Previously on "The Outpost"...
Gwynn really isn't acting like herself.
- How dare you come in here... - Come in here and accuse me
of revealing Garret's whereabouts?
Falista was the love of my childhood.
Rosmund is the love of my life.
- You need my army. - And do you promise before the gods
- that only death can end this marriage? - I do.
Talon, you will love being part of the United.
A kinj won't work on someone who already has one.
Maybe it connects all the stingfly brains together like a hive.
You came back.
She's going to infect him with one of those things.
But, Tobin, you can lay down your arms.
- Yavalla and I are now at peace. - You are?
That army might be our best chance to stop Yavalla.
We need to keep them out there.
They're less likely to be infected by Yavalla's kinj that way.
It won't matter if Tobin has one.
They'll just follow his orders.
Well, then we capture Tobin. Find out if he has one.
It's Vikka.
It could be helpful having a Lu-Qiri on our side.
Welcome back, old friend.
What a happy reunion.
I'm going to capture Tobin.
Wait, no. Talon, wait.
You don't know if Tobin's been infected or not.
And if he has, we don't know the extent of the hive connection.
If Yavalla can really see through his eyes
and hear through his ears, she'll send Blackfists to protect him.
Well, then I'll figure something out.
I have to find him first.
Rosmund.
What's wrong, my love?
Listen, Rosmund,
there's something that I need to tell you
that happened while I was in Aegisford.
Whatever it is, it doesn't matter.
Look...
as much as I like where this is headed, I...
I've been riding for a long while.
And... and, uh,
I suspect we'll both enjoy more once I'm cleaned up.
- I smell like a horse. Yeah. - You do stink.
So I'll draw you a bath here.
I'll be back before you know it.
Hey!
I wonder if all this writing
can help us contain this infection.
Here we go again.
Time to find out if Tobin's been infected by one of Yavalla's kinjes.
Have you two lost your minds bringing him in here?
If Yavalla can really see through his eyes,
then she's gonna send people over here and...
and destroy everything I've been working on,
not to mention my own safety and Wren's safety.
I'm sorry, you've got to get him out of here before he wakes up.
Janzo, there is nowhere else to take him.
This is a bad idea. It's a very, very bad idea.
And do you have a better suggestion?
Fine. But when he regains consciousness,
just make sure that... that his head is covered and...
and that he... he can't see where he is or... or who we are.
And how are we meant to question him?
Can't Yavalla hear through his ears as well?
You see, the answer to both of those questions is I have no idea.
And I have no idea because I already told you this is a bad bloody plan!
What's going on?
Where's Rosmund?
Does she know about this?
Uh, Gwynn... ahem.
Gwynn... Gwynn is under Yavalla's control.
Ahem. She is not herself.
Spears, is that you?
- Was it that obvious? - Oh, gods. Roz, am I dead?
Is this the afterlife? I saw you die, Spears.
Yeah, that's why we thought you wouldn't think it was me.
- So I'm alive? - Yeah.
- And you're alive? - Don't tell him anything.
- Just find out what he knows. - Zed?
You Blackblood bastard.
Garret, are you working for Zed now?
No. He certainly seems to think so.
Well, you can take this thing off my head.
I know who you are,
and I assume Janzo is in here somewhere.
What? How did you know that?
Because I'm in a cage and it stinks like a brewery.
I told you this was a bad idea.
All right, you, come here.
Forward, forward.
Thank you.
Tell me, what do you know about Yavalla?
Not much. I thought I was coming back here to save Rosmund
- from her and her Blackbloods. - Mm-hmm.
- Why? - Is that what you still believe?
This is absurd!
Spears, let me out!
Tell me, what did Gwynn tell you when you arrived?
- That's what this is about? - Mm.
Munt told you I married Falista.
Uh, I'm sorry. You did what?
It was the only way I could raise an army.
What in the gods, Tobin?
- God, I wish I was dead now. - Does Gwynn know?
Who cares about any of this? I just need to know if he has a kinj or not.
- I have an idea. - Please.
Raise your arms.
- Don't do this. - Now dance.
No, I'm not dancing.
He's fine. You can let him out.
- Are you sure? - Mm-hmm.
If he had a kinj, I wouldn't be able to control him.
And you couldn't have thought of that any sooner?
What in the gods is going on?
Look, can we trust you to stay here until we explain?
I wouldn't miss it for the world, Talon.
Your Majesty, may I have a word?
I'll leave you. It's a honor to see you, Priestess.
Why did you not unite with your betrothed?
My kinj had not yet divided when I was with him.
You should have kept him with you until it did.
He went to clean up. He seemed reluctant.
