E17 - Look before you leap

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[00:01] Stella
    Ethan!
[00:04] Stella
    Ethan!
[00:06] Mom
    Stella?
[00:07] Stella
    Mom, have you seen Ethan?
[00:10] Stella
    I can't find him!
[00:11] Mom
    Who's Ethan?
[01:56] Chise
    Um, about this...
[01:59] Elias
    Looks like it's working well.
[02:02] Elias
    It absorbs your excess magic and
    makes crystal flowers by the morning.
[02:12] Elias
    Do you like it?
[02:15] Chise
    They're beautiful.
[02:17] Elias
    Good.
[02:18] Elias
    I'm glad.
[02:20] Chise
    Although it looks a bit crazy.
[02:22] Ruth
    They look tasty.
[02:24] Chise
    Tasty?
[02:26] Ruth
    They look tasty to the likes of us.
[02:30] Chise
    They do, huh?
[02:32] Chise
    Elias, also...
[02:35] Elias
    Lindel got you dragon castings.
[02:39] Chise
    And the fish is from Selkie?
[02:42] Elias
    Simon got you a wristwatch.
[02:45] Elias
    Angelica got you...
[02:48] Elias
    Ah, she does quick work, as always.
[02:52] Elias
    Chise, can you show me the
    bracelet you got in Ant Hill?
[02:55] Chise
    Okay.
[02:59] Elias
    Yeah, that looks good.
[03:02] Elias
    With this, you'll be practically
    unable to absorb or create magic.
[03:08] Elias
    It'll be perfect for your body.
[03:11] Elias
    Listen, don't do any experiments or
    magic without my permission, all right?
[03:16] Chise
    Okay.
[03:17] Chise
    Thank you.
[03:22] Chise
    I can do hardly anything right now.
[03:26] Chise
    Everyone's given me so much,
[03:28] Chise
    and I can't give anything back.
[03:35] Chise
    I'll do whatever I can while
    my body still moves.
[03:40] Chise
    Elias, I'm going to thank Simon-san.
[03:44] Elias
    I'll come with you.
[03:48] Chise
    I can't have you sneaking
     off to London again.
[03:51] Elias
    I-I won't go without telling you anymore.
[03:56] Chise
    We'll see about that.
[03:58] Elias
    That's unusual.
[04:05] Chise
    There's no one out.
[04:08] Elias
    It's Christmas, after all.
[04:14] Stella
    Um, have you seen a boy around?
[04:17] Chise
    N-No, no one.
[04:23] Chise
    I've seen her before.
[04:24] Dad
    Wait, Stella, come back here!
[04:26] Dad
    What's gotten into her?
[04:27] Mom
    I have no idea.
[04:28] Mom
    She darted off, saying her
    brother's gone missing.
[04:31] Dad
    Her brother?
[04:32] Dad
    She's our only child, though.
[04:36] Chise
    Elias, um...
[04:38] Elias
    Yeah, go for it.
[04:48] Chise
    Um...
[04:50] Stella
    Please!
[04:51] Stella
    Please help me find my brother, Ethan!
[04:57] Stella
    I'm Stella Barklem.
[05:00] Stella
    I came to my grandma's
    place for Christmas break.
[05:03] Stella
    Along with my whole family.
[05:06] Stella
    I took Ethan to the yard, but...
[05:12] Stella
    He's frail, but he refused to go back inside.
[05:19] Stella
    Then we got in a fight.
[05:25] (Flashback) Stella
    You're such a selfish little brother!
[05:43] Stella
    I told them that Ethan had vanished.
[05:47] Stella
    But...
[05:48] (Flashback) Mom
    Who's Ethan?
[05:52] Stella
    I'm the only one who remembers my brother.
[05:55] Stella
    Why?
[05:57] Chise
    They suddenly forgot about their own child?
[06:02] Elias
    That's peculiar.
[06:04] Chise
    Elias.
[06:07] Chise
    How will you compensate us?
[06:11] Stella
    Compensate?
[06:13] Stella
    When we help people, we receive
    an appropriate payment.
[06:17] Chise
    What will you do for us?
[06:22] Stella
    I...
[06:25] Stella
    I...
[06:28] Stella
    Sweets.
[06:31] Stella
    I...
[06:33] Stella
    When I come here...
[06:35] Stella
    I-I'm here at least once a month.
[06:38] Stella
    I'll make lots and lots of sweets!
[06:41] Stella
    More than I can carry!
[06:44] Stella
    If it's money you want, I'll work.
