16.11.13

14. Returning the Dagger

Sheik Amar:
What.. What happened last night?

Dastan:
Those vipers were controlled by Hassansins.

Sheik Amar:
Hassansins?

Dastan:
For years they were the covert killing force for the Persian kings, for my father ordered them disbanded.
Nizam must've disobeyed my father's orders and kept them intact.

Sheik Amar:
This is a secret government killing activity. That's why I don't pay taxes!

Dastan:
We can't stop.

Sheik Amar:
Oh perhaps you can't, but we can.

Tamina:
We could use your help getting to the temple.

Sheik Amar:
Hah, by crossing the Hindu Kush with the storm blowing?
You attract troubles like flies around rotting mango and your insane...

Tamina:
There's gold at the temple. More than ten horses can carry. Tax-free.

Soldier:
Sir!

Dastan:
Do you have any idea where you're going?

Tamina:
I memorized this path as a child. Every princess must, it's sacred.
It's here. The sanctuary, the one place the Dagger can be hidden safely.

Sheik Amar:
I was expecting golden statues, waterfalls.

Tamina:
Give me back the Dagger, so that I can take it there.

Dastan:
Don't cut yourself, Princess.

Seso:
Hey, here!
Not long dead, last night maybe. Tortured first. Hassansins.

Dastan:
Nizam knows this place.
Sheik Amar:
All dead.
The entire village, about my gold...

Dastan:
Where are you going?!

Tamina:
There is only one way to stop all of this.

Dastan:
What?!

Tamina:
To make sure the Dagger is safe, the temple holds the stone the Dagger came from.

Dastan:
What temple? This is a pile of stones and rocks!

Tamina:
The first thing we learned, if all else fails, put the Dagger back into the stone, the stone will envelop it, pulling it into the mountain, returning to the gods.
The original promise, must be paid.

Dastan:
What promise?

Tamina:
The gods must take back the life they spared.

Dastan:
You'll die.



Garsiv:
Stay there! Stay there!

Dastan:
Listen to me! Listen to me!

Garsiv:
Give me your sword. Give me your sword or do you forsake given that honor.

Dastan:
There are bodies down there, murdered by Hassansins, on Nizam's order! He's the traitor!

Garsiv:
Hassansins no longer exist! You always thought you are so clever.

Dastan:
This is no trick, Garsiv.

Soldier:
Sir, all dead inside Sir, more in the village.

Dastan:
There is only one way...

Garsiv:
Stay there!

Dastan:
Nizam wants me dead, wants me silenced. A trial will be too public.
Do you know this? He said this much, didn't he?
I know it hasn't been easy between us Garsiv, but still... we are brothers.

Garsiv:
Touching words with my sword at your throat.

Dastan:
You've often questioned why father has been so much time in prayer.
Before he died, he told me that the bond between brothers is the sword that defends our empire.
He was praying that that sword remains strong.
Why would I go into Avrat for father's funeral, when I knew it was so dangerous?

Garsiv:
Nizam recommended your death, Tus disagreed, ordered you brought back alive.

Dastan:
Nizam wants me dead, and he's hired Hassansins to make sure that does happen.
He's afraid of what I might say, and who I might tell.

Garsiv:

Tell me, brother.

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