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Our children, I was once told, are

like arrows shot into the future--

into time rather than space.

We cannot know how far they will travel,

but we can have some control over

which direction they point,with how much force they leave.

And there, our control ends.

Once released, their on their own.

You cannot tell where they will land.

And we watch, in the hope

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Sorry to have called you back, but the, uh,

workman uncovered some kind of secret room.

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So what do you think?

Kind of strange my father forcedme to witness the demolition.

It was a codicil to thewill, it has to be followed.

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What about this secret room?

Any special instructions on that?

HUGHES: No I just thoughtyou needed to be present

when they opened the vault.

GRANT: What vault?

HUGHES: The one they found whenthey punched through the wall.

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GRANT: Jesus, look at this thing.

HUGHES: They didn't knowit was back here until they

cleared out the debris.

GRANT: Let's open it up.

HUGHES: Go ahead.

[jackhammer]

GRANT: Let's see what's there.

[coughing]

HUGHES: Well.

Oh, mighty.

What the f--

HUGHES: Some kind of strange bed.

GRANT: This is-- this is too weird.

HUGHES: It's, uh, yours to do with as you wish.

What am I going to do with this thing?

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That was it?

That was it.

Just want you to know that I popped

a hernia getting this thing in here.

And I'm gonna polish it up for your benefit.

God, preserve me.

A romantic.

Come on, it doesn't even squeak.

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[wind blowing]

[match burning]

Dad?

Stay Away.

GRANT: I don't know if I was dreaming or not,

but I was looking in themirror, and I though I saw him.

It was a dream.

I don't know what it was.

Scared the hell out of me though.

A good nightmare usually does.

He was really afraid of something.

Was he asking for help?

Never asked for my helpwhen he life, I know that.

I'm gonna go back to his place and see if there's

anything I've left behind.

I'd come, but I've got a shoot.

It's OK.

Are you gonna be all right?

Yeah, I'll be fine.

Are you sure about this?

I thought you didn't giveyour keys to anybody.

People change.

Hey.

Hey!

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I think you dropped these out there.

My beads?

Give.

No.

You're of his blood.

You tell me what these are, and maybe

I'll give them back to you.

Your father he worshiped thegoat, consorted with demons,

fornicators.

My father was an investor.

He made a pact of blood,but he was taken all the same.

He died of an aneurysm.

A little blood vessel burst in his brain.

That's what the doctors will tell you.

But time is nothing to the the dark lords.

Here you go.

You're gonna need these more than me.

Have a nice life.

MRS. SAKS: Wait, don't go.

Your father died with this in his hand.

Take it.

Everything else he had, you better destroy.

[birds chirping]

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OK, so the neighbor ladywas strange and crazy.

Do you believe her?

Of course not.

I don't know if they were doing it, or not.

But she sure had some strangesexual ideas about him.

Uhuh.

We've been together for how long?

Three months.

Three months.

That's about 10 times the number of days

I saw my dad in my entire life.

So maybe your dad was a fornicator,

what's the matter with that?

Oh, nothing.

How do you explain this?

What?

Little lady had this, uhm, medallion.

Same symbols as these right here.

Maybe she saw the bed,figured if she copied it,

she'd get some for herself.

Maybe

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It is a wonderful bed.

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I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm going nuts.

It's OK, you just had another nightmare.

No, I'm really going nuts.

No, you're not.

You're just having ahard time coming to grips

with your father's death.

My father was cold and distant.

Move on, then.

Does it matter?

Yeah, it does.

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[whimpering]

That's it.

I'm gonna find somebodythat knows what this means.

JENNIFER: Grant, you have to let this go.

Someone was in the room with him when he died.

JENNIFER: Please, don't go.- Why not?

Just don't.

GRANT: I have to.

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[door chimes]

JADE WING: Hello?

Listen to me.

The cardamom you use for love spells

is the same cardamom you find in the supermarket.

On the spice rack.

That's where spices are usually found.

