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Stop struggling, fool.

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You were struck by
a five- step snake.

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His venom moves swiftly.

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Most die before their fifth step.

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Where is my sword?

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Taken away.

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Punishment for breaking curfew.

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I need to go, Sifu.
Now.

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How do you revenge a snake?

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You would be a fool to think
only one serpent lays in wait.

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There is always
a deadlier strike to come.

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One should walk away.

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Sifu.

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Master Polo.

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Save your breath.

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The Khan requests
that I inquire as to the Latin's health.

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Will he survive?

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Father will be most pleased.

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And, um, the Prince?

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Without compassion,

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what is there
to distinguish men from beasts?

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What was your student
doing beyond the walls?

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Sleep escaped me.

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I thought a ride would clear my mind.

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So close to your throat...

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A few inches lower,
the venom would have stilled your heart.

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Tread carefully, Master Polo.

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Or you will find yourself
a more permanent sleep.

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Great Khan.

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Business forces us
to disturb you.

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Escort the concubine out.

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Leave her to her task.

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Tell me, son,
what news of the Latin?

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Would you rather not hear
the news we carry of the Song rebels?

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I would have asked first if I had.

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The foreigner claims his mind was
muddied with thoughts that hindered sleep.

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He hoped a ride in the grasslands
might assist him.

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Oh.

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I wonder what disturbed him so.

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The healer promised
a full recovery.

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What news of the Song?

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They request a parley.

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To what end,
we do not know.

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It seems an auspicious opportunity.

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They are afraid of war.

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An opportunity born of what, though?

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It makes little sense
with their current standing.

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But the parley will give us clarity.

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They request you personally, Sire.

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Perhaps a ruse to take your life.

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We must not be deceived.
Prepare to destroy them.

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They will make do with emissaries.

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The thought of a parley pleases me.

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Jingim's instincts are correct.

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Assemble the War Council.

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She has quite a way
with the boy, doesn't she?

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Caring. Kind.

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She is her mother's daughter.

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Will my mother
come back for me, Uncle?

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Of course.

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She is simply off learning
to be the best dancer in the world

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- so she can teach you one day.
- Mmm- hmm.

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Then I will be the best dancer

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- in the world.
- Mmm- hmm.

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'Tis odd...

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I've not seen Mei Lin since
the Emperor's spirit left his body.

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Where does your sister
keep herself now?

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Returned to her old ways, I suspect.

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Practicing her art in brothels.

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Mei Lin was cared for
and welcomed in her time here.

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What would drive her away?

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Treasure?

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You have enough to share, surely.

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I am not my sister's protector.

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Why?

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Was she not yours
in the days before your ascension?

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That was a long time ago, Empress.

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Would such a look have escaped
your face toward my husband?

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I never knew
your husband to eat jonquils.

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If it suited him, he would have.

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And you would have worn
a more esteemed look.

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I am the Emperor!

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If my Emperor could eat flowers

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and keep the Mongols in check...

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I would gladly serve him a garden.

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Let me pass.

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What's your business, foreigner?

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Let me pass!

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- What's your business...
- Leave him.

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I need to speak with Kokachin.

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Delusion is an imperfection
that defiles the mind.

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I must speak with her, please.

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Is it the serpent's sting
that has deluded you?

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I intend no harm.

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You are incapable of harm,
Master Marco.

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You need to be more vigilant
in your protection of Kokachin.

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She is in danger.

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Concern yourself
with the danger you face.

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The Blue Princess
is secure in my care.

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Leave now
or suffer my fate.

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Have you ever sampled
the third sex, Latin?

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Four winters ago, I took an arrow
in the back fighting the North Hordes.

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I tasted blood for two days.

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Great Khan bid me come and see him
when I was finally able to stand.

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And I'm his own flesh and blood.

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You were strong

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and quickly saddled
your own steed again.

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So brave.

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I heard word of a parley
with the Song rebels.

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- Is it true?
- It is.

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The War Council assembles.

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In your absence?

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We wait on Father.

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Where is he?

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Surely tending to
his round- eyed pet.

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Might you offer your Empress tea?
Or will you continue to stand idle?

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Forgive me, Empress.

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Spare the Europa no thought, Jingim.

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Do not let your father
doubt you the better man.

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I am the better man.

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The better man does not sit in the dark
with his woman and his jealousies.

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The better man stands erect and strong

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and finds a way
to tilt the scales in his favor.

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Easy, girl.

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Sube.

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A message for my brother.

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It's urgent.

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Follow our arrangement
and make fast your horse.

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Yes, ma'am.

