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Are you alright?

What?

Wait!

Excuse me.

Excuse me. Can you tell me the way to the doctor's office?

Good morning.

I am the new doctor.

Cheers.

I'll be needing my predecessor's log. To fulfill the terms of my service.

You're Alyti's first doctor.

Come!

Sheets are in the trunk.

Is there a phone in the village?

No, there isn't.

I'm sure you're tired after your journey...

I am.

If there's anything you need...

Thank you.

DOCTOR'S OFFICE

Good morning.

I do not trust motorcars or their drivers.

I'm very sorry. It was careless of me.

I long for the old ways.

One can depend on a horse.

One can always make more motorcars, but a horse?

Make me a horse!

Let's sit down.

It's all right.

It's not that kind of a touch.

This needs attention.

My father. He sleeps a lot. He's old.

Well...

it would be better if you came to my office in Alyti.

I could take you now?

I will not leave. I am mistress here.

Can I least examine you?

What's your name?

Danae.

I'm Panos.

Let's see.

You must leave!

Theofilis.

He's lost. Theofilis.

The forest.

The forest.

If this ends badly, it will be your fault.

Leave me alone!

Who owns the farmhouse in the woods?

Right now, doctor, I'm more concerned about Mrs. Sevasti.

What do you mean?

She was in the kitchen and fell.

She's been working since early this morning.

"Fell"?

Mrs. Sevasti?

Mrs. Sevasti, can you hear me?

I've told you a million times to watch over her.

To never lose sight of her.

Don't you see what she has become?

She's a wreck.

The forest...

How did you lose her?

The old man...

You want more trouble from the cursed girl?

That girl who lives in the woods.

Will you tell me what is going on in that house?

She speaks as if she learned to speak from reading history books.

This is a small village. You are from the city.

The girls needs treatment!

I think I know your kind.

You think science can explain everything.

It's not our place to meddle there.

Are you going to help that girl, or not?

No. I am not going to help her.

The girl needs treatment. She needs to go to the hospital.

We're not in the Middle Ages.

God marked the evil ones so we might tell them apart.

You cannot take him.

He has been so long master here that he would be master still.

This nightmare is over. Do you understand?

Do you understand?

I'll come back for you.

I promise.

Don't just stare. I need help. Towels. And boiling water!

I need light, not prayers.

These are for any infection.

Keep an eye on him. I'll be back soon.

Danae, I was thinking.

Of course I am a doctor, but I don't think I can help you.

I believe it would be better for you to get some counselling.

Forgive me for bringing it up

but you are going to need to provide a statement as a witness.

There's going to be an investigation, of course.

After all, you are the only one who saw what happened.

I only wanted to help, but he attacked me. I don't even know

Please rest.

Maybe just a sip.

Would you mind very much if I laid down for a moment?

It is a simple room...

and without the modern amenities to which you might be accustomed.

Danae?

You're well supplied with wood already.

How long was I asleep?

Two days. Perhaps three.

That's impossible.

We have to go.

We have a lot to talk about and we don't have much time.

Although I am young still and youth needs youth.

What do you mean?

You are my guest and you may eat and drink as you please.

Danae.

I must return to the village...

and you better gather your stuff.

You'll have to explain the abuse you've suffered.

And I really can't stay.

I need to return to the village. People will think I've absconded.

Would it be too much if I asked you to hold me?

The memory of your touch will nourish me until your return.

Of course...

-I must have taken the wrong track. -The forest is deep.

It's easy for those unfamiliar with its ways to find themselves lost.

You must be hungry.

I can't keep taking advantage of your hospitality.

There's something you might help me with first.

It will make this more bearable for the time being.

Done.

I'd like to know more of you, of what you wish for.

You surprise me.

May I always.

Let me do that.

Please be careful. This fire must never be allowed to die.

The fire is at the heart of every home...

and every family.

It's the life-blood that keeps the house alive.

If you listen and come with me...

one day you'll wonder why you ever needed a fire.

I'll always need it.

I'll bring more. Just keep applying twice a day.

Shall I treat you to something before your departure?

A drink, perhaps?

No. I'll contact the prefecture's general hospital.

Rest assured. The nightmare will end soon.

You will not believe this.

I could swear the trees are thicker.

I mean, it's totally impossible to navigate.

I feel such a fool asking...

but would you mind coming with me as far as the main road?

You know the woods so well.

Danae?

The trees are protecting you.

Protecting me?

From a world outside, so monstrous and so cruel.

What do you mean?

Perhaps the trees do not wish you to leave?

I'm not hungry.

This time you really need to show me the way out.

Danae!

I mean it. Let's go!

You know what is really beneficial to skin conditions like yours?

Sunlight.

We need wood.

The fire must be kept burning. God forbid it should ever go out.

Mother Nature is a blessing.

Can you see her glory?

And the glory conjured by us.

The way you speak, it's strange.

And somehow it's... Charming, poetic even.

And if...

Hurry with the wood!

We have left the fire unattended too long.

I'm losing blood. Just get my medical bag.

Life begins from earth, water and air.

It's what the whole world's made of.

What are you doing?

Earth, air and water, my love.

From those elements life can begin and life can end.

Danae! Danae.

No, no. Rest, rest.

Fuck.

Here.

Take this. We have to get the fever down!

Drink.

These are nothing but makings of the na ve mind.

Fuck!

Where do you keep the hydrocortisone?

Where is it?

There are things that we must speak of.

And I fear that you will think me mad for speaking it.

Your tenderness.

Your care.

The goodness of your heart...

so strong, so true...

only those can be the most efficient medicine.

I am only asking you to put your faith.

In me and the magic of this world.

For it is you and only you that prevents me from returning to my roots.

To the trees and the branches that made me.

You must believe me. To know what I truly am.

What I may become, should you...

Should you ever leave.

Don't we have any mirrors in this shack?

Why the hell are we still here?

We must respect the forest and its wishes.

Look at me!

Look at my face! Look!

My love. You're always so...

handsome.

Tell me where I can find a mirror. Where?

I beg you do not wander in any part of this house.

It is ancient and has many memories...

some that are best left unremembered.

Besides, there are bad dreams for those who sleep unwisely.

Do not disappoint me.

I beg you.

-I promise. -From your heart. Say it!

I promise.

Hey!

Hey!

So not all those who wander fail to return.

If we join our hands in marriage now...

my love, we can be happy, here, in this house.

Forever!

Don't you see how brightly the fire burns?

And it is only because our love strengthens the flames. And you...

The fire burns brightly because you filled it with wood!

You must have faith in it.

As you must have faith in us.

You do not know what you do.

There are things that are beyond your understanding and...

You do not allow your eyes to see or your ears to hear.

The things that are outside of your daily life...

things that you cannot understand, they are of no importance to you.

I think it's best you sleep in your own room.

We shall not make love again until you make this house into a real home.

Forgive me, my love.

I was a coward.

I was afraid.

Now I know...

I know that I can be with you. None other.

And if it were not you, then there would be no other.

When we bind our hands together with this, we become man and wife.

Then the forest cannot claim me back...

But behold! What will be done cannot be undone.

This is where I originated from...

and with their permission from now on I will give myself to you.

We shall stand under these forest eaves...

and those noble trees shall serve as our witnesses.

Wait! Wait!

On this day, this day of all days.

Have you no shame?

Must I believe that you plot to betray your new wife...

even though you know what she may become?

Leave!

You're drunk.

It's not possible...

Don't come closer!

For your own good I would suggest not to raise your voice.

If you want so...

I will give you a gift that none has received until now.

Quickly now!