# E5 - Your Thorn, My Badge
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***SIGN*** Plantation #26: "Chrysanthemum"
***SIGN*** Plantation #13: "Cerasus"
**[00:02] Announcer**
* Plantation 13 will now carry out*
* the kissing with Plantation 26.*
**[00:08] Hiro (016)**
* When we first met, Zero Two told me,*
* "A kiss is a very special thing."*
**[00:09] Announcer**
*I repeat:*
**[00:12] Announcer**
* Plantation 13 will now carry out*
* the kissing with Plantation 26.*
**[00:15] Hiro (016)**
*Do the adults kiss?*
**[00:18] Hiro (016)**
*If so,*
**[00:19] Hiro (016)**
* who was it that likened plantations*
* making contact to a kiss?*
**[00:26] Zorome (666)**
Say, what is "kissing," anyway?
**[00:29] Miku (390)**
You were watching all this time
without knowing a thing?
**[00:32] Zorome (666)**
Shut up, dumbass! Do you know all about it?
**[00:36] Miku (390)**
I-It's when two plantations
are stuck together, right?
**[00:40] Kokoro (556)**
That's not all.
**[00:41] Ikuno (196)**
It's a transfer of magma fuel reserves
from one plantation to another
**[00:45] Ikuno (196)**
through that big pipe.
**[00:46] Mitsuru (326)**
That fuel is essential for both
the adults and us to live.
**[00:50] Mitsuru (326)**
FRANXX can't be operated without it, either.
**[00:52] Zorome (666)**
So we can relax now, right?
**[00:54] Goro (056)**
Not exactly. This is a large-scale
transfer of magma energy.
**[00:58] Goro (056)**
I've heard it'll attract a
huge number of klaxosaurs.
**[01:01] Zorome (666)**
Are you serious?
**[01:02] Futoshi (214)**
A huge number, huh?
**[01:05] Hiro (016)**
Don't worry.
**[01:08] Hiro (016)**
If we work together, we'll be fine.
We even have Strelizia now.
**[01:12] Goro (056)**
Hiro...
**[01:14] Ichigo (015)**
Yeah.
**[01:15] Ichigo (015)**
Hiro's right.
**[01:20] Hiro (016)**
* A grand ceremony was conducted*
* with the utmost solemnity.*
**[01:24] Hiro (016)**
* The children of Plantation 26's FRANXX*
* squad were also in attendance,*
**[01:29] Hiro (016)**
* and they seemed a lot more*
* calm and composed than us.*
**[01:33] Plantation #26 Head**
Boys and girls!
**[01:34] Plantation #26 Head**
The dreadful klaxosaurs are sure to attack
the magma reserves in great numbers.
**[01:39] Plantation #26 Head**
The fate of these two plantations rests
squarely on your shoulders, parasites.
**[01:43] Plantation #26 Head**
You are strong!
**[01:45] Plantation #26 Head**
We believe that you will
surely bring us victory!
**[01:49] Hiro (016)**
* Being treated like VIPs gave*
* our morale a big boost.*
**[01:55] Hiro (016)**
*But at the same time,*
**[01:56] Hiro (016)**
* we clearly sensed the coming of a fiercer*
* battle than we had ever experienced before.*
**[03:42] Goro (056)**
Hey, Hiro. Wake up.
**[03:48] Goro (056)**
It's morning. Rise and shine.
**[03:56] Goro (056)**
Are you okay?
**[03:59] Goro (056)**
Your body was burning up like crazy.
**[04:02] Ichigo (015)**
I'm perfectly fine. If anything,
I feel really light on my feet.
**[04:07] Goro (056)**
You're not lying, are you?
**[04:08] Ichigo (015)**
Of course not.
**[04:09] Ichigo (015)**
I actually want to go train right now.
**[04:14] Goro (056)**
Okay, then.
**[04:15] Kokoro (556)**
Yesterday's ceremony was something else, huh?
**[04:18] Kokoro (556)**
I was so excited, I had trouble
getting to sleep last night.
**[04:21] Miku (390)**
Plantation 26's squad leader
seemed like a nice guy.
**[04:24] Kokoro (556)**
Is he the kind of guy
you'd like to ride with?
**[04:27] Miku (390)**
Better him than the boys we're stuck with.
**[04:29] Miku (390)**
Don't you agree?
**[04:30] Ikuno (196)**
No. I don't really care.
**[04:32] Miku (390)**
Wow, what a wet blanket.
