1 00:00:01,169 --> 00:00:02,606 - Citizens of Krapopolis, 2 00:00:02,673 --> 00:00:04,709 I know that usually when I call a town meeting, 3 00:00:04,776 --> 00:00:07,447 it's about how many people died or are going to die, 4 00:00:07,447 --> 00:00:11,790 but today, I'm here to unveil the new Krapopolis flag. 5 00:00:11,824 --> 00:00:12,358 [light applause] 6 00:00:12,659 --> 00:00:14,261 And then afterwards, we'll do deaths. 7 00:00:14,328 --> 00:00:16,466 As you can see, it is a bold cloth 8 00:00:16,534 --> 00:00:19,472 dyed the color blue, which is the most expensive color 9 00:00:19,540 --> 00:00:22,177 because of how many snails you have to grind up to make it. 10 00:00:22,210 --> 00:00:25,752 These snails were from Crete. [light applause] 11 00:00:25,786 --> 00:00:29,091 Flags are a pretty new thing, so I'll walk you through it. 12 00:00:29,124 --> 00:00:32,031 This flag means us, and then 13 00:00:32,098 --> 00:00:34,202 we have to protect it with our lives. 14 00:00:34,235 --> 00:00:35,505 Because if anyone takes it, 15 00:00:35,538 --> 00:00:37,241 that means we've become their prisoners. 16 00:00:37,341 --> 00:00:39,212 That's just how flags work apparently. 17 00:00:39,279 --> 00:00:40,949 I'm still learning about them myself. 18 00:00:40,982 --> 00:00:42,384 [light applause] OK. 19 00:00:42,418 --> 00:00:44,355 I enjoy applause as much as the next king, 20 00:00:44,388 --> 00:00:46,694 but I also know the difference between real applause 21 00:00:46,727 --> 00:00:47,729 and the perfunctory kind. 22 00:00:47,896 --> 00:00:50,134 And why are there so few people here in the first place? 23 00:00:50,167 --> 00:00:53,139 [laughter] 24 00:00:53,173 --> 00:00:54,610 - Oh, mother, you are my mother, 25 00:00:54,643 --> 00:00:58,416 and I am a boy named Alexander, not Tobias the Bricklayer. 26 00:00:58,483 --> 00:01:02,693 - Oh, son, I am your mother, a woman named Claire, 27 00:01:02,726 --> 00:01:04,629 not Nico who milks goats. 28 00:01:04,696 --> 00:01:07,267 - Why are they doing this? That's Nico. 29 00:01:07,300 --> 00:01:09,807 We can all see it's Nico. - Shh. 30 00:01:09,873 --> 00:01:11,342 - Mother, I am hungry. 31 00:01:11,375 --> 00:01:13,881 I say this as Alexander the boy. 32 00:01:13,948 --> 00:01:15,117 Tobias has already eaten. 33 00:01:15,184 --> 00:01:17,522 - This is the coolest thing I've ever seen. 34 00:01:17,555 --> 00:01:20,294 - Here is some bread to eat. My hands are not empty. 35 00:01:20,327 --> 00:01:23,668 They're holding bread. I am a 30-year-old woman. 36 00:01:23,735 --> 00:01:24,469 [crowd gasps] 37 00:01:24,570 --> 00:01:26,439 - I'm sorry, what are we watching? 38 00:01:26,473 --> 00:01:28,110 - It's a brand new art form I came up with. 39 00:01:28,177 --> 00:01:29,780 I call it a play. 40 00:01:29,846 --> 00:01:31,449 - The opposite of work. 41 00:01:31,517 --> 00:01:34,556 - I am fed, once again as Alexander. 42 00:01:34,589 --> 00:01:38,196 - And I am happy as Claire, even though you all know 43 00:01:38,230 --> 00:01:40,300 I just lost my son in real life. 44 00:01:40,334 --> 00:01:42,806 - He did lose his son. It's true. 45 00:01:42,906 --> 00:01:46,112 [cheers and applause] 46 00:01:46,179 --> 00:01:49,351 - Craig, what can I even say? 47 00:01:49,418 --> 00:01:52,057 That was amazing. - Oh, thank you. 48 00:01:52,124 --> 00:01:54,461 Cool idea, right? - Very cool idea. 49 00:01:54,529 --> 00:01:56,767 How did you get it? I mean, where did it come from? 50 00:01:56,834 --> 00:02:00,040 How-- how did you do that? - I don't know, I got inspired. 51 00:02:00,074 --> 00:02:01,342 - Wait a minute. 52 00:02:01,409 --> 00:02:03,548 When you say inspired, do you mean the idea 53 00:02:03,614 --> 00:02:04,917 just came to you out of nowhere? 54 00:02:04,983 --> 00:02:06,286 - Yeah. 55 00:02:06,352 --> 00:02:08,223 - And you felt compelled to just drop everything 56 00:02:08,290 --> 00:02:10,160 and pursue it and couldn't have let it go, 57 00:02:10,226 --> 00:02:13,066 even if you had wanted to? - Yeah, I guess. 58 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:14,368 - Run. - Run? 59 00:02:14,435 --> 00:02:17,275 Because a citizen was inspired? - By muses. 60 00:02:17,341 --> 00:02:19,044 [ethereal shimmering] 61 00:02:19,078 --> 00:02:21,182 [crowd screaming] 62 00:02:21,215 --> 00:02:22,519 - Oh, no. 63 00:02:22,586 --> 00:02:25,224 Protect the flag. Protect the flag. 64 00:02:25,224 --> 00:02:28,196 [dramatic lyre music] 65 00:02:28,196 --> 00:02:35,544 ♪ ♪ 66 00:02:50,274 --> 00:02:51,911 [ethereal shimmering] 67 00:02:51,944 --> 00:02:53,479 - Get out. Shoo. 68 00:02:53,547 --> 00:02:56,419 Make it go towards the window. - All right. Everybody relax. 