E2 - The Three Brides

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[00:02] Narrator
    Humans hunt flame fiends and
    harvest the fire within them,
[00:07] Narrator
    then build their lives around it.
[00:11] Narrator
    Touko sets out for the capital, home
    to Koushi, a man she does not know yet.
SIGN    The Fire Hunter
SIGN    The Fire Hunter
SIGN    The Fire Hunter
SIGN    The Three Brides
SIGN    The Three Brides
[02:09] Hotaru
    Oh, you're awake!
[02:12] Benio
    Don't talk to her out of the blue, Hotaru.
     The dog won't like it if you startle her.
[02:21] Benio
    I couldn't believe it.
[02:22] Benio
    You puked and passed out
    as soon as you got on.
[02:27] Hotaru
    Here, have some water.
[02:40] Hotaru
    I'm Hotaru.
[02:41] Hotaru
    This is Benio.
[02:45] Hotaru
    And that girl over there is Kaho.
[02:55] Hotaru
    We're all getting rides to other villages.
[03:00] Hotaru
    We're off to be married.
[03:02] Touko
    You're getting married?
[03:04] Touko
    That's why you're on the collection truck?
[03:07] Benio
    But you're not here as a bride, are you?
[03:17] Touko
    I'm going to the capital.
[03:21] Benio
    To the capital? What for?
[03:24] Touko
    S-Someone died because of me.
[03:28] Touko
    I'm going to return his things.
[03:34] Benio
    What's your name? How old are you?
[03:38] Touko
    Touko. I'm 11.
[03:43] Sakuroku
    You awake, twerp? Come with me.
[03:46] Touko
    O-Okay.
[03:47] Sakuroku
    Leave your bag.
[03:50] Sakuroku
    The dog can come if it won't leave you.
[03:53] Touko
    Ah, wait for...
[03:56] Touko
    Please take care of this.
[03:58] Hotaru
    Sure.
[04:00] Narrator
    Collection trucks connected
    the scattered villages,
[04:03] Narrator
    bringing precious goods made
    in the capital's factories to them.
[04:08] Narrator
    To the inhabitants of this world,
    they were a lifeline.
[04:15] Narrator
    In exchange for the safe light
    and warmth of bottled lightning,
[04:19] Narrator
    each village would send its unique
    products and offerings to the capital.
[04:25] Narrator
    The trucks ferried goods and news
    between villages, but that wasn't all.
[04:33] Narrator
    They were the last thread linking the
    humans isolated within protective wards.
[04:42] Sakuroku
    This is the engine room.
[04:44] Sakuroku
    Hey, Shouzou!
[04:46] Shouzou
    Huh?
[04:48] Sakuroku
    We picked up this twerp in the
    village yesterday. Put her to work.
[04:52] Shouzou
    What?
[04:54] Shouzou
    Why me? I've already got a lot on my plate.
[04:57] Sakuroku
    Can it. She's your problem now,
    and that's that.
[05:11] Shouzou
    Follow me.
[05:12] Shouzou
    I hear you got saddled
    with a dead fire hunter's stuff.
[05:16] Shouzou
    Tough luck for a kid like you.
[05:19] Touko
    It's my fault the fire hunter died.
[05:24] Shouzou
    I'd sell the sickle to a passing hunter for a
    tidy sum and keep the hound as a guard dog.
[05:31] Shouzou
    You villagers sure are honest.
[05:33] Shouzou
    'Course, it's better for
    the factories that way.
[05:40] Shouzou
    Scrub it nice and clean.
[05:41] Touko
    Okay...
[05:44] Shouzou
    There's more after this one.
[06:05] Shouzou
    You oughta know me by now.
[06:08] Shouzou
    Dogs are supposed to be quick learners.
[06:12] Shouzou
    You're done here.
[06:13] Shouzou
    Go back to your room and eat.
[06:18] Touko
    Um, do you know where Mr. Enji is?
[06:24] Shouzou
    Sorry, but Enji's on the other truck, Car 2.
[06:30] Shouzou
    He's good with people.
[06:33] Shouzou
    But over here, we've got that scary old chief.
[06:43] Benio
    You reek!
[06:48] Hotaru
    Your food's here.
[06:50] Hotaru
    We already ate.
[07:15] Kaho
    I don't need it.
[07:17] Touko
    But...
[07:19] Kaho
    I don't!
[07:21] Hotaru
    That's no good, Kaho. You have to eat.
[07:25] Hotaru
    Or you'll starve to death
     before your wedding.
[07:28] Hotaru
    And if we die on the truck, then...
[07:34] Hotaru
    what are we here for?
[07:38] Benio
    They packed us off as brides
    to get rid of curses.
[07:42] Touko
    Get rid of curses?
