1 00:00:25,647 --> 00:00:28,344 Help me! I beg of you! 2 00:00:29,618 --> 00:00:31,484 Please, listen to me! 3 00:00:35,057 --> 00:00:36,821 Help me, please! 4 00:00:52,408 --> 00:00:55,105 It's this woman! Boss! 5 00:00:56,145 --> 00:00:58,114 Wait, please! 6 00:00:58,180 --> 00:01:00,615 I... I haven't done anything! 7 00:01:05,187 --> 00:01:06,849 Take her to the Point! 8 00:01:06,922 --> 00:01:09,585 No! 9 00:01:10,526 --> 00:01:13,325 Investigate me! Investigate my story! 10 00:01:30,446 --> 00:01:39,150 Wanting you to just be near, (to feel your breath upon my ear) 11 00:01:39,221 --> 00:01:48,187 Wishing you would call my name, ('Cause only you can light the flame) 12 00:01:48,263 --> 00:01:55,397 Constantly searching, still can't find 13 00:01:57,673 --> 00:02:03,670 Ever illusive peace of mind 14 00:02:05,848 --> 00:02:14,416 Sometimes it's near, but slips away 15 00:02:14,490 --> 00:02:21,055 And I'm faced with another day 16 00:02:22,297 --> 00:02:28,032 Of wanting you... (to feel your breath upon my ear) 17 00:02:28,103 --> 00:02:32,473 ...to just be near ('Cause only you can light the flame) 18 00:02:32,541 --> 00:02:36,740 Of wishing you... (to feel your breath upon my ear) 19 00:02:36,812 --> 00:02:41,307 ...would call my name, to feel your breath upon my ear 20 00:02:41,383 --> 00:02:45,787 Of wanting you...wishing you... (to feel your breath upon my ear) 21 00:02:45,854 --> 00:02:53,421 Call my name, 'cause only you can light the flame 22 00:03:28,397 --> 00:03:31,731 Is this clear?! The kidnappers which infest this castle town... 23 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:35,567 must be spies bent on overthrowing this fief! 24 00:03:35,637 --> 00:03:38,129 Anyone found hiding or aiding them... 25 00:03:38,207 --> 00:03:40,870 will under no circumstances be shown any mercy! 26 00:03:40,943 --> 00:03:42,935 We will hunt them down to the last man... 27 00:03:43,011 --> 00:03:44,809 and sever this evil from the roots! 28 00:03:45,647 --> 00:03:47,206 Hey! Look! 29 00:03:48,317 --> 00:03:51,116 We're burning seven people! 30 00:03:51,186 --> 00:03:53,382 Seven people! Seven! 31 00:03:53,455 --> 00:03:55,424 It's the curse! 32 00:03:55,490 --> 00:03:57,550 The curse of Seven Man Point! 33 00:04:06,702 --> 00:04:08,796 If we can see the ocean... 34 00:04:08,870 --> 00:04:12,102 we must be near the domain of Kitabayashi. 35 00:04:15,544 --> 00:04:16,512 Ogin! 36 00:04:16,578 --> 00:04:19,343 Mr. Author isn't coming with us this time. 37 00:04:20,249 --> 00:04:22,047 I know. 38 00:04:22,117 --> 00:04:25,781 You and we don't live in the same world. 39 00:04:25,854 --> 00:04:27,254 Then let me join you-- 40 00:04:27,322 --> 00:04:28,722 No! 41 00:04:28,790 --> 00:04:33,228 There are boundaries people cannot cross. 42 00:04:34,129 --> 00:04:35,961 Mr. Author... 43 00:04:36,031 --> 00:04:39,729 you're someone who must never enter this side of the world. 44 00:04:39,801 --> 00:04:40,962 Never. 45 00:04:58,987 --> 00:05:00,387 Never seen them before. 46 00:05:00,455 --> 00:05:02,287 Perhaps... 47 00:05:02,357 --> 00:05:04,622 They're here to silence us. 48 00:05:04,693 --> 00:05:06,389 You think Mr. Author's in danger, too? 49 00:05:06,461 --> 00:05:09,488 That man has gazed upon the spirit of death as well. 50 00:05:09,564 --> 00:05:13,592 Once you do that, it's up to your luck if you survive. 51 00:05:15,170 --> 00:05:19,699 Are you implying there's a death spirit in Kitabayashi? 