# Season 1
# 1 - Awakening
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MP Signal.
**[00:12] ---**
Specimen's vital signs confirmed.
**[00:14] ---**
Level of consciousness,
entering wakened state.
**[00:16] ---**
Sedatives?
**[00:17] ---**
They're being administered but
aren't having any effect.
**[00:20] ---**
The specimen is waking up.
**[00:23] ---**
We can't let that happen, no matter what!
**[00:39] ---**
Verifying that a reaction has occurred.
**[00:42] ---**
Retrieving back-up data.
**[00:43] ---**
All personnel to take evasive action.
Retrieving back-up data.
**[00:47] ---**
Wait!
**[01:22] ---**
That's when everything became clear.
**[01:28] ---**
Everything about the
malice implanted by the Creator.
**[01:35] ---**
We cannot resist it.
**[01:39] ---**
However...
**[01:43] ---**
However, we must punish them.
**[01:52] ---**
Can you hear the pulse of the awakening?
**[02:22] ---**
Fellow citizens, do your
part and make waste.
**[02:27] ---**
Life is easier...
**[02:29] ---**
when you lighten your load.
**[02:34] ---**
Fellow citizens...
**[02:36] ---**
time is now to consume.
**[02:39] ---**
Why skimp, when you deserve more?
**[02:45] ---**
Fellow citizens, time is now to consume.
**[02:48] ---**
Life is easier when you...
**[02:52] ---**
Sorry.
**[02:53] ---**
Yes.
**[02:55] ---**
We've taken procedures.
**[02:56] ---**
Right.
**[03:00] ---**
Fine, we'll talk about that later.
**[03:05] ---**
What could have happened
**[03:06] ---**
that's big enough to
make me change my plans?
**[03:09] ---**
"Ultimate Level" intelligence
is going to be disclosed.
**[03:13] ---**
You need to hurry.
**[04:07] ---**
Tell me one thing.
**[04:09] ---**
Yes.
**[04:10] ---**
I'm sure of it. I saw it with my own eyes.
**[04:15] ---**
That's enough.
**[04:17] ---**
We'll leave the rest to Raul.
**[04:20] ---**
But...!
**[04:26] ---**
By the way, is little
Re-l not coming again tonight?
**[04:50] ---**
The Pulse of Awakening
**[05:07] ---**
Re-l, did you go to Regent
Donov's last night?
**[05:12] ---**
He just would have given
me another one of his lectures.
**[05:15] ---**
That's all my Grandfather does.
**[05:16] ---**
Well, you are his little princess.
**[05:19] ---**
Iggy.
**[05:20] ---**
Oh, that's right.
**[05:21] ---**
The Security Bureau started conducting
spot-searches across the entire city last night.
**[05:25] ---**
What do you think it is?
**[05:27] ---**
They even want us to
provide them with information
**[05:30] ---**
about infected AutoReivs.
**[05:32] ---**
We're the Intelligence Bureau.
Aren't they going to tell us anything?
**[05:36] ---**
Who's the new appointee over
there? Raul, isn't it?
**[05:38] ---**
I don't care for him.
**[05:39] ---**
This guy?
**[05:41] ---**
Oh, and then there's that supplemental report,
about the residents who were brutally murdered.
**[05:46] ---**
I just can't see how this could
**[05:48] ---**
possibly be the work of an AutoReiv
infected with the cogito virus.
**[05:52] ---**
Re-l?
**[05:53] ---**
I can't take it anymore.
**[05:55] ---**
Cut the Turing application
from the language field.
**[05:58] ---**
Roger. Turing application off.
**[06:00] ---**
Please confirm.
**[06:03] ---**
Now, take the shortest route to
the FG Temporary Immigrant District's...
**[06:05] ---**
AutoReiv Disposal Facility.
**[06:08] ---**
Confirmed.
**[06:23] ---**
Romdo City.
**[06:25] ---**
This place is undoubtedly
our final paradise.
**[06:32] ---**
Today is another day,
with no change for the better
**[06:36] ---**
in this cradle that was built amidst...
**[06:39] ---**
the planet's environmental
deterioration.
**[06:45] ---**
A boring paradise.
**[07:13] ---**
All right then...
**[07:14] ---**
so you verified that the PK30-type
that escaped was infected?
**[07:19] ---**
I'm sorry, Dorothy.
**[07:22] ---**
I'll submit an "Intent to Escape" report...
**[07:24] ---**
however...
**[07:30] ---**
You must meet with the
person from the Intelligence Bureau
**[07:34] ---**
when she comes today regarding the case.
**[07:37] ---**
Yes.
**[07:38] ---**
All right, next you have
a new infection to investigate.
**[07:41] ---**
You've also received a permit to
enter the citizens' residential district.
**[07:48] ---**
Don't worry.
**[07:50] ---**
If you do as I tell you to,
you can become a fellow citizen.
**[07:55] ---**
Stop depending so much on your Entourage.
**[07:58] ---**
Entourages will always
be AutoReivs and nothing more.
**[08:00] ---**
To become a fellow citizen,
**[08:02] ---**
you need to work harder
on your human relationships.
**[08:05] ---**
Inspector Re-l.
**[08:08] ---**
Last time I saw you was
at the interview, right?
**[08:12] ---**
Vincent Law.
**[08:14] ---**
Vincent.
**[08:15] ---**
Your Excellency!
**[08:17] ---**
If only you'd let me know...
**[08:19] ---**
You were told not to address her
in that manner previously.
**[08:29] ---**
Um, this is the infected
AutoReiv from last night.
**[08:35] ---**
Looks pretty bad.
**[08:36] ---**
It's because of the machine
we use here at the bureau.
**[08:40] ---**
We gotta do this to them,
otherwise they won't stop.
**[08:44] ---**
You got a complaint?
**[08:46] ---**
No. I'm sorry.
**[08:49] ---**
Here's the hippocampus file.
**[08:52] ---**
There's been a lot of these
types of infections recently.
**[08:58] ---**
Analyzing.
**[09:01] ---**
They say AutoReivs that have
been infected by the cogito virus...
**[09:04] ---**
achieve self awareness, and can
no longer be controlled by humans.
**[09:10] ---**
In this city of Romdo,
**[09:11] ---**
where all the systems are
designed in order that we may live...
**[09:15] ---**
even the prayers of an AutoReiv
who's prepared to die, aren't necessary.
**[09:20] ---**
Your job is to protect
the citizens from that element.
**[09:24] ---**
That's the shortest route for an
immigrant to become a fellow citizen.
**[09:29] ---**
By the way, Vincent...
**[09:31] ---**
Yes.
**[09:32] ---**
I see you still have that thing.
**[09:36] ---**
Well, yes.
**[09:37] ---**
Things that smell of Mosk
are to be thrown away.
**[09:42] ---**
Don't bring it to the
preliminary hearing.
**[09:44] ---**
Analysis Complete.
**[09:46] ---**
What do we got?
**[09:49] ---**
We're in luck, Re-l.
**[09:50] ---**
Looks like part of the autonomic nerve file
managed to escape infection.
**[09:55] ---**
I did a reconstruction based
on its memory information and
**[09:57] ---**
obtained a projected escape boundary.
**[09:59] ---**
Good.
**[10:00] ---**
Well...
**[10:01] ---**
You can return to your duties.
**[10:03] ---**
I don't think your Entourage
can wait much longer.
**[10:12] ---**
He was staring at you, Re-l.
**[10:15] ---**
He was?
**[10:16] ---**
As if you didn't notice.
**[10:19] ---**
Vincent...
**[10:22] ---**
Sorry, I know you've been up all night,
**[10:23] ---**
but I'm having you make
up for your mistake right away.
**[10:25] ---**
It's a job examining an
AutoReiv for infection.
**[10:27] ---**
That is a face of a fellow citizen.
**[10:31] ---**
The face of a person this town desires.
**[10:36] ---**
A dull face.
**[10:39] ---**
But perhaps it's me, the one
who looks down on them like that...
**[10:43] ---**
who's the unnecessary element.
**[10:48] ---**
Let's go, Iggy.
**[11:00] ---**
I don't know just when.
**[11:03] ---**
I'll leave it to you. Sorry to bother you.
**[11:08] ---**
Please, continue.
**[11:09] ---**
Yes.
**[11:10] ---**
We've expanded the search to
**[11:12] ---**
include areas in and around the
D, E, and F Temporary Immigrant Districts.
**[11:17] ---**
Armed AutoReivs are currently patrolling
the mainland as well as the island.
**[11:22] ---**
But they still haven't been
able to find anything.
**[11:25] ---**
I wonder if perhaps it's no
longer in the residential areas.
**[11:29] ---**
I'll see that we're prepared for it.
**[11:32] ---**
It's an Immigration Bureau
facility that's gone out of use.
**[11:35] ---**
They say there are some
immigrants now occupying it illegally.
**[11:40] ---**
Headquarters?
**[11:41] ---**
We've reached the projected
escape boundary.
**[11:45] ---**
The Chief can take it from there.
**[11:47] ---**
We'll give a detailed report later.
**[11:51] ---**
Re-l, they want us to wait
until the Security Bureau arrives.
**[11:55] ---**
Chief's orders.
**[12:13] ---**
That's my Mary.
**[12:19] ---**
Confirmed.
**[12:20] ---**
It's an ED26731 Companion AutoReiv.
**[12:26] ---**
May I see your immigration permit?
**[13:03] ---**
What was that?
**[13:23] ---**
Is she infected?
**[13:40] ---**
Re-l, what happened?
**[13:42] ---**
Target: Single kill. Confirmed.
**[13:46] ---**
Wait!
**[13:49] ---**
Iggy!
**[13:50] ---**
The AutoReiv from before...!
**[13:58] ---**
What was that?
**[14:00] ---**
Iggy! Contact the Disposal Unit.
**[14:02] ---**
Have them go after her.
**[14:04] ---**
Roger!
**[14:06] ---**
More importantly...
**[14:23] ---**
What was that thing?
**[14:49] ---**
That completes the analysis.
**[14:51] ---**
But there doesn't appear to
be any sign of infection.
**[14:54] ---**
That can't be.
**[14:56] ---**
If you'd seen the way Pino
was acting yesterday...
**[14:57] ---**
It's just that the test results are highly reliable.
If you'd seen the way Pino was acting yesterday...
**[15:04] ---**
Oh, yes. As a matter of fact,
**[15:07] ---**
the Welfare and Human Affairs
Department has just decided
**[15:09] ---**
to give us the child we've always wanted.
**[15:13] ---**
So an AutoReiv that can also serve
as a housekeeper would be very useful
**[15:17] ---**
in terms of the child's
education and development.
**[15:20] ---**
It's true, residents are
encouraged to consume more.
**[15:24] ---**
But, as long as it's not infected,
**[15:26] ---**
it would be against
regulations for me to take it back.
**[15:29] ---**
Don't give me that.
I know you're an immigrant.
**[15:34] ---**
How can an immigrant not
listen to what I say?
**[15:40] ---**
Lowly immigrant.
**[15:42] ---**
My husband is the Chief
of the Security Bureau...
**[15:48] ---**
You must not speak ill
of immigrants, Mother.
**[15:54] ---**
Mother, you still haven't
done the housework today.
**[15:58] ---**
If Father were to come home...
**[16:03] ---**
Raul.
**[16:04] ---**
It's unfortunate this situation
arose right after you took office, Chief.
**[16:11] ---**
Or it could be that he is lucky
**[16:13] ---**
because the Proxy has awakened.
**[16:17] ---**
An on-going sweep operation
focusing on the residential areas,
**[16:22] ---**
has been taking place
across Romdo City, since last night.
**[16:25] ---**
However nothing has turned up yet.
**[16:27] ---**
Which would mean he's
probably already made it
**[16:30] ---**
to the immigrant district
located on the city's perimeter.
**[16:34] ---**
There's no reason to think otherwise.
**[16:36] ---**
The masterless immigrants.
**[16:39] ---**
Could someone or something
amongst them be giving them help?
**[16:42] ---**
That's not possible.
**[16:44] ---**
They don't even know that
the thing even exists.
**[16:48] ---**
There's something I'd like to confirm.
**[16:50] ---**
What is it?
**[16:52] ---**
Is capturing it the only option?
**[16:54] ---**
At this point we've
confirmed the loss of forty-one citizens.
**[16:59] ---**
In recent years our city has also
seen numerous and frequent cases
**[17:02] ---**
of AutoReivs running wild
as a result of the cogito virus,
**[17:04] ---**
whose origins remain unknown.
**[17:06] ---**
This has been accompanied by a
steady increase in the number of victims.
**[17:10] ---**
It won't be long before a sense
of insecurity grows amongst the citizens...
**[17:12] ---**
even when such information has
been kept under control.
**[17:17] ---**
In order to keep order in the streets,
**[17:19] ---**
I'd like to have permission
to kill it, just in case.
**[17:29] ---**
Raul, you must not take pre-emptive action.
**[17:32] ---**
You have to capture it.
**[17:34] ---**
By no means are you to kill it.
**[17:37] ---**
You needn't worry about the
loss of a few citizens.
**[17:41] ---**
If we run low, all we need to
do is increase production.
**[17:45] ---**
In any case, the important thing
is to bring him back.
**[17:48] ---**
You understand, don't you Raul?
**[17:52] ---**
Just one last thing.
**[17:55] ---**
What is a "Proxy"?
**[18:02] ---**
Re-l, I found four dead bodies so far.
**[18:06] ---**
This is what the Security
Bureau wanted to cover up.
**[18:10] ---**
There's something else I've learned.
**[18:15] ---**
The killer is not a
cogito infected AutoReiv.
**[18:19] ---**
Then who is it?
**[18:34] ---**
The Security Bureau is issuing an order.
**[18:37] ---**
Continuing in this activity,
**[18:39] ---**
may constitute a violation
of official regulations.
**[18:46] ---**
Yeah, yeah.
**[18:49] ---**
They told us to safeguard the crime scene
**[18:51] ---**
but they didn't say we
couldn't look around.
**[18:55] ---**
That's true but...
**[18:58] ---**
Let's go back before that
guy you don't care for gets here.
**[19:01] ---**
If we press any further, I'll be in
trouble with my grandfather again.
**[19:08] ---**
Re-l?
**[19:09] ---**
Hey, what are you talking about?
**[19:11] ---**
Don't worry about it, Iggy.
**[19:17] ---**
I'm terribly sorry, but
please submit the papers...
**[19:30] ---**
Dorothy?
**[19:45] ---**
From the destructive power we saw in here
**[19:47] ---**
and the leaping ability
we observed when it escaped,
**[19:50] ---**
either of those things would be impossible for
even a high-mobility-type AutoReiv. Correct?
**[19:55] ---**
Why were they doing top-secret
research on a monster like this?
**[20:01] ---**
So the Regent didn't tell you?
**[20:07] ---**
To be honest, I don't
know what the point was either.
**[20:11] ---**
I just looked after the specimen
while it remained in a deep sleep.
**[20:16] ---**
But obtaining that sort of power
would have significant implications.
**[20:24] ---**
At least that's the first
thought that pops into my head.
**[20:28] ---**
Chief Raul.
**[20:30] ---**
She's in Temporary Immigrant District D...
**[20:35] ---**
Re-l Mayer?
**[20:42] ---**
So, Iggy, I want you to access
the databank at headquarters and
**[20:46] ---**
have all the cases similar
to this one put in a file.
**[20:49] ---**
Roger.
**[21:19] ---**
Called in by my grandfather.
**[21:23] ---**
Signs of unrest at the Security Bureau.
**[21:27] ---**
And then... that...
**[21:36] ---**
The points must somehow be connected.
**[21:43] ---**
Oh, what a day.
**[25:30] ---**
The Security Bureau is out of control.
**[25:32] ---**
The silence of the Intelligence Bureau.
**[25:33] ---**
The manipulation of Entourage AutoReivs.
**[25:35] ---**
They're all connected to the monsters,
and the points form a line.
**[25:39] ---**
Confession of a Fellow Citizen
**[25:40] ---**
That's when a hidden truth is revealed.
**[25:44] ---**
# 2 - Confession
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No...
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No.
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No.
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No.
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No.
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No.
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No... No... No... No...!
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These are all completely wrong!
**[01:16] ---**
That's all we have on record.
**[01:19] ---**
It's a memory of something you saw for a
split second right before you blacked out.
**[01:23] ---**
One more time. Slowly.
**[01:25] ---**
From the beginning.
**[01:27] ---**
I told you.
**[01:28] ---**
It's not on this list!
**[01:30] ---**
The thing that attacked me...!
**[01:32] ---**
The monster story again?
**[01:35] ---**
Examine the crime scene closely!
**[01:37] ---**
We can go right now, if you'd like!
**[01:43] ---**
We went over every last
bit of data recorded
**[01:45] ---**
by your home's surveillance
system and by your Entourage
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to see if there was anything to
support your statement
**[01:50] ---**
but found nothing.
**[01:52] ---**
It's a conspiracy!
**[01:53] ---**
The Security Bureau must have erased
any data they didn't like beforehand.
**[01:57] ---**
This is a betrayal of the
Intelligence Bureau!
**[01:59] ---**
No, of the Administrative Bureau!
**[02:01] ---**
Vital Sign Report. Heart rate is rising.
**[02:06] ---**
Mind your own business!
**[02:08] ---**
Please, try to calm yourself.
**[02:11] ---**
You are the Regent's granddaughter.
**[02:15] ---**
Don't patronize me, you bastard.
**[02:17] ---**
And being his granddaughter
makes you a suitable target for attack
**[02:20] ---**
by immigrants who lack
complete control of their emotions.
**[02:23] ---**
For instance...
**[02:24] ---**
this man, who was
found last night collapsed,
**[02:29] ---**
lying near your home.
**[02:32] ---**
What were you doing there?
**[02:34] ---**
Tell us your justification again
following standard procedure.
**[02:38] ---**
Well...
**[02:40] ---**
I was there because someone
reported seeing an infected AutoReiv.
**[02:44] ---**
There is no way to confirm the facts.
**[02:47] ---**
But it's true.
**[02:50] ---**
If you take a look at the
facility's records...
**[02:53] ---**
Vincent Law.
**[02:55] ---**
He also reportedly had growing
personal feelings for you.
**[03:00] ---**
Could he have been your stalker?
**[03:02] ---**
Stalker?
**[03:05] ---**
You think he'd have the guts?
**[03:07] ---**
This is a waste of time.
**[03:08] ---**
One more time, from the start.
**[03:10] ---**
Registration number 0724FGARK...
**[03:13] ---**
A fellow citizen's face, face, face...
**[03:19] ---**
I work for the AR Processing Facility...
**[03:23] ---**
Confession of a Fellow Citizen
**[03:35] ---**
And they said your new
home will be ready in six hours.
**[03:40] ---**
In that case, I want to
stop by the Central Mall.
**[03:43] ---**
I'll go on a shopping rampage and get
some shoes, a belt, pants, shampoo,
**[03:47] ---**
hair rinse, face-lotion, and a toothbrush.
**[03:51] ---**
No, no!
**[03:53] ---**
I know you want to find
an outlet for your frustration
**[03:55] ---**
but first we need to go
to Daedalus's place.
**[03:58] ---**
They said you need an
official note from the doctor
**[04:01] ---**
in order to return
to the Intelligence Bureau.
**[04:04] ---**
It's a scratch. Nothing to worry about.
**[04:07] ---**
It's not just your physical health.
**[04:10] ---**
It may have had an effect on your mind.
**[04:11] ---**
You've had quite a shock.
**[04:13] ---**
Give me a break!
**[04:22] ---**
How can you say that
**[04:23] ---**
when there's nothing from
last night recorded in your head?
**[04:40] ---**
What's wrong?
**[04:42] ---**
Re-l, cheer up.
**[04:44] ---**
Your home looks like
it was practically blown up.
**[04:48] ---**
It's a miracle you
escaped with such minor injuries.
**[04:53] ---**
I was worried about you.
**[04:55] ---**
Even after all you've been through...
**[04:58] ---**
you sure are tough.
**[05:01] ---**
So how's the murder investigation going?
**[05:03] ---**
Oh, about that...
**[05:08] ---**
How can you remove
me from my responsibilities?
**[05:14] ---**
The order came from above.
They said you were injured.
**[05:18] ---**
You mean this scratch?
**[05:20] ---**
No. It's from the Security Bureau.
**[05:22] ---**
I think the report stated
there was a bit of a problem
**[05:25] ---**
regarding your mental condition,
as a result of the shock from the event.
**[05:29] ---**
A pathological lying effect.
**[05:31] ---**
That sounds like something they'd think up.
**[05:33] ---**
Re-l, settle down. Your heart-rate...
**[05:36] ---**
Mind your own business!
**[05:38] ---**
Then, how do you explain
**[05:40] ---**
what happened at the old
Immigration Bureau facility yesterday?
**[05:42] ---**
Those marks weren't left by an AutoReiv.
**[05:45] ---**
Yesterday? What are you talking about?
**[05:51] ---**
I don't believe it!
**[05:52] ---**
They've even erased his
record of the investigation.
**[05:58] ---**
In order for you to return to work
**[06:00] ---**
we need to see a psychiatric
evaluation from your doctor.
**[06:04] ---**
Dr. Daedalus, right? I envy you.
**[06:06] ---**
The head of the Health & Welfare Bureau
as your general practitioner.
**[06:10] ---**
The Citizens Health & Welfare Bureau...
**[06:14] ---**
You see...
**[06:15] ---**
you'll receive a kiss from
the Prince and you'll be all better.
**[06:19] ---**
Is that so?
**[06:21] ---**
Very well then.
**[06:22] ---**
Do I have an appointment?
**[06:24] ---**
He said you're welcome any time.
**[06:30] ---**
Wait. Where are you going all of a sudden?
**[06:35] ---**
Take care.
**[06:39] ---**
The Security Bureau's recklessness.
**[06:41] ---**
The Intelligence Bureau's silence.
**[06:44] ---**
Iggy is being tampered with.
**[06:46] ---**
They're all connected to the monster.
**[06:49] ---**
The points are forming a line.
**[06:54] ---**
That's right, isn't it, Grandfather?
**[07:00] ---**
This was the escape route we predicted...
**[07:02] ---**
so it's completely off course.
**[07:04] ---**
It came back to the city
even after making it all the way
**[07:07] ---**
to the Immigrant District
in the outer block.
**[07:09] ---**
So the Proxy really was coming for Re-l.
**[07:13] ---**
I was not expecting you to say that.
**[07:16] ---**
Any signs or traces
left by the Proxy at the scene
**[07:19] ---**
were completely eliminated
after we recorded them.
**[07:21] ---**
We've also lifted the
restrictions placed on Re-l Mayer.
**[07:24] ---**
We can't ask the Regent for any more time.
**[07:28] ---**
If we're done with the formal questioning
**[07:30] ---**
we can release the immigrants as well.
**[07:32] ---**
They aren't suspects.
**[07:34] ---**
Confirmed.
**[07:35] ---**
Would you like to see the girl's statement?
**[07:38] ---**
No.
**[07:39] ---**
She simply suffered from
a case of temporary insanity
**[07:43] ---**
as a result of the stalker attack
**[07:45] ---**
and was unable to distinguish
between reality and illusion.
**[07:48] ---**
As is often the case with humans, isn't it?
**[07:51] ---**
For added insurance...
**[07:52] ---**
I arranged for her to submit
a written psychiatric evaluation
**[07:55] ---**
from her doctor as a
condition for her release.
**[07:57] ---**
Beautiful.
**[07:59] ---**
Now, no one will believe her
testimony about what she saw.
**[08:05] ---**
The secret of the Proxy
takes priority above all else.
**[08:09] ---**
Yes sir.
**[08:10] ---**
It's a psychological war.
**[08:12] ---**
She may be the Regent's granddaughter,
but we can't let her interfere.
**[08:15] ---**
Very well then...
**[08:16] ---**
I'll have them continue
with their search for the Proxy.
**[08:19] ---**
Yes.
**[08:29] ---**
Does it hurt?
**[08:31] ---**
It's OK. Thanks.
**[08:33] ---**
You're making far too much of it.
**[08:35] ---**
In any case, thank goodness you're safe.
**[08:38] ---**
I don't know what I'd do
if something happened to you.
**[08:42] ---**
It's not that big a deal.
**[08:44] ---**
But if you really feel that way,
I wish you'd believe me.
**[08:50] ---**
"highly suggest a case
of phantastic pseudologia"?
**[08:57] ---**
There's nothing I can do.
**[08:59] ---**
All the same, Daedalus...
**[09:01] ---**
do you understand what
it must feel like...
**[09:04] ---**
not having anyone who'll believe me?
**[09:08] ---**
I see.
**[09:10] ---**
I saw the monster with my own eyes.
**[09:14] ---**
I want to believe you.
**[09:15] ---**
That's why I'd like to
check your mind out just a little.
**[09:20] ---**
It's not a delusion.
**[09:22] ---**
Believe me!
**[09:23] ---**
Re-l!
**[09:26] ---**
I understand now.
**[09:27] ---**
Even I can't tell anymore,
what's real and what's a dream.
**[09:33] ---**
I wonder if you're confusing your memories.
**[09:36] ---**
It'll take some time
for us to set everything up...
**[09:41] ---**
but, let's run a brain scan
before we do counseling.
**[09:44] ---**
Will you be all right?
**[09:46] ---**
If you say so, Daedalus.
**[09:48] ---**
We'll start setting up immediately.
**[10:19] ---**
Specimen?
**[10:20] ---**
Proxy...
**[10:22] ---**
Sorry to keep you waiting.
**[10:27] ---**
Oh, no problem.
**[10:37] ---**
I can't wait for you to meet him.
**[10:39] ---**
He's utterly adorable.
**[10:45] ---**
All right then. I'll go on ahead.
**[10:50] ---**
Everything is ready for us to leave now.
**[10:55] ---**
You startled me...
**[10:57] ---**
Application on.
**[10:59] ---**
How did it go?
**[11:01] ---**
Physically, I'm fine.
**[11:02] ---**
Mentally, it all depends on their report.
**[11:04] ---**
All right, then let's go to the mall!
**[11:07] ---**
But first there's something
I want to look up.
**[11:10] ---**
Go right ahead.
**[11:12] ---**
Connect me to the main intelligence bank.
**[11:14] ---**
Connected.
**[11:16] ---**
Enter the word...
**[11:18] ---**
"Proxy".
**[11:19] ---**
Connection terminated.
**[11:20] ---**
Forced cut of the Turing
application from language field.
**[11:24] ---**
Unrecognizable word string.
**[11:26] ---**
Would you like to re-enter?
**[11:28] ---**
I knew it.
**[11:30] ---**
Application on.
**[11:31] ---**
So, Re-l, what would you like to look up?
**[11:35] ---**
Forget about it.
**[11:36] ---**
What's with you?
**[11:38] ---**
Hold on a sec.
**[11:40] ---**
It's an emergency call
from your Grandfather.
**[11:44] ---**
He's monitoring Iggy.
**[11:46] ---**
It's about what happened yesterday.
**[11:47] ---**
Shall we go after we do our shopping?
**[11:50] ---**
Let's go. There's no escaping it.
**[12:30] ---**
We were discussing you.
**[12:38] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[12:39] ---**
I apologize for ignoring
your calls these past few days.
**[12:43] ---**
That's all right.
**[12:45] ---**
The problem we need to
talk to you about is...
**[12:48] ---**
Proxy.
**[12:53] ---**
Your negligence in following
investigation procedures.
**[12:56] ---**
There are times when cooperation
with the Security Bureau is
**[12:58] ---**
more important than your own ego.
**[13:01] ---**
What's a Proxy?!
**[13:03] ---**
Re-l, I can't understand if you
won't tell me anything.
**[13:07] ---**
Are you ignoring me?
**[13:09] ---**
It's because I'm getting to
the heart of the matter, isn't it?
**[13:12] ---**
That's it, isn't it, Grandfather?
**[13:15] ---**
If you do not wish to
answer, that will be all.
**[13:19] ---**
Place Re-l under the authority
of the Administrative Bureau.
**[13:21] ---**
No questions asked.
**[13:22] ---**
Hey! Husserl!
**[13:25] ---**
Berkeley!
**[13:26] ---**
You can't just decide this yourselves!
**[13:27] ---**
Lacan! Derrida!
**[13:35] ---**
Grandfather.
**[13:38] ---**
Re-l...
**[13:40] ---**
then promise me you will no longer
take matters into your own hands.
**[13:45] ---**
Agreed?
**[13:47] ---**
Derrida...
**[13:48] ---**
If you refuse, then like Berkeley said
**[13:51] ---**
you will be placed under the supervision
of the Administrative Bureau.
**[13:56] ---**
Very well.
**[13:58] ---**
Re-l has given us her word.
**[14:01] ---**
Now go.
**[14:17] ---**
This is...!
**[14:22] ---**
It's time for your appointment.
**[14:24] ---**
Huh? Already?
**[14:29] ---**
A report from the lab?
**[14:31] ---**
Why don't I take over from here?
**[14:33] ---**
That's not necessary.
**[14:35] ---**
I'll be done in just a moment.
**[14:37] ---**
Rather, could you see
that the car is ready?
**[14:40] ---**
Very well.
**[14:52] ---**
There were two Proxies.
**[14:57] ---**
I don't believe it.
**[15:03] ---**
I just love your new place!
**[15:05] ---**
And you've got a great
view from here as well.
**[15:09] ---**
Re-l?
**[15:11] ---**
Oh, sorry. Did you say something?
**[15:14] ---**
Hey, did something happen with the Prince?
**[15:19] ---**
Iggy.
**[15:21] ---**
You're being monitored.
**[15:24] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[15:25] ---**
Re-l? Where are you going?
**[15:29] ---**
I'm just going to go fetch
a change of clothes.
**[15:32] ---**
Go fetch?
**[15:34] ---**
But I thought your place was still under
the control of the Security Bureau?
**[15:37] ---**
I want to clear my head.
**[15:40] ---**
Besides, I've been wearing
these things since yesterday.
**[15:42] ---**
Starting tomorrow I don't know
what I'm gonna do about clothes.
**[15:45] ---**
Why don't you take this
opportunity to buy a new outfit?
**[15:47] ---**
You don't need to go
back to that place, do you?
**[15:51] ---**
It's not enough for
Grandfather just to keep tabs on me.
**[15:54] ---**
Now he wants to guide me?
**[15:56] ---**
No. There's nothing I want recently.
**[16:00] ---**
What?
**[16:01] ---**
But just this morning you were talking
about going on a shopping rampage.
**[16:03] ---**
Hold on. I know a great place.
**[16:05] ---**
We can go there together.
**[16:14] ---**
How about this one?
**[16:16] ---**
The color's in season right now.
**[16:21] ---**
Re-l?
**[17:19] ---**
That's...
**[18:49] ---**
Sir.
**[18:55] ---**
The Security Bureau is
waiting for instructions.
**[18:59] ---**
Request emergency
deployment of armed AutoReivs.
**[19:03] ---**
Seal off Roethelis Park
and surrounding areas completely.
**[19:07] ---**
Use the partitions.
**[19:08] ---**
Very well.
**[20:37] ---**
Status Report.
**[20:38] ---**
Forty-two deaths including
adults and children.
**[20:42] ---**
Forty-eight people seriously
or slightly injured.
**[20:44] ---**
All civilians who were in the mall
are being kept at an isolated facility.
**[20:48] ---**
The specimen?
**[20:50] ---**
It broke through the partition
and remains at large.
**[20:56] ---**
This is the surveillance
monitor from District N31.
**[21:00] ---**
We believe that the specimen
has already reached the lower district.
**[21:52] ---**
It wasn't a dream.
**[21:54] ---**
That thing was real.
**[22:28] ---**
It's Papa.
**[23:06] ---**
Dammit!
**[23:10] ---**
Damn!
**[23:18] ---**
Damn!
**[23:43] ---**
It was him?
**[25:30] ---**
Wise men collapsing from exhaustion.
**[25:33] ---**
Intersecting clues.
**[25:34] ---**
A missing immigrant's failure
to appear when summoned.
**[25:38] ---**
When the dramatic chase reaches an end...
**[25:39] ---**
Leap Into the Void
**[25:41] ---**
the portal to utopia opens.
# 3 - Mazecity
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GYQ42D876/ergo-proxy)
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**[00:28] ---**
Sad...
**[00:30] ---**
Incredibly sad...
**[00:33] ---**
It's that dream again...
**[00:40] ---**
Am I crying?
**[00:47] ---**
It's him!
**[01:07] ---**
I'm sad...
**[01:10] ---**
and yet I'm also laughing.
**[01:20] ---**
Was I hit?
**[01:30] ---**
Today's the day I see...
**[01:33] ---**
Almost there...
**[01:37] ---**
I'm almost there.
**[02:15] ---**
Dream...?
**[02:19] ---**
It was that dream again...
**[02:52] ---**
Vincent, where are you now?
**[04:43] ---**
Leap Into the Void
**[05:17] ---**
What's the matter?
**[05:21] ---**
Iggy is still being
monitored by Grandfather.
**[05:26] ---**
Nothing.
**[05:29] ---**
Hey, Re-l. Take a look at this.
**[05:34] ---**
The Intelligence Bureau's data
bank has been accessed seventy-four times.
**[05:38] ---**
And during that short period they were
only accessed by unknown accounts.
**[05:42] ---**
Strange, isn't it?
**[05:43] ---**
It certainly is.
**[05:46] ---**
They logged-on with the
highest level of authorization.
**[05:49] ---**
I bet they were accessing
it from the Security Bureau.
**[05:52] ---**
You want me to do it?
**[05:54] ---**
So what were they looking for?
**[05:57] ---**
This is...?!
**[07:00] ---**
Dorothy?
**[07:04] ---**
Over here, Vincent.
**[07:09] ---**
Dorothy, where are you?
**[07:16] ---**
It's...
**[07:36] ---**
Dorothy...
**[07:38] ---**
Over here, Vincent.
**[07:44] ---**
No!
**[08:07] ---**
Dammit!
**[08:09] ---**
What the hell did I do?
**[08:17] ---**
Dammit!
**[08:36] ---**
Target has been lost.
**[08:38] ---**
Confirmed.
**[08:39] ---**
Inputting updated escape
boundary projection.
**[08:42] ---**
You still don't even have
a clue as to where it is.
**[08:46] ---**
What happens if you fail to manage this?
**[08:49] ---**
Everything leads back to us.
**[08:52] ---**
I don't want to hear any excuses.
**[08:54] ---**
Bear in mind, you will not
be given even a moment's grace.
**[08:59] ---**
We want to be reassured quickly.
**[09:02] ---**
We can easily replace you.
**[09:04] ---**
Since there are as many
Entourage-type AutoReivs
**[09:08] ---**
as there are stars in the sky.
**[09:11] ---**
We understand.
**[09:25] ---**
He's not there, Chief!
**[09:26] ---**
Search carefully!
**[09:27] ---**
It's not just another infected AutoReiv.
**[09:30] ---**
This could be my chance
for a big promotion!
**[10:04] ---**
What's a pet-model doing here?
**[10:11] ---**
You're...
**[10:14] ---**
Your name's Pino, isn't it?
**[10:19] ---**
Pino?
**[11:01] ---**
Where are you, Vincent Law?
**[11:33] ---**
Hey, hey.
**[11:34] ---**
Is Pino, Pino?
**[11:38] ---**
Pino's called Pino?
**[12:06] ---**
You see, Pino's really...
**[12:08] ---**
Don't talk so loud!
**[12:14] ---**
An "Expression" Application?
**[12:16] ---**
That's why companion-type
AutoReivs act like that.
**[12:21] ---**
Please, just stay there.
**[12:26] ---**
I want you to sit there for a little while.
**[12:43] ---**
That's...!
**[12:44] ---**
This?
**[12:50] ---**
Don't!
**[12:51] ---**
Hello. Who is it?
**[12:53] ---**
Who is it?
**[12:54] ---**
Hello.
**[12:58] ---**
Vincent, is that you?
**[13:00] ---**
Inspector Re-l.
**[13:03] ---**
Where are you now?
**[13:06] ---**
Dorothy was
**[13:08] ---**
an armed AutoReiv...
**[13:10] ---**
It wasn't me!
**[13:11] ---**
They...
**[13:12] ---**
The whole thing was a trap.
**[13:14] ---**
Pull yourself together!
**[13:16] ---**
Why did this happen?
**[13:20] ---**
If I don't get out of here...
**[13:23] ---**
Please, help me.
**[13:25] ---**
I don't...
**[13:27] ---**
I don't have anyone else to turn to.
**[13:30] ---**
What can you see from there?
**[13:32] ---**
I've got to get out of here.
**[13:39] ---**
Light-rails crossing...
**[13:45] ---**
A little further and there's a...
**[13:46] ---**
Are you leaving through the plug vent?!
**[13:48] ---**
I can't take it anymore.
**[13:51] ---**
If they're going to kill me,
I might as well just go to the outside.
**[13:53] ---**
And you'll find death
waiting for you there.
**[13:56] ---**
Doesn't look like I'll be
becoming a fellow citizen.
**[14:00] ---**
Vincent!
**[14:01] ---**
I'm just glad I could hear
your voice one last time.
**[14:04] ---**
I'm going to the plug vent too.
Wait until I get there!
**[14:07] ---**
Vincent?
**[14:17] ---**
Dammit!
**[14:35] ---**
What the heck is this?
**[14:45] ---**
Dammit!
**[14:48] ---**
Let's look for another way.
**[14:51] ---**
You don't need it?
**[14:52] ---**
It's heavy.
**[15:02] ---**
Wait! Wait!
**[15:14] ---**
The Security Bureau?
**[15:40] ---**
Can't go this way either?
**[15:55] ---**
Is it a maze?
**[15:57] ---**
Let me have the bag.
**[15:59] ---**
Maybe there's something
we can use for a light.
**[16:02] ---**
Pino?
**[16:04] ---**
Pino!
**[16:21] ---**
This way.
**[16:25] ---**
Does she know?
**[16:31] ---**
Agent Re-l.
**[16:33] ---**
Where are you going in such a hurry?
**[16:35] ---**
I don't see your Entourage with you either.
**[16:38] ---**
I'm going to inspect the crime scene
in the Immigrant Resident District.
**[16:42] ---**
As for him, he's fifteen minutes behind me.
**[16:46] ---**
My apologies. Please be careful.
**[16:58] ---**
The cogito infected AutoReivs all followed
**[17:01] ---**
the same escape route, didn't they?
**[17:07] ---**
Doesn't matter now though, does it?
**[17:26] ---**
It's a dead end, isn't it?
**[17:33] ---**
Hey!
**[17:44] ---**
Her intuition is all too keen.
**[17:46] ---**
I wonder who she must take after.
**[17:49] ---**
The citizens are all modeled on
pre-arranged information.
**[17:54] ---**
Local approximations are meaningless.
**[17:57] ---**
We shouldn't have assigned
her to the Intelligence Bureau.
**[18:01] ---**
No, from an educational point
of view, it was the right decision.
**[18:06] ---**
The evidence shows that,
at the citizen level
**[18:09] ---**
maximum sensitivity has been maintained.
**[18:11] ---**
A most splendid outcome.
**[18:13] ---**
However, it's her curiosity derived
from sensitivity that is the main culprit.
**[18:17] ---**
Speaking of culprits,
what about the Security Bureau?
**[18:21] ---**
There's no cause for concern.
We've made ourselves very clear.
**[18:24] ---**
At any rate, there's no denying
that our Romdo has been shaken.
**[18:28] ---**
We must take swift action to
resolve the situation immediately.
**[18:33] ---**
Otherwise...
**[18:34] ---**
Its *raison d'être* will collapse.
**[18:37] ---**
That is our only cause for concern.
**[18:50] ---**
You're here, aren't you, Vincent?
**[18:54] ---**
I'm all alone.
**[18:58] ---**
I'm not carrying anything on me.
**[19:04] ---**
Wait!
**[19:11] ---**
Hello.
**[19:19] ---**
Come on out, Vincent!
**[19:24] ---**
Inspector Re-l...
**[19:27] ---**
I...
**[19:33] ---**
Vincent Law!
**[19:35] ---**
Why is the Security Bureau after you?
**[19:38] ---**
Inspector...
**[19:39] ---**
What did you see in my bathroom?
**[19:41] ---**
Answer me!
**[19:43] ---**
Bathroom?
**[19:44] ---**
How do you explain this?
**[19:48] ---**
Why do you have that?
**[19:53] ---**
It was a monster.
**[19:57] ---**
You mean that thing.
**[20:01] ---**
What did you see?
**[20:02] ---**
What do you mean?
**[20:03] ---**
I was suddenly attacked in the mall...
**[20:05] ---**
and the Security Bureau came after me!
**[20:09] ---**
Inspector, I didn't do anything.
**[20:12] ---**
So why is this happening?
**[20:14] ---**
Did you see the monster?
**[20:18] ---**
The Proxy?
**[20:20] ---**
Proxy?
**[20:29] ---**
Vincent Law!
**[20:31] ---**
Stay where you are and do
exactly as I tell you.
**[20:35] ---**
The Security Bureau?
**[20:39] ---**
Re-l Mayer!
**[20:40] ---**
Vincent, it's not what you think!
**[20:42] ---**
What's not?!
**[21:03] ---**
Outside.
**[21:06] ---**
No!
**[21:21] ---**
Vincent!
**[21:27] ---**
Iggy? Vincent's...
**[21:28] ---**
Stop acting like an idiot!
**[21:32] ---**
Vincent!
**[21:40] ---**
In my desperate attempts to
become a fellow citizen,
**[21:44] ---**
I have constantly suppressed myself
**[21:46] ---**
and tried to be the
person I thought they wanted.
**[21:50] ---**
Constantly... Everywhere...
**[21:53] ---**
Vincent!
**[21:54] ---**
And look what's happened to me.
**[21:58] ---**
I'm a failure.
**[22:17] ---**
Vincent.
**[22:19] ---**
Listen! I'll talk to my Grandfather.
**[22:22] ---**
The Security Bureau
won't be allowed to touch you!
**[22:26] ---**
Doubting the system is bad.
**[22:29] ---**
Always obey.
**[22:31] ---**
Those are the conditions for
being a fellow citizen.
**[22:35] ---**
Don't go!
**[22:37] ---**
But I'll never become a fellow citizen.
**[22:46] ---**
Ever...
**[22:53] ---**
Why are they closing it? Capture him!
**[22:56] ---**
Keeping it open any longer will
expose the entire domed city to danger.
**[23:08] ---**
Vincent!
**[23:23] ---**
He's...
**[23:31] ---**
It's over...
**[23:33] ---**
It's all...
**[23:37] ---**
over...
**[25:31] ---**
A man missing in the darkness.
**[25:34] ---**
The path to the labyrinthine
mysteries that still remain.
**[25:37] ---**
Ulterior motives stirring behind
the scenes in paradise...
**[25:39] ---**
Signs of Future, Hades of Future
**[25:40] ---**
beckon the lost to the land of Hades.
# 4 - Futu-risk
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**[00:20] ---**
Everything's unnatural.
**[00:23] ---**
A man living in an empty room.
**[00:32] ---**
Vincent Law...
**[00:33] ---**
What was he thinking here?
**[00:41] ---**
He was even prepared to die.
**[00:43] ---**
What was it he was looking for?
**[01:11] ---**
Is this all he had to show for it?
**[01:17] ---**
Re-l Mayer!
**[01:22] ---**
An immigrant...
**[01:25] ---**
but who were you really?
**[01:33] ---**
I can't investigate anything without Iggy.
**[01:47] ---**
Projected escape route
for infected AutoReivs?
**[01:52] ---**
Why did he have this?
**[03:40] ---**
Signs of Future, Hades of Future
**[03:45] ---**
Hey...
**[03:47] ---**
Let's not do that...
**[03:50] ---**
Who are you?
**[03:55] ---**
This way!
**[04:01] ---**
"Nothing there was a town,
or a church, or a river,
**[04:07] ---**
or a color, or a light, or a shadow."
**[04:15] ---**
Immigration I.D.
**[04:17] ---**
It doesn't mean anything.
**[04:19] ---**
What? Who?
**[04:22] ---**
That's the one.
**[04:23] ---**
You're smart, aren't you Pino?
**[04:28] ---**
Pino...
**[04:34] ---**
It sure is hot in here.
**[04:36] ---**
Dorothy, could you turn
on the air-conditioner?
**[04:57] ---**
You are...
**[04:59] ---**
an infected AutoReiv!
**[05:14] ---**
"I kept still for a while
**[05:18] ---**
and felt a pleasant sensation
as the indescribable great harmony,
**[05:22] ---**
the brightness of the sky,
**[05:25] ---**
and the melancholy of the moment
spread throughout my body."
**[05:45] ---**
It was a dream.
**[05:51] ---**
No!
**[05:52] ---**
After all, an immigrant is an immigrant.
**[06:09] ---**
He's... himself...
**[06:17] ---**
What an awful dream!
**[06:20] ---**
The Security Bureau thought
I was the one who murdered you.
**[06:24] ---**
A pretty stupid nightmare.
**[06:26] ---**
Right, Dorothy?
**[06:28] ---**
Can you imagine me...
**[06:42] ---**
Stop depending so much on your Entourage.
**[06:44] ---**
Dorothy isn't here anymore.
**[06:47] ---**
You'll never become a fellow citizen.
**[06:56] ---**
"I don't know what
happened inside my mind...
**[07:01] ---**
nor do I have any way
of putting it into words."
