atlantis: the lost empire
sentence starters.
itās just a myth, isnāt it?Ā
that is where youād be wrong.Ā
iāll take your questions now.Ā
donāt let it happen again!Ā
well, this is it. i am finally getting out of the dungeon.Ā
they canāt do this to me!Ā
i swear, he gets crazier every year.Ā
if i ever hear that word again, iāll step in front of a bus!
i have new evidence thatāĀ
you have a lot of potential. donāt throw it all away chasing fairytales.Ā
how did you get in here?Ā
i came down the chimney. ho, ho, ho.Ā
iām acting on behalf of my employer who has a most intriguing proposition for you.Ā
relax. he doesnāt bite⦠often.Ā
join me in a little yoga?Ā
he was crazy as a fruit bat, he was.Ā
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.Ā
i wasnāt born yesterday, son.Ā
yeah, looks like gibberish to me.Ā
itās not gibberish to me.
i will make them believe.Ā
this is exactly what i wanted to hear.Ā
i am a man who keeps his word.Ā
iām going to the afterlife with a clear conscience.Ā
if i could bring back just one shred of proof⦠thatād be enough for me.
donāt like to leave loose ends.Ā
iām your man ā you will not regret this!Ā
boy i am so excited, i canāt even hold it in!Ā
what in the cockadoodle is cilantro?Ā
i got your four basic food groups ā beans, bacon, whiskey, and lard!Ā
alright, cowboy. pack it up and move it out.Ā
if youāre looking for the pony rides, theyāre back there.Ā
you dropped your dynamite.Ā
what else have you, uh, got in there?Ā
when you settle a bet, you settle a bet.Ā
he always believed you couldnāt put a price on the pursuit of knowledge.Ā
this should be enriching for all of us.
you ask too many questions.Ā
do not be such a crybaby.Ā
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 heās still single.
do you want to do my job? be my guest.
weāre getting killed out here!
we have a crisis on our hands.Ā
weāve been up this particular creek before⦠and weāve always come through, paddle or no paddle.Ā
from here on in, everyone pulls double duty.
looks like all our chances for survival rest with you.Ā
you didnāt just drink that, did you?
donāt move. donāt breathe. donāt do anything, except pray maybe.
youāre so skinny, if you turned sideways and stuck out your tongue, youād look like a zipper.Ā
weāve been pretty tough on the kid. what do you say we cut him some slack?Ā
donāt you ever close that book?
relax. we donāt get paid overtime.
sometimes i get a little carried away.
i guess iām still a little rusty at this.
and now iām telling you, you donāt wanna know.
alright, whoās not dead?
now donāt everybody jump up at once.
you really came through.they can smell fear just by looking at you.
about time someone hit him.
someoneās having a good time.Ā
heās like a kid at christmas.
this changes everything.Ā
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?
thatās what i do, thatās my job.
such knowledge has been lost to us.
thatās 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 donāt you lead the way because i have no idea where weāre going.
whatās⦠whatās with all the guns?Ā
this is just another treasure hunt for you.
i wouldāve 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.Ā
mercenary? i prefer the term āadventure capitalistā.
you donāt know what youāre tampering with.
you take that away, and theyāll die.
if you gave back every stolen artefact from a museum, youād be left with an empty building.Ā
weāre just providing a necessary service to the archeological community.
iāve got to admit, iām disappointed.
for once, do the smart thing.Ā
i really hate it when negotiations go sour.
tell them to drop their weapons now!
youāre not applying yourself.
iād suggest you put a bandage of that bleeding heart of yours.
you donāt have the slightest idea what this power of capable of.
why donāt you translate and iāll wave the gun around.
no donāt! donāt touch her!
but thatās what itās all about, right? money.
youāve read darwin. itās called natural selection. weāre just helping it along.
weāre all going to die.Ā
this is wrong and you know it.
weāre this close to our biggest payday ever and you pick now of all times to grow a conscience?!
weāve done a lot of things weāre not proud of, but nobody got hurt.
i followed you in, and iāll follow you out.
well, i think weāve seen how effective my decisions have been.
itās been my experience that when you hit bottom, the only place left to go is up.
i didnāt say it was the smart thing, but it is the right thing to do.
we better make sure he doesnāt hurt himself.
you told me he only had guns!
looks like somebodyās 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. youāre a bigger pain in the neck than i would have ever though possible.Ā
it takes a lot to get under my skin, but congratulations. you just won the solid gold kewpie doll.
if we donāt get out of here, weāll die.
i only wish there was more we could do for you.
i donāt think the world needs another hero.Ā
i hear thereās an opening down here for an expert in gibberish.
you take good care of yourself.
let me get this straight⦠you didnāt find anything?
iām going to miss that boy.
i hope this piece of proof is enough for you.