WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:08.000 Welcome to town, Avra. I'm going to bother here for the greater good 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.119 of Crypti Kai, I guess you didn't tell them everything. Then it's not 3 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:17.839 a bad idea. Okay. I think we're gonna need a change of plans. 4 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:45.479 Season five, episode six, Public Opinion. Welcome, folixs. If 5 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:48.159 you are here for voting, please check in at one of the tables on 6 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:52.479 either side to receive your ballot and proceed to the ballot boxes. Hey, 7 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:57.000 Ben, working as the people wrangler today, I see yep, and security 8 00:00:57.079 --> 00:01:00.560 and the person who tells everyone where the bathroom is. You know, it's 9 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:03.519 an important job. If you say so, here to vote, Yep, 10 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:07.879 Betty, to do my civic duty and get this shroud out of here. 11 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:11.400 I'm still so impressed that you guys were able to get this vote called so 12 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:15.920 fast. Well, Lizzie was organizing us, and you know her. If 13 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:19.560 she wants something done, it's gonna happen. Very true. Well, I'll 14 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:23.560 leave you to your job, see you later. Sounds good. Hi, 15 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:26.920 folks. If you're here to vote, check in at the tables on either 16 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:32.239 side and here's your ballot. Just make sure to fill in the bubble completely 17 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:34.319 and sign it. Here before dropping it into the bin. Thank you, 18 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:40.280 and take a sticker on your way out. Ovra. Hey, hey, 19 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:45.439 Juliette, Roxy, you're registered to vote? She better be. I'm pretty 20 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:48.879 sure I registered back when I first moved here. Yeah, what's your last 21 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:53.159 name? Nunyaz? All right, let me look so. Ha's the turnout 22 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:57.680 been so far? Great? We've only been opened for a couple hours, 23 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:00.840 but people just keep coming in. I don't know how many you've gotten total, 24 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:02.719 but it's got to be over one hundred by now, and we still 25 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:07.519 have eight hours until polls close. And it seems like people are voting to 26 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:10.520 take the shroud away that we don't know. We can't look at ballots. 27 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:15.159 Well yeah, but you can't gauge the room at all. Eh for some 28 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:19.520 people, I feel like you can. Some business owners who know they're going 29 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:22.520 to suffer when we don't have a regular summer crowd, people with families that 30 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:25.520 live in the human world, stuff like that. Ah, nunyez right here 31 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:32.879 and here's your ballot represent us humans. I'll do my best. Actually, 32 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:38.639 Roxy, do you mind if I text you about something later? Human kind 33 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:44.039 of thing? For sure? Yeah? Wait a second, are you sh 34 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:47.120 did you really not notice, Roxy, but you figured me out instantly. 35 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:53.120 It's not my fault that you made it obvious. Well, I will see 36 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:58.759 you guys later. Get luck with the rest of polling. Thanks see yu. 37 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:10.719 All right, let's see what we got here. We've never seen a 38 00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:15.680 ballot so short, although I guess I've never had to participate in an emergency 39 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:28.159 vote. All done? Oh sorry, I a council member. Allow vo 40 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:34.879 Hello, the human is allowed to vote in this election? How intriguing. 41 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:39.080 Well, I am a resident of Water's Edge and I registered back in fall, 42 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:44.479 so I can Yes, I imagine you did everything correctly according to the 43 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:49.599 laws of the United States. I suppose for this vote. It is too 44 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:53.360 late to do anything about it, but I shall discuss with my fellow council 45 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:59.360 members about revoking these sort of privileges in the future. But I'm a permanent 46 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:01.639 resident here. You've already trapped me forever. Why shouldn't I get a say 47 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:06.120 in what's going on in my own town? Because it's not your town. 48 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:11.840 It is a cryptid town. And no matter what you do, or how 49 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:16.040 many rules you follow, or who you integrate yourself to here, you cannot 50 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:20.279 be a true member of this community. Hi, council member, Why are 51 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:29.000 you here, Ah Elizabeth, the organizer of this whole democratic process? Correct? 