Original subtitles

(chickens clucking)

HELLO, SHAL,

(chickens clucking)

(screaming)

SHAL?

MOTHER?

(screaming)

MOTHER!

COME TO HER,

MOTHER!

WHERE'S MOTHER?

MOTHER!

GET SOME HELP,

FIND HELP,

MOTHER!

SHAL!

MOTHER!

WHEN DID IT START?

JUST AFTER LUNCH,

BUT IT'S GETTING WORSE,

THAT'S BECAUSE

IT'S TIME,

YES,

YES, STAY CALM,

IT WILL BE

OVER SOON,

TRY TO BREATHE

NORMALLY,

THAT'S BETTER,

YOU'RE ALMOST THERE,

THAT'S IT, SHAL,

IT'S COMING,

GOOD!

PUSH! PUSH!

YOU'RE DOING FINE,

YES! PUSH!

GOOD! I SEE IT!

YES,

(Mother cooing)

(baby crying)

MOTHER?

YES, ROAN?

WHAT, ,,IS IT?

(Control Voice)

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH

YOUR TELEVISION,

DO NOT ATTEMPT

TO ADJUST THE PICTURE,

WE ARE NOW CONTROLLING

THE TRANSMISSION,

WE CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL

AND THE VERTICAL,

WE CAN DELUGE YOU

WITH A THOUSAND CHANNELS

OR EXPAND ONE SINGLE IMAGE

TO CRYSTAL CLARITY

AND BEYOND,

WE CAN SHAPE YOUR VISION

TO ANYTHING OUR IMAGINATION

CAN CONCEIVE,

FOR THE NEXT HOUR,

WE WILL CONTROL ALL THAT

YOU SEE AND HEAR,

YOU ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE

THE AWE AND MYSTERY

WHICH REACHES FROM

THE DEEPEST INNER MIND

TO THE OUTER LIMITS,

CHILDREN,

HAVE YOU ALL HAD ENOUGH?

THE HARVEST HAS BEEN SO GOOD

THIS YEAR,

(control voice)

THROUGHOUT HISTORY,

MAN HAS BEEN DRIVEN

TO SEEK OUT HIS ORIGINS

TO DETERMINE WHETHER HE'S

THE RESULT OF A DIVINE PLAN

OR MERELY THE SUM

OF ALL HIS YESTERDAYS,

BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF,

AT THE END OF HIS SEARCH,

HE SHOULD DISCOVER

HE'S NEITHER?

IT'S

A GOOD LIKENESS,

BUT IT HAS A FORM

SHE NO LONGER HAS,

THE BODY HAS RESUMED

ITS PREVIOUS SHAPE NOW THAT

SHE IS NO LONGER WITH CHILD,

I DIDN'T KNOW,

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

SINCE SHE WAS HERE,

IS SHE COMING BACK SOON?

MAYBE,

BUT FIRST WE WANT TO MAKE SURE

SHE'S WELL ENOUGH TO RETURN,

YOU SAID SHE WAS OKAY,

SHE IS,

BUT THE BIRTH

WAS HARD

ON HER BODY,

AT THE OBELISK,

WE CAN WATCH HER AND THE CHILD,

THEN LET ME GO THERE,

NO,

IT WOULD MEAN

LEAVING THE COMMUNITY,

IT'S TOO FAR

AND TOO DANGEROUS

FOR YOU,

WILL HE REALLY GROW UP

TO LOOK LIKE US?

OF COURSE,

BOTH OF YOU CREATED HIM,

YES, BUT WE DON'T

LOOK LIKE YOU,

AND YOU CREATED US,

THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE VORAK,

I'VE TOLD YOU THIS

BEFORE MANY TIMES,

IT'S NOT NECESSARY

FOR THE PARENT

TO LOOK

LIKE THE CHILD,

BUT ENOUGH OF THIS,

I'VE BROUGHT K'REN WITH ME,

I DON'T WANT ANOTHER COMPANION,

WE'VE DECIDED THAT IT'S BETTER

FOR YOU AND FOR THE COMMUNITY

THAT YOU HAVE ONE,

YOU SAID SHAL WAS COMING BACK,

EVENTUALLY,

BUT

IN THE MEANTIME,

K'REN WILL BE

MORE THAN SUITABLE

AS A MATE,

I'VE SEEN YOU

LOOK AT HER,

IT'S NOT

THE SAME,

WHY NOT?

DOESN'T SHE

APPEAL TO YOU?

