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(tense music)

2
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Why...

3
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why have you brought me here?

4
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Because I am surrounded by fools.

5
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(footsteps scurry away)

6
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I requested a hero,
but, instead, I got...

7
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you!

8
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- (chair screeches)
- Yet, here we are.

9
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(tense music)

10
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Do you know how to play?

11
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You want to play a game?
With me? Why?

12
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You're all I have. I have no opponents
amongst my own people,

13
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so must look to my enemies.
Do you understand?

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(stutters) Why should I play?

15
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You're just going to kill me
either way.

16
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To waste my energy
on killing you would be beneath me.

17
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I'm no savage, little <i>vaanar</i>.

18
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If you win a game against me,
you'll return to your people unharmed.

19
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And if I lose?

20
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(sighs)

21
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Then you will rot in my dungeons
with the rest of them.

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At least you'll be
with your people there.

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How do I know you'll play fair?

24
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Oh, please! As if I need to cheat.

25
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If my wisdom doesn't eclipse
the wit of a monkey in a game,

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then I do not deserve
to even have any prisoners.

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(exclaims)

28
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It would take the greatest of heroes
to beat you, Your Majesty.

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And I am no hero.

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(sighs)

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On that, we can agree.

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But it seems I have no choice
but to play a game with you.

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(laughs nervously)

34
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Just remind me,
how does this one move?

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(title song)

36
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(army yelling)

37
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(thuds)

38
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(weapons clanking)

39
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Leave me, Hanuman.

40
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The men need you. I...

41
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I'll find my way back to camp.
(groans)

42
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Don't speak. Save your strength.

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(soldier groans)

44
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(flesh squelches)

45
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Our forces
are being crushed, Hanuman.

46
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It seems as if Ravan is sitting
beside us as we plan our strategy.

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He knows everything
we are thinking before we do.

48
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How?

49
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Can he have a spy hidden amongst us?

50
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Things are happening too fast
for a spy to get word back to Lanka.

51
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- Then how--
- (explosion)

52
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What now?

53
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Has Ravan rallied the very earth
against us?

54
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Not quite.
It's coming from the front of us.

55
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Ready yourselves, men!

56
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Protect your brothers!

57
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Stand fast!

58
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(elephants trumpet)

59
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(Hanuman screams) Stand fast!

60
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It's been hours.
I didn't think you'd last this long.

61
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But yet another of your pieces
is lost.

62
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Fortunately for you,
it was not a valuable piece.

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What a strange bird!

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It keeps coming back.

65
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It is just an annoyance.
Ignore it. It's your move.

66
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Wow! What's this made of?

67
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The craftsmanship is really so nice.

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Play!

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(chuckles nervously) All right!
All right! There! Happy now?

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Most unusual.

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Ah! I see.

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(Ravan) <i>He uses the wheel formation.</i>

73
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<i>A sensible strategy.</i>

74
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<i>He wants to protect his troops
while waiting for me</i>

75
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<i>to exhaust myself
in a fruitless attack.</i>

76
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<i>A clever move.</i>

77
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<i>Perhaps he learnt playing
against Ram?</i>

78
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<i>This formation is invulnerable from
all sides, but there's a fatal flaw.</i>

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<i>It neglects the pieces that can jump</i>

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<i>and arch themselves over a wall.</i>

81
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Indeed, a strange bird.

82
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So annoying,
yet I'm becoming rather fond of it.

83
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Such freedom

84
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to be able to fly and arch over
any wall to reach a tasty morsel.

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Fly and arch over a wall...

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- (raven caws)
- no matter how high.

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Gone again!

88
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Perhaps it will be back.

89
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The game is far from finished.

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(eerie music)

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Come closer.

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What message from our master?

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Our master says you must
"fly and arch over a wall."

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Whatever that means.

95
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Of course.

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The <i>vaanars'</i> only hope

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is to form the wheel strategy,

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an impenetrable circle.

