Don't give Disith time to counterattack! Hurry up and prepare to fire!
Excellency!
His Imperial Majesty has passed on.
Wha--? Are you serious?!
Yes, sir. He and the Prime Minister killed one another.
Majesty...
Loading complete!
Steam pressure climbing!
With His Majesty dead, we must defend Anatoray with our very lives!
Excellency, it's the Urbanus!
The Urbanus? Why?
JUST KEEP ON TRYING, KEEP ON FLYING.
I WILL BE THE LIGHT.
If we think of the dawn as one beginning...
If we think of right now as the time to come...
It's a cloud age symphony together with you...
...off in the direction the light is shining...
...beyond the sea of clouds.
Oh, can I encounter a moment...
...that is just like magic?
in exchange for a cold night,
...the two of us flap our wings...
...and grasp hold of eternity at our journey's end.
Making Material.
The Scolopendra Cannon seems to be ready to fire.
Gunnery Chief.
Torpedo targeting locked! Target, Scolopendra Cannon!
Tubes 1 and 2 loaded! Ready to fire!
Fire a signal round!
Signal round from the Urbanus!
"In the name of Her Imperial Highness, I order all forces to cease hostilities immediately."
Her Highness seems to be aboard the Urbanus!
Already playing empress, is she?
Her father died only moments ago! How disrespectful!
Ignore it. Send the Urbanus and the Disith fleet straight to hell.
But Her Highness would be--
Who cares?! Fire!
Yes, sir!
I'll make Princess Sophia's death be the foundation of a reborn Anatoray.
#6, ready!
#7, ready!
#8, ready!
The Scolopendra Cannon has resumed firing preparations!
He leaves me no choice... Launch torpedoes!
Destruction of Scolopendra Cannon verified.
Fleet closing in from behind Disith fleet!
Nice timing.
What in the world was that cease-fire order all about?
Commander! Fleet closing in to aft!
Identify them at once!
When did you have time to secure assistance from Duke Mad-thane?
When you're thrown to the wolves, it pays to be quick on your feet.
It's the Mad-thane fleet! Still closing!
Commander, this is a trap.
A cease-fire order means nothing in a situation like this.
Brace for enemy cannon fire! Take aim!
Aye, sir!
Hold fire!
Signal spotted! "Fight or withdraw. The choice is yours."
It's not worth trusting. Commander, give the order to fire!
Stand down from attack preparations! We're withdrawing!
Disith fleet and ground forces are withdrawing.
Their commander seems to understand the meaning of chivalry.
There is yet hope for the world's survival.
We have a lot of work ahead of us.
Indeed.
Can we really repair all this by ourselves?
Just shut up and get to work!
We haven't gotten much sleep because we've been working around the clock for three days.
Plus, how can the Silvana fight when she's stark naked?
What's your problem?
Mullin's worried that after all those survival medals, his luck's finally run dry.
Aren't you afraid of dying?
Not really.
Lavie!
Good morning.
Where's Claus?
I dunno...
Then let's go look for him.
No, I meant that I don't understand him anymore.
Did you have a fight?
No, I told him what was on my mind, that's all. I said I couldn't stand the way he is now.
Really?
Yeah. It feels great to have that off my chest.
I've been giving things a lot of thought,
...but thinking doesn't solve anything.
Alex.
Our Vanship.
Tatiana.
I really don't care about any of that anymore.
I mean, I love Vanships.
All I want is for Claus to see our Vanship soon.
I've made up my mind.
You're quitting the ship?
No, our Vanship.
I don't know what happened, but it belonged to your father.
It belongs to Alex.
So what are you saying? Don't turn your back on who you are.
I want you to cross the Grand Stream in that ship.
That was your dream, wasn't it?
You'd never understand.
The way you are now, you almost remind me of Alex.
Shut up!
I'm sorry.
Sorry to interrupt your fun, but where can I find your captain?
Are you a courier?
You bet!
Okay, then. I've delivered your message.
Give my regards to Walker.
I'll do that.
Thanks for showing me the way. See ya around.
Set course for Horizon Cave.
Aye, aye. Setting course for Horizon Cave!
