1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 2 00:00:52,635 --> 00:00:55,551 [soft eerie music playing] 3 00:01:34,416 --> 00:01:37,134 My name is Alithea. 4 00:01:37,158 --> 00:01:39,788 My story is true. 5 00:01:39,812 --> 00:01:42,182 You're more likely to believe me, however, 6 00:01:42,206 --> 00:01:44,426 if I tell it as a fairy tale. 7 00:01:47,081 --> 00:01:49,711 So, once upon a time, 8 00:01:49,735 --> 00:01:53,522 when humans hurtled across the sky on metal wings, 9 00:01:54,392 --> 00:01:55,761 when they wore webbed feet 10 00:01:55,785 --> 00:01:58,135 and walked on the bottom of the sea, 11 00:01:59,397 --> 00:02:01,549 when they held in their hands glass tiles 12 00:02:01,573 --> 00:02:04,117 that could coax love songs from the air... 13 00:02:04,141 --> 00:02:05,814 [music playing through headphones] 14 00:02:05,838 --> 00:02:08,885 there was a woman, adequately happy and alone. 15 00:02:09,755 --> 00:02:11,646 Alone by choice. 16 00:02:11,670 --> 00:02:14,562 Happy because she was independent, 17 00:02:14,586 --> 00:02:17,676 living off the exercise of her scholarly mind. 18 00:02:19,765 --> 00:02:21,419 Her business was story. 19 00:02:22,681 --> 00:02:24,398 She was a narratologist 20 00:02:24,422 --> 00:02:26,183 who sought to find the truths 21 00:02:26,207 --> 00:02:29,166 common to all the stories of humankind. 22 00:02:30,428 --> 00:02:33,233 To this end, once or twice a year, 23 00:02:33,257 --> 00:02:35,844 she ventured to strange lands. 24 00:02:35,868 --> 00:02:38,586 To China, the South Seas, 25 00:02:38,610 --> 00:02:40,830 and the timeless cities of the Levant... 26 00:02:44,834 --> 00:02:49,404 where her kind gathered to tell stories about stories. 27 00:02:51,841 --> 00:02:53,123 [man 1] This way. 28 00:02:53,147 --> 00:02:55,168 - [ Alithea] Excuse me. - [man 1] This way, lady. 29 00:02:55,192 --> 00:02:56,822 What are you doing? Can you let go, please? 30 00:02:56,846 --> 00:02:59,259 The mysteries of Istanbul. 31 00:02:59,283 --> 00:03:01,435 [static buzzing] 32 00:03:01,459 --> 00:03:03,331 - [man 2] Alithea! - [man 1 grunts] 33 00:03:03,722 --> 00:03:04,941 Alithea! 34 00:03:09,859 --> 00:03:11,489 Welcome! 35 00:03:11,513 --> 00:03:13,186 - Welcome at last! Aw. - Gunhan! 36 00:03:13,210 --> 00:03:15,319 - [both laugh] - My dear friend. 37 00:03:15,343 --> 00:03:16,798 - [ Alithea] Oh, how wonderful! - [Gunhan] I'm sorry. 38 00:03:16,822 --> 00:03:18,496 - This is Amina. - Amina. 39 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:20,304 From the British Council. 40 00:03:21,871 --> 00:03:24,458 That fellow at the airport manhandling my luggage, 41 00:03:24,482 --> 00:03:25,677 did you see him? 42 00:03:25,701 --> 00:03:26,919 What fellow? 43 00:03:28,312 --> 00:03:30,706 He scuttled off when you arrived. 44 00:03:31,663 --> 00:03:35,928 Small, sheepskin jacket, pink collar. 45 00:03:38,495 --> 00:03:39,670 Interesting. 46 00:03:40,628 --> 00:03:42,891 He was hot to touch. 47 00:03:43,979 --> 00:03:45,285 Musky. 48 00:03:45,807 --> 00:03:47,480 Perhaps he was a djinn. 49 00:03:47,504 --> 00:03:49,961 An illegal taxi driver, more likely. 50 00:03:49,985 --> 00:03:51,919 Wearing too much cologne. 51 00:03:51,943 --> 00:03:53,791 So, Professor, 52 00:03:53,815 --> 00:03:56,315 you saying you believe in djinn? 53 00:03:56,339 --> 00:03:59,231 I believe there are those who need to believe in them. 54 00:03:59,255 --> 00:04:00,363 Including me? 55 00:04:00,387 --> 00:04:01,779 Djinn, ghosts, 56 00:04:02,606 --> 00:04:04,565 aliens, whatever helps. 57 00:04:07,481 --> 00:04:08,917 [Gunhan laughs] 58 00:04:10,962 --> 00:04:13,748 The hotel's arranged a lovely surprise for you. 59 00:04:19,014 --> 00:04:20,861 It's the Agatha Christie room. 60 00:04:20,885 --> 00:04:22,167 In this room, 61 00:04:22,191 --> 00:04:24,802 she wrote Murder on the Orient Express. 62 00:04:29,416 --> 00:04:30,697 [sighs] 63 00:04:30,721 --> 00:04:32,699 [audience laughing] 64 00:04:32,723 --> 00:04:34,832 [Gunhan chuckles] 65 00:04:34,856 --> 00:04:37,574 [Gunhan] So, how would you explain 66 00:04:37,598 --> 00:04:39,967 the power of a thunderstorm 67 00:04:39,991 --> 00:04:41,360 if you don't have the means 68 00:04:41,384 --> 00:04:43,865 to measure and model meteorological data? 69 00:04:45,606 --> 00:04:47,758 How can you explain the seasons? 70 00:04:47,782 --> 00:04:50,543 Autumn through winter to spring and summer, 71 00:04:50,567 --> 00:04:52,719 if you don't know that the Earth 72 00:04:52,743 --> 00:04:55,398 orbits the Sun while tilted on an axis? 73 00:04:56,573 --> 00:04:58,638 Everything was mystery. 74 00:04:58,662 --> 00:05:03,730 The seasons, tsunamis, microbial disease... 75 00:05:03,754 --> 00:05:07,821 What else could we do but resort to stories? 76 00:05:07,845 --> 00:05:10,868 As Dr. Binnie has encouraged us to understand, 77 00:05:10,892 --> 00:05:12,957 stories were once the only way 78 00:05:12,981 --> 00:05:15,525 to make our bewildering existence coherent. 79 00:05:15,549 --> 00:05:17,309 That's exactly right. 80 00:05:17,333 --> 00:05:20,007 We gave name to the unknown forces 81 00:05:20,031 --> 00:05:23,054 behind all wonder and catastrophe, 82 00:05:23,078 --> 00:05:25,472 by telling each other... 83 00:05:28,866 --> 00:05:31,889 By telling each other stories. 84 00:05:31,913 --> 00:05:33,673 - [Gunhan] let me show you. - [static buzzes] 85 00:05:33,697 --> 00:05:38,417 We told tales of specific, powerful, relatable gods 86 00:05:38,441 --> 00:05:41,812 ever present in all cultures, in all mythologies, 87 00:05:41,836 --> 00:05:44,858 from the Greeks, to the Romans, to the Norse, 88 00:05:44,882 --> 00:05:46,730 and so on, and so on. 89 00:05:46,754 --> 00:05:50,081 The familiar descendant of Zeus, Poseidon, Athena, 90 00:05:50,105 --> 00:05:52,649 Thor, the whole gang, 91 00:05:52,673 --> 00:05:55,304 find expression even today. 92 00:05:55,328 --> 00:05:56,783 [low electrical humming] 93 00:05:56,807 --> 00:05:59,636 These are their vestiges. 94 00:06:01,421 --> 00:06:04,815 The question remains, what is their purpose? 95 00:06:07,383 --> 00:06:10,362 [electrical humming continues] 96 00:06:10,386 --> 00:06:12,345 What do we require of them now? 97 00:06:14,521 --> 00:06:17,674 There is mythos, and there is science. 98 00:06:17,698 --> 00:06:19,632 [electrical humming stops] 99 00:06:19,656 --> 00:06:22,113 [ Alithea softly] Oh. Sorry. 100 00:06:22,137 --> 00:06:26,596 Mythology is what we knew back then. 101 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:29,729 Science is what we know so far. 102 00:06:29,753 --> 00:06:31,929 [low electrical humming resumes] 103 00:06:34,410 --> 00:06:36,736 Sooner or later, 104 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,565 our creation stories are replaced 105 00:06:39,589 --> 00:06:41,504 by the narratives of science. 106 00:06:42,505 --> 00:06:44,875 Painstaking science. 107 00:06:44,899 --> 00:06:46,901 And all gods and monsters 108 00:06:47,902 --> 00:06:50,078 outlive their original purpose 109 00:06:51,079 --> 00:06:53,536 and are reduced to metaphor. 110 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:55,736 Rubbish! [Roars] 111 00:06:58,565 --> 00:07:00,064 [Gunhan muffled] Alithea! 112 00:07:00,088 --> 00:07:01,916 [woman speaking indistinctly] 113 00:07:04,179 --> 00:07:05,485 [Gunhan] Alithea. 114 00:07:06,529 --> 00:07:07,680 [woman] What happened? 115 00:07:07,704 --> 00:07:09,116 [Gunhan] I don't know. She just fell. 116 00:07:09,140 --> 00:07:11,031 - She just fell. - [Amina grunts] 117 00:07:11,055 --> 00:07:13,101 [Amina] Gosh. [Exclaiming] 118 00:07:19,977 --> 00:07:21,457 [Gunhan] Are you okay? 119 00:07:21,892 --> 00:07:24,155 [audience clapping] 120 00:07:29,073 --> 00:07:30,640 [rattling] 121 00:07:32,076 --> 00:07:33,489 [Gunhan] Shouldn't you see a doctor? 122 00:07:33,513 --> 00:07:35,012 [ Alithea] Why? When I feel so well? 123 00:07:35,036 --> 00:07:37,449 [Gunhan] Forgive me, Alithea. Are you sure? 124 00:07:37,473 --> 00:07:39,712 [ Alithea] Apart from the usual aches and pains, 125 00:07:39,736 --> 00:07:41,410 there is nothing untoward. 126 00:07:41,434 --> 00:07:43,107 There's no reason to make a fuss. 127 00:07:43,131 --> 00:07:45,002 [Gunhan] So, what happened back there? 128 00:07:49,092 --> 00:07:52,966 Lately, my imagination's been getting the better of me. 129 00:07:53,706 --> 00:07:55,684 Ambushing me. 130 00:07:55,708 --> 00:07:56,859 I think it's a warning. 131 00:07:56,883 --> 00:07:58,145 About what? 132 00:07:59,581 --> 00:08:01,559 Not to be complacent. 133 00:08:01,583 --> 00:08:03,909 To keep on my toes. 134 00:08:03,933 --> 00:08:06,564 It manifests rudely from time to time. 135 00:08:06,588 --> 00:08:09,132 I try not to fight it off. 136 00:08:09,156 --> 00:08:12,962 It takes charge for a moment, and then it steps back. 137 00:08:12,986 --> 00:08:14,529 What steps back? 138 00:08:14,553 --> 00:08:17,643 Oh, Gunhan, it's irrational. Pay it no mind. 139 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:22,493 [Gunhan] You are behaving like a child. Do you know that? 140 00:08:22,517 --> 00:08:23,929 [ Alithea] You know, I am actually a child. 141 00:08:23,953 --> 00:08:25,496 [Gunhan laughs] 142 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,238 [people chattering indistinctly] 143 00:08:28,262 --> 00:08:31,178 [ Alithea] If there is fate, can we escape it? 144 00:08:31,831 --> 00:08:33,180 Who can say? 145 00:08:33,833 --> 00:08:35,985 But I tell you this, 146 00:08:36,009 --> 00:08:38,204 in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, 147 00:08:38,228 --> 00:08:43,122 there are 62 streets and 4,000 shops. 148 00:08:43,146 --> 00:08:46,280 And in one of those shops, there are three rooms. 149 00:08:47,542 --> 00:08:49,172 In the smallest of those rooms, 150 00:08:49,196 --> 00:08:51,783 there was a pile of things unsorted, 151 00:08:51,807 --> 00:08:53,505 old and new. 152 00:08:54,549 --> 00:08:56,508 From the bottom of that pile, 153 00:08:57,509 --> 00:08:59,119 I chose a memento. 154 00:09:04,994 --> 00:09:06,798 Do you know what this is? 155 00:09:06,822 --> 00:09:09,671 I'm not sure, but it could be Cesm-i Bulbul, 156 00:09:09,695 --> 00:09:11,194 a "Nightingale's Eye." 157 00:09:11,218 --> 00:09:14,545 Around 1845, there were these glassmakers in Incirkoy. 158 00:09:14,569 --> 00:09:17,156 They were famous for this spiral blue-white pattern. 159 00:09:17,180 --> 00:09:19,202 Oh, please. It's a gift from me. 160 00:09:19,226 --> 00:09:21,097 Choose something less forlorn. 161 00:09:24,536 --> 00:09:28,298 And, uh, if this is Cesm-i Bulbul, 162 00:09:28,322 --> 00:09:30,822 uh, is there a way of authenticating it? 163 00:09:30,846 --> 00:09:32,563 Well, they say that if it is genuine, 164 00:09:32,587 --> 00:09:34,565 sometimes you can see specks of blood 165 00:09:34,589 --> 00:09:36,001 from the lungs of the glassblowers. 166 00:09:36,025 --> 00:09:39,222 But this is more likely a recent imitation. 167 00:09:39,246 --> 00:09:41,988 It's been damaged by fire. Pick something else. 168 00:09:42,771 --> 00:09:44,294 No, thank you, Gunhan. 169 00:09:45,165 --> 00:09:46,664 I like it. 170 00:09:46,688 --> 00:09:49,561 Whatever it is, I'm sure it has an interesting story. 171 00:10:05,228 --> 00:10:07,622 [telephone ringing] 172 00:10:16,065 --> 00:10:17,129 Hello? 173 00:10:17,153 --> 00:10:18,348 [man] Good morning, Dr. Binnie. 174 00:10:18,372 --> 00:10:19,871 - Good morning. - This is room service. 175 00:10:19,895 --> 00:10:21,090 - Yes. - How do you like your eggs? 176 00:10:21,114 --> 00:10:22,657 Er, runny, please. 177 00:10:22,681 --> 00:10:25,050 - And with toast? - Yes, but no crusts. 178 00:10:25,074 --> 00:10:27,226 - Two eggs? - Just one. 179 00:10:27,250 --> 00:10:28,991 - Okay, thank you. - Thank you. 180 00:10:52,928 --> 00:10:54,756 [electric toothbrush whirring] 181 00:10:56,802 --> 00:10:58,412 [bottle rattling] 182 00:10:59,892 --> 00:11:01,957 [bottle rattling intensifying] 183 00:11:01,981 --> 00:11:03,112 [gasps] 184 00:11:07,203 --> 00:11:08,640 [gasps] 185 00:11:13,122 --> 00:11:14,689 [toothbrush clatters] 186 00:11:16,735 --> 00:11:19,172 [squelching] 187 00:11:37,146 --> 00:11:39,018 [rustling] 188 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:48,307 [squelching] 189 00:11:48,331 --> 00:11:49,657 [creature breaths heavily] 190 00:11:49,681 --> 00:11:51,334 [squeaks] 191 00:11:54,076 --> 00:11:58,229 [creature breathing heavily] 192 00:11:58,253 --> 00:12:02,930 I'm going to close my eyes and count to three, 193 00:12:02,954 --> 00:12:04,279 after which I would be grateful 194 00:12:04,303 --> 00:12:05,783 if you would be gone. 195 00:12:09,003 --> 00:12:10,720 One, 196 00:12:10,744 --> 00:12:12,006 two, 197 00:12:12,833 --> 00:12:14,115 three. 