16 - Gifted and Not

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[00:36] Cthoni
    After I look at them, I'll take a break.
[00:42] Cthoni
    Why in the world would he tell them that?
[00:55] Bro
    Hey, Dear.
[00:56] Bro
    You can't go around glaring like that,
    even at your enemies.
[00:59] Bro
    You'll end up with wrinkles
    when you grow up.
[01:03] Bro
    I know that expression.
[01:04] Bro
    "How'd things end up like this
    when we just went out to eat," right?
[01:11] Bro
    Think of it as a last-minute job, okay?
[01:13] Bro
    Besides, you're the one
    who decided to jump into that hole.
[01:17] Bro
    You've been worried about Rudo, right?
[01:20] Bro
    Isn't that's why you tagged along?
[01:26] Bro
    Hey, sorry, sorry!
     Forgot you were sensitive about that...
[01:32] Bundus
    Cute dynamic you've got there.
[01:34] Bundus
    Is that there your kid?
[01:36] Bro
    Pretty much. Not by blood, of course.
[01:40] Bro
    I'm hoping we can get out of here ASAP.
[01:44] Bro
    Dear'll start to get sleepy
    if we're not back before nightfall.
[01:49] Bundus
    I see. So Dear's your name, eh?
[01:53] Bundus
    Mind if I call you "Dear little boy"?
[02:00] Bundus
    Guess that's a no? All right.
[02:02] Bundus
    He's at the age when
    a little brattiness is still cute.
[02:06] Bundus
    How old is he?
[02:07] Bro
    He turned ten last month.
[02:10] Bundus
    Hey, that's great. What day?
[02:13] Bro
    The 17th.
[02:14] Bro
    September 17th.
[02:16] Bundus
    Hey, close one! Mine's September 19th.
[02:20] Bro
    So you just got older, huh?
[02:23] Bundus
    Don't say it that way.
    You're making me feel ancient.
[02:31] Bro
    Listen to us.
    We sound like old men chatting.
[02:35] Bro
    Hey, don't laugh. It just makes me sad.
[02:39] Bro
    So, what's your story?
[02:41] Bro
    You don't seem particularly hostile.
[02:44] Bro
    Are you even here to fight us?
[02:47] Bundus
    Bundus.
[02:49] Bundus
    That's my name. You can call me that.
[02:53] Bro
    I'm Bro.
[02:55] Bro
    This is hard to navigate.
[02:58] Bundus
    As for my story...
[03:00] Bundus
    It's true that I'm not
    feeling hostile right now.
[03:03] Bundus
    I'm here on Zodyl's orders, but there's
    other things I'm after, personally.
[03:09] Bro
    So if you can get those things,
    we can skip the fight?
[03:14] Bundus
    Well...
[03:16] Bundus
    Beating you two would get me one of them.
[03:41] Bundus
    What I want...
[03:43] Bundus
    is information.
[03:52] Bundus
    If you give me the info I want,
[03:55] Bundus
    I'll tell you what happens if you lose to us.
[04:04] Bundus
    So tell me.
[04:06] Bundus
    The boss of the Cleaners...
[04:09] Bundus
    Arkha Corvus...
[04:11] Bundus
    Who is he?
[05:50] Semiu
    Boss.
[05:53] Corvus
    You know I don't like that word.
[05:59] Semiu
    Never mind that! It's an emergency!
[06:02] Semiu
    Four members of Akuta, including Rudo,
    and three members of Child
[06:05] Semiu
    were taken away by the Raiders
    and are currently missing!
[06:08] Semiu
    Gris told us.
[06:09] Semiu
    It seems the one with warp powers
    from the report stole them.
[06:13] Semiu
    Gris wants us to allocate
    personnel to look for them.
[06:18] Semiu
    Please, Boss!
    Why won't you just wear your choker?
[06:21] Semiu
    It'd be so much easier if we
    could get in touch with you quickly!
[06:31] Corvus
    Very well.
[06:33] Corvus
    Semiu, round up anyone who's free.
[06:35] Corvus
    I'll figure out where they are.
[06:39] Corvus
    I happen to know a great information broker.
[06:59] Bro
    You want to know about our boss?
[07:02] Bro
    Bundus. What are you getting at here?
[07:05] Bundus
    Just what it sounds like.
[07:07] Bundus
    If it's too big a question,
    I can break it down for you.
[07:10] Bro
    Hang on.
[07:11] Bro
    You're trying to get important
    info about the Cleaners
[07:15] Bro
    by asking something unassuming, right?
[07:17] Bro
    I won't tell you anything that
    could put us at a disadvantage.
[07:21] Bundus
    Don't get the wrong idea, now.
[07:23] Bundus
    I'm a strict individualist.