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Sidao beheaded
our men not weeks ago.

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Why call for peace now?

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He fears the wrath
that comes and seeks to alter course.

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The man is not circumspect.
Jia Sidao is too arrogant for that.

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His ambition is his arrogance.

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But the Chancellor is not the only
mind at work within the Walled City.

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You see a different landscape, Yusuf?

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Have your spies received
intelligence from Xiangyang?

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No, Sire.
I rely now on my own.

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The Boy Emperor
is but five seasons old.

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His coronation day approaches.

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Sidao may play the royal,
but he's a pretender to the throne.

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He desires power, but holds
no royal position or blood claim.

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There are other ways to secure power,
Prince Jingim.

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Are we safe to assume
Jia Sidao takes such steps presently?

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Yes.

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A divided empire
is an opportunity.

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One that must be seized upon
with ruthless force.

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One that can be
molded to serve us.

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Sidao is a peasant...

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Empress a grieving widow.

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A grieving widow
loyal to the memory of her husband.

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The dead Emperor
was always a reluctant warrior.

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Which hand offers the parley?

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Either way,

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it is better to
know what we face...

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and win the war
with this knowledge

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before we consider the battlefield.

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We parley.

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See what the table presents us.

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Perhaps there will be
a dung- stuffed head of a five- year- old.

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Then we will have our answer.

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Ahmad...

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you will lead the parley
with the Song ambassadors.

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Depart at dawn.

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Sire...

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might I recommend
sending Prince Jingim...

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so the parley has some
semblance of royal command?

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Prince Jingim will
oversee the conference.

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You honor me
with this task.

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Heal the battle wounds
of Wuchang, Jingim...

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as a diplomat making peace.

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Never volunteer
for a stealth mission.

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You might as well
have a barking dog accompany you.

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- I need my sword.
- Are all Latins as dense as you?

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I would give you a sword...

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but I'm afraid whose body
the blade would find

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when the rumors reach you.

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Your father has returned.

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Great Khan,

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a rare and exotic gift
from the Arabian Peninsula

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by route of Dunhuang.

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Animal smells of shit.

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It has been aboard our caravan
for weeks, Great Khan.

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Rise.

186
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A caravan we humbly
take through your kingdom.

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A kindness we wish to continue,
if your wisdom should allow us.

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Prosperous business
is always welcome.

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We gladly gave tribute,
Lord Khan.

190
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You shall be allowed
to continue your trade.

191
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My realm is yours.

192
00:15:29,046 --> 00:15:32,007
Do you have
any interest in your son?

193
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Yes, Sire.
I am anxious to embrace him.

194
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It has been too long.

195
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Then turn, merchant, and behold.

196
00:16:13,631 --> 00:16:15,092
You look like an Oriental.

197
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One must adapt to survive, brother.

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And Marco has.

199
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One can adapt
without forsaking his heritage...

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his father's heritage.

201
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My father forsook his son.

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00:16:26,269 --> 00:16:28,897
- I understand your...
- You understand nothing!

203
00:16:30,565 --> 00:16:32,776
I am sorry I had to leave you,

204
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but it is more dangerous
on the Silk Road...

205
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Why did you return?

206
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To bank profits, pay tribute,
mostly to see my boy.

207
00:16:41,284 --> 00:16:43,370
Is that not enough?

208
00:16:43,453 --> 00:16:45,538
It is enough.

209
00:16:45,622 --> 00:16:46,790
It's not believable.

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00:16:46,874 --> 00:16:49,251
There are reasons
why we left you.

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00:16:51,795 --> 00:16:54,089
Reasons we must again
return to the Silk Road.

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- Commerce.
- No.

213
00:16:56,717 --> 00:16:58,969
You must trust me when I say

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00:16:59,052 --> 00:17:04,432
all efforts that I make are for
our home... our Lord and for you.

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00:17:06,393 --> 00:17:08,061
I need your help.

216
00:17:08,145 --> 00:17:09,562
Say it and it is done.

217
00:17:09,646 --> 00:17:10,814
Give me your blade.

218
00:17:10,898 --> 00:17:12,565
For what purpose?

219
00:17:12,649 --> 00:17:15,152
This was not an accident.

220
00:17:15,235 --> 00:17:17,279
- What trouble have you got into?
- It is no concern of yours.

221
00:17:17,362 --> 00:17:19,990
What requires a sword, Marco?

222
00:17:20,908 --> 00:17:23,368
Someone is in danger.

223
00:17:23,451 --> 00:17:25,620
- Someone?
- A friend.

224
00:17:25,703 --> 00:17:27,831
A woman?

