EPISODE 1
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PERCIVAL :
( My mother always told me :
“If I stop talking to you, it is so you'll think about what you’ve done.”
I often struggle to know when she’s mad at me.
But the moment she falls silent, I understand. )
Mother?
I’m going hunting, do you want me to drop by the village?
[ The mother continues to sew in silence. ]
PERCIVAL :
I’ll…
see what Neste thinks of it.
( I've got a hard time understanding others.
What they think…
What they expect of me…
My mother says everyone is like that.
That no one can truly understand others.
It makes me wonder why she expects me to understand her
when she holes herself up in silence. )
NESTE :
Hey, young master!
PERCIVAL :
Ah, Neste! I almost forgot⎯
NESTE :
Where're you headed?
PERCIVAL :
Hunting, of course.
Are you not ready?
NESTE :
(sigh)
I knew it, you didn’t listen to a word I said this morning.
I can’t come with you, my husband got hurt while working the fields.
PERCIVAL :
Ah… ah, yes, sorry…
NESTE :
You’ve got your head up in the clouds a bit too often, young master.
PERCIVAL :
Yes, I’ll have to focus not to forget about the game entirely.
NESTE :
You don’t mean to go on your own, do you?
Her ladyship would lose her mind with worry!
PERCIVAL :
I know these woods.
Everything’s going to be okay, Neste.
( My mother says hunting is a stupid practice
because we already have livestock
and that I should show more gratitude to our peasants for their hard work.
But when I see Neste work so hard and get hurt… )
Hmm, already 4, 5 in the afternoon. Yes, I’d better go home soon.
( I wonder
Do I really have the right to stop at being grateful? )
Ugh, I forgot to ask Neste if I should stop by the village.
( Well, today hasn’t been a very successful day. Looks like the deer have migrated already. )
?? :
Stop.
PERCIVAL :
( Huh? )
?? :
Hunting the white stag is a very bad idea.
PERCIVAL :
( Huh?? )
?? :
Its presence alone indicates an opening, leading to the Otherworld.
Unless you’d like to get lost in there, I’d recommend you don’t.
PERCIVAL :
[more confused percy noises]
( Who… ?
The Otherworld?
What?! )
?? :
Look closely.
It has already crossed the river and is heading for the Otherworld.
PERCIVAL :
All I see is a white deer.
?? :
But it has seen your potential.
It heralds great changes for those who encounter it.
PERCIVAL :
( Great changes? )
And you… ?
( I’ve never seen anyone dressed like that. )
Who are you?
?? :
Well, you could say…
That I too am a white stag.
I warn those I encounter of what is coming their way
and many things are coming your way.
Opportunities,
exploits,
failures,
sorrows,
I don’t see everything,
but your future is promising.
You have an important role to play in all of this, Percival.
PERCIVAL :
I
don’t understand any of it.
?? :
No one can claim to understand everything.
It can be confusing for me as well.
But don’t worry,
everything should fall into place soon.
Well,
if you survive past today, that is.
[ birds chirping ]
PERCIVAL :
( What…
What just happened???
My mom says there are strange folks in the woods
but also fairies
and I have no idea whether he was one or the other.)
( That said, he knew my name, and he disappeared all of a sudden. )
( Everything will make sense…
…if I survive past today? )
( My mother told me
that nothing is without meaning.
Everything is deserved
But
do I really deserve to die here? )
( What…
What is that? )
?? :
You’re up, Galahad!
GALAHAD :
I've got it, sir!
?? : Perfect. Now, back away.
GALAHAD :
Got it!
?? :
Those marks should disappear soon.
It didn’t last very long…
GALAHAD :
Maybe it was already dying?
?? :
At any rate, well done.
Cloth, please.
GALAHAD :
What's the next step?
?? :
We'll go back to the villagers
and ask them if⎯
PERCIVAL :
Uh, excuse me?
( My mother told me… )
Are you…
(… if something looks like a miracle… )
…angels?
( … it probably is one. )