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Senua: Mother. I won’t let the darkness trick me again. I know you’re safe with the Gods. I can feel Hela’s gaze, searching for secrets inside of me. Secrets that even I can’t see. I’m not here to fight my past. I’m here for Dillion. I will fulfill my vow, whatever the cost.
Furies: What will happen when she meets Hela? She must be. She must fight. She must bargain with Hela. She has to kill Hela. Now she has Odin’s sword. No, she can’t. Hela has already beaten her twice. She must fight! No, she must find another way! She’s not strong enough! Hela gave you the rot! You have to do it! Get his soul back! No one defeats Hela! Did you ever think you would get this far? What will she do? Where does Hela keep the souls? How will she get it? She must bargain. No. What does Hela want? What could she give her? She could give her her own soul! No! It’s rotting! It’s worthless. It’s a warrior’s soul. A cursed soul. But it’s all she has to give. She can fight her at Ragnarok! Hela will want to fight her! Hela will want her soul. In return, she can take Dillion’s soul back! The bridge. It’s broken. She can’t fix it. She can. She’s done it before. You have to fight on. Be powerful. The final battle. Get his soul back. It’s the final test.
Senua: Yes, it is. This isn’t just a broken bridge, is it? Mother, you showed me how to see further, to see the hidden wonders in our world… and explore new paths into the unknown. To lead so that others may follow, or to warn so that they may avoid. That’s our gift and our duty. I’m not going to look away in fear anymore.
Furies: She can do it. She can still see the secrets of the Gods! She can do it. Fight! Use your sword! Hela. The path to Hela. Senua, turn back! It’s too dangerous. Wait. What? What happens when she dies? What happens to us? We die too. I don’t want to die.
Senua: We’ll all die someday. And once everyone’s gone, even the Gods will die.
Furies: We don’t want to die. Senua. Stop! Turn back! Stop her!
Senua: I’m sorry. I didn’t ask you to be a part of me. If you don’t want to die with me, then leave me alone.
Furies: I don’t want to die! Please stop! Please stop. You’ll never come back if you go there.
Senua: There’s nothing to go back to.
Furies: We only have each other now. Don’t abandon me.
Senua: Everyone suffers. They were right about me.
Furies: Senua. Listen to me. Not them. They were afraid. Like children scared of the dark.
Senua: So was I.
Furies: They made up monsters to fill the void. That doesn’t make them real.
Senua: They made them real.
Furies: No! No! Don’t leave me! Please!
Zynbel: Hollow your soul and let go of the Senua of old for there lies your weakness. And the darkness will find it.
Furies: Please… COME BACK!
Narrator: It’s not like the old stories, is it? The noble warrior facing evil in search of victory and honour. Clear dividing lines. No, this place is not quite like that. It’s as if it knows that true torment lies within: memories you cannot defeat, cannot escape. This is her Hel.
Senua: No. I’m here for Dillion.
Galena: Turn away, Senua.
Senua: Mother!
Galena: Don’t see me like this. Don’t look at me. Don’t look at me. Turn away, Senua! Ahhhhhh!
Zynbel: Do you see it, Senua? Do you see the darkness? The faces of fear and suffering. You can see it.
Senua: I remember it clearly now.
Zynbel: She has nothing to fear anymore. The Gods have saved your mother through my hands.
Senua: You killed her.
Zynbel: It is the will of the Gods.
Senua: Fuck the Gods! You did this to her. Why?
Zynbel: This is what happens when you listen to the voices of the underworld. They crawl into your soul and rot you from the inside. Defy the Gods like your mother, and the darkness will come for you too. Do you understand, Senua?
Senua: I do understand. You cursed me with your own madness. I was just a child… You created this darkness! You created this darkness, so you could hide behind it.
Zynbel: Only suffering brings salvation. It is the way of the Gods.
Senua: It was all a lie. You are a lie! She didn’t defy the Gods. She defied you! And so you killed her.
Zynbel: You didn’t pray to the Gods. You prayed to your mother. Your mother, who was too weak to fight the darkness, abandoned you.
Senua: You tortured her! You killed her. You are the darkness! You would have killed me too! Now I know what you are, I won’t let you hurt me anymore!
Zynbel: Those rituals. The years of isolation. The pain that still haunts you. It was the only way to fight the curse within you. The darkness is inside you and it will destroy you!
Senua: You’re a liar!
Zynbel: No, Senua. The darkness is here. You cannot wish it away. And it will watch as you draw your last dying gasp.
Senua: I won’t let you kill me!
Senua: I can see through your darkness! You’re a liar and a murderer! And if you really are Hela, then I have a sword here that can kill a god!
Zynbel: Look at you. Running forward, but moving backwards to wallow in your miserable past. You’re making a mistake searching for Dillion. The same mistake that killed him in the first place.
Senua: You took him from me! You’re a liar!
Zynbel: I am trying to save you from yourself. Do you still believe it is a lie? The plague of darkness? The butchering of Dillion by the Northmen? You saw it yourself.
Senua: You told everyone I was cursed! They believed you! I believed you!
Zynbel: Tell me, Senua, where is Dillion’s soul if the darkness is a lie? How will you save him?
Senua: He’s here. I know he’s here! Dillion! I know you’re here. Hold on! I’ll find you!
Senua: Dillion! Where is he? You’re trying to trick me again with your lies! I know he’s here! You took him from me. You have him!
Zynbel: Dillion is gone. Dillion is dead. Let him go now. I’m warning you.
Senua: Or what??? What can you do to me that you haven’t already!? Fight me! Come on!
Zynbel: You betrayed your own father, you betrayed the Gods. In search of Dillion. In search of love. Look where that’s got you. Let go of your battle. Let go of redemption. Let go of Dillion. Don’t let your darkness hurt anyone else.
Senua: If you are a lie… And there is no darkness… Then you never took him from me, did you? And I can’t save Dillion. Is that what you want me to believe? After all you have done to me?! To him? You’re not a lie. But you are a liar. You’ve crawled into me, to confuse and deceive me. But I know he’s here. I know you have him. I will give you my life. That’s what you want, isn’t it? My soul. Take it! I’ll be your… I’ll be your slave warrior. I’ll fight with you at Ragnarok… if you release him. But if you won’t, then you will have to kill me because I have nothing left. No fear. No hate. No quest. Nothing. And you will have no power over me.
Dillion: I learnt the hard way to not be afraid of death, Senua. Because a life without loss is one without love. You turn your back on death… and only you can see is the shadow that it casts. The longer you hide from it, the longer the shadow grows until, all you can see is darkness. When our time comes, we must look death in the eye, and embrace it as a friend. Only then can we let go of fear, and emerge from our darkness.
Galena: Never forget what it is like to see the world as a child, Senua. Every autumn leaf is like a work of art. Every rolling cloud, a moving picture. Every day a new story. We too emerge from this magic, like a wave from the ocean, only to return back to the sea.
Senua: Good bye, my love.
Galena: Do not mourn the waves, the leaves and clouds. Even in darkness, the wonder and the beauty of this world never leaves us. It is always there, waiting to be seen again.
Furies: We’re still here. She’s still here. Hello. Hello? Oh, oh no. It’s… it’s the rot. The darkness is coming. Wait! Wait! Wait! What is it? It feels… It’s different. It’s okay. Is it okay?
Narrator: This is where my story once began. And so it has to end here. Because I cannot see further than this.
Senua: Follow us. We have another story to tell.
Narrator: My friend. Go with her. This now will be your story to witness. Good bye.