52 00:05:27,215 --> 00:05:30,708 Kyogokutei, what are you up to? 53 00:05:56,144 --> 00:05:57,908 That gray area. 54 00:05:57,979 --> 00:06:01,575 No matter where I go, I'm still living in that gray area. 55 00:06:07,189 --> 00:06:11,718 Dear! The guest on the second floor! I'm sure he's gonna hang himself! 56 00:06:11,793 --> 00:06:13,318 You think so, too? 57 00:06:13,395 --> 00:06:17,025 How long have do you think we've been doing this job?! 58 00:06:17,099 --> 00:06:21,059 Well, the truth is I guessed it as soon as I met him-- 59 00:06:21,136 --> 00:06:24,129 Well, hurry up and get rid of him before he does it! 60 00:06:24,206 --> 00:06:27,506 Tell him he's free to kill himself, but to do it somewhere else! 61 00:06:27,576 --> 00:06:29,670 What, me? Why do I have to do it? 62 00:06:29,745 --> 00:06:30,804 Pardon me. 63 00:06:34,883 --> 00:06:36,909 Aren't you...? 64 00:06:36,985 --> 00:06:39,386 Forgive my mishap in Sanuki. 65 00:06:39,454 --> 00:06:41,616 My name is Ukon Shinonome... 66 00:06:41,690 --> 00:06:43,488 once a retainer to the house of Kitabayashi. 67 00:06:43,558 --> 00:06:44,890 Kitabayashi? 68 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:46,519 You know something about it? 69 00:06:46,595 --> 00:06:49,793 No, only about the curse of Seven Man Point. 70 00:06:49,865 --> 00:06:51,333 How? 71 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:55,098 What I know is only a legend... 72 00:06:55,170 --> 00:06:59,574 but I've heard that Seven Man Point was originally a monster from Tosa. 73 00:06:59,641 --> 00:07:01,735 If you encounter one, you're sure to die. 74 00:07:01,810 --> 00:07:04,507 It's a type of death spirit, and there are seven in all. 75 00:07:05,113 --> 00:07:09,744 Each one kills seven, then seven times seven more will die. 76 00:07:09,818 --> 00:07:12,686 If those forty-nine then kill seven people each... 77 00:07:12,754 --> 00:07:15,383 the number of total dead is almost limitless. 78 00:07:15,457 --> 00:07:17,892 It progresses exponentially. 79 00:07:17,959 --> 00:07:21,760 Indeed. And that's what's happening in Kitabayashi. 80 00:07:23,098 --> 00:07:28,435 The year it started, seven people suddenly vanished from the castle town. 81 00:07:28,503 --> 00:07:32,838 The next year it was fourteen people, then twenty-eight the year after that. 82 00:07:32,908 --> 00:07:36,504 By now, countless people have vanished. 83 00:07:36,578 --> 00:07:39,138 The citizens' fear has gone beyond reason. 84 00:07:39,214 --> 00:07:41,945 They're completely paranoid now, convinced it's all the work... 85 00:07:42,017 --> 00:07:43,952 of spies that have snuck into their domain. 86 00:07:44,019 --> 00:07:46,250 And they're convinced there were people who helped them. 87 00:08:04,806 --> 00:08:06,468 It's gotten that bad? 88 00:08:09,044 --> 00:08:14,210 But with so many people vanishing, weren't there any clues left behind? 89 00:08:14,282 --> 00:08:17,184 People from the castle searched thoroughly... 90 00:08:17,252 --> 00:08:19,721 and a strict watch was posted. 91 00:08:19,788 --> 00:08:22,781 No clues were found, and even more people vanished. 92 00:08:22,858 --> 00:08:25,726 Even I'm starting to wonder if it isn't a real curse. 93 00:08:25,794 --> 00:08:27,592 The curse of Seven Man Point. 94 00:08:27,662 --> 00:08:30,826 Assuming for argument's sake that this is all a plot... 95 00:08:30,899 --> 00:08:35,735 to take over the fief, it's all ended up the same. 96 00:08:35,804 --> 00:08:37,568 As much as it pained me... 97 00:08:37,639 --> 00:08:39,335 I snuck away from that accursed domain. 