198 00:12:14,139 --> 00:12:16,881 [breathing continues] 199 00:12:18,839 --> 00:12:20,425 Four, 200 00:12:20,449 --> 00:12:21,799 five, 201 00:12:22,843 --> 00:12:24,299 six, 202 00:12:24,323 --> 00:12:26,344 seven, eight, 203 00:12:26,368 --> 00:12:27,979 nine, ten. 204 00:12:30,459 --> 00:12:33,351 [creature grunting softly] 205 00:12:33,375 --> 00:12:35,900 [growling softly] 206 00:12:41,209 --> 00:12:43,995 [creature speaking indistinctly] 207 00:12:49,174 --> 00:12:51,369 I don't suppose you speak English? 208 00:12:51,393 --> 00:12:53,023 [creature speaking ancient Greek] 209 00:12:53,047 --> 00:12:54,222 Deutsch? 210 00:12:55,180 --> 00:12:56,529 Espanol? 211 00:12:57,399 --> 00:12:58,420 Ellinika? 212 00:12:58,444 --> 00:13:00,054 [creature grunts] 213 00:13:02,230 --> 00:13:04,798 [creature speaking ancient Greek] 214 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,411 [in ancient Greek] 215 00:13:11,544 --> 00:13:13,764 [creature speaking] 216 00:13:40,878 --> 00:13:42,793 [ Alithea speaking] 217 00:13:44,272 --> 00:13:47,058 [creature speaking] 218 00:13:52,454 --> 00:13:54,500 [static buzzing on laptop] 219 00:14:05,163 --> 00:14:07,252 [The Djinn speaking] 220 00:14:09,471 --> 00:14:11,885 [static buzzing] 221 00:14:11,909 --> 00:14:14,389 [Einstein speaking indistinctly on TV] 222 00:14:28,926 --> 00:14:29,946 Einstein. 223 00:14:29,970 --> 00:14:31,189 [The Djinn] Einstein. 224 00:14:38,631 --> 00:14:39,956 [in English] 225 00:14:39,980 --> 00:14:41,305 [The Djinn] Television. 226 00:14:41,329 --> 00:14:43,201 [in ancient Greek] 227 00:14:46,465 --> 00:14:48,138 [in English] 228 00:14:48,162 --> 00:14:49,836 [The Djinn] Transmitters. 229 00:14:49,860 --> 00:14:52,471 [in ancient Greek] 230 00:14:59,391 --> 00:15:01,282 [in English] I am a djinn of modest power, 231 00:15:01,306 --> 00:15:05,895 but I begin to understand these transmissions. 232 00:15:05,919 --> 00:15:07,244 Oh! 233 00:15:07,268 --> 00:15:09,594 You've learned to speak my language. 234 00:15:09,618 --> 00:15:12,597 This English is straightforward. 235 00:15:12,621 --> 00:15:15,122 Its rules quickly learn, I find. 236 00:15:15,146 --> 00:15:16,340 [static buzzes] 237 00:15:16,364 --> 00:15:18,149 [Einstein gasping] 238 00:15:18,540 --> 00:15:20,170 [gasps] 239 00:15:20,194 --> 00:15:21,563 [Einstein] Nein, nein, nein. 240 00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:22,956 Would you like this little Albert for yourself? 241 00:15:22,980 --> 00:15:24,305 No, no, no. 242 00:15:24,329 --> 00:15:25,872 That can't be good for him. Put him back. 243 00:15:25,896 --> 00:15:27,134 - I could expand him. - [Einstein] How? 244 00:15:27,158 --> 00:15:28,352 We could speak with him. 245 00:15:28,376 --> 00:15:29,876 - How is this possible? - No, put him back. 246 00:15:29,900 --> 00:15:31,616 - Is that your wish? - This is not possible. 247 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,555 No. It's your obligation. 248 00:15:35,209 --> 00:15:36,273 [blows] 249 00:15:36,297 --> 00:15:37,657 [Einstein resumes speech in German] 250 00:15:38,909 --> 00:15:41,278 So, what will you wish for? 251 00:15:41,302 --> 00:15:42,889 [floor creaks] 252 00:15:42,913 --> 00:15:44,958 What is your heart's desire? 253 00:15:50,181 --> 00:15:54,988 Now, let's, uh, not get ahead of ourselves. 254 00:15:55,012 --> 00:15:57,991 I need to take this slow. [sighs] 255 00:15:58,015 --> 00:16:01,342 I have all the time in the world. 256 00:16:01,366 --> 00:16:03,430 Tell me about yourself. 257 00:16:03,454 --> 00:16:05,432 My name is Alithea Binnie. 258 00:16:05,456 --> 00:16:07,956 I am in Turkey for a conference. 259 00:16:07,980 --> 00:16:10,393 And I return to my homeland in a day's time. 260 00:16:10,417 --> 00:16:11,568 Also? 261 00:16:11,592 --> 00:16:14,310 [ Alithea breathing heavily] 262 00:16:14,334 --> 00:16:18,227 Also, I have a confession to make. 263 00:16:18,251 --> 00:16:20,273 Something I've never told anybody. 264 00:16:20,297 --> 00:16:21,602 [The Djinn] Excellent. 265 00:16:22,952 --> 00:16:25,713 When I was young, there was a boy. 266 00:16:25,737 --> 00:16:27,236 Your first lover? 267 00:16:27,260 --> 00:16:30,152 No, no, no. He was not of flesh and blood. 268 00:16:30,176 --> 00:16:31,414 A djinn? 269 00:16:31,438 --> 00:16:33,547 No. 270 00:16:33,571 --> 00:16:37,420 At that time, I found myself in a school for girls. 271 00:16:37,444 --> 00:16:39,335 Gaggles of girls. 272 00:16:39,359 --> 00:16:44,166 I was... Well, I am a solitary creature by nature. 273 00:16:44,190 --> 00:16:47,213 And this boy, Enzo, 274 00:16:47,237 --> 00:16:50,153 he came to me, out of an emptiness. 275 00:16:51,415 --> 00:16:54,350 Out of a need to imagine. 276 00:16:54,374 --> 00:16:56,265 He told me stories in a language 277 00:16:56,289 --> 00:16:58,552 that only we two spoke. 278 00:17:00,076 --> 00:17:02,228 And he always disappeared when I had a headache, 279 00:17:02,252 --> 00:17:03,490 but he was never far away 280 00:17:03,514 --> 00:17:05,971 when I couldn't move for asthma. 281 00:17:05,995 --> 00:17:07,668 [The Djinn] He was like this little Albert 282 00:17:07,692 --> 00:17:09,278 you would not let me give you? 283 00:17:09,302 --> 00:17:11,193 An emanation? 284 00:17:11,217 --> 00:17:14,109 [ Alithea] Only an emanation of an absence. 285 00:17:14,133 --> 00:17:17,112 [breathing laboriously] 286 00:17:17,136 --> 00:17:20,444 I feared he would leave, and so I wrote him down. 287 00:17:22,489 --> 00:17:27,103 And I filled this journal, bulging with facts. 288 00:17:28,495 --> 00:17:32,649 But the more realism I tried to insert, 289 00:17:32,673 --> 00:17:35,652 the more I began to doubt, 290 00:17:35,676 --> 00:17:38,766 and, uh, it all began to feel silly. 291 00:17:40,116 --> 00:17:41,682 I felt silly. 292 00:17:43,510 --> 00:17:46,141 So, after a time, 293 00:17:46,165 --> 00:17:48,515 I burned it all in the school furnace. 294 00:17:50,691 --> 00:17:53,520 And after that, he disappeared altogether. 295 00:17:54,782 --> 00:17:57,394 And yet, I am here. 296 00:17:59,613 --> 00:18:01,659 Contrary to reason, yes. 297 00:18:02,747 --> 00:18:07,032 I am here, and we have work to do. 298 00:18:07,056 --> 00:18:08,231 [knocking at door] 299 00:18:09,319 --> 00:18:11,688 Can you come back later, please? 300 00:18:11,712 --> 00:18:13,647 [man] It's room service, Dr. Binnie. 301 00:18:13,671 --> 00:18:15,692 I have your breakfast. 302 00:18:15,716 --> 00:18:17,283 [ Alithea] Just a minute! 303 00:18:18,415 --> 00:18:20,069 Must close door. 304 00:18:34,300 --> 00:18:35,408 Good morning. 305 00:18:35,432 --> 00:18:36,626 Where would you like it, Dr. Binnie? 306 00:18:36,650 --> 00:18:37,888 Thank you. Oh, I can take it. 307 00:18:37,912 --> 00:18:40,195 - Please, allow me. - No. No, I can manage it. 308 00:18:40,219 --> 00:18:42,806 Jolly good, Dr. Binnie. I hope you are well rested. 309 00:18:42,830 --> 00:18:44,547 Oh, that looks delicious. Yes, I am. 310 00:18:44,571 --> 00:18:46,375 [man] What do you plan to do on this fine day? 311 00:18:46,399 --> 00:18:49,117 Uh, I'm not sure. I'm improvising. 312 00:18:49,141 --> 00:18:51,598 Well, I'd like to show you a beautiful art gallery... 313 00:18:51,622 --> 00:18:52,816 That's so kind. Thank you. 314 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:53,991 this afternoon, when you get a chance. 315 00:18:54,015 --> 00:18:55,341 - Maybe another time. - It will be great. 316 00:18:55,365 --> 00:18:56,385 Thank you. Have a beautiful day. 317 00:18:56,409 --> 00:18:58,561 [man] Okay. Jolly good. Enjoy. 318 00:18:58,585 --> 00:18:59,804 Thank you! 319 00:19:04,765 --> 00:19:07,290 [people chattering in distance] 320 00:19:16,603 --> 00:19:18,170 [lock clicks] 321 00:19:39,191 --> 00:19:41,778 A more convenient size, I see. 322 00:19:41,802 --> 00:19:43,717 I do what I can to fit in. 323 00:19:44,196 --> 00:19:46,131 Please. 324 00:19:46,155 --> 00:19:48,307 I needn't have ordered breakfast. 325 00:19:48,331 --> 00:19:51,788 It's nan-e nokhodchi. Chickpeas, cloves, pistachio. 326 00:19:51,812 --> 00:19:53,597 It will melt in your mouth. 327 00:19:58,732 --> 00:20:00,710 May I ask you something? 328 00:20:00,734 --> 00:20:01,866 [The Djinn] Anything. 329 00:20:03,302 --> 00:20:06,175 How come you found your way into my bottle? 330 00:20:07,393 --> 00:20:08,786 Ah, it's quite a story. 331 00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:11,764 That was my third incarceration. 332 00:20:11,788 --> 00:20:13,853 You've been trapped in a bottle three times? 333 00:20:13,877 --> 00:20:16,203 I may be a djinn, but I'm also a fool 334 00:20:16,227 --> 00:20:18,814 with too great a fondness for the conversation of women. 335 00:20:18,838 --> 00:20:21,208 I need to be more careful in the future. 336 00:20:21,232 --> 00:20:22,752 How were you caught in the first place? 337 00:20:23,495 --> 00:20:25,169 By desire. 338 00:20:25,193 --> 00:20:26,846 How else? 339 00:20:29,719 --> 00:20:31,305 Who was she? 340 00:20:31,329 --> 00:20:32,785 Sheba. 341 00:20:32,809 --> 00:20:34,178 The Queen of Sheba? 342 00:20:34,202 --> 00:20:35,701 She was my kin. 343 00:20:35,725 --> 00:20:36,832 She was a djinn? 344 00:20:36,856 --> 00:20:38,356 Her mother was a djinn. 345 00:20:38,380 --> 00:20:39,444 Is that possible? 346 00:20:39,468 --> 00:20:40,662 There are laws that allow 347 00:20:40,686 --> 00:20:42,186 the union of djinn and mortals, 348 00:20:42,210 --> 00:20:43,926 but they cannot produce an immortal scion 349 00:20:43,950 --> 00:20:45,232 the way a donkey and a horse 350 00:20:45,256 --> 00:20:47,215 can only produce a seedless mule. 351 00:20:48,868 --> 00:20:51,978 So, what did she look like? 352 00:20:52,002 --> 00:20:56,200 Other than a thick glade of black hair on her legs, 353 00:20:56,224 --> 00:20:57,592 she looked like any other human being, 354 00:20:57,616 --> 00:20:59,899 except, of course, she was Sheba. 355 00:20:59,923 --> 00:21:02,510 By all accounts, she was very beautiful. 356 00:21:02,534 --> 00:21:05,494 She was not beautiful. She was beauty itself. 357 00:21:09,019 --> 00:21:11,824 I was in every way free. 358 00:21:11,848 --> 00:21:14,851 I would come in and out of her sleeping chamber. 359 00:21:15,982 --> 00:21:18,507 [whispers] Sheba... 360 00:21:20,248 --> 00:21:21,964 [blows] 361 00:21:21,988 --> 00:21:24,880 I knew as well as any of her female slaves 362 00:21:24,904 --> 00:21:27,907 the touches that made her shiver with bliss. 363 00:21:29,039 --> 00:21:31,563 Never have I wanted a creature so. 364 00:21:32,390 --> 00:21:33,846 And she desired you in return? 365 00:21:33,870 --> 00:21:37,241 I was her plaything. Her confidante. 366 00:21:37,265 --> 00:21:39,504 I might have become more, but for Solomon. 367 00:21:39,528 --> 00:21:40,722 King Solomon? 368 00:21:40,746 --> 00:21:42,724 Blessed be his memory. 369 00:21:42,748 --> 00:21:44,987 He came from across the deserts to woo her. 370 00:21:45,011 --> 00:21:46,293 Didn't she go to him? 371 00:21:46,317 --> 00:21:47,642 No. Never. 372 00:21:47,666 --> 00:21:49,470 But it's in all the holy books. 373 00:21:49,494 --> 00:21:50,950 All the stories and the paintings. 374 00:21:50,974 --> 00:21:52,734 And Handel wrote music about it. 375 00:21:52,758 --> 00:21:54,345 Madam, I was there. 376 00:21:54,369 --> 00:21:56,042 Solomon came to her. 377 00:21:56,066 --> 00:21:58,784 [people chattering in distance] 378 00:21:58,808 --> 00:22:01,680 [The Djinn speaking early Aramaic] 379 00:22:20,612 --> 00:22:23,417 [strums note] 380 00:22:23,441 --> 00:22:25,400 [The Djinn in English] he began with music. 381 00:22:26,401 --> 00:22:28,490 [playing romantic melody] 382 00:22:30,318 --> 00:22:31,947 [music intensifying] 383 00:22:31,971 --> 00:22:33,408 [music stops abruptly] 384 00:22:44,419 --> 00:22:47,509 [playing sentimental music] 385 00:23:17,495 --> 00:23:20,063 [sentimental music continues] 386 00:23:46,437 --> 00:23:48,134 [music ends in flourish] 387 00:23:54,097 --> 00:23:55,097 [gulps] 388 00:23:57,056 --> 00:24:00,427 I did all that I could to dissuade her. 389 00:24:00,451 --> 00:24:01,559 But when she used 390 00:24:01,583 --> 00:24:03,430 the scented wax of the Jabassa Bee 391 00:24:03,454 --> 00:24:04,997 to remove the hair from her legs, 392 00:24:05,021 --> 00:24:06,694 I knew that I was lost. 393 00:24:06,718 --> 00:24:09,044 But I, like a fool, went on telling her 394 00:24:09,068 --> 00:24:12,047 that her body was rich and lovely, 395 00:24:12,071 --> 00:24:14,702 but her mind was richer and lovelier, 396 00:24:14,726 --> 00:24:16,487 and more durable. 