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Fine!

I don’t need you anyway.

Kubo.

I’m sorry.

Kubo.

Kubo.

Little boy.

What happened to your eye?

Who are you?

How do you know my name?

We are your family, Kubo.

Your mother’s sisters.

And we’ve been looking for you for so long.

It’s so lovely to meet you, Kubo.

Face-to-face.

Come, Kubo.

Come to your aunties.

No reason to be afraid, Kubo.

We just need your other eye.

Your grandfather admires it so.

Help!

Help!

Somebody help!

Help!

Look out!

Run!

We’re here, Kubo.

Your family has come for you.

Kubo.

Mother.

Kubo, you must find the armor.

It’s your only chance.

Remember this.

Mother!

Mother!

No!

Mother!

Kubo.

Kubo!

Can you hear me, Kubo?

I said your mother is gone.

Your village is destroyed.

Burned to the ground.

We landed here in the Far Lands.

Your enemies aren’t far behind.

We must search for shelter before your grandfather comes.

We need to go now.

Come on,

get up, let’s go.

Once we’re inside,

you might be tempted to complain about the odor.

Keep in mind my sense of smellis 10 times stronger than yours.

You have questions,

Who.

You get three.

I think I have more.

Three, but first you’re gonna eat.

Why only three?

Okay, that was your first question.

What?

I don’t understand what’s happening!

Who are you?

You don’t recognize me?

All these years, you had to keep me in your pack.

Well, now you know why.

But you were a wooden charm.

You were this big.

I called that charm

“Mr. Monkey.

”

And if I were alive at that point,

I might have found that insulting.

Look, your mother used the last of her magic to save you and bring me to life.

Here.

Drink.

It smells.

Everything in here smells.

Drink it.

I don’t want it.

I said drink it.

You’re a mean monkey, aren’t you?

Yes.

Yes, lam.

And that’s three.

You’re out of questions now,

so just listen.

I’m here to protect you, Kubo.

And that means you have to do as I say.

So, if you don’t eat, you’ll be weak.

If you’re weak, you’ll be slow.

If you’re slow, you’ll die.

It’s too hot!

Drink.

Oh, excuse me.

Okay, you better start taking this seriously, Kubo.

This is real.

This is not a story.

Those things, your aunts,

they never get hungry.

They never sleep.

They Will find you!

And if we’re not prepared,

they’ll kill me

and take your other eye.

What are we gonna do?

We’re going to find the armor.

It’s the only thing that can protect you.

So it’s real.

Really real.

Don’t worry.

I’m not going to keep it.

I pulled that from her head.

I didn’t mean to.

Your mother was very powerful.

She blessed your robes so that when the need was most,

they would fly you away.

She used the last of that power to bring me to life.

This bracelet, her hair, it’s a memory.

And memories are powerful things, Kubo.

Never lose it.

One more question?

Last one.

Do you know where it is?

The armor?

No.

No, I don’t.

Now, go to sleep.