# E10 - We live and learn
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**[02:29] Elias**
Take Chise to the land of dragons?
**[02:33] Merituuli**
Yes.
**[02:34] Merituuli**
Lindel-sama heard a rumor that the
Robin there has trouble using magic.
**[02:43] Merituuli**
So he insists that you make a wand soon.
**[02:47] Chise**
A wand?
**[02:48] Elias**
It's a tool for conveying your
intentions to the fae.
**[02:52] Merituuli**
He would like you to come see him, Robin.
**[02:56] Elias**
I've been out all the time lately, though.
**[02:59] Merituuli**
Oh, don't worry about that.
**[03:02] Merituuli**
He wants the Robin to come alone.
**[03:06] Elias**
Chise? By herself?
**[03:07] Elias**
"I want to spend time with my
granddaughter, not with you," he says.
**[03:12] Merituuli**
That old bastard...
**[03:13] Chise**
Granddaughter?
**[03:14] Chise**
So Elias is his son?
**[03:17] Elias**
It seems he wants to talk about your wand,
though, so I suppose it's all right.
**[03:21] Elias**
Take care.
**[03:26] Elias**
Would you rather not?
**[03:27] Chise**
No, but by myself?
**[03:31] Ruth**
You have me.
**[03:32] Chise**
Oh, right.
**[03:34] Dragon**
Are you done talking?
**[03:36] Dragon**
You sure haven't changed at all.
**[03:38] Chise**
Um...
**[03:39] Dragon**
Come on, have you forgotten me?
**[03:42] Dragon**
We talked, remember?
**[03:44] Dragon**
You wouldn't fly with me, though.
**[03:52] Merituuli**
Dragons grow up in various ways.
**[03:55] ---**
I wanted to be big enough for you
to be able to ride me, so it works out.
**[04:01] Chise**
Yeah?
**[04:14] Chise**
Thanks, Silky.
**[04:23] Chise**
Okay, I'll see you soon.
**[04:25] Elias**
Take care.
**[04:27] Elias**
It's cold over there.
**[04:28] Elias**
Don't freeze.
**[04:30] Chise**
Okay.
**[04:34] Chise**
Elias?
**[04:36] Elias**
Yes?
**[04:39] Chise**
It's nothing.
**[04:40] Merituuli**
Let's go.
**[04:45] Merituuli**
Hang on tight, so you don't fall off!
**[04:58] Chise**
What's that?
**[04:59] Merituuli**
It's a cloaking spell.
**[05:01] Merituuli**
No one will find us now.
**[05:03] Merituuli**
It's a lot quicker than
swimming through the sea.
**[05:07] Chise**
The sea?
**[05:08] Merituuli**
I'm a selkie.
**[05:10] Merituuli**
I'm a citizen of the great seas,
with both a human and seal form.
**[05:57] Dragon**
Are you okay?
**[05:58] Dragon**
We'll be there as soon as
we get through the wind.
**[06:00] Dragon**
Hang on a little longer.
**[06:03] Chise**
Okay.
**[06:19] Ruth**
I'm sure Elias will be fine.
**[06:21] Chise**
Yeah.
**[06:32] Merituuli**
Lindel-sama!
**[06:34] Merituuli**
Lindel-sama, I did what you asked me to.
**[06:38] ---**
Yes, you did well. Very good.
**[06:41] Chise**
Hello, Lindel-san.
**[06:43] Lindel**
Chise.
**[06:44] Lindel**
Long time no see.
**[06:46] Lindel**
You look quite well.
**[06:50] Lindel**
And you've put on some weight.
**[06:52] Lindel**
Good, good.
**[06:53] Lindel**
I'm glad to see you've found a good family.
**[06:57] Chise**
Lindel-san, where did you get those clothes?
**[06:59] Lindel**
Oh, I went shopping in town.
**[07:03] Lindel**
I'm very handsome, aren't I?
**[07:05] Chise**
He kind of resembles Elias.
**[07:07] Lindel**
Come on, guys, say hi.
**[07:12] Chise**
I'll be in your care.
**[07:19] Lindel**
I didn't get to explain last time.
**[07:22] Lindel**
The land of dragons was established as
a nesting ground by the first administrator,
**[07:27] Lindel**
for the few dragons that remained
scattered throughout the world.
**[07:31] Chise**
So you weren't the one who made it, then?
**[07:35] Lindel**
I used to be a simple nomad.
**[07:38] Lindel**
I didn't even have a name,
until my master gave me one.
