# E3 - Travelling Down the Orbital Tree
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**[00:37] Kaina**
Ririha!
**[00:39] Kaina**
Are you okay?
**[00:53] Kaina**
There...
**[00:56] Kaina**
Do you want to take a break?
**[00:58] Ririha**
I'm fine.
**[01:10] Ririha**
What are those brown things?
**[01:13] Kaina**
Hm?
**[01:14] Kaina**
Oh, they're the pupas of giant tree flies.
**[01:17] Ririha**
What?
**[01:17] Kaina**
The larvae transform into pupas.
**[01:20] Ririha**
And we're going through them?
**[01:22] Kaina**
We'll pass nearby.
**[01:23] Ririha**
They won't attack us?
**[01:24] Kaina**
As long as we don't upset them.
**[01:28] Ririha**
I wonder how long it'll take
us to get down at this rate.
**[01:35] Kaina**
Hmm...
**[01:38] Kaina**
About 30 days?
**[01:39] Ririha**
What?!
**[01:41] Kaina**
You're new at this, Ririha.
**[01:42] Ririha**
No! We can't take that long!
**[01:46] Ririha**
Let's pick up the pace!
***SIGN*** Kaina of the Great Snow Sea
***SIGN*** Traveling Down the Orbital Tree
***SIGN*** Traveling Down the Orbital Tree
**[03:31] Orinoga**
Denigo, keep your body low!
**[03:33] Denigo**
Sorry!
**[03:35] Orinoga**
They can't have gotten too far from Atland...
**[03:38] Orinoga**
Hm?
**[03:40] Orinoga**
What is that?
**[03:44] Soldier B**
Commander, he's a Valghian soldier.
**[03:46] Soldier B**
There are signs of a struggle.
**[03:48] Orinoga**
Did they attack Princess Ririha?
**[03:50] Orinoga**
Search this area thoroughly!
**[03:52] Denigo**
Yes, sir!
**[04:11] Kaina**
Ririha, hang onto the tree!
**[04:13] Ririha**
Huh?
**[04:23] Kaina**
That branch... It came from the
village's direction. You think...
**[04:28] Ririha**
I-I'm sure it's nothing.
It was just a branch.
**[04:32] Ririha**
Just a dead branch that broke off.
**[04:41] (Flashback) Signkeeper**
Make sure she gets home safe and sound.
**[04:45] Kaina**
Yeah. Let's keep going.
**[05:00] Kaina**
That's it! You're doing good!
**[05:07] Ririha**
This is easy once you get the hang of it!
**[05:22] Ririha**
I'm fine!
**[05:28] Ririha**
I have to get back to Atland
as soon as possible!
**[05:42] Amelothée**
According to the report, the floater carrying
the Atlandian soldier was headed...
**[05:47] Amelothée**
There.
**[05:48] Lieutenant**
Do you think what they said about the
woman leading the soldiers is true?
**[05:52] Amelothée**
We'll find out once we've
obtained our quarry.
**[05:55] Amelothée**
Either way, it seems Atland really
does believe in the Canopy.
**[06:01] Lieutenant**
You mean, the legend of the sage?
**[06:04] Lieutenant**
You don't actually think they
went on a quest to find the sage?
**[06:08] Amelothée**
I cannot deny the possibility.
**[06:10] Lieutenant**
Oh, well...
**[06:12] Amelothée**
We'll head to that orbital spire
tree. Keep your eyes open.
**[06:15] Lieutenant**
Yes, ma'am!
**[06:25] Kaina**
Let's call it a day.
**[06:27] Ririha**
What? I can keep going.
**[06:30] Kaina**
It'll be dangerous after dark.
**[06:34] Ririha**
Okay...
**[06:40] Kaina**
That was delicious.
**[06:42] Kaina**
I'd never seen that bug before,
**[06:44] Kaina**
but it looked like a caddis fly,
so I figured it was edible.
**[06:48] Ririha**
R-Right... I actually ate a good portion.
**[06:51] Kaina**
You were hungry after moving around so much.
**[06:54] Ririha**
Right, that must be it.
**[06:57] Kaina**
You're getting the hang of it, so I think
we'll get there in about three days.
**[07:02] Ririha**
What? We still have three more days?
**[07:05] Kaina**
Uh, but since you're a quick learner, maybe
we can pick up the pace a little more?
**[07:12] Ririha**
Yeah, I'll do my best.
