# 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?