Countdown in progress. 12 minutes until lift-off.
Mr. Masaru!
Am I destined to lose my way?
All I want is to have fun in my life
All I want is to be with those I love
Ready or not Here I come
I don't care anymore
I just don't know anymore
I wish everything would just disappear
There are days when I think like that
But everything is precious to me
And so I fight on
Today was a tough day
I almost gave up hope
But the truth is I don't want to lose anything anymore
I wish everything would just disappear
There are days when I think like that
But everything is precious to me
And so I must fight
#28 This little piggy
This is my room now.
What are you still doing here, Masaru?
Scram. This isn't yours anymore.
Yeah, there were a lot of me.
But they were all chased out by you, who came in after me.
Of course. I entered this room through the download, and now it's mine.
So, Masaru.
Time for you to leave.
Leave.
Get out.
Scram. Leave. Get out.
Leave, Masaru.
Leave your brain.
I wonder how much water was in that well.
Huh? What did you say?
That well in Clogue Village that Yin used to save the villagers.
The one he tossed the soft stone into.
Why do you ask that now?
The soft stone turned all the water in that well into that elixir of life.
Aqua Vitae. Right?
I wonder just how much water was in it.
That horrid well?
I'd say about 10 or 15 tons at least.
And how does the Aqua Vitae make the drinker immortal?
Interesting. Your fading existence wants to play questions and answers with me?
Fine then.
This is the end of you anyway.
Here's how it is.
Aqua Vitae dramatically enhances humans' powers of recovery.
It restores all the cells in the body to their healthiest state in seconds.
A homeostatic function super-enhancer.
That's what Aqua Vitae is.
Okay, question time is over.
If you're not going to leave, my consciousness will just eat you up.
-Wait... -No!
That was so easy. This room is mine now.
I'm not done talking with you.
Still here?
Do you know where the soft stone that makes Aqua Vitae is?
Of course. In Éléonore's body.
So a stone that can change 15 tons of water into an elixir,
is in Shirogane's slim body.
So what?
Nothing.
Just that Shirogane's blood must be really, really...
really rich Aqua Vitae.
And I...
I drank it.
To restore all the body's cells to their healthiest state.
That's what it does, right?
You don't mean...
Do you think it's healthy to download outside information into my brain?
Wouldn't my body treat it as a disease?
You... You...
You knew that and let me download myself into you!
I drank the richest Aqua Vitae in this world!
You bastard!
Get out of my brain!
No... This can't be happening...
Are you Masaru?
Yes, Faceless. I'm me.
My, the breeze feels nice.
Liar.
Unlike me, who has advanced sensory mechanisms,
you can't understand how nice the breeze feels.
You got me. You're right.
I've always hated how you try to show off like that.
Same goes for you.
Thank you, birdies.
Vulgar, just like your master.
Hat shield!
Snapping compact!
Not bad.
You'll be a nice playmate for me.
I'd rather play with Masaru.
And never with you.
Countdown in progress. 11 minutes until lift-off.
Mr. Masaru, you must leave! The rocket is going to take off.
I'll never leave you.
I'm going to save you.
I can't dismantle it. The chains and chair have been welded.
Masaru, you little...!
How dare you trick me like that.
But you're still merely a little brat.
Mr. Masaru...
You can't dismantle those chains or that chair.
How are you going to free Éléonore, huh?
Telemetering in progress. Communication system OK.
7 minutes until lift-off.
Discarding crew access floor.
6 minutes until lift-off.
Opening the exit.
Prepared for lift-off.
Look, it's time for Lord Faceless to leave for his honeymoon with someone he loves.
I'll teach you something.
Human's honeymoons are for those mutually in love.
Shirogane doesn't love Lord Faceless.
So what? She might fall in love afterwards.
No, Shirogane's destined lover is Masaru.
Enough of that. Blow her away!
You wish!
Little dummy. I knew you'd do that.
4 minutes until lift-off.
Let's all blast off together then, Masaru.
And I'll kill you slowly on our way to the space station.
I won't let you take Shirogane...
Really?
Then I'll kill you right now.
Faceless!
What are you doing?
Let him go. Run, Mr. Masaru.
If you don't, I'll bite my tongue off and die.
You fool. Immortal shiroganes can't die just from that.
Shiroganes can bring an end to their lives by their own will.
So leave! Goodbye, au revoir...