[07:26] Bundus
    My questions stem purely from my
    own curiosity and inquisitive nature.
[07:33] Bundus
    Nothing you tell me will get back
    to the Raiders at large.
[07:39] Bundus
    It's a simple exchange of information
    between you two and me.
[07:43] Bundus
    You can choose not to say anything
    if you don't believe me,
[07:45] Bundus
    but until you answer,
    I'll be staying where I am,
[07:48] Bundus
    and you'll be trapped here too...
[07:51] Bundus
    until bedtime comes around.
[08:00] Bro
    All right.
[08:02] Bro
    But I'll only give the answers I want.
[08:07] Bundus
    In that case...
[08:08] Bundus
    What is Corvus's favorite food?!
[08:17] Bro
    F-Favorite...
[08:22] Bro
    S-Sweet stuff, I guess.
[08:31] Bundus
    How old is he?!
[08:34] Bro
    No one's ever... mentioned it.
[08:36] Bundus
    What does he do for fun when he goes out?!
[08:39] Bro
    I-I've never seen...
[08:41] Bundus
    How long has he been with the Cleaners?!
[08:44] Bro
    I-I don't know!
[08:46] Bundus
    Have you ever seen him
    use his vital instrument?
[08:48] Bro
    N-No!
[08:50] Bro
    Th-This is bad!
[08:52] Bro
    I thought I could skip potentially
    damaging questions and wrap it up quickly,
[08:57] Bro
    but everything he's asking is totally
    mundane stuff, so it's just getting weird!
[09:05] Bro
    Dear's starting to get restless!
[09:09] Bro
    I've got to do something,
    or he'll grow up with wrinkles!
[09:17] Bro
    So hard to navigate!
[09:21] Bro
    I'm always between a rock and a hard place.
[09:25] Bundus
    Fine, I get it.
[09:28] Bundus
    I see what you're trying to do.
[09:30] Bro
    Listen, man, I really don't know this stuff.
[09:36] Bundus
    I guess it's my turn now.
[09:39] Bundus
    If your side loses, we're going to
    serve you up to a trash beast.
[09:45] Bundus
    I don't know if you've seen this or not,
[09:48] Bundus
    but we Raiders have managed to
    successfully cultivate a few trash beasts.
[10:07] Bro
    Dear. Are you hearing what I'm hearing?
[10:11] Bro
    Did he just give us incredible info
    for basically nothing?
[10:17] Bundus
    Bro.
[10:19] Bundus
    The value of the information you gave me
    was indeed worthy of this.
[10:25] Bundus
    Despite being a mysterious figure,
    Corvus loves sweets.
[10:30] Bundus
    All of a sudden, he feels human to me.
[10:33] Bundus
    I understand him very well now.
[10:36] Bundus
    He hides his true self well,
[10:40] Bundus
    even from his own comrades!
[10:43] Jabber
    C'mon. No need to hide it anymore.
[10:48] Jabber
    You're just like me, right?
[10:53] Jabber
    I've spent too much time going at it
    with people way stronger than me.
[10:58] Jabber
    Now average folks can't stomp me
    unless I hold myself back.
[11:04] Jabber
    When I'm going all-out fighting
    and fighting and fighting and fighting
[11:10] Jabber
    but still can't win...
    that's when I feel most alive.
[11:16] Jabber
    And so... I can get my hopes up now, right?
[11:21] Jabber
    You're someone besides the boss
    who can beat my ass in, right?
[11:31] Jabber
    Right?!
[11:40] Jabber
    Zanka, my friend!
[11:42] Jabber
    No need to hide it anymore!
[11:44] Jabber
    You can let it all hang out!
[11:47] Jabber
    Doesn't matter who's a Cleaner
    and who's a Raider...
[11:51] Jabber
    Just show me...
[11:52] Jabber
    Show me!
[11:54] Jabber
    Show me the brutality you've been hiding!
[12:08] Zanka
    I'm all out of ideas.
[12:19] Zodyl
    You can tell from the trash
    that falls from it
[12:23] Zodyl
    that the Sphere is a place of abundance.
[12:37] Zodyl
    Living creatures are mysterious things.
[12:41] Zodyl
    They change their appearance
    to adapt to their environment.
[12:47] Zodyl
    Sometimes, the fallen trash brings
[12:50] Zodyl
    remains of species never seen on the Ground.
[12:55] Zodyl
    Humans are the same.
[12:57] Zodyl
    The environments we live in will
    result in different kinds of humanity.
[13:02] Zodyl
    I'm a groundling. You're a Sphereite.
[13:06] Zodyl
    Why, then...
[13:09] Zodyl
    Why do we have the same look in our eyes?
[13:20] Zodyl
    Jabber told me that you and I smell the same.
