"First feeling of being alive, ...a happy and safe refuge, ...maternal love, noble friendship..." "The place were I was born." "Perfumes stored in the air, ...sounds that today return to me, ...with the emotion of remembering the place were I was born." "With its song the creek nursed me while I was asleep, ...with its pat the grass sheltered my dream..." "The first emotion I felt memories stored in the soul..." "All is in me, because I am the place were I was born." "This is the prairie were my life began." "And with every new day, the place were I was born is encouraged with the gibberish of the little animals." "Like every morning, my mom and I wish each other good morning." "And then I go to play with my friends of the prairie." "My prairie is a little paradise, fresh and scented." "Here, life is simple and pure." "Jealousy and envy don't exist." "I am like my prairie, healty and primitive, indomitable and brave, innocent and kind." "The little animals from the prairie are my friends." "They are happy and merry, ... but also noble and selfless." "They are as capable of causing mischief, as of risking their lives for a partner." "I love my prairie." "Its sounds, its smells, its most hidden corners, are all part of my instinct." "And I feel that in the whole world, there is no better place to live." "Hi, Ico." "And so, between games and mischief, another day went on in the prairie." "My little friends find refuge in the lap of their mothers." "...the more warm and loving, when the shadows blur the contours of known places." "Just like my partners, I too return with my mother." "Next to her, there are no shadows nor fear." "And yet, some nights, when the full moon shines, the far sound of a grim bell, scares us." "What does it mean?" "Who makes it sound?" "My mother is also afraid, but pretends not to be so I, nestled next to her, can pacefully sleep." "Help!" "Ico!" "Help!" "It's my friend Java, I must help him!" "Come one, Java, keep running!" "Faster!" "Faster!" "Look out, friend!" "Jump!" "Come on, Java, get up!" " No, I can't..." " Come on, get on my rumps." "Faster, Tusk!" "Don't let it escape!" "Jump, Thunder!" " Ico... s'reaching us" " I'll stop him!" "Take this!" "You'll pay for this, you damn!" "I swear you'll pay!" "One day, I'll get my revenge!" "He is very angry, you think he'll really get revenge?" "I can't know that, Java." "But this time, we won!" "So forget his threaths." "Look, fresh water!" "You are so brave, Ico." "You saved my life." "Bah, you would have done the same for me, wouldn't you?" "I..." "Uh, I..." "I mean..." "*Glup*" "No, Ico..." "I..." "I'm not like you..." "You will go far." "Why would I want to go far?" "I'm so happy here, in the prairie." "Although it would be nice to become the King's horse, too." "Wouldn't you like to be the King's boar?" "The King's... boar?" "I?" "The boar..." "OF THE KING?" "!" "?" "!" "Away, away away away away!" "Away, away, all my horses!" "Gallop you all with no protest!" "For those who want the fresh grass, it's something one has to earn." "When one galops a lot, and puts effort in the seeking, the apetite grows bigger, and the happier is the eating." "Walk and walk and walk, that's the law in the life, and earning with the sweat, for the food, the right." "Very good!" "Congratulations, sir!" "Uh?" "You liked my song?" "Yes, yes, sir!" "I liked it a lot!" "Larguirucho." "My name is Larguirucho." "And I am horse keeper of the King." "I am Ico, sir..." "I mean Larguirucho." "And I want to become the horse of the King." "Could you..." "I mean... could you..." "...Could I?" "Let's see, let's see, You are a cute colt." "And if I present you, they may give you a chance." " Come, I'll take you to the castle." " R..." "Really?" "Of course, the doors of the castle are always open for my friends." "Weh?" "Let my friends Ico pass!" "No wild horse passes through here!" "Aha, eh?" "Fine, coming right back." "So trying to enter without permission?" "Out!" "Out!" "Ico..." "Ico!" "Wait Ico, don't leave." "I've got and idea to make you enter." "Ico, tie it there!" "Ico!" "Ico!" "Ico!" "Could my child get