[mysterious music playing]
- [dodo coos] - [Scary grunts]
- Hold. - John, you should hear us out.
- [dodo coos] - John? From the Alliance?
Wait, I thought he was supposed to be your friend?
[scoffs] That depends on one's definition of "friend."
I'm surprised you have any left, Meiyin.
Uh, can we talk about this? Like reasonable people?
We heard a huge explosion. I should have known.
You've always had a knack for finding trouble.
[Meiyin] We found something, John.
A weapon of tremendous power. This is the advantage we needed!
This can change everything.
I will allow you the courtesy of leaving the way you came.
But-- Hmm.
- [Alasie] Meiyin! - [gasps]
[gasps, chuckles softly]
Alasie! [chuckles]
You're much stronger than I remember.
You said she wasn't ever coming back.
And I told you she would.
She's coming to the village for dinner, right, Dad?
[squeals]
[sighs] All right. At ease.
Yes! You're the best!
The Beast Queen is back! [chuckles]
[chuckles] Beast Queen?
- Don't ask. - [Scary grunts]
[intense music playing]
[dinosaurs growling, grunting]
- Trying to eavesdrop? - [sighs] Am I that bad at it?
Let's say you need to work on your technique.
I get it, though, I've been trying to get my dad
to let me into council meetings for ages.
- I'm Helena. - Meiyin's friend.
And don't worry,
you haven't missed anything good.
But if I know her,
they're about to start arguing in three, two...
Nerva thinks us weak. But that is an advantage.
With this weapon in our hands, we could strike now and--
You are not listening to me.
The Alliance died in that battle.
My people and Alasie, they are my only concern now.
- [Meiyin grunts] - [growls]
Where is the fierce warrior I once knew?
I-- [exhales] We cannot be led astray.
Nerva will come for us all, eventually.
What will become of your people then?
What will become of your daughter?
- How long have you been here? - [chuckles] No idea. [sighs]
I've been knocked unconscious for a lot of it.
The days do tend to blur together.
My dad says every day is a gift,
but I think he just tells me that
to make chores seem less boring.
Thank you for convincing John to take us to your village.
You were very persuasive.
- He listened, for once. - [dinosaurs grunting]
Well, he clearly cares about you very much.
Yeah, we had our own families back where we each came from.
When I first woke up here, I was...
I was in a really dark place.
Then John found me, and he made it seem all right.
He's my father now, no matter what.
But I wish there was a way he could see
I'm not that scared little girl anymore.
- [coos] - [gasps]
- Want to hold him? - [Alasie gasps softly]
- He always cheers me up. - [Alasie chuckles, exhales]
- And I think he likes you. - Oh. [chuckles softly]
- A lot! - [chuckles]
Thanks, Helena.
- Oh. We're here! - [dodo coos]
[gasps softly]
[mysterious music playing]
- [Alasie] We're home. - [chuckles softly]
[dinosaurs grunting]
[John grunts]
Food and water for the mounts.
Have the Eastern scouts returned?
- [Alasie grunts] - [grunts]
[dinosaur growls]
- [John exclaims] - [dinosaur grunts]
- [Helena whimpers] - [dinosaur grunts]
Helena, check this out! They're really just big softies.
Uh, I can see quite well from here, thank you.
[dinosaur grunts]
- [Meiyin] Hmm. Hmm. - [dinosaur grunts]
- He's missed you. [chuckles] - And I, him.
[in Chinese]
[dinosaur grunts]
[intense music playing]
[in English] Pretty neat, isn't it?
Henry designed those, he's an inventor.
But Meiyin and him, um, they don't get along.
Alasie! Get a saddle for that fin-head over there.
[Alasie] Mm-hmm.
What are you doing here?
[dinosaur grunts]
Easy, Henry. There is something that we must discuss.
[Henry] A weapon won't rebuild the Alliance.
- This one will. - [Henry grunts]
That's enough. We'll convene the elders.
[Henry grunts]
[sighs] Perhaps, it is better that I do this alone.
- [Chava coughing] - Hmm.
- [Chava groans] - [gasps softly]
- [gasps, coughs] - [gasps softly]
Ch... Check eyes. [coughs]
Dilated pupils. Bloody hell, he's burning up.
[gulps]
Chava?
- What's happening to them? - Swamp fever.
We don't know what makes them sick.
They don't get it from each other.
