E6 - Meeting

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[00:00] Benno
    
[00:00] Ferdinand
    One failure after another throws
    Main into despair and illness.
[00:06] Main
    The fever in my body is smaller now?
[00:10] Ferdinand
    While bewildered by her strange fevers,
[00:12] Ferdinand
    she looks to walk down a
    new path all the same.
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[02:04] Main
    Lutz, you will do as I say.
    I won't hear any objections.
[02:08] Lutz
    Wh-What's gotten into you?
[02:11] Lutz
    Stop! Don't do this!
[02:15] Lutz
    You could've just said you
    were gonna wash my hair.
[02:17] Main
    If I had, you would've ran away.
[02:20] Lutz
    Urk.
[02:22] Lutz
    What brought this on, anyway?
[02:24] Main
    First impressions are important.
[02:27] Main
    So you'd better dress
    your best tomorrow, too.
[02:31] Lutz
    I don't think it'd change much, honestly.
[02:34] Main
    You should still do everything you can.
[02:37] Lutz
    Ah, that felt good.
[02:44] Main
    Say...
[02:45] Main
    What do you wanna achieve by
    becoming a traveling trader?
[02:50] Lutz
    Where did that come from?
[02:52] Main
    Your parents can't get you a referral here,
    so you should really think about it.
[02:58] Main
    Unless you have a goal in mind,
    you won't land an apprentice gig.
[03:06] Lutz
    Do you have a goal in mind?
[03:09] Lutz
    You wanna be a merchant yourself, don't you?
[03:12] Main
    As my second option, but yes.
[03:14] Main
    And I do know what I wanna do
    as an apprentice merchant.
[03:19] Lutz
    What's that?
[03:20] Main
    I wanna sell paper.
[03:22] Lutz
    Paper? Not books?
[03:24] Main
    I don't think there's much
    demand for books here.
[03:28] Main
    But paper is a different story.
[03:37] Lutz
    Hey...
[03:38] Lutz
    He said the third bell, right?
    Aren't we here too early?
[03:41] Main
    Better too early than late.
[03:50] Main
    Oh, there he is.
[03:53] Main
    Remember your greetings.
[03:55] Lutz
    Y-Yeah.
[04:07] Main
    He brought someone with him?
[04:12] Otto
    Heya, Main.
[04:14] Main
    Good day, Mister Otto.
[04:21] Main
    Thank you very much for taking
    the time to meet with us today.
[04:26] Main
    This is Lutz, my friend.
[04:36] Lutz
    Hello, I'm Lutz!
[04:38] Lutz
    It's a pleasure to meet you!
[04:40] Otto
    This is Main. The captain's
    daughter, and my assistant.
[04:46] Benno
    An unbaptized child is your assistant?
[04:49] Otto
    I'm grooming her for the role by
    teaching her how to read and write.
[04:53] Benno
    Huh...
[04:58] Otto
    This is Benno, an old buddy of mine
    from my days as a traveling trader.
[05:02] Otto
    He may have a foul mouth, but
    he's a nice guy deep down.
[05:05] Main
    Hello. I'm Main.
[05:08] Main
    It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.
[05:10] Benno
    Oh, how very polite of you.
[05:13] Benno
    My name is Benno.
[05:15] Benno
    The pleasure is all mine.
[05:19] Benno
    If you don't mind me asking,
    what is that on your head?
[05:30] Main
    A hair stick. I use it to tie up my hair.
[05:38] Benno
    Just a piece of wood, I see.
[05:42] Main
    Indeed.
[05:43] Main
    It is just a piece of shaved wood.
[05:47] Benno
    Wow.
[05:49] Benno
    Tell me, lass.
[05:51] Benno
    What did you do to make your hair so shiny?
[05:54] Main
    I made a mix of surprisingly common items.
[05:57] Main
    The details are confidential.
[06:01] Benno
    Your hair looks just as splendid, lad.
[06:04] Lutz
    Main washed it for me.
[06:06] Benno
    Tch. I see.
[06:08] Main
    Too bad!
