|…| TOLD YOU TO GO STRAIGHT HOME!


GET EVERYTHING BACK TO THE CHURCH!
ARE YOU GETTING TIRED? DO YOU WANT TO REST?
W HAT’S WRONG?
|-| THINK | JUST SAW SOMEONE… COME NOW, THAT’S I MPOSSIBLE! WHERE?
RIGHT OVER TH -
THANKS, GRAY!
A LITTLE HIGHER UP IS AN ENTRANCE TO THE U NDERGROUND NETWORK THAT RUNS BENEATH THE MOUNTAINS.
W E CAN GET BACK TO THE CHURCH THROUGH THERE.
WHEW…| REALLY PANICKED BACK THERE.
YOU MUST BE TIRED. IT ’S EXHAUSTING TO STAY FOCUSED FOR SO LONG.
ANYWAY, WE HAVE A FEW SUPPLIES TO TAKE BACK.
IT ’S NOT MUCH, BUT SEEING AS THERE’S A MONSTER ROAMING AROUND, WE SHOULD PROBABLY HEAD BACK.
|’LL RESET THE TRAPS SOME OTHER TIME.
AS LONG AS WE DON’T MAKE ANY NOISE, IT WON’T FIND US.

DON’T WORRY…
REMEMBER WHAT YOU TELL THE CHILDREN.
YO U SEE?
IT ’S OK, YOU CAN RELAX NOW.
ALL RIGHT, WE’VE RECOVERED EVERYTHING WE COULD.
N OW FOR THE FISH.
COME HERE AND GIVE ME A HAND.
CLIMB UP THERE AND KEEP A LOOKOUT.
TAKE THIS ROPE.
IF YOU SEE ANYTHING, PULL ON THE ROPE.
LET’S KEEP MOVING!
LET’S GO!
THERE’S NOTHING IN THERE.
SABER! STAY FOCUSED!
YES. S-SORRY!
IT ’S YOUR FIRST TIME O UTSIDE, SO STAY ALERT.
WELL, ARE YOU READY?
LET’S GO OVER THIS AGAIN.
THEN WE PLACE THEM IN ZONE B.
PERFECT!
W E COLLECT THE FISH TRAPS.
WE FILL UP THE BAGS IN ZONE A.
E VERYONE HAS COME TO WISH YOU GOOD LUCK!
LET’S TAKE A MOMENT BEFORE DINNER TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR BRAVERY!
TOMORROW, SABER WILL BE ACCOMPANYING GRAY OUTSIDE.
THANK YOU.
PLEASE, JUST HEAR ME OUT.
|’M SO SORR-
| JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU GOOD LUCK!
| STILL THINK IT’S UN FAIR…
BUT | REALLY AM HAPPY FOR YOU!
| WANTED TO APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT | SAID EARLIER.
|’VE STUDIED ALL OF OUR MAPS.
|’D BE WAY MORE USEFUL IN THE FIELD THAN HERE.
SABER SPENDS ALL OF HIS TIME PLAYING WITH THE KIDS. IT MAKES NO SENSE.
BESIDES, SINCE WHEN IS SABER A MAN?! WE’RE THE SAME AGE…
WELL, IT’S STUPID.
THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR WAY, YOU KNOW THAT.
COME WITH ME.
CALM DOWN, SPOT.
ONLY MEN GO OUTSIDE. | AM CALM!
S HE HAS A POINT…
|’VE MADE MY DECISION. END OF DISCUSSION.
WHY DOES SABER GET TO GO WITH HIM?

W HY NOT ME?
WAIT, SPOT…
SI MMER DOWN…
| BET YOU NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED TAKING ME.
THAT’S WHY…
THE NEXT TIME | GO OUT, THE VILLAGE CHIEFS WILL LET YOU...
FO R…FOR REAL?
IT ’S AN AREA |’M NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
YES. YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN KEEP UP WITH GRAY. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
TO BEGIN WITH, |’D LIKE TO MOVE THE FISH TRAPS HIGHER UPSTREAM.
COME WITH ME.
THINGS HAVE GOTTEN PRETTY TOUGH OUT THERE SINCE BRAWN LEFT.
IF W E DON’T DO SOMETHING, THINGS ARE GONNA GET EVEN TOUGHER FOR US.
W HAT’S MORE, WE’RE SOON GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER MOUTH TO FEED.
THIS WAS ALL | WAS ABLE TO FIND…
ESPECIALLY FOR THE CHILDREN.
UH … SORRY.
O UR RESERVES ARE DWINDLING AND OUR CROPS ARE FAILING.
YEAH, IT HELPS THEM FALL ASLEEP.
DID YOU TELL THEM YOUR STORY ABOUT THE SHINING KNIGHT AGAIN?
AH, SABER, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT YOU! COME HERE. IS GRAY BACK YET?
YES, HE JUST ARRIVED.
THE MONSTERS WILL BE DEFEATED…
A H ERO MADE ENTIRELY OF LIGHT.
LEGEND HAS IT THAT O NE DAY A SHINING HERO WILL CO ME. HE’LL TRAVEL TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE LAND…
I N ORDER TO FIND THE SU N… AND PUT IT BACK IN THE SKY.
AND MANKIND WILL BE SAVED!
THAT’S RIGHT! BECAUSE M ONSTERS HAVE VERY GOOD EARS!
AND IF THEY HEAR US…
ONE DAY THE SUN KNIGHT WILL COME SAVE US!
NO, OF COURSE WE WILL! DOES…DOES THAT MEAN WE’LL NEVER BE ABLE TO GO O UTSIDE?
IS THAT WHY WE MUSTN’T EVER TALK OUT LO UD?
THEY’LL GOBBLE US UP!
OH YES, SABER, TELL US THE STORY OF THE SHINING KNIGHT!
OK, OK, BUT THEN IT’S OFF TO BED, YOU HEAR?!
YES, SABER! PLEASE TELL US!
YAAAY!

SOUND 1_: A SHADOWY FIGURE
UNTIL ONE FATEFUL DAY, LONG BEFORE WE WERE BORN, THE SUN DISAPPEARED BEHIND THE CLOUDS…
N EVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.
W HEN NIGHT FELL, OUR PEOPLE WERE FORCED TO HIDE.
BUT FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET, THE RAYS OF THE SUN PROTECTED US FROM THESE CREATURES, AND WE WERE ABLE TO LIVE IN PEACE.
IN THE BEGINNING, THE SUN AND THE MOON SHARED THE SKY…
W HILE MANKIND SHARED THE EARTH WITH M ONSTERS.