**[07:43] Lindel**
All right, we're here.
**[08:05] Lindel**
Nevin's tree.
**[08:13] Lindel**
I'll be preparing supper.
**[08:16] Lindel**
Chise.
**[08:19] Lindel**
It's your wand. You've gotta cut it yourself.
**[08:27] Ruth**
Are you okay?
**[08:28] Chise**
Y-Yeah.
**[08:34] Ruth**
What is wrong with you?!
**[08:38] Ruth**
Who falls without even trying
to break their fall?!
**[08:41] Chise**
Ow.
**[08:42] Chise**
Sorry.
**[08:43] Merituuli**
You're so overprotective.
**[08:45] Merituuli**
It wouldn't kill her to get
to know the rocks a little.
**[08:49] Ruth**
Shut up!
**[08:50] Ruth**
Should I go?
**[08:51] Chise**
No, I'm going to be the one using it.
**[08:55] Chise**
I'll see what I can do.
**[09:05] Elias**
Thanks, Silver.
**[09:09] Elias**
Boy, it's quiet.
**[09:13] Elias**
Even though that girl is not very talkative.
**[09:17] Elias**
The air feels terribly cold.
***SIGN*** Hello, Mr. Ainsworth.
***SIGN*** My name is Adolf Stroud. I'm with the College administration.
**[09:32] Elias**
College?
***SIGN*** I'll get straight to business.
***SIGN*** I'd like to speak in depth about the future of the human child.
**[09:55] Lindel**
Reindeer soup.
**[09:57] Lindel**
I imagine this is your first time having it.
**[09:59] Chise**
Yes.
**[10:05] Chise**
It's good.
**[10:07] Lindel**
You've got scrapes all over.
**[10:09] Lindel**
Let me see.
**[10:19] Lindel**
My hands are what's called healing hands.
**[10:22] Lindel**
As long as you aren't mortally
wounded, I can heal you on the spot.
**[10:25] Lindel**
There used to be more of us, before.
**[10:29] Lindel**
But not many have been born in
the past few hundred years.
**[10:38] Chise**
How long have you been alive, Lindel-san?
**[10:41] Chise**
Are other mages long-lived, too?
**[10:45] Merituuli**
Oh, that's why you were
making such a fuss earlier.
**[10:48] Lindel**
That idiot!
**[10:51] Lindel**
He hasn't explained anything!
**[10:53] Lindel**
What does he...
**[10:54] Chise**
Err, sorry, I should have asked Elias.
**[11:01] Lindel**
Chise, the reason I brought you
here alone is because I'm worried.
**[11:07] Lindel**
He seems to want to tame you,
as one would a reindeer.
**[11:13] Lindel**
And Chise, you seem to be content with that.
**[11:24] Chise**
The person who gave birth to me
told me that they shouldn't have.
**[11:33] Chise**
My mother didn't need me,
so she ran away. She died.
**[11:39] Chise**
I think my brother and father
ran away from me, too.
**[11:46] Chise**
Elias is the only who's kept me nearby.
**[11:53] Chise**
That's why I don't ask him
anything he doesn't say.
**[11:58] Chise**
I *want* to be complacent.
**[12:05] Lindel**
Though it doesn't appear that way at all.
**[12:13] Lindel**
I'll tell you an interesting bedtime story.
**[12:18] Chise**
An interesting story?
**[12:20] Lindel**
I suppose I'll answer your question, too.
**[12:26] Lindel**
But, half of it is as punishment for that
bastard, for saddening my granddaughter.
**[12:33] Lindel**
Long ago, when the world was still dark,
**[12:36] Lindel**
before the power of steam, and before even
the power of the old, earthen oil...
**[12:42] Lindel**
We mages were all aware that
we were not normal people.
**[12:52] Lindel**
For we saw magical creatures, and worked
miracles that the ordinary person could not.
**[12:59] Lindel**
And at times, we lived very long lives.
**[13:05] Lindel**
We don't know why we're so long-lived,
or possess abilities humans do not.
**[13:11] Lindel**
It may simply be that fate
wanted us to be born so.
**[13:16] Lindel**
But those who were not satisfied
continued to seek an answer.
**[13:21] Lindel**
"Why are we so?"
**[13:24] Lindel**
"Is there a duty that we must fulfill?"
**[13:29] Lindel**
Many of our kind perished in their search.
**[13:40] Lindel**
I wandered alone, sick of that way of life.
**[13:46] Lindel**
One night, there were wolves, and I had
no choice but to stand watch all night.