lost?" "Ico!" "I'm here, mommy!" "Oh, thanks God." " Ico, my child." " Hi, mommy." "You look very sad, my child." "Did something happen to you?" "Java is safe, mommy." "But I wasn't allowed to enter." "Running away from those dogs, we got to a very beautiful castle!" "I liked that parade a lot!" "But when the guards saw I wanted to be the King's horse..." "They laughted at me!" "How...?" "You are laughting too?" "Laughting?" "Oh no, my child." "It's just, you are still so young..." "I'm young, but I will grow up." "And as I grow up, I'll learn the job." "I want to become the King's main horse." "Do you understand?" "Ico, you know how difficult that is?" "You will have to suffer the whip, the reins; you'll have to carry the weight of a human without complaining, ...while an iron bridle hurts your mouth." "But I will become like those stallions I saw today, so dashing and elegant  I'll march at the sound of that vibrant music..." "The head high, wearing colorful feathers..." "Stop, Ico, you don't know what you are saying." "You weren't born to live in the castle." "You are a wild little horse, a happy colt of the prairie." "Here are your little friends, the clean river where you drink," "The fresh grass where you wallow, happy and free." " In the castle, however..." " Oh, mom!" "You don't understand!" "I want to enter the castle, and I'll try again." "A thousand times if necessary." "Please, mom, don't try to stop me." "I want to be the King's horse." "Do you understand?" "The King's horse!" "I can't stop you, my son." "You go with hopes  but one day you will return, when the spirit of the prairie that runs through your veins makes you hear it's call." "You'll hear its voice in the whisper of the river, or in the neigh of another happy colt." "Or maybe a perfume will bring you back, the smell of the ground, wet by the rain." "Or at dawn, the aroma of the growing grass." "With it's music, with its fragances forged in your instinct, the spirit of the prairie will bind you to return." " Larguirucho!" " Whe?" "What's that?" " Hi, Ico!" " Larguirucho, I want to enter the castle!" "Help me!" " Hush!" "Don't shout that you compromise me!" " But... you promised me to help me." "Fine." "Hide in the forest, and wait until night's full moon." "Understood?" "Happy birthday to you, I'm wishing to you." "What birthday are you talking about?" "!" "Yours!" "Huh?" "Ico!" "Hey Ico!" "Where are you going?" "It's me, Larguirucho!" "Larguirucho?" "You scared me." "You appeared right when the bells started to sound." "Huyah, that's true." "I forgot they always sound when there is full moon." "Why would it be?" "Do you know who makes them sound, Larguirucho?" "Pst, bah!" "Some say it's the soul of dontknowwho who is, pst, dontknowhere." "When we get to the castle, you can ask Grandpa Mathew." "He's the oldest horse in the kingdom." "If he doesn't know, nobody does." " Hush!" "We can't make a noise." " How far are we?" "Well, let's enter quick before a guard sees us." "Here it is, Ico." "Enter." "I'll present you to the other horses." "Hey, guys!" "Wake up!" "Up, everybody, so you can meet my friend Ico." " Aspiring to King's horse." " Nice to meet you, gentlemen." " So King's horse..." " Yes, sir!" "Oh, guys, I'll lose my job!" "Him carrying the fat guy?" "More respect, che." "That fat guy is the king!" "Silence!" "I demand an explanation!" " What this colt pretends is very difficult." " It's impossible." "I'll do it!" "Larguirucho promised me." "Stop!" "Silence!" "We all entered here as colts with the same dream." "And look at us now, little one..." " Is that true, Larguirucho?" " Well, if grandpa Mathew says so..." "But.. but... then..." "Larguirucho is very nice, but here he is just a pawn." "He has no autorithy." "No autorithy." "You sir shut your mouth and let grandpa Mathew speak." "Please, continue, grandpa." "Well, Larguirucho... ..have you told Ico that he will have to face the Black Duke." "...I forgot!" "The Black Duke is the King's main barn-keeper." "He is very sinister." "He has completely dominated the King's will." "Sadly, he is the only one with the power to choose the King's