"THE GOLDEN COMPASS" "There are many universes parallel to each other." "where peoples souls live inside their bodies." "Daemons." "Are we going to see the child?" "I should think so." "is Dust." "The bears of the ice." "scholars invented an Alethiometer." "A golden compass." "And it showed them all that was hidden." "And forbade the very mention of "Dust"." "and only one who can read it." "You'll never catch me!" "Lets go get him Lyra." "You come back here!" "." "Roger!" ".. Will do what ever we say!" "or they'll "gobble" you!" "Hurry Up!" "come no further." "Why?" "We played the game fair and square." "Billy Costa." "Don't you know what gate that is?" "It's the back door to your stupid college." " So?" " There's a curse on this gate." "is worse than touching another person's daemon with your bare hands." "Why hasn't anything happened to you?" "y'see?" "my mother was the one who put the curse on this place in the first place." "What mother?" "I heard you were an orphan." "And your uncle only left you here cause' nobody wants you." "Come here and say that." "Billy!" "You should listen to your mate." "The scholars got this special ring mail ideal for trespassers." "and it burns you alive!" "Rubbish." "Hand him over." "I'll steal it!" "as long as you try it on." "Alright." "Bring it with you tonight." "Or else.." "War;" "don't!" " See you later then." " Ok." "You weren't really gonna hand me over to them?" "Of course not." "I'll steal one of the scholar's gown." "He'll never try it on anyway." "Hunt." "Well the Master we be relieved that you've arrived safely." "I'm sure he will." " You should listen to me once in a while." " Stop being such a coward." "where would you be?" "In the retiring room already." "quick!" "Let's find a robe and get out of here." "Don't be silly." "I want to look around." "I hurt too." "You're gonna get us caught." "Oh no!" "I told you!" "." "Lord Asriel is an eminent fellow of the colleagues." "As Headmaster of Jordan..." "You must force him to abandon his plan." "They're talking about Uncle Asriel." "I speak for the Magisteria." "The Magisteria has no authorities within these walls." "The Magistirium has authority everywhere." "And Asriel will be silenced.." "One way or another. his proposal will be heard." "free enquiry.." "And that's my final word on the matter." "if you'll excuse me.." "I shall call the council to order." "Pan." "let's go!" "." "Lyra!" "Stelmaria." "Lord Asriel." "He remember you were partial to it." "Thank You." " Lyra!" " It's poisoned!" " Nonsense." " It ain't nonsense." "I saw that man from the Magistirium pour some white powder into the wine." "Go back in there." "Keep your eyes open and your mouth shut..." "Go on." "Lord Asriel this a rare pleasure.." "May I introduce Fra Pavel from the Magisterium." "but I follow your exploits..." "Lord Asriel." "That's what the smell is..." "I shall go straight to the point." "the lights." "This photo grail is taken at the magnetic north pole." "In Svalbard." "Kingdom of the Ice bears." "is that light rising from the man's body or is it coming down." "but that's not light." "It's Dust." "it can't be the normal sort." "There's plenty of that here." "gentlemen." "Allow Lord Asriel to explain himself." "It could be an aborational malfunction of some kind." "No it isn't." "No aboration of any kind." "The behaviour of these particles is quite unmistakable through his daemon." "From a city in another world." "A world very much like our own in a parallel universe." "inaccessible." "and from a billion other worlds Dust flows. somewhere daemons have no men..." "Men without daemons." "That's impossible." "Even some who have no Magistirium..." "And no authority." "That is heresy." "That is the truth." "gentlemen." "It's Cought." "I intend to travel to these worlds." "With this sufficient source of energy." "And..." "Well... a sufficient source of funds." "I cannot thank the crossing." "I humbly beg the college council to fund such a journey." "She wouldn't listen to me." "I will not have my niece slithering round like an alley-cat." "are You?" "I've just saved your life!" "why did he try to poison You?" " You wouldn't understand." "I don't see why." "and a liar." "What will the Magisterium do to You now?" "The Magisterium's day's are numbered." "with a bit of luck" "Did you get the money you