9 - Like Constant Change

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    Can people keep moving forward,
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    even when they know
    the future that must be?
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    Or do they shrink back in terror,
    unable to take even one step further?
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    No matter what future awaits us,
    people must keep moving forward.
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    They must walk the path that they see
    in front of them, one step at a time.
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    I may have a habit of running away
    whenever anything bad occurs,
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    but no matter what happens,
    I'm not going to run away now.
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    I may have a habit of bursting into tears,
    even though I understand it in my mind,
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    but since I am aiming higher,
    I'm not going to cry now.
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    I'm tired of hearing that
    things will turn out all right.
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    Don't bury your head in your hands.
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    Instead give your positive gauge a clip!
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    In time it will all feel
    just like it should!
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    Deeply, deeply, it's becoming
    etched in my mind
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    that someday, this will all be real.
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    Both the unchanging mornings
    and the never-ending nights.
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    I'm off and running for tomorrow's sake.
[02:08] ---
    John Fall's territorial ship, which had
    been sent to secure Michel Volban,
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    appears to have been assimilated
    by the People's Army.
[02:17] ---
    The safety of Count John Fall is uncertain,
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    but it is thought that he died in battle
    in the People's Army's counterattack.
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    For the soul of the great
    Count John Fall...
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    Subsequently, in order
    for our Holy Emperor's forces
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    to subdue the People's Army,
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    we dispatched the
    Patozzan fleet immediately,
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    but a battle broke out in the vicinity
    of the People's Army's Cavell territory...
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    Wow, we have a large number
    of guests arriving again.
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    It's the Holy Emperor's forces again.
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    They really are being pesky.
[03:09] ---
    What?
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    N- nothing.
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    Shall we get underway?
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    You got it!
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    --Don't sell the royal family's secret...
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    --Oh, what's it going to be today?
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    D- don't...
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    Don't sell the royal family's secrets short!
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    Although they fought well,
    the Patozzan fleet was wiped out.
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    Our casualties were tremendous.
    We believe that our soleil was also taken.
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    Up to now, the People's Army,
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    who had been quite amateurish
    when it came to warfare,
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    were no match for us,
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    but with the addition of one battleship
    to the People's Army's forces...
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    Cleo, right?
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    Yes.
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    I will be reporting on that matter.
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    This is the glass battleship
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    that previously defeated
    Maconnais' battleship single-handedly,
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    as well as both the John Fall
    and Panozzan fleets.
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    I've never seen that configuration before.
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    It almost looks like
    a child's toy, doesn't it?
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    How could they be beaten
    by a ship such as this?
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    It is, as it were, a phantom ship,
    belonging neither
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    to our Holy Emperor's forces,
    nor the People's Army.
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    According to spies that I dispatched,
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    information regarding the crew
    of this ship is as follows:
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    Her name is Eimer. She is in charge
    of piloting the battleship.
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    She handles the control stick like a knife,
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    and is said to have piloting skills
    exceptional enough to turn the ship around
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    in a matter of seconds.
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    She is believed to be clearheaded,
    with the ability to make calm judgments.
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    Next is the engineer, Badat.
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    Once, he was the right-hand man
    for the hero, Admiral Gawain.
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    Admiral Gawain?
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    He is praised as having
    the greatest skill in the galaxy,
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    and despite there being many who
    wished to recruit him to their own ships,
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    --even by force,
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    --Aw, man, it's empty already?
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    --following the Admiral's
    death, he went into hiding,
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    --and his whereabouts became unknown.
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    Moving on, the gunner, Heizak.
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    He had been on the wanted lists previously
    as an enthusiast for dangerous weapons.
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    He hopped from one battlefield to the next,
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    and every division he was in
    was sure to be wiped out.
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    Finally, he went on an independent raid
    against the Cross-Star religion,
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    and remains at large.
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    He is said to be a dangerous individual,
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    and that there is no telling what
    he will do when he goes into a frenzy.
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    And this is their cryptographer, Nowy.
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    He is said to be a genius
    at deciphering codes.
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    This is the youth that
    broke the Robron Egg,
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    the Allied Nobility's most top-secret code.
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    Oh, the Robron Egg?
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    --That young boy?
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    --That can't be!
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    Unbelievable!
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    He is said to have been involved in
    the decryption of many codes previously,
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    and that wherever there is a shadow
    of conspiracy, he is sure to be there.
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    For the reasons I have stated,
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    the crew of this ship is believed
    to be a fairly dangerous group.