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Good, good, I understand.

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Signal the commander
of the vultures.

101
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Tell him to release them.

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They can fly in an arch
over any formation.

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(tense music)

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Every command he gives
must be followed.

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Now fly back to him! Fly!

106
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(footsteps fade, changes form)

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(tense music)

108
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Do you see anything?

109
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Why has it all gone so quiet?

110
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They must have retreated.

111
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They know they can't break
our wheel formation.

112
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(Angad chuckles)

113
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- Good. We'll...
- (gasps softly)

114
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Did... did you hear that?

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Hear what?

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That! It's getting closer!

117
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I hear it. What's making that...

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Fight, brothers!

119
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(weapons clanking)

120
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Fight for all you're worth!

121
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(grunting)

122
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(weapons clanking)

123
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They destroyed the wheel formation
by coming from the skies?

124
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Ravan's men seem endless!

125
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The <i>vaanars</i> are too few to
overcome such a wave of destruction.

126
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Wait, Lakshman.
Something isn't right.

127
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Did you see
how the birds flew in an arch?

128
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But they are not in sync with
the elephants on the ground.

129
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With so many soldiers,
chariots, elephants

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and other creatures
taking to the field,

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they'll get in each other's way.
Ravan should've devised a strategy

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to ensure each piece of his army
works perfectly alongside the other.

133
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Without that strategy,
it is chaos for him.

134
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That's not like him.

135
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Usually, he's so organised,
so precise.

136
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I agree.

137
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Something, or someone, has
thrown Ravan's plans into turmoil.

138
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(raven's wings flap)

139
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I was wrong!
This game's not so hard after all!

140
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You play an unorthodox game.

141
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You do not follow the accepted rules
of strategy.

142
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Why? Because I don't know them,
that's why.

143
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Frankly, it's one less thing
to worry about.

144
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I like to keep things simple.

145
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I don't think
there is anything simple about you.

146
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But I am starting to understand you.

147
00:09:02,810 --> 00:09:06,440
You
and the rest of your ragtag army.

148
00:09:06,490 --> 00:09:07,490
(eerie music)

149
00:09:10,900 --> 00:09:13,060
We have orders from our liege

150
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to level everything

151
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straight down this path.
Charge! Crush them all!

152
00:09:21,130 --> 00:09:23,010
How can you play like this?

153
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Like what?

154
00:09:25,220 --> 00:09:28,020
You move without a plan,
without thought.

155
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None of your tactics should work.

156
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And yet you survive.

157
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You are quite annoying.

158
00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,260
Sadly, you're not
the first to tell me that.

159
00:09:38,390 --> 00:09:41,270
I doubt you'll be the last either.

160
00:09:41,660 --> 00:09:45,800
And yet, you've made
poor decisions, <i>vaanar</i>.

161
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I was able to rush
straight down the board

162
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and take your most precious piece.

163
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You should just concede defeat.

164
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The game is all but over.

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(tense music)

166
00:10:01,970 --> 00:10:05,750
The pattern...
I am beginning to see it.

167
00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,310
What? Whatever do you mean?

168
00:10:08,690 --> 00:10:11,630
Ravan now advances
his main battalion

169
00:10:11,970 --> 00:10:14,790
without support, without fear.

170
00:10:15,570 --> 00:10:20,260
He thinks he can win with one stroke. Why?
He's made his first mistake. An opening.

171
00:10:21,390 --> 00:10:26,040
Look at the way our forces
and his are lined up on the field.

172
00:10:26,090 --> 00:10:27,486
(exciting music)

173
00:10:29,950 --> 00:10:31,280
Hanuman.

174
00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:32,520
My Lord?

175
00:10:32,790 --> 00:10:35,240
I have need of you, my friend.

176
00:10:35,990 --> 00:10:37,210
Look at this formation.

177
00:10:37,570 --> 00:10:42,050
See how Ravan's vultures fly in this
outer arch pushing our men inward.

