E2 - Episode Two

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[00:02] Kei
    Did it fall... in there?
[00:05] Neon
    But from where?
SIGN    Isn't that the robot from before?
[00:23] Announcer
    Accident detected. Accident detected.
[00:26] Announcer
    Police and emergency vehicles
    will be dispatched immediately.
[00:33] Bora
    Late last night,
    at a robot disposal facility,
[00:36] Bora
    a manager fell to his death into a blast
    furnace, followed by a work robot.
[00:41] Bora
    The facility is old and has no surveillance
    camera footage, so the cause is unknown.
[00:45] Bora
    Currently, we are investigating it
    as both an accident and a crime.
SIGN    Bora
[00:49] Bora
    There are four central persons of interest.
[00:51] Bora
    Or rather, subjects of interest.
[00:53] Bora
    We have determined
    that they are all Androids.
[00:56] Takara
    These are Androids?
[00:58] Bora
    Compared to normal Androids, these four
    have no unusual physical characteristics.
[01:03] Bora
    Reports said that they were hard
    to differentiate at first.
[01:06] Takara
    Fine, I get it.
[01:08] Takara
    Geez, a human and a robot
    falling in together...
SIGN    Robot Inclusionists Demand Revisions to Constitution
    Exclusionists Refuse, Leading to Demonstrations
[01:12] Takara
    I bet this'll stir up trouble
[01:13] Takara
    between the inclusionist
    and exclusionist factions again.
[01:16] Takara
    Okay. I'll leave the Android investigation
    in your hands, Lieutenant Bora.
SIGN    Lieutenant Bora
SIGN    Investigate the four Androids who are the primary
    persons of interest in the blast furnace incident
[01:21] Takara
    I brought you in to help
    with our staffing problems.
[01:25] Takara
    You'll make yourself useful, won't you,
[01:27] Takara
    my test-run Android friend?
SIGN    Technoroid
SIGN    Then all of a sudden, I heard this voice go, "Aah!"
SIGN    And then something fell from above and whizzed right past me.
[03:08] Kei
    After that, the work robot fell...
[03:11] Chrom
    ...and disappeared in the blast furnace.
[03:13] Chrom
    As for anything beyond that...
[03:15] Neon
    ...I don't know.
[03:17] Bora
    Even after checking against data
    from the other work robots,
[03:20] Bora
    there's a high probability the witnesses
    were simply there by chance.
SIGN    Hey, aren't there any other people here?
[03:23] Kei
    I don't know.
[03:24] Bora
    However,
[03:26] Bora
    their registered owner names are corrupted,
SIGN    How much longer will we be here?
[03:28] Chrom
    It sure is taking longer than I thought.
[03:29] Bora
    and that is suspicious.
[03:30] Kei
    We gave them all our data.
    Isn't that enough?
[03:30] Bora
    But since that field isn't blank, abandoned
    device repossession can't apply here.
[03:34] Neon
    I wanna go home.
[03:36] Announcement
    Three minutes remain until
     the time limit is reached.
SIGN    Since we're disconnected from the network,
    we don't even know what time it is.
[03:40] Announcement
    It is prohibited to hold robots, Androids,
    or persons of interest for observation
[03:40] Chrom
    By my estimation, it's around 8 AM.
[03:43] Kei
    That means...
[03:43] Announcement
    in excess of 12 hours without charges.
[03:44] Neon
    It's been 12 hours?
[03:46] Bora
    Understood.
[03:48] Bora
    Release the witnesses.
[03:49] Bora
    I will begin the follow-up investigation,
[03:52] Bora
    and do background checks
    on these four units.
SIGN    We can finally leave!
[03:58] Neon
    It's already so bright.
[03:59] Kei
    I wouldn't have thought it would take
    all night to take our statements.
[04:03] Chrom
    It took some time to cross-check everything
    with data from the other work robots.
SIGN    Oh! It's Esola!
[04:10] Esola
    Guys!
SIGN    Hiya!
[04:13] Chrom
    So we meet again.
[04:14] Esola
    Why are you here?
[04:16] Bora
    Beginning investigation.
[04:18] Bora
    Following subjects.
[04:21] Esola
    Oh, so that's what happened...
[04:23] Esola
    That must be why I was
    called here this morning.
[04:26] Kei
    I bet it's because we talked about
    how we met you yesterday.
[04:29] Chrom
    I'm sorry we got you caught up in this.
[04:32] Esola
    Don't worry about it.
[04:33] Esola
    You all helped me out so much.
[04:36] Esola
    By the way, I didn't know Androids
    could become Climbers at Babel, too.
[04:41] Esola
    I wish I could see you on the Climb Stage.