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    My glasses... my glasses...
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    H- however, there is only one person,
    the leader of this battleship,
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    a man named Cleo,
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    for whom we were unable to gather
    any reliable information.
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    There have been imprudent remarks that
    he carries the blood of the royal family,
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    but that is unconfirmed, and his actions
    are not unlike that of a common pirate.
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    There are any number of groups
    like that in the frontier lands.
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    What is their objective? Why are they
    acting alongside the People's Army?
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    What is their force of arms?
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    Ultimately, we don't really know
    anything important about them, do we?
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    If Narufu doesn't know, then it must be true.
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    There have been two or three
    reported sightings of a glass battleship
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    in the frontier districts.
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    However, for reasons that are unclear,
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    they appear to have taken
    Michel Volban aboard,
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    and have come out in open hostility
    against our Holy Emperor's forces
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    by assisting the People's Army.
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    Begging your pardon...
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    The daughter of Pope Gorna has brought
    a handwritten letter from the Pope.
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    We're in a meeting here!
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    She said that there was an urgent matter
    for you to be made aware of.
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    Bring it here.
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    Excellency?
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    It's intelligence that the People's Army
    is headed for Bardeaux territory.
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    Clever thinking.
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    That information means...
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    We'll make the first move.
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    As you wish.
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    Ah, all of the flowers in my garden
    are certain to wither up.
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    They will be ashamed of
    their own ugliness next to your beauty,
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    and it will mark the end of their lives.
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    I have only come here
    on my father's errand.
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    Such transparent words
    as those are unnecessary.
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    How rude! In that case, you can
    leave here at once, can't you?!
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    What an adorable little boy.
[08:53] ---
    It seems like I have heard your voice
    somewhere else, not long ago.
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    I'm sure I must be mistaken about that.
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    My life shines all the brighter
    to be able to give sight to your face,
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    and to give ear to your voice.
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    Here.
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    I hope that this will be able
    to relieve your boredom,
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    and provide even the least bit of solace.
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    This is your first gift to me.
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    Someday, I will have this placed
    inside my coffin with me.
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    Huh? What is this?
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    It was in your letter earlier as well.
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    It's true, I am as a clown,
    controlled by your love.
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    I doubt that what is controlling you is love,
    as in a vision on a spring evening.
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    The thing that you desire is not love,
    to say nothing of myself.
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    You may have removed your mask,
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    but your heart is still heavy and cold,
    as though clad in steel armor.
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    However, the real you is
    as delicate as these flowers,
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    and you possess a heart
    that is purer than any other.
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    I await the day when you will bend to me.
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    Vetti-sama!
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    Vetti-sama, are you okay?
[11:00] ---
    Vetti-sama! Vetti-sama!
[11:06] ---
    Vetti-sama!!
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    Over these last few battles,
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    we, the People's Army, have gradually
    begun to gain strength,
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    but the truth remains that the
    Holy Emperor's forces are a mighty power.
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    If our force of arms makes up 10%,
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    then Vetti's forces
    would be 60% or greater.
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    Apart from that are forces, such as B.B.'s,
    that are unaffiliated with either side.
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    Whichever side can bring in
    this remaining 30%
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    will hold the key to the tide of this war.
[11:50] ---
    So you're saying that
    by having B.B. as an ally,
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    we can bring in the remaining 30%
    without even having to fight, right?
[11:58] ---
    What will you do once negotiations fail?
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    The reason why we're discussing this
    is so that doesn't happen, you know!
[12:04] ---
    Could you please
    cooperate with us a little?
[12:06] ---
    Vetti is the only one I'm after.
[12:08] ---
    What?!
[12:09] ---
    It doesn't matter.
    We are after Vetti as well.
[12:13] ---
    But is this the only way? Isn't there
    a more peaceful way to do this?
[12:18] ---
    Peaceful, you say?! Are you planning
    to sell your soul to the nobility?!
[12:22] ---
    No, I was just...
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    Any way we do it, unless we gain an
    equal footing with the Emperor's forces,
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    then even if we do make peace,
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    things will still go
    whichever way they please.
[12:31] ---
    I will go to negotiate.
    Will somebody lend me a ship?
[12:35] ---
    I will!
[12:36] ---
    No, that would not be advisable.
    You have to defend us here.
[12:42] ---
    If anything were to happen to Michel,
    we couldn't have that.
[12:45] ---
    We can't just have him
    taking any old ship.
[12:48] ---
    Yes.
[12:49] ---
    Are you calling my ship dangerous?!
