WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:09.640 Welcome to town. Everyone's unique in their own way, right. Maybe I 2 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:14.560 should be concerned about your articles. Don't worry. I still doubt that you're 3 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:23.000 actually human. Just another day and Water's Edge, Season four, Episode eight, 4 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:53.280 The Box. Hello, anyone want to talk? Or are you just 5 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:59.640 gonna stare at me through the two way mirror? You know the handcuffs were 6 00:00:59.679 --> 00:01:11.359 of this much? Hello, miss Nunius? Here some water? And how 7 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:14.680 am I supposed to drink this with my hands? Tide? I'm sure you'll 8 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:26.079 figure it out. Investigator Kendy Ezra Interview number one hundred in The Water's Edge 9 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:30.079 Human Investigation. It is May thirty first, twenty fourteen, one twenty five 10 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:36.159 am. Subject is Avrah Louisa Nunius. Dark brown hair, green eyes, 11 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:41.040 medium build. Subject has been called into questioning on the basis of the accusation 12 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:45.200 that she is the human who has infiltrated Cryptid Society in order to destroy it 13 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:49.879 from the inside out. Is everything I've said factually accurate to the best of 14 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:57.760 your knowledge? Well, you're supposed to answer. I have the right to 15 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:01.359 talk to an attorney before answering questions. Nah, that's hilarious. I thought 16 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:05.920 I told your partner that your American laws don't matter in this room. That 17 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:09.719 seems very illegal. I suppose it would be if anyone were to find out, 18 00:02:09.800 --> 00:02:14.319 But since I don't believe you have an attorney coming anyway, they won't, 19 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:20.400 so it isn't. Now let's start answering why should I you're already convinced 20 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:23.319 I'm the human you've been looking for. If you're so sure and you don't 21 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:25.120 care about giving me a fair trial, why hasn't my mind been a rased 22 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:30.199 already. If you want to hurry the process along, that can be arranged. 23 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:34.240 But my superiors wouldn't stand for a mind wipe without proper protocol being taken 24 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:38.400 first. Seems counter to the whole We don't care about your Miranda rights. 25 00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:44.120 My goal is to protect cryptids by a race acryptids memory on the assumption that 26 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:46.599 they're human, and end up killing them. That detracts from my goal. 27 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:52.680 Then let me go I'm acryptid. A mind wipe would kill me. Then 28 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:55.800 why has every conversation I've had with anyone close to you led me to believe 29 00:02:55.840 --> 00:03:01.800 you're lying? I don't know you're misinter things. I've been honing my craft 30 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:07.680 for hundreds of years. I do not misinterpret. But this case is important 31 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:10.120 to you. It's probably the most important ever. Right. A threat to 32 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:15.000 the entirety of crypt kind is terrifying, and I'm sure the High Council has 33 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:17.599 you under a lot of pressure and it's making you see connections that aren't there. 34 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:22.280 Of course, I'm under a lot of pressure. This is the single 35 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:28.000 most dangerous threat to our kind since the Expulsion the what don't try to change 36 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:35.479 the subject. You brought it up. The expulsion was a systematic purge of 37 00:03:35.479 --> 00:03:38.960 all cryptid life throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas at the 38 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:44.120 end of the fifteen hundreds. There was a time when cryptids and humans lived 39 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:47.599 amongst one another, and crypted animals coexisted with other earthly life forms as well. 40 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:53.479 What is a crypted animal? Never heard of a unicorn? Chubicabra? 41 00:03:54.319 --> 00:04:00.039 Those are real. They were humans turned on them first, killing off species. 42 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:03.120 When a human messed with a creature they shouldn't and got what they deserved. 43 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:06.960 Some cryptoids tried to stop them, but even in those times we were 44 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:12.120 such a small minority. That was when my town was formed in fifty years 45 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:15.360 or so, that cryptid animals were being hunted to extinction. The creators of 46 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:18.920 Hugh and Maday could feel a change coming and wanted to prepare, and thank 47 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:23.720 god they did. It only took one or two instances of humans spinning a 48 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:29.199 cryptid self defense claim into a monstrous murder, and the expulsion began. They 49 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:33.519 killed kryptids, they did, and they weren't going to stop until all of 50 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:38.439 us were dead and gone. Luckily, Hugh and Maday was ready, and 51 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:42.439 with the ultimate sacrifice from the most powerful magic user I've ever seen, we 52 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:46.040 were shrouded away behind an impenetrable shield, invisible to the humans trying to kill 53 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:54.079 us, but everyone else. Most were killed, but some were able to 54 00:04:54.079 --> 00:04:57.959 sneak away make homes for themselves in the most remote locations they could find. 55 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:01.360 For hundreds of years there no cryptid settlement that could be seen by humans. 