needed?" "Are you going North again?" "The college counsel has defied The Magistirium." "I'm leaving immediately. and learn about Dust and everything." "What do you know about dust?" " Nothing." " Good." "Keep it that way." "Be a good girl and do what you're told." "But you don't do what you're told!" "You don't let anyone tell you what to do!" "." "and look at the welcome I got!" " Hush Pan." " I can see your daemon still changes shape." " Has it settled yet?" " Yeah." "isn't it." "Why kids daemons can change shape but grown-ups' can't." "Dust is none of your business." "You try and behave." "the next time he goes." " He swore it." "Cause' he needs my help you see.." " Ahh!" "." "What for?" "Fighting probably." "Or spying." "He uses me as a spy sometimes." "Like now for instance." "I'm supposed to keep an eye on them Gobblers." "They took them gypsian kids out Boundry Ray." "Billy Costa told me." "I heard them Gobblers take them down to hell." "Of course they don't!" "." "aren't you?" " No I ain't." "But the adults are." "Kids keep disappearing." "you see?" "." "The orphans..." "And the servant kids as well." "I'd come and rescue you." "You'd come get me to wouldn't you?" "if you were in trouble." " You're a lady." " Says Who!" "?" "." "Cook." "He says that's why you are the only one who live here." "To make you a lady." "Nobody can make me a lady!" "Not the master and the scholars and porces combined." "Right!" "?" "." "or we ain't best mates no more." "You ain't a lady!" "Lyra!" "Lyra Belaqua get down off them roofs!" "The Master wants you at High Table." "The state of your knees." "And your hair." "Well..." "It's not surprising." "Roger and me has been hunting Gobblers." "It's dirty work." "Don't you make jokes about them Gobblers." "Ain't nothing to play about when children go missing." "the tutor in Metaphysics tells me you missed your lesson again." "I know you do not always understand what others think is best." "Master." " Mrs. Coulter." "When I was a young woman i knew that no one could truly ever understand me." "Except of course my daemon." "And that it would be best if we were to do as we pleased." "Gentlemen." "alright." "Lord Asriel's niece." "a friend of the college." "too." "I've met Lord Asriel?" "It was at the Royal Arctic Institute." "We discussed the political structure of the Ice bears of Svalbard." "You've seen an Ice bear?" "I have had an audience" "Ragnar Stursson." "And I'll tell you something I probably shouldn't:." "King Ragnar is desperate to have a daemon of his own." "And he will stop at nothing to get one." "I'd never!" "I feel I can trust you." "I have to go back to the north very soon." "I'm going to need an assistant." " Me?" "Got to the North?" " North?" "It's cold up there." "We'd better get the Master's permission." "I was wondering if I might borrow dear Lyra?" "of course." "I'm not sure that would be consistant with Lord Asriels wishes for her education." "I'll deal with Asriel." "you mustn't." "Very well." "A bet's a bet." "Lyra was supposed to show up with the gown." "I told you they wouldn't let her out of the college." "Which one is her room?" "that's what." "I'll be skinned alive." "The night pool is bound to be going his rounds." "check if the coast is clear." "It's all clear." "Billy!" "Billy!" "The scholars still refuse to hand over the last alethiomether." "And now they've given Asriel all the funds he needs." "If he succeeds in proving the existence of these other worlds it will contradict centuries of teaching." "and heretics." "Unless we deal with the root of the problem." "That is why Mrs. Coulter's work is so important. are close to perfecting the inoculation against the effects of Dust." "I am relieved to hear that. we will nurture a generation at peace with itself." "One that will never question our authority again." "We owe it to the young." "Do we not?" "our defiance will not go unpunished." " We failed her." " We protected her as long as we could." "She's still a child." "She can't possibly be a threat to them." "She is." "She is meant to play a major part in what is to come." "How do you know such things?" "The Witches. it is important to know if I was followed." "Master." "Lyra." " What is this?" "An Alethiometer." "Also known as a Golden Compass." "years ago." "you are meant to have it." " What's it for?" " It