# E8 - In the Palm of His Hand
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**[00:07] ---**
Where are our shadow masters?
**[00:09] ---**
The rules are simple.
**[00:11] ---**
You must exit the garden
before the allotted time expires.
**[00:15] ---**
But first, you must save your masters.
**[00:17] ---**
Save them? What have you done?
**[00:20] ---**
You must be concerned.
It's important to feel that way.
**[00:23] ---**
After all, living dolls exist
for the sake of their masters.
**[00:27] ---**
Why are you putting us through this?!
**[00:29] ---**
Such questions are trivial, immaterial!
**[00:32] ---**
Consider carefully what you
should be thinking about
**[00:36] ---**
and what you should not be.
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You must protect your masters,
for they are nobles.
**[00:41] ---**
No harm must come to a living doll's
face while in the labyrinth.
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And a shadow's attire must not get dirty.
**[00:49] ---**
The sootglass takes about two hours
for the soot to go from bottom to top.
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You must bring your master
to the exit before then.
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Take this and wait at the entrance
I told each of you to go to.
**[02:36] ---**
"In the Palm of His Hand"
**[02:41] ---**
Her dress has been sewn to the chair.
**[02:47] ---**
"A flower that causes a rash if touched."
**[02:50] ---**
Each shadow master has been
restrained in a different manner.
**[02:56] ---**
What a pleasant surprise.
**[02:59] ---**
I don't even know her name.
**[03:01] ---**
We must each go save our own master.
**[03:06] ---**
You must wait for Rum to come for you.
**[03:12] ---**
Let's go.
**[03:16] ---**
Talk about creepy.
**[03:18] ---**
You and Rum hardly ever speak,
but she's a different kind of scary.
**[03:22] ---**
You're criticizing a master?
**[03:25] ---**
N-No! I meant scary in
a reverential sort of way.
**[03:29] ---**
Don't put words in my mouth!
**[03:31] ---**
And would you take off that sack already?
**[03:37] ---**
It protects my face.
I got the idea from your mask.
**[03:40] ---**
Oh, I see.
**[03:42] ---**
So you're just another one
who only thinks about themself.
**[03:47] ---**
You spied Mistress Kate from afar
but didn't stop to help.
**[03:51] ---**
Are you done pretending
to be friends with Emilico?
**[03:54] ---**
Emilico will save Mistress Kate.
**[03:56] ---**
Rum will save her own shadow master.
**[03:59] ---**
I will save Mistress Louise.
**[04:01] ---**
It's that simple.
**[04:03] ---**
Damn her. She's unflappable.
**[04:06] ---**
Mistress Kate told me
I was fine just how I am.
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And I have no right or
reason to not believe her.
**[04:15] ---**
They are all so...
**[04:17] ---**
How could I not be the
most outstanding doll of all?
**[04:21] ---**
No way I'm losing to the likes of them.
**[04:33] ---**
Look! There's soot rising into the sky.
**[04:38] ---**
Mistress Louise.
**[04:45] ---**
The soot's gone?
**[04:47] ---**
Where did it go?
**[04:50] ---**
And why'd you think
it was Mistress Louise?
**[04:53] ---**
All we could see was soot.
**[04:55] ---**
I saw the other shadow
masters in the debut hall.
**[04:59] ---**
Mistress Kate's soot goes straight up.
**[05:02] ---**
Master John's looks like sparks.
**[05:04] ---**
Master Patrick's
spreads in all directions.
**[05:07] ---**
I couldn't tell with Rum's mistress.
**[05:10] ---**
Mistress Louise's soot curls.
**[05:14] ---**
They emit soot in a different
manner? I had no idea.
**[05:18] ---**
But she did.
**[05:20] ---**
She noticed something
about Patrick before I did.
**[05:24] ---**
But I don't know why she's gone.
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She'd call out to me if she were here.
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After all, Mistress Louise loves me.
**[05:33] ---**
Maybe she's unable to
speak for some reason.
**[05:36] ---**
That must be it! This must also
be a test for the shadow masters.
**[05:41] ---**
But what are *they* being tested for?
**[05:43] ---**
That soot we just saw may have
been an accident, but it drew us here.
**[05:48] ---**
It indicates that a shadow
master is hidden here.
**[05:53] ---**
Considering where we've
looked so far, this won't be hard.
**[05:57] ---**
After all, shadow masters
emit soot when anxious.
**[06:01] ---**
It seems you're not here,
so I'll go look elsewhere.