**[07:15] Ririha**
Oh, before I forget.
**[07:19] Ririha**
Snowfoil bag.
**[07:20] Ririha**
I have two, so you can have one.
**[07:23] Kaina**
Snowfoil bag?
**[07:24] Ririha**
Without this, you'll sink if
you fall into the Snow Sea.
**[07:28] Kaina**
I will?
**[07:29] Ririha**
I'm not sure how helpful
it'll be from this height.
**[07:32] Ririha**
But it's better to have it on you.
**[07:36] Kaina**
Okay, thanks.
**[07:42] Ririha**
Hey.
**[07:43] Kaina**
Hm?
**[07:44] Ririha**
Was it really all right for you
to leave the village with me?
**[07:50] Kaina**
I was always watching from my window.
**[07:53] Ririha**
Huh?
**[07:54] Kaina**
The glimmering lights. I thought,
"Maybe there are people down there."
**[07:58] Kaina**
So I've always wanted to
go down to the Snow Sea.
**[08:07] Ririha**
Hey, tell me about your father and mother.
**[08:11] Kaina**
They both died right after I was born.
**[08:16] Ririha**
I'm sorry... Did they fall ill?
**[08:18] Kaina**
Mom did. After giving birth to me,
she didn't get enough nutrients.
**[08:23] Kaina**
Dad went to get Mom some giant tree fly eggs,
**[08:29] Kaina**
but the bugs got him instead.
**[08:32] Ririha**
That's why that old woman scolded me so much.
**[08:36] Kaina**
What are your parents like?
**[08:41] Ririha**
Father is very strict
with himself and others.
**[08:45] Ririha**
But that's because he's the king.
**[08:48] Ririha**
Deep down, he's a very kind person.
**[08:50] Kaina**
Yeah.
**[08:51] Ririha**
Mother passed away when I was little.
**[08:54] Kaina**
Oh...
**[08:55] Ririha**
From an illness.
**[08:57] Ririha**
But I still remember how warm her
arms were when she hugged me,
**[09:03] Ririha**
and how gentle her voice was
when she read me stories.
**[09:07] Ririha**
She told me the story about the sage, too.
**[09:09] Kaina**
The sage...
**[09:11] Ririha**
"As the world was born,
the wise sage descended."
**[09:15] Ririha**
"Where his staff pierced the
land, the water did flow."
**[09:18] Ririha**
"From his staff then the
orbital spire trees ascended."
**[09:21] Ririha**
"But to war with each other
did the tree-people go."
**[09:26] Ririha**
"The sage fled to the forest
in sorrowed sequestration."
**[09:30] Ririha**
"From then on, the Snow Sea
would engulf all creation."
**[09:34] Ririha**
That's the story of the sage Mother told me.
**[09:38] Kaina**
And the "forest" in this story is the Canopy?
**[09:43] Ririha**
Yes. At least, I've always thought so. But...
**[09:49] Kaina**
Yeah, no one in our village
has that kind of power.
**[09:57] Ririha**
It's getting cold.
**[09:58] Kaina**
Yeah.
**[10:03] Ririha**
W-We're not going to fall, are we?
**[10:06] Kaina**
We're secure, so we'll be fine.
**[10:13] Kaina**
Wh-Why did you think the
"forest" was the Canopy?
**[10:19] Ririha**
Light told me.
**[10:22] Kaina**
Light?
**[10:23] Ririha**
Light is that thing we saw
yesterday when you saved me.
**[10:28] Kaina**
Huh?
**[10:29] Ririha**
I named it "Light."
**[10:32] Kaina**
Oh, that thing.
**[10:34] Ririha**
I'd seen it before, when I was little.
**[10:37] Kaina**
What?
**[10:39] Ririha**
It was right after Mother passed away.
**[10:41] Ririha**
Father went on an expedition to a distant
spire tree, and he took me with him.
**[10:48] Ririha**
I think he was trying to cheer
me up because I was sad.
**[10:52] Ririha**
At night, I wandered alone on a beach.
**[10:57] Ririha**
I felt so lonely, and I was looking
for my mother, knowing she was gone.
**[11:02] Ririha**
Then I lost my way back, and I felt
so helpless that I wanted to cry.
**[11:27] Ririha**
That's when Light showed me
the brightness of the Canopy,
**[11:33] Ririha**
and I thought it must be the sage's forest.
