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My name is A lit he a.

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My story is true.

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You're more likely
to believe me, however,

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if I tell it as a fairy tale.

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So, once upon a time,

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when humans hurtled
across the sky on metal wings,

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when they wore webbed feet

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and walked
on the bottom of the sea,

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when they held
in their hands glass tiles

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that could coax
love songs from the air...

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...there was a woman,
adequately happy and alone.

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Alone by choice.

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Happy because
she was independent,

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living off the exercise
of her scholarly mind.

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Her business was story.

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She was a narratologist

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who sought to find the truths

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common to all the stories
of humankind.

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To this end,
once or twice a year,

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she ventured to strange lands.

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To China, the South Seas,

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and the timeless cities
of the Levant...

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where her kind gathered
to tell stories about stories.

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This way.

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- Excuse me.
- This way, lady.

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What are you doing?
Can you let go, please?

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The mysteries of Istanbul.

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A lit he a!

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A lit he a!

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Welcome!

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- Welcome at last! Aw.
- Gunhan!

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My dear friend.

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- Oh, how wonderful!
- I'm sorry.

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- This is Amina.
- Amina.

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From the British Council.

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That fellow at the airport
manhandling my luggage,

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did you see him?

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What fellow?

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He scuttled off
when you arrived.

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Small, sheepskin jacket,
pink collar.

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Interesting.

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He was hot to touch.

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Musky.

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Perhaps he was a djinn.

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An illegal taxi driver,
more likely.

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Wearing too much cologne.

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So, Professor,

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you saying you believe in djinn?

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I believe there are those
who need to believe in them.

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Including me?

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Djinn, ghosts,

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aliens, whatever helps.

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The hotel's arranged
a lovely surprise for you.

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It's the Agatha Christie room.

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In this room,

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she wrote
Murder on the Orient Express.

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So,
how would you explain

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the power of a thunderstorm

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if you don't have the means

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to measure and model
meteorological data?

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How can you explain the seasons?

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Autumn through winter
to spring and summer,

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if you don't know that the Earth

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orbits the Sun
while tilted on an axis?

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Everything was mystery.

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The seasons, tsunamis,
microbial disease...

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What else could we do
but resort to stories?

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As Dr. Binnie has
encouraged us to understand,

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stories were once the only way

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to make our bewildering
existence coherent.

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That's exactly right.

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We gave name
to the unknown forces

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behind all wonder
and catastrophe,

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by telling each other...

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By telling each other stories.

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let me show you.

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We told tales of specific,
powerful, relatable gods

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ever present in all cultures,
in all mythologies,

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from the Greeks,
to the Romans, to the Norse,

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and so on, and so on.

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The familiar descendant
of Zeus, Poseidon, Athena,

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Thor, the whole gang,

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find expression even today.

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These are their vestiges.

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The question remains,
what is their purpose?

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What do we require of them now?

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There is mythos,
and there is science.

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Oh. Sorry.

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Mythology is what
we knew back then.

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Science is what we know so far.

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Sooner or later,

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our creation stories
are replaced

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by the narratives of science.

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Painstaking science.

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And all gods and monsters

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outlive their original purpose

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and are reduced to metaphor.

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Rubbish!

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A lit he a!

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A lit he a.

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What happened?

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I don't know.
She just fell.

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She just fell.

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Gosh.

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Are you okay?

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Shouldn't
you see a doctor?

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Why?
When I feel so well?

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Forgive me, A lit he a.
Are you sure?

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Apart from
the usual aches and pains,

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there is nothing untoward.

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There's no reason
to make a fuss.

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So, what happened
back there?

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Lately, my imagination's
been getting the better of me.

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Ambushing me.

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I think it's a warning.

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About what?

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Not to be complacent.

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To keep on my toes.

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It manifests rudely
from time to time.

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I try not to fight it off.

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It takes charge for a moment,
and then it steps back.

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What steps back?

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Oh, Gunhan, it's
irrational. Pay it no mind.

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You are behaving like
a child. Do you know that?

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You know,
I am actually a child.

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If there is fate,
can we escape it?

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Who can say?

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But I tell you this,

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in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul,

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there are 62 streets
and 4,000 shops.

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And in one of those shops,
there are three rooms.

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In the smallest of those rooms,

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there was a pile
of things unsorted,

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old and new.

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From the bottom of that pile,

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I chose a memento.

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Do you know what this is?

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I'm not sure,
but it could be Cesm-i Bulbul,

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a "Nightingale's Eye."

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Around 1845, there were
these glassmakers in Incirkoy.

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They were famous for this
spiral blue-white pattern.

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Oh, please.
It's a gift from me.

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Choose something less forlorn.

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And, uh, if this
is Cesm-i Bulbul,

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uh, is there a way
of authenticating it?

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Well, they say
that if it is genuine,

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sometimes you can see
specks of blood

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from the lungs
of the glassblowers.

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But this is more likely
a recent imitation.

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It's been damaged by fire.
Pick something else.

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No, thank you, Gunhan.

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I like it.

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Whatever it is, I'm sure
it has an interesting story.

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Hello?

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00:10:02,537 --> 00:10:03,732
Good morning, Dr. Binnie.

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- Good morning.
- This is room service.

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- Yes.
- How do you like your eggs?

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00:10:06,497 --> 00:10:08,040
Er, runny, please.

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- And with toast?
- Yes, but no crusts.

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- Two eggs?
- Just one.

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- Okay, thank you.
- Thank you.

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I'm going to close my eyes
and count to three,

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after which I would be grateful

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if you would be gone.

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One,

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two,

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three.

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Four,

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five,

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six,

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seven, eight,

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nine, ten.

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I don't suppose
you speak English?

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Deutsch?

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Espanol?

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Ellinika?

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Einstein.

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Einstein.

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Television.

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Transmitters.

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I am a
djinn of modest power,

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but I begin to understand
these transmissions.

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Oh!

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You've learned
to speak my language.

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This English is straightforward.

186
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Its rules quickly learn, I find.

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Nein, nein, nein.

188
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Would you like this
little Albert for yourself?

189
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No, no, no.

190
00:15:09,704 --> 00:15:11,247
That can't be good for him.
Put him back.

191
00:15:11,271 --> 00:15:12,509
- I could expand him.
- How?

192
00:15:12,533 --> 00:15:13,727
We could speak with him.

193
00:15:13,751 --> 00:15:15,251
- How is this possible?
- No, put him back.

194
00:15:15,275 --> 00:15:16,991
- Is that your wish?
- This is not possible.

195
00:15:17,015 --> 00:15:18,930
No. It's your obligation.

196
00:15:24,284 --> 00:15:26,653
So, what will you wish for?

197
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What is your heart's desire?

198
00:15:35,555 --> 00:15:40,362
Now, let's, uh,
not get ahead of ourselves.

199
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I need to take this slow.

200
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I have all the time
in the world.

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Tell me about yourself.

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00:15:48,829 --> 00:15:50,807
My name is A lit he a Binnie.

203
00:15:50,831 --> 00:15:53,331
I am in Turkey for a conference.

204
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And I return to my homeland
in a day's time.

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Also?

206
00:15:59,709 --> 00:16:03,601
Also, I have
a confession to make.

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00:16:03,625 --> 00:16:05,647
Something
I've never told anybody.

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00:16:05,671 --> 00:16:06,976
Excellent.

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00:16:08,326 --> 00:16:11,087
When I was young,
there was a boy.

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00:16:11,111 --> 00:16:12,610
Your first lover?

211
00:16:12,634 --> 00:16:15,526
No, no, no.
He was not of flesh and blood.

212
00:16:15,550 --> 00:16:16,788
A djinn?

213
00:16:16,812 --> 00:16:18,921
No.

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00:16:18,945 --> 00:16:22,794
At that time, I found myself
in a school for girls.

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Gaggles of girls.

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00:16:24,733 --> 00:16:29,540
I was... Well, I am
a solitary creature by nature.

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00:16:29,564 --> 00:16:32,587
And this boy, Enzo,

218
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he came to me,
out of an emptiness.

219
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Out of a need to imagine.

220
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He told me stories in a language

221
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that only we two spoke.

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00:16:45,449 --> 00:16:47,601
And he always disappeared
when I had a headache,

223
00:16:47,625 --> 00:16:48,863
but he was never far away

224
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when I couldn't move for asthma.

225
00:16:51,368 --> 00:16:53,041
He was like
this little Albert

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you would not let me give you?

227
00:16:54,675 --> 00:16:56,566
An emanation?

228
00:16:56,590 --> 00:16:59,482
Only an emanation
of an absence.

229
00:17:02,509 --> 00:17:05,817
I feared he would leave,
and so I wrote him down.

230
00:17:07,861 --> 00:17:12,475
And I filled this journal,
bulging with facts.

231
00:17:13,867 --> 00:17:18,021
But the more realism
I tried to insert,

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the more I began to doubt,

233
00:17:21,048 --> 00:17:24,138
and, uh, it all began
to feel silly.

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00:17:25,488 --> 00:17:27,054
I felt silly.

235
00:17:28,882 --> 00:17:31,513
So, after a time,

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I burned it all
in the school furnace.

237
00:17:36,063 --> 00:17:38,892
And after that,
he disappeared altogether.

238
00:17:40,153 --> 00:17:42,765
And yet, I am here.

239
00:17:44,984 --> 00:17:47,030
Contrary to reason, yes.

240
00:17:48,118 --> 00:17:52,403
I am here,
and we have work to do.

241
00:17:54,690 --> 00:17:57,059
Can you come back later, please?

242
00:17:57,083 --> 00:17:59,018
It's room service,
Dr. Binnie.

243
00:17:59,042 --> 00:18:01,063
I have your breakfast.

244
00:18:01,087 --> 00:18:02,654
Just a minute!

245
00:18:03,786 --> 00:18:05,440
Must close door.

246
00:18:19,670 --> 00:18:20,778
Good morning.

247
00:18:20,802 --> 00:18:21,996
Where would you like it,
Dr. Binnie?

248
00:18:22,020 --> 00:18:23,258
Thank you. Oh, I can take it.

249
00:18:23,282 --> 00:18:25,565
- Please, allow me.
- No. No, I can manage it.

250
00:18:25,589 --> 00:18:28,176
Jolly good, Dr. Binnie.
I hope you are well rested.

251
00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:29,917
Oh, that looks delicious.
Yes, I am.

252
00:18:29,941 --> 00:18:31,745
What do you plan to do
on this fine day?

253
00:18:31,769 --> 00:18:34,487
Uh, I'm not sure.
I'm improvising.

254
00:18:34,511 --> 00:18:36,968
Well, I'd like to show you
a beautiful art gallery...

255
00:18:36,992 --> 00:18:38,186
That's so kind. Thank you.

256
00:18:38,210 --> 00:18:39,361
...this afternoon,
when you get a chance.

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00:18:39,385 --> 00:18:40,711
- Maybe another time.
- It will be great.

258
00:18:40,735 --> 00:18:41,755
Thank you.
Have a beautiful day.

259
00:18:41,779 --> 00:18:43,931
Okay. Jolly good. Enjoy.

260
00:18:43,955 --> 00:18:45,174
Thank you!

261
00:19:24,559 --> 00:19:27,146
A more convenient size, I see.

262
00:19:27,170 --> 00:19:29,085
I do what I can to fit in.

263
00:19:29,564 --> 00:19:31,499
Please.

264
00:19:31,523 --> 00:19:33,675
I needn't have
ordered breakfast.

