E16 - The Divine Palace

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[00:01] Narrator
    The Earth Clan has abducted Kira to use
    her as a vessel for the Flickering Flame.
[00:09] Narrator
    Carrying one of three petitions,
[00:12] Narrator
    Koushi leaves Roroku and makes
    his own way to the divine palace.
[00:17] Narrator
    In the dark forest, Touko, Akira,
    and Kun find the insect they seek,
[00:22] Narrator
    and with Kanata, they leave the trees
    behind and also head for the palace.
SIGN    The Fire Hunter
SIGN    The Fire Hunter
SIGN    The Fire Hunter
SIGN    The Divine
    Palace
SIGN    The Divine
    Palace
[02:04] Hitoo
    You say you worked with skyfire?
[02:09] Hitoo
    That's big.
[02:12] Hitoo
    You need to think carefully about
    how to use such a massive flame.
[02:18] Hitoo
    You thought up a way to make lightning.
[02:22] Hitoo
    But you mustn't stop there.
[02:25] Hitoo
    Keep at it. Think longer and harder.
[02:28] Hitoo
    If you need advice,
    I'll give you all the help I can this time.
[02:32] Hitoo
    Hm? Is that...
[02:39] Koushi
    Hinako!
[02:44] Koushi
    I found you.
[02:59] Koushi
    Kiri.
[03:01] Kiri
    Don't act so friendly, mole.
[03:09] Koushi
    I'm glad you're...
[03:11] Kiri
    Mukuge and Gomuju are dead.
[03:14] Kiri
    I think Yanagi made it out,
    but with a body like hers...
[03:21] Kiri
    Hurry up and go somewhere else.
[03:25] Kiri
    There's no one here but the dead.
[03:29] Koushi
    Kiri, can you guess where
     Yanagi might have gone?
[03:35] Kiri
    Probably.
[03:37] Koushi
    Then let's go there.
[03:40] Kiri
    She'll be with Kunugi.
    A giant like him will be easy to spot.
[03:46] Koushi
    Who's Kunugi?
[03:47] Kiri
    When you came to the
    forbidden quarter that time,
[03:51] Kiri
    he was right in front of you,
    but I guess you didn't notice.
[03:57] Hitoo
    Koushi.
[04:01] Hitoo
    I think that pit may mark where
    something emerged from below ground.
SIGN    Kunugi
[04:51] Akira
    Damn. Back to square one again.
[04:54] Akira
    Touko. Kun. Stay close to me.
[05:05] Touko
    Ms. Akira, um, about
    those voices in the forest...
[05:09] Kun
    I heard them, too.
[05:11] Akira
    They might be right.
[05:14] Akira
    Fiends don't have
    cunning minds like humans.
[05:20] Akira
    At least, when a fiend comes at a human,
    it can only mean a fight to the death.
[05:27] Akira
    I might be able to relax more
    in the forest than anywhere else.
[05:40] Touko
    There's that symbol again.
[05:43] Akira
    Yeah. Markers for the spiders.
[05:46] Akira
    Looks like this place isn't safe, either.
[05:56] Akira
    Who's there?
[06:05] Akira
    Are you factory workers?
[06:08] Akira
    Did you get stranded?
[06:15] Boy
    Dad.
[06:49] Akira
    You fool!
[06:50] Akira
    Do you want to take
    the kid out with you?!
[07:01] Man
    I was so close.
[07:03] Man
    Just a little longer, and I could
    have freed him from this world.
[07:09] Akira
    "Freed" him?
[07:11] Man
    He could have departed this
    cursed world and been reborn
[07:17] Man
    in a body that won't burn.
[07:26] Man
    May the spiders burn you,
    running dog of the gods.
[07:31] Akira
    I'm not one of the capital's fire hunters.
[07:41] Akira
    Let's go.
[07:47] Kiri
    I know I shouldn't complain
    when I'm leaning on you,
[07:50] Kiri
    but you sure are weak.
[07:53] Koushi
    You're right. You're the last person
    I want to hear that from right now.
[07:58] Koushi
    Let's go.
[08:05] Koushi
    Let's go, Hina—
[08:09] Koushi
    Hinako?
[08:16] Koushi
    Hinako, leave that thing behind.
[08:40] Touko
    Who were those people?