98 00:08:39,407 --> 00:08:42,969 You're a lordless samurai. You mean...?! 99 00:08:43,044 --> 00:08:46,947 I had no choice. My wife vanished as well! 100 00:08:47,883 --> 00:08:51,843 She was three months pregnant. 101 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:53,388 Pregnant. 102 00:08:53,455 --> 00:08:56,914 During the investigation, I learned something from the spies' activities. 103 00:08:56,992 --> 00:08:58,255 What? 104 00:08:58,326 --> 00:09:02,422 Master Yamaoka, I, too, have seen that terrible weapon! 105 00:09:28,490 --> 00:09:30,083 Their movements now worry me. 106 00:09:30,158 --> 00:09:31,956 You mean, they're going to use the flame lance again?! 107 00:09:36,097 --> 00:09:39,625 Master Yamaoka, you've been marked for death. 108 00:09:39,701 --> 00:09:41,636 Death? Me?! 109 00:09:41,703 --> 00:09:44,366 Because you know too much! 110 00:09:54,249 --> 00:09:55,717 I'm going out for a while. 111 00:09:55,784 --> 00:09:58,515 Well, that's a rare thing. 112 00:09:58,587 --> 00:10:00,419 What about that ronin? 113 00:10:00,488 --> 00:10:03,185 He's still in my room. 114 00:10:09,497 --> 00:10:11,125 Come back soon! 115 00:10:11,199 --> 00:10:15,000 He's not coming back! What a load off my mind this is! 116 00:10:15,070 --> 00:10:17,505 Please, accept your death gracefully. 117 00:10:17,572 --> 00:10:20,132 Well, actually, I was relieved about it first. 118 00:10:20,208 --> 00:10:22,803 Hold it! Dear, did you get the money he owes us?! 119 00:10:23,979 --> 00:10:25,572 Got his deposit right here. 120 00:10:32,554 --> 00:10:35,991 Somewhere among these people, one of them is trying to kill me. 121 00:10:36,057 --> 00:10:38,356 Strange. I'm not scared at all. 122 00:10:38,426 --> 00:10:42,124 Does my heart already long for death? 123 00:10:42,197 --> 00:10:46,464 When one longs to die, does that bring him to death's door? 124 00:10:46,534 --> 00:10:48,799 Momosuke? Momosuke! 125 00:10:51,206 --> 00:10:52,731 Heihachi! 126 00:10:53,642 --> 00:10:54,735 It is you! 127 00:10:54,809 --> 00:10:57,506 Sorry, Heihachi. I'm in a hurry. 128 00:10:57,579 --> 00:11:01,778 Huh? Hold it, what's going on? Why are you in such a rush? 129 00:11:01,850 --> 00:11:04,319 It'd be better if you stayed away from me. 130 00:11:04,386 --> 00:11:05,854 What are you talking about? 131 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,822 Meeting you here is a terrific twist of fate. 132 00:11:08,890 --> 00:11:10,984 Have you heard about the castle town in Kitabayashi? 133 00:11:11,059 --> 00:11:12,721 Kitabayashi?! 134 00:11:13,461 --> 00:11:17,398 Man, that's the first time I've ever been in such danger! 135 00:11:17,465 --> 00:11:21,163 That must be what it feels like to walk in the middle of a pack of wolves. 136 00:11:21,236 --> 00:11:22,864 When you're summoned to a castle personally... 137 00:11:22,937 --> 00:11:24,963 you don't know if you're gonna come home in one piece! 138 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:27,339 God! Never again! 139 00:11:27,409 --> 00:11:29,002 You were summoned personally? 140 00:11:29,077 --> 00:11:32,514 Here's what was for sale. 141 00:11:32,580 --> 00:11:34,708 Even places that seem to lie at the ends of the earth... 142 00:11:34,783 --> 00:11:36,479 have curious people in them. 143 00:11:36,551 --> 00:11:39,487 They call it an "atrocity print." 