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00:19:33,699 --> 00:19:37,156
It's nan-e nokhodchi.
Chickpeas, cloves, pistachio.

266
00:19:37,180 --> 00:19:38,965
It will melt in your mouth.

267
00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:46,078
May I ask you something?

268
00:19:46,102 --> 00:19:47,234
Anything.

269
00:19:48,670 --> 00:19:51,542
How come you found your way
into my bottle?

270
00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:54,153
Ah, it's quite a story.

271
00:19:55,067 --> 00:19:57,132
That was my third incarceration.

272
00:19:57,156 --> 00:19:59,221
You've been trapped
in a bottle three times?

273
00:19:59,245 --> 00:20:01,571
I may be a djinn,
but I'm also a fool

274
00:20:01,595 --> 00:20:04,182
with too great a fondness
for the conversation of women.

275
00:20:04,206 --> 00:20:06,576
I need to be more careful
in the future.

276
00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,120
How were you caught
in the first place?

277
00:20:08,863 --> 00:20:10,537
By desire.

278
00:20:10,561 --> 00:20:12,214
How else?

279
00:20:15,087 --> 00:20:16,673
Who was she?

280
00:20:16,697 --> 00:20:18,153
Sheba.

281
00:20:18,177 --> 00:20:19,546
The Queen of Sheba?

282
00:20:19,570 --> 00:20:21,069
She was my kin.

283
00:20:21,093 --> 00:20:22,200
She was a djinn?

284
00:20:22,224 --> 00:20:23,723
Her mother was a djinn.

285
00:20:23,747 --> 00:20:24,811
Is that possible?

286
00:20:24,835 --> 00:20:26,029
There are laws that allow

287
00:20:26,053 --> 00:20:27,553
the union of djinn and mortals,

288
00:20:27,577 --> 00:20:29,293
but they cannot produce
an immortal scion

289
00:20:29,317 --> 00:20:30,599
the way a donkey and a horse

290
00:20:30,623 --> 00:20:32,582
can only produce
a seedless mule.

291
00:20:34,235 --> 00:20:37,345
So, what did she look like?

292
00:20:37,369 --> 00:20:41,567
Other than a thick glade
of black hair on her legs,

293
00:20:41,591 --> 00:20:42,959
she looked like
any other human being,

294
00:20:42,983 --> 00:20:45,266
except, of course,
she was Sheba.

295
00:20:45,290 --> 00:20:47,877
By all accounts,
she was very beautiful.

296
00:20:47,901 --> 00:20:50,861
She was not beautiful.
She was beauty itself.

297
00:20:54,386 --> 00:20:57,190
I was in every way free.

298
00:20:57,214 --> 00:21:00,217
I would come in and out
of her sleeping chamber.

299
00:21:01,348 --> 00:21:03,873
Sheba...

300
00:21:07,354 --> 00:21:10,246
I knew as well as any
of her female slaves

301
00:21:10,270 --> 00:21:13,273
the touches that made
her shiver with bliss.

302
00:21:14,405 --> 00:21:16,929
Never have I wanted
a creature so.

303
00:21:17,756 --> 00:21:19,212
And she desired you in return?

304
00:21:19,236 --> 00:21:22,607
I was her plaything.
Her confidante.

305
00:21:22,631 --> 00:21:24,870
I might have become more,
but for Solomon.

306
00:21:24,894 --> 00:21:26,088
King Solomon?

307
00:21:26,112 --> 00:21:28,090
Blessed be his memory.

308
00:21:28,114 --> 00:21:30,352
He came from across
the deserts to woo her.

309
00:21:30,376 --> 00:21:31,658
Didn't she go to him?

310
00:21:31,682 --> 00:21:33,007
No. Never.

311
00:21:33,031 --> 00:21:34,835
But it's in all the holy books.

312
00:21:34,859 --> 00:21:36,315
All the stories
and the paintings.

313
00:21:36,339 --> 00:21:38,099
And Handel wrote music about it.

314
00:21:38,123 --> 00:21:39,710
Madam, I was there.

315
00:21:39,734 --> 00:21:41,407
Solomon came to her.

316
00:22:08,805 --> 00:22:10,764
he began with music.

317
00:23:42,417 --> 00:23:45,788
I did all that I could
to dissuade her.

318
00:23:45,812 --> 00:23:46,920
But when she used

319
00:23:46,944 --> 00:23:48,791
the scented wax
of the Jabassa Bee

320
00:23:48,815 --> 00:23:50,358
to remove the hair
from her legs,

321
00:23:50,382 --> 00:23:52,055
I knew that I was lost.

322
00:23:52,079 --> 00:23:54,405
But I, like a fool,
went on telling her

323
00:23:54,429 --> 00:23:57,408
that her body
was rich and lovely,

324
00:23:57,432 --> 00:24:00,063
but her mind
was richer and lovelier,

325
00:24:00,087 --> 00:24:01,848
and more durable.

326
00:24:01,872 --> 00:24:03,937
And she agreed
with all that I said,

327
00:24:03,961 --> 00:24:05,571
and dropped a hot tear.

328
00:24:06,964 --> 00:24:09,943
She began to set him tasks,
which seemed impossible,

329
00:24:09,967 --> 00:24:12,074
to find a particular thread
of red silk

330
00:24:12,098 --> 00:24:14,076
in the palace
of a thousand rooms,

331
00:24:14,100 --> 00:24:16,949
to guess the secret name
of her mother djinn,

332
00:24:16,973 --> 00:24:20,256
to tell her
what women most desire.

333
00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,128
That does seem impossible.

334
00:24:22,152 --> 00:24:23,390
Not for him.

335
00:24:23,414 --> 00:24:24,913
He could speak
to the beasts of the earth,

336
00:24:24,937 --> 00:24:27,350
and to the djinn
made of subtle fire.

337
00:24:27,374 --> 00:24:30,440
He found ants to discover
the thread of silk,

338
00:24:30,464 --> 00:24:32,529
and an ifrit to whisper
the mother's name.

339
00:24:37,863 --> 00:24:39,362
Then he looked
into her eyes

340
00:24:39,386 --> 00:24:42,452
and told her
what women most desire.

341
00:24:44,564 --> 00:24:46,175
She was astonished,

342
00:24:47,524 --> 00:24:49,352
and told him he was right.

343
00:24:53,878 --> 00:24:57,379
And so she granted him
what he most desired,

344
00:24:57,403 --> 00:25:00,276
which was to wed her
and be taken to her bed.

345
00:25:20,382 --> 00:25:22,142
He was a great magician...

346
00:25:22,166 --> 00:25:23,622
...and imprisoned me

347
00:25:23,646 --> 00:25:26,867
with a word of power
into a brass bottle.

348
00:25:53,022 --> 00:25:55,155
She made no plea for me.

349
00:25:56,156 --> 00:25:58,525
I was nothing to her.

350
00:25:58,549 --> 00:26:00,464
A breath in a bottle.

351
00:26:15,218 --> 00:26:17,980
And so, I was cast
into the Red Sea

352
00:26:18,004 --> 00:26:21,615
and languished for 2,500 years.

353
00:26:26,968 --> 00:26:28,554
Apart from sleep,

354
00:26:28,578 --> 00:26:31,538
what does one do in a bottle
for 2,500 years?

355
00:26:33,061 --> 00:26:34,584
Djinn don't sleep.

356
00:26:40,242 --> 00:26:41,940
So, how do you manage then?

357
00:26:45,247 --> 00:26:49,967
Well, for the first 100 years,
I rage against my fate.

358
00:26:49,991 --> 00:26:51,708
I pray to Boschkolo
for my release,

359
00:26:51,732 --> 00:26:53,144
and when that does not work,

360
00:26:53,168 --> 00:26:54,623
I pray to any god I know,

361
00:26:54,647 --> 00:26:56,581
and then to any god
I may not know.

362
00:26:56,605 --> 00:26:59,280
And when, still,
I find no answers,

363
00:27:00,392 --> 00:27:02,457
I spend my time in waking dreams

364
00:27:02,481 --> 00:27:05,242
revisiting all the stories
of my life.

365
00:27:05,266 --> 00:27:08,202
And when I have exhausted this
many, many times,

366
00:27:08,226 --> 00:27:11,248
I return to my prayer
and my rage.

367
00:27:11,272 --> 00:27:14,232
And then, finally,

368
00:27:15,581 --> 00:27:17,713
I play a trick on myself.

369
00:27:19,150 --> 00:27:20,605
I pray to remain in the bottle.

370
00:27:20,629 --> 00:27:24,435
I beseech Boschkolo to keep me
always in the bottle.

371
00:27:24,459 --> 00:27:26,002
And does that work?

372
00:27:26,026 --> 00:27:27,481
To yearn for nothing?

373
00:27:27,505 --> 00:27:29,352
To pretend to want nothing more

374
00:27:29,376 --> 00:27:31,093
than to be contained
in a bottle?

375
00:27:31,117 --> 00:27:32,573
No.

376
00:27:32,597 --> 00:27:35,339
For a djinn, it is the closest
we ever come to death.

377
00:27:38,211 --> 00:27:39,972
Do you know the answer
to her question?

378
00:27:39,996 --> 00:27:41,147
What women most desire?

379
00:27:41,171 --> 00:27:42,278
Yeah.

380
00:27:42,302 --> 00:27:44,019
Do you not know?

381
00:27:44,043 --> 00:27:45,542
If you do not know,
I cannot tell you.

382
00:27:45,566 --> 00:27:47,718
Well, surely, we don't
all want the same thing.

383
00:27:47,742 --> 00:27:51,331
Madam, your yearnings
are not at all clear to me.

384
00:27:51,355 --> 00:27:54,638
I... I'm at a point in my life
where I have all I need.

385
00:27:54,662 --> 00:27:57,206
I daresay I'm content,
and gratefully so.

386
00:27:57,230 --> 00:27:58,338
Tell me.

387
00:27:58,362 --> 00:28:00,730
Are you a wife? A widow?

388
00:28:00,754 --> 00:28:02,994
- Um...
- A mother, perhaps?

389
00:28:03,018 --> 00:28:05,542
I have no children,
no siblings, no parents.

390
00:28:07,326 --> 00:28:08,608
I did once have a husband.

391
00:28:08,632 --> 00:28:09,870
Ah.

392
00:28:09,894 --> 00:28:12,027
And what was the complexion
of this husband?

393
00:28:12,549 --> 00:28:14,005
His complexion?

394
00:28:14,029 --> 00:28:17,182
In the beginning,
it was glowing.

395
00:28:17,206 --> 00:28:19,010
And in the ending?

396
00:28:19,034 --> 00:28:20,533
It's not much of a story.

397
00:28:20,557 --> 00:28:23,449
But it is a story.
It is your story,

398
00:28:23,473 --> 00:28:25,103
and it is always wise

399
00:28:25,127 --> 00:28:27,061
to understand those
who have a hold on you.

400
00:28:27,085 --> 00:28:28,149
Please.

401
00:28:30,349 --> 00:28:32,568
Well, okay, um...

402
00:28:35,049 --> 00:28:37,505
We'd known each other
since our youth.

403
00:28:37,529 --> 00:28:39,377
We, uh, married early.

404
00:28:39,401 --> 00:28:41,335
In the beginning,
we took pleasure

405
00:28:41,359 --> 00:28:43,163
in each other's minds
and bodies.

406
00:28:43,187 --> 00:28:44,512
Um...

