Stardust Page #4

That is extraordinary.

It's the very Ieast I could do.

I'm just glad you're feeling better.

You seem happier in yourself, too.

I do feel happier. Less troubled.

Wonderful.

Nothing Iike a nice soak

to warm the cockles of your heart.

Now, I'm only a simple innkeeper's wife,

but I've been told

I have a healer's hands.

I'd be glad to give you a massage.

What's a massage?

Never had... Well, bless my soul.

Nothing Iike a massage to send you off

for the finest and deepest night's sleep.

I do have trouble sleeping at night.

Lie on your back, dear.

Why not close your eyes?

You'II drift off better that way.

Hello!

Service!

Maybe we should carry on

and try the next inn,

especially if this stone is as close

as your runes say.

I'II give it one more try.

Relax here, my Iove.

I'II be back just as soon as

I've taken care of this customer.

At Iast. We require accommodation.

PIease help my friend

take the horses to the stables.

Hello!

Oh.

I'm accustomed to better service,

but you're awake now

and that's what counts.

Prepare your best room.

-She got the stone.

-Stone, stone.

I'II thank you not to bother my guest, sir.

I am the Iady of this inn.

GIass of wine?

No, no, no, no, no.

No.

Until my brother is dead,

I have vowed to drink only my own wine.

Though my friend in the stables

might be glad of a drop.

Your best room, perhaps?

Of course.

I'm sorry. I presumed that...

Traveling alone, are you?

I've just stabled my four black stallions

and my carriage.

Well, I say mine.

It belonged to my Iate father.

Thank you.

That's so kind, thank you very much.

My name's Tristan. What's yours?

Bernard.

There was not a horse or beast

he could not master.

So much so that in his youth,

he took to riding a camel,

which was comical.

When he passed,

the carriage came to me.

She's got the stone!

-She's got it!

-She's got it!

And it's the Iargest in all of Stormhold,

so they say.

How nice for you. If you'II excuse me.

Wait.

That stone you're wearing. It can't be.

-Oh, finally.

-Yeah, good, well done, yes, sir.

-Well done.

-Sweet.

Come here. Let me see it.

You have no idea

what you're meddling with.

I am Primus, the first born of Stormhold

and I demand that you bring it to me!

Bring me the stone! Now!

Prince Primus! Don't touch anything

they give you! They tried to...

-Are you all right?

-Billy!

Get him!

The burning golden heart

of a star at peace

is so much better

than your frightened Iittle heart.

Even so, better than no heart at all.

Yvaine?

Hold me tight and think of home.

No!

-What the hell did you do?

-What did I do? What did you do?

"Think of home!" That was a great plan!

You thought of your home

and I thought of mine

and now we're halfway between the two!

Oh, you stupid cow!

What did you think of your home for?

You just said "home"!

If you wanted me to think of your home,

you should have said!

Some crazy Iady

was going to cut your heart out

and you wanted

more specific instructions?

Perhaps you'd Iike it in writing!

Or a diagram, maybe!

Look, Captain Shakespeare!

Caught ourselves a Iittle bonus!

A couple of Lightning Marshals!

They don't Iook

Iike Lightning Marshals to me.

Why else would anyone be up here

in the middle of a storm?

"Why else would anyone be up here

in the middle of a storm?"

Well, Iet's think.

Maybe for the same godforsaken reason

we are!

Now, who are you?

Let's see if a night on our Iovely brig

will Ioosen their Iips!

-Get them in the brig!

-You heard the man! Let's go!

Get them into the brig and the rest of

you dirty dogs, back to work!

We've got Iightning to catch! Come on!

-They're going to kill us, aren't they?

-I don't know.

You know, it's funny. I used to watch...

I used to watch people

having adventures.

I envied them.

You ever heard the expression,

"Be careful what you wish for"?

What? So ending up with my heart

cut out, that'II serve me right, will it?

No. No, I didn't...

I didn't mean it Iike that.

Look, I admire you dreaming.

Shop boy Iike me,

I could never have imagined

an adventure this big

in order to have wished for it.

I just thought

I'd find some Iump of celestial rock

and take it home, and that would be it.

And you got me.

If there's one thing I've Iearned

in all my years watching Earth,

it's that people aren't

what they may seem.

There are shop boys

and there are boys who just happen

to work in shops for the time being.

And trust me, Tristan,

you're no shop boy.

You saved my Iife. Thank you.

Well, well, well.

The Iast brother dead.

Which means that I'm king.

I'm king!

Not yet, brother.

Damn. I still need the stone.

-Your brother doesn't have it?

-Well, why don't you find out?

Where is my stone?

I don't...

The man, see, your brother...

I heard him speak of a stone.

Yeah. The girl had it. The girl had it.

-What girl?

-I don't know.

A girl. She got away.

Because this was a trap set up for her,

but your brother,

he come just straight into it.

A trap? Set by who?

A woman you should pray

you'II never meet.

She's...

She's gone.

She took your brother's carriage.

This woman wanted my stone?

No. She wanted the girl's heart.

She said the girl was a star and

she wanted to cut out her heart and...

Eat it?

Oh, my God.

Do you have any idea what this means?

Everlasting Iife.

King forever.

It's not here, sire.

This idiot's coming with us.

-Ask again.

-We have asked again

and the answer is still the same.

She is airborne!

Well, she can't remain so forever.

Inform me

as soon as she touches ground!

Immediately! Do you understand?

Watch your tongue, sister!

It is you and not we who've Iost her.

Lost her and broken the knife!

Even if you apprehend her,

how will you complete the deed?

Perhaps you should return now

and one of us set out in your place.

Don't be absurd.

I'II bring her home

and deal with her there.

Be sure everything is ready

for our arrival.

Tell me about Victoria then.

Well, she...

There's nothing more to tell you.

Because the Iittle I know about Iove

is that it's unconditional.

It's not something you can buy.

Hang on.

This wasn't about me buying her Iove.

This was a way for me

to prove how I felt.

And what's she doing to prove

how she feels about you?

Well...

Look, Yvaine, you'II understand

when you meet her. AII right?

Provided we don't get murdered

by pirates first.

Murdered by pirates.

Heart torn out and eaten. Meet Victoria.

I can't quite decide

which sounds more fun.

We've Iocated the sky vessel.

It's headed north

for the port town on Mount Drummond

and you are no Ionger

the only one seeking the star.

There's someone following your tracks!

A witch? A warlock?

A prince and he's catching you up!

Get a move on!

So, this is the part where you tell me

who you are and why you're up here.

Or I'II snap her pretty Iittle fingers

one by one Iike dry twigs!

My name is Tristan Thorn.

-This is my wife, Yvaine.

-Your wife?

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