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Shall we?
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I find the game fascinating.
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Deceptively simple,
isn't it?
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I have a repast.
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Say it.
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Panpepato, cheese, and wine.
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You made the panpepato?
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Yes. Because you like it.
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- Was that Amharic?
- Yes.
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I spent time in Abyssinia.
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I said that you hold her
in high regard.
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She labors hard and has embraced
both the Lord and our language.
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You taught her,
didn't you?
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I did. Just as you teach me this
game with patient persistence.
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Now, shall we get to play?
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That's the thing.
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I've yet to touch the board
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but already I've begun.
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The first principle
is to take the corners.
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The strategy is obvious.
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The corners are easier
to defend.
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It's brilliant.
High grade, beautifully milled.
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But it's missing something.
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I know! A jaunty bobbin lace
is what it needs.
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But even as we engage in
localized conflicts
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it is important to keep the
broader landscape in mind.
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The game can only be won
by pursuing
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seemingly opposing objectives
simultaneously.
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At any given moment.
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Lucrezia, my dear,
come tell us what you think.
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A stone can be considered to-
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alive, dead,
or unsettled.
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Lucrezia can you come out here,
dear?
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An unsettled stone
naturally presents the player
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with the largest
potential outcomes.
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- Are you heading out?
- Yes.
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- After curfew?
- I'll be fine.
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- Is that wise?
- I'm calling on Ginevra.
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I bought some herbs from the
montebianchi to treat her tetter.
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But I may need your help.
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I'm confident that Enzo is capable
of handling all of your needs.
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Goodnight.
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An opponent who can control
the flow of the game
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while appearing to play
defensively
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is often the most formidable.
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Go on. Move on.
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Come on! Stand up straight.
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Go on. Move on.
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Look down here on the left.
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- Signora Donati.
- Captain Dragonetti.
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Isn't it late for a woman of your
standing to be out for a stroll?
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On principle, I could arrest
you for violating curfew.
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True. But we both know that
it would be you, and not I,
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who would receive punishment.
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Enjoy the evening air, Signora.
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- Good evening, Gualberto.
- Signora.
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You look lovely
this evening.
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- As always.
- Thank you.
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- Your heart is racing.
- I didn't expect you to be here.
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I couldn't wait for you
any longer at the palazzo.
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Lorenzo.
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Let me.
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One of the most difficult
strategies to master is called...
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"Cross The Sea Unseen".
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Da Vinci!
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It entails identifying the
weakness in an opponent's position
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and exploiting it
beneath their notice.
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Da Vinci! Lorenzo believes you
are already at the forge!
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Da Vinci!
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What?
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Why weren't you there
at first light?
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They cast guns at sunrise.
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I don't have to pour
the metal myself, Becchi.
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These weapons are vital
to Florence's safety
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and you've sold
yourself as a war engineer.
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- What is that noxious smell?
- It's an experiment.
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I'm assessing the implications
of my guns.
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Da Vinci!
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Da Vinci!
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Ah, there you are, Maestro.
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Production progressing
smoothly, I trust?
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As smoothly as can be expected,
given these working conditions.
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Yes, but my guns. We will
have ten, as promised, yes?
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Our refusal to accept Rome's
Archbishop of Pisa
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only reinforces the need
to bolster our defenses.
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I am acutely aware of the pressures
converging on His Magnificence.
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What the devil is that
cloudy-eyed miscreant doing?
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- The tonality is off.
- Stop!
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Our sightless friend's keen ears
have detected an impurity.
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This is absurd.
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Your methods,
what's changed?
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Nothing. I've used
the finest ore, as dictated.
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- Well, then, the heat...
- Precisely as instructed.
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Well, there was that one moment
when we ran out of sulfur.
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- Why wasn't I consulted?
- It was incidental.
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What exactly is the issue here?
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If they've used
an inferior alloy,
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in this case,
too little sulfur,
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then the sound the guns make will
be half as loud as they should be.
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Who cares about
the fucking sound?
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We're not doing more
of your goddamn theatre.
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They need to obliterate
the enemy.
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Blow them to bits.
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- Please unhand me.
- Or what?
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You're threatening me
with a spoon now?
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Giuliano!
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As I was saying,
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the timbre of the barrel is also
indicative of its general properties.
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Start again.
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Don't scrimp on the sulfur
this time!
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He won't.
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You treat me like a fool.
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But I'm capable of leading.
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- The people love me.
- They love your face.
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But that smooth nose of yours
won't keep Rome from striking.
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Only Da Vinci's guns will.
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Come, Nico.
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These Medici currency vouchers
are weighing me down.
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I need to fly,
be free of this world.
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How much for your entire
inventory?
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More than you gave
me last time.
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Two florins?
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How about it, bird man?
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A little help, Nico?
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Excuse me.
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Now!
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I never tire
of watching that.
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Why didn't this one fly away?
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Signor Da Vinci.
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When will you ever
finish my portrait
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if we sit together
so infrequently?
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Maestro, I'll pick up some
more eggs for your pigments.
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On your way to or
from Lorenzo, then?
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You know my situation,
Leonardo.
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Just go.
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This is your chance,
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the cage is open.
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Do you think your
pursuit of knowledge
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makes you immune
to your emotions?
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You can't outrun them,
you know.
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Do you know,
I'm not running.
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I just have
competing interests.
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Like you.
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Curious, that bird.
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And paid for.
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You take it or I eat it.
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So, the plot thickens.
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You've broken off from a local
exchange and opened up a new front.
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I thought it was time a little chaos
was introduced into the play.
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What's going on?
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Inside me...
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the... the... devil...
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..clawing at my womb,
damning me!
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Oh, dear God.
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It can't be.
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Don't touch her.
We don't know what afflicts her.
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It's Sister Dolores.
I knew her at the Convent.
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The sweetest,
most innocent soul. Dolores?
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You there. Find some officers,
bring them here.
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It's me - Vanessa.
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You, your brother, Lorenzo,
making a new Sodom,
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gorging on filth,
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spewing out sin
onto Florence's streets.
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The Lord hates you!
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- What has befallen this woman?
- Demons, signor.
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Five of our fellow sisters from the Convent
of St Anthony have been possessed.
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The Medicis - copulators,
blasphemers
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corrupting our city.
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My eyes burn to look at you!
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Ssh.
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You let a mad woman
seize your blade.
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I ought to kill you with it!
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Take her away.
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Carefully and with respect.
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The rest of you...
go home.
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Pray for her soul.
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Go on, go!
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What in God's name are you doing
with these bodies?
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Leonardo, they're beginning to putrefy.
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And the stench has carried
into my studio.
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Andrea, please, can you not see that
I'm trying to pursue something here?
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Now look at this,
look at this.
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Africa...and Europe. Here?
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- Yes.