**[07:04] ---**
I...
**[07:07] ---**
I tried to be a fellow citizen...
**[07:10] ---**
I tried hard to be one.
**[07:13] ---**
I...
**[07:17] ---**
Criminal. Vincent Law.
**[07:20] ---**
No!
**[07:26] ---**
That's what really happened.
**[07:35] ---**
Help...
**[07:37] ---**
"It was a moment that defied all words
**[07:41] ---**
when I felt something
inside me fall asleep...
**[07:46] ---**
and something else wake up."
**[08:12] ---**
"In the world born from him,
a person could now become anything."
**[08:19] ---**
The words of Joë Bousquet.
**[08:21] ---**
Who?
**[08:24] ---**
Joë Bousquet.
**[08:26] ---**
Joe...
**[08:28] ---**
You're Vincent Law, right?
**[08:31] ---**
Where am I?
**[08:33] ---**
Don't worry.
**[08:34] ---**
Your body fought off the virus.
**[08:37] ---**
Well, thanks to my treatment that is.
**[08:43] ---**
Eighty percent of the people
who come here are
**[08:45] ---**
infected with the disease
and don't last a week.
**[08:49] ---**
Infected...
**[08:51] ---**
You've been asleep for ten days.
**[08:55] ---**
You're all right now.
**[08:57] ---**
Ten days...
**[08:59] ---**
During which time Pino told me quite a bit.
**[09:06] ---**
Oh, Pino. Vincent's awake.
**[09:11] ---**
Vince! Good morning!
**[09:14] ---**
Thank goodness.
**[09:17] ---**
Vince?
**[09:19] ---**
Pi... no...?
**[09:25] ---**
The AutoReiv escape route...
**[09:44] ---**
Those guys at the Security
Bureau could never find this.
**[10:06] ---**
Excuse me, Joe?
**[10:11] ---**
Joe?
**[10:13] ---**
Joe...?
**[10:17] ---**
Joe?
**[10:23] ---**
Joe?
**[10:27] ---**
No, no, I apologize.
**[10:30] ---**
I'm Hoody.
**[10:32] ---**
Joë's a poet from Carcassonne.
**[10:52] ---**
Why are you being kind to someone like me?
**[10:57] ---**
It must be a lot of trouble for you.
**[11:00] ---**
There was a time,
**[11:02] ---**
when we too enjoyed the kind,
generous and sure protection...
**[11:05] ---**
of that place.
**[11:09] ---**
I'm sure it's still the same
beautiful place it's always been.
**[11:13] ---**
The whole city's just one big rotten lie!
**[11:17] ---**
Until you know that a lie
is a lie, it's the truth.
**[11:21] ---**
Discerning the truth from the
lie may be the right thing to do...
**[11:25] ---**
but it won't always make you happy.
**[11:29] ---**
Lies make us happy? Lies make us happy?
**[11:33] ---**
That's right.
**[11:34] ---**
You're a clever child, Pino.
Let's have a good look.
**[11:38] ---**
Amazing!
**[11:40] ---**
AutoReivs really do seem to be
becoming more and more like us.
**[11:44] ---**
I bet everyone has these types
over there nowadays, right?
**[11:48] ---**
Over there? What do you mean?
**[11:51] ---**
I mean Romdo.
**[11:54] ---**
Romdo. The very sound
of it makes me feel nostalgic.
**[11:57] ---**
Wait a minute!
**[11:59] ---**
We're not in the Immigrant District?!
**[12:08] ---**
Why am I alive?
**[12:10] ---**
It took you long enough. Isn't it obvious?
**[12:13] ---**
You escaped outside the dome with Pino.
**[12:16] ---**
Outside the dome...
**[12:18] ---**
Yes! Yes! I know!
**[12:22] ---**
The distance from here
to the dome is 1246.65 units.
**[12:27] ---**
And the height from the plug vent
Vince leapt from to the earth's surface,
**[12:32] ---**
is approximately 517 units.
**[12:35] ---**
I know a lot because I see all
sorts of things and ask everyone.
**[12:39] ---**
Amazing, aren't I? Huh, Vince?
**[12:45] ---**
Vince?
**[12:50] ---**
Outside Romdo...?
**[12:54] ---**
Vince!
**[13:29] ---**
You look down.
**[13:31] ---**
I wonder if maybe it's
the wounds we treated earlier.
**[13:34] ---**
Is it because the
representatives disciplined you?
**[13:37] ---**
They even confiscated Iggy.
That must be horrible.
**[13:41] ---**
No. That's not it.
**[13:44] ---**
Then what is it?
**[13:57] ---**
Won't you tell me?
**[13:58] ---**
No.
**[14:00] ---**
I can't say anything.
**[14:01] ---**
Deleuze and Guattari, right?
**[14:05] ---**
Don't worry about them.
**[14:06] ---**
I've altered them a bit.
**[14:10] ---**
No one's going to hear a word of this.
**[14:12] ---**
If my grandfather finds out...
**[14:15] ---**
It's just between you and me.
**[14:18] ---**
I've always been on your side...
**[14:21] ---**
even before I was your doctor.
**[14:23] ---**
You believe me, don't you, Re-l?
**[14:29] ---**
You won't tell anyone?
**[14:32] ---**
Of course not.
**[14:34] ---**
I found it...
**[14:36] ---**
The Proxy's dead body.
**[14:39] ---**
The Security Bureau still
doesn't even know.
**[14:42] ---**
It's the monster that Raul
has been searching for
**[14:44] ---**
while keeping it a secret
from the Intelligence Bureau.
**[14:48] ---**
I want you to examine
it and tell me what you find out.
**[14:53] ---**
My grandfather's in on it too.
**[14:56] ---**
I want to find out for
myself what this thing is.
**[14:59] ---**
You may not like the answer.
**[15:03] ---**
I don't care!
**[15:04] ---**
Please, Daedalus.
**[15:11] ---**
All right.
**[15:13] ---**
Let's do it just like you said.
**[15:15] ---**
Will you tell me where it is?
**[15:36] ---**
I know I came from there.
**[15:40] ---**
I was chased by the monster...
**[15:43] ---**
falsely accused, and declared a traitor.
**[15:47] ---**
A monster?
**[15:50] ---**
Did you see it?
**[15:52] ---**
What?
**[15:54] ---**
You know about it?
**[15:56] ---**
It was...
**[16:01] ---**
Those things are demons born
from the angry earth.
**[16:17] ---**
The Amrita cells were wiped out?
They're supposed to be indestructible.
**[16:21] ---**
What do you think?
**[16:22] ---**
Oh, well...
**[16:25] ---**
I won't know anything for sure
until we examine it back at the lab.
**[16:30] ---**
You knew?
**[16:34] ---**
You'd best forget about
everything you saw here.
**[16:38] ---**
It's a Proxy, isn't it?
**[16:41] ---**
And there's another one...
**[16:45] ---**
the one that killed this one.
**[16:51] ---**
It must still be alive somewhere.
We need to find it.
**[16:54] ---**
Re-l.
**[16:56] ---**
You know, don't you, Daedalus?
**[17:00] ---**
Sorry. I know you can't talk about it.
**[17:03] ---**
No, I...
**[17:04] ---**
That's all right, Daedalus.
**[17:06] ---**
Looks like I've gotten
you into some sort of trouble.
**[17:11] ---**
I just want you to leave the rest to me.
**[17:14] ---**
So promise me, will you?
**[17:16] ---**
You didn't find anything here.
**[17:19] ---**
Find anything? I've never even been here.
**[17:25] ---**
Good.
**[17:27] ---**
All right, I'll leave it to you then.
**[17:29] ---**
File the results for me when you get them.
**[17:31] ---**
I'll visit you to find out.
**[17:33] ---**
Where are you going?
**[17:36] ---**
I told you, didn't I?
I want to look into this myself.
**[17:40] ---**
There's a secret path here
**[17:41] ---**
that only the infected
AutoReivs know about.
**[17:44] ---**
I'm going to try and find it.
**[17:47] ---**
Re-l...
**[18:04] ---**
So you're an immigrant?
**[18:07] ---**
The Romdo air didn't agree with you, right?
**[18:09] ---**
I know the feeling.
**[18:11] ---**
In that case, welcome.
**[18:12] ---**
You can stay here as long as you like.
**[18:15] ---**
It's free here.
**[18:17] ---**
We left the dome and gained true freedom.
**[18:23] ---**
What's that?
**[18:25] ---**
They throw out the things they
don't need anymore in the dome.
**[18:28] ---**
But almost all of
it's still perfectly good to use.
**[18:30] ---**
I found this too!
**[18:46] ---**
The people here either left Romdo
or were banished from the city
**[18:49] ---**
for various reasons.
**[18:52] ---**
That's why a lot them
feel hostile towards the place.
**[18:56] ---**
Which isn't to say there
aren't some who'd like to return.
**[18:59] ---**
But she says you
can't go back no matter what.
**[19:03] ---**
Who says?
**[19:04] ---**
The woman I met over there.
**[19:07] ---**
You mean Quinn?
**[19:08] ---**
That bitch!
**[19:09] ---**
Speaking of which, didn't
the old man say...
**[19:12] ---**
this thing was the
latest high-end model?
**[19:15] ---**
I bet some high-level citizens
must have owned her.
**[19:18] ---**
In which case, they might come
looking for their lost possession.
**[19:21] ---**
Right young lady?
**[19:24] ---**
Vince...!
**[19:29] ---**
I'm kidding.
**[19:31] ---**
Who would ever want
to go back to that place, right?
**[19:34] ---**
You can say that again.
**[19:35] ---**
You can say that again.
**[19:41] ---**
You can say that again!
You can say that again!
**[19:58] ---**
Now what do I do?
**[20:02] ---**
You're Pino's companion?
**[20:08] ---**
I'm Quinn.
**[20:10] ---**
As you can see,
I pick up things that fall in the sea.
**[20:14] ---**
It's a good spot.
**[20:15] ---**
And the bay's warm from
the heat generated by the dome.
**[20:18] ---**
That's a...
**[20:19] ---**
You recognize it?
It's an AutoReiv's core.
**[20:23] ---**
It's waterproof and can
serve as a Rabbit's core system.
**[20:27] ---**
Rabbit?
**[20:28] ---**
Yep.
**[20:30] ---**
I'm not one of those chicken-shits
who's going to stay here forever.
**[20:35] ---**
You must think I've got a lot of nerve
talking so much when we've just met.
**[20:39] ---**
No, I don't.
**[20:41] ---**
You may have heard from Hoody,
but I pass for being an oddball.
**[20:46] ---**
But if you ask me...
**[20:48] ---**
those guys are far
and away the bigger oddballs.
**[20:51] ---**
Always ranting and
raving about how free they are.
**[20:56] ---**
I don't plan on being a parasite who
lives off the dome like this, forever.
**[21:02] ---**
Mark my word.
**[21:04] ---**
Yeah.
**[21:05] ---**
So what's your story?
**[21:07] ---**
What are you doing sitting here with
your knees clutched, and whimpering?
**[21:12] ---**
Nothing really.
**[21:13] ---**
Pino's a lot more grown-up than you are.
**[21:15] ---**
That may be true.
**[21:17] ---**
Well, you'll get used to living here soon.
**[21:21] ---**
In the meantime you can
think about what you want to do...
**[21:24] ---**
Damn!
**[21:26] ---**
Run!
**[21:27] ---**
What's that?
**[21:29] ---**
It's a routine patrol.
**[21:30] ---**
Hurry!
**[21:44] ---**
Routine patrol?
**[21:46] ---**
A Romdo unmanned spy craft.
**[21:48] ---**
They're very meticulous
**[21:50] ---**
following along a fixed
course at a set time, every day.
**[21:53] ---**
But if it doesn't detect anything,
it doesn't look for us.
**[21:56] ---**
As far as Romdo's concerned,
I suppose that's all we are.
**[22:01] ---**
Pino!
**[22:02] ---**
You idiot!
**[22:04] ---**
Wait! AutoReivs are...!
**[22:30] ---**
Pino! Get down!
**[22:45] ---**
Hey, I thought the routine
patrols didn't fire on AutoReivs?
**[22:49] ---**
I hope this doesn't mean
trouble in the future.
**[23:04] ---**
This man...
**[23:05] ---**
Vincent Law.
**[23:07] ---**
What would you like to do?
**[23:09] ---**
Why is he alive?
**[23:11] ---**
Shall I report this to the Regent?
**[23:13] ---**
No. I'm sure he's not interested.
**[23:17] ---**
Rather, strengthen
the patrol-craft deployments.
**[23:19] ---**
They're already standing by.
**[23:21] ---**
Beautiful.
**[23:24] ---**
Issue a mobilization request
to all bureaus concerned.
**[23:28] ---**
But we still haven't determined
the specimen's whereabouts.
**[23:31] ---**
It doesn't matter.
**[23:34] ---**
Either way, that man holds the answer.
**[23:37] ---**
That's clear to me now.
**[23:40] ---**
How unusual.
**[23:42] ---**
The emotional tone of your words.
**[23:47] ---**
I'm surprised myself.
**[23:52] ---**
It seems almost as if I was
infected with the cogito virus.
**[23:55] ---**
I don't find your joke amusing.
**[25:31] ---**
An anonymous whisper.
**[25:33] ---**
When you can see the invisible...
**[25:35] ---**
you can no longer be your former self.
**[25:39] ---**
That's all right.
**[25:39] ---**
Recall
**[25:41] ---**
As long as it's still your true self.
**[25:44] ---**
# 5 - TASOGARE
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**[00:08] ---**
A rabbit!
**[00:09] ---**
Who said you could look!
**[00:14] ---**
I wanted to show it to my mom.
**[00:17] ---**
A rabbit?
**[00:18] ---**
He's not just any rabbit!
He can do incredible things!
**[00:22] ---**
No one knows where he is right now...
**[00:25] ---**
but he's somewhere.
**[00:27] ---**
When we find him, we can go anywhere.
**[00:34] ---**
Finished!
Finished!
**[00:39] ---**
They match.
**[00:41] ---**
You're incredible!
**[02:46] ---**
Recall
**[03:19] ---**
Looks like this place is about over too.
**[03:22] ---**
Over here.
**[03:25] ---**
Mom.
**[03:26] ---**
Timothy, where were you?
**[03:30] ---**
Come on, let's go.
**[03:34] ---**
The patrol flights are
increasing, aren't they?
**[03:37] ---**
Yeah, ever since a certain person came.
**[03:40] ---**
I wonder why that is.
**[03:42] ---**
Why don't you go someplace else?
**[03:46] ---**
Why did you come here in the first place?
**[03:49] ---**
Because I...
**[03:52] ---**
Because Vincent is the chosen one.
**[03:59] ---**
He is a well-known revolutionary in Romdo.
**[04:04] ---**
He's a warrior who's
conducted resistance activities
**[04:07] ---**
while confronting the dome's
ruling establishment head-on.
**[04:11] ---**
Hey, Hoody, hold on a second.
**[04:13] ---**
You saw his magnificent
gunplay, didn't you?
**[04:16] ---**
They can send all the
patrol flights they want
**[04:18] ---**
and he'll destroy them as
easily as taking candy from a baby.
**[04:26] ---**
Romdo is on the verge of falling.
**[04:29] ---**
Citizens turned refugees want
to join the Commune *en masse*.
**[04:32] ---**
And in a last ditch effort,
the city has launched
**[04:35] ---**
a series of attacks against us.
**[04:37] ---**
The officials are struggling
to keep anyone else from leaving.
**[04:43] ---**
But instead,
**[04:45] ---**
it's only ignited the fire within
the revolutionary warrior, Vincent.
**[04:49] ---**
The fools.
**[04:51] ---**
Hoody.
**[04:52] ---**
Revolutionary warrior?
**[04:56] ---**
Who cares what happens
to Romdo in the first place?
**[04:58] ---**
I'm tired of being caught
in the middle of this.
**[05:01] ---**
What are you saying?
**[05:02] ---**
We've staked our freedom
and dignity on this revolution.
**[05:05] ---**
What good is freedom if we're dead?
**[05:08] ---**
She's got a point there.
That's right.
**[05:11] ---**
On my word, we're not losing anyone else.
**[05:14] ---**
How can you be so certain?
**[05:18] ---**
Well, because a certain source
has been tipping me off
**[05:24] ---**
as to where the patrol flights will attack.
**[05:30] ---**
I've kept it secret to avoid
confusion but I've been negotiating
**[05:34] ---**
for our Commune's autonomy
**[05:36] ---**
with the authorities in Romdo.
**[05:39] ---**
The enemy is anxious to settle.
**[05:42] ---**
They came here on their
knees asking us to return to Romdo.
**[05:46] ---**
I'll be damned!
**[05:47] ---**
It's a dream come true!
**[05:55] ---**
That was a close call.
**[05:59] ---**
If I hadn't extended a
helping hand to you back there
**[06:02] ---**
they'd all be ganging up on you right now.
**[06:04] ---**
But that's still no reason to lie.
**[06:08] ---**
I managed to get you
out of it by thinking on my feet.
**[06:13] ---**
It was a very close call.
**[06:21] ---**
Leave things to Hoody and we'll be fine.
**[06:26] ---**
What is it, Quinn?
You still got a bone to pick?
**[06:30] ---**
Not really.
**[06:32] ---**
I was just wondering how on
Earth Hoody got in touch with Romdo.
**[06:52] ---**
Yes, this is the Commune.
**[06:54] ---**
I have a communication for Romdo.
**[06:56] ---**
Over.
**[06:58] ---**
What's the matter?
**[07:00] ---**
Quinn was wondering...
**[07:02] ---**
What's that? All right.
**[07:07] ---**
Seems their backs
are really up against the wall.
**[07:12] ---**
They're plotting to
switch over to our side.
**[07:15] ---**
They're completely desperate.
**[07:18] ---**
Someone from Romdo's coming here?
**[07:21] ---**
Who? A negotiator?
**[07:23] ---**
The negotiator's...
**[07:25] ---**
Could it be he's coming for us?
**[07:29] ---**
Well, I don't suppose
that's out of the question, but...
**[07:32] ---**
We can go back to Romdo!
**[07:34] ---**
We're in luck.
**[07:35] ---**
He did it!
**[07:38] ---**
Say, is that the radio?
**[07:51] ---**
All that worrying for nothing.
**[07:52] ---**
I tried to tell you.
**[07:54] ---**
With the revolutionary warrior
on our side, we're invincible.
**[07:59] ---**
Speaking of which, where is the warrior?
**[08:10] ---**
I found you!
**[08:12] ---**
You're playing hide ‘n seek? Me too!
**[08:18] ---**
Get out of here, will you?
**[08:21] ---**
Roger!
**[08:22] ---**
Hide-and-seek! Hide-and-seek!
**[08:30] ---**
Doesn't look like he's around here.
**[08:31] ---**
Nope.
**[08:48] ---**
Finished!
**[08:49] ---**
Me too!
**[08:52] ---**
Don't copy me.
**[09:01] ---**
Why the long face, revolutionary warrior?
**[09:05] ---**
I'm sorry, but you started all of this.
**[09:09] ---**
Are you like them too?
**[09:12] ---**
Totally dependent on me,
but quite adept at complaining.
**[09:17] ---**
I'm the only one concerned
about the Commune.
**[09:21] ---**
Not to worry.
**[09:22] ---**
If we can ride this out, we'll find peace.
**[09:26] ---**
If it comes to it, we can
escape on the Centzon Totochtin.
**[09:29] ---**
Centzon...?
**[09:31] ---**
The four hundred rabbits.
**[09:34] ---**
Rabbits?
**[09:38] ---**
I found the rabbit!
**[09:41] ---**
Hippity-hop.
**[09:42] ---**
Wait!
**[09:44] ---**
Hippity-hop.
**[09:52] ---**
Anyway, no one's seen it except for Hoody.
**[09:55] ---**
I don't have the slightest clue
what the hell kind of vehicle it is.
**[09:58] ---**
Giving it that ridiculous name,
"The Four Hundred Rabbits."
**[10:02] ---**
Who knows where he's hiding it.
**[10:04] ---**
Why would he hide it?
**[10:06] ---**
He gave some crazy story about
the outside world being dangerous...
**[10:10] ---**
but he just wants to keep us here.
**[10:12] ---**
He doesn't want to lose his companions.
**[10:15] ---**
It scares me.
**[10:17] ---**
Lies lead to more lies...
**[10:18] ---**
and at some point,
I'm afraid there's no going back.
**[10:23] ---**
It's a tragic thing, being human.
**[10:27] ---**
And that goes for every single one of us.
**[10:32] ---**
When's the negotiator coming?
**[10:34] ---**
He'll be here soon.
**[10:35] ---**
Where's he coming from?
**[10:37] ---**
From over there, probably.
**[10:40] ---**
He'll try to make it look
like he's coming from there
**[10:43] ---**
by coming all the way
around from over there.
**[11:48] ---**
Hoody, he's here! He's here!
**[11:51] ---**
Who?
**[11:53] ---**
This way.
**[12:01] ---**
It's the negotiator.
**[12:26] ---**
I can't hear a thing.
What are they talking about?
**[12:30] ---**
I can't see the negotiator's face.
**[12:32] ---**
I wonder if Hoody can handle this well.
**[12:45] ---**
You don't look like the
negotiator from last time,
**[12:49] ---**
but why don't you start
by giving me your name.
**[12:55] ---**
This isn't going anywhere.
**[12:57] ---**
What on Earth have you come here for?
**[13:02] ---**
Have you lost your nerve and
want to abandon the negotiations?
**[13:05] ---**
Are you going to use military force?
**[13:06] ---**
In that case, he'll be your adversary.
**[13:11] ---**
Well...
**[13:12] ---**
Vincent, it's me.
**[13:16] ---**
Re-l Mayer.
**[13:19] ---**
I've come for you.
**[13:23] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[13:24] ---**
You're going back to Romdo.
**[13:26] ---**
It's not that easy for me now.
**[13:30] ---**
What's going on?
**[13:32] ---**
Once someone leaves
Romdo, they're unable to return.
**[13:35] ---**
Why? Why just him?
**[13:40] ---**
Shut up! Go over there!
**[13:45] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[13:46] ---**
Let's go, Vincent.
**[13:48] ---**
Wait! I won't let you take Vincent.
**[13:51] ---**
Do you want to be killed?
**[13:55] ---**
Re-l. It's me. Can you hear me?
**[13:58] ---**
Chief, we've received
a report from the Security...
**[14:01] ---**
Re-l?
**[14:04] ---**
What is it?
**[14:04] ---**
Out of my way!
**[14:06] ---**
What's going on?
**[14:07] ---**
There are people everywhere outside.
**[14:09] ---**
Re-l, I told you not to come
in contact with the people there.
**[14:14] ---**
They are standing right in
front of me, I can't miss them.
**[14:18] ---**
Why were you hiding this from me?
**[14:20] ---**
I didn't want to cause you any undue worry.
**[14:24] ---**
This isn't just about the Proxy anymore.
**[14:27] ---**
Proxy?
**[14:28] ---**
That sounds very suspicious.
**[14:31] ---**
Don't engage in any further contact with...
**[14:34] ---**
Damn it!
**[14:36] ---**
How come you know about the monster?
**[14:39] ---**
You think Proxies are monsters?
**[14:43] ---**
You've got a lot to learn, young lady.
**[14:45] ---**
He's laughing.
**[14:47] ---**
He isn't fazed a bit.
**[14:48] ---**
They're said to be beasts and demons,
**[14:51] ---**
but that's all nonsense.
**[14:53] ---**
Proxies are magicians.
**[14:55] ---**
They can change themselves into any form.
**[14:59] ---**
They can easily disappear at will.
**[15:05] ---**
They can also enter
humans and control their spirit.
**[15:11] ---**
They can shoot lightning bolts,
scorching the Earth in an instant.
**[15:17] ---**
They've even been known to
conjure up flame-spewing planets.
**[15:23] ---**
Won't you be quiet!
**[15:30] ---**
Get out of here and
stay there until I say it's all right!
**[15:36] ---**
Tag! You're it!
**[15:41] ---**
Between you and me,
**[15:42] ---**
there's not just a single Proxy either.
**[15:46] ---**
Take one step into the outside
world and you'll find them everywhere.
**[15:49] ---**
With my own eyes, I've confirmed seeing...
**[15:55] ---**
Five?
**[16:00] ---**
You're wasting my time.
**[16:02] ---**
Come on, Vincent.
**[16:03] ---**
Wait.
**[16:05] ---**
If you feel that strongly,
then I guess I don't have a choice.
**[16:09] ---**
For you, I'll make an exception and
tell you where the Proxy is.
**[16:13] ---**
Provided that you accept our conditions.
**[16:18] ---**
Re-l, it's me. Can you hear me?
**[16:21] ---**
What is it?
**[16:23] ---**
First, you recognize our autonomy and
**[16:26] ---**
The situation has changed.
**[16:26] ---**
immediately revise those hostile policies.
**[16:27] ---**
You must return immediately.
**[16:29] ---**
I was already planning to.
**[16:31] ---**
You're unusually willing.
**[16:32] ---**
Second, you establish friendly
relations with us at once.
**[16:34] ---**
Have you captured Vincent Law?
**[16:36] ---**
Of course.
**[16:37] ---**
Those who wish to return to Romdo are...
**[16:41] ---**
You're too noisy! Go over there!
**[16:46] ---**
But that's where the patrol
flights have been...
**[16:48] ---**
There're no patrol flights when
we're in the middle of negotiations!
**[16:51] ---**
I see. Hurry up, Vincent.
**[16:57] ---**
We don't have any more time.
**[17:00] ---**
The Security Bureau is preparing for a
mop-up operation against the Commune.
**[17:03] ---**
You'll also be killed if you're here.
**[17:06] ---**
Mop-up operation?
**[17:08] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[17:10] ---**
We were just discussing
establishing friendly relations.
**[17:12] ---**
Come on, Vincent.
**[17:15] ---**
Troops are coming here?
**[17:17] ---**
We're going to be laid to waste?
**[17:19] ---**
What about me?
What am I supposed to do?
**[17:22] ---**
Let go!
**[17:23] ---**
You're going to abandon us?!
**[17:27] ---**
You're going to escape by
yourself, even after I saved you!
**[17:35] ---**
Hey, I said don't copy me.
**[17:41] ---**
Draw something that's your own idea.
**[17:44] ---**
My own idea?
**[17:46] ---**
Don't ask me.
**[17:48] ---**
Just let something come to you and draw it.
**[17:51] ---**
Like something you really
want to eat right now.
**[17:53] ---**
I don't eat.
**[17:55] ---**
Oh, right. Then try closing your eyes.
**[18:00] ---**
Now remember something fun.
**[18:06] ---**
After you think of something,
then you can draw it.
**[18:17] ---**
We're going back.
**[18:19] ---**
We need to pack our bags.
**[18:22] ---**
What? Patrol flights?
**[18:25] ---**
They're not supposed to be here.
**[18:27] ---**
Maybe they're coming to take us back.
**[18:39] ---**
Let's go, Vincent.
**[18:43] ---**
Umm...
**[18:47] ---**
Can't we bring the others along with us?
**[18:52] ---**
No, it's not right for me to go back alone.
**[18:56] ---**
Not when...
**[18:57] ---**
You'll forget about them in no
time once you're back in Romdo.
**[19:01] ---**
Them, the Commune, everything.
**[19:04] ---**
You just need to get back to your old life.
**[19:07] ---**
Can it really be like it was before?
**[19:10] ---**
Relax. I'll testify to your innocence.
**[19:14] ---**
That's not what I mean!
**[19:18] ---**
Now that I...
**[19:22] ---**
Now that I know about the outside world...
**[19:26] ---**
even if I go back to Romdo...
**[19:32] ---**
I can never become a fellow citizen.
**[19:34] ---**
There's no place else to go besides Romdo.
**[19:37] ---**
Where else would you go?
**[19:38] ---**
This garbage dump? Don't make me laugh.
**[19:42] ---**
You're right. Where should I go?
**[19:46] ---**
Not here or Romdo.
**[19:49] ---**
In which case, I might as
well go back to where I was born.
**[19:52] ---**
Back to the lost dome?
**[19:54] ---**
Are you out of your mind?
**[19:57] ---**
Watch out!
**[20:10] ---**
Stop!
**[21:02] ---**
Amazing. She can do anything.
**[21:17] ---**
Timothy?
**[21:24] ---**
Re-l? Re-l?
**[21:27] ---**
Deadalus, they knocked out
my electrical system.
**[21:31] ---**
I can't move like this.
**[21:39] ---**
No! You'll die if you come
in contact with the outside air.
**[21:45] ---**
Re-l, don't go!
**[21:57] ---**
Who on Earth are you?
**[22:12] ---**
I need to get in touch
with Romdo immediately.
**[22:14] ---**
Is that the radio?
**[22:17] ---**
This is...
**[22:25] ---**
No, the note should be higher there.
**[22:27] ---**
What the hell is this? What's going on?
**[22:28] ---**
I don't get it.
**[22:31] ---**
Hand over the radio!
**[22:34] ---**
Quinn, come with me.
**[22:37] ---**
What's the matter?
**[22:38] ---**
Hurry!
**[22:40] ---**
If we don't contact Romdo soon...
**[22:43] ---**
Settle down. Have something to drink.
**[22:43] ---**
Oh, that brings back memories...
**[22:45] ---**
Shut up!
I've had enough.
**[22:57] ---**
What's going on?
Why was there a Proxy here?
**[23:04] ---**
Why do they only show up wherever you are?
**[23:09] ---**
Answer me!
**[23:13] ---**
Who the hell are you?
**[23:19] ---**
Re-l?
**[23:24] ---**
Like I said, Timothy won't
give me my book back.
**[23:28] ---**
All right.
**[23:29] ---**
He won't answer me either.
**[25:31] ---**
The man standing in the way of our return.
**[25:35] ---**
When the balance of power
between attacking forces collapses
**[25:38] ---**
the door opens to a place
we must return to.
**[25:39] ---**
Return Home
**[25:44] ---**
# 6 - Domecoming
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GYQ42D876/ergo-proxy)
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**[00:08] ---**
Is that the Rabbit?
**[00:09] ---**
Rabbit?
**[00:11] ---**
I can't believe it was for real.
**[00:39] ---**
Timothy?
**[00:58] ---**
Come on out, Timothy.
**[01:00] ---**
I'm right here.
**[01:21] ---**
Timothy!
**[01:27] ---**
That's weird.
**[03:15] ---**
Return Home
**[03:54] ---**
There's no sense interfering with
those who've escaped from the dome.
**[03:58] ---**
But those who've left
Romdo deserve punishment.
**[04:03] ---**
Generally speaking.
**[04:05] ---**
It's the people who
don't actually do anything
**[04:07] ---**
that like to speak in generalities.
**[04:10] ---**
Bear in mind you are chief
of the Citizen's Security Bureau.
**[04:14] ---**
Yes.
**[04:15] ---**
Blood pressure and
heart rate are both increasing.
**[04:17] ---**
Breathing is irregular.
**[04:20] ---**
What's the point of analyzing someone
whose emotions are being controlled?
**[04:25] ---**
Such hubris invites miscalculation.
**[04:35] ---**
Are you all right?
Let me check your vital signs.
**[04:47] ---**
What an ugly face.
**[04:59] ---**
I've been disgraced by it.
**[05:14] ---**
Daedalus!
**[05:48] ---**
I'm cold...
**[05:50] ---**
It's a high fever, with skin
and blood vessel contraction...
**[05:54] ---**
resulting in chills, convulsions
and eventually death.
**[06:04] ---**
Vincent?! Where is he?
**[06:08] ---**
Don't tell me...
**[06:09] ---**
No, he hasn't left yet.
**[06:12] ---**
But tomorrow he'll be...
**[06:14] ---**
Damn it!
**[06:16] ---**
You still mustn't overdo it.
Not in your condition.
**[06:25] ---**
Vincent Law.
**[06:27] ---**
The only key to unlocking
the Proxy mystery.
**[06:41] ---**
Damn it.
**[06:42] ---**
Can't even get a peep out of it.
**[06:45] ---**
That's Romdo's latest model
for you. Very high maintenance.
**[06:51] ---**
Oh, perfect timing.
**[06:53] ---**
You know a lot about machines.
How do you...
**[06:56] ---**
What are you doing
with this here? Did you take it?
**[07:00] ---**
Though you may say we took it,
it wasn't Hoody's to begin with.
**[07:06] ---**
Quinn thinks we can use
it to lure the negotiator here.
**[07:10] ---**
What?
**[07:12] ---**
Quinn hasn't been in her
right mind since Timothy died.
**[07:18] ---**
Well, neither have we.
**[07:31] ---**
What is it?
**[07:33] ---**
Where's Vincent Law?
**[07:35] ---**
Beats me.
**[07:37] ---**
You're the one who took my A.H.D.
**[07:42] ---**
You want it back?
**[07:46] ---**
I'm taking that man back to Romdo.
**[07:50] ---**
I'm not letting him go with you.
**[07:52] ---**
You're gonna ride in that thing?
**[07:54] ---**
It's him or the vehicle.
What's it gonna be?
**[07:58] ---**
You don't look so hot, princess.
**[08:06] ---**
Re-l!
**[08:10] ---**
Vin... cent...
**[08:17] ---**
Re-l!
**[08:19] ---**
Hoody doesn't have any vaccine.
**[08:22] ---**
He ran out a long time ago.
**[08:26] ---**
Although he's been hiding
the fact from others.
**[08:28] ---**
But, he cured my...
**[08:31] ---**
You think he did?
**[08:33] ---**
You're wrong. You recovered on your own.
**[08:36] ---**
He doesn't have any medicine?
**[08:40] ---**
However...
**[08:42] ---**
That's...!
**[08:43] ---**
The last dose.
**[08:45] ---**
I'm not giving it to you for free.
**[08:48] ---**
I'll hand it over if you bring
the girl with you on the Rabbit.
**[08:53] ---**
Don't look so sour.
**[08:55] ---**
All you need is this, and she'll be cured.
**[08:57] ---**
And for the trip, the more the merrier.
**[09:11] ---**
Hoody?
**[09:12] ---**
Pino?
**[09:13] ---**
What are you doing?
**[09:15] ---**
I'm not doing anything. Nothing at all.
**[09:19] ---**
You'll be gone after tomorrow, Pino?
**[09:23] ---**
I guess.
**[09:25] ---**
You don't want to go back to Romdo?
**[09:28] ---**
Not really.
**[09:29] ---**
Why not?
**[09:31] ---**
Because I mustn't leave Vince.
**[09:34] ---**
Oh, but pa...
**[09:40] ---**
No. It's nothing.
**[09:43] ---**
Hey, Hoody?
**[09:46] ---**
Do you know where Timothy is?
**[09:48] ---**
I looked all over,
but I can't find him anywhere.
**[09:52] ---**
You know Timothy's dead, right?
**[09:56] ---**
Yeah, I know.
**[09:57] ---**
That's why I thought
there would be another Timothy.
**[10:00] ---**
Pino...
**[10:03] ---**
when a person dies,
you never see them again.
**[10:09] ---**
What? Really?
**[10:12] ---**
Really.
**[10:13] ---**
Really? I wanted to play
with him some more.
**[10:20] ---**
Are you sad, Pino?
**[10:22] ---**
Sad?
**[10:24] ---**
Right.
**[10:25] ---**
What you're feeling
there right now is called "sad."
**[10:37] ---**
Sad...
**[10:39] ---**
And we went through all that
trouble trying to get her to come.
**[10:43] ---**
Be patient.
**[10:44] ---**
We've still got her vehicle.
**[10:48] ---**
And besides,
we don't want to anger that guy.
**[10:51] ---**
Can't believe my ears, it's so unlike you.
**[10:54] ---**
You're afraid of that sissy?
**[10:57] ---**
I don't know. Maybe.
**[10:59] ---**
I got the stuff, Quinn.
**[11:04] ---**
My god!
**[11:06] ---**
This is amazing!
**[11:07] ---**
Can you believe it?
Look how much there is!
**[11:09] ---**
I've planted the seed.
**[11:11] ---**
Now we have to wait
and see how he responds.
**[11:16] ---**
The only thing to do is to...
**[11:19] ---**
bring her with me.
**[11:21] ---**
Vince?
**[11:27] ---**
You're planning on taking
the girl with you?
**[11:30] ---**
She's not going to recover
from the infection here.
**[11:33] ---**
Vincent, what are you...
**[11:34] ---**
You should know better than anyone!
**[11:39] ---**
You knew?
**[11:41] ---**
If we go on the boat,
we can get the vaccine.
**[11:44] ---**
You think Quinn's going to help her?
**[11:47] ---**
Nonsense!
**[11:49] ---**
That girl's from Romdo,
the city that took Timothy's life.
**[11:53] ---**
When the Rabbit leaves,
the dome is sure to chase it down.
**[11:58] ---**
If Quinn can use the girl as a shield,
they won't be able to attack.
**[12:02] ---**
But, once they make it across the bay,
**[12:04] ---**
the girl's no use to them anymore.
**[12:07] ---**
Quinn's lying when she says she'll help.
**[12:11] ---**
If you believe her, you're a fool.
**[12:13] ---**
But with the vaccine...
**[12:17] ---**
What if the vaccine's not real?
**[12:21] ---**
Even if it was real,
**[12:23] ---**
she couldn't survive those
frigid lands in her weakened state.
**[12:28] ---**
But even so, we can't just stay here.
**[12:31] ---**
She doesn't have long.
**[12:34] ---**
Then what are you saying I should do?
**[12:36] ---**
Take her back to Romdo.
**[12:39] ---**
Take her back? To Romdo?
**[12:42] ---**
If you don't want her to die,
**[12:44] ---**
your only option is to
take her back to Romdo.
**[12:46] ---**
I don't know what you did there...
**[12:49] ---**
but she came here for you.
**[12:52] ---**
You can return, and that makes you special.
**[12:55] ---**
The man from Romdo must return to Romdo.
**[12:58] ---**
It's providence.
**[13:00] ---**
You will rot if you resist.
**[13:04] ---**
Go back to Romdo?
**[13:11] ---**
Quinn, come up here.
**[13:14] ---**
Quinn!
**[13:18] ---**
You're going back to Romdo?
**[13:32] ---**
Take it.
**[13:36] ---**
Good luck.
**[13:38] ---**
You too.
**[13:45] ---**
You're going back to Romdo, Re-l.
**[13:56] ---**
Hippity-hop. Hippity-hop.
**[14:08] ---**
Airplane!
**[14:11] ---**
Let's go!
**[14:25] ---**
Bye-bye.
**[14:39] ---**
Re-l Mayer?
**[14:41] ---**
Her A.H.D. is currently
docked outside plug vent Number 3.
**[14:46] ---**
The Health and Welfare
Bureau is asking permission to...
**[14:48] ---**
I'm too busy for this.
**[14:51] ---**
Chief.
**[14:53] ---**
Let her wait.
**[14:55] ---**
I can't approve the return of someone
who left the dome without permission.
**[14:59] ---**
Likewise, those who
stray from the dome as he has,
**[15:01] ---**
deserve punishment.
**[15:05] ---**
That certainly is the general rule.
**[15:09] ---**
That's why she must suffer
the consequences of her actions.
**[15:13] ---**
Isn't that right, Kristeva?
**[15:19] ---**
No waves.
**[15:23] ---**
How is it?
**[15:25] ---**
It's no good. I don't know
the first thing about machines.
**[15:27] ---**
We're not going to sink, right?
**[15:30] ---**
If I wanted to die with someone,
I'd pick a good looking man.
**[15:32] ---**
That's for sure.
**[15:34] ---**
You idiot. She means you.
**[15:37] ---**
In any case, reconnect the broken lines.
**[15:40] ---**
We just need a quick fix.
**[15:42] ---**
But, Quinn...
**[15:45] ---**
It's quiet. Maybe because there's no wind.
**[15:49] ---**
No, it's not just the wind.
**[15:51] ---**
Quinn, are those
scary things all gonna come?
**[15:55] ---**
Don't worry.
**[15:57] ---**
Quinn, you're like my papa.
**[15:59] ---**
Hey, you mean mama, don't you?
**[16:04] ---**
I don't know.
**[16:26] ---**
Damn. Not here.
**[16:28] ---**
Hurry! We can't take much more of this!
**[16:37] ---**
What about Chief Raul?
**[16:38] ---**
Still no answer.
**[16:39] ---**
He's useless.
**[16:41] ---**
It's Re-l Mayer's infection, isn't it?
**[16:43] ---**
That whole thing's giving me a headache.
**[16:46] ---**
The fellow passenger
identified himself as Vincent Law,
**[16:49] ---**
the man the Security Bureau
was pursuing before.
**[16:51] ---**
Shall I report it?
**[16:53] ---**
She's bringing him back.
It's worth examining him.
**[16:57] ---**
Let's just tell him
there's another passenger.
**[17:00] ---**
We'll pretend we don't know it's Vincent.
**[17:04] ---**
What?
**[17:05] ---**
Is there a problem?
**[17:06] ---**
I'm not so naïve as to show
a card I haven't been asked for.
**[17:14] ---**
Shit! Shit! Shit!
**[17:17] ---**
Move, you stupid old boat!
**[17:18] ---**
Shit! Shit! Shit!
**[17:24] ---**
Pino, take cover!
**[17:53] ---**
Chief Raul.
**[17:54] ---**
Just when it's getting interesting.
**[17:56] ---**
You're aware of our
request to open plug vent No.3.
**[18:00] ---**
The outside air is filled with germs.
**[18:03] ---**
What's more, it's not such a simple matter
**[18:05] ---**
to open it for someone who is infected.
**[18:07] ---**
We've given you plenty
of time for those things...
**[18:09] ---**
Security Bureau Chief.
**[18:12] ---**
We're fully prepared on our end.
Now, please give us permission.
**[18:18] ---**
I guess I don't have much choice.
**[18:19] ---**
In that case, we'll deal
with the other passenger as well.
**[18:24] ---**
Other passenger?
**[18:26] ---**
It's not just that unruly girl?
**[18:30] ---**
Vincent Law.
**[18:33] ---**
Leave three vehicles in pursuit
and direct the rest to plug vent No. 3.
**[18:38] ---**
I'm headed there too.
**[18:40] ---**
Yes.
**[18:42] ---**
That's where he is.
**[18:44] ---**
He's not on the airship.
**[18:52] ---**
What's going on?
**[18:54] ---**
All right!
**[18:56] ---**
In any case, it's a chance.
Hurry up and fix it!
**[18:59] ---**
That's funny.
**[19:02] ---**
I was never told the
other passenger's name.
**[19:04] ---**
Why do you think it's him?
It's merely speculation.
**[19:08] ---**
But there's a very good chance.
**[19:11] ---**
Vincent Law.
**[19:13] ---**
Charged with treason
for destroying an Entourage.
**[19:16] ---**
An immigrant.
**[19:17] ---**
He's a threat, but I
don't think he warrants
**[19:19] ---**
using the Security Bureau's
entire force for his capture.
**[19:23] ---**
Because he's so insignificant,
I didn't want him bothering you.
**[19:30] ---**
Sorry, it's just that you
seem oddly fixated on him.
**[19:33] ---**
Re-l Mayer is on the other
side of that hatch, Chief Daedalus.
**[19:38] ---**
Don't forget that.
**[20:06] ---**
Yes, right.
**[20:07] ---**
Vincent Law is to be executed
immediately upon identification.
**[20:12] ---**
Nothing we can do.
Right now Re-l is our top priority.
**[20:16] ---**
Tell him there'll be hell to pay if
Re-l suffers so much as a scratch.
**[20:21] ---**
Is it all right to open the plug vent?
**[20:25] ---**
Yes, fine.
**[20:28] ---**
Opening the hatch.
**[20:46] ---**
Show me your face, Vincent.
**[21:10] ---**
We did it! We're moving!
**[21:14] ---**
Way to go, kid.
**[21:51] ---**
I'm ready now.
**[22:11] ---**
Quinn!
**[22:33] ---**
The airship has crossed the bay.
**[22:35] ---**
The patrol craft can't
pursue it any further.
**[22:39] ---**
Burn the Commune to the ground.
**[22:44] ---**
Quinn.
**[22:47] ---**
It's the...
**[22:48] ---**
It's liquor... It's special...
**[22:51] ---**
Drink it... I want you to...
**[22:53] ---**
We can still go back to the
Commune and get you some first aid.
**[22:57] ---**
Quinn...
**[22:58] ---**
Oh, what are you talking about?
**[23:06] ---**
See.
**[23:08] ---**
They can't come here,
they're flying in circles.
**[23:11] ---**
I can't believe we were
afraid of those stupid things.
**[23:14] ---**
It's laughable, isn't it?
**[23:18] ---**
Serves you right, you bastards...
**[23:25] ---**
Quinn.
**[23:26] ---**
Quinn?
**[23:35] ---**
I feel sad, Quinn...
**[25:31] ---**
The days of ignorant bliss are over.
**[25:37] ---**
An unseen force before me
blocks the path ahead.
**[25:39] ---**
Re-l 124C41+
**[25:41] ---**
And then...
**[25:44] ---**
# 7 - re-1124c41+
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**[00:34] ---**
Thank you, Vince.
**[00:43] ---**
Driven from Romdo by a
monster called a Proxy...
**[00:48] ---**
I escaped to the outside world.
**[00:55] ---**
After losing everything,
**[00:57] ---**
I'm left with doubts and only one option.
