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(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
-Is that the best you've got? -CROWD: (CHANTING) Raees! Raees! Raees!
Raees! Raees! Raees! Raees! Raees! Raees! Raees!
Raees! Raees! Raees! Raees! Raees! Raees!
(CROWD CHEERING)
(LAUGHING)
Raees! Raees!
(GASPING)
I hate your kind.
You're vermin infesting our city.
You make me sick.
(CROWD CHEERING LOUDLY)
-Taker! -Yeah?
What are the odds?
BOOKMAKER: On Raees? Getting lower every second.
-JAMIL: No, no, no. The other one. -Sinbad?
CROWD: Raees! Raees! Raees! Raees!
-Put this money on Sinbad. -Raees! Raees! Raees! Raees! Raees!
Come on!
Fight!
(CROWD CHEERING)
Hello.
(GRUNTING)
MAN: Come on. Finish him!
(GRUNTING)
(GROANS)
Ah!
CROWD: Boo!
WOMAN: Come on!
Raees.
I see your future.
Save it for tourists and travellers. I'm not interested.
A gateway opened,
bringing storms and monsters.
Shadows are rising. The old ways are returning
while our city burns.
This is terrible.
No.
This is good.
I'm sure they're on to us.
They knew we were trying to fix the books.
So I'll just fight somewhere else next time.
No, it's too dangerous.
Left-hand side, the bag.
-What, me? -Yes. You, big brother. It's your turn.
I'll distract him, you go for it.
And don't worry, today's gonna be a good day.
(CHUCKLES)
You need to watch out for yourselves out here.
And why would that be?
Well, the market might seem like a friendly place
but it attracts the worst kinds of people.
-Really? -Hustlers, beggars and pickpockets.
Like this one right here!
(WHISTLES)
There's no need to involve the guards.
What?
He was stealing from you.
You know what they do to thieves around here?
They cut off their hands.
Look at him, he's terrified.
Is this man causing you trouble?
-He was attempting to steal from me. -But he's been caught,
and we're willing to let it go.
Father.
If I catch you around here again...
-Be more careful in the future. -Thank you. We will.
-Father, your case. -Hmm?
-Your case. -Hmm?
Oh. They can't have.
You were wonderful. So convincing!
-I was sure you were gonna start crying. -Another minute
and shouting "thief" at me and I would have.
-Oh, I'm so sorry. -It would have been nice
if you had the decency to warn me!
Yeah, but where's the fun in that?
Sinbad, you should make life easy on yourself.
Be smart, like me. Sign up, join the guards.
Oh, yes! Ahh!
Join the guards and be a slave, Tazeem? No, thank you.
What? Steady pay, a chance to see some action.
Let's not forget how women feel about a man with
-Ah! -How is that girl you've been seeing?
Oh, she said those magical words to me. "I think of you
-Ooh. -Then she asks me about you,
-which was sickening. -Try being related to him.
(LAUGHS)
-Peace be with you. -And with you.
-Come on! -Ah!
Will you be careful? Ow.
I never get tired of this view. City as far as
(GRUNTING)
So many people, so many possibilities.
Did I tell you about my dream the other night?
Was it one where you just stopped speaking for a moment?
(GRUNTS)
-What is that? -I have no idea.
Whatever it is, I don't like it.
You hear of such things. Totems. Charms.
-Ahh! -(YELLS)
-Don't! -(LAUGHS)
You'll bring bad luck to the unaware.
Not now it can't.
Never mind. One day, we'll get that big score.
And we'll live in a big house.
And we'll never have to worry about anything again.
Brother, I think you've taken one too many blows to the head.
(BOTH LAUGHING)
(PEOPLE TALKING INDISTINCTLY)
Mother, we've had a great day.
We're going to eat well tonight.
-Ah! -You're hurt.
Who, me?
No, Amma. No, no. I'm fine.
I keep telling him he should go to a doctor.
You didn't take him with you, did you?
No. No, of course not.
'Cause you promised me.
Yes, I promised you
and Jamil is far too smart to follow me around all day.
-Aren't you, Jamil? -That's right.
-I've been at the marketplace, trading. -Really?
What were you trading?
Things. Expensive things.
-Expensive things? -You're both terrible liars.
Well, the main thing is we had a good day.
Here.
-Mmm. -See?
Hmm.
(GASPS)
(GRUNTS)
Blood money.
What?
Amma, no.
You have brought blood money into this house.
-Amma, I swear, no. -You stupid boy.
What have you done?
Go, run! Run, Jamil, run.
