### ** sinner **
** [scene: inside ruins - moments after Elara opens the box] **
*(Air is heavy, charged with invisible magic. Elara stands frozen, ancient box shakes in her hands. Her once colored eyes now shone with scary, unnatural light.
** Lucian: ** (Low Voice) "Elara. Talk to me."
** Elara: ** (barely whisper) "I see it ... everything. His sins. His secrets."
** Lucian: ** (clenched teeth) "What have you done?"
** Old man: ** (calmly) "accepted the truth."
** Lucian: ** (Sharp) "And what*exactly*does it mean?"
** Old Man: ** (Elaa Study) "She inherited the burden of knowledge. The memories in the box are now her."
** Elara: ** (voice distant) "I see his face ... blood on his hands. Shouts." * (She was dripping on her breath, clutching her head as if she were in pain.)* "It's ... it's too much."
** Lucian: ** (Run closer) "Elara!"
*(Lucian reaches for her, but when his hand touches her shoulder, the increase in energy fires back.
** Lucian: ** (Zařená) "Great. Now September*A*attacks me."
** Old man: ** (calmly) "It's not her.
** Lucian: ** (frozen) "Yeah? Well, it*hurts*."
*(Elara clenched his fists, trying to control the energy that through her.
** Elara: ** (painfully) "It's inside me. Curse. I feel it."
** Lucian: ** (pushes up) "Then pull it out*out*."
** Old man: ** "can't."
** Lucian: ** (glaring) "What do you mean by*can't*?"
** Old man: ** (solemnly) "Once the knowledge is absorbed, it cannot be returned. It is tied to her soul."
** Lucian: ** (clenched teeth) "And you*have you mentioned before?"
** Old man: ** (shrugs) "She decided."
** Lucian: ** (mumble) "I*hate*the guy."
*(Elara suddenly gasped, her knees with a strut.
** Lucian: ** (quietly) "Hey. Stay with me."
** Elara: ** (weak) "It's ... too much. Pain ..."
** Lucian: ** (firm) "Breathe, Elara. Focus on my voice."
*(She firmly grabs the shirt as if she grounded herself.
** Lucian: ** (softer) "That's it. You're fine."
*(Elara exhale trembling, her forehead rest for a moment on his chest before she pulled out, unstable but determined.)*
** Elara: ** (quietly) "We have to leave."
** Lucian: ** (studying it) "You can definitely walk?"
** Elara: ** (nod) "I can handle."
** Old man: ** (watching her) "The truth has changed you, baby. Be careful how you control it."
** Elara: ** (meeting with his gaze) "King… looking for something. Something worse than what he has already done."
** Lucian: ** (frozen) "worse?"
** Elara: ** (nod) "Not only hunts me. They hunt*power*. Relic hidden deep in cursed countries."
** Old man: ** (mumming) "Heart of Shadows."
** Lucian: ** (dry) "It sounds*very*sounds."
** Elara: ** (whispers) "If he finds it, it becomes unstoppable."
** Lucian: ** (crossed hands) "And let me guess - we need to stop him?"
** Elara: ** (determined) "Yes."
** Lucian: ** (sigh) "Of course we do it."
*(The old man step aside and points to the hidden east in the debris.)*
** Old man: ** "Go. But know it - the way forward is darker than you imagine."
** Lucian: ** (grinning) "Okay. I have always preferred the darkness."
*(Elara looks back on Old Man for the last time before passing through. Lucian follows, holds close to her side.)*
** [Scene: Out of ruins - Dawn breaks through the forest] **
*(The first light of dawn paints the sky in soft shades of pink and gold.
** Lucian: ** (quietly) "Are you sure you are fine?"
** Elara: ** (nod) "I have to be."
** Lucian: ** (shook his head) "That's not an answer."
** Elara: ** (weakly smiles) "It's the only one I have."
*(Lucian sighs, his hair flows.)*
** Lucian: ** "Okay, so we go to these cursed countries. Some idea where are they?"
** Elara: ** (hesitant) "There's a map. In the capital."
** Lucian: ** (lifting eyebrows) "Capital*? Like in a place that crawls with soldiers who want to kill us?"
** Elara: ** (grinning) "Yes."
** Lucian: ** (grinning) "Really*enjoy it to make our lives more difficult, right?"
** Elara: ** (Deadpan) "It's talent."
** Lucian: ** (laughs) "Okay, little witch. Let's steal the map."
*(Shares a small, fleeting smile before going to the forest, the weight of their mission is pushing them.
** [scene: Shaded figure in trees] **
*(The hooded figure persists in the distance, golden eyes shine under the fabric. They grinned on their lips as they watched Lucian and Ela disappear on the trees.)*
** Unknown character: ** (Whispering) "Let hunting start."
** [Continue…] **