Spike
[Regarding a pillar of fire in the distance]
What is it, then?
Jamie
I dunno, never been there.
Spike
Does it always burn?
Jamie
I just said I'd never been there, Spike.
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[Jamie: You scared?]
Only a little bit. Are you?
Dr. Ian Kelson
[observing Erik's skull]
Alas, poor Erik.
Isla
Aw, look! The angel! You remember the first time you showed me the angel, Dad? We drove near here with the car. We walked until we spotted it rising over the treetops. You said it would stand like this forever, like the pyramids or Stonehenge so when you look at it you're seeing into the future. Do you remember that? Do you? I couldn't have been more than seven or eight. "Us two are real life time travelers," you said. Fallen into the future. And I got... I got scared! Because I thought you were being serious and we really had. How many hundreds of years have we fallen this time? Is it thousands or more?
Jamie
Before you were born, we used to forage. It got harder a year out so you'd have to travel further and one day, it took a group of us close to Kelson's, right? Five-hundred yards out, we started to smell death. Now understand we were well-used to that smell -- back then, the dead were everywhere. But this? This was totally different. The stench was like... It was like a wall. You could touch it. And we got to the brow of this hill and we looked down... I'd never seen anything like it. Corpses. Hundreds. Just, arranged in lines. Men, women, children. And in the middle was this fire. Stood by was Kelson. For some unfathomable purpose, he'd dragged all the bodies there. A few seconds later, he turned around and he looked right at us. And he waved casually like "Hey, wanna come down lads?" Yeah, we turned and ran. And in fifteen years, none of us have been back. Like I said, insane.
Spike
Dad said he didn't know what the fire was. And he says all the doctors are dead -- that's why no one knows what's wrong with Mom. Just feels like he's lying about everything...
Spike
Dad. I'm okay. You don't need to look for me. I'll come back when I'm ready. Gonna keep walking, until I can't see the sea. We found Doctor Kelson. He's not insane. He's a kind man. The baby's from an infected, but she's not. She's okay. Please be kind to her. Her name is Isla.
Dr. Ian Kelson
Don't worry, no, it's-- It's not precious in that way. The structure is solid, but the bones will fall apart due to time or the elements or Spike's hand. The memento mori is... is actualized.
Spike
I love you, Mum.
Isla
Is your Dad silly? [Spike: Dad?] Yeah. Silly with ya? Jokey? Your Granddad was so silly. You wouldn't believe how much. Everyone else thought he was so serious, but around me, he was daft. Is your Dad like that? You know, when it's just the two of you? [Spike: No.] Just wanted to make sure you're tough enough. Like him. You know, when I look in your face... I see your Granddad's eyes sometimes.
Dr. Ian Kelson
Morphine, Xylazine. It's extremely fast-acting!
Isla
Spike... The doctor can't make me better, but he can help me. [Spike: I don't understand.] I do.
Jamie
The more you kill, the easier it gets. Don't feel bad about it. The infection takes away their minds -- it's got no mind, it's got no soul.
Dr. Ian Kelson
There are many kinds of death. And some are better than others. The best are peaceful, where we leave each other in love. You love your mother. [Spike: I love her.] And Isla, you love Spike. [Isla: So much.] Memento Amoris. Remember you must love.
Dr. Ian Kelson
There were so many dead -- infected and non-infected alike. Because they are alike. Every skull is a set of thoughts. These sockets saw and these jaws spoke and swallowed. This is a monument to them. A temple.