69 00:02:56,453 --> 00:02:58,758 Science to the rescue. - We're relaxed. 70 00:02:58,825 --> 00:03:00,595 - This will keep them from getting in our heads 71 00:03:00,628 --> 00:03:02,598 and giving us ideas we wouldn't normally have. 72 00:03:02,632 --> 00:03:05,370 Muses hate copper. - Everyone does. 73 00:03:05,403 --> 00:03:07,876 Top five worst metals, easy. 74 00:03:07,942 --> 00:03:09,946 - This'll buy me a little time to come up with 75 00:03:10,013 --> 00:03:10,781 a more permanent solution. 76 00:03:10,882 --> 00:03:12,920 - I don't see why getting good ideas 77 00:03:12,986 --> 00:03:14,288 is such a big problem. 78 00:03:14,355 --> 00:03:16,259 - Who said anything about good ideas? 79 00:03:16,325 --> 00:03:17,763 Most ideas are terrible. 80 00:03:17,829 --> 00:03:19,800 - Anything that takes one's mind off sex 81 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:24,242 is automatically suspect in my book, my sex book. 82 00:03:24,275 --> 00:03:26,479 It's a book about sexual philosophy. 83 00:03:26,547 --> 00:03:29,352 It's a very sexy book. - You know what? 84 00:03:29,419 --> 00:03:31,289 I'm sorry, what is going on up here? 85 00:03:31,323 --> 00:03:32,526 - Right? OK, thank you. 86 00:03:32,559 --> 00:03:33,627 Thought I was going crazy. 87 00:03:33,661 --> 00:03:35,163 - Yeah, I wasn't going to say anything. 88 00:03:35,197 --> 00:03:36,567 Is this a bit or-- 89 00:03:36,634 --> 00:03:39,305 - I have neither the faintest nor foggiest idea 90 00:03:39,371 --> 00:03:41,209 what any of you are saying. 91 00:03:41,276 --> 00:03:43,312 - Nor have I, nor has any one of us, 92 00:03:43,346 --> 00:03:45,685 yourselves included. Most of all, in fact. 93 00:03:45,752 --> 00:03:48,155 - Uh, all right. [ethereal shimmering] 94 00:03:48,189 --> 00:03:50,226 - Also, we live in a society now. 95 00:03:50,293 --> 00:03:51,997 Some people need to be milking cows, 96 00:03:51,997 --> 00:03:55,137 not suddenly dropping the udder to start a modeling career. 97 00:03:55,203 --> 00:03:57,207 Puts the city at risk. 98 00:03:57,274 --> 00:03:59,411 - Hey, watch this. Watch. OK. Wait. 99 00:03:59,478 --> 00:04:01,216 Wait, hold on. OK. See if I-- 100 00:04:01,282 --> 00:04:03,253 if I just do-- OK. Here we go. Here we go. 101 00:04:03,287 --> 00:04:04,789 OK, I got to keep them up in the air. 102 00:04:04,823 --> 00:04:05,658 - Right, see? 103 00:04:05,825 --> 00:04:07,361 Now we've lost the server for the afternoon. 104 00:04:07,428 --> 00:04:08,697 - And that's the least of it. 105 00:04:08,764 --> 00:04:11,302 Muses do this so they can consume our resources 106 00:04:11,336 --> 00:04:14,042 while we're distracted. They destroy cities. 107 00:04:14,075 --> 00:04:15,243 - So what do we do? 108 00:04:15,310 --> 00:04:17,448 - Well, if my calculations are correct, 109 00:04:17,481 --> 00:04:21,122 it should be possible to catch and contain a muse. 110 00:04:21,188 --> 00:04:23,093 - Go, get out of here. 111 00:04:23,126 --> 00:04:25,063 [ethereal shimmering] 112 00:04:29,238 --> 00:04:31,711 - This means something. 113 00:04:31,777 --> 00:04:32,745 - Ah! 114 00:04:32,779 --> 00:04:35,952 ♪ And that is the story of Deliria ♪ 115 00:04:35,985 --> 00:04:38,691 ♪ The song I'm always singing and doing this dance ♪ 116 00:04:38,757 --> 00:04:42,097 ♪ Part 20 of 20, then we start again ♪ 117 00:04:42,164 --> 00:04:43,534 - Off, sound off. 118 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,203 What's the command? Is there a command? 119 00:04:45,270 --> 00:04:46,338 I mean, there should be a command. 120 00:04:46,405 --> 00:04:47,642 Have you seen my husband? 121 00:04:47,676 --> 00:04:48,944 Do you know anything about this? 122 00:04:49,011 --> 00:04:50,146 - May I speak? 123 00:04:50,280 --> 00:04:51,851 - Well, unless there's another way of answering my question. 124 00:04:51,884 --> 00:04:55,424 - ♪ Well, the legend of the mantitaur is ♪ 125 00:04:55,491 --> 00:04:57,361 ♪ Known to the few, speak of course ♪ 126 00:04:57,394 --> 00:04:59,332 ♪ To the glories of the-- ♪ - I see. 127 00:04:59,398 --> 00:05:01,570 No, speak, don't sing. 128 00:05:01,636 --> 00:05:03,339 [dramatic lyre music] 129 00:05:03,373 --> 00:05:05,277 - You're sure this will work? - Oh, yeah. 130 00:05:05,343 --> 00:05:07,147 These headbands are pure copper, 131 00:05:07,213 --> 00:05:09,251 and muses cannot resist this bait. 132 00:05:09,284 --> 00:05:11,623 Deploy couple on third date. 133 00:05:15,097 --> 00:05:17,167 - So... 134 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,641 [ethereal shimmering] 135 00:05:20,674 --> 00:05:22,946 - Here they come. This is it. 136 00:05:23,013 --> 00:05:24,682 Sealing exits. 