tells the truth." "We've always tried to acquaint you with the elude scholars and authorities." "This lets you glimpse things as they are." "Keep the alethiometer to yourself." "that Mrs. Coulter" "Do you understand me?" "Of the utmost importance." "Lyra!" "Are you ready?" "There's someone missing." " I want to say goodbye to Roger." " Roger?" "Who's Roger?" "My friend." "He works in the kitchen." "We must go." "The ferrie's about to take off." "Why don't you write him a letter?" "You can tell him all about the journey and even leave a photograph." "I suppose." "what's that?" "." "Lyra." "What's the Magistirium for?" "." "The Magistirium is what people need." "It keep things working." "By telling people what to do." "But you told the Master you did whatever you pleased." "That's Right." "Clever girl. and some people don't." "petty way." "They tell them what to do in a kindly way." "Keeps them out of danger." "Sugar?" "SVALBARD" "it's got lots of pictures in the end." " What do they mean?" " Don't know." "The needle keeps stopping at the same symbols." "lightning bolt and a baby." "see?" "What do you think makes the needle move?" "I don't know." "Maybe Uncle Asriel knows." "Maybe we're supposed to take it to him." "and ready for bed..." "We have a busy few weeks." "Oh it was a stylish enough party." "I shall never understand." "Darling." "doesn't she?" "She's never taking us to the North. and rooms we aren't allowed in to." "Perhaps we shouldn't have invited Professor Docker." "He's such a bore isn't he?" "." "And he had sauce in his beard." "But he is one of the foremost experts on particle Metaphysics." " Have I told you what a particle is?" " Oh I know about particles." "Like Dust." "That's a particle isn't it." " Dust?" "..." "I mean the Dust from space." "That Dust." "Like in the north." "Where did you hear about that?" "It must have been one of the scholars at Jordan." "there are some thing we best ignore." "Subjects that you Well... never speak about." "so I forgive you." "Just don't mention it again." "You take off that childish shoulder bag." "I don't like seeing you wearing it indoors." " But please Mrs. Coulter." "I do love it." " But I do not." "Put it away." "put it away now." " I don't want to." "we will have an argument which I will win." "Now put it away at once!" "It's absurd to be carrying around a shoulder bag in your own home." "Jordan is my home." "Lyra!" "it hurts!" " Do as I tell you." " I promise." "Thank you." "you must learn to control your daemon." "He is much to wild." "kiss me." "I hate her!" "I hate them." "And look." "They're spying on us." "What do they want with us?" "Why are we here?" "Did you see her daemon?" "Dust." "And what does she keep in that room?" "Let's go find out." "Maybe this isn't such a good idea." "Over here." " That's just one of her stupid guest lists." " No it isn't." "Look at it." "Pan?" "And that?" "..." "General Oblation Board..." " G.O.B." " Gobblers." "From the letters." "G.O.B." "Costa." "Billy and Roger!" "where are you?" "We have to get out of here." "Lyra!" "what have you been doing?" " Nothing." "Well we must find something for you to do." "Will you help me arrange our passage to the North?" "don't you?" "Where is he?" "I don't see him." "this way!" "Lyra!" "Lyra!" "Pan?" "We got to save Roger." "And Billy." "We've got to save ourselves first." "Where are we gonna go?" "Anywhere is better than here." "this way!" "the girl can't be far." " Spread out." "Search all the buildings." " Gobblers!" "cover the canal." "There they are!" "Lyra!" "Lyra." "Come here." " You're save with us." " Your Mama Costa." "Billy's Mum. watching over you." "An a good thing too." "You best come with us." "Lord of the Gypsians.." "are they?" " What are you looking at?" "Ma Costa!" "This is the child." "It's alright." "Lord Faa?" "Lyra..." "Come and sit by my side." "This is Fader Coram." "These are the chiefs of the gypsian families." "You're are our guest here and you are under our protection." "I want to thank you." "For keeping watch with me and all..." "But why did you do it?" "Lord Asriel has been a good friend to the Gypsians this many a year and..." "This many a year it has been our as we traveled along our ways." "did you?" "well... we suspected she had something to do with the Gobblers." "Billy." "We know your tale up