IS THERE SOMETHING

WRONG WITH HER?

SOMETHING

I DON'T UNDERSTAND?

NO, ,,NO,

OF COURSE NOT,

THEN YOU'LL ACCEPT

OUR DECISION,

(cooing)

(cooing)

YOU'VE BEEN ALONE

TOO LONG, BRAV,

NO, I HAVEN'T,

I'M SORRY,

BUT MOTHER SAID,

SHE CAN'T

MAKE ME,

(dog whining)

(barking)

LOOK AT HIS FACE,

COME ON, ROAN,

CONCENTRATE,

MOTHER'S WRONG,

IT DOESN'T RESPOND

TO MENTAL COMMANDS,

PICK UP

THE STICK!

I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE THINKS

IT SHOULD LIVE WITH US,

WHAT'S HE DOING?

I DON'T KNOW,

NO MATTER WHAT I DO,

IT JUST

SITS THERE,

GOOD, GOOD!

(barking)

HE'S FORGOTTEN

ABOUT THE BOUNDARY,

ROAN! STOP!

SHAL,

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN,

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU,

I MISSED YOU WHEN

YOU WEREN'T HERE,

WHAT'S WRONG?

I'M NOT STAYING,

THEY KEPT

OUR CHILD, BRAV,

THEY TOOK HIM

AWAY FROM ME,

THEY WANT TO KEEP HIM

AT THE OBELISK UNTIL HE'S OLDER,

MAYBE

THEY DIDN'T THINK

YOU COULD

LOOK AFTER HIM,

THEY'RE WRONG!

I'M GOING TO GET HIM BACK,

WHY?

HE'S IMPORTANT TO ME,

BUT ISN'T

HE STILL AT THE OBELISK?

THAT MEANS

YOU'D HAVE

TO CROSS THE BOUNDARY AGAIN,

THE MONITOR BAND WON'T LET YOU,

I KNOW HOW TO TAKE THEM OFF,

HOW?

THERE'S A TOOL THEY USE,

IT'S IN THEIR HOUSE,

I'VE BEEN ABLE

TO WATCH THEM,

WE CAN GET IN

THEIR HOUSE NOW

WITHOUT

THEIR KNOWING,

AND I CAN TAKE OFF

ALL THE MONITOR BANDS,

WHY WOULD

WE WANT THAT?

THIS IS OUR HOME,

WE'RE SAFE HERE,

I DON'T WANT

TO GO,

I DON'T KNOW,

BRAV, ,,

YOU'RE MY MATE,

I NEED YOUR HELP,

BUT THIS?

SHE'LL BE ANGRY,

I DON'T CARE!

YOU SHOULD,

GOING INTO

MOTHER'S HOUSE,

TAKING SOMETHING

OF HERS,

THEN LEAVING

WITHOUT TELLING HER?

IT ISN'T RIGHT,

TAKING OUR CHILD!

THAT ISN'T RIGHT!

WHY CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?

DON'T ANY OF YOU

UNDERSTAND THAT?

(gasping)

DOES THIS MEAN

YOU'LL COME?

I THOUGHT ABOUT

BEING LONELY,

I DON'T WANT

TO FEEL THAT AGAIN,

EVEN IF IT MEANS

LEAVING THE COMMUNITY,

THERE'S LIGHT,

BUT THERE'S NO FIRE,

HOW'S

THAT POSSIBLE?

THE VORAKS HAVE

MANY SECRETS,

WHAT ARE

THESE THINGS?

I DON'T KNOW,

BUT I DON'T LIKE IT,

LET'S HURRY,

DO YOU KNOW YOUR WAY

TO THE OBELISK?

THERE'S A PATH,

LIKE IN

THE OPEN AREA,

BUT NOT AS EASY

TO WALK ON,

THERE IT IS!

SHAL,

MOTHER SAID

IT WAS DANGEROUS

PAST THE BOUNDARY,

THAT WE DON'T BELONG THERE,

YOU BELIEVE HER?

DON'T YOU?

NOT LIKE I DID

BEFORE THEY TOOK ME AWAY,

BRAV, LOOK AT THIS,

IT'S A REFLECTION,

LIKE THE ONES

MOTHER MAKES OF US,

WITH PEOPLE

IN IT,

I'VE NEVER SEEN

THEM BEFORE,

AND WE WERE TOLD

THERE WEREN'T

ANY OTHERS,

THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG

ABOUT THIS,

ABOUT ALWAYS KEEPING US HERE,

ABOUT TAKING OUR CHILD,

I DON'T TRUST THEM ANY MORE,

GOT IT,

(entry pass beeping)

HOW MUCH FURTHER

IS THE OBELISK?