horses." "And that, is not fair!" "This situation, must end!" "So, let's see guys, who votes Larguirucho for Black Duke?" "What an adorable claim." "If the Black Duke catches you  he'll turn you into sausage..." "The Black Duke to me...?" "...into sausage?" "There is only one Black Duke..." "And it's evil unlike you." "If som..." "If som..." "If som..." "If someone..." "dares to ann... to anono to annonononoooy him." "That..thaatatat one gets punished." "If you cross his path..." "He takes your belly and measures it's weight." "He takes your ear and eats it with peas." "He takes your navel and hangs it from the ceiling." "He takes your intestines and turns them into salami." "Hey, Larguirucho." "Hey, Larguirucho." "whit those plans you won't last too much." "He takes away your hair, and fills your head with jam." "He takes away you fat and and cooks a croquette." "He takes away your breast and eats it with lettuce." "He cuts your behind and puts it in a lunchbox." "Hey, Larguirucho." "Hey, Larguirucho." "whit those plans you won't last too much." "He... he takes your nose..." "a... and sends it to... *achus*" "He takes your eyelashes and sends them to Spain." "He takes your stomach and sends it to the Congo." "Hey, Larguirucho." "Hey, Larguirucho, whit those plans you won't last too much." "Hey, Larguirucho." "Hey, Larguirucho." "whit those plans you won't last too much." "Silence!" "What's happening here?" "!" "Get them!" "Now stop!" "I told you, I don't want noise." "Aha!" "You!" "What are you doing in the castle?" "I... huh..." "I..." "Fine, you will be useful in time." "Let's go, dogs." "Did... did you hear him?" ""You will be useful in time."" "What do you think he meant?" "It's very late, why don't we talk tomorrow, huh?" " But..." " Grandpa Mathew's right." "Today you had a very tired day, little guy." "So, do as he says." "Come, son, come to my side." "Come, and rest." "Huh?" "those bells again..." "The same ones I heard in my prairie." "What do they mean, Grandpa Mathew?" "I don't know, they sound every night with full moon." "Let me sleep, little one." "No, please tell me, why is everybody so scared when they hear them." "Please, Grandpa, Larguirucho told me you know." "It's... you see..." "Strange things have been happening for a while..." "Everytime we hear the bells, one of us mysteriously dissapears..." "Huh?" "Wha?" "Percheron dissapeared!" "Oh, it's true!" "And you... do nothing?" "Someone has to go look for him!" "I'll go!" "Let's see, who comes with me?" "I..." "I d.. d.. don't know where to find him..." " And you?" " Wh... who knows where he is?" "So.. no one dares...?" "What's their problem, Grandpa Mathew?" "We are afraid, little one." "Here, no one even dares to talk about those bells..." "Or about those disappearances..." "It's a cursed story..." "You see, Ico?" "I told you it was the soul of Idontknowwho from Idontknowhere." "So, it's better to do as I say and forget about it." "Forget ab..." "Poor Percheron..." "This... wouldn't have happened in my prairie." "In my prairie, no one forgets a friend." "Even if one has to risk the life to help." "Friendly sun, it's rising now," "An invitation to wake up..." "A day full of happyness," "It's about to start..." "In the flowers still shines, the beloved morning dew like lazy little stars, that got stuck..." "But... with your rays, they will go away!" "In the flowers still shines, the beloved morning dew, like lazy little stars... that got stuck..." "But... with your rays, they will go away!" " H..." "Hi." " Ah!" "You scared me..." "I... didn't mean to scare you." "Forgive me, precious." "You called me Precious." "How do you know my name?" "I..." "I didn't knew you name." "I called you "precious" because..." "... because..." " I understand." "Everybody calls me "precious";" "and also, that's my name." " Really?" " Really." "I am Precious, daughter of the King's horse." "And you... who are you?" "I'm Ico, and it's an honour to meet you." "Ico, what are you doing?" "Take them, for you." "Ico, these flowers are from the King's garden, touching them is forbidden." "If the Black Duke finds out what