-Ah! -Ah!
Sinbad. Wait!
(GRUNTS)
(LAUGHS)
Come on, come on!
Sorry!
(SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
(PANTING)
Come on!
Come on, brother!
-No. -Brother!
Brother!
EMIR: I'm so sorry for your loss.
But we must accept the path set out for us.
Do not let this destroy you. You're a good man.
Thank you, Your Highness.
Once there would have been a way
to bring back those who've passed on.
To defeat death itself.
My son could live again?
I wish it were so. But under the Emir's regime,
science is our master.
Magic, it grows weak and fades.
And so the dead must stay dead. Gone forever.
He would've been Emir one day. And I would've guided his hand,
helped him rule.
I used to feel sorry for those people that we'd see
stumbling in the streets, one hand missing, marked forever.
And now we're gonna become one of them.
No. No, we're not.
We've been in far worse situations than this before.
It's probably going to take some bribes,
and we might need Tazeem to put in a good word for us.
But we're gonna get out of this.
Even now, behind bars, you think that you're right.
-That everything'll work out. -Yes, Brother. Because it will.
So, smile.
Today is going to be a good day.
(CHUCKLES) Yeah.
(DOOR CLANGS OPEN)
You are aware of who I am.
Yes, um, you're Lord Akbari.
And I believe you know my son Raees, personally.
-Uh, no. -I assure you, you do.
Like many his age,
my son liked to prove himself a man.
Drinking and gambling.
Fighting. Which is where he met you this morning.
And where you left him lying, in some sordid backstreet.
Dead.
(STAMMERS) I didn't realise.
My brother, the Emir, has given me permission
to deal with the situation as I see fit.
As I see fit.
Just hours ago, my son was alive.
And now...
Come here.
What does mercy truly mean?
Is it a sign of strength or one of weakness?
And then I think of your kind, breeding in the alleys
like rats infesting our city.
And the question of mercy falls into nothing.
I accept whatever punishment you have for me.
But, please,
um, my brother has nothing to do with this.
This was me and it was me alone.
Get back.
-Brother. Brother! -Just go. Just go, please.
Now, if mercy means nothing, I have to ask myself,
what punishment would ever be enough?
(GASPS)
Jamil! Jamil!
Jamil!
(SCREAMING)
No! No! Let me out!
As you took someone from me, so I take someone from you.
Is it enough? No. Not even close.
Let me out! Come back here! Let me out!
Jamil.
Jamil!
Get off me!
(CRYING OUT IN PAIN)
(DOOR CLANGING SHUT)
He was a good boy.
He would have gone anywhere, done anything for you.
I'm so sorry, Amma.
It's your fault he's dead.
You'll never learn, and now your brother is gone.
What am I to do with you?
What am I to do with you?
What am I to do?
It is your fault that he's dead.
It breaks my heart to do this.
But I must.
One day you will understand.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
You will be cast out to drift,
unable to set foot on land for more than one cycle of the sun.
This is my gift to you. My curse.
So you can learn until you find atonement.
You will never know peace.
(SCREAMING)
(GASPING)
Sinbad? Sinbad.
What have you done?
-The guards, they're on their way. -I can't leave him!
Leave him.
Sinbad, you've got to get out of the city.
I've got to get back to the garrison.
Sinbad?
Good luck, old friend.
-Peace be with you. -And with you.
MAN: Come on! Come on!
(PANTING)
-What have you got? -Just furs and leather.
Heading for the market in Serendib.
Must be a long way from home, Northerner.
Must be a change from the snow and cold.
Still be there when I get back.
(FRANTIC CLUCKING)
I'm sorry. I must've taken a wrong turn.
-Don't know how I ended up here. -Ow.
They are mine.
Hey.
(MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
-What was that? -I think we've set sail.
No. Not yet. Not yet.
(GRUNTS)
(RETCHING)
Haven't quite found my sea legs yet.
It's exciting though, isn't it? The...
(RETCHING)
Sorry.
You don't look too good either.
I guess I haven't found my sea legs.
Seems a little more serious than that.
Don't worry. I know what I'm doing.
Well, at least I hope I do.
Otherwise, we're all in trouble.
Sorry, I'm Anwar Sheibani, the ship's doctor.
It's my first time at sea, so...
-Ah. -Ooh.
That doesn't look good.
-(GROANS) -Yes, this might sting a little bit.
Mmm. Think you're meant to tell me that before you
-Yes. That's a good point. -(GASPS)
I'm going to get you some water
and something for your fever. So...
Oh!
Just to report, there's an injured passenger in the hold.
