Alti: "Such a pleasure to see you again, Xena. Or should I call you ‘mommy'?"
Xena: "There aren't many guarantees in life, Alti, but I promise you this, if you harm my child, I will hound you. I will hound you throughout all time and between worlds. I will be your eternal damnation."
Alti: "Well, at least we'll be together again. I've so missed these intimate little moments."
Alti: "I'd kill myself before I'd let your soul replace my child."
Xena: "Tempting ... but no. I like having you around too much."
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Alti: "I have a way that we can both win, Xena. I'll give you your soul for your child, but you must bring me back to the physical world." |
Amarise: "Sure this is the right cave?"
Gabrielle: "Yeah, I think so."
Amarise: "Alright, well, let's get the amber and get out of here."
Gabrielle: "What about Chi'ah?"
Amarise: "What, the mystic that can see right through you? ... Ooh, scary."
Chi'ah: "No need for me to appear frightening, my child. Facing oneself can be crippling, even for the most hardened warrior."
Gabrielle: "We've come for the ..."
Chi'ah: "... amber."
Gabrielle: "Will you help us?"
Chi'ah: "As the Amazon protector of the Sacred Amber, I can only release it to a fellow Amazon, and one of you is not an Amazon. I can see the truth, Amarise, and you dare to come here, hiding behind an identity you have not earned."
Gabrielle: "Is it true?"
Amarise: " ... "
Chi'ah: "You, on the other hand, may pass."
Gabrielle: "I've got it."
Amarise: "You and Xena were right -- what you see isn't always what you get. I thought if I denied that enough times, I'd make it true. I had no identity, so I created one -- a thing I always wanted to be -- an Amazon. You know, I just wanted to feel like a part of something."
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Gabrielle: "Amarise, for many years I walked in Xena's shadow. I wanted to be her. She taught me something -- it's warmer in the sun." |
Gabrielle: "We have the amber. What happened to you?"
Yakut: "I'm okay. Alti's got the baby's soul."
Gabrielle: "What do we do?"
Yakut: "We can't use the amber until we know the baby is safe, otherwise we'll risk trapping them both forever."
Xena: "The strongest mind wins. We're going to have to beat Alti at her own game."
Gabrielle: "What are you thinking?"
Xena: "She wants us to bring her back. Why don't we do that?"
Yakut: "Our focus is our unity. Our minds, the creators or worlds."
***Back in the Spiritual World ...
Alti: "What's it going to be, Xena?"
Xena: "Alright, you win. You give me my child's soul and I will take you back to my world."
Alti: "First you take me back, then you get your child."
Xena: "The ritual has already begun. All you have to do is take my hand."
Alti: "I knew you'd see things my way."
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