until the Costas found you." "Is there anything else you can tell us?" "Is there anything you may have forgot?" "Don't show it to them." "The Master of Jordan gave me this." "I thought they was all take by the Magisterium." "It's an alethiometer." "It's a truth measurer. what others wish to hide." "You've got three handles that you can control." "You can ask any sort of question you can imagine. - that give you the answer." " Could it be used to find the missing children?" " Not by me." "The art was Jalousi-guarded." " Can I try?" "Lyra?" "You don't know how to read it." "like the Gobblers." "And the Pot could mean a recipe or a plan... the baby." "That means kids." "Lyra:" "You mustn't grasp at the answer. like it was something alive." "It's an hourglass." "But it came around to it on the second time." "The first time it only stopped there a moment." "is a scull." "Thank you." "Finish your letters now." "why didn't you write anything?" "Your mother must be missing you terribly." "Miss." "They haven't told us what we're here for." "You're here to help us." "we'll send you back home." "That's what you should write." "Or don't they teach gypsian children to write?" "They teach us to write the truth." "just write the letter." "I'm afraid your parents will be disappointed." "I am puzzled by your interest in the Belaqua-girl." "she is in possession of the alethiometer." "the Master." " Can she read it?" " Of course not." "Are you familiar with the prophecies of the witches?" "You think she is that child?" "she must be found." "like bees to honey." "Svalbard." "Kingdom of the Ice bears. that Coulter-woman to hunt us down." "Don't be so hasty." "We can work this out like gentlemen." "Lyra." "We'll find Roger." "I'm alright." " What is it?" " It's a spy fly." "Is it dangerous?" "The one that got away is." "you'd find no living thing in there." "at any rate." "There's a clockwork." "And in it is a bad spirit with a sleeping poison in its sting." "We'll keep him safe..." "In here..." "Lyra.." "Why me?" "Why are they doing this?" "We don't know." "But we Gypsians are being hurt worse than most by these Gobblers." "They're taking our children up North." "The land of cold and dark." "we don't know." "But we have heard terrible rumors." "Our aim is first and beyond all to rescue these children." "Both gypsian and landloof or like." "But if they have been harmed... if they have been harmed... nor on sea for these Gobblers. as will make their hearts faint." "And fearful." "We will strike the strength out of them." "broken and shattered." "Pan?" " Scared?" "..." "A little." "It's all bigger and scarier than we ever thought." "ain't we?" "I mean." "Who are you?" "My name is Serafina Pekkala." "Clan queen of the witches of Lake Enara." " A witch." "Where's your daemon?" " Kaysa can fly a long way from me." "the Magisterium seeks?" "The one with the symbol reader? was once my lover." "Father Coram." "He was young and beautiful once." "And we witches live for hundreds of years." "Father Coram wishes to know where the child-cutters take their prey." "It is a place they call Bolvangar." "A place of fear." "A regiment of Tatars with wolf-daemons guards it." "Birds do not fly above." "Animals flee from it." "Even the samojeds fear it." "It is a weeks march from Trolleund on the coast of Norway." "You will find something to help you in Trollesund." "You will need all your courage." "I'm glad I've lived long enough to see you..." "Child." "you're not listening to me!" "That's a mighty fancy clockwork you got there." " It's just a toy." " Uhuh." "Then it's a mighty fancy toy." "How did you come by something like that?" "Lee when are you gonna learn to mind your own business?" "I do beg your pardon." "Lee Scoresby." "And this old girl is Hester." "I'm Lyra." "This is Pan." "Pantalaimon." "Miss Lyra." "am I right?" "Here I go again." "Don't answer that." "Mr. Scoresby?" "a friend of mine got himself into a fix." " So I come to see what I can do about it." " Me to." "that ain't my normal occupation." "Most of the time I plan my trade up in the sky." "You're an aeronaut!" " Can I go up in your ship?" " I'd be honored." "Just as soon as I get her out of hawk." "I'd like to give you a word of advice. and an armored bear." " An armored bear?" " There's one in town." "lorek Byrnison's his name." "Works