E3 - Marginal City

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[00:12] Bianca
    Huey, once we reach the hospital,
    you can get some rest.
[00:16] Huey
    Thank you, ma'am.
[00:21] Donald
    A traveling carnival, eh?
[00:25] Bianca
    You wanted to see that, didn't you? How lucky.
[00:29] Donald
    What's lucky about these legs?
[00:44] Nean1
    I'm very sorry.
[00:45] Naomi
    Huh? For what?
[00:47] Nean1
    We will need to inspect your carry-on luggage.
[00:50] Rouge
    Should we not have brought the chocolate?
[00:53] Nean1
    This way.
[00:55] Nean1
    Right in here.
[00:56] Naomi
    Why, thank you.
[00:58] Rouge
    Hey, you're...
[00:59] Naomi
    Ah, I get it.
[01:01] Naomi
    I see you did your job. Good for you.
[01:03] Smith
    Got Viola's id?
[01:13] Smith
    Duly received.
[01:15] Smith
    I do apologize for the imposition.
[01:16] Smith
    Have a lovely trip, now.
[01:19] Naomi
    Thanks a lot.
[01:26] Rouge
    Hey, it's the little bird!
[01:28] Naomi
    My outside persona, Mk II.
[01:32] Naomi
    Hello?
[01:34] Naomi
    No, not a problem.
[01:37] Naomi
    Yes, it's finished.
[01:39] Naomi
    Yes.
[01:41] Naomi
    Yes, it has been received.
[01:44] Naomi
    No, thank you very much.
[01:47] Naomi
    Yes. Thank you.
[01:50] Naomi
    Goodbye, then.
[01:53] Rouge
    Was that Gene?
[01:54] Naomi
    He's not "Gene."
    He's Vice-Director Junghardt.
[01:58] Naomi
    Keep business and private matters separate.
[02:00] Rouge
    So...
[02:02] Rouge
    What did he say?
[02:03] Naomi
    About what?
[02:04] Rouge
    Well, I mean... Work's been
    going really well, so...
[02:08] Rouge
    I was just wondering what
    he thought about that...
[02:13] Rouge
    I guess.
[02:16] Naomi
    Your big brother said he has high hopes.
[02:20] Rouge
    Really?!
[02:21] Naomi
    Yeah. For me.
[02:23] Naomi
    He said to keep taking good care of you.
[02:26] Rouge
    What?!
[04:07] Gene
    Nius...
[04:09] Gene
    Achillus... Viola...
[04:12] Gene
    The Immortal Nine... The nine who never die.
[04:18] Gene
    No...
[04:20] Gene
    I guess it's really six now.
[04:23] Gregory
    Vice-Director Junghardt.
[04:25] Gregory
    We've received a report that the id
    retrieved from Viola has left Mars.
[04:29] Gregory
    But Ochrona seems to be
    nosing around, as well.
[04:34] Gene
    We certainly wouldn't want
    them finding out about it.
[04:37] Gregory
    Measures will be taken.
[04:39] Gregory
    Also, regarding the traveling carnival...
[04:41] Gregory
    The town where Rouge currently is...
[04:44] Gene
    They're putting on a show
    in Wellstown, right?
[04:47] Gene
    And that doesn't seem to be mere coincidence.
[04:52] Naomi
    It seems we'll find a lead on our next target,
    Phantom Verde, in the Nean settlement.
[04:57] Rouge
    Don't the Immortal Nine take human forms?
[05:01] Naomi
    They might be hiding among the Neans,
    disguised as Neans.
[05:07] Naomi
    That's Investigator Ash from Ochrona.
[05:09] Naomi
    He sure went to a lot of trouble,
    coming all the way to Mars.
[05:13] Rouge
    He's from Ochrona?
[05:16] Naomi
    Hm? Oh, I saw him on the list.
[05:18] Naomi
    Something about an old man
    on the rebound, or something.
[05:23] Ash
    Neans, Neans, Neans.
