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Never go beyond the border!

Never go inside!

You told me that I should learn

to survive on my own.

Do you even realize what you've done?

Do you!? Do you know

what situation you've put us in?

No! Because you know nothing!

Nothing!

How did you shoot the eagle?

Did you remember what I taught you?

I breathed just as it breathed

Steady until its last breath.

Breaking news:

The missing bus headed to Manila

has finally been found.

Since its disappearance

no testimonies have been made

regarding the bus's whereabouts

Father, what does Manila look like?

Too crowded.

It's a filthy place.

You wouldn't like it there.

Then why does everybody

want to go there?

Family members of the unionists

have lost hope for their return.

The police themselves have yet to act.

It's everyone's own investigation

for the meantime

Maya

Don't say a word about what you did.

And the gun Hide it.

I'll go and feed Bala.

Bury all the leftovers.

Sorry I left you earlier.

I know you're just looking after me,

but I can handle myself.

You should've seen how I shot that eagle.

Grandmother?

I came to say goodbye.

I'll be leaving in the morning.

Now look at this

Do you even comb your hair, Maya?

Your hair is a tangled mess!

Do you want lice to live in there?

It is a woman's duty

to have her hair well kept.

Once every night, before you sleep,

comb your hair one hundred times.

That's what I told your mother.

She would comb her long hair every night.

Your mother was very beautiful

when she was your age.

Every young man in the village

wanted to serenade her.

See, if you take care of your beauty,

you would be as pretty as your mother.

There are a lot of things to learn

besides being pretty.

What use is your beauty

if you don't have anything to eat?

If you are pretty

you won't have to find food.

Someone will provide for you!

Look child, the moon is full again.

Do you know what happens

during a full moon?

During the first night of a full moon

the restless spirits of the forest

awaken.

These spirits speak to the living

so you must listen.

Or else

they will haunt you for days

just as the moon is full.

- I'm going home.

- What? Why?

It's getting late.

I have a family to go home to.

- So do I.

- Then let's go.

We're stuck trying to find

that "HDC" person.

We know that he's not a passenger.

We already have a list for that.

Those in the list

had families to report for them.

What if he had no one

to report him missing?

I don't know what else to do, Domingo.

I'm tired, and I'm going home.

You should know when to stop working.

They'll shut the power soon.

Look at the time.

Think of my family.

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