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I feel like we're in the beginning of a horror movie.

Your sister Taiwo, where does she live?

This way.

Hmm.

Malt vinegar.

Patrick, another round!

-No, they don't! -Look what just came in.

Interesting town.

Why did your sister move here?

Because she's a masochist.

No offense. Lovely weather.

My father always said I got the brains.

Ibeji got the heart.

Taiwo and Kehinde, they're like dirty old hippies.

They are attracted to wherever the love is needed,

like flies to sh--

Fish and chips!

That was disturbingly fast.

You're stalling. Why?

Me? No, I'm not stalling.

I'm preparing.

If you knew what was good for you, you would too.

Is this a joke to you?

Trickster Orisha.

This whole fat world

is one big joke.

Come on, Sam. Let's go.

We'll find her ourselves.

Taiwo means "the first to touch the world."

She was the first of us.

The first twin born on Earth.

She knows we're here.

She'll find us.

She always finds us.

Even when you want to stay hidden, it seems.

Nice reflexes, English.

Huh.

Follow me.

Told ya.

Mm-mm.

Hmm.

Tyty!

You're looking, um, uh…

hard.

They have moisturizer now. You should look into it.

But really. Love what you've done with the place.

Lovely, strong Charles Dickens vibes.

The Ibeji twin decor around town? Love! Very on-brand.

What do they think you are?

A Tuatha Dé Danann fairy queen or something?

You haven't changed.

Pity.

We're here to find Kehinde.

Hmm.

Huh.

Uh… eh…

Oko is dead.

These bozos think Kehinde is next.

That's impossible.

His killer had his mask.

I know because

I gave it to her.

Ah… you should really check with me before saying things.

Look. Ah-ah.

Let's get out of the rain.

For Olorun's sake, offer us a drink now.

We are going to explain everything.

Uh… or she will.

I honestly don't know very much.

Big surprise there.

Wow, so you're really a god?

Hey, I am too!

Every word out of his mouth is licked with a lie.

I hope you know that.

Oh!

Fine, we're more like aides.

We aid and abet.

You guys are more like pets.

We met Yemeja.

Yeah, apparently, good old Mummy is living it up

in the land of tan lines and badonkadonk,

and is just wiping out annoying people with waves willy-nilly.

She said, with her mask, she could protect her people. We thought--

I can't protect anyone.

Eshu, does that belong to you?

Huh.

Our father, in his infinite wisdom, gave me the power to heal

after people have been wounded,

maimed, gutted, destroyed utterly.

We repair what humanity breaks.

We cannot protect.

This Mila is not the first to come after what is ours.

Humans are afraid of death most of all.

They fight it to the bitter end.

Hmph.

They think being immortal is the opposite of death.

Let her have it.

What?

Immortality is just a slow death.

Heavy lays the crown,

and my back is just about broken.

And what about your sister?

Kehinde's gone.

Our work broke her centuries ago.

There are folktales about her up north,

sightings of the Mad Queen.

Drinking habit's new.

Time is relative.

I'm glad it eats at you.

What you did.

I'm glad.

Huh.

Eshu?

I understand the desire to give up.

It is easier.

And quiet.

I suppose there's hope in the harder things.

Hope that getting back up will actually make a difference.

You don't know me, sassenach.

No, but I know you love your sister,

and if you choose not to take up that burden again,

I understand.

But at least let Kehinde choose for herself.

Tell us where she is.

Because if Mila gets there first,

I promise you she will not give Kehinde a choice.

You sure these are the right coordinates?

Because it's an iceberg in, like, the middle of nothing.

Technically, it's a Viking fort.

-Hmm! -And you'll be needing these.

Hmph.

May I ask--

I'd rather you didn't.

But I can tell you're not a woman who makes "no" an easy answer.

-I like that about you. -Come on, give me that!

Hmph. If nothing else.

When things got bad, Eshu hid from the world.

I know kung fu.

But Kehinde and I tried to save it.

Sides didn't matter.

Religion, politics, it never matters in the end.

Human beings are sacks of meat and bone,

whether they believe in Santa Claus or aliens.

Their pain is exactly the same.

Yes…

Hmm.

He tried to tell them once.

Nobody would listen.

You mean the story of Ile-Ife?

Huh. You know our history.

Mmm… I'm learning.

In the beginning, people were created equally.

It was a utopia.

But then people wanted to feel special, so they asked for more.

Not more.

Difference.

Eshu warned them it would lead to war and heartbreak.

Still, they wanted the choice to be different.

But he was right.

All it did was make them afraid of their differences.

When the French slavers came,

they thought they were different.

Better.

They took our people,

every item we called our own,

including our masks.

If I'm honest,

I never thought I'd be relieved to see it again.

Where did you find it?

On a shipwreck.

Those French slavers, their ship sank outside New Orleans.

Huh.

Somewhere in that skinny rat-ass coward

is someone who had the power to stop all that.

Hmm.

Hard to believe now, isn't it?

What do you mean?

He hasn't told you?

The power of his mask?

No sign of your friend.

She's here, or she soon will be.

She wouldn't have gone after your masks in New Orleans

if she didn't know where to use them.

Hmm.

Stay close.

Huh.

Ah-ah!

Hmm. Handsome man.

Start hacking.

Mmm… I'm not really built for manual labor like you.

Ow!

Yeesh.

Ah!

Hmph.

Are you mad?

I saw another way.

Keep hacking through.

Whoever gets there first, remember, Mila has Oko's mask,

and she won't hesitate to kill Kehinde for hers.

If it is you who gets to my sister first,

be careful.

Oh.

Kehinde?

I'm a friend.

I came with your siblings, Eshu and Taiwo.

Taiwo?

No.

We don't want to see her.

She'll make us do it again.

All over again.

Who are you?

I am nobody.

I just want to help.

Help?

We don't need your help.

They do out there.

More than we can give.

Lara?

Sister?

Sister, it's me.

Ife, is your hope so far gone?

Huh?

Let us find it again.

Together.

We can be as we were.

As a family.

We can be the hope.

Intruders! Conquerors!

It's Mila.

I'll hold her off.

You try to get her out of here.

I'm coming with.

Hmm.

Lara!

Hmm.

Ah, I thought you'd be shark chum by now.

Sorry to disappoint.

Huh?

They will never stop, will they?

I take no pleasure in this.

Huh? Oh!

Whoa!

No! Hey!

Ha!

Lara!

Lara.

Huh?

No. No.

No!

Sister.

We should go, sister.

Oh!

Don't worry.

I will protect the ones deserving of protection.

Her sacrifice will bring peace.

Mila!

Hmm.

Get off me!

Sister.

Come on, sister.

Come on.

Please. Please.

No!

This is what you all are.

You will always be this.

Yes.

That's why we need women like you to not give up.

Ah.

Well, if I were to grade our performance,

I'd say great

at messing everything up,

and bad at making things better,

as per usual.

I'm so sorry about your sister, Eshu.

It's hollow, telling Taiwo not to give up.

It's too much, Sam.

All of this. I mean, what are we doing?

Whatever we're doing, I don't want to do it anymore.

We do what we can, Lara.

It's all any of us can do.

But Taiwo and Kehinde, they had to do it alone for eons.

You have me, Jonah, Abby, Zip.

When things get hard,

you can't be afraid to lean.

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

Why are they even doing this?

You should've asked them when we had their full attention.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

That's not a bad idea.

Eshu's right.

We should just ask her.

No.

What? You have any better ideas?

Zip, phone the usual crew.

We're going to a party.