[08:42] Akira
    A couple of firestarters who fell
     for the spiders' empty promises.
[08:47] Touko
    Was it a good idea to just leave them?
[08:50] Akira
    People like that never listen to reason.
[08:54] Akira
    They've suffered for too long.
[08:58] Akira
    So they cling to what they want to hear
[09:02] Akira
    and throw away their families' lives
     along with their own.
SIGN    Kaho
[09:27] Touko
    Kaho?
[09:28] Kun
    Kaho!
[09:30] Akira
    Kaho?
[09:40] Kaho
    I thought I'd never see you again.
     Thank goodness.
[09:45] Akira
    Kaho, what are you doing in a place like this?
[09:52] Touko
    Why... Why are you here?
[09:56] Kaho
    Some of the townsfolk came here
    to help the wounded fire hunters.
[10:01] Kaho
    I followed them.
[10:03] Akira
    Are you part of a collection truck crew?
[10:09] Crewman C
    You must think we're a bit old for it.
[10:12] Akira
    Oh, well...
[10:14] Crewman C
    You see how it is.
    They called up anyone with experience.
[10:19] Akira
    This area isn't safe.
[10:22] Crewman C
    We know.
[10:24] Crewman C
    But for the villagers' sake,
    we need to get the trucks moving soon.
[10:32] Crewman D
    The last convoy never
    came back from the forest.
[10:36] Crewman E
    They say a dragon attacked it
    and killed the whole crew.
[10:41] Crewman C
    Shouzou gave us the gist of things,
    including about what you're trying to do.
[10:48] Crewman D
    Kaho here demanded we take her
    to the factories. She's a real firecracker.
[10:57] Kaho
    Shouzou said I had to tell you
    something if we ran into you, Akira.
[11:02] Kaho
    A lot of the townsfolk believe humans
    will be saved if we listen to the spiders.
[11:11] Kaho
    No one knows what's going on, so they've
    all started believing the same thing.
[11:17] Kaho
    If this keeps up, it'll be a disaster.
[11:21] Kaho
    Akira. He said, "Tell the red-haired
    fire hunter to become the new lord."
[11:28] Kaho
    And that everyone needs
    something they can believe in.
[11:38] Crewman D
    Shouzou sounded like he really
    thought you could pull it off.
[11:44] Crewman D
    Akira, wasn't it?
[11:50] Crewman C
    The capital's a hellhole.
    I lost my wife and kids to factory toxins.
[11:58] Crewman C
    I did heavier work than any of them,
    covered in oil in the repair center,
[12:05] Crewman C
    but I'm the only one who survived.
[12:08] Crewman C
    My friends died horribly, too.
[12:11] Crewman C
    I always wished we could at least
    live and die like people in this city,
[12:17] Crewman C
    and I got old still wishing.
[12:21] Crewman C
    So please.
[12:28] Kaho
    Here, Kun. Food.
[12:30] Kaho
    It's from Shouzou's mom.
[12:33] Kaho
    You'd better make it back, Touko.
[12:36] Touko
    I will.
[12:49] Touko
    Ms. Akira.
[12:50] Akira
    Keep quiet and walk.
[13:34] Hibana
    I thought I recognized you.
[13:39] Hibana
    That dog...
[13:41] Hibana
    That dog brought all the misfortune with it.
[13:46] Hibana
    I knew I loathed animals for a reason.
[13:55] Akira
    You're Mrs. Okibi, aren't you?
[13:59] Akira
    Don't tell me the gods got to you, too?
[14:06] Hibana
    Where's Kira?
[14:09] Hibana
    Where has my daughter been taken?
[14:12] Hibana
    Do you work for them, too?
[14:16] Hibana
    You wormed your way into my house
    and my husband's good graces,
[14:21] Hibana
    you flea-bitten she-fox!
[14:24] Akira
    I don't work for the divine clans.
[14:27] Akira
    They've taken Kira to their palace.
[14:30] Akira
    We're going there to get her back,
    so stay out of our way.
[14:34] Hibana
    You can't possibly imagine how it felt,
[14:37] Hibana
    clawing my way out of the slums
    so I could take my place in that house.
[14:44] Akira
    Like I care. Don't give me your sob stories.
