E7 - Chance Encounter

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[00:02] Narrator
    While searching for
    Kanata's owners in the capital,
[00:06] Narrator
    Touko is pursued by a
    watchman and loses her way.
[00:10] Narrator
    But this also marks the beginning
    of new encounters and new ordeals.
SIGN    The Fire Hunter
SIGN    The Fire Hunter
SIGN    The Fire Hunter
SIGN    Chance
    Encounter
SIGN    Chance
    Encounter
[01:53] Kira
    You look lost.
SIGN    Touko and Kira
[02:05] Kira
    What a fine dog. It looks so
    strong and clever. Is it yours?
[02:11] Touko
    N-No. Um, this dog is lost, like me.
[02:17] Kira
    So the two of you got lost together, huh?
[02:21] Kira
    And that's why you're crying?
[02:24] Touko
    A strange man chased us.
    He had black clothes and a club.
[02:30] Kira
    You must mean a watchman.
[02:32] Kira
    Don't be scared of them. They only go after
     people who have done something wrong.
[02:37] Kira
    Here, eat this and cheer up.
[02:45] Kira
    What's your name?
[02:48] Touko
    Touko.
[02:49] Kira
    How do you write that?
SIGN    Touko
[03:02] Kira
    Touko. "Lamp child."
[03:05] Kira
    What a lovely name.
[03:10] Kira
    I'm Kira.
[03:12] Kira
    Where would you like to get back to?
    I can give you directions.
[03:15] Kira
    Although I don't come here often either,
    so they might not be very good.
[03:22] Touko
    Um, I think Kanata...
    I think this dog remembers the way.
[03:30] Kira
    Kanata, be a good guide for Touko, all right?
SIGN    Kira and Koushi
[03:37] Kira
    Would you like some water?
[03:39] Kira
    I couldn't believe it when
    that fire hunter carried you in.
[03:44] Kira
    But Dr. Takimi says
    all you need is a little rest.
[03:53] Kira
    Koushi.
[03:57] Kira
    You haven't told me anything.
[04:00] Kira
    What happened out in the forest?
[04:02] Kira
    What is my father making you do?
[04:08] Kira
    He's upset, but it's not because
    that hunter, Roroku, put you in danger.
[04:14] Kira
    He can't stand that something
     happened to you beyond his reach.
[04:20] Kira
    He thinks he owns you.
[04:32] Kira
    It's still not too late.
[04:34] Kira
    My father is the one keeping secrets
    from the gods, not that hunter.
[04:40] Kira
    If even I know that, my father needs
    to be careful about blaming others.
[04:46] Kira
    I love my parents.
[04:49] Kira
    They both worked hard
    in order to live how they do now,
[04:53] Kira
    and I'm sure they're a bit odd because of it.
[04:57] Kira
    But I think they're wonderful
    people. I respect them.
[05:04] Koushi
    If the time comes...
[05:05] Kira
    What?
[05:08] Koushi
    If I can ever speak about it you, then...
[05:13] Kira
    I ran into a lost little girl in town earlier.
[05:17] Kira
    She had a dog with her. A strong, kind, gray dog
     that seemed a little too majestic for her.
[05:25] Kira
    I'm sure it was a hunting hound.
[05:28] Kira
    And she called it Kanata,
    just like your family's dog.
[05:35] Koushi
    Kanata?
SIGN    Koushi and Yuoshichi
[05:38] Yuoshichi
    So in short, you snuck out
    of the house on your own
[05:42] Yuoshichi
    and asked that man to
    take you into the forest?
[05:46] Koushi
    I thought that if I went there myself,
    I might learn something about fallbeasts
[05:50] Koushi
    that I can't read about
     in the central archive.
[05:53] Koushi
    I did find something.
[05:55] Koushi
    And I absolutely need Mr. Roroku's help.
[06:02] Koushi
    There's a fallbeast with skyfire in here.
