21 - Like a House of Cards

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    There is nothing quite as fragile
    as the word "justice."
[00:20] ---
    When we fight for someone,
    justice can easily turn to violence.
[00:26] ---
    Even so, when the time comes
    that we must fight,
[00:29] ---
    people close their eyes
    to this contradiction.
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    However, we followed our convictions
    and took up our swords,
[00:36] ---
    calling ourselves "The People's Army."
[00:39] ---
    We believed that this fight was
    for the sake of our future,
[00:42] ---
    and were unshaken.
[00:45] ---
    We believed that our enemy was evil,
    and that we were just.
[01:01] ---
    I may have a habit of running away
    as soon as anything bad occurs,
[01:08] ---
    but no matter what happens,
    I'm not going to run away now.
[01:15] ---
    I may have a habit of bursting into tears,
    even though I understand it in my mind,
[01:22] ---
    but since I am aiming higher,
    I'm not going to cry now.
[01:29] ---
    I'm tired of hearing that
    things will turn out all right.
[01:31] ---
    Don't bury your head in your hands.
[01:32] ---
    Instead give your positive gauge a clip!
[01:34] ---
    In time it will all feel
    just like it should!
[01:38] ---
    Deeply, deeply, it's becoming
    etched in my mind
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    that someday, this will all be real.
[01:51] ---
    Both the unchanging mornings
    and the never-ending nights.
[01:57] ---
    I'm off and running for tomorrow's sake.
[02:56] ---
    So this is where you are.
[02:58] ---
    Are you sure you're not
    drinking too much?
[03:01] ---
    An answer...
[03:03] ---
    I was looking for an answer.
[03:04] ---
    An answer?
[03:06] ---
    Ever since I spoke to the Admiral.
[03:10] ---
    How do I get the people of
    the world to ride my wind?
[03:14] ---
    And?
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    It's simple.
    We can't do it by ourselves.
[03:28] ---
    It's precisely because we
    can't do it by ourselves
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    that we're renegotiating
    with B.B., right?
[03:32] ---
    That won't be enough.
[03:35] ---
    In order to have all people escape
    the threat of the Black Cross,
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    there's one other person with whom we
    must join forces, no matter what happens.
[03:43] ---
    One other person?
[03:45] ---
    The power of the one who is
    trying to unify the whole world.
[03:49] ---
    You don't mean... He is the enemy!
[03:56] ---
    It's true, he is one sickening bastard,
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    and an enemy as far as
    the People's Army sees him,
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    but this is no time to be
    griping over trivial matters.
[04:04] ---
    Everyone's lives are at stake.
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    If it comes down to
    joining forces with him,
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    then I choose an honorable death!
[04:12] ---
    What are you so uptight over?
[04:15] ---
    Oh, excuse me...
[04:17] ---
    This is quite an interesting
    conversation you're having.
[04:20] ---
    Would you be good enough
    to include me in it?
[04:25] ---
    Nothing really interesting about it.
[04:27] ---
    You don't think so?
[04:29] ---
    Wind boy, you have brought up
    the subject of Vetti.
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    Usually, it's the men who
    like to dream big,
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    and the women who think
    more pragmatically...
[04:44] ---
    So, you've caught on?
[04:46] ---
    We are from the same mold, after all.
[04:49] ---
    Still, whether the people's hero,
    Michel Volban,
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    is a man or a woman is no great matter.
[04:57] ---
    Rather, the people will follow whichever
    path their idol, Michel Volban, chooses.
[05:02] ---
    Idol?
[05:04] ---
    Yes. What they need is a signpost,
    named Michel Volban.
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    Would you accept
    teaming up with Vetti?
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    Hmph... I told you,
    women are pragmatic.
[05:20] ---
    Well then, you women
    speak between yourselves.
[05:24] ---
    Sounds like there's
    nothing else I can do.
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    Your taste isn't bad.
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    So, how about it? Do you believe it?
[05:42] ---
    Huh?
[05:43] ---
    What Big Brother said.
    You know, about the Black Cross?
[05:47] ---
    I hate to come down on Big Brother,
    but I just don't get it.
[05:51] ---
    Me, either. I mean, those kind of tales
    are usually just hot air, you know?