137 00:05:27,321 --> 00:05:28,423 [ethereal shimmering] 138 00:05:28,457 --> 00:05:30,561 - We should spend our lives together. 139 00:05:30,594 --> 00:05:33,534 - I want to travel the world, on my own. 140 00:05:33,567 --> 00:05:36,874 - Now! - [panting] 141 00:05:36,941 --> 00:05:39,846 [air whooshing] 142 00:05:42,251 --> 00:05:43,620 - Keep paddling, Stupe. 143 00:05:44,656 --> 00:05:46,492 - Wait a minute, I got an idea. 144 00:05:46,526 --> 00:05:47,729 - What are you doing? 145 00:05:47,829 --> 00:05:50,601 - What if we built a big house for the muses, 146 00:05:50,668 --> 00:05:53,808 like a nest where they could live and be comfortable? 147 00:05:53,841 --> 00:05:58,182 Maybe bring food to them. - Ty, she's been inspired. 148 00:05:58,215 --> 00:06:00,988 - [panting] 149 00:06:01,055 --> 00:06:04,127 [air whooshing] 150 00:06:06,634 --> 00:06:08,570 - Sorry. - That's all right, Stupendous. 151 00:06:08,604 --> 00:06:09,739 It obviously wasn't your fault. 152 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,578 - I do still think we should build them that house though. 153 00:06:12,645 --> 00:06:14,782 - Of course, you do. 154 00:06:16,018 --> 00:06:17,487 [insect buzzing] 155 00:06:17,555 --> 00:06:19,927 - A metamorphosis? Were you going to tell me? 156 00:06:19,993 --> 00:06:22,497 - Well, it's only once every 1,000 years. 157 00:06:22,532 --> 00:06:24,368 - Well, it seems like plenty of time to tell me. 158 00:06:24,435 --> 00:06:26,472 - Who told you? I'll tear them apart. 159 00:06:26,472 --> 00:06:27,909 - Shlub, I get it. 160 00:06:27,976 --> 00:06:30,515 You think I won't be attracted to you during your process, 161 00:06:30,582 --> 00:06:32,351 which is not unreasonable for you to think 162 00:06:32,351 --> 00:06:33,654 given what I've been told. 163 00:06:33,754 --> 00:06:36,325 But as it happens, the only part 164 00:06:36,359 --> 00:06:38,262 I find unattractive is you worrying 165 00:06:38,329 --> 00:06:39,599 about being unattractive. 166 00:06:39,699 --> 00:06:42,104 That's not the Shlub I love and desire. 167 00:06:42,137 --> 00:06:44,576 - And who said I was worried about being unattractive? 168 00:06:44,609 --> 00:06:47,348 To be perfectly frank, the situation I wanted 169 00:06:47,414 --> 00:06:49,084 to avoid was precisely this. 170 00:06:49,117 --> 00:06:51,857 I'm far less attracted to you when you're pitying me. 171 00:06:51,890 --> 00:06:53,794 - I don't know if I've ever heard you express 172 00:06:53,861 --> 00:06:56,566 such a thing, less attracted to me? 173 00:06:56,633 --> 00:06:58,838 - I'm sorry, my darling, it's just not the Deliria 174 00:06:58,871 --> 00:07:01,643 I lie in sexual wait for, like a jungle cat 175 00:07:01,710 --> 00:07:03,881 stalking another yet even bigger jungle cat, 176 00:07:03,915 --> 00:07:07,923 except sexually. - Well, in that case, go. 177 00:07:07,956 --> 00:07:11,495 Metamorphose in private to your heart's content 178 00:07:11,563 --> 00:07:13,800 and know that your devastating wife 179 00:07:13,834 --> 00:07:16,472 is absolutely without pity for you while you do. 180 00:07:16,506 --> 00:07:17,909 - [growls] 181 00:07:17,975 --> 00:07:21,984 - ♪ I thought this would be a bigger story ♪ 182 00:07:22,017 --> 00:07:24,623 ♪ But there's nothing to solve ♪ 183 00:07:24,656 --> 00:07:27,628 ♪ And nothing at all to track or follow ♪ 184 00:07:27,662 --> 00:07:30,267 ♪ Nothing at all to-- ♪ 185 00:07:30,334 --> 00:07:32,606 Molve? Uh, jolve? 186 00:07:32,672 --> 00:07:34,942 ba-- ba-- ball-- ballve. 187 00:07:37,716 --> 00:07:40,454 - Oh, they look mad. - Yeah. 188 00:07:40,521 --> 00:07:41,990 Well, we captured them and have basically 189 00:07:42,090 --> 00:07:44,328 been torturing them, so-- - What's this about torturing? 190 00:07:44,395 --> 00:07:45,597 I'm not sure I-- 191 00:07:45,664 --> 00:07:46,633 - Now that we've got them contained, 192 00:07:46,733 --> 00:07:48,671 I've developed a way to filter their inspiration. 193 00:07:48,738 --> 00:07:51,408 Nothing but good ideas. Check this out. 194 00:07:51,442 --> 00:07:52,879 - Oh, hey, Gary. 195 00:07:52,946 --> 00:07:54,716 I thought you got killed in battle. 