# 16 - Absurdity: Asking the Voices of Swords
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**[00:13] Gwyn**
Well done, Belle.
**[00:15] Belle**
That guy was something else.
**[00:18] Gwyn**
Belle, from here on out, leave the
vanguard and fight as you see fit.
**[00:24] Belle**
Huh?
**[00:25] Belle**
You mean...
**[00:27] Belle**
*So I can leave the band at any time?*
**[00:31] Bennett**
Really, your scripts account for everything.
**[00:34] Gwyn**
That's been your part in this
band from the beginning.
**[00:38] Belle**
I like it. This band, I mean.
**[00:43] Belle**
I want to fight with you.
**[02:14] Signs**
Bye Bye, Earth
**[02:16] Signs**
Bye Bye, Earth
**[02:26] Gwyn**
It sounds like Adonis has taken
Princess Sherry deep into Root Land.
**[02:31] Gwyn**
The stolen sword of the Katakombe
is probably with—
**[02:36] Gwyn**
It's awfully chilly.
**[02:39] Belle**
Wh-What's going on?
**[02:40] Bennett**
What bitter cold...
**[02:43] Warder A**
The wards!
**[02:44] Warder A**
It's eating them!
**[02:45] Gwyn**
Close formation!
**[02:47] Bennett**
Focus! Do you want to freeze?!
**[02:57] Gwyn**
That must be our enemy.
**[03:13] Belle**
Why can't I cut her?!
**[03:21] Solist**
What?!
**[03:27] Belle**
Is she some tribe we've never seen before?
**[03:31] Ice-Wielder**
Let it o...! Let it o...!
**[03:35] Ice-Wielder**
Let it o...!
**[03:38] Ice-Wielder**
Let it o...!
**[03:39] Bennett**
A mermaid.
**[03:48] Gwyn**
Belle! Check that arm!
**[03:54] Belle**
It's ice!
**[03:55] Belle**
The whole arm is made of ice!
**[03:58] Bennett**
*I see.*
**[04:00] Bennett**
*She took on too much mental pollution.*
**[04:04] Bennett**
Gwyn, I've got her!
**[04:05] Gwyn**
All hands on deck! Make sure you finish her!
**[04:08] Bennett**
Fire!
**[04:17] Bennett**
There!
**[04:22] Bennett**
We pierced her heart.
**[04:24] Bennett**
Above us!
**[04:29] Ice-Wielder**
Let it o...! Let it o...!
**[04:35] Ice-Wielder**
O... o... o...! O... o... o...!
**[04:45] Ice-Wielder**
Let it o...! Let it o...!
**[04:49] Ice-Wielder**
O... o... o...!
**[04:50] Belle**
*Even her heart is frozen solid.*
**[04:52] Ice-Wielder**
O... o... o...!
**[04:59] Bennett**
I don't resent my destiny as a mermaid.
**[05:12] Bennett**
Stop, Belle!
**[05:14] Belle**
Bennett?
**[05:19] Bennett**
She's already dead.
**[05:33] Bennett**
I wouldn't have minded giving
her one of my arms.
**[05:40] Gwyn**
Your arms belong to me as long
as you're under my command.
**[05:57] Gwyn**
See that shrine?
**[05:59] Gwyn**
This marks the shortest route into god's core.
**[06:05] Belle**
Huh?
**[06:12] Belle**
It's the sword!
**[06:14] Bennett**
An obvious trap if I've ever seen one.
**[06:16] Gwyn**
Make light!
**[06:22] Gwyn**
This means we're in the god's inner sanctum.
**[06:25] Gwyn**
It rejects all magic.
**[06:27] Bennett**
Doesn't that mean the Army
can't use any, either?
**[06:32] Gwyn**
The Army of Insatiable Emptiness
is one of god's few blind spots.
**[06:36] Bennett**
What a predicament.
**[06:38] Bennett**
What's that?
**[06:47] Bennett**
What say you, conductor?
They seem like toys to me.
**[06:53] Gwyn**
They are toys.
**[06:54] Belle**
They're walking on their own.
And coming this way.
**[07:07] Belle**
What the hell are they?
**[07:10] Gwyn**
They're dead.
**[07:11] Belle**
Oh, is that all?
**[07:15] Gwyn**
Bennett, who in the world
is controlling them?
**[07:19] Bennett**
Can't you see him with your eyes?
**[07:33] Gwyn**
So he wants to see who conducts better?
**[07:38] Toy Soldiers**
Let it o...! Let it o...!
