The wind flows away...
...across the faded landscape
Gently reviving my memories
As I proceed down these familiar paths,
There's no going back
The first lies, the final words
The promise we made that day...
...has crumbled and scattered away
An intense but short-lived fragment of memory
And even if I awaken from the dream...
...we once both shared
I'll never forget this feeling, not ever
Those remembered days will shine on, even now
Next, I want the unbalanced feedback response.
I'll leave the program to you.
Your maneuvers for now will be to fly as you wish till you reach your limits.
Roger.
D- D-Data recording is on a s-s-s-separate track?
You can keep the connection open.
Just keep typing in the codes.
R-Right...
Initiating roll-in to a curving turn.
If I don't lose speed, I'll go on from there to an aerial.
Please do. Thanks.
Well, here we go.
Wait, I'm still inputting the...
I knew something odd was going on, but I didn't expect it to be so obvious.
"Compac ABC's"
Eureka's accuracy hasn't returned at all,
"Compac ABC's" and yet the values I'm seeing from the Type Zero are...
Is the Amita Drive speaking to the Type Zero?
Or, perhaps...
Miss Mischa, I can't take any more...
Renton?
What's wrong? Trouble?
Doctor, Renton is... wriggling around.
Wriggling?
Sis... I'm going for it.
EPISODE 5 VIVID BIT
I did it again.
Two days ago, I knocked over all the cardboard boxes in the hold.
Yesterday, I wiped all the data on Mr. Hap's computer.
And today...
Of all people, I had to embarrass myself in front of her...
She probably thinks I'm a total loser now.
Slacking off again!
No, I'm not slacking! Not slacking!
I was just about to get started!
Hey, Mama.
What?
Mama, which do you like: guys who puke or guys who don't?
After all, someone who doesn't smell like puke...
is better than someone who does.
You're right, someone who doesn't smell is better.
W-Well, you know, about that...
It's because I'm still not used to riding on the LFO yet.
Besides, your timing for the cutbacks and stuff is different...
from how I do it, so I can't quite get on the ball...
So, you mean you're incompatible with Mama!
Really? Renton and I are incompatible?
No, wait!
Of course, Mama.
If he was, there's no way he'd vomit right next to you.
Renton, it seems we're not compatible.
I told you, compatibility wasn't why I vomited!
First of all, I'm still really new at lifting on an LFO!
Besides, everyone has their own timing for lift moves!
It's not that easy to move in sync with someone else!
Don't you think so?!
Isn't that compatibility?
Let's go, Mama.
If you stay with this puker, you'll end up a puker like him!
Yeah, let's go, Mama.
Mama, I'm hungry.
Who was it that said first love is both bitter and sweet?
That's a lie. It's just bitter.
Oh, is this a challenge that God gave me for falling in love with an angel?
The bit of fluff that floats away when I chase it...
weighs heavily upon my heart.
Wait a minute, Miss Talho!
Don't tell anyone, please!
"That's a lie. It's just bitter."
You're gonna tell them! You're gonna tell them about my fleeting romance!
You're gonna laugh about it when you drink tonight!
Please, Miss Talho, don't tell them!
Please! I'll do whatever you say!
You'll do anything I tell you to?
Other than that, a lift tether and a coupling cartridge.
500... No, it might end up costing 550.
That's all the supplies for the Nirvash. Next, everyday items.
- Food, medicine, groceries. - 200, total.
Gidget requests 5 dozen spare toothbrushes.
The reissue of John Henry's silver!
Denied.
C'mon! We made a little from the Stroholm delivery, right?
I need it for the photo spread we're doing for ray=out!
The parts for the Nirvash are going to take a big chunk of it.
I'll consider it when we make more money.
It's a limited edition! I want the serial number to be in the single digits!
What are you talking about? Eureka's needs get top priority.
By the way... What are you doing?
I'm not doing this because I want to!
First love...
Both bitter and sweet...
In any case...
Talho, head down in Matthieu's 606 with Hilda.
I'll head down with Eureka in the Nirvash.
Hold it!
Why do you have to go with Eureka, Holland?!
To find parts for the Nirvash, we need her comments, right?
Sure, sure. Eureka this, Eureka that.
Let's go, Renton!
Me, too?
If you don't come with me, who's gonna hold all my shopping bags?
The Gekko should maintain a holding pattern on top of the ley-line.
You sure you don't want to do something about that?
Renton will realize it eventually. They're just teasing him to pass the time.
What are you talking about? I meant Talho.
I'm sure you know by now, but don't touch any of the weapons systems.
R-Right, I understand.
Come on, squeeze over a little more!
I can't go any further!
You want to press yourself against me that much? Pervert!
Th-That's not it at all!
Oh, so I'm not attractive?
That's not it, either! Geez!
Do you want me to fly it?
Miss Hilda, you can sit with Miss Talho! You get along and you're both girls, so...
No, thanks.
Matthieu will cry if someone vomits in the front seat.
Actually, he's probably crying already...
A battle report from Bell Forest?
I don't remember it anymore!
606, moving out!
That was close...
I'll get the toilet paper and the toothbrushes.
Well then, I'll take our trusty baggage-carrier!
M-Miss Hilda!
Let's meet up at this family restaurant after we're done shopping!
Okay, on the third Wednesday of each month,
that market has a limited-time special.
It's not easy to get an inertia pump that's as good as this one.
- Well? - No good. It's already dead.
You've done well. Rest in peace.
You heard her.
Oh man, 5 or 6 blades have bit it!
Sorry about that.
"Useless"
But, how did you figure it out?
Can you hear their voices speaking to you?
Maybe I should wait outside...
Hey, Renton.
Yes?!
Which one is better?