196 00:07:54,816 --> 00:07:57,622 - Oh, no, I was-- I was able to get my brains back in, 197 00:07:57,656 --> 00:07:59,893 except for the part that the dog ate, 198 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:01,997 and the parts the ants carried off. 199 00:08:02,030 --> 00:08:04,368 So I'm working for your brother now. 200 00:08:04,401 --> 00:08:06,673 - Right on. Very cool. - Ready? 201 00:08:06,706 --> 00:08:10,581 - All right, here we go. - [inhales] 202 00:08:10,614 --> 00:08:12,551 [ethereal shimmering] Head, head. 203 00:08:12,585 --> 00:08:14,155 Brain, brain. 204 00:08:14,188 --> 00:08:15,625 Brain skull cover-- 205 00:08:15,692 --> 00:08:17,494 you could cover soldier skulls with metal. 206 00:08:17,562 --> 00:08:19,799 - So the enemy would have to break two things 207 00:08:19,832 --> 00:08:22,639 to get the brains out. Interesting. 208 00:08:22,672 --> 00:08:24,141 Oh, wait, that's helmets. 209 00:08:24,207 --> 00:08:26,647 - But still not terrible for someone with his brains 210 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:27,882 all over the place. 211 00:08:27,982 --> 00:08:29,953 - This could be the thing that gives Krapopolis 212 00:08:29,986 --> 00:08:32,725 the edge over all other cities. - So what do you say? 213 00:08:32,792 --> 00:08:36,199 Are we gonna huff these bodily fluids or what? 214 00:08:36,265 --> 00:08:37,735 - [inhales] 215 00:08:37,835 --> 00:08:41,142 [ethereal shimmering] 216 00:08:41,209 --> 00:08:43,714 [dramatic music] 217 00:08:43,747 --> 00:08:45,449 - A physical fitness regimen 218 00:08:45,517 --> 00:08:47,454 could keep an army ready for battle, 219 00:08:47,521 --> 00:08:50,226 even when they're not in battle. 220 00:08:51,963 --> 00:08:54,201 [water gurgles] 221 00:08:54,268 --> 00:08:58,042 ♪ ♪ 222 00:08:58,075 --> 00:08:59,980 - [screams] 223 00:09:00,047 --> 00:09:01,181 [grunts] 224 00:09:01,248 --> 00:09:03,086 Huh? 225 00:09:03,153 --> 00:09:04,523 ♪ ♪ 226 00:09:04,589 --> 00:09:06,125 Whoa! 227 00:09:06,158 --> 00:09:08,864 Drawings can be simplified into standard shapes. 228 00:09:08,931 --> 00:09:11,503 The shapes could represent words. 229 00:09:11,537 --> 00:09:14,943 No! They could represent sounds. 230 00:09:15,010 --> 00:09:17,481 That's how you do a written language. 231 00:09:17,548 --> 00:09:19,252 - [inhales] 232 00:09:19,318 --> 00:09:20,888 [ethereal shimmering] 233 00:09:20,988 --> 00:09:25,263 ♪ ♪ 234 00:09:25,296 --> 00:09:27,033 OK, OK, this is good. 235 00:09:27,033 --> 00:09:28,904 It looks like a plan for governance, 236 00:09:28,938 --> 00:09:30,941 representatives voting. I like it. 237 00:09:30,974 --> 00:09:34,214 And where do I sit in all this? Are you serious? 238 00:09:34,281 --> 00:09:36,018 [screams] 239 00:09:36,052 --> 00:09:38,658 - What was your inspiration? - Oh, nothing. 240 00:09:38,724 --> 00:09:40,794 I mean, it'll be very useful, but not-- 241 00:09:40,861 --> 00:09:43,567 you know, no big deal. - All right. 242 00:09:43,633 --> 00:09:45,505 Well, I'm excited to go work on my thing. 243 00:09:45,538 --> 00:09:47,642 - Yeah, me too. You coming, Ty? 244 00:09:47,709 --> 00:09:49,646 - Hm? Yes, in just a bit. 245 00:09:49,712 --> 00:09:52,786 You go ahead. [inhales] 246 00:09:52,852 --> 00:09:54,856 [ethereal shimmering] 247 00:09:54,956 --> 00:09:57,996 There could be several branches of government 248 00:09:58,063 --> 00:10:00,901 so as to counter each other so that no single one of them 249 00:10:00,968 --> 00:10:03,807 becomes too powerful. Oh, come on, this is stupid. 250 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,647 This is a stupid invention. 251 00:10:06,714 --> 00:10:09,117 [ominous music] 252 00:10:11,690 --> 00:10:15,430 [dramatic music] 253 00:10:15,430 --> 00:10:17,000 - Let's try this again. 254 00:10:17,067 --> 00:10:19,205 [inhales] [ethereal shimmering] 255 00:10:19,271 --> 00:10:22,812 Before arresting someone, it should be upon us 256 00:10:22,846 --> 00:10:24,749 to make sure the criminal knows 257 00:10:24,816 --> 00:10:26,719 they have the right not to tell us 258 00:10:26,753 --> 00:10:28,957 whether they're guilty. Oh, what's going on here? 259 00:10:28,991 --> 00:10:31,395 Why is all my inspiration about leaders not mattering anymore? 260 00:10:31,428 --> 00:10:34,703 Can I get an idea that doesn't put me out of a job? 261 00:10:34,736 --> 00:10:36,272 [Muses speaking together] Hey, nobody asked 262 00:10:36,305 --> 00:10:40,146 for our opinion, but we could have some insight about that. 263 00:10:40,179 --> 00:10:43,385 We've been inspiring people for a pretty long time. 264 00:10:43,419 --> 00:10:45,323 - You can talk? 265 00:10:47,460 --> 00:10:50,399 - [growls softly] 266 00:10:57,548 --> 00:10:59,217 - Hm? 267 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:01,421 [screams] 268 00:11:03,392 --> 00:11:04,529 Deliria? 