The Price of Immortality is a purely emotional transition episode, as moving as it's crucial to the plot that surrounds the race of the mysterious Masters and their slaves, the kahvi, as we already observe some slight brushstrokes related to the historical puzzle of the origins of the Blackbloods, who have a lot to do with the invaders. The time has come to make difficult decisions in difficult times, but this chapter is, first and foremost, an emotional meeting between our friends.
They are preparing to toast for their deceased colleague, since they had all been apart for a long time, without having the opportunity to discuss and share the information they had gathered during their latest misadventures. Reinforcing ties of friendship and courtship, too. However, the latter seems inconceivable between Talon and Garret, as she continually evades him, leaving the young captain with the word in his mouth, who, on the other hand, assumes without question all the responsibilities and tasks that Tobin used to perform, although since prudence and lies, a theater of behavior that can be useful to pacify the ignorant peasants of the outpost, but which is useless when used as an argument or as an excuse to a friend who is well known: Munt. Munt is about to make the most important decision of his life, and it's thanks to him that he discovers Garret's lie on Tobin.
The bartender realizes that something strange is happening, because everyone should be celebrating the return of Talon and, on the contrary, there are only tears. Munt has always been treated like a chump and worthless since the days when Miss Eleanor ran the Nightshade. His adoptive mother always ordered him to do the dirty work because, even if The Outpost didn't tell us about it, Munt is a man with an obvious psychiatric disorder. He is a kind of retard, a sick man who unfortunately possesses the mentality of a child. And, like any child, they will always try to spare him the pain of the loss of a loved one. In a way, Tobin, as king, was the father of everyone in Gallwood, at least from Munt's point of view, because both he and Janzo had a mother, but never a father.
Tobin borrowed security on Munt and honored him by making him his personal servant and adviser. His duty was to advise, help and protect him, and for that reason he must avenge him, because for commoners of humble origins like him, a king means political and legal security, peace and sustenance. The king stands at the top of the pyramid of power, acting in the same way that a father would do as the head of the family defending the members of his household. Also, those horrible creatures could kill Warlita and the rest of her friends. Munt just got tired of being the madman on the hill. They always keep him out of the big events, but now more than ever he needs to set himself a new goal, and that's why he chooses to leave together with Zed and Nedra, who have already forgiven each other their sins, to the sanctuary of the Heptagram, the place where Zed acquired the Golukinj in Season 2.
But not only Munt has been decisive; each and every one of our characters must reflect and make vital decisions during the making of a strategy to defeat the Masters. The amazing thing is that none of us expected the seemingly innocent 313 to move token to pursue his own happiness, treacherously lash out at Janzo to escape, and activate the Skevikor in the crypt to awaken his companions.
At first, we would all have supported Janzo's diplomatic attempt to find out more about the intentions of the Masters through the gradual and mutual trust between him and the creature, but it's no less true that our doctor has exceeded his enthusiasm for instruct the kahvi, who looked like nothing more than a baby lacking self-awareness, will, and reasoning. Let's not kid ourselves, we just have to look back to see how the brewer's eyes were sparkling with illusion when 313 began to speak. It looked like he get a new toy.
Janzo has always surprised us with his intelligence, but he screwed up by showing 313 what it's to decide, since even knowing that his greatest desires were the Naviaspore (golden kinjs) and to join the mental hive with his kind, instead of avoiding it, he put it on a silver platter. He forgot who they are fighting against, and that has ended up proving Garret right, who did the right thing by caging him in right time, however much it gives us the impression that his methods are disproportionate and violent. Spears is not a violent guy, but rather restrained and sober and, if we have noticed him more irascible and irritable lately, it's because of Talon, who continually evades him as if he had committed some heinous and unforgivable crime.
Garret feels Talon is pulling away from him for no reason, because if Janzo is the priestess's boyfriend, what's wrong with the two of them being lovers? Janzo doesn't stop Wren from playing her role as an educator; Rather, together they solve all mysteries by unrolling scrolls and diving through dusty, threadbare pages of ancient codices. Talon can perfectly combine his Blackblood duty with Garret's love, and that confuses the latter because, in addition to not giving him answers, Talon doubts even what she feels herself.
We have been claiming the scene in which Garret tries to talk to her for weeks. It's moving and rewarding, but with a sad ending. It needed to happen, and we don't have a sequence, but two because, at the end of the episode, Garret tries again, to end up even more open-mouthed. He throws into the pool does when it seems there will be another dangerous quest on the horizon that is going to take them along different paths, at the prospect of not knowing what will happen tomorrow, if they will survive or not, or if they will meet again. So he hastily decides to declare himself in marriage to Talon who, unable to assimilate or accept it, slips away without even saying goodbye.
Actually, anyone can see that it was neither the time nor the place to do such a stupid thing, as Talon's priority is that everyone is safe, something that won't happen until they defeat the Masters. But you also have to understand Garret. He just wants to know if she is still in love and, consequently, tie up, set future plans, think about starting a family one day ... which, in essence, is the same thing that Tobin and Falista yearned for themselves. The difference is the inexperienced monarchs had a common goal, while Talon and Garret don't, because neither agrees with what the other thinks and, moreover, they don't share responsibilities.
In truth, the two act for the welfare of the people, but the Gallwood command knocks on Spears' door, while ethnic duty does the same with Talon, who has discovered through the altar's memories that the holder of the Blue Kinj, Aster, nicknamed The Betrayer by the other six, developed a close bond with a human, preventing her from murdering her baby, something she was about to do unconsciously, controlled by Golu's kinj, which is the one Zed carries. There's no doubt Aster must have been one of Talon's ancestors, and his union with a human was what gave rise to the Blackblood race, as a similar passage reads in the books consulted by Janzo and Wren. Aster's descendants, the first Blackbloods, were the ones who received the Asterkinj, who kept it and passed it on from generation to generation, as Talon's mother did with her daughter.
The flashes of their memories perplex both Zed and Talon. They are aware that they will have to travel to the locations pointed out by Luna's medallion on the map to find the last two tombs, but even so, they are not entirely sure about to kill Aster is the best choice. If he betrayed the Seven, he could become a future ally. However, Talon's desire to find more answers about the enigmatic traitor of the Seven induces her to choose more to murder him, because he was who owned the ability to open portals to other worlds, who informed the rest of the Gods to invade and absorb the energy of all living things that inhabited their land in the past. Thus, Talon plucks up the courage and tells herself that she will be in charge of ending his existence as soon as he is awakened, something that has inevitably had a fatal outcome for Garret's plans, and that will take her further away from him in the next episodes. Talon is stubborn by nature and she always achieves whatever she sets her mind to. If she destroys Aster, she will avenge those who paid the price of his life for the immortality of the Seven.
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