225
00:17:30,542 --> 00:17:32,252
Marco, listen to me.

226
00:17:32,335 --> 00:17:36,214
Despite your dress and visage,
you are not one of them.

227
00:17:36,298 --> 00:17:38,091
You never will be.

228
00:17:38,175 --> 00:17:40,427
You get involved with them,
you damage us.

229
00:17:40,510 --> 00:17:42,720
You damage the family business.

230
00:17:48,060 --> 00:17:49,436
I thought he would never go.

231
00:17:52,272 --> 00:17:54,107
One day, he will understand.

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00:18:42,364 --> 00:18:44,157
Your chest is puffed.

233
00:18:45,408 --> 00:18:46,534
In this place,

234
00:18:46,618 --> 00:18:48,912
that's what whores do
when they want to get fucked.

235
00:18:48,996 --> 00:18:52,958
The horseman with the shaved head,
where is he?

236
00:18:53,041 --> 00:18:54,792
That's half of Cambulac.

237
00:18:54,877 --> 00:18:59,006
This one deals in jewels
he could not rightfully own.

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00:18:59,089 --> 00:19:01,216
That's the other half of Cambulac.

239
00:19:02,592 --> 00:19:03,844
Now, piss off.

240
00:19:03,927 --> 00:19:05,888
You know who I speak of.

241
00:19:07,764 --> 00:19:10,058
Tell me where I can find him.

242
00:19:19,776 --> 00:19:23,030
Did you enter
my tea house unarmed?

243
00:19:26,741 --> 00:19:27,784
Answer me!

244
00:19:50,682 --> 00:19:51,849
Tell me where!

245
00:19:52,850 --> 00:19:55,270
The south end.

246
00:19:55,353 --> 00:19:58,106
The shanty by the ironworks.

247
00:19:58,190 --> 00:20:01,068
If you're lying,
I will come back.

248
00:20:02,069 --> 00:20:03,570
Please do.

249
00:22:36,098 --> 00:22:37,724
Why do you threaten Kokachin?

250
00:22:40,435 --> 00:22:43,688
I saw you on the grasslands.
I saw you take the jewels.

251
00:22:43,771 --> 00:22:46,149
What concern is it of yours?

252
00:22:49,611 --> 00:22:52,989
I threatened Kokachin with nothing!
You pursued me.

253
00:22:53,072 --> 00:22:56,284
I thought you the danger.
I would lay down my life for her.

254
00:23:01,414 --> 00:23:03,791
What are you doing? No!

255
00:23:05,127 --> 00:23:08,546
Let me go!
Let me go! Now!

256
00:23:08,630 --> 00:23:10,006
- Let me go!
- No!

257
00:23:11,258 --> 00:23:13,135
You're making a mistake.

258
00:23:22,227 --> 00:23:25,522
Tell Vice Regent Yusuf where I am.
He will tell you.

259
00:23:26,731 --> 00:23:28,441
It's on his orders.

260
00:23:37,367 --> 00:23:38,910
You did this.

261
00:23:40,036 --> 00:23:41,246
No.

262
00:23:42,872 --> 00:23:44,874
Those savages did this,

263
00:23:44,957 --> 00:23:46,334
though we did nothing.

264
00:23:46,418 --> 00:23:48,211
Those dogs you live with,

265
00:23:48,295 --> 00:23:51,173
they don't know
how to treat men of God.

266
00:23:51,256 --> 00:23:52,632
- We were...
- Smuggling.

267
00:23:54,634 --> 00:23:56,178
We were smuggling.

268
00:23:58,180 --> 00:24:00,807
There is no point
lying to the boy.

269
00:24:09,982 --> 00:24:11,943
Do you know
what they do for that?

270
00:24:16,781 --> 00:24:18,908
Why am I here?

271
00:24:20,743 --> 00:24:23,330
We had to store
the goods somewhere.

272
00:24:23,413 --> 00:24:24,539
The coin, son.

273
00:24:25,623 --> 00:24:27,917
You left me
in this foreign land...

274
00:24:30,462 --> 00:24:32,505
and now you have destroyed me.

275
00:24:34,424 --> 00:24:36,759
Do you not see that?

276
00:24:40,930 --> 00:24:42,557
You're a coward.

277
00:24:58,740 --> 00:24:59,949
All my life

278
00:25:00,032 --> 00:25:05,162
I have waited for the great adventurer
to offer me a place at his side.

279
00:25:08,916 --> 00:25:11,419
I finally got what I wanted.

280
00:26:11,187 --> 00:26:12,605
Sidao is not here?