56 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:06.720 Time passes, though, and generations continue, so eventually, very small communities 57 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:11.759 of cryptids showed up across the world. We're drawn to each other and to 58 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:15.480 the places where magic is strong, and by the mid eighteen hundreds there were 59 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:18.279 a few towns scattered across the globe. I always thought it was too much 60 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:21.920 of a risk building cryptid settlements again, and I was right. It only 61 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:26.240 took a few hundred years, and there's a human ready to expose everything we've 62 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:31.000 worked so hard to protect. I had no idea. Most today don't on 63 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:36.160 account of our history being held primarily with those living in Hyun Miday. I 64 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:41.759 understand why you're worried about history. Repeating another expulsion would be horrible, But 65 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:46.720 I have nothing to do with any of this. I'm not who you're looking 66 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:50.120 for. I would never expose the secret. If you're so concerned for Cryptid 67 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:57.040 kind answer my questions. Fine, when did you move to town September of 68 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:00.680 last year? What brought you here? Roger offered me the job as editor 69 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:05.399 in chief? And how could you tell it was a cryptid towne? I 70 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:11.600 just knew you faultered. Okay, I didn't know, But when I got 71 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:14.120 here, I found out that Roger was acrypted and he knew about me, 72 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:18.600 so it was fine. I don't understand. I've lived around humans before, 73 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:21.839 so I'm fine. I don't care about your motive for moving. Then what 74 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:28.759 is it? Why can't I feel anything from you? What? I can't 75 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:32.240 read you? Why can't I read you? I can't feel a pulse or 76 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:35.600 you're breathing all the little tells that vibrate through your aura to tell me when 77 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:40.000 you're lying and when you're telling the truth. I can't feel anything. It's 78 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:43.920 like talking to a rock. Do you have some magic block or something? 79 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:46.519 Or are humans simply too dull to even from an aura that I can tap 80 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:51.120 into. I'm not a human, you have to be. I've met thousands 81 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:55.600 of crypted throughout my life, and I have never encountered any who haven't given 82 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:59.079 off an aura. The only explanation that makes sense is that you're human. 83 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:02.399 Maybe your powers aren't as great as you thought they were. Are you insulting 84 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:05.240 me? Well, you're like hundreds of years old, right, Sometimes you 85 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:10.360 can't do things as well after a while. I'm not snile. I was 86 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:15.279 given immortality. Doesn't mean your gifts were. You know. I might not 87 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:18.279 be able to tell if you're lying to me by using my powers, but 88 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:24.399 that's just how I do things the easy way. I know you're the human 89 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:28.120 i'm looking for. All I have to do is get you to admit it, 90 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:42.639 and I won't need any special abilities to do that. Good morning, 91 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:47.600 Margo. I was Friday training you so far? Fine? Thanks? Something 92 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:54.079 wrong? Look, I know it's early, but you look troubled. Well, 93 00:07:54.920 --> 00:08:00.920 Kendy brought in another subject this morning? Really this early? Yes? 94 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:11.279 And arrest? Actually? What? Who? Half nun yez, Kendy. 95 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:16.480 I'm right here at Jenkins. What's with the shouting? You booked someone this 96 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:20.800 morning? Margot told you I did. She's in the interrogation room now. 97 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:24.920 I'm letting her stew a bit before I go in for a second round of 98 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:30.279 questions. Second round? Why was I not informed? There was no need. 99 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:33.399 You're not involved in my investigation. You're arresting what are my citizens on 100 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:39.279 what sounds like baseless charges. I'm absolutely involved. You have no idea the 101 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:43.840 amount of evidence I have on Nunez. Oh really, because just the other 102 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:48.159 day all you had were vague statements from scarce citizens speaking under dress. Is 103 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:52.279 that what your idiotic high council likes? Half baked theories that I'll get innocent 104 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:56.480 people killed. Watch your mouth. We may be in your precinct, officer, 105 00:08:56.720 --> 00:09:00.879 but you're in my investigation. We both know I out and if you 106 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:03.200 overstep, there are a lot of strings I can pull to take away that 107 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:07.000 beloved badge of yours. No, no, no, Look, you can 108 