E-E-Either one is fine!
Come on, which one?
Well, I can't tell which is better! They're both really nice, so...
Then look over here.
Yes?
Cut it out!
Excuse me!
Let me try this on!
Go ahead.
The truth is, my heart was pounding so hard, I thought it would burst.
But, Sis, that wasn't the only reason my heart was racing.
The expression on Miss Talho's face earlier...
For some reason, it reminded me of your face, Sis.
Well, if you don't like this,
I can go out to buy parts by myself from next time.
I want to tag along.
Because he...
Because the Nirvash is someone that I want to take proper care of.
Renton says he understands, too.
How the machines feel?
Heh, well, he is Thurston's kid, after all.
Sorry, I forgot to buy something.
We got all the parts we need.
I'll be right back!
Um, Miss Talho?
Isn't it time you let me off the hook?
The reissue of John Henry's silver!
And a single-digit serial number, too!
Don't! Holland said...
I'm just going to look!
The last one of those that we had in stock...
was bought by another customer just now.
Oh, I see...
I'm terribly sorry.
Miss Talho?
We're going to buy something heavy!
Renton, you're going to push your muscles to the limit!
Why can't you lift a refrigerator or two?
Miss Talho?
Is it fun to bully me?
Oh, I'm not bullying you. I'm just teasing you.
Is it fun to tease me?!
Of course it's not fun!
It's amusing!
Amusing? Teasing me like that?!
It's not because it's you.
Holland and all the other guys, they don't care about me.
Renton, you told me... that you'd do anything I said.
That's why...
I... like Eureka, though...
Of course, everything in life requires some sort of lesson, right?
Be gentle with me...
Fished in! Fished in! You thought I was gonna kiss you, right?
First of all, it's conceited for a kid who doesn't have all his hair yet...
to be talking about love and everything!
I don't know what hair you're talking about, but that doesn't matter!
Of course it does! I mean the hair down there!
It doesn't matter who I love or anything else, Miss Talho!
But it does matter, even if it doesn't matter to you!
Even if your hair hasn't all grown in...
Why did you come aboard the Gekko?
Because, you're...
...Holland...
Miss Talho?
Hey, you guys! That racket's pissing me off!
Oh? Is that Talho-cchi?
The one from ray=out? Seriously?
Man, did we luck out today!
Hey! You just took a picture, didn't you?!
Oh, this is not good!
Sir, your bill!
You took a picture when my camera face isn't on!
And you used a flash!
She's for real!
She can't do that, can she?
Wha?! Lemme go!
Get your hands off Miss Talho!
Renton!
Renton! Renton!
Well, it looks like Miss Talho will use her body to pay for the camera.
I warned you!
Can I do this? Can I? If I can't, then Miss Talho will be!
Renton!
Here goes!!
What was that?
Wait, lemme go! STOP IT!
It's all right, it'll be fine. People say I'm really good!
Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!
Just what are you planning to do to our girl here?
Holland!
If you want Miss Talho, you'll have to get through me, first!
And your punches are weak!
Say goodnight!
Don't! That's something only bad boys do!
Did an angel... fly down... to help me?
Ow! Ow! Ow!
Geez, you went looking for trouble again, didn't you?!
Oh, my...
Ow!
It'll be a cold day in hell before you guys ever do anything with Talho!
You're awake?
Miss Talho...
I-I'm sorry!
Why are you apologizing?
Sheesh, you're so stupid...
I've never seen such a reckless kid in my life.
Even so, thank you.
Where is everyone?
Everyone's fine.
The Nirvash is okay after hightailing it over there,
and now we're all heading back to the Gekko.
I'm glad...
Hey Talho, don't switch over to clear mode so suddenly!
Oh, it's fine. It's not like any enemies are coming this way.
Besides, you want to see such a beautiful sunset directly.
Otherwise, you know, don't you feel suffocated?
Just watching it though a monitor?
In any case, you sure did your best today.
You didn't even vomit.
I told you, I don't get motion-sick when I lift on my own!
So, you scratched up my 606, then puked all over it. Busy day, huh?
"Battle Report - compiled by Matthieu" So, you scratched up my 606, then puked all over it. Busy day, huh?
Well, um...
Well, after this, you can go after Eureka fair and square now, right?
What, the fact that you're interested in Eureka?
We all know.
W-Wait a minute, Miss Talho!
You told them! You totally spilled it!
Oh, I didn't say anything.
Huh? That silver ring...
To get on a woman's good side, start with a gift.
Way to go, Holland...
Wait, Holland got it? But, he said no...
So, what about you?
Oh, you mean for Eureka?
Well, it's just I don't think I can get anywhere with her.
It feels sorta hopeless for me...
God, you just whine and complain.
Things you get her don't matter!
It's how you act that's most important!
Like risking yourself to protect Talho, right?
Although, in the end, it was Holland who protected Miss Talho.
What?! The puker?!
That's a lie, Mama!
Someday, when my height is a little closer to his, I want to ask Holland...
"What was the flavor of your first love?"
TO BE CONTINUED
To be continued!
Back when I was very small, when I'd look up
The sky above really seemed so vast
I honestly thought that I could
Protect the one I loved with my own hands
Why wasn't I big enough, I wondered
That irritated me so much
No matter how I'd stretch out my hand
I knew that it would never reach
That sky, so very, very large
Even so, I had no doubts at all
Because I believed in a beautiful future
There were times I was irritated
And times I couldn't take it all
And I shed such very, very big tears
Still, I think my eyes never shone so bright...
...as they did when I was young
Amidst his battles with the children,
the boy comes to a realization and takes decisive action.
But it was only proof that he himself was still a young boy.
NEXTEPISODE CHILDHOOD
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