Please... take care of this child...
Is he alive?
I don't know.
Is this... cold sleep?
Sure seems like it.
He seems to be a boy.
More importantly...
...is this guy even human?
He does seem a little different.
Was it this child who was calling out to Luna?
I don't know.
This child...
Could it be he's an alien?
Don't be ridiculous!
But look at that!
I ain't got nothin' in my data like this script!
He may actually be an alien.
Planetary settlement has progressed...
...but mankind has yet to encounter alien life.
Then...
...this will be mankind's first contact with aliens!
In that case, we'll...
...be famous as the discoverers of aliens!
That's only if we ever get home from this planet, of course.
But...
...that might not be impossible either!
The fact that this cold sleep chamber is working means...
...that the energy system is still active!
Let's look into it.
We might be able to figure something out as well.
Alrighty!
Right, let's go!
The controls...
...are too...
...high for me!
Was it you...
...who called out to me?
Wait a moment.
Could it be...
...there's someone here besides that boy?
You mean, hiding somewhere?
But there doesn't seem to be any sign of other people.
I don't see any doors, either.
That's right!
What are you trying to say?
Wha-- what is this?
A planet?
This isn't Earth, is it?
It's a little similar, but different.
It's a planet that ain't in my data.
Then what planet is it?
This might be...
...the planet we're on now!
Then what are those marks?
I think they indicate the location of something.
Was it you?
Was the one who called out to me...
...you?
Luna, what's goin' on?
He opened his eyes.
He opened his eyes!
It's true.
Does this mean the cold sleep was deactivated?
Even if it were, it's too soon for him to be openin' his eyes.
Then it was deactivated before we came in here?
Then you mean it predicted that we'd come here?
To think that something like that would be possible...
It wasn't this child, then?
Since he was cold sleeping, it would be impossible.
Sure would.
That voice that guided Luna here...
I can't think of anythin' but that the owner of that voice was managin' this place from somewhere else.
.dlihc siht rof erac esaelP
This voice...
Where did it come from?
What's happenin'?
This is the voice we heard over Shingo's communications device!
Yes...
...that's right.
.dlihc siht rof erac esaelP
Please... take care of this child...
"Please take care of this child"?
What does that mean?
...erac esaelP
.dlihc siht rof...
What's it saying?
"Take care, take care."
Take care of this child?
You mean it wants us to raise this child?
Alduram Gyet.
Again!
What's he saying?
"Alduram Gyet."
What does it mean?
I don't know.
Alduram Gyet.
What just... happened?
He's clothed all of a sudden!
It's not just clothes! Shoes too!
Just now, it might 've been doin' somethin'.
You don't mean... nano-machines?
Don't!
You shouldn't touch him yet.
After wakin' up from a long cold sleep, his body's not at full strength.
His skin might've become fragile.
Keep it up!
Hey, Shingo!
Where are you going?
We forgot about the most important thing!
The communicator!
What about the communicator?
If these ruins have a communicator...
...we might be able to send out a powerful emergency beacon!
You mean help will come, and we'll be able to get off this planet?
Alright! I'll look for it too!
You did it!
Who are you?
Where are you from?
Leave the questions until later.
You're trying to stand up, right?
Go for it!
There's nothing that seems like a communicator.
In that case, the random approach.
Take that! Come on!
What just happened?
Over here, too.
What happened?
What's this?
A card?
The door!
Let's hurry out of here!
You must be kidding!
There's still tons of things I want to look into!
You'll get shut in!
No!
No, no!
C'mon!
--Stop being so unreasonable! --Let go of me!
Let go of me!
Put me down!
Luna!
Luna, hurry!
It's okay, you go on ahead!
Hurry, hurry, Luna!
Hurry it up!
I can't hold it anymore...
That was a close call.
Are you okay?
Damn...
Why'd the door close?
Howard, it's because you did something to cause it again!
What do you mean, 'again'?
It's the same as with the shuttle's release mechanism!
What?
Have your fight later.
Let's hurry.
Come to think of it...
...the crab that was here when we came in...
It's disappeared?
Looks like it went somewhere.
It may still be hiding somewhere.
Open up!
Luna, give it another try.
No luck, huh?
But there was a mountain of riches inside!
Damn it!
Open up! Open up! Open up!
Open... sesame!
--You think it'll open if you do that? --Sesame!
Howard! Stop goofing off!
If I didn't try it, we couldn't be sure, right?
Maybe we can use this.
No luck after all.
Is this that...
Yep.
The thing that came outta the cold sleep chamber.
There may be another door.
Let's split up and look for it.
Alright... let's go!
Stay here, okay?
Luna, you stay with the kid.
I understand. I won't go anywhere.
Huh?
Who might this be?
Um... this...
I was just cleaning up...
Never touch my things again.
How did it go?
We went around the wall, sensin' all the way, but there didn't seem to be another entrance.
Really...
Chako, I wonder how long these ruins have been here.
Let's see...
Based on the overgrowth of vines...
...I'd guess at least five hundred years've passed.
F-- Five hundred years? You're lying.
It's no lie!
I wouldn't be surprised if it was a thousand.
Then you're saying that this child may have been in cold sleep for a very long period?
That might be true.
Just who is this guy, anyways?
Where are you from?
Howard, don't speak so loudly!
That's right! It's no use askin' him!
He's an alien, so his language would be totally different.
But why could Luna understand what was said?
I don't know.
It's not that I could hear the words clearly...
...but somehow I felt like I knew the meaning.
Telepathy?
That's the only explanation I can think of.
Then that means...
...this little brat's got psychic powers too?
Don't make me laugh!
If you make too much fun, he might make you disappear in an instant.
If we don't hurry back to Everyone's House soon, the sun will set.
What should we do?
Do we take the child back with us?
Of course that's what I planned to do.
Taking care of that child will put a strain on our lifestyle.
Strain?
Food, shelter, and various other things.
I think we have to leave him to his own devices.
We'll manage them all somehow.
That's right, that's right!
It's too cruel just to leave him on his own!
This child is our precious clue to solving the riddle of this planet.
I agree with Luna as well.
I agree too!
Luna was asked to take care of this kid by that voice, wasn't she?
Yes.
In that case, we have to take good care of the kid...
...and when the owner of the voice comes for him...
...we might be able to make off with a space ship while he's not looking!
We should be grateful!
I dunno if I should call it unscrupulous or shameful..
As long as everyone is agreed, I have no objections.
Let's hurry home.
What's Menori so angry about?
Anyways, let's go.
I'm sure Sharla and Kaoru are worried about us.
That's right.
Here.
I've got an unsettlin' feelin'.
Kaoru...
I'm sorry.
Umm...
It really wasn't on purpose!
I found it by accident while I was cleaning.
Is the boy in that picture...
...a friend?
I'm sorry.
I'm asking weird questions.
But I...
...feel a little relieved.
Kaoru, even you have a friend like that.
He's no longer with us.
I killed him.
Look at Howard... he's so obliging.
Offering to keep an eye on that boy!
He's prob'ly just happy havin' someone who listens to what he says.
He's taken a shine to the little squirt.
Just like a big brother.
Maybe so, but he still has a dangerous moment.
A formidable opponent appears!
Next time: A-da-m