Hold's off-limits to all but crew.
Of course.
-Which passenger is it? -I didn't think to ask.
I'll ask him.
ANWAR: He's injured.
FIRST MATE: Get him up!
Well, you're new. Do you have a name?
-Sinbad. -Tell me then, Sinbad,
-are you running to or from something? -From.
Usual way.
Let's see what the fates have to say about you.
Somebody's looking after you after all.
You're on crew till we reach the first port of call.
Minimum rations, minimum comforts.
NALA: I wouldn't do that if I were you.
Unless you want a thief as part of your crew.
-You're mistaken. -There's no mistake.
No mistake at all.
Young man, what you took from us, is it here?
No, um, I left it in Basra.
I can tell you where it is if you want...
It's too late. You have no idea what you have done.
-What that meant to us. -Father.
Maybe I was wrong.
Maybe no one's looking out for you after all.
-Lock him up in a cell. -FIRST MATE: Come on, dog.
(GRUNTS)
Hah. Sinbad.
(SIGHS)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(CREATURE SCREECHES)
(GASPING)
CAPTAIN: Hey! Tie everything down!
(SHOUTING)
Hello?
-I'm trying to help... -I'm sorry.
(MUFFLED GROANS)
-I was trying to help you. -I said I was sorry.
Please don't kill me.
(PANTING)
(CREATURE SCREECHES)
-What is that? -SINBAD: I have no idea.
It can't see us.
(CREATURE SCREECHES)
(WHISPERS) Do not take another step.
It can't see us. Can't see us.
Ahhh!
Stop! Don't move! I'll get it to follow me.
CAPTAIN: Storm demons!
(SCREAMING)
Father!
(CREATURE SCREECHING)
Ho! Secure the sail!
Can you hold it?
Father!
Come on! Help me!
We need to secure the sail!
(GASPS)
Man the tiller! Now! Man the tiller!
Steer into the waves!
Hurry, Sinbad! Hurry! Into the waves!
(CREATURE SCREECHING)
Gone.
What you stole, you have no idea of its power.
Look...
(THUDDING)
The ship.
It's listing to one side!
We're sinking!
The flooding must be coming from somewhere down here.
(LOUD CREAKING)
I can't believe this is happening.
The water level down here is staying the same.
There are no gaps and no leaks.
So then it must be coming from down below.
We need to seal this up, stop the water level from
-With what? -Um, I know where they store the tar.
-Can you melt it down? -On the deck.
Go then. We haven't got much time.
Need to check the fore-hatch, see if it's flooding there too.
(BOTH SCREAMING)
You're not one of them. They wouldn't scream like a little girl.
Help! Help!
Help, please, here. My leg, I can't move it. It's trapped.
-All right. Hold on. We'll get you out. -Don't leave!
We can't let the water level rise up here. Not if
-You need to seal it up, too. -Help me!
-The ship... The ship is sinking. -I know. She told me.
She has been through a lot today.
Look, we need to heat this tar. We're running out of time!
Better get a move on then.
What are you doing? Go seal the other hatch.
Help me, please. Please don't let me drown.
Okay. It'll be fine. I'll get you out.
There's one other survivor. The ship's cook.
Oh, help me, please.
(GASPING)
-ANWAR: We're safe. -There are two hatches.
-Both need to be sealed. -Where's Sinbad?
(GASPING)
JAMIL: Not your time. Not yet. So open your eyes, brother.
Don't give up. Open your eyes.
(INHALES)
ANWAR: She's there.
(COUGHING)
I'm sorry. I cannot find Sinbad.
Perhaps your powers are not as strong as you believe.
And perhaps that is for the best.
You took a life from him as he took one from you.
The blood debt is paid.
My brother, you are wise and I have always listened to you,
but the life of some street rat
is no equal to that of the boy who...
The boy who one day would have ruled this city!
-I understand... -How could you?
True. True.
I have no son. No daughter.
But I loved Raees as if he was my own.
The blood debt is not satisfied.
Sinbad will pay for what he has done.
For the death of my boy, he will pay.
-Well, you should both be dead. -Thank you.
No, I mean, after what we've been through.
The storm, those things. We should all be dead.
-Be thankful we're not. -ANWAR: I am, truly.
You saved our lives. Steering us through that wave
and then diving below. Magnificent, really.
If I'd known you were gonna talk so much,
Eat. Wasn't a request.
These people deserve a proper burial.
So, does anybody actually know where we are?
Brother, relax. Take a deep breath and smile.
There's a whole new world of adventure out there.