E10 - There's Always a Reason Why Things Are the Way They Are

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[00:07] ---
    Hey, Naut and Rossi should be fine.
[00:10] ---
    R-Right.
[00:13] ---
    I'm sure they are...
[00:16] ---
    Blaise was...
[00:18] ---
    planning to do that from the start.
[00:21] ---
    She knew she had no hope of surviving.
[00:24] ---
    Even so, she tried to be useful to us.
[00:27] ---
    But if only I'd been paying
    closer attention to her...
[00:31] ---
    You're wrong about that.
[00:33] ---
    Blaise died because I let my guard down.
[00:36] ---
    That can't be!
[00:38] ---
    So, I'm not making the same mistake again.
[00:40] ---
    I'm taking you to the royal capital,
    whatever it takes!
[00:46] ---
    Let's...
[00:48] ---
    enter the royal capital together,
    no matter what.
[00:52] ---
    There's something
    I want you to promise me.
[00:56] ---
    What is it?
[00:57] ---
    Being a pig, I wouldn't be allowed
    to enter the royal capital without you.
[01:01] ---
    But you should be able
    to get in on your own.
[01:05] ---
    If anything happens to me, you keep
    heading straight for the royal capital.
[01:09] ---
    Got that?
[01:12] ---
    Mister Pig...
[01:14] ---
    I...
[01:16] ---
    Without you, I...
[01:18] ---
    just can't...
[01:22] ---
    We've been putting our lives on the line
    to get you safely to the royal capital!
[01:28] ---
    It's your duty to live up to that!
[01:31] ---
    So, I want you to have the resolve
    to reach the royal capital, no matter what!
[01:35] ---
    Even if...
[01:36] ---
    you end up alone.
[01:40] ---
    All right.
[01:40] ---
    There's Always a Reason
    Why Things Are the Way They Are
[03:20] ---
    If we were to run into any Yethma hunters...
[03:24] ---
    the only things I could use...
[03:25] ---
    are these anklets, and...
[03:30] ---
    You can activate all three of them
    by pulling those pins and snapping them.
[03:34] ---
    The one with the red rista
    embedded in it is a bomb.
[03:37] ---
    It doesn't have the widest range,
    but it's potent enough.
[03:40] ---
    The yellow one is a sielter.
[03:41] ---
    Use it when you want to hide.
[03:43] ---
    It'll look like a rock.
[03:45] ---
    The green one is a wolf call
    that summons wolves inaudibly to humans.
[03:50] ---
    Activate it, and some irritable wolves
    will show up.
[03:56] ---
    How long before the wolves get here?
[03:59] ---
    I don't know.
[04:00] ---
    But here in the Needle Woods,
    there's no way that they wouldn't show up.
[04:05] ---
    You can use the sielter to hide.
[04:08] ---
    If you're lucky, the wolves
    will chase off the Yethma hunters.
[04:11] ---
    At least, they might.
[04:14] ---
    Not the most user-friendly tools, are they?
[04:17] ---
    Ideally, you wouldn't have to use them at all.
[04:21] ---
    But if it ever comes to it...
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    think hard before you use them.
[04:26] ---
    This is it.
[04:28] ---
    The entrance...
[04:30] ---
    Where do you think it is?
[04:32] ---
    Blaise said to appeal to the king.
[04:37] ---
    Luckily, there don't seem to be
    any Yethma hunters nearby.
[04:41] ---
    Jess, it probably won't work,
[04:43] ---
    but try shouting the words
    "Please let me in" toward the cliff.
[04:46] ---
    If it doesn't work,
    we'll move on right away.
[04:52] ---
    Please let me in!
[05:00] ---
    It looks like I was wrong.
[05:02] ---
    Oh, well. Let's go.
[05:04] ---
    Right.
[05:10] ---
    Please let me in!
[05:18] ---
    No good yet again, huh?
[05:20] ---
    Let's go.
[05:26] ---
    Where the heck...
[05:27] ---
    is that entrance?
[05:38] ---
    How about riding me again?
[05:41] ---
    No.
[05:42] ---
    I can still walk.
[05:43] ---
    Not only don't we have a clue
    where the entrance is,
[05:46] ---
    we also don't know
    when we'll come under attack again.
