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22 - Recurrence

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[00:25] ---
    Good morning, Talulah.
[01:59] ---
    I've brought some salt over.
[02:01] ---
    Sorry. Thanks for that.
[02:03] ---
    I heard you came home late last night.
[02:06] ---
    I was just wandering around.
[02:08] ---
    Hmm...
[02:09] ---
    Oh, right. Here.
[02:11] ---
    The landscape painting you wanted.
[02:14] ---
    You actually remembered.
[02:16] ---
    Thank you.
[02:17] ---
    This brushwork... This
    isn't by any local painter.
[02:22] ---
    You went to the city, didn't you?
[02:25] ---
    Keep this from Babushka, okay?
[02:28] ---
    You haven't gotten yourself
    in any kind of trouble, have you?
[02:32] ---
    Nope.
[02:33] ---
    Don't you try to hide anything from me.
[02:36] ---
    I'm not hiding anything.
[02:40] ---
    Let's go.
[02:44] ---
    With salt, it actually tastes like something.
[02:48] ---
    Didn't I tell you not to wander out in public
    when you're dressed like that?
[02:52] ---
    What will you do if you catch the attention
    of the Ursus patrols?
[02:56] ---
    I'm only wearing them because
    I've got things to do.
[02:58] ---
    Besides, I got these clothes
    from a handsome gentleman.
[03:03] ---
    If I wear these, fate might
    just send him to me again.
[03:07] ---
    The other day, you said your father
    gave them to you as a birthday gift!
[03:11] ---
    Huh? Did I?
[03:12] ---
    What do I do with you?
     Every other word out of your mouth is a lie.
[03:16] ---
    A healthy girl ought to be working.
[03:18] ---
    Don't be so hard on her, Babushka.
[03:21] ---
    You're too soft on her, Alina.
[03:24] ---
    She doesn't even take care of her farmwork.
[03:27] ---
    I haven't slacked once
    on the yearly farmwork.
[03:29] ---
    You've only been here for two years.
[03:32] ---
    Now eat and help tidy up.
[03:34] ---
    I'll be heading out once I'm done.
[03:36] ---
    Hah? Again?
    Just when things are getting busy at the farm!
[03:40] ---
    To each their own.
[03:43] ---
    What does that mean?
[03:44] ---
    Everyone has their own ambitions.
[03:49] ---
    You really have a way with words, don't you?
[03:53] ---
    We're in trouble!
[03:54] ---
    The patrol unit is here again!
[03:56] ---
    They're having a row with Ivan!
[03:58] ---
    The old man?
[03:59] ---
    Yeah...
[04:00] ---
    Why are they here again?
[04:01] ---
    Talulah?
[04:01] ---
    No idea...
[04:03] ---
    Wait!
[04:04] ---
    Talulah, you mustn't take that outside!
[04:07] ---
    Wait in here.
[04:10] ---
    What a stubborn old man.
[04:12] ---
    This is a routine inspection!
[04:16] ---
    You already came just a little while ago.
[04:19] ---
    You call it an inspection,
[04:20] ---
    but you just take our food
    and money behind our backs.
[04:23] ---
    If you want us to let you off,
    then you gotta make it worth our while.
[04:26] ---
    That's what we call a fair trade!
[04:33] ---
    What are you doing?
[04:36] ---
    Hm?
[04:38] ---
    An Ursus officer's uniform?
[04:40] ---
    You, where did you get those clothes?
[04:42] ---
    They're not for lowly peasants like—
[04:43] ---
    I'm asking. What are you doing?
[04:47] ---
    So cocky...
[04:48] ---
    Who do you think you are?!
[04:54] ---
    Be grateful I didn't cut off your hand.
[04:57] ---
    You bitch... You think you
    can get away with this?
[05:01] ---
    Would you like me to cut
    out your tongue then?
[05:05] ---
    Let's go.
[05:11] ---
    Are you okay, sir?
[05:13] ---
    Talulah... Do you have any
    idea what you've done?
[05:18] ---
    Would letting him beat you
    up have been any better?
[05:20] ---
    Okay, now hold on tight.