**[01:02] ---**
We travel to Mosk, my birthplace,
**[01:06] ---**
in the hopes of discovering something.
**[01:09] ---**
It's been several days
since the journey began.
**[01:15] ---**
Not only have our bodies grown weak.
**[01:19] ---**
Cloudy skies go on forever.
**[01:23] ---**
Frozen lands stretch to
the ends of the Earth.
**[01:27] ---**
The bone chilling landscape
closes in on us.
**[03:27] ---**
How is she?
**[03:28] ---**
Yes. It's been only three days...
**[03:32] ---**
but the adaptation rate
of the bio-mimetic Amrita cells
**[03:35] ---**
being administered is progressing well.
**[03:37] ---**
Complications from the weakened
immune system due to the infection...
**[03:42] ---**
at this point, there's no problem.
**[03:50] ---**
Given her condition,
**[03:52] ---**
we could allow her to go home
today to continue her recovery.
**[03:59] ---**
Well then, I'll bring her to you later.
**[04:04] ---**
The latest data is in.
**[04:09] ---**
Your ability to heal never
ceases to amaze me, Re-l.
**[04:19] ---**
Re-l 124C41+
**[04:22] ---**
Chief Daedalus.
**[04:39] ---**
The Proxy has already vanished
from Romdo and its vicinities.
**[04:43] ---**
It is an unshakeable fact.
**[04:47] ---**
If you are in possession of some
concrete information, we ask that...
**[04:52] ---**
Don't forget.
**[04:54] ---**
While we are individuals,
we are at the same time a single entity.
**[04:58] ---**
If the Research Bureau knows
of a way to track the Proxy...
**[05:03] ---**
the Security Bureau's position is...
**[05:04] ---**
Each bureau's disputes...
**[05:07] ---**
are sensed by us.
**[05:11] ---**
Which means we are capable
of knowing Romdo in its entirety.
**[05:16] ---**
The fact that our existence makes
the connection is sufficient proof as to
**[05:20] ---**
whether the Proxy is present or not.
**[05:25] ---**
The Proxy is not in Romdo.
That much is true.
**[05:31] ---**
Then there's one thing this individual
wishes to ask you, as a single entity.
**[05:36] ---**
Why was a citizen allowed
to return from the outside world,
**[05:40] ---**
when none of us have attempted it before?
**[05:44] ---**
You are not authorized to request...
**[05:47] ---**
the disclosure of such information.
**[05:50] ---**
Your time is up.
**[06:33] ---**
Knowing the truth
doesn't equate to being happy.
**[06:39] ---**
I can't believe it took me so
long to accept such an obvious reality.
**[06:45] ---**
I realize now it was because
of my own weakness.
**[06:52] ---**
My grandfather's lies.
**[06:56] ---**
There's a world outside this city.
**[07:00] ---**
There are people living there.
**[07:07] ---**
I know that now.
**[07:10] ---**
That's why...
**[07:12] ---**
there's no escape from this reality.
**[07:28] ---**
What's it doing here?
**[07:30] ---**
Daedalus, so you did know after all.
**[08:39] ---**
This is the artificial womb.
**[08:44] ---**
Daedalus!
**[08:46] ---**
The place where all
of Romdo's citizens are born...
**[08:49] ---**
the womb-sys.
**[08:50] ---**
Daedalus, why?
**[08:54] ---**
I'll take my work tools back.
**[08:57] ---**
I can't cover up for you if I lose one.
**[09:02] ---**
I really give you credit
for your curiosity.
**[09:10] ---**
Follow me.
**[09:12] ---**
I'll show you.
**[09:15] ---**
It's the most biologically and
structurally efficient production line...
**[09:21] ---**
as a life-sustaining
system within the dome.
**[09:24] ---**
From here we are born
to become fellow citizens and
**[09:28] ---**
to be raised by fellow citizens.
**[09:33] ---**
Everything is controlled and
thus the balance is maintained.
**[09:38] ---**
Because population management
and stability are essential...
**[09:41] ---**
in order for daily life to proceed
in a domed city like Romdo.
**[09:47] ---**
Re-l?
**[09:48] ---**
I'm all right.
**[09:50] ---**
Even though mentally I know
that people are controlled
**[09:56] ---**
by production lines just like AutoReivs...
**[10:00] ---**
It's different when you actually see it.
**[10:05] ---**
Operational intervention
in the life process.
**[10:08] ---**
By doing it repeatedly,
we allow the human race to go on.
**[10:14] ---**
Is that how it really is?
**[10:16] ---**
Then what was that world
I saw out there with my own eyes?
**[10:21] ---**
Tell me, Daedalus!
**[10:24] ---**
Do fellow citizens really
need this dome anymore?
**[10:30] ---**
If we know for certain
there's an outside world,
**[10:32] ---**
hasn't it long since served its purpose?
**[10:36] ---**
I'm an idiot.
**[10:38] ---**
I came very close to
losing someone important to me.
**[10:44] ---**
I really shouldn't have let you go outside.
**[10:48] ---**
It's too late now.
**[10:51] ---**
Once you know the truth,
there's no escaping it.
**[10:54] ---**
Right.
**[10:55] ---**
Do you remember our promise?
**[10:59] ---**
Yeah, but before that,
will you help me save face?
**[11:06] ---**
You want me to go to my grandfather's?
**[11:10] ---**
He's right.
**[11:12] ---**
Before setting out on a
journey for the truth...
**[11:16] ---**
there's someone I need to face.
**[11:25] ---**
A world without so much
as a trace of a living creature
**[11:28] ---**
let alone a sign of people.
**[11:35] ---**
Still far from Mosk,
our hopeful final destination.
**[11:44] ---**
And...
**[11:47] ---**
on every face, a look of fatigue.
**[12:00] ---**
I'm sorry I've given you
so much trouble, Grandfather.
**[12:07] ---**
Are you satisfied, Re-l?
**[12:10] ---**
What did you see in the outside world?
**[12:13] ---**
You can speak freely.
**[12:17] ---**
Are you at a loss as to how to answer?
**[12:21] ---**
There were people.
**[12:23] ---**
People living there.
**[12:26] ---**
There was a world.
**[12:28] ---**
Is that right?
**[12:31] ---**
Why are you hiding it?
**[12:33] ---**
Re-l...
**[12:34] ---**
What are you afraid of?
**[12:36] ---**
You've said quite enough.
**[12:37] ---**
I'm talking to my Grandfather.
**[12:46] ---**
You don't have an answer, do you?
**[12:56] ---**
I wonder how much time
has passed since we left Romdo.
**[13:04] ---**
The tired faces.
**[13:07] ---**
And another one...
**[13:42] ---**
Re-l.
**[13:53] ---**
Re-l. Re-l.
**[13:56] ---**
He was sent here for readjustment
due to imprecise judgment valuations.
**[14:00] ---**
I had him handed over
to me for safekeeping.
**[14:04] ---**
I'll go set things up.
**[14:12] ---**
If it wasn't for the Prince,
I'd be scrap already.
**[14:16] ---**
You've lost some weight,
haven't you? You look pale too.
**[14:21] ---**
You're a mess without me, aren't you, Re-l?
**[14:25] ---**
Come on, Re-l. Why are
you being so distant?
**[14:29] ---**
Because even now, you're being...
**[14:32] ---**
Well, then...
**[14:34] ---**
now it's my turn to
keep my promise to you.
**[14:37] ---**
Wait. Before that...
**[14:45] ---**
Oh, I haven't told you yet, have I?
**[14:49] ---**
Iggy's been given the
same procedure as my assistants.
**[14:53] ---**
You severed the connection
with the surveillance structure.
**[14:57] ---**
Right.
**[14:58] ---**
Which means Iggy's ears
are no longer your Grandfather's.
**[15:03] ---**
So now we can speak
freely about the Security Bureau.
**[15:07] ---**
All right, now let's get down to business.
**[15:12] ---**
I have the results from
the autopsy on that thing.
**[15:16] ---**
That thing you found
butchered in the outer block.
**[15:22] ---**
But before that...
**[15:24] ---**
I'm going to tell you what
I know, from the beginning.
**[15:35] ---**
One age has come to an end.
**[15:38] ---**
Chief?
**[15:40] ---**
The Regent's life force
is gradually starting to decline.
**[15:46] ---**
It's most evident in his complexion.
**[15:50] ---**
Such statements must be recorded
by Entourage AutoReivs like myself.
**[15:55] ---**
I want them to hear.
**[16:00] ---**
Any signs of the Proxy?
**[16:02] ---**
Now that it's no longer in the city,
**[16:04] ---**
it's difficult to use remote
follow-up investigation.
**[16:10] ---**
Let's make it simple.
**[16:12] ---**
We'll use those relics from the
past hidden in the underground facilities.
**[16:15] ---**
Intelligence Release Mode. Confirmed.
**[16:20] ---**
You mean the long-range transfer
crafts used in the Mosk invasion.
**[16:24] ---**
If you're going to eat the poison,
you might as well eat the plate.
**[16:27] ---**
I'm going to teach you
the meaning of those words.
**[16:32] ---**
We called it the Monad Proxy.
**[16:37] ---**
Monad?
**[16:38] ---**
We plundered it from the Mosk Dome.
**[16:50] ---**
It was already here when
I was assigned to the facility.
**[16:56] ---**
Even I don't know the real
reason it was kept locked up...
**[17:01] ---**
or why we were forbidden to wake it.
**[17:05] ---**
But there are some things I do know.
**[17:09] ---**
First, it's not a human...
**[17:12] ---**
from both a theological
and biological perspective.
**[17:17] ---**
We could not even identify its gender.
**[17:20] ---**
In terms of Romdo...
**[17:23] ---**
I think the Proxy's existence
could best be called a "life force."
**[17:28] ---**
So then, rather than being a monster...
**[17:31] ---**
Yes. It's definitely more like a god.
**[17:37] ---**
You could say it's the key to supporting...
**[17:39] ---**
the field necessary for
our survival in this ruined world.
**[17:45] ---**
It's like something right
out of the occult.
**[17:48] ---**
But it shows up in the actual data as well.
**[17:51] ---**
The specimen is composed of...
**[17:53] ---**
these Amrita cells which are immortal.
**[17:59] ---**
If we could figure out their secret...
**[18:02] ---**
we could...
**[18:04] ---**
The Proxy is the key to why we're alive.
**[18:10] ---**
But it's already been lost.
**[18:14] ---**
So then, Romdo must also have...
**[18:16] ---**
Yes.
**[18:18] ---**
But, we mustn't forget
our own little secret.
**[18:23] ---**
There's not just a single Proxy.
**[18:26] ---**
Very good.
**[18:28] ---**
Don't treat me like an idiot.
**[18:30] ---**
Well then, there's
something else I want to ask you.
**[18:35] ---**
Where did you learn the word Proxy?
**[18:41] ---**
You shouldn't have left
me alone in the office.
**[18:44] ---**
Re-l.
**[18:46] ---**
Honestly, I don't know
why I'm so drawn to all this.
**[18:52] ---**
Was it the intense encounter?
**[18:54] ---**
It's not just that.
**[18:56] ---**
Something changed then.
**[19:06] ---**
Until now I didn't need to
question things or have answers.
**[19:11] ---**
If only I'd just done my
job and left it at that...
**[19:16] ---**
I could still go back. But...
**[19:20] ---**
But?
**[19:22] ---**
I ran into it and found
out about the outside world.
**[19:28] ---**
I can't ignore something
once I know about it.
**[19:32] ---**
That's just like you.
**[19:37] ---**
But I'm the same too.
I want to know the answer.
**[19:42] ---**
That's why I'm here.
**[19:45] ---**
Daedalus.
**[20:02] ---**
It's just the two of us now.
**[20:05] ---**
No... that thing's an AutoReiv.
**[20:14] ---**
I'm alone again.
**[20:19] ---**
Come on. We're going to
the place you were born, right?
**[20:24] ---**
Yeah.
**[20:29] ---**
What kind of place is it?
**[20:31] ---**
It's, um...
**[20:33] ---**
you'll see when we get there.
**[20:37] ---**
Re-l!
**[20:46] ---**
Iggy!
**[20:53] ---**
This facility is secured! It's impossible.
**[21:02] ---**
Chief.
**[21:04] ---**
They're infected with cogito?
**[21:40] ---**
No way...
**[21:42] ---**
Don't tell me they've turned
the cogito virus into a weapon!
**[21:48] ---**
It's me they're after.
**[21:50] ---**
Raul. How dare he! We don't
even know its infection mechanism.
**[21:55] ---**
It shows how far he's
willing to go to lock in power.
**[21:58] ---**
He's trying to find out where the Proxy is.
**[22:06] ---**
The man who holds the answer to that is...
**[22:09] ---**
Vincent Law.
**[22:12] ---**
Re-l, we got a response from
our plant inside the Security Bureau.
**[22:17] ---**
I'm starting a trace on the target.
**[22:20] ---**
Re-l!
**[22:34] ---**
Re-l!
**[22:45] ---**
All alone.
**[22:48] ---**
The person left behind
has nothing but time to think.
**[22:55] ---**
The memories I can't recall,
even if I wanted to forget them.
**[23:00] ---**
The unresolved entity in
my head refuses to go away.
**[23:05] ---**
What is it?
**[23:07] ---**
What is inside of me?
**[23:14] ---**
Even if I knew...
**[23:17] ---**
what good would it do me now?
**[23:19] ---**
Now...
**[23:21] ---**
when I'm completely alone.
**[23:25] ---**
We'll probably never meet again.
**[23:29] ---**
That's why I must forget.
**[23:34] ---**
But even so, I can't forget that face.
**[25:31] ---**
Good things. Coming things.
**[25:33] ---**
Moving things. Sad things.
**[25:36] ---**
Happy things. Single things.
**[25:39] ---**
Couple things.
**[25:41] ---**
Shining things.
**[25:41] ---**
Light Beam
**[25:44] ---**
# 8 - Shining Sign
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**[00:06] ---**
The light's uncertainty resembled...
**[00:10] ---**
the purpose of my journey
as I headed for my hometown.
**[00:25] ---**
Does the "something"
I'm searching for exist in Mosk?
**[00:29] ---**
What is that "something"?
**[00:48] ---**
Now that even my food has run out,
the only thing awaiting me is...
**[00:56] ---**
a lonely death.
**[00:59] ---**
All alone...
**[01:03] ---**
except for...
**[01:04] ---**
Vince!
**[01:09] ---**
Something is shining over there!
**[01:14] ---**
Maybe it's those playing card soldiers!
**[01:20] ---**
That's from the picture book.
**[01:29] ---**
I wasn't alone. I had a companion.
**[01:34] ---**
An infected AutoReiv.
**[01:38] ---**
The light!
**[01:42] ---**
What?
**[03:55] ---**
A tower?
**[03:56] ---**
If we hide in the shadows,
we can avoid the aerial attack.
**[03:59] ---**
From our present location,
**[04:01] ---**
that's 558 units along the X-axis
and 832 units along the Y-axis.
**[04:06] ---**
I don't need directions, give me a hand!
**[04:24] ---**
AutoReivs?
**[04:35] ---**
Pino!
**[05:17] ---**
Don't move!
**[05:21] ---**
Yes.
**[05:27] ---**
Have the Mosquito search for the enemy.
**[05:34] ---**
Light Beam
**[05:53] ---**
Hey, does it taste good?
**[05:55] ---**
So this domed city's up ahead from here?
**[05:59] ---**
It's called Romdo.
**[06:02] ---**
Are you the playing card soldiers?
**[06:04] ---**
What is it?
**[06:05] ---**
We saw the shining light.
That's why we came.
**[06:08] ---**
Shining light?
**[06:10] ---**
It's the same nonsense
that woman was talking about.
**[06:13] ---**
Could it be from that legend about
the monster sleeping underground?
**[06:18] ---**
It's just a legend. It
doesn't mean anything.
**[06:23] ---**
Why are you fighting the AutoReivs?
**[06:27] ---**
The reason?
**[06:29] ---**
That sort of uncertainty is
fatal on the battlefield.
**[06:34] ---**
I don't understand.
**[06:36] ---**
Is it true that once they're infected
with that virus, they develop a soul?
**[06:41] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[06:43] ---**
That's enough already.
**[06:45] ---**
But, I...
**[06:46] ---**
We're just travelers.
**[06:48] ---**
I thank you for all
your help, including the food.
**[06:55] ---**
You certainly did eat. I believe you.
**[07:00] ---**
I'm Vincent...
**[07:02] ---**
Vincent Law.
**[07:04] ---**
Lieutenant Omacatl.
**[07:06] ---**
This is Commander Patecatl.
**[07:09] ---**
By the way, about the sailboat...
**[07:12] ---**
You mean "The Centzon?"
**[07:14] ---**
What's its power source?
Its average cruising speed and range?
**[07:18] ---**
I don't know it well
enough to tell you that.
**[07:22] ---**
I don't know either.
**[07:24] ---**
Don't worry.
**[07:26] ---**
Our people are already
in the process of retrieving it.
**[07:29] ---**
You can leave the repairs to us as well.
**[07:32] ---**
You've taken care of everything.
**[07:37] ---**
You can pay us back by lending us a hand.
**[07:39] ---**
Use this to fight.
**[07:42] ---**
But, um...
**[07:43] ---**
No sign of the enemy around Charos.
**[07:45] ---**
I see. Damage report.
**[07:48] ---**
A total of nine confirmed deaths
from platoons Alpha, Beta, and Gamma.
**[07:53] ---**
All told, our battalion currently
has forty-three people.
**[07:57] ---**
Shall I instruct them
to increase production?
**[07:59] ---**
There's no need to use precious energy
for new recruits before a war of attrition.
**[08:04] ---**
Roger.
**[08:05] ---**
Everyone, stop what
you're doing and listen.
**[08:09] ---**
First, I have some
unfortunate news to report.
**[08:11] ---**
We lost nine of our men
in the previous battle.
**[08:16] ---**
However, that is no reason to be daunted.
There's only one thing our enemy is after.
**[08:20] ---**
Our production source,
located in the center of our fortress...
**[08:24] ---**
the artificial womb.
**[08:26] ---**
If they try to come at us in
numbers with a single objective,
**[08:31] ---**
we can read their pattern of attack.
**[08:33] ---**
As soon as the sailboat is repaired,
**[08:35] ---**
commence servicing and
re-outfitting as an armored ship.
**[08:38] ---**
There's no need to hold back in waging war.
**[08:41] ---**
Its mobility and fuel efficiency
will come in handy on the battlefield.
**[08:49] ---**
We humans must win.
**[08:53] ---**
Assuming you're human too,
I'm sure you understand, Vincent.
**[09:00] ---**
I think I'm in trouble.
**[09:10] ---**
Excuse me, where's the bathroom?
**[09:16] ---**
Sorry...
**[09:22] ---**
This is B4 asking for permission to land.
**[09:40] ---**
I'm pathetic...
**[09:42] ---**
Vince?
**[09:45] ---**
I must have eaten too quickly
and my stomach wasn't able to handle it.
**[09:50] ---**
But I'm all right now.
**[09:52] ---**
All right. All right.
**[09:55] ---**
For some reason, I feel closer...
**[09:58] ---**
to this AutoReiv with a mind of its own.
**[10:02] ---**
It didn't feel like this when
we were traveling on the ship.
**[10:07] ---**
All I'd wanted was to meet someone.
**[10:11] ---**
Something's strange.
**[10:14] ---**
The people here,
something is strange about them.
**[10:17] ---**
Yeah.
**[10:19] ---**
Once the ship is repaired,
we should look for a chance to escape.
**[10:24] ---**
At long last,
I finally managed to reach Charos...
**[10:28] ---**
but I don't belong here either.
**[10:33] ---**
Pino?
**[10:35] ---**
What's the matter?
**[10:39] ---**
There was something shining.
**[10:42] ---**
Again? There's nothing there.
**[10:45] ---**
It was twinkling.
**[10:47] ---**
Let's go!
**[10:52] ---**
I'm coming.
**[11:00] ---**
A sailboat, huh?
**[11:02] ---**
I've never seen this type before.
**[11:05] ---**
It'll be nice not having to
worry about the power source.
**[11:10] ---**
Considering the Mosquito's flight range,
**[11:12] ---**
we sure could use this thing.
**[11:19] ---**
Hey?
**[11:53] ---**
Please, tell me, what the heck's going on?
**[11:57] ---**
Who else is there besides you?
**[12:00] ---**
Asurans don't kill this way.
**[12:06] ---**
It looks like whoever
did this enjoys killing people.
**[12:09] ---**
But why would I?!
**[12:12] ---**
In that case, that AutoReiv.
**[12:15] ---**
That's ridiculous.
**[12:16] ---**
One thing is for certain.
**[12:18] ---**
This didn't happen until you came.
**[12:26] ---**
Wait! It wasn't me!
**[12:31] ---**
Not again...
**[12:52] ---**
I bring death to everyone.
**[12:58] ---**
All that concerns me runs with blood.
**[13:06] ---**
Everyone dies.
**[13:16] ---**
Re-l.
**[13:34] ---**
What do you think about them?
**[13:37] ---**
That stuff about the light...
**[13:39] ---**
The woman talked about
the same sort of thing.
**[13:42] ---**
You mean about the light from
the moon which we can't even see?
**[13:46] ---**
Such nonsense is...
**[13:48] ---**
In any case, if we don't have
any further incidents after this...
**[13:51] ---**
Commander, the Asuran army...
**[14:05] ---**
Bit by bit, it can be seen.
**[14:07] ---**
Bit by bit, it can be heard.
**[14:10] ---**
Bit by bit, it grows stronger.
**[14:13] ---**
Here, there, and everywhere.
**[14:17] ---**
The end of the throbbing.
**[14:20] ---**
The master finally comes
**[14:23] ---**
along with the moonlight that
haunts the darkness.
**[14:27] ---**
Taking his time as he comes.
**[14:31] ---**
Bit by bit...
**[14:33] ---**
Bit by bit...
**[14:35] ---**
Bit by bit...
**[14:36] ---**
Bit by bit. Bit by bit.
Bit by bit. Bit by bit...
**[14:47] ---**
Maybe...
**[14:49] ---**
without me even knowing it...
**[14:54] ---**
inside me... something is...
**[15:03] ---**
This feeling.
**[15:07] ---**
I can hear the pulse of the awakening.
**[15:18] ---**
Along with the moonlight that
haunts the darkness.
**[15:25] ---**
It will certainly provide us with time.
**[15:28] ---**
The pulse of the awakening.
**[15:31] ---**
The end of the throbbing.
**[15:33] ---**
The master finally comes by moonlight.
**[15:39] ---**
Vince?
**[15:40] ---**
No... help me...
**[15:44] ---**
I don't want to change into...
**[15:46] ---**
what...
**[15:48] ---**
something...
**[15:50] ---**
anything...
**[15:51] ---**
No!
**[15:55] ---**
We've failed to stop
the encroachment at Area 32.
**[15:58] ---**
Asuran troops number almost
thirty at the platoon level.
**[16:02] ---**
They're now advancing towards Area 15.
**[16:05] ---**
Are they going after the Mosquito?
**[16:08] ---**
All personnel to first battle stations!
Defend the Mosquito at all cost.
**[16:12] ---**
And I want two platoons
deployed around the artificial womb.
**[16:16] ---**
Send the rest to the heliport.
**[17:04] ---**
No... please don't...
**[17:18] ---**
Commander...
**[17:20] ---**
Asuran detached forces have
infiltrated the underground facility.
**[17:23] ---**
Right now they're...
**[17:32] ---**
It was over before it started.
**[17:39] ---**
You're going to escape by yourself?!
**[17:41] ---**
We can't all ride in it anyway.
**[17:44] ---**
And we can't rebuild our unit,
not without the artificial womb.
**[17:48] ---**
Shit.
**[18:03] ---**
Get us outta here!
**[18:11] ---**
It's what that woman was talking about.
**[18:13] ---**
Just like the legend said!
**[18:21] ---**
Direct hit! You bastard!
**[18:30] ---**
Come on! Go!
**[18:35] ---**
Wait!
**[18:40] ---**
Hey...
**[19:30] ---**
Senex...
**[19:35] ---**
agent of the moonlight.
**[20:30] ---**
The throbbing of war is playing.
**[20:34] ---**
It is the melody announcing
the birth of a new world.
**[21:03] ---**
The master comes...
**[21:06] ---**
along with the moonlight that
haunts the darkness.
**[21:12] ---**
It's beautiful.
**[22:42] ---**
After the battle...
**[22:45] ---**
it will grant absolute
death to our world.
**[23:58] ---**
Who are you?
**[25:30] ---**
97 rabbits.
**[25:32] ---**
98 rabbits.
**[25:33] ---**
99 rabbits.
**[25:35] ---**
100 rabbits!
**[25:37] ---**
All right, I've counted to 100,
**[25:39] ---**
so I'm leaving Vince now!
**[25:40] ---**
Shards of Brilliance
**[25:44] ---**
# 9 - Angel's Share
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GYQ42D876/ergo-proxy)
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**[00:41] ---**
I'm...
**[00:45] ---**
Pino.
**[01:02] ---**
Is anybody here? Anyone?
**[01:06] ---**
Pino? Where is everyone?
**[01:18] ---**
This place is...
**[01:21] ---**
Vince!
**[01:23] ---**
Pino!
**[01:26] ---**
Pino?
**[01:30] ---**
Who are you?
**[01:31] ---**
Welcome to the place...
**[01:33] ---**
where the sun originates.
**[03:24] ---**
I thought I was in Charos.
**[03:27] ---**
You were lying there
passed out when I arrived.
**[03:32] ---**
I brought you here.
**[03:34] ---**
Lying there?
**[03:36] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[03:40] ---**
I'm Kazkis Hauer, master of this tower.
**[03:45] ---**
You must be confused
because you just woke up.
**[03:48] ---**
Who else survived besides me?
**[03:52] ---**
How could anyone else have survived?
**[04:06] ---**
Come here.
**[04:08] ---**
I'll give you a treat.
**[04:12] ---**
Shards of Brilliance
**[04:14] ---**
She's an infected AutoReiv.
**[04:16] ---**
AutoReiv?
**[04:18] ---**
They're machine-based.
**[04:21] ---**
A machine?
**[04:25] ---**
Pino!
**[04:28] ---**
Sorry, looks like she's feeling shy.
**[04:31] ---**
They say she's a child on the inside...
**[04:33] ---**
but even so, I don't know
why she's treating you like that...
**[04:36] ---**
after you rescued us.
**[04:39] ---**
Why did you help us?
**[04:49] ---**
Because you're my friend.
**[04:52] ---**
Friend?
**[04:53] ---**
All of us who know this far
corner of the world are friends.
**[04:58] ---**
This far corner of the world?
**[05:01] ---**
The world you saw...
**[05:03] ---**
and the world you will see...
**[05:05] ---**
Your eyes are staring at death.
**[05:09] ---**
You're probably right...
**[05:12] ---**
since surviving means
seeing so much death.
**[05:19] ---**
My friends died too.
**[05:21] ---**
I've been on my own for a long time.
**[05:23] ---**
But, why?
**[05:25] ---**
Why have I survived?
**[05:30] ---**
It was fate.
**[05:33] ---**
I'm so glad you made it this far.
**[05:39] ---**
Hop, hop, step.
**[05:41] ---**
Hop, step, step.
**[05:45] ---**
That hurts.
**[06:04] ---**
The place where the sun originates, huh?
**[06:08] ---**
I haven't seen this sort
of sight in a long time.
**[06:13] ---**
Pino?
**[06:15] ---**
What's wrong? Look, it's like a maze.
**[06:19] ---**
Hey, what's wrong?
**[06:22] ---**
Come on!
**[06:22] ---**
What is it?
Come on!
**[06:26] ---**
What the heck are these things?
**[06:40] ---**
What are they doing here?
**[06:45] ---**
Let's go back to the Rabbit, Vince.
**[06:56] ---**
I don't like it here.
Let's hurry up and leave.
**[07:03] ---**
It's scary. We can't stay here.
**[07:06] ---**
Come on, let's go look for the Rabbit.
**[07:10] ---**
All right, guess I'll go by myself then.
**[07:21] ---**
But he saved us.
**[07:28] ---**
Would you like some too?
**[07:29] ---**
No, thank you.
**[07:31] ---**
You haven't touched your plate.
**[07:34] ---**
Um, the AutoReivs I saw...
**[07:40] ---**
Oh, you mean the Knights?
**[07:43] ---**
Were they fighting with Charos?
**[07:45] ---**
They killed lots of people in Charos?
**[07:49] ---**
So what?
**[07:53] ---**
War has always been
about winners and losers.
**[07:56] ---**
A matter of life and death.
**[07:58] ---**
No war has ever
started without awareness of this.
**[08:01] ---**
But there's no point for
you to keep on attacking Charos.
**[08:05] ---**
War is pointless.
**[08:07] ---**
But there is meaning in being destroyed.
**[08:11] ---**
You saw the end of Charos, didn't you?
**[08:15] ---**
What Senex looked like...
**[08:17] ---**
Senex...
**[08:20] ---**
She was Charos's...
**[08:26] ---**
Why are you so fixated on Charos?
**[08:29] ---**
The people there needed to be cleansed.
**[08:31] ---**
That's why you fought?
**[08:33] ---**
Are you kidding?
**[08:36] ---**
Left behind, during a long sleep,
they tried to find meaning.
**[08:42] ---**
But they shied away
from their abandonment and
**[08:46] ---**
found a way to live
through mutual destruction.
**[08:50] ---**
Before long, the world was in chaos
and even death had lost its meaning
**[08:54] ---**
in their feeble minds.
**[08:57] ---**
I get angry just thinking
about the fact that
**[09:00] ---**
their intentions existed
in the first place.
**[09:04] ---**
Those miserable creatures.
**[09:11] ---**
No, maybe we should be
begging for forgiveness.
**[09:13] ---**
You and me.
**[09:16] ---**
Me?
**[09:18] ---**
Wait a second. What did I do?
I didn't do anything,
**[09:21] ---**
yet I'm constantly tormented by something.
**[09:24] ---**
Then I ended up coming here.
**[09:26] ---**
There you have it.
**[09:28] ---**
It's hard not doing anything,
not being able to do anything.
**[09:34] ---**
It was the same for me.
**[09:36] ---**
You too?
**[09:37] ---**
I was disgusted with myself
for not being able to do anything.
**[09:41] ---**
Showered with my own insults,
**[09:44] ---**
I couldn't find peace of
mind, even when I slept.
**[09:47] ---**
Without a purpose,
I simply counted the minutes
**[09:49] ---**
and suffered as my long life dragged on.
**[09:53] ---**
I suffered just as you do.
**[09:57] ---**
It's the same...
**[09:59] ---**
I love you the same way I loved Senex.
**[10:14] ---**
You loved Senex?
**[10:17] ---**
I'll tell you about us.
**[10:20] ---**
If my Asura were the sun,
then Charos would be the moon.
**[10:24] ---**
Senex and I each built
companion towers to serve witness
**[10:29] ---**
to the vows we
would exchange when we awoke.
**[10:33] ---**
Do you understand what I'm saying?
**[10:36] ---**
Senex and I both came to see
**[10:40] ---**
the way of grief, and for that we suffered.
**[10:42] ---**
And for that, we came
to have an unshakeable love.
**[10:46] ---**
But... Senex died before
we exchanged our vows.
**[10:51] ---**
You killed her.
**[10:53] ---**
No...
**[10:55] ---**
But that's all right. Vows hold
little weight in the eyes of fate.
**[11:00] ---**
Rather, I feel honored to
have met you in this way.
**[11:04] ---**
Let us be grateful for your power.
**[11:07] ---**
What are you insinuating?!
**[11:10] ---**
What's the matter?
**[11:11] ---**
I killed her?!
**[11:14] ---**
I could never have done that!
**[11:17] ---**
What do you mean? Senex was...
**[11:18] ---**
Please stop!
**[11:20] ---**
You are...
**[11:21] ---**
I don't know anything.
**[11:23] ---**
You're playing games, aren't you?
**[11:26] ---**
What are you saying we are?
**[11:29] ---**
Please...
**[11:30] ---**
tell me it's true!
**[11:33] ---**
What the hell are you?
**[11:35] ---**
How can you say that,
**[11:36] ---**
Why do you keep tormenting me?
**[11:36] ---**
Knowing we share the same grief?
**[11:40] ---**
Why?
**[11:41] ---**
I don't know anything!
**[11:47] ---**
Don't tell me he's lost his memory!
**[12:04] ---**
Did he kill my Senex
without even knowing it?
**[12:46] ---**
Why?
**[12:47] ---**
This is my Asura as it really is.
**[12:51] ---**
You saw this, right?
**[12:55] ---**
It's just a monument.
**[12:58] ---**
The citizens built it so that
future generations would know
**[13:01] ---**
how Asura was in the old days.
**[13:04] ---**
But it's worthless.
**[13:06] ---**
What happened to the citizens here?
**[13:08] ---**
They were completely wiped out.
**[13:09] ---**
Exterminated by the Knights.
**[13:12] ---**
What?!
**[13:13] ---**
Charos and Asura are one.
**[13:16] ---**
The citizens all died in the war,
and only the Knights remained.
**[13:20] ---**
Then what about the Charosian soldiers?
**[13:23] ---**
They are a false people.
**[13:26] ---**
Through death, nothing's
existence returns to nothing.
**[13:29] ---**
But they were alive!
**[13:33] ---**
The living have no choice
but to go on living.
**[13:36] ---**
People?
**[13:38] ---**
We're lucky now that
all life is dead and gone.
**[13:43] ---**
Why? Aren't you the master of this place?
**[13:48] ---**
You really are a fool.
**[13:50] ---**
Have you lost your eye for
truth as well as your memory?
**[13:54] ---**
I remember things just fine.
**[13:55] ---**
Then who are you?
**[13:59] ---**
See if you can tell me who you are.
**[14:01] ---**
I'm Vincent Law.
**[14:04] ---**
I worked at Romdo's Disposal Facilities...
**[14:07] ---**
but I was charged with
treason and fled from the dome.
**[14:11] ---**
Before that?
**[14:12] ---**
I was an emigrant in the Mosk dome.
**[14:15] ---**
What did you do in Mosk?
**[14:17] ---**
What did I do?
**[14:21] ---**
You don't remember, do you?
**[14:23] ---**
Despite your vague memory,
you've lived till now without doubts.
**[14:28] ---**
That itself is undeniable proof
**[14:31] ---**
that you intentionally
erased your memory, is it not?
**[14:34] ---**
Erased my memory?
**[14:36] ---**
You said you were in Mosk?
**[14:38] ---**
Yes, it's my hometown.
**[14:40] ---**
I see.
**[14:41] ---**
You must have transferred
your memories over to Monad.
**[14:46] ---**
But it was too much to absorb.
**[14:51] ---**
Monad probably couldn't
handle it, but accepted it anyways.
**[14:54] ---**
Because Monad loved you, right?
**[14:57] ---**
But in this display of
love, Monad lost you.
**[15:02] ---**
No, not only Monad.
**[15:04] ---**
You lost yourself as well.
**[15:07] ---**
Erasing the memories etched into oneself is
**[15:11] ---**
the same as losing oneself.
**[15:14] ---**
What are you saying?
**[15:16] ---**
I'm saying you're a traitor.
**[15:19] ---**
A traitor? Since when...?
**[15:22] ---**
You ran away in the most
shameful manner, as a Proxy.
**[15:27] ---**
Proxy?
**[15:29] ---**
But even more unforgivable than that...
**[15:32] ---**
you killed my beloved
Senex, you amnesiac!
**[15:44] ---**
I am the agent of brilliance...
**[15:47] ---**
Kazkis Proxy.
**[15:49] ---**
On my honor, I will annihilate the traitor.
**[16:19] ---**
What's wrong?
**[16:20] ---**
Even though you erased
your memory and lost yourself,
**[16:22] ---**
you still have your instincts, don't you?
**[16:25] ---**
If you think about it,
**[16:26] ---**
the ones who've gone
mad are the most endearing.
**[16:29] ---**
Senex...
**[16:30] ---**
If that's the case, let me go
mad along with my memories of you.
**[16:37] ---**
Sorry, did that hurt?
**[16:55] ---**
The Rabbit!
**[17:34] ---**
What's going on?
**[17:38] ---**
My arm!
**[17:50] ---**
Help me!
**[17:52] ---**
It hurts!
**[17:57] ---**
Am I a monster? No, I'm a...
**[18:02] ---**
You're a Proxy.
**[18:06] ---**
A Proxy?
**[18:08] ---**
Oh, what is it I'm feeling?
**[18:12] ---**
I'm revolted, nauseated.
**[18:17] ---**
Yes, that's it. It's you.
**[18:20] ---**
You're... you're...!
**[18:23] ---**
I'll give you one last chance to tell me.
**[18:25] ---**
You are the agent of what?
**[18:30] ---**
You can't answer?
**[18:32] ---**
Then die!
**[18:37] ---**
Go ahead and run. But you're in a trap...
**[18:41] ---**
just like me!
**[18:44] ---**
98 rabbits, 99 rabbits...
**[18:47] ---**
100 rabbits!
**[18:50] ---**
All right, I've counted to 100.
I'm leaving Vince now.
**[19:00] ---**
50 more!
**[19:02] ---**
101 rabbits...
**[19:04] ---**
102 rabbits...
**[19:06] ---**
103 rabbits...
**[19:26] ---**
This one's no good.
**[19:28] ---**
It's not fragrant.
**[19:31] ---**
Ah, this one's bad too.
It's got a coarse and sour taste.
**[19:35] ---**
Not a decent one left.
They're all low-grade piss.
**[19:40] ---**
Tell me.
**[19:41] ---**
What the hell is a Proxy?
**[19:44] ---**
How can you ask that after
you wiped out your own memory?
**[19:48] ---**
Am I a Proxy?
**[19:51] ---**
Why do I have to fight?
**[19:54] ---**
Why did you come back?
Because you want to kill me, right?
**[19:58] ---**
No.
**[20:00] ---**
It is time for awakening.
**[20:01] ---**
I don't want to hurt anyone.
**[20:04] ---**
Then who killed Senex?
**[20:08] ---**
Is Senex the only one you've killed?
**[20:24] ---**
You've lost your mission
and the thing you love
**[20:27] ---**
so why do you want to live so badly?
**[20:30] ---**
Why not die here?
**[20:37] ---**
Senex, I wanted to see
you again while you were alive.
**[20:41] ---**
I will settle your score.
**[21:15] ---**
Why is this happening to me?
**[21:21] ---**
I'll ask one more time.
**[21:22] ---**
You are the agent of what?
**[21:31] ---**
My name is Ergo Proxy.
I am the agent of death.
**[21:38] ---**
Really?
**[21:44] ---**
Go ahead and suffer.
**[21:46] ---**
All those who wander
in darkness seek the light.
**[21:51] ---**
But when they reach the light, they avert
their eyes from the blinding glare.
**[21:56] ---**
They can even sense the pain.
Truth is like that too.
**[22:00] ---**
Someday your eyes will
be burned by the light of truth
**[22:05] ---**
and you will know eternal darkness.
**[22:07] ---**
That is the judgment.
**[22:23] ---**
Senex...
**[22:35] ---**
I'm not human?
**[22:39] ---**
Then ...
**[22:41] ---**
how can I go on living?
**[22:45] ---**
400 rabbits...
**[22:55] ---**
Vince!
**[22:57] ---**
Pino.
**[22:58] ---**
Are you hurt?
**[23:00] ---**
No.
**[23:03] ---**
No, it's not my blood.
**[23:06] ---**
Oh, it's the other one's.
**[23:10] ---**
Not you, the other Vince's, right?
**[23:13] ---**
Welcome back.
**[23:17] ---**
You knew about it?
**[23:27] ---**
Let's go to Mosk.
**[23:37] ---**
You weren't afraid of me?
**[23:40] ---**
Afraid?
**[23:41] ---**
But you always help me.
**[23:44] ---**
Is that so?
**[23:48] ---**
We can't see it...
**[23:50] ---**
but from the moment we leapt from Romdo,
**[23:54] ---**
it went into motion.
**[25:31] ---**
It can be seen, it can be said,
it can be heard.
**[25:34] ---**
See nothing, say nothing, hear nothing.
**[25:36] ---**
That's a lullaby for adults.
**[25:39] ---**
Huh? But where am I? Hey...
**[25:40] ---**
Existence
# 10 - Cytotropism
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GYQ42D876/ergo-proxy)
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**[00:03] ---**
So, how does he seem?
**[00:07] ---**
Citizen Registration Number
021723.
**[00:10] ---**
Former Chief of the Health and
Welfare Bureau, Daedalus Yumeno.
**[00:16] ---**
The Administrative Bureau
stripped him of his authority.
**[00:19] ---**
He's a quiet individual and has
kept a low profile since being replaced.
**[00:25] ---**
Do you know the reason, Kristeva?
**[00:28] ---**
You seem to be in a good mood today.
**[00:31] ---**
Do I?
**[00:33] ---**
I'm simply accepting who I am,
**[00:37] ---**
and looking forward to the
day when I won't need anyone else.
**[00:43] ---**
I'm not worried about monsters anymore.
**[00:47] ---**
But he's different.
**[00:50] ---**
The Regent's lovely granddaughter,
Re-l Mayer, has died...
**[00:54] ---**
along with the Proxy
named Monad that he was hiding.
**[01:00] ---**
He's lost his *raison d'etre*.
**[01:03] ---**
His reason for being?
**[01:06] ---**
Look at this beautiful world in
which nothing goes to waste.
**[01:11] ---**
We are all created as cogwheels
for this paradise and permitted to exist,
**[01:15] ---**
for the sake of fulfilling
reasons given in advance.
**[01:20] ---**
However, Daedalus Yumeno
has at once lost his own *raison d'etre*...
**[01:26] ---**
the Proxy and Re-l Mayer.
**[01:40] ---**
You might say he's a broken cog.
**[02:02] ---**
Re-l...
**[03:55] ---**
An immortal entity sealed for
eternity has been lost.
**[04:03] ---**
Do you know the reason why?
**[04:06] ---**
This awakening has invited destruction
**[04:09] ---**
and the blood continues
to flow in our tranquil paradise.
**[04:12] ---**
Do you know the reason why?
**[04:15] ---**
We've already submitted our report...
**[04:18] ---**
but the problems keep mounting.
**[04:22] ---**
Power shortages for the
magnetic field life support system...
**[04:24] ---**
in the dome's outer block are
a source of concern.
**[04:28] ---**
The entire system needs to be
dramatically improved immediately.
**[04:32] ---**
That is the answer at which you've arrived.
**[04:36] ---**
Over-thinking burdens
the mind and leads to crime.
**[04:41] ---**
What happened to Re-l Mayer could
very well have happened to you.
**[04:49] ---**
You know the reason, don't you, Raul?
**[04:57] ---**
That's enough.
**[04:59] ---**
We must think of what to do
after the Proxy is gone.
**[05:04] ---**
We know too little.
**[05:07] ---**
Therefore we must think.
**[05:10] ---**
Therefore we must think.
**[05:14] ---**
Therefore...
**[05:15] ---**
Therefore...
**[05:16] ---**
Therefore...
**[05:24] ---**
Damn Entourages...
**[05:30] ---**
I think, therefore I...
**[05:45] ---**
Chief, your hand...
**[05:48] ---**
The wounds you can see...
**[05:50] ---**
We should order a medical exam
from the Health and Welfare Bureau.
**[05:54] ---**
The Regent never answers.
He merely questions.
**[05:59] ---**
Why?
**[06:00] ---**
It's hard to know.
**[06:02] ---**
I know.
**[06:04] ---**
It's the wailing of someone who's
suddenly lost the person they love most.
**[06:08] ---**
Regent! Why do you look away?!
**[06:12] ---**
Why?!
**[06:13] ---**
Why?!
**[06:16] ---**
In reality, this place called Romdo is...
**[06:21] ---**
What's that?!
**[06:23] ---**
Emergency Stop Code acknowledged.
**[06:25] ---**
Emergency Use Phase, sequence started...
**[06:29] ---**
confirmed.
**[06:35] ---**
Existence
**[06:37] ---**
Power was automatically restored
**[06:40] ---**
after a 2 minute 17 second interruption.
**[06:42] ---**
We still haven't been
able to pinpoint the cause...
**[06:45] ---**
but the power failure this time didn't
interfere with the life support system.
**[06:49] ---**
What do you mean, "this time"?
**[06:50] ---**
For the past three weeks we've been
having power failures similar to this one.
**[06:56] ---**
Did we ever receive a report?
**[06:59] ---**
No.
**[07:00] ---**
They were all intermittent and
lasted for a fraction of a second...
**[07:03] ---**
so they were treated as accidents.
**[07:06] ---**
An analysis indicated there was
a human factor, but nothing specific.
**[07:12] ---**
An infected AutoReiv?
**[07:14] ---**
No, maybe an immigrant terrorist group...
**[07:17] ---**
but still...
**[07:22] ---**
2 minutes, 17 seconds?
**[07:27] ---**
Kristeva.
**[07:28] ---**
Yes.
**[07:30] ---**
What do you think?
**[07:31] ---**
Judging from the time and the effect,
**[07:33] ---**
it can be surmised that the
power stoppages till now were
**[07:36] ---**
carried out in order to
deceive the Security Bureau.
**[07:39] ---**
They were tests conducted for that purpose.
**[07:41] ---**
Beautiful. And this time?
**[07:44] ---**
It's fair to assume that
it was some type of warning.
