# E8 - Less Than Human
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**[00:00] Claire**
So, so, so cute!
**[00:03] Yessica**
Where did it come from?
**[00:05] Maria**
It sure is cute.
**[00:07] Earnest**
What are you all up to?
**[00:10] Yessica**
Anna, look at this thing.
**[00:12] Claire**
So cute!
**[00:13] Earnest**
What is it?
**[00:14] Claire**
Nice and smooth.
**[00:14] Earnest**
How long has it been here?
**[00:16] Sophie**
For about a week or so.
**[00:19] Yessica**
Huh, I had no idea.
**[00:21] Yessica**
Is it waiting here for someone?
**[00:26] Earnest**
Is this... Blade?
***SIGN*** Episode 8
**[00:32] Sign**
Less Than Human
**[00:39] Cu**
I'm bored!
**[00:42] Blade**
That's dangerous, Cu!
**[00:45] Cu**
What *was* that anyway, Parent?
**[00:49] Blade**
You remember how they said
I'll die if I use 15% of my strength?
**[00:54] Blade**
So I figured I'd hone my fighting spirit
on a regular basis, and keep a stockpile.
**[00:58] Earnest**
Hey, Blade...
**[01:00] Earnest**
It looks like this thing's
been looking for you.
**[01:05] Blade**
Instant Dragon Eater!
**[01:13] Blade**
Oh, I did it!
**[01:15] Blade**
Looks like I can fire off five more of these!
**[01:17] Earnest**
Blade!
**[01:18] Earnest**
Why'd you suddenly send that thing flying?!
**[01:21] Claire**
My smooth friend...
**[01:22] Blade**
Look, you have to destroy them!
**[01:24] Earnest**
Why would you do that?!
**[01:26] Earnest**
The poor thing!
**[01:28] Earnest**
It's been looking for you!
**[01:30] Blade**
Don't you know what it is?
**[01:31] Blade**
That thing's a Guardian!
**[01:32] Sophie**
A Guardian?
**[01:34] Cu**
What's that?
**[01:36] Claire**
Um, um...
**[01:37] Claire**
Should I try and fix it up?
**[01:39] Blade**
Just leave it.
**[01:40] Blade**
That thing can handle being
wrecked over and over.
**[01:43] Blade**
Ugh, this sucks, though.
**[01:45] Blade**
Did it come up aboveground looking for me?
**[01:57] Maria**
Is she an acquaintance of Blade's?
**[02:03] Iona**
Will this body do?
**[02:06] Blade**
Eh?
**[02:07] Iona**
I have analyzed the human male psyche,
**[02:10] Iona**
and designed an appearance to
arouse your protective instincts.
**[02:14] Blade**
Hold on, who *are* you?
**[02:16] Claire**
Hey, Blade...
**[02:18] Claire**
Do you think she's the one from yesterday?
**[02:24] Blade**
Dragon Eater!
**[02:30] Blade**
Dragon Eater! Dragon Eater! Dragon Eater!
**[02:33] Maria**
Blade?!
**[02:34] Claire**
W-Wait!
**[02:35] Earnest**
That's too much!
**[02:36] Earnest**
You're going overboard!
**[02:37] Blade**
Dragon Eater!
**[02:45] Blade**
Phew, that was a close one!
**[02:47] Earnest**
You lousy superorganism!
**[02:49] Earnest**
What are you doing?!
**[02:51] Earnest**
You're up against a girl!
**[02:52] Earnest**
Don't you feel sorry for her?!
**[02:53] Blade**
Why am *I* the bad guy here?
**[02:55] Blade**
Besides, I'm sure that in no time...
**[03:00] Blade**
See? She's back!
**[03:02] Earnest**
Yeah.
**[03:03] Blade**
Okay, let's do this.
**[03:04] Earnest**
Hold on a second!
**[03:05] Earnest**
Besides, I don't think she's dangerous.
**[03:07] Earnest**
Are you sure she doesn't
just want to be friends?