**[11:37] Servant**
Princess Ririha!
**[11:43] Ririha**
Up until now, any time I talked about Light,
people would say they'd never seen it.
**[11:48] Ririha**
You're the first one who has.
**[11:50] Kaina**
Me, too. I'd never met anyone
who'd seen that thing.
**[11:54] Kaina**
I saw it when you came to the Canopy.
**[11:57] Ririha**
You did?
**[11:58] Kaina**
Yeah.
**[12:00] Ririha**
I wonder what that thing is...
**[12:02] Kaina**
I'm not sure, but I don't
think it's something bad.
**[12:07] Ririha**
Yeah.
**[12:11] Ririha**
I found this when I first saw it.
**[12:14] Ririha**
I thought it was something that
fell from the sage's forest,
**[12:18] Ririha**
so I took good care of it.
**[12:20] Kaina**
Hmm...
**[12:22] Ririha**
Maybe this thing
**[12:27] Ririha**
and the tool the Signkeeper gave us
**[12:30] Ririha**
are relics from the ancient
times when the sage lived.
**[12:35] Ririha**
If that's the case, then maybe
the sage is no longer around.
**[12:40] Kaina**
Yeah...
**[12:43] Kaina**
Mm-hm...
**[12:51] Ririha**
But still, I...
**[13:01] Orinoga**
We'll have to call off
the search after today.
**[13:04] Orinoga**
Princess Ririha, where are you?
**[13:06] Denigo**
Commander!
**[13:07] Orinoga**
What is it?
**[13:12] Orinoga**
This must be Jarge's steed.
**[13:14] Denigo**
What's it doing here?
**[13:16] Orinoga**
It must've been swimming around this
vast snowy sea, looking for its master.
**[13:21] Denigo**
Poor thing. It was injured by the
stones from a Valghian catapult.
**[13:25] Soldier B**
Is there a way for us to bring
it back home, Commander?
**[13:41] Orinoga**
Purge!
**[13:43] Soldiers**
Purge!
**[13:44] Soldiers**
Purge!
**[13:45] Orinoga**
Thy spirit is released.
**[13:48] Orinoga**
Return to Toa, our sweet haven.
**[13:54] Orinoga**
Our priority right now is
to find Princess Ririha.
**[13:57] Orinoga**
Don't forget to cut off the snowfoil sticks.
**[13:59] Soldier B**
Y-Yes, sir.
**[14:13] Ririha**
I'm serious. Do *not* look, okay?!
**[14:16] Kaina**
Don't worry.
**[14:24] Ririha**
Please don't let him hear it.
Please don't let him hear it.
**[14:34] Kaina**
Oh, a rainbow.
**[14:36] Ririha**
Huh?
**[14:36] Kaina**
Huh?
**[14:48] Kaina**
That was dangerous, Ririha!
**[14:50] Ririha**
I told you not to look!
**[14:53] Kaina**
S-Sorry...
**[15:03] Ririha**
Wow...
**[15:06] Kaina**
Oh...
**[15:06] Ririha**
Huh?
**[15:09] Ririha**
It's that bug again.
**[15:13] Kaina**
Maybe this route's safer.
**[15:15] Ririha**
Yeah.
**[15:27] Kaina**
I didn't know the inside was like this.
**[15:30] Ririha**
It's so hollow... No wonder we're
experiencing water shortages.
**[15:34] Kaina**
Oh!
**[15:37] Ririha**
There are bugs everywhere, huh?
**[15:40] Kaina**
Huh?
**[15:41] Ririha**
W-Well, you see them in
the Snow Sea, the Canopy,
**[15:44] Ririha**
around spire trees... Everywhere.
**[15:47] Kaina**
Oh, bugs repair the Canopy and orbital trees.
**[15:51] Ririha**
Repair?
**[15:52] Kaina**
Yeah. That's why we shouldn't overhunt them.
**[15:55] Ririha**
Huh... Repairing, huh?
**[15:58] Kaina**
The old men and women taught me that
people and bugs are in the same boat.
**[16:04] Ririha**
Humans and bugs really do
coexist in this world...
**[16:12] Ririha**
Hey, Kaina. I'll talk to Father
about that. Maybe then, he'll...
**[16:19] Kaina**
Oh...
**[16:20] Ririha**
What?
**[16:21] Kaina**
That was the first time
you called me by my name.
**[16:28] Ririha**
W-Was it?