[05:49] ---
    We're going to need some stamina
    if that happens, right?
[05:52] ---
    So, come on, get on me.
[06:00] ---
    Understood.
[06:13] ---
    Mister Pig...
[06:14] ---
    Let's talk about something.
[06:17] ---
    Yeah, let's do that.
[06:19] ---
    Then, tell me about your
    first love, Mister Pig.
[06:48] ---
    It looks like someone's there.
[06:54] ---
    Young lady!
[06:56] ---
    No use trying to escape!
[06:58] ---
    Just come out here like a good girl!
[07:00] ---
    Don't move, Jess!
    Is that wound deep?
[07:03] ---
    No.
[07:04] ---
    I'm all right.
[07:08] ---
    Is that guy alone?
[07:10] ---
    How can I give Jess a chance to escape?
[07:12] ---
    Compose yourself and think!
[07:14] ---
    Excuse me...
[07:15] ---
    but I'm okay.
[07:17] ---
    Please run, Mister Pig.
[07:19] ---
    Don't be ridiculous!
[07:20] ---
    This time, I'm gonna protect you!
[07:22] ---
    I...
[07:24] ---
    really enjoyed myself.
[07:26] ---
    So...
[07:27] ---
    There's no way I'd abandon you, Jess!
[07:30] ---
    Not in a million years!
[07:32] ---
    Whatever you do...
[07:33] ---
    don't sound like you've given up!
[07:39] ---
    Is someone else there?
[07:41] ---
    Whisper all you want,
    but it's not gonna get you anywhere!
[07:43] ---
    See, that arrow...
[07:45] ---
    I've applied poison to it!
[07:50] ---
    You're not going to survive!
[07:52] ---
    If you have any friends nearby,
    I'd be happy to let them off!
[07:59] ---
    There's no scent of poison.
[08:01] ---
    He's bluffing!
[08:03] ---
    He's just checking to see
    if any allies are lurking around!
[08:06] ---
    Don't you answer him!
[08:09] ---
    I'm only after you, young lady!
[08:11] ---
    I'm coming over...
[08:13] ---
    all right?
[08:20] ---
    No good, huh?
[08:22] ---
    Jess...
[08:26] ---
    Hey, you're up to something, aren't you?
[08:28] ---
    Not good.
[08:30] ---
    I'm on my own,
    so I can't have you resisting me.
[08:38] ---
    I see.
[08:39] ---
    So, he's got no reason to hurry
    when he's up against a wounded Yethma.
[08:46] ---
    Dammit! So, there's another one!
[08:50] ---
    Jess, give me the red ball.
[08:55] ---
    There's another enemy in hiding!
[08:57] ---
    But they're still wary of us
    possibly having more allies on our side!
[09:03] ---
    Let's use that against them!
[09:05] ---
    Start off by calling out
    as if a friend's nearby!
[09:14] ---
    Mister Naut, no!
[09:15] ---
    You mustn't come here!
[09:19] ---
    All right! Activate the wolf call!
[09:23] ---
    I knew there was someone nearby.
[09:26] ---
    All that whispering
    made me suspect as much.
[09:44] ---
    Ugh!
[09:45] ---
    Can you believe that sound?
[09:48] ---
    Mister Pig?
[09:50] ---
    I'm fine.
[09:51] ---
    R-Right.
[09:53] ---
    It's no use! Naut or whatever...
[09:55] ---
    there's no saving that Yethma!
[09:58] ---
    The poison's circulating
    throughout her body even as we speak!
[10:02] ---
    I'm going to create a diversion!
[10:04] ---
    Jess, you take advantage
    and run as far away as you can!
[10:07] ---
    But what about you, Mister Pig?
[10:09] ---
    Don't worry! I'll be right behind you.
[10:24] ---
    Oh, crap—
[10:32] ---
    What the hell? A boar?
[10:37] ---
    Will that do?
[10:50] ---
    Jess, do you think you can retreat?
[10:52] ---
    Yes!
[10:53] ---
    Somehow.
[10:54] ---
    Okay!
[10:55] ---
    Keep moving as far away as you can
    and hide in the sielter!
