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We barely found any remains in the ruins.

There's nothing left.

We should stay out of sight, Veith.

The fire at the shack. They set it.

Why are the corpses in front of our house?

Third Day

Devils, is what they are.

Demons from the old tales.

I always laughed about those...

They are not almighty, or else

they wouldn't stay in hiding.

Not almighty...

Are you out of your mind, Prussian?

They are animals that think.

Animals that toy with us,

with heads like snakes...

Why the hell are we still here?

Why haven't we left already?

Because that's your empire, up there.

Your possession.

And these devils can be hurt...

Maybe not killed, not like this.

But our shots wounded them.

We just need to find a way.

This is no longer about enchant

and bonjour, Trimm!

Even tigers and lions would flee!

You don't want to see it,

but this is a battle we will lose.

So what do you want to do, run away?

I wouldn't know where to run.

Why else do you think I've

crawled up here to Pahlbach...

My family's gone.

Just like yours.

Apart from some scratched coins,

that cottage up there is all I have.

- We should follow their request.

- We most certainly will not.

We have to, Jakob.

They have clearly shown us what

the consequences are if we disobey.

Veith, they want something from us!

That's the only real advantage we have.

Fourth Day

Fifth Day

So, that's that.

That's that.

Then.. all we need now is...

- Well?

- Yes, I know, Veith!

Bait.

Screw all of you, you morons!

You wimps!

Screw all your tiny, shrivelled...

You think I'm not prepared for that, huh?

I can't wait for it to happen!

Shh! We don't want to harm you,

we just need your help!

If you can't get it up,

I won't be of much help!

Untie me, you fucks!

We shouldn't go too far away from her.

Our chance for heroics has

passed tonight, Jakob.

Come on! Hit me! Then you can

feel like real men again, huh?

You a**holes!

What's keeping you?

Huh, little Prussian?

Are you jerking off?

Just you wait until I free myself!

I'll smash your dimwit brains in!

You freaks!

So? What's happening?

Are you scared?

Did a woman screw you up?

Help!

It stopped.

A trick!

Jakob!... Jakob, we won't find her!

It was too early. Too early, damn it!

Let it go! We've lost her.

What have we done?

You know what? Drop dead!

Whatever you want with me,

you f***ing animal.

You can't be worse than those

jerks in the tavern...

You impotent, dumb... Elephant!

Sixth Day

My brother is not here.

He is visiting a patient.

Could I come in for a while?

Yes, of course.

Thank you.

Have a seat.

I don't really know why I'm here.

- Maybe I'd better leave.

- No, stay.

There must've been

a reason for your visit.

I cannot get rid of the war.

Because of your memories?

Yes.

But it's...

But it's mainly...

This anger.

In no time at all, they started

a victory parade.

They tap you on the shoulder, everybody

burns their blood-stained clothes,

and they let you go.

So you leave, go someplace, anywhere.

You don't know where to go.

Someone says:
You'll get money somewhere.

You join a comrade, simply tag along,

it's what you're used to.

But then...

Once you stopped walking...

When you lay down...

It comes to you.

You feel it in your bones.

You're not here.

You're still back there.

War is all around you.

For a while, there was this relief. The

good times are supposed to start now.

Everyone is singing.

Now we can go back.

Now everything is gonna be allright.

But how do you go back?

How do you stop?

I don't know where I'm supposed to go.

So you just stay here, for now.

Everything is quiet and simple here.

Very quiet, believe me.

Boring, really...

if it wasn't for the war.

So, who knows?

If everything you went through

was so loud and cruel,

then maybe this is the place

for you to get better.

Maybe everything will quiet

down again here, and then...

you don't have to go anywhere else.

Do you believe that?

Yes, I do.

You just have to make sure

that peace is restored.

A test, Veith.

A test?

We believed they were animals.

I think they take us for animals, too.

An enemy pack.

So they observe us.

Drag a corpse to our doorstep,

to see how we treat our dead.

And they leave us a riddle, some

object, to test our intelligence.

We stuck the two pieces together, Veith.

We passed the test.

Now they believe we are capable of

serving them. Do you understand?

What is there to understand?

How much they underestimate us.

Where have you been the whole day?

YOU want to go back up there!

And we have nothing working in our favor!

You know this is the only way

to get to them. You know it!

Don't you dare touch her!

Who?

A girl from another village. I don't know.

How did you pick her, Veith?

Did you go on sympathy again?

Did you pick someone ugly,

for she'd be expandable?

How you did it, Veith?

I didn't pick her at all!

She was the first that came my way!

This is not something

I'm going to think through, Jakob!

What do you take me for?

I pulled a bag over her head

and took her with me.

I didn't even look at her face.

A mother?

She was alone.

Where will you go

with all your damn weapons, Jakob?

Look at me when I'm talking to you!

Where do want to go

with your goddamn weapons!

Where do you think I want to go, Veith?

I want to go where those beasts live!

Then we need the woman.

But I don't want to

lose the woman, Veith!

We fill that with dye.

We bind it to the woman.

Once the beasts come, we tear

it up and follow the trace.

We find them! We shoot them to sh*t!

And we're done!

If we lose that woman too, Jakob,

I'll shoot you to sh*t.

Veith!

Veith!

Veith!

The woman... the woman.

Morning!

How many, Veith? How many?

What are you talking about?

They tear them up, Veith.

They impregnate them and use them

as hatcheries. They eat their flesh.

- You've been where they live.

- Yes. And there were dozens of women.

Not two, Veith. Dozens.

The little waitress from

the tavern was there as well.

When did you drag her up there,

you a**hole?

Is that what you've been doing

all this time, huh?

I have no idea

what you are talking about.

Liar!

What are you doing?

Go to your room, Mirabell.

And stay there.

- Heinrich?

- I'm serious, sister.

It's best if you leave, Mirabell.

You didn't ask any questions.

When we brought the wounded gypsy to you.

You immediately knew what happened.

I don't know what they are.

I don't dare to think about it.

But I've seen their grimaces.

And I know what they want.

And you brought them what they wanted.

I'll women. I brought them ill women.

- I thought about that, too.

- Shut up, Veith!

How long have you been doing this? Doctor?

- I don't know. A few weeks.

- How many have you seen?

There's a couple of them.

Hiding in the woods.

When you two arrived,

I thought we could...

That's what we first thought, too.

There's dozens of them.

They'll hide until they outnumber us.

When will that happen?

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