you just did, he's capable of anything." "Even send you to death." "The black duke?" "Are you afraid of him, too, Precious?" "Why?" "With me, he wasn't that bad." "He said I could be useful." "And I have hopes that he chose me to become the King's Horse." "Stop, Ico." "Say no more." "You don't know what you are saying." "Listen to me, Precious." "The Black Duke... he said..." "I asked you to stop." "Just stop, please." "Precious!" "Precious!" "Precious!" "Where did she go?" "Precious, come back, please..." "Huh?" "You?" "You agan?" "!" "I..." "I..." "S... sir..." "What are you doing here?" "With what permission did you enter in the King's private rooms?" "I..." "I..." "Speak!" "Answer!" "It's just..." "Pre..." "Precious..." "She... ran away... and... and I..." "Aha!" "Eh?" "So Precious, isn't it..." "So the simple and common countryhorse..." "Is running behind no less..." "Than the classiest mare in the palace." "Huh?" "Precious, classy?" "Of course, she is the daughter of Arnold, your Majesty's white horse." "No one can expect to be her friend without being capable of, one day, succeeding the King's Horse." "And you, psh!" "I..." "I don't desire anything else, sir;" "that's why I came here." "Are you sure of what you are saying?" "Vey sure, sir." "I'm willing to put myself through the hardest tests, ...to take, without complain, any training." "Obey any of your commands." "With no protests." "I..." "Enough, Ico, you have convinced me." "Stone Compacter!" "Stone Compacter!" "You called, sir?" "Tell pawn Larguirucho that Ico doesn't belong to the stable for wasted horses anymore." "From now on, he will live in the castle's main stable and we will take care of training him, ourselves." " Understood?" " Understood, sir." "I present you the future King's horse." "And we must prepare him." "So we must prepare you, uh?" "Ico." "Hey, hey, Ico." "Poor little one." "He won't wake up." "He is exausted." "But I'll wake him up." "Ico, hey, hey, come on, wake up." "We brought you food." "Huh?" "Parsley?" "Stone Compacter?" "Oh no, boy." "Don't you recognize your friends anymore?" " It's us." " Precious..." " Larguirucho." " Take, Ico, eat all this oat." "And drink all this water" "Uh?" "Those bells again!" "I must go, guys." "I must go to the barn before more horses dissapear." "one-twoelve-threeteen-fourteen-feefah, that leaves..." "Three more dissapeared!" "Uh, Larguirucho, the only ones left are Short Feet, Broken, and me..." "And... th.. thats because we are... useless..." "Grandpa Mathew, this can't keep going on." "I'm telling the King." "Larguirucho!" "Wait, Larguirucho!" "Have prudence!" "Don't go!" "Your Majesty!" "Hey!" "Your Majesty!" "What are thou saying?" "That my horses are dissapearing?" "A.. a.. and how many have dissapeared?" "Uf, I'll count them." "Percheron, Stained, One Eye, Skinny..." "Let's see, excuse me thou fingers, Your Majesty." "Enough!" "You mean that most of them have dissapeared." "I..." "I mean..." "And what about your responsabilities, Larguirucho?" "With your permission, Black Duke, you are the one responsible." "You are the main barn-keeper." "But the one responsible for that barn is the pawn Larguirucho." "And his duty is to watch all day and night." "Yes, but sometimes one has to sleep a bit." "Isn't that right, Your Majesty?" "So you sleep leaving your responsabilities aside?" "!" "Oh, no no no no no." "That's not true." "I don't leave my responsabilities aside." "But if you don't, why do the horses dissapear?" "Uh..." "I..." "The bell noises, right?" "The full moon?" "The mysterious legend?" "He can't justify himself." "Maybe he is the one who steals them?" "That... that me...?" "That I...?" "Oh no, that of course I won't tolerate!" "I..." "Hey!" "Wha?" "!" "Lock him in the Sinister Tower, until the day of the execution!" "The..." "Thethethe..." "The Sinister Tower!" "I'm innocent." "Ha, they all say the same." "Bu..." "Bu..." "But then... then it's for real?" "Cruel fate awaits me." "And all because I couldn't keep my mouth shut." "How right was Grandpa Mathew when he recommended prudence." "But there is no point." "The one with the