**[06:05] ---**
No, there *is* a master here!
**[06:08] ---**
That was on purpose.
**[06:11] ---**
Mistress Louise can't get
enough of my face and voice.
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Enough with all the bragging!
**[06:18] ---**
I, too, have my master's--
**[06:19] ---**
No.
**[06:21] ---**
Simply hearing my voice puts her at ease.
**[06:36] ---**
"Make a rope ladder to save her."
**[06:45] ---**
Oh, that was positively horrible!
**[06:47] ---**
Lou, how lovely your face is!
Let Louise have a good look!
**[06:53] ---**
Hmm? Who is this?
**[06:54] ---**
Ricky. He helped me get here.
**[06:58] ---**
O lovely Mistress Louise, it is my
pleasure to be at your service.
**[07:03] ---**
How repulsive!
**[07:05] ---**
You followed Louise's lovely face here?
**[07:09] ---**
How dare a living doll be attracted to
a shadow's face? You forget your place.
**[07:13] ---**
No, you have it all wrong.
**[07:16] ---**
Or perhaps it is Patrick who
is fond of Louise. Is that it?
**[07:20] ---**
Well, a pity for you, but we think not.
Patrick is but a minor figure.
**[07:24] ---**
The answer is no! No, no, no!
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Lou...
**[07:31] ---**
Your work is done here. You may go.
**[07:35] ---**
How Louise missed her face!
**[07:37] ---**
Let's get a good look at you.
**[07:39] ---**
How shocking it was to hear
you say you were not here!
**[07:43] ---**
You were relying on Louise's soot
to seek her out, were you not?
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Oh, but we must hurry back
to the hall if we are to win!
**[07:51] ---**
The fools. They've let their guard down.
**[07:55] ---**
If I shove them into one of these pits...
**[08:05] ---**
This is that dreadful maze
that Master John mentioned.
**[08:11] ---**
Let's go!
**[08:20] ---**
S-S-Scorches.
**[08:22] ---**
Th-There's so many.
**[08:24] ---**
That gave me goosebumps.
**[08:27] ---**
Now's the time to make a you-know-what!
**[08:30] ---**
A what?
**[08:36] ---**
I knew right away that I could make one.
**[08:39] ---**
With my pushcart,
I can collect whatever I need.
**[08:43] ---**
And its handle is perfect
for making a broom!
**[08:47] ---**
She didn't choose the pushcart
in order to carry Mistress Kate?!
**[08:52] ---**
The bag we received from
Edward gave me another good idea.
**[08:58] ---**
To help Mistress Kate
return to her everyday life,
**[09:04] ---**
I must start by dressing as I always have!
**[09:08] ---**
It's a bit awkward, but...
**[09:11] ---**
Emilico always has Mistress Kate in mind.
**[09:16] ---**
But in my case...
**[09:19] ---**
All ready, Rum? We're going in!
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Take that!
**[09:30] ---**
They run if hit from above!
**[09:34] ---**
Now let's try sideways!
**[09:47] ---**
Nice one, Rum!
**[09:50] ---**
Umm...
**[09:52] ---**
Let's take the left path here,
**[09:54] ---**
then right at the next branch.
**[09:57] ---**
You have a fabulous memory, Rum!
**[10:01] ---**
Something's wrong. We've gone too far.
**[10:04] ---**
Huh?
**[10:08] ---**
There was no path branching right,
or perhaps we missed it.
**[10:18] ---**
Where did we go wrong?
**[10:20] ---**
It's all wrong.
**[10:22] ---**
This maze is nothing like the map.
**[10:25] ---**
The map is probably a lie.
**[10:26] ---**
You really think so?
**[10:38] ---**
I'll get rid of the scorches!
**[10:41] ---**
Rum, see if you can figure out the map!
**[10:45] ---**
Emilico is counting on me.
**[10:49] ---**
But I don't know if I can do it.
Rummy, what do you think?
**[10:53] ---**
There is more to what
Edward said than mere lies.
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There must be a hint somewhere.
**[10:59] ---**
A hint?
**[11:00] ---**
Master John was right about this maze.
It truly is dreadful!
**[11:06] ---**
The bridge collapsed after
taking the upper route.
**[11:12] ---**
Emilico, look up there.
**[11:18] ---**
It's a hut mark, just like on the map!
**[11:20] ---**
If that's a hut mark up there,
then our current location is...
**[11:25] ---**
I figured it out!
**[11:27] ---**
It means we are in the lower area
surrounded by walls.