[06:46] Stella
    For my whole life, if I have to!
[06:50] Chise
    Sure.
[06:52] Chise
    That will be your payment.
[06:56] Chise
    Thank you.
[07:03] Stella
    M-Monster!
[07:06] Chise
    No, he's a mage.
[07:09] Stella
    A mage?
[07:13] Chise
    Are you one, too?
[07:15] Chise
    A mage?
[07:16] Chise
    Technically, I guess.
[07:18] Chise
    You must be scared, with all
    these weird things happening.
[07:22] Stella
    Of course I am!
[07:24] Stella
    But it's not any scarier than
    not having my brother back.
[07:30] Chise
    Yeah.
[07:34] Ruth
    All right, let's go.
[07:36] Stella
    The dog talked!
[07:43] Elias
    Is this where he disappeared?
[07:46] Elias
    It's dangerous to split up.
[07:51] Elias
    Don't stray away from any of us.
[07:53] Stella
    Okay.
[07:57] Chise
    Take this.
[07:58] Stella
    Wow, what's this?
[08:00] Stella
    It's pretty.
[08:01] Chise
    We can find you if you get lost,
    as long as you hold onto that.
[08:04] Chise
    Ruth will.
[08:05] Ruth
    I will.
[08:07] Stella
    Thanks, Chise. I'll hold onto it.
[08:23] Elias
    Someone's interfering.
[08:25] Chise
    What?
[08:28] Elias
    Let's ask the neighbors here.
[08:32] Ruth
    I don't know if they'll give us
    a straight answer, though.
[08:39] Fae
    Do you need help?
[08:42] Chise
    A Sleigh Beggy is a queen bee.
[08:44] Chise
    A queen bee gives birth to the children,
    so the hive takes care of her.
[08:49] Chise
    It's not magic, so it's okay, right?
[08:53] Elias
    It's not a bad negotiation tactic, I suppose.
[08:58] Chise
    Tell me where her brother is.
[09:04] Chise
    That way.
[09:05] Stella
    Wh-What?
[09:07] Stella
    What are you talking to, Chise?
[09:10] Chise
    Don't worry about it, Stella.
[09:12] Chise
    It's dangerous.
[09:14] Chise
    Let's go.
[09:54] Spirit
    Know... Want...
[10:01] Chise
    Shoot... I'm out of flowers...
[10:06] Elias
    Chise, we need details.
[10:11] Chise
    Half a teacup's worth.
[10:13] Chise
    No more.
[10:22] Stella
    Chise! Why are you bleeding?!
[10:24] Chise
    It's okay, don't wo—
[10:26] Stella
    You idiot! How can I not worry?!
[10:29] Stella
    What are you even doing?
[10:32] Elias
    She's paying her compensation.
[10:34] Stella
    You're mages, aren't you?
[10:35] Stella
    Can't you do it without hurting yourselves?
[10:38] Elias
    We aren't omnipotent.
[10:42] Chise
    I had a brother, too, but
    I can't see him anymore.
[10:47] Chise
    So I want you to be able to see yours.
[10:52] Chise
    This is the only way we can find him for now.
[10:55] Chise
    I'm sorry I scared you.
[11:02] Stella
    Thank you.
[11:07] Chise
    I'm looking forward to your sweets.
[11:15] Elias
    I'm going to treat that when we get home.
[11:17] Chise
    Okay.
[11:19] Elias
    Sorry, Chise. I didn't
    want to make you do it.
[11:22] Chise
    I was the one who suggested it.
[11:27] Ruth
    Hurry up.
[11:42] Ashen Eye
    Oh?
[11:44] Ashen Eye
    I should thank you for coming out this far.
[11:47] Elias
    Ashen Eye.
[11:53] Stella
    Ethan!
[11:54] Ashen Eye
    I found a young child abandoned in the snow.
[11:58] Ashen Eye
    Such a pitiful thing.
[12:00] Stella
    Give him back!
[12:01] Stella
    He's my brother!
[12:03] Ashen Eye
    Oh?
[12:05] Ashen Eye
    What an odd thing to say.
[12:08] Ashen Eye
    You are the one who
    abandoned him, are you not?
[12:13] Ashen Eye
    We hear human words often.
[12:17] Ashen Eye
    Words and text are sounds
    and shapes that bear souls.
[12:21] Ashen Eye
    Should they reach another,
    they cannot be undone.
[12:27] Chise
    What does he mean?
[12:31] (Flashback) Chise
    You're such a selfish little brother!