[07:45] Hotaru
    My village made pottery.
[07:50] Hotaru
    Like bowls and teacups, you know?
[07:52] Hotaru
    Except lately, the clay's been no good.
[07:56] Hotaru
    It runs through your fingers
    like fiend blood.
[08:00] Hotaru
    The old folks read the omens
    and said it was a curse.
[08:04] Hotaru
    The treefolk wouldn't take me
    far enough away for them,
[08:10] Hotaru
    so they put me on this truck.
[08:12] Benio
    Same story here.
[08:15] Benio
    My village works bamboo.
    The whole place is one big grove.
[08:19] Benio
    And this year, it refuses to grow.
[08:22] Benio
    It doesn't normally need any help from us,
    but this crop rots as soon as it sprouts.
[08:28] Benio
    I got the same deal as Hotaru.
[08:30] Benio
    As if marrying me off would lift any curse.
[08:35] Benio
    I could've done the work of
    five men if they'd just left me alone.
[08:40] Benio
    Kaho's in the same boat.
[08:42] Benio
    Her village mines pretty rocks.
[08:46] Benio
    Ah, I'm bored to tears on this thing.
[08:50] Benio
    You're lucky they let you work, Touko.
[08:53] Benio
    Food doesn't taste right when you don't.
[08:56] Benio
    I love to work. Being holed up in this
    little room doesn't suit me one bit.
[09:09] Benio
    Hurry up and eat!
[09:10] Benio
    This has to be easier on
    a mutt like you than it is on us.
[09:15] Benio
    Don't growl like you own the place.
    Mind your manners!
[09:28] Hotaru
    You're so funny, Benio.
[09:30] Hotaru
    You showed Touko's dog who's boss.
[09:33] Hotaru
    That makes you the head honcho.
[09:36] Benio
    Come on, Hotaru. Laugh or cry,
    but don't do both.
[09:41] Hotaru
    But Benio, look. It's eating.
[09:45] Hotaru
    Look, Touko.
[09:55] Touko
    Kanata?
[09:57] Hotaru
    Could it be a dog whistle?
[10:01] Hotaru
    There's a fire hunter
    aboard the other truck.
[10:05] Hotaru
    They say he orders his hound around
    with a whistle that only dogs can hear.
[10:13] Hotaru
    I bet Kanata can hear it, too.
[10:17] Benio
    Do you want to work, too?
[10:33] Kaho
    You're too loud.
[10:36] Touko
    I'm sorry. Was I snoring?
[10:39] Kaho
    No. You kept groaning in your sleep.
[10:44] Kaho
    Here. This fell out of your bag
    when you got on.
[10:48] Kaho
    Those two wouldn't stop yapping
    long enough for me to give it back.
[10:52] Kaho
    Well, you have it now.
[10:54] Kaho
    You barely talk when you're awake,
    but in your sleep, you never shut up.
SIGN    Rin
SIGN    Tokohanahime
SIGN    Rin
SIGN    Koushi
[12:29] Koushi
    I received this letter.
[12:31] Koushi
    Haijuu the fire hunter is my father.
    I believe you've hosted him here before.
[12:36] Butler
    We have been expecting you, sir.
    Right this way.
[12:45] Butler
    My master, Yuoshichi,
    will be with you shortly.
[13:07] Yuoshichi
    I was devastated to hear what happened.
[13:10] Yuoshichi
    Your poor mother.
    And while your father is away, too.
[13:14] Yuoshichi
    My sincerest condolences.
[13:17] Yuoshichi
    I've been indebted to your father,
     Haijuu, for many years.
[13:22] Yuoshichi
    Your mother's health troubled me,
    but I never expected such a sharp decline.
[13:31] Koushi
    I have a younger sister.
[13:34] Koushi
    She's ill, but I'm a student
    and I don't have a job yet.
[13:40] Koushi
    Could you please find it in your heart
    to let me work in your factory?
[13:45] Yuoshichi
    Oh, I didn't reach out to you children
    because I want to put you to work.
[13:52] Yuoshichi
    Tell me, how would you like to live here?
[13:57] Koushi
    What?
[13:58] Yuoshichi
    It's better than it once was,
    but the capital is still far from safe.
[14:03] Yuoshichi
    I'll give both of you rooms
    in my house. What do you say?
[14:08] Koushi
    Apprentice quarters?
[14:10] Yuoshichi
    Actually, I'd like to welcome you
    to be part of the family.
[14:15] Koushi
    I'm deeply grateful, but I can't
    presume upon your generosity.
[14:20] Yuoshichi
    I realize this is sudden.
    You must be confused.
[14:24] Yuoshichi
    But think it over carefully.
[14:26] Yuoshichi
    Whether you work or stay in school,
    your sister will be alone all day.
