --> 00:08:09,145
She's been training.

183
00:08:09,147 --> 00:08:11,147
She wasn't playing around
with that sword.

184
00:08:11,149 --> 00:08:13,983
She was taking classes,
learning how to use it right.

185
00:08:13,985 --> 00:08:15,551
Even though
she's always studying

186
00:08:15,553 --> 00:08:17,654
or practicing tennis
or doing her homework,

187
00:08:17,656 --> 00:08:20,657
she still works really hard
to be a good sword fighter.

188
00:08:20,659 --> 00:08:24,260
No. No, no, no, no, no, no.
I know my daughter.

189
00:08:24,262 --> 00:08:26,996
I know what she's doing
every second of the day --

190
00:08:26,998 --> 00:08:29,399
all her activities,
all her internets.

191
00:08:29,401 --> 00:08:33,002
I know she's definitely not
some sword-fighting hooligan.

192
00:08:33,004 --> 00:08:34,771
You don't know me
at all!

193
00:08:34,773 --> 00:08:37,840
You still haven't even noticed
my glasses.

194
00:08:37,842 --> 00:08:39,842
What's wrong
with your glasses?

195
00:08:39,844 --> 00:08:41,844
They don't have lenses
anymore.

196
00:08:41,846 --> 00:08:45,315
I haven't needed actual glasses
for almost a year.

197
00:08:45,317 --> 00:08:48,651
What? Your eyesight
just magically got better?

198
00:08:48,653 --> 00:08:50,086
Yes!

199
00:08:50,088 --> 00:08:52,655
I've been dealing
with magic and monsters

200
00:08:52,657 --> 00:08:55,591
and things like these
since I met Steven.

201
00:08:55,593 --> 00:08:59,595
That's why I need you to believe
I know what to do here.

202
00:08:59,597 --> 00:09:01,030
But you --

203
00:09:01,032 --> 00:09:03,700
ugh!
There's no time for this.

204
00:09:03,702 --> 00:09:04,801
Ready?

205
00:09:04,803 --> 00:09:06,269
Drop the bubble.

206
00:09:07,538 --> 00:09:10,340
[ Screeching ]

207
00:09:10,342 --> 00:09:12,475
Ha!
[ Gasps ]

208
00:09:12,477 --> 00:09:14,510
[ Grunting ]

209
00:09:19,950 --> 00:09:22,251
[ Whoosh ]

210
00:09:28,859 --> 00:09:30,026
[ Crickets chirping ]

211
00:09:30,028 --> 00:09:31,861
So that's why
it had no pulse.

212
00:09:31,863 --> 00:09:33,396
Gem experiments.

213
00:09:33,398 --> 00:09:35,565
This is what
you've been doing?

214
00:09:35,567 --> 00:09:39,469
Training to fight
these...Things?

215
00:09:39,471 --> 00:09:40,236
Aah!

216
00:09:40,238 --> 00:09:41,904
Sorry,
Dr. Maheshwaren.

217
00:09:41,906 --> 00:09:44,240
That's my Lion.

218
00:09:44,242 --> 00:09:47,543
Mom, I'm really sorry
about lying to you.

219
00:09:47,545 --> 00:09:49,545
It started off
as a tiny secret,

220
00:09:49,547 --> 00:09:52,081
and then it felt like
if I didn't hide it,

221
00:09:52,083 --> 00:09:55,151
you wouldn't let me see Steven
ever again.

222
00:09:55,153 --> 00:09:58,821
Is that how you feel?
Are we too controlling?

223
00:09:58,823 --> 00:10:00,256
Maybe.

224
00:10:00,258 --> 00:10:02,325
I just wanted to be
a good mother.

225
00:10:02,327 --> 00:10:05,027
I-I just wanted
to protect you.

226
00:10:05,029 --> 00:10:08,030
I can protect myself now.

227
00:10:08,032 --> 00:10:11,567
[ Sighs ]

228
00:10:11,569 --> 00:10:12,735
Okay.

229
00:10:13,370 --> 00:10:15,371
We'll pull back
on the rules,

230
00:10:15,373 --> 00:10:17,507
and I'll try to keep
an open mind

231
00:10:17,509 --> 00:10:22,178
about this and that
and...Him.

232
00:10:23,580 --> 00:10:25,782
It scares me
that you can't talk to me.

233
00:10:25,784 --> 00:10:28,451
I need to know
what's happening in your life.

234
00:10:28,453 --> 00:10:31,721
I need to step in
when you're in over your head.

235
00:10:31,723 --> 00:10:35,124
Will you just promise me
you'll stop all this lying?

236
00:10:35,126 --> 00:10:37,860
That's a rule.

237
00:10:37,862 --> 00:10:39,862
I love you, honey.

238
00:10:39,864 --> 00:10:42,165
I love you too, mom.

239
00:10:52,209 --> 00:10:54,477
♪ I always thought
I might be bad ♪

240
00:10:54,479 --> 00:10:57,547
♪ now I'm sure that it's true

241
00:10:57,549 --> 00:11:01,150
♪ 'cause I think
you're so good ♪

242
00:11:01,152 --> 00:11:03,820
♪ and I'm nothing like you