E7 - The Sunflowers of the Palace

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[00:01] iza
    Margrave Guize.
[00:02] iza
    You have my gratitude and respect
    for continuing to fight,
[00:05] iza
    single-handedly, for the sake of the kingdom.
[00:08] iza
    But the Kingdom of Soleil is
    now in a difficult position.
[00:12] iza
    Our capital city, Hariant,
    is currently occupied.
[00:16] iza
    We do not wish to see any more
    pointless losses or deaths.
[00:22] mar
    Not only did you get yourself captured,
[00:24] mar
    now you're acting as the Empire's lapdog?
[00:27] mar
    I'm disappointed.
[00:28] mar
    Have you lost your pride?
[00:31] mar
    It has been a month since the princess
    abandoned her people and fled.
[00:35] mar
    No matter how young she may be,
[00:36] mar
    she should have comported herself in
    a manner more appropriate to her station.
[00:39] iza
    Margrave. The princess has not abandoned—
[00:42] mar
    No excuses!
[00:44] mar
    My pride demands that I defend
    my ancestral lands to the end.
[00:50] mar
    Excuse me.
[00:54] mon
    Commander Eine is here to see you.
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SIGN    The Sunflowers of the Palace
[02:43] lily
    There was a lot of shelling
    in this area, too, huh?
[02:46] lily
    It's a strange feeling...
[02:49] lily
    seeing the aftermath of our attacks on them.
[02:52] stel
    And vice-versa, too.
[02:55] lily
    Yeah... looking at Pierce since he got hurt.
[02:59] lily
    It's still hard for me.
[03:02] stel
    Yes.
[03:04] stel
    Especially since he's trying
    so hard to be strong...
[03:11] brea
    I thought this was the royal palace.
[03:14] huey
    Yeah, pathetic.
[03:16] brea
    Hey, how'd it go?
[03:18] stel
    This should be our last visit
    to Pierce in the hospital.
[03:20] huey
    What, is he finally kicking the bucket?
[03:22] lily
    You idiot. He's being
    discharged this evening.
[03:25] brea
    Today?
[03:26] lily
    So Stella and I were talking, and...
[03:30] stel
    I was wondering if we could
    all send Pierce off together.
[03:34] aine
    So the western Margrave
    won't submit that easily?
[03:39] iza
    Though they're technically part of our domain,
    it is a region with much history.
[03:43] iza
    You can force me to advocate on your behalf,
[03:46] iza
    but that doesn't mean they'll listen.
[03:48] aine
    I'm aware of the difficulty.
[03:50] aine
    Try your hardest to
    convince them, regardless.
[03:53] aine
    Neither of us wants to see more
    pointless bloodshed, do we?
[03:56] iza
    Pointless blood?
[03:58] iza
    Don't you mean, "I'd rather not have
    to divide my forces, if possible"?
[04:04] aine
    I anticipated that the
    Royal Senate would flee here.
[04:08] aine
    I'd naïvely assumed that their
    surrender would come soon after...
[04:12] aine
    I didn't expect they would
    give us this much trouble.
[04:15] aine
    Rumors say that
[04:17] aine
    it's the runaway princess who commands
    the remaining resistance. Is it true?
[04:21] iza
    I wouldn't know.
[04:22] iza
    I've been a bird in a cage for over a month.
[04:25] iza
    I'm in no position to hear such things.
[04:29] aine
    Then, as a bird in a cage, do keep singing...
[04:34] aine
    The song, "surrender to the Empire."
[04:39] gail
    A farewell party, eh?
[04:41] gail
    Sounds fine.
[04:42] gail
    You can use my room if you'd like.
[04:44] stel
    Thank you, sir.
[04:45] break
    But there's no decent food
    to have a proper feast.
[04:49] huey
    Seems a little late for the buddy-buddy act.
[04:52] lily
    Why do you always have to be this way?
[04:55] gai
    There you are, Huey! And company.
[04:57] stel
    Guy?
[04:58] huey
    What're you doing here?