**[04:34] Zorome (666)**
It gives you a real lift when the
adults have high hopes for you, huh?
**[04:37] Futoshi (214)**
Yeah. It shows they really need us.
**[04:40] Zorome (666)**
"Boys and girls! You are strong!
**[04:43] Zorome (666)**
We believe that you will
surely bring us victory!"
**[04:47] Zorome (666)**
And I'll be the one who
leads us to that victory!
**[04:51] Ichigo (015)**
You mean Hiro will.
**[04:56] Kokoro (556)**
Oh, yeah. You really shone
in the previous battle.
**[05:00] Futoshi (214)**
But how are you feeling? All good?
**[05:03] Hiro (016)**
Well, yeah. Everything's fine.
**[05:06] Futoshi (214)**
Awesome!
**[05:07] Miku (390)**
Looks like the "three times and you die"
rumor was all nonsense, then.
**[05:11] Ikuno (196)**
That, or he's extremely compatible with her.
**[05:14] Hiro (016)**
Thanks.
**[05:15] Hiro (016)**
But we wouldn't have won without you guys.
**[05:18] Hiro (016)**
I had a hard time keeping up with everything
happening, but it all felt just right.
**[05:22] Hiro (016)**
If I can keep riding, I hope you'll let
me fight with you as part of the team.
**[05:26] Zorome (666)**
Don't get cocky, man.
**[05:29] Zorome (666)**
All you did was get through the one time.
**[05:31] Goro (056)**
Do you really have to be such a spoilsport?
**[05:33] Hiro (016)**
Zorome...
**[05:34] Zorome (666)**
Huh?
**[05:35] Hiro (016)**
I'll do my best not to be a burden.
**[05:39] Hiro (016)**
Let's keep fighting together.
**[05:40] Zorome (666)**
O-Okay...
**[05:42] Zorome (666)**
Jeez, fine. Keep it up, all right?
**[05:45] Miku (390)**
Big words, little man.
**[05:47] Zorome (666)**
Oh, shut up! I just, uh...
**[05:50] Zorome (666)**
You know, as the team's ace pilot, I'm trying to...
**[05:54] Miku (390)**
Okay, okay.
**[05:56] Futoshi (214)**
Breakfast time!
**[05:57] Futoshi (214)**
Breakfast, breakfast...
**[05:58] Ichigo (015)**
Hang on, Hiro.
**[06:04] Ichigo (015)**
Your collar was bent out of shape.
**[06:07] Ichigo (015)**
When will you learn to take
better care of these things?
**[06:12] Ichigo (015)**
By the way, I was amazed you realized
what I was going for in the last battle.
**[06:16] Hiro (016)**
Well, I have known you forever.
**[06:19] Ichigo (015)**
I knew you'd work something out.
**[06:22] Hiro (016)**
I'm glad you trust me so much.
**[06:24] Ichigo (015)**
I was going to yell at you
if you'd messed up, though.
**[06:29] Hiro (016)**
Wow, hardass.
**[06:30] Ichigo (015)**
Anyway, back then...
**[06:33] Zero Two (002)**
Morning, darling!
**[06:34] Hiro (016)**
M-Morning.
**[06:37] Zero Two (002)**
This way.
**[06:39] Hiro (016)**
Uh, wait...
**[06:41] Zorome (666)**
You're a girl! Why're you coming to sit here?
**[06:43] Futoshi (214)**
And that's my seat...
**[06:45] Zorome (666)**
Y-Yeah! Get back to your table!
**[06:46] Ichigo (015)**
Pipe down.
**[06:48] Ichigo (015)**
Take your seats already. It's time to pray.
**[06:50] Futoshi (214)**
But... my seat...
**[06:53] Kokoro (556)**
Want to sit over here, then?
**[06:55] Futoshi (214)**
Can I really?
**[06:58] Ichigo (015)**
May Papa never thirst.
**[07:00] Ichigo (015)**
May Papa's heart be filled
with peace for eternity.
**[07:04] Ichigo (015)**
Let's eat.
**[07:05] All**
Let's eat.
**[07:07] Zero Two (002)**
Here, darling.
**[07:09] Zero Two (002)**
Say, "Ahh."
**[07:16] Zero Two (002)**
Like it?
**[07:16] Hiro (016)**
Y-Yeah, it's good.
**[07:18] Zero Two (002)**
You can eat my share.