269 00:11:04,563 --> 00:11:06,198 - Shlub. 270 00:11:06,231 --> 00:11:07,668 - [screams] 271 00:11:09,706 --> 00:11:10,975 - Thank goodness I was here. 272 00:11:11,008 --> 00:11:12,746 You're in no shape to defend yourself. 273 00:11:12,812 --> 00:11:14,649 - I believe that is part of the appeal. 274 00:11:14,715 --> 00:11:16,051 I'm incredibly tender. 275 00:11:16,118 --> 00:11:18,189 My meat falls right off the bone. 276 00:11:18,222 --> 00:11:21,496 Predators can smell my molting from a mile away. 277 00:11:21,563 --> 00:11:22,798 But what are you doing here? 278 00:11:22,898 --> 00:11:25,003 I thought we had agreed. 279 00:11:25,069 --> 00:11:26,740 - I'm so sorry for stalking you, 280 00:11:26,806 --> 00:11:29,277 but I've decided you can't be entirely trusted 281 00:11:29,311 --> 00:11:31,716 to call your own shots during this process. 282 00:11:31,783 --> 00:11:33,854 After all, as you've just demonstrated, 283 00:11:33,921 --> 00:11:36,191 you'd literally die before accepting pity, 284 00:11:36,225 --> 00:11:38,262 which is a risk you're not allowed to take 285 00:11:38,329 --> 00:11:41,135 because it intrudes on my right to keep you alive. 286 00:11:41,202 --> 00:11:43,172 - Well, I'm in no position to disagree. 287 00:11:43,205 --> 00:11:45,343 So as long as it's what you really want to do, 288 00:11:45,377 --> 00:11:47,782 you're welcome to stay here and protect me. 289 00:11:47,815 --> 00:11:51,121 But fair warning, it gets gross. 290 00:11:51,188 --> 00:11:54,461 Ah, mind the waspephants, my dear. 291 00:11:54,529 --> 00:11:57,434 [waspephant buzzing] 292 00:11:57,502 --> 00:12:00,240 ♪ ♪ 293 00:12:00,307 --> 00:12:02,210 [Muses speaking together] It makes perfect sense. 294 00:12:02,244 --> 00:12:04,816 Maybe a scientist or a warrior can make do 295 00:12:04,916 --> 00:12:07,187 with some watered down version of what we do. 296 00:12:07,220 --> 00:12:10,026 But for an idea that will inspire a king, 297 00:12:10,093 --> 00:12:12,096 you need the real deal. - I knew it. 298 00:12:12,130 --> 00:12:14,101 I knew it wasn't something wrong about me. 299 00:12:14,168 --> 00:12:17,207 - Remove the filter. You're clearly a great mind. 300 00:12:17,274 --> 00:12:21,248 You can handle the pure stuff. - Wait a minute. 301 00:12:21,348 --> 00:12:22,886 You're not just trying to get in my head 302 00:12:22,919 --> 00:12:24,822 so you can make me let you go or something? 303 00:12:24,856 --> 00:12:28,062 - [laughs] Oh, wow, no, if only. 304 00:12:28,095 --> 00:12:30,333 No, we don't want to make you feel stupid. 305 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:32,971 Not everyone knows all the muse rules, 306 00:12:33,038 --> 00:12:35,544 but we can't make you do anything. 307 00:12:35,611 --> 00:12:37,314 All we can do is inspire, 308 00:12:37,381 --> 00:12:39,284 whether that makes you build a utopia 309 00:12:39,351 --> 00:12:42,023 or kill your siblings is entirely up to you. 310 00:12:42,090 --> 00:12:44,494 - Well, here's hoping it's the former. 311 00:12:44,562 --> 00:12:45,832 [inhales] 312 00:12:45,898 --> 00:12:47,969 [ethereal shimmering] 313 00:12:48,035 --> 00:12:51,108 [creatures shrieking] 314 00:12:51,174 --> 00:12:53,045 - [grunting] 315 00:12:53,112 --> 00:12:55,083 At what point do they let up? 316 00:12:55,116 --> 00:12:58,022 - I wish I could say, but I'm afraid my memory 317 00:12:58,088 --> 00:13:00,460 is fading, another unpleasant side effect 318 00:13:00,527 --> 00:13:01,996 of the metamorphosis. 319 00:13:02,030 --> 00:13:04,101 It is possible I'll forget who you are. 320 00:13:04,134 --> 00:13:06,005 - Forget who I am? - Yes. 321 00:13:06,071 --> 00:13:07,875 And if that happens, there's no guarantee 322 00:13:07,908 --> 00:13:09,846 I'll have precisely the same feelings for you, 323 00:13:09,879 --> 00:13:11,817 or any at all as a matter of fact. 324 00:13:11,883 --> 00:13:15,658 - Well, that is a complication, isn't it? 325 00:13:15,691 --> 00:13:16,760 - Indeed. 326 00:13:16,827 --> 00:13:18,295 But before I forget, I should warn you 327 00:13:18,329 --> 00:13:20,233 that in the final molting stages, 328 00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:23,372 I will emit an odor that all magical beasts 329 00:13:23,406 --> 00:13:27,180 will smell, and all will wish to feast upon my pupal form. 330 00:13:27,214 --> 00:13:29,184 It does rather attract a higher order 331 00:13:29,217 --> 00:13:32,090 of cosmic bogans. - Oh, I'm fine with that. 332 00:13:32,157 --> 00:13:34,796 But to clarify, you will, of course, 333 00:13:34,829 --> 00:13:36,900 eventually be back to your old self? 334 00:13:36,933 --> 00:13:38,169 - In other words, you want to know if all this 335 00:13:38,203 --> 00:13:40,073 is gonna be worth it-- the body horror, 336 00:13:40,140 --> 00:13:44,013 the beasts, and the bogans. - I suppose so, yes. 337 00:13:44,047 --> 00:13:46,352 - That's a very crucial question. 