281
00:26:12,689 --> 00:26:15,567
With regret, no.

282
00:26:15,650 --> 00:26:19,446
Surely, the same regret
the Great Khan offers

283
00:26:19,529 --> 00:26:21,072
for not attending.

284
00:26:22,615 --> 00:26:26,619
I am his son and heir
and I speak with full authority.

285
00:26:26,703 --> 00:26:30,998
And I, Prince,
speak with authority from the Walled City.

286
00:26:31,082 --> 00:26:32,792
And from whose authority
does that flow?

287
00:26:32,875 --> 00:26:35,962
The child, the old woman,
or the pretender?

288
00:26:37,380 --> 00:26:41,008
I speak on behalf of
all the Song dynasty.

289
00:26:41,092 --> 00:26:42,510
You mean all that remains

290
00:26:42,594 --> 00:26:44,971
by a shred of silk
down by the Han River.

291
00:26:45,054 --> 00:26:47,974
We take your request
for parley with seriousness.

292
00:26:48,057 --> 00:26:50,059
As a gesture of such,

293
00:26:50,142 --> 00:26:54,772
the Great Khan releases
our prisoners of war from Wuchang to you.

294
00:26:54,856 --> 00:26:57,692
Your gesture is greatly appreciated.

295
00:26:57,775 --> 00:26:59,026
So was yours.

296
00:26:59,110 --> 00:27:01,946
Though returning our prisoners
without their bodies

297
00:27:02,029 --> 00:27:04,240
was an interesting prelude for peace.

298
00:27:04,323 --> 00:27:07,952
A regrettable circumstance of war

299
00:27:08,035 --> 00:27:10,497
and one we wish not to repeat.

300
00:27:10,580 --> 00:27:11,873
We are in agreement.

301
00:27:11,956 --> 00:27:15,167
And my father's minister will capitulate.

302
00:27:15,251 --> 00:27:17,294
Of course.

303
00:27:17,379 --> 00:27:20,632
Provided suitable terms
and tribute payments are offered.

304
00:27:22,299 --> 00:27:23,385
We are prepared to offer...

305
00:27:23,468 --> 00:27:26,262
Five hundred thousand
taels of silver.

306
00:27:26,345 --> 00:27:28,848
Five hundred thousand
bolts of silk.

307
00:27:28,931 --> 00:27:32,184
And three of every
five grains of rice you sow...

308
00:27:32,268 --> 00:27:33,561
for 10 years.

309
00:27:34,937 --> 00:27:38,858
This is beyond reason.
We called for this parley in good faith.

310
00:27:38,941 --> 00:27:41,486
You called for this parley in fear.

311
00:27:42,153 --> 00:27:45,239
If you do not wish to
engage in honorable terms,

312
00:27:45,322 --> 00:27:47,074
- we will return to...
- Ambassador,

313
00:27:47,158 --> 00:27:48,743
this rate is unwarranted.

314
00:27:49,786 --> 00:27:51,871
We will find a suitable figure.

315
00:27:51,954 --> 00:27:56,042
And Minister Ahmad will wait
with the convoy by the horses.

316
00:28:13,142 --> 00:28:18,189
The Great Kublai Khan
is interested in peace with South China.

317
00:28:18,272 --> 00:28:22,652
All he demands is that your leaders
surrender the Song dynasty to history.

318
00:28:22,735 --> 00:28:27,699
Become unified with the North
in a new dynasty under a new emperor.

319
00:28:28,450 --> 00:28:31,786
This message
is a burden of royalty.

320
00:28:33,287 --> 00:28:36,248
One better suited to myself
than the Minister.

321
00:28:36,332 --> 00:28:41,921
Your respect for Chinese ways and culture
is known to us, Prince.

322
00:29:20,084 --> 00:29:21,961
We are still new to
the ways of your kingdom.

323
00:29:25,923 --> 00:29:28,718
Value is the first thing you seek.

324
00:29:29,677 --> 00:29:31,012
Risk, the second.

325
00:29:32,639 --> 00:29:34,474
The silk worm is sacred,

326
00:29:34,557 --> 00:29:37,644
more valuable
than gems and gold, Master Polo.

327
00:29:37,727 --> 00:29:41,773
Its theft is punishable by death.

328
00:29:41,856 --> 00:29:45,693
Please... we did not know...

329
00:29:45,777 --> 00:29:47,153
Enough.

330
00:30:02,877 --> 00:30:04,587
What is their origin?

331
00:30:04,671 --> 00:30:06,338
They were not procured by us.

