Supergirl (TV Series)
Blood Memory (2019)
Nicole Maines: Nia Nal
Quotes
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Alex Danvers : Where did you grow up, Nia?
Nia Nal : A small town up north called Parthas.
Lena Luthor : Doesn't that mean "paradise" in Irish? It's a pretty high bar.
Nia Nal : Paradise is an understatement. The town's not just beautiful, but aliens and humans have lived together in harmony for decades.
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Nia Nal : [ennding a phone call] Sister. We're close, but, um, she drives me crazy.
Kara Danvers : Well, I can relate to that.
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Nia Nal : Maeve was always my biggest supporter. I can't believe she'd say something like that.
Kara Danvers : Nia, I'm so sorry.
Nia Nal : I knew she was gonna be crushed about the powers, but... Kara, she was so angry.
Kara Danvers : I know it's not the same thing, but if it makes you feel any better, I've been through a lot with my sister.
Nia Nal : I appreciate your support, but this isn't something that you can understand. I have alien powers, my sister doesn't. And now she hates me.
[Kara pulls over]
Nia Nal : Why are you pulling over?
[they climb out of the car]
Nia Nal : Kara, what are you doing?
Kara Danvers : I do understand. Probably better than anyone.
[removing her glasses, she takes off into the sky, then lands again]
Kara Danvers : I am Supergirl. Very few people know my true identity because it's not safe for them to. But I'm telling you because I think it can help you. And I don't think it will harm you. You, too, are a hero. I was the sister with powers. And I watched Alex pay the price for it in so many ways. Most of the time, she handled it with grace, but I'll tell you, there were times that it got ugly. When we were younger... and even now. But I have faith that the love between two sisters will prevail in the end. I have to believe that. I just need you to know now that you are not alone. You have a family. You have me.
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Nia Nal : I've never missed Harvest Fest.
Kara Danvers : You should take the day off. James won't mind.
Nia Nal : It's a long drive, and I, you know...
Kara Danvers : Fall asleep at weird times? I know.
Nia Nal : Yeah.
Kara Danvers : So I'll drive.
Nia Nal : What? You'd... you'd come with me?
Kara Danvers : Yeah. Your town's, like, an osasis of tolerance, right? So I'll-I'll just pitch a story idea about it to James.
Nia Nal : Well, Kara, that would be amazing.
Kara Danvers : First commandment of road trip...
[haughtily]
Kara Danvers : Thou shalt defer to the driver's choice of music.
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Maeve Nal : [after their mother dies] It's my fault. I should have gotten the powers by now, Nia. It doesn't make sense. I mean, maybe... maybe I'm doing something wrong.
Nia Nal : Of course you're not doing anything wrong.
Maeve Nal : I must be. If I had the powers, I would have dreamed mom was in danger. I could have prevented it.
Nia Nal : Even if you had a dream, you don't know if you could have interpreted it...
Maeve Nal : Of course I could have. I'm fluent in dream interpretation. I would have been forewarned about mom, I would have... I would have saved her.
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Maeve Nal : In Parthas, when someone passes, we wear white to honor the light in each of us. Humans and aliens alike. Anyone who met my mom knows her light was blinding. I'm so lucky I got to bask in it every single day. And I'm so lucky to follow in her footsteps, continue her work, carry on her legacy...
Nia Nal : [a vision flashes] Maeve, watch out!
[she pushes Maeve out of the way just as a Child of Liberty smashes through the wall]
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Nia Nal : Maeve, I swear I was gonna tell you.
Maeve Nal : Really? When?
Nia Nal : After the memorial service.
Maeve Nal : You knew for months. For months, you let me go on about how upset I was that the powers hadn't kicked in yet. You let me humiliate myself, think I was future blind...
Nia Nal : No, no. I-It wasn't like that. I was trying to transfer the powers to you somehow.
Maeve Nal : Right. How did you, of all people, get the powers? They're supposed to be passed down from mother to daughter. So how did someone like you get them? You're not even a real woman.
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Kara Danvers : So, when did your mom come from Naltor?
Nia Nal : When she was 18. The night before she fled her planet, she had a dream about a farmhouse where she would meet her true love. And she saw a bunch of random coordinates that she plugged into her craft, and she landed on Earth in Parthas. A human family took her in, farmers, and she fell in love with their son. My dad.
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Nia Nal : I can't imagine having grown up anywhere else.
Kara Danvers : Because you have parents from two different planets?
Nia Nal : Yeah. But also because I'm trans.
[Kara glances at her in surprise]
Nia Nal : I always knew that I was a girl. My parents were amazing. They affirmed my authentic self, and helped me transition young, and I've always been able to be open about who I was in Parthas. I'm not saying it was easy; there were definitely people who didn't understand. But the town's ethos of inclusion is strong, and I think if I grew up anywhere else, it would have been a lot tougher.