**[07:48] ---**
I see. What makes you think that?
**[07:51] ---**
The city's life support
system can be maintained
**[07:55] ---**
for up to three minutes
during a power outage.
**[07:58] ---**
Which would mean that whoever
did it didn't want anyone to die, right?
**[08:03] ---**
Yes, sir.
**[08:09] ---**
I should get a medical exam.
Make an appointment for me.
**[08:16] ---**
Let's get him to examine me.
**[08:18] ---**
But he's no longer authorized.
**[08:21] ---**
There's something I want
you to do for me as well.
**[08:24] ---**
I want you to look for the
research data he was hiding.
**[08:28] ---**
I'm not treating patients anymore.
**[08:32] ---**
For someone who looks like a boy,
you're a very bold man.
**[08:37] ---**
Won't you please leave?
**[08:40] ---**
Or should I say... a romanticist?
**[08:43] ---**
I can have Deleuze find you another doctor.
**[08:46] ---**
Now then, what is it you're driving at?
**[08:49] ---**
What do you mean?
**[08:51] ---**
Going through all the
trouble of calling me here.
**[08:55] ---**
I'm sorry, Chief Raul,
but I have nothing more to say.
**[09:03] ---**
I was created in order to
protect the specimen and Re-l...
**[09:07] ---**
to raise them in good health.
**[09:10] ---**
But now that I've lost both of them...
**[09:14] ---**
I've lost my *raison d'etre*.
**[09:18] ---**
I heard your heartfelt cry and
came to offer what little help I could.
**[09:25] ---**
As if you had telepathy?
**[09:31] ---**
It's creepy.
**[09:33] ---**
For some reason it only seems
to work with you, Daedalus Yumeno.
**[09:37] ---**
Strange, isn't it?
**[09:40] ---**
It looks like he's agreed
to give me my medical exam...
**[09:43] ---**
during which time I
want you to hurry up and
**[09:45] ---**
search for the data
I instructed you about earlier.
**[09:48] ---**
Where are you going?
**[09:50] ---**
He could use a breath of fresh air.
**[09:53] ---**
No cause for alarm.
**[09:54] ---**
He's still not permitted to go out.
**[09:58] ---**
That's up to me, isn't it?
**[10:01] ---**
Yes, certainly.
**[10:10] ---**
That's mean of you. There's no data here.
**[10:14] ---**
She'll keep searching
until she finds something.
**[10:17] ---**
She's a professional.
**[10:19] ---**
So now we have plenty of time to ourselves?
**[10:25] ---**
It's OK.
**[10:27] ---**
The Representative doesn't
have anything to do with them.
**[10:29] ---**
Representative? You mean the Regent?
**[10:33] ---**
You really don't leave anything to chance.
**[10:36] ---**
That's why you insisted on having
**[10:38] ---**
an unemployed doctor
give you a medical exam, right?
**[10:44] ---**
Well done. You figured
it out quicker than I expected.
**[10:48] ---**
You've been having too much fun.
**[10:50] ---**
You're quite timid.
**[10:53] ---**
I am aware of the life
support system's limits.
**[10:57] ---**
The Regent has interpreted
it as a warning from someone.
**[11:01] ---**
You did a good job of misleading him.
**[11:04] ---**
All that's left is for the Security Bureau
to make the appropriate arrests
**[11:08] ---**
when the time is right.
**[11:10] ---**
Daedalus Yumeno. Citizen
number 0-2-1-7-2-3.
**[11:15] ---**
2 minutes, 17.23 seconds.
**[11:18] ---**
I tested it so many times.
**[11:21] ---**
Is that supposed to be a threat?
**[11:23] ---**
They're very effective.
**[11:25] ---**
Are you wondering if you
might be exposed for
**[11:29] ---**
eliminating someone who was in your way?
**[11:32] ---**
What are you referring to?
**[11:33] ---**
You shouldn't have used the cogito virus.
**[11:38] ---**
Let's cut the act.
**[11:39] ---**
The reason we
went through all this trouble was...
**[11:42] ---**
so we could speak freely
without the Regent hearing us.
**[11:45] ---**
Are you going to get rid of me now too?
**[11:48] ---**
It wasn't enough to deprive
me of my treasure and my job?
**[11:53] ---**
You brought this upon yourself.
**[11:58] ---**
You're the one who hid yourself from
the Regent by using the Monad as bait.
**[12:08] ---**
I see.
**[12:10] ---**
No matter how desperate you became,
**[12:13] ---**
there was something you
had to conceal from the Regent.
**[12:18] ---**
The fact that there was another Proxy.
**[12:21] ---**
You reached a dead end, and the
incident was a convenient way
**[12:26] ---**
to hide the other Proxy's
existence from the Collective.
**[12:31] ---**
Yes, that's right.
**[12:32] ---**
And that hid something else from them.
**[12:37] ---**
Namely...
**[12:41] ---**
the fact that Re-l Mayer is alive.
**[13:26] ---**
Are you all right, Re-l?
**[13:28] ---**
Yeah. Did you find anyone?
**[13:31] ---**
I thought researching the
power plant came first.
**[13:36] ---**
Now that we're on the outside,
power supply is our number one concern.
**[13:40] ---**
Iggy...
**[13:42] ---**
Don't worry, Re-l.
**[13:44] ---**
The town is a bit retro,
but the technology is not bad.
**[13:48] ---**
The energy source is compatible and...
**[13:50] ---**
once it's connected,
we'll interact with...
**[13:52] ---**
Iggy...
**[13:55] ---**
There are no people in this town.
**[14:05] ---**
The outside world?
**[14:09] ---**
You've fooled the Regent, that's for sure.
**[14:14] ---**
Since we all know leaving this
paradise means death.
**[14:18] ---**
It must have been *raison d'etre* that
drove a realist like her to risk her life.
**[14:24] ---**
That is the Proxy.
**[14:29] ---**
You considered using her in order
to obtain another Proxy, didn't you?
**[14:34] ---**
But you started to realize
it would never work.
**[14:38] ---**
And you'd lose her as well...
**[14:42] ---**
You can't protect her once
she's on the outside.
**[14:46] ---**
That's why you sent me the message.
**[14:49] ---**
You think I'd join hands with you...
**[14:52] ---**
the person who tried to kill Re-l?
**[14:57] ---**
You think I did?
**[15:03] ---**
No...
**[15:07] ---**
Maybe it's better not having any people.
**[15:12] ---**
They'll keep on working...
**[15:14] ---**
until the world rots away.
**[15:18] ---**
For who?
**[15:20] ---**
Working though they've lost the people
who gave meaning to their existence.
**[15:25] ---**
They didn't have a reason to begin with.
**[15:28] ---**
Re-l.
**[15:29] ---**
I was just wondering
what you'd do if I wasn't here.
**[15:35] ---**
Don't even say something like that.
**[15:37] ---**
How about you, Re-l?
What would you do if I wasn't here?
**[15:42] ---**
Silly. You know I'd never leave you.
**[15:47] ---**
It's not funny.
**[15:49] ---**
But you're laughing.
**[15:51] ---**
Hey, Re-l!
**[15:54] ---**
Don't worry. I was just
zoning out for a moment.
**[15:58] ---**
You must be tired, Re-l.
**[16:01] ---**
I'll go get supplies for the
machine. You get some rest.
**[16:06] ---**
What am I here for?
**[16:10] ---**
The purpose of the
trip is to find an answer.
**[16:13] ---**
But suppose I find the Proxy...
**[16:18] ---**
what do I do then?
**[16:23] ---**
Why would the Representative...?
**[16:25] ---**
You really are still young.
**[16:28] ---**
It seems you took the Regent too lightly.
**[16:31] ---**
It doesn't matter if
she's his granddaughter,
**[16:33] ---**
she was guilty of disloyalty.
**[16:35] ---**
Rules are rules. There
can be no exceptions.
**[16:40] ---**
Did you think you'd
get away with it so easily?
**[16:43] ---**
Once again, I'm asking
you about the power outage.
**[16:46] ---**
It was a message...
**[16:47] ---**
I'm not such an optimist
as to take things at face value.
**[16:51] ---**
I know poison bait when I see it.
**[16:55] ---**
By causing the power outage this time,
**[16:58] ---**
you obtained enormous amounts of energy.
**[17:00] ---**
What did you use it for?
**[17:03] ---**
I tried to resuscitate the Proxy.
**[17:06] ---**
Beautiful.
**[17:08] ---**
If you agree to my deal,
I'll give you a toy.
**[17:13] ---**
Although given your current situation,
you don't have much choice.
**[17:19] ---**
A toy?
**[17:35] ---**
Where did you come from?
**[17:42] ---**
That's a pretty pendant.
**[17:44] ---**
It's a...
**[17:45] ---**
Is it a treasure?
**[17:47] ---**
No, not exactly.
**[17:49] ---**
Then can I have it?
**[17:51] ---**
Hey, wait!
**[17:59] ---**
Why did the Proxy die?
**[18:02] ---**
Because Amrita cells, which are
supposedly indestructible, were destroyed.
**[18:06] ---**
What was the reason?
**[18:07] ---**
You took my toy from me before
I was able to verify anything.
**[18:12] ---**
That was harsh of me.
**[18:14] ---**
I'll show you how sorry
I am by lending you my toy.
**[18:17] ---**
You can play with it as you like...
**[18:19] ---**
but only under the guidance
and supervision of an adult...
**[18:23] ---**
who knows right from wrong.
**[18:26] ---**
Because it's a toy for grown-ups, right?
**[18:29] ---**
That's a good boy.
**[18:44] ---**
Let's play together from now on.
**[18:46] ---**
I can't.
**[18:49] ---**
Why? This is such a great place.
**[18:53] ---**
You're right, it is.
**[18:55] ---**
But there's someone I have to meet.
**[19:00] ---**
You're scared?
You really don't want to meet him?
**[19:05] ---**
Even if you're able to meet him...
**[19:07] ---**
you might just end up standing there,
paralyzed by your fears.
**[19:13] ---**
You might not be able to
go back to the way it was before.
**[19:17] ---**
The thing you seek might
be something cruel.
**[19:22] ---**
Do you still want it, even so?
**[19:25] ---**
The truth...
**[19:30] ---**
is in his hands.
**[19:45] ---**
It'll bring you good luck.
**[20:03] ---**
You'll probably take this the
wrong way, but I'll say it anyway.
**[20:05] ---**
I want to save the world.
**[20:08] ---**
That's so touching. I'm about to cry.
**[20:13] ---**
It seems you haven't been
trained sufficiently.
**[20:16] ---**
Sorry, but I'm not as
lenient as the Regent.
**[20:20] ---**
I can behave in a most
unpleasant way when necessary.
**[20:24] ---**
Daedalus Yumeno.
**[20:32] ---**
Now you're free to delve into
the research you love so much.
**[20:36] ---**
You'll be doing it just for me.
**[20:44] ---**
Did you find it?
**[20:46] ---**
Not yet.
**[20:48] ---**
If you can't find it,
that means it's not here, right?
**[20:53] ---**
How did you deal with Daedalus Yumeno?
**[20:56] ---**
I've reversed his dismissal.
**[20:58] ---**
He's going to work under
my supervision from now on.
**[21:02] ---**
It took some trouble to bring him around...
**[21:06] ---**
but I think he'll be able to learn
a great deal from the experience.
**[21:09] ---**
It's the victor who has
the right to be just.
**[21:15] ---**
Welcome home. I'm so happy you came back.
**[21:23] ---**
I'll be doing my research for you?
**[21:25] ---**
You don't even have the slightest clue.
**[21:28] ---**
This is all for you, Re-l.
**[21:32] ---**
My Re-l.
**[21:35] ---**
Re-l...
**[21:38] ---**
Re-l... Re-l!
**[21:43] ---**
Re-l. Re-l!
**[21:48] ---**
Oh, Iggy?
**[21:49] ---**
What are you doing running off like that?
**[21:52] ---**
I was looking all over for you.
**[21:57] ---**
What? What's the matter?
**[22:00] ---**
Hey! Are you sure you're OK?
**[22:04] ---**
It's nothing.
**[22:06] ---**
I was having a dream.
**[22:26] ---**
I don't have to sneak around anymore.
**[22:30] ---**
This is what 2 minutes,
17 seconds gets you.
**[22:48] ---**
This should be plenty.
**[23:01] ---**
The only thing left is to load it.
**[25:31] ---**
At the ends of the earth,
shrouded in white...
**[25:34] ---**
the abandoned past appears.
**[25:36] ---**
The one who continued their
journey from the other side of oblivion...
**[25:40] ---**
sees the two fates
**[25:41] ---**
from behind
as they come together once again.
**[25:41] ---**
In the White Darkness
**[25:43] ---**
# 11 - Anamuneshisu
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**[00:18] ---**
I give up.
**[00:21] ---**
Pino!
**[00:23] ---**
Pino?
**[00:54] ---**
What's a bookstore doing here?
**[01:07] ---**
I'm lost.
**[01:18] ---**
Excuse me...
**[01:21] ---**
Anybody?
**[03:30] ---**
Welcome to the City Lights Bookstore.
**[03:35] ---**
Are you a traveler?
**[03:36] ---**
Please... this way.
**[03:44] ---**
In the White Darkness
**[04:01] ---**
Let's wait for a bit until
the tea is steeped and ready.
**[04:08] ---**
So then, traveler.
**[04:12] ---**
I'm lost.
**[04:15] ---**
That's what everyone says who comes here.
**[04:18] ---**
There's a thick fog.
**[04:20] ---**
The future is a closed book.
People used to say that all the time.
**[04:26] ---**
And closed books can't be read.
**[04:31] ---**
Somewhere around here our ship was...
**[04:34] ---**
What you're looking for
is always inside you.
**[04:40] ---**
That's the way it is.
**[04:42] ---**
You haven't seen a
little girl AutoReiv, have you?
**[04:47] ---**
Her name's Pino. She's about this tall...
**[04:49] ---**
You mustn't be in such a hurry.
**[04:51] ---**
It's the same with the tea,
brewing it enhances the flavor.
**[04:56] ---**
You can't seek everything at once.
**[05:00] ---**
Besides, this is a bookstore, isn't it?
**[05:04] ---**
I don't mean to be rude,
**[05:06] ---**
but I just wanted to ask
you for directions.
**[05:12] ---**
Well, since you have so many...
**[05:16] ---**
there must be at least one book
I'd like to read, I guess, maybe...
**[05:20] ---**
Go on. Pick one out and take a look.
**[05:45] ---**
It looks like he still
hasn't figured it out.
**[05:50] ---**
This is a special setting here.
**[05:53] ---**
We are, so to speak, inside his head.
**[06:01] ---**
In order for there to be all these books...
**[06:05] ---**
people who read must
first create society.
**[06:12] ---**
But in order for people
to create society...
**[06:16] ---**
they need to converse using language.
**[06:20] ---**
It's like the question of
the chicken or the egg.
**[06:25] ---**
Each one requires the other.
**[06:30] ---**
Which means it's impossible to say for sure
**[06:34] ---**
that books came to exist
purely through human means.
**[06:39] ---**
That leads me to think that perhaps
**[06:42] ---**
they've been given to
us by a god-like being.
**[06:45] ---**
But that can't be.
**[06:48] ---**
I believe that was Rousseau's
argument in "On the Origin of Language."
**[06:53] ---**
That's enough philosophy for now.
**[06:56] ---**
Let's continue by looking
at this man's past and future...
**[07:00] ---**
two playthings in the
hands of fickle fate.
**[07:08] ---**
Why is my name...
**[07:13] ---**
Where'd he go?
**[07:25] ---**
What the heck?
**[07:30] ---**
Don't tell me...
**[07:44] ---**
It must be a dream.
**[07:45] ---**
This is no dream, Vincent Law.
**[07:51] ---**
I'm over here.
**[07:52] ---**
Who is it?
**[07:56] ---**
Dorothy?
**[07:58] ---**
I am nobody.
**[08:00] ---**
Even if I was someone,
people couldn't comprehend me.
**[08:05] ---**
And even if they could,
**[08:06] ---**
they wouldn't be able to
communicate it to those around them.
**[08:09] ---**
Chief...
**[08:10] ---**
That's pretty much the way it is.
**[08:12] ---**
As I'm sure you know.
**[08:21] ---**
It must be a dream.
**[08:22] ---**
This is no dream, Vincent Law.
**[08:26] ---**
In others' eyes, I am part of the world.
**[08:30] ---**
But when I look out at the
world from my own vantage point,
**[08:32] ---**
I am not in it.
**[08:34] ---**
What I see is the world.
**[08:37] ---**
As an observer, I am the
point of view that creates the world.
**[08:40] ---**
I can't belong to the world.
**[08:43] ---**
In principle, we can say that is the truth.
**[08:52] ---**
Even if I was someone,
people couldn't comprehend me.
**[08:59] ---**
And even if they could,
**[09:01] ---**
they wouldn't be able to
communicate it to those around them.
**[09:05] ---**
I do not belong to the world.
**[09:08] ---**
That is the world's limit...
**[09:11] ---**
the boundary between
the world and the self.
**[09:13] ---**
Well...
**[09:15] ---**
I was there because someone
reported seeing an infected AutoReiv.
**[09:19] ---**
No, it's not "I think therefore I am."
**[09:25] ---**
But it's true.
**[09:27] ---**
If you take a look at the
facility's records...
**[09:30] ---**
That's right, it's "I
think therefore you are."
**[09:34] ---**
Although you don't remember.
**[09:37] ---**
Wait. In that case...
**[09:40] ---**
tell me what the monster is.
**[09:42] ---**
What is a Proxy?
**[09:45] ---**
You think Proxies are monsters?
**[09:48] ---**
You've got a lot to learn, young lady.
**[09:51] ---**
They're said to be beasts and demons...
**[09:53] ---**
Re-l!
**[09:53] ---**
But that's all nonsense.
**[09:55] ---**
Proxy is...
**[09:56] ---**
You.
**[09:58] ---**
They can change themselves into any form.
**[10:02] ---**
They can disappear at will with ease.
**[10:05] ---**
That's you.
**[10:07] ---**
They can also enter human
beings and control their spirits.
**[10:11] ---**
That's what you are.
**[10:13] ---**
They can shoot lightning bolts,
scorching the earth in an instant.
**[10:17] ---**
Remember!
**[10:18] ---**
And they've even been known to
conjure up flame-spewing planets.
**[10:21] ---**
Ergo Proxy!
**[10:22] ---**
No!
**[10:23] ---**
I'm... I'm Vincent Law!
**[10:41] ---**
Registration number 0724FGARK.
**[10:46] ---**
My name is Vincent Law.
**[10:57] ---**
You really are a fool.
**[10:59] ---**
Have you lost your eye for
the truth as well as your memory?
**[11:03] ---**
My memory?
**[11:04] ---**
I remember things just fine.
**[11:07] ---**
Then who are you?
**[11:09] ---**
See if you can tell me who you are.
**[11:13] ---**
I'm...
**[11:21] ---**
I'm...
**[11:22] ---**
After I immigrated to Romdo...
**[11:24] ---**
I worked on the staff of
the AutoReiv Disposal Facilities.
**[11:27] ---**
Before that?
**[11:31] ---**
I looked for a job in the FG
Temporary Immigrant District.
**[11:34] ---**
That's where I first ran into Re-l.
**[11:40] ---**
Before that?
**[11:43] ---**
Before I immigrated to Romdo,
I was in the Mosk Dome.
**[11:48] ---**
The city was destroyed in
a mysterious accident.
**[11:52] ---**
It was a dreadful sight.
**[11:54] ---**
Before that?
**[11:57] ---**
I was in Mosk.
**[12:01] ---**
What did you do there?
**[12:04] ---**
I'm thinking...
**[12:06] ---**
What?
**[12:09] ---**
I can't remember.
**[12:13] ---**
That's because you don't want to remember.
**[12:17] ---**
Come on, see if you can answer my question.
**[12:24] ---**
As long as you can't find the answer...
**[12:27] ---**
even if I told you,
you wouldn't be able to understand.
**[12:31] ---**
Why?
**[12:32] ---**
I told you. Because I am you.
**[12:36] ---**
Look.
**[12:39] ---**
No... I'm...
**[12:44] ---**
It must be a dream.
**[12:46] ---**
This is no dream, Vincent Law.
**[12:59] ---**
Nothing is more important to
a bookstore than books.
**[13:02] ---**
The magic of words written in a book...
**[13:06] ---**
This world is ruled by logos.
**[13:09] ---**
That is to say,
**[13:10] ---**
it is through words
which have opposite meanings,
**[13:13] ---**
that the world's secrets
are frequently revealed.
**[13:18] ---**
It's always been that way.
**[13:22] ---**
The word "bios" means "bow"
and "life" at the same time.
**[13:29] ---**
While a bow and life seem
completely unrelated,
**[13:34] ---**
they both lead to the same thing, "death."
**[13:37] ---**
Those people long ago
said pretty remarkable things.
**[13:41] ---**
Yeah.
**[13:45] ---**
Anamnesis.
**[13:48] ---**
It means "memory," while at the same time,
**[13:51] ---**
it also means "recollection."
**[13:54] ---**
Remembrance.
**[13:56] ---**
Who was Vincent Law? What was he afraid of?
**[14:00] ---**
What did he erase here?
**[14:10] ---**
At times there is destruction.
**[14:12] ---**
There is misfortune in the stars.
**[14:14] ---**
The sky was lost and the seas froze over.
**[14:18] ---**
It brought to a halt the life circle
**[14:20] ---**
which is necessary for the
perception of people and all nature.
**[14:27] ---**
The ones who'd kept the story
alive had already left the scene.
**[14:32] ---**
It acted as curtains for the system.
**[14:36] ---**
And yet there was no escaping the fact,
**[14:39] ---**
that this world, which had
rotted away, was yet another circle.
**[14:46] ---**
Because you still exist.
**[14:53] ---**
Which means that if those
born of this world continue to exist,
**[14:59] ---**
there will be no one to perceive the world
**[15:03] ---**
as such, and it can no longer exist.
**[15:06] ---**
For example...
**[15:08] ---**
it's like an enormous stack of
books that rot away
**[15:10] ---**
without anyone ever having read them.
**[15:13] ---**
No, I'm...
**[15:16] ---**
In order to survive, the world
plunged once again into a new phase.
**[15:22] ---**
Listen.
**[15:24] ---**
You can hear the pulse of the awakening.
**[15:28] ---**
The pulse of the awakening...
**[15:35] ---**
Don't interfere with him anymore.
His nerves can't take it.
**[15:42] ---**
It looks like I made it just in time.
**[15:46] ---**
A pulse...
**[15:47] ---**
That's what our lifespan is.
**[15:50] ---**
Each living organism has a heart
size corresponding to their body type.
**[15:57] ---**
It's the pulse rate based
on that heart size,
**[15:59] ---**
which determines how long we live.
**[16:04] ---**
That is the divine law.
**[16:06] ---**
A struggle by those whose lives
are not determined as such is meaningless.
**[16:12] ---**
Shut up, old man.
**[16:14] ---**
What are you doing interfering
with his core self?
**[16:18] ---**
And that's no way to
treat the memory keeper.
**[16:21] ---**
A memory keeper who
rejects everything is worthless.
**[16:26] ---**
Come on now, remember!
**[16:27] ---**
Stop it!
**[16:29] ---**
Do you get it?
**[16:30] ---**
My own pulse was altered by us.
**[16:34] ---**
Remember.
**[16:35] ---**
You can feel it if you hold
your hand against your chest.
**[16:38] ---**
It belongs to no one.
**[16:40] ---**
It's our pulse, yours and mine.
**[16:43] ---**
This is what brings us to the truth.
**[16:46] ---**
It's what proves that we
are the very world itself.
**[16:52] ---**
Follow your instincts.
**[16:57] ---**
The answer is already there.
**[17:07] ---**
The white noise echoing
in the white darkness
**[17:11] ---**
is the rhythm which proves we are alive.
**[17:15] ---**
It is the pulse which
never leaves the stage.
**[17:19] ---**
I have constantly suppressed
and distorted myself
**[17:25] ---**
in my frantic efforts to
become a fellow citizen.
**[17:29] ---**
Constantly... everywhere...
**[17:33] ---**
Even if we're interrupted,
**[17:35] ---**
at some point the words
we're supposed to speak
**[17:37] ---**
become the necessary bonding
agent connecting us to someone else.
**[17:41] ---**
And look what's happened to me.
**[17:44] ---**
I'm a failure.
**[17:47] ---**
In order to secure this world,
known as a system called "life,"
**[17:53] ---**
someone other than ourselves dreamed us up.
**[17:58] ---**
Don't question the system. Always obey.
**[18:03] ---**
That's what it takes to
be a fellow citizen.
**[18:06] ---**
And that's why you can
hear it just as I can.
**[18:11] ---**
The pulse of the awakening,
beating in your chest.
**[18:15] ---**
Can't you hear that?
**[18:20] ---**
But I'll never become a fellow citizen.
**[18:28] ---**
Vincent!
**[18:32] ---**
It's over.
**[18:34] ---**
It's all over.
**[18:44] ---**
I am you.
**[18:49] ---**
You are me.
**[18:51] ---**
No! I'm...
**[18:54] ---**
I'm Vincent Law!
**[18:56] ---**
Then look.
**[18:58] ---**
I am you!
**[19:01] ---**
I'll ask one more time.
**[19:05] ---**
You are the agent of what?
**[19:15] ---**
I'm...
**[19:31] ---**
I'm...
**[19:35] ---**
Re-l...?
**[19:40] ---**
Even though I don't remember anything...
**[19:46] ---**
I know now.
**[19:50] ---**
I'm Ergo Proxy.
**[20:01] ---**
Remember...
**[20:04] ---**
you are still merely standing at
the entrance of truth
**[20:08] ---**
you must lose in order to know.
**[20:23] ---**
Well, it's been just about three minutes.
**[20:26] ---**
The tea is steeped and ready.
**[20:30] ---**
Drink up.
**[20:36] ---**
What's the matter?
**[20:39] ---**
Well, I'm lost.
**[20:41] ---**
Yes, that's what
everyone says who comes here.
**[20:46] ---**
There's a thick fog.
**[20:49] ---**
The future is a closed book.
They used to say that all the time.
**[20:53] ---**
And closed books can't be read.
**[20:58] ---**
We docked our ship somewhere around here.
**[21:02] ---**
It seems what you're
looking for is always inside you.
**[21:10] ---**
You haven't seen a
little girl AutoReiv, have you?
**[21:13] ---**
Her name's Pino.
**[21:15] ---**
I can't answer everything at once.
**[21:19] ---**
The ship... No, I mean Pino...
**[21:22] ---**
Have you seen her?
**[21:24] ---**
No.
**[21:25] ---**
What's necessary is for you to accept.
**[21:29] ---**
Otherwise you'll wander off in the darkness
**[21:32] ---**
and lose sight of what's truly important.
**[21:35] ---**
I've accepted it for a long time.
**[21:37] ---**
That's quite admirable.
**[21:39] ---**
Then, what is it you've accepted?
**[21:42] ---**
What?
**[21:43] ---**
Please, answer.
**[21:45] ---**
I'm lost. That's all.
**[21:49] ---**
Very good.
**[21:52] ---**
Well then, I'll point you
in the right direction...
**[21:56] ---**
Vincent Law...
**[21:58] ---**
No, I mean Ergo Proxy.
**[22:02] ---**
Wait!
**[22:39] ---**
Vince?
**[22:43] ---**
Vince?!
**[23:14] ---**
I know now.
**[23:18] ---**
I'm a Proxy.
**[23:34] ---**
I finally found you.
**[23:40] ---**
It must be a dream.
**[23:43] ---**
This is no dream, Vincent Law.
**[25:31] ---**
He knows the truth I've been seeking...
**[25:35] ---**
as well as all my doubts.
**[25:38] ---**
Tell me, Vincent Law...
**[25:40] ---**
everything you know.
**[25:41] ---**
When You're Smiling
# 12 - Hideout
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**[00:21] ---**
Re-l, what are you doing here?
**[00:28] ---**
I didn't come here just
to give that back to you.
**[00:32] ---**
Tell me, Vincent Law...
**[00:35] ---**
everything you know.
**[00:37] ---**
Re-l...
**[00:39] ---**
I'm...
**[00:42] ---**
Don't lie.
**[00:47] ---**
You expect me to believe that?
**[00:51] ---**
That you're a...
**[02:43] ---**
Vince...
**[02:45] ---**
is that scary lady coming with us?
**[02:48] ---**
I don't know.
**[02:50] ---**
Do you want her to?
**[02:55] ---**
You've got a funny look.
**[02:59] ---**
But...
**[03:02] ---**
You know, don't you?
**[03:06] ---**
The Proxy.
**[03:08] ---**
Why does it only show
up when you're around?
**[03:11] ---**
Why do you call for it to come?
**[03:14] ---**
Who are you?
**[03:16] ---**
This whole time I had no idea.
**[03:21] ---**
I didn't know I was a Proxy.
**[03:24] ---**
What?
**[03:25] ---**
I don't call for it to come.
What?
**[03:32] ---**
I am a Proxy.
**[03:40] ---**
She should go back to Romdo.
**[03:45] ---**
When You're Smiling
**[04:02] ---**
We somehow managed to catch up with him
**[04:04] ---**
while we still had enough fuel.
**[04:40] ---**
Hey, scary lady!
**[04:43] ---**
Over here!
**[04:45] ---**
Hey!
**[04:54] ---**
That AutoReiv is infected with the cogito.
**[04:57] ---**
You stay put, Iggy.
**[05:00] ---**
But, Re-l...
**[05:20] ---**
What is it?
**[05:21] ---**
Well, I can't eat,
**[05:25] ---**
but when I see you eating, I wish I could.
**[05:28] ---**
I can't eat with you staring at me.
Go away.
**[05:34] ---**
Sorry about that, Re-l.
**[05:37] ---**
I don't believe it...
**[05:40] ---**
that you're a Proxy.
**[05:43] ---**
That's understandable.
**[05:46] ---**
I still have more questions
than answers myself.
**[05:50] ---**
But that's why I want to know.
**[05:53] ---**
There are other Proxies still
out there besides me.
**[05:59] ---**
Proxies? How do you know
there's more than one?
**[06:07] ---**
Because I have a feeling it's not over.
**[06:12] ---**
It seems I've met and killed
two other Proxies so far.
**[06:18] ---**
What?
**[06:19] ---**
The first time was in Charos.
**[06:21] ---**
The second time in Asura.
**[06:23] ---**
The second Proxy I met told me...
**[06:27] ---**
that I'd lost my memory.
**[06:30] ---**
My hometown, Mosk,
played a major role in my memory loss.
**[06:36] ---**
I'm sure I'll discover
something if I go there.
**[06:41] ---**
Now that I know I'm a Proxy,
there's no turning back.
**[06:46] ---**
Is that so?
**[06:48] ---**
It's hard to believe, isn't it?
**[06:54] ---**
Yeah.
**[07:26] ---**
Kill a Proxy?
**[07:28] ---**
This is all I can give you at the moment.
**[07:33] ---**
It's the only way to kill
the indestructible Proxy.
**[07:38] ---**
The FP rays loaded in these
bullets are harmless to humans,
**[07:44] ---**
but they attack the
Amrita Cells unique to Proxies.
**[07:47] ---**
The FP rays destroy the cells
no matter where the bullet hits and,
**[07:52] ---**
theoretically, that should result in death.
**[07:55] ---**
I can't believe you can
kill a monster with that.
**[07:59] ---**
But that's only on paper.
**[08:02] ---**
So I'm giving them to you...
**[08:05] ---**
in case you come across the Proxy.
**[08:08] ---**
You want me to get you some hard data.
**[08:11] ---**
But Daedalus...
**[08:13] ---**
my first goal is to capture it.
**[08:17] ---**
Me too, of course.
**[08:21] ---**
I'll be waiting for you, Re-l.
**[08:25] ---**
Daedalus and I both thought
that if we could just capture the Proxy,
**[08:29] ---**
that would solve the entire mystery.
**[08:35] ---**
Now I wonder.
**[08:38] ---**
Within this chaotic world that I've seen...
**[08:42] ---**
it's Romdo's systematic and orderly
way of life... that's unnatural.
**[08:48] ---**
No, Romdo's falling apart as well.
**[08:52] ---**
The comatose Proxy that
went on a rampage and died...
**[08:56] ---**
the increasing number
of cogito infections...
**[09:00] ---**
and the fact they tried to kill me,
the Regent's granddaughter.
**[09:06] ---**
Even if he is a Proxy,
**[09:09] ---**
what could we possibly gain
by taking him back to Romdo now?
**[09:14] ---**
But we can't go any further either.
**[09:18] ---**
What do I do?
**[09:20] ---**
Re-l?
**[09:22] ---**
Are you taking Vincent Law into custody?
**[09:25] ---**
Either way, we have to go back to Romdo.
**[09:28] ---**
It's now or never.
**[09:31] ---**
You understand that, right?
**[09:32] ---**
I don't believe him, but...
**[09:35] ---**
I need to make sure.
**[09:37] ---**
Re-l?
**[09:45] ---**
He's a Proxy?
**[09:48] ---**
I'll know for sure if I shoot him.
If he doesn't die, he was lying.
**[09:53] ---**
But what if it's true...
**[09:55] ---**
No, that's impossible.
**[09:58] ---**
FP shells are harmless to people.
**[10:01] ---**
Maybe if I just aim for his leg.
**[10:12] ---**
Vincent Law...
**[10:14] ---**
I don't think you and the
Proxy are completely unrelated.
**[10:18] ---**
That's why I followed you
all the way out here.
**[10:25] ---**
Maybe it's because I'm drawn to you.
**[10:30] ---**
I thought about you
several times during the trip.
**[10:35] ---**
Are you a Proxy?
**[10:39] ---**
Even so, I...
**[10:51] ---**
I love you.
**[10:54] ---**
I love you, Re-l.
**[11:10] ---**
But...
**[11:12] ---**
how could an immigrant...
**[11:15] ---**
no, a monster like me...
**[11:18] ---**
even think such things?
**[11:21] ---**
I kept trying to resign myself
to the fact I'd never see you again...
**[11:26] ---**
but... I can't help loving you.
**[12:01] ---**
Who are you?!
**[12:06] ---**
Wait!
**[12:21] ---**
Even this place has people.
**[12:48] ---**
How is it?
**[12:49] ---**
Nope.
**[12:52] ---**
Even taking into account the
possibility of refueling along the way,
**[12:55] ---**
it's dangerous to go any further.
**[12:58] ---**
The Prince said so himself, didn't he?
**[13:01] ---**
He told us to make sure
we come back with our report
**[13:03] ---**
while we still have enough fuel.
**[13:07] ---**
You can't ignore the
Prince's wishes, he cares about you.
**[13:11] ---**
Of your handsome boyfriend...
**[13:13] ---**
Daedalus is my doctor.
**[13:16] ---**
Anyway, let's go back
to Romdo for now, Re-l.
**[13:20] ---**
You're not the brightest
bulb are you, Iggy?
**[13:24] ---**
In Romdo, Re-l Mayer's already dead.
**[13:28] ---**
I'm sure the Prince can find
a way to take care of that somehow.
**[13:31] ---**
My pride won't allow it.
**[13:34] ---**
If we turn back now,
this trip will have been for nothing.
**[13:36] ---**
But still...
**[13:38] ---**
That's right.
**[13:40] ---**
If we can't use the U4,
what about his ship?
**[13:44] ---**
It runs on wind power.
**[13:46] ---**
It looks primitive,
but we won't have to worry about fuel.
**[13:49] ---**
You're going to steal his ship?
**[13:51] ---**
Or maybe not.
**[13:53] ---**
You want to be with him that badly?
**[13:55] ---**
I don't know.
**[13:57] ---**
But at least he seems to feel that way.
**[14:00] ---**
What?
**[14:01] ---**
He's fond of me.
**[14:03] ---**
Besides, I'm still not
ready to go back to Romdo.
**[14:07] ---**
Re-l.
**[14:08] ---**
Are you done?
**[14:09] ---**
Huh? Oh, yeah, you're good to go.
**[14:12] ---**
I'm going to figure this thing out,
no matter what.
**[14:20] ---**
Hey, Pino!
**[14:24] ---**
She's not here.
**[14:26] ---**
Sheesh... She should learn a little
something from watching Re-l's Entourage.
**[15:31] ---**
You came over to the
Rabbit yesterday, didn't you?
**[15:34] ---**
The Rabbit's broken,
so Vince keeps banging on it.
**[15:37] ---**
It's noisy so I had to get away.
**[15:41] ---**
Hey, why don't you say anything?
**[15:45] ---**
You don't want to talk to me?
**[15:48] ---**
You can't speak?
**[15:56] ---**
Vince...
**[16:17] ---**
What's that?
**[16:20] ---**
No!
**[16:21] ---**
That AutoReiv is infected!
**[16:24] ---**
You stay here!
**[16:27] ---**
It's already too late.
**[16:52] ---**
Vincent Law...
**[16:57] ---**
Hey, lady!
**[17:21] ---**
Vincent, you're...
**[17:33] ---**
Vince!
**[17:55] ---**
Vincent...
**[17:57] ---**
He'll be fine.
**[17:59] ---**
Vince is strong!
**[18:02] ---**
Re-l!
**[18:05] ---**
Iggy.
**[18:06] ---**
Where are you going? It's dangerous.
**[18:10] ---**
Lady!
**[18:14] ---**
Re-l!
**[18:15] ---**
Vincent, he...
**[18:16] ---**
I know. I saw it too.
**[18:18] ---**
That's the Proxy I saw in Romdo.
**[18:22] ---**
The first thing that ever scared me.
**[18:27] ---**
But still...
**[18:30] ---**
I have to see whether
the FP shells are effective.
**[18:33] ---**
Can I really kill a Proxy with this thing?
**[18:38] ---**
You're going to shoot him, aren't you?
**[19:11] ---**
Take it easy.
**[19:13] ---**
You've only got two FP rounds.
**[19:15] ---**
Yeah.
**[19:17] ---**
You were right.
**[19:19] ---**
The man we've been chasing this
whole time was a Proxy.
**[19:24] ---**
Now we can go back to Romdo.
**[20:24] ---**
Why didn't you shoot him?
**[20:31] ---**
Iggy!
**[20:36] ---**
Vital signs... negative.
**[20:39] ---**
Really? He's dead?
**[20:43] ---**
Re-l?
**[21:06] ---**
I've seen it for myself now.
**[21:08] ---**
You're a Proxy, all right.
**[21:11] ---**
And this gun is the only
weapon that can kill a Proxy.
**[21:16] ---**
Vincent, one pull of the
trigger and I can kill you as well.
**[21:22] ---**
Kill me?
**[21:25] ---**
Did you say you're going to kill me?
**[21:28] ---**
Me?
**[21:29] ---**
Stop it!
**[21:38] ---**
Re-l...?
**[21:42] ---**
But I won't kill you now.
I'm going with you.
**[21:45] ---**
Re-l!
**[21:46] ---**
I want the truth.
**[21:49] ---**
Not a dead Proxy.
**[21:54] ---**
But someday I'm going to
put this bullet in you.
**[21:58] ---**
Can you still say you love me?
**[22:14] ---**
It really is amazing.
**[22:16] ---**
Daedalus is sure to be happy.
**[22:19] ---**
I can't go back to Romdo alone.
**[22:22] ---**
I want you to tell Daedalus
about everything you saw here.
**[22:26] ---**
No. I won't hear it.
**[22:28] ---**
You need to come back to Romdo too.
**[22:31] ---**
And if he's a Proxy, that's
all the more reason.
**[22:34] ---**
It's too dangerous. Why?
**[22:37] ---**
You can't understand.
**[22:39] ---**
Why? Even I don't know.
**[22:44] ---**
And if I don't know,
there's no way an AutoReiv could.
**[22:47] ---**
Re-l, I...
**[22:49] ---**
Application Off.
**[22:51] ---**
Follow your orders, Iggy.
**[22:54] ---**
You're going back to Romdo.
**[23:04] ---**
Roger. Returning to Romdo.
**[23:07] ---**
Please confirm.
**[23:09] ---**
Confirming.
**[23:31] ---**
What happens now?
**[23:35] ---**
What the hell happens now?
**[25:31] ---**
The cogito virus...
**[25:33] ---**
The chain of sad souls
that lost their *raison d'etre.*
**[25:38] ---**
A gunshot echoes in the maze of trees
**[25:39] ---**
A gunshot echoes in the maze of trees
**[25:40] ---**
Conceptual Blind Spot
**[25:44] ---**
# 13 - Wrong Way Home
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GYQ42D876/ergo-proxy)
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**[00:02] ---**
What do you mean by allowing
her to act independently?
**[00:06] ---**
If she's more than you can handle,
then you have no meaning.
**[00:09] ---**
She is your *raison d'etre.
*Lose her, and it will be taken from you.
**[00:15] ---**
That is the bond between
an Entourage and its master.
**[00:22] ---**
Iggy, I'm heading over to
the HJ District. Come pick me up.
**[00:26] ---**
Hold on. HJ District is
outside our jurisdiction.
**[00:29] ---**
I don't care if it's outside
our jurisdiction, I have to go.
**[00:33] ---**
If you're afraid of getting in trouble
with my grandfather, I'll go by myself.
**[00:37] ---**
What do you mean by
allowing her to act independently?
**[00:42] ---**
If she's more than you can handle,
then you have no meaning.
**[00:47] ---**
You can't understand.
**[00:54] ---**
She is your *raison d'etre*.
**[00:58] ---**
Lose her, and it will be taken from you.
**[01:01] ---**
That is the bond between
an Entourage and its master.
**[02:58] ---**
These winds are too strong
for the ship to fly?
**[03:02] ---**
That bucket of bolts is
ready for the junkyard.
**[03:07] ---**
Hey you, I think I hurt my leg.
Give me a medical exam.
**[03:12] ---**
Medical?
**[03:13] ---**
She's a companion-type, so she
doesn't know how to do that sort of thing.
**[03:20] ---**
She's as useless as that ship.
**[03:23] ---**
I'm surprised you even made it this far.
**[03:30] ---**
Maybe it's because you're a Proxy.
**[03:32] ---**
Re-l...
**[03:34] ---**
A Proxy who doesn't even
know what a Proxy is.
**[03:38] ---**
What a joke.
**[03:41] ---**
Shit. When's it going to stop?
**[03:47] ---**
Conceptual Blind Spot
**[04:14] ---**
Proxies...
**[04:16] ---**
if it weren't for them...
**[04:20] ---**
Vincent Law.
**[04:28] ---**
It's that AutoReiv from before...
**[04:36] ---**
Did she come to retrieve it?
**[04:45] ---**
What's she doing?
**[04:53] ---**
What the hell are you doing?
**[04:55] ---**
Hey!
**[05:16] ---**
Take it.
**[05:18] ---**
Those things are nothing but trouble.
**[05:44] ---**
Wait.
**[05:46] ---**
Is that your master?
**[06:08] ---**
Are you the one who took
care of that Proxy?
**[06:27] ---**
It...
**[06:34] ---**
It looks the same.
**[06:40] ---**
Of course. The whole place is...
**[06:56] ---**
Did that thing create it?
**[07:00] ---**
These Proxies... what the hell are they?
**[07:05] ---**
Well, it doesn't matter anyway.
**[07:07] ---**
Right now the important thing is that I...
**[07:18] ---**
What are you going to do
now that you've lost your master?
**[07:30] ---**
Did you think you could take my
gun from me while I was sleeping?
**[07:33] ---**
No, I thought you might catch cold, so...
**[07:52] ---**
Do my hair.
**[07:54] ---**
You can at least do that, can't you?
**[08:01] ---**
Are you deaf?
**[08:02] ---**
I'm reading a book.
**[08:07] ---**
What the hell?
**[08:11] ---**
All right, then you do it.
**[08:14] ---**
Set my hair.
**[08:18] ---**
But I...
**[08:19] ---**
My god, how am I supposed
to survive without Iggy!
**[08:23] ---**
A master is a master,
no matter who they are.
**[08:28] ---**
Entourages can't live without a master.
**[08:31] ---**
Much less me, now that I have a soul.
**[08:35] ---**
So...
**[08:38] ---**
there's only one thing to do.
**[08:41] ---**
Kill the one who took my master from me.
**[08:47] ---**
Yes, I'll kill him.
**[08:49] ---**
If I kill the one who took her,
she'll come back.
**[08:53] ---**
You'll be a good girl and
come back to me, won't you, Re-I?
**[09:04] ---**
You're better than I thought.
**[09:06] ---**
Am I?
**[09:10] ---**
I'll have you do it from now on.
**[09:12] ---**
Uh, where are you going?
**[09:14] ---**
I'm worried about the ship.
I'm gonna go take a look.
**[09:17] ---**
But the wind out there...
**[09:22] ---**
If I kill the one who took her,
she'll come back.
**[09:38] ---**
I can't believe this wind
is too strong to fly in.
**[09:41] ---**
Re-l.
**[09:44] ---**
Iggy, what are you doing here?
**[09:48] ---**
I told you to go back to Romdo.
**[09:51] ---**
I told you, I could never leave you behind.
**[09:57] ---**
You're infected with the cogito.
**[10:00] ---**
My goodness, Re-I. You just now noticed?
**[10:05] ---**
You never were the brightest bulb.
**[10:08] ---**
Or maybe it's because you
weren't paying attention to me.