338 00:13:46,385 --> 00:13:49,224 I regret to inform you that I have forgotten the answer. 339 00:13:49,325 --> 00:13:52,464 The good news is, you're a sexy thing, 340 00:13:52,531 --> 00:13:53,432 aren't you? 341 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:54,936 Perhaps we can get to know each other. 342 00:13:54,970 --> 00:13:56,607 What's your name? 343 00:13:56,673 --> 00:13:58,543 [soft dramatic music] 344 00:13:58,576 --> 00:13:59,410 - Hm. 345 00:13:59,444 --> 00:14:02,618 - Um, what are you doing, Ty? - Oh. 346 00:14:02,651 --> 00:14:03,920 Hello, you're just in time. 347 00:14:04,020 --> 00:14:06,091 I came up with this incredible idea, 348 00:14:06,125 --> 00:14:08,496 just really amazing. - OK. 349 00:14:08,531 --> 00:14:09,699 - Ready? This. 350 00:14:09,766 --> 00:14:12,605 [dramatic music] 351 00:14:12,672 --> 00:14:13,574 ♪ ♪ 352 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:15,410 - No! 353 00:14:15,476 --> 00:14:17,347 - Oh, my God, I just realized something. 354 00:14:17,380 --> 00:14:19,819 My entire life has been a work of art, 355 00:14:19,852 --> 00:14:22,558 and I finally know how to finish it. 356 00:14:22,658 --> 00:14:25,631 I'm beautiful. 357 00:14:25,698 --> 00:14:27,200 ♪ ♪ 358 00:14:27,234 --> 00:14:29,638 - When you got it, you got it. 359 00:14:32,912 --> 00:14:34,883 [ethereal shimmering] 360 00:14:34,950 --> 00:14:37,722 [people screaming] 361 00:14:37,755 --> 00:14:40,661 [soft dramatic music] 362 00:14:40,728 --> 00:14:42,999 ♪ ♪ 363 00:14:43,065 --> 00:14:46,105 - I call this painting "Pomegranate Man." 364 00:14:46,172 --> 00:14:47,908 - Makes you think, doesn't it? 365 00:14:48,008 --> 00:14:48,877 [ethereal shimmering] 366 00:14:48,910 --> 00:14:49,979 - Hm. 367 00:14:50,046 --> 00:14:53,285 [people grunting melodically] 368 00:14:58,062 --> 00:15:01,536 - I'm a comment on rampant consumerism. 369 00:15:01,603 --> 00:15:03,106 Mmm. 370 00:15:03,172 --> 00:15:04,575 - On the plus side, some of these deaths 371 00:15:04,675 --> 00:15:06,478 are absolutely gorgeous. - Yeah. 372 00:15:06,513 --> 00:15:08,248 I've seen a lot of guys die, and none of them 373 00:15:08,315 --> 00:15:09,919 were as thought provoking as this. 374 00:15:09,953 --> 00:15:11,122 - Did you see "Pomegranate Man"? 375 00:15:11,188 --> 00:15:14,061 - Yeah, you know, I actually found that one disappointing. 376 00:15:14,127 --> 00:15:15,865 - You did? - But wait a minute. 377 00:15:15,931 --> 00:15:17,400 Ty, why did you do this? 378 00:15:17,467 --> 00:15:19,739 How could you let them play you like this? 379 00:15:19,773 --> 00:15:21,375 - I just kept getting these visions 380 00:15:21,408 --> 00:15:23,613 of how unnecessary I was and how the best thing 381 00:15:23,647 --> 00:15:26,418 I could do was make myself even more unnecessary. 382 00:15:26,451 --> 00:15:29,157 I guess I wanted to prove that there was a role for me. 383 00:15:29,224 --> 00:15:31,763 - Why didn't you tell us? - I was ashamed. 384 00:15:31,829 --> 00:15:33,465 - Wait a minute, shame. 385 00:15:33,499 --> 00:15:37,273 The opposite of inspiration is humiliation. 386 00:15:37,340 --> 00:15:40,413 - Oh, yeah, like in the legend of Inspo and Humil? 387 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,216 The whole point of that famous parable 388 00:15:42,250 --> 00:15:44,556 is Inspo and Humil are opposites. 389 00:15:44,622 --> 00:15:46,959 - That's it. That's how we'll beat them. 390 00:15:46,993 --> 00:15:48,329 And by the way, "Pomegranate Man" 391 00:15:48,362 --> 00:15:50,200 was brilliant. You're crazy. 392 00:15:50,233 --> 00:15:52,939 [creatures shrieking 393 00:15:52,972 --> 00:15:54,441 - All right, you don't know who I am, 394 00:15:54,509 --> 00:15:56,344 but you're still the mantitaur I know, 395 00:15:56,411 --> 00:15:59,919 whether you like it or not. None of this is sexy or fun. 396 00:15:59,985 --> 00:16:02,491 Well, not none, the memory part has potential. 