[06:09] Main
    I have no intention of putting my
    golden goose into play just yet.
[06:15] Otto
    So...
[06:17] Otto
    Lutz, you want to join the
    traveling trade, I hear?
[06:20] Lutz
    Oh, yes.
[06:23] Lutz
    I...
[06:24] Otto
    Forget about it.
[06:26] Otto
    Only a fool would relinquish
    his citizenship.
[06:30] Main
    "Citizenship"?
[06:32] Otto
    The right to reside in any given city.
[06:35] Main
    Then if you don't have one...
[06:37] Benno
    Without it, you'll have no proof of identity.
[06:41] Benno
    You won't be able to get a job,
    rent a home, get married,
[06:45] Benno
    or anything else.
[06:47] Otto
    You know how children get
    baptized at age seven?
[06:50] Both
    Yeah...
[06:51] Otto
    That's when you get your citizenship.
[06:54] Otto
    If an outsider wants to obtain one,
[06:56] Otto
    he has to cough up an absurd sum of money.
[06:58] Lutz
    But...
[07:00] Otto
    Besides,
[07:00] Otto
    the life of a nomad is
    nothing like city life.
[07:03] Otto
    For example, what do you
    do when you need water?
[07:07] Lutz
    Draw it from a well?
[07:09] Otto
    Right. But you won't necessarily have
    access to a well on your travels.
[07:13] Otto
    You'll have to find a
    watering hole yourself.
[07:16] Lutz
    Couldn't I just go to the river?
[07:18] Main
    And how would you know where it is?
[07:21] Main
    You won't be traveling
    along one the entire way.
[07:24] Lutz
    Oh...
[07:25] Otto
    Main's right.
[07:27] Otto
    That's why a family's routes are passed
    down through generations in this trade.
[07:33] Otto
    Those routes are too valuable
    to share with outsiders.
[07:37] Otto
    And the most important issue
    here is the finish line.
[07:42] Otto
    Do you know what a traveling
    trader's ultimate goal is?
[07:49] Otto
    Citizenship.
[07:51] Otto
    They save up money so they can
    leave their rough travels behind
[07:55] Otto
    and live in peace in the city one day.
[07:57] Otto
    That's every traveling trader's dream.
[08:02] Lutz
    But that's...
[08:03] Otto
    Do you really think they'd accept you
    after you cast your citizenship away?
[08:11] Otto
    That is the reality. Give up on
    joining the traveling trade.
[08:21] Otto
    That said, Main did a propose an idea.
[08:25] Otto
    Is becoming an apprentice
    merchant not good enough?
[08:29] Lutz
    Main?
[08:30] Main
    I figured you should hear from
    someone who has lived that life.
[08:35] Main
    But now that I've heard all that, even
    I think the traveling trade's a bad idea.
[08:47] Lutz
    So you've been looking out for me, huh?
[08:53] Main
    But hey, apparently apprentice merchants
    get to go out of town to stock up.
[08:58] Lutz
    Apprentice merchant, huh?
[09:02] Benno
    Do you want to be a merchant?
[09:11] Lutz
    Yes, sir!
[09:12] Benno
    I see.
[09:14] Benno
    And what can you sell?
[09:16] Benno
    What do you want to sell
    when you're a merchant?
[09:25] Lutz
    Well...
[09:31] Benno
    If you can't answer that, we're done here.
[09:43] Main
    Do you want to make my paper for me?
[09:56] Lutz
    I do have a goal, sir!
[10:00] Lutz
    I'll bring all of Main's ideas to reality!
[10:10] Benno
    So the lass will think of creations,
    and you'll make and sell them?
[10:14] Benno
    Do you want to be a merchant too, lass?
[10:17] Main
    As my second option, but yes.
[10:19] Otto
    Is handling paperwork
    at the gate your first?
[10:22] Main
    My first option is to be a book
    seller, or a librarian, even.
[10:26] Benno
    Say what? "Librarian"?
[10:29] Main
    Uh... A caretaker of sorts for books.