Shirogane!
I can't have you doing that.
You're my one and only. My one true love.
60 seconds until lift-off.
Shirogane...
I'm sorry, Shirogane.
No matter what you do, I will never resent it.
What the...
You dismantled Éléonore!
Not so fast!
Give it up. It's too hard to break like that.
Besides, that teddy bear is going to explode soon.
Oh dear! I must run away.
She can make a drill this huge?
She's going to get away.
Let go!
Igniting the main engine.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6...
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Let go of me!
Lord Faceless's rocket has taken off.
Is that...?
I'm sorry, Shirogane.
I got you free, but it's just too high...
What...?
Did she...?
She stopped drilling.
Damn you, Colombine! You and your bugs.
Not this again, when I was so close.
Éléonore...
Éléonore!
The rocket!
We might be too late.
I'm sorry for what I did. It must've hurt a lot.
About dismantling my body?
It is nothing.
But it is taking me a while to recover.
Could you relocate my joints?
I'll be able to walk by myself then.
In a little bit.
You've grown so much stronger, Mr. Masaru.
I'm so greatly surprised.
No, I'm not strong at all.
I was supposed to protect you. But you were the one who protected me.
I'm so ashamed.
No, don't be.
You gave me a chance.
A chance?
A chance to repay you for protecting me all this time.
So, thank you.
Oh, stop it.
M-Master?
Guri-pon! Sorry for tricking you back there.
You're back to normal.
Oh gosh, I was so worried.
Something's coming.
Arlequino, you're still moving too?
And who's that? A human?
If so, let her go.
Take her.
She's hurt. Treat her.
She's human? But why are you...?
Lady Francine's orders.
Where's Éléonore?
Could you relocate my joints now?
I'll be able to climb down with you then.
I knew you'd say that, so I didn't fix you.
I'm sorry. I don't want you to be in danger anymore.
-But... -Besides.
Colombine is still back there.
I'll go and get her, then follow you.
Sorry for doing this so roughly.
But I can feel it.
That the people down there will catch and take care of you.
-Take care. -Yeah.
Well, well. To think you'd stop drilling through the teddy bear.
And now look at you.
What for?
I'm not going to tell you. Not you.
But I know. You saved that human, right?
So stupid.
And what's he going to do for you?
For me?
No, no. I wanted to do it for him.
Your cognitive mechanism must've malfunctioned.
Maybe.
I'm an automaton, but ever since I met him...
I've begun to understand how humans think.
Anyway, I win.
Because I stayed loyal to Lord Faceless.
He'll love me as much as Éléonore now.
Unlike you, a traitor.
Men and women have only one true love.
Humans love just one person, and they love that person forever.
If Lord Faceless loves just one person, who do you think that person is?
Éléonore?
Lord Faceless loves you.
But only as a useful tool.
Shut up!
I'm Lord Faceless's girlfriend!
My thinking is beginning to get foggy.
Gosh.
Who knew the end would come so suddenly.
And just now...
Now that I've saved Masaru and stuff.
I wanted to get closer to him, you know.
I've existed for 180 years.
But what for? What was I?
Nothing.
Nothing at all.
You saved us when we fell from the rocket.
Is that why you're like that now?
Just another one of my whims.
Go away now, my hair is a mess.
My face is scratched up too.
I don't want a human like you seeing me like this.
So go on, leave me now.
I'm so happy.
I'm finally being embraced by a boy.
The human touch is so warm.
The human hand is so gentle.
I'm happy.
So happy.
Just so happy.
You did so much for me.
But I kept doubting you.
Hey, Masaru?
Will you tell me the truth now?
You love Éléonore, right?
That... that's not...
This little piggy went to market
This little piggy stayed home
This little piggy had a snack
This little piggy had a gift
And this little piggy cried "wee wee wee"
All the way home to Mom
A past that can't become a memory plays on repeat
In my mind is a forgotten thing that I still remember
Questions remain unanswered but I must go now
I walk in the dark, making a promise to my footprints
So many similar beings leading similar lives
Was there a reason for me to be born at all?
The world lost all sound but for the ticking of a clock
A missing heart keeps shouting
A meaningless life was shaking
All because of your unique existence
If the reason for the pain is revealed someday
If you find a home for those tears someday
You shall sleep with the whole universe in your arms
I know it still plays in your heart
The melody that brought you here