# E14 - Glad to Be Here
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**[01:37] Instructor**
Okay, good!
***SIGN*** Special Officers' School Tactical Practice Grounds
**[01:39] Instructor**
*Now further back!*
**[01:41] Instructor**
*Push them back!*
**[01:43] All**
*Roger!*
**[01:48] Eugene**
Do we go around?
**[01:50] Marcel**
Just wait, you pieces of scrap.
**[01:52] Marcel**
I'm gonna blow a giant hole
in your ass!
**[02:02] Student**
Hey, Marcel!
**[02:03] Student**
We're going to crash into it!
**[02:25] Student**
We're saved...
**[02:27] Eugene**
Ow...
**[02:29] Shin**
Sorry, Eugene.
**[02:31] Shin**
You okay?
**[02:32] Eugene**
I think so...
**[02:33] Instructor**
*What the hell are you doing?!*
**[02:36] Instructor**
*Get out of there, now!*
**[02:44] Instructor**
Cadet Marcel, what the hell was that?
***SIGN*** February 11th, Stellar Year 2149
**[02:48] Marcel**
I wanted to get behind the enemy.
**[02:50] Instructor**
And so you went over the hill?
**[02:53] Instructor**
Exposing your Feldreß's belly
to enemy fire?
**[02:56] Instructor**
Your grade for this exercise is zero!
**[02:59] Instructor**
Go back to basic!
**[03:01] Marcel**
Yes, sir.
**[03:02] Instructor**
Next, Cadet Nouzen!
**[03:04] Instructor**
Jumping in a Vánagandr?
Are you insane?
**[03:07] Instructor**
Are you trying to destroy it?
**[03:09] Shin**
I judged that it was the only way
to avoid a collision.
**[03:14] Shin**
It's better to lose the legs on one
than losing both altogether.
**[03:19] Eugene**
Shin...
**[03:20] Instructor**
True.
**[03:23] Instructor**
I'll give you credit
for avoiding a collision.
**[03:26] Instructor**
But you still engaged in dangerous piloting.
**[03:29] Instructor**
So you get a zero, too.
**[03:31] Instructor**
Got it?
**[03:32] Shin**
Yes, sir.
**[03:37] Marcel**
Nouzen!
**[03:41] Marcel**
I'm not gonna thank you!
**[03:43] Shin**
I don't need you to.
**[03:44] Marcel**
For one thing, you didn't need to dodge.
I could've—
**[03:46] Shin**
I said you don't need to.
**[03:51] Marcel**
Let's go, Eugene.
**[03:53] Marcel**
Come with me!
**[03:57] Grethe**
It's nice being young, isn't it?
**[04:00] Shin**
Is that how it looks to you?
**[04:02] Grethe**
You're so cold.
**[04:06] Shin**
What is it today?
**[04:07] Grethe**
I want you to come with me again.
**[04:09] Grethe**
I got permission.
**[04:13] Marcel**
Eugene, you need to put some distance
between you and Nouzen.
**[04:16] Eugene**
Why?
**[04:17] Classmate**
You know about the new Feldreß those
Eighty-Six are working on with R & D.
**[04:23] Marcel**
Those things are insane.
**[04:25] Marcel**
They're based on the Republic's designs,
which don't factor in pilot safety at all!
**[04:30] Student**
They say a dozen of its test pilots
have already died.
**[04:35] Marcel**
But none of them got hurt at all!
**[04:38] Eugene**
That's just a rumor.
**[04:40] Marcel**
Yeah...
**[04:43] Marcel**
But he gives me a bad feeling.
**[04:46] Marcel**
Almost as if...
**[04:48] Eugene**
As if what?
**[04:52] Marcel**
He's the Reaper.
**[04:59] Grethe**
Are you guys ready for a trip?
***SIGN*** April 1st, Stellar Year 2149
**[05:09] Raiden**
How far are we going?
**[05:11] Kurena**
Is this a training exercise?
**[05:12] Theo**
No idea.
