Lifeblood
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Cyane: "Embrace the Amazon way … as our foresisters honored the first Cyane, give your spirit kiss to our new Queen, Gabrielle."

She will lead us in our quest for vengeance
Cyane: "She will lead us in our quest for vengeance."
Gabrielle: "Vengeance … Vengeance? No. No, don't you see? This battle is over. You won."

Cyane: "Our enemy dared to kill the greatest amongst us. For that, they must be punished."
Gabrielle: "Hasn't there been enough blood here already?"
Cyane: "We have an obligation to Yakut - the tribe."
Gabrielle: "We have an obligation here. Without new life, our tribe dies. Begin the Right of Caste ceremony."


Xena: "I don't think we're going to find what we're been looking for here."
Yakut: "Even as a spirit, I don't have the ability to break the laws of Time."
Xena: "Then we'll have to bring the past to us."
Yakut: "The Atman Dagger - but it was banished to the Netherworld long ago so it wouldn't fall into the wrong hands."
Xena: "But you can reach it through the Spirit world."
Yakut: "Even if I can reach it, I can't bring it into the Physical Realm."
Xena: "But I can."
Yakut: "Xena, you don't realize how dangerous this is. If you fail, you could be pulled into the Netherworld with it."
Xena: "No one said it would be easy."

Xena: "You should be able to travel through the Spirit World to the dagger. Try."
Yakut: "Samsara opposes me."
Xena: "You can do it."
Yakut: "Spirit be gone! … I can see it."
Xena: "Come on, Yakut. Will it."
Yakut: "I can see it."
Xena: "You can do it, Stay with it … (lightning strikes and Yakut produces the Atman Dagger in one ghostly hand) … You did it! … Aagh!"

The Atman Dagger
Xena: "Yakut …"
Yakut: "You did it - the Atman Dagger. Lift it, Xena. Search our past for the answer."

Samsara: "Over that rise is the Great River. On the other side is the tree that carries the hard, red fruit. We race there. The first one there wins the challenge."

I think the race has begun
Hyppolita: "Cyane, I think you should accept this and show us how the Atman runs."
Cyane: "I suppose we could do that, but … it's just … see … I don't think running is a very heroic thing ..." -- Takes off running towards the river.
Hyppolita: (to Samsara) "I think the race has begun."

*** Cyane misses the ledge of the ravine and plunges into the Great River to be rescued by a man who must be a direct ancestor of Julius Caesar.

Cyane: "No. Put me down! … Hi. You saved my life. Thanks."
Kor: "Good body."
Cyane: "Thanks … (offers her hand) … Cyane."
Kor: "Kor … (takes Cyane's outstretched hand and pulls her into an embrace)"

Hmm, he looks familiar
Cyane: "You know, I think we're moving way too fast here. I appreciate you … saving me life … but … (Kor kisses Cyane) … that doesn't mean I'm going to fall for any handsome guy who happens to be a good kisser."

Samsara: (Comes rushing into the cave and attacks Kor) "Aah !!!!"
Cyane: "What are you doing?!" - Proceeds to kick Samsara in the stomach to stop her from killing Kor.

Hyppolita: "It's a Varanas! … What happened, Samsara?"
Samsara: "She sided with our enemy against me! The penalty is death!"

Xena: "Yakut …"
Yakut: "That moment of history was lost to us."
Xena: "Samsara was blinded by hatred and bloodlust - I saw it in her eyes."
Yakut: "I've seen this before … here. Even when my people mourn, they think of nothing but revenge."
Xena: "I can talk to them."
Yakut: "But, Xena … it's ingrained in our culture. Even when new sisters join the tribe, they're bathed in blood."
Xena: "Eve!"


Cyane: "You must declare your intentions before the tribe."
Gabrielle: "Eve is my rightful heir. I give her my Right of Caste."
Cyane: "Behold Eve. She'll forever after be called our sister - in life and in death."

Cyane: "Eve, we welcome you. By this blood … I initiate you into the sisterhood of our tribe as a full Amazon Princess."
Gabrielle: "No."


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