- See how they fit into this.
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Europe and Africa,
here and here...
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..and the Jew's map.
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It can only be where there are
now two land masses,
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there once was just one.
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Drifted apart over ages.
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And between them,
the great Atlantic.
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The Book of Leaves
has to be here, Andrea...
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..on this land mass
to the West.
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But you don't even know that
this land mass actually exists.
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Ignis fatuus. That's what this
Sons of Mithras business is.
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"Foolish fire".
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Children chasing after luminous
insects, thinking them faerie lights
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and finding themselves
neck-deep in swamp-mire.
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- Well, I'm not a child, Andrea.
- Yet you pursue this folly
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while your legitimate
commissions languish.
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- Maestro! Maestro!
- Yes, what is it, boy?
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Signora Donati saw Vanessa
leaving for the Convent St Anthony.
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And your point is?
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Demons possess
the nuns there!
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I saw one of the sisters.
She stabbed her own eyes out!
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Vanessa can fall victim to
the demons too!
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Demons have yet to be proven
the cause of anything
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except some rather
tedious sermons.
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- We need to help her!
- Fuck, Nico!
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If I dropped everything to pursue some
ill-conceived and asinine flight of fancy,
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I would never
get anything done!
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Well, I'll remember that
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the next time you decide to strap me
or Vanessa into your glider wings.
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The violence of her movements,
her screeching,
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she seemed possessed, Lorenzo.
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My brother saw one mad nun
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and thinks the Devil
is at large in Florence.
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It's not just the one.
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They say the Devil's
influence is spreading,
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and so must be a judgment
on this city.
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A judgment on the Medicis.
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We rise and fall
on the people's will.
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Until we can assess the cause,
demonic or otherwise,
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we'd best seal off the Convent.
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Yes, agreed.
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Given our trouble with Rome, we don't want
our own people questioning our piety.
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Let me handle it.
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The people beheld this woman
kill herself at the sight of me.
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If I resolve this,
I end the gossips as well.
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I'll take Dragonetti
and a couple of his officers.
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I'll get to the bottom
of this. I promise you.
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Oh, go on, then.
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Go!
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Out with it. You've the look of
having eaten something distasteful.
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If we can speak anywhere freely,
it's here, in our family chapel.
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The Vatican often appears to know our
strategies just as we employ them.
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They murder Sforza
to end our alliance with Milan.
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They ask to meet Da Vinci,
just as we hire him.
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Understandably, you've suggested
we have a spy within our court.
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But before we take more
aggressive steps
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towards rooting out
Rome's agent,
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I believe there's something
else we should consider.
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You married Clarice
to build ties with Rome.
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She still
has family there.
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Are you're suggesting that
my wife is trying to destroy us?
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Not trying, no.
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But she may be guilelessly
expressing things in her letters.
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- She may be unaware...
- Clarice is exceptional and she is loyal.
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"When life's path is steep,
keep your mind even."
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You taught me that
when I was a boy.
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00:19:10,186 --> 00:19:12,321
Keep your mind even.
251
00:19:17,094 --> 00:19:18,694
First this crisis
at the Convent,
252
00:19:18,762 --> 00:19:20,630
and now a traitor
in our midst.
253
00:19:21,865 --> 00:19:25,101
Take whatever steps
you must to find our spy.
254
00:19:25,169 --> 00:19:26,569
Do it quickly.
255
00:19:38,816 --> 00:19:39,816
There's someone ahead.
256
00:19:43,654 --> 00:19:45,688
- I'll handle this.
- Signor, I must insist.
257
00:19:45,756 --> 00:19:47,523
It's just a girl,
Captain.
258
00:19:56,033 --> 00:19:58,534
Steel yourself,
Bertino.
259
00:19:58,602 --> 00:20:01,971
Sister, can you hear me?
260
00:20:02,039 --> 00:20:03,706
We're here to help you.
261
00:20:03,774 --> 00:20:05,508
I am Giuliano de Medici...
262
00:20:15,385 --> 00:20:16,785
Stay with the horses.
263
00:20:26,496 --> 00:20:29,398
Sling her onto my horse,
tie her down.
264
00:20:29,466 --> 00:20:30,633
We'll take her
to the Convent.
265
00:20:30,701 --> 00:20:34,804
Look out!
266
00:20:40,510 --> 00:20:41,944
How many deaths
of the faithful
267
00:20:42,012 --> 00:20:43,846
will be laid at the feet
of the Medicis?
268
00:21:22,321 --> 00:21:23,821
Bertino!
269
00:21:46,580 --> 00:21:48,181
Dragonetti.
270
00:22:18,544 --> 00:22:22,413
Abyssus abyssum invocat.
Sed libera nos a Malo.
271
00:22:22,481 --> 00:22:24,716
Abyssus abyssum invocat.
272
00:22:24,784 --> 00:22:26,451
"Hell calls hell".
273
00:22:26,518 --> 00:22:28,987
One misstep leads to another.
274
00:22:29,055 --> 00:22:30,935
That's what's brought
the Devil to our doorstep.
275
00:22:32,124 --> 00:22:34,426
You and your brother
have denied God's will.
276
00:22:34,493 --> 00:22:36,161
Did you think
there wouldn't be a cost?
277
00:22:36,229 --> 00:22:40,131
Well, the cost is dear,
to be sure.
278
00:22:42,001 --> 00:22:45,637
But I'm not yet convinced it
was the Lord who levied it.
279
00:22:45,704 --> 00:22:46,972
What are you doing here?
280
00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:48,373
I've come looking
for a friend.
281
00:22:57,017 --> 00:22:58,651
Vanessa! Ssh!
282
00:22:58,718 --> 00:23:02,521
Ssh! Ssh!
283
00:23:07,261 --> 00:23:09,763
I know this woman.
284
00:23:09,830 --> 00:23:13,834
She was one of us,
a fellow Sister,
285
00:23:13,902 --> 00:23:17,304
then this lecher sold her promises of
a more colorful life.
286
00:23:19,007 --> 00:23:23,844
Burning, burning,
there's a fire inside me.
287
00:23:23,911 --> 00:23:25,111
The poor girl
came to aid us
288
00:23:25,179 --> 00:23:26,946
but was struck down
like the others.
289
00:23:27,014 --> 00:23:30,316
Well, how long have these...
possessions been going on?
290
00:23:30,384 --> 00:23:32,452
What business
is it of yours?
291
00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:34,821
Are you for God?
292
00:23:34,889 --> 00:23:37,390
I know what goes on
in your workshop.
293
00:23:37,458 --> 00:23:40,427
The nude modeling,
the carnal relations,
294
00:23:40,495 --> 00:23:43,831
the cadavers you debase
in the name of science.
295
00:23:43,898 --> 00:23:46,767
Your endeavors
condemn all they touch.
