Previously, on "The Outpost"...
That's why Dred came to the Sanctuary. He came for the key.
- The chambermaid. - Naya?
We need to get the key that Dred stole from the Sanctuary.
- The invasion has already begun. - Let go of me!
We live to serve you!
Falista, no!
- I am 3-1-3. - Hi.
What have you done? My Naviaspore!
That's the key.
You have something that belongs to us.
Stay back here, Naya.
When the fighting starts make a run for it.
They won't follow you. All they want is me and this key.
There's four of them. You need my help.
There's nothing you can do.
When I have them distracted,
take this key and get it back to the Outpost.
What? I'm not leaving you to die at the hands of those four gods.
They're not gods, and my kinj makes me immune to their powers.
You don't have one, so stay out of it.
And you can take all four of them?
I like your optimism.
This is not a fight you can win.
You mustn't know me very well.
Surrender yourselves and the Skevikor key.
No.
- Oops. - Forget the key. Get back to the Outpost!
I'm not leaving without that key.
Get Luna out of here!
Luna! Luna! Can you hear me?
Do not kill her!
Aster must be awakened last.
Come on.
- Naya? - I thought you might need some help.
Get her to safety! Go on.
I'll take her to the Outpost.
Get that key to Janzo and destroy it!
- I won't leave you like this! - They won't kill me.
Go!
There you go.
You've made a real mess of this, you know? Lost a lot of blood.
He doesn't seem any worse for wear.
I need my Naviaspore. Without it I am nothing.
This Naviaspore, is it something literal or more figurative?
You see, we humans, we have something that we call a soul,
but I'm not really sure it exists.
Not physically, anyway.
It is real.
I feel the silence inside me.
- Is it something you can touch? - No.
It is the will of the Masters.
Will of the Masters?
Wren, will you please pass me a needle and thread?
He has black blood. Just bandage him. He'll heal.
How can you be so sure? He has black blood. He's not a Blackblood.
My wounds disappear without aid.
Well, aren't we the lucky ones?
Tobin!
- Destroy this. - What is it?
It's the key to the Skevikor. I need to go back and...
- No, no, no, no, no. - He's one of them!
- Tobin! Tobin! He's not dangerous! - Like hell he's not!
He's not one of those creatures or monsters,
whatever you want to call them.
I just had four of these things try to kill me.
I'm not letting this one kill any of you.
He won't. He won't. We have it under control.
- Talon. Talon. - Talon?
- I have to go back and get Talon. - What's going on?
His kind are trying to kill her, which is why I'm telling you
to kill him while you still have the chance,
and destroy that key.
- Are you all right? - It's all right. It's all right.
Don't worry. We have no intention of killing you.
Do we?
- Of course not. - Oh.
We might need his help understanding this key.
Talon!
Nedra?
Zed. Just keep walking.
You weren't supposed to see this.
What are you up to?
I'm not up to anything.
Then why are you dressed in human clothing? You hate humans.
Are you planning some sort of infiltration?
I don't understand you sometimes, Zed.
You insist that I have no choice but to live among the humans,
- but when I decide to try it out... - By dressing as one?
- That's how you try it out? - Yes.
All right, I admit it.
I wanted to try one of these contraptions out of curiosity.
It looks so heavy and uncomfortable.
Couldn't understand why humans wear them.
- And? - Still don't understand.
Certainly couldn't fight while wearing it.
Do I look as ridiculous as I feel?
Honestly? Yes.
Then why are you staring at me like that, Zed?
I'm not.
- I suppose I am. - Mm.
Look, we've known each other our whole lives.
We played warrior as kids.
Trained together to be warriors as older kids.
Served as warriors side by side ever since, and...
- Now you're just this... - Woman?
You've never thought of me as a woman, have you, Zed?
No, I certainly have not.
That's because you don't take the time to see the things around you.
What's that supposed to mean? I see things around me.
Well, you never saw me as anything but a fighter.
That's because you never wanted me
to see you as anything other than a fighter.
Oh.
Where is this suddenly coming from anyway?
Is it this whole we need to repopulate our species thing?
- Because if that's what you... - Don't.
Don't even think about going there.
I can never forgive you for abandoning our people, much less think of that.
So? What do you want from me?
All I'm saying is that you would be well advised
to show a little curiosity about the things around you.
Like Wren does. Like I'm doing.
And I can still kick your ass.
- And Tobin gave this to you? - Yes.