[14:48] Akira
    I can't stand that even if we save Kira,
    she'll end up back in that house.
[14:54] Akira
    How can you live with that man?
[14:56] Hibana
    When poverty left me all skin
    and bones, he gave me meat.
[15:03] Hibana
    He told me to eat up and get pretty.
[15:07] Hibana
    So I followed him.
[15:09] Hibana
    I thought that if I could live with him,
    looking down on the city's riffraff,
[15:15] Hibana
    I could be human, too.
[15:18] Touko
    Ms. Akira...
[15:20] Hibana
    I failed to become a person.
[15:23] Touko
    Ma'am, stop it!
[15:24] Touko
    Aren't you going to help Ms. Kira?
[15:27] Touko
    Aren't you on your way to get her?
[15:31] Akira
    Get back, Touko!
[15:33] Akira
    She's out of her mind.
[15:45] Touko
    Stop!
[15:47] Hibana
    Die!
[16:06] Kun
    I'll kill anyone who picks on her.
[16:18] Akira
    Temari.
[16:23] Akira
    So you made it, too.
SIGN    Koushi, Hinako, Kiri... Kunugi
[17:08] Koushi
    This is Kunugi?
[17:20] Kiri
    Yanagi!
[17:31] Ruri-Matsuri
    So two treefolk from the garden remain, hm?
[17:40] Kiri
    That's Ruri-Matsuri of the
    Wood Clan who made us.
[17:47] Kiri
    Go away! What do you want after all this time?
[17:50] Ruri-Matsuri
    I came because it's been so long.
[17:54] Ruri-Matsuri
    Plus, treefolk who belong in
    the forbidden quarter are roaming about.
[17:59] Ruri-Matsuri
    True, you can't live away from that place.
[18:05] Ruri-Matsuri
    But I still need to clean up
    after my creations.
[18:10] Kiri
    Shuyu, Mukuge, Gomuju, even Yanagi...
[18:14] Kiri
    All your failures are dead.
[18:17] Kiri
    Kunugi and I don't have long, either.
[18:20] Kiri
    What's left to "clean up"?
[18:23] Ruri-Matsuri
    Aren't you the human
    who made that lightning?
[18:29] Ruri-Matsuri
    You made quite a dent in
    the spiders' numbers. Well done.
[18:35] Koushi
    What happened to the
    Flickering Flame after that?
[18:39] Ruri-Matsuri
    What do you want with her?
[18:42] Ruri-Matsuri
    The Flickering Flame is dangerous.
[18:44] Ruri-Matsuri
    We need to shut her down and bury her
    deep underground as soon as she returns.
[18:51] Ruri-Matsuri
    But the Fire Clan, the spiders,
    and the humans all want her.
[18:58] Ruri-Matsuri
    No one in this world now
    can tame the fire inside her.
[19:03] Ruri-Matsuri
    Not even the spiders
     who have nullified combustion.
[19:07] Ruri-Matsuri
    They all talk about prolonging this world.
[19:11] Ruri-Matsuri
    Those Earth Clan fools
    found a girl to serve as a vessel.
[19:16] Ruri-Matsuri
    The Water Clan remade
    humans into something new.
[19:22] Ruri-Matsuri
    Like that girl, I believe.
[19:27] Koushi
    Hinako.
[19:29] Koushi
    What's wrong? Do you feel sick?
[19:31] Ruri-Matsuri
    The drugs must have worn off.
[19:34] Ruri-Matsuri
    You see, the Water Clan's methods
    don't rebuild bodies from the ground up.
[19:41] Ruri-Matsuri
    They need to keep taking medicine
    to sustain themselves.
[19:45] Ruri-Matsuri
    Their pointless struggles
    only create more busywork.
[19:52] Koushi
    Hinako!
[19:53] Koushi
    Hang in there, Hinako!
[20:10] Kunugi
    Your business is over there, mole!
[21:12] Koushi
    Hinako. Hinako!
[21:15] Takimi
    She isn't dead. Please rest easy.
[21:20] Koushi
    You...
[21:23] Takimi
    I realize this outfit doesn't suit me,
    but it is customary in the palace.
[21:30] Takimi
    Don't worry.
    The test subject will soon recover.
[21:37] Koushi
    Takimi!
[21:40] Takimi
    Please give me the subject.
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