Julia reveals that she has been guiding Richard's plans. She persuades Miss Cooper that Century could restore to her what she misses the most - the children of the village. She sends Miss Cooper back to the village to 'watch' for her.
Tess,
hurt by her mother's harsh words, goes to speak with Esme. Tess says she has
often chosen to be alone, as is that is the easy option in a difficult world.
Esme can understand her perspective - the village of Century Falls has kept
itself isolated over the years due to fear of how they would be treated by other
non-psychics. In the past there were witch-hunts, and the twentieth century
only brought new fears…
Ben - who now knows he is dying and has been manipulated by his Uncle Richard - stands by the falls and angrily hurls stones into the water. Blood drips from his nose and ears: a consequence of his recent overuse of his powers. Carey attempts to console him, but Ben angrily insists he is 'not dead yet'.
Esme reveals to Tess that Josiah Naismith, Richard's father, tried to offer the village the protection from the outside world it so desperately sought. In the summer of 1953, under Josiah's guidance, the village created an image of their power and called her 'Century'…
May
goes to visit Elisabeth Hunter, who is still angry from earlier confrontations.
May takes Elisabeth to see a scarred patch of land - ten years after the disaster,
the villagers held a great bonfire to burn the children's things. As there could
be no more children, the villagers didn't want to be reminded of what they lost.
Elisabeth sees a vision of the mysterious little girl, and runs off.
Esme, meanwhile, explains that Century was a psychic embodiment of the villagers powers, a new lifeform incarnated in the form of one villager who wore the Century mask. The power the villagers unleashed was, however, too strong: the masked wearer's mind was burned, and the intense psychic fire went on to destroy the temple and claim the lives of forty villagers. Tess sees into Esme's vision, and realises that the villager who wore the mask was Esme and May's mother, Alice Harkness. Consequently, Esme realises that Tess has more than a mild psychic sensitivity. Intrigued and concerned, Esme asks where Mrs Hunter originally came from. When Tess responds that her mother was an orphan, Esme deduces Elisabeth was one of the 'scattered children' of the village. Tess and her mother are thus both part of the village bloodline!
Back at the manor house, Ben storms through the rooms searching for his duplicitous uncle. Ben finds him with the mysterious burned patient, who is now revealed to be Josiah Naismith. Julia tells Ben that it is she, not his Uncle, who has been the liar. Richard merely did as he was instructed…
Tess,
Esme and May go to speak to Elisabeth. Esme explains that the 'scattered children'
were sent from the village to be safe, so that they might never feel the power
of the village calling them home. In the resulting emotional scene, Tess and
her mother are reconciled.
Julia
explains to Ben that his power could drag the past forward, so they could recreate
Josiah's ceremony and Century would be reborn. Once again, Ben is angry at being
instructed. Julia however, plays on his anxieties, suggesting that Ben's father
despises him, his mother fears him, and his sister holds him back, but she,
Julia, is there for him. Ben and Julia embrace, and she tells him that Century
will heal all wounds. Distraught, Carey runs off to seek help from Tess.
Julia, Ben, Ashe, and Richard go to the waterfall. Julia instructs Ben to have faith, for in this place acts of faith become real. He must draw power from the waterfall so that the temple may be recreated. Ben concentrates, and flames burst from the water - the entire waterfall begins to glow with fire…