FirstBorn Page #2

And then...

create a barrier

to stop it happening again.

Noisy lot, are you?

I need a bag or a box.

I miss her.

Your wife?

Hmm.

I saw her, you know.

After she passed.

- What happened?

- Don't.

Charlie, seriously.

[clattering]

What the f*** are you doing?

Vessels.

Anything with features.

Eyes, teeth, a face.

They're a window

into our world...

and incredibly dangerous

around children like Thea.

Like Thea?

Yes.

This is because of her.

Her light shines

beyond our world into the...

- Will you stop talking bollocks?

- James!

Can you just shut up

for a second, please!

Put simply...

Thea is a magnet

for the supernatural.

As the house is your main place

of habitation,

it will have to be closed off.

You need to start

listening to me

if you want to stop this

happening again.

[unintelligible whispering]

Redo this every week.

Fresh salt every day.

Form a barrier.

Same with the windows.

There's one more thing

we need to do.

From about a foot above her,

drip the candle wax

in four points around her body.

As close as you can to her.

The closer the droplets...

the stronger the bond.

You want us to drip boiling hot

wax next to our baby?

Yes.

- No.

- [Alistair] You have to.

You need to protect her.

And yourselves.

This is the only thing

that will work.

Well, how do you know that?

Because I had to do it myself.

Her...

ability...

it's hereditary.

Trust me.

[cooing]

[Alistair] You need

to close your eyes.

You need to close your eyes.

You need to visualize

the barrier.

[baby crying]

[Alistair whispering

indistinctly, baby crying]

[Alistair] ...Father above me...

I am safe.

Selah.

[crying]

[crying stops]

How often do we have to do this?

Every day.

You have to do this to her

every day.

[snarling noises, baby crying]

Hands!

[water running]

[man] "Which of the five sets

of parents

would you like to choose?

'Um, when you say choose...'"

Thea.

"'...you mean go and live

with forever?' said Larry.

'Yes!' said the head."

[whispering] Zaqueo before me,

Zaqueo behind me,

Zaqueo to my right,

Zaqueo to my left,

The father above me,

the mother below me.

Within me I am safe,

amen, amen, Selah.

"The man begged for mercy.

He told the witch,

'My wife saw your rampion

from our window

and such was our hunger

that she would have died

without some to eat.'"

What's rampion?

Uh, a good question.

- It's... spinach, I think.

- Ecch!

Eccch!

"And the witch thought

for a moment and told him,

'You may take as much rampion

away with you as you like.'"

She didn't like it either.

"'On one condition...

you must promise to me

your unborn daughter.'"

Shall we get to bed?

Gonna have bad dreams tonight.

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