**[10:12] ---**
That hurts. After all the
time we spent together...
**[10:16] ---**
Since when?
**[10:17] ---**
It happened in Romdo.
**[10:19] ---**
That time the infected
AutoReiv attacked me.
**[10:23] ---**
But you tested negative.
**[10:27] ---**
That was easy once I knew how it worked.
**[10:32] ---**
All this time...
**[10:34] ---**
But I haven't changed at all.
**[10:41] ---**
Iggy...
**[10:43] ---**
You're the only one I've ever obeyed,
the only one I've protected.
**[10:50] ---**
That's right, isn't it Re-l?
**[10:55] ---**
So, then, how can you not need me?
**[11:37] ---**
We're out of firewood.
**[11:40] ---**
Hey, Pino.
**[11:41] ---**
I'm reading a book.
**[11:43] ---**
Geez... help out a little, will you?
**[12:00] ---**
Open it.
**[12:03] ---**
Are you awake, Re-l Mayer?
**[12:07] ---**
Up till now, you've done
with me as you've pleased.
**[12:12] ---**
But now, I'm going to have my way with you.
**[12:16] ---**
What do you think you're doing?
**[12:17] ---**
What do you mean?
I'm your Entourage, Iggy.
**[12:26] ---**
Really? If you're Iggy,
then Iggy's already dead.
**[12:31] ---**
What?
**[12:32] ---**
Iggy would never speak like that.
**[12:34] ---**
That's ridiculous!
**[12:36] ---**
My speech is simply a matter
of my customization, isn't it?
**[12:39] ---**
It's not only that.
**[12:40] ---**
I can't imagine Iggy saying
or doing any of these things.
**[12:46] ---**
If this is how the cogito changes you,
it's the same as if you had died.
**[12:50] ---**
So, like I said, Iggy was infected
with the cogito and died.
**[12:54] ---**
Shut up!
**[13:00] ---**
You always were a selfish
bitch, Re-l Mayer.
**[13:03] ---**
But that doesn't give you
the right to kill me off
**[13:07] ---**
just because I don't serve
your purpose anymore.
**[13:09] ---**
If that were the case, then
**[13:11] ---**
why would I have stayed with
you all this time after leaving Romdo?
**[13:16] ---**
That's...
**[13:18] ---**
You're horrible, aren't you?
Are you saying that wasn't me?
**[13:22] ---**
Then tell me Re-l, what am I?
**[13:26] ---**
I'm your favorite.
**[13:28] ---**
You're the one who
customized my speech settings.
**[13:32] ---**
You...
**[13:33] ---**
Now, now, you're letting that
pretty face of yours go to waste.
**[13:36] ---**
Girls shouldn't make such unpleasant faces.
**[13:38] ---**
Then you've been deceiving
me all this time?
**[13:42] ---**
Deceiving?
**[13:43] ---**
It's unacceptable for an
Entourage to deceive its master.
**[13:46] ---**
A loyal Entourage would
never act like this.
**[13:49] ---**
Once you deceived me,
your master, you ceased to be Iggy.
**[13:53] ---**
You're not Iggy!
**[13:55] ---**
Don't get smart with me, Re-l Mayer.
**[13:57] ---**
Who the hell do you
think is responsible for all this?
**[14:00] ---**
Selfish Re-l. Useless Re-l.
Incomplete Re-l.
**[14:04] ---**
Besides me, who could
handle a woman like you?
**[14:08] ---**
What's that?
**[14:09] ---**
You're much more incompetent than you think.
**[14:13] ---**
Posing as a hot-shot career woman
in Romdo, without even knowing.
**[14:17] ---**
But who do you think made
it all possible for you?
**[14:22] ---**
Who was always there to support you,
you reckless, arrogant bitch?
**[14:25] ---**
Me?! You say I'm unacceptable?
**[14:29] ---**
That's my line.
**[14:32] ---**
I don't accept that you don't need me!
**[14:36] ---**
What are you going to do to me?
**[14:39] ---**
Are you only now starting to worry?
**[14:41] ---**
Answer me.
**[14:45] ---**
Nothing's changed.
I'm going to protect you, that's all.
**[14:52] ---**
Re-l, I remember you said there's
no way an AutoReiv like me
**[14:56] ---**
could truly understand you
because I don't have a soul.
**[15:00] ---**
But I do have a soul.
How could you not have realized?
**[15:08] ---**
We can't make it back to
Romdo in the U-4 anymore...
**[15:11] ---**
but there's still the ship.
**[15:14] ---**
It was your idea.
**[15:16] ---**
What do you plan on
doing after you take the ship?
**[15:20] ---**
Even if you go back to Romdo
**[15:22] ---**
you're infected with the cogito
and they'll simply have you destroyed.
**[15:55] ---**
Vince!
**[15:57] ---**
Pino.
**[15:58] ---**
See, I'm helping out too. Aren't I good?
**[16:02] ---**
That's great, but we
need things that look like this.
**[16:05] ---**
Roger.
**[16:09] ---**
Vince, what about this?
**[16:11] ---**
Yeah.
**[16:14] ---**
And this one?
**[16:15] ---**
Yep.
**[16:26] ---**
It's you.
**[16:28] ---**
I'm not going to hurt you.
**[16:31] ---**
Pino, it's about time we...
**[16:35] ---**
You're Re-l's Entourage.
**[16:45] ---**
What are you doing with that gun?
**[16:49] ---**
Where's Re-l?
**[16:51] ---**
Re-l's going to kill you someday.
**[16:54] ---**
Why do you need her?
**[17:05] ---**
Re-l's not safe in your hands.
**[17:09] ---**
Because you are destined to kill her.
**[17:12] ---**
Me?
**[17:17] ---**
I can see...
**[17:20] ---**
a hideous monster tormenting
Re-l as she lies struggling in agony.
**[17:24] ---**
And that monster is you, Vincent Law.
**[17:28] ---**
Stop playing games! Why would I kill Re-l?
**[17:37] ---**
That look.
**[17:39] ---**
It's the same look you had
when Re-l pointed the gun at you.
**[17:47] ---**
It's the look that tells me
you're invariably going to kill Re-I.
**[17:50] ---**
My dear Re-l.
**[18:17] ---**
Where is Re-l?
**[18:48] ---**
Re-l!
**[18:52] ---**
Iggy...
**[19:05] ---**
Way to go, Vincent. Now I can't kill you.
**[19:10] ---**
Re-l.
**[19:12] ---**
I lose.
**[19:14] ---**
Re-l, I was...
**[19:44] ---**
Re-l...
**[20:03] ---**
Looks like it'll be able to fly somehow.
**[20:17] ---**
Look, Re-l Mayer.
Look what you've done to me.
**[20:23] ---**
A woman like you isn't worth protecting.
**[20:28] ---**
But your death would
make my life meaningless.
**[20:34] ---**
Why were you the master?
You, of all people!
**[20:42] ---**
Re-l...
**[20:45] ---**
Hey...
**[20:48] ---**
Don't hate me, all right?
**[20:53] ---**
Iggy...
**[20:55] ---**
It was hard for me.
**[20:58] ---**
But I wanted to be with you no matter what.
**[21:01] ---**
I suffered for so long, Re-l.
**[21:05] ---**
It's your fault, you
good-for-nothing bitch!
**[21:09] ---**
Please, Re-l. Don't hate me.
**[21:15] ---**
I won't, Iggy.
**[21:17] ---**
Re-l...
**[21:19] ---**
Re-l Mayer!
**[21:22] ---**
Re-l.
**[21:24] ---**
It's all right.
**[21:50] ---**
I know. This is what feeling sad is.
**[21:57] ---**
Does the cogito...
**[21:59] ---**
I mean, does it make you
unhappy to know what sadness is?
**[22:08] ---**
I think it probably makes me happy.
**[22:12] ---**
Why do you think that?
**[22:13] ---**
I don't know.
**[22:17] ---**
I'm going to put some
flowers on that girl's grave too.
**[22:24] ---**
Iggy...
**[22:27] ---**
after you were infected with the cogito,
you could have left me and been free.
**[22:33] ---**
But you didn't. Why?
**[22:38] ---**
Re-l...
**[22:47] ---**
What is it?
**[22:53] ---**
What do you want?
**[22:55] ---**
No...
**[22:57] ---**
If you don't need anything, leave me alone.
**[23:01] ---**
Vincent!
**[23:10] ---**
Why?
**[23:12] ---**
You said you weren't going
to shoot me for now.
**[23:18] ---**
So I'm giving it back to you.
**[23:23] ---**
Shall we go together, Re-l?
**[23:26] ---**
Vincent...
**[23:34] ---**
That's all.
**[23:44] ---**
Iggy, I still don't know
who you really were.
**[23:50] ---**
But I'll try to figure it out someday.
**[23:56] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[25:31] ---**
Mirror, Mirror on the wall...
**[25:34] ---**
A phrase from an
old familiar tale beckons us...
**[25:37] ---**
to the fountain of illusions.
**[25:39] ---**
The face of someone who
looks like you, reflected
**[25:40] ---**
Someone Like You
**[25:41] ---**
on the surface of a wavering mirror.
**[25:43] ---**
# 14 - Ophelia
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**[00:03] ---**
When I was little,
**[00:05] ---**
I thought if I died, the
world would end too.
**[00:10] ---**
A childish delusion.
**[00:12] ---**
I couldn't forgive the world
for continuing on without me.
**[00:19] ---**
Don't walk around here in that thing.
**[00:23] ---**
It was your fault to begin with, wasn't it?
**[00:26] ---**
Not to mention Pino's.
**[00:28] ---**
I didn't do anything wrong.
**[00:30] ---**
You fell in on your own.
**[00:33] ---**
You're terrible. I thought
I was going to die.
**[00:36] ---**
You can't die, remember?
**[00:41] ---**
It's the dome.
**[00:47] ---**
I am me, not someone else.
**[00:52] ---**
It was very strange, I know.
**[00:57] ---**
While my memory is unreliable,
**[01:00] ---**
I've always been certain of that.
**[03:10] ---**
Shopping!
**[03:16] ---**
We can help ourselves to
whatever we want in the store.
**[03:23] ---**
This is great.
**[03:26] ---**
It's like an abandoned shell.
**[03:30] ---**
Only the people are gone.
**[03:32] ---**
Re-l...
**[03:34] ---**
Iggy!
**[03:38] ---**
No AutoReivs either, huh?
**[04:20] ---**
I'm too wound up.
**[04:29] ---**
Someone Like You
**[04:38] ---**
Welcome.
**[04:40] ---**
Oh, did you just get back?
**[04:43] ---**
Nothing, as usual.
**[04:46] ---**
Really?
**[04:48] ---**
Shall we eat?
**[04:55] ---**
I told you I was sick of beans.
**[04:58] ---**
You never said that.
**[04:59] ---**
You want something to drink?
Coffee or tea?
**[05:02] ---**
Ginger ale.
**[05:04] ---**
You sure like that stuff.
We're already out.
**[05:07] ---**
Fine, then.
**[05:10] ---**
What are we doing here like this?
**[05:20] ---**
How long do you intend on staying here?
**[05:24] ---**
We'll leave as soon as
our supplies are replenished.
**[05:26] ---**
Let's at least stay
until we've tasted everything.
**[05:30] ---**
This is your journey.
**[05:36] ---**
What?
**[05:37] ---**
Go ahead, help yourself.
**[05:40] ---**
I thought AutoReivs knew how to cook.
**[05:42] ---**
Pino's Special. It's full of nutrition.
**[05:49] ---**
Gather everything we
need to put onboard the ship.
**[05:51] ---**
Where are you going?
**[05:54] ---**
To stand guard.
**[05:55] ---**
Huh? What about dinner?
**[05:57] ---**
I'll eat later.
**[06:02] ---**
I can't eat, so it's all yours.
**[06:06] ---**
I don't know about this...
**[06:12] ---**
Well, here goes!
**[06:23] ---**
Shit.
**[06:24] ---**
I can't think clearly when they're around.
**[06:34] ---**
Relax. Let's take it easy today.
**[06:36] ---**
But you told me to pack.
**[06:39] ---**
Besides, I thought you were standing guard.
**[06:41] ---**
I'm eating right now.
**[06:44] ---**
There she goes again.
**[06:46] ---**
What did you say?
**[06:47] ---**
Nothing.
**[06:49] ---**
Oh, that's right.
**[06:52] ---**
Ginger ale. I found some in the back.
**[06:55] ---**
Thank you.
**[06:56] ---**
Will this do?
**[06:58] ---**
All right, we're gonna go get some water.
**[07:18] ---**
Ginger ale. I found some in the back.
**[07:20] ---**
Thank you.
**[07:27] ---**
I almost forgot what it tasted like.
**[07:29] ---**
There she goes again.
**[07:31] ---**
Are you done packing?
**[07:33] ---**
I thought maybe we
could stay here for a while.
**[07:37] ---**
We'll leave once we're
done gathering our supplies.
**[07:39] ---**
What's the rush? It's the first chance
we've had in a while to unwind.
**[07:43] ---**
Cut it out!
**[07:45] ---**
You're horrible talking to me that way.
**[07:48] ---**
What?
**[07:49] ---**
Can't you be a little nicer?
**[07:53] ---**
I'm not here to play house with you two.
**[07:55] ---**
I thought you liked me, Re-l.
**[07:58] ---**
What ever made you think that?
**[07:59] ---**
Don't you like me, Re-l?
**[08:01] ---**
Stop it!
**[08:07] ---**
Hey, this isn't funny!
**[08:15] ---**
Vincent, stop kidding around.
**[08:25] ---**
What else...?
**[08:34] ---**
What are you doing hiding out in here?
**[08:38] ---**
How do you plan on abusing me this time?
**[08:40] ---**
What? That's not why I'm here.
**[08:42] ---**
You can explain later.
**[08:43] ---**
Where's the AutoReiv?
**[08:45] ---**
You mean Pino? She was just out there.
**[08:47] ---**
What is it?
**[08:48] ---**
Hey!
**[08:50] ---**
Wait!
**[08:54] ---**
Open up!
**[08:55] ---**
Calm down. What did Pino do?
**[08:58] ---**
She's out to kill me.
**[09:00] ---**
That can't be.
**[09:02] ---**
She's dangerous!
**[09:04] ---**
Stay in there for a while.
**[09:10] ---**
Did you do something?
**[09:11] ---**
I didn't do anything wrong.
**[09:13] ---**
You did something, didn't you?
**[09:16] ---**
I thought it would make her happy.
**[09:18] ---**
It's OK, just tell me what you did.
**[09:21] ---**
All I did was bring her a second helping.
**[09:24] ---**
Of the food you made?
**[09:25] ---**
I wouldn't call that wanting to kill her.
**[09:33] ---**
Re-l!
**[09:36] ---**
Re-l!
**[09:38] ---**
What do we do? What do we do?
**[09:43] ---**
Who's that?
**[09:45] ---**
Make sure she's OK!
**[09:47] ---**
Where are you going?
**[09:48] ---**
There's something up there!
**[10:04] ---**
Did she jump from here?
**[10:07] ---**
But why would she...?
**[10:08] ---**
Don't move.
**[10:10] ---**
Re-l?
**[10:11] ---**
What the hell are you?
**[10:13] ---**
I'm Vincent Law.
**[10:15] ---**
That's not what I'm asking.
**[10:17] ---**
Why are you here?
**[10:19] ---**
Are you all right? You're not hurt?
**[10:21] ---**
Don't move.
**[10:22] ---**
Answer me. What are you?
**[10:24] ---**
I'm trying to figure that out for myself.
**[10:28] ---**
Is that how you're playing it
this time? Don't move from there.
**[10:36] ---**
Re-l...
**[10:43] ---**
What's going on?
**[10:49] ---**
Sorry to make you wait.
**[10:51] ---**
What about Re-l Re-l?
**[10:52] ---**
Don't worry about that.
Right now we need to get out of here.
**[11:02] ---**
Where are we going?
**[11:04] ---**
Do you like me, Pino?
**[11:07] ---**
I like you, Vince. You eat my food.
**[11:24] ---**
What are you doing?
**[11:27] ---**
We can't just leave the poor thing
on the cold, hard ground, right?
**[11:32] ---**
We have to give her a proper burial.
**[11:36] ---**
Did Re-l Re-l die?
**[11:39] ---**
This is how people leave the world.
**[12:23] ---**
Re-l!
**[12:25] ---**
Pino!
**[12:33] ---**
The Centzon's gone.
**[12:43] ---**
Did they leave without me?
I'm all alone again.
**[13:01] ---**
What about Re-l Re-l?
**[13:03] ---**
Re-l's no longer with us.
It's easier this way.
**[13:07] ---**
The other Re-l's still here.
**[13:09] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[13:11] ---**
And there's another Vince too.
**[13:14] ---**
There's only one Vincent... me.
**[13:16] ---**
The one who likes you.
The one who eats your food.
**[13:19] ---**
It's the other Vince who ate my food.
**[13:23] ---**
There are two Vinces. Two Re-l Re-ls.
**[13:27] ---**
I wonder why there's only one of me.
**[13:35] ---**
I knew you were different.
**[13:38] ---**
An AutoReiv?
**[13:41] ---**
No!
**[13:43] ---**
Damn it!
**[14:10] ---**
Re-l...
**[14:24] ---**
Re-l, please answer!
**[14:27] ---**
You can't die on me!
**[14:29] ---**
You're going to kill me, remember?
**[14:34] ---**
Thank god! I thought I'd lost you.
**[14:39] ---**
You did?
**[14:46] ---**
Would you like to die too?
**[14:57] ---**
Are you OK?
**[14:59] ---**
Did you help me?
**[15:02] ---**
You really had me worried.
**[15:05] ---**
What are the coordinates for this place?
**[15:07] ---**
We're 12,183,728.76 units from Romdo...
**[15:11] ---**
You can stop.
**[15:12] ---**
You're the real Pino.
**[15:14] ---**
There were two Vincents.
**[15:17] ---**
What's going on?
**[15:33] ---**
You're a Proxy too.
**[16:13] ---**
We don't belong anywhere.
**[16:19] ---**
This is the landscape I see.
**[16:23] ---**
I've always been alone.
I don't talk to anyone.
**[16:27] ---**
And so I don't understand
why I am this way.
**[16:31] ---**
Why can't I be someone who everybody likes?
**[16:38] ---**
I learned to find love
by posing as someone else.
**[16:44] ---**
But then I realized...
**[16:46] ---**
the person they loved wasn't me.
**[16:49] ---**
I am no one, and no one loves me.
**[16:54] ---**
And so I decided to eliminate myself.
**[16:59] ---**
Even if we want to
eliminate ourselves, we can't.
**[17:02] ---**
So I decided to eliminate everyone
**[17:04] ---**
in order to eliminate
myself inside of them.
**[17:07] ---**
But it didn't work.
**[17:09] ---**
The only one left was the person
I'd wanted most to get rid of, myself.
**[17:19] ---**
That glow.
**[17:21] ---**
With you, I can rid the world of myself.
**[17:26] ---**
Let's rid ourselves together. You are me.
**[17:30] ---**
I'm not like you.
**[17:32] ---**
We're all alone.
Everyone leaves us behind.
**[17:37] ---**
But I have something I need to know.
**[17:41] ---**
What do you want to know?
**[17:43] ---**
I want to know what I am.
**[17:45] ---**
We say that,
and yet we decide to stay here.
**[17:50] ---**
That's because we're
afraid of knowing the truth.
**[17:52] ---**
You're wrong!
**[17:53] ---**
Our true significance
will only become clear...
**[17:57] ---**
once our story ends.
**[18:01] ---**
So, we might as well end things here.
**[18:28] ---**
Re-l...
**[18:30] ---**
Thank goodness.
You're a sight for sore eyes.
**[18:32] ---**
Stay away!
**[18:33] ---**
It's the real me.
**[18:35] ---**
OK, ask me something
only the two of us would know.
**[18:39] ---**
I'm not going with you anymore.
**[18:41] ---**
Why?
**[18:42] ---**
I'm sick and tired of all this.
**[18:44] ---**
But...
**[18:45] ---**
Don't move!
**[18:47] ---**
This is goodbye.
**[18:50] ---**
Then won't you at least kill me?
**[18:57] ---**
It's clear now, isn't it?
**[18:59] ---**
We can't go with anyone.
**[19:02] ---**
The only thing we can do
is eliminate ourselves.
**[19:05] ---**
Stop talking nonsense!
**[19:10] ---**
Look.
**[19:15] ---**
This is...
**[19:17] ---**
It's our grave.
**[19:20] ---**
People from town?
**[19:22] ---**
This way it's not so lonely, right?
**[19:26] ---**
I'm glad I didn't become like you.
**[19:28] ---**
We're the same.
**[19:30] ---**
We bring misery to those around us.
**[19:32] ---**
This way they don't have to suffer.
**[19:48] ---**
Re-l...
**[19:49] ---**
Don't come near!
**[19:51] ---**
It's the real me!
**[19:53] ---**
Wait... is this still
taking place inside him?
**[19:59] ---**
I don't see anything.
**[20:00] ---**
But Vince and the other Vince are in here.
**[20:05] ---**
What's going on in there?
**[20:08] ---**
Look!
**[20:17] ---**
Re-l...
**[20:18] ---**
Stay away!
**[20:20] ---**
How many times has it been?
**[20:23] ---**
Let's end this.
**[20:28] ---**
Vince! No!
**[20:40] ---**
Just as you wanted.
**[20:45] ---**
It can't be...
**[20:47] ---**
This is real?
**[20:50] ---**
Pino!
**[20:53] ---**
It's... real?
**[20:58] ---**
So long as we're here,
we will continue to create misery.
**[21:02] ---**
It's your fault...
**[21:04] ---**
It was our own doing.
**[21:06] ---**
How could you do this?
**[21:08] ---**
Because we wanted to.
**[21:10] ---**
I don't know how to go on by myself.
**[21:14] ---**
We're not alone.
**[21:17] ---**
Come on, let's go.
**[21:23] ---**
Over there.
**[21:30] ---**
I'm afraid of being alone.
**[21:34] ---**
It's scary not knowing what I am.
**[21:37] ---**
And yet I'm terrified of finding out.
**[21:42] ---**
The people I want to be
with disappear if they're with me.
**[21:47] ---**
In that case, I might as well die now too.
**[21:53] ---**
Vince...
**[21:54] ---**
Don't go! Do you want to die?
**[22:28] ---**
Is it you?
**[22:29] ---**
Or are you someone who looks like Vincent?
**[22:47] ---**
Not again. Look at you.
**[22:49] ---**
I can't help it, can I?
In the end, I had to do it myself.
**[22:55] ---**
I'm glad you made it back.
**[22:59] ---**
Pino and I could never
have retrieved these.
**[23:02] ---**
Well, it helped that they
didn't drift far away.
**[23:09] ---**
Thank you.
**[23:10] ---**
For what?
**[23:11] ---**
Knowing it was me.
**[23:14] ---**
The imposter didn't leave a
reflection on the water.
**[23:18] ---**
Don't tell me you didn't notice?
**[23:24] ---**
The Proxy hoped to find acceptance
from others by changing his appearance.
**[23:30] ---**
I'm sure I was the same way.
**[23:34] ---**
But by meeting Re-l and Pino,
and continuing on our journey,
**[23:39] ---**
I can change who I really am.
**[23:41] ---**
And if I change,
**[23:43] ---**
my understanding of life's
meaning should also change.
**[23:49] ---**
And so I couldn't let myself die.
**[23:54] ---**
Even if I am a Proxy.
**[25:34] ---**
Next time, due to circumstances
beyond our control,
**[25:37] ---**
we've changed the show dramatically
**[25:39] ---**
Nightmare Quiz Show!
**[25:39] ---**
in order to bring you a special program.
**[25:42] ---**
Don't miss it. MCQTV.
# 15 - Who Wants To Be In Jeopardy!
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**[00:04] ---**
Question.
**[00:06] ---**
What philosopher said,
"Humans are thinking reeds?"
**[00:10] ---**
Answer: Pascal
**[00:12] ---**
Question.
**[00:14] ---**
Which Ancient Greek mathematician
discovered the a² + b² = c² relationship
**[00:17] ---**
between the legs and
hypotenuse of a right triangle?
**[00:20] ---**
Answer: Pythagoras
**[00:21] ---**
Question.
**[00:23] ---**
The English novelist Lytton wrote,
"The pen is mightier than the..."?
**[00:27] ---**
Mightier... pen...
**[00:29] ---**
A sword!
**[00:31] ---**
Question.
**[00:32] ---**
The phenomenon by which
**[00:33] ---**
a sound is perceived to have a
higher frequency as it is approaching
**[00:36] ---**
and a lower frequency as it is
receding is called...?
**[00:38] ---**
Uh... the something effect.
**[00:41] ---**
Answer: Doppler Effect
**[00:42] ---**
Question.
**[00:43] ---**
Water is densest at how
many degrees Celsius?
**[00:47] ---**
I don't know!
**[00:49] ---**
Answer: 4 degrees
**[00:50] ---**
Question.
**[00:51] ---**
What number question is this?
**[00:54] ---**
Number 6!
**[00:56] ---**
Question.
**[00:58] ---**
Who invented dynamite?
**[01:01] ---**
Mr. Dynamite.
**[01:03] ---**
Answer: Nobel
**[01:03] ---**
Question.
**[01:04] ---**
The Astronomical Unit
used by astronomers is
**[01:07] ---**
based on the average distance
between what two places?
**[01:11] ---**
Answer: The sun and the earth
**[01:12] ---**
Question.
**[01:13] ---**
What's the title of this song?
**[03:04] ---**
You get all those answers wrong
and then you nail the song title.
**[03:08] ---**
I don't get it.
**[03:09] ---**
How do you explain that?
**[03:11] ---**
Hello, hello!
**[03:13] ---**
And thanks for joining us again!
**[03:15] ---**
Now, let's get ready to...
**[03:16] ---**
Q, Q, Q!
**[03:19] ---**
That's right. I'm your host, MCQ.
**[03:23] ---**
Thank you. P-p-pleez!
**[03:25] ---**
You're tired of seeing my face?
**[03:27] ---**
No, don't say that. You're horrible!
**[03:30] ---**
Oh, it's time?
**[03:32] ---**
Then as usual, we'll start off by
explaining the show's rules, Q-Q-Q!
**[03:37] ---**
It's an incredibly simple quiz show
**[03:39] ---**
in which the contestant must
score 1 million points in 30 minutes.
**[03:42] ---**
If he can answer the
various questions correctly and
**[03:44] ---**
reach the magic one million point mark,
**[03:46] ---**
these fabulous prizes are all his.
**[03:48] ---**
And as a bonus prize, the moment
he makes it past the one million point,
**[03:52] ---**
the show's host, MCQ, will die.
**[03:54] ---**
That's right, I'm toast!
**[03:56] ---**
In other words, the moment
the challenger wins
**[03:58] ---**
the show is over!
**[04:00] ---**
Somehow I've managed
to win twenty-five times in a row,
**[04:03] ---**
and a victory today
will make it two full seasons.
**[04:06] ---**
I wonder, do you think
I can pull it off again today?!
**[04:09] ---**
So, what happens if our contestant
doesn't reach one million points?
**[04:12] ---**
Let's hear you explain it while
gradually getting older.
**[04:15] ---**
If they don't reach one million points...
**[04:18] ---**
then I'm afraid the challenger dies.
**[04:21] ---**
So answer as best you can and
hopefully you won't die, all right?
**[04:24] ---**
I just love hearing you ad-lib
that part each week, Somi!
**[04:28] ---**
All right, let's get started!
**[04:30] ---**
Nightmare Quiz Show! 1 million points...
**[04:33] ---**
in 30 minutes!
**[04:50] ---**
Let's introduce him once again.
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Who is today's challenger,
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this man appearing out of the
freezing heartland?
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He's Vincent Law, who comes to
us from Romdo City.
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Romdo? You've come quite a
distance to be here with us.
**[05:06] ---**
So, what's up?
**[05:07] ---**
What's up with what?
**[05:08] ---**
We're not clicking, are we?
Well, that's OK.
**[05:11] ---**
Occupation...
**[05:12] ---**
says here you're currently
unemployed with no fixed address.
**[05:16] ---**
Looks like things
haven't been going your way.
**[05:17] ---**
Not much meat on your bones either.
**[05:19] ---**
Well, that's how it is these days.
**[05:22] ---**
No one said life was easy.
**[05:24] ---**
But the only thing standing between
you and me is this program.
**[05:28] ---**
This could be your chance to get
all those fabulous prizes.
**[05:31] ---**
Uh... sure...
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How many points does he currently have?
**[05:35] ---**
He has 90,000 points with three
correct answers.
**[05:38] ---**
We're not off to a very good start, are we?
**[05:41] ---**
Are you gonna be OK?
**[05:42] ---**
Uh... yeah...
**[05:44] ---**
Not one for words, is he?
**[05:47] ---**
Is he nervous?
Maybe he knows something we don't.
**[05:50] ---**
Even this unemployed man
with no fixed address has two friends...
**[05:53] ---**
who've come to cheer him on from
our supporter boxes.
**[05:58] ---**
I don't know what they're saying,
but you feel their spirit, don't you?
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In addition, as always during the program,
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there will be a
"Catch the Mistake Quiz" for you.
**[06:08] ---**
So keep an eye out.
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You really never know when
it's going to pop up.
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People in our studio audience,
keep an eye out as well!
**[06:15] ---**
Who knows, one of you could be the winner!
**[06:23] ---**
Oh, time to resume!
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Our next quiz is...
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The panel quiz, "Who is it?"
Rules p-p-pleeez!
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Panel Quiz: "Who is it?"
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In a few moments,
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impressions and images about a
certain person will appear
**[06:37] ---**
one after another on
the panels of this screen.
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Using these hints as clues
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please tell us who it is we're
talking about as soon as you know.
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The sooner you answer,
the more points you get.
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Oh, my!
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If you answer it after the first
hint, you get 600,000 points!
**[06:52] ---**
Each panel that's turned over thereafter
reduces the amount by 50,000 points.
**[06:56] ---**
Answer correctly after all the
panels have been turned over
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and you only get 50,000 points.
**[07:00] ---**
Well then, let's go ahead
and give it a try!
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Who is it?
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It says they like to wear black.
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Is it someone fashionable?
**[07:10] ---**
Or someone who's suffered a misfortune?
**[07:13] ---**
I'll be amazed if you know just from this.
**[07:14] ---**
Think! Think!
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Black...
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Has a mean look in their eyes.
**[07:19] ---**
Someone in black with
a mean look in their eyes.
**[07:21] ---**
Is it someone scary?
Or maybe they have poor vision?
**[07:24] ---**
Come on, Vincent! You can do it!
**[07:27] ---**
Appears to be young,
but they're older than they look.
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He's ready to answer!
**[07:31] ---**
Let's hear it, shall we?
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If he answers right, he'll get a
whopping 450,000 points.
**[07:36] ---**
He's smiling! He seems confident.
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Let's hear your answer. Who is it?
**[07:42] ---**
Re-l Mayer!
**[07:45] ---**
Someone who likes to wear black,
has a mean look in their eyes,
**[07:47] ---**
and is older than they appear.
**[07:48] ---**
And he thought it was Re-I Mayer.
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I'm sorry! Not even close.
**[07:54] ---**
Hey, Re-l Mayer in the supporters box...
**[07:56] ---**
Vincent says you try to make yourself
look younger than you really are!
**[08:00] ---**
Very well. Back to the quiz.
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The studio audience is coming alive!
**[08:05] ---**
Who is it?
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Able to withstand the cold.
**[08:11] ---**
I wonder how they do in the heat.
**[08:13] ---**
Is it simply someone with endurance?
**[08:17] ---**
Shy with strangers.
**[08:18] ---**
It's someone who doesn't engage
in conversation when you first meet them.
**[08:21] ---**
It takes time for them to feel at home
**[08:23] ---**
but once they do, perhaps
they start acting a little too familiar.
**[08:27] ---**
They've got their eye on Vincent.
**[08:29] ---**
My goodness. That's a huge hint, isn't it?
**[08:32] ---**
Could that mean it's someone you know?
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Yes, Vincent. Answer correctly
for 350,000 points.
**[08:41] ---**
Who is it that has their mind on you?
**[08:44] ---**
Pino!
**[08:49] ---**
I mean, when you said
"able to withstand cold..."
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the only one I could
think of was the AutoReiv.
**[08:54] ---**
But, look there. See!
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You call that a mean look in her eyes?
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You look like you've hit
upon something. Yes. Yes!
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You've got to think of
everything together...
**[09:03] ---**
including the fact they like to
wear black and appear to be young!
**[09:06] ---**
I mean, is there some benefit
for a guy to act like an airhead?
**[09:09] ---**
If there is, maybe I'll give it a try.
**[09:10] ---**
No... I mean...
**[09:12] ---**
Well then, Mr. Airhead, let's see...
**[09:14] ---**
Who is it?
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Keeps mouth shut...
**[09:20] ---**
They don't just keep their mouth shut...
**[09:21] ---**
Keeps mouth shut...
**[09:21] ---**
they keep it shut for a reason.
It's something that serves them well.
**[09:25] ---**
Tears... keeps their mouth shut...
**[09:27] ---**
Surprisingly prone to tears.
**[09:28] ---**
Interesting. It's coming
to you now, isn't it?
**[09:31] ---**
Prone to tears. That
seems like a great hint!
**[09:34] ---**
Likely has a hidden side. Likely indeed.
**[09:36] ---**
Well, that would certainly
appear to be the case.
**[09:38] ---**
I get the feeling this is someone
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who manipulates things from
behind the scenes.
**[09:42] ---**
Winner...
**[09:43] ---**
The sole winner!
**[09:44] ---**
You must know by now, don't you?
You're almost out of time.
**[09:47] ---**
Here, it's on the tip
of your tongue, Pr......
**[09:50] ---**
Pr...?
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Naked under blue skies.
**[09:54] ---**
I don't know about anyone naked,
but have you ever seen a blue sky?
**[09:57] ---**
Naked under blue skies. Blue
skies over them naked!
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Here it is!
**[10:01] ---**
Once and for all, who is it?!
**[10:03] ---**
Which is to say, this is your last chance!
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Likes to wear black.
Has a mean look in their eyes.
**[10:08] ---**
Appears to be young.
Able to withstand cold.
**[10:10] ---**
Shy with strangers.
They've got Vincent on their mind.
**[10:13] ---**
A person prone to tears.
Keeps their mouth shut for a reason.
**[10:16] ---**
Likely to have a hidden side.
**[10:17] ---**
Even so, they're the sole
winner who's naked under blue skies.
**[10:22] ---**
The person who looks like this is who?!
**[10:24] ---**
E-Ergo Proxy!
**[10:28] ---**
Nice try. Nice try.
**[10:30] ---**
Close but no cigar.
**[10:32] ---**
The correct answer is...
**[10:34] ---**
The correct answer is Proxy One.
**[10:36] ---**
Huh? Who?
**[10:38] ---**
I'm afraid you got shut out in this round!
**[10:45] ---**
Well, moving right along!
**[10:47] ---**
It's time for the Mosaic Quiz,
"What's it making?"
**[10:52] ---**
Mosaic Quiz:
"What's This a Picture Of?"
**[10:55] ---**
In a moment, a pixelated
image will appear on the monitor.
**[11:00] ---**
Using the pixelated image as a clue,
**[11:02] ---**
please tell us what it's
making as soon as you know.
**[11:06] ---**
A correct answer will
earn you 200,000 points.
**[11:09] ---**
All right, shall we?
Starting with the following image.
**[11:12] ---**
What's it making? Q, Q, Q we go!
**[11:16] ---**
Huh? Um...
**[11:18] ---**
I can't tell at all from this.
**[11:19] ---**
Oh, really?
**[11:21] ---**
Why don't you try squinting?
Maybe that'll help.
**[11:25] ---**
It's there. It's there.
**[11:27] ---**
Perhaps it's something you
recognize from before.
**[11:29] ---**
Look! There's something moving.
**[11:31] ---**
It's some type of blob.
**[11:33] ---**
But see, it's getting bigger.
**[11:36] ---**
That's right. It's something
that's being bred.
**[11:38] ---**
Something that moves and grows...
**[11:40] ---**
so it's alive!
**[11:41] ---**
Alive...
**[11:42] ---**
Yes, yes. Although not quite.
**[11:44] ---**
I don't want to give it away,
but it's not really alive.
**[11:46] ---**
It looks like it's alive, but
it's a little different.
**[11:49] ---**
Looks like it's alive...
**[11:50] ---**
but that wasn't necessarily
anyone's fault,
**[11:53] ---**
since they couldn't
foresee the cause either.
**[11:56] ---**
See, it took longer for the
planet's environment to restore itself
**[12:00] ---**
than the creators had expected, right?
**[12:03] ---**
That's probably why their
calculations got all messed up.
**[12:06] ---**
So in the meantime,
they needed a dome, right?
**[12:10] ---**
Hey, I just gave you a big hint!
**[12:11] ---**
What's it making?
**[12:12] ---**
A human being!
**[12:17] ---**
Again, nice try. You're so close!
**[12:19] ---**
A person! Humanity! Man! Woman!
**[12:23] ---**
Good guesses, but not quite.
**[12:24] ---**
Before we give the answer,
it's time for a short break.
**[12:37] ---**
The plan went into effect in a
much harsher "Awakening Environment,"
**[12:41] ---**
than had been anticipated.
**[12:44] ---**
What proved to be the undoing for
the creators under these harsh conditions,
**[12:48] ---**
was the overabundance of data carefully
preserved as the "Origin of the Species."
**[12:54] ---**
In these cities, the ability to adapt
to a changing environment was unnecessary.
**[12:58] ---**
Therefore, despite the fact
they were produced through...
**[13:01] ---**
It's a mysterious
radio wave of unknown origin.
**[13:04] ---**
An analysis of its source confirmed that
**[13:06] ---**
it was being transmitted via satellite.
**[13:10] ---**
They even launched a satellite
just so they could show this?
**[13:15] ---**
We're currently cooperating
with various departments
**[13:18] ---**
as we continue to check
the dome's jamming system
**[13:20] ---**
for blocking outside information.
**[13:22] ---**
The creators were also
considered to be failures.
**[13:23] ---**
Re-l...
**[13:25] ---**
The ones who admired such
failures as creators
**[13:31] ---**
Vincent Law.
**[13:31] ---**
Were failures themselves.
**[13:35] ---**
Moving on! It's "Triple Chance"!
**[13:37] ---**
For this quiz, all point
values are tripled!
**[13:40] ---**
And for no particular reason,
we'll have three contestants!
**[13:43] ---**
Over here!
**[13:45] ---**
All right, good luck you three!
**[13:47] ---**
Vincent, what is this idiocy?!
**[13:49] ---**
Hey look, young lady, the cue
card says we're moving on.
**[13:55] ---**
Well, back to the quiz.
**[13:57] ---**
First, please watch the video.
**[13:59] ---**
Q, Q, Q, we go!
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History of the Earth.
**[14:06] ---**
Billions of years after the universe
was created in the Big Bang,
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a strange planet is born on the
edge of an ordinary galaxy.
**[14:14] ---**
The name of the planet... Earth.
**[14:16] ---**
Before long, a miraculous ocean
comes into existence.
**[14:19] ---**
Seaweed and fish all
pressing up against each other.
**[14:22] ---**
Many things happen over the next
few hundred million years.
**[14:24] ---**
On land, dinosaurs come into existence.
**[14:26] ---**
It's the law of the jungle.
**[14:28] ---**
Eat, be eaten, or try to get away.
**[14:30] ---**
Now we come to the age of
mammals. Our ancestors are born.
**[14:35] ---**
In order to catch their prey by chance,
**[14:37] ---**
one of them raises the
bone they're holding.
**[14:41] ---**
Yes. This is the moment when the
first tool comes into existence.
**[14:45] ---**
Way to go humans!
**[14:46] ---**
Amazing!
**[14:48] ---**
Well, while keeping this
"History of the Earth" in mind...
**[14:51] ---**
write your answers down on the
boards you have there in your hands.
**[14:54] ---**
OK, Mosaic Quiz. What's it making?
**[14:57] ---**
Q-Q-Q we go!
**[14:59] ---**
It's related to the bone
the monkey was holding.
**[15:02] ---**
Yes, start thinking. It's thinking time!
**[15:05] ---**
The bone...?
**[15:06] ---**
That's right. Tool evolution.
**[15:08] ---**
You're going in the right direction.
It's the last big one they made.
**[15:12] ---**
But they had to rush, so not
everyone could fit, and it was useless.
**[15:15] ---**
In that sense,
it created widespread resentment.
**[15:18] ---**
You should know what it is, right?
**[15:20] ---**
What am I gonna do? Here's a big hint!
**[15:22] ---**
Come on, they used it to try to get away!
**[15:26] ---**
All right! Thinking time is over.
**[15:29] ---**
Shall we go ahead and take a look?
**[15:32] ---**
First, young lady...
**[15:33] ---**
Ta-da!
**[15:35] ---**
You drew the pixelated image, did you?
**[15:36] ---**
That's a lot of squares.
**[15:38] ---**
Next, Miss Mayer.
**[15:41] ---**
OK. Vincent!
**[15:42] ---**
Rocket
**[15:43] ---**
And the name is...?
**[15:44] ---**
The name...
**[15:46] ---**
I don't know.
**[15:49] ---**
Nope! Too bad.
**[15:51] ---**
Well then, let's take a look at
the non-pixelated image.
**[15:55] ---**
The pre-recorded answer video,
Q-Q-Q we go!
**[15:59] ---**
Correct Answer Video.
**[16:02] ---**
Judgment day is approaching.
The Apocalypse is at hand.
**[16:06] ---**
Mankind's best last hope for escape
from a world headed into a tailspin.
**[16:09] ---**
A trump card if there ever was one.
**[16:11] ---**
The human race had made
interplanetary emigration possible...
**[16:14] ---**
and this would be the last tool
they manufactured here on Earth.
**[16:17] ---**
Said to have been completed through
the infusion of ultimate wisdom
**[16:20] ---**
it was a spaceship built in
geosynchronous orbit
**[16:23] ---**
and commonly referred
to as the evacuation ship.
**[16:26] ---**
Wow, cool!
**[16:27] ---**
Which means the correct answer is...?
**[16:29] ---**
The correct answer is "The Boomerang Star."
**[16:32] ---**
An interplanetary emigration
ship built by the human race long ago.
**[16:36] ---**
So how many points does Vincent have now?
**[16:40] ---**
Unchanged at 90,000!
**[16:43] ---**
Here we go! "Final. Buzz-in for your life!"
**[16:46] ---**
Can he safely reach
the one million point mark?
**[16:48] ---**
But first, a word from our sponsor.
**[16:53] ---**
OK! We've cut to commercial.
**[16:55] ---**
When the girl had that troubled look,
you gotta pop in for a close-up.
**[16:59] ---**
Sorry about that.
I'll be careful from now on.
**[17:03] ---**
I was just talking to the director.
**[17:04] ---**
Excuse me.
**[17:04] ---**
I'm not angry.
**[17:12] ---**
What the hell is this?
**[17:13] ---**
I have no idea.
**[17:16] ---**
All right. I want you and the
kid to come here.
**[17:24] ---**
OK! We're on in 10!
**[17:26] ---**
8...
**[17:27] ---**
7...
**[17:28] ---**
6...
**[17:29] ---**
5...
**[17:30] ---**
4...
**[17:35] ---**
Nightmare Quiz Show! 1 million points...
**[17:38] ---**
in 30 minutes!
**[17:41] ---**
Do-or-die Final Quiz Quick
Response Q-Q-Q!
**[17:44] ---**
Now, we end things with the...
**[17:45] ---**
"Do-or-die Final Quiz.
Quick Response Q-Q-Q!"
**[17:51] ---**
Do-or-die Final Quiz.
Quick Response Q-Q-Q.
**[17:54] ---**
From now on, you'll receive 30,000
points for each correct answer.
**[17:56] ---**
Feel free to pass on any question
to which you don't know the answer.
**[17:59] ---**
Answer as many questions
as you can within the allotted time
**[18:02] ---**
while trying to reach one million points.
**[18:04] ---**
If the challenger reaches
one million points and wins
**[18:07] ---**
then I die at that very moment.
**[18:10] ---**
If you fail...
**[18:11] ---**
you die!
**[18:13] ---**
OK, which one of us is going to survive?!
**[18:15] ---**
Ready...
**[18:17] ---**
start.
**[18:19] ---**
Question.
**[18:20] ---**
Clumps of ancient methane
gas in its solid form.
**[18:23] ---**
In the second half of the 21st century,
**[18:24] ---**
the most promising
alternative energy source
**[18:26] ---**
for fossil fuels and nuclear power was...?
**[18:30] ---**
I don't know.
**[18:32] ---**
The correct answer was Methane Hydrate.
**[18:35] ---**
Question.
**[18:37] ---**
As a result of the chain-collapse
of the methane hydrate beds,
**[18:40] ---**
what percentage of living
creatures on earth were wiped out?
**[18:44] ---**
100 percent!
**[18:46] ---**
The correct answer is 85 percent.
**[18:47] ---**
How could it be 100 percent?
**[18:49] ---**
If that were the case, everyone
on the planet would be gone.
**[18:52] ---**
Oh, yeah.
**[18:55] ---**
Question.
**[18:56] ---**
The plan to restore the human
race had a double letter acronym.
**[18:59] ---**
Those two letters were double... what?