[05:22] ---
    Let's hurry and get your leg treated.
[05:26] ---
    I always thought I was still in good shape.
[05:29] ---
    Guess there's no fighting old age.
[05:32] ---
    Keep talking like that and you're in for
    a tongue-lashing from your wife.
[05:36] ---
    Hah, business as usual then.
[05:41] ---
    Hey, Talulah...
[05:43] ---
    Hm?
[05:46] ---
    Ah, what was it again?
[05:49] ---
    I already forgot.
[05:51] ---
    Are you okay?
[05:53] ---
    Sheesh, what part of you is in good shape?
[06:00] ---
    There's been a report that this village
    is hiding an Infected!
[06:04] ---
    Every household must now submit to a search!
[06:07] ---
    The Infected and anyone sheltering them
    will be executed on sight!
[06:11] ---
    There was a snitch in the village?
[06:13] ---
    No! It's just an excuse to find the one
    who attacked them!
[06:18] ---
    You need to hide!
[06:20] ---
    This should keep you well fed for a while.
[06:23] ---
    Thank you for everything till now.
[06:25] ---
    T-Talulah, you mustn't go!
[06:28] ---
    I need to let them know what they've wrought.
[06:30] ---
    Talulah!
[06:32] ---
    Alina?
[06:33] ---
    Stay here, Talulah.
[06:35] ---
    Let me through.
[06:36] ---
    No, I won't.
[06:41] ---
    Hey, where did Dedushka go?
[06:44] ---
    You're the attacker?
[06:46] ---
    We aren't here for a poor
    old geezer. Take a hike.
[06:49] ---
    Wait!
[06:53] ---
    Now you've found what
    you're looking for, right?
[06:57] ---
    Your search is over!
[07:01] ---
    Yeah...
[07:02] ---
    Thank you for your cooperation.
[07:05] ---
    The old man's an Infected?
[07:07] ---
    Yes, and it's an acute case.
[07:10] ---
    He doesn't have much more time.
[07:14] ---
    You're Infected too, aren't you, Talulah?
[07:17] ---
    Huh?
[07:18] ---
    We've known all along.
[07:20] ---
    From the day we found you lying in the snow.
[07:24] ---
    We don't have long to live, but...
[07:29] ---
    Even if you're sick,
    you've still got years ahead of you.
[07:33] ---
    You two have been like daughters to us,
[07:38] ---
    and I want you both to live happy lives.
[07:42] ---
    Babushka, I'm sorry. I'm actually—
[07:46] ---
    Talulah!
[07:47] ---
    Wait, Talulah!
[07:49] ---
    Dedushka is trying to keep us safe!
[08:11] ---
    You must be the attacker they told us about.
[08:35] ---
    What... is this?
[08:42] ---
    Talulah, you...
[08:47] ---
    Talulah!
[08:50] ---
    I'm sorry, Alina.
[08:53] ---
    I couldn't stand it anymore.
[08:57] ---
    I just couldn't stand it anymore...
[09:07] ---
    Talulah.
[09:10] ---
    I knew that this day would
    come, sooner or later.
[09:15] ---
    There's a fire in your eyes.
[09:18] ---
    There's something you want
    to burn down with it, isn't there?
[09:22] ---
    But, Talulah, now is not the time.
[09:25] ---
    Letting your anger flare up
    does nothing but harm the innocent villagers.
[09:29] ---
    Put out the fire! Hurry!
[09:30] ---
    Even so... I...
[09:31] ---
    What's with the fire? It's not normal!
[09:34] ---
    It's the Infected! The Infected did this!
[09:35] ---
    Run now!
[09:37] ---
    We're leaving the village, Talulah!
[09:39] ---
    I can't! I can't just leave them be!
[09:41] ---
    If we stay, Babushka will
    be blamed for this, too!
[09:45] ---
    No, I can't!
[09:46] ---
    I'm... too.
[09:48] ---
    What?
[09:50] ---
    I'm an Infected too.
[09:54] ---
    Ali...na...
[09:56] ---
    There she is! It's her!
[09:58] ---
    Run, you two!