397 00:24:16,511 --> 00:24:18,575 And she agreed with all that I said, 398 00:24:18,599 --> 00:24:20,209 and dropped a hot tear. 399 00:24:21,602 --> 00:24:24,581 She began to set him tasks, which seemed impossible, 400 00:24:24,605 --> 00:24:26,713 to find a particular thread of red silk 401 00:24:26,737 --> 00:24:28,715 in the palace of a thousand rooms, 402 00:24:28,739 --> 00:24:31,588 to guess the secret name of her mother djinn, 403 00:24:31,612 --> 00:24:34,895 [inhales] to tell her what women most desire. 404 00:24:34,919 --> 00:24:36,767 That does seem impossible. 405 00:24:36,791 --> 00:24:38,029 Not for him. 406 00:24:38,053 --> 00:24:39,552 He could speak to the beasts of the earth, 407 00:24:39,576 --> 00:24:41,989 and to the djinn made of subtle fire. 408 00:24:42,013 --> 00:24:45,079 He found ants to discover the thread of silk, 409 00:24:45,103 --> 00:24:47,168 and an ifrit to whisper the mother's name. 410 00:24:47,192 --> 00:24:49,630 [ifrit speaking indistinctly] 411 00:24:52,502 --> 00:24:54,001 [The Djinn] Then he looked into her eyes 412 00:24:54,025 --> 00:24:57,091 and told her what women most desire. 413 00:24:57,115 --> 00:24:59,180 [King Solomon speaking early Aramaic] 414 00:24:59,204 --> 00:25:00,815 [The Djinn] She was astonished, 415 00:25:02,164 --> 00:25:03,992 and told him he was right. 416 00:25:08,518 --> 00:25:12,019 And so she granted him what he most desired, 417 00:25:12,043 --> 00:25:14,916 which was to wed her and be taken to her bed. 418 00:25:18,876 --> 00:25:20,071 [Sheba gasps] 419 00:25:20,095 --> 00:25:22,663 [distorted screaming] 420 00:25:24,969 --> 00:25:27,668 [emotional string music playing] 421 00:25:28,495 --> 00:25:30,584 [whooshing softly] 422 00:25:33,543 --> 00:25:34,999 [speaks early Aramaic] 423 00:25:35,023 --> 00:25:36,783 [The Djinn] He was a great magician... 424 00:25:36,807 --> 00:25:38,263 - [wheezing] - and imprisoned me 425 00:25:38,287 --> 00:25:41,508 with a word of power into a brass bottle. 426 00:25:45,599 --> 00:25:48,558 [emotional string music continues] 427 00:26:07,664 --> 00:26:09,797 She made no plea for me. 428 00:26:10,798 --> 00:26:13,167 I was nothing to her. 429 00:26:13,191 --> 00:26:15,106 A breath in a bottle. 430 00:26:29,860 --> 00:26:32,622 And so, I was cast into the Red Sea 431 00:26:32,646 --> 00:26:36,258 and languished for 2,500 years. 432 00:26:41,611 --> 00:26:43,197 Apart from sleep, 433 00:26:43,221 --> 00:26:46,181 what does one do in a bottle for 2,500 years? 434 00:26:47,704 --> 00:26:49,227 Djinn don't sleep. 435 00:26:54,885 --> 00:26:56,583 So, how do you manage then? 436 00:26:57,235 --> 00:26:58,323 [clicks tongue] 437 00:26:59,890 --> 00:27:04,610 Well, for the first 100 years, I rage against my fate. 438 00:27:04,634 --> 00:27:06,351 I pray to Boschkolo for my release, 439 00:27:06,375 --> 00:27:07,787 and when that does not work, 440 00:27:07,811 --> 00:27:09,267 I pray to any god I know, 441 00:27:09,291 --> 00:27:11,225 and then to any god I may not know. 442 00:27:11,249 --> 00:27:13,924 And when, still, I find no answers, 443 00:27:13,948 --> 00:27:15,012 [inhales] 444 00:27:15,036 --> 00:27:17,101 I spend my time in waking dreams 445 00:27:17,125 --> 00:27:19,886 revisiting all the stories of my life. 446 00:27:19,910 --> 00:27:22,846 And when I have exhausted this many, many times, 447 00:27:22,870 --> 00:27:25,892 I return to my prayer and my rage. 448 00:27:25,916 --> 00:27:28,876 And then, finally, 449 00:27:30,225 --> 00:27:32,357 I play a trick on myself. 450 00:27:33,794 --> 00:27:35,249 I pray to remain in the bottle. 451 00:27:35,273 --> 00:27:39,079 I beseech Boschkolo to keep me always in the bottle. 452 00:27:39,103 --> 00:27:40,646 And does that work? 453 00:27:40,670 --> 00:27:42,126 To yearn for nothing? 454 00:27:42,150 --> 00:27:43,997 To pretend to want nothing more 455 00:27:44,021 --> 00:27:45,738 than to be contained in a bottle? 456 00:27:45,762 --> 00:27:47,218 No. 457 00:27:47,242 --> 00:27:49,984 For a djinn, it is the closest we ever come to death. 458 00:27:51,159 --> 00:27:52,832 [sighs] 459 00:27:52,856 --> 00:27:54,617 Do you know the answer to her question? 460 00:27:54,641 --> 00:27:55,792 What women most desire? 461 00:27:55,816 --> 00:27:56,923 Yeah. 462 00:27:56,947 --> 00:27:58,664 Do you not know? 463 00:27:58,688 --> 00:28:00,187 If you do not know, I cannot tell you. 464 00:28:00,211 --> 00:28:02,363 Well, surely, we don't all want the same thing. 465 00:28:02,387 --> 00:28:05,976 Madam, your yearnings are not at all clear to me. 466 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,283 I... I'm at a point in my life where I have all I need. 467 00:28:09,307 --> 00:28:11,851 I daresay I'm content, and gratefully so. 468 00:28:11,875 --> 00:28:12,983 Tell me. 469 00:28:13,007 --> 00:28:15,376 Are you a wife? A widow? 470 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,640 - Um... - A mother, perhaps? 471 00:28:17,664 --> 00:28:20,188 I have no children, no siblings, no parents. 472 00:28:21,972 --> 00:28:23,254 I did once have a husband. 473 00:28:23,278 --> 00:28:24,516 [The Djinn] Ah. 474 00:28:24,540 --> 00:28:26,672 And what was the complexion of this husband? 475 00:28:27,194 --> 00:28:28,650 His complexion? 476 00:28:28,674 --> 00:28:31,827 In the beginning, it was glowing. 477 00:28:31,851 --> 00:28:33,655 And in the ending? 478 00:28:33,679 --> 00:28:35,178 It's not much of a story. 479 00:28:35,202 --> 00:28:38,094 But it is a story. It is your story, 480 00:28:38,118 --> 00:28:39,748 and it is always wise 481 00:28:39,772 --> 00:28:41,706 to understand those who have a hold on you. 482 00:28:41,730 --> 00:28:42,794 Please. 483 00:28:42,818 --> 00:28:43,906 [inhales deeply] 484 00:28:44,994 --> 00:28:47,214 [grunts] Well, okay, um... 485 00:28:48,302 --> 00:28:49,671 [smacks lips] 486 00:28:49,695 --> 00:28:52,151 We'd known each other since our youth. 487 00:28:52,175 --> 00:28:54,023 We, uh, married early. 488 00:28:54,047 --> 00:28:55,981 In the beginning, we took pleasure 489 00:28:56,005 --> 00:28:57,809 in each other's minds and bodies. 490 00:28:57,833 --> 00:28:59,158 Um... 491 00:28:59,182 --> 00:29:00,986 We passed the years comfortably, 492 00:29:01,010 --> 00:29:03,404 and then as it happens, 493 00:29:04,144 --> 00:29:06,165 it all evaporated, 494 00:29:06,189 --> 00:29:08,235 and, uh... and we became 495 00:29:09,366 --> 00:29:10,387 less. 496 00:29:10,411 --> 00:29:11,411 And where is he? 497 00:29:13,109 --> 00:29:16,045 He's in Hackney, with Emmeline Porter. 498 00:29:16,069 --> 00:29:17,244 [The Djinn] Mmm. 499 00:29:20,029 --> 00:29:21,291 [ Alithea sighs] 500 00:29:23,424 --> 00:29:25,358 [ Alithea] He told me I... 501 00:29:25,382 --> 00:29:27,839 I was incapable of reading feelings. 502 00:29:27,863 --> 00:29:29,014 [car brakes] 503 00:29:29,038 --> 00:29:30,431 [car horn beeps] 504 00:29:31,998 --> 00:29:34,324 I was incapable of reading his feelings. 505 00:29:34,348 --> 00:29:36,239 [Emmeline] ...gonna have a resolution. 506 00:29:36,263 --> 00:29:37,414 [Jack] This is exciting! 507 00:29:37,438 --> 00:29:38,981 - It is exciting! - [Emmeline] No, it's not. 508 00:29:39,005 --> 00:29:40,417 Let me guess. No one dies in it. 509 00:29:40,441 --> 00:29:42,158 [Emmeline laughing] No! 510 00:29:42,182 --> 00:29:45,988 [ Alithea] The way my brain is wired is... is the... 511 00:29:46,012 --> 00:29:48,991 the source both of my power 512 00:29:49,015 --> 00:29:51,757 and, uh, and my solitude. 513 00:29:52,758 --> 00:29:54,934 I suspect that's why I like stories. 514 00:29:55,848 --> 00:29:58,478 I find feelings through stories. 515 00:29:58,502 --> 00:30:00,853 [The Djinn sighs] 516 00:30:02,071 --> 00:30:05,007 Perhaps you could wish for him back. 517 00:30:05,031 --> 00:30:07,163 Oh, no, no, no. No, no, no. 518 00:30:07,337 --> 00:30:08,425 No. 519 00:30:09,513 --> 00:30:12,168 I... I thought, um, 520 00:30:13,256 --> 00:30:17,086 I might grieve a loss and betrayal, but, uh, 521 00:30:18,392 --> 00:30:20,089 no, in fact, I was free. 522 00:30:21,482 --> 00:30:23,808 I was like a prisoner 523 00:30:23,832 --> 00:30:27,420 emerging from a dungeon into the sunlight. 524 00:30:27,444 --> 00:30:30,249 I expanded into the space of my own life. 525 00:30:30,273 --> 00:30:34,427 No, I could not wish for more. 526 00:30:34,451 --> 00:30:37,430 You are a wise and cautious woman, Alithea. 527 00:30:37,454 --> 00:30:40,085 But we all have desires, 528 00:30:40,109 --> 00:30:41,981 even if they remain hidden from us. 529 00:30:42,459 --> 00:30:44,089 [inhales sharply] 530 00:30:44,113 --> 00:30:45,917 That's as maybe. 531 00:30:45,941 --> 00:30:50,835 But I am also a narratologist, 532 00:30:50,859 --> 00:30:53,316 and that is going to be a problem. 533 00:30:53,340 --> 00:30:55,579 It's going to be a very big problem. 534 00:30:55,603 --> 00:30:57,799 See, I know all the stories there are 535 00:30:57,823 --> 00:30:59,148 about trickster djinn, 536 00:30:59,172 --> 00:31:00,453 and the ways in which they manipulate wishing 537 00:31:00,477 --> 00:31:01,541 to their own ends. 538 00:31:01,565 --> 00:31:02,847 I am not one of them. 539 00:31:02,871 --> 00:31:04,806 I am god-fearing and honorable, 540 00:31:04,830 --> 00:31:07,069 and only here to grant your heart's desire. 541 00:31:07,093 --> 00:31:09,158 Well, even if that's true, 542 00:31:09,182 --> 00:31:12,359 how can you rely on those called upon to wish? 543 00:31:13,142 --> 00:31:14,380 [speaks ancient Greek] 544 00:31:14,404 --> 00:31:17,190 How do you know you can rely on me? 545 00:31:18,321 --> 00:31:20,343 Well, I hope so. 546 00:31:20,367 --> 00:31:23,172 With you, I certainly hope so. 547 00:31:23,196 --> 00:31:25,391 There's a... 548 00:31:25,415 --> 00:31:28,307 funny little story. I mean, you probably know it. 549 00:31:28,331 --> 00:31:30,266 Three friends lost at sea in a tiny boat. 550 00:31:30,290 --> 00:31:32,007 They pull up a magic fish, 551 00:31:32,031 --> 00:31:33,573 who grants each of them one wish. 552 00:31:33,597 --> 00:31:34,705 The first one, 553 00:31:34,729 --> 00:31:36,489 "I wish I were at home with my wife." 554 00:31:36,513 --> 00:31:37,664 He vanishes. 555 00:31:37,688 --> 00:31:39,275 The second one, "I wish I were playing" 556 00:31:39,299 --> 00:31:40,580 "in the fields with my children." 557 00:31:40,604 --> 00:31:41,799 Off he goes. 558 00:31:41,823 --> 00:31:44,323 And the third one, "I miss my friends..." 559 00:31:44,347 --> 00:31:45,368 "I wish they were here." 560 00:31:45,392 --> 00:31:47,022 You've got it. 561 00:31:47,046 --> 00:31:50,286 There's no story about wishing that is not a cautionary tale. 562 00:31:50,310 --> 00:31:52,201 None end happily. 563 00:31:52,225 --> 00:31:54,116 Not even the ones that are supposed to be jokes. 564 00:31:54,140 --> 00:31:56,422 But you and I are the authors of this story, 565 00:31:56,446 --> 00:31:58,971 and we can avoid all traps. 566 00:32:00,668 --> 00:32:03,062 Well, what if I made no wish at all? 567 00:32:05,020 --> 00:32:06,065 Pardon? 568 00:32:08,676 --> 00:32:10,567 What if I made no wish? 569 00:32:10,591 --> 00:32:11,960 That would be an... 570 00:32:11,984 --> 00:32:14,266 - [electricity humming] - [soft squelching] 571 00:32:14,290 --> 00:32:15,528 That would be 572 00:32:15,552 --> 00:32:17,966 catastrophic! [Echoes] 573 00:32:17,990 --> 00:32:20,166 [flesh crunching] 574 00:32:21,645 --> 00:32:23,343 [panting] 575 00:32:26,563 --> 00:32:29,020 [The Djinn muttering incoherently] 576 00:32:29,044 --> 00:32:31,264 [The Djinn breathing heavily] 577 00:32:32,004 --> 00:32:33,546 [ Alithea] All right. 578 00:32:33,570 --> 00:32:36,529 - [panting heavily] - [crunching subsides] 579 00:32:38,226 --> 00:32:41,205 I need to tell you about my next incarceration. 580 00:32:41,229 --> 00:32:42,317 I'm all ears. 581 00:32:42,578 --> 00:32:44,102 [sighs] 582 00:32:53,415 --> 00:32:55,132 [The Djinn] I will never know 583 00:32:55,156 --> 00:32:59,049 how my bottle came from the bottom of the Red Sea... 584 00:32:59,073 --> 00:33:00,311 [flies buzzing] 585 00:33:00,335 --> 00:33:02,468 to a palace in Constantinople. 586 00:33:03,599 --> 00:33:05,534 But I fancy somehow it involved 587 00:33:05,558 --> 00:33:07,144 the killing of an Ottoman warrior. 588 00:33:07,168 --> 00:33:09,083 [takes deep breath] 589 00:33:13,131 --> 00:33:14,654 The fall of an empire. 