[11:17] ---
    What was that?
[11:18] ---
    We're splitting up!
[11:19] ---
    Gotcha!
[11:50] ---
    There, huh?
[11:52] ---
    Just come on out!
[11:55] ---
    I've got to hold him off
    so Jess can run away.
[12:01] ---
    These nuts are...
[12:03] ---
    Come out right now!
[12:05] ---
    I don't wanna get rough with you!
[12:06] ---
    Like I'd fall for that.
[12:14] ---
    Huh? What is this?
[12:16] ---
    Sure I will!
[12:28] ---
    Hey! What's wrong?
[12:38] ---
    Where the hell are you hiding?
[12:45] ---
    Damn!
[12:47] ---
    Hey, you're all right?
[12:48] ---
    Mister Pig!
[12:49] ---
    Please save me!
[12:51] ---
    Don't tell me there's another Yethma hunter!
[12:55] ---
    Jess, where are you?
[13:00] ---
    Hey...
[13:02] ---
    No way!
[13:11] ---
    Jess...
[13:12] ---
    Please...
[13:20] ---
    Please don't say a word.
[13:32] ---
    You dummy!
[13:33] ---
    Now I can't distract the enemy!
[13:36] ---
    What if they find you?
[13:39] ---
    You're the dummy, Mister Pig.
[13:42] ---
    If I'd gone into the sielter alone...
[13:45] ---
    what were you going to do
    when the wolves showed up?
[13:49] ---
    What would I do? Of course I'd...
[13:53] ---
    Hey, get up! Wolves!
[13:55] ---
    Dammit!
[13:56] ---
    Run!
[14:01] ---
    See? If you'd been outside,
    just think what would've become of you.
[14:05] ---
    That's true. I owe you one.
[14:09] ---
    But that's just hindsight!
[14:11] ---
    We're still in danger, you know!
[14:13] ---
    Who knows when the wolves might come back?
[14:16] ---
    It would've been safer for me
    to distract those men and the wolves!
[14:20] ---
    It would be pointless for me
    to be the only one to survive.
[14:23] ---
    It has to be you and me, Mister Pig.
[14:25] ---
    How many times do I have to tell you?
[14:28] ---
    Look, Jess, the truth is,
    you don't want to die, right?
[14:32] ---
    So, look out for yourself better!
[14:37] ---
    It's all right for you to be more selfish!
[14:40] ---
    I've already been selfish enough.
[14:43] ---
    That's not true!
[14:45] ---
    When have you ever been
    the least bit selfish?
[14:53] ---
    By not wanting you to ever die, Mister Pig.
[15:06] ---
    I can't even stroke your head...
[15:08] ---
    with these pig feet after all.
[15:12] ---
    I'm happy enough
    just knowing you feel that way.
[15:16] ---
    Don't read my mind!
[15:18] ---
    I'm sorry.
[15:35] ---
    I think it's safe for us to come out.
[15:40] ---
    Are you okay?
[15:42] ---
    Yes, more or less.
[15:44] ---
    How about you, Mister Pig?
[15:47] ---
    Yeah.
[15:48] ---
    I'm much better now.
[15:50] ---
    Let's go.
[15:51] ---
    Right.
[16:04] ---
    Um, Mister Pig...
[16:10] ---
    I've never had someone
    stay so close to me before.
[16:15] ---
    Stop. Don't put up any death flags.
[16:18] ---
    I was truly happy.
[16:22] ---
    I just wanted to let you know that.
[16:27] ---
    Are you all right?
[16:31] ---
    Yes.
[16:36] ---
    Let's take a break here for now.
[16:39] ---
    There's no end to this.
[16:44] ---
    Mister Pig, are you happy right now?
[16:49] ---
    No.
[16:50] ---
    I wouldn't call myself happy.
[16:52] ---
    Because I still don't think
    I've truly made you happy yet.
[16:57] ---
    Oh no, I...
[16:59] ---
    Well, but even if I were to die right now,
    I wouldn't have any regrets.
[17:03] ---
    Having a beautiful young girl
    press her breasts against me...
[17:05] ---
    That's something I never would've experienced
    leading a normal life!