SIGN    Then you should come watch!
[04:45] Esola
    Come? You mean...
SIGN    To Babel!
[04:48] Neon
    Right now?
SIGN    Yeah, I want to hurry and clear the next Stage!
[04:52] Esola
    But...
SIGN    Come on! Hurry!
[04:53] Esola
    Wha— Wait a—
SIGN    Oopsie!
[04:59] Kei
    It popped off again.
[05:00] Esola
    A-Are you okay?
SIGN    I'm fine!
SIGN    I'll just put it back on.
SIGN    There we go.
SIGN    Huh? Why?
[05:13] Esola
    Um, would you mind if I took a look at it?
SIGN    You?
[05:24] Esola
    How does that feel?
SIGN    Whoa!
SIGN    Amazing, Esola!
[05:30] Esola
    Actually, I study robot
    engineering at college.
[05:34] Esola
    That was Dad's job too, so I thought
    it would bring us closer.
[05:37] Kei
    You got into college that young?
[05:39] Chrom
    How old are you, Esola?
[05:41] Esola
    I'm 13. I skipped ahead.
[05:44] Neon
    Wow!
[05:45] Esola
    I only made basic repairs,
[05:47] Esola
    so you still have to get
    a proper maintenance check later.
SIGN    Guys, you should all let Esola check you out!
SIGN    I feel way better now!
[05:55] Neon
    Cobalt...
[05:57] Chrom
    Absolutely not.
[05:58] Chrom
    Esola has to be getting home.
[06:00] Esola
    Um...
[06:01] Esola
    If it's okay with you guys, I don't mind.
[06:05] Esola
    I want to repay the favor, anyway.
[06:07] Kei
    You're a real good kid.
[06:09] Neon
    Is it okay?
[06:10] Esola
    Sure! If you'll let me.
[06:12] Chrom
    Thank you very much.
[06:14] Chrom
    Well then, seeing as it's nearly noon,
    shall we go somewhere else?
[06:22] Esola
    Um, haven't you all been
    undergoing regular maintenance?
[06:26] Chrom
    Maintenance costs money.
[06:29] Chrom
    Right now our priority is making
    payments on our home electrical bills.
SIGN    That's why we went to Babel to became Climbers.
[06:37] Neon
    Gotta earn that prize money.
[06:39] Esola
    Wait, then who's your owner?
[06:43] Neon
    I can hear something.
[06:44] Esola
    Music?
[06:46] Kei
    Over there?
SIGN    Wow!
[07:10] Nobel
    What you have just witnessed
[07:12] Nobel
    is the Dance of Victory,
    made to conquer all of Babel.
[07:15] Chrom
    Conquer all of Babel?
SIGN    Hey, man. Do you know a lot about Babel?
[07:22] Nobel
    Entertainment tower Babel.
[07:24] Nobel
    Its large stage is divided into five levels.
[07:28] Nobel
    If your performance gains recognition,
    you climb a Stage and win a prize.
[07:33] Nobel
    The prize money increases with each level,
[07:35] Nobel
    and if you clear the fifth and highest Stage,
[07:39] Nobel
    you get a reward so big
    it'll make your head spin.
[07:42] Nobel
    Also, clearing the levels at Babel
    becomes more difficult with each one.
[07:47] Nobel
    But if you go on with this dance of mine,
    victory will be yours, no doubt!
[07:52] Kei
    You sure seem confident.
[07:54] Kei
    Do you have experience
    climbing Babel yourself?
[07:57] Nobel
    I'm just a choreographer.
[07:59] Nobel
    My job is to sell routines to Climbers
     who then take them up Babel.
[08:04] Nobel
    But to be honest,
[08:06] Nobel
    I may or may not have
    choreographed certain top Climbers.
SIGN    Top Climbers?
[08:12] Chrom
    You can't mean...
[08:15] Nobel
    So, what do you think?
[08:16] Nobel
    Do you guys want to take my Dance
    of Victory to the top of Babel?
SIGN    Yeah, the Dance of Victory!
SIGN    Guys, let's ask him!
[08:25] Neon
    But... it's expensive, isn't it?
[08:27] Kei
    We don't have any money.
[08:29] Nobel
    I don't need any money.
[08:31] Esola
    Huh? It's free?
SIGN    Really?!
[08:33] Chrom
    Wait a minute.
[08:35] Chrom
    Nothing in life is free.
[08:37] Chrom
    Nine out of ten times, these offers
    are scams. They said so on TV.
[08:41] Neon
    Very fishy.
[08:42] Takara
    Okay, okay. Then how about this?
[08:46] Nobel
    If you clear a Stage on Babel,
[08:48] Nobel
    then you give me part of the
    reward money as compensation.