**[05:14] Anju**
But something's on those trucks, right?
**[05:16] Theo**
Oh, with the tarp over it?
**[05:23] Grethe**
When you came through this place,
it was still under Legion control.
**[05:27] Grethe**
But we've taken this place back
over the last six months.
**[05:36] Grethe**
We moved up the battle lines
and found these stranded Republic Feldreß.
**[05:42] Grethe**
There was a plate among them
with names on it.
**[05:45] Grethe**
In the Federacy,
when someone dies in battle,
**[05:48] Grethe**
their name is engraved on a memorial
in the National Cemetery.
**[05:51] Grethe**
We decided the names
of your comrades on the plate,
**[05:54] Grethe**
all 575 of them,
should be recorded here.
**[05:58] Grethe**
So we did this.
**[06:01] Grethe**
Don't worry.
After we recorded the names on the plate,
**[06:03] Grethe**
we returned it to its original spot.
**[06:06] Grethe**
What do you think?
**[06:09] Shin**
Thank you for your concern.
**[06:14] Grethe**
But you've graduated the
Special Officers' School,
**[06:17] Grethe**
so now you're part
of the Giad Federacy's military.
**[06:22] Grethe**
And before long,
you'll be sent into battle.
**[06:32] Grethe**
You'll be working in the Nordlicht squadron,
which is under my command.
**[06:39] Grethe**
I am Lt. Colonel Grethe Wenzel,
commander of the 1028th Test Unit.
**[06:44] Grethe**
Glad to be working with you all.
**[06:46] Shin**
Thank you.
**[06:49] Frederica**
Hey, you didn't need to throw us off!
**[06:53] Anju**
Frederica?
**[06:55] Theo**
What is that?
**[06:56] Frederica**
Don't look!
This is a surprise!
**[06:59] Kurena**
A surprise?
**[07:00] Frederica**
That's right!
**[07:05] Raiden**
What is that?
**[07:07] Theo**
A scavenger?
**[07:08] Anju**
That's Republic tech.
**[07:09] Kurena**
Why?
**[07:10] Shin**
Fido?
**[07:11] Anju**
What are you saying, Shin?
**[07:13] Raiden**
Do you name all your pets
the same thing?
**[07:16] Frederica**
No, this is Fido.
**[07:19] Frederica**
The one who was with you.
**[07:23] Frederica**
We investigated when we found it
and discovered its core unit was intact.
**[07:29] Frederica**
Grethe rebuilt it.
**[07:31] Frederica**
We've replaced the mechanical parts,
but this is the real Fido!
**[07:36] Grethe**
It looks the same,
but it's several times stronger.
**[07:40] Theo**
No way.
**[07:41] Frederica**
He also thought he was dead
and refused to activate at first.
**[07:47] Frederica**
He only turned on
when I gave him Shinei's name.
**[07:54] (Flashback) Shin**
You are the proof that we made it here.
**[07:58] (Flashback) Shin**
Perform your mission until you rust away.
**[08:04] Shin**
You're still alive?
**[08:10] Shin**
I ordered to do your mission
until you rusted away.
**[08:18] Shin**
But well...
**[08:21] Shin**
Want to go home together, once more?
**[08:29] Theo**
Saw that coming.
**[08:30] Frederica**
Shouldn't you be a little worried?
**[08:32] Grethe**
That's right!
**[08:33] Kurena**
It'd take more than that to break Fido.
**[08:35] Frederica**
I meant Shinei!
**[08:37] Grethe**
Right!
**[08:37] Raiden**
Oh, he'll be fine.
**[08:39] Anju**
Shin knows how Fido moves.
**[08:42] Frederica + Grethe**
Really?
**[08:45] Grethe**
So he does know how to smile, huh?
**[08:54] Theo**
So, Frederica, why are you here?
**[08:56] Frederica**
Because I'm your mascot.
**[09:00] Anju**
"Mascot"?
**[09:01] Frederica**
You didn't know?