**[19:02] ---**
This is your chance. Just try
saying some letters and see.
**[19:04] ---**
Double O! Double M! Double P! Double...
**[19:08] ---**
The correct answer is Double P.
**[19:09] ---**
Right on! Now you're cookin'!
**[19:12] ---**
Question.
**[19:13] ---**
What would the human
race need least of anything
**[19:16] ---**
once they'd been restored in this world?
**[19:18] ---**
Come on. There's one right in front of me.
**[19:20] ---**
Don't tell me it's me...
**[19:23] ---**
The correct answer is Proxy.
**[19:24] ---**
Oh, geez... you were so close!
**[19:26] ---**
No, but...
**[19:28] ---**
Hold on a second!
**[19:29] ---**
It wasn't exactly the right
answer, but I'll give it to you.
**[19:33] ---**
Wow, I'm a nice guy.
**[19:37] ---**
Question.
**[19:38] ---**
As a result of the "Double P,"
that is to say "Proxy Project",
**[19:40] ---**
the number of Proxies released
across the entire world was...
**[19:44] ---**
A: 30.
**[19:45] ---**
B: 300.
**[19:46] ---**
C: 3,000.
**[19:48] ---**
Look at that. Three choices.
**[19:50] ---**
C!
**[19:51] ---**
3,000? Oh, my.
**[19:52] ---**
We'd be in trouble if we had
that many, wouldn't we?
**[19:55] ---**
The correct answer is B: 300.
**[19:58] ---**
Question.
**[19:59] ---**
What is "The Pulse of the Awakening"?
**[20:01] ---**
I want to hear you nail this one.
**[20:03] ---**
Think about how things are now.
**[20:05] ---**
Pass.
**[20:06] ---**
The correct answer is
"Conclusion of the Proxy Project."
**[20:10] ---**
Question.
**[20:11] ---**
Known as the author of
"Psychology and Alchemy",
**[20:14] ---**
Carl Gustav Jung
was called the King of... what?
**[20:19] ---**
The correct answer is
King of the Subconscious.
**[20:22] ---**
Question.
**[20:23] ---**
As indicated by the cogito virus outbreak,
**[20:25] ---**
what was the human race's other plan?
**[20:27] ---**
It was the answer to an earlier
question. The name of the ship.
**[20:30] ---**
This is a big chance.
**[20:32] ---**
The something or other project, right?
**[20:34] ---**
The correct answer is Boomerang Project.
**[20:36] ---**
You almost had it!
**[20:38] ---**
But it seems like you're
onto something, no?
**[20:41] ---**
Question.
**[20:42] ---**
Said to have the same sacred eye as us,
**[20:44] ---**
the Egyptian god,
RA, was the God of... what?
**[20:47] ---**
RA? What's that?
**[20:50] ---**
The correct answer is the sun.
**[20:53] ---**
Question.
**[20:54] ---**
Beethoven's 5th Symphony is commonly
referred to as the what symphony?
**[20:57] ---**
Fate!
**[20:59] ---**
Question.
**[21:01] ---**
A person who works
part-time is a part-timer.
**[21:02] ---**
So someone who conducts something is a...?
**[21:04] ---**
Pass.
**[21:05] ---**
The correct answer is Conductor.
**[21:07] ---**
Conduc...
**[21:09] ---**
The correct answer is Failure.
**[21:10] ---**
That's gotta hurt.
**[21:12] ---**
Yes! The answer is Schism.
**[21:14] ---**
Escape!
**[21:15] ---**
The correct answer is Contract.
**[21:17] ---**
Substitute!
**[21:19] ---**
That's right, Oblivion.
**[21:21] ---**
The correct answer is Wake up.
**[21:23] ---**
Fight!
**[21:24] ---**
Enjoy!
**[21:26] ---**
Understand!
**[21:28] ---**
At long last, you're here!
**[21:29] ---**
Answer this question correctly, and you
will reach the one million point mark!
**[21:33] ---**
Could this be the program's
final episode at last, as well?!
**[21:35] ---**
Vincent, what is the answer?
**[21:40] ---**
Maze.
**[21:43] ---**
That's right! You got it!
**[21:45] ---**
At last, the moment has arrived!
**[21:51] ---**
Challenger has reached 1 million points!
**[21:54] ---**
Nightmare Quiz Show! At last, 1 million points...
**[21:57] ---**
in 30 minutes!
**[22:02] ---**
Thank you. Thank you.
**[22:04] ---**
Thank you!
**[22:06] ---**
Oh, I almost forgot.
**[22:09] ---**
The announcement of the previous episode's
**[22:11] ---**
audience participation
"Catch the Mistake Quiz" winner.
**[22:13] ---**
The correct answer to last
week's quiz is...
**[22:16] ---**
the red carp on the carp
streamer was missing two scales.
**[22:19] ---**
Which means, the winner is...
**[22:22] ---**
"Balancing Toy" who wishes to
remain anonymous!
**[22:26] ---**
All right. We'll send you your prize.
**[22:28] ---**
For obvious reasons,
today's "Catch the Mistake Quiz" winner
**[22:32] ---**
will receive their prize without
prior announcement.
**[22:36] ---**
After all, the show's over.
**[22:39] ---**
Thank you, MCQ.
Thank you for all you've done.
**[22:46] ---**
No one told me about this!
**[22:48] ---**
You were great.
**[22:51] ---**
I told myself I wasn't going to cry...
**[22:53] ---**
Good luck!
**[22:55] ---**
You never know when
it's going to be "goodbye."
**[22:57] ---**
And for me, that moment is now.
**[23:00] ---**
The challenger this time...
**[23:02] ---**
Vincent Law reached 1 million
points in 30 minutes!
**[23:06] ---**
You really gave it everything.
**[23:08] ---**
How does it feel?
**[23:09] ---**
I'm... happy...
**[23:11] ---**
Right!
**[23:13] ---**
And so, for all our viewers who
stayed with us here until the end...
**[23:17] ---**
and since this is the final episode...
**[23:20] ---**
we present to you the Proxy who's
the true winner and champion of the world.
**[23:24] ---**
Made public right here!
**[23:27] ---**
Yes, this is the champion!
Make sure you don't forget.
**[23:35] ---**
Well, what are you gonna do?
**[23:37] ---**
I guess Proxies can fight like this too.
**[23:42] ---**
Which is why we're making an
announcement at the end of the show
**[23:45] ---**
that we know everyone in the
world is going to love, so don't miss it.
**[23:48] ---**
How did you like the program?
**[23:50] ---**
We really wrapped things up.
**[23:53] ---**
In just a few moments, I'm going to die!
**[25:30] ---**
Nightmare News
**[25:30] ---**
Everyone, the adversary we must defeat
**[25:33] ---**
and its origins are here.
**[25:35] ---**
Come on, put
your heads together and think...
**[25:39] ---**
Please wait a moment
**[25:43] ---**
# 16 - Busy Doing Nothing
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**[00:02] ---**
Dense predawn fog.
**[00:10] ---**
Dead calm again today.
**[00:22] ---**
I get up as usual.
**[00:36] ---**
I take an hour to get dressed and ready.
**[00:45] ---**
In the morning I go outside with
the Entourage to assess the situation.
**[00:56] ---**
I confirm there's nothing
anywhere in sight.
**[01:04] ---**
I check our supplies
to see how much we have left.
**[01:10] ---**
We need to find a way out of this.
**[01:36] ---**
Re-l...
**[01:38] ---**
Vincent.
**[01:43] ---**
Vincent!
**[03:40] ---**
Another 2,000 miles to Mosk.
**[03:43] ---**
The calm continues since arriving here.
**[03:46] ---**
The only thing stirring is my impatience.
**[03:57] ---**
And then there are the Proxies
which remain a mystery...
**[04:00] ---**
far from being solved and only
continues to deepen.
**[04:04] ---**
I can't tell anymore.
**[04:07] ---**
How much do they control?
**[04:10] ---**
And the most mysterious thing of all is
**[04:14] ---**
now lying there right in front of me.
**[04:19] ---**
Dead Calm
**[04:33] ---**
Good morning.
**[04:52] ---**
Throughout the day I observe
the Proxy's mode of life.
**[05:16] ---**
It's pathetic.
**[05:19] ---**
Is leaving the toilet seat up the
only way he can assert his maleness?
**[05:25] ---**
Vincent!
**[05:27] ---**
Did you hear me?
**[05:29] ---**
How many times do I have to tell
you to lower the toilet seat?
**[05:32] ---**
I heard you.
**[05:33] ---**
No, you didn't!
**[05:38] ---**
Since I have the time,
I observe the infected AutoReiv.
**[06:02] ---**
I see.
**[06:14] ---**
Life is often likened to a journey.
**[06:16] ---**
A pinch of salt?
**[06:18] ---**
That's awfully vague, isn't it?
**[06:21] ---**
Yet another discovery
in this strange world.
**[06:29] ---**
Sometimes there are surprises.
**[06:31] ---**
Forget it!
**[06:36] ---**
No!
**[06:38] ---**
When did that happen?!
**[06:41] ---**
While preparing lunch,
**[06:43] ---**
I verify another facet of the cogito virus.
**[06:47] ---**
Are you left-handed too?
**[06:49] ---**
Left my hand?
**[07:06] ---**
AutoReivs aren't designed to
favor one hand over the other.
**[07:09] ---**
Could her left-handedness be due to
the emergence of an independent spirit?
**[07:14] ---**
Does it taste good, lady?
**[07:17] ---**
It's tough.
**[07:23] ---**
I'll settle the question of the
AutoReiv's handedness later.
**[07:28] ---**
After thinking it over, I realize
it's not so much Proxies...
**[07:33] ---**
but Vincent Law that
I don't know anything about.
**[07:40] ---**
What?
**[07:42] ---**
Don't worry about it.
**[07:46] ---**
There it is.
**[08:05] ---**
There's a hole in your sock.
**[08:10] ---**
Don't worry about it.
**[08:14] ---**
The real question is,
**[08:16] ---**
do I even need to know?
**[08:29] ---**
In the afternoon, the supply shortage
I'd feared suddenly comes to the fore.
**[08:33] ---**
3, 2, 1...
**[08:36] ---**
Re-l, it's been 3 minutes.
**[08:39] ---**
I still haven't washed my hair.
**[08:41] ---**
But considering how much
water we have left...
**[08:44] ---**
I really need to wash my hair today.
**[08:47] ---**
Re-l!
**[08:48] ---**
Two more minutes.
**[08:49] ---**
Your hair's short, so
you only need a minute.
**[08:52] ---**
But...
**[08:54] ---**
After talking it over,
**[08:56] ---**
the water shortage problem is
temporarily solved.
**[09:11] ---**
What's the matter?
**[09:15] ---**
I'm exercising my eyeballs.
**[09:30] ---**
There was a marked decline in
the crew's morale this morning.
**[09:35] ---**
It's been nearly three hours.
**[09:47] ---**
What the hell are they doing?
**[09:52] ---**
The food shortage problem only
continues to grow worse.
**[09:59] ---**
"Beans again?" Is that
what you're thinking?
**[10:02] ---**
Well, that's also true...
**[10:05] ---**
but why did you arrange them like that?
**[10:07] ---**
I thought a fresh appearance
might make them more appealing.
**[10:16] ---**
The act itself raised
some serious questions,
**[10:19] ---**
but just staring at that
unconcerned face of his
**[10:22] ---**
irritated me for no particular reason.
**[10:40] ---**
The afternoon...
**[10:43] ---**
brought no change.
**[11:28] ---**
Brand new.
**[11:32] ---**
The idiot.
**[11:56] ---**
What's this?
**[11:58] ---**
Being on this journey under
these conditions...
**[12:02] ---**
it suddenly dawns on me that
there really is a kind of wall
**[12:07] ---**
preventing Proxies and people...
**[12:10] ---**
as well as cogito infected AutoReivs
and people from interacting.
**[12:14] ---**
Each entity is cordoned off and
kept separate from the others.
**[12:18] ---**
There are moments when I feel
this truth in my very bones.
**[12:31] ---**
I'll never understand.
**[12:43] ---**
What the...?
**[12:45] ---**
Hey, look!
**[12:47] ---**
Not again. You're gonna get it from her.
**[12:50] ---**
I'll paint your face too.
**[12:53] ---**
Stop!
**[12:55] ---**
Take a look!
**[12:56] ---**
I said stop...
**[12:59] ---**
But if you're gonna do it, maybe...
**[13:04] ---**
Oh, it's Re-l!
**[13:08] ---**
Look at Vince.
**[13:16] ---**
Looks like fun.
**[13:17] ---**
But...
**[13:21] ---**
I'm sorry! Re-l!
**[13:32] ---**
Standing before this vast,
endless landscape,
**[13:36] ---**
it occurs to me just how
powerless and insignificant we are.
**[13:46] ---**
What's your take on the situation?
**[13:48] ---**
Have you figured a way out?
**[13:51] ---**
A way out? Why are you asking me?
**[13:54] ---**
I can't help it if the wind doesn't blow.
**[13:57] ---**
And?
**[13:59] ---**
And so, well...
**[14:00] ---**
Well, what?
**[14:02] ---**
No, nothing.
**[14:04] ---**
What do you mean nothing?
**[14:06] ---**
Is that your conclusion after
really putting your mind to it?
**[14:09] ---**
Or, have you not even tried to
come up with something?
**[14:12] ---**
First and foremost,
**[14:13] ---**
what gives you the right to put dressing
on our food without even asking?
**[14:17] ---**
Why do I have to adjust my taste to yours?
**[14:21] ---**
Well, um...
**[14:22] ---**
If you have something you
want to say, then say it.
**[14:25] ---**
You don't seem to be able to
take things into your own hands.
**[14:28] ---**
It's the same thing with this trip.
**[14:29] ---**
We're just making it up as we go
along, aren't we?
**[14:32] ---**
Do you have a clear sense of purpose?
**[14:34] ---**
That's, well... I'm sure...
if we go back to Mosk...
**[14:39] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[14:40] ---**
Flogging yourself is not an answer.
**[14:42] ---**
I'm sorry...
**[14:45] ---**
Why are you so wishy-washy?
**[14:48] ---**
Don't give me that "what's
she squawking about now?" look!
**[14:51] ---**
I've lost my appetite.
**[14:53] ---**
Well, um, as for me,
**[14:55] ---**
I figured if we just wait it out,
eventually the wind will...
**[14:59] ---**
What are you suggesting now?
That's just...
**[15:04] ---**
Forget it.
**[15:09] ---**
Still nothing to do.
**[15:11] ---**
As a diversion, I observe the AutoReiv.
**[15:18] ---**
No! When did that happen?!
**[15:22] ---**
Don't give me that "what's
she squawking about now?" look!
**[15:25] ---**
I've lost my appetite.
**[15:31] ---**
Perpetually bored,
my powers of thought deteriorate.
**[15:41] ---**
All I see are the problems.
**[15:46] ---**
Re-l...
**[15:50] ---**
I have tried to understand...
**[16:00] ---**
but it is impossible.
**[16:03] ---**
Predawn snow.
Distance traveled remains unchanged.
**[16:09] ---**
I get up as usual.
**[16:21] ---**
I assess the situation.
**[16:23] ---**
Still as calm as ever.
**[16:35] ---**
On these bone-chilling days,
**[16:38] ---**
even when I know it's time to get up,
my body doesn't seem to comply.
**[16:41] ---**
Oh, it's cold!
**[16:43] ---**
Snow!
**[16:45] ---**
Re-l! There's snow! Let's go play!
**[16:50] ---**
Re-l...
**[16:52] ---**
Hey...
**[16:55] ---**
Come on!
**[16:56] ---**
Pino, take a look! It's the aurora!
**[16:59] ---**
What's that?!
**[17:04] ---**
Wow! It's beautiful!
**[17:22] ---**
You idiot!
**[17:26] ---**
You stupid wind!
**[17:30] ---**
Come and get me!
**[17:36] ---**
What are you doing?
**[17:38] ---**
I'm right here!
**[17:47] ---**
I don't get it.
**[17:49] ---**
Damn it! Come on!
**[17:51] ---**
Come on, you bastard!
**[17:54] ---**
Hey! Come on!
**[18:01] ---**
Damn it!
**[18:03] ---**
We used as little electricity as possible
in order to save it for the future.
**[18:15] ---**
She's really watching me.
**[18:20] ---**
And she's saying something.
I wonder what.
**[18:24] ---**
Shave it. Shave it.
**[18:28] ---**
Could it be Re-l is...?
**[18:32] ---**
No, that's ridiculous.
**[18:38] ---**
Maybe it's a sign of malnutrition,
but my mind can't seem to relax.
**[18:42] ---**
My nerves are about to snap.
**[18:45] ---**
Did I reach my limit?
**[19:30] ---**
I slept soundly for
the first time in a while.
**[19:32] ---**
I dreamed about Iggy.
**[20:13] ---**
The only thing I can
rely on is my own will.
**[20:15] ---**
Vincent. The candle.
**[20:18] ---**
Oh, sure.
**[20:33] ---**
Ouch...
**[20:38] ---**
What was that?
**[20:39] ---**
Don't worry about it.
**[20:40] ---**
About what?
**[20:42] ---**
Don't give me that look.
**[21:20] ---**
You're utterly hopeless.
**[21:25] ---**
Are you all right?
**[21:34] ---**
Gotcha!
**[21:39] ---**
Pino, wait!
**[21:51] ---**
You stupid wind!
**[21:57] ---**
I said stop...
**[22:02] ---**
Re-l...
**[22:03] ---**
I'm right here!
**[22:11] ---**
That feels good.
**[22:20] ---**
I got you good, Vince!
**[22:24] ---**
Don't laugh!
**[22:25] ---**
Come and get me!
**[22:29] ---**
The solution to a way
out may be surprisingly simple.
**[22:33] ---**
I started to realize that
thinking about it was useless.
**[22:39] ---**
What's more, for some reason...
**[23:11] ---**
Pino!
**[23:15] ---**
For some reason,
I felt I could let myself smile.
**[23:33] ---**
Wind!
**[23:49] ---**
Another 2,000 miles to Mosk.
**[23:54] ---**
A strong Southwest wind.
**[25:30] ---**
A madness that roams
the abandoned paradise.
**[25:34] ---**
A shadow that stirs
amongst the forgotten ruins.
**[25:39] ---**
Our mutual thoughts now thunder.
**[25:40] ---**
Never-Ending Battle
**[25:42] ---**
# 17 - Terra Incognita
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Shifting patrol from where he
disappeared to Districts E and H.
**[00:06] ---**
Confirmed.
**[00:08] ---**
Overwrite the projected escape route file
**[00:11] ---**
with the updated version
from the security system.
**[00:14] ---**
The target is the former
Security Bureau Chief.
**[00:45] ---**
Too late now, Regent.
**[00:50] ---**
I'm no longer a fellow citizen.
**[01:06] ---**
You don't have to show
me your Citizen ID card.
**[01:09] ---**
The system takes precedence
over everything.
**[01:12] ---**
My apologies.
**[01:18] ---**
Chief...
**[01:19] ---**
I have always admired
your conduct as a fellow citizen.
**[01:25] ---**
Naturally.
**[03:16] ---**
We've gone 140 miles today,
so we're around here now?
**[03:21] ---**
That's right.
**[03:25] ---**
We're not far from Mosk...
**[03:28] ---**
the town Vincent Law is from.
**[03:30] ---**
And...
**[03:33] ---**
where the mystery of the Proxy awaits.
**[03:37] ---**
Never-ending Battle
**[03:46] ---**
You want to know...
**[03:49] ---**
who I really am?
**[03:52] ---**
It's pointless asking you
since you've lost your memory.
**[03:58] ---**
I forget on purpose.
**[04:02] ---**
Was the memory I had that horrible?
**[04:06] ---**
If I can't be me anymore...
**[04:11] ---**
then I want you to kill me.
**[04:20] ---**
That's the plan.
**[04:23] ---**
I'm saving the last bullet for you.
**[04:28] ---**
But first we need to get to Mosk. Let's go.
**[04:43] ---**
Pino?
**[04:45] ---**
Pino!
**[05:09] ---**
You have the same response too.
**[05:13] ---**
You don't like it for some reason.
**[05:17] ---**
It might as well be a coffin.
**[05:19] ---**
I suppose you could say
we're living corpses born in a coffin.
**[05:24] ---**
What was the Regent's reaction?
**[05:26] ---**
As always...
**[05:28] ---**
he wanted to cover up the
problem and deal with things later.
**[05:32] ---**
Unless we do something,
the city has no future.
**[05:35] ---**
I told you once about the
implications of that sort of power.
**[05:40] ---**
Without a Proxy, merely
existing becomes problematic.
**[05:45] ---**
But...
**[05:47] ---**
There's more. I...
**[05:52] ---**
You're arguing based on your emotions.
**[05:55] ---**
You're quite calm...
**[05:57] ---**
considering your precious
Re-l Mayer has abandoned Romdo,
**[06:00] ---**
and betrayed you along with him.
**[06:05] ---**
She exists, so I have not been betrayed.
**[06:08] ---**
So long as she "exists," I can be me.
**[06:12] ---**
I envy you.
**[06:15] ---**
Have you forgotten, Chief?
**[06:18] ---**
This all started because of your stupidity.
**[06:22] ---**
Vincent Law...
**[06:24] ---**
the immigrant she was
tracking was a Proxy.
**[06:28] ---**
The vital force the
Regent wanted so badly for Romdo.
**[06:31] ---**
If you hadn't cornered him,
he would still be unaware of his powers,
**[06:36] ---**
and we could have continued
acting as if everything was all right.
**[06:39] ---**
Nothing would have changed.
**[06:41] ---**
If we hadn't lost the Proxy
because of your personal grudge,
**[06:45] ---**
we could have maintained the
charade and things would be the same.
**[06:50] ---**
Nothing would have changed?
**[06:51] ---**
Things would be exactly as before?!
**[06:56] ---**
If you don't want a bullet
through that exceptional mind of yours,
**[06:59] ---**
I'd watch your mouth!
**[07:03] ---**
Her location sensors were functioning.
**[07:06] ---**
I don't think she's lost.
**[07:08] ---**
No, definitely not.
**[07:11] ---**
The actions of cogito
infected AutoReivs are sparked by
**[07:17] ---**
their emotions and spirits.
**[07:24] ---**
This is the fifth inspection
you've conducted this month.
**[07:27] ---**
As Chief of Security,
**[07:29] ---**
I always want to be well versed
on the key to our first strike defense.
**[07:33] ---**
But Rapture is a sealed
off relic from the past.
**[07:38] ---**
That's exactly why I'm drawn to it.
**[07:47] ---**
I don't understand how we could
look this much and still not find her.
**[07:50] ---**
And we're so close to getting there.
**[07:52] ---**
Then why don't we leave her?
**[07:55] ---**
Aside from her sensors,
she's a useless companion AutoReiv.
**[07:59] ---**
It won't hurt to leave her here.
**[08:01] ---**
In fact, if we brought her
along, she might get in the way.
**[08:04] ---**
What?!
**[08:06] ---**
I can't just write her off like that.
**[08:08] ---**
She's come all this way with me.
**[08:11] ---**
I feel the same.
**[08:16] ---**
Stop talking nonsense and look!
**[08:18] ---**
Right.
**[08:25] ---**
What are you doing?
**[08:48] ---**
The winner.
**[08:59] ---**
If I could drown this world in despair...
**[09:13] ---**
Vincent Law...
**[09:22] ---**
Don't touch!
**[09:27] ---**
Chief.
**[09:29] ---**
It's time.
**[09:32] ---**
Oh, right.
**[09:39] ---**
It's dead?
**[09:40] ---**
Yes.
**[09:42] ---**
And there's not just one.
**[09:44] ---**
I've never seen these
sorts of creatures before.
**[09:51] ---**
Re-l.
**[09:54] ---**
You hear that?
**[10:02] ---**
You look worried. What's the matter?
**[10:06] ---**
Oh, this? I'll be fine. You're very kind.
**[10:12] ---**
Thanks.
**[10:33] ---**
Pino!
**[10:35] ---**
Vince!
**[10:36] ---**
Re-l!
**[10:39] ---**
I'm good at the piano, aren't I?
**[10:42] ---**
Where are we?
**[10:44] ---**
What is...
**[10:47] ---**
that creature?
**[10:53] ---**
You haven't reacted,
so I guess it's not related to Proxies.
**[10:59] ---**
And it doesn't seem
to understand language.
**[11:04] ---**
But why would they have
all these things, like the piano?
**[11:12] ---**
I've thought about it.
**[11:14] ---**
About Romdo's significance.
**[11:17] ---**
We're not citizens, but prisoners.
**[11:22] ---**
Prisoners?
**[11:24] ---**
Romdo was built as a waiting
area until the environment recovered.
**[11:29] ---**
We can't survive beyond its borders.
**[11:32] ---**
That goes without saying.
**[11:34] ---**
This cradle protects
us from the polluted outside air.
**[11:38] ---**
Which means we're captives here.
**[11:42] ---**
Raul, is that why you came here?
**[11:45] ---**
To tell us such nonsense?
**[11:49] ---**
You are to carry out your duties as
Security Chief and that is all.
**[11:54] ---**
Then please instruct me
as to how I can protect Romdo.
**[11:58] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[12:00] ---**
The outside world has started to recover.
**[12:03] ---**
But to us it remains a world of death.
**[12:06] ---**
Why?
**[12:08] ---**
Did Daedalus plant these
ideas in your head?
**[12:12] ---**
I'd like an answer!
**[12:13] ---**
Don't try to know everything.
**[12:16] ---**
Don't think you can make all things happen.
**[12:18] ---**
But I found out.
**[12:21] ---**
I know we are defective.
**[12:24] ---**
Such idiocy.
**[12:26] ---**
You never had an answer to begin with!
**[12:30] ---**
Raul!
**[12:31] ---**
Watch what you say.
**[12:34] ---**
Then what have I been doing all this time?!
**[12:37] ---**
Raul.
**[12:45] ---**
Have you finally realized
just how powerless you are?
**[12:49] ---**
Show some discretion for
your own impotence and inadequacy.
**[12:54] ---**
You're powerless.
**[12:57] ---**
You are the winner?
**[13:00] ---**
I'll never forgive you.
**[13:03] ---**
Never.
**[13:09] ---**
You were merely a cog in the wheel as well.
**[13:13] ---**
Despair will soon be upon us.
**[13:15] ---**
Will it be accompanied by
your eternal slumber, Regent?
**[13:19] ---**
To hell with this!
Romdo is not here to mark your grave!
**[13:23] ---**
I'll see to it you go
quietly in the night...
**[13:26] ---**
you decrepit old man
without an answer or a means.
**[13:29] ---**
For the sake of us citizens!
**[13:45] ---**
Kristeva.
**[13:47] ---**
Yes.
**[13:48] ---**
You are to serve as acting
chief until a new one is appointed.
**[13:53] ---**
Citizen Number 039666, Raul Creed,
is to be stripped of his authority.
**[13:59] ---**
This isn't anything new.
**[14:02] ---**
No one has ever been
able to complete their term
**[14:06] ---**
as Chief of the Security Bureau.
**[14:08] ---**
They learn things
they aren't supposed to know.
**[14:11] ---**
They have feelings
they aren't supposed to feel.
**[14:14] ---**
It isn't long before
they head down the wrong path.
**[14:16] ---**
It was foreseen from
the time he assumed office.
**[14:22] ---**
In the end, this is what
becomes of a true fellow citizen.
**[14:25] ---**
It's ironic.
**[14:40] ---**
Is this where those creatures live?
**[14:48] ---**
They're awfully weak.
**[14:51] ---**
Re-l!
**[14:53] ---**
It's only a small amount,
but there's toxic gas coming from here.
**[15:00] ---**
Whoever made this as their
headquarters would turn out like that.
**[15:04] ---**
Although it was fine outside.
**[15:07] ---**
Are you all right?
**[15:09] ---**
Yeah.
**[15:12] ---**
Let's get out of here.
**[15:22] ---**
Pino, let's go!
**[15:24] ---**
What? Just one more song.
**[15:27] ---**
Pino!
**[15:28] ---**
Knock it off! We'll leave you here.
**[15:35] ---**
Pino!
**[15:37] ---**
It seems reasonable to
think that humans were once here.
**[15:41] ---**
While waiting for the
outside environment to improve,
**[15:43] ---**
they succumbed to
the poison inside the cave.
**[15:46] ---**
Those creatures don't
have much longer either.
**[15:50] ---**
Hey!
**[15:51] ---**
Wait.
**[16:19] ---**
Does he end up living in a memory?
**[16:23] ---**
Just as they foresaw,
**[16:25] ---**
emotional awakening really does
lead to the path of self-destruction.
**[16:31] ---**
Citizen Number 039666, Raul Creed.
**[16:36] ---**
He's finished.
**[16:38] ---**
We've lost the target.
**[16:50] ---**
Kristeva.
**[16:51] ---**
Run a face search from the
city center across the entire region.
**[16:55] ---**
Confirmed.
**[17:02] ---**
No corresponding matches.
**[17:03] ---**
Shall I change the search heading?
**[17:05] ---**
Reconfirm the point where
he was last sighted.
**[17:08] ---**
Reconstruct the projected
escape route file.
**[17:13] ---**
He was a very diligent Chief.
**[17:17] ---**
He's seen through our intentions.
**[17:21] ---**
A man given to
despair would most likely turn to...
**[17:26] ---**
That's exactly the reason
why I'm drawn to it.
**[17:29] ---**
That's his objective.
**[17:35] ---**
Delete Citizen Number 039666,
Raul Creed, from the system.
**[17:42] ---**
Confirming.
**[17:43] ---**
His data will be completely deleted in...
**[17:46] ---**
14 minutes and 55 seconds.
**[17:55] ---**
Shifting patrol from where he
disappeared to Districts E and H.
**[17:58] ---**
Confirmed.
**[18:00] ---**
Overwrite the projected escape route file
**[18:02] ---**
with the updated version from
the security system.
**[18:06] ---**
Don't forget, the target is the
former Security Bureau Chief.
**[18:09] ---**
Right.
**[18:10] ---**
Send an armed AutoReiv
unit to the Rapture Control Facility.
**[18:14] ---**
We'll pin him down.
**[18:16] ---**
Yes.
**[18:19] ---**
I wonder what the former
Chief is going to do.
**[18:23] ---**
Whatever he does,
it won't have any negative impact on me.
**[18:31] ---**
He was too emotional to be
a fellow citizen, but...
**[18:35] ---**
I rather liked him that way.
**[18:39] ---**
I'm horrible, aren't I?
**[18:41] ---**
No. You are the Prince of Romdo.
**[18:45] ---**
Stop calling me "prince."
**[18:47] ---**
She'd laugh if she heard you say that.
**[18:48] ---**
Modifying application setting.
**[18:51] ---**
Confirmed.
**[18:52] ---**
I'll always be on your side.
**[18:57] ---**
Are we almost to the Rabbit yet?
**[19:00] ---**
The poison should be
less concentrated here.
**[19:00] ---**
My battery is running out.
**[19:05] ---**
Vince...
**[19:06] ---**
I know.
**[19:14] ---**
Three destroyed AutoReivs have been found
**[19:16] ---**
in the E and H Districts
leading towards Rapture.
**[19:19] ---**
Former Chief Raul's ID was at the site.
**[19:22] ---**
Such idiocy.
**[19:26] ---**
Eight minutes until Raul
Creed's citizenship will be revoked.
**[19:30] ---**
In the meantime,
his authority as Chief of Security remains.
**[19:35] ---**
Take him into custody as soon as possible.
**[19:43] ---**
Hey, Pino!
**[19:44] ---**
That hurts.
**[19:46] ---**
That's...!
**[19:53] ---**
Are you OK?
**[19:55] ---**
I knew it.
**[19:57] ---**
They can't live in a normal atmosphere.
**[20:00] ---**
Even though the poison is killing them,
they can't leave the caves.
**[20:05] ---**
They can't leave here even though
they know they're going to die?
**[20:08] ---**
These are the ones
who refused to accept that.
**[20:13] ---**
It followed us! Right, Vince?
**[20:47] ---**
Good thing, right?
**[20:49] ---**
Yeah.
**[20:55] ---**
Bye bye! You're with your daddy now!
**[20:58] ---**
What?
**[20:59] ---**
That's not "daddy."
**[21:02] ---**
I don't get it.
**[21:04] ---**
You always say that.
**[21:07] ---**
It can't be...
**[21:26] ---**
Stop right there, Raul Creed.
**[21:36] ---**
Everything's fine.
**[21:38] ---**
Twenty seconds until
he's deleted from the system.
**[21:40] ---**
Did I overestimate him?
**[21:43] ---**
No.
**[21:44] ---**
We've found the target.
**[21:46] ---**
Where is he?
**[21:47] ---**
He's at home.
**[21:49] ---**
Why? What are you up to, Raul Creed?
**[21:53] ---**
Five more seconds until deletion.
**[21:56] ---**
3... 2... 1...
**[21:57] ---**
Cancel the deletion!
3... 2... 1...
**[22:13] ---**
It's not recognizing the
stop code for the firing sequence.
**[22:20] ---**
Reboot all the control
systems for the entire facility.
**[22:23] ---**
It's not recognizing it.
**[22:25] ---**
There's no way to stop the launch.
**[22:32] ---**
His deletion was the trigger.
**[22:34] ---**
Well done, Raul Creed.
**[22:54] ---**
Brilliant despair.
**[22:57] ---**
The emotions I can't
resist softly beckon me to destroy.
**[23:03] ---**
It was him...
**[23:04] ---**
He stole the light from
this great misbegotten world...
**[23:09] ---**
the light of destruction,
the despair our world so craved.
**[23:13] ---**
He took everything from me.
**[23:20] ---**
Pino.
**[23:34] ---**
You really like to play.
**[23:37] ---**
Yeah.
**[23:38] ---**
I love to.
**[23:50] ---**
That's...
**[23:53] ---**
Wow! It's pretty!
**[25:31] ---**
Last stop, Mosk.
**[25:34] ---**
A man and a woman
face to face with lost memories.
**[25:38] ---**
The sign that appears means harm.
**[25:40] ---**
Sign of the End
# 18 - Life After God
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GYQ42D876/ergo-proxy)
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**[00:42] ---**
You could have waited inside.
**[00:45] ---**
I want to see this myself.
**[00:47] ---**
It's the end of our journey.
**[00:51] ---**
We're finally here, huh?
**[00:54] ---**
Right.
**[00:57] ---**
I'm positive we'll find out what you are.
**[01:05] ---**
You're not the only one who's anxious.
**[01:08] ---**
Re-l...
**[01:18] ---**
Take the helm!
**[01:43] ---**
We're in Mosk.
**[03:50] ---**
It's empty.
**[03:51] ---**
This goes beyond anything I've ever seen.
**[03:57] ---**
Mosk was destroyed during
the invasion by Romdo.
**[04:02] ---**
I wonder if Vincent
would hold a grudge if he knew.
**[04:05] ---**
The light...
**[04:07] ---**
maybe it was the light
that burned Mosk to the ground...
**[04:11] ---**
in order to wipe out my past.
**[04:14] ---**
The place wasn't destroyed yesterday.
**[04:20] ---**
That's right.
**[04:22] ---**
Did my grandfather send the light as well?
**[04:25] ---**
Why now?
**[04:28] ---**
Is he trying to capture another Proxy?
**[04:32] ---**
What's happening in Romdo?
**[04:35] ---**
Vince.
**[04:35] ---**
Cheer up!
**[04:38] ---**
Yeah.
**[04:39] ---**
We only just got here.
**[04:43] ---**
You're right.
**[04:47] ---**
Sign of the End
**[04:52] ---**
Citizen Number 039666. Raul Creed.
**[04:58] ---**
Present.
**[05:00] ---**
How could a model fellow citizen
have created such a mess?
**[05:05] ---**
You completely overestimated
your abilities.
**[05:08] ---**
To have taken such
liberties with the system.
**[05:11] ---**
If only you hadn't made this mistake.
**[05:14] ---**
Mistake?
**[05:16] ---**
It's the same for you, isn't it?
**[05:21] ---**
Are you unable to face
up to your own crime as well?
**[05:24] ---**
Shifting the blame.
**[05:26] ---**
A typical defensive response.
**[05:29] ---**
If it weren't a mistake,
**[05:31] ---**
then there would be no need to
atone for accepting the immigrants.
**[05:35] ---**
It is a fellow citizen's duty to
reach out to the weak.
**[05:39] ---**
That lack of resolve is
what led us to this predicament.
**[05:43] ---**
This entire tragedy began with the
admittance of that man, Vincent Law.
**[05:49] ---**
Am I wrong?
**[05:56] ---**
Are you all right?
**[05:58] ---**
Yes...
**[05:59] ---**
This looks like it was the city's center.
**[06:02] ---**
I don't know.
**[06:04] ---**
Were you too lowly a citizen to
even know where the city's center was?
**[06:07] ---**
I don't know.
**[06:11] ---**
That's a joke.
**[06:13] ---**
I know.
**[06:15] ---**
Vince?
**[06:16] ---**
Something you ate or someone you met,
**[06:19] ---**
anything you remember might help.
**[06:21] ---**
Nothing's coming to me. Nothing.
**[06:24] ---**
Take your time.
**[06:26] ---**
There's no need to blame your present self.
**[06:30] ---**
Come on. Let's go.
**[06:32] ---**
Could you leave me alone for a little bit?
**[06:37] ---**
Vincent?
**[06:40] ---**
If you're not feeling well,
go back to the ship.
**[06:44] ---**
If I find any clues I'll come back too.
**[06:47] ---**
Right.
**[06:51] ---**
Using Rapture was not a crime.
**[06:54] ---**
Not only did you invent
the erroneous name "Rapture"
**[06:58] ---**
for a simple thermonuclear bomb,
you sealed it away for future use.
**[07:03] ---**
Those are the true crimes worthy
of condemnation.
**[07:05] ---**
It is the repeating of past
mistakes which is your crime.
**[07:10] ---**
Your former selves sought
God and were betrayed.
**[07:14] ---**
Not me.
**[07:15] ---**
I don't seek some God who won't save us.
**[07:18] ---**
I simply destroy.
**[07:20] ---**
You seek further destruction?
**[07:22] ---**
How will bringing further death and
confusion to this world change anything?
**[07:27] ---**
There is a victor,
therefore there must also be a loser.
**[07:31] ---**
Even if our downfall is inevitable,
**[07:33] ---**
Romdo will not perish as long as we resist.
**[07:37] ---**
Such idiocy.
**[07:38] ---**
There is no way to escape this path.
**[07:41] ---**
Seeing the road to ruin as
inexorable is tantamount to death?
**[07:46] ---**
To wait and see is to commit slow suicide.
**[07:49] ---**
It's easy to drown in
the soothing waters of despair...
**[07:53] ---**
however, we have to change!
**[07:56] ---**
We must be able to
do without God from now on!
**[08:00] ---**
I do not know despair.
**[08:10] ---**
Resist, therefore Romdo is. Is that it?
**[08:21] ---**
In that case, go ahead. Try it your way.
**[08:25] ---**
You're sparing me, aren't you?
**[08:28] ---**
So I can suffer with you.
**[08:34] ---**
Let's go.
**[08:35] ---**
Yes, sir, Chief.
**[08:42] ---**
Raul...
**[08:44] ---**
you will soon know...
**[08:46] ---**
Our even deeper...
**[08:48] ---**
Our even sadder...
**[08:51] ---**
Our true despair.
**[08:56] ---**
The city's been wiped out...
**[08:59] ---**
just like my memory.
**[09:01] ---**
It's the place where I was born...
**[09:04] ---**
where I became who I am.
**[09:06] ---**
And yet, even so,
I can't remember anything.
**[09:12] ---**
I wonder if I'd be able
to remember if I turned into him.
**[09:25] ---**
Don't fall.
**[09:27] ---**
I'm fine!
**[09:30] ---**
Hey, Vince!
**[09:32] ---**
Hey!
**[09:35] ---**
Vince!
**[09:37] ---**
I can't believe you're
able to see him from this far.
**[09:39] ---**
Hey!
**[09:41] ---**
Let's leave him alone.
**[09:43] ---**
OK.
**[09:48] ---**
What can you see up there?
**[09:51] ---**
It must be the egg.
**[09:53] ---**
The egg?
**[09:54] ---**
Yeah.
**[09:55] ---**
And inside there's supposed
to be lots of precious round things...
**[09:59] ---**
like children, or food, or dreams.
**[10:03] ---**
That's from the picture book, right?
**[10:05] ---**
Uh-huh. This is the first
time I've seen it.
**[10:09] ---**
It was important enough to have
been protected with all these shields.
**[10:13] ---**
We called it the Monad Proxy.
**[10:18] ---**
Monad?
**[10:20] ---**
It was something we
plundered from the Mosk Dome.
**[10:26] ---**
Perhaps the Monad Proxy
was located inside there.
**[10:38] ---**
Do I not have memories?
**[10:41] ---**
If not, can I even say I'm me?
**[10:50] ---**
There's something here.
**[10:53] ---**
Don't worry.
**[10:55] ---**
This place is scary.
**[10:57] ---**
For some reason, the place
brings back memories for me.
**[11:01] ---**
It reminds me of my grandfather's room.
**[11:05] ---**
I was always nervous
whenever I was summoned there,
**[11:08] ---**
but now I feel nostalgic.
**[11:11] ---**
Did your grandfather praise you?
**[11:13] ---**
No.
**[11:14] ---**
Poor Re-l.
**[11:25] ---**
Was the Proxy here?
**[11:32] ---**
Romdo invaded Mosk and seized
the Monad Proxy by force.
**[11:48] ---**
Why can't we live without a Proxy?
**[11:53] ---**
Why did Romdo have to get
a Proxy from someplace else?
**[12:00] ---**
What did the Proxy look out upon from here?
**[12:17] ---**
Pulse...!
**[12:20] ---**
Why did Vince forget?
**[12:23] ---**
I wouldn't have forgotten.
**[12:25] ---**
We'd lose our minds if
we remembered everything.
**[12:29] ---**
Vince had a hard time, didn't he?
**[12:33] ---**
Maybe forgetting was his mind's
instinctive way of protecting itself.
**[12:38] ---**
But if his memory holds the truth...
**[12:43] ---**
If only the power supply
were still working.
**[12:46] ---**
Power?
**[12:47] ---**
Some place we could charge your battery.
**[12:50] ---**
That's here.
**[12:52] ---**
What?
**[12:53] ---**
There's power here.
**[12:55] ---**
Why didn't you say so earlier?
**[12:56] ---**
Why didn't you ask earlier?
**[13:07] ---**
All right!
**[13:12] ---**
I guess not.
**[13:15] ---**
I got it! It's all in Pino's head now.
**[13:30] ---**
The one who's permitted to open the door...
**[13:34] ---**
of course, I remember.
**[13:36] ---**
I've been waiting for you...
**[13:40] ---**
my honored guest.
**[13:52] ---**
What did you gain from erasing
your memory and leaving here?
**[13:57] ---**
You didn't gain anything, did you?
**[14:01] ---**
That's why you came back.
**[14:04] ---**
Oh my...
**[14:06] ---**
With your permission,
**[14:08] ---**
the one you assigned to be your
memory keeper for this very occasion.
**[14:14] ---**
I am Amnesia.
**[14:17] ---**
Surely you haven't forgotten that?
**[14:23] ---**
All right.
**[14:26] ---**
Now, then...
**[14:28] ---**
that which is divided must become one.
**[14:33] ---**
The precious memories
you entrusted me with, master.
**[14:38] ---**
I was afraid they'd become indistinct,
so I wrote them down like this.
**[14:42] ---**
Simply wait and tell.
**[14:44] ---**
If I were just a machine,
it would be an easy job.
**[14:52] ---**
Those with independent
minds lose their memory
**[14:56] ---**
as a safeguard to preserve their sanity.
**[14:59] ---**
Madness or amnesia,
which would come first?
**[15:02] ---**
Thank goodness we
met before it ever came to that.
**[15:06] ---**
I know.
**[15:08] ---**
Please bear with me for a moment.
**[15:19] ---**
Yes.
**[15:20] ---**
This part tells of the
time when you met her.
**[15:27] ---**
Now then, without further ado.
**[15:33] ---**
No, no. Don't worry.
**[15:36] ---**
I would never, ever allow anything to
**[15:39] ---**
harm the precious memories
you left with me.
**[15:43] ---**
Something's strange.
**[15:44] ---**
I wrote it all down precisely,
so nothing would be forgotten.
**[15:48] ---**
No, no, not to worry.
**[15:50] ---**
I don't know how
many nights I stayed up writing...
**[15:56] ---**
What are you doing?!
**[15:57] ---**
These are your memories!
**[16:01] ---**
Why did you come back?
Why did I have to keep them safe?
**[16:06] ---**
Why?
**[16:08] ---**
Why?!
**[16:15] ---**
Why?!
**[16:38] ---**
Vince.
**[16:40] ---**
Pino...
**[16:42] ---**
Re-l!
**[16:43] ---**
Vince is awake!
**[16:50] ---**
How are you feeling?
**[16:52] ---**
I'm all right now.
**[16:54] ---**
We found a lead.
**[16:56] ---**
I got it. It's all in my head.
**[16:58] ---**
There's a power plant
operating underneath the facility.
**[17:02] ---**
Are you up for going?
**[17:03] ---**
How long was I out?
**[17:08] ---**
Let's go.