[08:53] Chrom
    In that case, this may work out.
SIGN    All right! It's decided!
SIGN    Esola, could you send us an operation request?
[09:00] Esola
    Oh, sure.
[09:02] Nobel
    Oh, and would you tell
    me your Climb Name?
[09:06] Neon
    Climb Name?
[09:08] Chrom
    The team name for performers
    who climb Babel.
[09:11] Kei
    We haven't really thought about that.
[09:15] Esola
    What's wrong?
SIGN    I'm almost out of battery.
[09:18] Neon
    We've gotta go back and charge.
[09:20] Chrom
    Let's go home for today.
SIGN    Oh, well.
SIGN    Under Renovation
SIGN    Thank you for
     your cooperation.
SIGN    See ya later, mister choreographer. We'll be back tomorrow!
[09:35] Esola
    May I come in?
SIGN    Of course! Come in, come in!
[09:40] Esola
    Okay then, please excuse me.
[09:43] Neon
    Excuse... what?
[09:45] Esola
    Um, it's a kind of greeting you
    say when entering a building.
[09:49] Neon
    Huh...
SIGN    Me too, then. Please excuse me—
[09:52] Esola
    Ah, but when you go into your
    own house, you say, "I'm home."
SIGN    Is that right?
[09:57] Chrom
    I was aware of that,
    but I have never actually used it.
SIGN    Okay, one more time.
SIGN    I'm home!
[10:03] Eliza
    Put a cork in it!
[10:06] Eliza
    My, how unusual.
[10:08] Eliza
    You seem to be a visitor.
[10:10] Eliza
    Hello. I am personal AI assistant Eliza.
[10:14] Esola
    H-Hello. My name is Esola Shibaura.
[10:18] Eliza
    Esola Shibaura...
[10:25] Eliza
    I have registered the new information.
SIGN    Eliza, and Chrom, and Kei, and Neon, and me.
SIGN    We're the family that lives here.
SIGN    Oh, and that's Nora.
[10:36] Chrom
    A stray cat that comes in from time to time.
[10:38] Esola
    Does that mean their owner is...
[10:41] Eliza
    What's this?
[10:43] Eliza
    Cobalt's damage level appears
    to have been reduced slightly.
[10:46] Eliza
    Did you get repairs?
SIGN    Esola fixed me up!
[10:50] Eliza
    You did?
[10:51] Esola
    Um...
[10:52] Esola
    We were outside, so
    I could only do basic repairs,
[10:57] Esola
    but if you don't mind, would you let me
    perform full maintenance on you all?
SIGN    Huh?
[11:01] Chrom
    But we are unable to
    compensate you for the labor.
[11:05] Esola
    You don't need to pay me.
[11:07] Esola
    I'm not a professional engineer, anyway.
SIGN    Are you sure?
[11:11] Esola
    Yeah!
[11:12] Esola
    It's strange to see a house of just Androids
    living together in a place like this,
[11:18] Esola
    but it's also kind of wonderful.
[11:24] Esola
    I've never seen code like this before.
[11:29] Neon
    That sound...
SIGN    Is that what you call a keyboard?
[11:33] Esola
    Ah, yes.
[11:35] Esola
    It's the original one that my father used.
[11:38] Esola
    I learned it by copying him.
    It is a little unusual, though.
[11:44] Chrom
    It sounds like music.
[11:46] Kei
    Definitely.
[11:51] Bora
    Two hours after returning.
    Currently nothing to report.
[11:56] Girl
    Mama!
[11:57] Bora
    What has happened?
[11:58] Girl
    I don't know where home is!
[12:02] Bora
    New case confirmed.
[12:03] Bora
    Adjusting duty priorities.
[12:06] Bora
    I will search for your residence.
SIGN    Esola, are you going home already?
[12:12] Chrom
    Will you be all right on your own?
[12:14] Kei
    Should we come along?
[12:15] Esola
    I'm fine! You all should keep charging.
[12:20] Esola
    Also, is it all right if I start watching
    your dance practice tomorrow?
[12:24] Kei
    Fine with me.
[12:26] Neon
    Why, though?
[12:27] Esola
    I think it's best if I keep an eye on you
    while I'm performing maintenance.
SIGN    So we get to see you again tomorrow, Esola?
[12:38] Esola
    Yes! I'll look forward to it!
[12:42] Esola
    I'm home!
[12:45] Esola
    Caron, thanks for watching the house.
[12:47] Esola
    A lot of really good things happened today.
[12:57] Esola
    Has home... always been this quiet?
SIGN    Technoroid
[13:11] Nobel
    I'm glad you all made it.