[10:33] Benno
    That's a job for nobility.
[10:35] Main
    Tch! Darn those lucky nobles!
[10:38] Benno
    So, do you have any ideas right now?
[10:41] Main
    Yes.
[10:43] Main
    I want to produce and sell paper
    that's not made from animal skin.
[10:47] Benno
    Paper that isn't made from animal skin?
[10:50] Main
    That's right.
[10:51] Main
    I'll produce paper using plants.
[10:54] Benno
    Did you just say "plants"?
[10:56] Main
    I did. It'll be cheaper to
    produce than parchment,
[11:00] Main
    so I'm sure it'll make for some
    very profitable merchandise.
[11:02] Benno
    I see.
[11:04] Benno
    So, how exactly will you produce it?
[11:06] Main
    The details are confidential!
[11:10] Benno
    I'd like to see this paper. Do you have it?
[11:13] Main
    Not yet.
[11:15] Main
    We'll have a prototype by the
    time of our baptism next summer.
[11:20] Main
    You can decide whether
    it's usable or not then.
[11:30] Benno
    Very interesting. That's fine by me.
[11:33] Lutz
    Yes!
[11:34] Main
    We did it, Lutz!
[11:40] Main
    Let's do our best!
[11:41] ---
    Yeah!
[11:44] Main
    Mister Otto, thank you very much for today.
[11:47] Otto
    It certainly was a fun day off.
[11:52] Benno
    Be it her conduct or her speech,
[11:55] Benno
    nothing about her indicates an
    unbaptized child of a soldier.
[12:00] Otto
    Her family is perfectly ordinary.
[12:02] Otto
    She's the odd one out.
[12:04] Benno
    Plant-based paper, eh?
[12:07] Benno
    If they succeed, it will turn
    the market on its head.
[12:10] Otto
    Wait just one moment! Are you thinking
    of making her your apprentice?
[12:13] Benno
    Of course I am.
[12:14] Benno
    She's already thought of hair
    sticks, a way to make hair shine,
[12:17] Benno
    and plant-based paper.
[12:19] Benno
    She's sure to have all kinds
    of other ideas up her sleeve.
[12:21] Benno
    I'm going to have both of them join me.
[12:25] Otto
    Absolutely not! She's my assistant!
[12:30] Lutz
    I know you're pleased,
[12:32] Lutz
    but don't get too worked up or
    you'll develop another fever.
[12:35] Main
    But we're gonna make paper!
    That's one step away from books!
[12:39] Main
    Yahoo!
[12:42] Lutz
    Okay, sure, but how are we gonna make it?
[12:47] Main
    Uh-oh...
[12:50] Main
    We don't have the tools.
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[13:02] Tuuli
    How'd Main's meeting go?
[13:04] Eva
    Looks like she and Lutz have been
    accepted as apprentice merchants.
[13:08] Tuuli
    What? Really?
[13:11] Tuuli
    I was sure she had no chance.
[13:14] Eva
    It's conditional, though.
[13:17] Main
    We need a steamer, a deckle, and...
[13:23] Main
    Paper making happens in two steps:
    extracting the fiber, and molding it.
[13:28] Main
    First, you chop wood,
[13:29] Main
    steam it,
[13:31] Main
    and then skin it.
[13:32] Main
    When that's done,
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[13:34] Main
    once you've separated the useful
    fiber from everything else,
[13:37] Main
    you beat it down and unravel it.
[13:39] Main
    And after that,
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[13:41] Main
    you screen a mix of the fiber,
    water, and starch with the deckle.
[13:45] Main
    You then couch the paper
    and press the water out.
[13:48] Main
    And once you dry it, you're done!
[13:51] Main
    If we don't have the tools, we
    just have to make those, too!
[13:55] Main
    I'll ask Lutz tomorrow if we
    can make all this equipment.
[14:00] Gunther
    I'm home.
[14:01] Tuuli
    Welcome back, Dad!
[14:04] Gunther
    I'm home.
[14:06] Main
    Oh, welcome back, Dad.