But I expect to see him soon.
His army is a threat to us. We must not delay.
Of course. Once I have the gift to give him,
I'll take great pleasure in sharing it, I assure you.
Good. However, we have another small problem.
- What is it? - Talon.
She's resistant to becoming United.
Let me talk to her. She listens to me.
It is rather more complex than that.
We may have to kill her.
Absolutely not.
That's out of the question. She's my closest friend.
Rosmund, peace and unity do not come without a price.
We shall both have to make sacrifices to assure complete compliance.
Mine will unfortunately be Zed.
You told me you created this paradise to avoid bloodshed.
Do what you will with Zed, but I'm the queen of this realm
and I will not have you hurt Talon.
Because she cannot be United, she is a threat to our mission.
She is a dangerous killer.
You do understand that, don't you?
She's always been my loyal friend.
I see.
And if the choice comes down to Talon or me?
I'll do everything in my power to avoid such a choice.
But of course, if it comes down to it,
I'll choose the United.
I choose you.
Good.
We need to figure out a way to identify the infected.
What if you capture Yavalla, bring her here,
and then Wren and I can study her and try to figure out how to stop this.
You really think you can trust Wren not to free her mother?
- Yes. Yes, I would. - It doesn't matter.
She's guarded by Blackfists day and night, not to mention her Lu-Qiri and theirs.
It would be a suicide mission to take them on.
- Then why don't you do it? - Why me?
Because this is all your fault!
You are the one who forced Talon to bring Yavalla here.
I didn't force her to do anything!
Enough! All right, we're on the same side now.
I'll do it.
I can't just stand here and do nothing.
- We have to save Rosmund. - That's not such a bad idea.
Rosmund will be easier to get to.
That's not what I was suggesting.
Pretend it was. It sounds smarter.
Do you have a problem with me, Talon?
How about the fact that you betrayed my best friend?
I thought I was your best friend.
Weren't you the one who was just saying we're on the same side?
I do have free access to Rosmund.
I'll get us in.
Well, but you see the problem there is Yavalla knows
everything that Gwynn is doing. That's how she found Garret.
If you go capture Gwynn, then Yavalla will
just send everyone she knows after us.
It's what I'm counting on.
Tobin, you've come back.
I think I'm almost ready for you.
What does that mean?
I wanted to welcome you to the United
while we make love.
In the throne room?
That does sound tempting,
but I've got to get you out of here, all right?
- For your own safety. - Why, Tobin?
You don't have to fight for me anymore.
The Priestess assures my safety.
The Priestess is controlling you, all right?
You're basically still her prisoner.
That's ridiculous.
Yavalla has enlightened me.
This is the only way for peace.
What are you doing? I don't understand.
If I have to force you to come with me, I will.
Sammy, you're infected, too?
There's no need for violence.
Just put down your sword and join us.
- I can't do that. - I would rather he join us than die.
So try not to kill him.
- Zed? - You lied to all of us.
You are making a grave mistake.
Sammy!
Stop!
She has one of Yavalla's kinjes.
You seem surprised.
Yeah, because I can control her with my kinj.
Try it on Yavalla.
Make them stop.
Your little kinj will not work on me.
Don't kill him!
Leave Rosmund alone!
I don't want to hurt you, Sammy.
Stop it.
Sammy?
Gwynn, I'm sorry.
I had no choice.
Yavalla was right.
You deserve to die.
Enough. I will go willingly.
Like you had a choice.
Talon, you should be joining us, not fighting us.
It's never going to happen.
Are you sure these soldiers can be trusted?
You said the infection's confined to the Outpost.
Mm.
These men were stationed outside the gates.
I brought a small force of about 100 loyal soldiers
to help with the protection of the Outpost.
It's over, Yavalla.
There are other means to my goals.
And what are those means exactly?
Peaceful, non-violent ones, Talon.
Have I not made that obvious?
Tobin?
Tobin, my love, let me out.
I know this wasn't your idea.
This doesn't seem right.
We cannot have our queen in a cage.
Do you want to end up in there with her?
Right now, she's not our queen.
Zed's kinj can't control Yavalla,
but it can control anyone she's infected.
- That's right. - Interesting.
Why didn't you infect me with one of those things right away?
I didn't have one to give you yet.
I'm sorry.
Wait, so... so there is a gestation period.
Well, that explains why the whole Outpost hasn't been infected yet.
Please.
Given my calculations on the gestation period,
which is based on the time that Gwynn was infected,
carry the one, this should be all of them.
You sure?
Quite frankly I'm surprised there are that many.
Then I'll triple the guards on them
just in case there's any more to try and break them out.
