[Script Info]
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[Events]
Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.08,0:00:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Beauty is a curse," Psyche thought
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.02,0:00:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as she looked over the cliff's edge\Nwhere she'd been abandoned by her father.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.17,0:00:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She'd been born with the physical\Nperfection so complete
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.76,0:00:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she was worshipped as a new\Nincarnation of Venus, the goddess of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.06,0:00:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But real-life human lovers were\Ntoo intimidated even to approach her.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.86,0:00:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When her father asked for guidance\Nfrom the Oracle of Apollo,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.31,0:00:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the god of light, reason, and prophecy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.94,0:00:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was told to abandon his daughter\Non a rocky crag
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.57,0:00:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where she would marry a cruel\Nand savage serpent-like winged evil.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.46,0:00:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alone on the crag, Psyche felt\NZephyr the West Wind
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.58,0:00:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gently lifting her into the air.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.77,0:00:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It set her down before a palace.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.82,0:01:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You are home," she heard \Nan unseen voice say.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.56,0:01:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Your husband awaits you\Nin the bedroom, if you dare to meet him."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.24,0:01:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was brave enough, Psyche told herself.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.35,0:01:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bedroom was so dark that she\Ncouldn't see her husband.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.16,0:01:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he didn't feel serpent-like at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.19,0:01:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His skin was soft,\Nand his voice and manner were gentle.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.36,0:01:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She asked him who he was,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.33,0:01:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he told her this was the one question\Nhe could never answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.83,0:01:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If she loved him, \Nshe would not need to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.20,0:01:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His visits continued night after night.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.02,0:01:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before long, Psyche was pregnant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.56,0:01:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She rejoiced, but was also conflicted.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.24,0:01:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could she raise her baby\Nwith a man she'd never seen?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.15,0:01:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That night, Psyche approached\Nher sleeping husband holding an oil lamp.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.02,0:01:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What she found was the god Cupid
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.71,0:02:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who sent gods and humans \Nlusting after each other
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.11,0:02:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the pinpricks of his arrows.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.20,0:02:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psyche dropped her lamp,\Nburning Cupid with hot oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.12,0:02:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said he'd been in love with Psyche\Never since his jealous mother, Venus,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.14,0:02:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asked him to embarrass the young woman\Nby pricking her with an arrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.11,0:02:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But taken with Psyche's beauty, Cupid\Nused the arrow on himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.33,0:02:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't believe, however, that gods\Nand humans could love as equals.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.47,0:02:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that she knew his true form,\Ntheir hopes for happiness were dashed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.33,0:02:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so he flew away.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.52,0:02:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psyche was left in despair until\Nthe unseen voice returned
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.19,0:02:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and told her that it was indeed possible
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.07,0:02:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for her and Cupid \Nto love each other as equals.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.74,0:02:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Encouraged, she set out to find him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.43,0:03:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Venus intercepted Psyche and said\Nshe and Cupid could only wed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.86,0:03:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if she completed a series \Nof impossible tasks.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.54,0:03:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, Psyche was told to sort a huge,\Nmessy pile of seeds in a single night.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.74,0:03:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as she was abandoning hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.20,0:03:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an ant colony took pity on her\Nand helped with the work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.62,0:03:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Successfully passing the first trial,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.81,0:03:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psyche next had to bring Venus\Nthe fleece of the golden sheep,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.78,0:03:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had a reputation for \Ndisemboweling stray adventurers,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.92,0:03:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a river god showed her how to collect
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.01,0:03:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fleece the sheep \Nhad snagged on briars,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.88,0:03:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she succeeded.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.03,0:03:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, Psyche had to travel\Nto the Underworld
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.47,0:03:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and convince Proserpina, \Nqueen of the dead,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.64,0:03:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put a drop of her beauty in a box\Nfor Venus.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.32,0:03:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once again, the unseen voice came\Nto Psyche's aide.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.60,0:04:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It told her to bring barley cakes for\NCerberus, the guard dog to the Underworld
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.37,0:04:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and coins to pay the boatman, Charon\Nto ferry her across the river Styx.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.23,0:04:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With her third and final task complete,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.21,0:04:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psyche returned to the land of the living.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.52,0:04:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just outside Venus's palace, she opened\Nthe box of Proserpina's beauty,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.48,0:04:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hoping to keep some for herself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.74,0:04:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the box was filled with sleep,\Nnot beauty,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.60,0:04:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Psyche collapsed in the road.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.42,0:04:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cupid, now recovered from his wounds,\Nflew to his sleeping bride.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.79,0:04:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told her he'd been wrong and foolish.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.17,0:04:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her fearlessness in the face\Nof the unknown
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.51,0:04:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proved that she was more than his equal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.15,0:04:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cupid gave Psyche amborsia, the nectar\Nof the gods, making her immortal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.47,0:04:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shortly after, Psyche bore their daughter.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.96,0:05:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They named her Pleasure,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.25,0:05:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she, Cupid, and Psyche, \Nwhose name means soul,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.20,0:05:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been complicating people's\Nlove lives ever since.