2.08 - We Are Three

I dreamt it. I had no hands. Lex is going to be fine, yes, yes, and then I will be able to help more. I can carry things, I can keep watch. I guess of course you can, Vossie. Look tomorrow. If it's hard, I'll carry you. Brothers, brothers, why have we stopped? She's got too far ahead. We can't keep up. But why have we stopped? Gotta put you down for a moment? What are you doing? I'm sorry, no, listen, you are three. Three, it's better than two, Gregor. I

can help you both, but you can't. Friend. You know you can't do will die together? But with three always someone away watching? What are you doing on, pulld on. He's not gonna come see cooler. Somethings happen, something terribonized. What I'm sorry, I'm sorry, just I couldn't save him. I'm sorry. True story all right, M M T and MA Series two, Episode eight. We are three by John Dryden. The hafez Is Palace. This is the day. These are

the preparations. Finally the rebels have their chance. Hoods up, heads down, walk slow, your priests not running, hands clasped, Keep that pace steady. You've done this every day for ten years. Second nature. Do not look up, guys on the man. Where's the Hafez in his rooms preparing for the ceremony. We made sure he has a bottle. Good ah, excellency, Are they ready? They will be ready, and we are happy to sacrifice our lives for the freedom of our people.

And good, good, look in the chaos. There is a chance, perhaps a good chance, that some of you will get away. But you know, and I know, some of us may not survive. We understand the doctor's at here. No he's a word that he was delayed at the institute, but he has already given me the Do I have your condition to proceed. Let's see, go ahead, line up, all of you left hands only just the first two fingers. Do not suck them, do not scratch. How fast does it work? Doren and I tested it on a dog

bad a dozen hard beads. But when the time comes, you have to scratch heart, you need to break the skin. Right, everyone know the ceremony. Let me see you you take the ring off? Is my weather? I don't care. We need you to be precise if they see something wrong. Excellency, would you like to what to say a few words? I'm sure you buy the waters urgel. Last night maw was someone? Will you just another souldier? Father, one of theirs you drowned. Don't worry, none of them got away.

You were right. General. The city is just beyond the rise, Sergeant. General, call the men to rest. We set up camp here, of course. General. Oh, make sure they are fed and water, Yes, General, and sergeant no fires. We don't want to alert them in the city. Father, what can you do with five men. They've been marching all day. They're tired. The walls are high, the gates are thick. You got out of the city, you know the way back in. But these are smugglers roots.

If they saw an army approaching that they thought there was trouble, well, they would just close up the tunnels. Further along My way would be blocked. All right, Mannel, I have a plan. Sergeant, come, I have an important task for you. You mean the dangerous task general, aren't they all? That's what we signed up for. A general. You are a good soldiers are a credit it to to Mumbai. It's my privilege to serve to Mumbai. General, give me my orders. Alkin explained. I have been studying

the original city plans. The river gates. It goes over the water here. It was originally designed to let the boat spring in stone from the quarries. How many can you take back in with you without a rousing suspicion? Three? Maybe four? Sergeant, you go with her. I need another volunteer. You will accompany my daughter into the city. I will go, Thank you, Akiba. What is our task to open the

gates from within? They will be guarded. The river gates haven't been used since the time of the mart Sultan. Nobody knows about them. They've been forgotten. And then how do you know about them? I've read the books, find them wait there for the signal. The signal. Now you need to find Gregor tell him we are waiting. Tell him to begin whatever they are planning. We will mark which when we see smoke rising from the half ease Is tower, that will be the signal to open the

river gates. Does everyone understand We'll keep following the line of the wady. It will get us closer without the wall guards seeing happy happy the way. I'm coming with you. You can't. It's dangerous. We may not even make it into the city. I found my husband and I'm not going to lose him again. Tell her keeper, I'm coming. I'm coming, and I'm going to find our child. She's coming. Suit yourselves. Just keep your head down. Yeah, so this is the father your key m He looks like a king,

a king without a kingdom. Maybe you'll end up sultan of two Mumbai. I don't want to be a sultan, that's what you say. Now? And you what do you want, young woman? I'm just obeying my father's orders. Yes, but what do you really want? Maya soldiers spiked my brother to a wall without care. He was just a boy. So you ask me what I want? You have three targets Sarah Barracat and Maya. How would we know it's Maya?