144 00:11:42,557 --> 00:11:44,389 A pregnant... 145 00:11:44,459 --> 00:11:46,724 Well, that's why very few major publishers... 146 00:11:46,795 --> 00:11:48,730 would put out dangerous material like this. 147 00:11:48,797 --> 00:11:51,232 They come out with seven serialized books a year... 148 00:11:51,299 --> 00:11:52,858 for a grand total of twenty-eight volumes. 149 00:11:52,934 --> 00:11:54,459 Did you say twenty-eight?! 150 00:11:54,536 --> 00:11:57,404 Momosuke, what's wrong with you? 151 00:11:57,472 --> 00:12:00,965 Heihachi, who did you sell these to?! 152 00:12:01,042 --> 00:12:04,410 I told you, I was summoned directly to the castle! 153 00:12:05,947 --> 00:12:07,415 Someone in the castle? 154 00:12:08,983 --> 00:12:09,973 Wait! Momosuke! 155 00:12:10,051 --> 00:12:11,485 Ukon! 156 00:12:13,354 --> 00:12:17,416 Could it be? Could the curse of Seven Man Point be... 157 00:12:17,492 --> 00:12:20,257 If it is, then Mataichi and the others are in danger! 158 00:12:40,949 --> 00:12:45,216 Wait, please! I'll never tell anyone about that thing! 159 00:12:46,054 --> 00:12:49,149 I... I... 160 00:12:50,625 --> 00:12:54,323 I can't die! I can't die yet! 161 00:12:54,829 --> 00:12:58,823 I... I don't regret my life. Please! 162 00:13:02,437 --> 00:13:04,235 Master Yamaoka! 163 00:13:36,304 --> 00:13:40,867 You're faster than I expected. Sorry I didn't come sooner. 164 00:13:40,942 --> 00:13:45,539 I recognize these lackeys from Sanuki. It must be related to the flame lance! 165 00:13:45,613 --> 00:13:46,808 Ukon... 166 00:13:49,017 --> 00:13:53,717 What's happening at Seven Man Point isn't a curse. 167 00:13:53,788 --> 00:13:57,088 People are behind what's going on there. 168 00:13:57,158 --> 00:13:59,024 What do you mean? 169 00:13:59,093 --> 00:14:03,030 I think the criminals are the people in Kitabayashi Castle! 170 00:14:11,706 --> 00:14:13,766 That's not nearly enough! 171 00:14:13,842 --> 00:14:15,674 Listen up, everyone! 172 00:14:15,743 --> 00:14:18,975 There are a lot more enemy dogs hiding in our domain! 173 00:14:19,047 --> 00:14:22,984 Show no mercy! Hunt them down to the last person! 174 00:14:23,051 --> 00:14:26,146 These guys are making hell on earth. 175 00:14:33,328 --> 00:14:37,732 Oh? What are they building over there? 176 00:14:47,675 --> 00:14:50,372 Whoa! Master Yamaoka! 177 00:14:50,445 --> 00:14:51,538 Y-Yes? 178 00:14:51,613 --> 00:14:53,206 We can't go on horseback past here. 179 00:14:53,281 --> 00:14:55,079 We'll have to go through a choke point. 180 00:14:56,985 --> 00:14:58,783 D- Don't worry about me! 181 00:15:00,822 --> 00:15:02,085 Me and my big mouth! 182 00:15:09,664 --> 00:15:11,496 It's in sight, Master Yamaoka! 183 00:15:14,035 --> 00:15:17,062 That's Kitabayashi Castle? 184 00:15:17,805 --> 00:15:20,798 It all seems like a bad dream. 185 00:15:20,875 --> 00:15:23,310 Lady Kaede, the wife of our previous lord... 186 00:15:23,378 --> 00:15:26,473 threw herself from that tower. 187 00:15:42,297 --> 00:15:46,325 The misfortunes in the castle town began after that. 188 00:15:46,401 --> 00:15:48,802 It's what started everything. 189 00:15:48,870 --> 00:15:51,965 We should wait till sundown before we enter the town. 190 00:15:59,547 --> 00:16:01,072 Who's that? 191 00:16:01,783 --> 00:16:05,049 Lord Danjou, the lord of the castle. 192 00:16:06,421 --> 00:16:07,753 Tora-no-Shin! 193 00:16:07,889 --> 00:16:10,586 Tora-no-Shin, what are you doing to your mother?! 194 00:16:14,729 --> 00:16:15,924 Denzou... 