**[07:47] Gwyn**
What tiresome conducting.
**[07:49] Gwyn**
He's hopeless.
**[07:50] Gwyn**
Vanguard, split into stage left and right!
**[07:53] Gwyn**
Flanks, fall back to the rear!
**[07:55] Belle**
Wait, you want to turn back?
**[07:57] Gwyn**
Belle, jump!
**[08:03] Belle**
What the...?
**[08:04] Toy Soldiers**
Let it o...!
**[08:06] Belle**
*This* is the main force?
**[08:08] Gwyn**
Charge at will!
**[08:10] Solists**
All right!
**[08:27] Gwyn**
So you have no need for broken toys, do you?
**[08:36] Belle**
Gwyn! When did you...?
**[08:39] Bennett**
You joined the fray yourself?
**[08:41] Gwyn**
Hardly approved conduct for a conductor.
**[08:58] Belle**
You think she's that boy's mother?
**[09:00] Gwyn**
Probably.
**[09:05] Gwyn**
Secure the sword!
**[09:10] Solist B**
What is this thing?!
**[09:11] Belle**
Bamboo, huh?
**[09:13] Belle**
You don't let up, do you?!
**[09:21] Belle**
I missed.
**[09:23] Bennett**
I don't believe it.
She cut through a Rest-aurant?
**[09:27] Bennett**
I'm starting to fear what Belle
and Runding will do next.
**[09:31] Gwyn**
They're here to gain a different kind
of strength than what they've had thus far.
**[09:36] Gwyn**
Strength on a different level from ours.
**[09:39] Gwyn**
Once she falls into a different category,
**[09:42] Gwyn**
I'm sure trouble will break out
in our path too.
**[09:46] Bennett**
Gwyn, do you mean...?
**[09:50] Gwyn**
It looks like we've cleared out the "Fangs"
or whatever they call themselves.
**[09:54] Gwyn**
We've finally made it this far!
**[09:56] Gwyn**
Only nobility are allowed
to set foot beyond this point.
**[10:02] Gwyn**
Even so, we will—
**[10:02] Gaff**
Halt, Conductor Gwyn!
**[10:05] Belle**
Gaff?!
**[10:10] Gwyn**
Why, if it isn't the lead solist!
**[10:13] Gwyn**
Have you come to watch how we fight?
**[10:18] Gaff**
You've fought well.
**[10:20] Gaff**
Sheathe your swords at once!
**[10:22] Gaff**
We shall take things from here.
**[10:46] Kitty**
I'm amazed the Nothing followed that
fellow like he was supposed to.
**[10:50] Kitty**
Are our wills attempting
to align in god's roots?
**[10:59] Kitty**
I see.
**[11:00] Kitty**
What a state of affairs to wake up to.
**[11:03] Kitty**
Not bad at all.
**[11:06] Kitty**
I think not!
**[11:14] Belle**
What's this about, Gaff?
**[11:16] Gaff**
Did you not hear me?
**[11:19] Gwyn**
I did, lead solist.
**[11:21] Gwyn**
If you will place every sword that
fought here on the divine scales,
**[11:27] Gwyn**
we will sheathe them this instant.
**[11:29] Gaff**
The scales, you say?
**[11:31] Gwyn**
We have no other way to let our
swords tell of their battles
**[11:37] Gwyn**
or to claim the reward
for our service from the king.
**[11:41] Gaff**
I refuse.
**[11:42] Gwyn**
Oh? And may I ask why?
**[11:46] Bennett**
Swords that have clashed with shadows
may not rest on the divine scales.
**[11:52] Gwyn**
We made forbidden Schwert Musik
with the Army of Insatiable Emptiness
**[11:56] Gwyn**
because you yourself gave
us the royal order to fight.
**[12:00] Gwyn**
To think that obedience would land us all
in prison as taboo-breaking paradoxes!
**[12:04] Signs**
Paradoxes
The Outlawed
**[12:08] Gaff**
You have only one way to avoid
the stigma of paradox.
**[12:13] Gwyn**
Discard our swords, you mean?
**[12:15] Gaff**
Yes. I understand how it must grieve you.
**[12:20] Gaff**
But you may return to the stage of proper
Schwert Musik with new swords in hand.
**[12:26] Gaff**
What other choice do you have?
**[12:28] Belle**
You want us to dump the blame
on our swords and abandon them?
**[12:32] Gwyn**
That is indeed the most commonsense way
to preserve order peacefully.
**[12:38] Gaff**
Well then?
