kirakirakira kagayaki o minogasanaide
Don't miss the brightly shining light
anata no soba ni itsumo iru yo
that's always there beside you.
sore de kitto ne kangaekata shidai nanda
Then I'm sure the rest just depends on your perception.
sagasunjanakute kitsukeba iinda yo
You don't have to search for it, just notice that it's there!
atarimae no uragawa ni kakureteru yasashisa
There's a tenderness that lies hidden behind the most common things:
mainichi o irodoru hikari
A light that showers our days in color!
(Tiny Life) kiseki no kakera de
(Tiny Life) This world is constructed...
(Tiny Days) sekai wa dekiteru
(Tiny Days) ...by fragments of miracles!
muimi ni mieta mono ni anata mo atashi mo
Things that seemed meaningless at one point
mamoreteitari, shirazu ni aisareteru no
were actually protecting us, loving us... without us even knowing.
(Tiny Heart) afuredasu omoi
(Tiny Heart) A feeling flows forth...
(Tiny House) subete ni arigatou
(Tiny House) ...giving thanks for everything we've been given.
itsumademo itsumademo wasuretari shinai
We'll never, ever forget...
kono kimochi taisetsu ni zutto
cherishing this feeling forevermore!
Can a Sty-ko who Can't Fly be Called "Sty-ko"?
Bathroom...
Ao, is this a proper serving of rice?
Oh! I'd say so!
I see.
So, Sty-ko, do you and Base plan on staying here?
What's with that look?
Sty-ko?
Yup, Sty-ko! I've decided to call you "Sty-ko."
Well? You're staying?
Yes. What of it?
I see. This complex doesn't allow pets though...
Well, it's not like it costs anything to feed you, so I guess I'm okay with it.
Even if you did try to get rid of me, you couldn't.
Why not?
My pride wouldn't allow me to go back without having beaten Gourai!
As long as you collect your data, it doesn't matter who wins or loses, right?
Uh... well, yes, that's true...
What are you doing?!
I'm sorry. I thought Ao might want another serving.
Oh, really? Thanks!
You eat as if it's quite delicious, so I thought you might have room for more.
I sure do!
By the way, my uncle sends me this rice!
That's quite helpful, isn't it?
You're content to blather on with this pointless conversation
while I'm standing here covered in rice, aren't you?
Ah, sorry 'bout that.
I'll clean you up.
Oh, there's more here.
Stylet?
What's going on with you?
I-I don't know!
My body won't... it won't move!
Must be some kind of trauma, huh?
Trauma?
What does "trauma" mean?
Put simply, trauma is an emotional wound.
Stylet totally couldn't stand it when she lost to Gourai.
That's why her heart and mind are all, like, mixed up and stuff. It really hurt her!
That makes sense.
Base, you're actually pretty smart, aren't you?
M-Me?
I mean, me? I'm traumatized?
Traumatized!
And it's Gourai's fault!
No, no, no!
There's no way that's possible. No way at all!
I knew it!
She's as stiff as a board, huh?
No, I'm not!
Well, I mean...
Hey! Cut that out!
You willing to admit that it's trauma?
N-No, I'm not!
Charger-kun!
Huh?
I can't fly?
Could that also be...
... because of the trauma?
It can't be!
I-It can't be!
So this is...
It's a grave problem.
We all share the same general-purpose control personality program,
but are installed with combat programs customized to our individual bodies.
Stylet's systems are optimized for aerial battle, but this trauma may have caused functional impairment.
If I can't fly... I'm just a...
Let's get Stylet... over her trauma!
Let the game plan begin!
Yay!
F.A. Girl!
Just what are you planning?
Now, now. Nothing to worry about.
Okay, here goes!
Go, go!
Oh! You're doing pretty good, Sty-ko.
Let's get a little closer!
Whoa... Look how close you got!
Huh? But what should we do next?
Hmm...
Dunno!
You don't know?
Ah! Shock therapy is supposed to cure trauma, right?
