# E8 - Let sleeping dogs lie
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**[01:38] Joseph**
What are you so angry about?
**[01:44] Ruth**
Hey!
**[01:46] Ruth**
Hey, mage!
**[01:49] Joseph**
I'm sorry for getting in
the way of your experiment,
**[01:52] Joseph**
but humans are a dime a dozen
as far as you're concerned.
**[01:55] Joseph**
I thought they were worthless to you.
**[01:57] Joseph**
You can just take a quick look around
and snatch one right up. Easy.
**[02:01] Joseph**
Right?
**[02:05] Joseph**
How rude! I was still talking.
**[02:14] Ruth**
Come on, you!
**[02:21] Ruth**
Isabel...
**[02:35] Chise**
Where am I?
**[02:44] Ruth**
Isabel, did they tease you again?
**[02:47] Chise**
It's that man's voice.
**[02:50] Chise**
This is the appearance that God gave me.
**[02:53] Chise**
It's not like I can help that
my hair is carrot-colored,
**[02:57] Chise**
or that my eyes are the color of weeds.
**[03:01] Ruth**
I love you no matter what you look like.
**[03:04] Ruth**
Cheer up.
**[03:05] Ruth**
Let's see....
**[03:08] Chise**
Ulysse?
**[03:17] Chise**
Thanks, Ulysse!
**[03:21] (A)**
Isabel!
**[03:22] (A)**
What happened, Isabel?
**[03:23] (B)**
A child got hit by a carriage!
**[03:25] ---**
This is bad!
**[03:26] (A)**
I saw them chasing after Isabel!
**[03:29] (C)**
I-It's not our fault!
**[03:31] (C)**
She ran into the street herself!
**[03:35] Ruth**
Wait.
**[03:37] Ruth**
Wait, please!
**[03:38] Ruth**
When is Isabel waking up?
**[03:40] Ruth**
I haven't heard her voice in a long time.
**[03:42] Ruth**
Isabel.
**[03:44] Ruth**
Isabel!
**[03:45] Ruth**
Isabel!
**[03:50] (A)**
Ulysse, Isabel is gone.
**[03:55] Ruth**
She's just sleeping.
**[03:58] (A)**
We're going home.
**[04:00] Ruth**
No.
**[04:02] Ruth**
No, Father.
**[04:03] Ruth**
I'm waiting here.
**[04:06] Ruth**
She's going to be lonely
if she wakes up alone.
**[04:09] Ruth**
Always.
**[04:11] Ruth**
Forever.
**[04:33] Chise**
It's all right.
**[04:35] Chise**
I woke up, didn't I?
**[04:42] Ruth**
Chise...
**[04:47] Joseph**
Elias.
**[05:09] Joseph**
Aww... Her materials cost
quite a bit, you know.
**[05:13] Joseph**
Corpses aren't free, nor is
managing the containers.
**[05:17] Elias**
Cartaphilus.
**[05:23] Joseph**
Don't you dare call me by that name.
**[05:30] Joseph**
You're just a monster that
found a human body.
**[05:41] Chise**
Elias!
**[05:48] Renfred**
A freak calling another a freak, huh?
**[05:53] Renfred**
What a joke.
**[05:59] Renfred**
I've put a spell on the bullet
to stop regeneration.
**[06:03] Elias**
Chise, you're alive...
**[06:05] Renfred**
Looks like it works.
**[06:07] Chise**
I'm in a bit...
**[06:09] Chise**
Well, I'm in a lot of pain.
**[06:12] Chise**
But I made it.
**[06:14] Elias**
I'm surprised.
**[06:16] Chise**
I'm a little surprised, too.
**[06:24] Elias**
Chise, am I not terrifying in this form?
**[06:27] Elias**
I'm going to turn back, so let go.
**[06:32] Chise**
You're right.
**[06:34] Chise**
I don't think you could get through
the door being that tall.
**[06:38] Chise**
You should probably turn back.
**[06:44] Elias**
You're right...
**[06:53] Elias**
Silky would be furious with
me if I broke the door.
**[06:58] Chise**
I'd apologize with you even if she was.
**[07:03] Elias**
That's reassuring.
**[07:13] ---**
This girl has strange taste.
**[07:15] Alice**
Master!
**[07:16] Renfred**
Alice.
**[07:18] Alice**
Master...