[05:00] guy
    What do you think? I'm joining you guys!
[05:02] break
    Who's that guy again?
[05:05] stel
    From the fight on the River Deese...
[05:06] huey
    Remember the sad fool who was
    all like "ahh, they got us"?
[05:10] break
    Oh, I remember now!
[05:12] guy
    Don't exaggerate.
[05:15] lily
    But, what do you mean, you're joining us?
[05:17] gail
    The decision was made unofficially.
[05:19] gail
    He's filling in for Pierce.
[05:22] gai
    I look forward to serving with you!
[05:24] gai
    You heard the man.
[05:26] guy
    I even brought a present.
[05:29] guy
    From my private stash.
[05:31] guy
    Don't spare the gratitude, okay?
[05:33] huey
    You drank half.
[05:37] stel
    What if we all brought food?
[05:40] gai
    What are you talking about?
[05:41] lily
    Of course! That's a great idea!
[05:44] lily
    Let's all bring things
    from our private stores!
[05:47] guy
    Seriously, what are you talking about?!
[05:50] aine
    My Emperor.
[05:51] aine
    I've received word that the
    information Advisor Langford gave us
[05:54] aine
    has nearly been decoded.
[05:57] emp
    I see.
[05:58] emp
    Does that mean we'll be able to mass-produce
[06:02] emp
    the new chrars currently in our possession?
[06:04] aine
    Yes, almost certainly.
[06:07] aine
    However...
[06:08] emp
    Yes?
[06:09] aine
    With the end of the conflict in sight,
[06:13] aine
    hasn't the need for mass
    production become less urgent?
[06:17] aine
    As you know, the new chrars are
    rife with issues, and given—
[06:20] emp
    Enough.
[06:22] emp
    Soldiers die under my flag.
[06:26] emp
    When your crest represents
    no tradition, no bloodline,
[06:29] emp
    the only way it can command
    loyalty is with power.
[06:34] emp
    I know that better than anyone.
[06:40] lily
    I'm pretty sure...
[06:46] lily
    It probably won't be enough.
[06:49] lily
    Even if we all bring some...
[06:52] lily
    Is something wrong?
[06:54] stel
    This smell...
[07:01] huey
    Totally not enough.
[07:03] huey
    Some party this is gonna be.
[07:06] brea
    You're one to talk.
[07:07] brea
    You didn't even bring anything!
[07:10] lily
    Open up! Please open the door!
[07:15] stel
    I thought we could share this.
[07:17] gail
    What's all this?
[07:19] lily
    Apparently some stray fire hit the palace
    wine cellar and blew a hole in it.
[07:23] stel
    Most of the wine was ruined,
    and they were going to throw it out.
[07:28] gail
    So you took some?
[07:29] lily
    Stella is amazing!
[07:31] lily
    She picked up the smell of
    the spilled wine right away!
[07:34] stel
    Well... I have a memory of playing
    around in a place like that long ago.
[07:40] break
    You came from a household with a wine cellar?
[07:42] stel
    Or maybe it was in the neighborhood...
[07:45] stel
    It was a really long time ago.
[07:48] stel
    The memories are fuzzy.
[07:50] guy
    Get outta the way!
[07:53] break
    Potatoes?
[07:54] guy
    The load was starting to go bad, and they
    were desperate for a way to get rid of them.
[07:58] stel
    But they don't seem to be
    in terrible condition...
[08:01] guy
    Well, you stay in the military long enough,
[08:03] guy
    you pick up a loyal squadmate or two.
[08:07] huey
    Sounds like I'm up, then.
[08:09] huey
    Is the kitchen free?
[08:15] lily
    How shocking!
[08:17] lily
    I didn't know Huey had such skills.
[08:22] stel
    What?
[08:28] huey
    Okay, enough peeling.
[08:29] huey
    Break, go cook those sardines.
[08:31] break
    Huh? But they're canned!
[08:33] huey
    So grill 'em in the can.
[08:35] huey
    A little extra effort goes a long way.
