Episode 136

Kabanata 136:
ANG PAGLISAN
Monday, November 07, 2005

Lira is still interrogating Wantuk and Apek, asking where they saw Anthony. Wantuk replies that they saw him and Mira walking in the woods. Apek foolishly adds that Mira must’ve taken them to the mortal realm because Mira knows Amihan doesn’t want her to see Anthony. Lira reels in shock of the betrayal.

Feeling the effects of the love potion-spiked juice, Anthony sees Mira in a new, lovestruck light. He looks deeply into her eyes and tells her he never noticed how beautiful she was.

Mira: Mas maganda kesa kay mila? (More beautiful than Mila?)
Anthony: Mila? Wala akong kilalang Mila. (Mila? I don’t know any Mila?)
Mira: Hindi mo kilala si mila? (You don’t know any Mila?)
Anthony: Wala akong pakialam kahit sino pa siya. Isa lang ang gusto kong makilala. Ikaw. (I don’t care who she is. There’s only one person I want to get to know. You.)

Back in Sapiro, Lira presses the two for answers. Apek continues to fumble and insists that her mother and ashtis only want her to fulfill her destiny as Queen of Lireo. Lira understands, but adds that she hopes that they will also understand what she’s about to do. She then runs toward the entrance of the Sapirian keep.

In Lireo, Asval has just healed Agane, who wakes up furious at Amihan. Hagorn comforts her, vowing vengeance. When Hitano asks how, he brings out the Fire Jewel and uses it to “punish” the sanggres.

Back in Sapiro, the beauteous Danaya is sleeping when Lira sneaks in and takes the medallion from a wooden box placed near the bed. She glances and whispers a goodbye to her ashti when Danaya wakes up and asks Aquil’s whereabouts. She starts to worry when Lira says:

Nakakalungkot talaga pag wala sa tabi mo ang taong malapit sayo diba ashti? (It really is sad when the one close to you isn’t by your side, isn’t it, ashti?)

Cut to the mortal realm, it’s in slow motion as Anthony moves in to kiss Mira. A fade-in voice over of Lira continuing her dialogue about missing a loved one. Danaya snorts a rebuff of her statement.

Lira: Yan lang an sinasabi mo pero hindi yan ang nararamdaman ng puso mo. Gusto mo kasing gawing kontrolado. Ayaw mong ibigay sa iba. Ganyan ka katigas ashti. (You only say that even if that’s not how you truly feel because you want control. You don’t want to open your heart to anyone. That’s how stubborn you are, ashti).

And despite Danaya’s insistence that Lira should never think about the mortal realm again, Lira maintains that there will always be a little voice inside her…
Lira: … at hindi iyo para sa enca. Alam mo kung para kanino yun. Alam kong alam niyo

Lira then vanishes leaving her ashti pondering her words. Danaya gets a very accurate hunch of Lira’s plans, and checks the box. The absence of the medallion inside confirms her notion, and Danaya begins to really worry.

Somewhere near a brook, Pirena is interrogating Gurna about who really healed her.

In Sapiro, Danaya had just told Ybrahim about her (very accurate) notion that Lira went back to the mortal realm to follow Anthony. Ybrahim asks who Anthony is. Danaya tells. Apek adds that she also brought the parchment that he had with him. Ybrahim asks about the parchement, but Apek and Wantuk don’t know.

The conversation is abruptly halted when they notice a hail of meteors coming from the direction of Lireo.

Cut back to the interrogation. Gurna (the lying witch) insists that she was the one who healed Pirena, sticking with her healing-herb story. She asks Pirena who told her that Danaya healed her. Pirena answered. Gurna chides Pirena, launching a major guilt trip on the sanggre of fire (why would you believe Lira, Danaya hates you, she’d rather see you dead while I’ve always been by your side, etc. I don’t want to remember what she said baka uminit na naman ang ulo ko).

Manang Rosing is about to go into the living room when she sees Anthony and Mira. He tells Manang Rosing that he and Mira are now a couple. The mayor doma begins to react violently when Anthony stops her, saying that he loves Mira and wont have her talking like that.

Ybrahim bellows them to seek shelter but a stunned Danaya remains outside. The initial attack falls down and injures her.

Meanwhile, Lira enters the vortex into the Anthony’s garden and closes the portal.

Cut back to Sapiro. Amid the impact of the meteors, Ybrahim rushes out and pulls the injured Danaya back to the keep. Alena prods them to go inside, then goes out alone. She creates a water shield around the Sapiryan keep and stops the attack dead in its tracks. (O diba ang taray ng ashti mo? ).

Hagorn sees what she’s done and becomes enraged. Asval once more reiterates that they’re going to need one more jewel to win this war. Hagorn begins to hatch his next plan.

Danaya has just finished healing herself when Amihan comes in, apparently clueless as to what just happened. Danaya reassures her older sister and Alena enters to report that the hail-fire has been dealt with. A fuming Amihan orders a counterattack when Danaya stops her, saying that Aquil isn’t back yet and they need him. Alena agrees.

Amihan reasons out that they don’t need Aquil as Lira is with them. Then Danaya breaks the bad news. Amihan promptly explodes (figuratively, of course).

Back in the mortal realm Mira in spacing out in the garden when Anthony comes and reassures her, telling her to take no notice of anything Manang Rosing says. Mira replies that the only opinion that matters to her is his opinion. She asks him if what he said was true.

Anthony walks to Mira’s side with his back to Lira, who has just seen them and is now approaching. Anthony repeats his declaration of love, within earshot of Lira. Relieved, Mira tells him that she has loved him from the start. She and Anthony embrace. Lira hears the exchange and is both shocked and pained (at least, that’s the impression that I got from her facial expression).