mouth, screws up." "To a grim dungeon in the sinister tower, ...poor Larguirucho, with no guilt, ended up." "He cried he was innocent, he swore, none believed;" "...and now, with no comfort, can do nothing but sob." "By keeping the mouth open I see myself prisioner, and waiting for the executioner to "free me" from my cell." "I said all I knew, with nobility and honesty;" "...and now that soul-less duke, he sends me to my de..." "to m... dea..." "He sends me to my death." "Larguirucho!" " What are you doing there?" " Hush!" "Don't shout, Precious." "You may alert the guards." "Why don't you come down?" "The... the black duke..." "thinks that I..." "They accused you of stealing horses?" "I don't believe it!" "But don't worry, we'll do something about it!" " Ico..." " What are you doing here in plain day?" "Larguirucho is in danger." "The Black Duke blamed him of stealing horses." "What are you saying, Precious?" "Larguirucho, a burglar?" "Impossible!" "We all know those horses dissapear when we hear that bell sound!" "Help me untie myself." "Excellent, Precious." "I'm seeing Grandpa Mathew." "This time, he'll have to tell me everything he knows about the mistery of the bell." "Granpa Mathew." "Grandpa Mathew!" "You know what happened to Larguirucho?" "Uh, Larguirucho, Larguirucho." "Always so scatterbrained." "I asked him to have prudence." "He shouldn't have spoken to the King in presence of the Black Duke." "But... he left without listening to me..." "Poor Larguirucho, he was so nice with us." "And now, to think that soon enough... ..how?" "Does this mean that no one is going to help him?" "What can we do, little one?" "You can tell me all the truth about the legend of the bell." " The... the cursed legend?" "I want to know right now!" "So I can prove Larguirucho's innocence." "Something tells me that the one playing the bell, and the one stealing the horses, are one and the same." "Well..." "little one..." "I'll tell you everything I know..." "Albeit I'm afraid it won't be very useful to you." "Because the one that plays that bell..." "is not a person..." "You see..." "Many years ago, in the cursed mountain..." "There was the castle of a very arrogant and selfish king." "One day, he called all his generals, and he told them..." "Gentlemen, I think that my august person is called for highest destinies than just rule over this tiny territory." "My plan is ambitious." "We'll conquer the neighbor kingdoms, and turn them in provinces of ours!" "We'll make my kingdom, one big empire..." "And I'll be the Emperor!" "Of course..." "Conquer... the other kingdoms, your Majesty?" "That... means war." "We have always gotten along with our neighbors..." "Ma.." "Majesty..." "I know that such a campaign has its risks." "But, the reward is tempting." "Every one of thou will receive the title of viceroy of the province that thou conquer." "And since we all agree, right?" "I give thou a week, to prepate thyselves." "Charge!" "Get them!" "That war was long, cruel, and painful." "But the neighbor kingdoms fell, one after another..." "The power of the selfish king, once he got what he wanted named his generals viceroys." "And sent them to govern the provinces but what provinces?" "Destroyed by war, and every day poorer by the taxes the triumphant King demanded..." " And all the selfish king had to do was receive them." " Receive them, treasure them and entertain himself with the songs..." "of a minstrel that one day came to the castle..." "I'm a news-giving walker, ...travelling is in my soul, ...and from my songs you can listen all the gossip in the world." "Go on." "Go on, boy." "I come from thy provinces, ...and I heard with great concern that all the viceroys agree that what thou do is unfair." "Uh?" "And what else?" "!" "They are t'ones who won t'war With sacrifices and hard work and now thou that has done nothing calls thyself emperor." "Enough!" "Quiet now!" "So they won the war, with sacrifices and hard work?" "I'll teach those traitors who is the emperor!" "Gold... gold... gold." "I said I want all the gold!" "All the gold between all this garbage that those imbeciles dare