407
00:28:44,536 --> 00:28:46,340
We passed the years comfortably,

408
00:28:46,364 --> 00:28:48,758
and then as it happens,

409
00:28:49,498 --> 00:28:51,519
it all evaporated,

410
00:28:51,543 --> 00:28:53,589
and, uh... and we became

411
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:55,741
less.

412
00:28:55,765 --> 00:28:56,765
And where is he?

413
00:28:58,463 --> 00:29:01,399
He's in Hackney,
with Emmeline Porter.

414
00:29:01,423 --> 00:29:02,598
Mmm.

415
00:29:08,777 --> 00:29:10,711
He told me I...

416
00:29:10,735 --> 00:29:13,192
I was incapable
of reading feelings.

417
00:29:17,351 --> 00:29:19,677
I was incapable
of reading his feelings.

418
00:29:19,701 --> 00:29:21,592
...gonna have
a resolution.

419
00:29:21,616 --> 00:29:22,767
This is exciting!

420
00:29:22,791 --> 00:29:24,334
- It is exciting!
- No, it's not.

421
00:29:24,358 --> 00:29:25,770
Let me guess.
No one dies in it.

422
00:29:25,794 --> 00:29:27,511
No!

423
00:29:27,535 --> 00:29:31,341
The way my brain
is wired is... is the...

424
00:29:31,365 --> 00:29:34,344
the source both of my power

425
00:29:34,368 --> 00:29:37,109
and, uh, and my solitude.

426
00:29:38,110 --> 00:29:40,286
I suspect that's why
I like stories.

427
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:43,830
I find feelings through stories.

428
00:29:47,423 --> 00:29:50,359
Perhaps you could
wish for him back.

429
00:29:50,383 --> 00:29:52,515
Oh, no, no, no. No, no, no.

430
00:29:52,689 --> 00:29:53,777
No.

431
00:29:54,865 --> 00:29:57,520
I... I thought, um,

432
00:29:58,608 --> 00:30:02,438
I might grieve
a loss and betrayal, but, uh,

433
00:30:03,744 --> 00:30:05,441
no, in fact, I was free.

434
00:30:06,834 --> 00:30:09,160
I was like a prisoner

435
00:30:09,184 --> 00:30:12,771
emerging from a dungeon
into the sunlight.

436
00:30:12,795 --> 00:30:15,600
I expanded into the space
of my own life.

437
00:30:15,624 --> 00:30:19,778
No, I could not wish for more.

438
00:30:19,802 --> 00:30:22,781
You are a wise
and cautious woman, A lit he a.

439
00:30:22,805 --> 00:30:25,436
But we all have desires,

440
00:30:25,460 --> 00:30:27,332
even if they remain
hidden from us.

441
00:30:29,464 --> 00:30:31,268
That's as maybe.

442
00:30:31,292 --> 00:30:36,186
But I am also a narratologist,

443
00:30:36,210 --> 00:30:38,667
and that is going
to be a problem.

444
00:30:38,691 --> 00:30:40,930
It's going to be
a very big problem.

445
00:30:40,954 --> 00:30:43,149
See, I know
all the stories there are

446
00:30:43,173 --> 00:30:44,498
about trickster djinn,

447
00:30:44,522 --> 00:30:45,803
and the ways in which
they manipulate wishing

448
00:30:45,827 --> 00:30:46,891
to their own ends.

449
00:30:46,915 --> 00:30:48,197
I am not one of them.

450
00:30:48,221 --> 00:30:50,156
I am god-fearing and honorable,

451
00:30:50,180 --> 00:30:52,419
and only here
to grant your heart's desire.

452
00:30:52,443 --> 00:30:54,508
Well, even if that's true,

453
00:30:54,532 --> 00:30:57,709
how can you rely on those
called upon to wish?

454
00:30:59,754 --> 00:31:02,540
How do you know
you can rely on me?

455
00:31:03,671 --> 00:31:05,693
Well, I hope so.

456
00:31:05,717 --> 00:31:08,522
With you, I certainly hope so.

457
00:31:08,546 --> 00:31:10,741
There's a...

458
00:31:10,765 --> 00:31:13,657
funny little story.
I mean, you probably know it.

459
00:31:13,681 --> 00:31:15,615
Three friends lost at sea
in a tiny boat.

460
00:31:15,639 --> 00:31:17,356
They pull up a magic fish,

461
00:31:17,380 --> 00:31:18,922
who grants each of them
one wish.

462
00:31:18,946 --> 00:31:20,054
The first one,

463
00:31:20,078 --> 00:31:21,838
"I wish I were at home
with my wife."

464
00:31:21,862 --> 00:31:23,013
He vanishes.

465
00:31:23,037 --> 00:31:24,624
The second one,
"I wish I were playing"

466
00:31:24,648 --> 00:31:25,929
"in the fields
with my children."

467
00:31:25,953 --> 00:31:27,148
Off he goes.

468
00:31:27,172 --> 00:31:29,672
And the third one,
"I miss my friends..."

469
00:31:29,696 --> 00:31:30,717
"I wish they were here."

470
00:31:30,741 --> 00:31:32,371
You've got it.

471
00:31:32,395 --> 00:31:35,635
There's no story about wishing
that is not a cautionary tale.

472
00:31:35,659 --> 00:31:37,550
None end happily.

473
00:31:37,574 --> 00:31:39,465
Not even the ones
that are supposed to be jokes.

474
00:31:39,489 --> 00:31:41,771
But you and I
are the authors of this story,

475
00:31:41,795 --> 00:31:44,320
and we can avoid all traps.

476
00:31:46,017 --> 00:31:48,410
Well, what if
I made no wish at all?

477
00:31:50,368 --> 00:31:51,413
Pardon?

478
00:31:54,024 --> 00:31:55,915
What if I made no wish?

479
00:31:55,939 --> 00:31:57,308
That would be an...

480
00:31:59,638 --> 00:32:00,876
That would be

481
00:32:00,900 --> 00:32:03,314
catastrophic!

482
00:32:17,352 --> 00:32:18,894
All right.

483
00:32:23,574 --> 00:32:26,553
I need to tell you
about my next incarceration.

484
00:32:26,577 --> 00:32:27,665
I'm all ears.

485
00:32:38,763 --> 00:32:40,480
I will never know

486
00:32:40,504 --> 00:32:44,397
how my bottle came from the
bottom of the Red Sea...

487
00:32:45,683 --> 00:32:47,816
...to a palace
in Constantinople.

488
00:32:48,947 --> 00:32:50,882
But I fancy somehow it involved

489
00:32:50,906 --> 00:32:52,491
the killing of
an Ottoman warrior.

490
00:32:58,478 --> 00:33:00,001
The fall of an empire.

491
00:33:09,445 --> 00:33:10,640
And a girl in love.

492
00:33:32,380 --> 00:33:33,686
Merhaba.

493
00:33:55,447 --> 00:33:57,946
Gulten lived as a slave

494
00:33:57,970 --> 00:33:59,817
in the courtyard
of the concubines

495
00:33:59,841 --> 00:34:01,341
in the seraglio.

496
00:34:20,514 --> 00:34:21,665
When I appeared to her...

497
00:34:24,518 --> 00:34:26,670
...she fainted.

498
00:34:26,694 --> 00:34:29,412
And I had great trouble
rousing her.

499
00:34:35,528 --> 00:34:38,028
I made it clear
that I meant her no harm,

500
00:34:38,052 --> 00:34:39,856
for I was condemned
to the bottle.

501
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:41,423
Until you got your three wishes.

502
00:34:41,447 --> 00:34:43,425
Until she got hers.

503
00:34:43,449 --> 00:34:45,558
- Please.
- Okay.

504
00:34:45,582 --> 00:34:47,037
Now, the poor girl told me

505
00:34:47,061 --> 00:34:50,998
she was distractedly in love
with a beautiful man...

506
00:34:52,502 --> 00:34:53,957
...and she wished immediately

507
00:34:53,981 --> 00:34:56,395
to find favor in his eyes.

508
00:35:09,300 --> 00:35:10,973
As it happens,

509
00:35:10,997 --> 00:35:13,149
the one she most desired
was the splendid Mustafa.

510
00:35:13,173 --> 00:35:14,958
Prince Mustafa.

511
00:35:16,916 --> 00:35:19,591
Eldest son of
Suleiman the Magnificent,

512
00:35:19,615 --> 00:35:22,661
and likely heir
to his mighty throne.

513
00:35:23,749 --> 00:35:25,161
Had I known what was to come,

514
00:35:25,185 --> 00:35:28,469
I would've risked
the furies of Iblis

515
00:35:28,493 --> 00:35:31,627
to vehemently distract her
from her wish.

516
00:35:33,063 --> 00:35:34,693
But without thinking,

517
00:35:34,717 --> 00:35:37,477
I took my bottle
and conjured oils

518
00:35:37,501 --> 00:35:38,937
to prepare her.

519
00:35:40,678 --> 00:35:42,221
Oils of enchantment

520
00:35:42,245 --> 00:35:45,466
once used only by Sheba.

521
00:35:50,079 --> 00:35:52,187
I cautioned her
to hide the bottle

522
00:35:52,211 --> 00:35:55,084
lest its powers
fall into other hands.

523
00:36:00,524 --> 00:36:01,936
I went to Mustafa.

524
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:03,851
Gulten.

525
00:36:03,875 --> 00:36:05,181
I whispered her name.

526
00:36:09,837 --> 00:36:11,578
He sent for her.

527
00:36:13,971 --> 00:36:15,799
It was so easy.

528
00:36:24,547 --> 00:36:26,743
As a djinn,
I am endlessly curious

529
00:36:26,767 --> 00:36:28,551
about the ways of humans.

530
00:36:29,552 --> 00:36:31,225
So, in my spare time,

531
00:36:31,249 --> 00:36:34,731
I took to wandering the palace
in search of its intrigues.

532
00:36:35,645 --> 00:36:37,144
And there, among the eunuchs,

533
00:36:37,168 --> 00:36:38,885
the consorts,
and the concubines,

534
00:36:38,909 --> 00:36:41,041
I first saw Hurrem.

535
00:36:41,998 --> 00:36:43,541
The Laughing One.

536
00:36:52,095 --> 00:36:54,073
She, too, was a slave

537
00:36:54,097 --> 00:36:56,815
who had risen
through the center of them all

538
00:36:56,839 --> 00:36:59,102
to become the Sultan's favorite.

539
00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:11,308
Suleiman the Wise
saw none but her.

540
00:37:11,332 --> 00:37:14,005
And she sought
to protect his throne

541
00:37:14,029 --> 00:37:18,164
in favor of her own sons
over his beloved Mustafa.

542
00:37:21,036 --> 00:37:23,232
And to this end,
she had the prince watched

543
00:37:23,256 --> 00:37:25,040
by many probing eyes.

544
00:37:35,137 --> 00:37:36,680
When I saw how Hurrem

545
00:37:36,704 --> 00:37:40,684
made a masterpiece
of her manipulations,

546
00:37:40,708 --> 00:37:44,582
I worried that my Gulten
might be caught in this web.

547
00:37:50,587 --> 00:37:52,695
I tried to warn her
to be careful.

548
00:37:54,634 --> 00:37:58,005
But she had already
decided on her second wish.

549
00:38:10,781 --> 00:38:12,870
Such a mistake.