- He said we should destroy it. - But we're not convinced
that's the best course of action.
Why not? I mean, the gods told Falista to open the Skevikor,
and you told us that would mean the end of the world.
Seems like destroying the key is the best way to disrupt their plans.
Well, yes, it does seem that way,
but perhaps this Skevikor that we're all so afraid of
doesn't necessarily mean the end of the world.
It seems to us it's like it's more about freeing thousands of people.
- People like 3-1-3. - I wouldn't exactly call them people.
Oh, what would you call them then, Zed?
Monsters? Like the humans called us?
Thousands of his kind
are waiting to be awoken below our Outpost.
- I would call that an army. - Oh.
An army large enough to wipe out human,
Blackblood, and Greyskin alike.
An army large enough to take control of this world.
Now that is something we cannot risk.
Hm. A military man would see it like that, wouldn't he?
If you consider any large group of people an army.
3-1-3 seems pretty harmless,
and he certainly doesn't seem like a soldier type.
- Tobin ordered you to kill him. - No one knows these Masters,
or maybe even that Skevikor key better than 3-1-3 does.
So to kill our only source of information or destroy an artifact
- that could potentially help us... - Or hurt us.
Or help us! We do not know until we study it.
Garret, destroying that key is stupid.
- Do you have an opinion on all this? - Hmm?
I mean, I can't believe I'm saying this,
but I'm with Wren and Janzo.
Look, Garret.
Give them time to study the Skevikor and 3-1-3.
They might gain knowledge that could help us.
Fine.
I give you two days, but then we are destroying that key.
And you do not let that creature out of your sight.
- Am I clear? - Mm-hmm.
And if you're wrong? If his kind really are an army?
Think we could stop them anyway?
Levare will come to us.
The human that carries her is reckless and seeks revenge.
- What of Aster? - First we must wake Golu.
Only after we have all been revived shall we wake the Betrayer.
Do you have enough reserves to restore Levare and Golu?
Only enough for Levare.
Then pull more energy from the humans above.
There are no more living things close enough.
I cannot reach any more of them.
Then we must find life beyond these walls to feed your power.
Yes. Then I can finally restore all six of us.
We will be strong, and Aster will be weak
and unable to resist our demands.
The carrier of Aster is awake.
What do you want with me?
We want what you have stolen from us,
and then we want your world.
Hold on.
Guard! Fetch Janzo immediately!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Sorry.
Easy. Easy.
Tobin, where is Talon?
I'm sorry, Spears. I lost her.
What do you mean you lost her? Is she...
I hope not.
- I need to find her. - I tried, Spears.
I've been back and forth over the whole area.
She's not there.
But she was convinced that they wouldn't kill her.
Why?
No idea.
All right. I'll leave tonight.
I'll take a small group of men and we will search until we find her.
If they have her, there's nothing you can do about it, Spears.
You would die if you even get close to them.
- Well, I have to try. - Listen to me.
The one with the green mark on his head
sucks the life out of every living thing that gets close to him.
- What? - Like Two. But even more.
The one with the black mark touched Falista
and she just turned to ash.
She tried to peacefully give up her kinj
and they just killed her anyway.
Just like that, she was gone.
I'm so sorry, Tobin.
And the one with Falista's kinj can burn things.
That's exactly what it was like.
Like getting burned alive, yet unable to move.
Well, now it's literally that.
If they want Talon alive, it means they want something,
and they'll let us know what.
And when they do, I'll handle it. Me alone.
No, not in this condition you won't.
I have a kinj. I can already feel it healing me.
But by the time you are healed Talon may already be dead.
I have to go now.
You're not listening to me.
I've lost Falista and I've lost Gwynn,
the only two people I ever loved in this world.
I've got nothing left to live for.
But you do.
And I'm telling you,
if you go after Talon, you will die.
Hey.
- Where am I? - You're safe.
- Where's Talon? - I'm not sure.
Lie back. You were wounded.
Tobin came to help Talon while I took you to safety.
- I have to go and help them. - You're not going anywhere.
You can't tell me what to do. You didn't save my sister,
so don't pretend you suddenly care about me.
Luna, you're hurt. You might be bleeding inside.
- Talon needs me. - Talon can take care of herself.
I may not have been able to save Ilyin,
but I am damn well going to save you.
Thought you might need something to take the edge off.
I'm really sorry about Falista.
I know you loved her very much.
I just...