296
00:23:46,834 --> 00:23:49,369
We want none of
your assistance.
297
00:23:49,437 --> 00:23:51,772
Nor yours,
Signor Medici.
298
00:23:51,839 --> 00:23:55,609
Only fervid prayer
and penitence will stop this.
299
00:23:55,677 --> 00:23:58,345
Artista.
A word with you.
300
00:24:06,688 --> 00:24:10,691
Others are paid to do that, no?
301
00:24:12,727 --> 00:24:15,329
My father taught me no matter
the business surrounding you,
302
00:24:15,397 --> 00:24:16,897
never lose the count.
303
00:24:18,066 --> 00:24:21,336
For the Medicis are bankers
before all else.
304
00:24:21,403 --> 00:24:24,939
A wise man.
Taken before his time.
305
00:24:25,007 --> 00:24:26,641
"Piero the Gouty".
306
00:24:26,708 --> 00:24:29,677
For everything he was, he's
remembered most for his sickness.
307
00:24:29,745 --> 00:24:31,045
He is honored as a father.
308
00:24:31,113 --> 00:24:33,949
- To "Lorenzo the Magnificent".
- For now.
309
00:24:34,017 --> 00:24:36,986
Soon they may call me
by other names.
310
00:24:37,053 --> 00:24:40,489
Perhaps I'll be the banker who lost
the Papal accounts to the Pazzis.
311
00:24:40,557 --> 00:24:44,627
or the heretic who incurs the wrath
of Satan on Florence's innocents.
312
00:24:44,694 --> 00:24:46,928
My beloved,
you must get some rest.
313
00:24:50,232 --> 00:24:53,668
Today I thought of
sending Becchi away.
314
00:24:53,736 --> 00:24:57,972
- What? Why?
- I love him.
315
00:24:58,039 --> 00:25:00,007
He's been a second
father to me.
316
00:25:00,075 --> 00:25:04,411
But, but he questioned you.
317
00:25:04,479 --> 00:25:06,647
He thought that
you could be
318
00:25:06,715 --> 00:25:10,251
mistakenly sharing information
with your family.
319
00:25:10,318 --> 00:25:11,452
With Rome.
320
00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,387
Do you think asking
would offend me?
321
00:25:13,455 --> 00:25:16,023
- It offends me.
- It shouldn't.
322
00:25:16,091 --> 00:25:19,059
We live in craven times.
323
00:25:19,127 --> 00:25:22,463
A man would have a city in flames
to make his life more comfortable.
324
00:25:24,166 --> 00:25:28,369
You don't come at a snake from
the front, Lorenzo.
325
00:25:28,437 --> 00:25:32,774
If I were one, bringing this up
would be pointless.
326
00:25:32,842 --> 00:25:35,743
It would make you
vulnerable.
327
00:25:35,811 --> 00:25:39,013
You simply should have had my
letters read without my knowledge.
328
00:25:39,081 --> 00:25:43,084
In my last letter to my family,
I told them this:
329
00:25:43,151 --> 00:25:49,456
"There are none more loyal
to Lorenzo than I."
330
00:25:49,524 --> 00:25:56,997
"There are others who, if
Lorenzo fell, would move on.
331
00:25:57,065 --> 00:25:59,633
I could never "move on."
332
00:25:59,700 --> 00:26:02,469
I understand your need
for escape, Lorenzo.
333
00:26:02,537 --> 00:26:05,572
To feel apart
from your responsibility.
334
00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:09,243
You can have that escape.
But you do have to come back.
335
00:26:19,921 --> 00:26:24,492
You must always come back.
336
00:26:27,829 --> 00:26:29,831
Attend to your guns,
Da Vinci.
337
00:26:29,898 --> 00:26:32,233
I've been tasked
to handle this matter.
338
00:26:32,301 --> 00:26:33,935
And you're doing
an admirable job.
339
00:26:34,002 --> 00:26:37,138
I hear you slaughtered one of
the poor Sisters on the way in.
340
00:26:37,206 --> 00:26:40,274
- It was an accident.
- Incompetence often is.
341
00:26:40,342 --> 00:26:41,876
How dare you!
342
00:26:48,183 --> 00:26:49,951
Stay put.
343
00:26:54,756 --> 00:26:57,324
This is how you prove
your worth to Lorenzo?
344
00:26:57,392 --> 00:26:59,627
By killing his war engineer?
345
00:27:04,366 --> 00:27:08,803
Tell me something, Giuliano.
What is your plan?
346
00:27:08,871 --> 00:27:11,806
To seal off this place until
the evil spirits retreat.
347
00:27:11,874 --> 00:27:14,409
You won't inquire into
anything other than possession?
348
00:27:14,477 --> 00:27:15,945
Of course I will.
349
00:27:15,970 --> 00:27:18,047
Well, grace us with your
alternate theories then.
350
00:27:19,082 --> 00:27:22,017
- Please.
- Disease. Perhaps.
351
00:27:22,085 --> 00:27:24,386
- Right.
- Scrofula, plague.
352
00:27:24,454 --> 00:27:27,323
I know of no disease
that can ravage its host this quickly.
353
00:27:27,391 --> 00:27:29,091
Well, what, then?
354
00:27:29,159 --> 00:27:31,760
Before we accept
the Devil's work,
355
00:27:31,828 --> 00:27:34,797
shouldn't we first eliminate
the more profane causes?
356
00:27:34,865 --> 00:27:36,966
Consider panther cap
mushrooms.
357
00:27:37,033 --> 00:27:39,735
They're known to cause
hallucinations, even death.
358
00:27:39,803 --> 00:27:41,737
Right, let's see
what we've found.
359
00:27:46,309 --> 00:27:48,210
No, no, no,
360
00:27:49,379 --> 00:27:51,647
no, no, no.
361
00:27:54,217 --> 00:27:55,618
None of these
are the culprit.
362
00:27:55,685 --> 00:27:58,988
Right, next on our list,
wolf spiders.
363
00:27:59,055 --> 00:28:00,856
The poisonous bite
of the Lycosidae.
364
00:28:00,924 --> 00:28:04,059
That can cause a hysterical
state of movement called Tarantism.
365
00:28:04,127 --> 00:28:05,795
Wait!
366
00:28:05,862 --> 00:28:09,165
Alas, that's not
the villain we seek.
367
00:28:09,232 --> 00:28:12,001
Then what now, scribbler?
368
00:28:12,069 --> 00:28:14,203
Some art appreciation,
I think.
369
00:28:17,207 --> 00:28:19,775
What possible contaminant
can be found in here?
370
00:28:19,843 --> 00:28:22,378
Considering the florid images
the Sisters live amidst,
371
00:28:22,446 --> 00:28:25,815
not to mention the amateurish
technique on display here,
372
00:28:25,883 --> 00:28:27,250
is it any wonder
373
00:28:27,317 --> 00:28:30,853
the afflicted believe
themselves possessed?