52 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:33.920 Yes, and security for today. I don't believe there's any reason for 53 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:38.360 you to be here, considering this is a vote for Water's Edge citizens only, 54 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:44.959 of which you aren't. Last time I checked my fellow council members and 55 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:48.480 I were simply curious about how all this was going. You can let them 56 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:53.680 know it's going very well, and that we will not tolerate harassment of voters, 57 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:57.439 so the rest of them don't need to come by. I see. 58 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:02.759 I will pass along the message. I don't know if it's friguer when they're 59 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:08.480 a hive mind or to see one on their own. You okay, Yeah, 60 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:11.959 I'm good. How are you? Have you slept in the last couple 61 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:15.720 of days? H not much, honestly, always more flyers to print and 62 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:19.720 messages to send out. But I think it'll be worth it. Sounds like 63 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:23.879 a lot of work for a single question ballot, Oh it is, but 64 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:28.360 it also might be the most important question this town has ever voted on. 65 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:31.800 Very true. Good training for that campaign manager job waiting for you on the 66 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:36.399 mainland too, I wish. I'm sure they already hired someone else now that 67 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:41.560 they've forgotten I exist. But there's a lot of people wanting to run for 68 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:45.439 something. I'm sure one will snatch you up once this shroud is gone. 69 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:48.360 What's up with you? Just a day ago you were sulking and making plans 70 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:51.079 as if you were going to be stuck here forever, and now you're talking 71 00:05:51.079 --> 00:05:54.519 about when we can go to the mainland again, as if it's already been 72 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:58.160 decided. Well, I saw what you've been doing. You could move a 73 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:00.079 mountain, Lizzie. I'm never gonna bet against you when it comes to something 74 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:26.279 you're passionate about. What can I say? I'm stubborn in the best way, 75 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:30.399 Roxie, he came, yeah, And now I'm kind of regretting that. 76 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:34.199 Are you planning on taking me to a secondary location because I already told 77 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:39.319 Lizzie where I was gonna be. I'm not gonna kidnap you. I need 78 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:47.120 your help and I need to keep this quiet. Okay, huh. I 79 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:51.319 never seen the shroud up close before. You haven't come out here, nah. 80 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:54.959 I figured it wouldn't be the best idea when it comes to the whole 81 00:06:55.040 --> 00:07:00.879 human flying under the radar thing. I'm sure you understand. Yeah, I 82 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:02.360 guess you're in the same position I was in when I first got here, 83 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:08.000 hiding the truth from everyone. Of course I wasn't stuck here. Then why 84 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:12.000 did you decide to stay? I mean, I've been coming here for ages, 85 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:15.519 and while they love their human tourist money, they definitely aren't as big 86 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:18.120 as fans of the people actually handing over the bills. Not all of them 87 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:21.759 are like that. You don't have to tell me. But you wouldn't have 88 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:27.800 known that at first, and you still stayed. Yeah, maybe I'm just 89 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:30.959 crazy. I don't know. Maybe a part of me knew that I was 90 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:35.000 tied to this place somehow. You believe in that kind of stuff, fet 91 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:40.000 and destiny and all that. I'm not sure, but a year ago I 92 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:44.600 didn't believe in cryptids fair enough, all right? So what's going on with 93 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:49.199 the shroud? Something strange happened the other night, Chyenne. I came out 94 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:53.839 here. I was pissed off about everything and wanted to throw some rocks at 95 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:57.360 it. But then I got curious about what happens if you touch it? 96 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:03.839 Don't you get burned? Yeah? What's under the bandage? Yikes? But 97 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:11.240 something else happened. You see, this spot here. Oh my god, 98 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:16.360 you put a hole in it? Yeah, no way. Has anyone else 99 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:20.279 tried it? Shaia did? It didn't do anything, just burn them. 100 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:24.160 Theirs wasn't nearly as bad as mine, though. So you touch it and 101 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:28.240 punch a little hole through it and it bites you back. But for everyone 102 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:31.200 else, just a minor burn and it stays intact. That's what it seems 103 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:37.159 like. And the only real difference between me and Shia is you're human. 104 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:39.759 Do you think I could get through it too? That's what I was hoping 105 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:43.759 to find out. You're asking me to stick my hand in a flame for 106 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:48.159 science, pretty much. I have Shia's first aid kit with me so I 107 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:54.240 can dress the burn after all, right, But I'm not using my hands. 