Dastan:
Get down, it's
a Persian patrol. Garsiv!
What aren't you
telling me?
The trail's
been left, maybe they are tired of your pawn shop for lies and backstabbing.
Tamina:
I had no choice
but to leave you. I take it your uncle didn't listen.
Dastan:
It wasn't Tus
that killed my father, it was Nizam.
Tamina:
Your uncle?
Dastan:
His hands were
burned. He said it happened trying to pull off the cloak that killed my father,
I've gone over
and over at my mind, he never touched the cloak, he must've handled it before.
It was Nizam
who poisoned it.
What could this
turning back a few moments of time give my uncle? None.
He murdered my
father for more than just a dagger.
What aren't you
telling me? You know, you've got quick hands, so do I.
If you want it
back, you tell me everything. No more games, no more lies.
Tamina:
Can we get out
of here?
Dastan:
Oh...only a
princess thinks she can outrun a sandstorm.
Nizam is coming
to kill us, he needs me dead. I need to know why.
Tamina:
In Alamut rests
the beating heart of all life on earth. The Sand Glass of the gods.
Long ago, the
gods slipped down on man and saw nothing but greed and treachery.
So they sent a
great sandstorm, to destroy all, wipe clean the face of the earth.
But
one young girl begged the gods to give mankind another chance.
Offering
her life in exchange.
Tamina:
Seeing the
purity within, the gods were reminded of men's potentials for good.
So they swept
the sand into the Sand Glass. The Dagger was given to the girl who saved Man.
Making
her the first guardian.
The
Dagger blade is the only thing that can pierce the Sand Glass
and remove the
Sands of Time, but the handle only holds one minute.
Dastan:
But if one were
to place a Dagger in the Sand Glass, and pressed the jewel button at the same
time?
Tamina:
Sand would flow
through endlessly.
Dastan:
You could turn
back time as far as you like.
Tamina:
Yes, but it is
forbidden.
Dastan:
When my father
was a boy, Nizam saved his life hunting.
One
day the two princes were stalking a beautiful buck,
but
they weren't aware of a lion that’s stalking them.
Nizam
saved Sharaman. My father told us the story over and over again.
Tamina:
I don't
understand.
Dastan:
Nizam wishes to
go back in time and undo what he did.
Not save my
father, let him die. Then he will be king for a lifetime. And my brothers would
never be born.
The storm's
passed.
Tamina:
Dastan, the
Sands contained within the Sand Glass are incredibly powerful.
Opening the
Dagger while it's inside the glass breaks the seal and destroys the Sand Glass,
causing it to crack and shatter.
The Sands of
Time would no longer be contained, and they would carry the gods' wrath with
them once more, destroying everything in their path.
And all of
mankind would pay for Nizam's treachery.
This is all
that would be left of us.
The secret
guardian temple outside Alamut is a sanctuary.
The one place
where the Dagger can be hidden safely, the only way to stop this Armageddon.
That's the
truth, Dastan.
Give me back
the Dagger, so that I can take it there.
Dastan:
I can't do
that.
I'm coming with
you.
Tamina:
You're going to help me!
Dastan:
We can sit here
and chat, or you can get on the horse.
Tamina:
Our journey is
blessed.
We'll stop for
the water and push for the mountain's pass by the nightfall.
Dastan:
You enjoy
telling me what to do.
Tamina:
Only because
you are so good at following orders.
Dastan:
Yeah. Don't
press your luck.
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