Zed?
Have I done something to offend you?
No, I just... I didn't...
- Spit it out, Zed. - I just hope that...
- I guess you should know. - Should know what?
It's your mother, Priestess Yavalla.
- We've got her behind bars. - What?
And what happened? Is she hurt?
No, no, she's not hurt. We just... we set a trap for her
along with the others she was controlling.
Why didn't you tell me?
You don't trust me.
Some of the humans thought you couldn't be objective
when it came to your mother.
Oh, but you can be? When I'm the one
that had to persuade you that she was dangerous?
I've seen how she can affect people, Wren.
She controls them,
and you might be more vulnerable because of your love for her.
- I need to see her. - You have to stay away from her, Wren.
I need to ask her why she's behaving this way.
Isn't it obvious why?
That kinj is corrupting her.
No. No, there has to be more to it than that.
You know her, Zed. You know she's not a bad person.
No one had more faith in her than I did.
I thought she was the only one who could save our people,
and then she betrayed us.
We just need to get the kinj out of her,
get to the real Priestess inside.
You see? That's what I was afraid of.
You're vulnerable to her manipulation.
She could convince you to do anything if you thought it would save her.
- No. - You have to stay away, Wren.
Listen to me.
Zed, don't you see that I am more valuable because I'm her daughter?
I know her better than anyone.
I might be the only person that can get through to her.
She can't be gotten through to, Wren. She's beyond that.
Look, I need to know you'll do whatever has to be done
to fight against her when and if the time comes.
Look at me.
I'll do whatever is necessary.
Now go and find Janzo and help him figure this out.
All right.
It makes sense that Zed can control the offspring to Yavalla's kinj.
If they weren't open to guidance,
then Yavalla wouldn't be able to control them either,
Which means the baby kinjes are purely subordinate to Yavalla.
That fits right into your hive theory.
Which gives us one other opportunity
- to solve this. - What?
Stingflies are subordinate to their queen.
They'll do anything they can to protect her. Why?
Because if she dies, they're lost. They've got no one to guide them.
Exactly. So once the queen dies,
the stingflies are liberated.
Uh-huh.
Wren, in this case,
Yavalla's the queen.
You want to kill my mother?
No, no, of course not. It's just, um,
it might be the only chance to stop this.
No. No. We do the proper research,
we come up with multiple hypotheses,
and we work our way up to a solution,
one that does not include killing my mother.
Okay, I agree with you on all of those things.
I'm just saying that you might just have to brace yourself
for the fact that this might be our only way.
They're not stingflies, Janzo.
You have no proof that it will work the same way, all right?
You're not killing anyone.
- Wren? - No.
- I really wish you hadn't done that. - Why?
I know you really like her, Janzo,
but when it comes to making the hard decisions,
do you really think you can trust her?
I mean, she is Yavalla's daughter.
I'm sorry. Are you jealous?
Talon, Yavalla tried to force Wren to take one of her kinjes.
Wren broke her mother's knee to resist.
I'm pretty sure she's proven herself.
Breaking her knee and killing her are two different things.
That's all I'm saying.
Why is this happening?
Your kinj has divided.
You have held onto it too long.
You must find someone to unite with.
The longer you wait, the worse it gets.
And what if I don't?
You have many days in which to do so.
What if I don't?
Eventually, it will kill you,
but there is no reason that should ever happen.
Shh, shh, shh, shh.
Shh.
My Queen.
Thank you, Priestess.
Take a break.
Garret.
I knew you'd come to your senses.
I've come to talk some sense into you.
What do you mean?
I know you. You're strong.
You don't want to be controlled by this woman.
I'm not controlled by her, Garret.
Join us and you'll understand.
She is making you act against your own self interests.
Don't you see that? I know that you are strong enough to fight it.
You can resist her control.
Garret, you're right. Please, please help me.
Help me. I think I can resist her,
but you have to get me out of here.
You have to get me out of here, Garret, please.
- She's gonna... - She's gonna kill me.
- No. Gwynn... - Get me out of here.
- Let go! Let go! - Shh.
You've killed her!
Good riddance.
Gwynn?
Now that she's gone, how do you feel?
Are you free of her? Gwynn?
No. No, it's not possible.
My dear child, you have no idea what's possible.
Oh, gods.
He's coming.
Can you see through all of our eyes all of the time?
Only if I make a purposeful connection.
I do not think my mind could tolerate linking with you all at once.
Not yet.
Janzo?
- Janzo. - What happened? Garret?
Garret, have you been infected? Please stay away.
Garret, please just stay... I'm being serious.
- Stay away! - I'm not infected.
- I'm not. - What happened?