[05:26] Ash
    What the hell is going on?
[05:28] Noid
    Of course they're here.
[05:29] Noid
    The biggest Nean settlement
    on Mars is in this city.
[05:34] Ash
    Bet you're thrilled to have so many
    of your own kind around, huh?
[05:39] Naomi
    You have to go through a heavily
    guarded gate to enter the settlement.
[05:44] Naomi
    Only registered Neans and authorized
    personnel can pass through.
[05:51] Rouge
    What did Gene say?
[05:52] Naomi
    Dumped it all on us.
[05:54] Naomi
    Seriously. Don't come up with
    only half a date plan, damn it.
[06:05] Naomi
    Whole boiled herm is so good!
[06:09] Rouge
    Huh? It's gone... It's gone!
[06:14] Naomi
    Huh?
[06:15] Rouge
    My chocolate is gone.
[06:17] Rouge
    I know I still had more!
[06:19] Naomi
    Your chocolate? Oh, I know where that is.
[06:22] (Flashback) Naomi
    Here you go.
[06:23] (Flashback) Miguel/Emily
    Thank you!
[06:25] (Flashback) Emily
    Bye-bye!
[06:26] (Flashback) Naomi
    Be sure to brush your teeth.
[06:28] Naomi
    You grew up a little by giving
    those kids chocolate, right?
[06:31] Naomi
    Good for you.
[06:33] Rouge
    I'm going to buy more.
[06:34] Naomi
    No, you're not.
[06:36] Naomi
    We're having a strategy meeting.
[06:39] Rouge
    Jill said I was free!
[06:42] Naomi
    Jill? Why bring up that camera nerd now?
[06:46] Rouge
    She said freedom means
    I can make my own choices.
[06:48] Naomi
    Hah. Freedom? You know there's no such thing.
[06:52] Rouge
    There is!
[06:53] Naomi
    Nope.
[06:54] Naomi
    Acting on your own free will
    disqualifies you as an agent.
[06:58] Rouge
    I always fight of my own free will.
[07:01] Rouge
    All you do is stand behind me and watch!
[07:04] Naomi
    Don't get smart with the person
    who makes all that possible for you.
[07:08] Naomi
    You're nothing but a tool for Aletheia.
[07:11] Naomi
    Just a piece of equipment, really.
[07:22] Naomi
    Hey...
[07:25] Naomi
    Welp, she's gone.
[07:29] Rouge
    Stupid Naomi! Stupid Naomi!
[07:31] Rouge
    Stupid Naomi! Stupid Naomi! Stupid Naomi!
[07:45] Rouge
    Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid.
[07:48] Rouge
    Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid.
[07:50] Rouge
    Stupid, stupid, stupid, stu...
[07:51] Troop1
    Hey! You just touched me!
[07:52] Rion
    I didn't.
[07:54] Troop1
    You just did! See?
[07:55] Troop2
    Whew, scary. Imagine a Nean
    touching a human without permission.
[07:59] Troop2
    It must be broken.
[08:01] Troop1
    Yeah, definitely broken.
[08:03] Troop2
    And broken tools must be disposed of.
[08:05] Rion
    Please wait a minute. I haven't...
[08:07] Troop1
    Shut up, Scar Head!
[08:09] Troop2
    Let's take you to where you'll be dealt with.
[08:14] Troop3
    Who are you?
[08:15] Troop3
    What're you lookin' at? Hey!
[08:21] Troop1
    Bitch!
[08:22] Troop1
    On the ground! Now!
[08:24] Rouge
    Neans are not tools.
[08:26] Rouge
    Or equipment!
[08:29] Troop1
    What are you?
[08:30] Afdal
    Rion, what's all this?
[08:33] Rion
    Doctor Afdal!
[08:35] Troop1
    Doctor Afdal. You know this boy?
[08:37] Afdal
    He's my assistant.
[08:39] Troop1
    Ah, I see.
[08:41] Troop1
    That girl over there, too?
