E23 - Handler One

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SIGN    December 24th, Stellar Year 2149
[00:05] Ernst
    Welcome back!
[00:07] Theresa
    Welcome home.
[00:09] Ernst
    I'm so happy you're back safe!
[00:13] Ernst
    It's important to get off the
    front lines so you can rest.
[00:16] Ernst
    I got you all gifts.
[00:19] Ernst
    Man, the year just flew by!
[00:22] Ernst
    This is your second Holy Birth Festival!
[00:24] Ernst
    I'm happy that this time,
    I got to give you your presents!
[00:30] Raiden
    I'm home.
[00:31] Theo
    I'm home.
[00:33] Anju
    I'm home.
[00:34] Kurena
    I'm home.
[00:36] Shin
    I'm home.
[00:40] Frederica
    I'm happy for you.
[00:43] Ernst
    Yeah.
[00:44] Frederica
    Time for a party!
[00:45] Ernst
    Are your arithmetic drills done?
[00:49] Frederica
    Your punishments always teach me so much.
[02:14] Theo
    Independent Mobile Force...
[02:15] Raiden
    Basically it means we kick Legion ass,
    like we've always done.
[02:20] Ernst
    Yes, this is a proposal from me,
    as an individual,
[02:25] Ernst
    to grant your request
    to fight on the front lines.
[02:28] Ernst
    The issue is the foreign officer
    who will serve as your commander...
[02:35] Theo
    I'm okay with it.
[02:37] Kurena
    Fine by me.
[02:38] Anju
    Yeah.
[02:39] Raiden
    Yup.
[02:40] Ernst
    Shin, what do you think?
[02:50] Willem
    Western Theater forces
    sustained 60% losses.
[02:53] Willem
    We're speeding up the curriculum
    at all our officer training schools,
[02:55] Willem
    specialist training schools, and boot camps
    to replace the lost manpower.
[02:59] Willem
    But they won't have the training they need.
[03:02] Richard
    And while the Legion
    lost their combat forces,
[03:06] Richard
    their manufacturing facilities are unharmed.
[03:09] Richard
    The war situation's only going to get worse.
[03:13] Ernst
    So unless something changes,
[03:15] Ernst
    humanity will be slowly worn down
    until we finally lose, correct?
[03:20] Richard
    Yes.
[03:21] Willem
    We'll maintain our defense lines,
    as we have been doing,
[03:23] Willem
    while putting together
    an independent mobile unit
[03:26] Willem
    that can bring concentrated firepower
    down on critical Legion areas.
[03:29] Willem
    I didn't expect you to put together
    the same plan we had.
[03:33] Richard
    A mobile strike force comprised
    entirely of Eighty-Six...
[03:37] Richard
    If you'll forgive my saying so,
    this doesn't sound like you.
[03:40] Ernst
    Sure, but they're the ones who wanted it.
[03:45] Ernst
    They have their own values.
[03:49] Ernst
    I don't have the right to refuse them
    out of misplaced pity.
[03:53] Ernst
    If they still choose the battlefield
    after all that's happened,
[03:55] Ernst
    I'd like them to be able to stay together.
[03:58] Willem
    Will the Eighty-Six accept
    this foreign officer, though?
[04:04] Ernst
    I talked to them already.
[04:06] Ernst
    I was worried as well,
    but I guess I shouldn't have been.
[04:11] Ernst
    After all...
[04:19] Woman
    This is from me.
[04:23] Shin
    Thank you.
[04:32] Shin
    It's been a long time, Eugene.
[04:37] Shin
    Sorry I couldn't come sooner.
[04:43] Shin
    Eugene, the Western Front is just
     as it was when you were there.
[04:47] Shin
    It's still hanging in there, somehow.
[04:51] Shin
    You asked me before why I fought, right?
[04:54] Shin
    To be honest, I still don't know.
[04:58] Shin
    I don't have a reason
    to fight the way you did.
[05:04] Shin
    But there's one thing I know,
    and that's that I...
[05:06] Shin
    I promised to take them
    all the way to the end,
[05:09] Shin
    and a battlefield isn't what I want them
    to see when they get there.
[05:21] Shin
    The sea...
[05:23] Shin
    The thing you wanted
    your sister to see someday.
[05:27] Shin
    I don't care about seeing it myself.