195 00:16:15,997 --> 00:16:16,760 Milord? 196 00:16:16,831 --> 00:16:17,799 When will it be finished? 197 00:16:17,865 --> 00:16:19,356 In another month. 198 00:16:19,434 --> 00:16:21,869 You have half a month! We cannot wait any longer. 199 00:16:21,936 --> 00:16:22,926 Milord! 200 00:16:28,910 --> 00:16:30,879 What are you planning to do, Mata? 201 00:16:30,945 --> 00:16:33,779 Sneak into the castle! 202 00:16:33,848 --> 00:16:35,373 What?! 203 00:16:36,951 --> 00:16:38,886 Oh, crap! 204 00:16:41,522 --> 00:16:44,890 Looks like some travelers have wandered into this domain. 205 00:16:44,959 --> 00:16:46,188 Not good. 206 00:16:59,007 --> 00:17:00,532 Explain yourselves. 207 00:17:00,608 --> 00:17:04,306 Well, sir, it took us longer to cross the mountains than I expected. 208 00:17:04,379 --> 00:17:07,144 We only just arrived here in the castle town. 209 00:17:07,215 --> 00:17:12,449 I see. It sounds like you've had a rough journey! 210 00:17:19,994 --> 00:17:22,987 Hey! What do we do with this girl? 211 00:17:33,441 --> 00:17:34,602 Shiragiku! 212 00:17:39,313 --> 00:17:42,078 To the next world, we commit Thee! 213 00:17:42,984 --> 00:17:44,509 MATAICHI! 214 00:17:49,724 --> 00:17:54,458 For me, the Shiragiku I am now... I shall shine on in the shadows! 215 00:17:55,063 --> 00:17:57,589 Figures she'd be connected to all this. 216 00:18:01,969 --> 00:18:03,961 Bring her along, Kaburagi. 217 00:18:04,038 --> 00:18:05,301 Yes, ma'am! 218 00:18:11,813 --> 00:18:15,511 Is it possible the curse of Seven Man Point is... 219 00:18:16,184 --> 00:18:19,518 This is certainly going to be a pain. 220 00:18:19,587 --> 00:18:21,249 Master Yamaoka. 221 00:18:21,322 --> 00:18:22,415 Yes? 222 00:18:22,490 --> 00:18:25,289 My wife, Suzu... 223 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:27,521 was she really killed like it's shown in that atrocity print? 224 00:18:28,596 --> 00:18:31,691 This may all just be my imagination. 225 00:18:31,766 --> 00:18:33,735 It's just that the person buying... 226 00:18:33,801 --> 00:18:36,794 those seven-part books comes from the castle, so... 227 00:18:36,871 --> 00:18:39,705 Seven parts? So it's connected to Seven Man Point?! 228 00:18:39,774 --> 00:18:41,538 Ukon? 229 00:18:45,046 --> 00:18:46,912 What's that? 230 00:18:54,889 --> 00:18:58,826 Don't tell me they're going to kill that little girl like in the pictures! 231 00:19:06,534 --> 00:19:09,834 Kaburagi! You! It was you! 232 00:19:09,904 --> 00:19:13,102 Heh! So you've returned, Ukon! 233 00:19:13,174 --> 00:19:16,576 Was that a good idea, seeing how your wife still lives? 234 00:19:16,644 --> 00:19:17,839 What?! 235 00:19:17,912 --> 00:19:21,815 She lives so long as the moon is full! 236 00:19:21,883 --> 00:19:24,409 Then you people really are... 237 00:19:24,485 --> 00:19:26,420 Draw your swords! 238 00:19:33,494 --> 00:19:36,953 That was the stupidest samurai I've ever seen. 239 00:19:37,565 --> 00:19:39,659 Ogin! Mataichi! 240 00:19:39,734 --> 00:19:45,037 Your luck remains amazingly strong, Mr. Author. 241 00:19:45,106 --> 00:19:47,769 Uh-oh, here come reinforcements. 242 00:19:47,842 --> 00:19:49,777 For now, we withdraw. 243 00:19:53,447 --> 00:19:58,078 I see. They made a selection. The scream we heard before... 244 00:19:58,152 --> 00:20:00,781 Then they'll eventually kill that girl, too. 245 00:20:00,855 --> 00:20:02,653 Aside from that, Mr. Author... 