E7 - Atonement

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[01:34] Mikado
    How is your wife doing?
[01:39] Hanzawa
    She's not any better or worse,
[01:41] Hanzawa
    but she hasn't been sleeping
    much, and that's not good.
[01:45] Mikado
    I see...
[01:46] Hanzawa
    So who is this Hiura Erika?
[01:49] Mikado
    Hanzawa-san,
[01:50] Mikado
    when you say a single high school girl
    might be involved in all those cases,
[01:54] Mikado
    is that what you really think?
[01:56] Hanzawa
    You guys said it first, right?
[01:58] Mikado
    Yes, but...
[01:59] Mikado
    Back then, I didn't know what
    kind of person she was yet,
[02:02] Mikado
    and I feel like it would be wrong somehow
    to sit here and tell you about her.
[02:08] Mikado
    Even if I did tell you, you wouldn't
     believe me anyway, right?
[02:11] Hanzawa
    Nope. Now that I'm calm, I'm really angry.
[02:15] Hanzawa
    Angry with myself for believing in
    the impossible for even a second.
[02:18] Mikado
    If you don't believe, then why do
    you take cases to Hiyakawa-san?
[02:24] Hanzawa
    A while back, he came to sell
    me some bizarre information.
[02:28] Hanzawa
    That was the start of it.
[02:29] (Flashback) Hiyakawa
    A girl was kidnapped yesterday, right?
[02:32] (Flashback) Hanzawa
    What?
[02:33] (Flashback) Hiyakawa
    I know where her body is.
    How much will you pay me for it?
[02:38] (Flashback) Hanzawa
    You're asking me how much
    I'd pay for a person's life?
[02:41] (Flashback) Hiyakawa
    It isn't for "a life," because she's already dead.
[02:44] (Flashback) Hanzawa
    Who did you get that info from?
[02:48] (Flashback) Hiyakawa
    From the person who was killed.
[02:51] Hanzawa
    Turned out the body really was there.
[02:53] Hanzawa
    So I put all the incomprehensible stuff on hold,
[02:55] Hanzawa
    and I can keep an eye on him
     while bringing him cases.
[02:58] Hanzawa
    They said in the news that his case
    was the worst in recent history.
[03:02] Hanzawa
    Given that, I think even if he's set
    himself up to be worshiped...
[03:05] Hanzawa
    Well, it ain't great, but it's good
    enough as a return to society, right?
[03:09] Mikado
    "The worst in recent history"?
[03:11] Hanzawa
    Huh?
[03:11] Hanzawa
    What, you hadn't heard?
[03:14] Hanzawa
    If you do a search on "Palm of the Hand
    Research Society," it pops right up.
[03:17] Mikado
    I-I just... My conscience
    sort of gets in the way...
[03:20] Hanzawa
    Don't forget this.
[03:22] Hanzawa
    Sometimes, no matter how much you
    fret over someone, you can't save them.
[03:25] Hanzawa
    It's admirable that you're kind to others,
    but don't get too worked up.
[03:30] Hanzawa
    If you extend your hand and it doesn't
    reach them, that's not your fault.
[03:34] Hanzawa
    What happens to me isn't, either.
[03:36] Hanzawa
    If things turn out to be hopeless,
    we'll deal with it then.
[03:39] Hanzawa
    Both she and I are prepared for the worst.
[03:42] Mikado
    I can't accept that, so I'm going to keep
     working at it until the very end.
[03:46] Hanzawa
    Thanks. But...
[03:48] Hanzawa
    Don't work too hard, yeah?
SIGN    Erika
SIGN    There's something I want to ask.  Can you get in touch?
SIGN    Actually, is there something  crazy going on?
SIGN    Any time is fine
[03:57] Mikado
    But even if I try to help, I don't get
     a "read" on here from Erika-chan.
[04:02] Mikado
    A search on the Palm of the
    Hand Research Society...
[04:06] Mikado
    I can't help it! I keep wondering!
[04:09] Mikado
    I'm sorry! I'll only look a little!
SIGN    Worst Group Suicide Since WWII
[04:14] Mikado
    The worst group suicide since World War II?
[04:17] Mikado
    "Cause of death undetermined."
[04:18] Mikado
    "When the police entered, a boy who had
    been held captive was the only survivor."
[04:23] Mikado
    A boy?
[04:25] Mikado
    Huh?
[04:26] Mikado
    Crap, what is all this? I knew I shouldn't
    have gone looking without asking!