[12:33] (Flashback) Chise
    I don't need you!
[12:36] Stella
    I didn't mean it.
[12:39] Ashen Eye
    It's too late now.
[12:41] Ashen Eye
    There's no telling what kind of creature
    will appreciate the words you spew forth.
[12:46] Ashen Eye
    It's a good thing you didn't tell him to die.
[12:51] Ashen Eye
    You and your brother's bond has been broken,
[12:54] Ashen Eye
    former older sister.
[12:57] Ashen Eye
    Can you remember your dear brother's name?
[13:05] Chise
    Stella?
[13:07] Chise
    It's , isn't it?
[13:09] Stella
    What?
[13:11] Stella*
    I couldn't hear it.
[13:14] Ashen Eye
    That's what it means for a bond to be broken.
[13:18] Ashen Eye
    To forget his name, his age, where
    he's from, his face, his voice,
[13:22] Ashen Eye
    and whether he even existed at all.
[13:28] Stella
    No!
[13:29] Stella
    Stop it!
[13:30] Chise
    Stella!
[13:36] Ashen Eye
    This is mine now.
[13:39] Ashen Eye
    Can you pay the appropriate
    compensation, have-not?
[13:46] Ashen Eye
    Then let's play a game, have-not.
[13:50] Stella
    Play?
[13:52] Ashen Eye
    Join us, child of the shadows.
[13:57] Chise
    Elias!
[14:06] Stella
    No!
[14:10] Ashen Eye
    You two shall find them.
[14:15] Ashen Eye
    Let's give you until sundown.
[14:19] Ashen Eye
    If you can find them before that, you win.
[14:23] Ashen Eye
    If you can't, they're mine.
[14:26] Chise
    We're at a disadvantage.
[14:28] Chise
    You don't lose anything.
[14:31] Chise
    This is too selfish.
[14:33] Ashen Eye
    Now, go.
[14:34] Ashen Eye
    Search frantically for them,
    with that beastly nose of yours.
[14:44] Ashen Eye
    The days are short in the winter.
[14:53] Stella
    Oh, no.
[14:54] Stella
    Am I going to forget him?
[15:06] Ruth
    Chise.
[15:07] Ruth
    We just have to find them.
[15:09] Ruth
    That's all.
[15:10] Chise
    But...
[15:12] Ruth
    You're from the far east.
    He's from the far west.
[15:16] Ruth
    And yet, you managed to find each other.
[15:18] Ruth
    You're not going to miss
     him on this tiny hill.
[15:21] Chise
    Elias...
[15:23] Ruth
    You're his older sister, aren't you?
[15:25] Ruth
    You should believe in
    yourself and your brother.
[15:28] Ruth
    If you care about him enough that it makes
    you cry, you won't lose your bond so easily.
[15:33] Ruth
    Whether it's family or anything else, it's...
[15:36] Chise
    Ruth...
[15:38] Ruth
    Chise...
[15:44] Chise
    It's all right.
[15:45] Chise
    Let's look for them together.
[15:51] Chise
    Ruth, can you track their scent?
[15:53] Ruth
    They're hidden.
[15:55] Ruth
    It's really faint.
[15:56] Chise
    Oh...
[16:01] (Flashback) Ashen Eye
    With that beastly nose of yours...
[16:05] Chise
    Beast.
[16:07] Ruth
    Chise!
[16:08] Chise
    Ruth, take care of Stella for me.
[16:11] Ruth
    Chise!
[16:12] Ruth
    Is it really safe to use that?
[16:16] Chise
    My place has already been decided.
[16:21] Elias
    We've been locked in.
[16:23] Elias
    I can hardly move.
[16:26] Elias
    I hate old creatures.
[16:28] Elias
    They're too powerful.
[16:30] Elias
    And Chise can't use her magic right now.
[16:38] Ethan
    Where am I?
[16:40] Ethan
    M-Monster!
[16:42] Elias
    You're just like your sister.
[16:45] Ethan
    It talked!
[16:47] Ethan
    Y-You know my sister?
[16:49] Ethan
    Who are you?
[16:52] Ethan
    Hey, hey, what is that?
[16:56] Ethan
    Is this bone?
[16:57] Elias
    Wait, don't.
[16:58] Ethan
    Are you wearing a skull?
[17:00] Ethan
    Does it come off?
[17:01] Ethan
    Or is it your actual skull?
[17:02] Elias
    Hey!
[17:03] Elias
    I don't know how to react.