550
00:38:13,871 --> 00:38:15,979
Because at this moment,

551
00:38:16,003 --> 00:38:18,241
Suleiman, blessed be his name,

552
00:38:18,265 --> 00:38:20,006
is being undermined.

553
00:38:21,225 --> 00:38:23,899
His warriors believe
he is going soft,

554
00:38:23,923 --> 00:38:26,641
more interested in his poetry

555
00:38:26,665 --> 00:38:29,078
than ruling with a strong hand.

556
00:38:44,422 --> 00:38:46,356
Hurrem
fuels the rumors

557
00:38:46,380 --> 00:38:48,358
that the military
want to take his throne

558
00:38:48,382 --> 00:38:50,819
and replace him with Mustafa.

559
00:38:52,081 --> 00:38:53,711
The prince has become a pawn

560
00:38:53,735 --> 00:38:56,714
in the ceaseless game of power.

561
00:39:08,967 --> 00:39:11,032
Suleiman the Magnificent,

562
00:39:11,056 --> 00:39:12,773
Suleiman the Conqueror,

563
00:39:12,797 --> 00:39:15,646
patron and protector of empires,

564
00:39:15,670 --> 00:39:17,169
Suleiman the Father,

565
00:39:17,193 --> 00:39:18,692
was left with a choice

566
00:39:18,716 --> 00:39:21,763
that he knows
will break his heart.

567
00:39:28,812 --> 00:39:31,748
Gulten, meantime, saw no reason

568
00:39:31,772 --> 00:39:34,185
why she should remain unseen.

569
00:39:37,865 --> 00:39:41,869
Given she was carrying the son
of the next Sultan.

570
00:39:47,875 --> 00:39:49,983
Despite all my warnings,

571
00:39:50,007 --> 00:39:54,031
she parades her newly swollen
breasts and belly.

572
00:39:54,055 --> 00:39:57,729
And the whispers soon spread
throughout the seraglio.

573
00:40:03,890 --> 00:40:07,241
The terrible plottings
move all too quickly.

574
00:40:33,309 --> 00:40:35,766
Prince Mustafa comes innocently

575
00:40:35,790 --> 00:40:37,986
into the presence of his father,

576
00:40:38,010 --> 00:40:40,771
to reassure him of his loyalty.

577
00:40:51,763 --> 00:40:54,003
And
the mutes are waiting for him.

578
00:40:57,986 --> 00:40:59,921
He cried out to his Janissaries,

579
00:40:59,945 --> 00:41:01,530
who loved him,

580
00:41:01,554 --> 00:41:04,272
but his voice was crushed
and his breath stopped

581
00:41:04,296 --> 00:41:06,994
by the string
of his father's bow.

582
00:41:27,319 --> 00:41:29,190
Gulten!

583
00:42:02,309 --> 00:42:03,852
"Make a wish!"

584
00:42:03,876 --> 00:42:06,051
"Save yourself, Gulten!"

585
00:42:10,447 --> 00:42:13,165
Just a few words
and she could have been free

586
00:42:13,189 --> 00:42:16,864
to bear her child in safety,

587
00:42:16,888 --> 00:42:20,433
and I to spirit away at last
to the Realm of Djinn.

588
00:42:20,457 --> 00:42:22,827
But she ran into the hands
of the assassins.

589
00:42:24,548 --> 00:42:26,874
I was about
to take them by force,

590
00:42:26,898 --> 00:42:29,268
when I was blocked
by a follower of Iblis.

591
00:43:11,549 --> 00:43:12,637
Gulten!

592
00:43:28,958 --> 00:43:31,918
She made
no wish to save herself.

593
00:43:33,267 --> 00:43:36,096
No wish was made
to save us both.

594
00:43:43,451 --> 00:43:45,471
So, there I was,

595
00:43:45,495 --> 00:43:47,560
or there I was not,
might you say,

596
00:43:47,584 --> 00:43:50,650
almost emancipated
and tethered to this world

597
00:43:50,674 --> 00:43:53,218
by a third wish unperformed.

598
00:43:53,242 --> 00:43:54,872
But you realize, don't you,

599
00:43:54,896 --> 00:43:57,701
that you've just told me the
story of a woman who was doomed

600
00:43:57,725 --> 00:43:59,964
as a consequence
of the wishes she made?

601
00:43:59,988 --> 00:44:02,619
Yes, but her failure
to complete the wishes

602
00:44:02,643 --> 00:44:04,926
also doomed me.

603
00:44:04,950 --> 00:44:07,058
Could nobody else
complete the wish?

604
00:44:07,082 --> 00:44:08,625
That was my hope.

605
00:44:08,649 --> 00:44:10,496
And that would
finally liberate you?

606
00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:13,151
That was my only hope.

607
00:44:13,175 --> 00:44:15,327
But you were rendered invisible.

608
00:44:15,351 --> 00:44:16,414
Like a ghost.

609
00:44:16,438 --> 00:44:18,242
Wandering unseen.

610
00:44:18,266 --> 00:44:19,504
And your bottle,

611
00:44:19,528 --> 00:44:21,463
hidden under the loosened stone

612
00:44:21,487 --> 00:44:23,030
known only to the dead Gulten.

613
00:44:23,054 --> 00:44:24,945
Yes,
it was a predicament.

614
00:44:26,535 --> 00:44:28,992
I tried to attract
the attention of someone,

615
00:44:29,016 --> 00:44:30,626
anyone that could help me.

616
00:44:32,019 --> 00:44:33,649
My stars, how I tried.

617
00:44:33,673 --> 00:44:36,217
I followed their scent,
their every step.

618
00:44:36,241 --> 00:44:38,436
Willing, pleading, screaming.

619
00:44:38,460 --> 00:44:40,308
Anything to draw them to me.

620
00:45:09,447 --> 00:45:13,122
And I do this piteously
for 100 years,

621
00:45:13,146 --> 00:45:16,386
and with every failure,
my will begins to fade.

622
00:45:23,025 --> 00:45:25,133
And then in 1620,

623
00:45:25,157 --> 00:45:28,769
hope comes in the form
of a boy with a sword.

624
00:45:35,646 --> 00:45:37,778
Murad! Murad!

625
00:45:51,705 --> 00:45:53,359
Murad!

626
00:46:01,714 --> 00:46:04,563
By some means,
this boy senses me.

627
00:46:04,587 --> 00:46:07,479
I'm able to draw him
to the stone.

628
00:46:56,594 --> 00:46:57,639
Ibrahim!

629
00:46:58,292 --> 00:46:59,553
Gel.

630
00:47:01,598 --> 00:47:02,643
Murad!

631
00:47:04,166 --> 00:47:05,796
Ibrahim!

632
00:47:05,820 --> 00:47:07,406
And just as
I am about to be delivered

633
00:47:07,430 --> 00:47:08,712
into their hands,

634
00:47:08,736 --> 00:47:10,192
their mother finds them.

635
00:47:12,609 --> 00:47:14,239
She is Kosem,

636
00:47:14,263 --> 00:47:16,459
a widow of the Sultan,
Ahmed the First.

637
00:47:16,483 --> 00:47:18,809
And the boys are next in line
for the throne.

638
00:47:21,705 --> 00:47:24,119
When I see
the hair on his legs,

639
00:47:24,143 --> 00:47:26,860
I know that somewhere
in Murad's bloodline

640
00:47:26,884 --> 00:47:28,843
pulses the power of a djinn.

641
00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:31,561
I follow him everywhere,

642
00:47:31,585 --> 00:47:34,128
determined to draw him back
to the stone.

643
00:47:34,152 --> 00:47:37,174
But at the age of 11,
he ascends the throne

644
00:47:37,198 --> 00:47:39,263
and becomes
Sultan Murad the Fourth.

645
00:47:39,287 --> 00:47:42,266
And caught up
by the usual intrigues,

646
00:47:42,290 --> 00:47:45,574
he is even more lost to me.

647
00:47:45,598 --> 00:47:48,533
At 20, he leads
his armies to war.

648
00:47:48,557 --> 00:47:50,274
He battles alongside his men

649
00:47:50,298 --> 00:47:52,648
in the Caucasus and Mesopotamia.

650
00:47:53,823 --> 00:47:56,237
Stories are told
of his recklessness,

651
00:47:56,261 --> 00:47:58,456
even with his own life.

652
00:48:04,659 --> 00:48:07,532
I despair of
ever seeing him again.

653
00:48:08,924 --> 00:48:13,451
Hope is a monster, A lit he a,
and I am its plaything.

654
00:48:13,886 --> 00:48:15,255
So he died?

655
00:48:15,279 --> 00:48:16,628
Not in battle.

656
00:48:17,237 --> 00:48:18,475
Back in Istanbul,

657
00:48:18,499 --> 00:48:20,608
Kosem needs
to protect the throne.

658
00:48:20,632 --> 00:48:22,436
She needs to protect Ibrahim.

659
00:48:22,460 --> 00:48:24,307
- The little brother?
- Yes.

660
00:48:27,856 --> 00:48:30,250
He is last of the Ottoman line.

661
00:48:31,251 --> 00:48:33,558
He has to produce male children.

662
00:48:36,213 --> 00:48:40,738
So, Kosem locks him in a cage
lined entirely with sable.

663
00:48:48,267 --> 00:48:49,853
Quite the prison.

664
00:48:49,877 --> 00:48:52,358
And one
he will never want to leave.

665
00:49:07,808 --> 00:49:10,221
It debauches him royally.

666
00:49:10,245 --> 00:49:12,875
He believes the greater
the expanse of flesh,

667
00:49:12,899 --> 00:49:14,573
the more intense the pleasure.

668
00:49:14,597 --> 00:49:18,533
So, Kosem seeks out beauties
voluptuous and immense,

669
00:49:18,557 --> 00:49:21,754
and brings them to his couch.

670
00:49:21,778 --> 00:49:25,758
My fate turns specifically
on this fetish.

671
00:49:25,782 --> 00:49:27,044
How's that?

672
00:49:27,914 --> 00:49:29,327
You'll see.

673
00:49:59,771 --> 00:50:01,575
Murad is back.

674
00:50:01,599 --> 00:50:03,447
And though
he returns a conqueror,

675
00:50:03,471 --> 00:50:06,082
he cannot shed
his robes of blood.

676
00:50:07,083 --> 00:50:09,757
War had truly rotted his soul.

677
00:50:29,670 --> 00:50:31,517
I wait until he is alone.

678
00:50:31,541 --> 00:50:34,694
I am determined to draw him
back to the stone.

679
00:50:34,718 --> 00:50:37,871
I don't want to interrupt,
but I do have a question.

680
00:50:37,895 --> 00:50:39,917
Did it matter to you
what kind of wish

681
00:50:39,941 --> 00:50:41,508
such a man might make?

682
00:50:41,943 --> 00:50:43,790
One so insatiable.

683
00:50:43,814 --> 00:50:45,618
No.

684
00:50:45,642 --> 00:50:47,576
Not even if
it were profoundly evil?

685
00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:49,099
Not if it meant my freedom.

686
00:50:49,123 --> 00:50:52,996
The truth is he has
other things on his mind.

687
00:50:54,650 --> 00:50:56,933
He believes he is invincible,

688
00:50:56,957 --> 00:51:01,353
and to rule indefinitely,
he must be rid of all rivals.

689
00:51:14,409 --> 00:51:15,497
Ibrahim.

690
00:51:18,805 --> 00:51:20,022
Ibrahim.

691
00:52:21,909 --> 00:52:24,192
Kosem needs to stop him.