[12:51] ---
    P- please, calm down.
[12:53] ---
    Then, what are we supposed to do?!
[12:54] ---
    I'm thinking about that right now.
[12:56] ---
    I'll go!
[12:58] ---
    For crying out loud, I can't
    stand watching you guys.
[13:03] ---
    Hey! We're not done talking here!
[13:08] ---
    What a bastard!
[13:16] ---
    Vetti-sama...
[13:17] ---
    Don't make that face.
[13:19] ---
    But Vetti-sama, this happened
    to you before, right? I'm scared...
[13:29] ---
    I'm going to tell this just to you.
[13:33] ---
    My life is going to come to an end soon.
[13:36] ---
    No! Don't say such a terrible thing!
[13:40] ---
    The reason why I am trying to marry Rachel
    is not just a political one.
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    In the ancient past, there was
    once an enormous battleship.
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    A battleship?
[13:53] ---
    It's said that this battleship used
    an unknown technology now lost to us...
[13:58] ---
    ...that allowed it to freely
    manipulate even time.
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    However, at some point,
[14:04] ---
    that enormous battleship
    broke up into many pieces.
[14:09] ---
    If I am able to bring that
    gigantic battleship back,
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    we will be able to obtain
    that technology once again.
[14:18] ---
    To do that, it will be necessary to
    bring the galaxy under unified rule.
[14:21] ---
    If you are able to obtain that technology,
[14:23] ---
    Vetti-sama, then you won't
    have to die, will you?
[14:26] ---
    That's why you have to
    marry Rachel, isn't it?
[14:31] ---
    Rachel is an indispensable tool
    that I need to unify the galaxy.
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    You will obtain it. I'm sure of it.
[14:38] ---
    Whatever happens, for your sake,
    Vetti-sama, we will get that technology.
[14:46] ---
    You guys sure do like to
    increase your territory, huh?
[14:50] ---
    It's not as simple as just that.
[14:52] ---
    We have to make her believe that
    it would be worth it to deal with us.
[14:57] ---
    Her? She's a woman?
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    Yeah, haven't you heard of her?
    B.B. of Bardeaux.
[15:03] ---
    Nope.
[15:05] ---
    B.B. once backed up Vetti financially,
    during the era of the Allied Nobility.
[15:10] ---
    Which is to say, she was his patron.
[15:12] ---
    Oh, yeah?
[15:13] ---
    Hold on, you people!
    That is for Michel-sama!
[15:16] ---
    It's okay, it's not running out.
[15:18] ---
    Yes, it is!
[15:20] ---
    Ahem. However, as soon
    as Vetti seized power,
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    he switched to Gorna
    of the Cross-Star religion.
[15:28] ---
    Yeah, that happens quite often.
[15:30] ---
    That's awful! What a philanderer!
[15:33] ---
    Ever since, B.B. has withdrawn
    from Vetti's Côte-d'Or,
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    and lives in the galaxy's largest
    neutral zone, Bardeaux territory,
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    as its seigneur.
[15:42] ---
    If her vast financial means and materials
    were to be turned over to Vetti's side,
[15:48] ---
    the galaxy would fall
    completely into Vetti's hands.
[15:50] ---
    That couldn't be possible.
    This woman must hate Vetti, right?
[15:55] ---
    She's not the sort of woman
    who acts on such personal feelings.
[15:59] ---
    She has survived the continual
    strife of the universe.
[16:03] ---
    She is indeed a distinguished person.
[16:06] ---
    So that's it. I can't wait
    to meet this woman.
[16:11] ---
    We of the People's Army have to show B.B.
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    that we have the power
    to sufficiently hold our own-
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    no, that we are able to beat Vetti.
[16:20] ---
    That is why we have been
    increasing our territory.
[16:24] ---
    In order to liberate the masses
    who are suffering under Vetti's rule
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    as soon as possible,
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    we must not allow these
    negotiations with B.B. to fail.
[16:32] ---
    He'll be coming, too.
[16:34] ---
    You feel that on the wind?
[17:00] ---
    Allow me to draw the whole
    of that sigh into my breast.
[17:04] ---
    I have come because I wanted
    to ask your forgiveness
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    for my rude behavior the other day.
[17:09] ---
    That was me losing possession
    of my faculties over your beauty,
[17:12] ---
    an expression of my fragile heart.
[17:14] ---
    Please, I ask but a single word
    of your forgiveness.
[17:17] ---
    How did you get here?