374
00:28:30,921 --> 00:28:32,522
Have you gone mad too?
375
00:28:32,590 --> 00:28:35,525
I thought the pigments might
contain too much mercury.
376
00:28:35,592 --> 00:28:36,959
- But no.
- Enough, Da Vinci.
377
00:28:37,027 --> 00:28:38,695
When you start
licking paintings
378
00:28:38,762 --> 00:28:40,930
I think it's time to accept
that the Devil is here.
379
00:28:40,998 --> 00:28:42,732
Riders from Rome!
380
00:28:44,935 --> 00:28:49,072
For once, Giuliano,
you may be correct.
381
00:28:53,477 --> 00:28:55,245
Captain Grunwald.
382
00:28:55,312 --> 00:28:57,748
Giuliano de Medici.
383
00:28:57,815 --> 00:28:59,849
Pretty as always.
384
00:28:59,917 --> 00:29:01,618
I'd have thought
you loath to return,
385
00:29:01,685 --> 00:29:04,387
after your last mission
to Florence.
386
00:29:06,858 --> 00:29:09,126
We bring help
to the dear Sisters,
387
00:29:09,193 --> 00:29:11,261
in the person
of Prefect Mercuri.
388
00:29:11,329 --> 00:29:13,130
Lupo Mercuri?
389
00:29:13,197 --> 00:29:15,232
Curator of the
Vatican's Secret Archives?
390
00:29:15,299 --> 00:29:19,436
Today, I come as Prefect
for the Sacred Congregation of Rites.
391
00:29:19,503 --> 00:29:22,038
Your offer of assistance
is gracious, Prefect,
392
00:29:22,106 --> 00:29:26,576
but the Abbess is quite able
to lead the prayers for her flock.
393
00:29:26,644 --> 00:29:31,514
My orders are to execute
the holy rites for demonic exorcism.
394
00:29:31,582 --> 00:29:35,585
I have no plans to leave the good
sisters at the mercy of the Deceiver.
395
00:29:35,653 --> 00:29:37,487
And are you so attuned
to the infernal,
396
00:29:37,554 --> 00:29:40,056
you could sense their problems
all the way from Rome?
397
00:29:40,123 --> 00:29:42,291
We sent for aid days ago,
painter.
398
00:29:42,359 --> 00:29:45,728
We dare not reject Christ's
warriors in our hour of need.
399
00:29:55,006 --> 00:29:57,475
- Nephew.
- Your Grace.
400
00:29:57,543 --> 00:29:59,410
How goes the business
at the Convent?
401
00:29:59,478 --> 00:30:01,746
I fear the casualties mount.
402
00:30:01,813 --> 00:30:04,482
The Lord often requires
sacrifice.
403
00:30:04,550 --> 00:30:06,784
The Medicis crossed the Lord,
404
00:30:06,852 --> 00:30:09,453
refusing to appoint
our Archbishop in Pisa,
405
00:30:09,521 --> 00:30:12,255
employing a war engineer.
406
00:30:12,323 --> 00:30:15,092
It is God's will
to break Lorenzo
407
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:16,793
and all who support him.
408
00:30:16,861 --> 00:30:20,931
With the possible exception
of Da Vinci, I agree with you.
409
00:30:20,999 --> 00:30:24,368
Lucrezia Donati has him
tied up between her thighs,
410
00:30:24,436 --> 00:30:27,938
his alliance with the
Medicis is a fragile one.
411
00:30:28,006 --> 00:30:32,643
Those weapons he makes,
they could all be ours.
412
00:30:34,279 --> 00:30:36,714
And what of Da Vinci's
other alliances?
413
00:30:36,782 --> 00:30:38,849
Has he not sided with
the Sons of Mithras?
414
00:30:38,917 --> 00:30:41,319
Da Vinci can deliver us
The Book of Leaves.
415
00:30:41,386 --> 00:30:44,655
All signs point to it
being in Florence,
416
00:30:44,723 --> 00:30:48,392
and then he can aid in unlocking
its unparalleled knowledge.
417
00:30:49,728 --> 00:30:54,664
Surely, the Lord wills
that we embrace him.
418
00:30:54,732 --> 00:30:57,233
Do you tell me
what the Lord wills?
419
00:30:58,703 --> 00:31:00,203
Of course not, Father.
420
00:31:00,271 --> 00:31:01,838
Holy Father.
421
00:31:13,750 --> 00:31:15,917
Find a way, then.
422
00:31:15,985 --> 00:31:19,721
Make this Da Vinci ours,
if it amuses you.
423
00:31:21,958 --> 00:31:24,726
Oh, Riario, your slave girl.
424
00:31:24,794 --> 00:31:26,428
The Abyssinian.
425
00:31:26,496 --> 00:31:28,130
I want her for tonight.
426
00:31:31,301 --> 00:31:34,336
Don't fret. You'll have
her back in the morning.
427
00:31:44,314 --> 00:31:45,581
Whoa!
428
00:31:51,488 --> 00:31:52,989
Thank you, Gualberto.
429
00:31:58,429 --> 00:32:00,430
Lorenzo?
430
00:32:00,498 --> 00:32:04,434
No.
I know how he summons you.
431
00:32:04,501 --> 00:32:09,272
Gualberto, the carriage,
the rose.
432
00:32:10,374 --> 00:32:12,275
They're all up there.
433
00:32:12,343 --> 00:32:13,944
Lorenzo, his father.
434
00:32:14,012 --> 00:32:15,579
His grandfather, Cosimo.
435
00:32:15,647 --> 00:32:17,414
Giuliano, his lynx.
436
00:32:17,482 --> 00:32:23,220
His sisters, me, Becchi.
437
00:32:23,288 --> 00:32:26,924
Even that pig Duke Sforza.
438
00:32:26,992 --> 00:32:29,861
Because he was important
to Florence.
439
00:32:32,664 --> 00:32:36,500
Lorenzo
doesn't summon me.
440
00:32:36,568 --> 00:32:39,003
Oh, but he does.
441
00:32:39,070 --> 00:32:42,206
It hasn't always been you.
Lorenzo's had other diversions.
442
00:32:42,274 --> 00:32:45,810
Well, what do you want?
For me to stay away from him?
443
00:32:45,878 --> 00:32:48,447
I love him.
And I love this city.
444
00:32:50,550 --> 00:32:53,252
Perhaps
because he is this city.
445
00:32:53,319 --> 00:32:55,053
You see, we have to prevail.
446
00:32:55,121 --> 00:32:57,523
And do you think me
an impediment to that end?
447
00:32:57,590 --> 00:32:59,992
You cannot be as brazen
with your affections.