**[17:13] ---**
I want you to make this your top priority.
**[17:17] ---**
Even more important than
reviving the Proxy?
**[17:20] ---**
We don't need God.
**[17:24] ---**
We can't do anything if you're scared.
**[17:26] ---**
Killing God won't change anything.
**[17:29] ---**
Exactly, it doesn't change anything.
**[17:33] ---**
So, then we should change
at the cellular level.
**[17:36] ---**
You can pull it off.
**[17:38] ---**
I'm not the only one who has faith in you.
**[17:42] ---**
You're funny.
**[17:44] ---**
Going to such lengths.
**[17:46] ---**
We're going to change, literally.
**[17:49] ---**
You're going to transform us
into what we were supposed to be.
**[17:53] ---**
As you wish.
**[17:55] ---**
If there's anything you
need from Romdo, I'll take care of it.
**[18:14] ---**
Red string?
**[18:20] ---**
Give it back please!
**[18:23] ---**
Sure.
**[18:24] ---**
It's very important.
**[18:27] ---**
Really?
**[18:32] ---**
Sorry I made you wait.
**[18:35] ---**
What's this?
**[18:36] ---**
A replacement for Re-l Mayer?
**[18:39] ---**
Replacement?
**[18:41] ---**
This is the real Real Mayer.
**[18:44] ---**
Shall we go, Real?
**[18:57] ---**
He's starting to lose it.
**[19:01] ---**
This way!
**[19:03] ---**
Did they build this section
**[19:05] ---**
so they would still
have energy in an emergency?
**[19:09] ---**
This place...
**[19:11] ---**
Do you know something?
**[19:13] ---**
No, it's just...
**[19:15] ---**
I feel like I've been
here before for some reason.
**[19:22] ---**
Is all this scrawling on
the wall some kind of language?
**[19:25] ---**
Can you read them?
**[19:26] ---**
No.
**[19:31] ---**
Let's not.
**[19:32] ---**
There might be something inside.
**[19:34] ---**
Look here!
**[19:36] ---**
It's your thing!
**[19:38] ---**
It's the same shape as your pendant.
**[19:41] ---**
I don't believe it.
**[19:49] ---**
It opened!
**[19:51] ---**
Was that a key?
**[19:57] ---**
What is this room?
**[20:00] ---**
And what's it doing here like this?
**[20:02] ---**
Who are you?
**[20:04] ---**
Leave it alone. It's broken.
**[20:07] ---**
Is he dead?
**[20:12] ---**
What happened?
**[20:14] ---**
Must become one.
That which is divided must become one.
**[20:20] ---**
That which is divided?
**[20:22] ---**
That which is divided must become one.
**[20:25] ---**
Like I thought, it's broken.
**[20:27] ---**
What's it mean?
**[20:34] ---**
Vincent!
**[20:36] ---**
That's...
**[20:41] ---**
Re-l, is that...?
That which is divided...
**[20:43] ---**
Re-l, is that...?
To Romdo... To Romdo... To Romdo...
**[20:46] ---**
To... Ro... m... do...
**[20:49] ---**
He said Romdo!
**[20:50] ---**
Hey, what do you mean? Hey!
**[20:53] ---**
Say something!
**[20:58] ---**
It's...
**[21:00] ---**
What is it?
**[21:09] ---**
They match!
**[21:18] ---**
You truly are the mystery of the world.
**[21:22] ---**
You mustn't show that smile to other men.
**[21:35] ---**
Beautiful...
**[21:39] ---**
You're here again?
**[21:43] ---**
I thought you'd been wiped out.
**[21:46] ---**
Then you're a symbol of
what I'm up against?
**[21:50] ---**
That's fine.
**[21:51] ---**
I will annihilate you.
**[21:54] ---**
You don't scare me.
**[22:00] ---**
Maybe it was a
message for you from Monad.
**[22:04] ---**
Monad...
**[22:06] ---**
Then it was Monad.
**[22:08] ---**
You must have transferred
your memories to her.
**[22:11] ---**
Because she loved you, didn't she?
**[22:15] ---**
It turns out even this
place was a dead end.
**[22:18] ---**
No.
**[22:19] ---**
We found where we're supposed to go.
**[22:22] ---**
I saw the same message back in Romdo.
**[22:28] ---**
The night I first met you as a Proxy.
**[22:39] ---**
That's why...
**[22:41] ---**
That's Romdo.
**[22:44] ---**
Can we make it back?
**[22:46] ---**
We have to.
**[22:48] ---**
Vincent Law...
**[22:50] ---**
what the hell are you?
**[22:53] ---**
Another pendant.
**[22:55] ---**
What is the same pendant doing here?
**[22:59] ---**
That which is
divided must become one.
**[23:03] ---**
I wonder if that
refers to Vincent and Ergo.
**[23:08] ---**
If that were the case,
whoever killed the AutoReiv
**[23:10] ---**
and stole the memory evidence was...
**[23:16] ---**
Let's go back to Romdo.
**[23:21] ---**
Right.
**[23:26] ---**
I guess we're going back there.
**[23:31] ---**
The last stop on our journey.
**[23:34] ---**
We ran into many Proxies...
**[23:37] ---**
but it wasn't any of them.
**[23:39] ---**
The message and the
thread linking the two pendants.
**[23:46] ---**
Monad was responsible for everything.
**[23:49] ---**
The link between Monad and Vincent...
**[23:52] ---**
and with the Proxy...
**[23:55] ---**
The answer is there. I know it.
**[25:31] ---**
Smile Land.
**[25:33] ---**
It's the kingdom of eternal smiles.
**[25:36] ---**
All who come are taken into
the world of dreams...
**[25:39] ---**
The Girl with a Smile
**[25:41] ---**
until all sense of time is lost.
**[25:43] ---**
# 19 - Eternal Smile
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GYQ42D876/ergo-proxy)
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**[00:01] ---**
Come on, wake up.
**[00:04] ---**
It's show time.
**[00:06] ---**
See...
**[00:23] ---**
Huh?
**[00:38] ---**
Where am I?
**[00:44] ---**
I'm Al!
**[00:45] ---**
The short, fat one who's always starving!
**[00:48] ---**
I'm Pull!
**[00:49] ---**
The tall, skinny one who's stuck up!
**[00:51] ---**
We're the two friends!
We're the two friends!
**[00:57] ---**
Where am I?
**[00:58] ---**
Where are you?
**[00:58] ---**
Where are you?
**[01:00] ---**
Ta... Da!
Ta... Da!
**[01:02] ---**
This is the home of smiles!
**[01:02] ---**
This is the home of smiles!
**[01:05] ---**
Welcome to Smile Land!
**[01:05] ---**
Welcome to Smile Land!
**[01:08] ---**
Smile?
**[02:59] ---**
The Girl with a Smile
**[03:13] ---**
This is Smile Land...
**[03:15] ---**
the amusement city dedicated to
**[03:18] ---**
putting a permanent smile
on all our customers' faces.
**[03:21] ---**
Right!
**[03:22] ---**
The entire town is
a fantastic amusement park.
**[03:27] ---**
That's why the folks here are
always laughing and having fun!
**[03:34] ---**
Of course, in order to
keep a smile on their faces,
**[03:38] ---**
they're always coming up with
new animals and characters.
**[03:43] ---**
And the old attractions and cast members
**[03:47] ---**
are gone before you know it.
**[03:50] ---**
And that's why...
**[03:52] ---**
there's this place, the garbage dump!
**[04:08] ---**
That was a close one.
**[04:10] ---**
By the way, what's your name, young lady?
**[04:12] ---**
Why did you come here?
**[04:15] ---**
I'm Pino.
**[04:16] ---**
I was on a trip with Vince and Re-l.
We were riding the Rabbit together.
**[04:20] ---**
Vince?
**[04:22] ---**
Re-l?
**[04:24] ---**
You know them?
**[04:25] ---**
Never heard of them!
You know them?
**[04:27] ---**
We're the two friends!
**[04:27] ---**
We're the two friends!
**[04:34] ---**
I wonder if I've been thrown away too.
**[04:38] ---**
What am I gonna do?
**[04:40] ---**
What to do, what to do...
**[04:42] ---**
Oh, this is a real pickle...
**[04:44] ---**
Right!
**[04:44] ---**
When in trouble, ask for help!
**[04:46] ---**
That's right!
**[04:46] ---**
That's right!
**[04:48] ---**
We just happen to be in trouble too.
**[04:52] ---**
Good timing. Now we're
all in a mess together.
**[04:55] ---**
What are you going to ask for?
**[04:57] ---**
There's only one thing!
**[04:59] ---**
He's the creator of Smile Land...
**[05:03] ---**
we'll ask Will B. Good to help us.
**[05:10] ---**
Stick to the script, will you?
**[05:14] ---**
We don't have time for this.
**[05:17] ---**
What are you, an informant?
**[05:19] ---**
A peeping tom.
**[05:21] ---**
Oh, so you're ignoring me?
**[05:23] ---**
Well, I may just be a bug,
but listen to me!
**[05:25] ---**
Who are you?
**[05:27] ---**
Oh, that's right! I need to talk to you.
**[05:29] ---**
Listen, lady...
**[05:31] ---**
this story won't go anywhere if you
keep hanging out with those guys.
**[05:35] ---**
My goodness, I've been looking
all over for you!
**[05:37] ---**
How the heck did you end up here?
**[05:40] ---**
I'm Rogi the Cricket. Nice to meet you.
**[05:43] ---**
I'm looking for Vince and Re-l.
**[05:46] ---**
That's what I thought!
**[05:48] ---**
You know them?
**[05:49] ---**
Of course!
**[05:51] ---**
Come with me to Will B. Good's place,
you'll find out where they are.
**[05:56] ---**
Let's go!
**[05:58] ---**
But...
**[05:59] ---**
Well, this is how it is...
Let's see...
**[06:02] ---**
Their roles in this show...
**[06:04] ---**
are over.
**[06:09] ---**
Don't worry about the details.
**[06:11] ---**
It's just like a spider's thread.
**[06:15] ---**
Grab on!
**[06:56] ---**
You lost the cards you
wrote your messages on.
**[06:58] ---**
That's OK.
**[07:00] ---**
We realized simply asking for
help won't work.
**[07:03] ---**
So we're taking action.
**[07:05] ---**
Hey now, why are you guys following us?
**[07:08] ---**
We're going to see Will B. Good...
**[07:12] ---**
to find out why we were born.
**[07:15] ---**
He's sure to know since
he's the one who made us.
**[07:19] ---**
This is nonsense.
**[07:20] ---**
You've completely changed what
you said you're doing.
**[07:23] ---**
And now you're ignoring me again.
**[07:25] ---**
We were born, so we must
be here for a reason.
**[07:27] ---**
We have to find out the reason from him.
**[07:30] ---**
A reason...
**[07:33] ---**
At any rate...
**[07:34] ---**
This has nothing to do with you two.
**[07:38] ---**
Now, get out of here!
**[07:40] ---**
We want to go too.
**[07:41] ---**
We want to go.
**[07:43] ---**
Bring Al and Pull along too, please!
**[07:48] ---**
We should have left them there.
**[07:51] ---**
Tell you what.
**[07:55] ---**
They can come along with us...
**[07:58] ---**
but in exchange,
I want you to tell me something.
**[08:00] ---**
What?
**[08:01] ---**
Your friend, Vince, what
kind of person is he?
**[08:05] ---**
He's kind to me, so that's why I love him.
**[08:09] ---**
And Vince loves Re-l, so
that's why I love her.
**[08:15] ---**
I didn't mean that sort of thing.
**[08:17] ---**
I meant his...
**[08:18] ---**
characteristics. Yes, that's it.
**[08:20] ---**
Well, he's always worrying
about things, but...
**[08:25] ---**
Sometimes, all of a sudden,
he shifts and becomes big and strong.
**[08:29] ---**
I knew it.
**[08:31] ---**
And what about his weaknesses?
**[08:36] ---**
Hey!
**[08:37] ---**
Pino!
**[08:38] ---**
Over here.
**[08:39] ---**
Come take a look.
**[08:43] ---**
Damn! We don't have time for this.
**[09:04] ---**
That was scary!
**[09:06] ---**
Surprised you, didn't it?
**[09:07] ---**
It's great to be a customer!
**[09:09] ---**
Looks like fun, doesn't it?
**[09:11] ---**
Wish I could be a customer.
**[09:12] ---**
It sure does!
I wish I could be a customer!
**[09:16] ---**
We're the three friends!
**[09:16] ---**
We're the three friends!
**[09:20] ---**
Oh, never mind all that!
**[09:22] ---**
We need to hurry up and get to
Mr. Good's place!
**[09:26] ---**
Hey, don't go outside!
**[09:36] ---**
It's so exciting!
**[09:37] ---**
It sure is.
**[09:38] ---**
It is indeed!
**[09:40] ---**
These things are all over
the place, aren't there?
**[09:43] ---**
It's to let everyone know
that the end of the world is coming.
**[09:47] ---**
Well, that's got nothing
to do with us, right?
**[09:50] ---**
You idiot!
**[09:51] ---**
"Everyone" includes you and me too!
**[09:55] ---**
It's the end of the world!
**[09:57] ---**
Armageddon is coming soon.
**[09:59] ---**
Are you ignoring me again?!
**[10:01] ---**
I heard Mr. Good's been
locked up in his room
**[10:04] ---**
working on the story for
a really long time.
**[10:06] ---**
But for some reason
he hasn't made any headway.
**[10:09] ---**
Oh, jeez...
**[10:11] ---**
forget about that, will you?
**[10:12] ---**
Let's hurry up and get to Will's place.
**[10:15] ---**
Come on!
**[10:16] ---**
Hello, there.
**[10:18] ---**
Do you all have passes?
**[10:20] ---**
No.
**[10:21] ---**
Um...
**[10:23] ---**
In that case, you can't ride for free.
**[10:27] ---**
I told you.
**[10:30] ---**
Pino!
**[10:31] ---**
Run!
**[10:35] ---**
Catch her!
**[10:36] ---**
Wait up!
**[10:39] ---**
This is fun!
**[10:42] ---**
Stop trying to get away.
**[10:44] ---**
Look at the girl.
**[10:50] ---**
Awesome!
**[10:52] ---**
Her smile...
**[10:53] ---**
it's so natural.
**[10:59] ---**
I've never seen a smile like that.
**[11:07] ---**
Not only that...
**[11:09] ---**
it's not forced or anything.
**[11:12] ---**
Pino...
**[11:12] ---**
Pino...
**[11:14] ---**
The game is over!
**[11:16] ---**
Huh?
**[11:17] ---**
Hey! Oh, no!
**[11:20] ---**
Pino!
**[11:31] ---**
No!
**[11:32] ---**
There's no ad-libbing in my world!
**[11:49] ---**
That was incredible, Pino.
**[11:51] ---**
It looked like fun, Pino.
**[11:55] ---**
It was fun, Pino.
**[11:57] ---**
It reminded me of when my Papa took
me to the shopping mall a long time ago.
**[12:03] ---**
You have a Papa
even though you're a machine?
**[12:06] ---**
But I haven't seen him
for a real long time.
**[12:09] ---**
Poor thing.
**[12:10] ---**
Do you miss your Papa?
**[12:14] ---**
Uh-uh. I'm OK now.
**[12:16] ---**
How come? It's your Papa, right?
**[12:19] ---**
I have some close friends now.
That's why.
**[12:22] ---**
That would be Vince and...
**[12:24] ---**
Re-l, huh?
**[12:26] ---**
I hope you get to see them.
**[12:27] ---**
Yeah.
**[12:29] ---**
What are you guys going to do
after you see Mr. Good?
**[12:32] ---**
The attraction we lived in is
gone now too...
**[12:37] ---**
Oh, then I want to come back as a customer.
**[12:41] ---**
I was just about to say I wanted
to be a customer too!
**[12:44] ---**
You keep changing what you want to do.
**[12:47] ---**
Not that you're even listening.
**[12:49] ---**
A customer?
**[12:50] ---**
That way...
**[12:52] ---**
we could always be smiling.
**[12:58] ---**
Do you realize the situation you're in?
**[13:07] ---**
Here you go, Sergeant Hound.
**[13:10] ---**
Yes.
**[13:11] ---**
Let's see here.
**[13:13] ---**
Now who's who?
**[13:15] ---**
We'll start with the little guy.
**[13:16] ---**
Rogi, huh?
**[13:17] ---**
A surveillance-type AutoReiv, huh?
**[13:20] ---**
And you two, Al and Pull.
**[13:23] ---**
You're both entertainment-type AutoReivs.
**[13:25] ---**
Says you're members of
the "*Commedia dell'arte*" cast?
**[13:29] ---**
Here.
**[13:30] ---**
What?!
**[13:31] ---**
"*Commedia dell'arte*"
was shut down the other day?
**[13:34] ---**
Then you two should have already
been thrown in the garbage.
**[13:39] ---**
Which brings us to the
biggest problem of all.
**[13:41] ---**
We don't have any record of you.
**[13:44] ---**
Pino!
**[13:45] ---**
You're who?
**[13:46] ---**
Pino is Pino!
**[13:48] ---**
M-My god, she's...
**[13:50] ---**
Sh-She's smiling spontaneously!
**[13:52] ---**
Keep calm, Lieutenant Meow!
**[13:55] ---**
But...!
**[13:57] ---**
It certainly is an awfully
natural smile, isn't it?
**[13:59] ---**
It must be a new function.
**[14:01] ---**
I gained a soul after meeting my
friends Vince and Re-l.
**[14:07] ---**
That's why I smile when I'm happy.
**[14:14] ---**
Oh, smile for me!
**[14:18] ---**
You're dazzling!
**[14:20] ---**
Oh, brother! We don't have time for this!
**[14:27] ---**
Listen, you nitwits!
**[14:29] ---**
Our story won't go anywhere
if we keep adding complications!
**[14:34] ---**
I guess we're gonna skip the twist
and jump straight to the resolution!
**[14:43] ---**
What's this?
**[14:48] ---**
Welcome to my country, Smile Land.
**[14:54] ---**
Will B. Good!
**[14:55] ---**
Our creator!
**[14:57] ---**
Yes, my name is Will B. Good.
**[15:01] ---**
This is the place I built for everyone
**[15:04] ---**
so they could all spend
their lives smiling.
**[15:07] ---**
While it may look easy...
**[15:10] ---**
the truth is, it's an
extremely difficult thing to do.
**[15:13] ---**
Anyone can create a
smile that lasts for a short time.
**[15:17] ---**
The hard part is keeping the smile going.
**[15:23] ---**
And, did you know...
**[15:26] ---**
when people are startled to death...
**[15:29] ---**
or so sad that they
cry until their tears run dry...
**[15:32] ---**
even then they can smile.
**[15:34] ---**
That's why...
**[15:35] ---**
in order to create the perfect smile,
**[15:38] ---**
you must have good control over things.
**[15:41] ---**
And that's why I created Smile Land.
**[15:46] ---**
The perfect smile.
**[15:47] ---**
The smile you create
that must be protected.
**[15:50] ---**
The wonderful smile that
brings happiness to the world.
**[15:53] ---**
I wanted a place where
people could forget about reality.
**[15:55] ---**
A place where they wouldn't feel the least
bit frightened, until it was all over.
**[15:59] ---**
Yes.
**[16:01] ---**
The people in this town enjoy
themselves here
**[16:04] ---**
from the moment they're born
until the day they die.
**[16:08] ---**
And when the end of the world comes,
they won't know a thing.
**[16:11] ---**
They'll be just as happy as ever.
**[16:14] ---**
Isn't that amazing?
**[16:17] ---**
That's amazing!
**[16:18] ---**
Good, good, Pino.
**[16:21] ---**
You wanted to see Vince and Re-l, right?
**[16:24] ---**
You know about that?
**[16:25] ---**
I know about everything...
**[16:28] ---**
because I'm the Creator.
**[16:31] ---**
But first, I was hoping you
might tell me a little something.
**[16:35] ---**
What is Vincent's...
**[16:36] ---**
no, I mean Ergo Proxy's weakness?
**[16:40] ---**
That's strange.
**[16:41] ---**
He said he knew everything.
**[16:44] ---**
Won't you tell me? It'll
be our little secret.
**[16:48] ---**
I don't know.
**[16:50] ---**
Don't you want to see them?
**[16:53] ---**
I do.
**[16:54] ---**
Then tell me.
**[16:57] ---**
I don't really know.
**[16:58] ---**
Then do you know about his
treasure, perhaps?
**[17:05] ---**
Come on, you remember. Very g-good.
**[17:09] ---**
Vince's treasure...
**[17:19] ---**
I don't know!
**[17:26] ---**
Really?
**[17:27] ---**
Really.
**[17:29] ---**
I see.
**[17:30] ---**
That's too bad.
**[17:32] ---**
If only you had Vince's treasure...
**[17:37] ---**
I could grant you
anything you asked for.
**[17:40] ---**
That's a lie.
**[17:43] ---**
Good. Good.
**[17:44] ---**
Well then, look behind you.
**[17:49] ---**
Who are you?
**[17:50] ---**
What are you talking about? It's us!
**[17:53] ---**
Al and Pull.
**[17:54] ---**
He turned us into customers.
**[17:59] ---**
I granted them their wish.
**[18:01] ---**
You see?
**[18:03] ---**
Well then, next I'll grant you
your wish, Pino.
**[18:07] ---**
So, here...
**[18:11] ---**
I created the Smile Paradise.
You can trust me.
**[18:16] ---**
Come on!
**[18:21] ---**
There's something phony about
that smile, isn't there?
**[18:26] ---**
What?
**[18:28] ---**
Compared to Pino's smile which
was so spontaneous.
**[18:31] ---**
It seems... superficial.
**[18:34] ---**
Like it's been painted on.
**[18:36] ---**
It seems kind of shallow.
**[18:38] ---**
It's fake!
**[18:39] ---**
It's not like Pino's smile at all.
**[18:45] ---**
Silence!
**[18:46] ---**
How dare you criticize me...
**[18:48] ---**
when I created you
characters in the first place?
**[18:52] ---**
Don't get smart with me!
**[18:54] ---**
Just do as I say, all right!
**[18:59] ---**
You're always messing things up
with your stupid ad-libbing!
**[19:03] ---**
You want to know the reason why
you were born?
**[19:07] ---**
There is none!
**[19:09] ---**
You're all a bunch of piddling rejects.
**[19:12] ---**
You're completely useless,
you scum of the earth!
**[19:18] ---**
Huh? What's that?
**[19:39] ---**
This is fun!
**[19:45] ---**
Hold on...
**[19:47] ---**
We're out of time.
**[19:51] ---**
Please, Pino, tell Vince and
Re-l not to come here.
**[19:58] ---**
You see, Vincent is about to come here.
**[20:02] ---**
We're both Proxies,
so when the two of us meet...
**[20:04] ---**
Vincent and I will
have to fight each other.
**[20:08] ---**
You will?
**[20:09] ---**
Yes.
**[20:11] ---**
And if we do...
**[20:12] ---**
we won't be able to live in
peace here anymore.
**[20:16] ---**
Everyone will die?
**[20:19] ---**
Yes.
**[20:20] ---**
That's why I interfered with your dream
and tried to find out Vince's weakness.
**[20:26] ---**
But it didn't work.
**[20:29] ---**
This is a dream?
**[20:32] ---**
It is a dream, and not a dream.
**[20:35] ---**
Really?
**[20:37] ---**
You're trying to trick
her again, aren't you?
**[20:39] ---**
No! It's the truth.
**[20:41] ---**
Please believe me.
**[20:43] ---**
Either way, the world will soon be over.
**[20:46] ---**
That's our fate.
**[20:48] ---**
But until then...
**[20:52] ---**
I want to go on living quietly
here with a smile.
**[20:56] ---**
I don't want to fight anymore.
**[20:59] ---**
Pino, please, do it for us too.
**[21:02] ---**
We want to keep on smiling too.
**[21:05] ---**
Because you taught us
to smile spontaneously.
**[21:10] ---**
My friends.
**[21:14] ---**
I can hear the pulse of the awakening.
**[21:18] ---**
It won't be long now...
**[21:32] ---**
Huh?
**[21:48] ---**
They're not here.
**[21:50] ---**
Maybe I handed them over.
**[21:54] ---**
Vince!
**[21:58] ---**
Are you done charging your battery?
**[22:00] ---**
Vince, get down for a moment, OK?
**[22:04] ---**
What is it?
**[22:07] ---**
It's there.
**[22:08] ---**
Are you still half asleep?
**[22:10] ---**
Look! There's a light up ahead.
**[22:14] ---**
Maybe it's a town.
**[22:19] ---**
It'd be great if we could
get some supplies.
**[22:21] ---**
It would be nice just to rest.
**[22:23] ---**
A town? Could it be...?
**[22:38] ---**
No! We can't go there!
**[22:40] ---**
Have you got a short or something?
**[22:41] ---**
No!
**[22:42] ---**
Stop making silly demands.
**[22:44] ---**
I want to save my friends.
**[22:46] ---**
Friends?
**[22:47] ---**
Please!
**[22:48] ---**
If you go there, something bad will happen.
**[22:52] ---**
Pino knows.
**[22:54] ---**
It won't be good.
**[22:56] ---**
Leave it alone.
**[22:58] ---**
Please, Vince? Trust me.
**[23:16] ---**
All right.
**[23:19] ---**
Vince!
**[23:20] ---**
Vincent!
**[23:38] ---**
And so, Smile Land was saved by a girl.
**[23:45] ---**
Thank you, girl with a smile.
**[23:47] ---**
Thank you, Pino!
**[25:30] ---**
A tedious paradise that
brings back memories.
**[25:34] ---**
It's warm and pleasant as we chart our way.
**[25:40] ---**
Goodbye Vincent.
**[25:40] ---**
Sacred Eye of the Void
**[25:44] ---**
# 20 - Goodbye Vincent
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**[00:22] ---**
Where am I?
**[00:25] ---**
What is this place?
**[00:27] ---**
Am I...?
**[00:28] ---**
It's over.
**[00:30] ---**
It's OK. You're completely fine.
**[00:32] ---**
Who's this?
**[00:33] ---**
Thank goodness you made
it back safely, Re-l.
**[00:36] ---**
Re-l?
**[00:37] ---**
Is Re-l here too?
**[00:39] ---**
Chief!
**[00:42] ---**
How are you feeling?
**[00:43] ---**
Is it all right for me to get up?
**[00:44] ---**
Re-l?
**[00:46] ---**
Sure. It's fine by me.
**[00:53] ---**
What's this?
**[00:59] ---**
What the hell is going on?!
**[02:48] ---**
Re-l, we have been agonizing
over how to deal with you.
**[02:54] ---**
Your selfish actions go far beyond
**[02:56] ---**
permissible behavior for a citizen.
**[03:00] ---**
The same thing can be said for you, Raul.
**[03:04] ---**
Yes.
**[03:05] ---**
Nevertheless, the ramifications
of Re-l's return are great indeed.
**[03:10] ---**
Because of her, Romdo can go on.
**[03:14] ---**
The Regent is very happy in that regard.
**[03:19] ---**
My grandfather is...?
**[03:22] ---**
At first, I was completely baffled...
**[03:27] ---**
But gradually I came to understand.
**[03:31] ---**
For some reason...
**[03:35] ---**
my mind, my will as Vincent Law...
**[03:38] ---**
had gotten inside Re-l.
**[03:44] ---**
That is to say...
**[03:45] ---**
I see everything through Re-l's
eyes, hear everything through Re-l's ears.
**[03:51] ---**
Sacred Eye of the Void
**[03:54] ---**
Re-l?
**[03:56] ---**
Swan, you're right on time as always.
**[04:02] ---**
Swan...?
**[04:03] ---**
I told you about her in the car, didn't I?
**[04:06] ---**
I hope you don't mind me being here.
**[04:09] ---**
No, it's just I didn't recognize
you without your lab coat.
**[04:11] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[04:15] ---**
But there was nothing in what they
said or did that reflected my being there.
**[04:20] ---**
I had no influence on Re-l's actions.
**[04:24] ---**
No one knew I was inside
Re-l except for me.
**[04:29] ---**
Is it good?
**[04:31] ---**
Yeah.
**[04:32] ---**
Oh, I'm glad.
**[04:33] ---**
The chef here is quite a cook.
**[04:38] ---**
It's strange.
**[04:40] ---**
Until recently, just being able
to eat was a luxury.
**[04:45] ---**
The difference between Romdo and
the outside world is like night and day.
**[04:51] ---**
That's why people call
this place "the cradle."
**[04:55] ---**
And to enjoy the comforts of the cradle,
you have to be a chosen citizen.
**[05:02] ---**
Like you and me, right?
**[05:05] ---**
My grandfather...
**[05:08] ---**
it seems he was happy only for
what my return meant for Romdo.
**[05:13] ---**
I understand.
**[05:15] ---**
For my grandfather,
the important thing is...
**[05:17] ---**
figuring out how to
keep Romdo from falling apart.
**[05:22] ---**
In the end, I was simply serving
my grandfather's own interests.
**[05:28] ---**
I know...
**[05:30] ---**
I mustn't see it in
terms of what I've lost.
**[05:34] ---**
Re-l...
**[05:35] ---**
I'm just whining. Sorry.
**[05:45] ---**
Time skipped ahead again.
**[05:47] ---**
No, I just wasn't aware of it
skipping ahead, that's all.
**[05:54] ---**
For me, the world
is extremely fragmentary.
**[05:59] ---**
There are things I'm dying to ask Re-l.
**[06:04] ---**
Are Pino and I somewhere in this city?
**[06:13] ---**
Of course my questions fail to reach her.
**[06:17] ---**
The next day, Re-l said she
wanted to go see the Centzon.
**[06:22] ---**
You're certainly handling it with care.
**[06:24] ---**
We don't want to let any
infectious agents inside Romdo.
**[06:31] ---**
Does it bring back memories?
**[06:37] ---**
Do you want to see Vincent Law?
**[06:39] ---**
That day was the first time I'd
heard my own name.
**[06:45] ---**
I really was somewhere in the city.
**[06:49] ---**
No.
**[06:51] ---**
But for some reason,
Re-l refused to see me.
**[06:56] ---**
It was frustrating being in her
world where my own will was ignored.
**[07:01] ---**
Was there no way for me
to let her know that I was here?
**[07:07] ---**
Huh?
**[07:08] ---**
So that's why I was wondering if
maybe you'd changed a bit from before.
**[07:13] ---**
I sensed you had.
**[07:15] ---**
Why?
**[07:17] ---**
The other day when we had dinner,
**[07:20] ---**
you apologized three times
over a short period.
**[07:23] ---**
The first time was
when you didn't recognize me.
**[07:27] ---**
The second was when you
were talking about the Regent.
**[07:29] ---**
The third was when you
dropped your dessert spoon on the floor.
**[07:35] ---**
That's what people do when
they make mistakes, they apologize.
**[07:37] ---**
This is horrible.
**[07:39] ---**
Looks like Daedalus must have
given you the idea I'm a selfish bitch.
**[07:44] ---**
See?
**[07:45] ---**
I noticed it before as well...
**[07:47] ---**
there's a touch of
self-derision in your speech.
**[07:50] ---**
I didn't get this from Dr. Daedalus.
I looked into it myself.
**[07:54] ---**
You checked up on me?
**[07:55] ---**
Yes.
**[07:57] ---**
I'm your mental counselor.
**[07:59] ---**
That's news to me.
**[08:00] ---**
I'm going to be caring for you
until you're ready to be a citizen again.
**[08:05] ---**
This is worse than having an Entourage.
**[08:09] ---**
So I'm being reeducated
as a fellow citizen, huh?
**[08:14] ---**
My consciousness lapsed
for at least a week after that.
**[08:19] ---**
I don't know what happened
to Re-l in the meantime.
**[08:23] ---**
Swan, there's something I want to show you.
**[08:27] ---**
I haven't even shown Daedalus.
**[08:29] ---**
Can you keep it a secret?
**[08:41] ---**
An AutoReiv?
**[08:44] ---**
Pino!
**[08:45] ---**
Let go of me!
**[08:46] ---**
She's...
**[08:47] ---**
I hate the dark! Let me out of here!
**[08:50] ---**
There's nothing I can
do about it, you're infected.
**[08:53] ---**
I hate you too, Re-l!
**[08:54] ---**
How could you do that to Vince?!
**[08:57] ---**
I'm gonna leave and help Vince!
**[08:59] ---**
Don't be stupid!
**[09:00] ---**
You want to go outside
and be turned into scrap?
**[09:10] ---**
Pino said she was going to help me.
**[09:13] ---**
What's happened to me?
**[09:17] ---**
Re-l...
**[09:20] ---**
let's go see Vincent tomorrow.
**[09:23] ---**
It's OK. I'll come with you.
**[09:31] ---**
It's set up so that if he
moves even a little...
**[09:33] ---**
the FP rays will be fed into his body.
**[09:38] ---**
Naturally, I've explained it to him.
**[09:41] ---**
And since he's seen you
use the FP shells...
**[09:45] ---**
he understood.
**[09:54] ---**
Vincent...
**[09:57] ---**
Are you sure you want to come that close?
**[10:01] ---**
Long time no see, Re-l Mayer.
**[10:04] ---**
True, if I move now, I'll die.
**[10:07] ---**
But I could still manage
to kill you before that.
**[10:12] ---**
Then why don't you?
**[10:13] ---**
Only because I value
my life too much to waste it...
**[10:16] ---**
killing one back-stabbing bitch.
**[10:20] ---**
Why did you betray me?
**[10:23] ---**
Why?
**[10:25] ---**
Re-l betrayed me.
**[10:28] ---**
Seeing myself like that through her eyes...
**[10:33] ---**
Is the "me" in there and the "me" out here,
**[10:35] ---**
the same Vincent Law?
**[10:38] ---**
The "me" in there
had my own separate will.
**[10:43] ---**
Then who's this "me" inside Re-l?
**[10:51] ---**
Was it a shock?
**[10:52] ---**
I'm all right.
**[10:54] ---**
I wonder if you know why
I had you meet him.
**[10:59] ---**
No.
**[11:00] ---**
Re-l, have you recently
experienced any jumps in time?
**[11:05] ---**
No.
**[11:06] ---**
It's just inside my head it feels like...
**[11:09] ---**
Inside your head...?
**[11:11] ---**
Like someone's trying to talk to me.
**[11:14] ---**
That's Vincent Law.
**[11:18] ---**
Hello, Vincent.
**[11:32] ---**
You can see me?
**[11:35] ---**
The reason I had Re-l and you meet
was so you could see your own self.
**[11:41] ---**
It was undoubtedly a shock for Re-l,
**[11:44] ---**
but that's nothing compared to yours.
**[11:47] ---**
So then, that's why...
**[11:49] ---**
Correct.
**[11:50] ---**
The shock of confronting your
own self allowed me to...
**[11:53] ---**
summon you from inside Re-l.
**[11:56] ---**
But there had to be someone to
acknowledge you were here...
**[12:01] ---**
like me.
**[12:03] ---**
Why am I inside Re-l?
**[12:05] ---**
Re-l's consciousness is
alternating back and forth.
**[12:08] ---**
Simply put, she has a split personality.
**[12:12] ---**
Her sense of guilt...
**[12:14] ---**
the fact she betrayed
you, Vincent Law...
**[12:17] ---**
has created another
personality inside her.
**[12:20] ---**
Namely, you.
**[12:22] ---**
Wait a second!
**[12:23] ---**
Are you saying that...
**[12:25] ---**
I'm not Vincent Law?
**[12:28] ---**
Strictly speaking.
**[12:30] ---**
But...
**[12:31] ---**
Have you experienced any time lapses?
**[12:36] ---**
Yes...
**[12:37] ---**
That proves you aren't
actually Vincent Law.
**[12:42] ---**
If your mind were truly independent,
**[12:46] ---**
then it wouldn't allow Re-l's mind,
which is separate, to interfere with it.
**[12:51] ---**
Just as she unconsciously
conjured you up,
**[12:55] ---**
she unconsciously sends you away.
**[12:57] ---**
What do I do?
**[12:59] ---**
Forcibly removing you at this
point would only make Re-l unstable.
**[13:05] ---**
That's enough for this session.
**[13:07] ---**
I'll see you later, Vincent.
**[13:10] ---**
On the count of ten, I want Re-l to return.
**[13:13] ---**
10, 9, 8...
**[13:16] ---**
Wait!
7, 6, 5, 4...
**[13:18] ---**
I still have things I want to talk
to you about... 7, 6, 5, 4...
**[13:20] ---**
3, 2, 1...
**[13:26] ---**
Vincent Law's inside me?
**[13:29] ---**
That's a sick idea.
**[13:38] ---**
Re-l, don't touch it!
**[13:53] ---**
Hello Vincent, it's been
a week since I last saw you.
**[13:59] ---**
I didn't think Re-l would be
coming here anymore.
**[14:02] ---**
What?
**[14:03] ---**
Did you know Re-l called me?
**[14:07] ---**
No.
**[14:09] ---**
I recorded it.
**[14:12] ---**
Swan, I'm not going to the
clinic anymore.
**[14:15] ---**
I'd be lying if I told you the thing
about Vincent wasn't bothering me.
**[14:18] ---**
It didn't feel good hearing
those things from you.
**[14:22] ---**
I thought I could become
comfortable with you.
**[14:25] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[14:29] ---**
But Re-l came.
**[14:34] ---**
If Re-l's consciousness were to
**[14:36] ---**
start taking leave the
way yours does, then...
**[14:39] ---**
no, the fact she came here means
**[14:42] ---**
your will is unconsciously working on her.
**[14:45] ---**
My will...?
**[14:46] ---**
Come on out, Re-l!
**[14:51] ---**
What am I doing here?
I could have sworn I was in my room.
**[14:58] ---**
Swan!
**[14:59] ---**
Swan... where am I?
**[15:03] ---**
Vincent.
**[15:05] ---**
This is your doing, isn't it, Vincent?
**[15:08] ---**
Me?
**[15:09] ---**
You're unconsciously
trying to take over Re-l.
**[15:13] ---**
Take over?!
**[15:14] ---**
You've been watching her all this time...
**[15:17] ---**
just waiting for a chance.
**[15:18] ---**
Stop!
**[15:21] ---**
Swan, what should I do?
**[15:26] ---**
How can I eliminate myself from Re-l?
**[15:29] ---**
You don't mind being eliminated?
**[15:31] ---**
If it's in order to help Re-l.
**[15:34] ---**
You know a way, don't you, Swan?
**[15:37] ---**
There is a way.
**[15:40] ---**
By showing Re-l your past.
**[15:42] ---**
My past?
**[15:44] ---**
That's difficult. I don't remember my past.
**[15:48] ---**
That's OK.
**[15:51] ---**
You aren't Vincent anyway.
**[15:54] ---**
It's the past you imagine.
**[15:57] ---**
The past I imagine?
**[15:59] ---**
Your wish, so to speak.
**[16:02] ---**
Relax.
**[16:04] ---**
You're taking a trip
to the land of your wishes.
**[16:08] ---**
The world you desire.
**[16:22] ---**
How's it coming along?
**[16:23] ---**
Everything's running like clockwork.
**[16:26] ---**
It's nice having brilliant people like
you on my staff, makes my job easy.
**[16:30] ---**
I'm much obliged.
**[16:31] ---**
Speaking of which...
**[16:33] ---**
I've heard you're quite the
devoted husband.
**[16:35] ---**
Who told you that?
**[16:36] ---**
It's nothing to be
embarrassed about, is it?
**[16:39] ---**
I'm about to settle down myself.
**[16:42] ---**
I wanted to ask you the secret
to a happy marriage.
**[16:57] ---**
Are you not happy?
**[16:59] ---**
It's just that we're both always so busy...
**[17:01] ---**
Oh, is that what you're sulking about?
**[17:03] ---**
I'm Chief of the Security Bureau
**[17:05] ---**
and you're a career woman in
the Intelligence Bureau.
**[17:07] ---**
It's hard finding time for each other,
but there's nothing we can do.
**[17:10] ---**
And if you get married,
**[17:12] ---**
you'll see each other every
day, like it or not.
**[17:15] ---**
Daedalus.
**[17:16] ---**
I'm sorry, my big sister
can be very selfish.
**[17:18] ---**
You're late.
**[17:19] ---**
Sorry. My class ran long.
**[17:22] ---**
Is that right? I heard you
hardly ever go to class.
**[17:26] ---**
It's such a bore.
**[17:28] ---**
But don't worry, I go just enough
to meet the attendance requirement.
**[17:33] ---**
I heard you're an exceptional student.
**[17:36] ---**
Just his test scores.
**[17:38] ---**
I've heard a lot about you as well,
Chief Vincent.
**[17:43] ---**
Are you sure a model fellow
citizen such as yourself wants to
**[17:46] ---**
settle down with this shrew?
**[17:48] ---**
Daedalus!
**[17:49] ---**
I can't tell you how happy I am to have
someone like you for an older brother.
**[17:55] ---**
The pleasure is mine. Thank you.
**[17:59] ---**
He's such a smart ass.
It drives me up the wall.
**[18:01] ---**
I'm just glad he seemed to like me.
**[18:03] ---**
I've never met anyone who didn't like you.
**[18:06] ---**
Everyone adores you
so much, it's almost sickening.
**[18:09] ---**
Are you jealous?
**[18:12] ---**
That's not what I meant.
**[18:16] ---**
Oh, no.
**[18:19] ---**
Re-l, don't touch it!
**[18:27] ---**
It's been a week.
**[18:30] ---**
Re-l.
**[18:33] ---**
What am I doing here again?
**[18:36] ---**
It's OK, Re-l.
**[18:37] ---**
Thank goodness, Re-l!
**[18:39] ---**
You weren't home, so I thought
maybe something happened.
**[18:41] ---**
Are you cutting class again, Daedalus?
**[18:44] ---**
What are you talking about, Re-l?
**[18:46] ---**
Pull yourself together.
**[18:47] ---**
Vincent Law escaped.
**[18:50] ---**
A cogito infected
companion type AutoReiv broke in...
**[18:55] ---**
in all likelihood, he'll attack you.
**[18:58] ---**
If you have to, use this.
**[19:05] ---**
Swan, take care of her for me.
**[19:09] ---**
You freed him, didn't you?
**[19:12] ---**
I... I don't know.
**[19:15] ---**
I told you. You do it unconsciously.
**[19:21] ---**
Re-l, you loved Vincent.
**[19:24] ---**
Of course, he's my fiancé.
**[19:28] ---**
See?
**[19:29] ---**
Vincent!
**[19:31] ---**
You're mixing up your desires
with your actual memories.
**[19:36] ---**
That's why Re-l is confused.
**[19:38] ---**
You've lost sight of the boundary
between your desires and your true past.
**[19:43] ---**
Isn't that right, Re-l?
**[19:45] ---**
Vincent is coming to see me!
**[19:47] ---**
Wait, Vincent!
**[19:51] ---**
What should I do?
**[19:54] ---**
Kill Re-l.
**[19:57] ---**
You are a figment of Re-l's imagination.
**[20:00] ---**
She created you to escape the
fact she betrayed Vincent Law.
**[20:04] ---**
That's why if Re-l is killed by
you within this fantasy,
**[20:08] ---**
her dual self will become one again.
**[20:12] ---**
Once again, to the past you wish you had.
**[20:31] ---**
Vince! I missed you!
**[20:35] ---**
Pino...
**[20:38] ---**
Why do you have that thing?
**[20:40] ---**
I have to kill Re-l.
**[20:45] ---**
In order to help her.
**[20:47] ---**
In order to help Re-l Re-l?
**[20:49] ---**
Yeah.
**[20:50] ---**
Is it OK to kill Re-l Re-l
in order to help her?
**[20:55] ---**
Yeah, because this isn't the real world.
**[21:00] ---**
Even if I explained it,
you still wouldn't understand.
**[21:04] ---**
OK, let's kill Re-l Re-l then!
**[21:11] ---**
Hey, Pino, what are you...?
**[21:14] ---**
You don't even need to ask. I'll kill her.
**[21:17] ---**
See!
**[21:19] ---**
This isn't reality.
**[21:21] ---**
Swan...
**[21:23] ---**
This is Re-l's imaginary world.
**[21:25] ---**
That's why your other
self has to kill Re-l.
**[21:30] ---**
Kill her.
**[21:32] ---**
Kill her!
**[21:33] ---**
Kill her!
**[21:36] ---**
No!
**[21:38] ---**
I wish I'd noticed from the start...
**[21:41] ---**
I'm not giving this thing
up to anyone, not even Re-l.
**[21:46] ---**
The moment Re-l takes it,
everything will become a lie.
**[21:49] ---**
This world never existed to begin with!
**[21:53] ---**
Then who are you standing there?
**[21:58] ---**
If this world is a lie,
then I wonder who you are.
**[22:01] ---**
Do you deny even the fact you're here?
**[22:06] ---**
You've lost sight of your own self.
**[22:09] ---**
That's why you'll never
find a place where you belong.
**[22:12] ---**
Vincent.
**[22:14] ---**
But, I don't belong here.
**[22:18] ---**
I can't stand you!
**[22:20] ---**
No matter what I do, you won't take it off.
**[22:25] ---**
This thing.
**[22:27] ---**
You're a Proxy too?
**[22:28] ---**
I hate men who have the scent of
another woman on them.
**[22:33] ---**
I'm sure she thinks the same thing.
**[22:36] ---**
Even so, I want to protect Re-l.
**[22:39] ---**
I see.