**[09:02] Frederica**
They have young girls like me
join a unit and eat and sleep with them.
**[09:08] Frederica**
The unit becomes a found family
**[09:10] Frederica**
and becomes willing to risk their lives
for their beloved daughter or sister.
**[09:15] Frederica**
It's a Giad tradition.
**[09:17] Theo**
That's sickening.
**[09:19] Anju**
Do you mean...
**[09:20] Frederica**
Yup.
**[09:21] Frederica**
I'll be joining the 1028th Test Unit.
**[09:25] Frederica**
Which means I'm your goddess of victory!
**[09:31] Frederica**
Why are you laughing?
**[09:34] Frederica**
By the way, Shinei.
**[09:36] Frederica**
I have another surprise for you.
**[09:40] Frederica**
I got it from Ernst.
**[09:44] Frederica**
It's important to you, isn't it?
**[09:49] Shin**
Yeah.
**[09:57] Raiden**
Welcome back.
**[09:58] Anju**
Welcome back.
**[09:59] Theo**
Welcome back.
**[10:00] Kurena**
Welcome back!
**[10:04] Shin**
Glad to be here.
***SIGN*** July 28th, Stellar Year 2149
***SIGN*** Giad Federacy Western Front Lines
**[10:11] Soldier 1**
*Enemy squadron incoming!*
**[10:13] Soldier 1**
*Forty-five seconds to contact!*
**[10:16] Soldier 2**
*I'm not dying yet!*
**[10:23] Soldier 3**
Damn it!
**[10:24] Soldier 3**
Where's our suppression fire?
**[10:28] Soldier**
Damn it all!
**[10:30] Soldier**
I'm not letting you
take me with you!
**[10:38] Marcel**
How many of these damn things are there?
**[10:41] Soldiers**
*Stand fast!*
**[10:43] Soldiers**
*Even if you run, they'll catch you!*
**[10:45] Soldiers**
* I'm honored to die*
* for my homeland and my comrades!*
**[10:52] Eugene**
No!
**[11:26] Eugene**
That's the new Reginleif...
**[11:33] Soldier**
The Eighty-Six...
**[11:36] Soldier**
Monsters of the Republic!
**[11:49] Tech**
Lieutenant, you used
the high-frequency blade again, didn't you?
**[11:53] Shin**
Yes.
**[11:54] Tech**
Stop abusing that thing!
**[11:57] Tech**
We don't have a spare blade yet.
**[12:00] Tech**
And even besides that,
the way you use it—
**[12:03] Shin**
It's fine.
**[12:04] Shin**
The Legion are going to withdraw.
**[12:06] Tech**
Huh?
**[12:13] Tech**
Roger.
**[12:21] Frederica**
Well done, Shinei!
**[12:25] Shin**
You snuck in here again?
**[12:27] Frederica**
You can't get rid of me
by begging the repair crew to help you.
**[12:32] Shin**
I told you not to follow us
onto the battlefield.
**[12:35] Shin**
You're just a mascot.
Remember that.
**[12:37] Frederica**
You don't get to tell me that!
**[12:40] Frederica**
A commanding officer isn't supposed
to go running alone into enemy territory!
**[12:45] Frederica**
It's a bad habit!
**[12:47] Frederica**
Bernholdt was complaining.
**[12:51] Frederica**
Are you listening, Shinei?
**[12:53] Frederica**
You need to take care of yourself.
**[12:57] Frederica**
I can't get it off!
**[12:59] Frederica**
Help me, Bernholdt!
**[13:01] Bernholdt**
Right, right.
**[13:03] Bernholdt**
But you should quiet down.
**[13:06] Bernholdt**
Everybody's tired after days of fighting.
**[13:09] Frederica**
Yeah. Sorry...
**[13:13] Officer 1**
Hey, what are Nordlicht doing here?
***SIGN*** Giad Federacy Forward Operation Base 15 (FOB15)
**[13:18] Officer 2**
We sent a request
for help yesterday, right?