590 00:33:17,613 --> 00:33:19,746 [wall crumbling] 591 00:33:24,098 --> 00:33:25,293 And a girl in love. 592 00:33:25,317 --> 00:33:29,103 [girl muttering in Ottoman Turkish] 593 00:33:35,370 --> 00:33:38,373 [girl singing in Ottoman Turkish] 594 00:33:47,034 --> 00:33:48,340 [girl] Merhaba. 595 00:33:49,123 --> 00:33:50,211 [gasps] 596 00:33:51,473 --> 00:33:52,581 [bottle clangs] 597 00:33:52,605 --> 00:33:55,129 [high-pitched pinging] 598 00:33:58,567 --> 00:34:00,458 [in Ottoman Turkish] 599 00:34:00,482 --> 00:34:03,355 [eerie music playing] 600 00:34:05,009 --> 00:34:08,336 [hammering] 601 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:10,077 [girl muttering in Ottoman Turkish] 602 00:34:10,101 --> 00:34:12,601 [The Djinn in English] Gulten lived as a slave 603 00:34:12,625 --> 00:34:14,472 in the courtyard of the concubines 604 00:34:14,496 --> 00:34:15,996 in the seraglio. 605 00:34:16,020 --> 00:34:18,172 [Gulten continues muttering in Ottoman Turkish] 606 00:34:18,196 --> 00:34:20,217 [rumbling] 607 00:34:20,241 --> 00:34:21,764 [Gulten gasping] 608 00:34:24,332 --> 00:34:26,117 [shuddering] 609 00:34:28,162 --> 00:34:30,077 [The Djinn breathing heavily] 610 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,145 - [The Djinn growls softly] - [Gulten gasps] 611 00:34:35,169 --> 00:34:36,320 [The Djinn] When I appeared to her... 612 00:34:36,344 --> 00:34:38,085 [gasps] 613 00:34:39,173 --> 00:34:41,325 she fainted. 614 00:34:41,349 --> 00:34:44,067 And I had great trouble rousing her. 615 00:34:44,091 --> 00:34:47,225 [The Djinn whispering in Ottoman Turkish] 616 00:34:50,184 --> 00:34:52,684 I made it clear that I meant her no harm, 617 00:34:52,708 --> 00:34:54,512 for I was condemned to the bottle. 618 00:34:54,536 --> 00:34:56,079 Until you got your three wishes. 619 00:34:56,103 --> 00:34:58,081 - Until she got hers. - [ Alithea scoffs] 620 00:34:58,105 --> 00:35:00,214 - Please. - Okay. 621 00:35:00,238 --> 00:35:01,693 Now, the poor girl told me 622 00:35:01,717 --> 00:35:05,654 she was distractedly in love with a beautiful man... 623 00:35:05,678 --> 00:35:07,134 [speaking Ottoman Turkish] 624 00:35:07,158 --> 00:35:08,613 [The Djinn] and she wished immediately 625 00:35:08,637 --> 00:35:11,051 to find favor in his eyes. 626 00:35:11,075 --> 00:35:13,251 [man speaking Ottoman Turkish] 627 00:35:22,738 --> 00:35:23,933 [blows] 628 00:35:23,957 --> 00:35:25,630 [The Djinn in English] As it happens, 629 00:35:25,654 --> 00:35:27,806 the one she most desired was the splendid Mustafa. 630 00:35:27,830 --> 00:35:29,615 Prince Mustafa. 631 00:35:31,573 --> 00:35:34,248 Eldest son of Suleiman the Magnificent, 632 00:35:34,272 --> 00:35:37,318 and likely heir to his mighty throne. 633 00:35:38,406 --> 00:35:39,818 Had I known what was to come, 634 00:35:39,842 --> 00:35:43,126 I would've risked the furies of Iblis 635 00:35:43,150 --> 00:35:46,284 to vehemently distract her from her wish. 636 00:35:47,720 --> 00:35:49,350 But without thinking, 637 00:35:49,374 --> 00:35:52,135 I took my bottle and conjured oils 638 00:35:52,159 --> 00:35:53,595 to prepare her. 639 00:35:55,336 --> 00:35:56,879 Oils of enchantment 640 00:35:56,903 --> 00:36:00,124 once used only by Sheba. 641 00:36:04,737 --> 00:36:06,845 I cautioned her to hide the bottle 642 00:36:06,869 --> 00:36:09,742 lest its powers fall into other hands. 643 00:36:15,182 --> 00:36:16,594 I went to Mustafa. 644 00:36:16,618 --> 00:36:18,509 [whispers] Gulten. 645 00:36:18,533 --> 00:36:19,839 I whispered her name. 646 00:36:24,496 --> 00:36:26,237 He sent for her. 647 00:36:28,630 --> 00:36:30,458 It was so easy. 648 00:36:37,639 --> 00:36:39,182 [traditional music playing] 649 00:36:39,206 --> 00:36:41,402 As a djinn, I am endlessly curious 650 00:36:41,426 --> 00:36:43,209 about the ways of humans. 651 00:36:44,210 --> 00:36:45,883 So, in my spare time, 652 00:36:45,907 --> 00:36:49,389 I took to wandering the palace in search of its intrigues. 653 00:36:50,303 --> 00:36:51,802 And there, among the eunuchs, 654 00:36:51,826 --> 00:36:53,543 the consorts, and the concubines, 655 00:36:53,567 --> 00:36:55,700 I first saw Hurrem. 656 00:36:56,657 --> 00:36:58,200 The Laughing One. 657 00:36:58,224 --> 00:36:59,288 [Hurrem laughing] 658 00:36:59,312 --> 00:37:01,749 [Hurrem speaking Ottoman Turkish] 659 00:37:02,620 --> 00:37:04,317 [people clamoring] 660 00:37:06,754 --> 00:37:08,732 [The Djinn] She, too, was a slave 661 00:37:08,756 --> 00:37:11,474 who had risen through the center of them all 662 00:37:11,498 --> 00:37:13,761 to become the Sultan's favorite. 663 00:37:16,286 --> 00:37:18,375 [crowd gasping in awe] 664 00:37:22,379 --> 00:37:25,967 Suleiman the Wise saw none but her. 665 00:37:25,991 --> 00:37:28,665 And she sought to protect his throne 666 00:37:28,689 --> 00:37:32,824 in favor of her own sons over his beloved Mustafa. 667 00:37:35,696 --> 00:37:37,892 And to this end, she had the prince watched 668 00:37:37,916 --> 00:37:39,700 by many probing eyes. 669 00:37:44,488 --> 00:37:46,577 [laughing] 670 00:37:49,797 --> 00:37:51,340 When I saw how Hurrem 671 00:37:51,364 --> 00:37:55,344 made a masterpiece of her manipulations, 672 00:37:55,368 --> 00:37:59,242 I worried that my Gulten might be caught in this web. 673 00:38:05,248 --> 00:38:07,356 I tried to warn her to be careful. 674 00:38:07,380 --> 00:38:09,271 [both speaking Ottoman Turkish] 675 00:38:09,295 --> 00:38:12,666 But she had already decided on her second wish. 676 00:38:12,690 --> 00:38:14,605 [in Ottoman Turkish] 677 00:38:25,442 --> 00:38:27,531 [in English] Such a mistake. 678 00:38:28,532 --> 00:38:30,640 Because at this moment, 679 00:38:30,664 --> 00:38:32,903 Suleiman, blessed be his name, 680 00:38:32,927 --> 00:38:34,668 is being undermined. 681 00:38:35,887 --> 00:38:38,561 His warriors believe he is going soft, 682 00:38:38,585 --> 00:38:41,303 more interested in his poetry 683 00:38:41,327 --> 00:38:43,740 than ruling with a strong hand. 684 00:38:43,764 --> 00:38:46,376 [arguing indistinctly] 685 00:38:50,945 --> 00:38:52,991 [speaking Ottoman Turkish] 686 00:38:59,084 --> 00:39:01,018 [The Djinn] Hurrem fuels the rumors 687 00:39:01,042 --> 00:39:03,020 that the military want to take his throne 688 00:39:03,044 --> 00:39:05,482 and replace him with Mustafa. 689 00:39:06,744 --> 00:39:08,374 The prince has become a pawn 690 00:39:08,398 --> 00:39:11,377 in the ceaseless game of power. 691 00:39:11,401 --> 00:39:13,620 [arguing continues indistinctly] 692 00:39:23,630 --> 00:39:25,695 Suleiman the Magnificent, 693 00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:27,436 Suleiman the Conqueror, 694 00:39:27,460 --> 00:39:30,309 patron and protector of empires, 695 00:39:30,333 --> 00:39:31,832 Suleiman the Father, 696 00:39:31,856 --> 00:39:33,355 was left with a choice 697 00:39:33,379 --> 00:39:36,426 that he knows will break his heart. 698 00:39:43,476 --> 00:39:46,412 Gulten, meantime, saw no reason 699 00:39:46,436 --> 00:39:48,849 why she should remain unseen. 700 00:39:48,873 --> 00:39:50,744 [Gulten laughing loudly] 701 00:39:52,529 --> 00:39:56,533 Given she was carrying the son of the next Sultan. 702 00:40:02,539 --> 00:40:04,647 Despite all my warnings, 703 00:40:04,671 --> 00:40:08,695 she parades her newly swollen breasts and belly. 704 00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:12,394 And the whispers soon spread throughout the seraglio. 705 00:40:12,418 --> 00:40:14,899 [tense music playing] 706 00:40:18,555 --> 00:40:21,906 The terrible plottings move all too quickly. 707 00:40:27,041 --> 00:40:28,086 [tense music stops] 708 00:40:47,975 --> 00:40:50,431 Prince Mustafa comes innocently 709 00:40:50,455 --> 00:40:52,651 into the presence of his father, 710 00:40:52,675 --> 00:40:55,436 to reassure him of his loyalty. 711 00:40:55,460 --> 00:40:57,027 [Mustafa speaking Ottoman Turkish] 712 00:41:04,513 --> 00:41:06,404 [grunting] 713 00:41:06,428 --> 00:41:08,668 [The Djinn in English] And the mutes are waiting for him. 714 00:41:12,651 --> 00:41:14,586 He cried out to his Janissaries, 715 00:41:14,610 --> 00:41:16,196 who loved him, 716 00:41:16,220 --> 00:41:18,938 but his voice was crushed and his breath stopped 717 00:41:18,962 --> 00:41:21,660 by the string of his father's bow. 718 00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:30,930 [muffled humming of tune] 719 00:41:36,936 --> 00:41:39,461 [continues humming tune] 720 00:41:41,985 --> 00:41:43,856 - [door opens] - [The Djinn] Gulten! 721 00:41:44,770 --> 00:41:46,555 [in Ottoman Turkish] 722 00:41:55,215 --> 00:41:56,956 [gasps] 723 00:42:12,798 --> 00:42:14,191 [whimpering] 724 00:42:16,976 --> 00:42:18,519 [The Djinn in English] "Make a wish!" 725 00:42:18,543 --> 00:42:20,719 "Save yourself, Gulten!" 726 00:42:21,764 --> 00:42:23,505 [panting] 727 00:42:25,115 --> 00:42:27,833 Just a few words and she could have been free 728 00:42:27,857 --> 00:42:31,532 to bear her child in safety, 729 00:42:31,556 --> 00:42:35,101 and I to spirit away at last to the Realm of Djinn. 730 00:42:35,125 --> 00:42:37,495 But she ran into the hands of the assassins. 731 00:42:37,519 --> 00:42:39,192 - [Gulten screams] - [The Djinn calls out] 732 00:42:39,216 --> 00:42:41,542 I was about to take them by force, 733 00:42:41,566 --> 00:42:43,936 when I was blocked by a follower of Iblis. 734 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,832 - [breathing shakily] - [high-pitched pinging] 735 00:42:52,708 --> 00:42:55,101 [in ancient language] 736 00:43:12,118 --> 00:43:14,077 [gasping] 737 00:43:17,602 --> 00:43:19,798 [creatures screeching] 738 00:43:19,822 --> 00:43:22,302 [grunting and whimpering] 739 00:43:24,087 --> 00:43:26,195 - [screeching stops] - [gasping] 740 00:43:26,219 --> 00:43:27,307 Gulten! 741 00:43:43,628 --> 00:43:46,588 [in English] She made no wish to save herself. 742 00:43:47,937 --> 00:43:50,766 No wish was made to save us both. 743 00:43:54,726 --> 00:43:55,858 [sighs softly] 744 00:43:58,121 --> 00:44:00,142 So, there I was, 745 00:44:00,166 --> 00:44:02,231 or there I was not, might you say, 746 00:44:02,255 --> 00:44:05,321 almost emancipated and tethered to this world 747 00:44:05,345 --> 00:44:07,889 by a third wish unperformed. 748 00:44:07,913 --> 00:44:09,543 But you realize, don't you, 749 00:44:09,567 --> 00:44:12,372 that you've just told me the story of a woman who was doomed 750 00:44:12,396 --> 00:44:14,635 as a consequence of the wishes she made? 751 00:44:14,659 --> 00:44:17,290 Yes, but her failure to complete the wishes 752 00:44:17,314 --> 00:44:19,597 also doomed me. 753 00:44:19,621 --> 00:44:21,729 Could nobody else complete the wish? 754 00:44:21,753 --> 00:44:23,296 That was my hope. 755 00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,167 And that would finally liberate you? 756 00:44:25,191 --> 00:44:27,822 That was my only hope. 757 00:44:27,846 --> 00:44:29,998 But you were rendered invisible. 758 00:44:30,022 --> 00:44:31,086 Like a ghost. 759 00:44:31,110 --> 00:44:32,914 Wandering unseen. 760 00:44:32,938 --> 00:44:34,176 And your bottle, 761 00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:36,135 hidden under the loosened stone 762 00:44:36,159 --> 00:44:37,702 known only to the dead Gulten. 763 00:44:37,726 --> 00:44:39,617 [The Djinn] Yes, it was a predicament. 764 00:44:39,641 --> 00:44:41,183 [muffled clanging] 765 00:44:41,207 --> 00:44:43,664 I tried to attract the attention of someone, 766 00:44:43,688 --> 00:44:45,298 anyone that could help me. 767 00:44:46,691 --> 00:44:48,321 My stars, how I tried. 768 00:44:48,345 --> 00:44:50,889 I followed their scent, their every step. 769 00:44:50,913 --> 00:44:53,108 Willing, pleading, screaming. 770 00:44:53,132 --> 00:44:54,980 Anything to draw them to me. 771 00:44:55,004 --> 00:44:58,093 [muffled upbeat drum music playing] 772 00:45:09,017 --> 00:45:12,150 - [drum music continues] - [dancers' ornaments rattling] 773 00:45:22,944 --> 00:45:24,095 [drum music stops] 774 00:45:24,119 --> 00:45:27,794 And I do this piteously for 100 years, 775 00:45:27,818 --> 00:45:31,058 and with every failure, my will begins to fade. 776 00:45:31,082 --> 00:45:33,781 [children laughing in distance] 777 00:45:37,698 --> 00:45:39,806 And then in 1620, 778 00:45:39,830 --> 00:45:43,442 hope comes in the form of a boy with a sword. 779 00:45:44,922 --> 00:45:46,228 [boys laughing] 780 00:45:50,319 --> 00:45:52,451 [boy laughing] Murad! Murad! 