448
00:33:00,060 --> 00:33:02,294
Not in public.
449
00:33:03,497 --> 00:33:07,032
There is a conspirator
in our court.
450
00:33:07,100 --> 00:33:10,202
As we speak, Lorenzo continues
to eliminate suspects
451
00:33:10,270 --> 00:33:12,638
and draws the noose tighter.
452
00:33:12,706 --> 00:33:14,907
They will find the traitor
and execute him.
453
00:33:14,974 --> 00:33:18,744
But until then, any vulnerability against
Lorenzo could be exploited.
454
00:33:18,812 --> 00:33:21,247
You could be used as
leverage against him.
455
00:33:23,450 --> 00:33:25,751
You are a distraction.
That's your function.
456
00:33:25,819 --> 00:33:27,353
I will tolerate that.
457
00:33:27,421 --> 00:33:31,091
But I will not tolerate you
becoming a vulnerability.
458
00:33:33,828 --> 00:33:37,231
Wait five minutes
after I leave.
459
00:33:38,232 --> 00:33:44,504
Clarice,
I know you love him.
460
00:33:44,572 --> 00:33:47,473
How can you even
stand to look at me?
461
00:33:47,541 --> 00:33:50,242
Because I know you will
never be up on that wall.
462
00:33:55,281 --> 00:33:57,616
Ah, Signora.
463
00:33:57,683 --> 00:33:59,584
Might I have a word
before you depart?
464
00:33:59,652 --> 00:34:02,688
Are you and your husband
at home tomorrow?
465
00:34:02,755 --> 00:34:05,890
It's vital I question you
about any recent travels.
466
00:34:05,958 --> 00:34:08,293
- Our travels?
- Forgive my indelicacy,
467
00:34:08,361 --> 00:34:12,698
but Lorenzo requests I track the
comings and goings of everyone
468
00:34:12,766 --> 00:34:14,868
with access to the palace.
469
00:34:14,935 --> 00:34:17,737
Given these vexing times,
we can't make exceptions.
470
00:34:17,805 --> 00:34:18,981
Absolutely.
471
00:34:19,006 --> 00:34:21,168
Niccolo and I will assist
you in any way that we can.
472
00:34:21,208 --> 00:34:24,510
Excellent.
Tomorrow noon then?
473
00:34:24,578 --> 00:34:27,580
Yes. Good day,
Gentile.
474
00:34:38,992 --> 00:34:43,429
Gualberto, you shall
retrieve me again this evening.
475
00:34:43,497 --> 00:34:45,865
Lorenzo requires
my presence.
476
00:34:56,845 --> 00:34:59,380
I cast you out,
infernal adversary!
477
00:34:59,447 --> 00:35:01,349
Begone from
our Sister Oriana,
478
00:35:01,416 --> 00:35:03,384
from all made
in the image of God
479
00:35:03,452 --> 00:35:06,021
and redeemed by the precious
blood of the divine Lamb.
480
00:35:06,089 --> 00:35:08,390
The most high God
commands you!
481
00:35:08,458 --> 00:35:10,826
- Man of Rome.
- The Most High God commands you.
482
00:35:10,894 --> 00:35:13,529
- I know why you came.
- Eternal Word of God made flesh.
483
00:35:13,597 --> 00:35:14,677
I know what you crave.
484
00:35:14,702 --> 00:35:17,434
The sacred mystery of
the cross commands you.
485
00:35:17,534 --> 00:35:21,070
- I know what you crave.
- The exalted Virgin Mary commands you.
486
00:35:21,138 --> 00:35:23,539
All you think about
is fucking.
487
00:35:23,607 --> 00:35:26,742
I adjure you by the living God,
by the true God,
488
00:35:26,810 --> 00:35:30,513
cease your deception
of this woman!
489
00:35:30,581 --> 00:35:32,749
Begone!
490
00:35:32,816 --> 00:35:34,584
- Begone!
- Prefect Mercuri!
491
00:35:34,651 --> 00:35:36,118
Silence!
492
00:35:39,289 --> 00:35:45,695
I command you, begone!
493
00:35:45,763 --> 00:35:48,131
The moments before she died,
494
00:35:48,198 --> 00:35:51,234
I saw the light of God
in her eyes.
495
00:35:51,302 --> 00:35:53,369
She is saved.
496
00:35:55,006 --> 00:35:59,142
Tell me something, Prefect.
In all your time doing this,
497
00:35:59,210 --> 00:36:02,212
have you ever met a demon that
you couldn't expel?
498
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:04,614
No.
499
00:36:04,682 --> 00:36:06,482
"Ex umbra in solem".
500
00:36:06,550 --> 00:36:08,418
"From Shadow into the Light".
501
00:36:08,486 --> 00:36:12,454
Epigram of
the Secret Archives.
502
00:36:17,393 --> 00:36:20,828
Where am I? What am I doing?
503
00:36:20,896 --> 00:36:22,763
You're at the Convent.
504
00:36:22,831 --> 00:36:25,633
You're at the Convent.
Sshh. Sshh.
505
00:36:25,700 --> 00:36:28,602
- But I left it for you.
- You returned.
506
00:36:28,670 --> 00:36:33,975
You came back to
aid your friends.
507
00:36:34,043 --> 00:36:37,245
You lied, Leonardo.
508
00:36:37,313 --> 00:36:41,849
You promised me wonders.
509
00:36:41,917 --> 00:36:46,988
You said we'd fly.
You said we'd burn like the sun,
510
00:36:47,055 --> 00:36:51,025
but there's no sun
in your world.
511
00:36:51,093 --> 00:36:55,663
There's only coldness
and shadows.
512
00:36:55,730 --> 00:36:58,598
Ssh. Ssh. Calm yourself.
513
00:36:58,666 --> 00:37:00,900
You've taken ill.
514
00:37:00,968 --> 00:37:04,137
You're so smart,
515
00:37:04,205 --> 00:37:06,473
you're so beautiful,
516
00:37:06,541 --> 00:37:16,216
but we're just toys
to you, aren't we?
517
00:37:16,284 --> 00:37:19,620
I think it is time to cleanse
this dear soul as well.
518
00:37:19,687 --> 00:37:22,956
Don't touch her.
Don't you...
519
00:37:23,024 --> 00:37:27,060
Surely she deserves a chance to
fight this herself.
520
00:37:27,128 --> 00:37:31,497
Just one more day.
521
00:37:31,565 --> 00:37:33,900
In God's name.
522
00:37:33,967 --> 00:37:36,436
Till dawn, then.
523
00:37:36,504 --> 00:37:38,472
If you cannot
solve this by morning,
524
00:37:38,540 --> 00:37:41,241
we must burn
this evil out of them.
525
00:37:55,358 --> 00:37:57,425
Foolish fire.