I DON'T KNOW,

IT'S TAKING LONGER TO WALK

THROUGH THIS THAN I THOUGHT,

AND WHEN

NIGHT COMES,

WE WON'T BE ABLE

TO SEE THE PATH,

MAYBE WE SHOULD

GO BACK,

THEY'LL NEVER

LET US LEAVE AGAIN,

WE WON'T HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE,

BUT MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER WAY,

I ASKED MOTHER IF I COULD

TAKE HIM BACK,

SHE WOULDN'T

ALLOW IT,

BRAV, I DON'T

LIKE THIS

ANY MORE

THAN YOU DO,

WHAT'S WRONG?

SHAL!

ARE YOU OKAY?

IT STUNG ME!

(sobbing)

PART OF IT'S IN YOUR LEG,

CAN YOU

GET IT OUT?

I DON'T KNOW,

I THINK IT'S

MAKING ME SICK,

OH! STOP IT!

STOP IT!

PLEASE!

STOP IT!

I CAN'T!

GET IT OUT OF ME!

DO SOMETHING!

MAYBE

IF I CUT IT!

DO IT! DO IT!

(screaming)

THE CAVE CONTINUES ON,

BUT I COULDN'T SEE BEYOND

WHERE IT NARROWS,

WE'RE LUCKY

IT WAS SO CLOSE TO THE PATH,

I'M LUCKY

YOU WERE HERE TO HELP ME,

THANK YOU,

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW

WHAT I WAS DOING,

BUT ALL I CAN

THINK ABOUT NOW

IS WHAT COULD

HAVE HAPPENED,

FOR A WHILE, ,,

I THOUGHT

I MIGHT LOSE YOU FOREVER,

I'M ALL RIGHT NOW,

IF WE EVER

GO BACK,

AT LEAST WE WILL

HAVE SEEN THE WORLD BEYOND,

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, I AM NOT

GOING BACK WITHOUT OUR CHILD,

DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT HIM,

BRAV?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I MEAN DO YOU MISS HIM?

OUR CHILD NEEDS US, ,,BOTH OF US,

BUT, SHAL, ,,

ALL I KNOW OF HIM,

I KNOW THROUGH YOU,

I HELD HIM ONCE

WHEN HE WAS BORN,

I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER

WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE,

HE LOOKS DIFFERENT,

HE CHANGES,

HE'S SO SMALL, SO WEAK,

WHEN I WENT

TO THE OBELISK,

YOU MISSED ME,

THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT HIM,

DON'T YOU FEEL

THE SAME?

EVEN A LITTLE?

(sighing)

I'M NOT SURE I DO,

I UNDERSTAND,

(distant banging)

(wings flapping)

BRAV?

BRAV?!

OVER HERE!

TAKE MY HAND,

LOOK,

WHAT IS

THIS PLACE?

I'M NOT SURE,

IT MAY BE A HOME

OF SOME SORT,

WHOSE?

I DON'T KNOW,

THESE AREN'T VORAK,

BRAV,

THEY'RE LIKE US,

THE WAY THEY'RE HOLDING IT,

IT WAS

THEIR CHILD,

THEY WERE TRYING

TO PROTECT IT, ,,

FROM SOMETHING, ,,

SOMETHING AWFUL,

THEY COULDN'T,

IT'S LIKE ONE OF MY CARVINGS,

WHO DO YOU THINK THEY WERE?

THEY MUST BE THE PEOPLE

IN THE REFLECTIONS

THAT WE LOOKED AT,

THE PEOPLE

WE DIDN'T KNOW,

MAYBE

THEY'RE OUR PARENTS,

NOT THE VORAK,

DO YOU THINK

THEY COULD

HAVE BEEN HIDING

FROM THE VORAK?

THEY WERE HIDING

FROM SOMETHING,

OR THEY WERE HIDING

THEIR CHILD,

WHICH MIGHT

EXPLAIN WHY

THEY WEREN'T WEARING

MONITOR BANDS,

SO THEY

COULD HAVE

TAKEN THEM OFF

LIKE WE DID,

SO MOTHER

WOULDN'T FIND THEM,

MAYBE...