**[13:21] Officer 1**
A 2nd Lieutenant running a whole battalion?
**[13:24] Officer 2**
Supposedly all his superior officers died.
**[13:26] Officer 2**
Right now, it's at a squadron's staffing level.
**[13:29] Officer 1**
Who killed them, I wonder?
**[13:31] Officer 3**
The headless skeleton,
possessed by a Reaper.
**[13:34] Officer 3**
Creepy.
**[13:38] Marcel**
Stop it, Eugene.
**[13:39] Eugene**
Sorry, you eat with the others.
**[13:47] Eugene**
Can I sit here?
**[13:48] Shin**
Sure...
**[13:50] Shin**
Eugene? You ended up here?
**[13:53] Eugene**
I got here last month.
**[13:55] Eugene**
It's good to see you again, Shin.
**[13:57] Shin**
Yeah.
**[14:05] Shin**
If you can't eat them,
don't force yourself.
**[14:08] Frederica**
But that would be rude to the kitchen staff.
**[14:25] Shin**
Then try harder.
**[14:32] Eugene**
You saved us yesterday.
**[14:35] Shin**
Oh, sorry.
**[14:36] Shin**
There were so many requests
for help, I didn't notice.
**[14:39] Eugene**
You're busy, huh?
**[14:41] Shin**
Busy enough for the squadron
to be split up.
**[14:44] Eugene**
That's why it's just the two of you.
**[14:47] Frederica**
Hey, I remember you!
**[14:50] Eugene**
You remembered me!
**[14:51] Frederica**
Of course!
**[14:53] Frederica**
I heard you ended up
in Shinei's class at school!
**[14:56] Frederica**
It must've been hard.
**[14:58] Eugene**
Yeah. He's really cold,
and he never talks.
**[15:01] Eugene**
You never know what he's thinking.
**[15:04] Frederica**
I know! I know!
**[15:07] Frederica**
You talk to him, and he doesn't even look up
from his book, or say a word!
**[15:11] Frederica**
If it's not something he's interested in,
he won't even listen!
**[15:14] Eugene**
And he does really crazy stuff at weird times!
**[15:18] Frederica**
That's right! That's right!
**[15:20] Eugene**
I think we'll get along.
**[15:22] Eugene**
Let's be friends!
**[15:24] Frederica**
Yes!
**[15:25] Frederica**
It's a pleasure to meet you!
**[15:26] Frederica**
Now!
**[15:28] Frederica**
How about we take a photo
to remember this day!
**[15:31] Eugene**
Yeah.
**[15:33] Frederica**
Shinei!
**[15:40] Eugene**
Is this part of the job
for a goddess of victory?
**[15:44] Frederica**
It's all I can do.
**[15:48] Frederica**
Now...
**[15:49] Frederica**
I don't want to interrupt a meeting
between old friends, so I'll be going!
**[15:58] Eugene**
She became a mascot, huh?
**[16:01] Shin**
Yeah.
**[16:02] Eugene**
Nobody even likes that old custom anymore.
**[16:04] Shin**
Even someone like her,
if she's there, we have to protect her.
**[16:08] Shin**
We're all strangers,
so they must think they need a hostage.
**[16:13] Eugene**
That's awful.
**[16:15] Shin**
She choose that path.
**[16:17] Eugene**
But she doesn't have a reason to fight, right?
**[16:20] Eugene**
Family, country, justice, making a living...
**[16:23] Eugene**
None of that matters to a kid that age!
**[16:27] Eugene**
So why does she have to fight?
**[16:31] Shin**
You may be right.
**[16:36] Shin**
How's your sister? Is she doing well?
**[16:39] Eugene**
Yeah, I think.
**[16:42] Eugene**
She's kind of lonely,
'cause she's staying with my aunt.
**[16:45] Shin**
Aunt?
**[16:46] Eugene**
Oh, we don't have parents.
