atlantis: the lost empire
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itâs just a myth, isnât it?Â
that is where youâd be wrong.Â
iâll take your questions now.Â
donât let it happen again!Â
well, this is it. i am finally getting out of the dungeon.Â
they canât do this to me!Â
i swear, he gets crazier every year.Â
if i ever hear that word again, iâll step in front of a bus!
i have new evidence thatâÂ
you have a lot of potential. donât throw it all away chasing fairytales.Â
how did you get in here?Â
i came down the chimney. ho, ho, ho.Â
iâm acting on behalf of my employer who has a most intriguing proposition for you.Â
relax. he doesnât bite⊠often.Â
join me in a little yoga?Â
he was crazy as a fruit bat, he was.Â
he knew how much i liked my privacy.
he said if anything were to happen to him, i should give it to you when you were ready.Â
i wasnât born yesterday, son.Â
yeah, looks like gibberish to me.Â
itâs not gibberish to me.
i will make them believe.Â
this is exactly what i wanted to hear.Â
i am a man who keeps his word.Â
iâm going to the afterlife with a clear conscience.Â
if i could bring back just one shred of proof⊠thatâd be enough for me.
donât like to leave loose ends.Â
iâm your man â you will not regret this!Â
boy i am so excited, i canât even hold it in!Â
what in the cockadoodle is cilantro?Â
i got your four basic food groups â beans, bacon, whiskey, and lard!Â
alright, cowboy. pack it up and move it out.Â
if youâre looking for the pony rides, theyâre back there.Â
you dropped your dynamite.Â
what else have you, uh, got in there?Â
when you settle a bet, you settle a bet.Â
he always believed you couldnât put a price on the pursuit of knowledge.Â
this should be enriching for all of us.
you ask too many questions.Â
do not be such a crybaby.Â
now tell me your story, my little friend.
what have i told you about playing nice with the other kids?
i used to take lunch money from guys like this.
hard to believe heâs still single.
do you want to do my job? be my guest.
weâre getting killed out here!
we have a crisis on our hands.Â
weâve been up this particular creek before⊠and weâve always come through, paddle or no paddle.Â
from here on in, everyone pulls double duty.
looks like all our chances for survival rest with you.Â
you didnât just drink that, did you?
donât move. donât breathe. donât do anything, except pray maybe.
youâre so skinny, if you turned sideways and stuck out your tongue, youâd look like a zipper.Â
weâve been pretty tough on the kid. what do you say we cut him some slack?Â
donât you ever close that book?
relax. we donât get paid overtime.
sometimes i get a little carried away.
i guess iâm still a little rusty at this.
and now iâm telling you, you donât wanna know.
alright, whoâs not dead?
now donât everybody jump up at once.
you really came through.they can smell fear just by looking at you.
about time someone hit him.
someoneâs having a good time.Â
heâs like a kid at christmas.
this changes everything.Â
your journey has been in vain.
a thousand years ago, you would have slain them on sight.
we were once a great people. now we live in ruins.
the kings of our past would weep if they could see how far we have fallen.
our way of life is dying.
someone needs to talk to her. someone with good people skills.
i have some questions for you and you are not leaving this city until they are answered.
you are a scholar, are you not? judging from your diminished physique and large forehead, you are suited for nothing else.
you got another question for me?
thatâs what i do, thatâs my job.
such knowledge has been lost to us.
thatâs an easy thing to miss.
i just wish he could be standing here with me.
we are not thriving. true, our people live, but our culture is dying.
we are like a stone the ocean beats against. with each passing year, a little more of us is worn away.
i have brought you to this place to ask you for your help.
why donât you lead the way because i have no idea where weâre going.
whatâs⊠whatâs with all the guns?Â
this is just another treasure hunt for you.
i wouldâve told you sooner but it was strictly on a need-to-know-basis⊠and, well. now you know.
i had to be sure you were one of us.Â
mercenary? i prefer the term âadventure capitalistâ.
you donât know what youâre tampering with.
you take that away, and theyâll die.
if you gave back every stolen artefact from a museum, youâd be left with an empty building.Â
weâre just providing a necessary service to the archeological community.
iâve got to admit, iâm disappointed.
for once, do the smart thing.Â
i really hate it when negotiations go sour.
tell them to drop their weapons now!
youâre not applying yourself.
iâd suggest you put a bandage of that bleeding heart of yours.
you donât have the slightest idea what this power of capable of.
why donât you translate and iâll wave the gun around.
no donât! donât touch her!
but thatâs what itâs all about, right? money.
youâve read darwin. itâs called natural selection. weâre just helping it along.
weâre all going to die.Â
this is wrong and you know it.
weâre this close to our biggest payday ever and you pick now of all times to grow a conscience?!
weâve done a lot of things weâre not proud of, but nobody got hurt.
i followed you in, and iâll follow you out.
well, i think weâve seen how effective my decisions have been.
itâs been my experience that when you hit bottom, the only place left to go is up.
i didnât say it was the smart thing, but it is the right thing to do.
we better make sure he doesnât hurt himself.
you told me he only had guns!
looks like somebodyâs working overtime.
i really wish i had a better idea than this.
you said we were in this together!
well, i have to hand it to you. youâre a bigger pain in the neck than i would have ever though possible.Â
it takes a lot to get under my skin, but congratulations. you just won the solid gold kewpie doll.
if we donât get out of here, weâll die.
i only wish there was more we could do for you.
i donât think the world needs another hero.Â
i hear thereâs an opening down here for an expert in gibberish.
you take good care of yourself.
let me get this straight⊠you didnât find anything?
iâm going to miss that boy.
i hope this piece of proof is enough for you.