526
00:38:04,834 --> 00:38:07,803
No!
527
00:38:13,309 --> 00:38:16,778
I'm going to fly for you,
Leo, fly to the sun.
528
00:38:44,773 --> 00:38:50,278
You're on Florentine soil, you
sheep-biting scut and I want you out. Now.
529
00:38:50,345 --> 00:38:52,981
Tough talk from the golden boy...
530
00:38:53,048 --> 00:38:55,049
..without your brother
to back it up.
531
00:38:57,019 --> 00:39:00,255
No matter. It won't be long till the
both of you are run out of town.
532
00:39:00,322 --> 00:39:02,356
- How do you figure that?
- Simple.
533
00:39:02,424 --> 00:39:06,160
Rome has more men.
And the Lord on its side.
534
00:39:06,228 --> 00:39:08,529
Well, we've got ten
pipe organ muskets
535
00:39:08,597 --> 00:39:13,567
capable of firing
33 rounds a minute on ours.
536
00:39:13,635 --> 00:39:16,170
Ten guns?
537
00:39:16,238 --> 00:39:18,907
Good to know,
thank you for that.
538
00:39:35,191 --> 00:39:37,058
I'll be fine on my own.
539
00:39:37,126 --> 00:39:39,727
As you wish,
Signora.
540
00:39:39,795 --> 00:39:41,930
We're starting
to eliminate suspects.
541
00:39:41,998 --> 00:39:44,632
Some of the counters,
the cooks.
542
00:39:44,700 --> 00:39:46,768
The circle of suspicion
grows smaller.
543
00:39:46,835 --> 00:39:49,104
Most will prove loyal.
544
00:39:49,171 --> 00:39:50,872
One will slip.
545
00:39:50,940 --> 00:39:52,974
And then we'll have him.
546
00:40:21,038 --> 00:40:22,438
I didn't send for you.
547
00:40:22,506 --> 00:40:26,342
I think you did.
I felt it.
548
00:40:27,611 --> 00:40:30,713
Matters of state obsess me.
549
00:40:30,781 --> 00:40:31,981
Please go.
550
00:40:32,049 --> 00:40:34,684
There are those who
saw me arrive -
551
00:40:34,752 --> 00:40:38,721
Gualberto...
Officers of the Night.
552
00:40:40,057 --> 00:40:43,126
And they know I only
come here for you.
553
00:40:43,194 --> 00:40:46,629
They may think that
you finished with me...
554
00:40:46,697 --> 00:40:48,097
prematurely.
555
00:40:48,165 --> 00:40:51,034
They'll think what
I'll have them think.
556
00:40:51,102 --> 00:40:52,469
I don't want you here.
557
00:40:52,537 --> 00:40:55,039
No.
558
00:40:55,106 --> 00:40:56,474
Of course you don't.
559
00:41:50,195 --> 00:41:51,762
You're troubled.
560
00:41:51,830 --> 00:41:55,132
Tell me what it is.
561
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:59,036
Is it the spy?
562
00:41:59,104 --> 00:42:01,639
Your wife.
563
00:42:01,706 --> 00:42:05,576
She summoned me
this morning.
564
00:42:05,644 --> 00:42:07,745
- I'll have words with her.
- No, please don't.
565
00:42:07,812 --> 00:42:11,481
Her actions were only out
of concern for your safety.
566
00:42:13,518 --> 00:42:17,120
My love, this traitor
could be anyone,
567
00:42:17,188 --> 00:42:19,323
no matter how close
they are to you.
568
00:42:19,391 --> 00:42:21,224
Clarice's suspicions
are justified.
569
00:42:21,292 --> 00:42:24,061
You can't let your investigation
overlook anyone.
570
00:42:24,128 --> 00:42:26,430
Search even those
you suspect the least,
571
00:42:26,498 --> 00:42:29,099
for the threat may
reside anywhere -
572
00:42:29,167 --> 00:42:31,768
even in your own home.
573
00:42:49,654 --> 00:42:51,555
Maestro, that's 20.
Can I stop now?
574
00:42:51,622 --> 00:42:54,458
- Wash it all down.
- Why are you making me do this?
575
00:42:54,525 --> 00:42:57,828
We've eliminated
accidental causes.
576
00:42:57,895 --> 00:43:02,099
That leaves only
intentional contamination.
577
00:43:02,166 --> 00:43:05,769
- The wine and wafers are poisoned?
- Apparently not.
578
00:43:05,837 --> 00:43:09,039
It was a thought.
579
00:43:09,107 --> 00:43:11,208
Is it not possible
demons are the cause?
580
00:43:11,275 --> 00:43:12,909
It goes against logic.
581
00:43:12,977 --> 00:43:17,614
God punishes his admirers, and leaves
heathens like us unscathed?
582
00:43:17,682 --> 00:43:19,382
This has
the makings of a plot.
583
00:43:19,450 --> 00:43:21,718
Invoke the Devil,
make people afraid,
584
00:43:21,786 --> 00:43:26,122
and when they're afraid,
they stop asking questions.
585
00:43:26,190 --> 00:43:27,824
No, this isn't the work
of the Deceiver,
586
00:43:27,892 --> 00:43:30,726
this is a counter-attack.
587
00:43:30,794 --> 00:43:32,762
Rome is inducing
this possession.
588
00:43:32,829 --> 00:43:34,897
I know it.
589
00:43:34,965 --> 00:43:38,168
I just... I don't know how.
590
00:43:41,138 --> 00:43:44,474
Aargh!
591
00:43:44,542 --> 00:43:45,642
Bertino!
592
00:43:45,710 --> 00:43:49,179
I - N - R - I.
593
00:43:49,246 --> 00:43:52,415
I carved the letters from our
Savior's cross into his neck,
594
00:43:52,483 --> 00:43:55,285
driving out the demons.
595
00:43:55,352 --> 00:44:00,590
Which of you
will I save next?
596
00:44:00,658 --> 00:44:02,292
- Devil!
- No devil.
597
00:44:02,359 --> 00:44:04,394
- Just a Medici.
- Bind him securely!
598
00:44:09,166 --> 00:44:11,967
For this curse to pass
from the nuns
599
00:44:12,035 --> 00:44:14,770
to one of the Officers
of the Night,
600
00:44:14,837 --> 00:44:17,772
the answer has to be
right before us.
601
00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:19,941
- What has your man eaten today?
- Nothing.
602
00:44:20,009 --> 00:44:23,644
He offered up a fast to
Our Lord to help the afflicted nuns.
603
00:44:23,712 --> 00:44:26,247
- A pious man.
- The most pious of us all.
604
00:44:26,315 --> 00:44:31,453
Every moment, he would pray to Saint
Anthony to end the women's agony.
605
00:44:33,256 --> 00:44:36,024
- How did he pray?