[05:55] ---
    It's not worth making
    such a big fuss over.
[05:58] ---
    Yo!
[05:59] ---
    Oh, Big Sis!
[06:01] ---
    How about joining us?
[06:02] ---
    No way.
[06:04] ---
    Have you seen Cleo?
[06:06] ---
    I don't know. We were drinking
    together a little while ago.
[06:10] ---
    Now that you mention it,
    Mickey and Chloe are gone, too.
[06:13] ---
    I wonder if they got lost. After all,
    there are a lot of rooms here.
[06:18] ---
    Maybe they're getting their youth on.
[06:20] ---
    You dummy!
[06:21] ---
    Chloe just lost her husband!
[06:24] ---
    Besides, Mickey is all shriveled up.
[06:57] ---
    She wants me to wear this
    to the banquet tonight?
[07:26] ---
    Admiral, when I heard you were alive,
    it honestly threw me for a loop.
[07:35] ---
    But still, I don't have a single regret.
[07:41] ---
    You must have felt his wind, too.
[07:46] ---
    So please, let us see this
    through to the end, Admiral.
[07:55] ---
    Cleo!
[07:59] ---
    I found you!
[08:01] ---
    What is it?
[08:02] ---
    Let's have a drink together!
[08:05] ---
    What's wrong?
[08:10] ---
    Cleo!
[08:23] ---
    Cleo!
[08:26] ---
    Mickey... Chloe...
[08:29] ---
    How could this have happened?
[08:32] ---
    B.B.'s guards drank too much wine,
    and now their defenses are down!
[08:39] ---
    Cleo!
[08:39] ---
    I'm going to flush out the intruders!
    You go call the "youthful" guys here!
[08:43] ---
    Gotcha!
[08:47] ---
    Fire brigade, hurry!
[08:52] ---
    This place has had it!
    Head for warehouses ♪2 and ♪4!
[08:58] ---
    What's happening?!
[09:02] ---
    How can this be?!
[09:06] ---
    Where is the Duchess of Bardeaux?!
[09:07] ---
    I believe she is in her room.
[09:09] ---
    Take me there!
[09:13] ---
    Duchess of Bardeaux!
    Duchess of Bardeaux!
[09:29] ---
    Duchess of Bardeaux!
[09:32] ---
    Wait!
[09:34] ---
    This is indeed fortunate. To think that
    Michel Volban would come to us...
[09:40] ---
    Why, you... Who are you?!
[09:43] ---
    I am Ulugh Sahne,
    1st Divisional Commander
[09:47] ---
    of the Holy Imperial Force's
    Special Tactical Division.
[09:49] ---
    Special Tactical Division?
[09:54] ---
    The second act has begun,
    Duchess of Bardeaux.
[10:04] ---
    Huh? What's this coded message?
[10:06] ---
    Ah, Nowy, you're here!
    We're leaving port right away!
[10:10] ---
    We can't. Eimer isn't here.
[10:12] ---
    What?!
[10:18] ---
    Now, shall we get going?
[10:22] ---
    No.
[10:47] ---
    Cleo!
[10:54] ---
    What the...
[10:55] ---
    T- they're all dead!
[10:58] ---
    Just who would do
    something like this?!
[11:01] ---
    This is expert work.
[11:04] ---
    Were they after
    the Duchess of Bardeaux?
[11:07] ---
    Cleo-san, where is Michel-sama?
[11:09] ---
    I don't know. Carried off, apparently.
[11:20] ---
    Who's piloting it?
[11:24] ---
    You're late, you're late.
[11:30] ---
    What's with your glasses?
[11:32] ---
    I just ran into things
    when I wore them.
[11:35] ---
    My glasses, my glasses...
[11:36] ---
    Never mind! I'll take over!
[11:39] ---
    We're leaving immediately.
    We're going to find their escape vessel.
[11:42] ---
    Now that you mention it, I picked up
    an unfamiliar coded message earlier.
[12:02] ---
    The 4th Division has finished their
    operation, and is withdrawing.
[12:05] ---
    All right.
[12:06] ---
    The 3rd Division has
    completed their mission.
[12:08] ---
    Good work.