at the sled depot behind Arson's Bar." "He would be good to have on your side in a scrap." "Not that you're looking for that." "lorek Byrnison." "May I speak to you?" " What!" "?" " We want to offer you employment." "I am employed." "By the town's people." "I mend broken machinery." "I lift heavy objects." "What kind of work is that for a panser-bjorn?" "Paid work!" "Is that what they pay you?" "Whisky? I have ever met." "I was ever so excited and scared." "But now i'm just disappointed." "I heard that bears lived to hunt and to fight." "drinking whisky?" "I stay in this town because the town's people And they took my armour away." "I cannot go to war. without my armour I am nothing!" "But..." "Can't you make new armour?" "I thought bears were good at that." " There's all this metal around." " Worthless! from the falling stars that land in Svalbard." "like your daemon is your soul." "Irreplaceable. 'May as well take him away and replace him with a dog." "It must have been terrible to loose your Armour." "I was no less than I deserved." "I am in exile." "I was sent away from Svalbard because I was unworthy." "I fought another bear in single combat and was defeated." "Come child." "We can't involve ourselves." "He was prince." "if the other bear hadn't defeated him." "it really hurt him." "lorek Byrnison." " Be careful." " I know where your armour is." "They tricked you out of it." "lorek Byrnison." "in Trollesund." " What's your name child?" " Lyra Belaqua." "I owe you a debt. or you have a victory." "lorek!" "lorek Byrnison!" "I know." "and then there will be more fighting and we'll never to saving those kids. there's no need for a dust-up." "Howdy lorek." "I was down South when I heard you ran in to some local trouble." "Didn't have the first notion on how to spring you." "Fortunately little girl come in resourceful up in these parts." "Well look at here." "Reinforcements." "What do say you fellows just call it a day." "Just been hired on by these gentlemen of the" "Gypsian persuasion." "Figuring on joining this turkey shoot?" "Yes." "I have a contract with the child." "Miss Lyra." "My Lord..." "Fra Pavel!" "I have received your news about the Gypsian party heading to the North." "The matter is of the first importance." "and Bolvangar protected." "The intercision process is more important than ever." "Which is why it must be taken out of the hands of the Coulter woman." "It was Mrs. Coulter who took the Belaqua-child and then let her slip away." "that is the most troubling of all. it is better that I've sent Mrs. Coulter after the child." " You've sent her?" " Yes." "She is to demonstrate the improvements to the intercision-process upon the Belaqua-girl." "I'm sorry." "I would never hurt you." "Lyra." "I'll find you." "I will find you." "boys." "Airship machinery is kind of finacy." "Mrs. Coulter." "But she was always telling me what to do." "I bet you don't like it ether." "I can tell." "You're like my Uncle Asriel." "He's a classic noble like you." "I think..." "Samojede Lands." "Samojedes don't take kindly to trespassers." "It's the only way to reach Bolvangar." "Stay close to me." " Come child." " It will be dark soon." "What's wrong?" "What can you see?" "Where are we going?" "They told us not to leave the tents." "child?" "The alethiometer keep telling me something." "It is troubled by a ghost." "It's something to do with the Gobblers." "And Roger." "You can take me there." "You could carry me there and back before anyone knew couldn't you?" "." " You wish to ride me?" " Yes." "We will travel faster without armor." " Are those birds?" " Witches." " More than I have ever seen." " Where are they going?" "Flying to war." "If they are flying to the aid of your enemies you should all be afraid." " Are you afraid?" " NO." "I will master my fear." "I will make sure the way is clear." "stay here." "Lyra no." "Please don't!" "." "Pan." "Something terrible." "I'm afraid." "We've got to master our fear." "Hallo?" "Hallo?" " Billy." " Where's his daemon?" "He doesn't have a daemon." "That's..." "Intercision." "That's what the Gobblers do." "Cutting away kids' daemons." "Where's my Ratter?" "Have you seen her?" "Lyra." "Let me take you back to your mum." " I need Ratter." " Billy come on with me." "We'll take you some place safe." "We'll find Ratter." "What's this?" "what