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:09.399 threaten me all you want if you made an unlawful arrest, I won't hesitate 109 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:13.559 to bring in some higher powers of my own. I may not work for 110 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:16.120 some shady counsel, but I imagine some higher courts would be interested in a 111 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:22.120 suspect being detained on no basis of fact. And how exactly would you go 112 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:26.159 about explaining my investigation to a human court? You want to risk exposing cryptid 113 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:31.159 kind in order to protect one citizen of yours from being stuck in my interrogation 114 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:35.480 room for a few hours. I thought, as much, What do you 115 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:43.039 even have against her besides secondhand information and circumstantial evidence? Not much at the 116 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:46.200 moment, but I'm sure it's her? Then? Why is she still in 117 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:50.480 the interrogation room and not being prepped for a mind wipe? Why do you 118 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:54.279 have to ask so many questions? You are not the only one who conducts 119 00:09:54.279 --> 00:10:00.200 investigations for our living. You must be pretty unsure if you've still got or 120 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:05.039 here or your High Council's bar proof is higher than your lie detect our abilities 121 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:09.759 can provide. Do they doubt you? The Council trusts me completely. They 122 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:15.080 just like to deal in absolutes. I need a confession once I get her 123 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:18.080 to admit to being a human. They'll accept any consequences I enforce, and 124 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:22.639 I am confident that I can make that happen within the next few hours. 125 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:28.360 Come on, Jenkins, you should be thrilled. You'll get your office back, 126 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:33.320 go back to being the undisputed leader of the precinct, voice of law 127 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:35.879 and order in your little beach town. Isn't that what you've wanted since I 128 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:41.480 walked in that door. What I want is to keep innocent people safe. 129 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:58.759 Gladder on the same page. Well, let's start back at the top, 130 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:01.799 shall we. I'm afraid I came on a bit too strong when we first 131 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:07.360 started chatting. All right, you're right, Oprah. While I have my 132 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:13.120 theories, I'm not sure if you're cryptid or a human. So why don't 133 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:20.120 you and I work together to prove that you're innocent. Sure, if you'd 134 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:22.559 rather we jump back to the accusations and yelling, we can do that too. 135 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:28.639 No, I'm all right, thanks. It's just a bit of a 136 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:35.120 tonal shift. I feel like I missed something. Your talk before reminded me 137 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:41.279 of my real goal here to protect cryptids, all cryptids. So the last 138 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:45.639 thing I'd want to do is hurt you in the process if you were in 139 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:50.039 fact a cryptid. So, in an effort to make this as painless as 140 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:54.840 possible, could you please tell me what kind of cryptid you are. I'm 141 00:11:54.919 --> 00:12:01.200 a cognitional ah, I see a cryptid of intelligence, and no wonder you 142 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:05.759 can pass as a human. So easily remind me what powers do cognitionals have? 143 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:09.360 Again, well, they can vary based on the cryptid, of course, 144 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:13.759 always something to do with the mind, though, Yes, and your 145 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:18.960 power. I can talk to plants really, yep, since I was a 146 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:24.200 little kid. Amazing and not a power that one can go about proving. 147 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:28.840 Yeah, it's no wonder you thought I was a human. I look so 148 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:31.919 basic. No one can tell I have a power but me. It's pretty 149 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:37.519 boring, honestly, is it. Yeah? You don't hear much except I'd 150 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:41.919 like some water please, or more sunshine or wow, this light is nice 151 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:48.919 and warm. You know things that plants think about. You work for mister 152 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:54.919 Torres, right, I do. What a funny coincidence that you both have 153 00:12:56.080 --> 00:13:00.720 powers relating to plants. Of course his is much more involved, although I 154 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:07.039 do recall him remarking on how he communicates with plants. Oh did he yes 155 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:09.879 in one of your weekly's articles. In fact, he said, instead of 156 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:16.000 using words, plants communicate in tones. With time and practice, he learned 157 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:20.080 what these different tones meant and can now use this ability to provide great care 158 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:24.559 for them. Very interesting and much different from the way you seem to describe 159 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:30.159 your ability. Well, I wasn't being literal, of course, Plants can't 160 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:35.080 actually talk. It's just easier to describe it that way. Sure, you 161 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:39.840 know sometimes I actually speaking of your supervisor. We talked a bit before