Inkwo for When the Starving Return (2024) Movie Script
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Run.
No!!!
Two lifetimes ago,
they had been asleep,
buried deep in the Earth.
They were once human like us,
but they turned because
of their need to possess.
And once they changed,
they craved the taste
of human flesh.
The ancestors fought
to keep them buried...
...scattering their parts
across the land...
...deep into the ground.
For generations,
they waited for us to forget.
When people forgot
our connection to the land...
...we lost ourselves, as well.
Dug up, they thawed from ice
that held them all this time.
They started pulling themselves
back together...
...starving to take us
as their own.
I'm going home to the creators.
Hmm?
Hello, little one.
You can call me Auntie.
Hmm.
Hmm...
You have medicine.
Don't be afraid. It's a gift.
You're not alone.
The walrus represents protectors
of water.
And the caribou
is for protectors of the land.
And they are both for you.
Both? Why do you only have
a caribou?
Everyone has their own way
of being.
Some people can walk
in both worlds.
My name is Dove.
Remember to guard your inkwo.
Our power and our resistance
is rooted in our medicine.
Hmm?
Go back to camp.
Waterboy.
Think of your mom.
Your dad must be weeping
for you.
At least I hope he is.
Creator...
...if you're still here,
if you save this frog,
I'll never doubt you again.
Those rotten boys
did a number on me.
I didn't think I would make it.
Thank you...
for giving them heck,
and waiting for me
to come back to life.
My girl, because you saved me,
I would like to offer you
my medicine.
Ah...
-Will you take it?
-Oh.
What can you do with your inkwo?
What couldn't you do?
Well...
you could travel in dreams.
You could heal with your hands.
Oh, you would do so many things.
And... what is the cost
of your medicine?
Hmm.
Well, there are things
you can't do or can't have.
If you did take our medicine...
...you must never have children,
among other things.
I can't accept your medicine.
What?
It's not good enough for ya?
I don't want medicine to decide
what I can and can't do.
I don't know what I want yet.
Hmm.
Are you a boy?
Are you a girl?
I'm not attached
to either of those.
I'm both,
Toad.
You carry your own inkwo?
That's the word around camp.
Hmm.
I can see what's coming for you.
I can feel them, too.
If you won't take my medicine,
then will you accept my help
when you need it?
We will take all the help
we can get.
I won't forget you, my friend.
Hmm?
What do you want from me?!
Oh.
Auntie? Is that you?
It's me. Dove!
Ah!
The lost one.
Inkwo. Ours.
Sorry, Auntie.
Huh?
Tell your people
what you've seen.
We'll watch out for you.
This is our war, too.
We are all born hunted.
The Earth doesn't want this.
We all wanna live.
Our world is at war.
My name is Dove.
I am both a boy and a girl.
And I don't question that
anymore.
I don't care that
a north wind will blow now
that I've told you about them.
Let's fight.
Difuze
Run.
No!!!
Two lifetimes ago,
they had been asleep,
buried deep in the Earth.
They were once human like us,
but they turned because
of their need to possess.
And once they changed,
they craved the taste
of human flesh.
The ancestors fought
to keep them buried...
...scattering their parts
across the land...
...deep into the ground.
For generations,
they waited for us to forget.
When people forgot
our connection to the land...
...we lost ourselves, as well.
Dug up, they thawed from ice
that held them all this time.
They started pulling themselves
back together...
...starving to take us
as their own.
I'm going home to the creators.
Hmm?
Hello, little one.
You can call me Auntie.
Hmm.
Hmm...
You have medicine.
Don't be afraid. It's a gift.
You're not alone.
The walrus represents protectors
of water.
And the caribou
is for protectors of the land.
And they are both for you.
Both? Why do you only have
a caribou?
Everyone has their own way
of being.
Some people can walk
in both worlds.
My name is Dove.
Remember to guard your inkwo.
Our power and our resistance
is rooted in our medicine.
Hmm?
Go back to camp.
Waterboy.
Think of your mom.
Your dad must be weeping
for you.
At least I hope he is.
Creator...
...if you're still here,
if you save this frog,
I'll never doubt you again.
Those rotten boys
did a number on me.
I didn't think I would make it.
Thank you...
for giving them heck,
and waiting for me
to come back to life.
My girl, because you saved me,
I would like to offer you
my medicine.
Ah...
-Will you take it?
-Oh.
What can you do with your inkwo?
What couldn't you do?
Well...
you could travel in dreams.
You could heal with your hands.
Oh, you would do so many things.
And... what is the cost
of your medicine?
Hmm.
Well, there are things
you can't do or can't have.
If you did take our medicine...
...you must never have children,
among other things.
I can't accept your medicine.
What?
It's not good enough for ya?
I don't want medicine to decide
what I can and can't do.
I don't know what I want yet.
Hmm.
Are you a boy?
Are you a girl?
I'm not attached
to either of those.
I'm both,
Toad.
You carry your own inkwo?
That's the word around camp.
Hmm.
I can see what's coming for you.
I can feel them, too.
If you won't take my medicine,
then will you accept my help
when you need it?
We will take all the help
we can get.
I won't forget you, my friend.
Hmm?
What do you want from me?!
Oh.
Auntie? Is that you?
It's me. Dove!
Ah!
The lost one.
Inkwo. Ours.
Sorry, Auntie.
Huh?
Tell your people
what you've seen.
We'll watch out for you.
This is our war, too.
We are all born hunted.
The Earth doesn't want this.
We all wanna live.
Our world is at war.
My name is Dove.
I am both a boy and a girl.
And I don't question that
anymore.
I don't care that
a north wind will blow now
that I've told you about them.
Let's fight.
Difuze