**[13:54] Lindel**
However, the wolves never came.
**[13:59] Lindel**
Instead, *it* came.
**[14:04] Lindel**
It came as certain as night on two legs.
**[14:17] (Flashback) Lindel**
You...
**[14:24] (Flashback) Lindel**
What's the matter?
**[14:27] (Flashback) Elias**
I'm hungry.
**[14:31] (Flashback) Lindel**
Hey!
**[14:46] (Flashback) Lindel**
You're awake, huh?
**[14:49] (Flashback) Lindel**
You were asleep all night.
**[14:51] (Flashback) Lindel**
You're so huge, it was a pain to carry you.
**[14:58] (Flashback) Lindel**
Aren't you going to eat?
**[15:00] (Flashback) Lindel**
Where did you come from?
**[15:03] (Flashback) Elias**
I don't know.
**[15:05] (Flashback) Elias**
When I came to, I was in
the forest, and I was walking.
**[15:10] (Flashback) Elias**
Avoiding people, I walked, walked,
and walked, until I was here.
**[15:16] (Flashback) Elias**
I'm tired.
**[15:24] (Flashback) Lindel**
What's wrong?
**[15:26] (Flashback) Elias**
Nothing.
**[15:29] (Flashback) Lindel**
You look to be an apparition of some kind.
**[15:33] (Flashback) Lindel**
But you wear flesh, like a living creature.
**[15:36] (Flashback) Lindel**
What are you?
**[15:39] (Flashback) Elias**
I don't know.
**[15:43] (Flashback) Lindel**
Well, let's go see my master.
**[15:47] (Flashback) Lindel**
She's a strange one.
**[15:50] (Flashback) Lindel**
She may be at the other side of
the world. She may be right there.
**[15:54] (Flashback) Lindel**
She may be alive a hundred years
from now or a hundred years ago.
**[15:58] (Flashback) Lindel**
Being a meddler, she may provide guidance.
**[16:03] (Flashback) Lindel**
I'd imagine it would be less painful than
aimlessly wandering through the wilds.
**[16:08] (Flashback) Elias**
Who are you?
**[16:09] (Flashback) Lindel**
I'm Lindel.
**[16:11] (Flashback) Lindel**
The ordinary people call us "mages."
**[16:20] (Flashback) Elias**
What is that?
**[16:22] (Flashback) Lindel**
An ancient technique for finding the missing.
**[16:25] (Flashback) Lindel**
Gather some spruce, tie it in
red string, and set it loose.
**[16:29] (Flashback) Lindel**
The spruce covering the ground is
the dining table of the forest god.
**[16:32] (Flashback) Lindel**
We ask for their help and for directions.
**[16:36] (Flashback) Lindel**
My guide, take us past the
fog, to the one we seek.
**[16:54] (Flashback) Lindel**
The fog is thickening.
**[16:55] (Flashback) Lindel**
Stay with me.
**[17:23] (Flashback) Elias**
Water.
**[17:24] (Flashback) Lindel**
The sea.
**[17:25] (Flashback) Lindel**
Have a taste.
**[17:26] (Flashback) Lindel**
It's fun.
**[17:36] (Flashback) Lindel**
That's my master's home.
**[17:50] (Flashback) Lindel**
Master.
**[17:50] (Flashback) Lindel**
Rahab.
**[17:51] (Flashback) Lindel**
Are you home?
**[17:56] (Flashback) Rahab**
Is that Lindel?
**[17:58] (Flashback) Rahab**
I don't see your face here often.
**[18:02] (Flashback) Rahab**
A pity, since your name's derived
from that of the tree of gatherings.
**[18:04] (Flashback) Lindel**
That name was your choice, Master.
**[18:06] (Flashback) Rahab**
You need to make an effort to
interact with people more—
**[18:10] (Flashback) Rahab**
Oh?
**[18:10] (Flashback) Lindel**
I found him yesterday.
**[18:13] (Flashback) Lindel**
I wanted you to take a look at him.
**[18:18] (Flashback) Rahab**
Come in.
**[18:19] (Flashback) Rahab**
Though then again, you're pretty big.
**[18:23] (Flashback) Rahab**
Can you become smaller?
**[18:25] (Flashback) Elias**
Smaller?
**[18:26] (Flashback) Rahab**
That's right.
**[18:27] (Flashback) Rahab**
About human size.
**[18:28] (Flashback) Elias**
Human...
**[18:34] (Flashback) Rahab**
Like this?