about 162 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:43.960 your arrival into town. How you were not aware of that Water's Edge was 163 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:50.240 a crypted town until your discussion with Roger. Were you aware of the existence 164 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:54.399 of the cape towns before coming to Water's Edge? No, I had no 165 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:58.639 idea. I've heard that's pretty normal for a lot of cryptos, though it 166 00:13:58.840 --> 00:14:03.480 is. Had you ever encountered another cryptid before coming to Water's Edge that you'd 167 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:07.000 know of? Of course? Nope, it was all new to me. 168 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:13.360 I thought it was crazy, honestly, hearing plant voices or tones in my 169 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:22.840 head all the time. Interesting but well. According to some research that has 170 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:26.840 been conducted in he and Midday, the cognitional variant is likely to be caused 171 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:33.200 by a hereditary gene mutation. Oh is it? That's what the research indicates, 172 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:37.679 which is why it's surprising that you said you had never met another cryptid, 173 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:43.320 considering it'd be almost impossible for your mother, father, or grandparents to 174 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:48.519 all be human and for you to be a cognitional Well, my grandma might 175 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:52.799 have been. She passed when I was young, I see, But nothing 176 00:14:52.879 --> 00:15:03.720 from your mother or father. How interesting? M V. Yes, just 177 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:07.720 make this easy on both of us. You're human. What happened to helping 178 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:11.879 prove my innocence? Oh? Come on, your story doesn't add up. 179 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:15.320 You're stumbling over your lies. My power may not work on you, but 180 00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:18.000 my intuition still does. I don't believe a single word coming out of your 181 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:22.279 mouth, and I don't think you do either. You're a human, so 182 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:24.559 what if I am? Ever, since I've gotten here, I keep having 183 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:28.039 to be reminded of what I'm not, keep having to pretend, because if 184 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:31.559 I don't, I could lose the place and the people I've come to call 185 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:35.600 home. When I first got here, I thought kryptid was synonymous with monster, 186 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:37.240 and I was told not to think in such black and whites based on 187 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:41.200 what a person is born as But you believe that humans are the monsters without 188 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:46.360 question, But I'm not. I would never do anything to hurt cryptids. 189 00:15:46.399 --> 00:16:03.440 I'm not a monster, but you are a human. Officer Kins Oprah Rogerson 190 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:08.159 breakfast. I thought you might be hungry. I'm starving. Thank you here. 191 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:12.240 Let me uncompy you. There's no need for that. If Kendy isn't 192 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:22.360 around. Thanks, those things hurt. I know, is this going to 193 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:26.799 be a good cop bad cop kind of situation? Because you have to know 194 00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:30.919 I'm not a threat to anyone Jenkins, much less all of town. No, 195 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:37.159 no, nothing like that. I'm not working with Kendy. She doesn't 196 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:38.840 even want me in here to talk to you. But I'm not going to 197 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:45.720 sit out there and just let you starve. Thanks. These christauants are great, 198 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:49.600 right, my sister made them. Let her know you enjoyed them. 199 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:56.960 Maybe leave out the well in police custody part? Yeah? Does everyone know 200 00:16:56.000 --> 00:17:02.360 already that I've been arrested? I can't say for sure, but you know 201 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:07.200 how it isn't water's edge where it travels fast. Yeah. I hope this 202 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:15.079 doesn't affect the weekly circulation numbers. Look at you sitting in an interrogation room, 203 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:17.640 handcuffed at the table, and what you're worried about, how it'll affect 204 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:22.599 your work. It's a safer worry to think about. I guess that's fair, 205 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:29.720 Opera. Why are you sitting here? I know you wouldn't hurt a 206 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:33.839 fly, You'd become a fixture in our community. And I know there's always 207 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:40.200 stories of I never thought they'd do it, but I was so so confident 208 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:44.119 that you were. Sincere Kendy won't listen to a word I say, but 209 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:48.759 I want to help you to do that though I need you to be honest 210 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:52.400 with me. I am being honest. I love Water's Edge and everyone in 211 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:56.519 it, and I would never ever do anything that could put the people I 212 00:17:56.559 --> 00:18:06.359 love in danger. I know that isn't the part I was questioning. I 213 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:11.799 think you know the answer already. I suppose I did not. Many cryptids 214 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:17.480 are completely free of physical differences from humans. And then, after so many 215 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:22.519 months of never seeing or hearing about you exhibiting a power, Well, so 216 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:26.279 is this it. I'm not