332
00:30:09,091 --> 00:30:11,928
A man in our caravan
acquired them.

333
00:30:17,892 --> 00:30:19,435
Where is this man now?

334
00:30:19,519 --> 00:30:22,104
He did not survive the journey,
Lord Khan.

335
00:30:29,904 --> 00:30:32,156
And I'm quite confident
neither shall you.

336
00:31:14,531 --> 00:31:18,578
A dispatch has arrived, Chancellor.
From your sister.

337
00:32:00,369 --> 00:32:02,705
I've just received word that
the great and noble Kublai Khan

338
00:32:02,789 --> 00:32:05,457
will not be attending
my peace parley.

339
00:32:06,626 --> 00:32:09,295
What parley?

340
00:32:10,462 --> 00:32:12,589
What have you done?

341
00:32:14,341 --> 00:32:16,719
You no longer hold a place
in the Royal Court.

342
00:32:18,763 --> 00:32:20,222
Old woman,

343
00:32:20,306 --> 00:32:23,768
you have no authority
to dictate or declare my place.

344
00:32:25,352 --> 00:32:29,565
My ambassadors were instructed to secure
an accord with the Mongols at all costs.

345
00:32:29,649 --> 00:32:32,109
When they return,
I will have every authority

346
00:32:32,193 --> 00:32:34,486
and you will find yourself
a lonely warmonger.

347
00:32:35,612 --> 00:32:38,574
Your currency is the fear of war.

348
00:32:38,658 --> 00:32:41,368
But it is spent
and you are nothing without it.

349
00:32:42,286 --> 00:32:45,790
The Song shall not share rice
with that bloated Mongolian cur.

350
00:32:45,873 --> 00:32:49,168
The Council will
embrace peace if offered.

351
00:32:50,336 --> 00:32:54,506
The people of South China
will do their Lord's bidding.

352
00:32:54,590 --> 00:32:56,592
And so will you.

353
00:33:34,046 --> 00:33:35,256
Unchain him.

354
00:33:44,056 --> 00:33:45,599
Leave us.

355
00:33:57,987 --> 00:33:59,696
Tell me of your father.

356
00:34:09,916 --> 00:34:11,458
He...

357
00:34:14,211 --> 00:34:16,297
He is a well- regarded trader.

358
00:34:18,507 --> 00:34:20,885
His shipping contacts
have remained loyal through the years.

359
00:34:20,968 --> 00:34:24,555
I ask of character
and you tell me of his profession.

360
00:34:24,638 --> 00:34:29,101
Do you have any of your colorful language
that speaks to the man or not?

361
00:34:30,477 --> 00:34:33,480
It would be artful color, My Lord.

362
00:34:35,524 --> 00:34:37,401
A mirage.

363
00:34:42,698 --> 00:34:46,160
I grew hearing tales
of the Great Genghis.

364
00:34:47,787 --> 00:34:49,621
I knew him only as a small boy,

365
00:34:49,705 --> 00:34:53,584
but the man my eyes saw
was not big enough.

366
00:34:55,044 --> 00:34:57,839
Genghis of my mind...

367
00:34:57,922 --> 00:35:00,507
he was a giant.

368
00:35:01,884 --> 00:35:04,595
Our imaginations outrun us, Sire.

369
00:35:09,683 --> 00:35:12,812
When you made your way to Cambulac
and your father left you to me,

370
00:35:12,895 --> 00:35:15,481
you had gone no further east,
had you?

371
00:35:16,983 --> 00:35:18,109
No.

372
00:35:20,736 --> 00:35:22,864
These silkworms...

373
00:35:24,490 --> 00:35:26,783
they are native
to the Jiangxi province.

374
00:35:26,868 --> 00:35:30,371
A region you have never visited.

375
00:35:30,454 --> 00:35:33,457
But your father and uncle
have since traveled there.

376
00:35:37,628 --> 00:35:41,423
It's the cocoon
that gives the silk.

377
00:35:43,050 --> 00:35:45,887
Comes out like sweet milk, then hardens.

378
00:35:48,139 --> 00:35:51,350
Ugly worm turns
into an ugly moth, but...

379
00:35:52,809 --> 00:35:54,520
leaves such treasure behind.

380
00:35:55,938 --> 00:35:59,650
Then some child somewhere
crushes the moth, but...

381
00:36:01,027 --> 00:36:03,154
the silk is still mine.

382
00:36:04,947 --> 00:36:06,282
The worm...

383
00:36:08,534 --> 00:36:10,244
the silk...

384
00:36:10,327 --> 00:36:12,496
the child...