How no one has seen her? You will know her because Maya will be the one anointed by the Hafez. That is why you need to wait until I give you the signal. If there is any hint that things are not as they should be, she may not even reveal herself. What about the other priests, They will be taken care of as they arrive here. Don't worry. Color, keep your priests hidden. We don't want blood on your white tunics. You must be screen. There is just one more thing. My advice to you all, Yes, when they

come to arrestue, use the poison. Scratch yourselves. Do it quickly. Be strong. It will be less painful than what they will do to you. But if we succeed. M M, where are you going, excellency? Just wait? You can come in now. Who arrest them? Arrest them all. You've caught them in the very act of treason. I have you've done, Gregor, you portrayed us. You have portrayed to Mumbat. Sometimes you have to not rock the foots of the body can survive.

You've already compromise them. Why would you let the saltan escape? This is their leader, abu Ja, bookkeeper in the palace scriptorium. Arrest him. Take the poison quickly, take it now, as it will be better for you than be careful. Captain. Don't let them near your mail. They have poison surround. Don't approach, Do not approach. Lock arrows on my orders. Fire all all fire? Is this enough? I'm still alive. The thing is to make sure I stay alive. To

the orphanage quickly. H Who are you? You shouldn't be here? Don't you know who I am? You came here before when the director was murdered. You came to investigate. But then you should know that I'm from the palace. I worked for the inquisitor. Yes, but this section. His orders are that no one is to enter without his authority. Yes, his personal authority, and no, this is his authority. He wishes my visit to be kept a private matter. Have you come to kill the child? Please? I beg you

suggest you go back to your room. You've seen nothing, No one has been here, do you understand? Yes? H m hm, Papa, don't be scared. I'm a friend. I'm here to help the apples sent us. Who are you? We came out with the ablis. We need to return through the walls. Most people are trying to get out, especially why now you don't know the anointment of Maya and the Grand Temple. Why is here in the city. Cheese my advice, friends, and take your wives and go back.

There is nothing for you here. We have no choice, and I am no man's wife. Here's your fee, now take us through. But this isn't enough, and that's the old free. Things are more difficult now, mo risques. Didn't you see the bodies hanging from the gates. You need to pay more. Here the gatekeeper needs is cut to this cloak. It's all right, put your sort away. My apologies, my friend, he's a little anxious. We need to pass through urgently. A family situation, of course, Yes, no, I

I didn't mean anything. I'm just doing my job, trying to provide for my family. Come m hm, go to the end that I've been before. Come it will go dark. Just keep feeling your way along the walls. This side, we will pass light on the other side. Stay with you on the dark side, keep moping. Okay, where are we? The cat comes beneath the city. Yes, this is the way the empers took us. It's just up here. Careful that may be soldiers up here. What is it a barrow?

It's here somewhere. What do we do in? Know? We have to wait. Someone will come eventually with you. This is easier. Good you've been able to Gregor. Mistress. I'm pleased to report that all the suspects have been rounded up, all of them. Are you sure it was more serious than we thought. They were planning an attempt on Maya's life during the ceremony itself. During the ceremony, priests with poison under their fingernails, they planned to sneak them in.

Mm hmm, well done, Gregor. That's good right. How many were there? At least twelve? They will be taken down to the cells. I will oversee their interrogation personally. Mhm. What is it? Do you know what happened to a young sultan? He threw himself out the window, just there, right in front of us. Yes, I know, but you don't know what he told me before he did it. Yes, tell me why did it take Daniel to find the sultan? That's supposed to be your job. The Sultan that contact

with Daniel himself. He betrayed himself. I know who the real traitor is. Who killed your husband, Lord Red? Who will kill you? Well, then Gregor, you better go and arrest him. But don't you want to know who? You know what you're doing, Gregor, go right, Mistress? She trusts me. I don't trust myself, but Sarah trusts me. That means yes, what is it? The mix stress wanted me to ask, you don't struggle. Don't struggle. It's better if you don't struggle. Yeah, yeah,

that's better. I had a dream. I dreamt it. I had no hands or legs. That's right. You're all right now. Just try opening your eyes. Yeah, good, good, is waking up now, inquisitor. H m hm m hm m h m hmm. Somehow we always knew it would end like this, didn't we doctor the first? If you would m h m hmm. I'm sorry, Gregor authorize it, of course, Gregor, you've done a lot of this yourself, so I don't need to explain the process. No, no, no, no, don't

try to speak please, there's nothing you can say. We just want to hurt you. Perhaps you harbor some hope in your heart that someone might rescue you, Sarah. Perhaps perhaps she still thinks of you as a man. Let me dispel that hope. She has no further use for you. It was her who said arrest him, kill him. In fact, she thinks you're already dead. Nobody knows you're here, Gregor, Dorian,

why don't you. I'm sure he will want to persuade me of his loyalty, how he despises the rebels, that it was he who discovered the plot, that he is a believer. Perhaps you want to remind me how you demonstrated your lawyer by killing a heretic with your own hands, Is that right? Gregor? You want to tell me you swore an oath to Maya, that you're a believer. So many things you want to tell me. Oh oh, hm, I dreamed. I dreamed I had no hands or legs. Mhm.