692
00:52:24,216 --> 00:52:26,454
Somehow, she needed
to distract him

693
00:52:26,478 --> 00:52:29,133
from his bloodlust
with other gratifications.

694
00:52:34,225 --> 00:52:37,489
First, she arranges for him
to be perpetually drunk.

695
00:52:39,578 --> 00:52:41,469
And then she tries
something very shrewd.

696
00:52:41,493 --> 00:52:42,949
Something that you might enjoy.

697
00:52:49,109 --> 00:52:50,565
She sends to find,

698
00:52:50,589 --> 00:52:52,939
from all corners of the empire,

699
00:52:53,766 --> 00:52:55,942
the best storytellers.

700
00:53:15,134 --> 00:53:17,243
Those who are not persuasive

701
00:53:17,267 --> 00:53:20,618
flee in fear
or fall to his impatience.

702
00:53:30,845 --> 00:53:32,605
There is only one

703
00:53:32,629 --> 00:53:34,738
who has the ability
to enchant him.

704
00:53:36,546 --> 00:53:38,872
To soothe with stories,

705
00:53:38,896 --> 00:53:41,812
to hold him hostage
to their unfolding.

706
00:54:03,311 --> 00:54:05,313
This is his only friend.

707
00:54:07,837 --> 00:54:10,884
And that friendship
turns to love.

708
00:54:12,842 --> 00:54:14,951
Since there is nothing else
for me to do,

709
00:54:14,975 --> 00:54:16,474
I listen gratefully,

710
00:54:16,498 --> 00:54:19,675
for I, too, love being lost
in his stories.

711
00:54:24,985 --> 00:54:26,919
When the old man dies,

712
00:54:26,943 --> 00:54:29,269
all in the palace
flee to the streets,

713
00:54:29,293 --> 00:54:33,317
for they fear Murad's grief
will incur fresh murder.

714
00:54:37,866 --> 00:54:42,784
But he just sits, and howls,
and drinks until he is empty.

715
00:55:09,070 --> 00:55:11,725
And my patience is rewarded.

716
00:55:12,857 --> 00:55:14,269
For in this state,

717
00:55:14,293 --> 00:55:16,619
I am finally able
to get his attention

718
00:55:16,643 --> 00:55:19,579
and draw him
back to the secret bathroom.

719
00:55:19,603 --> 00:55:21,145
Oh, I know
where this is going.

720
00:55:21,169 --> 00:55:23,757
He's going to be too weak
to lift the stone.

721
00:55:23,781 --> 00:55:26,368
Too weak even to turn the latch.

722
00:55:29,003 --> 00:55:32,311
So, he leaves and drinks
himself to permanent sleep.

723
00:55:32,920 --> 00:55:34,202
Oh!

724
00:55:34,226 --> 00:55:35,986
And there I am,

725
00:55:36,010 --> 00:55:38,336
left to my own oblivion,

726
00:55:38,360 --> 00:55:40,860
with no one to hear my voice,

727
00:55:40,884 --> 00:55:44,211
no one to know me,
nor feel me, nor sense me.

728
00:55:44,235 --> 00:55:46,629
You can't imagine.

729
00:55:49,675 --> 00:55:51,634
Well, actually, I can.

730
00:55:52,635 --> 00:55:55,028
Can you imagine the loneliness?

731
00:55:55,855 --> 00:55:57,901
How it might overwhelm?

732
00:55:58,118 --> 00:56:00,096
I can.

733
00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:02,751
We exist only
if we are real to others.

734
00:56:02,775 --> 00:56:03,926
Do you agree?

735
00:56:03,950 --> 00:56:05,188
I do.

736
00:56:05,212 --> 00:56:07,843
This, then,
is our fate, A lit he a.

737
00:56:07,867 --> 00:56:10,977
If you make no wish at all,

738
00:56:11,001 --> 00:56:12,718
I will be caught between worlds,

739
00:56:12,742 --> 00:56:15,831
invisible and alone,
for all of time.

740
00:56:18,137 --> 00:56:19,704
Make a wish, A lit he a.

741
00:56:20,749 --> 00:56:22,664
Make it your heart's desire.

742
00:56:30,454 --> 00:56:34,434
I'd be more careful
if I were you.

743
00:56:34,458 --> 00:56:36,697
Obviously, you managed
to find your way out.

744
00:56:36,721 --> 00:56:37,959
More or less.

745
00:56:37,983 --> 00:56:39,308
I'm beginning to think
I'm in the presence

746
00:56:39,332 --> 00:56:40,420
of a trickster.

747
00:56:42,335 --> 00:56:44,966
That would be so much better.

748
00:56:44,990 --> 00:56:46,837
My work would be so much easier.

749
00:56:46,861 --> 00:56:49,709
But the truth is,
I am just an idiot

750
00:56:49,733 --> 00:56:52,320
who has been
extravagantly unlucky.

751
00:56:52,344 --> 00:56:55,236
Well, I have to take
your word for that.

752
00:57:05,009 --> 00:57:06,009
So?

753
00:57:08,970 --> 00:57:12,340
Ibrahim, I suppose,
becomes Sultan?

754
00:57:12,364 --> 00:57:16,910
Ibrahim has
to be dragged to the throne.

755
00:57:33,994 --> 00:57:36,015
He
appoints one of his concubines

756
00:57:36,039 --> 00:57:37,756
Governor of Damascus.

757
00:57:37,780 --> 00:57:40,280
Her name is Sugar Lump.

758
00:57:40,304 --> 00:57:42,437
By every measure, his favorite.

759
00:57:44,395 --> 00:57:46,286
Had she not been free to roam,

760
00:57:46,310 --> 00:57:49,202
she would not have found
the secret bathroom.

761
00:57:49,226 --> 00:57:51,421
Had she not decided
to take a bath,

762
00:57:51,445 --> 00:57:53,902
it would not have overfilled.

763
00:57:53,926 --> 00:57:55,207
Had she not been clumsy

764
00:57:55,231 --> 00:57:56,818
as she walked across the floor,

765
00:57:56,842 --> 00:57:59,105
she would not have slipped,
smashed the stone,

766
00:58:00,106 --> 00:58:02,456
- and found my bottle.
- Ah, yeah.

767
00:58:19,995 --> 00:58:23,235
To be honest, I should
have been more dignified.

768
00:58:23,259 --> 00:58:25,976
But I began to beg, shamelessly.

769
00:58:52,853 --> 00:58:54,309
"I wish you were back"

770
00:58:54,333 --> 00:58:57,335
"in your bottle at the bottom
of the Bosphorus."

771
00:59:00,294 --> 00:59:01,576
So here I am,

772
00:59:01,600 --> 00:59:04,168
fallen into your careful hands.

773
00:59:06,561 --> 00:59:08,496
Seems we cannot
escape each other.

774
00:59:08,520 --> 00:59:10,827
You have me at your mercy.

775
00:59:17,224 --> 00:59:18,356
This wishing...

776
00:59:20,184 --> 00:59:22,292
It's a hazardous art.

777
00:59:22,316 --> 00:59:25,121
"I wish" brings
infinite unravelings.

778
00:59:25,145 --> 00:59:26,253
Not necessarily.

779
00:59:26,277 --> 00:59:27,297
Well, it's there
in all your own stories.

780
00:59:27,321 --> 00:59:28,385
I know, but...

781
00:59:28,409 --> 00:59:29,995
You say you're not a trickster,

782
00:59:30,019 --> 00:59:33,389
and you say that you and I
are the authors of this story.

783
00:59:33,413 --> 00:59:36,436
But I'm not able
to write myself out of it.

784
00:59:36,460 --> 00:59:37,698
Correct.

785
00:59:37,722 --> 00:59:41,441
Why don't you just hop back
into your bottle

786
00:59:41,465 --> 00:59:43,182
and I'll give it
to someone more gullible?

787
00:59:43,206 --> 00:59:46,141
Someone more desperate.
Someone more greedy.

788
00:59:46,165 --> 00:59:47,316
I'm not getting back
in the bottle.

789
00:59:47,340 --> 00:59:48,404
Why not?

790
00:59:48,428 --> 00:59:50,232
I'm not getting back
in the bottle.

791
00:59:50,256 --> 00:59:52,234
Well, I am not
making three wishes.

792
00:59:52,258 --> 00:59:54,410
Then you are sending me
to my oblivion.

793
00:59:54,434 --> 00:59:55,890
Oh, you're impossible.

794
00:59:55,914 --> 00:59:57,892
And you are giving me
a headache.

795
00:59:57,916 --> 00:59:59,589
All right. All right.

796
00:59:59,613 --> 01:00:02,156
Here's what I'll do.
I will make three wishes.

797
01:00:02,180 --> 01:00:03,288
- I will.
- Before you die?

798
01:00:03,312 --> 01:00:05,072
Right now.
One after the other.

799
01:00:05,096 --> 01:00:06,291
- Ready?
- Mmm-hmm.

800
01:00:06,315 --> 01:00:09,013
Number one. I wish
your headache were gone.

801
01:00:12,016 --> 01:00:13,602
Number two.

802
01:00:13,626 --> 01:00:15,585
I wish for a sip of this tea.

803
01:00:18,022 --> 01:00:21,045
And finally, I wish
for another one of those.

804
01:00:21,069 --> 01:00:22,394
You mock me.

805
01:00:22,418 --> 01:00:24,091
Three wishes, perfectly simple,

806
01:00:24,115 --> 01:00:25,223
and theoretically safe.

807
01:00:25,247 --> 01:00:27,312
I was imprisoned
by Solomon precisely

808
01:00:27,336 --> 01:00:29,967
because I cried out
my heart's desire.

809
01:00:29,991 --> 01:00:32,883
Only by granting you yours
may I earn my release.

810
01:00:32,907 --> 01:00:34,318
Yes, well,
I appreciate the symmetry,

811
01:00:34,342 --> 01:00:35,885
but the thing is this,

812
01:00:35,909 --> 01:00:38,670
I cannot for the life of me
summon up one eligible wish.

813
01:00:38,694 --> 01:00:40,150
And you're asking me for three.

814
01:00:40,174 --> 01:00:42,413
Is there any life in you?
Are you even alive?

815
01:00:42,437 --> 01:00:44,241
You know, in some cultures,

816
01:00:44,265 --> 01:00:45,982
absence of desire
means enlightenment.

817
01:00:46,006 --> 01:00:48,201
Then you are a pious fool.

818
01:00:48,225 --> 01:00:50,464
If I'm content, why tempt fate?

819
01:00:50,488 --> 01:00:51,901
And you're a coward.

820
01:00:51,925 --> 01:00:53,250
Don't goad me.

821
01:00:53,274 --> 01:00:55,208
There is no human,
no angel, nor djinn

822
01:00:55,232 --> 01:00:56,470
that wouldn't grasp
at the chance

823
01:00:56,494 --> 01:00:58,124
to fulfill
their deepest longings,

824
01:00:58,148 --> 01:00:59,604
and I am saddled with the one

825
01:00:59,628 --> 01:01:01,127
who claims to want
nothing at all.

826
01:01:01,151 --> 01:01:02,650
A lit he a Binnie,
you are a liar!

827
01:01:02,674 --> 01:01:05,958
You know, I am beginning
to wish we never met.

828
01:01:05,982 --> 01:01:07,263
No! Nyet!

829
01:01:07,287 --> 01:01:08,438
Don't say that!

830
01:01:39,535 --> 01:01:40,623
So...