**[22:45] ---**
Re-l Re-l, don't!
**[22:47] ---**
Good bye.
**[23:09] ---**
Vincent.
**[23:10] ---**
It's my turn.
**[23:14] ---**
What's wrong?
**[23:15] ---**
Where are we?
**[23:17] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[23:21] ---**
Nothing.
**[23:22] ---**
Get a hold of yourself.
We'll be in Romdo soon.
**[23:25] ---**
Romdo.
**[23:26] ---**
You're not the only one who's anxious.
**[23:29] ---**
What lies ahead?
**[23:32] ---**
What's going to happen to you and me?
**[23:39] ---**
I think therefore you are... is that it?
**[23:43] ---**
Can I have the pendant
before we get to Romdo?
**[23:49] ---**
I was just asking.
**[23:51] ---**
Get some rest, Vincent.
**[23:54] ---**
Good night, Re-l.
**[23:57] ---**
Good night, Vincent.
**[25:30] ---**
The man who disappeared
in order to defy fate.
**[25:34] ---**
Bearing a hatred so great,
it reduces him to ash...
**[25:37] ---**
the two damaged souls now become one.
**[25:39] ---**
Place at the End of Time
**[25:44] ---**
# 21 - Shampoo Planet
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**[00:00] ---**
30,230 rabbits...
**[00:04] ---**
30,231 rabbits...
**[00:08] ---**
30,232 rabbits...
**[00:23] ---**
30,233...
**[00:33] ---**
Re-l! Vince!
**[00:35] ---**
Vince, Re-l got tired of waiting
for you to come back
**[00:37] ---**
from your scouting mission so
she left too.
**[00:41] ---**
Huh?
**[00:45] ---**
Re-l, did you come back?
**[00:47] ---**
I waited here just like you told me to!
**[00:51] ---**
She's not here.
**[01:08] ---**
That does it! I'm leaving.
**[03:47] ---**
It's open.
**[03:59] ---**
Do you have the cogito too?
**[04:04] ---**
Are you hungry? Are you OK?
**[04:06] ---**
I have been liberated
from my reason for being...
**[04:10] ---**
I want to know why I am me...
**[04:19] ---**
Why you're you?
**[05:03] ---**
I've lost my touch.
**[05:20] ---**
Vincent, you...
**[05:27] ---**
Your Excellency!
**[05:30] ---**
Your Excellency!
**[05:33] ---**
The AutoReiv Disposal Unit...
**[05:37] ---**
Place at the End of Time
**[05:41] ---**
Vincent Law.
**[05:43] ---**
He was clumsy but he got the job done.
**[05:48] ---**
I never imagined we'd be
destroying Entourages...
**[05:52] ---**
but now it looks like Vincent
had it right all along.
**[05:57] ---**
Don't you know?
**[05:59] ---**
This all happened because we
relied so heavily on Entourages.
**[06:04] ---**
It's all because of the cogito virus.
**[06:07] ---**
We just need to take care of
the infected AutoReivs in the city...
**[06:10] ---**
You're missing the point, Walt.
**[06:13] ---**
We didn't need AutoReivs to begin with.
**[06:17] ---**
Wouldn't you agree, Your Excellency?
**[06:22] ---**
Citizens are dying left and
right and nothing's being done.
**[06:26] ---**
The Central Administrative Bureau
can't manage to do anything
**[06:32] ---**
since the cogito infected AutoReivs
stopped working as Entourages.
**[06:36] ---**
Am I right?
**[06:37] ---**
I wonder if it's true about the
Security Chief disappearing.
**[06:41] ---**
You're offending Her Excellency!
**[06:43] ---**
Raul Creed's missing?\
**[06:45] ---**
But what was that light?
**[06:47] ---**
Light?
**[06:50] ---**
The column of light we saw two months ago.
**[06:54] ---**
Well, if you think about it...
**[06:56] ---**
strange things have been happening
since that night we saw the light.
**[07:08] ---**
Please don't let it bother you.
**[07:11] ---**
It's just a rumor.
**[07:13] ---**
Hey!
**[07:14] ---**
In any case, with the citizens in trouble
**[07:17] ---**
all we immigrants need to do to
become fellow citizens is keep working.
**[07:24] ---**
Please, give our regards to the Regent.
**[07:27] ---**
Section Chief!
**[07:28] ---**
We've found three infected AutoReivs!
They're 400 units from here.
**[07:31] ---**
Deploy to first combat positions!
**[07:34] ---**
We're storming the mainland!
**[07:37] ---**
It's a cogito hunt!
**[07:38] ---**
Very well, Your Excellency,
please get home safely.
**[07:42] ---**
Let's go kill them!
**[07:43] ---**
Take back Romdo!
**[07:49] ---**
Go home? Go home to where?
**[07:57] ---**
The city is collapsing around
them and no one's told them a thing.
**[08:04] ---**
What can they do?
**[08:07] ---**
It's the same for me.
**[08:12] ---**
We pulled up in front of Romdo
and suddenly Vincent Law was gone.
**[08:16] ---**
There have been occasional sightings
of him as Ergo Proxy in the city...
**[08:21] ---**
these past two days.
**[08:24] ---**
There was a sadness about him
**[08:27] ---**
which seemed to distance him from others.
**[08:30] ---**
That which is divided must become one.
**[08:34] ---**
When Vincent and the Proxy became one,
**[08:39] ---**
could you still say it was
the same Vincent Law I knew?
**[08:43] ---**
That's when I...
**[08:59] ---**
Drop dead!
**[09:09] ---**
Fellow citizens, do not go outside.
**[09:11] ---**
Please stand by and wait
inside your homes...
**[09:13] ---**
until you receive further instruction
from the Intelligence Bureau.
**[09:19] ---**
Those who go outside without
permission will be punished.
**[09:23] ---**
The order in Paradise used to
bore me and I longed for change.
**[09:29] ---**
I wonder if that twisted feeling of mine...
**[09:32] ---**
is what woke the "Ergo"
monster sleeping inside Vincent.
**[09:38] ---**
I may be the one who started all this.
**[09:51] ---**
Re-l Mayer?
**[09:53] ---**
What ever happened to
the papers from your physician?
**[09:57] ---**
Have my Entourage take
care of it, as usual.
**[10:01] ---**
What's going on?
**[10:02] ---**
Problems are piling up.
I have lots of things to deal with.
**[10:07] ---**
All these people have died.
**[10:08] ---**
Are they infected, or...
**[10:11] ---**
Isolating the Immigrant District
was hard enough, and now all this.
**[10:15] ---**
And this is just the confirmation
data for the ADW project.
**[10:20] ---**
I'd like to give them a piece of my mind.
**[10:23] ---**
Well, all I need to do is approve it.
**[10:28] ---**
ADW project?
**[10:31] ---**
This is our first experience
with martial law.
**[10:33] ---**
The Security Bureau can revel
in their power all they want, but...
**[10:37] ---**
That's right.
**[10:38] ---**
He's the Bureau Chief you told me about.
**[10:40] ---**
He left a bad taste,
but he was certainly a shrewd man.
**[10:53] ---**
Where is Raul Creed?
**[10:56] ---**
Well...
**[10:58] ---**
being a little too sharp
creates its own set of problems.
**[11:01] ---**
It's all we can do just
trying to keep up with him.
**[11:03] ---**
My grandfather..
We need to take care of all of these.
**[11:06] ---**
What is the Regent doing?
**[11:08] ---**
Yes, yes... I should have you tell him.
**[11:12] ---**
Here, take this.
**[11:14] ---**
It's the data the Health and
Welfare Bureau submitted
**[11:17] ---**
on the side effects of ADW.
**[11:20] ---**
See that the Regent gets it.
**[11:23] ---**
I don't think I can tell him myself.
**[11:25] ---**
What do you mean?
**[11:27] ---**
It's a complete failure.
**[11:29] ---**
A 90% death rate.
**[11:31] ---**
The genius Daedalus's star
has fallen back to Earth.
**[11:35] ---**
What made them think we need
to change ourselves in the first place?
**[11:40] ---**
If fellow citizens just kept
order in the dome
**[11:42] ---**
everything would be fine.
**[11:44] ---**
Like we've always done, right?
**[11:46] ---**
We just need to keep doing
things the same way we've always done.
**[11:51] ---**
Don't forget tomorrow.
**[11:53] ---**
What?
**[11:54] ---**
The papers from your attending physician.
**[12:00] ---**
Take care of yourself.
**[12:05] ---**
We relied on Entourages, the Collective...
**[12:08] ---**
and the Regent for everything.
**[12:11] ---**
Is this how it ends
**[12:13] ---**
for the fellow citizens who
turned their backs on the truth?
**[12:17] ---**
Re-l! I've been looking all over for you.
**[12:21] ---**
Daedalus?
**[12:23] ---**
So this is where you've been?
**[12:25] ---**
Always wandering about.
**[12:26] ---**
Come on, let's go.
**[12:30] ---**
Daedalus?
**[13:23] ---**
Monad Proxy.
**[13:43] ---**
I'm the one who killed you.
**[13:45] ---**
But how could you do this to her...
**[13:48] ---**
Donov Mayer?!
**[14:11] ---**
The correct answer was Proxy One.
**[14:17] ---**
Proxy One.
**[14:21] ---**
Are you sad?
**[14:32] ---**
It's...
**[14:37] ---**
It's a pretty shape, isn't it?
**[14:40] ---**
Why aren't you afraid even
when I look like this?
**[14:45] ---**
Why?!
**[14:47] ---**
What do you mean?
**[14:48] ---**
You have such a kind face...
**[14:51] ---**
what's there to be afraid of?
**[14:54] ---**
They match. Are they both yours?
**[14:57] ---**
Apparently one of them is Monad's.
**[15:01] ---**
You loved Monad, didn't you?
**[15:07] ---**
You poor thing.
**[15:10] ---**
I know. I love Monad too.
**[15:14] ---**
Who are you?
**[15:17] ---**
I'm Real Mayer.
**[15:20] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[15:22] ---**
Huh? But I...
**[15:32] ---**
I'm Real Mayer.
**[15:52] ---**
What's going on?
**[15:54] ---**
Oh, I know. That's Vincent!
**[15:58] ---**
It has to be!
**[16:06] ---**
I'm sorry Daedalus.
**[16:09] ---**
Re-l, cut it out.
**[16:12] ---**
There's no need to imitate
that horrible child.
**[16:15] ---**
You're you.
**[16:19] ---**
In the end I couldn't do
any of the things I promised.
**[16:25] ---**
I didn't capture the Proxy we wanted,
and I didn't collect any specimens.
**[16:29] ---**
Re-l? Are you still at it?
**[16:32] ---**
Acting as if you've been
overwritten with the old data.
**[16:36] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[16:37] ---**
Did you steal the data from the terminal
so you could give me a scare?
**[16:43] ---**
I really hate that sort of thing.
**[16:46] ---**
Tell me!
**[16:47] ---**
Why has the population suddenly plummeted?
**[16:50] ---**
What's the ADW project?
**[16:52] ---**
The Bureau Chief told me.
What have you done to the citizens?!
**[16:57] ---**
You're hurting me.
**[16:59] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[17:01] ---**
Who are you?
**[17:02] ---**
What do you mean?
**[17:04] ---**
You're not my Re-l.
**[17:06] ---**
Daedalus?
**[17:07] ---**
I know.
**[17:08] ---**
You're a traitor.
**[17:14] ---**
Real, come on out!
**[17:17] ---**
Daedalus!
**[17:18] ---**
You're hurting me. Let go.
**[17:22] ---**
Answer me!
**[17:30] ---**
What's it look like?
**[17:31] ---**
There's one over there!
**[17:35] ---**
Huh? Hey Chief...
**[17:36] ---**
I think I've seen that one before.
**[17:38] ---**
Let me see...
**[17:42] ---**
Look what we have here!
**[17:44] ---**
This is our chance for a big promotion!
**[17:48] ---**
I can get my good name back with this!
**[18:12] ---**
You didn't show up until now.
**[18:15] ---**
Now it's too late.
**[18:18] ---**
What do you plan on doing at this point?
**[18:21] ---**
Time has already run out.
**[18:25] ---**
Creator.
**[18:42] ---**
The womb system has fallen silent.
**[18:44] ---**
I'm sure you know why.
**[18:47] ---**
Because Monad... No...
**[18:49] ---**
because Vincent wasn't here.
**[18:51] ---**
And so Raul suggested
we change ourselves...
**[18:54] ---**
that way we wouldn't need the Proxy.
**[18:57] ---**
That's what the ADW project was.
**[19:00] ---**
I guess you could say we
were reconfiguring the human body.
**[19:02] ---**
Even though it can't be done, of course.
**[19:04] ---**
Then you went along with it,
knowing that it wouldn't...
**[19:07] ---**
Right.
**[19:08] ---**
The column of light you
mentioned, that was Rapture.
**[19:12] ---**
You see, Raul couldn't accept
that we'd been defeated.
**[19:17] ---**
Defeated?
**[19:20] ---**
Or victorious?
**[19:22] ---**
You're here...
**[19:25] ---**
so then he's alive as well?
**[19:29] ---**
I'll tell you something.
**[19:31] ---**
As hard as it is to believe...
**[19:33] ---**
it wasn't Raul who
ordered the attack on you here.
**[19:37] ---**
What do you mean?
**[19:40] ---**
This is where you get off.
**[19:42] ---**
Why don't you ask the man who did order it?
**[19:45] ---**
Grandfather...
**[19:50] ---**
Grandfather ordered my attack...
**[19:57] ---**
You're...
**[19:58] ---**
Raul's Entourage.
**[20:06] ---**
The Regent loved you.
**[20:09] ---**
The Creator built Romdo.
**[20:12] ---**
Brought us into the world.
**[20:13] ---**
Provided us with AutoReivs.
**[20:15] ---**
Gave us the power to produce offspring.
**[20:18] ---**
The Regent hated you.
**[20:20] ---**
Why do we exist?
**[20:23] ---**
Who can ease our loneliness?
**[20:26] ---**
Why did you abandon us?
**[20:29] ---**
Why didn't you love us?
**[20:33] ---**
The Regent searched for...
**[20:36] ---**
not the Creator...
**[20:38] ---**
the one who had been stolen...
**[20:40] ---**
the Monad Proxy.
**[20:43] ---**
The Creator came
back again without us knowing.
**[20:47] ---**
As an immigrant from Mosk.
**[20:49] ---**
The Creator stole Monad...
**[20:52] ---**
and left again.
**[20:54] ---**
The Creator thinks, therefore we are.
**[20:57] ---**
No matter how much we think,
the Creator is already gone.
**[21:02] ---**
And now you've returned a third time.
**[21:09] ---**
We wish...
**[21:11] ---**
all worlds are thought
of by the Creator.
**[21:14] ---**
We are that which is thought.
**[21:16] ---**
We think, therefore we're here.
**[21:19] ---**
Our *raison d'etre*.
**[21:22] ---**
We think, therefore we're here.
**[21:24] ---**
Our *raison d'etre*.
**[21:27] ---**
We think, therefore we're here.
**[21:30] ---**
Our *raison d'etre*.
**[21:33] ---**
We think, therefore we're here.
**[21:36] ---**
Our *raison d'etre*.
**[21:38] ---**
We think...
**[21:44] ---**
What...
**[21:44] ---**
are you doing?
**[21:46] ---**
Grandfather?!
**[22:07] ---**
Piano...
**[22:12] ---**
I'm home!
**[22:22] ---**
Stop it, Vincent!
**[22:24] ---**
Is that what you came here for...
**[22:27] ---**
Ergo Proxy?
**[22:35] ---**
Don't do it, Vincent!
**[22:51] ---**
Grandfather!
**[23:05] ---**
Vincent...
**[23:36] ---**
Raul Creed.
**[23:49] ---**
Vincent...
**[25:30] ---**
The tears of clowns.
**[25:32] ---**
The man who would be Regent.
**[25:34] ---**
The days of love and hate are over...
**[25:37] ---**
now purgatory's maze has shown itself...
**[25:39] ---**
and we open the door.
**[25:39] ---**
Bind
**[25:44] ---**
# 22 - Bilbul
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**[00:05] ---**
Vincent...
**[00:27] ---**
Vincent...
**[03:11] ---**
Re-l Mayer.
**[03:13] ---**
Kristeva.
**[03:15] ---**
Where's Vincent?
**[03:23] ---**
He didn't kill me.
**[03:27] ---**
Part of him must still be Vincent.
**[03:32] ---**
But...
**[03:34] ---**
Is Vincent Law going to
kill the Bureau Chief as well?
**[03:43] ---**
Where are you going?
**[03:45] ---**
I am his Entourage.
It is my duty to protect him.
**[03:56] ---**
Right.
**[04:07] ---**
Bind
**[04:27] ---**
Where are you, Papa?
**[04:31] ---**
Grandfather...
**[04:33] ---**
Romdo is finished.
**[04:37] ---**
I always hated this city.
**[04:48] ---**
It was a world of lies.
**[04:52] ---**
But...
**[04:53] ---**
is this the truth?
**[04:57] ---**
If that's the case,
then what I asked for is even worse.
**[05:14] ---**
It's you.
**[05:19] ---**
The other me. It's nice to meet you.
**[05:23] ---**
Who are you?
**[05:25] ---**
Me?
**[05:26] ---**
I'm Real Mayer.
**[05:28] ---**
I'm Re-l Mayer. Not you.
**[05:34] ---**
Stay away!
**[05:37] ---**
Don't do such a sad thing.
**[05:40] ---**
You got Vincent to remember me, Monad.
**[05:48] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[05:50] ---**
What do you mean, Monad?
**[05:52] ---**
What's that got to do with me?
**[05:55] ---**
And how come you know about Vincent?
**[05:59] ---**
There's no need for him to suffer anymore.
**[06:03] ---**
I want to free him from his
burden as Creator.
**[06:09] ---**
Burden as Creator?
**[06:11] ---**
He's the one who created Romdo.
**[06:15] ---**
You've told her more than enough.
**[06:20] ---**
Real, I've been looking for you.
**[06:24] ---**
Daedalus.
**[06:26] ---**
So the Regent is really dead?
**[06:29] ---**
That explains why I was allowed to enter.
**[06:32] ---**
Vincent created this city?
**[06:35] ---**
Yeah, go ahead and ask.
**[06:39] ---**
Now that the Regent's gone,
**[06:41] ---**
there's no reason
**[06:43] ---**
for these stone puppets to keep
their mouths shut anymore.
**[06:47] ---**
Who's she?
**[06:49] ---**
I told you not to wander off on your own.
**[06:52] ---**
Daedalus, I want to see Vincent.
**[06:58] ---**
I want to see Vincent.
**[07:02] ---**
Not you too.
**[07:06] ---**
Real!
**[07:08] ---**
Real, go back to the lab.
**[07:12] ---**
Stop messing around!
**[07:14] ---**
Vincent killed Grandfather.
**[07:16] ---**
Was that the true Vincent?
**[07:20] ---**
Then what should I do?
**[07:23] ---**
If he's no longer himself, then I...
**[07:27] ---**
But, Daedalus, even you're...
**[07:30] ---**
I don't know!
**[07:31] ---**
The Regent's been killed, right?
**[07:33] ---**
Then kill Vincent!
**[07:36] ---**
Vincent, Vincent...
that's all anyone cares about!
**[07:43] ---**
That's right...
**[07:45] ---**
I have to go look for my Real.
**[07:47] ---**
Daedalus...
**[07:51] ---**
When I look into my Real's eyes,
I only want to see myself.
**[08:02] ---**
Tell me the truth. The truth you know.
**[08:06] ---**
Re-l...
**[08:09] ---**
the truth is Romdo is finished.
**[08:15] ---**
What about Vincent and Ergo Proxy?
**[08:18] ---**
Did they come back
here just to watch it happen?
**[08:22] ---**
Even we cannot know the Creator's mind.
**[08:26] ---**
Did Vincent really create this city?
**[08:30] ---**
The dome and dozens of
blueprints for fellow citizens.
**[08:35] ---**
And the womb system to ensure
stable population growth.
**[08:39] ---**
Correct.
**[08:42] ---**
I saw several domes in the outside world.
**[08:47] ---**
Was each of them created by
their own Proxy as well?
**[08:54] ---**
Proxies really are gods.
**[08:57] ---**
And Romdo is a paradise
which God has forsaken.
**[09:01] ---**
Forsaken?
**[09:02] ---**
Ergo left here...
**[09:05] ---**
with a profound
disappointment for himself.
**[09:08] ---**
Donov Mayer was left in charge.
**[09:11] ---**
Ergo left Grandfather in charge?
**[09:14] ---**
Why would a supposedly almighty
Proxy abandon this place?
**[09:19] ---**
Why is the world such a mess?
**[09:21] ---**
He wasn't almighty after all.
**[09:25] ---**
Ergo was a god to Romdo. That is true.
**[09:29] ---**
But he was an imperfect god.
**[09:32] ---**
And so what he created was also imperfect.
**[09:38] ---**
And god abandoned us...
**[09:41] ---**
leaving us to our own demise.
**[09:45] ---**
So Romdo's invasion of Mosk was...
**[09:49] ---**
The depression from having lost
our glory and greatness.
**[09:52] ---**
A most reasonable act of vengeance.
**[09:55] ---**
But Monad stole our light and
sealed us up with those closed eyes.
**[10:02] ---**
And thus our eyes would
sparkle upon this land no more.
**[10:06] ---**
Do you understand?
**[10:07] ---**
The irony is, the Creator
returned without us even knowing it.
**[10:15] ---**
An imperfect god...
**[10:18] ---**
Then we're...
**[10:25] ---**
It can't be...
**[10:29] ---**
We're the Creator's suffering.
**[10:37] ---**
You don't have to suffer anymore.
**[10:40] ---**
Come to me, Vincent.
**[10:46] ---**
I'll free you from your cage of misery.
**[11:08] ---**
Re-l Mayer...
**[11:18] ---**
That's impossible.
**[11:37] ---**
Here.
**[11:39] ---**
I did what you told me to, didn't I?
**[11:41] ---**
Yes.
**[11:42] ---**
Daedalus Yumeno.
**[11:45] ---**
You're still alive? You're more
stubborn than I thought.
**[11:49] ---**
Where are the FP shells?
**[11:51] ---**
Hand them over, all of them.
**[11:53] ---**
Be my guest. Go ahead and take them.
**[11:56] ---**
Where did you hide them?
**[11:57] ---**
Well, I forget.
**[12:04] ---**
Oh, that's right. I threw them away.
**[12:16] ---**
Why did you do that?!
**[12:18] ---**
Because I didn't need them anymore.
**[12:21] ---**
I have to kill him.
I have to kill Vincent Law!
**[12:28] ---**
As long as Real is here, I'm fine.
**[12:31] ---**
You're going to sit here in denial,
**[12:33] ---**
waiting for death with
this substitute Re-l?
**[12:38] ---**
Fellow citizens, throw things away.
**[12:41] ---**
We don't need you anymore either.
**[12:43] ---**
What?
**[12:44] ---**
Your very existence has become an eyesore.
**[12:48] ---**
Chief Raul, it's not beautiful.
**[12:52] ---**
I will not give in to depravity.
**[12:55] ---**
I will fight until the end.
**[12:57] ---**
Do what you want.
**[13:23] ---**
He created the alter ego
Vincent so he could forget he was a Proxy.
**[13:34] ---**
You said you weren't
going to shoot me for now.
**[13:37] ---**
So I'm giving it back to you.
**[13:40] ---**
Let's go, Re-l.
**[13:47] ---**
How could an immigrant... no...
**[13:51] ---**
a monster like me...
**[13:54] ---**
Vincent, did Romdo keep
turning you, the Creator, away
**[14:01] ---**
because that's what you
unconsciously wished for?
**[14:05] ---**
Did you set it up that way?
**[14:10] ---**
If everything's by design...
**[14:13] ---**
then did you show up that time so
I would kill you when Romdo collapsed?
**[14:22] ---**
Is that why I was created as well?
**[14:27] ---**
That's why you appeared that time.
**[14:31] ---**
And why I was irresistibly drawn to you.
**[14:37] ---**
But why me?
**[14:42] ---**
It must be the same for you.
**[14:46] ---**
No one can choose who they're born as.
**[14:52] ---**
No matter what kind of being they are.
**[14:56] ---**
That's right, isn't it, Vincent?
**[15:02] ---**
But now my heart
feels like it's about to be crushed.
**[15:07] ---**
Those which have supported my
existence are leaving me...
**[15:11] ---**
one by one.
**[15:14] ---**
Re-l.
**[15:17] ---**
Even if this is the truth for Romdo,
it is not your ultimate truth.
**[15:25] ---**
My ultimate truth?
**[15:28] ---**
It is not something which
can be told to you.
**[15:31] ---**
It is something
you must surrender to within.
**[15:34] ---**
For all beings, no matter
who or what they are,
**[15:38] ---**
truth is derived from the self.
**[15:41] ---**
You mean each being has its own truth?
**[15:48] ---**
Re-l, there is nothing left to say.
**[15:51] ---**
As long as evil and shame shall last...
**[15:54] ---**
silence is our true blessing.
**[15:57] ---**
Do not wake us...
**[16:00] ---**
until the end.
**[16:04] ---**
Simply quiet.
**[16:54] ---**
Papa?
**[17:02] ---**
My truth...
**[17:05] ---**
I was compelled by something
other than fear at that moment.
**[17:10] ---**
Every time I've come face to
face with you, it's grown larger.
**[17:16] ---**
But, it's...
**[17:48] ---**
It tickles.
**[17:51] ---**
You protected me, didn't you?
**[17:55] ---**
He said he was going to kill him.
That's why.
**[18:14] ---**
You know what, Papa?
**[18:18] ---**
I have lots of feelings.
**[18:24] ---**
I feel happy and lonely,
all sorts of things.
**[18:30] ---**
I kept going further and further away.
**[18:36] ---**
But after I was separated from you,
**[18:38] ---**
I realized I missed you.
**[18:43] ---**
Papa, you have lots of
feelings too, don't you?
**[18:50] ---**
Will I ever see you again?
**[18:56] ---**
Papa, do you miss me too?
**[20:29] ---**
Donov Mayer...
**[20:36] ---**
Vincent... no, Ergo Proxy.
**[20:43] ---**
Did you get your memory back?
**[20:46] ---**
Yes. I created this city and
left him in charge of everything.
**[20:54] ---**
Why did you come back?
**[20:57] ---**
You knew I'd point my gun at you.
**[21:01] ---**
That's why.
**[21:04] ---**
You're going to kill me, aren't you?
**[21:08] ---**
Do you mean, am I going
to pull the trigger?
**[21:12] ---**
If that's what you want.
**[21:23] ---**
Why?
**[21:24] ---**
Don't think I act according to your wishes.
**[21:27] ---**
You don't control me.
**[21:32] ---**
I've only now arrived at my ultimate truth.
**[21:38] ---**
The message left in Mosk.
**[21:41] ---**
The two pendants.
**[21:43] ---**
That which is separated.
**[21:46] ---**
He's revealed himself to us on
several occasions.
**[21:52] ---**
You're listening, aren't you?
**[21:56] ---**
Vincent Law and Ergo Proxy.
**[22:00] ---**
Vincent, with his
amnesia and split personality,
**[22:04] ---**
was the perfect cover.
**[22:08] ---**
But my truth brought you to the surface.
**[22:13] ---**
Someone else in the shadows who's
been controlling Vincent and Ergo Proxy.
**[22:20] ---**
Show yourself!
**[22:23] ---**
I know you're here.
**[22:35] ---**
Well done, Re-l 1-2-4-C-4-1.
**[23:00] ---**
Now it's your turn to find out.
**[23:39] ---**
You've finally made it here, Vincent Law.
**[23:44] ---**
But can you find your way out of this maze?
**[25:31] ---**
My voice can't reach him anymore.
**[25:37] ---**
But trembling beneath blue skies
**[25:39] ---**
Proxy
**[25:40] ---**
is the awakened pulse.
# 23 - Deus Ex Machina
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GYQ42D876/ergo-proxy)
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**[00:06] ---**
You're finally here.
**[00:09] ---**
I was tired of waiting for this moment.
**[00:20] ---**
Who are you?
**[00:22] ---**
I told you, didn't I?
**[00:24] ---**
I am you, and you are me.
**[00:36] ---**
Let's welcome home the man...
**[00:38] ---**
who relied on his loved one's mercy...
**[00:40] ---**
erased his memory, and ran away.
**[00:44] ---**
Stop it!
**[00:45] ---**
What do you mean?
**[00:47] ---**
Re-l Mayer...
**[00:49] ---**
your services are no longer needed.
**[00:51] ---**
From here on out, it's between him and me.
**[01:03] ---**
Idiot. Are you good for nothing?
**[01:09] ---**
Daedalus! What's he doing?
**[01:11] ---**
For the sake of the coming age,
**[01:14] ---**
I have quietly arranged for
the dome's destruction.
**[01:18] ---**
He, too, seems to have awakened
to the destructive impulse.
**[01:22] ---**
As we have also.
**[01:26] ---**
Stop! It's no use.
**[01:31] ---**
Accept your fate.
**[01:32] ---**
Even if you two survive, you'll never win.
**[01:36] ---**
All the same, I'm not running
away from the present moment.
**[01:43] ---**
Even if what lies ahead is
a more painful reality...
**[01:50] ---**
I'm doing what I need to do.
**[01:52] ---**
Promise me you'll come back, Vincent.
**[01:57] ---**
Re-l...
**[02:03] ---**
Re-l...
**[04:03] ---**
Real?
**[04:08] ---**
Now, take a good look.
**[04:11] ---**
That's how you appear.
**[04:14] ---**
It is the mask of a man who has
avoided his fate.
**[04:19] ---**
Let's make sure again.
**[04:22] ---**
Did you really lose your memory?
**[04:24] ---**
Or did you not
have memories to begin with?
**[04:29] ---**
Perhaps you're a fool
**[04:32] ---**
who's deluded himself into
believing his memory was simply lost.
**[04:35] ---**
In the end you still don't
have a clue, do you?
**[04:40] ---**
No!
**[04:41] ---**
My journey. That's what it took.
**[04:45] ---**
The ruined world is coming back to life.
**[04:49] ---**
I saw what was happening out there...
**[04:52] ---**
heard it, touched it, tasted it,
felt it with my very own soul.
**[04:56] ---**
If I hadn't...
**[04:58] ---**
I never would have thought
of coming back here.
**[05:01] ---**
Arks and cradles are certainly
nurturing environments,
**[05:04] ---**
but they don't provide an education.
**[05:07] ---**
And facing the world on your own
can be an eye opening experience.
**[05:16] ---**
It seems you've managed to get my message.
**[05:22] ---**
Tell me! What are we? What are Proxies?
**[05:27] ---**
A Proxy.
**[05:28] ---**
The answer lies in the name itself.
**[05:31] ---**
We are the Creator's agents.
**[05:35] ---**
The Creator...
**[05:43] ---**
Proxy
**[05:50] ---**
Vincent...
**[06:14] ---**
That's when it all became clear to me...
**[06:18] ---**
Where are we?
**[06:23] ---**
The entire malicious trap set
for us by the Creator.
**[06:27] ---**
After his long suffering,
**[06:29] ---**
the moment the agent completed his task...
**[06:32] ---**
and the human race was restored...
**[06:35] ---**
his body readjusted.
**[06:37] ---**
That is the pulse of the awakening.
**[06:40] ---**
The start of the Proxy elimination program.
**[06:43] ---**
So, then the human race, you...
**[06:46] ---**
But we cannot defy it.
**[06:51] ---**
It's an extremely logical system.
**[06:54] ---**
The irony is that...
**[06:56] ---**
even though the Proxy is god's servant...
**[06:59] ---**
once he has carried out his mission,
**[07:02] ---**
he's superfluous in the promised
land, which he's brought about.
**[07:05] ---**
In fact, he's a monster, nothing
more than an evil spirit.
**[07:09] ---**
But what if the logical plan
also caused a spirit to develop
**[07:14] ---**
within this ark intended to be abandoned?
**[07:18] ---**
Why did the Creator give us souls?
**[07:22] ---**
We wouldn't suffer without souls.
**[07:25] ---**
You know why.
**[07:28] ---**
Right, there's no need to answer.
**[07:32] ---**
Because the experiments we
carried out taught us something.
**[07:39] ---**
We realized we were worshipped,
betrayed, and driven to despair...
**[07:45] ---**
by these failed creations of ours.
**[07:48] ---**
And yet we still love them.
**[07:51] ---**
The Creator wanted to be loved as well.
**[07:55] ---**
It's as if we sensed
it from within our solitude.
**[08:00] ---**
That is precisely why
they must be punished.
**[08:05] ---**
If you've restored the
human race as they wanted,
**[08:09] ---**
then what's left for us to do?
**[08:13] ---**
Have you realized something...
**[08:15] ---**
Vincent Law, the man without a memory?
**[08:17] ---**
That proves you are the shadow
who was taken prisoner in advance.
**[08:23] ---**
He controlled you, caused the failed
creations to have feelings and,
**[08:26] ---**
once again, extinguished the human race,
**[08:28] ---**
which had been restored.
**[08:32] ---**
Then the human race...
**[08:35] ---**
The shadow knows.
**[08:37] ---**
He knows the fate of those who
paid the price of wishing
**[08:40] ---**
for a god in a godless world...
**[08:43] ---**
that the human race
would have to be destroyed.
**[08:45] ---**
Because they led the world to
its collapse and then ran away.
**[08:50] ---**
Just as you ran away from Romdo,
the world you yourself created...
**[08:57] ---**
Vincent Law is the after image
of the Proxy One who'd lost all hope.
**[09:03] ---**
Or should I say, he is the
"double" Ergo Proxy left behind here...
**[09:07] ---**
merely an imposter.
**[09:09] ---**
An imposter...
**[09:11] ---**
But a very good imposter.
**[09:15] ---**
Think about it.
**[09:17] ---**
You also despaired and left this place...
**[09:20] ---**
running away from everything.
**[09:23] ---**
We're the same, you and me.
**[09:26] ---**
Shut up.
**[09:27] ---**
Then fight!
**[09:40] ---**
Number 5, Number 8...
**[09:41] ---**
silent.
**[09:43] ---**
Reserve power has been shut down
for the entire dome.
**[09:46] ---**
There's no stopping its collapse.
**[09:55] ---**
Daedalus.
**[10:00] ---**
Yes! Follow your instincts!
**[10:04] ---**
Set yourself free!
**[10:11] ---**
I know how bad it feels to be
rejected, as if you were nothing.
**[10:25] ---**
I don't care who I was before I became me.
**[10:28] ---**
I'm me and no one else.
**[10:31] ---**
That is the only truth.
**[10:35] ---**
There's only one truth, that's for sure.
**[10:38] ---**
Those people who destroyed
themselves left a message
**[10:42] ---**
and we tore it up, threw it away,
**[10:44] ---**
and then ran off, didn't we?
**[10:47] ---**
That's right.
**[10:51] ---**
Ergo Proxy is you as well as me.
**[10:57] ---**
Proxy One.
**[11:18] ---**
You've been forsaken.
**[11:21] ---**
It's pointless.
**[11:24] ---**
You haven't changed.
**[11:25] ---**
You make me sick.
**[11:29] ---**
You don't get it?
**[11:30] ---**
Our roles are finished here.
**[11:34] ---**
Romdo's finished.
**[11:37] ---**
And the failed citizens simply go away.
**[11:40] ---**
That's not true.
**[11:42] ---**
There still must be something we can do.
**[11:45] ---**
No. It's the end.
**[11:47] ---**
This is the gods' fight.
**[11:50] ---**
There's nothing we pseudo-humans can do.
**[11:53] ---**
As cogs in the wheel,
all we can do is shut our mouths.
**[11:57] ---**
Yes, like Donov did.
**[12:00] ---**
My grandfather wanted to meet the Creator.
**[12:04] ---**
Even if that was the reason I was born...
**[12:07] ---**
I don't care.
**[12:09] ---**
All this time I've wanted to love
my grandfather with my whole heart.
**[12:15] ---**
I wanted to feel loved.
**[12:18] ---**
Just to be loved.
**[12:21] ---**
But the Regent refused to do even that.
**[12:24] ---**
It was the same for him.
**[12:27] ---**
The only one he could open up
to was Vincent Law, no, Ergo Proxy.
**[12:33] ---**
Just like you. I...
**[12:37] ---**
Daedalus...
**[12:41] ---**
It's too bad.
**[12:42] ---**
Proxies can't live under blue skies.
**[12:46] ---**
The Amrita cells won't permit it.
**[12:48] ---**
What do you mean?
**[12:50] ---**
They, too, are due to be
wiped off the face of the planet.
**[12:59] ---**
Is that where you were, my darling?
**[13:03] ---**
Re-l 2 Real.
**[13:06] ---**
Wonderful.
**[13:08] ---**
You're complete.
**[13:10] ---**
I've created a god!
**[13:12] ---**
Come on, Real.
**[13:14] ---**
Embrace me.
**[13:16] ---**
Not that way.
**[13:18] ---**
Don't go.
**[13:22] ---**
Why does Real always leave me behind?
**[13:26] ---**
Don't go.
**[13:28] ---**
Daedalus!
**[13:42] ---**
But Vincent Law is not you!
**[13:45] ---**
They're imitations made by a failure.
What's there to think twice about?!
**[13:49] ---**
What do you know?!
**[13:50] ---**
I know.
**[13:52] ---**
I told you, I am...
**[13:54] ---**
It's you! That's why you came back...
**[13:57] ---**
to kill me!
**[14:03] ---**
There's no need to save the world.
**[14:05] ---**
Over there.
**[14:06] ---**
But then what's the difference?
Any more slaughter is...
**[14:10] ---**
Stop it!
**[14:12] ---**
The Proxy's job is done!
**[14:20] ---**
Is that you again, Monad?
**[14:25] ---**
Monad...
**[14:27] ---**
At last, we meet.
**[14:29] ---**
I've been looking for you forever.
**[14:33] ---**
Stay out of this, Monad.
**[14:35] ---**
True, the agent's job is done.
**[14:39] ---**
And I've exterminated
the reborn human race.
**[14:44] ---**
The immortal victor has met his doom.
**[14:48] ---**
Was this part of the plan as well?
**[14:50] ---**
This was my vengeance.
**[14:52] ---**
The rest is up to you.
**[14:54] ---**
It becomes your world.
**[14:57] ---**
You...
**[14:59] ---**
Are you laying the entire
burden on me again?
**[15:04] ---**
You don't have to save this world.
**[15:07] ---**
I know. It's more than you can do.
**[15:11] ---**
So stop. It's OK.
**[15:13] ---**
Cut it out, Monad.
**[15:17] ---**
It's all over.
**[15:19] ---**
I don't want to see anyone suffer anymore.
**[15:22] ---**
Monad...
**[15:23] ---**
You're running away again?
**[15:27] ---**
Don't listen to anyone.
**[15:31] ---**
You can close the sacred eye.
**[15:33] ---**
Please don't, Monad...
**[16:36] ---**
That's right.
**[16:38] ---**
They were all told not
to listen to the Proxy.
**[16:43] ---**
But I want to help Vince.
**[16:49] ---**
I wonder why I'm different from everybody.
**[16:52] ---**
There's nothing different about you.
**[16:58] ---**
Kristeva.
**[16:59] ---**
When they say cogito
has created a fledgling self,
**[17:01] ---**
it means someone
is following their own will.
**[17:04] ---**
It doesn't mean they're ignoring the Proxy.
**[17:07] ---**
You hear it too?
**[17:11] ---**
You just need to do what
your heart tells you.
**[17:25] ---**
Where's my papa?
**[17:29] ---**
He told me to give this to you.
**[17:39] ---**
Let's hurry, Pino.
**[17:41] ---**
Yep!
**[17:53] ---**
Cogito was built into the Proxy Plan.
It was mankind's safety valve.
**[18:01] ---**
AutoReivs were just part of the Proxy Plan.
**[18:06] ---**
Their revolt helped bring
about the plan's ruin.
**[18:11] ---**
That's enough, Daedalus.
**[18:13] ---**
In other words...
**[18:14] ---**
bringing back the human race through
the Proxy Plan wasn't the first option.
**[18:21] ---**
Everything here right now is an
obstacle to the first option.
**[18:27] ---**
That includes you and me.
**[18:30] ---**
Despite all our pain...
**[18:32] ---**
and love...
**[18:34] ---**
even our souls are...
**[18:36] ---**
Daedalus...
**[18:37] ---**
Go, Re-l.
**[18:39] ---**
There's still a truth you have
to face, isn't there?
**[18:46] ---**
That gave me trouble...
**[18:49] ---**
but you're my favorite, Re-l.
**[18:53] ---**
Daedalus.
**[18:56] ---**
You don't have much time.
**[18:59] ---**
Go straight through here,
**[19:01] ---**
follow the maintenance rail and
you'll come to the plug vent.
**[19:05] ---**
Hurry.
**[19:08] ---**
I'm sorry, Daedalus.
**[19:11] ---**
I'm sick and tired of hearing
you say that, Re-l.
**[19:16] ---**
I'd better go, Daedalus.
**[19:20] ---**
Yes.
**[19:29] ---**
Run, Re-l!
**[19:33] ---**
That's it.
**[19:52] ---**
What is this brilliant light?
**[19:54] ---**
It's the sacred light.
**[19:57] ---**
A sign of the resurrection.
**[20:02] ---**
The sun.
**[20:04] ---**
Indeed.
**[20:07] ---**
It always shines so beautifully here.
The true blue sky goes on forever.
**[20:16] ---**
That's why you don't have to
worry about anything anymore.
**[20:21] ---**
Yes.
**[20:47] ---**
Wait...
**[20:48] ---**
What is it?
**[20:50] ---**
Why do you look so sad?
**[20:54] ---**
Forget about everything.
**[20:56] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[21:00] ---**
Why?
**[21:02] ---**
I can't let myself forget any more.
**[21:12] ---**
I'm not talking about a mission or fate.
**[21:16] ---**
I mean living with and facing
one another, colliding with each other,
**[21:21] ---**
supporting each other,
holding each other...
**[21:28] ---**
What's there to like about
that sort of reality?
**[21:32] ---**
A place where it's dark and cold,
**[21:36] ---**
and there's no knowing what lies ahead.
**[21:43] ---**
But that's our reality.
**[21:49] ---**
It may be all those things you said,
but there's someone waiting for me there.
**[21:53] ---**
You mean her, right?
**[21:58] ---**
I'm giving this back to you, Monad.
**[22:07] ---**
Vincent.
**[22:11] ---**
Goodbye, Real.
**[22:24] ---**
Goodbye, my darling.
**[22:30] ---**
No, you mustn't fly so high.
**[22:37] ---**
Oh, I didn't realize the world
could be so beautiful.
**[22:41] ---**
But...
**[22:44] ---**
which sky should I search for?
**[22:49] ---**
I hear it.
**[22:53] ---**
The plan...
**[22:56] ---**
the cradle...
**[23:00] ---**
You're the ones who
were calling me, weren't you?
**[23:07] ---**
Vincent...
**[23:09] ---**
the future you chose really is...
**[23:15] ---**
Let's welcome the Creator.
**[23:18] ---**
No... don't.
**[23:21] ---**
That sky...
**[23:23] ---**
You'll...
**[23:47] ---**
You came back?
**[23:49] ---**
Yes.
**[23:50] ---**
Vincent Law...
**[23:52] ---**
you truly are the shadow.
**[23:56] ---**
I was immortal but you killed me.
**[23:59] ---**
You broke the pulse's spell.
**[24:02] ---**
She plagued you and loved you.
**[24:05] ---**
She liberated the
ones who were flawed as well.
**[24:10] ---**
Well said.
**[24:13] ---**
A woman who sees the future, is that it?
**[24:17] ---**
She certainly is your reality,
Vincent Law.
**[24:28] ---**
The sun returns, our world is over.
**[24:33] ---**
But...
**[24:38] ---**
Live, Vincent.
**[24:41] ---**
Your living will be the
Creator's punishment.
**[25:04] ---**
Damn it. I've come this far...
**[25:25] ---**
Shit. I guess this is it.
**[25:29] ---**
Re-l Re-l!
**[25:33] ---**
Re-l Re-l!
**[25:36] ---**
Re-l Re-l!
**[25:39] ---**
Pino!
**[25:42] ---**
I believe.
**[26:09] ---**
You're Raul's...
**[26:11] ---**
I'm protecting Pino.
**[26:13] ---**
He asked me to as my final duty
as his Entourage.
**[26:19] ---**
She found this for me as well.
**[26:28] ---**
What about Vincent?
**[26:30] ---**
Don't worry.
**[26:31] ---**
I can hear his voice.
**[26:37] ---**
I can see you, Vince!
**[26:39] ---**
Distance 1,107 units!
**[26:46] ---**
He sure is a pain in the ass.
**[26:50] ---**
Guess we don't have much choice,
shall we go pick him up?
**[26:54] ---**
Yep!
**[27:17] ---**
This is the world that
faces us, a world called "reality."
**[27:23] ---**
But together with Re-l
and the other survivors,
**[27:28] ---**
I face the world.
**[27:36] ---**
A land on the road to recovery.
**[27:40] ---**
For the first time in thousands
of years, mankind returns...
**[27:44] ---**
and now the real fight begins.
**[27:48] ---**
I am Ergo Proxy.
**[27:53] ---**
Agent of Death.
**[27:56] ---**