# E5 - The Spider Child
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**[00:01] Narrator**
*This world is home to humans who fear fire,*
**[00:04] Narrator**
* and flame fiends who harbor*
* a new form of fire within them.*
**[00:09] Narrator**
* The fire hunter known as Haijuu died,*
* leaving behind his sickle and his dog, Kanata.*
**[00:13] Narrator**
* To return them to his family,*
* Touko journeys to the capital.*
***SIGN*** The Fire Hunter
***SIGN*** The Fire Hunter
***SIGN*** The Fire Hunter
***SIGN*** The Spider Child
***SIGN*** The Spider Child
**[01:51] Kaho**
Come on, put me down. I can walk now.
**[01:54] Shouzou**
Stop whining and just sit tight. You're not
well enough yet. You'll get tired in no time.
**[01:59] Shouzou**
Hey, kid. What are you gonna do next?
**[02:02] Touko**
I'm going to the capital.
**[02:04] Touko**
I need to give Kanata and the
fire hunter's things back to his family.
**[02:08] Shouzou**
That's easy to say, but you'll never
make it there walking through this forest.
**[02:13] Touko**
But that's why I left my village.
**[02:17] Shouzou**
I mean, I wanna get back home, too.
**[02:20] Shouzou**
My family needs money.
**[02:22] Shouzou**
Crewing a collection truck is risky,
but the pay's good.
**[02:40] Kaho**
We're here.
**[02:41] Shouzou**
Yeah.
**[02:44] Kaho**
What's this?
**[02:46] Shouzou**
A blow dart?
**[03:25] Touko**
Kanata!
**[03:28] Akira**
Don't chase him! Come back!
**[03:44] Akira**
A factory worker with treefolk?
You don't see that every day.
**[03:49] Treefolk Woman**
They seem to have left.
**[03:53] Treefolk Man**
They won't be back for a while.
**[04:00] Touko**
Kanata!
**[04:04] Shouzou**
Say, that's a fire hunter's sickle, isn't it?
**[04:08] Kaho**
So that dog... is a hunting hound?
**[04:14] Touko**
*A fire hunter.*
**[04:36] Village Woman A**
Akira.
***SIGN*** Akira
**[04:43] Village Woman A**
We quit working in our workshops at night,
**[04:47] Village Woman A**
but we can't let the fires go out,
**[04:49] Village Woman A**
meaning we need more of it than
we can buy from the collection trucks.
**[04:53] Village Woman A**
That's why we turn to
roaming fire hunters like Akira.
**[05:01] Village Woman A**
The trucks give us a
fair price for our wares,
**[05:06] Village Woman A**
but it's not enough to keep us going.
**[05:09] Village Woman A**
Oh, but should I be saying this?
You *are* from the capital.
**[05:13] Shouzou**
Huh? Oh.
**[05:15] Shouzou**
Well, it's true that I'm from the capital,
but I don't know much about trucks.
**[05:21] Akira**
The details can wait till tomorrow.
**[05:24] Village Woman A**
Oh?
**[05:25] Akira**
They must all be exhausted,
especially after that attack.
**[05:29] Village Woman A**
How inconsiderate of me.
**[05:33] Shouzou**
We need to pay them.
Do you have anything we can trade?
**[05:36] Touko**
I have muku paper.
**[05:38] Shouzou**
Whoa! Nice going.
**[05:41] Shouzou**
I'll take a bit.
**[05:42] Touko**
Uh...
**[05:43] Shouzou**
Just a little.
**[05:46] Village Woman A**
Goodness gracious! Is that...
**[05:48] Village Woman A**
Grandpa! Look at this! It's muku paper!
**[05:51] Village Woman A**
This is what the gods write on.
**[05:54] Touko**
But Mr. Shouzou, shouldn't we tell them?
**[05:58] Touko**
This village must be waiting
eagerly for the trucks to come.
**[06:01] Shouzou**
It's not like we can do anything for them.
