All language subtitles for the outpost s03e06.Kill the Rat, Kill the Kinj.eng

Previously on "The Outpost"...

Talon, you will love
being part of the United.

United?

Talon, you should be
joining us, not fighting us.

You've killed her!

No, it's not possible.

And what brings you all this way?

We've come to bring
peace to your village.

We'll find a way to stop Yavalla
from turning us all into her puppets,

but we need to do it together.

Talon! Talon! Talon!

Keep your distance.

Greetings, friends.

We're looking for Queen Rosmund.

We believe she and Baron
Aegisford may have passed this way.

Queen Rosmund shared her
message of peace with us.

- We were joined with her.
- Well, that confirms it then.

This thing has already
spread throughout the Realm.

You are the traitors.

The traitors from the Outpost.

We were warned about you.

Should I send in the
Lu-Qiri to kill them all?

Why would we do that? They
haven't done anything wrong.

- They're possessed.
- They're people.

- We can't just massacre them.
- No, she's right.

None of them chose to
be infected by a kinj.

If we don't do something soon, they're
just gonna spread it even further.

So we should just go
around killing everyone

unlucky enough to come
in contact with a kinj?

By the looks of things,
you'd have to kill hundreds,

if not thousands to
keep it from spreading.

Greetings, Talon.

Glad to see you're in good health.

- I don't know you.
- If you could only experience

what it's like to be united
with so many in complete harmony.

- I tried to share it with you.
- Yavalla.

Wonder how far away she can
be and still talk through them.

There's no distance I can travel
and not be connected to the United.

Why are you doing this?
These people are innocent.

Their lives were without meaning.

A never-ending cycle of poverty,

violence, and suffering.

Now, they only know unity and peace.

- This is not peace.
- There's no enmity between them

and they're happy.

Is that not the very
definition of peace?

I've been watching Janzo and Wren.

Janzo was right.

Would you pass Wren a message, please?

Tell her I approve her choice in mate

and I expect them both
to come and join me soon.

We're too late to
stop it from spreading.

This is already out of hand.

We should get back to the Outpost,

set up a sanctuary for the uninfected

until Janzo and Wren can
come up with something.

That's a bad idea, Talon.

Do you want to take charge, Zed?

Because I didn't ask for the job.

No, no. People picked you to lead.

Then let me lead.

Postmaster!

- No one got infected out there?
- We had eyes on all.

Seems just a little risky to let
anyone back in except for Talon and Zed.

How are you feeling today, Garret?

- Pretty bad.
- Good.

It means you're not infected... yet.

Send word to Gertrusha in Aegisford.

Tell them to shut their gates.

They need to go into complete lockdown.

Should I tell them why?

Tell them there's a new plague.

And put out word to anyone
who can't lock down their town.

Tell them they can seek
refuge at the Outpost.

Talon, are you sure that's wise?

Shouldn't we lock our own
gates, not let more people in?

Do we even know if everyone who's
already her is free of the infection?

- No. No, we don't, do we?
- You both sound like Zed.

We need all the manpower we can get.

We need to protect as many
uninfected people as we can.

Right, well, if we're going to
allow people to take refuge here,

we need to figure out a better
way to detect who's infected.

- So, get on that.
- Sure.

I mean, Wren and I were
busy trying to find a cure,

but I guess we can
do two things at once.

It's not like there's just two
people down there in the labs

working morning, noon, and
night without any sleep.

I know you'll come through,
Janzo. You always do.

Right.

Speaking of which, Yavalla
says she's been watching you.

Oh, yes. Wren and I think she's
still spying on us through the rats.

Rats?

Your mother's definitely watching
us through the rats we caught.

Let her. Look. See? There!

That's the mechanism right there.

It reproduces itself.

And now, I bet the rat
is ready to pass it.

It's desperate for contact.

The kinj must be compelling it,

almost like a person addicted to drink.

Mm-hmm. Let's see what happens.

- Amazing.
- That's it.

Start an hourglass. I need
to know exactly how long

this whole reproductive process takes.

All right.

She was an amazing woman.

- Yeah.
- But I was frightened of her.

Oh, yeah. Me, too. Never
wanted to disappoint her.

Still don't, just in
case she's watching.