[17:08] ---
    So, being a pig isn't all bad!
[17:10] ---
    If that's all you need...
[17:12] ---
    Hold up, that was a virgin joke.
[17:26] ---
    If...
[17:29] ---
    If you were reincarnated,
    what would you want to be?
[17:34] ---
    Well, a human.
[17:37] ---
    But other than that, maybe a dog.
[17:40] ---
    Getting all that praise
    just for fetching a ball! I'm a little envious.
[17:46] ---
    What a funny reason that is!
[17:49] ---
    What do you want to be, Jess?
[17:51] ---
    Let's see.
[17:54] ---
    I guess maybe a pig.
[17:56] ---
    Does even Jess have a unique fetish
    that makes her long to be called a "sow"?
[18:01] ---
    Oh no, I don't mean it that way.
[18:05] ---
    If you don't manage to turn
    back into a human, Mister Pig...
[18:09] ---
    then...
[18:13] ---
    Mister Pig, there's something
    I have to tell you.
[18:24] ---
    A heckripon?
[18:29] ---
    You're sure they're harmless?
[18:32] ---
    Yes.
[18:33] ---
    Heckripons don't do anything.
[18:36] ---
    They're weird creatures for sure.
[18:39] ---
    We didn't have them where I come from—
[18:42] ---
    Huh?
[18:43] ---
    I'm told that they suddenly
    increased their numbers...
[18:45] ---
    after the end of the dark ages.
[18:46] ---
    They only bring misfortune.
[18:47] ---
    Although it's only been in the last few years
    that people started saying that.
[18:50] ---
    Did a bunch of heckripons gather
    or something before that incident?
[18:53] ---
    There are two laws concerning Yethmas.
[18:56] ---
    Appeal to the king.
[19:00] ---
    Hey, Jess...
[19:01] ---
    so you really believe
    that heckripons don't do anything?
[19:08] ---
    But the truth is...
[19:09] ---
    heckripons are doing a certain thing.
[19:12] ---
    I think that one must be watching us.
[19:14] ---
    Well, I agree, but...
[19:17] ---
    Listen, Jess.
[19:19] ---
    The animals here in Mesteria
    also exist in the world I come from.
[19:24] ---
    The only exception being heckripons.
[19:31] ---
    Living creatures interact
    in complex ways to survive.
[19:35] ---
    The ecosystem is built
    on that delicate balance.
[19:40] ---
    Having an oddball creature like that
    in the mix just doesn't make sense.
[19:46] ---
    Which leads me to speculate...
[19:49] ---
    that heckripons were actually brought in
    from outside the ecosystem around the dark ages.
[19:54] ---
    That they were created by a mage.
[19:57] ---
    But for what reason?
[20:00] ---
    In order to see.
[20:01] ---
    Meaning, for surveillance.
[20:03] ---
    Some time before the convent
    at Baptsaze burned down,
[20:06] ---
    there was a surge in heckripons in the
    surrounding area. That's what Ceres told us.
[20:12] ---
    Don't you think it's weird that a stone building
    could be burned into nothingness?
[20:16] ---
    But if a mage watching through the eyes
    of the heckripons did it
[20:20] ---
    to punish people for hiding Yethmas,
    then yeah, that makes sense!
[20:24] ---
    Why would they do that?
[20:26] ---
    In this country, it's prohibited by law...
[20:29] ---
    to transport or sexually assault
    Yethmas, right?
[20:31] ---
    Isn't that because they're afraid that some Yethmas
    might escape surveillance or increase in number?
[20:38] ---
    They need Yethmas
    to either reach the royal capital...
[20:42] ---
    or else die when they turn 16.
[20:44] ---
    That's why they created this system!
    I can't think of any other reason!
[20:48] ---
    But we haven't done anything wrong!
[20:52] ---
    Let's ask them why directly...
[20:53] ---
    in the royal capital!
[20:57] ---
    Are you ready, Jess?
[21:24] ---
    Please let me enter the royal capital!
[21:26] ---
    I'd like to talk to you
    about what a Yethma really is!
[21:47] ---
    No good, huh?
[22:27] ---
    Let's go!
[22:28] ---
    All right!