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On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal, and so restore order to his world.
Jen: Wings? I don't have wings! Kira: Of course not. You're a boy.
Aughra: End, begin, all the same. Big change. Sometimes good. Sometimes bad.
Jen: Wings? You have wings! I don't have wings Kira: Of course not - you're a boy
Narrator: The Skeksis, with their hard and twisted bodies, their harsh and twisted wills. For a thousand years they have ruled. Yet now, there are only ten: a dying race, ruled by a dying Emperor, imprisoned within themselves in a dying land.
Aughra: Where is he? Jen: He's dead. Aughra: Could be anywhere, then.
Historian: Hold her to you, for she is part of you, as we all are part of each other.
Kira: What's writing? Jen: Words that stay. My master taught me.
Jen: Are you a Gelfling? Like me? Kira: [surprised] Yes! Jen: I thought I was the only one. Kira: I thought I was.
Aughra: Now, ask what the Great Conjunction is, what's the Great Conjunction? Jen: What's the Great Conjunction? You tell me! Aughra: THE GREAT CONJUNCTION IS THE END OF THE WORLD! Or the beginning. Hm!
Aughra: Ya look like Gelfling... [sniffs] Aughra: SMELL like Gelfling... [sniffs] Aughra: maybe y'ARE Gelfling!
Aughra: Mouldy mildew, mother of mouthmuck, dangle and strangle and death.
Aughra: Another Great Conjunction coming up! Anything could happen! Whole WORLD might burn up! [snorts] Aughra: End of Aughra! Hm!
Jen: Where are we? Kira: Safe. Jen: I don't think anywhere is safe any more.
Kira: [to Jen] Heal the Crystal!
Aughra: What was sundered and undone shall be whole - the two made one.
Aughra: Kira! Call the animals! You have the gift! Kira: Kahmalaiah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
Jen: [reading the prophecy] When single shines the triple sun/What was sundered and undone/Shall be whole, the two made one/By gelfling hand or else by none.
Scientist: You're next, little Podling! [puts Podling in chair] Scientist: This won't hurt. We just want to drain your living essence. Then you can be the same as the other Podlings here, a slave. [turns to his assistant] Scientist: Open the wall! [wall opens revealing fiery shaft] Scientist: Now, Podling. Out there is the great shaft of the castle. Position the reflector. [reflector moves into position] Scientist: The reflector will capture the beams of the Dark Crystal floating high above. Look into the relfector, Podling. Feel the power of the Dark Crystal! [the reflector shines purple light into the Podling's eyes] Scientist: Mmm, yes, and now the beam will rid you of your fears... your thoughts... your vital essence.
Jen: The prophecy didn't say anything about this! Kira: Prophets don't know everything!
Aughra: Don't know. MmmmmMmmmmah! Don't know.
Jen: Dear, dear master. I'll find the shard. I'm not ready to go alone... [pause] Jen: Alright. Alone then.
Aughra: Questions, questions, too many questions. You want a shard? Here!
Jen: I wish I'd never heard of this shard!
Chamberlain: Hmmmmm... General: I hate your whimper! Chamberlain: HMMMM! [they proceed down the hallway] Chamberlain: Hmmmmmmm-mmmmm... General: QUIET!
Jen: Where is this Augrah? How does she look like? How will I find her? "Follow the Greatest Sun for a day to the home of Augrah"... hmph. Some directions!
General: Chamberlain! I challenge! Chamberlain: Trial by stone. General: Trial by stone!