781 00:45:56,499 --> 00:45:59,154 [muffled drum beating] 782 00:46:06,378 --> 00:46:08,032 Murad! [Echoing] 783 00:46:16,388 --> 00:46:19,237 [The Djinn] By some means, this boy senses me. 784 00:46:19,261 --> 00:46:22,153 I'm able to draw him to the stone. 785 00:46:22,177 --> 00:46:24,745 [muffled drum music playing] 786 00:46:29,227 --> 00:46:31,273 [flies buzzing] 787 00:46:37,192 --> 00:46:38,759 [drum music subsides] 788 00:46:40,238 --> 00:46:42,327 [hollow clanging] 789 00:46:53,817 --> 00:46:55,776 [grunting] 790 00:46:58,996 --> 00:47:01,085 [drumbeat continues] 791 00:47:11,269 --> 00:47:12,314 Ibrahim! 792 00:47:12,967 --> 00:47:14,229 Gel. 793 00:47:16,274 --> 00:47:17,319 [woman] Murad! 794 00:47:18,842 --> 00:47:20,472 Ibrahim! 795 00:47:20,496 --> 00:47:22,082 [The Djinn] And just as I am about to be delivered 796 00:47:22,106 --> 00:47:23,388 into their hands, 797 00:47:23,412 --> 00:47:24,868 their mother finds them. 798 00:47:24,892 --> 00:47:27,261 [speaking Ottoman Turkish] 799 00:47:27,285 --> 00:47:28,915 [The Djinn] She is Kosem, 800 00:47:28,939 --> 00:47:31,135 a widow of the Sultan, Ahmed the First. 801 00:47:31,159 --> 00:47:33,485 And the boys are next in line for the throne. 802 00:47:33,509 --> 00:47:36,357 [continues speaking Ottoman Turkish] 803 00:47:36,381 --> 00:47:38,795 [The Djinn] When I see the hair on his legs, 804 00:47:38,819 --> 00:47:41,536 I know that somewhere in Murad's bloodline 805 00:47:41,560 --> 00:47:43,519 pulses the power of a djinn. 806 00:47:44,476 --> 00:47:46,237 I follow him everywhere, 807 00:47:46,261 --> 00:47:48,805 determined to draw him back to the stone. 808 00:47:48,829 --> 00:47:51,851 But at the age of 11, he ascends the throne 809 00:47:51,875 --> 00:47:53,940 and becomes Sultan Murad the Fourth. 810 00:47:53,964 --> 00:47:56,943 And caught up by the usual intrigues, 811 00:47:56,967 --> 00:48:00,251 he is even more lost to me. 812 00:48:00,275 --> 00:48:03,210 At 20, he leads his armies to war. 813 00:48:03,234 --> 00:48:04,951 He battles alongside his men 814 00:48:04,975 --> 00:48:07,325 in the Caucasus and Mesopotamia. 815 00:48:08,500 --> 00:48:10,914 Stories are told of his recklessness, 816 00:48:10,938 --> 00:48:13,133 even with his own life. 817 00:48:13,157 --> 00:48:15,333 [battle music playing] 818 00:48:18,032 --> 00:48:19,313 [music stops] 819 00:48:19,337 --> 00:48:22,210 I despair of ever seeing him again. 820 00:48:23,602 --> 00:48:28,129 Hope is a monster, Alithea, and I am its plaything. 821 00:48:28,564 --> 00:48:29,933 So he died? 822 00:48:29,957 --> 00:48:31,306 Not in battle. 823 00:48:31,915 --> 00:48:33,153 Back in Istanbul, 824 00:48:33,177 --> 00:48:35,286 Kosem needs to protect the throne. 825 00:48:35,310 --> 00:48:37,114 She needs to protect Ibrahim. 826 00:48:37,138 --> 00:48:38,985 - [ Alithea] The little brother? - [The Djinn] Yes. 827 00:48:39,009 --> 00:48:41,403 [Ibrahim breathing heavily] 828 00:48:42,534 --> 00:48:44,928 He is last of the Ottoman line. 829 00:48:45,929 --> 00:48:48,236 He has to produce male children. 830 00:48:50,891 --> 00:48:55,417 So, Kosem locks him in a cage lined entirely with sable. 831 00:49:02,946 --> 00:49:04,532 [ Alithea] Quite the prison. 832 00:49:04,556 --> 00:49:07,036 [The Djinn] And one he will never want to leave. 833 00:49:09,386 --> 00:49:11,084 [Ibrahim sniffs] 834 00:49:22,486 --> 00:49:24,900 It debauches him royally. 835 00:49:24,924 --> 00:49:27,554 He believes the greater the expanse of flesh, 836 00:49:27,578 --> 00:49:29,252 the more intense the pleasure. 837 00:49:29,276 --> 00:49:33,212 So, Kosem seeks out beauties voluptuous and immense, 838 00:49:33,236 --> 00:49:36,433 and brings them to his couch. 839 00:49:36,457 --> 00:49:40,437 My fate turns specifically on this fetish. 840 00:49:40,461 --> 00:49:41,723 How's that? 841 00:49:42,593 --> 00:49:44,006 You'll see. 842 00:49:44,030 --> 00:49:46,423 [battle music playing] 843 00:50:02,613 --> 00:50:04,267 [music stops] 844 00:50:05,965 --> 00:50:07,531 [men yell in unison] 845 00:50:09,098 --> 00:50:10,970 [clamoring] 846 00:50:14,451 --> 00:50:16,255 Murad is back. 847 00:50:16,279 --> 00:50:18,127 And though he returns a conqueror, 848 00:50:18,151 --> 00:50:20,762 he cannot shed his robes of blood. 849 00:50:21,763 --> 00:50:24,437 War had truly rotted his soul. 850 00:50:24,461 --> 00:50:26,420 [Murad breathing shakily] 851 00:50:35,168 --> 00:50:36,778 [hooves clopping] 852 00:50:44,351 --> 00:50:46,198 I wait until he is alone. 853 00:50:46,222 --> 00:50:49,375 I am determined to draw him back to the stone. 854 00:50:49,399 --> 00:50:52,552 I don't want to interrupt, but I do have a question. 855 00:50:52,576 --> 00:50:54,598 Did it matter to you what kind of wish 856 00:50:54,622 --> 00:50:56,189 such a man might make? 857 00:50:56,624 --> 00:50:58,471 One so insatiable. 858 00:50:58,495 --> 00:51:00,299 No. 859 00:51:00,323 --> 00:51:02,258 Not even if it were profoundly evil? 860 00:51:02,282 --> 00:51:03,781 Not if it meant my freedom. 861 00:51:03,805 --> 00:51:07,678 The truth is he has other things on his mind. 862 00:51:09,332 --> 00:51:11,615 He believes he is invincible, 863 00:51:11,639 --> 00:51:16,035 and to rule indefinitely, he must be rid of all rivals. 864 00:51:21,388 --> 00:51:24,391 [in Ottoman Turkish] 865 00:51:29,091 --> 00:51:30,179 Ibrahim. 866 00:51:33,487 --> 00:51:34,705 Ibrahim. 867 00:51:53,724 --> 00:51:55,770 [breathing heavily] 868 00:52:06,085 --> 00:52:07,651 [squelching] 869 00:52:21,665 --> 00:52:23,102 [sighs in relief] 870 00:52:36,593 --> 00:52:38,876 [The Djinn in English] Kosem needs to stop him. 871 00:52:38,900 --> 00:52:41,139 Somehow, she needed to distract him 872 00:52:41,163 --> 00:52:43,818 from his bloodlust with other gratifications. 873 00:52:47,169 --> 00:52:48,886 [glass smashes] 874 00:52:48,910 --> 00:52:52,174 First, she arranges for him to be perpetually drunk. 875 00:52:54,263 --> 00:52:56,154 And then she tries something very shrewd. 876 00:52:56,178 --> 00:52:57,634 Something that you might enjoy. 877 00:52:57,658 --> 00:53:00,313 [mimicking sword fight sounds] 878 00:53:03,794 --> 00:53:05,250 She sends to find, 879 00:53:05,274 --> 00:53:07,624 from all corners of the empire, 880 00:53:08,451 --> 00:53:10,627 the best storytellers. 881 00:53:11,846 --> 00:53:14,780 - [mimics bottle cap's pop] - [men laughing] 882 00:53:14,804 --> 00:53:16,502 [groans] 883 00:53:17,764 --> 00:53:19,331 [men laughing] 884 00:53:22,725 --> 00:53:25,902 [object grating] 885 00:53:27,948 --> 00:53:29,167 [clinks] 886 00:53:29,819 --> 00:53:31,928 Those who are not persuasive 887 00:53:31,952 --> 00:53:35,303 flee in fear or fall to his impatience. 888 00:53:35,912 --> 00:53:37,610 [drums beating softly] 889 00:53:45,531 --> 00:53:47,291 There is only one 890 00:53:47,315 --> 00:53:49,424 who has the ability to enchant him. 891 00:53:49,448 --> 00:53:51,208 [speaking Ottoman Turkish] 892 00:53:51,232 --> 00:53:53,558 [The Djinn] To soothe with stories, 893 00:53:53,582 --> 00:53:56,498 to hold him hostage to their unfolding. 894 00:53:59,893 --> 00:54:02,480 [laughing] 895 00:54:02,504 --> 00:54:04,941 [muffled laughing] 896 00:54:09,598 --> 00:54:11,663 [speaking indistinctly from other room] 897 00:54:11,687 --> 00:54:14,560 [both laughing] 898 00:54:16,562 --> 00:54:17,974 [speaking Ottoman Turkish] 899 00:54:17,998 --> 00:54:20,000 [The Djinn] This is his only friend. 900 00:54:22,524 --> 00:54:25,571 And that friendship turns to love. 901 00:54:27,529 --> 00:54:29,638 Since there is nothing else for me to do, 902 00:54:29,662 --> 00:54:31,161 I listen gratefully, 903 00:54:31,185 --> 00:54:34,362 for I, too, love being lost in his stories. 904 00:54:39,672 --> 00:54:41,606 When the old man dies, 905 00:54:41,630 --> 00:54:43,956 all in the palace flee to the streets, 906 00:54:43,980 --> 00:54:48,004 for they fear Murad's grief will incur fresh murder. 907 00:54:48,028 --> 00:54:50,857 [Murad crying softly] 908 00:54:52,554 --> 00:54:57,472 But he just sits, and howls, and drinks until he is empty. 909 00:55:23,759 --> 00:55:26,414 And my patience is rewarded. 910 00:55:27,546 --> 00:55:28,958 For in this state, 911 00:55:28,982 --> 00:55:31,308 I am finally able to get his attention 912 00:55:31,332 --> 00:55:34,268 and draw him back to the secret bathroom. 913 00:55:34,292 --> 00:55:35,834 [ Alithea] Oh, I know where this is going. 914 00:55:35,858 --> 00:55:38,446 He's going to be too weak to lift the stone. 915 00:55:38,470 --> 00:55:41,057 Too weak even to turn the latch. 916 00:55:41,081 --> 00:55:42,300 [latch clanks] 917 00:55:43,692 --> 00:55:47,000 So, he leaves and drinks himself to permanent sleep. 918 00:55:47,609 --> 00:55:48,891 Oh! 919 00:55:48,915 --> 00:55:50,675 And there I am, 920 00:55:50,699 --> 00:55:53,025 left to my own oblivion, 921 00:55:53,049 --> 00:55:55,550 with no one to hear my voice, 922 00:55:55,574 --> 00:55:58,901 no one to know me, nor feel me, nor sense me. 923 00:55:58,925 --> 00:56:01,319 You can't imagine. 924 00:56:04,365 --> 00:56:06,324 Well, actually, I can. 925 00:56:07,325 --> 00:56:09,718 Can you imagine the loneliness? 926 00:56:10,545 --> 00:56:12,591 How it might overwhelm? 927 00:56:12,808 --> 00:56:14,786 I can. 928 00:56:14,810 --> 00:56:17,441 We exist only if we are real to others. 929 00:56:17,465 --> 00:56:18,616 Do you agree? 930 00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:19,878 I do. 931 00:56:19,902 --> 00:56:22,533 This, then, is our fate, Alithea. 932 00:56:22,557 --> 00:56:25,667 If you make no wish at all, 933 00:56:25,691 --> 00:56:27,408 I will be caught between worlds, 934 00:56:27,432 --> 00:56:30,522 invisible and alone, for all of time. 935 00:56:32,828 --> 00:56:34,395 [whispering] Make a wish, Alithea. 936 00:56:35,440 --> 00:56:37,355 Make it your heart's desire. 937 00:56:45,145 --> 00:56:49,125 I'd be more careful if I were you. 938 00:56:49,149 --> 00:56:51,388 Obviously, you managed to find your way out. 939 00:56:51,412 --> 00:56:52,650 More or less. 940 00:56:52,674 --> 00:56:53,999 I'm beginning to think I'm in the presence 941 00:56:54,023 --> 00:56:55,111 of a trickster. 942 00:56:57,026 --> 00:56:59,657 That would be so much better. 943 00:56:59,681 --> 00:57:01,529 My work would be so much easier. 944 00:57:01,553 --> 00:57:04,401 But the truth is, I am just an idiot 945 00:57:04,425 --> 00:57:07,012 who has been extravagantly unlucky. 946 00:57:07,036 --> 00:57:09,928 Well, I have to take your word for that. 947 00:57:09,952 --> 00:57:11,563 [The Djinn sighs] 948 00:57:19,701 --> 00:57:20,701 So? 949 00:57:23,661 --> 00:57:27,031 Ibrahim, I suppose, becomes Sultan? 950 00:57:27,055 --> 00:57:31,601 [The Djinn] Ibrahim has to be dragged to the throne. 951 00:57:31,625 --> 00:57:32,931 [in Ottoman Turkish] 952 00:57:38,937 --> 00:57:41,418 [somber music playing] 953 00:57:48,686 --> 00:57:50,707 [The Djinn in English] He appoints one of his concubines 954 00:57:50,731 --> 00:57:52,448 Governor of Damascus. 955 00:57:52,472 --> 00:57:54,972 Her name is Sugar Lump. 956 00:57:54,996 --> 00:57:57,129 By every measure, his favorite. 957 00:57:59,087 --> 00:58:00,978 Had she not been free to roam, 958 00:58:01,002 --> 00:58:03,894 she would not have found the secret bathroom. 959 00:58:03,918 --> 00:58:06,114 Had she not decided to take a bath, 960 00:58:06,138 --> 00:58:08,595 it would not have overfilled. 961 00:58:08,619 --> 00:58:09,900 Had she not been clumsy 962 00:58:09,924 --> 00:58:11,511 as she walked across the floor, 963 00:58:11,535 --> 00:58:13,798 she would not have slipped, smashed the stone, 964 00:58:14,799 --> 00:58:17,149 - and found my bottle. - Ah, yeah. 965 00:58:19,586 --> 00:58:21,980 [groans] 966 00:58:24,722 --> 00:58:26,811 [whooshing eerily] 967 00:58:31,511 --> 00:58:34,664 [The Djinn breathing heavily] 968 00:58:34,688 --> 00:58:37,928 To be honest, I should have been more dignified. 969 00:58:37,952 --> 00:58:40,670 But I began to beg, shamelessly. 970 00:58:40,694 --> 00:58:43,175 [in Ottoman Turkish] 971 00:59:01,715 --> 00:59:04,631 [yelling in Ottoman Turkish] 972 00:59:07,547 --> 00:59:09,003 [The Djinn in English] "I wish you were back" 973 00:59:09,027 --> 00:59:12,030 "in your bottle at the bottom of the Bosphorus." 974 00:59:14,989 --> 00:59:16,271 So here I am, 975 00:59:16,295 --> 00:59:18,863 fallen into your careful hands. 976 00:59:21,256 --> 00:59:23,191 Seems we cannot escape each other. 977 00:59:23,215 --> 00:59:25,522 You have me at your mercy. 978 00:59:29,526 --> 00:59:30,875 [ Alithea sighs] 979 00:59:31,919 --> 00:59:33,051 [ Alithea] This wishing... 