[17:04] Ethan
    That's so cool!
[17:11] Ethan
    Whoa!
[17:14] Ethan
    You turned human!
[17:16] Elias
    Do you remember your sister's name?
[17:19] Ethan
    Huh?
[17:20] Ethan
    Obviously.
[17:27] Ethan
    Oh, no!
[17:28] Ethan
    I don't know it!
[17:29] Ethan
    Why?!
[17:32] Elias
    You said you don't need your
    nagging sister, didn't you?
[17:38] Elias
    Do you really not need her?
[17:40] Elias
    Isn't family important?
[17:43] Ethan
    I-I wasn't being serious!
[17:47] Ethan
    I mean, it's embarrassing.
[17:52] Elias
    I don't really understand
    families or marriage.
[17:57] Elias
    Would I understand those emotions
    if I had blood relatives?
[18:03] Ethan
    I've never thought about whether
    we're related by blood or not.
[18:06] Ethan
    Family is family, either way.
[18:10] Elias
    So it's a unit, a group of people who cohabitate
    and help each other out for a long time.
[18:16] Ethan
    You make it sound like it could be anyone.
[18:19] Ethan
    I think I really want to
    tell my sister I'm sorry.
[18:25] Ethan
    I want to party with her again.
[18:28] Ethan
    I don't want it to be anyone else.
[18:32] Ethan
    I think that's what family is.
    People that make you feel that way.
[18:43] Chise
    Find them! Find them!
[18:46] Chise
    Capture their scent.
[18:50] Chise
    Find...
[18:55] Chise
    Find what belongs to me.
[18:58] Elias
    Chise!
[19:07] Chise
    Elias!
[19:10] Chise
    Elias!
[19:11] Chise
    Thank goodness, I found you.
[19:17] Elias
    Good work.
[19:20] Chise
    Elias...
[19:24] Chise
    Why do you look like me?
[19:28] Elias
    A child's curiosity is terrifyingly powerful.
[19:35] Stella
    We're going home.
[19:37] Ethan
    Don't wanna.
[19:38] Stella
    I said, we're going home!
[19:42] Ethan
    I don't wanna!
[19:44] Ethan
    You don't want a brother like me, do you?
[19:52] Stella
    Does it suck having me as your big sister?
[19:56] Stella
    I don't mind having a kid
    brother, as long as it's you.
[20:01] Stella
    It's not like I know of any
    other brothers, anyway.
[20:11] Ethan
    I'm okay with you being my older sister.
[20:23] Stella
    You mean you want me being 
    your older sister, dummy.
[20:29] Chise
    Do you remember his name now?
[20:31] Ethan
    Nope.
[20:32] Ethan
    Holy crap, my clothes aren't wet.
[20:35] Stella
    It's a pain not to be able to say his name.
[20:41] Ashen Eye
    That was fun.
[20:43] Ashen Eye
    That was a fun loss.
[20:45] Elias
    I can't keep up with you.
[20:48] Ashen Eye
    I had fun.
[20:50] Ashen Eye
    It's fun to watch people when they're serious.
[20:55] Ashen Eye
    A person's words are powerful.
[20:58] Ashen Eye
    That's why we stay nearby to listen.
[21:02] Ashen Eye
    Keep that in mind, have-not.
[21:06] Ashen Eye
    I'll have what bond you've lost.
[21:09] Stella
    No!
[21:11] Ashen Eye
    No,
[21:13] Ashen Eye
    you do have something.
[21:19] Ashen Eye
    This looks tastier.
[21:23] Ashen Eye
    I'll let you go.
[21:29] Chise
    He was messing with us.
[21:41] Mom
    Stella! Ethan!
[21:43] Stella
    Dad! Mom!
[21:45] Mom
    Unbelievable!
[21:46] Mom
    Where were you two?!
[21:48] Stella
    Dad... Mom...
[21:51] Mom
    Who's she?
[21:52] Chise
    Oh, uh...
[21:55] Stella
    Her name's Chise.
[21:56] Stella
    She's my new friend I met today.
[22:00] Stella
    Thank you so much, Chise.
[22:02] Stella
    Tell me where you live.
[22:04] Stella
    I'm going to keep my promise.
[22:05] Ethan
    Stella's so pushy.
[22:08] Stella
    What was that?!
[23:55] Chise
    The girl's first friend
    makes her heart dance.
[24:00] Chise
    But the existence of her friend slightly
    warps her relationship with the mage.
[24:07] Ruth
    Chise, where are you?!