Yeah! We could give her some BAM! POW! kinda shock!
Gourai!
S-Stylet...
Frame Arms Girl Session...
Go!
Just you watch!
I shall...
...show you the way!
She used the Session Call!
I-I just...
Sparking!
This place...
What does Gourai think she's doing?
Beats me, but it looks interesting!
Stylet.
Ao, do you think this was an adequate form of shock therapy?
H-Huh? Did I give some unneeded advice?
Winner: Gourai.
F.A. Girl!
Ah, jeez.
Stylet's circuits shorted out, huh?
What if we've just made things worse?
Uh, what is it?
This is damaged, isn't it?
That's why Stylet can't fly.
Huh?
It seems like it was struck by some downward force.
I'm sorry. That was me!
What... happened?
You don't remember?
I remember you saying something about a game plan to cure my trauma,
and I was on the Session Base getting closer and closer to Gourai...
Huh? What happened after that?
Stylet, please try to fly.
Huh? But...
You're all right now.
I am?
Yes!
Then I'll try.
But it's not like I believe you or anything!
Okay.
I'm flying!
Thank goodness. Thank goodness!
Good thing, huh, Sty-ko?
Well, it's only natural with that part repaired!
I've overcome that trauma to become even stronger!
I deserve praise! I'm powerful!
Gourai, I want you to battle me this instant!
W-What is this?!
Why did this happen?!
Stylet.
My, this is...
...quite interesting!
We're Gonna Clean!
I'm home!
Here, I brought you all something.
Woo-hoo! So what is this round thing? A macaron?
That's right, it's the fabled jumbo macaron.
No, of course not! That's a cleaning robot!
A cleaning robot?
The building manager gave it to me just now because he says he never uses it.
Wouldn't it be best to clean normally?
No, no, no!
Doing so would rob this thing of its reason for being, right?
And we can't do that, right?
We, all of us, were born for the sake of someone else.
For someone else...?
Yes! And now, in this moment, this cleaning robot is here for me!
I see.
Ao's kinda got a way with words.
Gourai is completely buying into it.
Incidentally, the emotions you're feeling for me right now are called "admiration" and "respect."
This is admiration and... respect?
Is it all right to leave Gourai's emotional data to Ao?
Beats me.
So, I'll leave the repairs to you guys, okay?
What? "Repairs"?
The truth is, this thing is broken.
Hey, Cleaning Robot-chan! You in there?
She's right. It's not doing a thing!
Well, I'm going to go meet up with Bukiko.
Bang this thing out while I'm gone, okay?
Just a minute!
This is a very old model, made even before we were born!
This cleaning robot may have been born so that it could be fixed by me.
Whoa, wait, stop! What are you saying? Did some weird switch get flipped?
Looks like Ao's influenced her, huh?
I get it, Ao! We shall fix this!
She took off a long time ago.
What does Ao take us for?!
Isn't it just that... she trusts us?
She's a little girl that depends on us.
Could a human ever be that way toward a Frame Arms Girl?
Ao seems to already have childlike, dependent qualities.
When she showed me her family album, there were several photos of her clinging to her parents.
Oh, jeez. So that's why Ao sometimes rubs her cheek up against her pillow in the middle of the night.
Heh.
Huh? What are you talking about?
Like, she'll rub up against the pillow muttering stuff. I've seen it!
So then... she's fawning on her pillow?
That's too funny!
Oh, that's right! She also has a soft spot for poems.
Poems?
Poems...
Ao has a notebook full of poems. I read it the other day.
Without permission?
Yup!
I didn't expect you to just go, "Yup!"
Does this poetry notebook have lace and a blue ribbon on the cover?
That's the one!
I've read that as well.
Huh?
I was looking for something that would serve as data to learn more about emotions...
That's when I found those poems and...
"Poems and"?
What seemed to be her practicing her own autograph.
P-Practicing her own autograph?!
H-How embarrassing!
Girls do practice their signature, though, if they dream of being pop idols.