SIGN    Message 
    
    You have a new message from Erika
[04:35] Mikado
    What's this?
[04:46] Erika
    Wow.
[04:50] Erika
    Hi there.
[04:51] Erika
    Ew! It reeks of hair products.
[04:55] Erika
    Well, now.
[04:58] Erika
    What were you and the
    detective talking about?
[05:02] Erika
    I've been watching you.
[05:03] Erika
    Though it hasn't been my physical body.
[05:05] Erika
    It would have been easier if
    there were dead people here,
[05:08] Erika
    but the closest one was in
    that building over there.
[05:11] Erika
    Hey, you know the stuff I do is crazy, right?
[05:15] Erika
    The thing is, I'm being forced to do it.
[05:18] Erika
    If the person making me do it finds
    out the police are looking into me,
[05:23] Erika
    what do you think will happen to me?
[05:25] Erika
    Why did you tell the police about me?
[05:28] Mikado
    You've got it wrong. Listen to—
[05:29] Erika
    I'm not wrong about any of it!
[05:32] Erika
    I just want to live a normal life.
[05:35] Erika
    I thought you'd understand,
    and that's why I trusted you...
[05:38] Erika
    I just...
[05:40] Erika
    I don't want to think that I'm a
    person who should just go and die!
[05:48] Sakaki
    Oh, no... Miss, please...
[05:51] Sakaki
    Control yourself.
[05:52] Erika
    Huh?
[05:59] Mikado
    Erika-chan?!
[06:03] Mikado
    What is this? It's like she's poisoning
     herself... What should I do?
[06:06] Mikado
    Hey, I...
[06:08] Mikado
    Are you all right?
[06:09] Mikado
    You feel sick, too?
[06:11] Sakaki
    Kid, you're fine in all this?
[06:14] Mikado
    Uh, yeah...
[06:16] Sakaki
    How? I feel like vomiting, like my
    guts are going to come spilling out.
[06:20] Mikado
    Should you really be trying to stand?
[06:24] Sakaki
    It's gone.
[06:26] Sakaki
    What did you do to me, kid?
[06:29] Sakaki
    I'll ask one more time!
[06:31] Sakaki
    Did you snitch to the police,
    even knowing what could happen?!
[06:33] Mikado
    No!
[06:34] Sakaki
    Then save her!
[06:36] Sakaki
    You've got it, too, right?
    Divine power or whatever.
[06:40] Sakaki
    Save her! Don't let her die!
[06:48] Sakaki
    Hurry up and do it!
[06:49] Mikado
    Quit nagging! I want to help,
    but I don't understand what's going on!
[06:52] Mikado
    I can't just jump in blind here!
[06:55] Mikado
    What can I do on my own?
[06:58] Mikado
    Mukae-kun would persuade...
[07:00] (Flashback) Mukae
    Believe.
[07:01] Mikado
    Hanzawa-san has the power of disbelief.
[07:04] (Flashback) Hanzawa
    I don't believe.
[07:06] Mikado
    To believe...
[07:07] (Flashback) Hiyakawa
    Please believe.
[07:09] Mikado
    I...
[07:11] (Flashback) Erika
    We have the power to make
    what we believe into reality, too.
[07:16] Mikado
    I believe in you! I'm sorry I couldn't
     make you believe in me.
[07:20] Mikado
    But please, just trust me one more time!
[07:22] Mikado
    I know you're not a bad person!
[07:24] Mikado
    I believe that you can triumph
    over who you are now!
[07:27] Mikado
    We have the power to make
    what we believe into reality!
[07:30] Mikado
    That's right, isn't it?!
[07:33] Erika
    I should just go ahead and die.
[07:36] Mikado
    Hey!
[07:36] Erika
    No one would ever want to save me.
[07:40] Mikado
    I'm saying I want to save you! Look at me!
[07:44] Mikado
    Blast it! You've got
    supernatural strength, right?
[07:46] Mikado
    Hold her head and make her face me!
[07:49] Mikado
    Do you understand what we're trying to do?
[07:52] Mikado
    We're trying to save you.
    We want you to live!
[07:56] Erika
    That's a lie.
[07:57] Mikado
    It's not a lie!
[07:58] Erika
    I'm good with this. I've done a ton of bad stuff.
[08:03] Mikado
    There's nothing "good" about this!
[08:04] Mikado
    I think they're both unforgivable!
[08:06] Mikado
    That expert guy for making
    you do horrible things,
[08:09] Mikado
    and the act of doing
    horrible things to people!