**[11:31] ---**
So then this maze doesn't have an exit?
**[11:34] ---**
No! "Up" is written
inside of that hut mark!
**[11:39] ---**
There must be a way up somewhere!
**[11:41] ---**
Let's go find it!
**[11:45] ---**
That tunnel over there goes up.
**[11:47] ---**
Let's give it a try!
**[11:54] ---**
Look!
**[11:55] ---**
That's our way out!
**[11:57] ---**
There are more scorches.
**[11:59] ---**
They never give up.
**[12:00] ---**
But I can't use the
broom *and* hold the cart.
**[12:04] ---**
We can do it.
**[12:06] ---**
Okay!
**[12:07] ---**
Here we go!
**[12:09] ---**
Ready, go!
**[12:12] ---**
Hang on!
**[12:26] ---**
We did it!
**[12:31] ---**
Oh, look at that.
**[12:35] ---**
There's an opening in the hedge.
**[12:37] ---**
That's a shortcut to Mistress Shirley.
**[12:41] ---**
I wonder if it's a trap.
**[12:45] ---**
I bet Lou did this with her shears!
**[12:49] ---**
We're all helping each other
even when we don't know it!
**[12:52] ---**
Now you can go see Mistress Shirley!
**[12:58] ---**
We've been working
as a team the whole time.
**[13:00] ---**
It's sad to part ways here,
**[13:02] ---**
but you'll get to see
Mistress Shirley again!
**[13:09] ---**
Rum! Are you not feeling well?
Have you been hurt?
**[13:14] ---**
Once I save Mistress Kate,
maybe I can come help you.
**[13:19] ---**
It's not that.
**[13:22] ---**
Rum isn't Mistress Shirley's face.
**[13:30] ---**
So then...
**[13:32] ---**
who's your true shadow master?
**[13:36] ---**
No, what I mean is I'm not Rum!
**[13:42] ---**
Y-You're not the real Rum?
**[13:46] ---**
Mistress Shirley... never gave me a name.
**[13:54] ---**
We've never even had a conversation.
**[13:58] ---**
After Rummy and I
started talking to each other,
**[14:01] ---**
that's when Rummy first called me Rum.
**[14:05] ---**
Mistress Shirley doesn't love me.
**[14:08] ---**
I have no right to even try and save her.
**[14:13] ---**
I had no idea.
**[14:16] ---**
Furthermore, I only think about myself.
**[14:21] ---**
You're always thinking about Kate,
**[14:26] ---**
but all I ever thought about was how
much I wanted to make it past the debut.
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I wasn't thinking about Mistress Shirley.
**[14:38] ---**
Mistress Shirley emits next to no soot,
**[14:42] ---**
and her room barely needs cleaning.
**[14:45] ---**
There's nothing for me to do.
**[14:48] ---**
I want to make it past the debut,
**[14:52] ---**
but maybe Mistress Shirley
doesn't feel the same.
**[14:56] ---**
I can't see her emotions.
**[15:02] ---**
That's right. We can't see them.
**[15:05] ---**
And because we can't see them,
I use my imagination.
**[15:11] ---**
The members of the
Shadows family have it hard.
**[15:14] ---**
Their soot only expresses
their negative emotions.
**[15:18] ---**
They can't see themselves.
Perhaps that makes them feel anxious.
**[15:23] ---**
Mistress Kate and I don't
always get along so well.
**[15:27] ---**
However...
**[15:29] ---**
we don't want to want to increase
the sadness they already feel.
**[15:34] ---**
So I want to liven things up
by having fun whenever possible!
**[15:38] ---**
Now I can't stop thinking
about Mistress Shirley.
**[15:42] ---**
Let's use our imagination!
**[15:43] ---**
Perhaps she's like you
and doesn't like to talk.
**[15:47] ---**
And if she doesn't emit much soot,
it might mean she's satisfied with you.
**[15:53] ---**
Perhaps she's so obsessed with cleaning
that you never need to clean her room.
**[15:58] ---**
Perhaps she's always trying to
make you laugh by making funny faces.
**[16:03] ---**
Will I get in trouble
for saying such things?
**[16:13] ---**
I want to... make it past the debut...
**[16:20] ---**
...with Mistress Shirley!
**[16:22] ---**
After the debut,
**[16:24] ---**
we can meet again as Mistress Kate
and Mistress Shirley's faces!
**[16:28] ---**
And I hope you can be
friends with Mistress Kate!
**[16:37] ---**
See you soon!
**[16:51] ---**
One of the chains... broke?