**[07:21] Renfred**
You idiot!
**[07:22] Renfred**
Don't go darting off like that!
**[07:25] Renfred**
I thought about abandoning
you when I saw your letter.
**[07:28] Alice**
I'm sorry.
**[07:30] Renfred**
Don't overestimate your own strength.
**[07:33] Renfred**
Think about it.
**[07:34] Alice**
But!
**[07:36] Alice**
But...
**[07:38] Alice**
You wouldn't have...
**[07:42] Renfred**
You're my apprentice and my bodyguard.
**[07:47] Renfred**
A bodyguard ought not to
leave their master's side.
**[07:51] Alice**
Yes, sir.
**[07:52] Joseph**
You're awful.
**[07:57] Joseph**
The brain's complicated.
**[07:58] Joseph**
It takes a lot of work to fix.
**[08:01] Renfred**
You...
**[08:03] Joseph**
I just want that dog because
he'd make a good subject.
**[08:07] Renfred**
Sorcerers don't step into mage territory.
**[08:11] Renfred**
That was a tacit agreement.
**[08:14] Renfred**
Why do you go after the fairies?
**[08:16] Joseph**
Because it seems fun.
**[08:21] Joseph**
I could make something interesting
if I used a fairy for a chimera.
**[08:27] Joseph**
But fairy curses are a pain to deal with.
**[08:31] Joseph**
That's why I put a collar on that sorcerer.
**[08:34] Renfred**
You monster.
**[08:39] Joseph**
I don't need a dog if it
can't even run my errands.
**[08:46] Ruth**
Isn't...
**[08:50] Ruth**
that...
**[08:53] Ruth**
Isabel?
**[08:57] Chise**
That isn't your Isabel.
**[09:00] Chise**
I've seen you before.
**[09:04] Chise**
You deceived Matthew in
Ulthar and killed Mina.
**[09:08] Joseph**
Ulthar?
**[09:09] Joseph**
Oh, the cat experiment.
**[09:13] Joseph**
I think I could get some decent
results if I tried it again.
**[09:18] Joseph**
What do you think?
**[09:21] Elias**
Chise.
**[09:26] Chise**
You won't have him.
**[09:31] Chise**
I absolutely won't let you have him!
**[09:40] Joseph**
What an annoying brat.
**[09:51] Ruth**
Chise...
**[10:00] (Flashback) Chise**
Anything?
**[10:01] (Flashback) Elias**
Yup.
**[10:02] (Flashback) Elias**
Truth be told, you can
do anything with magic.
**[10:08] (Flashback) Elias**
You can turn rocks into gold,
**[10:10] (Flashback) Elias**
make fish swim through the sky,
keep harvests from ever rotting.
**[10:16] Chise**
His words fly through my mind.
**[10:23] (Flashback) Elias**
But... that's something that must not be done.
**[10:28] Chise**
I won't let you have him.
**[10:33] Joseph**
You're pretty knowledgeable for a kid.
**[10:35] Joseph**
Tarantula hawks.
**[10:36] Joseph**
They prey on spiders.
**[10:38] Joseph**
But being so small,
**[10:42] Joseph**
they're just going to get eaten.
**[10:48] Elias**
Chise, stop this!
**[10:50] Elias**
Your body is...
**[10:52] Ruth**
Mage!
**[10:54] Elias**
She just ate a little of me.
**[10:57] Elias**
Chise!
**[11:07] Elias**
Chise!
**[11:08] Elias**
Chise, you mustn't do that.
**[11:10] Elias**
We must not twist the rules of this world!
**[11:15] Blue Flame**
Horse and Hattock!
**[11:25] Joseph**
A fairy spell, huh?
**[11:27] Joseph**
Not bad.
**[11:34] Joseph**
Why did I want that, again?
**[11:37] Joseph**
To make a chimera.
**[11:39] Joseph**
Why did I want to make
a chimera in the first place?
**[11:42] Joseph**
For what purpose?
**[11:45] Joseph**
Oh, whatever.
**[11:47] Joseph**
Now, go find him with your strings.
**[11:53] Blue Flame**
That wretch won't come looking for us here.
**[11:56] Elias**
Thank you, Blue Flame.
**[11:59] Blue Flame**
The Thorn of Shadows?
**[12:00] Blue Flame**
Damn it, you've brought so
much trouble with you.