have you found?" "Billy." "Billy Costa." "You're alright Billy." "You're safe now." "We'll bring her back." "where are they taking us?" "I don't know." "We've been going for hours." "Pan." "I hope you're happy now." "Don't worry." "We'll get her back. she's more worth in one piece." "I'll find her." "I'll bring her back." "I can bargain with Ragnar." " I'll drop you at the border." "I'll pick you up when I come back." " No." "I will not leave her." "Ragnar and the rest of you know that." "I know that I would feel ashamed to show less pride than that child." "That kind of courage can get you killed." "Scoresby." "I recon not." "Let me take her down." "Pick up the trail." "Don't worry." "lorek will come." "That's just it Pan." "There's to many for him to fight." "We've got to do something." "Do you remember what Mrs. Coulter said?" "About the King of the bears wanting a Daemon." "I need you to hide." "Don't let them see you." "That's fine by me." "Pan." "Great King." "and not his." "Your Majesty." "What have you to do with lorek Byrnison!" "?" "I'm lorek Byrnison's daemon." "the unworthy lorek Byrnison obtained a daemon!" "? but it should have been you." "They gave me to him at Bolvangar." "Mrs. Coulter did." "How can you be so far from him." "Great King." "I can go as far from him as I please." "then I will kill you right now and be free of an enemy!" "I can never be your daemon." "My daemon?" "see." "not his." "nothing. and better in every way." "He's on his way here now to fight you." "What?" "He's mad." "We shall destroy him!" "No." "If you defeat him I will become your daemon." "But you must defeat him in single combat." "And all his strength will flow into yours." "And my mind will flow into your mind." "You and me together." "I'll just go out and you'll never have me." "Prove it." "Prove to me that you are a daemon." "Ask me something only you know." "How did I become king?" "Great King." "We daemons use it to see the truth in our own eyes." "Ragnar. and beat him in single combat." "lorek Byrnison." "what have I done?" "Ragnar is too strong." "let me speak to him." " If I do he will not suspect." " Very well." "You go to him." "Give him courage." "Bring him to his death." "Soon You'll be mine." "I've done a terrible thing." "What terrible thing?" "I told the king I was your daemon." "And that he must fight you." "they would have never let you fight." "The would have burned you before you got up close." "But you've been fighting." "And running all this way." "Lyra." "Lyra Belaqua." "Know I shall call you Lyra "Silver-tongue"." "little daemon." "lorek my dear." "and he ain't nothing." "Scoresby will find you." "Is that all?" "Soon to die?" "Is that all?" "Is that all!" "?" "that is all." "Bears!" "." "Who is your king!" "?" "I thought I'd lost you." " Why?" "You're still on my contract." "Now I will take you to Bolvangar." "lorek." "The alethiometer says they'll hurt Roger." "It may not hold us both." "I will follow." "don't look down." "you're almost there!" "Run!" "I will get Scoresby and the Gypsians." "Wait!" "I don't like the look of this place." " Bolvanger!" " Hello there." "I got lost in the snow." "Where am I?" "No need to worry my child." "You're safe now." "You better come inside." "It's warm and comfortable here." " What's your name." " Don't tell him who we are." "Lizzie." "Lizzie Brooks." "Lizzie." "There must be an interesting story." "they took me." "They're traders." "you're very lucky to have found us when you got lost." "you'll like it." " It's called the experimental station." " What do you do here?" " We help children grow up." " Liar." "just in time for dinner." "Can you see him?" "Is he here?" "you found us!" "." "You kept your promise." "didn't I?" "do you know what they do to the kids here?" "right?" "Then they'll send us home." "And we don't have to worry about Dust." "you'll never see them again." "They took Billy Costa away last week." "And he's still gone." "alright?" "Tell the kids to have their warm clothes ready." "I need to be alone somewhere." "But not here." "They hardly ever use this one." "But be quick." "Ask it how we are gonna get out of here." " But why would it..." " Oh no." "It's them." "Have you discover how several children managed to wander free from the station." "the question is mute. would not last very long in the