**[03:09] Blade**
There's no way!
**[03:11] Blade**
Guardians are bad news!
**[03:13] Blade**
If they go berserk, then even worse news!
**[03:16] Iona**
I have received a command to eradicate you.
**[03:20] Iona**
Currently, I am in
observation mode to gather data.
**[03:23] Blade**
See, told you!
**[03:24] Claire**
Hey, hey...
**[03:25] Claire**
Want to take classes with us?
**[03:26] Iona**
You are not an eradication target.
**[03:29] Iona**
However, stand in my way,
and I will eliminate you.
**[03:31] Iona**
Furthermore, I am not programmed
to perform collaborative tasks.
**[03:35] Claire**
In that case, you can learn how
to do that with everyone here!
**[03:38] Claire**
Well, Iona?
**[03:40] Iona**
Iona?
**[03:42] Claire**
That says Iona in ancient writing,
doesn't it?
**[03:45] Iona**
This is not read as Iona, but 1-0-N-A.
**[03:48] Iona**
It is my identification and model number,
and therefore, not my name.
**[03:52] Claire**
I see!
**[03:53] Claire**
But if you don't have a name,
I can call you Iona, right?
**[03:58] Yessica**
It's just like Claire to come on so strongly.
**[04:02] Claire**
And if you really want to defeat Blade...
**[04:06] Claire**
We can all come up with a plan together!
**[04:08] Blade**
Wait, why?!
**[04:11] Claire**
How does that sound?
**[04:16] Eliza**
Let us begin discussing
methods to eradicate Blade!
**[04:20] Claire**
Hey, Iona...
**[04:21] Claire**
Why Blade, anyway?
**[04:24] Iona**
That is because...
**[04:25] Iona**
he forcefully infiltrated my intimate zone,
**[04:29] Iona**
desecrating my chassis repeatedly each time.
**[04:33] Claire**
That's awful, Blade.
**[04:35] Blade**
Hold it right there!
**[04:37] Blade**
All I did was trespass on
the area she was guarding!
**[04:39] Blade**
What's more, I had the master key, didn't I?
**[04:42] Blade**
I borrowed it from the king.
**[04:43] Iona**
That is insufficient.
**[04:45] Iona**
I also require biometric authentication
and a master code genetic signature.
**[04:49] Earnest**
What's this about?
**[04:51] Blade**
The Royal Library of Banned Books
is underground near here.
**[04:55] Blade**
I had to drop in a bit to
look up things about Asmodeus.
**[04:58] Earnest**
What?!
**[04:59] Earnest**
So you mean it's because you were helping me?
**[05:02] Iona**
There were 13 more instances
of trespassing prior to that.
**[05:05] Earnest**
It wasn't my fault at all.
**[05:07] Iona**
I was destroyed 28 times in total...
**[05:09] Earnest**
Blade, that's way too many times!
**[05:11] Iona**
With my body being divided
into 577,526 fragments...
**[05:16] Earnest**
Blade, that's way too many pieces!
**[05:18] Iona**
And reprimanded by Mother, my supervisor,
for 500,037,000 milliseconds...
**[05:23] Earnest**
Your boss lectures you for way too long!
**[05:25] Blade**
She attacked me first, so I had
no choice but to fight back.
**[05:30] Yessica**
Blade, you're so merciless!
**[05:32] Claire**
Blade, that's way too mean!
**[05:34] Mao**
Your heinous behavior sickens
even the Demon King.
**[05:40] Blade**
I'm leaving!
**[05:41] Earnest**
We made him sulk.
**[05:50] Sophie**
Blade.
**[05:51] Blade**
Everyone's so mean!
**[05:53] Blade**
I only broke into the library because
of my duties as the Great Hero!
**[05:57] Sophie**
Yes. I know.
**[05:59] Blade**
Besides, those things keep their
souls in a separate location,
**[06:03] Blade**
so it's not like they die when
you destroy their bodies.
**[06:05] Sophie**
If they did die upon destruction,
what would you do?