First a cough, then a gasp. Then they, um...
- [Chava breathes deeply] - Hand me that cloth.
[groans]
[birds chirping]
[exhales]
[intense music playing]
There's no more.
[Meiyin] The council is making a mistake, John.
The time for half-measures is gone,
Nerva knows we have the Green Artifact.
These are the problems I must solve here, Meiyin.
Your desire for vengeance must wait.
Chava showed me how to make medicine.
Where can we get more?
The essential ingredients are blue flowers
that used to grow on the mountain slopes nearby.
But the Great Bird,
ruler of the mountain, has since devoured them all.
"Great Bird"?
It's the big mean one, and it lays the blue eggs and--
Blue? Like the flower?
Have its eggs only turned this color recently?
[gasps] We need to get one of those eggs.
I know this sounds crazy,
but the Great Bird may have passed
the medicinal properties of the blue flower onto its eggs
through the transmission of epigenetic markers.
- The egg could heal the sick. - Then let's go get it!
It... [sighs] It's a dangerous trek.
[groans]
[exhales sharply]
[Meiyin] You're right, John.
Nerva will cut through us like a scythe
through the summer grass if we do not stop this sickness.
[intense music playing]
[in Lakota]
[sighs]
[John] Hmm.
[birds chirping]
[John] Hmm.
[Chava exhales]
[John, in English] How are you feeling, Chava?
Well enough for this.
And I will be here the moment you return.
[intense music playing]
I think you gave him too much personality.
Looks kind of cute. So, it's really not that hard.
Just draw...
[inhales] ...and release.
See? It's easy.
- [inhales deeply] Draw... - And release!
[exhales sharply] Easier said than done.
Meiyin's a warrior.
You shouldn't compare yourself to her.
Uh, I... I... I don't.
Listen, I wasn't always our village's best archer.
My dad used to refuse to take me on hunts.
So, I made it impossible for him to leave me behind.
- [Helena] How? - Practice. Lots of practice.
Now, watch again. [inhales, coughs]
[clears throat]
- Ready to go, Dad! - Good.
Henry, watch over Chava and protect her
while we fetch the medicine.
Smooth climbing, my friend.
- We will make haste. - [Helena grunts softly]
- [tense music playing] - [all grunt]
[Helena grunts, gasps]
[breathes sharply, grunts]
- Hmm. - [grunts]
[screams, grunts]
- [breathes sharply, grunts] - [screeches]
- [birds screeching] - [grunts]
[whimpers]
[screeches]
- [grunts] - [screeches]
Helena, climb to me!
- [birds screeching] - [Alasie grunts]
[grunts]
[birds screeching]
- [screeches] - [grunts]
- [Meiyin grunts]
- [Helena exhales] - [birds screeching]
- [Meiyin grunts] - [Helena grunts]
- [birds screeching] - [Alasie pants]
- [grunts] - [screeches]
- [all grunt] - [birds screeching]
- [Helena grunts] - [Meiyin grunts]
- [screeches] - [Meiyin grunts]
- [Alasie grunts] - [Meiyin grunts]
- [grunts, chuckles] - [grunts, chuckles]
[soft music playing]
[Helena chuckles softly]
[exhales deeply]
[grunts]
[sighs]
There is a secret. Soft face.
Uh, "soft face"?
Too much tension. Soft face. Relaxed.
[grunts]
- [exhales] - [arrow strikes]
You better have worked up an appetite.
[chuckles] Alasie, your cooking smells so good,
- I won't need an-- - [Alasie groaning]
[gasps]
- [groans] - [grunts]
- Are you okay? - [Alasie groans]
Yeah. Just fine.
- Alasie, you're burning. - [Alasie grunts softly]
How long have you known?
Please don't tell anyone. He'll never let me--
[exhales]
- Why wouldn't you tell me? - Because I knew you'd overreact.
You're always telling me I'm not ready.
I feel fine, honestly!
If I hadn't come with you, would you have been able
to beat back those critters on the climb?
If you fell ill when we needed you,
that could have endangered us all.
John...
You must learn to consider
how your actions affect your tribe.
You are no longer a child.
You will stay here tomorrow.
Dad! No! You'll need me up there.
And, you said it yourself. I'm no longer a child, and--
[coughs]
[Helena] Alasie, here, have some water.
[groans]
I'm afraid her condition is worsening.