**[12:39] Gwyn**
I have conditions.
**[12:41] Gaff**
What?!
**[12:42] Gwyn**
First, approve our petition and recognize
the Katakombe's neutrality.
**[12:50] Gwyn**
Second, return the sword taken
from the Katakombe to its rightful place.
**[12:56] Gwyn**
I mean, that shouldn't be so hard, right?
**[12:59] Gaff**
Are you out of your minds?
**[13:01] Gwyn**
Who can say?
**[13:03] Gaff**
I will brook no further argument!
**[13:05] Gaff**
Those who will do as I say,
come forward at once.
**[13:09] Gaff**
Act otherwise,
**[13:10] Gaff**
and receive the stigma of paradox
along with the bite of my sword!
**[13:16] Gaff**
Belle?
**[13:18] Belle**
Who'd pitch their sword
just because you said so?
**[13:21] Belle**
You can't even put up a decent
fight against the Army,
**[13:24] Belle**
so shut up and back off!
**[13:29] Gaff**
Even you would harm this land, Belle?!
**[13:33] Gaff**
Now, at last, I perceive our god's true will!
**[13:36] Gaff**
I see why god wishes to destroy
the key to journeys!
**[13:40] Belle**
Remember what I told you once?
**[13:42] Belle**
Your sword's the last one
I'd ever want to die by.
**[13:45] Bennett**
Are you fine with this, Gwyn?
**[13:48] Gwyn**
Those two are the leads in this battle.
**[13:51] Gwyn**
We should follow Belle,
whether she advances or retreats.
**[13:55] Bennett**
Who could keep up with her?
**[13:59] Gwyn**
Bennett...
**[14:00] (Flashback) Bennett**
Belle.
**[14:01] (Flashback) Bennett**
This will be a parting of the ways.
**[14:04] (Flashback) Bennett**
Yours and ours.
**[14:12] Belle**
That sword's made of steel
from the divine tree, isn't it?
**[14:16] Belle**
Which means your god is in your hands.
**[14:20] Gaff**
What?!
**[14:21] Belle**
But you still won't listen
to what your sword is saying.
**[14:26] Belle**
I'm surprised.
**[14:28] Belle**
I'll give my sword its proper station.
**[14:35] Belle**
Your sword must want the same thing.
**[14:43] Gwyn**
Cut in!
**[14:58] Bennett**
It's like a maze.
**[15:00] Belle**
It's like the caves in the Katakombe.
**[15:02] Gwyn**
Don't worry. We won't get lost.
**[15:12] Guidance**
Keep your wits about you in god's domain.
**[15:15] Belle**
What?
**[15:16] Guidance**
Only those who truly question
reason can pass this point.
**[15:26] Belle**
What's gotten into you guys?
**[15:30] Gwyn**
Advance slowly!
**[15:32] Gwyn**
If you can't bear it, move to the rear!
**[15:35] Belle**
Gwyn?
**[15:36] Gwyn**
It's divine pressure!
**[15:38] Gwyn**
Must be a hereditary trait.
**[15:41] Gwyn**
When the gods created us
in the time of legends,
**[15:47] Gwyn**
they put special ears in our heads.
**[15:52] Belle**
What for?
**[15:54] Gwyn**
So we could hear the divine voice
of the god-machine, Deus Ex Machina.
**[16:00] Gwyn**
Even after all these generations,
we still have them.
**[16:07] Belle**
*I don't have anything like that.*
**[16:12] Belle**
You again!
**[16:16] Belle**
Out of my way!
**[16:25] Solist**
Nice going!
**[16:28] Gwyn**
Finally, the sword of the
Katakombe is in our—
**[16:31] Army**
Nowhere...
**[16:32] Bennett**
What?
**[16:34] Army**
Nowhere...
**[16:36] Gwyn**
Get away from the sword!
**[16:40] Army**
Nowhere...
**[16:43] Gwyn**
Now he's done it.
**[16:46] Army**
Nowhere...
**[16:58] Adonis**
Do you see, sublater?
**[16:58] Signs**
Aufheben
Sublate
**[17:01] Belle**
What?!
**[17:01] Adonis**
Do you see this other group
of beings capable of aufheben?
**[17:06] Adonis**
This crucible of ecstatic hunger?
**[17:09] Belle**
Adonis!
**[17:10] Belle**
Huh?
**[17:13] Bennett**
Oh no!
**[17:15] Bennett**
Damn!
**[17:16] Gwyn**
Stop! Don't use magic!