Don't need her ghost showing
up to give me a thick ear.

Mm. I'm feeling pretty useless.

- Not much to do since her Majesty left.
- Yeah, yeah.

- Hey, do you want a job here?
- Really?

We sure could use the help
since Janzo's so busy sciencing.

Are you allowed to offer me a job?

Sure. Mum left the
place to Janzo and me.

It's half mine. I can do...

I can do whatever I want.

All right, I accept.

Welcome to the Nightshade.

We'll have to get you one
of Mum's barmaid outfits

so you look right for the part.

Mum used to say dresses like that

have a way of making for bigger tips.

Never quite understood why.

- I do.
- Munt?

There you are. What's going...

Right. Look, Munt, I
need your help, please.

I need you to go and catch me some rats.

- Lots and lots of rats.
- Janzo...

It's for science. Chop, chop.

I hate science.

Hey, you want to help
me come catch some rats?

Yeah, you do. Come on. There.

Oh, yeah. This will be fun.

I'm telling you, Talon.
You're making a big mistake.

You can't bring more people in here
until we know they don't have kinjes.

Well, if they aren't acting
all happy and peaceful,

it's a pretty good tip off.

- You can sort of tell, don't you think?
- Oh.

So you're gonna risk the safety
of everyone in this Outpost

because you can sort of tell.

Well, that's why we're
quarantining them,

to buy us a little time so
Wren and Janzo can come up

with a better way to detect
kinjes or find a cure.

Who are you? Where are you from?

We are from Landers Mill.

We heard that Outpost
is the only safe place.

Come in. There's food,
water, and blankets.

Take them to quarantine.

See? Not so hard to spot.

I'm immune to your kinj.

I bring a message of peace and love.

Not to my Outpost, you don't. Now leave.

If you won't let me kill him,
we should at least lock him up.

We're going to have a hard enough time
feeding the people who aren't infected.

He'll just go out there
and infect more people.

Probably, but at least
this way no one dies.

Now go on, clear off.

And if you go near any of these
people, I'll cut you down myself.

Go.

No one let him near you.

Are you all right?

Any of these people your parents?

Here. Come with me to
the front of the line.

Talon. This is crazy.

Yes. But I didn't ask to be
making these decisions, okay?

You pushed me into it. So if you
have a better plan, I'm listening.

There are no good choices,
Zed, just bad and worse.

So until Janzo comes up
with a better solution,

we're saving as many
uninfected people as we can.

If you'd have let me
kill the first batch

like I said when we had the chance,

then we wouldn't be in this mess.

You're the one who forced me
to summon Yavalla to this world,

so don't be so quick to
judge my decisions now.

Ooh. Yeah, this is nice.
This is gonna be good.

I'll let you have a turn
with the net after this one.

I don't want to hog all the fun myself.

It's all right. You go ahead.

Take as many turns as you like.

Oh, right.

Rats is too low an occupation
for a lady like you.

Have you tried cleaning chamber pots?

No.

Ooh. There's another one.

Ooh, lots of rats over here!

Looks like a female hand.

Do you think it was murder?

If you see someone walking
around with one hand

and no blood, let me know.

But otherwise, yes.

Yes, I think it was murder.

Well, what happened to the rest of her?

- It was taken by animals?
- Could be.

You ever seen that symbol before?

- Yes.
- What is it, Talon?

It was burnt onto a wall in our village.

Every time they removed
it, it would reappear.

What's it a symbol for?

I don't know.

Every time I asked my mother about it,

she'd get nervous and
change the subject.

Wonder if whoever put it on that wall

also put it on this one?

There's at least three
sets of boot prints,

and one, a crack in the heel.

It looks like they were stood here

and facing this way.

You're smart with this stuff.

You learned that from
your dad the Marshal?

No. No, I'm no Wythers.

He was a great detective.

You seem to have picked
up a thing or two from him,

which is why I'm putting you in
charge of finding out who did this.

What? No. You... you need
my help with the infection.

How exactly can you help with that?

All right, point taken.

Munt, do me a favor.
Take that hand to Janzo.

Maybe he can come up with some ideas.

That is just what Marshal
would have had me done.

I wish he were alive today
to figure this one out.

Something I said?

I don't think he likes
to be reminded of Wythers.