I don't know what I'm doing here without her anymore.
You know, when mom died,
I thought there was nothing left to live for.
What made you go on?
Well, she told me I had to take care of Janzo.
So, that's what I did.
I've got no one left to take care of, Munt.
But you are a king. You have the whole kingdom, don't you?
I mean, Gwynn and Falista's kingdom.
They need you to take care of it.
We all do.
Well, is it the right key?
Mm. It does look like it would fit.
Great. Then it's the key those gods are after. Now we destroy it.
- What? - No, Tobin, please.
There might actually be something down there that can help us.
Those bastards killed my wife, and they have Talon.
I'm not taking any more chances.
Wait, wait, wait!
Well, we're not actually sure what it's made of.
We still don't know anything about what it is or...
But we know the gods want it,
and that's enough for me to know that it's evil.
Figure out a way to destroy it.
And what if I refuse?
Then I'll take it myself and drop it into the sea if I have to.
Tobin, this key seems crucial to their life system.
Do you really want to murder an entire race of people?
Tens of thousands?
The way I see it, it's us or them.
Figure out how to destroy it.
Keep an eye on those two.
They refuse to accept how dangerous these things are.
Hmm. Right.
How long would you estimate that you were in that cocoon?
- I was asleep. - Hmm.
Were you an adult when you entered or a child?
I was as I am now.
What is this called?
Soup.
I like soup.
Do you, uh... do you mind if I just check your neck, please?
Remarkable.
All healed up.
Your people,
did you live with the Blackbloods?
What are Blackbloods?
You know, like, uh... like my girlfriend.
Wren. My mate.
I have not seen her kind before.
The Blackbloods didn't live with you in the Plane of...
The world where you came from?
There was only our kind there, and the Masters.
The Masters, are they not your kind?
They are... the Masters.
All right.
Naviaspore.
No, that's just a nightglow beetle, 3-1-3, not a Naviaspore.
3-1-3?
Tell me exactly what a Naviaspore looks like.
Glowing yellow light, like this thing.
And it glows inside your body?
- In your head? - That is right.
And when it glows inside your head,
the voice of Vorta tells you what to do?
The pleasing voice of the Masters.
Gods above.
Yavalla's kinjes.
This is the room of the Masters.
We Kahvi lie out there.
And I'm assuming the Masters use that key to wake all of you Kahvi,
and then Vorta gives each of you a Naviaspore?
I do not know the mysteries of the Masters, but, yes,
we Kahvi all wake with a Naviaspore
so we may know the will of the Masters.
Why were you put to sleep?
The world was dead. No more life there.
So, the Masters put us to sleep so we could awaken in paradise.
- The Plane of Ashes. - What is Plane of Ashes?
The place where you went to sleep, where you come from.
- Is it always just ash and rock? - No, it was once a green world.
So is this always the cycle of your people?
To be put to sleep and then reawoken?
The Masters move among many homes,
and we Kahvi wake to do their will as they reach each one.
It is written.
Do you always do what the Masters tell you?
The Kahvi do nothing except that which the Masters command.
You're a slave.
I do not know this word, "slave."
That's all very fascinating.
Janzo, can I have a word, please?
Yes?
Everything that your new friend just said is completely terrifying.
What? That he's a slave? It's terrifying for him and his kind maybe.
He just said that he will do whatever the Masters command.
Now that makes him and his friends a very dangerous weapon.
No, it doesn't, Garret. Without the Naviaspore, Vorta can't control them.
Remember our little friend Yavalla?
How she had all those yellow kinjes
that she spread around the world so she could control everyone?
That's a Naviaspore. I think.
So, Vorta's plan is to try and kinj us all again?
No. No, no. Not for us. I think it's always intended for the Kahvi, like him.
I mean, where we stand in this whole plan, I'm not entirely sure.
All right. Just to be on the safe side,
I'm going to lock up your little friend, yeah?
- He hasn't done anything wrong. - Yet.
It's just a precaution. You can visit him whenever you want.
- Garret, he's not our enemy. - Yet.
And, Janzo, might I remind you that you were meant to destroy that key.
I'm still trying to figure it out.
You're trying.
This is not something to play sides with, Janzo.
There is a lot at stake here. Now destroy it.
Right.
Go with him, 3-1-3.
He won't hurt you.
Janzo?
Luna? Luna.
Move. Move. Luna?
Luna, what happened? Where's Talon?
We were attacked. We had to leave her behind.