108 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:58.039 I need those. I promised Lizzie i'd make dinner tonight. I'm like 109 00:08:58.080 --> 00:09:01.600 got the restaurant. No I heard. I've been crashing on her couch for 110 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:05.000 the last few days. Not super interested in tiptoeing around my brother at Dad's 111 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:11.320 house right now. Oh, I didn't realize you guys were Oh no, 112 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:13.480 no, it's not like that. I mean, Lizzie's super cool, but 113 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:18.480 I'm not like into her or anything. I don't do this sex and romance 114 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:24.320 thing. I was just gonna say friends. Oh well then yeah we're friends. 115 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:30.639 But the shroud, how about the elbow? Whatever works? All right? 116 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:37.360 Here goes nothing? How long do I That's enough? You are right? 117 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:41.759 Yeah, didn't really hurt too bad? Actually, kind of like a 118 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:48.279 tattoo. Did it work? No? Not even a dent here? Let 119 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:58.279 me grab the first aid stuff. How do you know it wasn't just some 120 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:03.639 fluke thing, or maybe you found a hole that was already there. It 121 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:05.480 would be one hell of a coincidence, considering the shroud is supposed to be 122 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:09.480 impenetrable. You never know, So you're saying I should try it again. 123 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:16.679 Maybe I don't understand this shit you think I do. Look, the space 124 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:18.799 you made is big enough to fit your hand through. Why don't you just 125 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:22.639 try to test it out on your arm, Just see if you can make 126 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:24.519 it a little wider and then you don't have to fuck up your hand anymore. 127 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:28.639 Well, I'm not a huge fan of pain, and I have tattoos. 128 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:31.759 The burn I'm getting is way worse. Hey, you've got plenty of 129 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:46.360 burn cream in here for science. Fine, see wider? Holy shit, 130 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:50.200 you weren't kidding. That gives a hell of a burn. It's like, 131 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:54.919 I don't know, like you're absorbing the energy and the magic or something. 132 00:10:54.399 --> 00:11:00.799 Why is it just me? Though you're asking me, doesn't yours do magic? 133 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:07.279 I thought Francie said that she does. Ah, I see a little 134 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:09.919 hypocritical tolling me to make up with France when you and your sister are having 135 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:16.080 issues too. We're not having issues. It's just complicated. I get it, 136 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:18.960 trust me. But you're gonna have to involve her if you want to 137 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:24.440 figure this thing out. I don't know what If her solution is to just 138 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:26.279 throw me through make a gap big enough for everyone else to get out. 139 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:31.399 Do you think your sister's gonna sacrifice you for the greater good? Well, 140 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:35.519 she either loses me or loses Kenny at this point, and I'm not too 141 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:39.240 confident about my odds or the vote that your best friend and I have been 142 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:43.840 working our asses off for will pass tonight and no one will have to be 143 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:46.759 sacrificed, and then we can deal with our sibling shit on our own time, 144 00:11:48.600 --> 00:12:00.679 fingers crossed and toes and arms and legs and ice. Damn, half 145 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:03.519 the town is here. They won't even need to livestream the announcement. That's 146 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:07.480 a good sign. People clearly know how important this is. They better. 147 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:13.320 Oh god, I am nervous. What if people voted against taking it down? 148 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:16.360 They couldn't it's hurting everyone in some way, it would it makes sense 149 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:22.559 to keep it up unless we're really underestimating how much everyone hates humans. There's 150 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:24.480 nothing we can do about it now, so let's just wait and see. 151 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:28.639 Yeah, easy for you to say. All I've been able to think about 152 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:31.200 for the past week has been this vote. I didn't think it had a 153 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:35.919 shot at first, but seeing how many people actually voted, I am not 154 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:43.120 sure. Hey Avrah, Francy Shia, glad to see you here. Oh 155 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:46.279 hey, Kenny, I didn't think you were coming tonight. I didn't think 156 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:50.639 I was either, But Sybil seems so nervous before she left to go ballot 157 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:56.600 count and I didn't wait. Sybil's counting ballots. Yeah, they asked her 158 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:58.919 to be one of the out of town people that they need. She didn't 159 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:07.159 tell you, no, Oh, it probably just slipped your mind. Yeah. 160 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:15.080 Probably. Hello everyone, Thank you all for coming tonight and for participating 161 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:20.200 in this emergency vote. We greatly appreciate the involvement of our community in such 162 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:26.480 an important decision. As per local voting measure regulations, the ballots were hand 163 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:31.559 counted by the three pairs of citizens standing behind me, including two from out 164 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:37.200 of town. Each pair will now report their final ballot numbers as written on 165 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:41.440 the papers they hold. If all numbers match on one side has a majority 166 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:48.039 of at least fifty one percent, the election will be called. We counted 167 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:54.519 three hundred and forty six to remove the shroud and fifty seven to keep it. 168 00:13:56.039 --> 00:14:01.840 That's one. We also counted three hundred and forty six to remove the 169 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:07.200 shroud and fifty seven to keep it. Oh my god, this might work. 170 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:13.159 Our count was three hundred and forty six ballace to remove the shroud, 171 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:16.759 fifty seven to keep it in place. The removal of the shroud has it? 172 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:24.879 Oh thank god they did it. I can't believe it. We want 173 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:31.200 we must speak, Please quiet. The High Council orders you to be silent. 