178
00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:45,810
On this side are his elephants
trapping us within.

179
00:10:46,030 --> 00:10:48,580
What's missing from this picture?

180
00:10:48,660 --> 00:10:51,130
It's a bow...

181
00:10:51,690 --> 00:10:53,210
but missing its arrow.

182
00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:58,780
Why would Ravan choose the formation
of your bow?

183
00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,050
(Hanuman) <i>A bridge is a bit like
Lord Ram's bow.</i>

184
00:11:02,470 --> 00:11:07,340
<i>It needs a slight arch
to properly work.</i>

185
00:11:07,670 --> 00:11:08,670
It's Nil!

186
00:11:09,250 --> 00:11:10,770
Somehow this is his doing.

187
00:11:11,470 --> 00:11:13,810
Nil? How could it be Nil?

188
00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:18,110
I know
he's trying to help us somehow.

189
00:11:18,650 --> 00:11:19,960
You have to trust me.

190
00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:21,740
I do, Hanuman.

191
00:11:22,780 --> 00:11:26,280
Nil is warning us that

192
00:11:26,780 --> 00:11:30,560
our armies will be trapped here
as the arrow is unleashed.

193
00:11:31,270 --> 00:11:34,230
That's why Ravan's battalion

194
00:11:34,420 --> 00:11:37,850
has been ordered straight.

195
00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:42,760
But now
we can take them by surprise.

196
00:11:43,150 --> 00:11:45,740
Ravan has made an error.

197
00:11:46,150 --> 00:11:50,530
Time for us to strike.

198
00:11:50,910 --> 00:11:52,200
Just tell me whom to hit.

199
00:11:55,180 --> 00:11:57,970
Leave it to me and my mace.

200
00:11:59,660 --> 00:12:02,290
And what about us, brother?
Are we to just watch?

201
00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,900
No, brother. We will go hunting.

202
00:12:06,330 --> 00:12:07,510
Hunting?

203
00:12:07,590 --> 00:12:10,580
Yes... hunting.

204
00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:16,850
It's over, <i>vaanar</i>. Finally!

205
00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:18,680
Though I must admit,

206
00:12:18,850 --> 00:12:21,710
you played a game like no other.
I was pleasantly intrigued.

207
00:12:22,150 --> 00:12:24,830
I thought there was more to you,

208
00:12:25,170 --> 00:12:27,990
but you made such a simple mistake
at the end,

209
00:12:28,070 --> 00:12:32,770
allowing me to take your most valuable
pieces with a straight attack.

210
00:12:33,380 --> 00:12:35,850
If your strategy
was learnt from Ram,

211
00:12:36,410 --> 00:12:39,470
then let's just say
I have little to fear.

212
00:12:39,750 --> 00:12:41,890
But you've lost the game, <i>vaanar</i>.

213
00:12:42,310 --> 00:12:45,520
The dungeon awaits.

214
00:12:46,750 --> 00:12:47,800
Game?

215
00:12:47,970 --> 00:12:51,700
Oh, did you think this was the game
we were playing?

216
00:12:52,100 --> 00:12:54,550
That bird's been gone a while,
isn't he?

217
00:12:54,830 --> 00:12:58,270
Probably too late now
to send another message.

218
00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:00,963
(dramatic music)

219
00:13:05,355 --> 00:13:06,450
(thuds)

220
00:13:08,820 --> 00:13:10,850
The <i>vaanar</i> army is confused.

221
00:13:11,330 --> 00:13:12,860
Keep them trapped here.

222
00:13:12,980 --> 00:13:16,150
Ravan has commanded Mahodara's men
to finish them off.

223
00:13:16,340 --> 00:13:19,510
- The final blow is com--
- (explodes)

224
00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:26,030
We'll celebrate
with a big feast tonight.

225
00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:31,650
Ravan will have elephants
roasting for us.