831
01:01:42,147 --> 01:01:44,279
that's happened to you before.

832
01:01:45,628 --> 01:01:47,476
And it was bad.

833
01:01:47,500 --> 01:01:49,458
'Twas bad.

834
01:01:50,677 --> 01:01:52,698
'Twas bitter.

835
01:01:52,722 --> 01:01:55,073
'Twas the cruelest wish of all.

836
01:01:57,075 --> 01:01:59,967
You were undone
by silliness yet again.

837
01:02:01,427 --> 01:02:03,690
I'm here because of a genius.

838
01:02:04,430 --> 01:02:06,084
Who was it this time?

839
01:02:07,259 --> 01:02:08,695
She was Zefir.

840
01:02:10,784 --> 01:02:14,656
Rarely among humankind
has there been such a wonder.

841
01:02:15,744 --> 01:02:18,530
But you're here
because of her folly.

842
01:02:21,620 --> 01:02:25,406
I ended up in this
as a consequence of Zefir.

843
01:02:27,669 --> 01:02:29,038
And this is the story

844
01:02:29,062 --> 01:02:32,302
you've been avoiding
telling me all along.

845
01:02:32,326 --> 01:02:36,026
This is the story I've avoided
telling even myself.

846
01:02:47,819 --> 01:02:50,189
Zefir was a foundling,

847
01:02:50,213 --> 01:02:52,780
married at 12
to a wealthy merchant.

848
01:02:54,391 --> 01:02:56,586
He was much older than her,
and kind,

849
01:02:56,610 --> 01:03:02,070
if you think keeping someone
like a bird in a cage is kind.

850
01:03:02,094 --> 01:03:04,725
There were two older wives,
who did not like her

851
01:03:04,749 --> 01:03:06,620
and did not talk to her at all.

852
01:03:24,507 --> 01:03:26,398
Everyone,
including the servants,

853
01:03:26,422 --> 01:03:28,076
seemed to be mocking her.

854
01:03:41,263 --> 01:03:44,329
She had neither
etiquette nor learning.

855
01:03:44,353 --> 01:03:46,244
She grew to no great beauty

856
01:03:46,268 --> 01:03:49,226
and was angry
without knowing why.

857
01:04:03,588 --> 01:04:06,437
As the fates would have it,
my bottle came to her

858
01:04:06,461 --> 01:04:09,812
as a love token
from her husband.

859
01:04:14,860 --> 01:04:17,883
And when she had finished
satisfying him

860
01:04:17,907 --> 01:04:19,363
and was finally alone,

861
01:04:19,387 --> 01:04:21,476
she managed to prise it open.

862
01:04:52,680 --> 01:04:55,310
It was as if
she was waiting for me.

863
01:04:55,334 --> 01:04:58,443
I saw at once
that she was sharp,

864
01:04:58,467 --> 01:05:02,317
and she saw that I was desperate

865
01:05:02,341 --> 01:05:04,536
for freedom and conversation.

866
01:05:04,560 --> 01:05:07,278
I told her my story,
as I have told you,

867
01:05:07,302 --> 01:05:11,543
and she revealed herself to me
by the things she had made.

868
01:05:11,567 --> 01:05:13,526
Gel. Gel.

869
01:05:48,777 --> 01:05:49,909
Gel.

870
01:06:00,875 --> 01:06:02,592
She could have been remembered

871
01:06:02,616 --> 01:06:04,507
like the genius da Vinci,

872
01:06:04,531 --> 01:06:05,900
whose theories on flight

873
01:06:05,924 --> 01:06:08,492
were the talk
of sultans and kings.

874
01:06:10,363 --> 01:06:13,671
She was a skilled artist,
but no one saw her art.

875
01:06:19,851 --> 01:06:22,525
She told me
she was eaten up

876
01:06:22,549 --> 01:06:24,745
with unused power.

877
01:06:24,769 --> 01:06:26,553
She thought
she might be a witch.

878
01:06:27,685 --> 01:06:29,532
Except, she said,
if she were a man,

879
01:06:29,556 --> 01:06:33,361
her intellect would have been
ordinarily accepted.

880
01:06:33,385 --> 01:06:35,711
She was a woman
ardent for learning,

881
01:06:35,735 --> 01:06:38,975
and I knew
what her first wish would be.

882
01:06:56,582 --> 01:06:57,994
And it delighted me

883
01:06:58,018 --> 01:06:59,890
to fulfill this wish.

884
01:07:28,961 --> 01:07:32,506
So, I taught her
histories, philosophies,

885
01:07:32,530 --> 01:07:33,942
languages, poetry.

886
01:07:33,966 --> 01:07:36,597
I taught her
astronomy, mathematic,

887
01:07:36,621 --> 01:07:38,772
which was bliss to her.

888
01:07:38,796 --> 01:07:41,340
I brought her
books and writings,

889
01:07:41,364 --> 01:07:44,715
which we hid
in her collection of bottles.

890
01:08:05,127 --> 01:08:07,105
Sabah...

891
01:08:07,129 --> 01:08:08,585
Sabah...

892
01:08:26,495 --> 01:08:28,517
She could always
call on Aristotle

893
01:08:28,541 --> 01:08:30,693
from a red glass jar,

894
01:08:30,717 --> 01:08:33,478
or Euclid from a green,

895
01:08:33,502 --> 01:08:35,872
Pythagoras, Spinoza,

896
01:08:35,896 --> 01:08:38,744
without needing me
to re-embody them.

897
01:08:48,995 --> 01:08:51,365
We had the whole world
in her room,

898
01:08:51,389 --> 01:08:54,392
and I lost my heart to her.

899
01:08:58,047 --> 01:09:02,138
'Twas my bliss
to make her happy.

900
01:09:03,879 --> 01:09:05,185
To see her flourish.

901
01:09:06,969 --> 01:09:09,494
And she flourished in every way.

902
01:09:09,885 --> 01:09:11,409
Totalmente.

903
01:09:22,506 --> 01:09:23,918
She began to rebel

904
01:09:23,942 --> 01:09:26,007
even against
the gestures of submission

905
01:09:26,031 --> 01:09:27,574
that her husband required,

906
01:09:27,598 --> 01:09:30,794
for she had acquired
a mastery of love-craft,

907
01:09:30,818 --> 01:09:32,448
out of reach of any human

908
01:09:32,472 --> 01:09:34,648
that had not
made love to a djinn.

909
01:09:52,578 --> 01:09:55,644
His cravings
for her became an obsession.

910
01:10:05,939 --> 01:10:07,569
And when he would come to her,

911
01:10:07,593 --> 01:10:11,921
I would leave her room
and journey the skies.

912
01:10:11,945 --> 01:10:15,688
I saw the mountains,
the oceans...

913
01:10:16,646 --> 01:10:18,624
I saw the beasts of the forest,

914
01:10:18,648 --> 01:10:21,190
where no man treads.

915
01:10:21,214 --> 01:10:25,238
And when I would return,
she would be waiting for me.

916
01:10:25,262 --> 01:10:29,155
I would tell her of my day,
and she would faint with joy

917
01:10:29,179 --> 01:10:31,157
and disappointment.

918
01:10:31,181 --> 01:10:34,769
Why did she not
make a wish to be free?

919
01:10:34,793 --> 01:10:38,164
There was something
more important to her.

920
01:10:38,188 --> 01:10:40,645
She had devised a "mathematica,"

921
01:10:40,669 --> 01:10:43,822
a language to explain the forces

922
01:10:43,846 --> 01:10:46,955
which bring space, and time,
and matter into being.

923
01:10:46,979 --> 01:10:48,609
She was Promethean, brave.

924
01:10:48,633 --> 01:10:50,872
But she could not solve
this puzzle.

925
01:10:50,896 --> 01:10:52,960
She needed a key,

926
01:10:52,984 --> 01:10:55,987
a key to open the doors
of her perception.

927
01:11:06,781 --> 01:11:10,674
So, she used her second wish.

928
01:11:10,698 --> 01:11:14,266
I taught her to dream
as djinn do, awake.

929
01:11:45,949 --> 01:11:49,842
And this way,
the solutions came to her.

930
01:11:49,866 --> 01:11:53,585
She was able
to explain powers invisible,

931
01:11:53,609 --> 01:11:56,806
electromagnetic fields
and forces...

932
01:11:56,830 --> 01:11:59,938
The very stuff
of which djinn are made.

933
01:11:59,962 --> 01:12:01,679
You're electromagnetic?

934
01:12:01,703 --> 01:12:05,751
As you are dust,
I am made of subtle fire.

935
01:12:06,621 --> 01:12:09,034
And when she was
to bear a child,

936
01:12:09,058 --> 01:12:11,341
I was plagued with happiness,

937
01:12:11,365 --> 01:12:13,604
for I knew
it would strengthen us.

938
01:12:13,628 --> 01:12:15,151
She was carrying your child?

939
01:12:15,978 --> 01:12:18,938
A child, of fire and dust.

940
01:12:20,896 --> 01:12:22,874
So, where did it go wrong?

941
01:12:22,898 --> 01:12:24,900
A lit he a, I loved her.

942
01:12:25,901 --> 01:12:27,618
I loved the fervor of her mind.

943
01:12:27,642 --> 01:12:28,750
I loved her anger.

944
01:12:28,774 --> 01:12:29,881
I loved my power

945
01:12:29,905 --> 01:12:32,951
to turn her frowns into smiles.

946
01:12:34,692 --> 01:12:37,148
I loved her more than Sheba.

947
01:12:37,172 --> 01:12:38,715
More than your own freedom?

948
01:12:38,739 --> 01:12:40,195
Yes.

949
01:12:40,219 --> 01:12:43,720
It became my greatest desire
to... to keep her,

950
01:12:43,744 --> 01:12:45,853
to remain her prisoner.

951
01:12:45,877 --> 01:12:50,597
The thought of being set free
sickened my heart.

952
01:12:55,626 --> 01:12:59,630
I caught myself stopping her
lest she make her third wish.

953
01:12:59,934 --> 01:13:01,370
Oh, gosh.

954
01:13:05,025 --> 01:13:06,853
I made a mess of it.

955
01:13:08,289 --> 01:13:11,268
She began to accuse me
of trapping her,

956
01:13:11,292 --> 01:13:13,009
like her husband.

957
01:13:15,079 --> 01:13:18,232
I tried
to make amends.

958
01:13:18,256 --> 01:13:21,912
To atone, I would
put myself in the bottle.

959
01:13:22,826 --> 01:13:24,368
To be sealed.

960
01:13:24,392 --> 01:13:26,830
That way, she could have
more power over me.

961
01:13:39,450 --> 01:13:42,168
To be nothing in a bottle.

962
01:13:42,192 --> 01:13:43,846
I could do that for her.

963
01:13:44,760 --> 01:13:48,348
And every time,
it would appease.

964
01:13:48,372 --> 01:13:51,960
Every time, except for the last.

965
01:13:51,984 --> 01:13:56,704
When, like a sudden squall,
all thunder and lightning,

966
01:13:56,728 --> 01:13:59,707
she began to weep and wail,
and said,

967
01:13:59,731 --> 01:14:02,797
"I wish I could forget
I ever met you."

968
01:14:08,304 --> 01:14:11,002
And she did, on the instant.

969
01:14:16,094 --> 01:14:18,986
She was out. I was in.

970
01:14:19,010 --> 01:14:20,751
She'd forgotten me.

