Shadows Page #4

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Warren...

if there's anything

that we can do to help him,

we have to try.

Hundreds of years ago,

they learned that many forms

of sickness and death

were caused by the asuragai.

They're demons

that entered your body

and possessed you.

In those days, they would send

the sick people off

to live by themselves

in these villages

so the asuragai

couldn't hurt others.

As is often the case,

the separation or wall

between us

and the shadow world is thin

in places when there's been

intense suffering.

This is why the maw phi

made a kind of sacred barrier

that keeps the worlds apart.

It's sealed from this side.

But the seal can be broken.

So it's a way through

to the shadow world.

It is a way to go over,

rejoin yourself,

and come back.

But it's...

dangerous...

Especially for you, Jeff.

The asuragai collect in places

where the divide is thin,

hoping to somehow escape.

The temple

will keep them from us,

but they'll be able

to get through to you,

just like the ghosts

that touched you,

only worse.

What do we do

to open the gate?

The ritual can be explained,

but Jeff can't do it

all by himself.

Someone has to hold

the pathway open

from this side

long enough for Jeff to get back.

That'll be you, Choi.

[High-pitched tone]

[Scraping]

[Scraping and banging]

[Yelling]

He cut me.

I can't breathe.

He stabbed me.

Help!

I can't breathe.

No, no, no. No.

No, it's over.

He's gone.

Where...

Where am I?

It's all right now.

You can go.

You can go.

Jeff?

Jeff?

It's all right.

He'll be fine.

What happened?

The woman from the hall,

he... he... he spoke to her.

He made her leave.

You've done this before?

She found her way through.

She used Jeff.

And even if there was

another way,

it wouldn't matter.

They're everywhere.

There are countless numbers

of them.

You live with this

as long as I have...

You realize you're never really

gonna make a difference.

It's the 48th day.

What does that mean?

Seven days times seven weeks

is how long a spirit

stays on Earth

before its fate is sealed.

So I only have until tomorrow?

Your body will be gone.

Your soul will be trapped

with your family

in the shadow world.

We need to get going.

I'm guessing we'd never find

this place on a map.

It's not hard to find.

It's just hard to get to.

Here,

Mae Noi's tea.

She really never told us

how you knew each other.

I knew her sister.

She has a sister?

I can't believe she never

told me she has a sister.

I mean,

she's my second cousin's aunt

on my stepfather's side,

but still.

Second cousin's aunt

on your what?

We have a big family.

Jeff?

Jeff, get up.

Let's go.

What's going on?

We go on foot from here.

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