- Kissing the feet of the statue.
606
00:44:36,092 --> 00:44:38,560
It's been a custom
for centuries.
607
00:44:38,628 --> 00:44:40,996
Vanessa, the others -
did they practice the same custom?
608
00:44:41,064 --> 00:44:44,199
Many of the Sisters here do.
609
00:44:44,267 --> 00:44:48,737
It may be time for your patron to
shed some light on our problem.
610
00:44:48,804 --> 00:44:50,405
I need fireflies.
611
00:45:08,157 --> 00:45:10,491
A capture.
612
00:45:10,559 --> 00:45:12,126
You've taught me well.
613
00:45:12,194 --> 00:45:16,264
My first victory
is close at hand.
614
00:45:16,332 --> 00:45:21,903
You should be careful not
to press a desperate foe too hard.
615
00:45:21,971 --> 00:45:28,210
Or you may find yourself at
the mercy of a divine move.
616
00:45:28,278 --> 00:45:35,885
'The inspired play turns
a losing game into victory.'
617
00:45:35,953 --> 00:45:39,222
Have your men
douse their lanterns.
618
00:45:39,289 --> 00:45:40,923
What are the fools up to now?
619
00:45:40,991 --> 00:45:43,359
It matters not,
this ends now.
620
00:45:43,426 --> 00:45:45,928
The distinct properties
of different lights
621
00:45:45,995 --> 00:45:49,965
enable us to see clearly what may
previously have been hidden.
622
00:45:50,033 --> 00:45:53,535
'The glow of the firefly,
for instance, intensifies anything red.'
623
00:45:53,603 --> 00:45:55,737
I've used it in the past
to calibrate crimson
624
00:45:55,805 --> 00:45:57,739
in my paints to
the most specific degree.
625
00:45:57,807 --> 00:45:59,841
But what does this
have to do with the demons?
626
00:46:02,011 --> 00:46:05,781
Everything, as it turns out.
627
00:46:05,848 --> 00:46:09,118
Some fungi, for instance,
628
00:46:09,186 --> 00:46:12,488
appear bright red
in certain lights.
629
00:46:17,527 --> 00:46:19,762
Burning! Make it stop!
630
00:46:19,829 --> 00:46:21,464
I will, my child.
631
00:46:21,532 --> 00:46:25,101
Prepare them with oil.
Time to burn the devil out!
632
00:46:36,447 --> 00:46:37,881
Brand her.
633
00:46:37,949 --> 00:46:40,851
Red ergot fungus!
634
00:46:40,919 --> 00:46:42,453
It normally grows on rye.
635
00:46:42,521 --> 00:46:46,257
The effects are dire: spasms,
vomiting, dropsy, gangrene,
636
00:46:46,325 --> 00:46:48,259
and, according to survivors,
637
00:46:48,327 --> 00:46:52,796
a distinct sensation of being
burned, as if by hellfire.
638
00:46:52,864 --> 00:46:54,364
It scrambles the mind,
you see.
639
00:46:54,432 --> 00:46:56,533
It causes hallucinations
and mania.
640
00:46:56,601 --> 00:47:00,004
Your mind is as scrambled as theirs, Da Vinci.
Now move aside or burn.
641
00:47:00,071 --> 00:47:03,473
We must cleanse this convent,
cauterize the infection.
642
00:47:03,541 --> 00:47:05,442
The nuns are beyond help,
643
00:47:05,510 --> 00:47:07,577
victims
of a spiritual assault.
644
00:47:07,645 --> 00:47:09,679
On that account,
I agree with you.
645
00:47:09,747 --> 00:47:14,717
An assault perpetrated by agents who
would seek to weaponize the Holy Spirit.
646
00:47:17,454 --> 00:47:21,456
The feet of the statue outside
are dusted with ergot.
647
00:47:21,524 --> 00:47:25,627
All of the victims kissed the feet of
Saint Anthony before falling sick.
648
00:47:25,695 --> 00:47:30,265
All of the stricken Sisters, Vanessa
- even your pious Officer, Bertino.
649
00:47:30,333 --> 00:47:32,068
To a person.
650
00:47:32,135 --> 00:47:34,403
- What you're suggesting is absurd!
- Is it?
651
00:47:34,471 --> 00:47:37,206
Then why have neither you nor
Captain Grunwald's men fallen sick?
652
00:47:37,273 --> 00:47:39,275
Hmm?
653
00:47:39,342 --> 00:47:41,511
Why aren't heretics
like Signor Medici,
654
00:47:41,578 --> 00:47:44,347
or young Nico,
or myself fallen sick?
655
00:47:44,414 --> 00:47:46,983
It's because we made no
obeisance to the statue.
656
00:47:47,051 --> 00:47:48,618
Nor did you or your men.
657
00:47:48,686 --> 00:47:51,387
I won't stand for this fatuous
slander another moment.
658
00:47:51,455 --> 00:47:55,090
Well, all you need to do is kiss the
feet of Saint Anthony to prove me wrong.
659
00:47:59,963 --> 00:48:02,931
"Red ergot"?
660
00:48:02,999 --> 00:48:05,167
Who ever heard
of such a thing?
661
00:48:05,235 --> 00:48:08,171
Stop! I will tell you.
662
00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:11,574
A historian by the name
of Geoffroy du Breuil
663
00:48:11,642 --> 00:48:14,611
recorded one such outbreak
in the 12th century.
664
00:48:14,679 --> 00:48:19,850
Perhaps you have a copy of it,
hidden amongst your Secret Archives?
665
00:48:23,255 --> 00:48:25,689
A treatment for
this affliction exists.
666
00:48:25,757 --> 00:48:28,993
It's a green ointment of these
herbs and vinegar,
667
00:48:29,060 --> 00:48:31,428
and a vigorous regime
of leeching.
668
00:48:34,565 --> 00:48:39,035
If we use this, we may still be able
to save those who've fallen sick.
669
00:48:39,102 --> 00:48:41,237
Well done, Da Vinci.
670
00:48:43,774 --> 00:48:45,141
Thank you Maestro.
671
00:49:37,830 --> 00:49:39,363
You know why you
brought us here.
672
00:49:40,666 --> 00:49:43,201
We died to prove your genius.
673
00:49:57,752 --> 00:50:00,453
Riario!
674
00:50:21,375 --> 00:50:24,311
Tell me what to say
to win the other key.
675
00:50:24,378 --> 00:50:27,814
Tell me what to say
to win the key!
676
00:50:27,882 --> 00:50:29,182
Tell me!
677
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:36,523
I am a son of Earth
and starry Heaven.
678
00:50:37,825 --> 00:50:42,728
I am a son of Earth
and starry...
679
00:50:48,870 --> 00:50:50,370
Mother?
680
00:50:58,847 --> 00:51:00,247
Mother?