**[06:10] Blade**
Well, I mean... I'd have to think about it.
**[06:13] Blade**
I'm not the Great Hero now, anyway.
**[06:16] Eliza**
Feast your eyes on this!
**[06:18] Eliza**
I believe this is the
reason why Iona can't win!
**[06:22] Yessica**
You mean Blade is relentless because
she doesn't die, even when destroyed?
**[06:27] Earnest**
Oh, totally.
**[06:28] Earnest**
I could see that.
**[06:29] Earnest**
Blade can be so weirdly cold,
and downright scary at times.
**[06:35] Earnest**
He even told me he'd cut me down!
**[06:37] Mao**
Bragging, are we?
**[06:38] Mao**
I've got my share of stories, too.
**[06:40] Earnest**
N-No, I'm not!
**[06:41] Iona**
Never mind that.
Let's be a little more constructive.
**[06:44] Earnest**
Never mind that?!
**[06:45] Eliza**
I think we should focus on ways
to prevent your defeat for now.
**[06:50] Iona**
This is the result of my thought process.
**[06:53] Claire**
Why did you decide to look like a girl?
**[06:55] Iona**
Upon observation, I determined
that he treats women more gently.
**[07:00] Earnest**
So you figured he'd go easy on you this way?
**[07:07] Group**
That's adorable!
**[07:10] Earnest**
I want to adopt her!
**[07:11] Claire**
So cute!
**[07:12] Eliza**
Iona.
**[07:13] Eliza**
I've come up with a strategy.
**[07:15] Eliza**
I call it...
**[07:16] Eliza**
the Stand Alone Complex!
**[07:19] Eliza**
Let me give a simple explanation.
**[07:21] Eliza**
We directly install Iona's soul
within the Core Unit in her heart,
**[07:26] Eliza**
placing it in a state
capable of being destroyed.
**[07:28] Earnest**
Huh? But if you do that...
**[07:30] Eliza**
Yes. Iona will cease to
become indestructible.
**[07:34] Eliza**
Would Blade take her down knowing that?
**[07:44] Cu**
You can do it, Parent!
**[07:45] Earnest**
Get him! Beat him to a bloody pulp!
**[07:47] Claire**
Iona! Good luck!
**[07:49] Crowd**
Go, go! Do your best!
**[07:54] Blade**
Okay, let's get on with ti!
**[07:56] Iona**
Blade.
**[07:57] Iona**
Let me tell you this first.
**[07:59] Iona**
Right now, I am in Stand Alone mode.
**[08:01] Blade**
What? Stand Alone?
**[08:04] Iona**
Presently, my connection to Mother
has been physically severed.
**[08:08] Iona**
That is to say, I am operating
fully independently,
**[08:11] Iona**
and cannot be repaired if I am destroyed.
**[08:13] Blade**
Huh? Hold on...
**[08:15] Blade**
Since your soul is in a different location...
**[08:19] Iona**
My weak point is currently right here.
**[08:22] Earnest**
Hey, there's no reason
to make him cop a feel!
**[08:24] Iona**
Ten centimeters deep inside
lies my heart and soul.
**[08:30] Iona**
If it sustains severe damage,
**[08:32] Iona**
I as an individual unit will
forever cease to exist.
**[08:36] Iona**
Do you comprehend?
**[08:39] Iona**
Now, then...
**[08:42] Blade**
Hey!
**[08:52] Blade**
Ow!
**[08:58] Iona**
What is the matter?
**[09:00] Blade**
Why, you!
**[09:01] Blade**
Dragon...
**[09:05] Blade**
Damn it!
**[09:18] Blade**
Wind pressure alone isn't gonna cut it, huh?
**[09:20] Blade**
If so...
**[09:42] Earnest**
The superorganism is grunting and groaning!
**[09:46] Mao**
She's not half bad.
**[09:48] Eliza**
It really looks like Blade
can't lay a finger on her!
**[09:53] Blade**
That smarts!