[14:33] Yuoshichi
    If you join me here,
    I can get her a good doctor.
[14:39] Yuoshichi
    I can find you a tutor and even
    get you a pass to the central archive.
[14:48] Yuoshichi
    And...
[14:50] Yuoshichi
    You'll have free rein to use
    the skyfire your father left behind.
[14:57] Koushi
    Skyfire?
SIGN    Skyfire
[15:00] Yuoshichi
    Haijuu once told me he'd stockpiled
    skyfire in his home for a rainy day.
[15:09] Yuoshichi
    Though, by law, all skyfire and fiendfire
    must go to our rulers, the divine clans.
SIGN    Divine Clans
[15:19] Yuoshichi
    Koushi, your father left the capital
    because he sensed times were changing.
[15:26] Yuoshichi
    The government of this land
    is likely on its last legs.
[15:31] Yuoshichi
    You must know about it. Unlike the fire
    harvested from fiends in the dark forest,
[15:38] Yuoshichi
    skyfire only comes from fallbeasts,
    the fiends of the air.
SIGN    Fallbeasts
[15:43] Yuoshichi
    And it is far more potent
    than ordinary fiendfire.
[15:49] Yuoshichi
    It doesn't burn. It explodes.
[15:52] Yuoshichi
    Even a little of it makes excellent fuel.
[15:56] Yuoshichi
    And only a handful of the very best
    fire hunters can harvest fallbeasts.
SIGN    Fire Hunters
[16:01] Yuoshichi
    Hunters like your father, Haijuu.
[16:05] Yuoshichi
    Unfortunately, using skyfire is
    beyond my factory's technicians.
[16:11] Yuoshichi
    But I believe you can reinvent
    bottled lightning for a new purpose.
[16:19] Koushi
    A new type of bottled lightning?
SIGN    Bottled Lightning
[16:24] Yuoshichi
    Use all the funds and materials you want.
[16:28] Yuoshichi
    I share your father's premonition.
    This nation will soon falter.
[16:38] Yuoshichi
    When it does, we need the strength
    to defend ourselves and our villages.
[16:45] Koushi
    Please tell me one thing.
[16:48] Koushi
    Why get me to use the skyfire?
    Wouldn't an expert be better for this?
[16:53] Koushi
    It's dangerous, and I'm still a student.
    My knowledge is limited.
[17:00] Koushi
    If you help my sister, I would be happy
    to give you the skyfire my father left.
[17:08] Yuoshichi
    No, I doubt anyone is
    better suited to the task.
[17:13] Yuoshichi
    Forgive me, but I took the
    liberty of investigating you.
[17:18] Yuoshichi
    You weren't born into wealth,
    but you received a scholarship to the academy
[17:26] Yuoshichi
    because they saw you had
    a talent that others lack:
[17:32] Yuoshichi
    the potential not just to learn,
    but to create new things.
[17:37] Yuoshichi
    And above all, that fire
    is your father's legacy.
SIGN    Touko
[18:13] Benio
    Uh, we're in the middle of breakfast...
[18:19] Enzen
    You're a good hound.
[18:21] Enzen
    I'm going hunting. Join me.
[18:24] Touko
    Huh?
[18:26] Enzen
    Come. Hunt with my hound, Izumo.
[18:45] Sakuroku
    We just need enough to get by.
     Don't overdo it. Be careful.
[18:50] Enzen
    We only work because there's danger.
[18:54] Benio
    Who does he think he is? I can't stand him.
[19:00] Hotaru
    Oh no!
[19:01] Hotaru
    Kaho's gone! I think she went outside.
[19:10] Benio
    What's wrong with that girl?!
[19:14] Touko
    Kanata!
[19:18] Touko
    Please leave this open!
     I'll bring Kaho back!
[19:25] Hotaru
    Touko!
[19:35] Touko
    Kaho!
[19:36] Touko
    Kaho!
[19:40] Touko
    K-Kaho!
[20:19] Touko
    Kanata.
[20:37] Touko
    K-Kaho!
[20:58] Enzen
    Kanata! Izumo! Well done!
[21:39] Enzen
    You nitwit!
[21:41] Enzen
    I'd chew the other girl out, too,
    if she weren't hurt.
[21:49] Enzen
    Don't snarl at me.
[21:51] Enzen
    This kid's not your master.
[21:54] Enzen
    She's just your chaperone to the capital.
[22:00] Sakuroku
    Never go outside without permission.
[22:03] Sakuroku
    The lives of the whole crew
     depend on our rules.
[22:10] Sakuroku
    Sorry, twerp, but I can't keep you on board.
[22:14] Sakuroku
    Get off at the next village
     with one of the brides.
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