I don't want to say goodbye
In order to ride out the winter which had suddenly arrived...
...we said farewell to Everyone's House...
...and moved to a new place.
It's been two weeks since then.
We've gotten used to our new lifestyle little by little.
According to Sharla, our new house...
...was the crater made by a shooting star.
Thus, it was named Star Hole.
Pague!
Pague, healthy?
Pague, yummy?
Pague!
Eat as much as you can.
He seems to have lost some of his liveliness again.
He doesn't move from here much anymore, after all.
But as long as he's here, he's sheltered from the snow...
...and his favourite leaves are here, so he'll be fine.
But the trees around there have few leaves now, for the most part.
When they're gone, all that's left is The Great Tree...
...and when those run out...
That's true...
If he at least had others of his kind, I feel like he might find a way to make it through the winter.
Anyways, I wonder where Pague's family went.
Pague. Pague!
Pague seems happy when he's with Adam.
It really does seem like this is the cause.
Though we dunno why somethin' like this's comin' out of the ruins.
At least we know for sure, though.
The sparklin's reflectin' the heat rays.
If we don't stop it somehow, it'll get even colder.
That's why we came, isn't it?
That's the thing you brought out from inside the ruins, right?
Yep! I'll help too!
Cold!
I think the key to controllin' the ruins is inside the card.
We'll connect the card to the communicator and send out a remote control signal.
If there's a response, we should be able to open the door.
Okay, here I go!
It ain't changin' at all!
Try somethin' or other!
This time!
No good.
I'm not done yet!
How about that?
No use...
What's it hope to gain by churnin' out that stuff so fast?
It's a pretty perplexin' machine.
There has to be a control device inside.
Damn it!
Open up!
Don't make a fool of me!
Why is it making it so cold, though?
I ain't sure.
It's Adam!
He's an alien, after all.
It's making the environment of Adam's planet.
Maybe, but Adam's cold too.
Anyways, let's go home and think up another plan of attack.
Everything we can take from this area is gone as well.
It's cold!
I'm sick of this!
Put up with it. Look at Kaoru.
He likes putting up with things.
C'mon, let's dig out the next one.
It really was better looking after Adam.
It's a tributary.
We can't cross this.
Sure can't... We'll have to look for somewhere that's not as wide.
I agree.
Pague's kind?
And a bunch of 'em.
Let's check it out.
There were so many of them!
It's an idyllic place, ain't it?
And there's Great Trees.
There's steam comin' off the water.
It's warm even in winter!
No matter what we did, the door wouldn't move an inch.
We got chilled to the bone trying.
Then you couldn't stop that strange substance from coming out.
But what are those ruins, if they're changing the climate?
This was just our guess, but...
...I think they might be the ruins of a terraforming machine.
Terraforming?
What's that?
What they did to the moon we were on!
To put it simply, a machine to change the environment of a planet so people can live there.
Of course I knew that!
I was just testing all of you!
So we passed?
I guess.
But why is a thing like that here?
That's it, this child.
That's right! We can't be sure...
...but maybe the environment Adam lives in is the same as for humans.
They're not the same! Look at that cold!
But even on Earth there were many places where it was cold all year round.
I definitely wouldn't want to live in one of those places.
But even so...
...to think that a machine could change the environment so easily...
Somethin' of interest to people aimin' to be Planetary Settlement Engineers.
But...
...there's still one question left about this cold.
Adam was in the ruins, but he's bothered by the cold too.
That's certainly true.
What are we going to do if it gets any colder than this?
Will we all just die here?
It's a bit soon to give up.
Chako and I will stop that machine somehow!
We're depending on you.
If we can solve the mystery of the ruins, lots of possibilities will open up.
Do whatever you can.
Oh, there was one other thing to report on.
On the way back, we found a herd of Pagues.
A herd of Pagues?
There were lots of Pagues bigger than ours gathered together.
Lots of trees of the same type as The Great Tree were scattered about too.
There was no snow on the ground, and there a green carpet of soft grass.
And the pond and river were giving off a warm-looking steam.
All around it was snow, so the place looked just like paradise!
Then let's move there too!
Our neighbours would be wild animals.
There's no way they'd let us in.
We'd get trampled underfoot.
You're right. That's a place they found.
I think we'd best let them keep it.
We have a house this warm thanks to Bell and Kaoru.
And however many leaves like The Great Tree's there are...
...it doesn't mean we can eat them.
Hey, why don't we take Pague there?
We've laid out hay and protected him from the wind...
...but he's definitely cold.
And there's not many leaves left.
Even if you say so, how do you plan to take him there?
We'd have to get him down that cliff.
It's impossible.
But if Pague came from the Eastern Woods...
...shouldn't it be possible to get him back?
Come to think of it, how did Pague get here?
Isn't that obvious?
A bird picked up Pague when he was still a baby.