[05:30] Shin
    But I want them to see it.
[05:33] Shin
    I think if I can show them something new,
    something they've never seen before...
[05:38] Shin
    That will be enough of a
     reason to fight for now.
[05:45] Shin
    I'll come back.
[05:47] Shin
    And when I do, I'll tell you about
    something you've never seen before.
[05:55] Shin
    Marcel.
[05:57] Marcel
    Nina puts them there.
[06:00] Marcel
    Eugene's little sister.
[06:04] Marcel
    She keeps writing letters
    to her dead brother.
[06:07] Shin
    It's my fault.
[06:13] Marcel
    Wait!
[06:16] Marcel
    Why do you just accept it?
[06:19] Marcel
    It was me!
[06:20] Marcel
    These letters... I was the one!
[06:23] Marcel
    I was the one who made her
    write these letters to you!
[06:26] Marcel
    I was just so angry and frustrated,
[06:29] Marcel
    but I didn't want to blame myself!
[06:35] Marcel
    So I pretended it was all your fault.
[06:42] Marcel
    I'm sorry.
[06:46] Marcel
    I'm so sorry!
[06:52] Shin
    I'm sorry.
[06:57] Shin
    I need to apologize to you.
    And to her.
[07:03] Shin
    I...
[07:22] Marcel
    It's good to see him smiling, huh?
[07:38] Nina
    Thank you!
[07:43] Theo
    Shin, you're not gonna change
    your personal mark?
[07:50] Shin
    You don't like it?
[07:51] Theo
    I don't mind painting it.
[07:53] Theo
    But it's a bit of a bad omen...
[07:56] Theo
    This is a weird thing to say,
[07:58] Theo
    but do you really need
    to carry it anymore?
[08:08] Shin
    Maybe you're right.
[08:10] Shin
    But it can't be a bad omen
    after I've had it for six years.
[08:14] Shin
    And I don't think of it as a heavy burden.
[08:16] Theo
    Sure, sure.
[08:20] Raiden
    Looks like you're over some stuff.
[08:22] Raiden
    That's how it seems to me.
[08:26] Shin
    I couldn't say.
[08:28] Shin
    But...
[08:30] Shin
    I think I can see them off now.
SIGN    March 20th, Stellar Year 2150
[08:51] Shin
    Brother...
[08:54] Shin
    It's hard to envision a future
    without my brother.
[08:59] Shin
    I don't have anything I wish for.
    Anything I'm seeking.
[09:03] Shin
    I still don't know
    what I'm living for.
[09:08] Shin
    But...
[09:09] Theo
    I'm really going to paint it, okay?
[09:17] Shin
    I...
[09:21] Shin
    I have people who don't plan
    on leaving me behind.
[09:27] Shin
    Who said I'm the one
    they want by their side.
[09:30] Shin
    So... I think I'm okay.
[09:35] Shin
    I think I can get there alone.
[09:38] Shin
    Thank you.
[09:50] Shin
    I know.
    I haven't forgotten you.
[09:55] Shin
    I...
[09:59] Shin
    I'm the Reaper.
[10:04] Shin
    I'll fight.
[10:06] Shin
    Because with the Legion keeping this world
    closed off, I can't make it happen.
[10:14] Shin
    For their sake.
[10:17] Shin
    For their sake.
[10:24] Shin
    And for her.
SIGN    December 26th, Stellar Year 2149
[10:45] Lena
    It's thanks to you
    that I was able to come back.
[10:57] Lena
    I won't forget.
[11:29] Lena
    I've returned, Father.
[11:35] Lena
    A Legion offensive began on the night
    of the Revolution Festival.
[11:41] Lena
    Many of my comrades fought, as did I.
[11:45] Lena
    Many people of the 86th district
    answered my call and fought with us.
[11:53] Lena
    I won't forget.
[11:59] Lena
    But the Republic is gone.
[12:04] Lena
    It took only a week.
[12:09] Lena
    We still managed
    to keep a defense line going,
[12:14] Lena
    and after two months passed, rescue came.
[12:19] Lena
    From far to the east, past Legion-held
    territory and our own borders.
[12:26] Lena
    They—the Giad Federacy—
[12:29] Lena
    already knew about the oppression
    and slaughter of the Eighty-Six.