What did you do to your hand?
Oh, I tested your theory about the hive and the queen.
- I stabbed Yavalla. - You did what?
It was self defense. That's not important.
- What is important... - Wren's going to be crushed.
Wren is not going to be crushed
because Yavalla is very much alive!
She healed completely right before my eyes, Janzo.
Do you realize how stupid that was of you to do?
You could have killed everyone infected,
- including Gwynn. - No, listen, I...
Janzo, you're not listening to me.
Yavalla cannot die.
Ah. Right.
Huh.
Stay away, and tell me everything you know.
Commander Aegisford.
I'm so sorry. We had a breach.
Garret Spears visited us a little while ago and...
This is the price you pay for failure.
The rest of you are with me.
We made a mistake. Let them all out.
Paradise is within you. I can feel it.
I have to get you out of here.
Yeah.
You go that way, and I'll go this way. Yeah.
- Munt! - Sorry.
- You all right? - What?
- Why wouldn't I be all right? - Well, you're making fists,
and then you're talking to yourself and...
and the veins in your neck are sticking out.
- I'm fine. - Yeah.
I mean, I'm not. I'm not at all right.
Munt, can I ask you a question?
What would you do if someone suggested killing your mother?
- She's already dead. - Right.
Sorry. But if she wasn't?
Are you saying someone is trying
to raise her from the dead so they can kill her again?
No. Munt, no. No, that's not what I'm saying.
Oh, you mean if someone suggested killing her?
- Yes. Yes. - I would break every bone in their body.
I would take their skull and squeeze it till their eyes popped out!
Yes!
- And I'd rip them in half! - Oh, that's exactly what I would do.
- Yeah! - No, not exactly.
So why didn't I?
'Cause he's... he's completely self-obsessed.
He's oblivious.
- He's downright obtuse is what he is. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I don't know any of them words you just said,
- but do you need a hug? Yeah. - Absolutely not.
- Yeah, you do. Come here. - No, Munt. Munt!
I don't need a hug! Munt!
- I want to kill him! I want to kill him. - All right.
Better leave you to it then.
- Who are we talking about killing? - Don't worry about it.
Is it someone I know? It's Janzo, isn't it?
- How do you know that? - I always want to kill Janzo.
But I can't because, you know, him being my brother.
- Ooh, I can't have you kill my brother. - Don't worry, Munt.
I'm not going to kill Janzo. I want to, but I also don't,
which is why I'm so confused and flustered and incoherent.
Ooh! I know one of them words.
Go away, Munt. I need to think.
Give me your word you won't kill Janzo.
Go away.
- I... - Go away!
Yeah, I'm just gonna...
Can I talk to you about something?
- Of course. - Ahem.
My whole life, if someone had suggested to me,
logically though it may have been,
that we should kill my mother, I would have been enraged.
I would have killed that person right there and then.
But with you, it just made me feel very sad,
- and I don't know what to do about that. - Wren, I'm sorry.
No, no, no. Please let me finish.
So, I sat down and I did a weighted analysis
as to why my emotions were responding the way that they were,
why my heart was beating abnormally fast, why my skin was flushing.
And I came to the conclusion that it's because...
it's because I'm in love.
I think that's the most romantic thing
anyone's ever said to me.
Have you ever...
uh, have you ever been in a relationship before?
Have you... have you ever been in love before?
Mm-hmm. Once, with my sister.
- Sorry? - Sorry. I didn't know she was my sister.
As soon as we found out, it was over, but, yes.
We were in love, and it was quite sad when it ended.
Well, this is the first time.
I mean, the only time I've ever felt this way.
I'm afraid I'm not very good at it.
I think you're perfect at it.
Uh, this is when you say that you feel the same way.
Isn't it obvious? Of course I feel the same way.
And for what it's worth, killing your mom won't work anyway.
On second thought, maybe I will kill you.
I'm sorry, it's just...
I had to get back to the issue at hand, didn't I?
Otherwise this relationship,
well, it will only last one more week
before the whole world is overtaken.
Yes, you do have a point.
But how do you know, about my mother, I mean?
Ah. Yes, right. Well, um, she attacked Garret and, uh,
he didn't really have any other choice.
- So he had to stab her. - What?
- She's fine. - How?
Wren, your mother can't die.
I... I don't underst...
- I have to go and see her. - Wait. No, no, no, no, no.
I don't think that's a very good idea.
With all this new information... with all this new information,
- she's even more dangerous. - She is in a jail cell, Janzo.
She can't possible get to me.
Then I'm coming with you.
The blood's almost dry.
This happened hours ago.
They broke into my quarters and stole their Lu-Qiri rings.