[08:11] Mikado
    You say you don't want to do those things,
    and that's why I believe in you!
[08:15] Mikado
    Believe in yourself!
[08:17] Mikado
    Do you want to die as a version
    of yourself that you hate?
[08:19] Mikado
    At the very end of everything,
    the only one who can save you
[08:22] Mikado
    is you!
[08:24] Erika
    I don't want to die.
[08:27] Erika
    I don't want to do bad things.
[08:30] Erika
    I want to come to like myself... and live.
[08:39] Mikado
    It looks like you're back and it
    all went inside you. Is that right?
[08:43] Erika
    I'm fine.
[08:44] Mikado
    Oh, then it's okay?
[08:45] Mikado
    That's a relief.
[08:47] Sakaki
    Are you guys always seeing
    stuff that terrifying?
[08:51] Erika
    Sakaki-san?
[08:53] Sakaki
    It just wormed its way inside my head.
[08:56] Sakaki
    It made me remember how I was afraid
    of dying for no reason as a kid.
[09:00] Mikado
    Wow, Sakaki-san, you were scar—
[09:03] Mikado
    Ow!
[09:06] Erika
    I'm sorry.
[09:08] Erika
    Sorry. I selfishly decided to rely on you,
     then selfishly decided to doubt you.
[09:13] Mikado
    It wasn't selfish.
[09:17] Mikado
    I consider you a friend.
[09:22] Erika
    Thank you.
[09:26] Erika
    But you know...
[09:28] Erika
    Believing in people, in
    myself, is really difficult.
[09:33] Mikado
    I know a lot of things aren't as
    simple as I think they are, but...
[09:37] Mikado
    I want to save you.
[09:40] Mikado
    You have the right to decide
    your own life, don't you?
[09:45] Mikado
    What about you?
[09:48] Sakaki
    Kid, sometimes reducing risks and
    giving up is the easier way to live.
[09:52] Sakaki
    Better than suffering by dreaming
    of some faint hope, anyway.
[09:55] Sakaki
    What you're proposing is
[09:57] Sakaki
    betting everything on
    one of those two choices.
[09:59] Sakaki
    Understand?
[10:02] Sakaki
    If we fail,
[10:03] Sakaki
    who knows what kind of punishment awaits?
[10:06] Erika
    And that's why you can't help us?
[10:08] Sakaki
    If I could let you go, I would
    have let you run already.
[10:11] Erika
    Huh?
[10:12] Sakaki
    I'm doing this because
    I couldn't manage that.
[10:14] Erika
    What? You thought about stuff like that?
[10:16] Erika
    You should be nicer to me,
     then! I couldn't tell at all!
[10:20] Sakaki
    Well, you're not even lovable, so...
[10:21] Erika
    What?!
[10:22] Erika
    Wait. If I ran away, would
    you be okay, Sakaki-san?
[10:28] Sakaki
    I wouldn't be okay at all. They've said
    they'll kill me if I let you get away.
[10:32] Mikado
    Kill?
[10:33] Sakaki
    Yeah. That's the kind of people you're
    thinking of trying to look into.
[10:38] Sakaki
    So you see...
[10:40] Sakaki
    When you run, if you don't take me
    with you, it'll cause problems for me.
[10:43] Sakaki
    Do you understand?
[10:46] Erika
    I do. And I've decided to
    commit to this. I'm running.
[10:51] Erika
    Even if I can't manage it
    any time soon, I want to live!
[10:56] Sakaki
    Hear that, kid?
[10:58] Sakaki
    Our lives are on the line here.
    You're the one who brought it up.
[11:01] Sakaki
    Better prepare for the worst.
[11:08] member 1
    I'm from the Teachings of
    the Hand Research Society.
[11:11] member 1
    We research the power to bring happiness.
[11:13] member 1
    If you wouldn't mind, I would
    love to speak with you.
[11:16] Hiyakawa
    No, not today, thank you.
[11:19] head follower
    Great Scholar!
[11:20] head follower
    Oh, it is you, Great Scholar!
[11:24] head follower
    I thought I felt your energy, Great Scholar.
    It seems it wasn't my imagination!
[11:28] head follower
    Take that! I've got powers, too!
[11:32] head follower
    Great Scholar, do you remember me?
[11:35] head follower
    I assisted Touko-sama.
[11:37] Hiyakawa
    Yes.