Kara Danvers : Thank you for sharing that with me.
Nia Nal : Of course. Just one other thing. When you meet my family, please don't mention the dreaming powers. It's just that I haven't told them yet, and I've never kept a secret from my sister. It's been weighing on me.
Kara Danvers : Yeah, I know that feeling. I won't say a word.
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Isabel Nal : [Nia enters the house] You look famished.
Paul Nal : She looks lovely. As always.
Nia Nal : Hi.
Maeve Nal : And chic. Who is this city girl?
Nia Nal : Hi!
Maeve Nal : What has she done with my sister?
Nia Nal : Uh, Maeve, mom, dad, I want you to meet my friend and boss, Kara Danvers.
Kara Danvers : Nice to meet you.
Isabel Nal : Kara, we're so delighted you came.
Kara Danvers : Your home is beautiful.
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Paul Nal : You know, I can't believe our Nia works at CatCo. You've read Cat's book how many times?
Nia Nal : [wincing in embarrassment] Fourteen.
Kara Danvers : [surprised] Really?
Maeve Nal : [the family laughs] Oh! More like 40.
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Nia Nal : This is Maeve's old room.
Kara Danvers : It's so pretty.
[looking at books on the bookshelf]
Kara Danvers : Jung and Dreams, Lexicon of Dreams... Well, I understand why you haven't told Maeve that you inherited the powers.
Nia Nal : Right? It's a disaster. I never even wanted the powers. I always wanted to be out in the world, reporting, helping people.
Kara Danvers : Well, you can help people in a big way with your powers.
Nia Nal : Maeve's been studying the language of dreams her whole life. This is all she's ever wanted. This will break her heart.
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Kara Danvers : If the powers are only passed to one daughter per generation, why are they so sure that it's Maeve?
Nia Nal : You heard my mom. When she was pregnant with Maeve, she dreamt that her daughter would be the Dreamer.
Kara Danvers : Believe me, I know how hard it is to hurt your sister, but I think you should tell her.
Nia Nal : I'm gonna talk to my mom. I'm gonna see if there's a way that I can transfer the powers to Maeve somehow.
Kara Danvers : I don't think it works like that.
Nia Nal : Could you just talk to my sister? Interview her for your article? Just buy me some time with my mom?
Kara Danvers : Okay. Of course.
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Isabel Nal : I miss you so much. I can never understand how you enjoy living in that concrete jungle.
Nia Nal : Oh, there's a life force to the city. It's not the same as nature, but it's alive.
Isabel Nal : You seem in tune with the energy of the city. It suits you.
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Nia Nal : I was talking to Kara about the dream powers...
Isabel Nal : Mm-hmm.
Nia Nal : And she was wondering, just out of curiosity, if you didn't want the powers when you were my age, was there a way that you could've refused them?
Isabel Nal : No.
Nia Nal : What if you really didn't want to use them? What if you needed to direct them to somebody else?
Isabel Nal : The Dreamer is destined. The chosen one doesn't have a choice. It's in her blood.
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Isabel Nal : Nia, it's you. Oh, my god.
Nia Nal : Mom, what's happening?
Isabel Nal : You're in my dream. I'm dying, my love. You are the next Dreamer.
Nia Nal : No, no.
Isabel Nal : Of course it's you. It had to be you. I'm sorry I was so blind. My dream of my daughter with powers... I never saw her face.
Nia Nal : Mom, I don't care about that. I'm not ready for you to go.
Isabel Nal : You are ready. My element was water. Yours is fire. And your fire will make you far more powerful than I ever was. It was your destiny to be my daughter. To be Dreamer. Life put you through many trials just to be who you are. It made you strong. That strength will serve you well as a hero. My Nia.
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Nia Nal : I'm supposed to wear one of Maeve's dresses? What else am I gonna take from her?
Kara Danvers : You can't blame yourself for this.
Nia Nal : I lied. I did have a dream on the car ride. I dreamt my mom drank an inky black fluid and turned into ash. That's why I trashed Maeve's art supplies. But I took the poison ink literally. It was only a symbol of death. I would have known that if I had bothered to study, like my sister. There were all of these other symbols, things I couldn't decode, cobwebs. Tons of cobwebs. Spiders spin webs. I should've known that the ink was only a symbol, that the spiders were the real danger. Maeve would've known that. Maeve should have gotten the powers.
Kara Danvers : Nia, don't do this to yourself.
Nia Nal : I can't ever tell her I have them.
Kara Danvers : Hey. Please, listen to me. Keeping a secret from your sister will only hurt you more than anything else. You didn't take anything from her. You didn't choose to be the sister with powers. In time, she'll understand that. But right now, you have to be honest with her.
Nia Nal : You're right. I'll tell her. After the memorial.