Naya!
- What are you doing here? - You need to help Luna.
She's hurt and she's getting worse.
Of course. Let's get her back to my lab. Move. Move!
Janzo. Janzo. Who is that?
It's Naya, remember? I told you about her.
I don't remember any Naya.
There you go.
She has an infection.
Wren, pass me some lusnea concentrate, please?
Lusnea concentrate.
Where are you? A-ha!
- Lusnea concentrate. - Sorry, Luna.
This is going to taste like Munt's sweaty socks.
Come on. Come on.
She'll be all right.
Wren, cold water, please.
Right.
- Is Wren your new girlfriend? - How'd you know?
- Luna told me. - Ah, right.
I guess everyone here knows about everyone here. Except me, of course.
- Sure you do. - No, I don't.
- I told you about Naya. - No, you didn't.
I did. Remember when you first told me that you loved me?
And then you asked me if I've ever been in love before.
And I said, yes, once,
but she turned out to be my sister Naya.
- It's very nice to meet you. - You're his former lover?
- The only one I ever had before you. - Your sister.
- Yup! - Oh, we never, you know.
Oh, no, no, no. Nothing but, um... nothing but kissing.
- Your sister. - I know. It sounds strange.
- Well, just a little bit. - He didn't tell you the whole story?
No. No, no. No.
You see, the Mistress adopted him and raised him
- and didn't tell him he had a sister. - Right.
And of course, the second we figured it out, we stopped.
Kissing.
And seeing each other, you know, that way.
Mm-hmm.
You seem lovely. I'm really happy for you and Janzo.
And you'll also be happy to know that Wren is not only my lover,
but also the mother-to-be of my child.
That's fantastic.
- Congratulations. - Thank you.
- A child. I'm going to be an aunt. - Yay.
Is she all right?
Yes, she should be. We just need to get the fever down.
So, how did you and Luna meet?
Talon tracked me down.
She and Luna needed help finding a key.
- You helped Talon find the key. - Yes.
Ah. This just keeps getting better and better.
- And do you know where Talon is? - I'm sorry, I don't.
Luna?
Naya, are you injured?
Uh, yeah. I'm just exhausted and a little shaken.
You poor thing.
Wren, why don't you take Naya somewhere to get cleaned up?
- That would be very nice of you. - Uh, why not? Why not?
- Come on. - You're not even showing.
Yes, well, it's a little bit of a new development.
Hello?
Who's there?
- Luna? - You talking to me?
- I am now. - Not you.
There's lots of voices. Whispering.
Mm?
There.
- What's going on? - I think she's hallucinating.
Hmm.
- Where have you been? - I couldn't sleep.
- I was up late chatting with Naya. - Hmm?
- Mm-hmm. - You can't hear that?
No, no. There's nothing to hear. It's your fever.
- It's playing tricks on you. - I'm not hallucinating. There are voices.
Over there on the shelf. It's the key.
- The Skevikor key? - Yes. It's talking.
Lots of voices whispering.
- Janzo, she's a Dragman. - Of course.
The Skevikor key, it's like the Vex Rezicon.
The what?
The stone that Ilyin had.
The Book of Names, it spoke to her.
This key must have the same origins.
All right. Are you sure you're writing down everything it's saying?
Uh, nope. I'm writing down just the pretty words.
Will you shut up so I can hear?
You don't think that you should've told me
about your sister all this time?
I did tell you about her. Let's carry on.
Um, so, Vorta, Janya, Kultor, Levare,
Aster, Golu, Tera.
- Not all of it. - Shh! Could you two talk about this later?
Janya, Kultor, Levare, Aster, Golu, Tera.
- Yes, those are the names of the seven. - Hmm. Repeating.
Over and over like a sequence,
but where does the sequence start?
- It starts with Janya. - How do you know?
I just know.
I wonder what it means.
Sorry about all of this.
It was never my intention to have them lock you up.
- Is this a punishment? - It can be.
But in your case it's more of a precaution.
- It is a strange punishment. - How so?
There is no pain. It is quiet and simple.
I like it.
Right. Very well.
3-1-3, what would happen
if we turned the key and woke all your people
but without Vorta or the Naviaspore?
To be awake without the Naviaspore is difficult for my kind.
Without it, I wish I was still asleep myself.
Right.
Is that not a disgusting creature?
No more than the others of this world.
Or do you have greater disdain
because she is a child of the Betrayer?