going to say anything to Kennedy, Opera, 217 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:30.920 but you're able to figure it out with some passive observation. I'm stuck here 218 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:33.559 until she decides what she wants to do with me, and she can run 219 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:37.640 as many tests and ask me as many questions as she wants until she figures 220 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:42.599 it out. She practically already has. I'm as good as gone. No, 221 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:47.079 no, no, I can't believe that even if she figures it out, 222 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:48.400 she would have to be the most callous person I've ever met to go 223 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:52.319 through with the mind wipe on you. You've been here too long, your 224 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:56.119 life's become too connected to cryptids, or racing that much would likely kill you. 225 00:18:56.640 --> 00:19:00.480 They'd be counsel sanctioned murder at that point. I think that's the plan. 226 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:07.000 They couldn't they could. Investigator Estra told me about what happened that made 227 00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:11.759 Huan Monday go into hiding. It was bad, really really bad. They're 228 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:15.279 desperate to keep it from happening again, and I don't think the debate between 229 00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:18.680 my life and thousands of cryptid's lives will be a hard one for them to 230 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:25.559 settle. I won't let that happen. How you said it yourself, Investigator 231 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:29.319 Estra outranks you. If we're doing things officially, yes, but that isn't 232 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:36.039 the only way to handle this shit, says Margo. Kendy's on her way 233 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:41.799 back. Just play along, try to draw out the investigation while I figure 234 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:48.720 something out. And whatever you do, don't give her a confession. Obviously, 235 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:52.119 Jenkins, what are you doing in here with my subject? Just bringing 236 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:55.759 her some food kind of the portal starve. You know, if she needs 237 00:19:55.880 --> 00:20:03.200 food, she can ask me yes, ma'am. So you even had the 238 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:08.079 police department in on your secret, Jenkins didn't know anything about this. You've 239 00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:11.519 been working with him for weeks now. You would have been able to tell 240 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:17.240 fair point. At least you've got uncomfortable enough in your deception to acknowledge that 241 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:19.559 there was something for him to know. Care to state your guilt for the 242 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:26.880 record, I'm not stating anything because I'm not guilty. Then prove it to 243 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:30.920 me. Give me something, anything to prove you're not the human described in 244 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:37.440 this book that is prophesized to destroy the town. I've given you everything I 245 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:42.200 can. You've given me nothing. I know you're human, Avarnuniez. I 246 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:47.039 don't bother arguing. I know you won't give me a confession. That's not 247 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:49.240 the part the High Council cares the most about, though. They want to 248 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:53.000 know that this threat to the crypted way of life is neutralized. The easiest 249 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:56.559 way to do that is to find the human from the prophecy and remove them 250 00:20:56.559 --> 00:21:00.960 from the equation. We both know that in is you. So if you 251 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:06.519 refuse to admit fault, why don't we talk about motive or as you claim 252 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:11.039 a lack thereof, I have no motive. That's the whole point. Prove 253 00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:14.440 it to me. It's the same thing I've been saying this whole time. 254 00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:18.480 I would never hurt Cryptids. I love living here in Water's Edge and the 255 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:22.240 life I've built here. I went through a lot of shit before finding this 256 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:25.160 town, and it's the first place I've ever really felt like I could call 257 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:27.599 home since I was a child. Why would I do anything to put that 258 00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:32.799 in jeopardy, to put the people I love in jeopardy, all because some 259 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:36.519 books said I would. Did you ever consider that maybe the book is wrong? 260 00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:38.400 The book is not wrong. How do you know? Because it was 261 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:42.359 written by a highly skilled oracle and the prediction Sllo wasn't an oracle. He 262 00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:45.960 was a plane walker as Orthous tricked him into writing it, and he may 263 00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:49.480 claim it's true, but he also claimed he wouldn't hurt Juliet and that art. 264 00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:53.920 Where have I heard that name before? I don't know. He's a 265 00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:56.720 demon who likes to mess with things. I'm sure his name gets around. 266 00:21:57.039 --> 00:22:03.440 No, no, I've heard it recently. I wonder azure thousand. Here 267 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:07.960 we go. Looks like the demon was mentioned in some letters we found in 268 00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:11.680 Hyun Mudey, the same letters that detailed the facts about summoning said demon and 269 00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:17.799 finding out that the prophecy from this book was in fact true. My apologies, 270 00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:21.319 You were correct. I suppose I just skimmed this section of my notes. 