971
01:14:22,274 --> 01:14:25,277
A lit he a, how can it be...

972
01:14:27,323 --> 01:14:30,718
a mistake to love
someone entirely?

973
01:14:56,090 --> 01:14:57,439
I have a wish.

974
01:15:02,226 --> 01:15:05,447
However, I'm afraid it may be
too much to ask.

975
01:15:10,060 --> 01:15:12,149
Is it within my power?

976
01:15:12,802 --> 01:15:15,761
I hope so. I do hope so.

977
01:15:18,372 --> 01:15:20,461
Is it your heart's desire?

978
01:15:21,114 --> 01:15:23,159
Yeah, I'm certain of it.

979
01:15:37,913 --> 01:15:39,175
See, erm,

980
01:15:39,915 --> 01:15:42,178
I'm here to love you.

981
01:15:45,051 --> 01:15:46,312
And, uh,

982
01:15:47,835 --> 01:15:51,317
I wish for you
to love me in return.

983
01:15:53,101 --> 01:15:55,974
You want us to make love-craft?

984
01:15:56,452 --> 01:15:58,517
Yeah, that too.

985
01:15:58,541 --> 01:15:59,692
All of it.

986
01:15:59,716 --> 01:16:03,827
And you would
abandon yourself to this?

987
01:16:05,592 --> 01:16:07,265
Yes.

988
01:16:07,289 --> 01:16:08,464
Yes.

989
01:16:10,553 --> 01:16:14,533
I want our solitudes
to be together.

990
01:16:14,557 --> 01:16:19,276
I want that love
professed in ageless tales.

991
01:16:19,300 --> 01:16:23,803
I want that longing you felt
for the Queen of Sheba,

992
01:16:23,827 --> 01:16:27,545
and that love you gave
to your genius, Zefir.

993
01:16:27,569 --> 01:16:29,354
I want it.

994
01:16:42,193 --> 01:16:43,542
Me?

995
01:16:45,587 --> 01:16:47,024
You.

996
01:16:53,899 --> 01:16:55,205
You?

997
01:16:57,120 --> 01:16:58,382
Me.

998
01:17:05,911 --> 01:17:07,260
Is it too much?

999
01:17:08,348 --> 01:17:10,481
Is it all too much to ask?

1000
01:17:30,021 --> 01:17:31,066
Come.

1001
01:17:44,383 --> 01:17:47,885
What are we to do
with longings awoken?

1002
01:17:47,909 --> 01:17:49,321
How can I persuade you

1003
01:17:49,345 --> 01:17:51,564
that I once found love
with a djinn?

1004
01:17:53,915 --> 01:17:56,612
In any case,
few would believe me.

1005
01:17:58,396 --> 01:18:01,922
Love is not something
we come to by reason.

1006
01:18:04,315 --> 01:18:06,380
It's more like a vapor,

1007
01:18:06,404 --> 01:18:08,556
a dream, perhaps,

1008
01:18:08,580 --> 01:18:10,515
to lure us into the enchantment

1009
01:18:10,539 --> 01:18:12,280
of our own stories.

1010
01:18:13,716 --> 01:18:15,563
If that's so,

1011
01:18:15,587 --> 01:18:17,633
how are we to know
if it's ever real?

1012
01:18:19,548 --> 01:18:23,223
Is it a truth,
or simply a madness?

1013
01:19:10,162 --> 01:19:12,531
I leave
for London today.

1014
01:19:12,555 --> 01:19:14,166
Will you come home with me?

1015
01:19:16,516 --> 01:19:19,301
It's not such
an easy place nowadays.

1016
01:19:20,476 --> 01:19:22,652
But it'll be better
if you're there.

1017
01:19:32,662 --> 01:19:34,750
Over here, please.

1018
01:19:36,404 --> 01:19:37,536
Hands up.

1019
01:19:46,023 --> 01:19:48,131
Please step out.

1020
01:19:48,155 --> 01:19:49,591
What is in your pockets?

1021
01:19:50,244 --> 01:19:51,332
Oh.

1022
01:19:52,333 --> 01:19:55,554
Uh, it's an empty bottle
and a top.

1023
01:19:56,555 --> 01:19:58,141
Please put it through X-ray.

1024
01:19:58,165 --> 01:19:59,273
It is very delicate,

1025
01:19:59,297 --> 01:20:00,665
and I don't want it
to get damaged.

1026
01:20:00,689 --> 01:20:02,493
It will not be damaged.
Please put through X-ray.

1027
01:20:02,517 --> 01:20:03,668
I would prefer that
it didn't go in the...

1028
01:20:03,692 --> 01:20:05,042
Passport. Boarding pass.

1029
01:20:06,347 --> 01:20:07,434
Thank you.

1030
01:20:17,836 --> 01:20:19,074
It's quite fragile.

1031
01:20:19,098 --> 01:20:20,230
Madam.

1032
01:20:24,495 --> 01:20:26,279
It's a saltshaker.

1033
01:20:33,852 --> 01:20:35,071
Oh.

1034
01:20:35,636 --> 01:20:37,788
No! No X-ray! Please!

1035
01:20:37,812 --> 01:20:40,075
Stop, madam, stop.

1036
01:20:56,569 --> 01:20:57,657
Madam.

1037
01:20:58,223 --> 01:20:59,311
Oh.

1038
01:21:40,177 --> 01:21:41,570
In your own time.

1039
01:22:38,233 --> 01:22:40,322
The air is thick here.

1040
01:22:41,410 --> 01:22:45,501
Full of insistent voices
and rushing faces.

1041
01:22:45,980 --> 01:22:47,697
Oh?

1042
01:22:47,721 --> 01:22:50,481
Like Tiny Einstein?

1043
01:22:50,505 --> 01:22:52,657
Television, and phone towers,
and such?

1044
01:22:52,681 --> 01:22:54,398
Yes.

1045
01:22:54,422 --> 01:22:58,185
Yes. All your
ingenious devices

1046
01:22:58,209 --> 01:22:59,969
all murmuring at once.

1047
01:22:59,993 --> 01:23:01,840
Bend your head.

1048
01:23:08,567 --> 01:23:10,632
You hear all that?

1049
01:23:13,485 --> 01:23:16,464
I also see it and feel it.

1050
01:23:16,488 --> 01:23:19,467
I am a transmitter.

1051
01:23:19,491 --> 01:23:21,232
Isn't it all too much?

1052
01:23:22,406 --> 01:23:23,687
I am a djinn.

1053
01:23:23,711 --> 01:23:24,886
I can adapt.

1054
01:23:26,801 --> 01:23:28,562
I'll soon get used to it.

1055
01:23:28,586 --> 01:23:30,433
She's back.

1056
01:23:30,457 --> 01:23:31,782
I believe she's back.

1057
01:23:31,806 --> 01:23:33,741
Is she with someone?

1058
01:23:33,765 --> 01:23:35,786
No, I think she's
talking to herself again.

1059
01:23:35,810 --> 01:23:37,527
Hello, Clementine.

1060
01:23:37,551 --> 01:23:39,877
Fanny. Are you well?

1061
01:23:39,901 --> 01:23:41,705
Did you have any trouble?

1062
01:23:41,729 --> 01:23:43,881
Trouble? What kind of trouble?

1063
01:23:43,905 --> 01:23:45,709
With your foreign friends.

1064
01:23:45,733 --> 01:23:47,624
Because we often ask ourselves,

1065
01:23:47,648 --> 01:23:50,323
"Why would Dr. Binnie waste
her time and intelligence"

1066
01:23:50,347 --> 01:23:53,021
"studying the ways of others
instead of upholding our own?"

1067
01:23:53,045 --> 01:23:55,544
Embarrassed by
our British culture, are we?

1068
01:23:55,568 --> 01:23:57,024
No. No.

1069
01:23:57,048 --> 01:23:59,418
I am rather more likely
to be embarrassed by anybody

1070
01:23:59,442 --> 01:24:01,768
reflexly frightened
of anybody different.

1071
01:24:01,792 --> 01:24:02,899
What exactly are you saying?

1072
01:24:02,923 --> 01:24:04,684
She's calling us bigots.

1073
01:24:04,708 --> 01:24:05,728
Your word, not mine.

1074
01:24:05,752 --> 01:24:06,860
You misunderstand.

1075
01:24:06,884 --> 01:24:08,383
- Oh?
- It's not how they look, dear.

1076
01:24:08,407 --> 01:24:09,906
It's how they live.
What they believe.

1077
01:24:09,930 --> 01:24:11,647
- What they eat.
- What are you on about?

1078
01:24:11,671 --> 01:24:13,475
Everywhere one goes, ethnics.

1079
01:24:13,499 --> 01:24:16,478
We are being overwhelmed,
and we're inviting our doom.

1080
01:24:16,502 --> 01:24:17,827
It's not natural.

1081
01:24:17,851 --> 01:24:19,960
Birds belong in the air.
Fish belong in the sea.

1082
01:24:19,984 --> 01:24:22,267
And that is how the good Lord
meant us to be.

1083
01:24:22,291 --> 01:24:24,312
You're just spouting rubbish
from start to finish.

1084
01:24:24,336 --> 01:24:25,835
It's science.
It's a scientific fact.

1085
01:24:25,859 --> 01:24:27,096
It's a false analogy.

1086
01:24:27,120 --> 01:24:29,360
I mean, animals do have
a natural habitat.

1087
01:24:29,384 --> 01:24:31,579
It's true,
but human beings are capable

1088
01:24:31,603 --> 01:24:33,712
of living in any environment
they bloody well choose.

1089
01:24:33,736 --> 01:24:34,930
That's not a fact.

1090
01:24:34,954 --> 01:24:36,584
- What are you saying?
- It's an opinion.

1091
01:24:36,608 --> 01:24:37,803
And you're wrong.

1092
01:24:37,827 --> 01:24:39,283
I'm not putting up
with any more of this.

1093
01:24:39,307 --> 01:24:41,502
Come away, Clem.
Let the crazy lady be.

1094
01:24:41,526 --> 01:24:43,417
We're never gonna get
any sense out of her.

1095
01:24:43,441 --> 01:24:45,722
You know, I've never
said this to you before.

1096
01:24:46,357 --> 01:24:48,770
But you're both pitiful.

1097
01:24:48,794 --> 01:24:49,989
Shut your cake hole!

1098
01:24:50,013 --> 01:24:52,581
Pea-brained and pitiful.

1099
01:24:53,103 --> 01:24:55,473
You, fuck face!

1100
01:24:55,497 --> 01:24:59,501
Stop your ivy growing
on our side of the wall!

1101
01:25:00,588 --> 01:25:02,740
Why do I let them get to me?

1102
01:25:02,764 --> 01:25:04,829
I should feel sorry for them.

1103
01:25:04,853 --> 01:25:08,049
But this is my home.
It's my sanctuary.

1104
01:25:12,121 --> 01:25:14,341
I could wish them...

1105
01:25:15,385 --> 01:25:17,581
That's not a wish, by the way.

1106
01:25:17,605 --> 01:25:18,973
I know.

1107
01:27:22,639 --> 01:27:23,901
My djinn.

1108
01:27:24,945 --> 01:27:26,140
How was your day?

1109
01:27:26,164 --> 01:27:28,534
Every listening ear
was yours.

1110
01:27:28,558 --> 01:27:31,145
Every voice, every scent,
and touch.

1111
01:27:31,169 --> 01:27:32,910
You were everywhere.