It wouldn't have had a problem getting up a cliff like that.
How about it? Isn't that a logical explanation?
A bird?
There's no bird that big here.
There could be! It'd be like a dinosaur that we haven't seen before.
Flap-flap!
Maybe there's a door!
Door?
One evening under the soft light of a full moon...
...somewhere in the Eastern Woods, a secret door appears.
A door of light forms, connecting it to this forest...
...and a cute baby Pague comes through!
Yeah, yeah!
It's the birth of a new dunce comedian.
What?
That's mean! It was the best I could think of!
Sorry, sorry, I was jokin'.
Sharla's explanation does have some merit.
Luna?
It might not have been a door...
...but it's possible it was connected by a cave.
I get it!
Once he grew big enough, he couldn't get back through.
Or something.
Anyways, let's look into it tomorrow.
Hey, what will happen to Pague?
If we can, we'll try to return him to his herd.
Return?
We're going to show Pague the way back to the Eastern Woods.
He'll go away?
No! I don't want Pague to go away!
Adam...
Even if there is a cave, we don't know if we can use it to get Pague home.
Even if it's not a cave, anywhere we can get Pague home through is fine.
It's true! It's only green here!
It's definitely paradise!
However we have to, I want to bring Pague here.
He may have family in here as well.
He's noticed us!
He's looking this way.
It seems like he's looking at you, Luna.
I wonder why.
Maybe he caught the scent of Pague left behind on your body.
Then that Pague is...
We have to look for a cave!
There doesn't seem to be a cave anywhere.
Maybe a fissure?
It looks like a staircase.
Maybe he can climb down here.
Here?
Luna! Bell!
What's wrong?
When we took our eyes off him for a moment, Adam disappeared.
Pague's gone too.
We looked, but couldn't find them.
Maybe...
Adam!
Stay away!
Adam...
You can't just run off like that.
We were worried.
We searched all over for you.
No.
Pague won't go back.
If we don't return Pague to his herd, he might die of cold.
No... He'll stay with me.
Don't be so selfish.
Pague might be able to live with his real family.
Pague's parents might be in the herd.
He'd be happier if he could live with his family, wouldn't he?
Let's all help Pague get back to his herd together, okay?
But Pague is my friend!
I don't want to say goodbye!
Sorry for making you feel sad.
Pague's parents?
I might just be misinterpreting it, though.
If we can reunite them, I'm sure Pague and his parents would be happy.
It's impossible to get him down that cliff.
But it's worth it to try.
If we can get Pague home...
...we might be able to get home too.
Don't you think?
I kinda get it.
Ridiculous!
Bell, could we use a rope or something?
I've been thinking of using a pulley.
Pulley?
Coochie-coochie-coo!
It's no use. I'm so hungry I can't move an inch.
Even if we did this every day, it'd never end.
We're the ones who'll starve to death.
But there's nowhere else to get Pague down.
Yeesh. Let's take a break.
I think I'll go play with Adam.
Coochie-coo. Coochie-coochie-coo. Coochie-coo.
And now, scritch-scritch-scritch-scritch-scritch!
Yeah, scritch-scritch-scritch-scritch, Pague!
A tobihane?
Howard! It's dangerous!
An avalanche?
Get to high ground!
Everyone! Are you alright?
That's a relief.
What about Howard?
Over there!
He wasn't swept away by the avalanche.
Howard, are you hurt?
You seem fine. That's good.
Luna!
It made a slope!
Everyone, here we go!
Depart!
Hey, Pague...
What's wrong?
He's not trying to move.
Maybe Pague don't want to say goodbye neither?
It's the same one as before.
Then maybe it's one of Pague's parents!
Pague, go on.
Slowly, now... Slowly...
Everyone, are you okay?
No problem.
I'll help too.
Adam!
Just a little further. Keep it up.
Pague!
How's Pague?
Pague...
Good for you.
You... did it.
Pague made it home.
We will too...
Pague went home, but you're not alone, Adam.
We're all your friends and family.
So, should we take in the rope 'n go home?
What's up, Howard?
That's not a rope.
They're sweet potatoes! Full of starch!
There's lots of them!
They were uncovered when the avalanche moved the snow off them.
Howard, nice work.
Nice work...
Nice... work?
That's right! It was nice work!
Making the slope and getting the food were both all thanks to me!
Of course, since I'm so kind-hearted, I won't keep them all to myself!
I'll give a little to each of you.
But in exchange, you'll all call me Lord Howard from now on!
It's all thanks to Lord Howard!
--Nobody forget! You should be thanking me! --That night, we listened to Lord Howard's bragging...
...twelve times over.
Kaoru's past unknown to anyone.
I... killed him.
What is he hiding in those words?
Why doesn't he try to come clean with everyone?
Kaoru, what is the burden you carry?
Next time: In the light