to call "taxes"." "And what did the King do with so much gold, grandpa Mathew?" "He orderer the making of a big bell. and it's placement on the castle's bell tower so it's vibrant, golden cries could sing the glory of who believed himself hero and only emperor." "But, meanwhile, the minstrel had reached the provinces... and..." "I come from the capital were this one bell sounds glorifying our emperor all day and all night long." "For ungrateful and selfish he should get his punishment for there is one way you can have him humilliated." "A way to have him humilliated?" "I know!" "All the generals orderer bigger bells than the emperor's." "And did the emperor find out, grandpa Mathew?" "Of course he did, Ico." "Because that gossiping minstrell..." "Was soon enough back in the castle..." "Bigger bells than mine?" "You are saying those traitors have... bigger bells than mine?" "!" "Come here, guards!" "Come here!" "Your Majesty?" "You, find the biggest carriages, and tie to them the strongest and fastest horses." "You, bring the most working and suffered men." "You, send all the forest in the kingdom to be cut." "Cu... cut?" "Do as I say!" "I'll take down all the bells of those damn traitors." "I'll have all the bells here, no matter the sacrifice of men or beasts." "And they will melt along mine in a fire so big that all the wood, of all the trees, of all the forests, ...will be needed to feed the fire capable of melting all the bells of the Empire into a single one!" "And so all the bells of the empire were molten." "The boiling metal fell on the giant mold, and after many days and nights..." "The experts said it was cold enough to take it out of the mold." " It's beautiful" " And big." " Amazing." " Marvelous." " Perfect." "Admirable, isn't it?" "And now!" "Rise it!" "Come on." "Strenght!" "Faster!" "Faster!" "Good!" "It's almost over." "And put it in its place." "Huh?" "What happens now?" "Place it in the bell tower, I told you!" " Your Majesty, the bell is too big!" " The tower won't hold its weight!" " The whole castle will be in danger!" "It would be prudent to lower it." "What?" "Lower the bell down, you say?" "Lower it down before it sings the glory of the world's greatest emperor?" "!" "Cowards, thou will see the tower resisting or not!" "Soon, bell ringer, give me the rope." "B... bu... but..." "Give it to me, I say." "Only I can play it!" "The King had gone insane." "Insane of pride and selfishness." "The few survivors that could ran away built with time this kingdom we now live in, very close to that other one..." "But legend tells that the spirit of the King was condemned to stay forever bounded, playing his gold bell in punishment for his selfishness until the end of time." "And those, Ico, are the strange bells you hear all the nights of full moon..." "And that's the story of the bells as grandpa Mathew told me." "Maybe it's true that in the cursed mountain lived a selfish king long ago." "But it can't be that his spirit is still playing the bell after so many centuries." " I don't believe in souls nor disappearances, Precious." " But... then...?" "Then, whoever plays that bell is a living being, vey alive, and very real, and the same who steals the horses." "And I'll get him to save Larguirucho." " I'll go to the cursed mountain." " What?" "Larguirucho!" "Hey, hey, Larguirucho!" "Larguirucho!" "Ico!" "My friend!" "You came to save me?" "I'll do everything I can, Larguirucho." "I think that in the cursed mountain, there is proof of your innocence." "Whe?" "the cucu... the cucu..." "the cursed mo... mo... mountain?" "You'll go?" "You'll risk yourself for me, Ico?" "Take in mind it's very dangerous, uh?" "Please, Larguirucho, don't try to stop me." "Stop you?" "No!" "I want to keep my head." " But be careful, okay?" " Goodbay, Larguirucho!" "Have trust in me!" "Here it is" "I must climb very carefully." "Who knows what I'll find." " Ico!" " Uh?" "Ico, help!" "You must help me!" "Please!" "Hush, not so loud, Precious." " What are you doing here?" " My father dissapeared." "Arnold?" "The King's horse?" "It can't be." "Go back to the palace, Precious." "I