**[12:03] Elias**
Buy you don't hate it, do you?
**[12:04] Blue Flame**
Not really.
**[12:06] Alice**
Get off my head!
**[12:07] Elias**
He's a Will-o'-the-Wisp.
**[12:10] Elias**
A blue flame fairy that lives in forests
and cemeteries, confusing passers-by.
**[12:14] Blue Flame**
Don't say my name!
**[12:16] Blue Flame**
That's rude!
**[12:17] Elias**
Fine, fine.
**[12:23] Chise**
My blood's racing through my body.
**[12:28] Elias**
Chise, calm down.
**[12:30] Elias**
It'll be all right.
**[12:33] Chise**
Elias.
**[12:34] Chise**
Elias.
**[12:35] Chise**
I'm sorry.
**[12:36] Chise**
I'm sorry.
**[12:38] ---**
I didn't listen to you.
**[12:39] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[12:41] Elias**
Be careful from now on.
**[12:43] Elias**
That's good enough.
**[12:54] ---**
Chise!
**[12:58] ---**
It feels like my blood's going
to overflow and explode.
**[13:02] Blue Flame**
You're a Sleigh Beggy, huh?
**[13:04] Blue Flame**
You're so weak.
**[13:05] Blue Flame**
Poor thing.
**[13:07] Blue Flame**
Take my coal.
**[13:09] Blue Flame**
You'll feel a little better.
**[13:15] Chise**
It's warm.
**[13:17] Blue Flame**
You're finally awake, you sleepy dog.
**[13:20] Ruth**
I'm not a dog!
**[13:21] Ruth**
I'm...
**[13:23] Blue Flame**
Don't be crazy, you dumb dog.
**[13:26] Blue Flame**
You're neither human, nor an ordinary dog.
**[13:29] Blue Flame**
Are you still not awake?
**[13:30] Blue Flame**
Grow up, puppy,
**[13:32] Blue Flame**
and stop depending on dead people!
**[13:35] Blue Flame**
Quit whining and go back to
your useful form, church grim!
**[13:44] Blue Flame**
Your job is to chase the grave
robbers' asses to the gates of Hell.
**[13:49] Blue Flame**
You're a black dog.
**[13:54] Ruth**
I see.
**[13:56] Ruth**
That's what it was.
**[13:59] Ruth**
I get it now.
**[14:01] Ruth**
No matter how long I wait,
my sister won't come back.
**[14:13] Ruth**
Chise, will you take me with you?
**[14:19] Ruth**
I'll give you my all.
**[14:23] Blue Flame**
You're one thick-headed dog!
**[14:25] Blue Flame**
Sleigh Beggy or not, we can't be the
ones to ask a human to make a pact!
**[14:31] Chise**
A pact?
**[14:32] Elias**
He's requesting to become your familiar.
**[14:35] Elias**
The ultimate promise, that you would
share everything with one another.
**[14:40] Elias**
Your senses, your emotions, even your time.
**[14:45] Chise**
Time?
**[14:46] Elias**
If you die, he dies.
**[14:49] Chise**
No!
**[14:51] Ruth**
It's fine.
**[14:52] Ruth**
I've seen inside you, so I know.
**[15:01] Chise**
Don't you need to wait for Isabel?
**[15:07] Joseph**
There you guys are.
**[15:10] Renfred**
Cartaphilus!
**[15:12] Joseph**
I told you not to call me that!
**[15:29] Joseph**
You're so mean.
**[15:31] Joseph**
I'd gotten used to that arm. How inconvenient.
**[15:34] Joseph**
I won't give your arm back.
**[15:37] Renfred**
I don't want an arm that's been
used as an ingredient for a freak.
**[15:42] Joseph**
Hey, he's taken on a dog's form.
**[15:45] Joseph**
That makes him an easier target.
**[15:46] Ruth**
Please, Chise.
**[15:47] ---**
*If you die, he dies.*
**[15:50] Ruth**
I don't want him to take me.
**[15:52] Ruth**
I don't want to be here.
**[15:53] Ruth**
I'd rather be your...
**[15:59] Chise**
It's okay.
**[16:01] Chise**
I don't want to be alone anymore, either.
**[16:19] Ruth**
Continue after me.
**[16:23] Ruth**
Tie now the silver thread.