[09:59] ---
    Hurry!
[10:01] ---
    Sorry!
[10:02] ---
    Thank you, Babushka!
[10:05] ---
    Don't ever come back, you hear me?
[10:14] ---
    I was planning to turn myself in
    to the patrol unit too.
[10:19] ---
    But he beat me to it.
[10:21] ---
    Even the tip-off was part of his plan,
    to put a stop to their search.
[10:27] ---
    That would never have stopped them
    from robbing the village!
[10:31] ---
    He planned it so that we
    and the rest of the villagers
[10:34] ---
    could live free without
    the patrol unit's prying eyes.
[10:37] ---
    I, for one, don't plan on running away.
[10:39] ---
    You want to take down the patrol unit?
[10:41] ---
    I know I can.
[10:43] ---
    Then what?
    What if the military police come next? The army?
[10:47] ---
    Well...
[10:49] ---
    If I take the time to build
    up enough strength, then—
[10:51] ---
    You can't keep thinking
    everything will turn out fine.
[10:54] ---
    Then am I supposed to turn a blind eye
    to all the wrongdoing around me...
[10:58] ---
    and think only about saving my own ass?
[11:00] ---
    If justice comes with sacrifices,
    can you really call it just?!
[11:05] ---
    I don't know the answer to that.
[11:08] ---
    That's something you need to find yourself.
[11:15] ---
    In that case, I will find that answer.
[11:18] ---
    I promise you that.
[11:21] ---
    Right, that's what you
    should be asking yourself.
[11:40] ---
    You're back.
[11:42] ---
    Oh? I thought you weren't fond of that sword.
[11:46] ---
    Well, no matter.
[11:48] ---
    I asked you to eliminate the major.
[11:50] ---
    That should hardly have
    been difficult for you.
[11:53] ---
    Haven't I taught you this?
[11:55] ---
    Nothing worth striving for can be achieved
    without sacrifice.
[11:58] ---
    You took pity on his boy.
[12:01] ---
    Did you see yourself in him,
    from when your father was murdered by Wei?
[12:04] ---
    Lies!
[12:05] ---
    You were exiled from Lungmen.
[12:09] ---
    
    You hid that from me and lied to me the whole time!
[12:11] ---
    That doesn't change the fact
    that Wei killed Edward.
[12:14] ---
    As part of your plan! You're just as guilty!
[12:17] ---
    But now, I'm an Infected.
[12:21] ---
    Your schemes for me end here.
[12:24] ---
    If your little sister saw you like this,
    what would she think, I wonder?
[12:30] ---
    Don't you...!
[12:31] ---
    My daughter—
[12:32] ---
    Shut up! I don't recall ever
    becoming your daughter!
[12:34] ---
    No, you are. You and I are
    cut from the same cloth.
[12:38] ---
    You've learned to control others from me.
[12:41] ---
    I'll never become a ruler like you!
[12:44] ---
    And after the many long years,
    the Arts I have cultivated in you...
[12:48] ---
    have long since budded,
    and it is now time for them to bear fruit.
[12:52] ---
    Let me make a wager with you:
[12:55] ---
    On whether you will walk
    the path I taught you.
[12:59] ---
    The fantasies you have of the masses
    will surely turn into hatred.
[13:03] ---
    You will be betrayed by those you trusted,
    and witness your friends dying for you,
[13:08] ---
    finally losing all hope for the future.
[13:11] ---
    Then, you will come to see.
[13:12] ---
    That these lands
    you have devoted yourself to do not want you.
[13:17] ---
    When you finally understand
    me, acknowledge me,
[13:20] ---
    my Arts will slowly eat away at you
    like a ticking clock,
[13:24] ---
    and you will become me.
[13:27] ---
    From then on, Ursus's future
    will be in your hands.
[13:32] ---
    And the Black Snake shall
    walk with you always.
[13:35] ---
    You... placed a curse on me?
[13:38] ---
    This is no curse.
[13:40] ---
    It's a blessing.
[13:42] ---
    Shut up.
[13:44] ---
    Ah, at last, this day has come.