681
00:51:00,315 --> 00:51:03,584
Da Vinci...
can you hear me?
682
00:51:03,652 --> 00:51:05,620
I think he's starting
to respond.
683
00:51:13,596 --> 00:51:16,999
Maestro...are you alright?
684
00:51:17,067 --> 00:51:20,469
You kept stirring
and crying out.
685
00:51:20,537 --> 00:51:23,306
Vanessa's lips.
686
00:51:23,374 --> 00:51:26,976
Vanessa's lips...
they bore the poison.
687
00:51:30,347 --> 00:51:32,748
- I was in a deep vision.
- Yes, we know.
688
00:51:32,816 --> 00:51:36,252
The Sisters have been
treating you all day long.
689
00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:39,622
- Vanessa? Is she -
- Perfectly fine.
690
00:51:44,228 --> 00:51:47,764
You've kept Rome from claiming
a beautiful victim.
691
00:51:47,832 --> 00:51:49,900
It's all over now.
692
00:51:49,967 --> 00:51:52,502
For me,
I fear it's just begun.
693
00:51:56,841 --> 00:51:58,575
"Satan,
694
00:51:58,643 --> 00:52:00,244
for it is written,
695
00:52:00,312 --> 00:52:04,849
you shall worship the Lord your
God, and Him only shall you serve."
696
00:52:04,916 --> 00:52:06,684
You know your scripture.
697
00:52:06,752 --> 00:52:10,722
I now know a great many things,
Cardinal.
698
00:52:13,726 --> 00:52:17,095
That's a message worth
delivering to Riario.
699
00:52:17,163 --> 00:52:22,601
Believe me, Count Riario
and I have much to discuss.
700
00:52:29,141 --> 00:52:32,110
How did they do it,
Maestro?
701
00:52:32,178 --> 00:52:34,245
It wouldn't have been hard.
702
00:52:34,313 --> 00:52:39,117
The Convent's open to all
worshipers, as the Prioress said.
703
00:52:39,185 --> 00:52:42,487
Just one single, sympathetic
agent could have strolled in,
704
00:52:42,555 --> 00:52:46,725
contaminated
the toes of Saint Anthony...
705
00:52:46,793 --> 00:52:50,862
..and waited.
706
00:52:50,930 --> 00:52:55,633
And then -
Abyssus abyssum invocat -
707
00:52:55,701 --> 00:52:57,735
'One misstep
leads to another.'
708
00:53:21,094 --> 00:53:24,530
'They poisoned the pious.'
709
00:53:24,597 --> 00:53:27,699
Oh, God,
have mercy on the believers.
710
00:53:27,767 --> 00:53:30,602
- We just bought Florence more time.
- Hm.
711
00:53:36,676 --> 00:53:39,477
- What is it?
- A rider brought word.
712
00:53:39,545 --> 00:53:42,847
Your brother let slip
how many guns we have.
713
00:53:42,915 --> 00:53:45,149
Production continues, but...
714
00:53:45,217 --> 00:53:47,218
Giuliano could've hidden his
error but admitted it.
715
00:53:47,286 --> 00:53:49,454
For all the good that does.
716
00:53:49,522 --> 00:53:53,758
Rome will strike when it knows
exactly what it faces.
717
00:53:53,826 --> 00:53:56,027
We'll have to produce
even more guns now.
718
00:53:58,297 --> 00:54:01,866
Oh, yes, I ordered a full search
of the palace, no stone unturned.
719
00:54:01,933 --> 00:54:03,200
Have you discovered
something?
720
00:54:03,268 --> 00:54:05,902
Perhaps we should discuss
this in private.
721
00:54:05,970 --> 00:54:20,650
Show me now, Conti, or I'll think
it's you with something to hide.
722
00:54:20,718 --> 00:54:22,219
Where did you find this?
723
00:54:22,286 --> 00:54:24,488
Where?
724
00:54:24,555 --> 00:54:26,123
In Signor Becchi's quarters.
725
00:54:26,190 --> 00:54:28,091
You lie!
726
00:54:28,159 --> 00:54:29,860
These are not mine!
727
00:54:29,928 --> 00:54:32,396
It was on a shelf,
il Magnifico. I swear.
728
00:54:32,463 --> 00:54:34,131
Hidden amongst other books.
729
00:54:34,198 --> 00:54:38,536
It was you.
730
00:54:38,603 --> 00:54:40,270
All along,
the traitor was you.
731
00:54:40,338 --> 00:54:42,339
Lorenzo,
this is a mistake.
732
00:54:42,407 --> 00:54:44,741
Roman Scudos.
733
00:54:44,809 --> 00:54:46,176
Papers with the Papal Seal.
734
00:54:46,244 --> 00:54:50,781
A list of locations to hide them
for delivery to Rome.
735
00:54:50,848 --> 00:54:54,285
Found in my home!
736
00:54:54,352 --> 00:54:56,020
- Please, Lorenzo...
- Silence!
737
00:54:56,087 --> 00:54:58,255
Or I'll cut out
your tongue myself.
738
00:55:02,427 --> 00:55:03,627
Remove him.
739
00:55:08,500 --> 00:55:10,234
To the Bargello.
740
00:55:13,605 --> 00:55:15,473
'It would appear
you've won again.'
741
00:55:17,343 --> 00:55:20,344
There will be other games.
742
00:55:20,412 --> 00:55:23,948
It's difficult, choosing
which path to follow,
743
00:55:24,016 --> 00:55:29,254
trying to see a way through all
the strategies you've initiated.
744
00:55:29,321 --> 00:55:31,022
No.
745
00:55:31,090 --> 00:55:34,359
No, that's not difficult.
746
00:55:34,427 --> 00:55:37,662
You simply have to believe.
747
00:55:37,730 --> 00:55:40,699
In my experience, there's
nothing simple about belief.
748
00:55:40,766 --> 00:55:43,502
That's the difference
between you and me.
749
00:55:46,506 --> 00:55:47,773
Not the only one.
750
00:56:02,023 --> 00:56:04,891
I heard you.
751
00:56:04,959 --> 00:56:06,626
Tell Zo to dispose of these.
752
00:56:06,694 --> 00:56:08,361
They've served their purpose.
753
00:56:13,334 --> 00:56:17,470
I gather he quite prefers
it in there, no?
754
00:56:19,973 --> 00:56:22,542
He doesn't seem to be
interested in his freedom,
755
00:56:22,609 --> 00:56:25,311
maybe he likes
his pretty cage.
756
00:56:41,261 --> 00:56:44,563
Ignis fatuus.
757
00:56:54,341 --> 00:56:58,211
As one game ends,
another begins.
758
00:57:04,652 --> 00:57:09,652
= sync, corrected by elderman =
759
00:57:09,752 --> 00:57:57,608
♪