**[16:33] Chise**
Tie now the roots of our veins.
**[16:39] Ruth**
The holly, so that we may not be separated.
**[16:44] Chise**
The ivy, so that we may not come apart.
**[16:47] Chise**
Tie to the yew tree seven times.
**[16:51] Chise**
Until the day the snake spits out its tail.
**[17:06] Ruth**
Chise, give me a new name.
**[17:11] Ruth**
Take me by your side.
**[17:18] Chise**
Come,
**[17:21] Chise**
Ruth.
**[18:07] Joseph**
Oh, dear.
**[18:09] Joseph**
He woke up from his dream of being human.
**[18:15] Ruth**
Good night, Isabel.
**[18:27] Ruth**
Wait for me until my time with her is over.
**[18:38] Joseph**
Too bad.
**[18:39] Joseph**
So you belong to her now, huh?
**[18:42] Joseph**
Undoing a pact is such a pain.
**[18:45] Renfred**
Why don't you back off, then?
**[18:47] Joseph**
Yeah.
**[18:48] Joseph**
I will.
**[18:50] Joseph**
What's with that look?
**[18:52] Joseph**
You learn to give up quickly
when you live for a long time.
**[18:57] Renfred**
What is the purpose that drives you?
**[19:00] Joseph**
To live without suffering.
**[19:03] Joseph**
I'm sick of rotting away until an end
that I don't even know will come.
**[19:09] Joseph**
It hurts.
**[19:10] Joseph**
It's painful.
**[19:11] Joseph**
Huh?
**[19:12] Joseph**
But why is my body like this?
**[19:14] Renfred**
You don't mind making others
suffer for your sake?
**[19:19] Joseph**
That's right.
**[19:20] Joseph**
Isn't that how living things are?
**[19:25] Elias**
If that's what you think, you're
neither human nor beast.
**[19:29] Elias**
You're nothing but a monster in
human form, Cartaphilus.
**[19:35] Joseph**
My name is Joseph, little boy.
**[19:42] Joseph**
See you around.
**[19:48] Renfred**
He's like a natural disaster.
**[19:51] Elias**
At least disasters are knowable.
**[19:55] Elias**
Cartaphilus...
**[19:58] Renfred**
It's said that the Son of God cursed
him so that he can never die.
**[20:04] Renfred**
He's a monster that roams aimlessly,
driven only to satiate his curiosity.
**[20:11] Elias**
And what happened was the result of
being chosen by that monster.
**[20:17] Elias**
Just why?
**[20:19] Renfred**
My head may have flown if I'd refused.
**[20:22] Renfred**
I had no choice.
**[20:24] Elias**
I see.
**[20:27] Renfred**
You.
**[20:28] Renfred**
Have you met him before?
**[20:30] Elias**
*Him*?
**[20:31] Elias**
No way.
**[20:34] Renfred**
I see.
**[20:36] Elias**
Be careful on your way home.
**[20:38] Renfred**
I don't need you to worry for me.
**[20:42] Renfred**
We're going.
**[20:43] Alice**
Okay!
**[20:48] Blue Flame**
Now, then.
**[20:49] Blue Flame**
I have to send them off.
**[21:12] Elias**
You sure are a hard worker.
**[21:14] Blue Flame**
My job is to send the living to the swamp.
**[21:18] Blue Flame**
But my job is also to see the dead
off to the gates to the other side.
**[21:24] Blue Flame**
This one is artificial, but being so,
it'll bear an artificial soul.
**[21:38] Blue Flame**
See you!
**[21:45] Elias**
Well, we'd better head home, too.
**[21:48] Elias**
I can explain things to you tomorrow.
**[21:51] Elias**
You must be tired.
**[21:52] Chise**
Yes.
**[21:54] Elias**
Your scolding will come
when we get home, too.
**[21:56] Chise**
Okay.
**[21:58] Chise**
Ruth.
**[22:01] Chise**
Let's go home together, Ruth.
**[22:07] Ruth**
Yeah.
**[22:10] Ruth**
From now on, where you go
home is where I go home.
**[23:55] Chise**
A new friend.
**[23:57] Chise**
A brief, peaceful rest.
**[24:00] Chise**
The girl steps into a beautiful rose garden,
her mind still burdened by her troubles.
**[24:06] (A)**
Speak of me, and I'll eat you.
**[24:09] ---**