Claus!
We will be docked at Horizon Cave for several days...
...to make repairs and resupply.
Notify all relevant posts. Have them standing by.
Yes, sir!
Excuse me.
Oh, it's you two? What can I do for you?
Weren't you scared? Making a delivery to the Silvana isn't exactly--
I guess. It was five stars, after all.
I guess anybody would be.
But the thing is, I'm a courier.
If there's a job to do, I'll go wherever it takes to make my delivery.
Truth be told, I've been out of this line of work for a long time.
There's a pilot shortage, you see.
That's why they're even handing out jobs to us old geezers from the Retirement Association.
Anyway, it's amazing up in the sky. You should try flying, too, youngster!
It's the best!
You have my sympathies.
May I offer my condolences on the death of your father.
His Majesty had forgotten about the people.
My father... is the past.
I have come here to discuss what is to be done in the future.
Then there is but one thing to do.
The Disith commander is a man who understands reason.
Then I shall meet with the Disith commander as Empress.
Sorry to make you come all the way down here.
I guess it's finally time.
The Prime Minister said to entrust my Mysterion to you.
So, you're a Dagobert...
It's been a long time coming.
Memorize this. It's the Mysterion of House Dagobert.
"The waves that dye the land gold."
The waves that dye the land gold.
The Prime Minister sent you the final one, am I right?
It's not yet time for me to learn it.
Captain, we've arrived at Horizon Cave airspace.
The ship will now conduct repairs and resupply operations at Horizon Cave.
Horizon Cave is currently being used as a training ground...
...for Anatoray special forces to train for Unit capture operations,
...and arrangements have been made for our crew to make free use of their billet facilities.
All hands, nurse your spirits back to health until we leave port.
Take aim! Fire!
Good, next!
Take aim! Fire!
What'cha doing?
Dio...
Horizon Cave... What was that, again?
The stronghold of the lout who was disrespectful to you, Maestro.
Ah, that.
Ships of the lower classes have begun to gather at the Cave,
...and we are detecting activities which threaten the world order.
I believe they may sully your honor, Lady Delphine.
Could they really manage that?
Some are of the opinion that we should recall their Units without delay.
They believe it would be simple to quell the rebellion before it starts.
We can't do that!
How thrilling it must be to soar through the skies on wings that you may lose at any time.
Recalling their Units now wouldn't be entertaining at all.
We must aim for the most entertaining possible moment.
You understand, don't you?
I feel sorry for those people.
No, I'd better not.
You have to.
You've been butting into my business ever since we got back from the desert.
I want you to fly, that's all.
I will fly. As a fighter pilot.
That's not what you really want to be.
Come on.
That's what I mean by you butting in!
Hi, Claus!
Al.
Hey, Lavie's working on the Vanship now. Come on down.
Well, um... I can't right now.
Why not?
l-I'm busy.
Really?
Hey, Claus!
Wanna go grab some grub?
Sure, I'll be right down.
I'll go with Alister. You go without me.
What's he doing with the Princess?
This, that, and the other, I bet.
Well played, Princess...
So, what about you?
I'll join you after I finish up here.
Are you sure we should go?
Let's show some consideration, okay?
Huh? About what?
Geez, you're dense. Come on, let's go.
Hey, what happened to Mullin?
I guess I really am a musketeer...
Hey! Good to see you!
I see the ventilation here has improved.
It's nice and bright, too.
We need to thank little miss Maestro for that.
Oh, right, I shouldn't have mentioned that name.
Vincent didn't hold back, either, I see.
You won't recognize her once I'm through.
I'll leave you to it.
Sure. And I hear the palace is footing the bill.
My, aren't we the big shot?
Oh, right. I finally finished that item you wanted.
What do you think?
I owe you.
Are you sure about not going to eat with Godwin and the others?
Yeah. I wanted to see this place no matter what.
You sure like Vanships, don't you?
Yeah. I guess I do.
You're having trouble deciding something.
I am not.
Don't lie. I can tell.
Your face is all funny.
My face? It is?
Really funny. You're not the Claus I used to know.
I suppose I'm not...
What's the matter?