[13:48] ---
    Do you despise me, Talulah?
[13:52] ---
    I won't hate you.
[13:54] ---
    I'll prove that what you've
    taught me is meaningless.
[14:00] ---
    I look forward to it.
[14:02] ---
    Talulah, remember this.
[14:06] ---
    Your end...
[14:08] ---
    is me.
[14:14] ---
    I don't remember anything after that.
[14:19] ---
    Babushka told me something once.
[14:21] ---
    It was a lot of work getting all the blood
    off your clothes, the day you showed up.
[14:27] ---
    So Kashchey placed a curse on you.
[14:29] ---
    That no matter how kind-hearted you are,
    you'll come to hate people in the end.
[14:34] ---
    It's true that people make
    mistakes, and commit evil,
[14:37] ---
    but only because they're forced to
    by their circumstances.
[14:41] ---
    They're definitely nothing
    like what Kashchey said.
[14:44] ---
    That's why I'll never hate anyone.
[14:48] ---
    Do you want me to watch over
    you to make sure of that?
[14:52] ---
    Please do.
[14:53] ---
    But you have to think about
    what you'll do after I'm gone, too.
[14:58] ---
    Don't say something so ominous!
[15:00] ---
    It'll happen someday.
[15:02] ---
    The Infected aren't afforded very much time.
[15:05] ---
    Which is why I want us
    to make the most of it.
[15:08] ---
    Right?
[15:09] ---
    Yeah, everyone deserves to be loved,
    the Infected included.
[15:15] ---
    So if someone is standing in the way of that
    then we must rise up.
[15:19] ---
    So you want to take a stand
    against Ursus itself.
[15:23] ---
    If we manage to carve out
    a home for the Infected,
[15:26] ---
    then the people of this land
    might rethink what they've done.
[15:30] ---
    This land isn't as kind as you think.
[15:35] ---
    Hard work often goes
    unrewarded. Remember that.
[15:39] ---
    Everything we've done will
    bear fruit. I know it.
[15:43] ---
    Because everyone who lives on these lands
    deserve such a future.
[15:48] ---
    Just watch, Alina.
[15:52] ---
    Okay.
[15:54] ---
    So don't hide anything from me, okay?
[15:56] ---
    You contacted someone this
    afternoon, didn't you?
[16:00] ---
    Sorry about that.
[16:01] ---
    They're Infected from beyond the snowfield.
[16:05] ---
    You're... actually doing
    something amazing, aren't you?
[16:08] ---
    I want to find us some land.
[16:10] ---
    Fertile land where the snowfield's Infected
    can come to be saved and live in peace.
[16:16] ---
    We can send them to the mines,
    but they won't be of any use.
[16:21] ---
    Useless bastards.
[16:23] ---
    Alright, how do you people want to die?
[16:26] ---
    My fellow Infected, stand proud.
[16:30] ---
    These men don't actually fear
    the calamity wrought by our disease.
[16:34] ---
    They are simply toying with our lives!
[16:36] ---
    What the hell?
[16:37] ---
    How we live, how we die,
    no one but ourselves should decide that!
[16:43] ---
    That getup... Who are you?! Name yourself!
[16:47] ---
    I have no name to tell you.
[16:52] ---
    Thanks for chasing those
    guys away. You saved us.
[16:56] ---
    We came all this way
    looking for a place we could live in peace...
[17:00] ---
    but in the end, there's nowhere for us to go.
[17:03] ---
    In that case, why don't you come with me?
[17:05] ---
    Huh?
[17:06] ---
    There are places we can
    go, even in the snowfield.
[17:08] ---
    I'm building a new village.
[17:10] ---
    There are a lot of us Infected.
[17:12] ---
    We can support each other.
[17:14] ---
    B-But what if they come after us again?
[17:16] ---
    Then we just have to defeat them.
[17:18] ---
    With training, all of you
    will be able to fight, too.
[17:22] ---
    We can fight off any raiders together.
[17:24] ---
    You mean... we have that power?
[17:27] ---
    That's right.
[17:28] ---
    We can regain our own lives, bit-by-bit.