**[07:20] Zorome (666)**
Lucky him. I wanna try
something like that, too.
**[07:23] Goro (056)**
Why not ask your partner, then?
**[07:26] Zorome (666)**
What? I'd rather ask a cute girl, like Kokoro.
**[07:31] Kokoro (556)**
We see, we do.
**[07:32] Miku (390)**
What's with you? So easily influenced.
**[07:37] Zero Two (002)**
One more time. Say, "Ahh."
**[07:44] Hiro (016)**
Over here,
**[07:45] Hiro (016)**
we have fixed times for waking up,
bathing, and going to sleep. All of it.
**[07:50] Hiro (016)**
Everything's laid out for us, even the
clothes we wear and the food we eat.
**[07:56] Hiro (016)**
This entire forest was built to fine-tune
the parasites' numbers, apparently.
**[08:01] Zero Two (002)**
Is that why there's a ceiling, too?
**[08:04] Hiro (016)**
Probably.
**[08:05] Hiro (016)**
But even with the ceiling, it does rain here.
**[08:08] Zero Two (002)**
"Rain"?
**[08:09] Hiro (016)**
Yeah. Water comes pouring
down from the ceiling.
**[08:12] Zero Two (002)**
Wow, I wanna see that! Do it for me!
**[08:16] Hiro (016)**
I can't. Papa and the others
decide when it happens.
**[08:19] Zero Two (002)**
I wanna see it right now.
**[08:21] Zero Two (002)**
Do it.
**[08:23] Hiro (016)**
But...
**[08:31] Hiro (016)**
By the way, why'd you suddenly
ask me to show you around?
**[08:36] Zero Two (002)**
Why? Because...
**[08:38] Zero Two (002)**
I'm going to live here, too.
**[08:43] Zorome (666)**
Wh-What's a girl doing here?
**[08:46] Zorome (666)**
Stay out of the boys' wing!
**[08:47] Hiro (016)**
S-Sorry! We'll be right out!
**[08:50] Hiro (016)**
Let's go, Zero Two!
**[08:57] Zorome (666)**
The heck?
**[08:58] Zorome (666)**
Look at them, holding hands and all.
**[09:01] Nana**
Zero Two is going to remain here for a while.
**[09:05] Nana**
Papa gave her permission.
**[09:07] Ichigo (015)**
Does that mean Hiro's an
official parasite now?
**[09:09] Nana**
That's still under consideration,
but I'm assuming it'll happen.
**[09:14] Nana**
Ichigo.
**[09:15] Nana**
Make Zero Two feel at home.
**[09:18] Goro (056)**
What do you think?
**[09:20] Ichigo (015)**
About what?
**[09:21] Goro (056)**
How Hiro was acting today.
**[09:23] Ichigo (015)**
Well, it's been a long time since
I saw him smile so much.
**[09:26] Goro (056)**
Yeah. But what if he was forcing
himself to be all cheery?
**[09:32] Ichigo (015)**
Did he say that?
**[09:33] Goro (056)**
Nah. You know he wouldn't
tell us straight up.
**[09:37] Goro (056)**
Look, you could talk to him—
**[09:39] Ichigo (015)**
Goro.
**[09:44] Ichigo (015)**
Worrying about Hiro is fine, but we've also got ourselves to worry about.
**[09:49] Goro (056)**
What's that supposed to mean?
**[09:50] Ichigo (015)**
The upcoming battle will be fiercer
than any we've experienced.
**[09:55] Ichigo (015)**
You're my partner. If you're not focused,
I can't do my best, either.
**[10:01] Mitsuru (326)**
Why me, and not him?
**[10:06] Mitsuru (326)**
What's the difference between Hiro and me?
**[10:11] Kokoro (556)**
Mitsuru?
**[10:13] Mitsuru (326)**
What is it?
**[10:14] Kokoro (556)**
Oh, uh, I saw you walking in here.
**[10:19] Kokoro (556)**
Are you okay? You've been looking
uncomfortable for a while.
**[10:22] Mitsuru (326)**
I'm fine.
**[10:25] Kokoro (556)**
Is there anything I can do for you?
**[10:28] Kokoro (556)**
You never lean on others—
**[10:30] Mitsuru (326)**
Are you pitying me?
**[10:33] Kokoro (556)**
I didn't mean to...
**[10:35] Mitsuru (326)**
Leave me alone.
**[10:40] Ichigo (015)**
This room is yours to use.