[11:38] head follower
    So you've returned. Right now, we are—
[11:52] Hiyakawa
    I went to the trouble of making it,
[11:55] Hiyakawa
    and now I've got less of it.
[12:00] Hanzawa
    So you really did bring her here.
[12:03] Hanzawa
    Well, come in.
[12:04] Hanzawa
    Man, what do I do with this?
[12:08] Saeko
    Oh, what do we do with
    this? The occult, is it?
[12:12] Mikado
    She's definitely Hanzawa-san's wife.
[12:15] Erika
    Um...
[12:16] Erika
    I'm going to remove the curse.
[12:17] Erika
    It's okay if you don't believe me.
[12:19] Saeko
    Huh?
[12:20] Erika
    It'll work either way.
[12:23] Saeko
    No, I believe you.
[12:26] Saeko
    I don't believe in the occult, but
    it seems you really did do something.
[12:32] Erika
    Yes...
[12:33] Saeko
    You came here because you want to
    atone for that. I'll trust that emotion.
[12:40] Saeko
    I believe you.
[12:44] Erika
    Thank you very much. I'm so sorry!
[12:49] Erika
    So, um... I'll get started now.
    I've never done this work before.
[12:53] Mikado
    What? You've never done it before?
[12:55] Erika
    Well, my work is to apply curses.
[13:02] Hiyakawa
    Mikado-kun, please don't push me.
[13:04] Mikado
    But that's just way too scary!
[13:08] Erika
    If it comes back home,
    the curse will probably dissolve.
[13:12] Hiyakawa
    I see. You use the dead for your curses.
[13:15] Hiyakawa
    And now, you're bringing the dead
    person you put to work back to you.
[13:20] Erika
    Dead people don't talk with me, you see.
[13:24] Erika
    They just want to get inside me.
[13:27] Erika
    If I let them in, they save me in return.
[13:31] Erika
    That said, their power can only
    be used for bad things.
[13:35] Erika
    But they aren't alone, and neither am I.
[13:41] Mikado
    Wait! Hang on! If you do
    that, will you be all right?
[13:44] Mikado
    Just letting them in once
    is dangerous, right?
[13:47] Erika
    Every time they come inside
    me, I experience death.
[13:52] Saeko
    You're bleeding!
[13:54] Erika
    It's all right.
[13:55] Erika
    There has never been a death
    I couldn't swallow for them.
[14:02] Erika
    You can come in.
[14:09] Saeko
    Erika-chan!
[14:12] Saeko
    What's wrong? Are you all right?
[14:15] Erika
    It's back.
[14:16] Saeko
    Huh?
[14:18] Mikado
    And you, are you all right?
[14:20] Saeko
    Oh, I...
[14:23] Saeko
    I'm fine.
[14:25] Saeko
    Yes. I don't understand it,
    but I'm completely fine.
[14:28] Hiyakawa
    The curse has been removed. Well done.
[14:30] Saeko
    Are you all right?
[14:32] Erika
    Huh?
[14:33] Hanzawa
    Saeko, you should rest.
[14:35] Hanzawa
    You haven't been able to sleep lately, right?
[14:38] Saeko
    That's true. I'll do that.
[14:40] Saeko
    Hiroki-san, are you all right?
[14:41] Hanzawa
    Yes.
[14:45] Erika
    Why is she being nice?
[14:48] Erika
    She knows I'm bad.
[14:53] Hanzawa
    Hiura-san, have a seat.
[14:55] Erika
    Yes, sir.
[14:57] Hanzawa
    I heard everything from Tenderfoot here.
[14:59] Hanzawa
    I probably can't build a case against
    you for the things you've done,
[15:02] Hanzawa
    and I won't be able to understand
    any of the stuff that comes next.
[15:05] Hanzawa
    It's infuriating. It really is.
[15:07] Hanzawa
    Do you understand how
    criminal punishment works?
[15:11] Hanzawa
    A number of years in prison. A monetary fine.
[15:14] Hanzawa
    They serve to make people face what they've
    done and think about how they got there.
[15:18] Hanzawa
    That's why there must be no revenge.
[15:20] Hanzawa
    This thing you supposedly did
[15:23] Hanzawa
    caused my wife and I to suffer
    greatly. It hurt us both.
[15:27] Hanzawa
    Please consider that. And think about the
    work you've been involved in up to now.
[15:33] Hanzawa
    There are people at the other
    end of the actions you take.
[15:35] Hanzawa
    There were people there.