1112
01:27:38,132 --> 01:27:39,830
Back in a minute.

1113
01:27:58,891 --> 01:28:01,000
Whoever could that be
at this hour?

1114
01:28:01,024 --> 01:28:02,144
It could be her.

1115
01:28:05,594 --> 01:28:08,510
Clem. Fanny.

1116
01:28:10,555 --> 01:28:13,036
Chickpeas, cloves, pistachio.

1117
01:28:14,864 --> 01:28:16,560
They melt in your mouth.

1118
01:28:34,578 --> 01:28:36,058
This is my friend.

1119
01:28:37,189 --> 01:28:39,104
He'll be staying for a while.

1120
01:28:40,018 --> 01:28:41,063
Hello.

1121
01:28:44,153 --> 01:28:45,894
- Hello.
- Hello.

1122
01:28:50,158 --> 01:28:51,918
My Djinn told me,

1123
01:28:51,942 --> 01:28:54,878
when they come together
in the Realm of Djinn,

1124
01:28:54,902 --> 01:28:56,686
they tell each other stories.

1125
01:28:57,861 --> 01:28:59,970
Stories are like breath to them.

1126
01:28:59,994 --> 01:29:01,082
They make meaning.

1127
01:29:03,040 --> 01:29:04,278
"Yes," I said.

1128
01:29:04,302 --> 01:29:06,087
"That's just how
it is with us."

1129
01:29:07,131 --> 01:29:08,848
Each story we tell is a fragment

1130
01:29:08,872 --> 01:29:11,309
in an endless
shape-shifting mosaic.

1131
01:29:12,876 --> 01:29:17,011
And this small pebble,
like all stories, must end.

1132
01:29:18,969 --> 01:29:22,145
If it's about wishing,
it's a cautionary tale.

1133
01:29:23,233 --> 01:29:26,212
So, how will it go wrong?

1134
01:29:26,236 --> 01:29:28,761
Perhaps, it already has.

1135
01:29:32,068 --> 01:29:34,569
Even though Truth
stood before them naked,

1136
01:29:34,593 --> 01:29:36,222
they turned their backs.

1137
01:29:36,246 --> 01:29:40,705
So, Truth moved to the side
and waited in the shadows.

1138
01:29:40,729 --> 01:29:42,359
In the days that followed,

1139
01:29:42,383 --> 01:29:45,884
the Djinn would accompany
the narratologist to her work.

1140
01:29:45,908 --> 01:29:47,494
And when he wasn't with her,

1141
01:29:47,518 --> 01:29:50,715
he would go in eager
exploration of the world.

1142
01:29:53,698 --> 01:29:56,614
Today I had
such a marvelous day.

1143
01:29:57,919 --> 01:30:00,898
I saw many things.

1144
01:30:00,922 --> 01:30:05,076
I watched a human look into
the living brain of another

1145
01:30:05,100 --> 01:30:07,712
and arrest a fatal bleeding.

1146
01:30:12,194 --> 01:30:13,979
I visited the Collider.

1147
01:30:15,284 --> 01:30:19,724
A vast gizmo which probed
the essence of matter.

1148
01:30:22,857 --> 01:30:26,096
And then I saw a dish,
a great dish

1149
01:30:26,120 --> 01:30:29,820
that listens to the whispers
of stars long dead.

1150
01:30:31,952 --> 01:30:33,930
Humankind is...

1151
01:30:33,954 --> 01:30:35,869
is a wonder, A lit he a.

1152
01:30:36,783 --> 01:30:39,196
I'm happy you think so.

1153
01:30:39,220 --> 01:30:42,286
All of this since I was
trapped in Zefir's bottle.

1154
01:30:42,310 --> 01:30:47,074
All these astonishments,
in less than 200 years.

1155
01:30:47,098 --> 01:30:49,076
Yes, but, I mean,

1156
01:30:49,100 --> 01:30:53,384
that's just engineering
and technology.

1157
01:30:53,408 --> 01:30:55,996
Despite all the whiz-bang,

1158
01:30:56,020 --> 01:30:58,151
we remain bewildered.

1159
01:31:01,067 --> 01:31:03,026
When we can't contain the chaos,

1160
01:31:04,810 --> 01:31:07,397
we are filled
with dread and panic,

1161
01:31:07,421 --> 01:31:09,704
and we turn on each other.

1162
01:31:09,728 --> 01:31:12,228
But of course, you are human.

1163
01:31:12,252 --> 01:31:14,385
That is your nature.

1164
01:31:16,735 --> 01:31:20,173
Yeah. So, the story
never changes.

1165
01:31:21,087 --> 01:31:23,762
Hate prevails.

1166
01:31:23,786 --> 01:31:28,399
It metastasizes
and outlives love.

1167
01:31:30,183 --> 01:31:32,813
I just want to talk about love.

1168
01:31:32,837 --> 01:31:36,861
Such a mess of
contradictions, all of you.

1169
01:31:36,885 --> 01:31:37,992
Thank you very much.

1170
01:31:38,016 --> 01:31:41,300
Humankind, what a conundrum.

1171
01:31:41,324 --> 01:31:44,042
You fumble around in the dark,

1172
01:31:44,066 --> 01:31:47,175
and yet, you herd your
intelligence to great effect.

1173
01:31:47,199 --> 01:31:48,829
It is quite a story.

1174
01:31:50,115 --> 01:31:52,964
Cannot wait to see
where it goes.

1175
01:31:52,988 --> 01:31:54,903
Or how it might end.

1176
01:31:55,251 --> 01:31:56,968
That too.

1177
01:31:56,992 --> 01:32:00,928
A mortal will never know,
but a djinn might.

1178
01:32:00,952 --> 01:32:03,432
A djinn has all the time
in the world.

1179
01:32:05,521 --> 01:32:07,717
Aren't you the lucky one?

1180
01:32:07,741 --> 01:32:09,090
Maybe.

1181
01:32:10,091 --> 01:32:13,331
But you creatures
of dust have...

1182
01:32:13,355 --> 01:32:14,854
have managed to eclipse

1183
01:32:14,878 --> 01:32:18,205
the power and purpose
of djinn and angel.

1184
01:32:18,229 --> 01:32:20,425
You have no use for us.

1185
01:32:20,449 --> 01:32:21,818
Perhaps, we will wither and...

1186
01:32:21,842 --> 01:32:23,341
- And fade away?
- Yes.

1187
01:32:23,365 --> 01:32:25,778
Yeah. Well, that used
to be the subject

1188
01:32:25,802 --> 01:32:27,867
of all my lectures and papers.

1189
01:32:27,891 --> 01:32:29,197
I know.

1190
01:32:31,808 --> 01:32:33,549
And yet, here you are.

1191
01:32:35,246 --> 01:32:37,334
My impossible.

1192
01:32:39,249 --> 01:32:40,337
Yes.

1193
01:32:52,785 --> 01:32:53,960
Hello?

1194
01:32:59,400 --> 01:33:01,010
I'm home!

1195
01:33:10,976 --> 01:33:12,281
Hello?

1196
01:33:38,307 --> 01:33:39,874
Djinn?

1197
01:33:43,921 --> 01:33:45,115
My love?

1198
01:33:49,143 --> 01:33:50,188
Djinn.

1199
01:33:54,409 --> 01:33:55,584
What's this?

1200
01:33:58,196 --> 01:34:00,174
Can you hear me?

1201
01:34:00,198 --> 01:34:02,350
Djinn, speak to me.

1202
01:34:02,374 --> 01:34:03,941
Try to speak to me.

1203
01:34:05,899 --> 01:34:08,075
I wish you to speak to me.

1204
01:34:12,079 --> 01:34:13,167
Oh...

1205
01:34:28,094 --> 01:34:30,116
I was sleeping.

1206
01:34:30,140 --> 01:34:32,359
Sleeping.

1207
01:34:34,100 --> 01:34:36,209
Djinn don't sleep.

1208
01:34:36,233 --> 01:34:37,514
Let's go for a walk.

1209
01:34:37,538 --> 01:34:38,994
A long, bracing walk.

1210
01:34:39,018 --> 01:34:40,561
I have prepared
something for us.

1211
01:34:40,585 --> 01:34:42,171
I have it all planned.

1212
01:34:42,195 --> 01:34:44,347
A wonderous night for us.

1213
01:34:44,371 --> 01:34:46,522
It will be amazing.

1214
01:34:46,546 --> 01:34:49,351
- The best time of our lives.
- Stop!

1215
01:34:49,375 --> 01:34:53,486
These electromagnetic fields,
I can push them from my head.

1216
01:34:53,510 --> 01:34:55,077
I can push them away.

1217
01:34:56,165 --> 01:34:57,359
We'll go for a picnic.

1218
01:35:02,301 --> 01:35:04,453
Ah, we'll play the ukulele.

1219
01:35:07,045 --> 01:35:10,329
A lit he a, there is a place
for me here.

1220
01:35:10,353 --> 01:35:11,591
These forces,

1221
01:35:11,615 --> 01:35:13,288
they will never go away,
not from this world.

1222
01:35:13,312 --> 01:35:15,508
I will overcome them.
I can do that for you.

1223
01:35:15,532 --> 01:35:17,684
You are my A lit he a,
and I love you.

1224
01:35:17,708 --> 01:35:19,467
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you for trying.

1225
01:35:19,491 --> 01:35:20,771
You don't think that I love you?

1226
01:35:21,711 --> 01:35:23,907
Love is a gift.

1227
01:35:23,931 --> 01:35:26,300
It's a gift of oneself
given freely.

1228
01:35:26,324 --> 01:35:28,544
It's not something
one can ever ask for.

1229
01:35:30,067 --> 01:35:31,262
I tricked us both.

1230
01:35:31,286 --> 01:35:32,959
The moment I spoke that wish,

1231
01:35:32,983 --> 01:35:36,049
I took away
your power to grant it.

1232
01:35:36,073 --> 01:35:40,314
I, more than anybody,
I should've known that.

1233
01:35:40,338 --> 01:35:42,490
I'm not going
to screw this up again.

1234
01:35:42,514 --> 01:35:46,668
My Djinn, if this world
is not for you,

1235
01:35:46,692 --> 01:35:49,565
I wish that you return
to where you belong.

1236
01:35:50,392 --> 01:35:52,480
Wherever that may be.

1237
01:38:19,753 --> 01:38:20,841
Mommy!

1238
01:38:22,843 --> 01:38:24,865
Come here, little monkey.

1239
01:38:24,889 --> 01:38:26,693
That's not Mommy.

1240
01:39:54,454 --> 01:39:55,692
- Hey, hey, hey!
- Ah, no!

1241
01:39:55,716 --> 01:39:57,718
Watch it.
Top striker in the league.

1242
01:40:06,683 --> 01:40:07,815
Did you see that?

1243
01:40:11,340 --> 01:40:13,926
He would visit
from time to time,

1244
01:40:13,950 --> 01:40:17,408
and they would grasp
each vivid moment.

1245
01:40:17,432 --> 01:40:20,324
Despite the pain
of the raucous skies,

1246
01:40:20,348 --> 01:40:22,979
he always stayed
longer than he should,

1247
01:40:23,003 --> 01:40:25,353
long after
she begged him to leave.

1248
01:40:26,485 --> 01:40:29,681
He promised to return
in her lifetime,

1249
01:40:29,705 --> 01:40:32,708
and for her,
that was more than enough.

1250
01:40:38,777 --> 01:40:43,888
Synchronization
R.O.D.