[06:05] Koushi
    I don't know who drew it,
[06:08] Koushi
    but this beast's body
    is covered in lightning.
[06:13] Koushi
    Fallbeasts swoop down with lightning bolts.
[06:16] Koushi
    Which means skyfire may be at its most potent
     when falling from the sky as lightning.
[06:25] Yuoshichi
    Perhaps.
[06:27] Koushi
    True, my imagination
    may be running away with me.
[06:30] Koushi
    But this drawing matches what
    I've observed in the laboratory.
[06:36] Koushi
    The spider said they had mastered fire.
[06:39] Koushi
    Not fiendfire, but the natural flame
    humans have used since ancient times.
[06:45] Koushi
    And he claimed they no longer
    combust in its presence.
[06:54] Yuoshichi
    So...
[06:56] Yuoshichi
    Will your skyfire idea work
    against spiders who don't burn?
[07:02] Koushi
    Even if they don't burn, they can't survive
    the lightning strike the skyfire will create.
[07:12] Yuoshichi
    Hm?
[07:14] Yuoshichi
    What's this?
[07:15] Koushi
    In the ancient world, humans supposedly
    struck at their enemies from the skies.
[07:20] Yuoshichi
    But how will you use it?
[07:22] Yuoshichi
    Even assuming we can
    launch skyfire into the air,
[07:26] Yuoshichi
    how will we make it fall onto the target?
[07:31] Koushi
    We'll bury bottled lightning around the
    palace and factory district in advance.
[07:39] Koushi
    And for that job... I'd like Mr. Roroku's help.
[07:47] Koushi
    You should be able to work
    without the spies seeing you.
[07:54] Yuoshichi
    Koushi, Roroku is a roaming
    fire hunter from the islands.
[08:00] Yuoshichi
    He doesn't seem worthy of
    placing that much trust in him.
[08:05] Koushi
    I didn't experience the great fire
    that once ravaged the capital.
[08:09] Koushi
    I've only read about it.
[08:12] Koushi
    But you've felt it, haven't you?
    The terror of that disaster.
[08:21] Yuoshichi
    People deify whatever they can't control.
[08:26] Yuoshichi
    To defend our city from the gods and
    the spiders who wield those wild forces,
[08:33] Yuoshichi
    perhaps lightning is a fitting weapon.
[08:37] Yuoshichi
    This place is for us humans to live in,
    not for the gods to rest on their laurels.
[08:43] Yuoshichi
    The invasion will begin soon.
[08:47] Roroku
    Sounds like we have a deal.
[08:51] Roroku
    He's got more guts
    than I gave him credit for.
[08:55] Roroku
    Not just anyone can bargain with Mr. Okibi.
[08:59] Koushi
    I'm sorry for dragging you into this.
[09:03] Roroku
    At first, I thought if the capital's
    gonna burn, I want a front row seat.
[09:08] Roroku
    But I've changed my mind.
[09:12] Roroku
    See you.
SIGN    Touko and Kaho
[09:18] Shouzou's Mother
    My husband's working overtime,
     but I'll be back this evening.
[09:23] Shouzou's Mother
    Keep an eye on Shouzou.
SIGN    I
SIGN    E
[09:25] Shouzou's Mother
    Don't forget to lock up.
[09:28] Shouzou's Mother
    I've heard some awful rumors lately
SIGN    I
SIGN    E
[09:30] Shouzou's Mother
    about spiders dead in the forest,
     while others invade the city.
[09:35] Shouzou's Mother
    Oh, what's the world coming to?
[09:38] Touko
    Take care.
[10:08] Akira
    Oh? You changed back into your old clothes?
[10:11] Touko
    Oh, welcome back.
    I feel more comfortable in this.
[10:16] Akira
    But you looked good in a skirt.
[10:21] Touko
    Kaho! Ms. Akira is back!
[10:26] Akira
    Kun! Time for lunch!
[10:35] Touko
    It's delicious.