385
00:36:13,747 --> 00:36:15,041
All mine.

386
00:36:21,547 --> 00:36:24,841
You will be spared.

387
00:36:27,303 --> 00:36:29,972
Your father and uncle
will be sentenced.

388
00:36:31,015 --> 00:36:34,185
Artful color will not
alter their character.

389
00:36:35,102 --> 00:36:37,688
What is their punishment?

390
00:36:39,148 --> 00:36:41,733
It is on this that I dwell.

391
00:37:27,821 --> 00:37:29,906
You've been fighting.

392
00:37:29,991 --> 00:37:32,784
A spy, he tracked me.

393
00:37:34,536 --> 00:37:36,288
Who was it?

394
00:37:36,372 --> 00:37:38,290
A foreigner.
A round eye.

395
00:37:39,875 --> 00:37:41,002
He is no threat.

396
00:37:41,085 --> 00:37:42,794
The Imperial Guard arrested him.

397
00:37:42,878 --> 00:37:44,505
You did not need
to set the snake.

398
00:37:48,217 --> 00:37:49,801
If the Guard have him...

399
00:37:49,885 --> 00:37:51,220
He knows nothing.

400
00:37:51,303 --> 00:37:53,222
He thought I was trying to hurt you,

401
00:37:53,305 --> 00:37:55,349
to steal from you.

402
00:38:00,271 --> 00:38:02,148
And he tried to defend me.

403
00:38:02,231 --> 00:38:03,357
Why would he do that?

404
00:38:05,026 --> 00:38:07,153
I do not know.

405
00:38:07,236 --> 00:38:11,198
But I know your mind.
I turn my heart to no other.

406
00:38:12,616 --> 00:38:15,869
The gems have traded well.
We should go.

407
00:38:15,952 --> 00:38:17,288
Patience.

408
00:38:17,371 --> 00:38:19,165
War is coming.

409
00:38:19,248 --> 00:38:22,251
We will find cover
for our escape within it.

410
00:38:38,309 --> 00:38:40,644
The Song have agreed
to cease their raids in the west

411
00:38:40,727 --> 00:38:42,646
and pay tribute to you, Father.

412
00:38:43,980 --> 00:38:46,400
Peace without bloodshed
is upon us.

413
00:38:46,483 --> 00:38:49,195
Was there a sense of where
the parley offer came from?

414
00:38:49,278 --> 00:38:50,987
Who is the administering hand?

415
00:38:51,072 --> 00:38:53,990
To this end,
the Minister was wise to inquire.

416
00:38:54,075 --> 00:38:56,368
They artfully evaded a direct answer.

417
00:38:56,452 --> 00:38:59,580
But it would be safe
to assume the Walled City is caught

418
00:38:59,663 --> 00:39:02,374
amidst a power struggle
between the Chancellor Jia Sidao

419
00:39:02,458 --> 00:39:03,834
and the Empress Dowager.

420
00:39:05,001 --> 00:39:07,754
Let the yellow birds
battle over their defeat

421
00:39:07,838 --> 00:39:12,301
while we celebrate
the well- crafted victory of Prince Jingim.

422
00:39:12,384 --> 00:39:13,802
Yes.

423
00:39:18,515 --> 00:39:20,392
Such an ugly little creature.

424
00:39:20,476 --> 00:39:22,894
Yet men will kill for it.

425
00:39:24,146 --> 00:39:26,190
Risk my wrath.

426
00:39:26,273 --> 00:39:27,774
Betray their blood.

427
00:39:28,859 --> 00:39:30,652
Because to them...

428
00:39:32,279 --> 00:39:35,532
it is fortune, not legacy,
that changes a life.

429
00:39:47,294 --> 00:39:48,920
Come to me.

430
00:40:06,605 --> 00:40:08,607
What is wrong?

431
00:40:08,690 --> 00:40:10,484
I'm simply surprised.

432
00:40:11,777 --> 00:40:13,154
By?

433
00:40:14,405 --> 00:40:17,824
Your attention these days
seems to be occupied with...

434
00:40:17,908 --> 00:40:19,535
Chinese matters.

435
00:40:20,744 --> 00:40:21,745
Ah.

436
00:40:22,704 --> 00:40:23,747
Yes.

437
00:40:24,998 --> 00:40:27,876
These Chinese, they...

438
00:40:27,959 --> 00:40:29,920
require careful attention.

439
00:40:31,172 --> 00:40:34,258
Well, I should...
have to watch her close.

440
00:40:37,594 --> 00:40:41,056
Not something the Great Khan
should be troubled with.

