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To withdraw the order making the boy kill a clan member, the Council offers Eden to become a chief candidate and fake the boy's death at the palace to erase his trail. Eden accepts and names the tearful boy Asha, inspired by the blue Asha flowers.","key_events":["Boy tearfully expresses fear and guilt believing he is ominous","Eden argues with Council over disagreement about contact with outside world","Eden accepts offer and boy is given new name Asha meaning Truth","Council offers to withdraw order for boy to kill clan member and fake his death to hide from Royal Palace","Eden confronts the Council demanding where the foreign boy is, and Council offers chieftain candidacy"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"THAT OLD MAN... WHAT'D HE DO\n\nWITH THE KID WHILE I WAS SLEEPING?\nIF YOU MEAN THE OUTSIDER,\nTHE ELDER HAS HER.\nSEEMS HE'S BEEN LOOKING AFTER HER ALL DAY.\nLOOK AFTER? AS IF.\n\nMORE LIKE HE SCARED HER HALF TO DEATH!\nELDER!\n\nDON'T YOU EVER TAKE A DAY OFF FROM MAKING THREATS-\nHUH?\n\nWHERE'S THE KID?\nSO THAT'S BECOME YOUR GREETING THESE DAYS.\nHAVE A SEAT, FIRST.\n\nWHY WOULD I SIT THERE?\nJUST TELL ME WHERE THE KID IS.\nWHY? YOU THINK THIS ISN’T YOUR SEAT?\n\nOF COURSE IT ISN'T.\nTHE HEAD OF THE CLAN IS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE.\nARE YOU TELLING ME TO COMMIT TREASON?\nYOU’VE ALWAYS CLASHED WITH THE LEADERS OF THE MOUNTAIN RANGE.\n\nTO AVOID REPEATING OUR TRAGEDIES,\nWE BELIEVE WE MUST CUT OFF ALL CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD.\nBUT YOU HAVE ALWAYS INSISTED ON MAKING CONTACT.\n\nYOU CLAIMED ALL OF OUR VILLAGE’S TRAGEDIES\nSTEMMED FROM OUR IGNORANCE OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD.\nSO I ALWAYS KNEW YOU WOULD GET INVOLVED WITH IT SOMEDAY,\n\nBUT I NEVER IMAGINED IT WOULD BE LIKE THIS.\nWHAT’RE YOU TALKING ABOUT?\nSINCE YESTERDAY, THIS HAS ALL BEEN ABOUT ONE KID.\nYET YOU KEEP GOING ON ABOUT THE “OUTSIDE” AND WHAT-NOT.\n\nI’M JUST TRYING TO HELP A CHILD,\nAND ALL YOU ELDERS CAN DO IS RAMBLE ON ABOUT THE OUTSIDE WORLD!\nSERIOUSLY... IS THIS SOME KIND OF HOBBY FOR YOU OLD GEEZERS?\nONLY THE ONE WHO SITS IN THIS SEAT...\n\nCAN MAKE SUCH MOMENTOUS DECISIONS.\nIF YOU WANT TO BRING ABOUT THE CHANGE OF ACCEPTING AN OUTSIDER,\n\nBECOME A CANDIDATE FOR CHIEFTAIN, EDEN.\nTHEN I WILL WITHDRAW THE PROPOSITION I MADE TO THAT CHILD.\n\nSO IF I AGREE,\n\nYOU'LL TAKE BACK YOUR ORDER FOR HER TO KILL A CLAN MEMBER?\nYOU'LL JUST PRETEND IT NEVER HAPPENED?\nONLY IF THERE'S A WAY TO COMPLETELY HIDE THE CHILD'S TRACKS\nFROM THE ROYAL PALACE.\n\nWE CAN STAGE IT.\nMAKE THE WORLD BELIEVE SHE’S DEAD.\nTHAT WAY, THE ROYAL PALACE\nWILL STOP LOOKING FOR HER.\nAND YOU INTEND TO LET THE CHILD GROW UP HERE?\n\nWITH A NEW NAME.\nIF THAT’S SOMETHING ONLY THE CHIEF CAN DO...\nTHEN FINE. I’LL DO IT.\nBUT\n\nWHAT MADE YOU HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART OVERNIGHT?\nI-I JUST WANTED... TO A-APOLOGIZE\n\nT-TO THE ANCESTORS OF THE M-MOUNTAINS.\nTHAT CHILD...\nIS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER OUTSIDERS.\n\nI BELIEVE THAT NATURE OF HERS WILL BE USEFUL SOMEDAY.\nSO YOU'RE NOT TRULY ACCEPTING HER.\nYOU'RE JUST KEEPING HER AS A CARD TO PLAY LATER.\n\nIF YOUR DECEPTION IS EVER REVEALED TO THE WORLD,\nYOU MUST PUT THE VILLAGERS BEFORE THAT CHILD, EDEN.\n\nDID I JUST POKE THE BEAR?\n\nMAYBE I SHOULD’VE JUST KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT...\nSORRY FOR SCRUBBING YOU...\n\nWHY’RE YOU OVER HERE TORMENTING YOUR LITTLE HANDS AGAIN?\n\nI HEAR YOU DID SOMETHING QUITE ADMIRABLE.\n\nYOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN GIVING YOUR NAME A LOT OF THOUGHT.\nSOMETHING CAME TO MIND WHEN I SAW YOUR EYES.\n\nWANT ME TO SHOW YOU?\n\nTHE ONLY BLUE THINGS IN THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE\n\nUSED TO BE THE SKY AND THESE ASHA FLOWERS.\nBUT NOW, WE HAVE YOU.\nI WAS THINKING OF “ASHA”\nFOR YOUR NAME.\n\nWHAT DO YOU THINK, ASHA?\n\nW-WHAT... WHAT DOES IT MEAN?\nTH-THESE THINGS THAT GROW IN THE M-MOUNTAINS...\n\nAND M-MY NAME IS THE S-SAME...?\nWHAT ELSE?\nIT MEANS THESE MOUNTAINS\n\nARE YOUR HOME NOW.\nHOME?\n\nI-I...\nD-DON’T HAVE TO LEAVE THE VILLAGE?\nS-SOMEONE DOESN’T\nHAVE TO D-DIE BECAUSE OF M-ME?\n\nYOU'RE STAYING HERE, AND NO ONE GETS HURT.\n\nI-I...\nI-I...\nTHOUGHT\n\nI'D B-BECOME A DISASTER A-AGAIN.\nE-EVERYONE...\nA-ALWAYS GETS HURT...\nB-BECAUSE OF ME.\n\nAND D-DISAPPEARS...\nBUT...\n\nTH-TH-THEY SAID\nIT'S B-BECAUSE... I'M BAD LUCK...\n\nI-I R-REALLY STARTED TO THINK...\nM-MAYBE THAT'S... W-WHAT I AM...\n\nI W-WAS... SO SCARED.\n\"ASHA\" DOESN'T MEAN DISASTER.\n\nIT MEANS \"TRUTH.\"\nLET IT ALL OUT.\n\nTHEN WE'LL GO HOME.","bubble_count":106,"pages_count":43,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Eden, waking from sleep, learns the foreign boy is with the Elder Council and confronts them.","spoiler_summary":"Eden, waking from sleep, learns the foreign boy is with the Elder Council and confronts them. To withdraw the order making the boy kill a clan member, the Council offers Eden to become a chief candidate and fake the boy's death at the palace to erase his trail. 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