Brings back all his guilt.

Should we maybe cover up this cage?

- Your mother could be watching.
- Let her.

- Hey, Mother, watch this.
- Hm? Hm?

Yeah, I don't think she's watching us.

Um, by now there are
thousands that are infected.

I mean, even the most brilliant
mind, mine for example,

wouldn't be able to sort the
vision from that many eyes

or even the sound from that many ears.

She must limit her exposure somehow.

Well, maybe she just
tries to connect to one

or two members of the hive at a time,

just the ones she needs in that moment.

- How long has it been?
- Almost ten turns of the glass.

That's just over twice a day.

My mathematical predictions
are almost perfect.

Garret wants me to give you a hand.

Thanks, Munt, but I don't
need a hand right now.

So, even if we say that four
people come into the t...

No, Munt.

Four of the infected come into a town.

And then they then pass on their
kinj every time one becomes infected.

- And that's 16 after a day.
- No, look.

Not now, Munt. And
then after two days, 64.

- No, the thing is...
- And after three days,

well, that's more than 250.

That's more than we can handle.
I mean, 'cause after one week...

65,536. Gods above.

That's more people than
even live in the Capital.

What?

- Oh!
- Someone's been murdered.

That's the victim's hand.
Garret says have a look,

- see if you can find any clues.
- Murdered?

Who was killed?

I think that's what Garret
wants you to find out.

- All that's left is that hand.
- No.

No, I don't have time for this.

I'm trying to save the bloody world!

Well, you tell that to Garret then.

Right. You deal with this.

I'll go back to finding
a way to kill the kinj.

Just infect some more rats.

I'll be finished by then and
then we can run some experiments.

I never thought infecting rats

would be the less
disgusting thing to work on.

Gods, look how eager it is

to pass the kinj on to the others.

What?

- That's it.
- What's it?

We need a box with a window on one side.

Wren? You are a genius.

That's what I've been trying
to tell you since we met.

This is ridiculous.

A rat doesn't know
who's infected or not.

It's actually really quite simple.

The infected rat's biological
imperative is to keep spreading kinjes.

And this one is particularly ripe.

So the longer he doesn't pass
it on, the more pain he's in.

So he's desperate to
spread the kinjes to someone

apart from those who
are already infected.

So the people he ignores
already have a kinj?

Exactly.

What's your name?

Lutza.

Get up. Get up now.

You're going to love being United.

Good work, you two. From
now on we use this device

to check every person
before letting them in.

We should check the
Outpost at least once a day.

That's how we stop it
from spreading inside.

Guess we make a few more of these, then.

Teach the soldiers how to use them and
get them to check these people again.

- And, Janzo?
- Hm?

Find me a cure.

Easy for her to say.

You know, if you think about
it, maybe it's not so bad.

- What?
- Having one of Yavalla's kinjes.

I mean, the infected
seem happy and content.

What are you talking about?
They're worse than slaves.

If she wants to make them do
something, they have no choice.

- Maybe they don't mind it.
- Well, so first you want

to kill them all, now you
want to be one of them.

I guess I'm just struggling
to understand it all, Talon.

Well, I don't want to understand.

I want to stop her.

Hey, barmaid, more ale.

It's all right.

Oh, I like this world.

I really do.

- Since when does she work here?
- Since I hired her.

I'm boss, too, you know?

Good idea, Munt. Could
use the help around here.

- You were a good idea.
- I was?

- Yeah.
- Wren, quick question for you.

- Janzo?
- Hmm?

Have, um, have either of you ever seen

this symbol anywhere
in the Outpost before?

No. Why? Does this have something to do
with that murder you're investigating?

Yeah. It was all around
the place where it happened.

I know this symbol.

It belonged to that old cult that
the humans had before the banishment.

They worshipped Lu-Qiri as gods.

- Talon said she recognized it, too.
- Makes sense.

Someone doesn't understand something,

they just explain it away
with superstitious drivel.

I mean, that's how half of
our religions are explained.

Prime Order, worshipping
The Three? Perfect example.

They think that they're these gods.

We know they're just people
with kinjes in their heads.

Yeah, but how would a belief
about Lu-Qiri even exist

when they've been gone from the
Realm for, what, hundreds of years?