[10:37] Akira
    I used to buy food from this stand all the
     time when I worked in one of the factories.
[10:41] Kun
    There were lots of funny-smelling people.
[10:44] Touko
    What did they smell like?
[10:46] Akira
    They were asafuyou dealers.
[10:48] Akira
    It's a drug that makes you hallucinate.
[10:51] Akira
    Kun, even if they offer you
    sweets, whatever you do...
[10:55] Kun
    Don't go with them.
[10:57] Akira
    That's right.
[10:59] Touko
    You used to work in a factory, Ms. Akira?
[11:03] Akira
    A long time ago. Before I left
    the capital to start roaming.
[11:08] Touko
    You said you wanted to write a letter on
     muku paper and take it to the palace.
[11:15] Touko
    Shouldn't you go do that?
[11:16] Akira
    Shouzou isn't out of the woods yet.
[11:20] Akira
    I let him get hurt bad,
    even though I promised I'd protect him.
[11:25] Akira
    And his folks are sheltering us.
    I can't just run out on them like that.
[11:32] Touko
    Mr. Shouzou got hurt protecting us.
[11:36] Kaho
    You did your share of fighting.
[11:39] Kaho
    So did Akira, Shouzou, Kanata,
    and Temari. You all fought hard.
[11:45] Kaho
    That's why we're all alive
    here in the capital now.
[12:03] Touko
    Do you think Mr. Shouzou will wake up?
[12:06] Kaho
    He will.
[12:08] Kaho
    Even I woke up.
[12:10] Kaho
    The truck doctor said
    I might end up just wasting away,
[12:15] Kaho
    but here I am, taking care of people.
[12:21] Kaho
    I'm going to marry him.
[12:24] Touko
    Huh?
[12:26] Kaho
    Ever since I got shipped off as a bride,
    all I've thought about is dying.
[12:34] Kaho
    But I've made it all this way
    because people have kept helping me.
[12:40] Kaho
    Even when Shouzou eventually wakes up,
    he won't be able to move like before.
[12:46] Kaho
    So this time, I'll be the one who helps him.
[12:51] Kaho
    I'll stay with him even
    if he never wakes up.
[12:55] Kaho
    I've made up my mind.
[12:57] Touko
    He'll love that.
[13:00] Touko
    Mr. Shouzou will be over the moon
    when he wakes up and hears that.
[13:05] Touko
    I mean, you're gorgeous.
[13:07] Touko
    He won't believe his luck.
[13:14] Akira
    I'm going out again. And not for
    food this time, so I'll leave Kun here.
[13:22] Akira
    I've gotta go hunting to pay the doctor.
[13:24] Touko
    But is that safe, Ms. Akira?
[13:28] Akira
    Worried about spiders?
[13:31] Akira
    True, those rumors about spiders roaming
    the forest near the capital seem credible.
[13:38] Akira
    But all the more reason
    why I've gotta do my hunting now.
[13:42] Touko
    Please take Kanata with you.
[13:45] Touko
    Kanata worked with another
    fire hunter on the collection truck.
[13:50] Akira
    That dog came all this way with you
     to get back to its family.
[13:55] Akira
    We helped each other on the journey,
    but Kanata isn't ours to order around.
[14:03] Akira
    Besides...
[14:05] Akira
    Kanata doesn't get along
    all that well with Temari.
[14:12] Akira
    I'll be back this evening.
[14:21] Touko
    What are you up to, Kun?
[14:23] Kun
    Picking my bug familiars.
[14:26] Touko
    Your what?
[14:27] Kun
    Since the big lady went out,
[14:30] Kun
    I'll get bugs to watch out for danger.
[14:34] Kun
    I'll pick the strongest.
[14:36] Kun
    This one.
[14:56] Touko
    Kanata, take me back
    there again. To your house.
[15:03] Touko
    Ms. Akira is right.
    You need to go back to your family.
SIGN    Touko and Koushi
[16:24] Touko
    You can still smell your owners.