**[06:05] Shouzou**
Telling these villagers
would just cause unease.
**[06:10] Akira**
I saw some newly wrecked trucks
as I wandered this way from the west.
**[06:15] Akira**
I'm guessing you were on them.
**[06:18] Akira**
You can tell me the whole story
while we soak in the tub.
**[06:22] Akira**
Just us women.
**[06:30] Akira**
Those two could use a bath, too.
**[06:36] Kaho**
The doctor told me you ran
out of the truck to rescue me.
**[06:43] Kaho**
And that man carried me
on his back all the way here.
**[06:48] Kaho**
Touko, if you're going to
the capital, I'll join you.
**[06:52] Kaho**
I want all three of us to go together.
**[06:55] Akira**
How about all *four* of us?
**[06:59] Akira**
If the capital's your
destination, I'll help you.
**[07:02] Shouzou**
Hey! What the hell?!
**[07:02] Akira**
From here, you have to go through
the forest to get anywhere.
**[07:06] Akira**
And it looks like you've got spiders
after you as well as flame fiends.
**[07:12] Akira**
The treefolk will help you
if you run into them,
**[07:15] Akira**
but you can't count on them all the time.
**[07:18] Akira**
So trying to make it to the capital
on your own is basically suicide.
**[07:22] Akira**
Temari and I could
protect you on the journey.
**[07:32] Touko**
Um...
**[07:35] Akira**
You're quick on the uptake.
**[07:36] Akira**
And yes, I'll only do it for
some of that muku paper.
**[07:40] Akira**
I don't want any trouble,
so we'll leave early tomorrow morning.
**[07:44] Touko**
But what will Mr. Shouzou say?
**[07:48] Akira**
He doesn't have a death wish.
**[07:50] Akira**
This deal will help him, too,
and the payment is your muku paper.
**[07:55] Akira**
Why should he complain?
**[08:06] Akira**
The capital's about 7,000 units south of here.
**[08:10] Shouzou**
Sure, more or less.
**[08:13] Akira**
We'll cut through the forest to the sea,
then take a boat the rest of the way.
**[08:19] Akira**
If all goes well, it'll take us three days.
**[08:22] Shouzou**
You have a boat?
**[08:24] Akira**
There's a boat in the bay
that any fire hunter may use.
**[08:28] Akira**
We trade with each other for
what we need, when we need it.
**[08:34] Akira**
Of course, the boat ain't free.
**[08:43] Akira**
Hey, how many sheets of
muku paper you got left?
**[08:46] Touko**
I had half a sheaf, so five in total,
but I gave one to the villagers yesterday.
**[08:53] Akira**
That leaves four, then.
It'd be a shame to waste them.
**[08:59] Akira**
Guess I'll hunt on the way.
**[09:01] Touko**
Um, you're a fire hunter, right, Ms. Akira?
**[09:05] Touko**
Have you seen this dog before?
Its name is Kanata.
**[09:09] Touko**
Do you know the fire hunter it belonged to?
**[09:12] Akira**
Kanata?
**[09:14] Akira**
Sorry. Not ringing any bells.
**[09:17] Akira**
Your name's Touko, right?
**[09:19] Akira**
How did you come to
travel with that dog?
**[09:27] Akira**
That fire hunter might have
been after the same thing I am.
**[09:32] Touko**
Muku paper?
**[09:33] Akira**
Yeah.
**[09:34] Touko**
What use would you and
that fire hunter have for it?
**[09:42] Akira**
I want to write a letter.
**[09:45] Akira**
Strange things are happening
in villages all over.
**[09:48] Akira**
That's why yours sent you off
to become a bride, right, Kaho?
**[09:53] Akira**
I bet the world is gonna be changing
in a big way before too much longer.
**[09:58] Shouzou**
How can you tell that?
**[10:01] Akira**
Because the Millennial Comet,
the Flickering Flame, is coming home.