I was injured. I was slowing you down. My foot had been caught in a bear trap. M hm. You know who I am, don't you. The snows were coming. Do you remember you offered to carry me, and that's what you did. He waited until Coolan was fine enough ahead And why have we stopped? Ah, I'm sorry. No, listen, we are three. Three is better than two, Gregor. I can help you both, but you can't friend, and you know you what are you doing? He's not gonna come.

And this is the part that I've always wondered about. Did Cool know something's happened? Did he? Or did he just close his mind knowing that you would handle it? Isn't that how you have both lived ever since? What a successful partnership. I've read about you both over the years. Your fame has traveled fine and wide. The ruthless administrator and the great commander of the greatest army. Well, look at you now. I dreamt I had no hand or feet doctor. I'm sorry, grig H. I am a just man.

I believe everyone deserves a chance to acknowledge their wrongdoings before they depart this world. Would you like to do that? Greg? Very well? Doctor, why don't you remove yet? I have something? Something you want, something you need? You have a child, You have a son. What do you know? You keep him locked up? You want to cure him, but you no, no, here we are. Have you seen him? Have you? Have you seen your son this morning? Have you seen him? Is he safe? Is he in good hands. Wait what

have you done? Is he safe? I think you need to check? Great? Why are you doing this story? You betrayed everyone? I no mad who had already done that? They were already can end. We needed to cut away the dead wood. What do you mean nobody knows about you, dorry, You're the last one. What's the time? Is the sun still up? No? It's dark. As the ceremony started, I don't think so. I can still do something, but it's in your hand. Story my son? Where is my son?

But inquisitive? Your assistant, the doctor he came, No, the policeman from the palace. What's that? That's the ceremony? The assumption of Meyer at the Grand Temple. Shouldn't you be their holiness? Where did he take my child? We used to come up here and there is a student. Come on, there's still time. If you know the route, we can still get there before. What's wrong? We used to look up at the stars. What are you talking about? That was when everything was before me. I was going to

be the great scientist, the most celebrated. Well that's so I've gone. Now where are you going? I've got you this far? We don't have time for we don't have time. I'm sorry, greg Or. I can't do it anymore. I can't hyeah. The ceremony has begun. Below, the crowds at gather hoping for a sort of maya. And then I see her riding a white stallion leading the procession, a red tunic shrounding her. She exists. She's close to the Grand Temple. Now ra m h m h m hmm. Okay,

balla cat. He's faster than he looks, capable of Take my hand? Where with my child? If I fall, he will never find your child? Step back, I want you, step back, okay, I'll go back inside. Shut the door, leave me, and your boy will be returned to you. Why should I believe you? Street of the weavers, third house along. The child is there, He has water, he has bread. I won't take you along. The child is there, go now? Oh oh, it's just you and me up here.

Why should I believe you? Because you know me, Bussie. You know what I am. I'm selfish, I'm a liar. I've done terrible things. Look into my eyes. I'm already dead inside. I died that day I pushed you off. The Look into my eyes. Do you see the boy who ignored your please for help. Not a day has passed, but I haven't found him in some dream looking through me. I did it to save myself. I'd push you off the roof right now to save myself. But he believes me.

I can see in his eyes he believes me. He trusts me again, and I can see that at last, I'm telling the truth. Go and find yourself. M Yeah, it's over. It's all over. For one occasion when I had a chance to kill Mayer, I missed it. It's over. Well, maybe not. The Holy books say that when the world is about to end, people will not be equipped by fear, but by a kind of delirium. I've seen it before in the eyes of those are about to face their death. Got a wait and sin like that, and away from

down what happened? Black? We need to leave quickly. There is nothing for us here now, the inquisitive great work. Did you do what was asked of you? I got away back quickly. They're going to come after us. Come after us, you idiot. You've ruined everything, haven't you. Why couldn't you just do what they said? You could be Grand Vizier by now if you hadn't been such a soft hearted fool. You were perfectly positioned head of the academy. You had status, but a can't liked you. Was a