First you call me the carrier of the Betrayer,
then the child of the Betrayer.
You seem confused. Which one is it?
Vorta, perhaps we should try
some more direct methods
to lure the ones who carry Levare and Golu.
Janzo!
Times up! That key better be destroyed.
Find the Skevikor key.
I know where Janzo hides things.
He just doesn't know that I know.
Make it stop! Make it stop!
Gods above. It was screaming at me. You couldn't hear that?
What the hell is wrong with you?
Luna, are you certain you should be up and about?
To the cowards who imprison Levare and Golu,
we have the one who carries the Betrayer.
Until you bring yourselves to us,
we will torture her until she is lost to you.
You all right?
No.
What is it?
Talon.
She's at the Capital.
I know the tomb. I've been there. I'm going.
That's exactly what they what you to do.
It's a trap so they can kill you and take your kinj.
Not if Tobin and I take every man we can muster and...
Spears, I told you when we locate her, I would go to get her.
- There are four of them. - I know exactly where she is.
I'm going to jump all the way into the tomb right beside her,
cut her loose, and that will give her a chance to escape.
They'll be waiting for you, Tobin.
Yes, they will, but they won't know when
and where I'll appear,
and in that moment of chaos, that's my chance.
- It's not the worst plan. - Yes, it is.
They want to kill Tobin so another one of their kind can rise.
It's Talon's only chance. I owe her that much.
How many times has she saved me?
How many times has she saved the whole kingdom?
As king it's my duty.
Must you leave so soon, sister? We haven't had any time.
I'm sorry, Munt. You know I'd love to stay,
but I have a business of my own to run now.
Yeah.
I hope my presence didn't upset you too much.
Could've been worse. Could've been awful.
It's hard to be upset with someone as nice as you are.
I hope you don't mind if I come visit when my niece or nephew is born.
Not at all. I'm sure we'll need the help when it comes.
Naya!
- Thank you. You saved my life. - You're welcome.
I, um... I just want you to know
I think you're all right.
Thank you?
I mean, what I'm trying to say is, I owe you an apology.
- I said some mean stuff. - You were delirious.
Yeah, that's a good excuse for last night,
but not for how I behaved at Relman.
I just... I hope we see each other again.
- That's all. - That would be nice.
- Bye. - Bye.
I'll help you up. There you go.
Thank you.
Bye, Naya!
I'm sorry I didn't tell you more about her.
- It's a bit weird to talk about. - It's fine. I get it.
You know, every day I thank the gods
that she turned out to be my sister.
What?
Well, if she wasn't,
then I would've never had the chance
to fall in love with you.
You bring her home, Tobin.
Whilst I'm away, Spears is in charge.
This will only take a few moments, right?
I mean, even Garret can't screw things up too badly in that time.
And if I don't come back...
you're still in charge.
You'll be back.
You can do this.
Here. Here. I brought you a present.
Thank you for coming for me.
Now make a run for the exit as fast as you can.
- No, we should fight them together. - Talon, you're in bad shape.
We can't risk them getting both of our kinjes.
For once in your life, you have to run from a fight.
This is one you can't win.
Levare.
Don't wait for me. I can leave whenever I want.
Now, go. Go!
Talon!
No!
Talon! Get up.
Go, go!
Go!
Run!
Tobin!
Run!
Ah!
You're worried about Talon.
- Aren't you? - Yeah.
I should be with Tobin rescuing her.
No. You'd only wind up dead.
I just... I keep thinking that if she makes it back alive...
When she makes it back alive.
Is it wrong that she and I are even together?
What do you mean?
Well, that's what you said,
that Blackbloods should be with Blackbloods
so they can repopulate and recover as a people.
And since when did you listen to me?
Well, isn't that what you think?
Garret, who cares what I think?
I mean, look at me.
I'm just alone.
Now, take Wren and Janzo. They're happy. Very happy.
Who am I to fault them for that?
And who am I to fault you
for wanting to be with someone who you obviously really love?
Thank you, Zed.
Are you all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Welcome, Levare.
Now we are five.
Vorta.
Kultor.
Janya, you are as beautiful as ever.
Tera.
Thousands of years trapped, robbed of my essence.
There is no punishment painful enough for Aster.
- Where is he? - He still sleeps.
Good.
Then may he sleep forever.
We will need him to wake the Kahvi to serve us.
For now, we save our brother Golu.
It is your turn to return to the fold, Golu.
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