[08:43] Afdal
    Yeah, that's right.
[08:46] Troop1
    All right, then. Yo, let's go.
[08:49] Troop2
    What? But...
[08:50] Troop1
    The doctor's always been good to us.
[08:54] Troop1
    I'm counting on you to bring us
    the you-know-what again.
[08:57] Troop1
    C'mon, let's go.
[09:00] Afdal
    Rion, don't make trouble.
[09:03] Rion
    I'm sorry, Doctor.
[09:05] Afdal
    Let's go.
[09:06] Rion
    Yes, sir.
[09:11] Rouge
    Oh!
[09:13] Rouge
    Uh, I mean...
[09:16] Rouge
    O-Over there!
[09:19] Afdal
    You want in there?
[09:22] Rouge
    Someone I'm looking for is in there.
[09:27] Afdal
    Yeah, of course.
[09:29] Afdal
    Come.
[09:31] Rion
    Doctor?
[09:34] Afdal
    Good work, boys.
[09:35] Troop4
    Hm? Ah.
[09:37] Troop4
    Doctor Afdal.
[09:55] Dumas
    I'm against this.
[09:58] Dumas
    She may be an Alter. It's too dangerous.
[10:01] Huey
    No, she isn't...
[10:03] Dumas
    Shut up, Nean outsider.
[10:05] Dumas
    Humans are looking for
    an excuse to destroy us.
[10:08] Dumas
    There's no need for us to meet
    with an unknown Nean.
[10:12] Juval
    No, let's meet with her.
[10:14] Dumas
    Juval!
[10:16] Juval
    What we need is hope.
[10:19] Juval
    Even if it's only as much as
    the thinnest spider's thread.
[10:35] Nean2
    Doctor!
[10:36] Nean3
    Thank goodness!
[10:37] Afdal
    Did something happen?
[10:38] Nean4
    Doctor, we need help! It's Dahlia!
[10:44] Afdal
    Hold her down!
[10:45] Rion
    Yes, sir!
[10:46] Afdal
    You! Come help!
[10:47] Afdal
    Quit dawdling!
[11:01] Afdal
    All good now.
[11:02] Rouge
    Huh?
[11:03] Rion
    Dahlia!
[11:06] Dahlia
    Doctor... Thank you.
[11:18] Rion
    Dahlia is stable now.
[11:20] Afdal
    It's a temporary fix.
[11:22] Rouge
    She won't get better?
[11:24] Afdal
    Her signals are out of sync.
[11:27] Afdal
    But if I let her die,
    her employer will give me hell.
[11:30] Rouge
    Why would they do that?
[11:32] Rion
    People who hire combat
    Neans receive a subsidy.
[11:36] Afdal
    It means they don't even
    have the freedom to die.
[11:40] Rouge
    That's cruel.
[11:42] Afdal
    They're still better off here than elsewhere.
[11:44] Afdal
    The Neans they're throwing
    at the Venus Project
[11:47] Afdal
    are being worked to death in
    that planet's harsh environment.
[11:51] Afdal
    They work only for the
    terraforming of a world
[11:56] Afdal
    so hellish that humans can't
    touch or even look at it,
[11:59] Afdal
    and then they die.
[12:02] Afdal
    They're literally consumable goods.
[12:06] Afdal
    Anyway, where are you headed?
[12:10] Afdal
    You said there's someone
    here you're looking for?
[12:12] Rouge
    Huh? Oh, uh...
[12:16] Rouge
    Where should I go, I wonder?
[12:19] Rion
    Huh?
[12:21] Rouge
    He's very cunning. I don't know where he is.
[12:26] Afdal
    You're pretty funny.
[12:30] Levi
    You are Rouge, yes?
[12:33] Levi
    I am Levi 328 of the CFN.
[12:36] Rouge
    CF...?
[12:38] Afdal
    The Council of Free Neans.
[12:41] Levi
    I represent someone who
    wishes to meet with you.
[12:52] Dumas
    What now? At this rate...
