The 47 Ronin v1.3 (c#1A72A6.fdr - Whoa is (Not)

94.
BASHO
hears his master’s voice and digs deep to the titan within
and SURGES FORWARD WITH EVERY LAST OUNCE OF SUPERHUMAN
STRENGTH --!!
AND SHATTERS THE BAR TO SPLINTERS, SENDING THE SOLDIERS
TUMBLING AND FORCING THE DOORS OPEN WIDE!
Instantly, the panicking crowd races through the opening, the
47 ronin blending in with them.
THE NINJA CLANLORD
races out of the temple with his soldiers and sohei -- and is
confronted by the sight of thousands of taxpayers racing away
from the temple in every conceivable direction.
Trying to find the ronin among the stampeding crowd would be
like trying to find a needle in a haystack...in the heart of
a raging typhoon.
Though suffering staggering injuries, Oishi and his men have
gotten away...
SLOW DISSOLVE TO:
A RED SILKEN CLOTH
Then a dozen ORACLE BONES are cast across it.
The turtle shell fragments tumble and come to rest, and two
tiny hands ENTER FRAME and begin to search by feel for the
ones that have landed with their inscribed Kanji characters
facing up.
PULL BACK TO REVEAL we are --
INT. KIRA’S MOUNTAIN CASTLE - THE LORD’S QUARTERS - LATER
Lord Kira waits impatiently for his fortune to be read by the
court PROPHETS -- a pair of ten-year-old children. The
divinators are fraternal twins, a boy and a girl.
It’s the boy whose hands feel the shells.
Well..?
LORD KIRA
When the boy looks up, we see his milky eyes and know that he
is BLIND. He looks to his sister and she stares into his
eyes. No words pass between them.
Then --