[17:32] ---
    We'll build up our numbers.
[17:34] ---
    And food, too.
[17:35] ---
    After that, right...
[17:38] ---
    We'll need a flame.
[17:40] ---
    A powerful flame.
[18:17] ---
    It must have been abandoned
    for upward of a decade.
[18:20] ---
    Not long after the new emperor ascended,
[18:23] ---
    he confiscated the ill-gotten wealth
    of the nobles behind the Great Rebellion,
[18:26] ---
    and redistributed it.
[18:28] ---
    When that happened,
    the royalists started disposing of the nobles
[18:33] ---
    as a way to pocket a larger
    share of the spoils.
[18:36] ---
    The baron who owned this place
    was likely no exception.
[18:38] ---
    So in the end, everyone's
    still warring for money.
[18:42] ---
    Still, you really know everything, don't you?
[18:45] ---
    It's just secondhand knowledge.
[18:48] ---
    This place doesn't look very livable.
[18:50] ---
    Why did they set up a sentry outpost here?
[18:53] ---
    There are still a few villages in the area
    formerly under the baron.
[18:58] ---
    They're probably trying to squeeze them dry.
[19:00] ---
    Dammit... We'll chase them out of here.
[19:02] ---
    No. We may have more men now,
    but not enough to take an outpost.
[19:07] ---
    We'll have the Aegis attack the sentries.
[19:09] ---
    The Aegis... You mean the guerrillas?
[19:11] ---
    I'll try making contact with them.
[19:23] ---
    Looks like you're having
    a hard time meeting them.
[19:26] ---
    I'll find them next time.
[19:28] ---
    You should get some rest.
[19:30] ---
    I'm fine.
[19:33] ---
    It's been a while since we've had
    the chance to talk like this.
[19:36] ---
    Makes me miss the old lady's tea.
[19:39] ---
    Yeah...
[19:40] ---
    It really warmed you up.
[19:44] ---
    Sorry, I gave the last of the tea
    we had to people who weren't doing well.
[19:49] ---
    It's fine.
[19:50] ---
    Though it'd be nice if we
    secured more supplies soon.
[19:53] ---
    I went to a nearby village.
[19:55] ---
    They'd been plundered by the patrol unit
    and couldn't spare anything.
[19:59] ---
    It's to be expected.
[20:00] ---
    We need to drive them out
    of that abandoned city soon...
[20:13] ---
    Phew... Just like the rumors say.
[20:15] ---
    It really is freezing around you guys.
[20:20] ---
    Yetis.
[20:22] ---
    Infected?
[20:24] ---
    Yes.
[20:25] ---
    Why are you wearing the
    uniform of an Ursus officer?
[20:27] ---
    I've come up with a lot of lies for that.
[20:30] ---
    Any preference?
[20:31] ---
    All units, take aim.
[20:33] ---
    Hold on!
[20:34] ---
    I came here asking for your cooperation!
[20:36] ---
    I can help you, too!
[20:39] ---
    Help us?
[20:40] ---
    Can you hear me out, at least?
[20:42] ---
    No.
[20:44] ---
    If I'm able to melt your ice,
    would you be willing to listen?
[20:48] ---
    You can't.
[20:50] ---
    Well,
[20:51] ---
    we won't know unless we try.
[21:13] ---
    She actually melted her ice...
[21:15] ---
    She's strong...
[21:19] ---
    What's your name?
[21:21] ---
    It's Talulah.
[21:22] ---
    Talulah, I'll hear what you have to say.
[21:24] ---
    Huh? Sis?
[21:25] ---
    It was a promise.
[21:33] ---
    We're calling on the Infected to come together
    to fight for our right to live.
[21:40] ---
    This is a list of Infected
    we're already cooperating with.
[21:45] ---
    "Reunion Movement"...
[21:49] ---
    It's the name of our movement.
[21:52] ---
    We have compatriots outside the snowfield.
[21:54] ---
    We aren't alone.
[21:57] ---
    FrostNova, I want you to join us.
[22:02] ---
    Together,
[22:03] ---
    let's create a future for the Infected.