441
00:40:43,559 --> 00:40:46,102
Let me find you
someone more exotic.

442
00:40:47,729 --> 00:40:49,940
An Indian.

443
00:40:50,023 --> 00:40:51,858
A Zanzibari.

444
00:40:51,942 --> 00:40:54,445
Perhaps, a Slav.

445
00:40:54,528 --> 00:40:56,238
It's her...

446
00:40:56,322 --> 00:41:01,827
Her prowess is evident,
yet simply not harnessed in the...

447
00:41:01,910 --> 00:41:03,287
proper manner.

448
00:41:04,621 --> 00:41:08,292
Something that should be
remedied with much practice.

449
00:41:13,839 --> 00:41:18,051
You worry without cause,
my lovely, favorite wife.

450
00:41:19,428 --> 00:41:22,431
You have a place
above all others.

451
00:41:23,724 --> 00:41:25,058
Ceremonially.

452
00:41:26,435 --> 00:41:27,936
Chabi...

453
00:41:29,521 --> 00:41:31,022
you have my devotion.

454
00:41:47,456 --> 00:41:51,543
It is time to honor
Jingim's Mongol triumph over the Chinese.

455
00:42:19,112 --> 00:42:21,782
Your mother sent a message today.

456
00:42:21,865 --> 00:42:25,244
An important message
that arrived too late.

457
00:42:25,327 --> 00:42:26,703
It cost me greatly.

458
00:42:28,330 --> 00:42:30,707
But luck was with me.

459
00:42:30,791 --> 00:42:33,335
I turned your mother's failure
to my favor.

460
00:42:34,545 --> 00:42:38,006
Still, mistakes demand correction.

461
00:42:40,342 --> 00:42:43,345
I have a tale to tell you
before sleep.

462
00:42:52,313 --> 00:42:55,899
It's the Cricket Minister.
It's the Cricket Minister.

463
00:42:55,982 --> 00:42:59,778
Look how they leap.
Look how they leap.

464
00:43:14,626 --> 00:43:17,296
A victorious son!

465
00:43:21,342 --> 00:43:22,801
Ahmad!

466
00:43:30,266 --> 00:43:31,852
Long ago...

467
00:43:31,935 --> 00:43:35,314
the consort Yao Niang
was the favorite of Emperor Li Yu.

468
00:43:35,397 --> 00:43:38,567
She was a dancer, like you.

469
00:43:39,818 --> 00:43:41,027
Emperor Yu believed

470
00:43:41,111 --> 00:43:44,948
that a woman's feet were
the very essence of feminine beauty.

471
00:43:45,907 --> 00:43:48,118
This is why
he liked Yao Niang.

472
00:43:48,201 --> 00:43:52,498
Her feet were small,
delicate, perfect.

473
00:43:53,707 --> 00:43:56,793
Women with such feet
became coveted.

474
00:43:56,877 --> 00:44:00,756
Measures had to be taken
to keep their feet the perfect size.

475
00:44:00,839 --> 00:44:02,508
Three inches long.

476
00:44:06,637 --> 00:44:09,305
They had to be bound.

477
00:44:12,476 --> 00:44:15,145
That is not
how that happened.

478
00:44:15,228 --> 00:44:18,565
I congratulate you, brother,
on a fine accord.

479
00:44:18,649 --> 00:44:22,193
You are now proven
in battle and politics.

480
00:44:22,277 --> 00:44:24,029
Warrior and diplomat.

481
00:44:30,577 --> 00:44:34,289
And I beg forgiveness if I,
at all, overstepped at the parley.

482
00:44:34,373 --> 00:44:36,082
It was your hour, not mine.

483
00:44:36,166 --> 00:44:37,876
Your aggression weakened the Song.

484
00:44:39,085 --> 00:44:40,962
Wolf and crow, Ahmad.

485
00:44:41,046 --> 00:44:43,048
I am just a bookkeeper.

486
00:44:43,131 --> 00:44:46,342
I tally, I account, I serve.

487
00:44:46,427 --> 00:44:47,719
It was our day.

488
00:44:47,803 --> 00:44:49,721
Were we born of the same mother,

489
00:44:49,805 --> 00:44:52,265
we could not have worked
together better as brothers.

490
00:45:17,833 --> 00:45:19,125
A piece of linen...

491
00:45:19,209 --> 00:45:24,005
is wrapped
over the four small toes...

492
00:45:26,424 --> 00:45:29,094
pulled under the instep

493
00:45:29,177 --> 00:45:31,012
and behind the heel.

494
00:45:49,114 --> 00:45:50,824
Come.