**[10:42] Zero Two (002)**
I'd rather have been with my darling.
**[10:45] Ichigo (015)**
You're going to live here for a while, right?
**[10:47] Ichigo (015)**
Then you'll have to follow our rules.
**[10:49] Ichigo (015)**
Don't expect any special treatment.
**[10:52] Ichigo (015)**
Also, take care of Hiro.
**[10:55] Zero Two (002)**
I don't need you to tell me that.
**[10:57] Zero Two (002)**
My darling belongs to me.
**[11:02] Ichigo (015)**
Hiro doesn't belong to anyone.
**[11:05] Zero Two (002)**
You're pretty bossy, huh?
**[11:08] Ichigo (015)**
Thanks for the compliment.
**[11:35] Zorome (666)**
Hey, Goro!
**[11:40] Code:090**
Your FRANXX all have unique designs.
**[11:44] Goro (056)**
What are you talking about?
**[11:46] Ikuno (196)**
We thought that was standard.
**[11:48] Code:090**
Of course not. Our FRANXX have similar
bodies and equipment all around.
**[11:52] Code:090**
That makes it easier to fight as a team.
**[11:55] Futoshi (214)**
Huh...
**[11:56] Code:090**
I've been told you're a
hastily-assembled test team.
**[12:00] Code:090**
Is this your first taste of kissing?
**[12:02] Goro (056)**
Yeah.
**[12:03] ---**
I see.
**[12:04] Code:090**
We are vastly more experienced.
**[12:07] Code:090**
If there's anything you don't
understand, just ask.
**[12:09] Zorome (666)**
Me!
**[12:10] Zorome (666)**
Me, me, me! I've got a question!
**[12:13] Zorome (666)**
Have any children from your
squad become adults?
**[12:18] Code:090**
"Become adults"?
**[12:20] Vice Chairman**
He probably doesn't know.
**[12:22] Code:090**
Oh, that's what you mean.
**[12:24] Code:090**
Not from our squad, no.
**[12:26] Zorome (666)**
Really? Have you at least
heard any rumors about it?
**[12:30] Code:090**
No, sorry.
**[12:32] Zorome (666)**
What the heck?
**[12:35] Futoshi (214)**
You really care about that, huh, Zorome?
**[12:37] Zorome (666)**
I'm not a simpleton like you, Futoshi!
**[12:39] Code:090**
How peculiar.
**[12:41] Code:090**
I mean, your nicknames.
**[12:42] Code:090**
Code 016 was the one who started
coming up with them, I think?
**[12:46] Goro (056)**
You've heard of Hiro?
**[12:49] Code:090**
Yeah. He's famous among us children.
**[12:53] Code:090**
You guys are really unusual.
**[12:55] Code:090**
Your FRANXX designs are all over the place,
**[12:57] Code:090**
and you refer to each other
by nicknames instead of codes.
**[13:00] Code:090**
What's the point of that?
**[13:09] Goro (056)**
H...
**[13:09] Goro (056)**
Hiro!
**[13:15] Nana**
What is with these abnormal
yellow blood cell counts?
**[13:19] Nana**
I'm amazed he's even alive.
**[13:21] Hachi**
Yeah. It's a polar opposite reaction to the
other parasites that rode with Zero Two.
**[13:27] Nana**
It'd be dangerous to let him ride with her
again when we don't know the cause.
**[13:30] Hachi**
But we need Strelizia in the upcoming battle.
**[13:36] Nana**
The next time is the third.
**[13:38] Goro (056)**
Hey, Hiro!
**[13:39] Goro (056)**
What's wrong?
**[13:41] Hiro (016)**
Nothing...
**[13:43] Goro (056)**
Nothing, my ass!
**[13:45] Goro (056)**
Are you hurt?
**[13:51] Goro (056)**
How long has that been there?
Since you rode with Zero Two?
**[13:57] Goro (056)**
Tch...
**[14:00] Goro (056)**
Hey!
**[14:07] Goro (056)**
Don't pilot Strelizia again.
**[14:09] Hiro (016)**
That's for me to decide.
**[14:11] Goro (056)**
You know the next time
could kill you, don't you?!
**[14:15] Hiro (016)**
Goro... I feel really alive right now.
**[14:21] Hiro (016)**
I haven't felt this way in a long time.
**[14:24] Hiro (016)**
I want to give it my all
in the upcoming mission.
**[14:28] Hiro (016)**
I don't want things to end in failure.