[15:38] Mikado
    B-But... Hanzawa-san!
[15:40] Mikado
    She's being forced to do all of it!
[15:42] Mikado
    That's why we're...
[15:43] Hanzawa
    I don't believe in the occult.
    And it's out of my jurisdiction.
[15:47] Mikado
    But...
[15:47] Hanzawa
    That research group, though...
[15:50] Hanzawa
    I'll look around and see
    if I can find any clues.
[15:52] Mikado
    Th-Thank you.
[15:57] Mikado
    Hey...
[15:59] Mikado
    Your... The way you let
    dead people inside you...
[16:03] Mikado
    It's not like any of us
    asked for our abilities.
[16:07] Mikado
    And you've had to go through stuff
    way scarier than I've had to...
[16:11] Mikado
    But you know, letting them in so that
    they didn't just die all alone...
[16:18] Mikado
    I think that shows how kind you are.
[16:21] Mikado
    I mean, it's scary, right?
    You were scared, weren't you?
[16:28] Erika
    All this time... I think I've wanted
     someone to say that to me.
[16:33] Erika
    Thank you.
[16:37] Sakaki
    Hey! Did you make her cry, kid?!
[16:39] Erika
    I'm not crying!
[16:41] Mikado
    We should talk through our plan
     of action again sometime soon.
[16:46] Erika
    Yeah, we should.
[16:48] Erika
    It's not like running's going to be easy. Yeah.
[16:51] Mikado
    You're coming, too, by the way.
[16:53] Hiyakawa
    Huh? By "talk," you meant the four of us here?
[16:56] Mikado
    Huh?
[16:58] Hiyakawa
    I think it will end in a f-failure
    to reach an agreement.
[17:01] Hiyakawa
    Are the risk-benefit analyses and
    goals of all parties aligned?
[17:04] Mikado
    We're not talking about
    risk-benefit analyses here!
[17:04] Erika; background
    Back to your doghouse!
[17:06] Mikado
    I would try to save you even if
    there wasn't any benefit to me,
[17:11] Mikado
    and you came here today for
    Hanzawa-san's sake, right?
[17:17] Hiyakawa
    That's true. I understand.
[17:20] Mikado
    Good.
[17:20] Hiyakawa
    But this lineup isn't one I previously
    would have thought could discuss things.
[17:24] Sakaki
    And you're top of that list.
[17:26] Erika
    Back to your doghouse!
[17:26] Mikado
    I can't deny that...
[17:30] Mikado
    So I'll call in someone
    who's good at talking.
[17:32] Mukae
    I refuse!
[17:33] Hiyakawa
    Oh. Please leave, then.
[17:35] Mikado
    Come on. You've come all
    the way here, haven't you?
[17:38] Hiyakawa
    Are you ignoring me, Mikado-kun?
[17:39] Mukae
    I came here to give my refusal to your face!
[17:44] Mukae
    You must be Hiura Erika.
    I can tell even without asking.
[17:47] Erika
    You know about me?
[17:49] Mukae
    I think it was a real estate
    agent a while back...
[17:52] Mukae
    A client who came to me
     because his health was poor.
[17:55] Mukae
    There wasn't anything a guy
    like me could do, though.
[18:00] Erika
    I didn't do it because I wanted to.
[18:02] Mukae
    Does that matter? Not that
    it's any of my concern.
[18:05] Mukae
    So I'll just be going n—
[18:07] Mikado
    But you tried to save him, didn't you?
[18:09] Mikado
    This does concern you!
[18:11] Mikado
    I know I'm asking you to get
    involved in some crazy stuff.
[18:14] Mikado
    But I don't have anyone else I can depend on,
[18:17] Mikado
    and as long as we have these abilities,
[18:19] Mikado
    we don't know when we might get
    caught up in this stuff, too.
[18:23] Mukae
    Saving people, huh?
    I'm not as nice as you are!
[18:28] Mukae
    Then, first,
[18:29] Mukae
    may I ask for an explanation as to why a
    person connected to the syndicates is here?
[18:34] Sasaki
    I'm impressed you could tell I'm yakuza.
[18:36] Erika
    You can tell with one glance.
[18:39] Erika
    It's not like I haven't
    considered running before.
[18:43] Erika
    The research society people
    aren't scary at all.
[18:47] Erika
    There's only one person I'm scared
    of... the one called "Sensei."
[18:50] Mikado
    Sensei... Is that the one you told me
    took over leadership of the group?