Who knows? Someone reads an old text,

then meets one of your
lovely little pets.

Mm, not pets. More like
your beasts of burden.

Oh, I do stand corrected.
Either way, wouldn't take much

to rekindle those kinds
of beliefs, would it?

I mean, speaking as a
human, Lu-Qiri? Pretty scary.

- No more than your horses are.
- A lot more than horses.

- All right?
- All right.

Janzo, have you had
a chance to examine...

Gods, scary. So what is this? Is this...

Have you had a chance to examine
that hand that I brought you?

Oh, yes. Um, sorry. Probably not
going to be much help, though.

She was a younger woman.
Definitely severed from the body.

A sharp object, heavy
blade. Maybe an axe, though.

Right.

Oh, also, there was a little
bit of blue dye on her wrist,

maybe from a bit of clothing.

Could that be of any help?

Maybe, actually.

I thought Janzo proved
these people aren't infected.

Why are they still quarantined?

They're not. They just
have nowhere else to go.

Great. They're free to
come and go as they please.

Maybe do a little blood sacrifice,
be back in time for dinner.

- Show me your wrist, please.
- So you agree with Zed?

You think I should've just let these
people out there to be infected?

No, I... I'm not sure, Talon.
Right? Show me your wrist.

- What are you looking for?
- Blue dye. Let me see your wrist.

It's all we have to go on. It was on
the wrist of the hand that we found.

Show me your wrist.

Look, can I just say
I hate being in charge?

I'd much rather someone else
be making the hard decisions.

I think you're doing a damn good job.

I've searched for any
remnants, attach points,

anything like that inside
this poor man's head

to seen if we can even find
an avenue to attack the kinjes.

But there's not even the slightest sign
there was ever even a kinj in there.

Which is consistent with what
we've been finding in the rats.

We've tried several times to
cut a kinj out of a living rat.

Just like Reb tried
to do to you, actually.

And just like yours did, the
kinj, it keeps moving and hiding.

We end up just cutting the whole
rat apart just to dig it out.

Which then kills it. Once the rat dies,

the kinj expels itself and,
um, instantly dissolves.

It's like kill the rats, kill the kinj.

Just like we've seen in humans so far.

So the only way to stop it
is to still kill the infected.

- So far.
- Well, that's not an acceptable solution.

I'm not killing Gwynn, much less
thousands of innocent people.

We've already proven that we can't
remove the kinj from a living host.

Now we just need to find out how to
kill it while it's still in the host.

Without killing the host, of course.

- Mm.
- So do that.

Whatever she said.

Warlita never showed
up for work last night.

I found this in the back alley.

It's her brooch.

I'm starting to get worried.

Well, I'm sure she's fine.

Captain Spears, a body has been found.

Oh, no.

What a relief.

Munt, a woman has died.

Yeah, but it's not Warlita.

No, it's Dunlee Page.

I'm sure she's not as
happy about this as you are.

- You knew her?
- I only met her once.

She's the stableman's oldest daughter.

And there's our symbol again.

Why weren't there men
posted out here already?

How was I supposed to know that they
would do this again in the same place?

Marshal Wythers would have known that.

Yes, he would, Munt!

Yes, he would, but my father didn't
teach me his trade before I...

It's all right.

You're doing your best.

Next time you'll have a man here.

I'm sorry.

It's the same crack in the heel.

He was here watching.

Garret.

These are Lu-Qiri tracks.

They stop here and then turn back.

Talon, you said that
demons can smell blood

from miles away.

It was coming to feed on this woman

while crack heel stood
there and watched.

They're not just
sacrificing these women.

They're feeding them to Lu-Qiri.

Well, it can't be a Lu-Qiri
under Blackblood control.

They eat meat, but they would
never eat humans or Blackbloods.

There must be a masterless
Lu-Qiri on the loose.

Do you think they have Warlita?

- What are you doing?
- I don't know.

That's really the problem, isn't it?

I mean, like you said, I was the one
that brought Yavalla into this world.

I did it to save our people, but now
even if you agreed to open that portal,

I wouldn't bring the
rest of them through.

- Better off where they are.
- Are you finished whining?

I need your help. A
Lu-Qiri is eating humans.

We need to find it.

Xaba.