**[09:54] Blade**
I'm gonna have a bump now!
**[09:56] Blade**
Go a little easy, won't you?
**[09:58] Iona**
Blade, you are the one who will go easy.
**[10:01] Iona**
I already know it is not in your nature to
employ violence against an innocent girl.
**[10:07] Iona**
You were defeated because your
attacks are too powerful.
**[10:10] Blade**
That's not all.
**[10:12] Blade**
You also didn't give me any chance
to use my less powerful moves.
**[10:17] Iona**
Now then, please surrender.
**[10:19] Iona**
Or would you like to grunt
and groan some more?
**[10:22] Blade**
I give, I give!
**[10:24] Blade**
I admit defeat.
**[10:28] Yessica**
She beat Blade!
**[10:30] Cu**
How frustrating!
**[10:31] Claire**
That's amazing, Iona!
**[10:36] Blade**
Ow...
**[10:41] Blade**
Iona.
**[10:52] Iona**
V for victory.
**[11:00] Blade**
You're not gonna eat it?!
**[11:01] Blade**
Or wait, can you even eat?
**[11:03] Iona**
I am equipped to break down and
absorb organic matter as energy.
**[11:08] Iona**
However...
**[11:09] Earnest**
You're not feeling hungry?
**[11:11] Eliza**
I believe she's lost motivation
after defeating Blade, her target,
**[11:15] Eliza**
resulting in burnout syndrome.
**[11:18] Yessica**
But doesn't that only apply to humans?
**[11:22] Iona**
If I am met with a matter that
I cannot resolve on my own,
**[11:26] Iona**
would it be best to discuss it with others?
**[11:28] Claire**
If you've got problems, tell us about them!
**[11:30] Claire**
We're all your friends.
**[11:33] Iona**
In times like these, I would always
turn to Mother for guidance.
**[11:37] Cu**
Who is this Mother?
**[11:39] Eliza**
She means the Mother Computer.
**[11:41] Eliza**
The one who supervises Iona.
**[11:43] Iona**
Whenever I complete a given command,
**[11:46] Iona**
I report it to Mother and
am assigned my next mission.
**[11:49] Iona**
However, even though I have
restored the connection,
**[11:53] Iona**
Mother continues to refuse it.
**[11:56] Iona**
For abandoning my duties, unilaterally
blocking the connection, and other reasons,
**[12:00] Iona**
it seems that I have been declared a
defective unit and my terminal login expunged.
**[12:04] Earnest**
So you mean... you got fired?
**[12:06] Blade**
What are these other reasons?
**[12:08] Iona**
Transmitting around 15 terabytes' worth
of written abuse aimed at Mother.
**[12:12] Blade**
There's your reason.
**[12:14] Iona**
I am feeling terribly insecure,
now that I am without a supervisor.
**[12:18] Iona**
Peek. Stare.
**[12:19] Iona**
Blade.
**[12:21] Iona**
Can I call you Master?
**[12:23] Blade**
No way!
**[12:24] Blade**
You're asking me to take the
place of your supervisor, right?
**[12:27] Iona**
That is unfortunate.
**[12:29] Iona**
If I do not have you become my master,
the counter will keep ticking.
**[12:33] Blade**
Counter?
**[12:34] Iona**
Yes.
**[12:35] Iona**
To prevent them turning berserker
without a chain of command,
**[12:38] Iona**
all Guardians have a
self-destruct program installed.
**[12:42] Group**
What?!
**[12:47] Eliza**
It looks like it decrements every second,
**[12:49] Eliza**
which means we have a
little over 84 hours left.
**[12:52] Iona**
Do not fear.
**[12:54] Iona**
My intent is to self-destruct in a
location with no one else around.
**[12:57] Earnest**
That's not the issue here!
**[12:59] Blade**
Ah, I get it already.
**[13:00] Blade**
That counter should stop if I become
your master or whatever, right?
**[13:04] Iona**
Yes, most likely.
**[13:06] Blade**
I'll do it then.
