# 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?