**[16:55] ---**
What's going on?
**[16:59] ---**
Another one?
**[17:01] ---**
If they all break...
**[17:05] ---**
That vent is drawing in the soot.
**[17:09] ---**
Were the chains designed to
break as the soot accumulates?
**[17:13] ---**
If the soot doesn't stop...
**[17:16] ---**
It's no use. There's no stopping it.
**[17:18] ---**
Controlling the soot
**[17:20] ---**
doesn't get rid of
these negative feelings.
**[17:24] ---**
Emilico.
**[17:27] ---**
Mistress Kate!
**[17:34] ---**
Emilico?
**[17:40] ---**
It is nearly complete.
**[17:42] ---**
This seems a bit excessive,
but it is certainly a fine view.
**[17:46] ---**
The veiled dolls are out in force.
**[17:53] ---**
Edward.
**[17:56] ---**
It's not often one sees
a debut on this scale.
**[18:00] ---**
Some even end with a
decision made in the debut hall.
**[18:03] ---**
Ed, this has your personality
written all over it.
**[18:07] ---**
This will be quite an enjoyable
debut for the latest candidates,
**[18:11] ---**
assuming any *can* enjoy it.
**[18:13] ---**
Nothing else matters as long
as this goes according to my plan.
**[18:19] ---**
As long as I entertain
those on the third floor
**[18:22] ---**
and get Lord Grandfather's attention...
**[18:25] ---**
You will ascend to the third floor?
**[18:29] ---**
Yet you already have plenty
of power on the second floor.
**[18:33] ---**
Upon arriving at Lord Grandfather's wing,
I found three different floors,
**[18:38] ---**
each with its own ranking.
**[18:41] ---**
I must rise straight to the top.
**[18:44] ---**
Those eminent third-floor figures
don't even send out their faces.
**[18:47] ---**
It's time they open a spot for me.
**[18:50] ---**
You must not speak lightly of such things.
**[18:53] ---**
Don't be frightened, Jer.
**[18:56] ---**
I merely wish to avoid
unnecessary concerns.
**[18:58] ---**
Let us proceed with caution.
**[19:01] ---**
After all, we are the only
three left from our debut.
**[19:06] ---**
Should we not pay
attention to the candidates?
**[19:09] ---**
Here are the details on all five pairs.
**[19:13] ---**
I've already seen this.
**[19:15] ---**
On what will you base your decision?
**[19:18] ---**
Information on the soot
and refuse from their rooms
**[19:20] ---**
and the Star Bearers' reports.
**[19:22] ---**
I've decided all of the roles.
**[19:25] ---**
His potential may very well blossom.
**[19:29] ---**
There are outstanding candidates, too.
**[19:31] ---**
I took that into account
in balancing the game.
**[19:34] ---**
And this is the one who will fail.
**[19:37] ---**
Such limited soot emission
and a meager appetite.
**[19:42] ---**
And this one? I'm not sure.
**[19:45] ---**
Seeing this again, they seem so ordinary,
**[19:48] ---**
yet the information is flawless.
**[19:50] ---**
It's as if they know
they're being watched.
**[19:54] ---**
Is something the matter, Edward?
**[19:55] ---**
No, it's nothing important.
**[19:59] ---**
Aren't you looking forward to the drama?
**[20:01] ---**
You already know the answer, Allie.
**[20:05] ---**
The answer is no.
**[20:07] ---**
Nothing must disturb
the plans for my perfect world.
**[20:12] ---**
Indeed.
**[20:14] ---**
Once again, we simply do
what we always do.
**[20:17] ---**
Edward, you take point,
and Allie and I provide support.
**[20:21] ---**
Still, you get to be the face interacting
with those kids on the big stage.
**[20:26] ---**
I envy you, Ed.
**[20:28] ---**
I'd like Lady Aileen and Lord Gerald to
keep the third-floor lords entertained.
**[20:33] ---**
Spare me your sarcasm.
**[20:54] ---**
What a truly inane message.
**[20:58] ---**
Barring the path to this plaza
merely spoils the landscape.
**[21:06] ---**
Those dolls I'd taken for dullards--
**[21:09] ---**
they keep solving the
clever puzzles I put in their path.
**[21:55] ---**
However, Edward has them
all in the palm of his hand!
**[22:03] ---**
What a beautiful melody.
**[23:42] ---**
Next episode, "A Birdcage and Flowers."
**[23:42] ---**
Next episode,
"A Birdcage and Flowers."