promise I'll find your father." " It's dangerous here." " Back to the palace?" "Never!" "It's my duty to go with you, Ico." "It's about my father." "Come on." "You can, Precious!" "How difficult it was..." "Again...and how close they sound now..." "Don't be afraid, Precious." "We must enter." "Come." "Come on, let's go." "Come!" "Ico, look down there." "It's the selfish king's bell." "Look!" "Look, Precious!" "Come on!" "Come one, useless junk!" "The Black Duke!" "So these were the noises that scared us." "The Black Duke wanted to break the bell to slowly steal all it's gold." "That's why the horses dissapeared." "He stole them!" "Yes, to bring them here, and make them work to death." "Faster!" "Why don't you pull harder!" "What's happening to you?" "!" "We can't take it anymore, Black Duke..." "Enough." "You aren't useful anymore." "Stone Compacter!" "Stone Compacter!" " You called, sir?" " Bring the King's horse." "So he can replace the fallen ones." "What?" "No!" "Not my daddy!" "What?" "You two here?" "!" "Dogs!" "Get them!" "Run, Precious, save yourself." "I'll deal with them." "And abandon you?" "No, Ico." "Go, I tell you!" "Try to bring help!" "Go!" "It's an order!" "Help!" "Ico is in Danger!" "Help!" "Ico is in Danger!" "Help!" "Ico is in Danger!" "Help!" "Ico is in Danger!" "Help!" "Ico is in Danger!" "Help!" "Ico is in Danger!" "Help!" "Ico is in Danger!" "Help!" "Ico is in Danger!" "There I wanted you, Ico." "And this time, I'll take away your habit of getting in my way." "Stone Compacter, tie hard the ropes, so he can't escape!" "As you say, sir." "Scream all you want, Ico!" "No one will save you from this one!" "And now you, sluggards." "Harder!" "Pull the ropes!" "Pull the stone so it can crush Ico!" "Stone Compacter!" "Punish them!" "Up!" "Come on!" "Harder!" "More!" "What?" " Don't worry, Ico!" " Resist a little more, my son!" "Precious, you did it!" "Mom!" "Friends!" "Quick!" "Untie me, guys." "Hurry the horses up, before Ico escapes!" "Yes, my master." "Idiot!" "You, Parsley, replace him!" "Damn it!" "Get them, dogs!" "Everybody is useless." "But I'll show you who the Black Duke is!" "Here I come!" "Say goodbye to the world, Ico!" "Larguirucho!" "Come closer, Larguirucho!" "Come, don't fear, my child." "Not fear?" "Has my time come, your Majesty?" "The bells, the full moon, the exe... the execu..." "I didn't steal the horses." "I swear, your Majesty." "Calm." "I want to amend the injustice I almost commit with you." "In merit to your loyalty, I name you Black Duke Larguirucho!" "At last, you'll have a worthy Black Duke." "Huh..." "Larguirucho..." "And what about Ico?" "He risked himself to prove your innocence." "And he solved the mistery of the bells." "That's true." "Poor Ico, I forgot." "And, say, your Majesty." "Won't you name Ico something?" "He's a brave little horse." "Brave and smart and noble." "But you are the Black Duke now, and it's your duty to choose the King's horses." "You see, Ico, how all ends well?" "I name you:" "Aspiring to Main Horse." "...you will return, when the spirit of the prairie that runs through your veins makes you hear it's call." "You'll hear its voice in the whisper of the river, in the laughts and sobs of the animals that grew with you." "Or maybe it will be yourself; with the loyalty, the simplicity and the purity that since your birth you carry, forged in your instinct the one that decides to return." "Ico, hey, Ico." "What happens?" "I can't accept it, Larguirucho." "I understand that I must return to my friends, who risked their lives to save me." "To the beautiful prairie were I was born." "You leave?" "After all the sacrifice that that took you to get here?" "Who can understand you, Ico?" "Don't try to understand me, Larguirucho." "Not even I could explain myself." "What leads me is... simply... a feeling." "And feelings don't have nor need explanation." "First feeling of being alive, ...a happy and safe refuge." "Maternal love, noble friendship, ...the place were I was born." "Perfumes stored in the air, ...sounds that today return to me, ...with the emotion of remembering the place were I was born."