[12:15] ---
    You there! Would you please
    not touch that cask?
[12:19] ---
    There is a vintage inside there
[12:21] ---
    that you will not partake of
    as long as you live.
[12:26] ---
    You're going to spoil its flavor.
[12:27] ---
    Oh, how rude of me.
[12:31] ---
    In that case, I will savor it slowly,
    once our operation is concluded.
[12:36] ---
    What exactly are you planning to do?!
[12:39] ---
    Blow up the soleil.
[12:43] ---
    I am going to have you witness
    the destruction of Bardeaux territory.
[12:47] ---
    In the darkness,
    once the soleil is extinguished,
[12:49] ---
    the territory's population
    will be eliminated, and then finally,
[12:53] ---
    His Excellency the Holy Emperor
    has ordered me to kill you.
[12:58] ---
    Vetti's tastes are pretty good as well.
[13:00] ---
    How shameless! What you are doing
    is not warfare! It's just plain murder!
[13:06] ---
    I'm afraid I must take exception.
[13:09] ---
    I am doing nothing more than
    carrying out my duties.
[13:12] ---
    What duties?!
    You're just minions of evil,
[13:16] ---
    plotting to do whatever
    you please with the galaxy,
[13:18] ---
    thinking nothing of
    the lives of the people!
[13:20] ---
    If you look at it from our side,
    it's your "People's Army" that is evil.
[13:24] ---
    What?!
[13:25] ---
    His Excellency was
    victorious against you,
[13:27] ---
    and has conquered the world.
[13:30] ---
    You are the ones who are trying to destroy
    the world His Excellency has created,
[13:33] ---
    without even looking upon it.
[13:35] ---
    That's not-
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    When I return home,
    my wife and children will be there.
[13:40] ---
    My men also have wives, lovers,
    elderly parents, and other family.
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    In order to protect them,
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    they take upon themselves the honor
    of the Holy Emperor's forces,
[13:50] ---
    and eradicate your side.
[13:53] ---
    What are you trying to say?
[13:55] ---
    I am certain that the People's Army
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    wages war against us
    by that very same reasoning.
[14:03] ---
    You also want to create a world
    where your families
[14:06] ---
    can live in peace and security,
    that's all.
[14:08] ---
    Which is to say,
    the security of the state.
[14:11] ---
    If my destructive activities
    lay the foundations for peace,
[14:15] ---
    then I will gladly undertake
    this dirty business.
[14:18] ---
    And that is where your honor is?
[14:21] ---
    Yes. When my mission is safely over,
[14:25] ---
    I will hug my family with these
    same hands that have killed you.
[14:29] ---
    You're out of your mind!
[14:31] ---
    Then let me ask you,
[14:33] ---
    who is it that has ultimately contributed
    more towards peace in the galaxy?
[14:38] ---
    Is it you? Or is it me?
[14:46] ---
    The 4th Division has
    completed their mission.
[14:48] ---
    Mm-hmm, good work.
[14:50] ---
    All personnel have evacuated
    to the safe zone.
[14:53] ---
    Preparations to detonate
    the soleil are complete.
[14:55] ---
    All right.
[14:58] ---
    Even if you blow up the soleil,
[14:59] ---
    it will soon be restored with supplies
    from our linked territories.
[15:04] ---
    That will not matter.
[15:06] ---
    As long as we have the territorial
    ship that Bardeaux territory is,
[15:09] ---
    we will not need anything else
    that is in this territory.
[15:13] ---
    Now, let's begin.
[15:17] ---
    Commander!
[15:18] ---
    T- the glass battleship is gone!
[15:21] ---
    What?!
[15:35] ---
    Duchess of Bardeaux!
[15:59] ---
    Duchess of Bardeaux, get up!
[16:03] ---
    Come on!
[16:06] ---
    That's far enough.
[16:08] ---
    You must be Cleo of the Wind.
    I am surprised by your daring tactics.
[16:14] ---
    Tactics are only meaningful when
    they take the opponent by surprise.
[16:20] ---
    How did you know we were here?
[16:21] ---
    You shouldn't have used
    those communicators.
[16:24] ---
    We seized upon your signal,
    and calculated this location.