Right.

[phone hangs up]

I was wondering if youcould tell me about these.

What do they mean?

Who am I, a research librarian?

Now look, you plan on wasting my time

or do you have a legit interest?

Consulting fee.

Welcome to the world of the occult.

What this is is a tallowcandle-- M-16 of spellcasting

used to eliminate evil.

My father was holding that when he died.

So your father was a practitioner.

I didn't say that.

What's the matter, Ace?

Daddy didn't tell you hedid a little voodoo hoodoo

when the lights went out?

Look, could you just look at this for me?

Also daddy's?

This was carved intothe headboard of his bed.

This is gonna take some time.

Tell you this much right now,he has no weekend hobbyist.

This is serious, serious shit.

Oh, ah.

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Hey, hey.

Still with us?

I think so.

You may not be a believer, cowboy.

But it looks to me like you've got

some serious psychic enemies.

It's not me, my father.

They're yours now.

Sins of the father work in the dark world, too.

Hey, Ace.

One question.

Who do you know reallyhated your father's guts?

[door slams]

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What happened?

[inaudible] Someplace else.

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[whimpering]

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[heavy breathing]

She was my father's neighbor.

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Well she isn't anymore, pal.

How did she die?

Was it an aneurysm?

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You're scared you have whatever

disease your father had?

It's probably nothing.

Yeah.

Aneurysms aren't hereditary, right?

That's right.

Then Maybe I got some weirdchemicals working in my brain.

Maybe it's simple.

Maybe you just can't get usedto sleeping in this new bed.

Look, I'm not afraid of this stupid bed.

Then put your imagination aside.

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[heavy breathing]

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[screaming]

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Ah!

JENNIFER: You were tossing so much,

I went to sleep my own bed.

See you later.

Love, Jen.

No, you didn't.

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1964?

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How do you get rid of an evil spirit?

Hey, Ace.

I thought you were a skeptic.

- Not any more.- What changed your mind?

Seems you were right, my father had enemies.

OK, one question.

This bed of yours.

What's it made of?

Brass, solid brass.

High or low?

What the heck are you talking about?

Hey, it's important.

Bright yellow brass?

Dull gold brass?

Bright yellow, why?

OK, that's called high brass.

It's because of a low copper content.

I'm telling you, she's after me.

You're talking about goddamn brass.

Hey, you see high brassprotects you from all spirits--

good and evil.

OK, what you might have inherited,

kemosabe, is possibly the world's largest

protective amulet in history.

It's evil, it'smessing with my thoughts.

You're wrong about that, my friend.

You're sleeping on the verything that keeps evil away.

She killed my father.

She's doing something, man.

Brass or no brass, I need to protect myself.

OK.

OK, I've got something.

Come on.

This is very powerful stuff, OK?

As long as your proximity withmagic, you'll be protected.

You sure you want to do this?

Protected, how?

Let's put it this way, Ace.

This will not harm anyone mortal.

And if you follow this ritual, and if she

is from the dark world, youwon't be sorry, but she will.

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[door opening]

JENNIFER: Grant.

Grant!

I'm sorry, kitten.

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Don't put fire to it.

Why not?

You're human, this can't hurt you.

I'm not human.

I'm your protection.

Your father summoned me.

When he realized that he'd openthe gateway to the dark world,

he called for me.

I kept the beast at bay.

You killed my father!

Please, I'm telling you the truth.

The mirror is lying.

It's not telling you the truth.

All you have to do is trust me.

Just like he did?

You're wrong.

You're wrong.

I kept your father safe for 30 years.

You're wrong.

Bye, Jen.

Please, I'm telling you the truth.

Please.

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No!

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We try our best for our children.

We give them everything, everyadvantage we possibly can.

Sadly, we also pass on our sins,and failings, and weaknesses.

And so, sometimes we know exactly where

the arrow of our loins will land,

because we've given them no choice.

But you end up wherethey'll do the most damage.

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