Xaba? Is that Yobahn's Lu-Qiri?

Since Yobahn died, she's masterless.

Does that mean anyone can claim her?

Yes, but no one wants to.

The best thing you could do is line
up a few ballistas and take her down.

She's a rotten Lu-Qiri.

Her master was bad, but
she's always been vicious.

Dangerous.

She killed a child
in the Plane of Ashes.

Yobahn denied it, of course,
but we all knew who it was.

Xaba's a lost cause.

Isn't that what you told me
about that first demon I met?

Baphnoro? I tamed him.

He was wild.

Xaba was trained to be malicious.

You can't save her, Talon.

I'm going to try. So are
you going to help me or not?

Of course, by talking you out of it.

I'm going with or without you.

Look, if you want to tame that beast,

you're going to have to be meaner
and tougher than Yobahn ever was.

- You think you can manage that?
- I'm alive and he's dead.

What do you think?

All right. Let's go see Orrin.

Who's Orrin?

The Blackfist who has Yobahn's ring,

the whistle that will summon Xaba.

You're wanted for murder.

Hey, I never murdered anyone.

You've been feeding
people to Yobahn's Lu-Qiri.

What? You must be drunker than I am.

Where's the ring?

Where's the ring that
summons Yobahn's demon?

I sold it.

For a good price, I might add.

- Sold it to who?
- Don't know.

He covered his face. It was at
nighttime. No idea who he was.

Is he really feeding humans to Xaba?

I thought he'd blow that whistle

and be dead before he knew what hit him.

Guess he's more clever
than I took him for.

I'm going after Xaba.

And how do we even find her?

I'm going to track her.

You're right. Lots of dye here.

Look for blue dye.

Sorry, sorry. We're looking for
a woman who was brought into here.

She's young, blonde hair.
She's the Queen's handmaiden.

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Ah, um...

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The tracks head up to the forest.

How do you know they're Xaba's?

Dried blood,

probably from that poor
girl's missing hand.

I like this.

You and I together again,

odds stacked against us,

off on an adventure.

We're not together again.

I didn't mean it like that.

- That's her.
- No kidding.

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Punish her, Talon! It's the
only thing she'll respect!

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Next time, she'll kill
you, you know that?

She had her chance and she didn't.

She won't kill me.

So what now?

Next time I try something that she's
probably never seen from a master.

Kindness.

Good luck with that.

Blue dye.

Warlita's not here.

No.

But she was though.

Gods.

We're too late.

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Xaba, stop. Let them go.

Take them in to stand trial.

Warlita.

Munt.

Is she safe?

- She is now.
- How can you be so sure?

She could have killed Warlita

and all the fanatics, but she didn't.

She controlled herself.

You know how hard
that is for a Lu-Qiri?

I can imagine.

She's bonded to me now.

It's all right.

So, what do you think?

Maybe there is a lid for every pot.

No, beautiful girl like that

would never fall for a lummox like Munt.

Why not?

I fell for a lummox like you.

The Capital never looked so good.

I'm glad to be united with you again.

Wow.

I found this in the closet upstairs.

Hope it's all right.

- I had to pull it in a bit.
- Oh.

You... You look as
beautiful as Mum did in it.

Beautiful-er.

Uh, are you sure you're all right?

Yes, I'm fine.

After what you've been through,
you don't have to work tonight.

I'm fine!

Um, you two better come see this.

Why are we looking at a dead rat?

This rat? A couple of days
ago, perfectly fit and healthy.

The whole first generation
is rapidly aging and dying.

And you think the kinjes caused this?

Each time a kinj multiplies,
it takes life out of the host.

Rats are smaller than humans,

so the effect is more
pronounced and rapid.

What are you saying?

That this is happening to people, too?

- Afraid so.
- The first person to get one of these

- from Yavalla was Gwynn.
- Unfortunately.

And every time she passes a kinj,

she loses a little more of herself.

How long does she have
before she's like this?

She has a body mass of
what? I don't know, 100 rats?

How long?

The first 20 or 30 days,
she'll be wasting away.

Um, and a couple more?

She'll be dead.

Janzo, are you any closer to a cure?

- We've been trying for days.
- We need more time, Talon.

You have three more days.

Then I'm going after Gwynn
with or without a plan.

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