[12:54] Giallon
    Looks like things aren't going your way.
[13:03] Ash
    Chief!
[13:05] Ash
    About that investigation
    data I asked you for...
[13:08] Chief
    Eh?
[13:09] Ash
    The case of the red silhouette!
[13:11] Ash
    That one that recently showed up
    again in Canal City!
[13:13] Chief
    Sorry. I'm busy right now.
[13:16] Ash
    Wai—
[13:17] Police
    I'm very sorry. I must ask you to leave.
[13:20] Subordinate
    He's from Ochrona. You sure about this?
[13:22] Chief
    Just leave him.
[13:24] Ash
    Damn it.
[13:26] Noid
    Smoking is prohibited inside this building.
[13:29] Ash
    What about those guys, then?
[13:33] Noid
    I'll warn them.
[13:34] Ash
    Whoa, whoa, whoa! Don't!
[13:39] Naomi
    I went too far.
[13:40] Naomi
    A tool for Aletheia? Equipment?
[13:44] Naomi
    I guess I'm still pretty immature, too.
[13:50] (Flashback) Naomi
    It seems we'll find a lead on our next target,
    Phantom Verde, in the Nean settlement.
[13:56] Naomi
    Did she go alone?
[13:58] Naomi
    Nah, no way.
[14:00] Naomi
    No way... No way?
[14:05] Rouge
    Huey?
[14:07] Huey
    I'm certain of it.
[14:09] Huey
    This is the girl I saw
    turning into the red figure.
[14:12] Juval
    I see.
[14:16] Juval
    Pleasure to meet you, Rouge. I'm Juval.
[14:20] Rouge
    Uh-huh...
[14:22] Rion
    What would the CFN want with a human?
[14:25] Afdal
    Who knows?
[14:26] Afdal
    But you keep yourself clear
    of dangerous guys like that.
[14:29] Rion
    How can they be dangerous?
[14:32] Rion
    We aren't even capable of violence.
[14:35] Dahlia
    The CFN is only trying to win the right
    for Neans to live in freedom.
[14:41] Afdal
    That's how it starts out,
    no matter who's doing it.
[14:44] Afdal
    "We only want to live.
    We only want to be free."
[14:47] Afdal
    Eventually, that's not enough anymore.
[14:50] Afdal
    Neans are every bit as greedy as humans.
[14:53] Dahlia
    But if nothing else,
[14:55] Dahlia
    humans aren't sent to war
    the moment they're born.
[14:59] Dahlia
    I've only ever known the battlefield,
    this town, and the factory.
[15:06] Rion
    Dumas?
[15:07] Dumas
    Doctor Afdal.
[15:09] Dumas
    It's been a long time.
[15:14] Juval
    After the signing of the ceasefire
    agreement with the Usurpers,
[15:17] Juval
    this town was built for the Neans
    returning from the war.
[15:23] Juval
    At first, we were permitted
    to govern ourselves.
[15:27] Juval
    But now...
[15:37] Juval
    The movement for autonomy is at a standstill,
[15:40] Juval
    thanks to the wedge driven
    deeply into our consciousness:
[15:43] Juval
    the Asimov Code.
[15:48] Juval
    We cannot harm humans.
[15:51] Juval
    We must obey the orders of humans.
[15:55] Juval
    We must protect our own existence.
[16:13] Juval
    My third set of parents
    was an old human couple.
[16:17] Juval
    They were very kind.
[16:20] Juval
    I was made as a substitute child
    for humans who couldn't bear their own.
[16:24] Juval
    I have had 23 human parents.
[16:29] Levi
    There were some who used Juval,
    a permanent child, for evil.
[16:34] Juval
    What did I just say? Some were kind, too.
[16:38] Juval
    All we want is to live in freedom.
[16:42] Rouge
    Freedom...
[16:45] Juval
    The Alters...
[16:48] Juval
    are a group of Neans who try to
    rebel against humans by force.
[16:52] Juval
    There are some like that, yes.