495
00:45:56,246 --> 00:45:57,873
Now, this linen...

496
00:45:57,956 --> 00:46:01,835
is tightened daily
until the toes break,

497
00:46:01,918 --> 00:46:04,337
fold under the foot

498
00:46:04,420 --> 00:46:07,090
and flatten themselves
against the sole.

499
00:46:19,102 --> 00:46:23,356
The heel becomes slender over time.

500
00:46:23,439 --> 00:46:25,316
And finally...

501
00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:28,319
the heel shifts forward
to the ball of the foot,

502
00:46:28,403 --> 00:46:31,615
breaking the arch
and forcing it upward.

503
00:46:49,382 --> 00:46:50,634
My Lady.

504
00:47:00,977 --> 00:47:03,396
The Khan is dissatisfied.

505
00:47:03,479 --> 00:47:06,191
I am pained
to hear such news.

506
00:47:06,274 --> 00:47:08,735
As well you should be.

507
00:47:11,362 --> 00:47:12,447
Show me.

508
00:47:13,448 --> 00:47:14,783
Empress?

509
00:47:14,866 --> 00:47:17,285
Show me how you move.

510
00:47:19,245 --> 00:47:21,915
I will remedy your flaws.

511
00:47:42,185 --> 00:47:45,355
Do you think you would like to be
one of these hallowed women?

512
00:47:46,773 --> 00:47:48,692
Like the beautiful dancer Yao Niang?

513
00:47:48,775 --> 00:47:50,611
Chancellor?

514
00:47:52,738 --> 00:47:53,905
Yes?

515
00:48:05,626 --> 00:48:08,629
Your mother should have
started this years ago.

516
00:48:10,631 --> 00:48:13,341
She causes you this pain.

517
00:48:18,596 --> 00:48:20,098
Be still, my Sunflower.

518
00:48:22,142 --> 00:48:23,727
Be still.

519
00:48:47,458 --> 00:48:49,044
We are your ambassadors.

520
00:48:49,795 --> 00:48:52,380
Please! Mercy!
We are Song!

521
00:49:23,453 --> 00:49:27,248
I expect that sacrifice was a ruse
the Great Khan had intended.

522
00:49:27,332 --> 00:49:28,333
Hmm.

523
00:49:33,129 --> 00:49:35,048
Do you worry for your father?

524
00:49:39,510 --> 00:49:42,013
My father brought
his plight upon himself.

525
00:49:43,473 --> 00:49:45,350
I know this.

526
00:49:45,433 --> 00:49:47,102
It keeps sleep at bay, hmm?

527
00:49:49,604 --> 00:49:52,774
A persistent affliction
since I was a boy.

528
00:49:54,275 --> 00:49:56,737
And is it this affliction
that sees you roaming

529
00:49:56,820 --> 00:49:59,489
at night on horseback?

530
00:50:00,907 --> 00:50:06,037
The canals called to me at home.
Here, the grasslands.

531
00:50:08,164 --> 00:50:10,291
It is a demon like no other.

532
00:50:12,043 --> 00:50:15,380
One who sleeps
wherever he lays his head

533
00:50:15,463 --> 00:50:17,841
can never understand the beast.

534
00:50:17,924 --> 00:50:20,010
You, too, My Lord?

535
00:50:22,137 --> 00:50:26,307
The distractions of rule
occupy my mind when I should sleep.

536
00:50:26,391 --> 00:50:30,645
You are a thinker, Latin,
as am I.

537
00:50:32,647 --> 00:50:34,732
This is good.

538
00:50:54,335 --> 00:50:57,213
Amends must be made
for your father's crime.

539
00:50:59,841 --> 00:51:01,802
I understand.

540
00:51:02,718 --> 00:51:04,595
You will decide his fate.

541
00:51:06,764 --> 00:51:08,599
My Lord?

542
00:51:08,683 --> 00:51:11,061
Left to my vice regent, Yusuf,
or myself,

543
00:51:11,144 --> 00:51:13,354
your father's punishment
would be certain.

544
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:16,732
His thief heart would now be still.

545
00:51:17,943 --> 00:51:20,695
I know the pain this will cause you.

546
00:51:20,778 --> 00:51:23,406
I know compassion.

547
00:51:23,489 --> 00:51:24,825
And you know our laws...

548
00:51:26,159 --> 00:51:27,994
our customs.

549
00:51:28,912 --> 00:51:30,872
You will choose
your father's punishment.

550
00:51:31,998 --> 00:51:35,335
And then you shall find sleep.

551
00:51:39,172 --> 00:51:41,382
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