Every question I answer will simply lead to another question.
“Across The Sea” · Season 6, Episode 15
In this episode: Mother (4), Jacob (3), Boy in Black (3), The Man in Black (1)
What is it?
It's a game. You play it.
How do you know how?
I just know.
Jacob doesn't know how to lie. He's not like you.
Why, what am I like?
You're... special.
[as they play Senet] You can't do that, Jacob.
Why not?
Because it's against the rules
You made the rules.
I found it. One day, you can make up your own game and everyone else will have to follow your rules.
May I join you?
[sheaths his dagger] Yes...How are you?
I'm worried.
Well, Mother, you should be. I spent 30 years searching for that place you brought me as a child--that...waterfall with that beautiful light. I've walked this island from end to end, not once coming close to finding it. But, then I began to think--what if the light underneath the island--what if I could get to it from someplace else? Figuring out how to reach it took a very long time.
The people with you, they saw this, too?
Yes, they have some very interesting ideas about what to do with it.
Do with it? You don't' have any idea wh--
I have no idea because you wouldn't tell me, Mother.
[Man In Black dislodges a stone, which allows light to filter in - Mother notices a large, wooden wheel leaning against the cavern wall]
What is that?
It's a wheel...We're going to make an opening...one much bigger than this one; and, then I'm going to attach that wheel to a system we're building. A system that channels the water and the light. And then I'm gonna turn it. And when I do...I'll finally be able to leave this place.
How do you know all this? How do you know it will work?
I'm special...Mother.
[Mother has brought Jacob to the cave of light]
Do you recognize this place?
Yes,
Do you remember what I showed you here?
The light.
You're going to protect it now.
What's down there?
Life. Death. Rebirth. It's the source. The Heart of the Island. Just promise me that no matter what you do, you won't ever go down there.
Would I die?
It would be worse than dying, Jacob. Much worse. [She pulls out a jug of wine and pours some into a cup. She whispers a Latin incantation over it] Here, drink this.
What happens if I do?
You will accept the responsibility that you will protect this place for as long as you can. And then you'll have to find your replacement.
I don't want to protect this place.
Someone has to.
I don't care.
My time is over.
Why, why is your time over?
It has to be you, Jacob!
No it doesn't, you wanted it to be him [The Man in Black]! But now I'm all you have.
It was always supposed to be you, Jacob. I see that now. And one day you'll see it too. But until then, you don't really have a choice. Now please, take the cup and drink.
[Jacob drinks from the cup]
Now you and I are the same.
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