[16:50] Koushi
    Kanata!
[16:51] Koushi
    You, too! Hurry!
[16:53] Koushi
    This way!
[17:00] Koushi
    Hurry up!
[17:10] Koushi
    Come on!
[17:54] Koushi
    You're a fast runner.
[17:58] Touko
    What was that?
[18:01] Koushi
    A spy. One of the gods' familiars.
[18:06] Touko
    A spy?
[18:08] Koushi
    Yes. It was probably watching me.
[18:13] Koushi
    Kanata... So the dog Kira saw really was you.
[18:19] Koushi
    You came home.
[18:21] Touko
    Are you related to his fire hunter?
[18:25] Koushi
    Yes, although that's nothing to brag about.
[18:29] Koushi
    My name is Koushi. This dog belongs
    to my father, Haijuu the fire hunter.
[18:36] Touko
    Your father saved my life!
[18:40] Touko
    I was attacked by
    a flame fiend in the forest!
[18:44] Touko
    The fire hunter was wounded and...
[18:50] Touko
    He passed away there.
[18:54] Touko
    H-His grave is in my village.
[18:56] Touko
    He died saving me! I'm sorry!
[18:59] Touko
    I'm so sorry!
[19:03] Touko
    I-I brought you his sickle and warding stone.
[19:06] Touko
    G-Give me a second.
[19:08] Touko
    I really am sorry!
[19:11] Touko
    Here. I've come to return
    this sickle and Kanata.
[19:24] Koushi
    So that's it. My dad died saving you.
[19:29] Koushi
    In that case, I'm glad.
[19:31] Touko
    Huh?
[19:35] Koushi
    Thank you for bringing Kanata back.
[19:38] Koushi
    My sister will be overjoyed.
[19:41] Koushi
    I thought my dad had abandoned us.
[19:45] Koushi
    I've hated him all this time.
    But it turns out he died helping someone.
[19:50] Koushi
    Thank you for telling me.
[19:53] Touko
    I owe the fire hunter my life.
[19:56] Touko
    He was a great man.
[19:59] Koushi
    Hey.
[20:02] Koushi
    Your name is Touko, right?
[20:04] Touko
    Huh?
[20:05] Koushi
    Touko, written "lamp child."
[20:08] Koushi
    Kira is good at remembering
    people's names by their meaning.
[20:13] Touko
    Then, you're friends with
     that lady, Mr. Koushi?
[20:20] Koushi
    You should leave the capital
    as soon as you can.
[20:24] Koushi
    Fighting is going to break out here soon.
     Against people known as "spiders."
[20:29] Touko
    Huh?
[20:30] Touko
    Spiders use fire. Real fire.
[20:35] Touko
    If they're coming here,
    you'll be in danger, too.
[20:40] Koushi
    How... do you know that?
[20:44] Koushi
    Who in the world...
[20:50] Koushi
    Anyway, let's go somewhere else.
[20:53] Koushi
    Another spy will find us if we stay here.
[21:01] Koushi
    Were we spotted?
[21:03] Touko
    That was...
[21:04] Touko
    one of the treefolk! It's the treefolk!
[21:07] Koushi
    "Treefolk"? Hey, wait!
[21:09] Touko
    I remember now. The treefolk said
    they had friends in the capital.
[21:15] Touko
    In the "forbidden quarter," I think.
[21:19] Touko
    That was definitely one of the treefolk.
[21:22] Touko
    They bring medicine to the villages!
[21:24] Koushi
    Wait. I'm telling you we'll be spotted.
[21:27] Touko
    The treefolk might have
    medicine for Mr. Shouzou!
[21:37] Koushi
    Kanata?
[21:39] Touko
    Kanata!
[21:41] Koushi
    I know where the forbidden quarter is.
[21:44] Koushi
    You'd just get lost if you tried
    to follow that person on your own.
[21:49] Koushi
    I'll take you there. In exchange,
    please tell me about the spiders' fire.
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