[18:55] Erika
    Yes. But no one knows who Sensei is.
[18:59] Mikado
    Huh? What do you mean?
[19:00] Sakaki
    Sensei used to work in our
    offices. He was an advisor.
[19:05] Sakaki
    He was spooky.
[19:07] Mukae
    So who is this "Sensei" person?
[19:10] Mukae
    If you do an internet search,
    something suspicious
[19:12] Mukae
    from his past should pop up, right?
[19:14] Sakaki
    We don't know his name or his face.
     How would we look him up?
[19:16] Mikado
    What? You've never met him?
[19:18] Erika
    We have.
[19:21] Erika
    We have, but we can't remember.
[19:24] Erika
    I've even worked on jobs together with him,
[19:26] Erika
    but once he's gone, I forget.
[19:29] Erika
    I can't remember his face.
[19:32] Hiyakawa
    Is that a curse?
[19:33] Erika
    Hey, Rihito-kun, do you
    know something about this?
[19:36] Hiyakawa
    Why would I?
[19:37] Erika
    Well, because...
[19:39] Erika
    The first leader was your mother, right?
[19:44] Hiyakawa
    How much do you know?
[19:46] Erika
    Nothing.
[19:47] Erika
    One of the older men, a long-time member,
    said the son of the founder was incredible,
[19:51] Erika
    and talked about a Hiyakawa Touko-sama.
[19:54] Erika
    It's not a common last name, right?
[19:56] Erika
    It made me think you must have
    been used by your parents, too.
[19:59] Erika
    Our circumstances are
    a lot alike, aren't they?
[20:02] Erika
    If you know how to escape, tell me.
[20:05] Hiyakawa
    How to... escape?
[20:08] Hiyakawa
    My experiences taught me that
    saving people causes harm,
[20:13] Hiyakawa
    so I'm not inclined to do so.
[20:16] Mikado
    The reason I save people
[20:18] Mikado
    is because I don't want to be abandoned,
[20:20] Mikado
    and I don't want to be someone
     who'd abandon others.
[20:23] Mikado
    It isn't purely for others, or to my
    own advantage or disadvantage.
[20:28] Mikado
    Hiyakawa-san, I looked up your
    past, so I know about it.
[20:31] Mikado
    Though I only read through a few articles...
[20:33] Mikado
    And knowing that, I'm going to say this...
[20:35] Mikado
    I'm not going to change.
[20:37] Mikado
    If you piss me off, I'll slug you.
    I won't spare your feelings.
[20:39] Mikado
    When I think you're wrong, I'll slug you.
[20:40] Mikado
    Saving people doesn't cause harm!
[20:43] Mikado
    You've been saved yourself, haven't you?!
[20:49] Hiyakawa
    I don't know.
[20:51] Hiyakawa
    But you always leave me feeling quite shaken.
[20:56] Hiyakawa
    I wonder why that is.
[20:57] Hiyakawa
    I knew for certain with a single
    glance that you would save me,
[21:03] Hiyakawa
    but it might not take
     the form that I expected.
[21:08] Hiyakawa
    All right. I will help you.
[21:10] Hiyakawa
    If doing so means that you
    will stay here, close at hand.
[21:20] Sakaki
    Are those two a couple?
[21:22] Mikado
    Huh?
[21:23] Erika
    He said they aren't.
[21:24] Mikado
    We aren't a couple!
[21:26] Mukae
    He says you aren't a couple.
[21:27] Hiyakawa
    Apparently, we aren't a couple.
[21:28] Mikado
    Wh-What do you mean, "apparently"?!
[21:30] Mukae
    I'm not going to pry too deeply.
    Fortune-teller's etiquette.
[21:34] Erika
    You're a fortune-teller?
[21:36] Mukae
    How old are you?
[21:37] Erika
    Huh? Sixteen.
[21:39] Mukae
    I see. Well, if you've got anything to
    talk about, I'll hear you out for free.
[21:43] Erika
    Huh? Why?
[21:45] Mukae
    Because you're still a child
     and I'm an adult.
[21:48] Mukae
    You didn't have any adults around who
    would protect you, and that isn't normal.
[21:52] Mukae
    You should let yourself grieve for that.
[21:55] Mukae
    The really difficult stuff is still to come.
[21:59] Erika
    Th-That's true. I understand.
    I'm asking you all to help me.
[22:04] Erika
    So I'll protect all of you, too.
[22:06] Erika
    I want to turn this power
    into something that protects!