**[10:06] Touko**
The Flickering Flame?
**[10:25] Kaho**
A child?
**[10:26] Shouzou**
What would a kid be doing out here?
**[10:29] Akira**
Temari! Kanata! Stand guard here!
***SIGN*** Koushi
**[11:21] Koushi**
Hinako!
**[11:27] Koushi**
Hinako, put that down! Don't touch it!
**[11:47] Fire Hunter B**
Well, look who it is!
You're Haijuu's boy, right?
**[11:51] Fire Hunter A**
What's wrong? You're covered in sweat
and seem to be in a daze. Are you drunk?
**[11:56] Koushi**
Oh, no, I'm just not feeling too well.
**[11:59] Fire Hunter C**
What was Haijuu thinking, running off
and leaving his sick wife like that?
**[12:03] Fire Hunter c**
Must've been hard on you and your sister.
**[12:06] Fire Hunter D**
He always loved long journeys.
Probably off hunting somewhere as we speak.
**[12:07] Koushi**
*It wasn't real. I was dreaming.*
**[12:10] Koushi**
* Maybe it's because*
* I feel so out of place here.*
**[12:12] Fire Hunter C**
I'm sorry for your loss, but your kid sister
will be safe here with the Okibis.
**[12:17] Fire Hunter A**
You've really moved up in the world.
**[12:19] Fire Hunter C**
Man, here you are in this big mansion
and you still look like a scarecrow.
**[12:25] Fire Hunter C**
You oughta fatten up a bit.
**[12:31] Kira**
Koushi!
**[12:34] Kira**
Sirs, may Koushi and I give
our regards to your dogs?
**[12:38] Fire Hunter C**
Go ahead. You sure are a
dyed-in-the-wool dog lover, Miss Kira.
**[12:43] Fire Hunter D**
The dogs will love getting some
attention from a nice girl like you.
**[12:48] Kira**
Come on, Koushi.
**[12:50] Kira**
Hurry up!
**[12:54] Kira**
Shimaki, Tatsuta, Iwao, Kagura.
**[13:00] Koushi**
I never knew you liked dogs so much.
**[13:04] Kira**
I like all animals.
**[13:06] Kira**
I'd love to keep a pet here,
**[13:09] Kira**
but my mother can't stand them.
**[13:12] Kira**
Your family had a dog, too, right?
**[13:17] Koushi**
Kanata.
**[13:19] Kira**
Kanata? What a lovely name.
**[13:22] Koushi**
Yeah.
**[13:24] Kira**
Oh, I haven't seen you before.
You're gorgeous.
**[13:32] Kira**
I wonder which fire hunter you belong to.
**[13:35] Hibana**
Kira! Show our guests some attention!
**[13:38] Hibana**
Kira!
**[13:39] Kira**
Coming!
**[13:41] Kira**
I'm sorry, Koushi. I need to go.
**[13:48] Roroku**
I hear the master of the house
has taken you under his wing.
**[13:53] Roroku**
Impressive for a kid your age.
**[13:56] Koushi**
The other fire hunters are over there.
**[13:59] Roroku**
I'm not a party guest.
I came to talk business.
**[14:03] Roroku**
I got turned away at the gate, though.
**[14:06] Roroku**
I've got skyfire to sell.
**[14:09] Koushi**
Skyfire?
**[14:11] Koushi**
You hunt fallbeasts?
**[14:14] Roroku**
Yeah. I do.
**[14:21] Koushi**
Excuse me, but could you
teach me about skyfire?
**[14:36] Roroku**
The name's Roroku. This is Mizore.
***SIGN*** Roroku
**[14:44] Roroku**
If you want to learn about fallbeasts
and skyfire, why not join me on a hunt?
***SIGN*** Touko
**[14:54] Shouzou**
What'd you pick up this kid for?
**[14:57] Akira**
He's wearing a flame fiend pelt.
**[15:00] Akira**
Which means he's a spider.