**[14:30] Hiro (016)**
So...
**[14:31] Goro (056)**
You want me to turn a blind eye?
**[14:33] Hiro (016)**
Yeah.
**[14:34] Goro (056)**
Are you going to keep this from everyone?
**[14:37] Hiro (016)**
Yeah.
**[14:38] Goro (056)**
Even Ichigo?
**[14:39] Hiro (016)**
Yeah.
**[14:42] Goro (056)**
Look, you—
**[14:46] Hiro (016)**
Sorry.
**[14:51] Goro (056)**
You... You're...
**[14:54] Goro (056)**
a complete and utter fool!
**[14:57] Hachi**
We detected klaxosaurs an hour ago,
at a distance of approximately 3,000.
**[15:02] Hachi**
They number anywhere from 100 to 150.
**[15:05] Futoshi (214)**
O-One hundred and fifty?!
**[15:06] Hachi**
That number is expected to go even higher.
**[15:09] Hachi**
Their estimated time of arrival
is around 33 hours from now.
**[15:13] Hachi**
No matter how we rush, we can't complete
the kissing process before they get here.
**[15:17] Hachi**
So we're going to place a line of defense
here, with Squad 26 at the vanguard.
**[15:23] Hachi**
Squad 13 will stand by in the rear as backup.
**[15:26] Zorome (666)**
What? Backup?
**[15:28] Code:090**
This will be a chaotic dogfight.
**[15:31] Code:090**
Our squad can link up better
if we go at it by ourselves.
**[15:33] Zorome (666)**
Wha...
**[15:34] Miku (390)**
Did he just call us dead weight?
**[15:38] Hachi**
Defending the main pipe linking the two
plantations together takes top priority.
**[15:43] Hachi**
So I decided to deploy a FRANXX
that's capable of solo combat here.
**[15:47] Code:090**
Do we really have such a FRANXX?
**[15:51] Hachi**
Strelizia will be placed here.
**[15:56] Code:090**
Strelizia?
**[15:57] Code:090**
What are you...
**[16:00] Nana**
Sorry we're late.
**[16:03] Code:090**
Code 002!
**[16:05] Hachi**
Did we receive Papa's permission?
**[16:06] Nana**
Yes, we are a go.
**[16:08] Nana**
Hiro will pilot Strelizia as Zero Two's partner.
**[16:12] Hachi**
This is the best course of action right now.
**[16:14] Hiro (016)**
Got it.
**[16:15] Code:090**
Wait a second.
**[16:16] Code:090**
We can't fight alongside Strelizia.
**[16:20] Hachi**
The plan is final.
**[16:22] Code:090**
But...
**[16:22] Code:090**
That girl doesn't care about her allies!
**[16:25] Code:090**
We can't trust her to have our backs!
**[16:28] Code:090**
Code 002, you know what I mean.
**[16:32] Zero Two (002)**
What are you talking about?
**[16:33] Code:090**
The joint operation two years ago!
**[16:35] Code:090**
Your reckless fighting style got
us isolated on the battlefield,
**[16:40] Code:090**
and I lost my partner!
**[16:47] Zero Two (002)**
Huh... Doesn't ring a bell.
**[16:50] Zero Two (002)**
Weaklings die. Big deal.
**[16:58] Hiro (016)**
I'll keep Zero Two from going out of control.
**[17:01] Hiro (016)**
I'm Strelizia's stamen.
**[17:05] Zorome (666)**
What the hell, man?
Treating us like dead weight...
**[17:09] Mitsuru (326)**
It's the truth. We are a makeshift team.
**[17:12] Ikuno (196)**
But it still pisses you off, doesn't it?
**[17:15] Goro (056)**
I agree with them.
**[17:19] Goro (056)**
Strelizia shouldn't be part of the mission—
**[17:22] Hiro (016)**
I've got this.
**[17:23] Hiro (016)**
Let's show them what we're made of!
**[17:26] Hiro (016)**
You guys don't want to take
their insults lying down, right?
**[17:28] Zorome (666)**
Y-Yeah...
**[17:30] Zorome (666)**
He's right, Goro. Don't go all timid on us now.
**[17:36] Goro (056)**
What do you think, Ichigo?
**[17:39] Ichigo (015)**
We need Strelizia.
**[18:17] Goro (056)**
Where are they going?
**[18:18] Ichigo (015)**
I'm not going to say anything
about your past with Squad 26.