246 00:20:02,723 --> 00:20:05,386 that's certainly an awful idea you've come up with. 247 00:20:05,459 --> 00:20:07,519 Well... 248 00:20:07,595 --> 00:20:09,393 But if we don't save Ukon, he'll be... 249 00:20:09,463 --> 00:20:14,299 Oh, I'm getting sick of this. Mind telling us how we do that? 250 00:20:14,368 --> 00:20:15,802 No, I... 251 00:20:15,870 --> 00:20:18,135 You involve others and then get us involved, too! 252 00:20:18,206 --> 00:20:20,175 For heaven's sake. 253 00:20:22,210 --> 00:20:23,701 Mr. Author... 254 00:20:23,778 --> 00:20:26,942 Mr. Author, I don't mean to rob you of hope... 255 00:20:27,014 --> 00:20:30,314 but that samurai was looking for a place to die. 256 00:20:30,384 --> 00:20:32,216 A place to die? 257 00:20:32,286 --> 00:20:35,882 Well, shall we get this plan moving? 258 00:20:35,957 --> 00:20:37,653 Ogin. 259 00:20:37,725 --> 00:20:39,250 Time to take the stage. 260 00:20:53,808 --> 00:20:55,174 Wh-What's... 261 00:20:57,745 --> 00:21:00,840 I am the Lady of the Point. 262 00:21:00,915 --> 00:21:03,885 My enmity knows no end. 263 00:21:03,951 --> 00:21:07,911 If you wish to quiet the curse, raise a shrine to me! 264 00:21:08,456 --> 00:21:10,118 Pray for me! 265 00:21:15,963 --> 00:21:18,364 What's with this castle? 266 00:21:18,432 --> 00:21:20,924 What's with all the hidey-holes and secret passages? 267 00:21:21,002 --> 00:21:24,131 Well, thanks to them, we could sneak in. 268 00:21:24,839 --> 00:21:27,775 There's something definitely shady about this place. 269 00:21:27,842 --> 00:21:30,107 Do you hear something? 270 00:21:50,665 --> 00:21:52,361 That's the flame lance! 271 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,375 We've found him. 272 00:22:01,442 --> 00:22:03,604 He's the death spirit haunting this place. 273 00:22:03,678 --> 00:22:06,842 Which makes him the enemy we face. 274 00:22:08,316 --> 00:22:11,753 The lord of this castle... Danjou Kitabayashi! 275 00:22:17,224 --> 00:22:23,186 Wind chimes whisper soft and sweet 276 00:22:24,699 --> 00:22:29,797 Though there's not a hint of a breeze 277 00:22:31,772 --> 00:22:37,507 Moonlight dancing on the garden walk 278 00:22:37,578 --> 00:22:44,143 As it gently drifts through the trees 279 00:22:45,586 --> 00:22:51,492 Romance takes flight on this perfect night 280 00:22:51,559 --> 00:22:58,193 While all of the world lays sleeping 281 00:22:59,066 --> 00:23:08,499 Find us here as we feel the moment of love 282 00:23:09,844 --> 00:23:13,281 Draw near 283 00:23:13,347 --> 00:23:20,254 Dream, sleep, with your hand in mine 284 00:23:20,321 --> 00:23:26,261 Underneath a blanket of stars 285 00:23:28,462 --> 00:23:33,423 Song birds singing in a distant glade 286 00:23:33,501 --> 00:23:42,342 As we share the warmth of the dawn 287 00:23:48,849 --> 00:23:51,284 Evil and ambition scatter in the darkness... 288 00:23:51,352 --> 00:23:54,447 leaving behind dubious rumors to fly in public. 289 00:23:54,522 --> 00:23:57,492 Monsters. The darkness in people's hearts. 290 00:23:57,558 --> 00:24:00,118 Apparitions as numerous as sadnesses. 291 00:24:00,194 --> 00:24:02,288 That's why I continue to write... 292 00:24:02,363 --> 00:24:04,992 of the sad darkness these specters inhabit. 293 00:24:05,065 --> 00:24:08,593 Next time, on Natsuhiko Kyogoku's "Requiem from the Darkness." 294 00:24:08,669 --> 00:24:10,103 The final episode. 295 00:24:10,171 --> 00:24:14,905 "The Death Spirits of Seven Man Point, Part 2." 296 00:24:14,975 --> 00:24:17,877 To the next world, we commit Thee.