174 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:37.960 The rest of the High Council could not make it, but I regret 175 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:41.559 to inform you that this decision will not stand. The shroud will remain in 176 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:48.120 place. While we find your efforts commendable, especially those of the Committee that 177 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:54.080 called for the whole vote. It was never authorized to occur in the first 178 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:58.679 place. I authorized it. You do not speak for us. What are 179 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:03.639 they doing if they don't honor this decision, any shred of democracy they might 180 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:09.960 be clinging onto is gone. Maybe that's the point. No, that's not 181 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:16.679 how this works. We followed all the steps. We did everything exactly by 182 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:22.279 the book. I have documentation right here that shows everything from the original drafts 183 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:26.279 of the ballot question to the sheets of signatures that we got so we could 184 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:31.679 bring the question to the mayor, of which we got twenty signatures more than 185 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:37.000 we needed. By the way, you can look through it all. We 186 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:43.799 did everything above board and followed every single rule. I made sure of it. 187 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:48.799 This vote was ensured by the mayor and the entirety of our local government 188 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:52.440 system, which, now that you cut us off from the world, is 189 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:56.840 the highest form of government we have left. This vote is legitimate and the 190 00:15:56.879 --> 00:16:03.080 result will hold. High Council is the highest form of government the crypto Cape 191 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:07.039 towns have left. Therefore, we have all the power to decide what will 192 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:11.559 happen to the shrouds. We already decided when we deployed it. That's not 193 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:15.440 by the rules, though that's not fair. We are not here to do 194 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:19.639 what is fair. We are here to do what is correct. We run 195 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:26.679 a democracy here in Water's Edge. I am our elected official, put in 196 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:32.240 office by a council of people who were chosen by our citizens. That is 197 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:36.519 how we determine what we do in this town and what is correct, by 198 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:41.240 doing what our people want. We will not bend to your will simply because 199 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:45.240 you showed up here and told us to. We will use force if we 200 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:51.519 must to make sure this shroud is removed and the people of Water's Edge. 201 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:56.519 We can't take down the shroud. The magic is too strong. We thought 202 00:16:56.519 --> 00:16:59.080 we might be able to, but we had never tried at such a large 203 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:04.000 scale. And now that it's but it's up for good. That doesn't make 204 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:08.599 any sense, But that's not how magic works. You put it up, 205 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:12.279 so you have to be able to take it down. I didn't put it 206 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:17.720 up. We use the essence of the witch who created ours. The remnants 207 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:21.839 of her was what created this ugly thing. That's why it burns those who 208 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:25.880 try to pass through it. We corrupted it somehow, and it's angry. 209 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:29.759 We can't take it down. We can only add to it with the other 210 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:34.160 towns and the vessels used to pass between them. I'm sorry, this is 211 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:45.799 not our intent. We never wanted to. Yes, go counsel. You 212 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:51.799 have heard the truth. There is no way to remove the fraud. This 213 00:17:52.119 --> 00:18:04.160 is on the beston cryst of all cryptis. I suppose we have our answer. 214 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:11.160 We at city Hall will continue to do everything in our power to make 215 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:15.480 this on going transition as smooth as possible. If you need any help personally, 216 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:19.720 please come by a city hole in the mornings to talk to the Shroud 217 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:30.960 transition team. I'm I'm really sorry, folks, Candy, they're really not 218 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:34.160 going to take it down. I guess not. I've got to find my 219 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:42.920 job off. Okay, Oprah Shaya, Where did Kenny go? You're worried 220 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:48.079 about Kendy? What about you left out front? Okay, we'll talk when 221 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:52.400 I get home. You could at least let her go. Oh are you 222 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:57.839 okay? I mean that was? Can I stay your place tonight? Yeah? 223 00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:12.400 Of course. Let's get out of here, Kenny, Kenny, way 224 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:18.160 up. I don't want to talk right now. Can you at least slow 225 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:25.000 down for a second. What do you want? Well? I wanted to 226 00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:26.839 know if you were Okay, but I think that question has been answered. 