"Birds. Wind. Clouds. The stars...
They are all me, and I am them.
Tomorrow to the south, the day after to the north.
Toot toot, beep beep.
Boom shakalaka boom.
Life is a journey.
Yes... Let's go on that trip together."
W-What the heck is that?
One of Ao's poems, No. 85.
Stop!
Ao's poem? "Poem"?!
And it's No. 85?
She's written that many?!
There are a lot more than 85...
No. 85 was about halfway through the first notebook.
That's way too many poems!
Ao would lose it if she heard what we've been talking about, huh?
We might even get thrown out.
Because to Ao, those are private.
Well, she gave us a lot of good laughs, so I guess we should fix this for her.
Whoa, it's moving!
It wasn't broken at all, was it?
"Birds. Wind. Clouds. The stars...
They are all me, and I am them."
That voice just now!
"Poetry notebook"
"Autograph?!"
"Pop idol-"
"How embarrassing!"
So, that thing recorded our conversation?
"Too funny!"
"Ao. Rubs."
"Muttering."
"Ao."
"How embarrassing!"
"Heh!"
It didn't just record us; it's jumbling together everything we've said!
"For real, Ao-"
"Super funny."
"Like, for a human, super embarrassing!"
Why's it making us sound like schoolgirls?!
Wow, it's learning at such incredible speed!
This is no time for admiration!
If we don't do something, we really could get thrown out, huh?
I don't think she'd do that, but...
...we could get the Charger-kun Punishment.
"Charger-kun Punishment"?
She could forcibly insert and withdraw the charge cord... and do it over and over!
What is this feeling?
It's not like it hurts, but the thought gives me chills!
"Ao's poems give me the chills, for real!"
"For real!"
Anyway, catch that thing!
Understood.
Gotcha!
Let's turn this off!
"Too funny!"
It's like a rodeo!
Incredible, Base!
Let's keep it going and...!
Yay, I got it!
Hm, not bad.
I'm ho- What?!
What is all this?!
What have you been doing?!
What happened to the cleaning?!
And what about the cleaning robot?!
Um, Ao, the cleaning robot is...
It wasn't broken after all.
But I broke it!
What?
So, I'll battle Gourai.
Ah, so she can collect the money from her "part time job."
Yup!
And she can use that to fix the cleaning robot, right?
Yeah!
Well, okay then.
Gourai!
Baselard!
Frame Arms Girl Session...
Go!
This is so exciting! Ba-baam!
I'm going to give you a slight fever of the heart!
Gourai?
Just so you know, I'm pretty strong!
I won't lose!
Here we go!
Huh? This is just like...
That's right: Baselard and I both specialize in aerial combat, which makes things tough for Gourai.
All weapons systems... activate!
Full Burst Mode!
What?! Base is trying to finish her off all at once!
Woo-hoo!
Gourai!
Huh?
Whaa? I'm shooting 'em all but I can't hit her!
Chaff!
I see! It's because of all the dust that came out of that cleaning robot earlier.
It's Being dispersed in the air, reducing Base's firing accuracy!
Will that affect Gourai too?
No. Gourai uses real bullets.
Awesome!
Gourai, give her one big blast!
Understood!
Winner: Gourai.
Aww, I lost.
But it was fun! Let's do that again, Gourai!
Sure!
All right!
This'll get me my pay!
And I can fix the cleaning robot too.
I'm home!
Ao, what is that?
Uh, I'm not too sure myself.
I ran into the building manager downstairs,
and when I told him I was getting the cleaning robot repaired, he handed me this.
That's a vacuum cleaner, right?
But it really looks like...
...a weapon!
She's getting worked up, huh?
Good for you, Ao.
Why do we make sounds when we're recharging?
Beats me!
Next time, on Frame Arms Girl... Together now:
"Let's Go to School"
"Here Come the Materia Sisters"
Session!
I just acted like I didn't care, but let's push in this recharging cord!
Next time: Let's have another session together!