**[16:29] Ririha**
Um...
**[16:30] Kaina**
I thought maybe you forgot it.
**[16:32] Ririha**
Of course I didn't!
**[16:37] Ririha**
L-Let's keep moving!
**[16:40] Kaina**
Okay.
**[17:00] Lieutenant**
General Amelothée, there's an
artificial light above the great ring.
**[17:05] Lieutenant**
It doesn't mean they're
from the Canopy, but...
**[17:08] Amelothée**
Who'd be that high up, other than
the one who traveled on the floater?
**[17:12] Lieutenant**
You mean...?
**[17:14] Amelothée**
We'll find out once we capture them.
**[17:23] Kaina**
I think this is as far as we can go,
but we've traveled quite a bit.
**[17:27] Ririha**
Good.
**[17:29] Kaina**
We stayed up and kept moving, but are you okay?
**[17:32] Ririha**
Yes, I'm fine.
**[17:36] Ririha**
It's getting warm.
**[17:37] Kaina**
Yeah? Oh, maybe because of the pressure suit.
**[17:41] Ririha**
Oh. You're right...
**[17:48] Kaina**
What?
**[18:14] Ririha**
I'm back!
**[18:15] Kaina**
We did it, Ririha!
**[18:17] Ririha**
Yeah!
**[18:22] Kaina**
Hm?
**[18:22] Kaina**
Hey, there's something over there.
**[18:28] Ririha**
Ah!
**[18:29] Kaina**
What's wrong? What are those things?
**[18:31] Ririha**
Oh, they're climbing up!
**[18:33] Kaina**
Huh?
**[18:36] Ririha**
Valghia!
**[18:38] Ririha**
We have to run!
**[18:39] Kaina**
What?!
**[18:51] Lieutenant**
Looks like it's the royal princess.
**[18:53] Lieutenant**
And one more person... A servant, perhaps?
**[18:56] Lieutenant**
He's wearing clothing I've never seen before.
**[18:58] Sentry**
General Amelothée,
something's headed this way!
**[19:01] Amelothée**
Hm?
**[19:04] Lieutenant**
They're... cavalry from Atland!
**[19:07] Denigo**
What are they doing?
**[19:11] Denigo**
Oh, there's someone on the spire tree!
**[19:17] Orinoga**
We're going to attack the enemy fleet!
**[19:20] Denigo**
A-Attack them?! But we'll
be disobeying orders, sir.
**[19:22] Orinoga**
Soldiers, load your acorn guns!
**[19:25] Orinoga**
Charge!
**[19:26] Soldiers**
Yes, sir!
**[19:27] Kaina**
Hey, why do we need to run?! Who are they?!
**[19:30] Ririha**
They're our enemy! They'll
kill us if we're captured!
**[19:32] Kaina**
What? People would kill other people?!
**[19:37] Ririha**
That's...
**[19:37] Kaina**
Huh?
**[19:41] Orinoga**
Ready, aim...
**[19:43] Orinoga**
Fire!
**[19:47] Denigo**
Get to Princess Ririha, quickly!
**[19:49] Valghian Soldiers**
Don't let them through!
**[19:59] Ririha**
We're surrounded.
**[20:03] Ririha**
You need to protect yourself.
**[20:05] Kaina**
Hey, can't we just talk to them?
Humans shouldn't fight each other.
**[20:08] Ririha**
They aren't the types to listen!
**[20:11] Kaina**
Let me try.
**[20:13] Ririha**
I told you, they're dangerous!
**[20:17] Ririha**
If we could only get over there...
**[20:22] Kaina**
To the people riding around in the Snow Sea?
**[20:25] Ririha**
Yes, they're my country's cavalry.
**[20:28] Kaina**
Okay.
**[20:28] Ririha**
Huh?
**[20:29] Kaina**
Ririha, you came up by
riding a floater, right?
**[20:31] Ririha**
Wait, what?!
**[20:32] Kaina**
Jump, Ririha!
**[20:48] Denigo**
Commander, what are your orders?
**[20:49] Orinoga**
Go around!
**[20:53] Orinoga**
Princess Ririha!
**[20:56] Ririha**
We're floating away...
**[20:58] Ririha**
What's our next move?
**[21:00] Kaina**
Well, we'll float as long
as we have this, right?
**[21:03] Ririha**
Right!
**[21:04] Kaina**
Let's go!