That's--
What're you doing?
Ralph?!
Do I know you?
Where's Guita?
I'm sorry. It's just that you look a lot like someone we knew.
Hey, where'd you get that figurehead?
Oh, this? A pilot named Ralph Wednesday gave it to me.
Want this?
I have another.
Thank you!
Ralph's my kid brother.
I want you to take over my mission.
Oh, I see.
A Vanship pilot vanished without a trace along with his Vanship...
I bet that's how he wanted to go.
Allow me to thank you in my brother's place.
You carried out his mission for him.
I only... I wasn't really thinking about that.
I want you to keep this.
I couldn't!
I want you to have it. I want a Vanship pilot to have it.
I wasn't expecting it, but I guess I'll be avenging my brother.
I heard about a special forces unit. What are they doing here?
Training.
We're using the warship that Anatoray's Prime Minister...
...escaped from the Guild in as an attack target.
At any rate, nobody's ever heard of attacking a warship with Vanships.
They've scouted most of Anatoray's Vanship pilots for this.
That's not why you came here?
Um... No.
Hey, that's--
Hurricane Hawk!
Fat Chicken!
Sunny Boy!
Hurricane Hawk!
Claus!
Hurricane Hawk!
Well, I'll be! You're alive!
Last time I saw you, I thought you were a goner for sure.
I thought the same thing about you, Hawk.
I heard that Disith had occupied Norkia.
You think a little thing like that would make us give up flying?
I guess not.
Sleepyhead!
Claus, is that you?
Fat Chicken! Sunny Boy!
It feels like something's missing...
Right, the one who always called me "Nosehair."
Lavie was the one who called you that.
Hey, that's right. Where is Lavie, anyway?
Well, about that...
I'll go get her!
Who's the girl?
Well, that's a long story...
Being a little vague, aren't you?
Too bad, I wanted to show this off to her.
The Norkia Cup first place medal!
You better believe it! Impressed?
You only won because Claus and I dropped out of the race.
It's windfall, plain and simple.
Lay off!
Say whatever you want! I'm the one who won!
See? Doesn't he just make you sick? He's been like this ever since the race.
Pig-bird! Nosehair!
Lavie!
How have you been, Hurricane Hawk?
This is more like it! It's just not a proper reunion without that name-calling!
Cheers!
Have you heard? The sponsor for all this is Duke Mad-thane of Norkia.
- Mad-thane?! - Mad-thane?!
Heck, everybody in Norkia was in shock.
According to Duke Mad-thane,
...Vanships are going to usher in a new era of warfare.
Apparently, a courier Vanship played a big role in the Minagith naval battle.
They say that's what gave him the idea for this Guild attack.
Those couriers he was talking about couldn't have been you two, right?
Hey, you!
Have you ever had a day where you couldn't sleep because--
As far as I'm concerned, chivalry can kiss my ass!
Let's see what we can do!
It couldn't have been these two.
Our turf is the skies of Norkia.
Claus... Lavie...
Couriers, he said...
A new era of warfare, he said...
We were only trying to do everything we could to help...
We hated the idea of Vanships being used as tools in wars so much, but we...
Wait, don't tell me you two--
I figured that a Vanship ought to be able to do something...
Yeah, something that only a Vanship could do.
I've dragged everyone into a sky filled with fighting...
No, you're not the only one to blame, Claus.
Claus...
I've dragged you all into this...
Claus...
I can't run away from this sky I've made.
I can't run away from our Vanship, can I?
Claus...
Nighttime is fast approaching.
You are near, yet so far away.
What do you admire?
Who do you care for?
Words catch in my throat at the sight...
...of people risking their lives...
...and of diaphanous beauty.
If you are going to travel the skies,
...I want to become your wings.
One day, I promise that I will have...
...supple wings that will never snap...
...no matter how strong the wind may be.
Damn, Immelmann hates me now...
Why do you suppose that is, Luciola?
Perhaps it has something to do with what you said to him earlier.
You really think so?
Personally, I think it's a great, catchy little phrase.
Next time on Last Exile, episode 18. "Promotion Sophia."
You and I are shooting stars...