I want you to take over my mission.
Me?
Seven stars?!
SEVEN?!
My cargo... Take this girl.
Vanship pilot Claus Valca does here and now take over Ralph Wednesday's sacred mission.
It's coming closer!
Please don't die.
Go to hell...
...you monster!
JUST KEEP ON TRYING, KEEP ON FLYING.
I WILL BE THE LIGHT.
Yoake wo hitotsu no hajimari to suru nara...
Ima ga kitarubeki toki da to suru nara...
Kimi to no CLOUD AGE SYMPHONY...
...kumo no umi no mukou ni...
...hikari ga sasu hou e.
Ah, mahou no you na...
...isshun ni aeru no ka?
Tsumetai yoru wo hikikae ni,
...futari wa habataite...
...eien wo tsukamu sono hate ni wa.
If Ralph was right, and that star-shaped thing follows us...
...by sensing the sound from our engine,
...then we can't go by air.
If we go through the underground canals...
...and head over the waterfall, we'll hit the Nebula Forest.
Once we're through there, we'll come out near the temple ruins.
Got it!
Wait a minute!
What do you mean, "Got it"?
Oh, I figured out the route we should take. Check it over later, okay?
It just isn't gonna sink in, no matter how many times I say it!
I'm telling you, we should give up on this job!
I figured out a safe route. The only problem is the fuel...
Are you even listening?
It's seven stars! Have you ever seen anything like this?
It's my first time. It's pretty exciting, huh?
There's gotta be something more to all this, I just know it!
Otherwise, you'd never get seven stars like this!
C'mon, we can do it!
Based on what?
Oh, not there. Put it over here.
Ralph had faith in us and entrusted this job to us.
We should give it all we've got.
And that very same Ralph got killed!
Zugzwang.
The guys after her might be practically right on top of us already...
They won't come.
Really?
That thing got caught in that explosion.
Are you sure?
There's no way it could be in one piece after that.
Okay, then. I'll go give the engine a once-over.
We took the waterways to get here, so I'll have to start her up once.
Wait a while.
What's the deal? If we don't purge the water, we won't be able to fly tomorrow.
Let's wait a while longer.
The thing that bugs me the most about this job is the drop-off point!
The Silvana, you mean?
You just try to carry anything to a ship like that.
Do you seriously think we'll make it back alive?
Well, sure, there are a lot of strange rumors...
The Silvana once landed in the village of Mayasa to refuel.
That was two years ago.
But there's not a single person left in that village who can say they saw the ship.
Why not?
Because they're all dead!
They say that the very last one was writhing in agony for a year and a half,
...and eventually turned all wrinkly and died!
Oh, that's impossible.
That's what I thought, too, at first.
But word has it that the last person to die was Fat Chicken's grandmother.
Fat Chicken's...?
Everybody's heard the story about how there was a strange wound on her neck...
If you're talking about Grandma Chicken, she wished me good luck...
...at the races when I saw her at the marketplace three days ago.
In any case, I don't want to die yet!
Hey, you're awake.
Where's Guita?
Um... I'm Claus, and this is Lavie.
Um, you were asleep at the time, but we've taken over this job, and-
Where's Guita?
Guita... Ms. Guita?
Uh... Oh, she was the lady who was on the ship with you, right?
She headed back for the time being.
She said she had all sorts of work to see to.
I bet you're hungry, right?
Yum, it's delicious.
You should eat up. It's tasty.
Will she come back?
W- Well...
Um... You mean Ms. Guita?
Can't you do anything by yourself?!
Lavie!
Guita?
Guita!
Al?! That's not her! Wait a minute, Al!
I just can't deal with this...
Guita!
Al...
Guita...
Al...
Guita won't be coming today.
Why not?
Well...
Because the three of us are going to go see her tomorrow.
When we get up in the morning, let's go together, okay?
Really?
Yeah.
Lavie!
I drained off the water.
I told you not to run it!
We're out of luck if we can't fly!
You okay?
That's me and Lavie.
Guita...
Al's asleep.
I see...
Why is a little girl like her being transported with a seven star rating?
We're better off not thinking about that.
Lavie...
We shouldn't get too involved.
Al is all alone, too.
Al? What's wrong?
Al!
Al, this way!
What is it?
Lavie, run for it!
Dad's picture!
Water! Water!
This is one thing we just can't leave behind!
Ouch!
Did the house get crushed?
I could see the sky through the ceiling...
Are you all right, Al?
It's the same. That thing's chased me.
Forever and ever...
Claus, the engine!
We can't!
We're gonna be crushed!
Is it gone?
I don't know yet.
That thing reacts to the engine...
Are you going to go ahead like this?
Are we headed in the right direction?
The next fork is our last chance...
If we head right, we can make it to Union headquarters.
Lavie...
Let's turn her over to them, Claus.
Claus, turn right!
Claus!
I'm sorry! I want to see this job through!
It's over... My short life is all over.
What?
What's your problem?
We'll manage somehow.
Claudia that drifts down from the mines piles up here in the waterways.
It's pretty...
You're right...
But you get arrested if you take it without asking.
We're okay now, right?
Yeah...
Claus, here.
Leftovers from dinner. There's only enough for one each, though.
The one thing that Lavie never forgets is food.
Huh? Did you say something?
Nothing. Let's dig in!
How is it?
It's good.
Al says it's good!
I see...
Turn right at the next corner.
Roger that.
What's the matter?
Is something wrong?
Al is crying.
Guita...
Guita... The truth is that she's gone, isn't it?
I'm sorry.
The exit!
We're in the final stretch.
Once we pass through the forest up ahead, we'll reach our destination, the temple ruins.
It disappeared?
Claus! The exit isn't for a while yet!
Lavie! The engine!
Lavie!
Ready!
Hold on tight.
What are you gonna do?
Take a deep breath!
Claus, don't do it!
Hold your breath!
NOOOO!
What?
You brought THAT with you?
Claus, behind us!
This time, it really is the exit.
The waterfall!
Prep the hook!
Now!
Sure thing!
All right!
Claus, I can't take any more of this!
Just a little more...!
Got him!
Take that!
Are you okay?
Yeah.
How about you, Lavie? You okay?
I'm dead.
This is...
...the temple ruins?
Someone ought to be here to pick you up soon.
Thank you.
Take care, okay?
Al!
Claus!
Let go!
Let go of Al!
Claus!
A- Al...
Claus!
Yoru no jikan ga semari kuru.
Anata wa konna chikaku demo tooi.
Nani ni akogarete?
Dare wo omou no ka?
Inochi kakeru sugata...
...sukitouru utsukushisa ni...
...kotoba wo nonda.
Anata ga sora wo yuku nara,
...watashi wa tsubasa ni naritai.
Donna ni tsuyoi kaze ni mo,
...keshite orenai shinayaka na hane...
...itsuka kitto motsu kara.
So, we managed to keep our promise to Ralph...
Yeah.
It's amazing! That was SEVEN stars!
This is gonna knock the socks off of those old geezers at the Union!
Ol' Pig-bird might be so shocked that she'll actually fly!
I wonder if she feels lonely at all, all alone on the Silvana...
Al isn't some piece of cargo, right, Lavie?
Next time, Last Exile episode 5: "Positional Play".
This time it's over for sure... My short life is all over.