980 00:59:34,879 --> 00:59:36,987 It's a hazardous art. 981 00:59:37,011 --> 00:59:39,816 "I wish" brings infinite unravelings. 982 00:59:39,840 --> 00:59:40,948 Not necessarily. 983 00:59:40,972 --> 00:59:41,992 Well, it's there in all your own stories. 984 00:59:42,016 --> 00:59:43,080 I know, but... 985 00:59:43,104 --> 00:59:44,691 You say you're not a trickster, 986 00:59:44,715 --> 00:59:48,085 and you say that you and I are the authors of this story. 987 00:59:48,109 --> 00:59:51,132 But I'm not able to write myself out of it. 988 00:59:51,156 --> 00:59:52,394 Correct. 989 00:59:52,418 --> 00:59:56,137 Why don't you just hop back into your bottle 990 00:59:56,161 --> 00:59:57,878 and I'll give it to someone more gullible? 991 00:59:57,902 --> 01:00:00,837 Someone more desperate. Someone more greedy. 992 01:00:00,861 --> 01:00:02,012 I'm not getting back in the bottle. 993 01:00:02,036 --> 01:00:03,100 Why not? 994 01:00:03,124 --> 01:00:04,928 I'm not getting back in the bottle. 995 01:00:04,952 --> 01:00:06,930 Well, I am not making three wishes. 996 01:00:06,954 --> 01:00:09,106 Then you are sending me to my oblivion. 997 01:00:09,130 --> 01:00:10,586 Oh, you're impossible. 998 01:00:10,610 --> 01:00:12,588 And you are giving me a headache. 999 01:00:12,612 --> 01:00:14,285 All right. All right. 1000 01:00:14,309 --> 01:00:16,853 Here's what I'll do. I will make three wishes. 1001 01:00:16,877 --> 01:00:17,985 - I will. - Before you die? 1002 01:00:18,009 --> 01:00:19,769 Right now. One after the other. 1003 01:00:19,793 --> 01:00:20,988 - Ready? - Mmm-hmm. 1004 01:00:21,012 --> 01:00:23,710 Number one. I wish your headache were gone. 1005 01:00:26,713 --> 01:00:28,299 Number two. 1006 01:00:28,323 --> 01:00:30,282 I wish for a sip of this tea. 1007 01:00:32,719 --> 01:00:35,742 And finally, I wish for another one of those. 1008 01:00:35,766 --> 01:00:37,091 You mock me. 1009 01:00:37,115 --> 01:00:38,788 Three wishes, perfectly simple, 1010 01:00:38,812 --> 01:00:39,920 and theoretically safe. 1011 01:00:39,944 --> 01:00:42,009 I was imprisoned by Solomon precisely 1012 01:00:42,033 --> 01:00:44,664 because I cried out my heart's desire. 1013 01:00:44,688 --> 01:00:47,580 Only by granting you yours may I earn my release. 1014 01:00:47,604 --> 01:00:49,016 Yes, well, I appreciate the symmetry, 1015 01:00:49,040 --> 01:00:50,583 but the thing is this, 1016 01:00:50,607 --> 01:00:53,368 I cannot for the life of me summon up one eligible wish. 1017 01:00:53,392 --> 01:00:54,848 And you're asking me for three. 1018 01:00:54,872 --> 01:00:57,111 Is there any life in you? Are you even alive? 1019 01:00:57,135 --> 01:00:58,939 You know, in some cultures, 1020 01:00:58,963 --> 01:01:00,680 absence of desire means enlightenment. 1021 01:01:00,704 --> 01:01:02,899 Then you are a pious fool. 1022 01:01:02,923 --> 01:01:05,162 If I'm content, why tempt fate? 1023 01:01:05,186 --> 01:01:06,599 And you're a coward. 1024 01:01:06,623 --> 01:01:07,948 Don't goad me. 1025 01:01:07,972 --> 01:01:09,906 There is no human, no angel, nor djinn 1026 01:01:09,930 --> 01:01:11,168 that wouldn't grasp at the chance 1027 01:01:11,192 --> 01:01:12,822 to fulfill their deepest longings, 1028 01:01:12,846 --> 01:01:14,302 and I am saddled with the one 1029 01:01:14,326 --> 01:01:15,825 who claims to want nothing at all. 1030 01:01:15,849 --> 01:01:17,348 Alithea Binnie, you are a liar! 1031 01:01:17,372 --> 01:01:20,656 You know, I am beginning to wish we never met. 1032 01:01:20,680 --> 01:01:21,962 No! Nyet! 1033 01:01:21,986 --> 01:01:23,137 Don't say that! 1034 01:01:23,161 --> 01:01:25,095 [heavy static buzzing] 1035 01:01:25,119 --> 01:01:27,818 [The Djinn panting] 1036 01:01:31,211 --> 01:01:33,823 - [static subsides] - [ Alithea breathing heavily] 1037 01:01:38,305 --> 01:01:39,369 [sniffling] 1038 01:01:39,393 --> 01:01:41,744 [glass shards clattering] 1039 01:01:48,968 --> 01:01:50,796 [The Djinn sighs] 1040 01:01:54,234 --> 01:01:55,322 So... 1041 01:01:56,846 --> 01:01:58,978 that's happened to you before. 1042 01:02:00,327 --> 01:02:02,175 And it was bad. 1043 01:02:02,199 --> 01:02:04,157 [clicks tongue] 'Twas bad. 1044 01:02:05,376 --> 01:02:07,397 'Twas bitter. 1045 01:02:07,421 --> 01:02:09,772 'Twas the cruelest wish of all. 1046 01:02:11,774 --> 01:02:14,666 [ Alithea] You were undone by silliness yet again. 1047 01:02:14,690 --> 01:02:16,102 [The Djinn sighs] 1048 01:02:16,126 --> 01:02:18,389 I'm here because of a genius. 1049 01:02:19,129 --> 01:02:20,783 Who was it this time? 1050 01:02:21,958 --> 01:02:23,394 She was Zefir. 1051 01:02:25,483 --> 01:02:29,356 Rarely among humankind has there been such a wonder. 1052 01:02:30,444 --> 01:02:33,230 But you're here because of her folly. 1053 01:02:34,144 --> 01:02:36,296 [tuts and sighs] 1054 01:02:36,320 --> 01:02:40,106 I ended up in this as a consequence of Zefir. 1055 01:02:42,369 --> 01:02:43,738 And this is the story 1056 01:02:43,762 --> 01:02:47,002 you've been avoiding telling me all along. 1057 01:02:47,026 --> 01:02:50,726 This is the story I've avoided telling even myself. 1058 01:02:58,864 --> 01:03:02,496 [hooves clopping] 1059 01:03:02,520 --> 01:03:04,890 Zefir was a foundling, 1060 01:03:04,914 --> 01:03:07,481 married at 12 to a wealthy merchant. 1061 01:03:09,092 --> 01:03:11,287 He was much older than her, and kind, 1062 01:03:11,311 --> 01:03:16,771 if you think keeping someone like a bird in a cage is kind. 1063 01:03:16,795 --> 01:03:19,426 There were two older wives, who did not like her 1064 01:03:19,450 --> 01:03:21,321 and did not talk to her at all. 1065 01:03:35,335 --> 01:03:37,947 [Zefir panting and crying softly] 1066 01:03:39,209 --> 01:03:41,100 Everyone, including the servants, 1067 01:03:41,124 --> 01:03:42,778 seemed to be mocking her. 1068 01:03:48,261 --> 01:03:49,480 [grunts] 1069 01:03:55,965 --> 01:03:59,031 She had neither etiquette nor learning. 1070 01:03:59,055 --> 01:04:00,946 She grew to no great beauty 1071 01:04:00,970 --> 01:04:03,929 and was angry without knowing why. 1072 01:04:04,800 --> 01:04:06,584 [panting] 1073 01:04:12,851 --> 01:04:14,263 [clangs] 1074 01:04:14,287 --> 01:04:16,420 [high-pitched pinging] 1075 01:04:18,291 --> 01:04:21,140 As the fates would have it, my bottle came to her 1076 01:04:21,164 --> 01:04:24,515 as a love token from her husband. 1077 01:04:29,563 --> 01:04:32,586 And when she had finished satisfying him 1078 01:04:32,610 --> 01:04:34,066 and was finally alone, 1079 01:04:34,090 --> 01:04:36,179 she managed to prise it open. 1080 01:05:07,384 --> 01:05:10,015 It was as if she was waiting for me. 1081 01:05:10,039 --> 01:05:13,148 I saw at once that she was sharp, 1082 01:05:13,172 --> 01:05:17,022 and she saw that I was desperate 1083 01:05:17,046 --> 01:05:19,241 for freedom and conversation. 1084 01:05:19,265 --> 01:05:21,983 I told her my story, as I have told you, 1085 01:05:22,007 --> 01:05:26,248 and she revealed herself to me by the things she had made. 1086 01:05:26,272 --> 01:05:28,231 Gel. Gel. 1087 01:05:37,022 --> 01:05:38,588 [speaking Ottoman Turkish] 1088 01:05:56,214 --> 01:05:57,975 [speaks Ottoman Turkish] 1089 01:05:57,999 --> 01:05:59,087 [chuckles] 1090 01:06:00,479 --> 01:06:02,438 [continues speaking Ottoman Turkish] 1091 01:06:03,482 --> 01:06:04,614 Gel. 1092 01:06:08,183 --> 01:06:09,967 [whispers indistinctly] 1093 01:06:15,581 --> 01:06:17,298 [The Djinn in English] She could have been remembered 1094 01:06:17,322 --> 01:06:19,213 like the genius da Vinci, 1095 01:06:19,237 --> 01:06:20,606 whose theories on flight 1096 01:06:20,630 --> 01:06:23,198 were the talk of sultans and kings. 1097 01:06:25,069 --> 01:06:28,377 She was a skilled artist, but no one saw her art. 1098 01:06:29,160 --> 01:06:30,616 [Zefir breathing heavily] 1099 01:06:30,640 --> 01:06:34,533 [Zefir speaking Ottoman Turkish] 1100 01:06:34,557 --> 01:06:37,231 [The Djinn] She told me she was eaten up 1101 01:06:37,255 --> 01:06:39,451 with unused power. 1102 01:06:39,475 --> 01:06:41,259 She thought she might be a witch. 1103 01:06:42,391 --> 01:06:44,238 Except, she said, if she were a man, 1104 01:06:44,262 --> 01:06:48,068 her intellect would have been ordinarily accepted. 1105 01:06:48,092 --> 01:06:50,418 She was a woman ardent for learning, 1106 01:06:50,442 --> 01:06:53,682 and I knew what her first wish would be. 1107 01:06:53,706 --> 01:06:55,143 [pants] 1108 01:06:55,970 --> 01:06:57,232 [in Ottoman Turkish] 1109 01:07:08,156 --> 01:07:09,766 [breathing heavily] 1110 01:07:11,289 --> 01:07:12,701 [The Djinn in English] And it delighted me 1111 01:07:12,725 --> 01:07:14,597 to fulfill this wish. 1112 01:07:21,256 --> 01:07:22,344 [sighs] 1113 01:07:26,348 --> 01:07:28,785 [pensive music playing] 1114 01:07:43,669 --> 01:07:47,214 So, I taught her histories, philosophies, 1115 01:07:47,238 --> 01:07:48,650 languages, poetry. 1116 01:07:48,674 --> 01:07:51,305 I taught her astronomy, mathematic, 1117 01:07:51,329 --> 01:07:53,481 which was bliss to her. 1118 01:07:53,505 --> 01:07:56,049 I brought her books and writings, 1119 01:07:56,073 --> 01:07:59,424 which we hid in her collection of bottles. 1120 01:08:19,836 --> 01:08:21,814 [The Djinn] Sabah... 1121 01:08:21,838 --> 01:08:23,294 [whispers] Sabah... 1122 01:08:23,318 --> 01:08:24,686 [squelching] 1123 01:08:24,710 --> 01:08:26,234 [Zefir gasps] 1124 01:08:37,723 --> 01:08:40,161 [speaking Ottoman Turkish] 1125 01:08:41,205 --> 01:08:43,227 She could always call on Aristotle 1126 01:08:43,251 --> 01:08:45,403 from a red glass jar, 1127 01:08:45,427 --> 01:08:48,188 or Euclid from a green, 1128 01:08:48,212 --> 01:08:50,582 Pythagoras, Spinoza, 1129 01:08:50,606 --> 01:08:53,454 without needing me to re-embody them. 1130 01:08:53,478 --> 01:08:56,612 [conversing in Ottoman Turkish] 1131 01:09:03,706 --> 01:09:06,076 We had the whole world in her room, 1132 01:09:06,100 --> 01:09:09,103 and I lost my heart to her. 1133 01:09:11,366 --> 01:09:12,734 [gulps] 1134 01:09:12,758 --> 01:09:16,849 'Twas my bliss to make her happy. 1135 01:09:18,590 --> 01:09:19,896 To see her flourish. 1136 01:09:21,680 --> 01:09:24,205 And she flourished in every way. 1137 01:09:24,596 --> 01:09:26,120 Totalmente. 1138 01:09:28,426 --> 01:09:31,168 [soft traditional music playing] 1139 01:09:37,218 --> 01:09:38,630 She began to rebel 1140 01:09:38,654 --> 01:09:40,719 even against the gestures of submission 1141 01:09:40,743 --> 01:09:42,286 that her husband required, 1142 01:09:42,310 --> 01:09:45,505 for she had acquired a mastery of love-craft, 1143 01:09:45,529 --> 01:09:47,159 out of reach of any human 1144 01:09:47,183 --> 01:09:49,359 that had not made love to a djinn. 1145 01:09:50,665 --> 01:09:52,928 [surreal choral music playing] 1146 01:09:55,713 --> 01:09:57,802 [music distorts and fades] 1147 01:09:59,195 --> 01:10:02,329 [distorted screaming] 1148 01:10:03,895 --> 01:10:05,264 [Zefir grunting] 1149 01:10:05,288 --> 01:10:07,266 [Zefir's husband speaking Ottoman Turkish] 1150 01:10:07,290 --> 01:10:10,356 [The Djinn] His cravings for her became an obsession. 1151 01:10:10,380 --> 01:10:12,513 [in Ottoman Turkish] 1152 01:10:14,689 --> 01:10:15,777 [lock clicks] 1153 01:10:17,474 --> 01:10:18,780 [sighs] 1154 01:10:20,651 --> 01:10:22,281 [The Djinn in English] And when he would come to her, 1155 01:10:22,305 --> 01:10:26,633 I would leave her room and journey the skies. 1156 01:10:26,657 --> 01:10:30,400 I saw the mountains, the oceans... 1157 01:10:31,358 --> 01:10:33,336 I saw the beasts of the forest, 1158 01:10:33,360 --> 01:10:35,903 where no man treads. 1159 01:10:35,927 --> 01:10:39,951 And when I would return, she would be waiting for me. 1160 01:10:39,975 --> 01:10:43,868 I would tell her of my day, and she would faint with joy 1161 01:10:43,892 --> 01:10:45,870 and disappointment. 1162 01:10:45,894 --> 01:10:49,482 [ Alithea] Why did she not make a wish to be free? 1163 01:10:49,506 --> 01:10:52,877 [The Djinn] There was something more important to her. 1164 01:10:52,901 --> 01:10:55,358 She had devised a "mathematica," 1165 01:10:55,382 --> 01:10:58,535 a language to explain the forces 1166 01:10:58,559 --> 01:11:01,668 which bring space, and time, and matter into being. 1167 01:11:01,692 --> 01:11:03,322 She was Promethean, brave. 1168 01:11:03,346 --> 01:11:05,585 But she could not solve this puzzle. 1169 01:11:05,609 --> 01:11:07,674 She needed a key, 1170 01:11:07,698 --> 01:11:10,701 a key to open the doors of her perception. 