**[17:18] Bennett**
Then what?!
**[17:19] Belle**
Oh, to hell with it!
**[17:28] Kitty**
Behold my newborn might!
**[17:33] Belle**
Kitty the All!
**[17:34] Kitty**
Come, Belle! It's time
for your cry of triumph!
**[17:38] Belle**
Adonis!
**[17:40] Belle**
You son of a bitch!
**[17:42] Belle**
*Can I cut him?*
**[17:52] Belle**
Trust Adonis to set such an elaborate trap.
**[17:56] Belle**
Damn him!
**[17:57] Bennett**
What splendid wards.
**[17:59] Bennett**
Now we can cast all the magic we'd like.
**[18:02] Bennett**
I never expected a traveling
Rabbitia to save our hides *again*.
**[18:07] Kitty**
No, I was careless.
**[18:09] Kitty**
I never dreamed the wolf lad had left
the stink of his beliefs on the sword.
**[18:17] Bennett**
Well, we have the sword. What now?
**[18:21] Kitty**
Advancing any farther will
prove exceedingly difficult.
**[18:26] Belle**
I'm going.
**[18:30] Kitty**
I will accompany you.
**[18:32] Kitty**
I have a bit of unfinished
business with the wolf lad.
**[18:37] Belle**
See you around.
**[18:39] Solists**
Belle Lablac!
**[18:41] Solists**
Belle Lablac! The little one!
**[18:44] Solists**
Belle Lablac! The reason for our victory!
**[18:49] Gwyn**
My conducting stops here.
**[18:52] Gwyn**
Go wild, Belle.
**[18:54] Belle**
You bet.
**[18:58] Belle**
Let's go.
**[19:06] Gwyn**
We march as well!
**[19:08] Gwyn**
Carry the sword wrapped in this.
**[19:12] Gwyn**
The lead solist and his priests
lie in wait outside the passage!
**[19:16] Gwyn**
We're all getting out of here alive!
**[19:23] Bennett**
Make up your mind, conductor.
**[19:25] Gwyn**
Bennett!
**[19:27] Bennett**
This was part of your script too.
**[19:30] Bennett**
She's already left our category.
**[19:33] Bennett**
And she'll come back as a
disaster blocking our path.
**[19:40] Bennett**
You said so yourself.
**[19:43] Bennett**
I know you don't want to tear
down this castle, Gwyn.
**[19:48] Bennett**
She'll cut god if we let her.
**[19:51] Gwyn**
I couldn't ask for a better director.
**[19:55] Bennett**
Decide!
**[20:06] Gwyn**
I admit Belle's choices will depend
on what questions Adonis throws at god.
**[20:14] Gwyn**
But I believe in her strength.
**[20:17] Gwyn**
And in her sword.
**[20:19] Gwyn**
Now matter how much she changes
or how much power she gains,
**[20:23] Gwyn**
I want to believe that,
at least, will stay the same.
**[20:28] Gwyn**
The threat of the Army has passed for now!
**[20:31] Gwyn**
Belle will find out what's
become of Princess Sherry!
**[20:35] Gwyn**
Only one task remains for us:
**[20:38] Gwyn**
win neutrality for the Katakombe!
**[20:49] Gwyn**
Sorry, Bennett. I lean on you too much.
**[20:53] Gwyn**
I should have given the order.
**[20:56] Bennett**
Don't mention it.
**[20:57] Bennett**
I needed that too.
**[21:02] Bennett**
It was all the farewell we needed.
**[21:17] Kitty**
Are you crying, Belle?
**[21:20] Belle**
Huh? No way.
**[21:23] Belle**
I won't pretend I'm used to it,
**[21:29] Belle**
but everyone treats me like
I'm something special.
**[21:33] Belle**
Are they *trying* to give me a big head?!
**[21:37] Belle**
I swear I'll be free someday.
**[21:40] Kitty**
Belle...
**[21:41] Belle**
I'll find out all about where I come from.
**[21:44] Belle**
I'll choke down every reason
I'm here in this world!
***SIGN*** Sixteenth Movement
***SIGN*** Absurdity: Asking the Voices of Swords
**[23:30] Sherry**
As divine priestess, I tell you now.
**[23:33] Gwyn**
We'll stop clinging to god!
**[23:34] Adonis**
I've been waiting for you, girl of reason.
**[23:37] Belle**
I'm going to cut you.
**[23:38] Signs**
Mania: Nowhere
**[23:38] Signs**
Seventeenth Movement