271 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:25.319 Excellent. That would seem to bring my secondary case to a close. 272 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:30.519 What secondary case? The question of who wrote those letters that found their way 273 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:36.039 to Huyune mude It was a very minor task in comparison to this investigation, 274 00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:38.400 but the High Council wanted me to find out who was behind the letters that 275 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:44.960 detailed the crypted existence and were delivered with such carelessness. Potentially exposing the crypted 276 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:48.200 secret is not something we take lightly. As I am sure you figured out 277 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:53.160 you said the person involved was Juliette right. Wait, No, I think 278 00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:57.359 it would be safe to assume you mean Juliet Miung. She is your student 279 00:22:57.400 --> 00:23:02.920 at the Universal school after all, and likely a trusted confidant after you handed 280 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:06.319 over the duties of the Water's Edge weekly to her for several issues in late 281 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:10.759 fall of last year. She's just a kid when it comes to prosecuting for 282 00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:14.920 violations of the Crypted Secret. The High Council does not care about age. 283 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:18.039 Maybe if she were a toddler the situation would be different, But at fourteen, 284 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:21.640 she knows the rules we have in place here and what happens if you 285 00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:30.960 break them. What happens It depends on the severity of the breach, but 286 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:37.960 typically the punishment is exile what forced ejection from the crypted town and in which 287 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:42.960 they live. Yes, that includes cutting off any communication with crypted friends, 288 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:48.160 family members, or peers, with no ability to ever return. The Hey 289 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:51.279 Council will also likely track her for the rest of her life in order to 290 00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:56.279 ensure the secret is not spread further. You can't do that. You said 291 00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.839 it yourself. She's only fourteen. How would she survive on her own? 292 00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:03.680 That isn't the highs responsibility. The High Council seems pretty fucked up. If 293 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:06.519 it's okay with ripping a kid away from her parents over a few letters, 294 00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:11.440 I don't decide their rules. I simply investigate the violation of them. Oh, 295 00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:15.279 they will be excited when I update them later today. You can't do 296 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:22.759 this to Juliet. Why not because because I was the one who sent the 297 00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:26.599 letters. I saw them myself. Oprah. It is not your writing style, 298 00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:30.200 nor your handwriting. It can be if you leave her out of this. 299 00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:37.240 Oh, really, delete this part of the interview. Take Juliet's name 300 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:40.079 out of your case file and show me the letters so I can change my 301 00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:44.359 handwriting to convincingly match hers. I'll take the fall for it if she doesn't 302 00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:49.200 have to call her me surprised your words were true. You really do care 303 00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:55.200 for the people in this town. How noble. But I'm afraid the council 304 00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:59.079 would see right through the ruse, although they tend to gloss over details. 305 00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:03.559 If most other EVI and fits a case with a charge of just attempted exposure 306 00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:07.119 of the crypted secret, I'm sure they would have the time to excrutinize those 307 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:10.559 letters. But if a larger conviction were to hit their desk at the same 308 00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:15.720 time, well, I'm sure they'd be willing to overlook some handwriting that doesn't 309 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:19.799 quite match. But I'm not the human in the prophecy. You're also not 310 00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:25.359 the letter writer, but you had no problem admitting to that. Come on, 311 00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:29.119 let's just get this whole thing over with. Give me an admission of 312 00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:32.759 guilt and I'll help you out. You want to blame it all on me, 313 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:37.680 and you'll leave Juliet and everyone else alone. You swear on my mother's 314 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:41.599 grave. I demand to talk to my friends before you wipe my mind. 315 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:45.680 Then I want someone to keep you to your word. You're a high flight 316 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:48.599 risk suspect. Your friends aren't coming anywhere near you. Let me tell office 317 00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:52.920 or drinkings. Then I'll allow that once you give me what I need. 318 00:25:55.400 --> 00:26:00.839 Fine. My name is Auvernunyez. I am the human who's been masquerading as 319 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:08.440 a cryptid than Water's Edge, and and I am prophesized to bring about the 320 00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:29.519 end of crypted kind. Thanks for listening to Season four of Crypti Cape the 321 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:33.880 Box. The show is created and produced by me Victoria Pereira. 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