:08:02
Perhaps I should take this up
with the governor's office.
:08:05
They'd only send you back to me.
:08:11
Why don't you have a seat, Merrin.
:08:17
You sure you won't
have that drink?
:08:27
The cardinal wants to be sure
that the site's religious aspects...
:08:30
...are given proper consideration.
:08:32
Part of Father Francis' job...
:08:34
...will be to see to that.
Are you an archaeologist?
:08:37
You're not the sole person
with an interest here.
:08:41
I've contacted your sponsors at Oxford.
They have no objection.
:08:46
If you agree as well,
I can renew your visa immediately.
:08:53
We all must make our little deals
with the devil, Merrin.
:09:06
Before there were the mines,
traders came to Derati for the water.
:09:10
They still do...
:09:14
...but it is a hard life.
:09:19
Why in God's name
are they tormenting that animal?
:09:22
It is a sacrifice.
:09:25
The new wife of the chief elder...
:09:27
...Sebituana, will soon give birth.
:09:30
Sebituana does not yet have an heir.
:09:33
So the people make sacrifices...
:09:35
...in the hope that the gods
will provide one.
:09:40
It is a necessary thing.
:09:42
Cruelty is never necessary, Chuma.
:09:45
You think we are savages?
:09:47
I think some of you
are good people...
:09:50
...lost in confusion.
:09:53
There's nothing confusing
about that ceremony, Father.
:09:57
They're weakening the bull
so that someone can approach it.