[12:35] Lena
    The survivors of the 86th district were saved,
[12:40] Lena
    and any one of them who wants to
    can become a Federacy citizen.
[12:45] Lena
    The awful things have all stopped.
[12:49] Lena
    The rescue forces remain here,
    providing us a modicum of support, but...
[12:57] Sanders
    Hey, he got more than I did!
[13:00] Tom
    Do your jobs.
[13:01] John
    Can't you coloreds treat us equally?
[13:10] Sanders
    How did it end up like this?
[13:16] Lena
    "There can be no punishment for a citizenry
    that's not aware of its crimes."
[13:22] Lena
    Is Uncle right, Father?
[13:33] Officer
    Colonel Milizé?
[13:35] Officer
    Is that...
[13:37] Lena
    Ignore it, please.
[13:39] Officer
    I see.
[13:42] Officer
    As you know, it was the brave soldiers
    of the Federacy, equipped with the latest weaponry,
[13:48] Officer
    who valiantly pushed back the battle lines
    and retook the 1st District,
[13:56] Officer
    where we find ourselves today. Correct?
[13:59] Lena
    Yes.
[14:00] Officer
    The Federacy has requested
    that we send an officer to help them
[14:04] Officer
    break the stalemate north of District 1
    and retake the land stolen by the Legion.
[14:09] Officer
    I'm told you've volunteered
    to lead the unit assigned to this task.
[14:14] Officer
    Is that correct?
[14:15] Lena
    It is correct.
[14:18] Officer
    As your superior officer,
    I knew you'd agree!
[14:22] Officer
    I feel the same!
[14:24] Officer
    Good luck out there!
[14:28] Annette
    So you're going to the Federacy, then?
[14:31] Lena
    Yup.
[14:36] Lena
    You're not surprised?
[14:37] Annette
    After all that's happened?
[14:39] Annette
    If something like that could surprise me,
    I would've ditched you long ago.
[14:44] Annette
    Ever since that day,
    you've just been full of surprises.
[14:57] Annette
    I've had a lifetime's worth
    of surprises already.
[15:05] Annette
    Why? Is that possible?
[15:05] Lena
    What is it?
[15:07] Annette
    This RAID device the Federacy made!
[15:10] Annette
    For some reason,
    it has the same design as the Republic.
[15:14] Annette
    Is it chance?
[15:15] Annette
    No, no way in hell it's chance.
[15:16] Lena
    What do you mean?
[15:18] Annette
    The Federation made it,
    but it's got our tech in it!
[15:21] Annette
    You couldn't do this without help
    from a living Eighty-Six.
[15:26] Annette
    But I can't imagine any Eighty-Six making contact
    with the Federacy before the Legion offensive...
[15:40] Annette
    Seriously...
[15:41] Lena
    Sorry.
[15:42] Annette
    Well, I guess the answers
     will be waiting for us there.
[15:46] Lena
    Annette, why do you have
    a Federacy RAID device?
[15:51] Annette
    'Cause I volunteered.
[15:53] Annette
    I'm being sent as a technology officer.
[15:56] Annette
    I'm going to the Federacy, too.
[16:01] Annette
    When you said you were going
    to do everything you could until the end,
[16:06] Annette
    I stopped feeling as though
    nothing I did would matter.
[16:10] Annette
    It's not just me.
[16:12] Annette
    The others too, I think.
[16:16] Annette
    So, if you're using a Para-RAID,
    I'll have to go with you.
[16:22] Annette
    We're together again, Lena!
[16:30] Lena
    Yeah!
[16:32] Lena
    Oh jeez, Annette!
[16:38] Willem
    I'm sorry.
    We're still putting things together.
SIGN    Unit Roster
[16:43] Lena
    But this...
[16:46] Willem
    It's not that we don't respect
    your talents, Colonel Milizé.
SIGN    March 12th, Stellar Year 2150
[16:49] Willem
    You and the Eighty-Six survived
    the Legion offensive.
[16:53] Willem
    We're glad to have an officer like you.
[16:56] Lena
    Thank you.
[16:58] Lena
    I'll do my best until the very end.
[17:02] Willem
    I'll see you in the Federacy, then.
[17:22] (Flashback) Karlstahl
    I can buy you time, if nothing else.
[17:24] (Flashback) Karlstahl
    It's time for you to be crushed, Lena,
[17:29] (Flashback) Karlstahl
    as you watch your naïve dreams
     shatter against reality.