MAYBE THEY TOOK

THEIR CHILD

FROM THE OBELISK,

AND THE VORAK

BECAME ANGRY,

IT JUST DOESN'T

MAKE SENSE,

I MEAN,

THEY'VE LOOKED

AFTER US

ALL OUR LIVES,

THEY'VE

NEVER HURT US,

EXCEPT WHEN WE TRIED

TO CROSS THE BOUNDARY,

EXCEPT WHEN WE WANTED

TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY,

LOOK, LOOK...

I REMEMBER THIS

FROM WHEN

THEY TOOK US TO THE OBELISK,

WE'RE CLOSE,

I KNOW WE ARE,

(gasping)

IS THAT

WHAT STUNG ME?

ONE JUST LIKE IT,

BE CAREFUL,

DON'T GET

TOO CLOSE,

IT'S OKAY,

I THINK IT'S DEAD,

(screaming)

SHAL, STAY CLOSE,

THERE MIGHT BE

MORE OUT THERE,

LISTEN,

(crawlers shrieking)

IT'S LIKE

THEY'RE TALKING TO EACH OTHER,

THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER,

(crawlers shrieking)

WE BETTER GO,

I CAN'T,

MY, ,,

MY LEG HURTS,

I CAN'T RUN ON IT,

WE DON'T HAVE

A CHOICE!

BRAV, I CAN'T GO THIS FAST,

MY LEG,

TRY AND

KEEP GOING,

WE'RE CLOSE,

I CAN FEEL IT,

WE SHOULD SEE IT

JUST PAST THE TREES,

COME ON, SHAL,

TRY TO KEEP UP!

(screaming)

BRAV, THE TREES!

THEY'RE IN THE TREES!

(crawlers shrieking)

(crawlers shrieking)

(Shal)

THEY'VE STOPPED,

MAYBE THE CRAWLERS HAVE

A BOUNDARY, JUST LIKE WE DO,

BRAV, LOOK,

WE MADE IT,

WE'RE AT THE OBELISK,

THAT'S THE EDGE OF THE WORLD,

BRAV,

CAN YOU SEE WHAT

THEY'RE DOING?

THEY'RE

ALWAYS DIGGING

FOR THINGS

IN THE GROUND,

I USED

TO WATCH THEM,

THEY NEVER SAID

WHY THEY DID IT,

COME ON,

YOU SHOULDN'T

BE HERE,

YOUR PLACE IS

IN THE COMMUNITY,

IT WASN'T SAFE TO LEAVE,

IT WASN'T SAFE

TO STAY,

WE SAW WHAT YOU DID,

I DON'T UNDERSTAND,

I'M KEEPING

OUR CHILD,

HE MUST STAY WITH US,

HE BELONGS WITH US,

HIS PARENTS, HIS OWN KIND,

BUT WE ARE...

YOU'RE

NOT ANYTHING!

NOT OUR PARENTS OR FRIENDS!

NOTHING!

YOU'VE LIED TO US

ALL OUR LIVES,

WE SAW OUR PARENTS' REMAINS,

WE SAW WHAT YOU DID,

WE'VE DONE NOTHING,

THINK ABOUT YOUR CHILD,

WHY WOULD

YOU RISK HIS LIFE?

HOW CAN YOU

KEEP HIM SAFE?

YOU CAN'T LOOK AFTER HIM

THE WAY WE CAN,

I CAN LOOK AFTER MY OWN,

I CAN'T LET YOU,

DON'T TOUCH HER!

RUN!

GET OUT OF HERE NOW!

I CAN'T LEAVE YOU!

I'LL FOLLOW YOU!

GO!

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!

(screaming)

(gasping)

YOU MUST BE HUNGRY,

(crawlers shrieking)

(screaming)

(screaming)

(screaming)

(crawlers smashing into car)

(crawlers shrieking)

(screaming)

(laser guns blasting)

IT'S FORTUNATE

THAT YOU FORGOT SOMETHING,

OTHERWISE

WE WOULDN'T HAVE FOUND YOU,

SHAL,

I THOUGHT

YOU WERE HURT,

I COULDN'T

STAND THINKING

I WASN'T GOING

TO SEE YOU AGAIN,

THEY ONLY

MADE ME SLEEP,

WHAT ABOUT

OUR CHILD?

THEY TOOK HIM,

THEY MAY TRY

TO PUNISH US,

BECAUSE WE TOOK

OUR CHILD?

BECAUSE I HURT ONE OF THEM,

WHAT?