[14:09] Gunther
    Don't feel too bad, Main.
[14:12] Gunther
    You can find someone else to apprentice with.
[14:17] Main
    Why did all three of you
    just assume I had no chance?
[14:23] Main
    I'll have you know I was accepted.
[14:25] Tuuli
    It's conditional, though.
[14:33] Lutz
    A tree that'll provide the raw material?
[14:36] Main
    Yeah. I want you to find a soft, young-ish
    tree with long and sturdy fibers.
[14:41] Lutz
    Hmm...
[14:44] Lutz
    I'll try asking someone who knows
    a lot of about trees and wood.
[14:46] Main
    Thanks.
[14:47] Main
    Also...
[14:49] Main
    Could you make these tools, Lutz?
[14:54] Lutz
    Do you have nails?
[14:57] Main
    Nails?
[14:58] Lutz
    Yeah. I can't make anything without them.
[15:02] Main
    So yeah, we don't have the equipment
    to make the equipment we need.
[15:08] Otto
    I guess you'll have to make the nails first.
[15:10] Main
    It's no laughing matter!
[15:13] Main
    By the way, what made you
    want to become a soldier?
[15:18] Main
    Didn't you say citizenship was expensive?
[15:24] Otto
    I did it so I could marry Corinna.
[15:27] Otto
    It was not long after I turned
    fifteen and became an adult.
[15:31] Otto
    I came to this town and met The One.
[15:35] Otto
    I was shot through the heart
    the moment I laid eyes on her.
[15:38] Main
    Long story short,
[15:39] Main
    he fell for Corinna at first
    sight, bought his citizenship,
[15:43] Main
    and became a soldier.
[15:45] Otto
    Oh! Do you want to make a deal, Main?
[15:49] Main
    A deal?
[15:50] Otto
    Yeah. If you tell me how to make hair shiny,
[15:55] Otto
    I'll pay for your nails.
[15:57] Main
    Really?!
[15:59] Main
    But why would he care about the
    Simple All-In-One Shampoo?
[16:04] Main
    Who actually wants it?
[16:06] Main
    The wife?
[16:08] Main
    It's the wife, isn't it?
[16:11] Main
    I can't teach you how to make it, but
    I don't mind trading some for nails.
[16:16] Otto
    Bartering, eh?
[16:19] Otto
    Very well.
[16:20] Otto
    We have a deal!
[16:24] Main
    And so, I was invited to visit
    Otto's home on the next day off.
[16:34] Main
    Wow.
[16:35] Main
    This place hardly feels
    like the same town anymore.
[16:39] Otto
    Is this your first time
    coming to the north side?
[16:42] Main
    Yeah.
[16:43] Main
    Soldiers aren't very rich, so most
    of them live in the south, right?
[16:48] Main
    How come you get to live here?
[16:52] Otto
    My brother-in-law didn't want to
    be separated from his dear sister,
[16:55] Otto
    so he told us to live
    upstairs in the family home.
[16:57] Main
    Huh...
[16:59] Otto
    Here we are.
[17:01] Main
    What? This is your home?!
[17:06] Otto
    We live on the third floor here.
[17:08] Main
    I'm amazed he got the green light
    to marry such a rich girl.
[17:13] Corinna
    Welcome! I'm so happy you came!
[17:16] Corinna
    I'm Corinna, Otto's wife.
[17:20] Main
    Hello, Missus Corinna. I'm Main.
[17:23] Main
    I've been looking forward to seeing you!
[17:28] Corinna
    You really are a polite young lady.
[17:33] Corinna
    Also...
[17:35] Corinna
    Your hair is so pretty!
[17:38] Corinna
    Forgive me.
[17:40] Corinna
    Let me show you inside.
[17:43] Main
    Corinna may be young, but she's already
    part of the top brass at the Seamstress Guild.
[17:48] Main
    Tuuli was greener than her hair with envy
    that I was getting to meet her idol.
[17:53] Corinna
    I'm ready, Main.
[17:56] Main
    Okay.
[18:03] Corinna
    My hair is so smooth now...