cold." "We have already recovered 2 out of the 3 missing children." "Where they alive?" "Well that is unfortunate... have some good news." "We needn't be concerned with Lord Asriel any longer." "He's bribed his capturers and set up a secret laboratory in the far reaches of the North." "The Magistiriums soldiers are on their way. and sentenced to death." "To death?" "Oh dear me..." "I think I will retire for the evening." "of course Miss." "The order will show you to your chambers." "I wouldn't get on the wrong side of her I'll tell you that." "She's positively goolish." "Remember the first experiments?" "She was so keen to see them pulled apart." "Her and that mutually daemon." " What was that?" " Don't know." "You can't!" "You're not allowed." "Quickly now." "Straight into the chamber." "Let me go!" "lorek Byrnison's gonna kill you." "my dear." "It's only a little cut." " You'll never keep us apart!" "don't you." "this is how you grow up." "Stay away from me!" "You'll never keep us apart!" "Never!" "Never!" " No stop!" "Lyra!" " Pan!" "Lyra!" "Don't!" "Don't you touch!" "No one is going to hurt you." "No one is ever... going to hurt you." "They did it to Billy." "And to those other kids." "Why?" "Why are they doing that?" "but it's for their own good." "It's just a little cut... some of our ancestors made a terrible mistake." "They disobeyed the authority." "And that is what made Dust come in to the world." "we've been sick with it." "Been sick with Dust." "But there is a way out." "Dust doesn't settle on innocent children." "It's later." "When your daemon begins to settle." "working its mixture." "And that is how children begin to have all sorts of nasty thoughts and unhappy feelings." "But there is a way to stop it." "A little cut... and gone forever." "then why didn't you do it yourself?" "Why didn't you let them do it to me?" "I'm going to tell you something." "something you don't know." "Lyra." "Your mother didn't die in an airship accident as you were told." "She wasn't married to your father and even though And she wanted to keep you..." "It wasn't allowed." "and it wasn't until things changed... and she was free to do as she wanted..." "That she went to Jordan College and spoke to the Master." "No!" "You can't be!" "Lyra." "You're mine." "And you're safe with me." "You'll always be safe with me." "Who's my father?" "isn't he?" "Yes." "Yes." "Now I almost forgot." "didn't he?" "didn't he?" "That wasn't really his to give." "old thing like that was any good for." "Alright." "Here it is." "Thank you." "What a funny old tin." "Did you put it in here to keep it safe?" "let's go!" "Go on then." "Go on." "lorek!" "Run child!" "." "Let's go!" "Better not touch me." "I'm warning you." "Serafina Pekkala." "Mrs. Coulter!" "Get her out of here!" "Well come on!" "Help lorek!" "We're going home!" "we've got to go!" "It's time to go home." "I can't Roger." "I've got to go to my father and bring him the alethiometer." " Your father?" " Lord Asriel." "they're gonna kill him." "Then I'm going too." "You said you was gonna come get me." "You got me." "Miss Lyra!" "Are you ready to fly?" "I know where she's going." "they're all tugged in back there." "huh?" "Mr. Scoresby." " She will decide the war which is to come." " War?" " I ain't heard a rumor of any war." " You will." "whether you know it or not." " What would the quarrel be about?" " Nothing less than free will. in every universe. nothing will stop them from trying to take over." "Nothing but us." "And that child." "What's it telling you?" "It's telling me about my father." "I'm bringing him what he needs." "aren't we Lyra?" "After we save your father?" "Of course." "Except first we need to sort out some things that need sorting." "Like Billy and the others who lost their daemons." "We've got to help them." "And it isn't like" "The Magisterium is gonna let us go home an deal with them like that." "And Dust." "I want to know what Dust is." "Maybe we're supposed to go to that other world and find out." " That's an awful lot to sort out." " But who else is gonna do it?" " Besides..." "We're in this together now." " Yeah." "Suppose we are." "You reckon it would do any harm to get some sleep now?" "Go on then." "We'll set things right." "and Iorek and Serafina Pekkala and Mr. Scoresby." "Pan." "Just let them try to stop us."