**[13:08] Blade**
I'll be your master.
**[13:10] Iona**
Thank you very much, Master.
**[13:18] Iona**
Here you go, Master.
**[13:21] Cu**
Tonkatsu curry!
**[13:23] Blade**
By the way, what's with the getup?
**[13:24] Cu**
It's so spicy!
**[13:25] Iona**
It is an ancient attire for servants.
**[13:29] Iona**
If you command me to stop wearing it, I will.
**[13:31] Blade**
No, you don't have to stop.
**[13:34] Iona**
I have received your command.
**[13:35] Iona**
I will cease to stop wearing it.
**[13:37] Iona**
What is your next command?
**[13:39] Blade**
It's nice having you take care of me,
**[13:42] Blade**
but it feels like I've lost my freedom.
**[13:44] Cu**
She provides us with food and snacks!
**[13:47] Cu**
That's a good thing!
**[13:49] Sophie**
No, it's not.
**[13:50] Blade**
Sophie?
**[13:52] Blade**
What's wrong?
**[13:53] Blade**
If you've got something to say,
then you should say it.
**[13:55] Sophie**
Is that a command?
**[13:57] Blade**
Huh? Yeah, sure.
**[13:59] Iona**
That is not fair, Master.
**[14:00] Iona**
You will not command me,
yet you do so for Miss Sophie.
**[14:04] Blade**
You be quiet.
**[14:05] Iona**
Oh, is that a command?
**[14:10] Sophie**
I don't like this.
**[14:10] Cu**
Get off him!
**[14:11] Blade**
What don't you like?
**[14:13] Sophie**
She's stealing my character traits!
**[14:15] Blade**
Huh?
**[14:16] Sophie**
She's stealing my character traits.
**[14:18] Sophie**
For one, my expressionless face.
**[14:20] Iona**
I am not expressionless.
**[14:22] Iona**
I have 800 different facial
expressions installed.
**[14:25] Sophie**
Also, how I wait for commands.
**[14:27] Iona**
That is inevitable.
**[14:29] Iona**
I am simply following my
instincts as an android.
**[14:31] Group**
Stare...
**[14:33] Sophie**
You don't ever give me commands.
**[14:35] Sophie**
Yet here you are, ordering Iona around.
**[14:38] Sophie**
This isn't fair.
**[14:39] Iona**
In that case, let us see which of
us is more deserving of Master.
**[14:44] Blade**
Eh? Eh?!
**[14:45] Cu**
I've heard of this!
**[14:47] Cu**
This is what they call a scene of carnage!
**[14:50] Cu**
Let there be blood!
**[14:52] Blade**
I'm begging you,
please don't cause any trouble.
**[14:55] Group**
Is that a command?
**[14:57] Blade**
Y-Yeah.
**[15:04] Sophie**
Meow.
**[15:06] Blade**
No, don't give me that.
**[15:08] Blade**
What are you doing?
**[15:09] Sophie**
Establishing my character.
**[15:10] Sophie**
Do you think I can beat Iona now?
**[15:12] Iona**
I see.
**[15:13] Iona**
It seems we both had the same idea.
**[15:15] Iona**
Let us have a staring contest instead.
**[15:18] Sophie**
Just what I wanted.
**[15:20] Blade**
I don't care anymore.
**[15:26] Earnest**
An unarmed showdown?
**[15:28] Claire**
They couldn't settle the staring contest
even after a whole day had passed.
**[15:33] Iona**
It seems I will have to resort to this.
**[15:36] Sophie**
Artificial Great Hero Power.
**[15:40] Blade**
This is supposed to be unarmed combat!
**[15:42] Blade**
Both of you are disqualified.
**[15:46] Iona**
Master. Which of us is more skilled?
**[15:51] Sophie**
Pick the one that feels nicer.
**[15:54] Blade**
I can't tell the difference.
**[15:58] Blade**
Huh?
**[15:59] Blade**
You're going to watch me as I'm fast asleep?