[17:39] Lena
    Uncle, give me just a bit more time.
[17:50] Lena
    Until my dream shatters.
[17:56] Ernst
    Welcome, welcome!
[17:58] Ernst
    We've been waiting for you,
    Bloody Regina.
[18:01] Ernst
    Now, let's not waste any time.
[18:07] Ernst
    There's a place I want to show you.
SIGN    March 20th, Stellar Year 2150
[18:36] Lena
    I won't forget.
[18:39] Lena
    I won't forget!
[18:42] Lena
    I won't forget...
[18:46] Lena
    I won't forget...
[18:50] Lena
    I won't forget...
[19:00] Lena
    I'll fight... until I reach
    the place they reached...
[19:04] Lena
    The place that can be found only by those
    who kept going to the very end.
[19:10] Lena
    To keep fighting...
[19:17] Lena
    To live life to the fullest.
[19:23] Lev
    Keep them safe.
[19:42] Raiden
    I saw her too, actually, then.
[19:46] Raiden
    I don't remember it well, though.
[19:48] Raiden
    I can't imagine the look on his face.
[19:55] Anju
    They say there's a black cat with her.
[20:01] Anju
    If only it were Kitty, right?
[20:07] Anju
    Right?
[20:09] Theo
    This?
[20:12] Theo
    What about this?
[20:16] Theo
    This is her!
[20:21] Kurena
    Theo, cut it out!
[20:23] Kurena
    That won't happen with Shin!
[20:25] Kurena
    The two of them aren't like that!
[20:26] Kurena
    And I've known him longer!
[20:29] Kurena
    So she's even more
    of a little sister than me!
[20:31] Kurena
    Victory's mine!
[20:31] Raiden
    Theo!
[20:35] Ernst
    The perfect boy-meets-girl!
[20:38] Willem
    Beep beep.
[20:40] Willem
    Beep beep.
[20:41] Willem
    Beep!
[20:43] Frederica
    I'll surprise him, too!
[20:47] Theo
    What was it? "Bloody Regina"?
[20:49] Theo
    Yuck.
[20:51] Shin
    Is that how it looks to you?
[20:51] Kurena
    Will she recognize us?
[20:54] Anju
    I hope she does.
[20:56] Anju
    But if she doesn't,
    that might be fun, too.
[21:02] Lena
    I'm sorry I'm late, Mr. President.
[21:05] Ernst
    No, time spent remembering
    someone lost is time well spent.
[21:10] Ernst
    Now, let me introduce you
    to your new team.
[21:14] Lena
    Right now?
[21:16] Ernst
    Yes.
[21:17] Raiden
    Hey, is that really her?
[21:19] Shin
    I'm sure a lot's happened.
[21:21] Raiden
    You got that right.
[21:32] Lena
    I am Colonel Vladilena Milizé
    of the San Magnolia Republic.
[21:37] Lena
    It's an honor to meet you
    for the first time.
[21:41] Shin
    This isn't the first time we've met.
[21:43] Shin
    It's the first time
    we've seen each other, though.
[21:50] Shin
    It's been a long time,
    Handler One.
[21:56] Shin
    I am a Captain in the Giad Federacy,
[21:59] Shin
    and the former combat commander
    of Spearhead Squadron,
[22:02] Shin
    Shinei Nouzen.
[22:16] Lena
    Shin...
[22:44] Anju
    Kitty!
[22:44] Kurena
    Machiavelli!
[22:44] Raiden
    Blackie!
[22:44] Theo
    Whitey!
[22:48] Raiden
    You really are a fool, huh?
[22:50] Lena
    Raiden!
[22:52] Theo
    Is this us?
[22:53] Lena
    Theo!
[22:55] Anju
    Thank you for the cat.
[22:58] Lena
    Anju!
[22:59] Kurena
    I'm glad you're alive!
[23:01] Lena
    Kurena!
[23:02] Frederica
    How about we take a photo
    to remember today?
[23:05] Raiden
    That's a great idea!
[23:11] Lena
    I followed you for so long.
[23:14] Shin
    I know.
[23:15] Lena
    I've finally caught up.
[23:17] Shin
    You have.
[23:21] Lena
    From now on...
[23:23] Lena
    I'll fight with you.