**[18:35] (Flashback) Elias**
Yes.
**[18:36] (Flashback) Elias**
Well done.
**[18:38] (Flashback) Elias**
Come.
**[18:46] (Flashback) Lindel**
You don't know?
**[18:47] (Flashback) Rahab**
Well...
**[18:49] (Flashback) Rahab**
He's as close to a spirit or fairy as you
can get, but there's a hint of human in him.
**[18:55] (Flashback) Rahab**
It would make sense if he were
simply a human who'd gotten
**[18:59] (Flashback) Rahab**
himself transformed trying
to use black magic.
**[19:02] (Flashback) Rahab**
But this seems more like...
**[19:05] (Flashback) Rahab**
Do you remember anything about what
happened before you started walking?
**[19:11] (Flashback) Elias**
Anything I remember?
**[19:18] (Flashback) Elias**
Red.
**[19:19] (Flashback) Lindel**
Red?
**[19:22] (Flashback) Rahab**
You don't have to force
yourself to remember.
**[19:25] (Flashback) Rahab**
Lindel, you'll take care of him.
**[19:30] (Flashback) Lindel**
Huh?
**[19:31] (Flashback) Lindel**
Why me?
**[19:32] (Flashback) Rahab**
You've already taken pity on him once.
**[19:34] (Flashback) Rahab**
You ought to take care of
him until he's independent.
**[19:37] (Flashback) Lindel**
I have to follow the reindeer.
**[19:40] (Flashback) Rahab**
It's about time you took an apprentice.
**[19:43] (Flashback) Rahab**
We ought not to live by ourselves.
**[19:46] (Flashback) Rahab**
Remember what I taught you?
**[19:48] (Flashback) Rahab**
I won't tell you to love your enemy.
**[19:52] (Flashback) Rahab**
But the neighbors love us.
**[19:56] (Flashback) Rahab**
We lend a staff to those
who have lost their way.
**[20:02] (Flashback) Lindel**
It's not as if we asked to be loved.
**[20:05] (Flashback) Lindel**
Not me nor you.
**[20:07] (Flashback) Lindel**
We might as well be cursed.
**[20:10] (Flashback) Rahab**
Curses and blessings are
the same in essence, Lindel.
**[20:14] (Flashback) Rahab**
What matters is how you take it.
**[20:19] (Flashback) Elias**
It's fine.
**[20:20] (Flashback) Elias**
I'm going.
**[20:22] (Flashback) Elias**
If you'd rather not have me
here, I'll continue walking.
**[20:27] (Flashback) Lindel**
To where?
**[20:28] (Flashback) Elias**
I don't know, but you're busy, aren't you?
**[20:33] (Flashback) Lindel**
I don't take apprentices.
**[20:40] (Flashback) Lindel**
So from now on, you're my acquaintance.
**[20:46] (Flashback) Lindel**
I would surely have to provide a weary
acquaintance a place to sleep.
**[20:51] (Flashback) Elias**
I'm not in need.
**[20:52] (Flashback) Lindel**
You're one to talk. You collapsed!
**[20:55] (Flashback) Rahab**
Oh my, how kind of you.
**[20:57] (Flashback) Lindel**
Shut up!
**[20:57] (Flashback) Rahab**
Now that that's settled, we're friends.
**[21:01] (Flashback) Rahab**
What's your name?
**[21:03] (Flashback) Rahab**
I'm guessing you don't have one.
**[21:04] (Flashback) Rahab**
What should we call you?
**[21:05] (Flashback) Lindel**
Here we go again, with Master's
name-giving obsession.
**[21:09] (Flashback) Rahab**
The gods and the fairies are all with you.
**[21:14] (Flashback) Rahab**
Even if no one takes notice of you,
**[21:17] (Flashback) Rahab**
even if you're sad, suffering, and crushed by
loneliness, they will always watch over you.
**[21:25] (Flashback) Rahab**
So take comfort, and save yourself.
**[21:51] (Flashback) Rahab**
Elias.
***SIGN*** Hello? Ainsworth?
***SIGN*** Senpai! Stop!
**[22:02] Lindel**
Renfred.
***SIGN*** You're going to ruin her if you continue to do nothing more than let her live with you.
**[23:55] Chise**
The story of the mage's past.
**[23:57] Chise**
The girl is shaken by the
truth that had been hidden.
**[24:01] Chise**
What does the brief parting
bring to the two?
**[24:05] Chise**
I'll tell you what I haven't
been able to tell you, too.