Mr. Golem.
I'll come right to the point.
Somali...
She's human, isn't she?
How did you know that?
Please, listen to me.
I'm...
I'm human, too!
Please! Help me...
Help me stop Uzoi!
Episode 6 Dying Flowers Look Up at the Birds
Explain your circumstances.
We've been to all sorts of places,
seeking a cure for my condition...
But time passed, and we were no closer to an answer.
That's when it happened.
Out on the fringes,
we found the hut of a fortune-teller.
The fortune-teller looked at me and said...
Your blood is corrupted.
Until you purify your blood, you shall never know peace!
Only new blood can purify corrupted blood.
Uzoi must have remembered the fortune-teller's words.
She means to take it from Somali.
Let us hurry.
Your blood might save Haitora.
That is why...
I am going
to kill you!
No...
No!
Stop!
I don't get it!
No... No!
Dad!
No... I can't let her get me...
I promised I'd stay with Dad forever!
I have you.
No! Let me go!
Uzoi!
Quiet down!
Don't struggle so—
No!
Somali!
I'm sorry.
Uzoi...
Haitora is sick.
And he's a human, like you.
Human?
We don't have any idea how to cure it.
Nobody knows anything about human illnesses,
and we couldn't tell anyone, anyway...
But his condition keeps getting worse and worse.
I thought drinking the blood of a healthy human might cure him.
So... I just...
Somali.
Dad!
Haitora...
Dad!
Were you harmed?
Nope! Just a little wet.
Wait, Dad!
Uzoi saved me!
Please don't be mad at her!
Dry your hair. You will catch cold.
Uzoi...
I had to try something.
Even if it meant hurting someone, doing something awful...
I thought I could do it, if it would help you.
But...
Even though you're going to die soon...
Even though I want to be with you forever...
I couldn't do it!
I just couldn't do it...
That's all right.
You aren't cold?
I'm okay.
I see...
You're a real crybaby, Uzoi.
Look, I'm... really sorry, okay?
We're friends, so I forgive you.
You're a strange little one...
Mr. Golem, about Uzoi...
I will not reproach her for her actions.
It was a reasonable behavior, for one who loves another.
I recognize that this is the nature of family.
Family...
What is it?
I'm not worthy to be Uzoi's family.
Don't they look familiar to you?
These things growing out of my human skin...
They're just like the feathers that grow around Uzoi's eyes and body.
It's because, long ago...
I ate Uzoi's mother.
I was once a man
eking out an existence with a few other humans,
hidden from the eyes of the Grotesques,
with the family I loved.
But...
One day, our settlement was attacked.
Those damned Grotesques were hunting us!
My comrades, my daughter's friends...
One after another, they were caught.
If they fought, their arms were torn off.
If they tried to run, their legs were torn off.
And some were even
devoured on the spot.
By a stroke of good luck, we retreated to a cave in the forest.
No... When I consider the fate that would follow,
perhaps it was the opposite of good luck...
The fear that the Grotesques might return at some point
shaved away at our morale.
We couldn't sleep at night.
We had no proper food or water.
Two days passed, then three...
Honey...
We won't last much longer like this.
I'm going to take a look outside.
A bird?
A Grotesque... this close by...
We have to become like them.
To reject human nature and become monsters...
It's the only way to survive.
Let's eat her.
Hon...ey...
It hurts!
It hurts, Papa!
Papa! Mama!
It can't be.
How could this...
Mama?
That's why I'm not worthy to be her family.
Uzoi?
He's been...
lying to me... this whole time...
The wind is growing stronger.
We might get a storm.
It's a longer way around,
but let's take the western route.
It's your share of breakfast, Uzoi.
You can have it.
I'm not hungry.
Did something happen last night?
I can never tell if you're oblivious or oddly perceptive.
Hey, Somali... have you ever been lied to?
Lied to?
Yes, lied to.
The heartless kind of lie that renders every happy memory false.
I feel like a fool.
He lied to me all this time...
Uzoi?
It's so obvious...
Fatherhood based on a lie can never become real.
It's not a lie.
Because me and you both—
Hey, what's happening?
A Dragon Twister!
It's dangerous here!
Grab on to some—
Uzoi!
Restrain yourself.
It will carry you off, too.
But—
Following them would only cause further harm.
Remain calm.
I have assessed the direction they were blown in and the wind's current.
Topographically speaking, they are likely to land unharmed.
We must wait until the wind dies down, then retrieve them.
All right.
My mouth's all sandy...
Somali... We're alive?
Hey...
Before, you said family based on a lie can't become real.
Well...
But love is never a lie!
I love my dad. You love Haitora!
So it'll be okay!
Considering their weight
and the strength and direction of the wind,
they are likely to be in this area.
What is the matter?
I think Uzoi overheard our conversation last night.
I've been lying to her all this time.
We can never go back to the way things were.
The time has come for your reckoning, then?
My reckoning?
The reckoning for the sins of your past.
Heedless of the result,
you must face the person to whom you owe atonement,
even if this deepens the scars.
What's wrong?
Over there.
Somali!
A canterbird.
It is territorial and extremely aggressive.
If we do not approach carefully,
it may harm the girls as well as ourselves.
I will lure the bird away.
If it does attack, my golem body will be able to endure it.
While I do this, Haitora, you will save the girls.
When I see that they are safe, I will fire a flare.
While the bird recoils, I will flee.
Uzoi...
Haitora.
We must begin.
Over here!
Haitora?
What... What's going on?
Haitora... I was to be the decoy.
It's more likely to chase me. And...
I don't have long to live, anyway.
Dad!
Does Haitora intend to die here?
What are you talking about?
Ever since I met Uzoi, I've been at war with myself.
Whenever she smiled at me or showed that she loved me...
Inside, I was screaming, "I don't deserve this."
I decided the only way to atone was to risk my life for hers.
So...
This is fine.
Close your eyes, both of you!
Don't end it without asking me!
Don't you dare try to die to get out of this!
Look, just tell me...
Why did you stay with me all this time?
Didn't you realize I might kill you if I learned the truth?
I didn't care.
You're the only thing I live for. I would give up my life any time you asked for it.
Yes, even now...
Then... stay alive!
Uzoi...
Stop thinking you need to die to make it right.
Get up and keep walking, no matter how painful it is!
And then...
Live on with me!
Let that be your punishment!
I will... I promise.
Uzoi's a real crybaby, huh?
Next Time: The Footsteps That Stalk the Witches