traitor to to man bay Woll. You had to do was go along with him. You could be running the whole place by now. If all shut up, shut up, shut up. Don't you see there's nothing left to run. Hush. I didn't think they would come after us so quickly. M go see can you see anyone? It's that girl again? What girl? What? M What are you doing here? Where is Gregor? I need to find my uncle? Why are you asking me? Because you are at the center of everything,

aren't you leave us alone? There is nothing here. I have a message for my father, General Coulan. The rebels and any who are prepared to fight need to start. This is your moment. Whatever you're doing, you need to start it now and my father's army will come. Ha ha ha, what what is it? There are no rebels, everyone is dead, my uncle? Where is my uncle? Gregor? Is a man alone? There's nothing to do. It's all over. Mother. Come,

the watchman has seen smoke. Prepare the men. I think the time has come, sir it's hard to see in the darkness. But is that the signal? No, that's the city burning down. We have to go now. Oh, they're burning down the city. We advance or we lose everything. How will you get into the city. I'm trusting my sergeant will open the gates. If you can't, we'll have to knock them down. What's the alternative to run away? That is a good alternative. And you would be a

good traveling companion. I'm not the traveling type. I came here, I was made here to Mumbai is my city. I will die for it and I I would expect nothing less from you. General. I'll write your story when I write the history of two Mumbai. So you are leaving. I am not a fighter. General, h m, General, what are your orders? Tell the men to advanced your hoards. General, And you want to know the end of the story, Well, I'll hear the end of the story. There will be

many tales. There will very will goodbye, my friend. If you live, you might make a good Sultan. I will make sure I come and visit to Mumbay again. Perhaps I will see you. General, What are your orders? We take the city? The fire as are burnt all around. A celebration on the street has turned to horror. The guards at the palace gates hardly noticed me passed by. What does it matter? The end is coming? But where

is everyone? And then I see her seated on the throne, her red cloak draped around her, and I hello, Gregor? Where is she? Maya? Where it has reached her from the swamps by brother Annual has been blessed with martyrdom. His armies have been destroyed. It is God's will. Human bays without defense? Where is Maya? Maya and her followers? They just disappear back into the walls. You don't see them again. They might be your neighbor, they might be

your friend. You will never know who the believers are until the time for them to come out again presents itself. You're still here. I stayed here for you, Gregory Dhuman Bay is finished. My as taken everything she requires from it. Now it's time for me to go. Will you come with me? The horses already we can ride out into the desert and watch the city burn. M What is it, m Ah? You have come to kill me? Go ahead, I welcome it. Life is a sweet lie. Death, the

bitter truth. Only God is real? Do you want to kill me? The first day I saw you in the palace, they had Unuk brought me down to the slave pens to see you. He said, you've been wailing for your baby ever since you'd arrived. She'd been taken from you. We watched you through the bars. You didn't know we were there. You were crying, and those tears they were real. Wh't I need to believe they were real, that something in this world of illusion was real. Tell me they

were real? M something was real? Oh Greg, what has happened to the great schemer who cared for nothing? In no one? You are a rat and amaze. You don't know which way to turn. They were real. I can only tell you this, Sarah, Sarahl, that is for my brother. You don't I've killed the beast. Now we can be free. Now we can all be free. And so Sarah embraces the bitter truth, leaving me behind to wallow in the sweet lies. I loved her and I wanted to kill her.

And Uncle, come slep out of it. It's over, but it's not. We need to organize. We need to act quickly to solidify our position. Position what my father is here with his men. It's over. They've entered the city. Everything is falling apart. But Maya she was here. There was a ceremony, her anointment. She's in the city. We'll find her, but she's everywhere. What like the mist like the sunlight? Look, uncle, you need to get a grip

of yourself. It's over. What should I do? We'd won, but winning was not quite how I imagined it would be. I had survived, yes, perhaps at least in body, at least to live another day. M h. Another day. It's nice, expensive, It's Heaven, daughter of my old friend Ibn Bay. Are you sure this is the right house the blue door. Yes, that's what Gregor said. I have been able to help them with information. I wonder what they're like. Good heart, O, what are you doing? I want to see they're too old.

I'm sorry, Heaven, we won't give up, and we will find our daughter. Is that h m h? I think so. Look she has your nose. She seems happy. I never thought I never thought she would be given to a family who I'm glad, but but a company me too. Are you ready? Season two, Episode eight of Tuman Bay We Are Three, featuring Rufus Right, Ayisha Hart, and Matthew Marsh was written and directed by Me John Scott Dryden, with music by Sasha Putnam and editing and sound design

by Steve Bond. Tuman Bay is created by Me and Mike Walker and produced by Emmahern and Nadir Khan. For more details, including a cast list, visit tuman bay dot com