The Librarian: Quest for the Spear Page #4

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- That, or maybe you're a violent sociopath.

- You say the sweetest things.

How many miles have we walked anyway?

Five? Ten?

- Maybe one.

- Hello.

Another person here.

A little consideration, please.

Hey.

Unknown plant phylum.

I can't believe it.

If you're nice, I'll name it after you.

Be still, my heart.

Ficus narcissus.

Hey.

You're supposed to be

the best tracker in the Amazon.

Get tracking.

See, anything is possible

in the world of books.

I guess that makes me a dreamer.

My mother said that my father

was a dreamer.

He died when I was little.

I guess I've subconsciously tried

to make up for his absence by...

Hey.

By behaving like him as

much as I possibly could.

I can't believe I never made

that realization before.

Sorry, did you say something, cupcake?

I figure that since we're gonna be spending

so much time together, we might as well...

...get to know each other a little bit.

You seem like the observant type.

I like to think so.

Then you must've observed that I'm not the

type who's suddenly gonna open up to you.

How long have you worked

for the Library?

And yet you keep trying.

I just want to get to know the Nicole

below the surface arrogance.

Peel back the layers.

What do you think's below

the surface arrogance?

More arrogance.

And then perhaps a few

delicious layers of flaky disdain...

...all around a creamy sweet

center of homicidal rage.

What do I have to do

to get you to shut up?

Okay, I won't ask you

any more questions.

So how long have you

worked for the Library?

- Five years.

- Well, do these...

...jumping-out-of-airplane-jungle-adventure

things happen to you often?

What happened to the last Librarian?

You don't need to know about me.

I don't need to know about you.

We just need to work together.

So...

...nothing good, then.

It's the only way across.

There is no way.

Look.

The support beams, they're decomposed.

This wood is completely rotted.

There is no way that this bridge

can structurally support our weight.

Nicole.

Nicole!

Take a chance, big boy.

Don't look down.

Why?

Why do I always do that?

Focus on something else.

You must have a girlfriend, right?

Big glasses, dirndl skirt? Makes you

watch a lot of subtitled documentaries.

- I'm between girlfriends at the moment.

- I had the feeling.

Have you figured out exactly

where the second piece is yet?

You know, most of the clues

are pretty self-explanatory.

Except for this one.

To get inside...

...you must know the time it takes

a bird to become a bird again.

Any idea what that means?

You, brains. Me, brawn.

I cannot believe that I was wrong

about this bridge.

I really didn't think that this

would support our...

Flynn!

Flynn! Flynn!

Take my hand!

Reach. Reach for my hand!

Come on, that's it.

Keep coming.

That's it, come on.

Keep reaching. There you go.

Well, I hope you're having fun.

Actually, I am.

That wasn't so bad, was it?

- Run!

- I told you!

I told you this bridge couldn't

support our weight!

Less talk! More running!

Jump!

So, what do you do for fun?

I can kill a man 57 different ways.

That's good. Let that out, that sensitive

soul inside of you that's yearning to be free.

You may know everything in the world, but

you have no idea what sets my soul free.

Really?

To get inside...

...you must know the time it takes

a bird to become a bird again.

Time it takes a bird to become a bird again.

Bird, bird, bird.

That's gotta be some kind of metaphor.

Usually the bird stands for reaching

some sort of unattainable height...

...like a mountain or...

I don't know what the hell I'm talking about.

Maybe I'm not as smart as I thought I was.

Nobody talks about the Librarian like that.

Not even the Librarian.

Okay.

Hey, you wouldn't happen to have

any toilet paper anywhere...

...on your body, would you?

Knock yourself out.

Nicole. Come here.

- Serpent Brotherhood.

- Do you think they saw us?

- No, but just to be safe...

- Should we go, or are we staying?

They wouldn't dare make

that climb till morning.

You can go to the bathroom.

Lost the urge.

Chilly without that fire.

Wind-chill factor.

Yeah.

We're gonna have to do something

pretty desperate to keep warm.

This is where you tell me the only way we'll

survive is if we huddle together for warmth.

Well, if you insist.

- Body warmth only. Got it?

- Got it.

That's Sheliak...

...and Terebellum, Cassiopeia.

Don't tell me you memorized

the universe.

Well, the known universe.

Nicole.

What happened to the last Librarian?

He died.

End of story.

- I'm no good at remembering details.

- You're the type that remembers everything.

You don't know anything about me.

You're the youngest of three siblings

and the only girl.

Your mother's English, your father's South

American, Argentinean, but you never...

You never bothered to learn Spanish.

You never had any pets.

Your favorite stone is jade.

And you wish more than anything that

you could forget half of what you've seen.

But you can't.

- Well, I could do the same thing about you.

- Be my guest.

Nerd.

Fair enough.

The last Librarian...

...Edward Wilde.

Edward was charming.

Handsome.

Absolutely brilliant.

We spent two years working together.

Two incredible years.

But he wasn't just smart.

He was generous, kind.

He could look into your eyes...

...and see right into your soul.

And I did the one thing I'm

not supposed to do on this job.

I fell in love with him.

And because of that, he's dead.

We were in the Antarctic.

We were sleeping in an igloo

that he built.

When I woke up in the morning,

he wasn't there.

And I ran outside just in time to

see the Serpent Brotherhood...

...cutting off his head.

I had one job...

...protect the Librarian, and I failed.

We're surrounded.

I don't see anybody.

Oh, them.

There have been rumors of headhunters

operating in this area.

Now is not the time to panic.

Tell that to him.

- Talk to them. What are they speaking?

- I can't quite make out their dialect.

It has elements of Kugapakori...

...the syntax of the Yanomamis,

maybe even the Amahuacas.

You push me one more time with that...

Don't piss them off.

That's not a good idea.

It was just Portuguese.

I was overthinking it.

Oh, they're doing a mongo dance.

I did a master's thesis

on native mating rituals.

This is a huge honor for us.

It appears that they think

that we're some kind of couple.

Well, we wouldn't want to offend them.

So...

- I'll sleep over there.

- Bingo.

- What? What does that look mean?

- Nothing.

It's not your fault.

The last Librarian.

I mean, we're human beings.

We can't control

who we fall in love with.

Look, you've done a great job

keeping me alive...

...and I know that that hasn't been easy.

I appreciate that.

What is that? Please tell me

you forgot to take your medication.

Come on, admit it,

it's getting you a little hot, isn't it?

No, hot's not exactly the word I'd use.

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