397 00:16:02,525 --> 00:16:04,896 But either way, I find I am here for it, 398 00:16:04,963 --> 00:16:07,033 even the bad part. 399 00:16:07,133 --> 00:16:09,839 - Marvelous, because here that comes now. 400 00:16:09,872 --> 00:16:13,111 [screaming] 401 00:16:13,145 --> 00:16:14,481 [pulse booms] 402 00:16:14,481 --> 00:16:15,651 [creatures chirping] 403 00:16:15,718 --> 00:16:17,588 [creatures growling] 404 00:16:18,990 --> 00:16:21,361 [creature roaring] 405 00:16:21,361 --> 00:16:22,698 [creature roars] 406 00:16:22,765 --> 00:16:24,969 [distant roaring] 407 00:16:25,036 --> 00:16:26,137 - [gasps] 408 00:16:26,204 --> 00:16:30,112 - [laughing] - Ugh, well, all right. 409 00:16:30,146 --> 00:16:31,983 We'll just-- - Mama. 410 00:16:32,016 --> 00:16:34,922 - Oh, God. [retches] 411 00:16:34,956 --> 00:16:37,127 [people screaming] 412 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:39,297 [ethereal shimmering] 413 00:16:39,364 --> 00:16:41,769 ♪ ♪ 414 00:16:41,803 --> 00:16:44,675 [people screaming] 415 00:16:46,178 --> 00:16:48,015 - Do I really need to be on your back? 416 00:16:48,082 --> 00:16:50,119 It doesn't feel especially heroic. 417 00:16:50,185 --> 00:16:52,390 - No time. They've spotted us. 418 00:16:53,126 --> 00:16:57,166 Go! Go! - OK. Let's see. 419 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,171 - Now, Ty, now. 420 00:16:59,204 --> 00:17:01,008 - I'm-- I'm terrified of failure. 421 00:17:01,074 --> 00:17:02,410 I'm-- I'm afraid I won't be able 422 00:17:02,444 --> 00:17:04,113 to do what anyone wants of me. 423 00:17:07,086 --> 00:17:08,991 - That's what I'm talking about. 424 00:17:09,057 --> 00:17:11,195 - More, Ty, more shame. 425 00:17:11,262 --> 00:17:12,865 - I hear myself speaking sometimes, 426 00:17:12,932 --> 00:17:16,739 and I just hear it how other people must be hearing it, 427 00:17:16,806 --> 00:17:19,746 and I want to fold into the tiniest ball of nothing 428 00:17:19,812 --> 00:17:21,582 and just cease to exist. 429 00:17:22,518 --> 00:17:24,054 - You're doing it, you pathetic idiot. 430 00:17:24,121 --> 00:17:26,391 - You know-- - Keep going. 431 00:17:26,424 --> 00:17:27,561 - Uh, um... 432 00:17:27,594 --> 00:17:30,466 I tell myself I want to find the perfect person 433 00:17:30,533 --> 00:17:33,372 to spend my life with, which, ironically enough, 434 00:17:33,406 --> 00:17:35,376 if I'm being honest, it's basically 435 00:17:35,376 --> 00:17:37,447 mom and dad, what they have. 436 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:38,549 - [crying] 437 00:17:38,616 --> 00:17:40,688 - But if I'm really being honest-- 438 00:17:40,721 --> 00:17:41,756 - [crying] 439 00:17:41,789 --> 00:17:43,793 - I'm not sure I even do care about finding 440 00:17:43,860 --> 00:17:45,997 the right person. - No. 441 00:17:46,031 --> 00:17:48,369 - Maybe what I really want is for someone 442 00:17:48,435 --> 00:17:51,141 to be dropped into my lap, someone-- 443 00:17:51,208 --> 00:17:52,544 - Mama! - Anyone... 444 00:17:52,611 --> 00:17:54,515 - Get away from my baby husband. 445 00:17:54,582 --> 00:17:57,386 - And be with her forever, no matter how we change. 446 00:17:57,453 --> 00:18:01,194 - Mama! - Oh. I'm here, love. 447 00:18:01,227 --> 00:18:03,032 - [screams] 448 00:18:03,098 --> 00:18:05,336 - Even if it would make neither of us happy, 449 00:18:05,403 --> 00:18:06,639 even if we knew it was going to make 450 00:18:06,672 --> 00:18:09,444 both of our lives worse in almost every way. 451 00:18:09,477 --> 00:18:10,681 - Mama! 452 00:18:10,747 --> 00:18:13,520 - Because if I'm being honest, the bottom line is, 453 00:18:13,554 --> 00:18:15,857 I'm just terrified of being alone. 454 00:18:15,890 --> 00:18:17,260 - Mama. 455 00:18:17,293 --> 00:18:21,034 - There, there, little one, you're safe now. 456 00:18:21,068 --> 00:18:25,009 [dramatic music] 457 00:18:25,042 --> 00:18:27,180 - OK, just one left. 458 00:18:27,247 --> 00:18:29,852 - Hit it with some real nasty shame. 459 00:18:29,886 --> 00:18:32,023 - Yes, I've got shame in spades. 460 00:18:32,057 --> 00:18:34,294 I tell, you I am-- 461 00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:39,170 wait, did you just get proud about shame? 462 00:18:39,237 --> 00:18:40,440 - No, I-- 463 00:18:40,508 --> 00:18:43,178 well, I guess I do have a knack for it. 464 00:18:43,245 --> 00:18:45,684 - [laughs] You people have made me mad. 465 00:18:45,751 --> 00:18:47,588 You could douse yourself in copper sauce, 466 00:18:47,588 --> 00:18:50,393 and I would still pick you down to the bones. 467 00:18:50,460 --> 00:18:52,497 - That doesn't sound good. - Copper sauce? 468 00:18:52,531 --> 00:18:55,002 - I got this. - Ty, no. 469 00:18:55,036 --> 00:18:56,305 - Don't worry, I have an idea. 470 00:18:56,372 --> 00:18:58,408 Or rather, I don't. - Huh? 471 00:18:58,475 --> 00:18:59,778 Let me ask you something. 