**[15:04] Akira**
In a pinch, we can use him as a hostage.
**[15:07] Shouzou**
Have we made it?
**[15:11] Shouzou**
Yes! We're here...
**[15:15] Shouzou**
No way.
**[15:17] Akira**
Wait here!
**[15:30] Shouzou**
What the hell happened here?
**[15:41] Shouzou**
The bodies are all burned to a crisp.
People, dogs, even fiends.
**[15:51] Akira**
Hey! Is anybody still alive?!
**[16:10] Touko**
Kanata.
**[16:12] Shouzou**
It was the spiders.
**[16:15] Shouzou**
But how?
**[16:16] Shouzou**
Hey, brat! Tell me!
**[16:19] Shouzou**
How come the spiders can use fire?!
**[16:21] Shouzou**
Well?! Say something!
**[16:21] Kaho**
Stop that. This child isn't
going to know anything.
**[16:25] Shouzou**
Hey!
**[16:26] Kun**
Bugs.
**[16:31] Kun**
Bugs that make it so your body doesn't burn.
**[16:35] Kun**
Everyone made the bugs bite them
**[16:40] Kun**
so they could use fire
that's not from fiends.
**[16:44] Shouzou**
You mean you guys did all this?
**[16:50] Shouzou**
You sicced fiends on the hunters,
then set a fire to kill them all?
**[16:55] Shouzou**
So you really *were* behind
the attack on our trucks!
**[16:58] Kaho**
Adults did that!
**[17:00] Kaho**
There's not point blaming a little kid!
**[17:04] Kaho**
He was probably abandoned
in the forest to fend for himself.
**[17:08] Shouzou**
Why? Why would they do that?
**[17:14] Akira**
Hurry! Get to the boat!
**[17:19] Shouzou**
Move it!
**[17:20] Kaho**
Right.
**[17:44] Akira**
* What's wrong with these fiends?*
* They're overly vicious.*
**[18:52] Kaho**
Shouzou! Shouzou!
**[18:55] Kaho**
No. You can't die!
**[18:58] Kaho**
Don't die.
**[18:59] Kaho**
Calm down. Don't move him.
**[19:03] Shouzou**
It hurts. It hurts so bad.
**[19:07] Kaho**
Don't die.
**[19:45] Akira**
Sorry. I talked big, but I didn't do
a great job of protecting you.
**[19:50] Akira**
I never expected the spiders to control
fiends and send them to attack the bay.
**[20:00] Akira**
You really surprised me, Touko.
**[20:04] Touko**
Huh?
**[20:05] Akira**
You know, you just might have—
**[20:08] Touko**
Um, I'm supposed to keep this sickle safe.
**[20:12] Touko**
Will the fire hunter's family
get mad at me for using it?
**[20:18] Akira**
Hunters share with each other to get by.
**[20:22] Akira**
That even goes for sickles and hounds.
**[20:25] Akira**
I got Temari here from another hunter.
**[20:30] Akira**
Temari's supposed to be
the last of an ancient lapdog breed.
**[20:35] Akira**
And you know...
**[20:37] Akira**
My sickle isn't really mine, either.
It's a memento.
**[20:44] Touko**
A memento?
**[20:45] Akira**
Of my big brother. He was a fire hunter.
**[20:51] Kun**
I'm hungry.
**[20:55] Touko**
Sorry. We don't have any food right now.
**[21:02] Touko**
What's your name?
**[21:05] Kun**
Kun.
***SIGN*** Kun
**[21:09] Touko**
Kun, did you hurt your arm earlier?
**[21:14] Kun**
All the others got the bugs
to bite them so they didn't burn.
**[21:20] Kun**
I'm the only one the venom didn't work on.
**[21:24] Kun**
My mom said I was too in tune with
the bugs, so the forest could have me.
**[21:32] Kaho**
I knew it.
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** The Capital
***SIGN*** The Capital