[16:29] ---
    Must I admit defeat?
[16:32] ---
    It's up to you.
[16:54] ---
    Like I said, you have to
    take them by surprise.
[17:03] ---
    Are you okay?
[17:05] ---
    Yeah.
[17:09] ---
    I welcome a battle like this any day!
[17:18] ---
    M- my wine...
[17:20] ---
    My... my wine... my...
[17:47] ---
    I must have appeared quite
    disgraceful last night, huh?
[17:51] ---
    No.
[17:53] ---
    That soldier kept going
    on and on about it,
[17:55] ---
    but now, I understand what he meant.
[18:00] ---
    We must create a world
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    where those who are dear to us
    can live with peace of mind.
[18:04] ---
    I feel no hesitation in
    taking up arms to that end.
[18:09] ---
    Vetti is going to recall just
    what kind of woman B.B. is.
[18:22] ---
    Aren't you thoughtful, wind boy?
[18:42] ---
    Vetti-sama...
[18:43] ---
    How is it coming?
[18:45] ---
    Well... still nothing...
[18:48] ---
    I wish I could give you a hand.
[18:50] ---
    No, Vetti-sama, you're so busy.
[18:54] ---
    Just let me handle this.
    I want to help you, Vetti-sama.
[19:00] ---
    Thank you.
[19:02] ---
    But you shouldn't be
    pushing yourself so hard.
[19:04] ---
    Mm-mm, I have to push myself.
[19:06] ---
    After all, Vetti-sama,
    you don't have much time left.
[19:12] ---
    I'm sorry!
[19:13] ---
    That's okay. It's true, after all.
    Muscat's diagnosis backs that up.
[19:20] ---
    What?
[19:22] ---
    The soleil's specter is growing.
    She says my death is near.
[19:29] ---
    Vetti-sama...
[19:33] ---
    And now, it's just us, huh?
[19:36] ---
    That's right...
[19:52] ---
    I'm coming in.
[19:55] ---
    At least knock first!
[19:57] ---
    What B.B. said is bothering me.
[20:01] ---
    What did that man say to you?
[20:06] ---
    It was contradictory.
[20:07] ---
    Contradictory?
[20:11] ---
    That the enemy is fighting
    for the same reasons.
[20:14] ---
    They desire peace, and have
    those that they wish to protect.
[20:18] ---
    That we are not the only ones
    who have justice on our side.
[20:22] ---
    Which means that it
    might be possible for us
[20:24] ---
    to team up with the Holy
    Imperial forces, like you said.
[20:29] ---
    Even if it means burying
    all of our grudges.
[20:33] ---
    You always get that look in your eye
[20:36] ---
    when we talk about
    joining with that bunch.
[20:39] ---
    Still, it wasn't so bad.
[20:44] ---
    Seeing you, with that dress.
[21:01] ---
    ♪ We will go... ♪
[21:10] ---
    ♪ to the Black Cross... ♪
[21:22] ---
    ♪ to our God... ♪
[21:32] ---
    ♪ who gives us joy... ♪
[21:39] ---
    "Like a House of Cards"
[21:56] ---
    In these streets which have lost their color,
[22:02] ---
    under my breath, I look at the screen.
[22:09] ---
    Searching for the key to the future,
[22:15] ---
    I've torn my pocket.
[22:22] ---
    Have I any doubts?
[22:28] ---
    Will the light shine?
[22:35] ---
    What is right?
[22:40] ---
    As I struggle, I move into the distance.
[22:47] ---
    I am the only one,
[22:49] ---
    my drifting heart is as hard as a cocoon,
[22:56] ---
    and it protects me,
[23:00] ---
    but I am not the only one,
[23:02] ---
    and the words that issue forth
[23:05] ---
    want to catch
[23:08] ---
    going round and round.
[23:14] ---
    When you turned to look,
    he was always at your side.
[23:16] ---
    Before you knew it, you were
    enveloped in his kindness.
[23:19] ---
    The pounding in your chest opened
    the treasure box of your heart.
[23:22] ---
    Next time on Glass Fleet,
    "Like Adoration..."
[23:25] ---
    "Like Adoration..."
[23:26] ---
    The galaxy in revolution. Renaissance.