[16:55] Juval
    We even have contact with them.
[16:57] Rouge
    Even with the Asimov Code in place?
[16:59] Juval
    I don't really know all the details.
[17:02] Rouge
    They might be the people I'm chasing after.
[17:06] Rouge
    You said you can contact them?
[17:08] Juval
    They seem to have an informant
    within this settlement.
[17:12] Rouge
    Do you know who it is?
[17:15] Rouge
    You do?
[17:17] Juval
    Not for certain.
[17:19] Rouge
    But whoever it is...
[17:21] Juval
    What we seek is not your strength.
[17:26] Juval
    It's your free will.
[17:29] Juval
    You aren't bound by the Asimov Code.
[17:31] Juval
    You interact with humans as an equal.
[17:34] Juval
    That gives your existence
    itself great meaning.
[17:37] Juval
    Even just knowing that a Nean like you
    exists and walks in step with us
[17:43] Juval
    will give many Neans hope.
[17:47] Rouge
    Give Neans... hope?
[17:50] Juval
    Of course, you don't need
    to answer right away.
[17:53] Juval
    Take your time thinking about it
    during your stay here.
[18:01] Dumas
    Well, then, Doctor Afdal,
    I'll be counting on you.
[18:08] Afdal
    He's as full of shit as ever.
[18:13] Rion
    Doctor!
[18:14] Rion
    It's... It's Dahlia!
[18:22] Rion
    I'm sure she's grateful to you.
[18:24] Afdal
    The battlefield, this town, and the factory...
[18:27] Afdal
    She said those were all she ever knew.
[18:31] Rion
    This city is all I know.
[18:34] Rion
    I've lived here, helping you,
    ever since I was born.
[18:40] Afdal
    If I can learn techniques from you
    that I can use to help my kind...
[18:44] Afdal
    What did I tell you?
    That's always how it starts.
[18:48] Afdal
    But soon...
[18:50] Afdal
    that won't be enough.
[18:56] Rion
    Doctor?
[18:59] Rouge
    Tools.
[19:00] Rouge
    Equipment.
[19:02] Rouge
    Freedom.
[19:04] Rouge
    Hope...
[19:09] Rouge
    I wonder what Naomi would say.
[19:13] Rion
    Excuse me.
[19:16] Rion
    Juval wishes to see you.
[19:23] Naomi
    Bingo!
[19:24] Naomi
    She got into the settlement on her own!
[19:27] Naomi
    She's more competent than I thought!
[19:33] Rion
    He said to have you come in alone.
[19:36] Rouge
    Thanks.
[19:57] Naomi
    What the heck are you doing?
[20:00] Rouge
    I didn't do it!
[20:02] Naomi
    I know that. So who's the kid?
[20:06] Rouge
    Juval.
[20:07] Naomi
    Juval?
[20:08] Naomi
    Juval...
[20:10] Naomi
    Juval 087...
[20:11] Naomi
    Dang, he's a big fish!
[20:14] Levi
    Juval!
[20:17] Nean5
    Don't tell me you...
[20:19] Dumas
    Everyone, calm down.
[20:24] Dumas
    Let's keep this quiet for a while.
[20:26] Levi
    But...!
[20:27] Dumas
    If the humans find out,
    they'll try to meddle in our affairs.
[20:33] Levi
    Well...
[20:36] Security Officer
    Hm? Ah, Doctor. Is something the matter?
[20:43] Ash
    Chief!
[20:45] Ash
    What's all the fuss?
[20:46] Chief
    I'm sending a security force
    to the Nean settlement.
[20:49] Ash
    What happened?
[20:49] Chief
    Ochrona or not, this area
    is under our jurisdiction.
[20:53] Chief
    I'd prefer it if you stayed out of this.
[20:56] Ash
    Aren't we both public servants?
[20:58] Chief
    Excuse me.
[21:02] Naomi
    Did she get set up by those Alter guys?
[21:06] Naomi
    What should I do?