**[16:49] Eugene**
I want her to go to a good school,
**[16:53] Eugene**
so I need to make money.
**[16:54] Shin**
It's rough being a big brother.
**[16:56] Eugene**
Great, isn't she?
**[16:57] Eugene**
You can't have her.
**[16:59] Shin**
I've already got a little brat.
**[17:02] Eugene**
I'm taking her somewhere
on my next leave.
**[17:06] Eugene**
A zoo or an amusement park.
**[17:08] Eugene**
Maybe shopping. Since she's a little girl,
I bet she'd love clothes or shoes.
**[17:15] Shin**
Then you really shouldn't have
joined the military, right?
**[17:20] Shin**
The war's not going well.
**[17:21] Shin**
And I don't think that's going to change.
**[17:24] Eugene**
Yes. My unit lost fifteen
people just yesterday.
**[17:28] Eugene**
Our commander said this is normal
when things get bad.
**[17:33] Shin**
"Normal," huh?
**[17:35] Shin**
I don't think that many dead is "normal."
**[17:38] Shin**
The number of dead and the number
of destroyed Legion don't match at all.
**[17:42] Eugene**
It sure doesn't feel like we're winning.
**[17:45] Eugene**
From the generals' perspective,
it probably just means fewer mouths to feed.
**[17:51] Eugene**
Sorry!
**[17:52] Eugene**
No...
**[17:55] Eugene**
But then what about you?
**[17:58] Eugene**
Why did you...
**[18:05] Shin**
Again? They never give up.
**[18:08] Eugene**
I bet girls don't like them.
**[18:13] Eugene**
Okay, see you later.
**[18:20] Frederica**
*You're safe, right, Shinei?*
**[18:22] Shin**
Yeah.
**[18:23] Frederica**
*Good.*
**[18:25] Frederica**
*But...*
**[18:27] Frederica**
*I'm sorry.*
**[18:28] Frederica**
*I have bad news.*
**[18:39] Shin**
Frederica, close your "eyes."
**[18:56] Eugene**
Nina...
**[19:11] Eugene**
The picture...
**[19:14] Eugene**
Nina's...
**[19:38] Eugene**
Please...
**[19:50] Eugene**
Thank you.
**[20:26] Marcel**
Eugene...
**[20:30] Marcel**
Did you do that, Nouzen?
**[20:33] Shin**
Good timing.
**[20:34] Shin**
Make the casualty report.
**[20:39] Marcel**
Why didn't you save him?
**[20:41] Marcel**
You could've done it!
**[20:43] Marcel**
You were too busy fighting
those hunks of steel, weren't you?
**[20:47] Marcel**
You battle-mad Eighty-Six!
**[20:50] Officer**
Stop it, Lieutenant Marcel.
**[20:53] Officer**
Are you no different
from those scum in the Republic?
**[20:57] Officer**
I apologize.
**[20:59] Officer**
And thank you for what
you did for Lieutenant Rantz.
**[21:03] Shin**
No...
**[21:04] Officer**
So let me say this.
**[21:06] Officer**
If you joined up out of a desire
to repay us for saving you, there's no need.
**[21:12] Officer**
We will never force poor children
like you to fight.
**[21:18] Officer**
It's not too late.
**[21:19] Officer**
Leave the army and live happily.
**[21:22] Shin**
The Legion are coming.
**[21:23] Shin**
Meet up with your allies while you can.
**[21:33] Frederica**
Shinei?
**[21:34] Shin**
*What's the situation?*
**[21:36] Frederica**
Not good.
**[21:38] Frederica**
*Nordlicht has new orders.*
**[21:42] Frederica**
* Gather up at point 27-32*
* in preparation for a new attack.*
**[21:46] Frederica**
*Then stand by for further orders.*
**[21:48] Shin**
*Roger.*
**[21:52] Frederica**
Shinei.
**[21:56] Frederica**
*You're okay, right?*
**[22:02] Shin**
Yeah.
**[23:36] Shin**
"Welcome back."