[17:18] ---
    Embracing the love that
    I have for you in my heart,
[17:21] ---
    I stole my way in under
    the cover of night's darkness.
[17:24] ---
    Perhaps you had my father
    conduct you here.
[17:28] ---
    It would seem that you
    misuse your authority.
[17:31] ---
    If you tell me to cast off my position,
    my name, or even my life,
[17:34] ---
    I would cast them off.
[17:37] ---
    Right now, I am just a poor man in love.
[17:41] ---
    I wonder, has untruth become truth?
[17:48] ---
    There are times when
    untruth becomes the truth.
[17:52] ---
    Untruth... becomes truth?
[17:59] ---
    Sometimes, fate can be quite generous.
[18:02] ---
    This world is a lot like that masked ball.
[18:06] ---
    Even if we lay bare our faces, all of us
    wear a heavy mask around our hearts.
[18:22] ---
    When one offers their
    true heart to another,
[18:24] ---
    they ought remove the mask
    around their heart.
[18:27] ---
    I will be proceeding to B.B.,
    of Bardeaux territory, following this.
[18:32] ---
    Once my negotiations there are concluded,
[18:34] ---
    I will climb the stairway
    to galactic unification.
[18:37] ---
    For the sake of the galaxy
    that we will rule.
[18:43] ---
    Please wait here for me. I will bring you
    a souvenir from Bardeaux territory.
[18:47] ---
    Until then, I will hold this near
    my heart as I sleep, thinking of you.
[18:54] ---
    Next time, may both of us
    remove the masks from our hearts.
[19:26] ---
    Are you feeling all right?
    Space travel can be taxing on the body.
[19:33] ---
    Do not mention my physical condition
    in front of others,
[19:35] ---
    under any circumstances!
[19:36] ---
    O- okay. I'm sorry. I'll never speak of it.
[19:44] ---
    That will do.
[19:50] ---
    Is it okay if I stay here, in Barotica?
[19:54] ---
    Suit yourself.
[19:58] ---
    I will be awaiting your
    return here, Vetti-sama.
[20:09] ---
    How did it go?
[20:11] ---
    Wonderfully.
[20:17] ---
    From here, Bardeaux is
    a stone's throw away.
[20:19] ---
    However, many years have passed
[20:22] ---
    since Your Excellency and B.B.
    have had any dealings.
[20:25] ---
    No need to worry. In the end,
    she will choose me.
[20:53] ---
    Incoming message from one of
    the Bardeaux territory patrol ships.
[20:55] ---
    It says that they will
    accompany us to our destination.
[20:58] ---
    I can see it now.
[20:59] ---
    It looks cold.
[21:01] ---
    Hmm, I'm starting to smell their fine wine.
[21:05] ---
    Michel-sama, have a cup of tea
    before you depart.
[21:08] ---
    I made you some cinnamon ginger,
    to warm your body with.
[21:12] ---
    Mm-hmm, thanks.
[21:13] ---
    There's an odd wind beginning to blow.
[21:32] ---
    Your visitors have arrived.
[21:37] ---
    Looks like there's going to be a snowstorm.
[21:39] ---
    "Like Constant Change"
[21:48] ---
    It's twilight already in the
    glass city of mistaken notions
[21:54] ---
    where we exchanged farewells
    among the countless lights.
[22:00] ---
    After making that pinky promise,
    the finger that lied to you
[22:06] ---
    developed a hangnail,
    and still hurts a little even now.
[22:11] ---
    We called each other's names,
    we spoke each other's names,
[22:14] ---
    and the world where you and I
    once met keeps spinning around.
[22:20] ---
    After these tears fall,
    will they be forgotten?
[22:25] ---
    After the sadness melts away,
    will I be able to see?
[22:31] ---
    Quivering and shimmering
    in this glistening world,
[22:37] ---
    they grow cold and dry up
    as I grasp them in my hands.
[22:42] ---
    Even if this world were made of nothing
[22:48] ---
    but lies and nonsense,
    I probably wouldn't care.
[22:54] ---
    Somewhere on this world,
    I am here singing,
[22:59] ---
    so please, may you be
    here on this world, smiling.
[23:15] ---
    A grand resolution by the Duchess B.B.,
[23:17] ---
    who holds the fate
    of the galaxy in her hands,
[23:19] ---
    inscribes a new page
    into the history of mankind.
[23:22] ---
    Next time on Glass Fleet, "Like a Demon"
[23:25] ---
    "Like a Demon"
[23:26] ---
    The galaxy in revolution. Renaissance.