226
00:13:31,700 --> 00:13:32,700
(laughs)

227
00:13:32,780 --> 00:13:34,450
What do you think, lads?

228
00:13:34,580 --> 00:13:38,600
One more charge?
We'll crush the huddled <i>vaanars</i>.

229
00:13:39,570 --> 00:13:45,080
Line up.
Let's trample them into a paste.

230
00:13:45,420 --> 00:13:47,220
Charge!

231
00:13:47,270 --> 00:13:48,911
(demons yell)

232
00:13:50,012 --> 00:13:52,375
(epic music)

233
00:13:55,667 --> 00:13:57,151
(thuds)

234
00:13:57,680 --> 00:13:59,560
(Hanuman shouts)

235
00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:02,980
(Mahodara) No!

236
00:14:05,680 --> 00:14:07,100
(demon) My Lord.

237
00:14:07,940 --> 00:14:09,470
The battle report.

238
00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,480
Are both Mahodara
and Virupaksha defeated?

239
00:14:12,830 --> 00:14:13,830
Who was responsible?

240
00:14:13,870 --> 00:14:15,800
That <i>vaanar</i>, Hanuman,
was seen across the battlefield.

241
00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,450
As was Ram.

242
00:14:18,780 --> 00:14:20,290
The bow formation.

243
00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:25,920
I did not see your signal to them
until it was too late.

244
00:14:27,130 --> 00:14:30,460
My men walked right into a trap.

245
00:14:31,630 --> 00:14:36,150
So you knew the stakes
we were really playing for then.

246
00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,130
Well, you weren't too subtle

247
00:14:38,390 --> 00:14:41,500
about that crow
going back and forth.

248
00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,290
I may have lost this game,

249
00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:47,130
but I knew the game
we were really playing.

250
00:14:47,630 --> 00:14:48,980
So it seems.

251
00:14:49,060 --> 00:14:51,840
Never let it be said that
I am not one who honours my word.

252
00:14:51,950 --> 00:14:55,790
My men will release you
safely back to your people.

253
00:14:56,050 --> 00:15:00,320
You have earned my respect,
Nil of the <i>vaanars</i>...

254
00:15:00,710 --> 00:15:03,460
and also earned my hate.

255
00:15:03,540 --> 00:15:07,910
When I see you next
on the battlefield,

256
00:15:08,260 --> 00:15:12,720
I will delight in skinning that fur

257
00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,720
from your bones!

258
00:15:15,770 --> 00:15:17,861
(eerie music)

259
00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,880
Well, about keeping your word.

260
00:15:21,140 --> 00:15:24,230
I do remember
the exact terms of our deal.

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"If my wisdom doesn't eclipse
the wit of a monkey in a game,

262
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"then I do not deserve
to even have any prisoners."

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You beat him, brother!
You beat him at his own game!

264
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We beat him. All of us together.

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00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,820
But we owe our true thanks to Nil.

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However he did this,
his life must now be in grave danger

267
00:15:49,650 --> 00:15:51,630
and we need to find him
and plan a rescue.

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(cheering)

269
00:15:53,780 --> 00:15:55,600
What's going on, Hanuman?
What is it?

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It's Nil!

271
00:16:00,210 --> 00:16:02,850
But how did they escape?

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(cheering continues)

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00:16:06,690 --> 00:16:09,640
I thought
I'd never see my brother again.

274
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So I had your breakfast
this morning.

275
00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:14,650
You think you're so funny?

276
00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:17,140
Well, Mother always says
I'm the funnier one.

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She does not!

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Just give me a hug, brother.

279
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Tell the prince
what you told me, Nil.

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I played against Ravan.
He challenged me to a game.

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A game? But why?
(laughs)

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Oh, I understand.

283
00:16:35,750 --> 00:16:40,420
He thought to discover our strategy
by playing against one of us.

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A clever plan, and it may have worked
if he'd played against anyone...

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but you.

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(epic music)