[13:26] Zodyl
    Whatever else he is, he's perceptive.
[13:29] Zodyl
    That's what made me so interested.
[13:33] Zodyl
    It made me want to meet you for myself.
[13:37] Rudo
    Meet me, huh?
[13:40] Rudo
    Don't be stupid.
[13:42] Rudo
    If you wanted me in on some weird,
    half-baked plan to take down the Sphere,
[13:48] Rudo
    you could have come and
    talked to me like a normal person!
[13:52] Rudo
    B-Besides, I don't need
    anyone talking me into it.
[13:57] Rudo
    I'm trying to get to the Sphere to punch
    those assholes because it's what I want!
[14:03] Rudo
    Don't pretend like we're the same
    and drag the other Cleaners into it!
[14:13] Zodyl
    I wonder. What is "normal"?
[14:17] Zodyl
    Rudo, did you know?
[14:21] Zodyl
    There are groundlings who see
    the trash falling from the Sphere
[14:25] Zodyl
    and worship it as "blessings from heaven."
[14:31] Zodyl
    Even rotting food waste,
[14:34] Zodyl
    even scrap lumber that
    crushes their flesh and bone...
[14:38] Zodyl
    There are those who see it as a blessing
[14:41] Zodyl
    and demand others do the same.
[14:47] Zodyl
    It may seem strange to outsiders,
[14:50] Zodyl
    but when it's all you know, it seems normal.
[14:52] Zodyl
    In time, it becomes "common sense,"
[14:54] Zodyl
    and to fight against it becomes heresy.
[15:04] Zodyl
    "Common sense" can be beneficial.
[15:07] Zodyl
    But a "common sense" designed by the corrupt
[15:10] Zodyl
    is a deadly poison to those
    who unknowingly imbibe it.
[15:14] Zodyl
    You'll never know who has that poison
    in their system unless it comes up.
[15:20] Zodyl
    But there's a way to snap them
    instantly out of their toxic delusion.
[15:27] Zodyl
    A shock to the system.
[15:46] Zodyl
    These shocks are very useful.
[15:49] Zodyl
    They draw someone's fundamental
    nature to the surface.
[15:53] Zodyl
    You've had that happen, haven't you?
[15:56] Zodyl
    With the shock Jabber dealt you.
[16:04] Zodyl
    Oh, which means...
[16:07] Zodyl
    The one Jabber is fighting right now
[16:09] Zodyl
    might also have something
    to be drawn out from within.
[16:13] Zodyl
    Or perhaps the shock will prove too intense...
[16:22] Zodyl
    and he'll be crushed.
[16:35] Zanka
    Here we go.
[16:37] Zanka
    Here's another one.
[16:40] Zanka
    One of those "natural talents."
[16:44] Zanka
    No way a mediocrity like me can beat him.
[16:47] Zanka
    "I wasn't going all-out," my ass.
[16:49] Zanka
    "I was holding myself back," my ass.
[16:53] Zanka
    I've seen plenty of people who said
    that crap 'cause they wanna look cool,
[16:57] Zanka
    but you can spot the real ones
    by how clear-eyed they are.
[17:03] Zanka
    Man. It's the same shit anywhere you go.
[17:07] Zanka
    "A mediocrity can't beat a natural talent."
[17:14] Zanka
    But that's what makes
    it so damn worth doing!
SIGN    Episode 16
SIGN    Gifted and Not
[17:46] Jabber
    Hey, quit running!
[17:50] Jabber
    Zanka, old pal!
[17:52] Jabber
    Don't let this next one kill you, 'kay?!
[18:29] Jabber
    Stormy Weather!
[19:17] Jabber
    All done now?
[19:29] Jabber
    Hey, look at you, fighting!
[19:33] Zanka
    Not over yet.
[19:35] Zanka
    I'm not... finished yet...
[19:41] Zanka
    Until I prove myself...
[19:44] Zanka
    I'm not dying!
[20:02] Jabber
    You broke my rib!
    And then you punched me in it!
[20:08] Jabber
    You frickin' sadist!
[20:20] Jabber
    I knew you had more hidden away!
[20:22] Jabber
    Show me more of that!
[20:24] Zanka
    I don't do any of that "holding back" shit
    you were babbling on about!
[20:33] Zanka
    But don't worry!
[20:36] Zanka
    Even a mediocrity like me
    can keep up with you!
[21:13] Zanka
    Looks like you hit my left claw!
[21:17] Zanka
    When I'm in all-out mode, my left claws
    hold three of my most recent toxins.
[21:24] Zanka
    There's the numbing toxin,
[21:26] Zanka
    a toxin for having a good old time,
[21:29] Zanka
    and the gloopy-goo toxin from just now.
[21:41] Zanka
    What, would you still rather be hit with shit?