[08:39] break
    Wh-Which one's the grill?
[08:41] guy
    Quiet down! Someone's gonna come!
[08:43] huey
    You people!
[08:44] huey
    Cooking isn't something you can do quietly!
[08:47] huey
    And you, quit staring and put
    those potatoes in the mixer!
[08:50] lily
    You don't have to be so bossy!
[08:52] stel
    What should I do?
[08:53] huey
    Let's see...
[08:54] huey
    Here, chateau these.
[08:56] stel
    Huh?
[08:57] huey
    Okay. Then trim these.
[09:00] stel
    "Trim"?
[09:02] huey
    Forget it!
[09:03] huey
    Go decorate the room or something.
[09:11] lily
    How beautiful!
[09:13] stel
    They're artificial, of course.
[09:18] break
    You think she came from a
    fancy household, after all?
[09:23] lily
    I've never thought to ask,
[09:26] lily
    and she doesn't seem to
    want to talk about it...
[09:46] break
    I feel weirdly nervous.
[09:49] gail
    Let's skip the pleasantries.
[09:51] gail
    To Pierce's release from the hospital.
[09:53] gail
    Cheers!
[09:54] all
    Cheers!
[09:59] pierce
    Amazing. You did all this...
[10:01] break
    Of course, it's almost all potatoes.
[10:04] lily
    But we worked hard to make it.
[10:06] lily
    Huey and all of us.
[10:10] lily
    W-Wow. It's so good!
    Really, really good!
[10:14] lily
    How to put it... it's rich, but not cloying.
[10:19] pier
    This is delicious!
[10:20] pier
    I know. This is perfect.
[10:23] pier
    I've been carrying these around with me.
[10:25] pier
    Would you like to try some?
[10:28] stel
    What are they?
[10:29] pie
    Bugsy beans.
[10:30] pie
    They're a local delicacy from my hometown.
[10:32] pie
    They're an acquired taste,
[10:34] pie
    but they can be quite addictive
    once you're used to them.
[10:36] pie
    Would you like to try one, Commander?
[10:38] gail
    I'm not really a fan of beans...
[10:41] lily
    They look delicious!
[10:43] break
    Wait. Hang on, I've heard of these beans.
[10:47] break
    When we feed these to Royal Army
    POWs, they complain about torture!
[10:53] huey
    Wh-What the hell is this?!
[10:56] lily
    W-Well... that's a local delicacy for you.
[10:59] lily
    They're rather... unique.
[11:02] huey
    They're gross!
[11:03] guy
    Hey, you guys okay?
[11:06] guy
    You don't have to force it...
[11:08] huey
    Water! I need water!
[11:09] break
    Wait!
[11:10] break
    If you want to kill the taste, try this.
[11:12] break
    It's what we drink in my hometown
    after you eat something gross.
[11:15] break
    You see...
[11:20] break
    It's even more gross, which cancels it out!
[11:21] huey
    You ass!
[11:22] huey
    You just doubled the grossness!
[11:23] break
    That's strange...
[11:26] guy
    I told you, you don't need to force it...
[11:31] guy
    Don't worry. I'll be filling
    your shoes and then some.
[11:35] guy
    Head on home without a care.
[11:37] lily
    Hey.
[11:38] break
    But it'll be nice to be home, huh?
[11:41] pierce
    I guess.
[11:42] break
    You guess?
[11:43] huey
    It never feels nice to get let go.
[11:46] huey
    He's getting a discharge
    for injury, remember?
[11:48] lily
    Still, your family'll be happy to see you.
[11:53] pierce
    I'm afraid I was a burden
    to them from the start.
[11:56] pierce
    You know the saying...
    "poor farmers, big families."
[11:58] pierce
    I basically joined the military
    to be one less mouth to feed.
[12:04] pierce
    A long time ago, someone tricked my father
[12:07] pierce
    into buying a large shipment of
    crop seeds that wouldn't root.
[12:11] pierce
    He lost a fortune, and our family
    spiraled from there into poverty.
[12:15] huey
    What the hell?