[18:06] Main
    I hope you like it.
[18:09] Corinna
    I very much do!
[18:12] Corinna
    Thank you, Main.
[18:18] Corinna
    Say, may I ask you something?
[18:22] Main
    Yes?
[18:24] Corinna
    How is Otto at work?
[18:28] Corinna
    I'm worried because he had to give
    up his merchant's life for me.
[18:34] Main
    I don't think you have
    anything to worry about.
[18:37] Main
    He's still very much a merchant at work.
[18:40] Main
    He always haggles with people
    that come on deliveries,
[18:43] Main
    with his merchant's spirit burning bright.
[18:46] Corinna
    I see. His merchant's spirit...
[18:53] Corinna
    I feel like a great weight has
    been lifted off my shoulders.
[19:01] Corinna
    How do I look, Otto?
[19:06] Otto
    M-M-Main! Don't you have something to do?!
[19:11] Main
    I might remember something
    once I have my nails.
[19:18] Main
    Score!
[19:23] Main
    We decided to use the nails
    to make a deckle right away.
[19:37] Main
    Can you make them to exact measure to
    avoid any gaps when they're stacked?
[19:42] Lutz
    Exact measure?
[19:43] Lutz
    I don't have the tools for that
    unless I ask my dad or brothers.
[19:47] Main
    Do you think they'll let you borrow them?
[19:50] Lutz
    Hmm...
[19:52] Lutz
    I dunno.
(Flashback) [19:54] Deid
    Merchants are cold, heartless monsters
    that only have money on their minds!
(Flashback) [19:58] Karla
    Forget becoming an apprentice merchant
(Flashback) [20:00] Karla
    and become a craftsman like
    your father and brothers, Lutz.
[20:08] Main
    Lutz, will you be all right?
[20:11] Lutz
    Don't worry! I'll work things out!
[20:13] Lutz
    Oh, I went around asking
    lumberers about the tree.
[20:17] Main
    Really?
[20:18] Lutz
    Really. They told me about soft trees like...
[20:22] Otto
    Main, Lutz.
[20:24] Otto
    For you.
[20:27] Otto
    An invitation for you two.
[20:29] Lutz
    What's it say?
[20:31] Main
    Mister Benno wants to see you and me.
(Flashback) [20:37] Benno
    I'm going to have both of them join me.
(Flashback) [20:40] Otto
    Absolutely not! She's my assistant!
(Flashback) [20:43] Main
    Mister Otto.
(Flashback) [20:45] Otto
    What's the matter, Main?
(Flashback) [20:48] Main
    I wanted to ask you something.
(Flashback) [20:51] Main
    Do you know of any illnesses where your
    fever suddenly grows or shrinks?
(Flashback) [20:58] Main
    It always feels like the
    fever's eating into me.
(Flashback) [21:01] Otto
    Never heard of anything like it, sorry.
(Flashback) [21:05] Benno
    No idea.
(Flashback) [21:06] Main
    I see.
(Flashback) [21:08] Main
    Thank you.
(Flashback) [21:13] Otto
    She's unbelievably frail.
(Flashback) [21:17] Otto
    There's no way she can work for you.
(Flashback) [21:20] Benno
    It may be the Devouring.
(Flashback) [21:24] Benno
    If it is the Devouring,
(Flashback) [21:26] Benno
    she'll die very soon.
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[23:06] Ferdinand
    It seems you've taken a step closer
    to making plant-based paper.
[23:10] Ferdinand
    That's exactly right!
[23:12] Main
    Anyway, Head Priest,
[23:13] Main
    what did he mean, I'll die very
    soon if it's the Devouring?
[23:17] Ferdinand
    Exactly that, but what do you want to know?
[23:21] Ferdinand
    How someone with the Devouring dies?
[23:23] Ferdinand
    Terrifyingly, a person on the
    brink of death due to it...
[23:27] Main
    Eek! Not another word!
[23:29] Main
    I can't stand pain or scary things!
[23:32] Ferdinand
    As you wish.
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