[13:13] Nobel
    Let's go ahead and start
    our Babel victory lesson.
SIGN    We can do it!
[13:17] Kei
    We're fully charged today, too.
[13:19] Chrom
    We are very good at recording data..
[13:21] Neon
    We'll work hard.
[13:24] Nobel
    Lots of energy, I see.
[13:25] Nobel
    Let's use that momentum to climb up Babel!
[13:30] Nobel
    Five, six, seven, eight.
[13:32] Nobel
    One, two, three, four,
[13:33] Nobel
    five, six, seven, eight.
SIGN    Oh, no!
SIGN    It came off again.
[13:48] Esola
    I'm so sorry! Please let me take a look.
[13:51] Esola
    My adjustments might have been a bit off.
[13:54] Esola
    A little more here...
[14:20] Kei
    Our Bodies have been in good shape recently.
[14:22] Chrom
    All thanks to Esola.
[14:24] Esola
    I'm glad I can be of help.
SIGN    We're gonna be unbeatable now!
[14:28] Neon
    Unbeatable...
[14:30] Esola
    With a few more minor adjustments,
    your maintenance will be complete.
[14:34] Esola
    Then I think you'll be all right
    without me around.
SIGN    Huh?
[14:38] Esola
    We don't have much time left together,
    but I look forward to spending it with you.
[14:49] Nobel
    You've almost got it down now.
[14:52] Nobel
    Today, why don't you show me
    from start to finish?
SIGN    Sure.
[14:56] Chrom
    Understood.
[14:58] Nobel
    Hmm?
[15:09] Nobel
    And end on the pose!
[15:14] Nobel
    What's wrong today, guys?
[15:15] Nobel
    The more you dance, the worse you get.
[15:18] Neon
    I don't get it.
[15:19] Kei
    How would we know?
[15:21] Chrom
    It seems our control systems
    are improperly calibrated.
[15:24] Esola
    I'll look at it right away.
SIGN    Esola...
[15:27] Esola
    Once I finish the final maintenance,
[15:29] Esola
    maybe I can do a boot test
    to find the cause.
SIGN    Final...
[15:33] Esola
    Yes.
[15:34] Esola
    Last time, your damage level
    was under three percent,
[15:37] Esola
    so I think this will be the las—
SIGN    I won't do it!
[15:40] Esola
    Huh? Cobalt?
[15:44] Kei
    Hey!
[15:45] Neon
    Cobalt!
[15:47] Chrom
    I apologize. We'll be right back.
[15:51] Nobel
    So that's how it is. How unexpected.
[15:55] Esola
    Huh?
[15:56] Nobel
    Aren't you going after them?
[15:58] Esola
    Ah...
[16:02] Nobel
    Something has sprung up
    inside your Android friends.
[16:06] Nobel
    What do you think it is?
[16:10] Neon
    Hey, Cobalt!
[16:11] Chrom
    Please wait.
[16:13] Kei
    What the heck's your problem?
SIGN    I don't know.
[16:17] Neon
    You don't know?
SIGN    I don't know! But...
SIGN    I don't want Esola's final maintenance.
[16:27] Kei
    I feel the same.
SIGN    Huh?
[16:30] Neon
    Me, too.
[16:31] Chrom
    It appears I was not
    the only one thinking that.
SIGN    You guys...
SIGN    If the lessons end, the maintenance ends too,
SIGN    and we won't ever see Esola again.
SIGN    When I realized that, my Body started to feel weak.
[16:49] Neon
    Yeah.
[16:50] Kei
    This is a first for me.
SIGN    Guys, what should we do?
[16:57] Chrom
    You know...
[16:59] Chrom
    We do have one option.
[17:04] Esola
    Cobalt!
[17:06] Esola
    Please answer me!
[17:10] Esola
    I wonder if his Body wasn't feeling right.
[17:13] Esola
    And there's only a little work left.
[17:16] Esola
    But...
[17:18] Esola
    once I finish the maintenance, that's it.
[17:22] Esola
    Those four and I won't...
[17:27] Esola
    Cobalt?!
[17:30] Esola
    Who are you?
[17:31] Bora
    Special Investigations Android
[17:32] Bora
    of the Metropolitan
    Police Detective Unit,
[17:35] Bora
    PD-0321 WG, Lieutenant Bora.
[17:39] Esola
    A police Android?
[17:42] Bora
    I would like to ask you about the four
    Android units you were just with.
[17:47] Esola
    Huh?
[17:48] Bora
    Do you know about their owner?
[17:52] Esola
    Owner?
[17:53] Bora
    Those units have suspicious data
    in their owner name registrations.