[12:16] huey
    Don't any of us come from a not-terrible life?
[12:19] guy
    What'll you do next?
[12:21] guy
    Got a job lined up?
[12:22] pierce
    Well... I haven't really decided.
[12:25] gail
    Would you like to work at my orphanage, then?
[12:30] lily
    Commander, what did you...
[12:33] gail
    I run an orphanage. I was asking
    if you'd like to help out there.
[12:37] stel
    Why do you run an orphanage?
[12:39] gail
    Do I need a reason?
[12:42] stel
    No...
[12:43] gail
    What do you think?
[12:45] pierce
    Well...
[12:47] gail
    Is that a no?
[12:48] pie
    No...
[12:49] pie
    Well, it's just so sudden...
[12:53] gail
    Think about it, then.
[12:55] gail
    Let me know before you go.
[13:06] mon
    Excuse me.
[13:10] iza
    I'm sure you were told to investigate
    if you saw me writing anything down.
[13:15] iza
    They're baby names.
[13:16] mon
    Baby names?
[13:19] iza
    My next will be born soon.
[13:21] iza
    But I'm having trouble
    thinking up good names...
[13:27] stel
    Excuse me, sir.
[13:28] stel
    Warrant Officer Break and Huey
    went back to their rooms.
[13:32] gail
    Guy, too?
[13:33] stel
    Yes.
[13:34] stel
    He was stumbling drunk, so the Warrant
    Officer took him back to his room...
[13:38] stel
    Lily took a walk to settle her stomach.
[13:41] stel
    She ate too much, she said.
[13:43] gail
    I see. You sleep, too.
[13:46] gail
    We can clean this all up tomorrow.
[13:48] stel
    Yes, sir.
[13:49] stel
    Ah... Where's Pierce?
[13:52] stel
    He left a little while ago.
[13:55] stel
    What did he say?
[13:57] gail
    About the orphanage?
[13:59] gail
    He hasn't made up his mind yet.
[14:02] stel
    I thought it was a wonderful offer, myself.
[14:04] gail
    I'm not sure I'd say an
    orphanage is wonderful.
[14:08] gail
    But I thought he might appreciate it.
[14:12] gail
    He said his father once told him...
[14:16] gail
    "You're a crop that won't root, too."
[14:21] gail
    Apparently he was a bit of a troublemaker.
[14:24] gail
    Well, it's a common story for young people,
[14:26] gail
    at that age before they've
    figured themselves out.
[14:29] gail
    But, apparently, those words
    cut him pretty deep.
[14:34] gail
    "They say I'm like the crops that
    brought my family to ruin"...
[14:38] gail
    "How could someone like me
    ever look after children?"
[14:44] stel
    I think he'll be fine.
[14:48] stel
    Those who know pain are better
    equipped to understand the feelings
[14:54] stel
    of children who have suffered.
[14:58] gail
    Were you one of those children, too?
[15:08] (Flashback) mom
    Come here! Call me Mom!
[15:15] (Flashback) dad
    I told you it's not working!
[15:18] (Flashback) dad
    It's not working...
[15:19] (Flashback) dad
    I don't even know if I'll
    be able to keep my job.
[15:22] (Flashback) dad
    I don't know if we'll be able to feed her...
[15:24] (Flashback) mom
    But you were so happy when she was born!
[15:27] (Flashback) dad
    But things have changed since then!
[15:30] (Flashback) dad
    If only we hadn't taken that girl in...
[15:42] (Flashback) mom
    Are you saying it's not good enough for you?
[15:45] (Flashback) mom
    Then wipe that expression off your face.
[15:53] (Flashback) mom
    That's right.
[15:55] (Flashback) mom
    Just keep smiling.
[15:57] (Flashback) mom
    Smiling will get you through anything.
[16:33] gail
    The children I'm trying to raise
[16:35] gail
    probably aren't the kind
    you're thinking about.
[16:39] gail
    I don't want to raise weak children
[16:42] gail
    who rely on commiseration
    to fumble through life.