472 00:18:59,845 --> 00:19:02,050 Aren't you a little tired of having your whole thing 473 00:19:02,117 --> 00:19:03,687 be in service to other people? 474 00:19:03,753 --> 00:19:05,356 I ask because I relate. 475 00:19:05,423 --> 00:19:07,360 Don't you think you could market this? 476 00:19:07,427 --> 00:19:09,264 Why don't you just withhold inspiration 477 00:19:09,297 --> 00:19:11,503 most of the time and only give it to the people 478 00:19:11,603 --> 00:19:13,406 who are the most grateful for it? 479 00:19:13,439 --> 00:19:15,309 That way, you can make a name for yourself 480 00:19:15,342 --> 00:19:17,347 and have leverage over humanity. 481 00:19:17,413 --> 00:19:19,686 All the credit, they'll always give the credit 482 00:19:19,752 --> 00:19:21,555 and none of the blame. 483 00:19:21,622 --> 00:19:23,927 You can even ask them for things in exchange. 484 00:19:23,927 --> 00:19:25,663 Let them do the work. 485 00:19:27,634 --> 00:19:28,703 - You know what? 486 00:19:28,737 --> 00:19:32,344 That is the least inspired, most obvious, 487 00:19:32,377 --> 00:19:34,916 best idea I've ever heard. 488 00:19:34,949 --> 00:19:36,351 It makes total sense. 489 00:19:36,417 --> 00:19:38,356 I could be loved by true artists 490 00:19:38,422 --> 00:19:40,326 and poets, visionaries. 491 00:19:40,360 --> 00:19:43,901 You're a lifesaver, chief. Peace out. 492 00:19:43,967 --> 00:19:45,369 - Wow, what do you know? 493 00:19:45,436 --> 00:19:48,442 - All hail Tyrannis, the patron saint 494 00:19:48,475 --> 00:19:52,116 of mitigation, and compromise, and second guessing. 495 00:19:52,150 --> 00:19:54,221 [crowd cheering] 496 00:19:54,288 --> 00:19:55,624 - Heh, all right. 497 00:19:55,658 --> 00:19:56,993 - Well, this all seems to have worked 498 00:19:57,060 --> 00:19:58,362 itself out without much trouble? 499 00:19:58,429 --> 00:19:59,965 - Sure, and yours as well. 500 00:19:59,999 --> 00:20:02,036 Actually, what was yours exactly? 501 00:20:02,103 --> 00:20:03,472 - Your father's metamorphosis. 502 00:20:03,506 --> 00:20:05,844 - You look-- uh... 503 00:20:08,683 --> 00:20:10,621 - I don't know that I'd say it went well. 504 00:20:10,688 --> 00:20:13,760 He did survive it, and he seems to remember me again at least. 505 00:20:13,794 --> 00:20:15,563 You do, yes? Somewhat? 506 00:20:15,630 --> 00:20:18,670 - Oh, quite a bit, my darling, quite a bit indeed. 507 00:20:18,737 --> 00:20:21,275 - But I became a mother figure, and we bonded, 508 00:20:21,342 --> 00:20:23,412 so we're never going to have sex again. 509 00:20:23,479 --> 00:20:24,515 - Oh, you hate to see it. - End of an era. 510 00:20:24,548 --> 00:20:26,318 - A real shame. - Yes. 511 00:20:26,351 --> 00:20:28,455 It was so unsettlingly intimate, 512 00:20:28,523 --> 00:20:31,829 it almost looped back around into being sexual again. 513 00:20:31,863 --> 00:20:36,104 - It did, didn't it? - You tell me, mother. 514 00:20:36,171 --> 00:20:37,207 [all screaming] 515 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:38,976 - How did it get grosser? 516 00:20:41,883 --> 00:20:44,454 - You know, in a way, I'm glad this happened. 517 00:20:44,522 --> 00:20:45,991 The business with the muses, it-- 518 00:20:46,058 --> 00:20:48,697 it was a lesson we needed. - I agree completely. 519 00:20:48,697 --> 00:20:51,435 My scientific brain just wanted to control creativity, 520 00:20:51,468 --> 00:20:53,372 which ultimately should never be controlled. 521 00:20:53,439 --> 00:20:56,011 - Yeah. - You learn some things too? 522 00:20:56,044 --> 00:20:58,482 - Oh, yes, of course. 523 00:20:58,516 --> 00:20:59,819 But I-- I guess what I'm saying is, 524 00:20:59,852 --> 00:21:02,356 this is a good thing. No. You know what? 525 00:21:02,423 --> 00:21:05,129 It's a great thing. - I agree. I do. 526 00:21:05,196 --> 00:21:06,732 It did end up working out. 527 00:21:06,799 --> 00:21:09,337 - It sure did. 528 00:21:09,404 --> 00:21:11,341 Do you think I need to make a speech? 529 00:21:11,408 --> 00:21:13,245 Do they expect that, do you think? 530 00:21:13,312 --> 00:21:16,184 - No, they're-- they're busy. - Yeah, of course. 531 00:21:16,251 --> 00:21:18,823 Carry on. Don't mind us. 532 00:21:20,627 --> 00:21:22,797 - [sobs] 533 00:21:27,107 --> 00:21:30,045 [uplifting music] 534 00:21:30,079 --> 00:21:30,947 ♪ ♪ 535 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:32,684 - Did you get any of that? 536 00:21:35,089 --> 00:21:36,057 - Bento.