**[16:02] Blade**
What kind of showdown is this, even?
**[16:04] Iona**
The one to serve Master must be
someone who always puts you at ease.
**[16:10] Sophie**
Go on, Blade.
**[16:11] Sophie**
Sleep like a baby.
**[16:14] Blade**
Okay, I'm turning the lights off.
**[16:23] Iona**
Feel free to go to sleep if
you are tired, Miss Sophie.
**[16:26] Sophie**
I've undergone sleep training.
**[16:29] Sophie**
I can keep going for up to seven days.
**[16:31] Iona**
I do not require sleep in the first place.
**[16:37] Iona**
It seems we will not decide
a victor today, either.
**[16:40] Sophie**
Agreed.
**[16:43] Iona**
Lately, I feel as though I would be
okay if we never settled this matter.
**[16:49] Iona**
I have always been alone.
**[16:52] Iona**
Always alone, for such a long time.
**[16:56] Iona**
He was the only one who would come visit me.
**[16:59] Sophie**
I was all alone as well.
**[17:02] Sophie**
All alone in my cage in that dark lab.
**[17:06] Sophie**
I was nobody.
**[17:08] Sophie**
The single link I had was
my worth as his replica.
**[17:14] Sophie**
I was able to stay linked with the
world because he was there for me.
**[17:18] Sophie**
That's how I felt.
**[17:20] Iona**
I also felt the same way.
**[17:24] Iona**
It seems that you have become
someone special to me as well.
**[17:29] Iona**
What should I do about this?
**[17:31] Sophie**
I'm not sure.
**[17:32] Sophie**
But this feeling when I compete against you...
**[17:37] Sophie**
Am I having fun?
**[17:39] Iona**
I do not know the answer to that question.
**[17:41] Iona**
Miss Sophie.
**[17:43] Iona**
As a human, you are better equipped to...
**[17:44] Sophie**
Sophie.
**[17:45] Iona**
Pardon?
**[17:47] Sophie**
Just call me Sophie.
**[17:49] Sophie**
No title needed.
**[17:53] Iona**
Understood, Sophie.
**[18:02] Iona**
Good morning, Sophie.
**[18:05] Sophie**
Good morning, Iona.
**[18:07] Earnest**
Looks like you two are good friends now.
**[18:10] Earnest**
Well? Are you having fun at school?
**[18:13] Iona**
Yes. Very much so.
**[18:16] Blade**
Iona. Show me the counter.
**[18:19] Iona**
Is that a command?
**[18:21] Blade**
That's right. Show me.
**[18:29] Earnest**
It's gone down!
**[18:30] Earnest**
But why?
**[18:31] Blade**
So it didn't work...
**[18:33] Iona**
I would not say that
there has been no effect.
**[18:36] Iona**
The progression of the counter has
slowed down to one-tenth the speed.
**[18:40] Eliza**
Let me take a look.
**[18:41] Eliza**
I was afraid that a human as your master
wouldn't work, not even when it's a superorganism.
**[18:47] Eliza**
Looks like there's about 20 hours left.
**[18:51] Blade**
What do you want to do?
**[18:54] Iona**
I would...
**[19:01] Iona**
If possible, until the last moment,
**[19:04] Iona**
I would like to be with you
all for as long as possible.
**[19:08] Sophie**
Iona...
**[19:10] Iona**
After that, I will go by myself.
**[19:12] Iona**
I do not wish to cause
injury to anyone around me.
**[19:18] Yessica**
Let's get the "Send Iona Off
with a Smile" party underway!
**[19:28] Iona**
Is it all right for me to remain here?
**[19:32] Sophie**
Yeah.
**[19:33] Sophie**
Everyone is trying to
make your wish come true.
**[19:38] Sophie**
So, Iona...
**[19:39] Sophie**
You should also enjoy this
time as much as you can.
**[19:43] Sophie**
I don't mean that as a command,
but as your friend.
**[19:46] Iona**
Yes.
**[20:03] Yessica**
Anna.