How'd they get out in the first place?
I thought you said you had all in infected imprisoned.
I thought we did. Mathematically, it seemed certain.
Maybe we miscalculated the rate of gestation.
Hey, how are you feeling about the state of the world right now?
I don't have to answer to human scum.
- He's not infected. - Did you let them out?
- Of course. - Where did they go?
I don't know. The Priestess Yavalla gave me a direct order
to let her pass along with the human queen, her man...
Excuse me, what? Her man? The Queen and her man?
Her man Lord Tobin of Aegisford?
- Yeah, that's him. - Tobin's infected.
There's no sign of them. They're long gone.
Oh, no.
Tobin took his army with him.
That army was our best chance.
Gods only knows how many have already been infected.
They're gonna be spreading all of Yavalla's goodies all over the Realm
- and it's all my fault. - How is it your fault?
Well, obviously I miscalculated the rate of gestation and infection.
We missed an infected someone who helped them escape.
I calculated it in the same way, so it's both our fault.
For all we know, that infected someone is still around us.
Zed!
We heard the Priestess has left the Outpost with the human queen.
That's true.
The Blackfist should be going with her to protect her.
Why the Blackfist? So you can torture and kill more innocents?
- You'll be the first I... - Enough!
Is it true our Queen went with Yavalla as her prisoner?
- And Lord Aegisford? - They weren't prisoners.
- He's supposed to be dead. - As you can see, I'm very much alive.
- Not for much longer! - Put away your swords.
All of you!
Just long enough to hear us out.
Make it fast.
There are bigger issues at play here than just revenge.
Yavalla has infected Queen Rosmund, Tobin Aegisford,
and all of her Blackbloods that accompany her with kinjes.
Now, that makes them all her puppets.
- Why should we believe you? - Believe me.
Yavalla's daughter, her blood.
Everything that Zed says is true.
And what about the paradise Yavalla promised us?
Yavalla lied to all of us. There is no paradise.
Yavalla can control anyone who has one of her kinjes.
And those who have kinjes can spread them to others.
Yavalla's idea of paradise
is complete control over all of us.
We'll ride to warn our people of the impending danger.
Until we find a cure,
it is not safe for anyone to leave the Outpost.
You are no one's commander.
- He's ours. - Hey, shut up!
Now you've all known me as an ally at one time or another.
I've lived among humans and Blackbloods.
- You know I speak truth. - So what say you?
Why should we listen to her? She's a traitor.
- Traitor! - Yeah!
Shut up.
Yavalla's promise, what we've all said we wanted,
was for humans and Blackbloods to live and work in harmony.
- Is that right? - Yeah.
So then why don't we just do it?
We don't need Yavalla.
Humans and Blackbloods, of all the times,
this is the time to come together.
What would we do?
We'll find a way to stop Yavalla from turning us all into her puppets,
but we need to do it together.
Talon should take charge.
I'm not much of a leader.
You might have to be.
Fine. I'll do it until we solve this crisis.
Garret Spears will be my sub-commander for the humans,
and Zed will be the same for the Blackbloods...
And that includes Blackfists.
What say you?
Talon! Talon! Talon!
Blackbloods, what say you?
Talon! Talon! Talon!
I never thought Blackfists would want to be enslaved by anyone,
much less one of their own.
I assure you, Yavalla's intent is no less.
For now, the Blackfists will follow Talon.
I guess you're the new boss.
Unfortunately.
What are you doing?
Ugh! What is that rat doing?
It was coming straight for your face. I saved you.
- But how did you see it? - I stare at you when you sleep.
Not in a creepy way, just a protective way.
Rats generally don't seek people out.
- They're scared of us. - I know.
But look.
It was going to pass me a kinj.
Maybe that's how the others escaped.
A rat could have infected a guard or a...
Tobin.
It's staring at me.
It's bloody staring at me.
Gods, I feel like my mother is looking right at me.
- Wait. - Huh?
She must have sent it.
She can see everything that we're doing.
We have to go after Yavalla and Gwynn now.
We don't even know what direction they went.
Well, think about it.
If you were Yavalla seeking total domination,
where's the first place you would go?
The capital.
We have to leave immediately.
What are you going to do if you catch up to them?
I don't know.
But we have to do something before it gets out of control,
if it isn't already.
May I help you?
I'm Queen Rosmund.
And what brings you all this way, Your Highness?
We've come to bring peace to your village.
I'm afraid I don't understand.
- Blackbloods. - They will not hurt you.
- They are with me now. - We don't want any trouble.
Join us.
Become United with your Queen.
They are good.
Take their hands in Unity.
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