1171 01:11:17,230 --> 01:11:18,448 [sobs] 1172 01:11:21,495 --> 01:11:25,388 So, she used her second wish. 1173 01:11:25,412 --> 01:11:28,980 I taught her to dream as djinn do, awake. 1174 01:11:30,025 --> 01:11:32,810 [sentimental string music playing] 1175 01:11:55,006 --> 01:11:57,270 [writing on paper] 1176 01:12:00,664 --> 01:12:04,557 And this way, the solutions came to her. 1177 01:12:04,581 --> 01:12:08,300 She was able to explain powers invisible, 1178 01:12:08,324 --> 01:12:11,521 electromagnetic fields and forces... 1179 01:12:11,545 --> 01:12:14,654 The very stuff of which djinn are made. 1180 01:12:14,678 --> 01:12:16,395 You're electromagnetic? 1181 01:12:16,419 --> 01:12:20,467 As you are dust, I am made of subtle fire. 1182 01:12:21,337 --> 01:12:23,750 And when she was to bear a child, 1183 01:12:23,774 --> 01:12:26,057 I was plagued with happiness, 1184 01:12:26,081 --> 01:12:28,320 for I knew it would strengthen us. 1185 01:12:28,344 --> 01:12:29,867 She was carrying your child? 1186 01:12:30,694 --> 01:12:33,654 A child, of fire and dust. 1187 01:12:35,612 --> 01:12:37,590 So, where did it go wrong? 1188 01:12:37,614 --> 01:12:39,616 Alithea, I loved her. 1189 01:12:40,617 --> 01:12:42,334 I loved the fervor of her mind. 1190 01:12:42,358 --> 01:12:43,466 I loved her anger. 1191 01:12:43,490 --> 01:12:44,597 I loved my power 1192 01:12:44,621 --> 01:12:47,668 to turn her frowns into smiles. 1193 01:12:49,409 --> 01:12:51,865 I loved her more than Sheba. 1194 01:12:51,889 --> 01:12:53,432 More than your own freedom? 1195 01:12:53,456 --> 01:12:54,912 Yes. 1196 01:12:54,936 --> 01:12:58,437 It became my greatest desire to... to keep her, 1197 01:12:58,461 --> 01:13:00,570 to remain her prisoner. 1198 01:13:00,594 --> 01:13:05,314 The thought of being set free sickened my heart. 1199 01:13:05,338 --> 01:13:07,122 [speaking Ottoman Turkish] 1200 01:13:10,343 --> 01:13:14,347 I caught myself stopping her lest she make her third wish. 1201 01:13:14,651 --> 01:13:16,087 Oh, gosh. 1202 01:13:19,743 --> 01:13:21,571 I made a mess of it. 1203 01:13:23,007 --> 01:13:25,986 She began to accuse me of trapping her, 1204 01:13:26,010 --> 01:13:27,727 - like her husband. - [Zefir sobbing] 1205 01:13:27,751 --> 01:13:29,773 [speaking Ottoman Turkish] 1206 01:13:29,797 --> 01:13:32,950 [The Djinn] I tried to make amends. 1207 01:13:32,974 --> 01:13:36,630 To atone, I would put myself in the bottle. 1208 01:13:37,544 --> 01:13:39,086 To be sealed. 1209 01:13:39,110 --> 01:13:41,548 That way, she could have more power over me. 1210 01:13:42,505 --> 01:13:43,656 [The Djinn speaks indistinctly] 1211 01:13:43,680 --> 01:13:45,160 [Zefir continues sobbing] 1212 01:13:46,727 --> 01:13:47,791 [The Djinn whispers indistinctly] 1213 01:13:47,815 --> 01:13:49,904 [Zefir speaking Ottoman Turkish] 1214 01:13:54,168 --> 01:13:56,886 To be nothing in a bottle. 1215 01:13:56,910 --> 01:13:58,564 I could do that for her. 1216 01:13:59,478 --> 01:14:03,066 And every time, it would appease. 1217 01:14:03,090 --> 01:14:06,678 Every time, except for the last. 1218 01:14:06,702 --> 01:14:11,422 When, like a sudden squall, all thunder and lightning, 1219 01:14:11,446 --> 01:14:14,425 she began to weep and wail, and said, 1220 01:14:14,449 --> 01:14:17,515 "I wish I could forget I ever met you." 1221 01:14:17,539 --> 01:14:19,169 [screams in Ottoman Turkish] 1222 01:14:19,193 --> 01:14:21,587 [gasping] 1223 01:14:23,023 --> 01:14:25,721 And she did, on the instant. 1224 01:14:30,813 --> 01:14:33,705 She was out. I was in. 1225 01:14:33,729 --> 01:14:35,470 She'd forgotten me. 1226 01:14:36,993 --> 01:14:39,996 Alithea, how can it be... 1227 01:14:42,042 --> 01:14:45,437 a mistake to love someone entirely? 1228 01:15:10,810 --> 01:15:12,159 I have a wish. 1229 01:15:16,946 --> 01:15:20,167 However, I'm afraid it may be too much to ask. 1230 01:15:24,780 --> 01:15:26,869 Is it within my power? 1231 01:15:27,522 --> 01:15:30,482 I hope so. I do hope so. 1232 01:15:33,093 --> 01:15:35,182 Is it your heart's desire? 1233 01:15:35,835 --> 01:15:37,880 Yeah, I'm certain of it. 1234 01:15:52,634 --> 01:15:53,896 See, erm, 1235 01:15:54,636 --> 01:15:56,899 I'm here to love you. 1236 01:15:59,772 --> 01:16:01,034 And, uh, 1237 01:16:02,557 --> 01:16:06,039 I wish for you to love me in return. 1238 01:16:07,823 --> 01:16:10,696 You want us to make love-craft? 1239 01:16:11,174 --> 01:16:13,239 Yeah, that too. 1240 01:16:13,263 --> 01:16:14,414 All of it. 1241 01:16:14,438 --> 01:16:18,549 And you would abandon yourself to this? 1242 01:16:18,573 --> 01:16:20,290 [low electrical humming] 1243 01:16:20,314 --> 01:16:21,987 Yes. 1244 01:16:22,011 --> 01:16:23,186 Yes. 1245 01:16:25,275 --> 01:16:29,255 I want our solitudes to be together. 1246 01:16:29,279 --> 01:16:33,999 I want that love professed in ageless tales. 1247 01:16:34,023 --> 01:16:38,526 I want that longing you felt for the Queen of Sheba, 1248 01:16:38,550 --> 01:16:42,268 and that love you gave to your genius, Zefir. 1249 01:16:42,292 --> 01:16:44,077 I want it. 1250 01:16:52,607 --> 01:16:55,741 [speaking Djinnbish] 1251 01:16:56,916 --> 01:16:58,265 Me? 1252 01:17:00,310 --> 01:17:01,747 You. 1253 01:17:04,053 --> 01:17:06,752 [speaking Djinnbish] 1254 01:17:08,623 --> 01:17:09,929 You? 1255 01:17:11,844 --> 01:17:13,106 Me. 1256 01:17:20,635 --> 01:17:21,984 Is it too much? 1257 01:17:23,072 --> 01:17:25,205 Is it all too much to ask? 1258 01:17:44,746 --> 01:17:45,791 [whispers] Come. 1259 01:17:59,108 --> 01:18:02,609 [ Alithea] What are we to do with longings awoken? 1260 01:18:02,633 --> 01:18:04,045 How can I persuade you 1261 01:18:04,069 --> 01:18:06,288 that I once found love with a djinn? 1262 01:18:08,639 --> 01:18:11,337 In any case, few would believe me. 1263 01:18:13,121 --> 01:18:16,647 Love is not something we come to by reason. 1264 01:18:19,040 --> 01:18:21,105 It's more like a vapor, 1265 01:18:21,129 --> 01:18:23,281 a dream, perhaps, 1266 01:18:23,305 --> 01:18:25,240 to lure us into the enchantment 1267 01:18:25,264 --> 01:18:27,005 of our own stories. 1268 01:18:28,441 --> 01:18:30,288 If that's so, 1269 01:18:30,312 --> 01:18:32,358 how are we to know if it's ever real? 1270 01:18:34,273 --> 01:18:37,948 Is it a truth, or simply a madness? 1271 01:18:37,972 --> 01:18:40,453 [surreal folk music playing] 1272 01:18:49,418 --> 01:18:51,986 [people chattering indistinctly from outside] 1273 01:19:01,387 --> 01:19:04,042 [takes deep breath] 1274 01:19:16,358 --> 01:19:18,404 [electric toothbrush whirring] 1275 01:19:23,365 --> 01:19:24,865 [switches off toothbrush] 1276 01:19:24,889 --> 01:19:27,258 [ Alithea] I leave for London today. 1277 01:19:27,282 --> 01:19:28,893 Will you come home with me? 1278 01:19:31,243 --> 01:19:34,028 It's not such an easy place nowadays. 1279 01:19:35,203 --> 01:19:37,379 But it'll be better if you're there. 1280 01:19:47,389 --> 01:19:49,478 - [metal detector beeping] - Over here, please. 1281 01:19:51,132 --> 01:19:52,264 Hands up. 1282 01:19:55,223 --> 01:19:57,486 [body scanner whirring] 1283 01:20:00,751 --> 01:20:02,859 - Please step out. - [body scanner beeping] 1284 01:20:02,883 --> 01:20:04,319 What is in your pockets? 1285 01:20:04,972 --> 01:20:06,060 Oh. 1286 01:20:07,061 --> 01:20:10,282 Uh, it's an empty bottle and a top. 1287 01:20:11,283 --> 01:20:12,869 Please put it through X-ray. 1288 01:20:12,893 --> 01:20:14,001 It is very delicate, 1289 01:20:14,025 --> 01:20:15,393 and I don't want it to get damaged. 1290 01:20:15,417 --> 01:20:17,221 It will not be damaged. Please put through X-ray. 1291 01:20:17,245 --> 01:20:18,396 I would prefer that it didn't go in the... 1292 01:20:18,420 --> 01:20:19,770 Passport. Boarding pass. 1293 01:20:21,075 --> 01:20:22,163 Thank you. 1294 01:20:32,565 --> 01:20:33,803 It's quite fragile. 1295 01:20:33,827 --> 01:20:34,959 [supervisor] Madam. 1296 01:20:39,224 --> 01:20:41,008 It's a saltshaker. 1297 01:20:48,581 --> 01:20:49,800 Oh. 1298 01:20:50,365 --> 01:20:52,517 No! No X-ray! Please! 1299 01:20:52,541 --> 01:20:54,805 Stop, madam, stop. 1300 01:21:05,424 --> 01:21:06,991 [speaks Turkish] 1301 01:21:11,299 --> 01:21:12,387 Madam. 1302 01:21:12,953 --> 01:21:14,041 Oh. 1303 01:21:39,066 --> 01:21:40,198 [keypad beeping] 1304 01:21:54,908 --> 01:21:56,301 In your own time. 1305 01:22:40,431 --> 01:22:42,650 [children chattering and laughing] 1306 01:22:52,965 --> 01:22:55,054 [The Djinn] The air is thick here. 1307 01:22:56,142 --> 01:23:00,233 Full of insistent voices and rushing faces. 1308 01:23:00,712 --> 01:23:02,429 [ Alithea] Oh? 1309 01:23:02,453 --> 01:23:05,214 Like Tiny Einstein? 1310 01:23:05,238 --> 01:23:07,390 Television, and phone towers, and such? 1311 01:23:07,414 --> 01:23:09,131 Yes. 1312 01:23:09,155 --> 01:23:12,918 Yes. All your ingenious devices 1313 01:23:12,942 --> 01:23:14,702 all murmuring at once. 1314 01:23:14,726 --> 01:23:16,573 Bend your head. 1315 01:23:16,597 --> 01:23:19,272 [high-pitched pinging] 1316 01:23:19,296 --> 01:23:21,404 [people clamoring and traffic bustling] 1317 01:23:21,428 --> 01:23:23,276 - [gasps] - [noises stop] 1318 01:23:23,300 --> 01:23:25,365 You hear all that? 1319 01:23:25,389 --> 01:23:27,062 [noises continue] 1320 01:23:27,086 --> 01:23:28,194 - [gasps] - [noises stop] 1321 01:23:28,218 --> 01:23:31,197 I also see it and feel it. 1322 01:23:31,221 --> 01:23:34,200 I am a transmitter. [Chuckles] 1323 01:23:34,224 --> 01:23:35,965 Isn't it all too much? 1324 01:23:37,140 --> 01:23:38,421 I am a djinn. 1325 01:23:38,445 --> 01:23:39,620 I can adapt. 1326 01:23:41,535 --> 01:23:43,296 I'll soon get used to it. 1327 01:23:43,320 --> 01:23:45,167 [woman] She's back. 1328 01:23:45,191 --> 01:23:46,516 I believe she's back. 1329 01:23:46,540 --> 01:23:48,475 Is she with someone? 1330 01:23:48,499 --> 01:23:50,520 [woman] No, I think she's talking to herself again. 1331 01:23:50,544 --> 01:23:52,261 [ Alithea] Hello, Clementine. 1332 01:23:52,285 --> 01:23:54,611 Fanny. Are you well? 1333 01:23:54,635 --> 01:23:56,439 [Clementine] Did you have any trouble? 1334 01:23:56,463 --> 01:23:58,615 Trouble? What kind of trouble? 1335 01:23:58,639 --> 01:24:00,443 With your foreign friends. 1336 01:24:00,467 --> 01:24:02,358 Because we often ask ourselves, 1337 01:24:02,382 --> 01:24:05,057 "Why would Dr. Binnie waste her time and intelligence" 1338 01:24:05,081 --> 01:24:07,755 "studying the ways of others instead of upholding our own?" 1339 01:24:07,779 --> 01:24:10,279 Embarrassed by our British culture, are we? 1340 01:24:10,303 --> 01:24:11,759 No. No. 1341 01:24:11,783 --> 01:24:14,153 I am rather more likely to be embarrassed by anybody 1342 01:24:14,177 --> 01:24:16,503 reflexly frightened of anybody different. 1343 01:24:16,527 --> 01:24:17,634 What exactly are you saying? 1344 01:24:17,658 --> 01:24:19,419 She's calling us bigots. 1345 01:24:19,443 --> 01:24:20,463 Your word, not mine. 1346 01:24:20,487 --> 01:24:21,595 [Clementine] You misunderstand. 1347 01:24:21,619 --> 01:24:23,118 - Oh? - It's not how they look, dear. 1348 01:24:23,142 --> 01:24:24,641 It's how they live. What they believe. 1349 01:24:24,665 --> 01:24:26,382 - What they eat. - What are you on about? 1350 01:24:26,406 --> 01:24:28,210 Everywhere one goes, ethnics. 1351 01:24:28,234 --> 01:24:31,213 We are being overwhelmed, and we're inviting our doom. 1352 01:24:31,237 --> 01:24:32,562 [Fanny] It's not natural. 1353 01:24:32,586 --> 01:24:34,695 Birds belong in the air. Fish belong in the sea. 1354 01:24:34,719 --> 01:24:37,002 And that is how the good Lord meant us to be. 1355 01:24:37,026 --> 01:24:39,047 You're just spouting rubbish from start to finish. 1356 01:24:39,071 --> 01:24:40,570 It's science. It's a scientific fact. 1357 01:24:40,594 --> 01:24:41,832 - It's a false analogy. - [voices echoing] 1358 01:24:41,856 --> 01:24:44,096 I mean, animals do have a natural habitat. 1359 01:24:44,120 --> 01:24:46,315 It's true, but human beings are capable 1360 01:24:46,339 --> 01:24:48,448 of living in any environment they bloody well choose. 1361 01:24:48,472 --> 01:24:49,666 - That's not a fact. - [airplane engine humming] 1362 01:24:49,690 --> 01:24:51,320 - What are you saying? - It's an opinion. 1363 01:24:51,344 --> 01:24:52,539 And you're wrong. 1364 01:24:52,563 --> 01:24:54,019 I'm not putting up with any more of this. 1365 01:24:54,043 --> 01:24:56,238 Come away, Clem. Let the crazy lady be. 1366 01:24:56,262 --> 01:24:58,153 We're never gonna get any sense out of her. 1367 01:24:58,177 --> 01:25:00,458 [ Alithea] You know, I've never said this to you before. 