[16:46] gail
    Nor children who lie to themselves and
    smile just to placate those around them.
[16:55] gail
    Pierce is just looking for reasons to
    justify his lack of self-confidence.
[17:01] gail
    It's not the flower that decides it
    won't root, it's the people around it.
[17:05] gail
    Flowers and crops both...
[17:08] gail
    They fight with all they have to take
    root and survive, don't you think?
[17:13] gail
    I'll go to bed, too.
[17:15] gail
    Haven't been this drunk in a while.
[17:28] lily
    Stella!
[17:31] stel
    Lily. And Pierce...
[17:33] lily
    I ran into him before.
[17:35] lily
    He made me this weird proposal...
[17:37] pie
    Well...
[17:38] pie
    Please don't say it that way.
    She'll get the wrong idea.
[17:42] pie
    It's just... this may be a silly
    request from a country bumpkin,
[17:47] pie
    but I'd like to see the royal palace...
[17:50] stel
    The royal palace?
[17:51] stel
    But we're technically in...
[17:52] lily
    Oh, we know that.
[17:54] lily
    But, look!
[17:56] lily
    The places the royals actually lived...
[17:58] lily
    We rank-and-file aren't
    allowed in without leave.
[18:01] pie
    If I have to return to the country,
[18:02] pie
    I'd like to bring a good story back with me.
[18:05] lily
    Want to come, Stella?
[18:06] lily
    I'd like to see it myself.
[18:13] stel
    Stop.
[18:14] stel
    That way!
[18:17] stel
    Hide!
[18:29] (Flashback) mom
    Smiling will get you through anything.
[18:33] (Flashback) gail
    Nor children who lie to themselves and
    smile just to placate those around them.
[18:42] lily
    Amazing...
[18:44] pie
    Yeah, it's amazing.
[18:47] pie
    Thanks.
[18:48] pie
    This will make a great
    story to take back home.
[18:50] stel
    Are we done here, then?
[18:52] lily
    Seeing as we've come this far,
    why not venture further?
[18:57] stel
    A greenhouse... in a place like this?
[19:02] lily
    It's so beautiful!
[19:08] pie
    I've never seen flowers like these before.
[19:11] lily
    Are they dead?
[19:14] pie
    Flowers that didn't root?
[19:19] stel
    But look, they've grown this big.
[19:23] stel
    Even if it's hard for them to grow,
[19:26] stel
    they still did so,
    while someone cared for them.
[19:30] pie
    You're right. They might not have had to die.
[19:36] stel
    Someone took really good care of them.
[19:39] stel
    Someone came and went,
    giving them water and love...
[19:45] stel
    "It's not the flower that
    decides it won't root."
[19:47] stel
    "It's the people around it
    who are convinced that it won't."
[19:52] stel
    The commander told me that.
[19:54] stel
    "Flowers and crops both..."
[19:55] stel
    "They fight with all they have
    to take root and survive."
[20:02] pie
    You think the commander's asleep already?
[20:06] stel
    Most likely.
[20:08] stel
    But he's probably waiting to hear from you.
[20:15] stel
    Who put so much love and care into
    raising these flowers, and why?
[20:29] sol
    You'll be home soon?
[20:32] pie
    Yeah.
[20:33] pie
    The border will soon be in sight.
[20:36] pie
    Then it's just a little bit longer...
[20:46] lily
    That can't be true!
[20:48] gail
    The transport hover Pierce was in
     was attacked near the border.
[20:53] break
    Any survivors?
[20:59] lily
    But...
[21:01] lily
    He was going to stop back home,
    then go to your orphanage...
[21:05] lily
    He seemed so happy...
[21:07] lily
    It's so...
[21:09] lily
    It's so...
[21:16] huey
    But that's reality for you, isn't it?
[21:20] huey
    When a pathetic fool starts to dream,
[21:22] huey
    he's just setting himself up for a fall.
[21:24] lily
    Huey...
[21:34] huey
    At times like these, you can't
    do much but smile. Right?
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