I WAS TRYING TO PROTECT YOU,

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO,

AND I THOUGHT THAT

HE MIGHT HURT YOU

OR HURT THE CHILD,

SO I USED MY CUTTER,

I COULDN'T STOP MYSELF,

I WASN'T THINKING,

NOW I WISH I HADN'T DONE IT,

YOUR HEARTS

ARE HEAVY!

LEAVING THE COMMUNITY

HAS BEEN HARD ON YOU,

IT'S A BURDEN

WE'D HOPED TO PROTECT YOU FROM,

LIKE FEAR,

GUILT, HATE,

WE NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D GO OUT

TO FIND THEM ALL FOR YOURSELVES,

WE WENT TO FIND OUR SON,

AND WE FOUND HIM,

IT'S A WORLD

WITHOUT PITY

FOR ITS CHILDREN, SHAL,

SURELY YOUR JOURNEY HERE

HAS TAUGHT YOU THAT,

COME,

(cooing)

HE'S SO

VERY IMPORTANT

AND YET SO FRAGILE,

BUT WE CAN'T

KEEP HIM FROM YOU,

AND WE CAN'T KEEP

YOUR WORLD FROM YOU,

DOES THAT MEAN

YOU'LL

LET US LEAVE?

THAT YOU'LL GIVE US

OUR CHILD BACK?

WE WILL CONTINUE

TO WATCH OVER YOU,

HOW DO WE KNOW

YOU WON'T HURT US?

LIKE YOU DID

OUR REAL PARENTS?

WE ARE YOUR REAL PARENTS, BRAV,

WE CREATED YOU,

RAISED YOU,

LOVED YOU AS WE WOULD

THE YOUNG OF OUR OWN SPECIES,

WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK

FROM A PARENT?

WHY DOES IT

MATTER SO MUCH

THAT WE DON'T

LOOK LIKE YOU?

(cooing)

UNTIL THE CHILD,

YOU AND

THE REST OF YOUR COMMUNITY

WERE ALL THERE WAS,

BUT WE SAW REFLECTIONS,

IT SHOWED THAT

THERE WERE PEOPLE JUST LIKE US,

AND WE SAW

WHAT REMAINED

OF THEM

IN THE CAVE

WHERE THE CRAWLERS WERE,

THOSE PEOPLE DISAPPEARED

HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO,

LONG BEFORE

WE ARRIVED,

ALL THAT'S LEFT OF THEM

ARE THE PIECES THAT

WE'VE DUG OUT OF THE GROUND

AND OUT OF

THE GREAT ICE SHEET,

THEY WERE

LIKE US?

YES, THEY WERE,

EVERYTHING YOU ARE,

EVERYTHING YOU HAVE

IS A REPLICA

OF WHEN THEY LIVED,

WE FOUND REFLECTIONS

THAT SHOWED

YOUR CULTURE,

WE USED OUR GENETIC KNOWLEDGE

TO CREATE

ALL OF YOU

FROM THE PARTS OF THEM

WE FOUND,

IN A WAY, THEY ARE YOUR PARENTS,

THEN WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?

WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE,

A NATURAL DISASTER PERHAPS

OR ONE OF

THEIR OWN CREATION,

WHO WERE THEY?

FROM WHAT WE'VE DISCOVERED,

THEY WERE BEINGS

WHO HAD TO BE TAUGHT

THE VALUE OF LIFEFORMS

DIFFERENT IN APPEARANCE

FROM THEMSELVES,

AND THEY DID LEARN, ,,EVENTUALLY,

TOWARD THE END

OF THEIR HISTORY,

THEY EVEN RESURRECTED

SOME SPECIES

THEY'D PREVIOUSLY

DRIVEN TO EXTINCTION,

MUCH LIKE OUR MISSION

TO RE-ESTABLISH LIFE

WHEREVER IT HAS VANISHED,

(cooing)

WE BELIEVE THAT ANY SPECIES

CAPABLE OF CORRECTING

SUCH A TERRIBLE FLAW,

OF FINALLY

APPRECIATING

THE BEAUTY

THAT LIES IN DIVERSITY,

DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE,

THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE,

A NEW BEGINNING,

(cooing)

YOU WERE RIGHT,

HE DOES NEED BOTH OF US,

(control voice)

EVERY LIFE

IS A DESTINATION UNKNOWN,

A JOURNEY OF TRAGEDIES

AND TRIUMPHS

THAT ULTIMATELY

ALLOWS US TO DISCOVER

NOT ONLY OUR WORLD

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,