[17:58] Bora
    If they were to be classified
    as ownerless Androids,
[18:01] Bora
    we would have no choice
    but to confiscate them
[18:04] Bora
    and immediately shut down their operations.
[18:07] Esola
    What should I do?
[18:08] Bora
    Elevated heart rate confirmed.
[18:11] Bora
    Body temperature rising.
[18:12] Bora
    Perspiration detected.
[18:14] Bora
    It appears that you know something.
[18:18] Esola
    I just...
[18:19] Bora
    If you do have information,
    your cooperation is requested.
[18:24] Esola
    I... have to protect them.
[18:30] Bora
    Your immediate cooperation is re—
[18:32] Esola
    I just...
[18:34] Esola
    want to protect them.
[18:37] Esola
    I will protect the four of them myself!
[18:40] Bora
    What?
SIGN    Esola!
SIGN    Esola!
SIGN    Quit bullying Esola!
[18:46] Esola
    Guys!
[18:47] Kei
    Are you okay?
[18:49] Chrom
    Aren't you...?
[18:50] Neon
    He was at the police station before.
[18:53] Bora
    It seems there's a connection between you all
    beyond your chance meeting the other day.
[19:01] Bora
    Data updated?
[19:05] Bora
    Is this...?
[19:08] Kei
    What happened?
[19:09] Chrom
    He stopped moving.
[19:10] Neon
    How weird.
[19:13] Esola
    Um...
[19:14] Bora
    Suspicions resolved.
[19:15] Bora
    Returning to headquarters for reporting.
[19:17] Esola
    Huh?
[19:19] Neon
    What just happened?
[19:20] Kei
    Who the heck was that, anyway?
SIGN    Esola!
[19:25] Chrom
    Are you okay?
[19:26] Esola
    I-I'm all right. It was just a huge relief.
SIGN    Esola, you know,
SIGN    when I thought about your maintenance ending,
SIGN    and how we wouldn't see you every day anymore,
SIGN    I got a strange feeling right here.
[19:43] Neon
    It suddenly felt tight.
[19:45] Kei
    And the energy drained out of me.
[19:48] Chrom
    I don't want the maintenance to end.
    That's what I thought.
[19:53] Esola
    You mean you'd get lonely and miss me?
SIGN    Lonely?
[20:00] Esola
    Me, too.
[20:01] Esola
    When I thought about never seeing you again,
[20:03] Esola
    I got lonely and felt this pain in my chest.
[20:07] Neon
    Same here.
[20:08] Kei
    Same with me.
SIGN    So that's it.
SIGN    We feel lonely if we're separated from you.
SIGN    We'd be so lonely!
SIGN    So we decided to ask you for something.
[20:29] Esola
    Ask me?
SIGN    Esola, even when our maintenance is finished,
SIGN    we want you to stay with us!
SIGN    Come and live with us!
[22:17] Denta
    Second Climb Stage of Babel, cleared!
[22:21] Denta
    Next time, you go up another level!
[22:27] Esola
    Guys!
SIGN    Esola!
[22:30] Kei
    How was our performance?
[22:32] Esola
    It was so cool!
[22:34] Esola
    I was so moved, it took my breath away!
[22:38] Esola
    Oh!
[22:40] Kei
    What's wrong?
[22:42] Esola
    Knocks... Your names...
[22:43] Esola
    How about KNoCC for a Climb Name?
[22:47] Esola
    Because your performance is so exciting,
[22:49] Esola
    it feels like it's knocking
    on the viewers' hearts!
[22:51] Esola
    You know?
[22:53] Esola
    Ah, sorry, that was weird, huh?
SIGN    That's awesome, Esola!
[22:59] Esola
    Huh?
[23:00] Kei
    Has a great ring to it.
[23:02] Neon
    It's cool.
[23:03] Chrom
    What a lovely Climb Name. Thank you so much!
[23:07] Esola
    Sure!
[23:10] Nobel
    The alteration wasn't
    caused by the Climb Stage.
[23:14] Nobel
    I thought so.
[23:17] Takara
    Huh...
[23:18] Takara
    I guess Androids get lost in thought, too.
[23:21] Takara
    Something on your mind?
[23:23] Bora
    No.
[23:25] Bora
    I will continue my investigation
    into the blast furnace incident.
[23:29] Esola
    E-Excuse me, please!
[23:32] Neon
    Bzzt! Wrong!
[23:33] Esola
    Huh?
[23:34] Chrom
    Esola.
[23:35] Kei
    That's the wrong one.
SIGN    Starting today, it's "I'm home!" Okay?
[23:43] Esola
    I'm home!
[23:45] KNoCC
    Welcome home, Esola!