227 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:33.519 I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be? Maybe because the High Council just admitted 228 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:37.839 to stealing the only thing that was left of Hannah and destroying it. Because 229 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:41.640 now the people she was so desperate to protect are trapped and scared and stuck 230 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:45.400 forever in a prison that she never wanted to create. They took her life, 231 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:49.519 They sacrificed her once, but that wasn't enough. They had to take 232 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:55.599 every last bit of her, probably desecrated her grave to do it. And 233 00:19:55.640 --> 00:20:00.319 I'm powerless to stop them. I know it feels hopeless right now, but 234 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:03.400 there has to still be a way to stop them. If we really can't 235 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:07.279 take the shroud down, then we could at least stop them from putting them 236 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:11.759 up in other towns. But then everyone will be trapped here we already are. 237 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:15.160 You wouldn't have access to other Crypti towns, though you never get to 238 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:19.960 see your mother again. I know if that's the sacrifice that we have to 239 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:25.400 make to keep other Cryptid towns safe, no more sacrifices civil. I don't 240 00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:27.240 want anyone else I love to have to give up a part of themselves in 241 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:38.960 this awful game against the High Council. Did you say love I? I 242 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:48.400 guess I. Did you love me? I do despite my best efforts. 243 00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:56.480 Wow, that's so little. That's not what I meant. Since losing Hannah, 244 00:20:56.599 --> 00:21:00.799 I've made it a habit to keep people distant the loss of our It's 245 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:07.160 been hundreds of years and it still haunts me. I think it always will. 246 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:11.200 And I didn't want to add to that pain by losing someone else. 247 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:15.440 I know there's that colloquial saying of it's better to have loved and lost than 248 00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:21.440 to have never loved at all, but I never subscribed to it. The 249 00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:26.279 dull a like of avoiding attachments can never measure up to my grief. Then 250 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:30.839 I met you, and I don't know when it happened, but I let 251 00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:36.799 my guard down and your smile started to charm me, and I started to 252 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:41.440 feel your laugh echo in that hole in my heart. And well, I 253 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:44.640 don't think that space for Hanna is ever possible to be filled, and I 254 00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:49.200 wouldn't ask you to do that. You've been able to patch over it make 255 00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:53.880 me feel again. And that's a lot of fluffy words to get to the 256 00:21:53.920 --> 00:22:00.160 point of saying that I love you. Whoa you don't have to love me 257 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:03.880 back. Of course, I don't expect you to have the same feelings, 258 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:07.039 and it's absolutely okay. I love you too. I don't think I can 259 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:11.680 say something is pretty is what you just said. But I do love you, 260 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:18.400 really, really, and I know you don't want me trying to barter 261 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:22.759 with the High Counsel anymore or messing with the Shroud, but you can't expect 262 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:26.559 me to be able to just let you go with them, not when you 263 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:30.319 know how I feel. I don't know if there's another option. There has 264 00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:34.720 to be. We'll dig through every book, test every spell, try to 265 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:38.839 make our own if we need to. I refuse to believe that the universe 266 00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:41.640 took this long to bring us together only to rip us apart in a week. 267 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:45.359 You have a lot of faith in the universe. I have a lot 268 00:22:45.359 --> 00:23:08.039 of faith in us. Thanks for listening to Season five of Cryptid Cape Public 269 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:12.559 Opinion. The show is created and produced by me Victoria Pereira. I also 270 00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:18.079 voice Abera. The voice of Ben is Kyle Morphine. The voice of Roxy 271 00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:22.160 is Amanda Manheim. The voice of Juliette is Amy Ossabato. The voice of 272 00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:27.920 the High Council is McKenna Munna. The voice of Lizzie is Christina rose Hargas. 273 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:33.319 The voice of Shia is Angelique the Specchia. The voice of Francie is 274 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:37.799 Aubrey King. The voice of Kenny is Miannie Watson. 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