1368 01:25:01,093 --> 01:25:03,506 But you're both pitiful. 1369 01:25:03,530 --> 01:25:04,725 Shut your cake hole! [Echoing] 1370 01:25:04,749 --> 01:25:07,317 Pea-brained and pitiful. 1371 01:25:07,839 --> 01:25:10,209 You, fuck face! 1372 01:25:10,233 --> 01:25:14,237 Stop your ivy growing on our side of the wall! 1373 01:25:15,325 --> 01:25:17,477 Why do I let them get to me? 1374 01:25:17,501 --> 01:25:19,566 I should feel sorry for them. 1375 01:25:19,590 --> 01:25:22,786 But this is my home. It's my sanctuary. 1376 01:25:22,810 --> 01:25:24,397 [inhaler hisses] 1377 01:25:24,421 --> 01:25:26,834 [Clementine and Fanny's voices echoing] 1378 01:25:26,858 --> 01:25:29,078 - I could wish them... [grunts] - [static buzzes] 1379 01:25:30,122 --> 01:25:32,318 That's not a wish, by the way. 1380 01:25:32,342 --> 01:25:33,710 - I know. - [exhales heavily] 1381 01:25:33,734 --> 01:25:36,191 [Clementine and Fanny's voices continue echoing] 1382 01:25:36,215 --> 01:25:38,913 [people chattering indistinctly from transmissions] 1383 01:25:42,700 --> 01:25:45,070 [ Alithea breathing heavily] 1384 01:25:45,094 --> 01:25:47,139 [transmissions fading] 1385 01:25:51,448 --> 01:25:54,233 [sentimental string music playing] 1386 01:26:45,283 --> 01:26:48,199 [sentimental string music continues] 1387 01:27:37,379 --> 01:27:38,641 [ Alithea whispers] My djinn. 1388 01:27:39,685 --> 01:27:40,880 [The Djinn] How was your day? 1389 01:27:40,904 --> 01:27:43,274 [ Alithea] Every listening ear was yours. 1390 01:27:43,298 --> 01:27:45,885 Every voice, every scent, and touch. 1391 01:27:45,909 --> 01:27:47,650 You were everywhere. 1392 01:27:52,872 --> 01:27:54,570 Back in a minute. 1393 01:28:13,632 --> 01:28:15,741 [Fanny] Whoever could that be at this hour? 1394 01:28:15,765 --> 01:28:16,885 [Clementine] It could be her. 1395 01:28:20,335 --> 01:28:23,251 Clem. Fanny. 1396 01:28:25,296 --> 01:28:27,777 Chickpeas, cloves, pistachio. 1397 01:28:29,605 --> 01:28:31,302 They melt in your mouth. 1398 01:28:49,320 --> 01:28:50,800 This is my friend. 1399 01:28:51,931 --> 01:28:53,846 He'll be staying for a while. 1400 01:28:54,760 --> 01:28:55,805 Hello. 1401 01:28:58,895 --> 01:29:00,636 - Hello. - Hello. 1402 01:29:04,901 --> 01:29:06,661 [ Alithea] My Djinn told me, 1403 01:29:06,685 --> 01:29:09,621 when they come together in the Realm of Djinn, 1404 01:29:09,645 --> 01:29:11,429 they tell each other stories. 1405 01:29:12,604 --> 01:29:14,713 Stories are like breath to them. 1406 01:29:14,737 --> 01:29:15,825 They make meaning. 1407 01:29:17,783 --> 01:29:19,021 "Yes," I said. 1408 01:29:19,045 --> 01:29:20,830 "That's just how it is with us." 1409 01:29:21,874 --> 01:29:23,591 Each story we tell is a fragment 1410 01:29:23,615 --> 01:29:26,052 in an endless shape-shifting mosaic. 1411 01:29:27,619 --> 01:29:31,754 And this small pebble, like all stories, must end. 1412 01:29:33,712 --> 01:29:36,889 If it's about wishing, it's a cautionary tale. 1413 01:29:37,977 --> 01:29:40,956 So, how will it go wrong? 1414 01:29:40,980 --> 01:29:43,505 Perhaps, it already has. 1415 01:29:46,812 --> 01:29:49,313 Even though Truth stood before them naked, 1416 01:29:49,337 --> 01:29:50,966 they turned their backs. 1417 01:29:50,990 --> 01:29:55,449 So, Truth moved to the side and waited in the shadows. 1418 01:29:55,473 --> 01:29:57,103 In the days that followed, 1419 01:29:57,127 --> 01:30:00,628 the Djinn would accompany the narratologist to her work. 1420 01:30:00,652 --> 01:30:02,238 And when he wasn't with her, 1421 01:30:02,262 --> 01:30:05,459 he would go in eager exploration of the world. 1422 01:30:05,483 --> 01:30:08,419 [machine beeping] 1423 01:30:08,443 --> 01:30:11,359 [The Djinn] Today I had such a marvelous day. 1424 01:30:12,664 --> 01:30:15,643 I saw many things. 1425 01:30:15,667 --> 01:30:19,821 I watched a human look into the living brain of another 1426 01:30:19,845 --> 01:30:22,457 and arrest a fatal bleeding. 1427 01:30:26,938 --> 01:30:28,723 I visited the Collider. 1428 01:30:30,028 --> 01:30:34,468 A vast gizmo which probed the essence of matter. 1429 01:30:37,601 --> 01:30:40,841 And then I saw a dish, a great dish 1430 01:30:40,865 --> 01:30:44,565 that listens to the whispers of stars long dead. 1431 01:30:46,697 --> 01:30:48,675 Humankind is... 1432 01:30:48,699 --> 01:30:50,614 is a wonder, Alithea. 1433 01:30:51,528 --> 01:30:53,941 I'm happy you think so. 1434 01:30:53,965 --> 01:30:57,031 All of this since I was trapped in Zefir's bottle. 1435 01:30:57,055 --> 01:31:01,819 All these astonishments, in less than 200 years. 1436 01:31:01,843 --> 01:31:03,821 Yes, but, I mean, 1437 01:31:03,845 --> 01:31:08,129 that's just engineering and technology. 1438 01:31:08,153 --> 01:31:10,741 Despite all the whiz-bang, 1439 01:31:10,765 --> 01:31:12,897 we remain bewildered. 1440 01:31:15,813 --> 01:31:17,772 When we can't contain the chaos, 1441 01:31:19,556 --> 01:31:22,143 we are filled with dread and panic, 1442 01:31:22,167 --> 01:31:24,450 and we turn on each other. 1443 01:31:24,474 --> 01:31:26,974 But of course, you are human. 1444 01:31:26,998 --> 01:31:29,131 That is your nature. 1445 01:31:31,481 --> 01:31:34,919 Yeah. So, the story never changes. 1446 01:31:35,833 --> 01:31:38,508 Hate prevails. 1447 01:31:38,532 --> 01:31:43,145 It metastasizes and outlives love. 1448 01:31:44,929 --> 01:31:47,560 I just want to talk about love. 1449 01:31:47,584 --> 01:31:51,608 Such a mess of contradictions, all of you. 1450 01:31:51,632 --> 01:31:52,739 Thank you very much. 1451 01:31:52,763 --> 01:31:56,047 Humankind, what a conundrum. 1452 01:31:56,071 --> 01:31:58,789 You fumble around in the dark, 1453 01:31:58,813 --> 01:32:01,922 and yet, you herd your intelligence to great effect. 1454 01:32:01,946 --> 01:32:03,576 It is quite a story. 1455 01:32:03,600 --> 01:32:04,838 [chuckles softly] 1456 01:32:04,862 --> 01:32:07,711 Cannot wait to see where it goes. 1457 01:32:07,735 --> 01:32:09,650 Or how it might end. 1458 01:32:09,998 --> 01:32:11,715 That too. 1459 01:32:11,739 --> 01:32:15,675 A mortal will never know, but a djinn might. 1460 01:32:15,699 --> 01:32:18,180 A djinn has all the time in the world. 1461 01:32:20,269 --> 01:32:22,465 Aren't you the lucky one? 1462 01:32:22,489 --> 01:32:23,838 Maybe. 1463 01:32:24,839 --> 01:32:28,079 But you creatures of dust have... 1464 01:32:28,103 --> 01:32:29,602 have managed to eclipse 1465 01:32:29,626 --> 01:32:32,953 the power and purpose of djinn and angel. 1466 01:32:32,977 --> 01:32:35,173 You have no use for us. 1467 01:32:35,197 --> 01:32:36,566 Perhaps, we will wither and... 1468 01:32:36,590 --> 01:32:38,089 - And fade away? - Yes. 1469 01:32:38,113 --> 01:32:40,526 Yeah. Well, that used to be the subject 1470 01:32:40,550 --> 01:32:42,615 of all my lectures and papers. 1471 01:32:42,639 --> 01:32:43,945 I know. 1472 01:32:46,556 --> 01:32:48,297 And yet, here you are. 1473 01:32:49,994 --> 01:32:52,083 My impossible. 1474 01:32:53,998 --> 01:32:55,086 Yes. 1475 01:32:59,700 --> 01:33:00,807 [keypad beeping] 1476 01:33:00,831 --> 01:33:01,919 [door unlocks] 1477 01:33:07,534 --> 01:33:08,709 Hello? 1478 01:33:14,149 --> 01:33:15,759 I'm home! 1479 01:33:25,726 --> 01:33:27,031 Hello? 1480 01:33:46,703 --> 01:33:47,791 [switch clicks] 1481 01:33:53,057 --> 01:33:54,624 Djinn? 1482 01:33:58,672 --> 01:33:59,866 My love? 1483 01:33:59,890 --> 01:34:01,109 [ Alithea gasps] 1484 01:34:03,894 --> 01:34:04,939 Djinn. 1485 01:34:06,070 --> 01:34:07,158 [switch clicks] 1486 01:34:09,160 --> 01:34:10,335 What's this? 1487 01:34:12,947 --> 01:34:14,925 Can you hear me? 1488 01:34:14,949 --> 01:34:17,101 Djinn, speak to me. 1489 01:34:17,125 --> 01:34:18,692 Try to speak to me. 1490 01:34:20,650 --> 01:34:22,826 I wish you to speak to me. 1491 01:34:24,045 --> 01:34:25,283 [cracking] 1492 01:34:25,307 --> 01:34:26,395 [crumbling] 1493 01:34:26,830 --> 01:34:27,918 Oh... 1494 01:34:29,180 --> 01:34:31,705 [breathes heavily and grunts] 1495 01:34:35,229 --> 01:34:36,926 [breathing raggedly] 1496 01:34:37,971 --> 01:34:40,819 [inhales deeply] 1497 01:34:40,843 --> 01:34:42,821 - [static buzzes] - [gasps and clears throat] 1498 01:34:42,845 --> 01:34:44,867 [in distorted high voice] I was sleeping. 1499 01:34:44,891 --> 01:34:47,110 [grunts] Sleeping. 1500 01:34:48,851 --> 01:34:50,960 Djinn don't sleep. 1501 01:34:50,984 --> 01:34:52,265 [The Djinn] Let's go for a walk. 1502 01:34:52,289 --> 01:34:53,745 A long, bracing walk. 1503 01:34:53,769 --> 01:34:55,312 I have prepared something for us. 1504 01:34:55,336 --> 01:34:56,922 [in normal voice] I have it all planned. 1505 01:34:56,946 --> 01:34:59,098 [breathlessly] A wonderous night for us. 1506 01:34:59,122 --> 01:35:01,274 It will be amazing. 1507 01:35:01,298 --> 01:35:04,103 - The best time of our lives. - Stop! 1508 01:35:04,127 --> 01:35:08,238 These electromagnetic fields, I can push them from my head. 1509 01:35:08,262 --> 01:35:09,829 I can push them away. 1510 01:35:10,917 --> 01:35:12,111 We'll go for a picnic. 1511 01:35:12,135 --> 01:35:13,243 [panting] 1512 01:35:13,267 --> 01:35:15,661 [speaking Djinnbish] 1513 01:35:17,053 --> 01:35:19,205 Ah, we'll play the ukulele. 1514 01:35:19,229 --> 01:35:21,773 [speaking Djinnbish] 1515 01:35:21,797 --> 01:35:25,081 Alithea, there is a place for me here. 1516 01:35:25,105 --> 01:35:26,343 These forces, 1517 01:35:26,367 --> 01:35:28,040 they will never go away, not from this world. 1518 01:35:28,064 --> 01:35:30,260 I will overcome them. I can do that for you. 1519 01:35:30,284 --> 01:35:32,436 You are my Alithea, and I love you. 1520 01:35:32,460 --> 01:35:34,220 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for trying. 1521 01:35:34,244 --> 01:35:35,524 You don't think that I love you? 1522 01:35:36,464 --> 01:35:38,660 Love is a gift. 1523 01:35:38,684 --> 01:35:41,053 It's a gift of oneself given freely. 1524 01:35:41,077 --> 01:35:43,297 It's not something one can ever ask for. 1525 01:35:44,820 --> 01:35:46,015 I tricked us both. 1526 01:35:46,039 --> 01:35:47,712 The moment I spoke that wish, 1527 01:35:47,736 --> 01:35:50,802 I took away your power to grant it. 1528 01:35:50,826 --> 01:35:55,067 I, more than anybody, I should've known that. 1529 01:35:55,091 --> 01:35:57,243 I'm not going to screw this up again. 1530 01:35:57,267 --> 01:36:01,421 My Djinn, if this world is not for you, 1531 01:36:01,445 --> 01:36:04,318 I wish that you return to where you belong. 1532 01:36:05,145 --> 01:36:07,234 Wherever that may be. 1533 01:36:10,019 --> 01:36:11,388 [breathing heavily] 1534 01:36:11,412 --> 01:36:14,023 [glass cracking] 1535 01:36:19,768 --> 01:36:21,857 [shuddering] 1536 01:36:27,297 --> 01:36:28,734 [sobs] 1537 01:37:23,832 --> 01:37:25,007 [switch clicks] 1538 01:37:34,451 --> 01:37:35,539 [sighs] 1539 01:37:41,110 --> 01:37:44,157 [emotional string music playing] 1540 01:38:03,611 --> 01:38:06,179 [couple laughing] 1541 01:38:19,888 --> 01:38:22,021 [couple speaking indistinctly] 1542 01:38:34,511 --> 01:38:35,599 [girl] Mommy! 1543 01:38:37,601 --> 01:38:39,623 [man] Come here, little monkey. 1544 01:38:39,647 --> 01:38:41,450 That's not Mommy. 1545 01:38:41,474 --> 01:38:43,563 [girl and man speaking indistinctly] 1546 01:39:16,291 --> 01:39:18,182 [dog barks] 1547 01:39:18,206 --> 01:39:19,904 [kids shouting playfully] 1548 01:39:23,603 --> 01:39:25,387 [wind blows] 1549 01:39:39,575 --> 01:39:43,623 [mouthing] 1550 01:39:50,543 --> 01:39:52,458 [wind whistling] 1551 01:39:55,200 --> 01:39:58,333 [sentimental string music playing] 1552 01:40:09,214 --> 01:40:10,452 [man 1] Hey, hey, hey! [man 2] Ah, no! 1553 01:40:10,476 --> 01:40:12,478 [man 1] Watch it. Top striker in the league. 1554 01:40:20,094 --> 01:40:21,419 - [grunts] - [men laughing] 1555 01:40:21,443 --> 01:40:22,575 [man 1] Did you see that? 1556 01:40:26,100 --> 01:40:28,687 [ Alithea] He would visit from time to time, 1557 01:40:28,711 --> 01:40:32,169 and they would grasp each vivid moment. 1558 01:40:32,193 --> 01:40:35,085 Despite the pain of the raucous skies, 1559 01:40:35,109 --> 01:40:37,740 he always stayed longer than he should, 1560 01:40:37,764 --> 01:40:40,114 long after she begged him to leave. 1561 01:40:41,246 --> 01:40:44,442 He promised to return in her lifetime, 1562 01:40:44,466 --> 01:40:47,469 and for her, that was more than enough. 1563 01:40:49,297 --> 01:40:52,344 [sentimental string music continues] 1563 01:40:53,305 --> 01:41:53,415 -== [ www.OpenSubtitles.org ] ==-