**[18:22] Ichigo (015)**
But I want you to stay in
line during the mission.
**[18:26] Ichigo (015)**
I'm the leader, and you
will follow my orders.
**[18:29] Zero Two (002)**
Ordering me around again?
**[18:31] Zero Two (002)**
You really are bossy.
**[18:33] Ichigo (015)**
W-Wait!
**[18:34] Ichigo (015)**
I'm not done—
**[18:38] Zero Two (002)**
What?
**[18:40] Ichigo (015)**
Please don't push Hiro too hard.
**[18:43] Zero Two (002)**
Darling was the one who said
he wanted to ride with me.
**[18:46] Ichigo (015)**
Yes, I know.
**[18:48] Ichigo (015)**
But try not to put a heavy
burden on him, at least.
**[18:53] Zero Two (002)**
Do you want me to give him to you?
**[18:55] Zero Two (002)**
But you tried to ride with him already,
and it didn't work.
**[18:58] Ichigo (015)**
Leave me out of this!
**[19:00] Zero Two (002)**
Then *stay* out of it.
**[19:03] Ichigo (015)**
Are you trying to suck Hiro dry?
**[19:06] Zero Two (002)**
My darling belongs to me.
**[19:08] Ichigo (015)**
He could die, you know!
**[19:10] Zero Two (002)**
Sure, he could. But that'd just
mean he didn't amount to much.
**[19:19] Ichigo (015)**
You're heartless!
**[19:21] Ichigo (015)**
You really aren't human!
**[19:25] Zero Two (002)**
Human?
**[19:28] Zero Two (002)**
Human, huh?
**[19:29] Zero Two (002)**
Let me ask you something, then.
**[19:32] Zero Two (002)**
What is "human" to you people?
**[19:59] Goro (056)**
You'll catch a cold.
**[20:04] Ichigo (015)**
Thanks. I just went out
to take care of something.
**[20:07] Goro (056)**
I know.
**[20:09] Ichigo (015)**
Did you see the whole thing?
**[20:11] Goro (056)**
Yeah.
**[20:15] Ichigo (015)**
I don't know what to do.
**[20:18] Ichigo (015)**
I'm supposed to be the leader,
and he and I go way back,
**[20:22] Ichigo (015)**
but I couldn't help Hiro pilot.
**[20:26] Ichigo (015)**
I couldn't stop him.
**[20:30] Ichigo (015)**
But she's there for him now,
and that's what Hiro wants.
**[20:36] Ichigo (015)**
But I... Something's wrong with me!
**[20:41] Goro (056)**
Ichigo?
**[20:42] Ichigo (015)**
I...
**[20:44] Ichigo (015)**
I hate this!
**[20:46] Ichigo (015)**
I can't stand it. My mind's a mess.
**[20:50] Ichigo (015)**
What's going on?
**[20:52] Ichigo (015)**
But... Hiro...
**[20:55] Goro (056)**
Ichi—
**[20:56] Ichigo (015)**
Hiro...
**[20:58] Goro (056)**
What is this feeling?
**[21:19] Zero Two (002)**
Everything smells nice after it rains, huh?
**[21:23] Zero Two (002)**
Make it rain again sometime.
**[21:25] Zero Two (002)**
Oh, right. You can't do it.
**[21:29] Hiro (016)**
I can't say that for sure yet.
**[21:38] Zero Two (002)**
This is where we first met.
**[21:41] Hiro (016)**
It's only because I met you
that I stand here right now.
**[21:44] Hiro (016)**
That I can pilot a FRANXX.
**[21:46] Zero Two (002)**
That's right. Your partner
is me, and me alone.
**[21:51] Zero Two (002)**
You already know, don't you?
**[21:53] Zero Two (002)**
None of my partners could ever ride
with me more than three times.
**[21:57] Hiro (016)**
Yeah.
**[21:59] Zero Two (002)**
It hurts, right? The pain is unbearable, isn't it?
**[22:01] Zero Two (002)**
But it looks beautiful.
**[22:04] Zero Two (002)**
What'll it be? If you want off
this ride, now's your chance.
**[22:09] Hiro (016)**
I'll ride with you.
**[22:17] Hiro (016)**
* Even if these wings I reached out*
* and grabbed are to snap one day,*
**[22:21] Hiro (016)**
*I'll still take flight into the sky.*
**[22:23] Hiro (016)**
*Because I feel that's why I'm here right now.*
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