The egg. Are you certain?
I am hopeful, yes.
[Alasie groans]
[John] Then only one thing matters.
Tomorrow morning,
the Great Bird will leave its nest.
And then we will take the egg.
[gasps]
[tense music playing]
[exhales softly]
Huh? [grunts softly]
[whimpers]
[screams, gasps]
It is time.
[Alasie groans]
[shushes] Just rest, my daughter.
We will return soon. Watch over her.
I will.
- [Great Bird screeches] - [gasps]
[tense music playing]
Hmm.
[birds grunting]
- [Meiyin gasps] - [John] Hmm.
[birds grunting]
- Huh? - [birds grunting]
- [John gasps] - [bird grunts]
[birds grunting]
[grunts]
[breathes heavily, grunts]
- [dragonfly buzzing] - [gasps]
- [grunts] - [dragonfly buzzing]
- [grunts] - [intense music playing]
- [Great Bird growls] - [gasps]
[screeches]
[whimpers] Dad!
- [birds screeching] - [both pant]
- [birds screeching] - [both gasp]
- [both pant] - [birds screeching]
- [John grunts] - [Meiyin pants]
[both grunt]
[Meiyin grunts]
[Great Bird screeches]
[Meiyin groans softly]
- [John grunts softly] - [Alasie grunts]
- [Great Bird grunts] - [Alasie groans]
[Meiyin pants]
- [growls] - [John grunts]
[grunts]
[Alasie grunts]
[grunts]
- [screeches] - [Meiyin grunts]
[Great Bird growls]
[pants, gasps]
[grunts softly]
- [Great Bird screeches] - [Helena inhales sharply]
[screeches]
[Helena inhales deeply, exhales]
[Great Bird grunts]
[Alasie grunts, breathes deeply]
- [gasps] - [growls]
[Meiyin grunts, breathes deeply]
- [John grunting] - [Alasie gasps]
- [Great Bird growls] - [grunts]
- [growls] - [John grunts]
Mount up! [grunts]
[Meiyin] Helena, take my hand!
- [Helena grunts] Woah! - [birds screeching]
- [breathes heavily] - [gentle music playing]
[grunts]
- [Alasie groans] - [gasps]
- Alasie! - [Alasie groans]
[growls]
Alasie? Where is the medicine?
[Alasie groans]
[Helena] We've got to hurry.
[Alasie breathes heavily]
- [breathes heavily] - [squawks]
- [grunts softly] - [coos]
Bring her close.
- [breathes heavily] - [bird squawks]
[breathes heavily]
- Is it working? - Give it time.
Alasie, you are strong. You are my daughter.
I won't lose you. I won't.
[Alasie groans]
[breathes heavily]
- [John chuckles softly] - [Helena] Alasie?
- [chuckles] - [chuckles]
Yuck. That tastes really awful.
- Oh! - [John chuckles softly]
[Helena chuckles softly]
- [Alasie chuckles softly] - [squawks]
Easy, Dad.
Alasie is right. It does taste awful.
But who am I to complain?
Henry and I will take the rest back to the village.
[squawks]
Meiyin says you were a scientist in your time.
Perhaps we shall add "Healer" to your list of titles.
[chuckles softly] Thank you, Chava.
It is we who owe you a debt that we can never repay.
Though I would like to know more about those--
What did you call them? "Genes"?
Well...
- [Alasie] But can we keep it? - [John] Huh?
- [bird squawks] - [mellow music playing]
Please?
I promise I'll take good care of it.
- [chuckles] - [squawks]
Yes, for now.
But we must also discuss it at the next council meeting.
[chuckles] Which you will attend.
[squeals] Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Helena! I'm gonna name him Rhubarb!
So, does this mean Meiyin is welcome at your village?
Hmm.
- [chuckles softly] - [Annika groans]
- [gasps] - [groans]
[gasps]
- [Annika groans] - [gasps]
- [creature growls] - [gasps]
- [Meiyin grunts] - [John grunts]
[growls]
[Annika groans, breathes shakily]
[in Finnish]
[whimpers]
[sobs]
[in English] She... she was at Nerva's camp with me.
We escaped together.
- I have seen these before. - [tense music playing]
They are from Nerva's mining camps.
There must be one nearby.
- What can we do? - We shall find this camp.
And then, we are going to liberate it.
[theme music playing]
[theme music concludes]