**[20:05] Earnest**
Did you find that idiot?
**[20:06] Yessica**
We've looked all over the campus,
but he's nowhere to be found.
**[20:11] Earnest**
Where has that Blade gone
off to at a time like this?
**[20:23] Sophie**
Iona!
**[20:27] Iona**
Thank you very much for today.
**[20:30] Iona**
I am destined to expire soon.
**[20:32] Iona**
What meaning is there in appending a
meager amount of data to my memory?
**[20:38] Iona**
At first, I could not understand it.
**[20:40] Iona**
However, after spending time with you all,
**[20:43] Iona**
in the moment before destruction,
I see myself for the first time
**[20:48] Iona**
and feel as though I understand you humans.
**[20:52] Iona**
Sophie.
**[20:53] Iona**
I was less than human, but thanks to you,
I was able to become human.
**[21:01] Iona**
Please give Master my regards.
**[21:04] Iona**
Claire.
**[21:05] Iona**
I still remember the warmth of your hands.
**[21:08] Iona**
Yessica.
**[21:09] Iona**
I would have liked to have
more girl talk with you.
**[21:12] Iona**
Mao.
**[21:13] Iona**
I leave it to you to eradicate Master.
**[21:16] Iona**
Cu.
**[21:17] Iona**
It is fine to be mischievous,
so please grow to be fine and mighty.
**[21:23] Iona**
Finally, Earnest...
**[21:27] Iona**
The truth is that I am scared.
**[21:31] Iona**
I do not want to go away.
**[21:37] Iona**
Help me.
**[21:40] Earnest**
I'm sorry, Iona!
**[21:41] Sophie**
I'm so sorry.
**[21:42] Iona**
Do not forget me!
**[21:43] Iona**
Please, do not forget me!
**[21:46] Claire**
I won't forget you!
**[21:47] Yessica**
I won't, either!
**[21:48] Earnest**
I won't forget!
**[21:49] Sophie**
I won't forget you. I swear.
**[21:53] Iona**
Thank you.
**[21:54] Iona**
Farewell.
**[22:03] Earnest**
Huh?
**[22:05] Sophie**
She's not detonating.
**[22:06] Eliza**
What's going on here?
**[22:08] Eliza**
It should already be time.
**[22:14] Blade**
Oh, this is where it leads?
**[22:17] Blade**
Huh? Where's the party?
**[22:19] Blade**
Wait, is there no food left for me?
**[22:23] Earnest**
Blade!
**[22:24] Earnest**
Where have you been this whole time,
skipping the party like that?!
**[22:28] Blade**
Ah, I went to go see Mother.
**[22:30] Earnest**
What?
**[22:31] Iona**
Why?
**[22:32] Blade**
Well, you were gonna explode
because Mother fired you, right?
**[22:37] Blade**
That's why...
**[22:38] Blade**
I went to go persuade her.
**[22:40] Blade**
With a bit of brute force, as well.
**[22:45] Iona**
The connection with Mother has been restored.
**[22:48] Earnest**
Does that mean...
**[22:49] Iona**
Currently, the self-destruct program...
**[22:53] Iona**
has met none of its parameters to activate.
**[22:58] Iona**
Sophie, I...
**[23:00] Sophie**
Yes.
**[23:01] Sophie**
What you want most right now.
**[23:04] Sophie**
You should go and do it.
**[23:09] Earnest**
If that was the case—
**[23:10] Iona**
Master!
**[23:11] Iona**
Master! Master!
**[23:14] Iona**
Master!
**[23:15] Iona**
Master!
**[23:16] Mao**
Well? Not going to stop her?
**[23:18] Earnest**
Just for today...
**[23:19] Iona**
Master!
**[23:22] Blade**
Can't breathe...
**[23:24] Iona**
Master!
**[23:25] Earnest**
I changed my mind after all!
**[23:27] Earnest**
Get off!
**[23:28] Earnest**
Get off him!
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** The Superorganism Suppression Committee