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The planet La Metalle...

A world to which spring would come only once every thousand years.

But a time came when...

...its long, elliptical orbit around the sun was disrupted.

It began to move further and further away from the Earth and the sun.

Perhaps it was divine retribution for our sins.

La Metalle had approached its sister, Earth, not in friendship...

...but with swords drawn in attempted conquest.

And then, when the black sun, Ra, disrupted our orbit...

...La Metalle was cast into eternal darkness.

Ice and snow enveloped our world.

The fear of darkness exists within everyone.

But even more terrifying...

is when the human heart itseif is sealed away in darkness.

For when that happens, the light of hope will never reach it again.

I mustfight.

To save this world from the dark future that awaits it...

...I must risk everything that I have.

It is my duty to perform.

As the daughter of La Andromeda Prometheum...

...it is my destiny!.

Lady Maetel! Lady Emeraldas!

I have some really good food for you tonight!

Go on! Eat up, ladies!

It looks great! Shall we eat, Emeraldas?

Right...

Very tasty.

Please forgive me!

I shouldn't be serving such awful food to royal princesses!

It isn't your fault.

There isn'tthat much food left on this world anymore.

True...

We're grateful to get even this stuff.

You may give me a machine body.

Are you sure?

If we're to survive on this world, there's no other way.

With machine bodies, we'll be able to withstand the cold...

As you say. However, there is nothing to fear.

To reject machines is to reject civilization itseif.

I believe it's time for man and machine to be joined as one.

You're the greatest electrical engineer on La Metalle...

...so I will trust those words.

Mother, wait!

No. My mind is made up.

The process is complete.

The actual mechanical parts will begin to seif-replicate...

...and grow inside of the queen.

Have no fear.

Soon you will feel how wonderful it is to have a machine body.

How strong you are. How clear your mind is.

How you can now withstand even the harshest of environments!

I...!

Perhaps both of you would like to have machine bodies as well?

Don't you dare touch me!

Whatever happens to my body is my decision!

Are you saying you'd disobey the queen's wishes?!

Don't be so rude!

But, sir...!

If you should feel the need to have a machine body later...

...you may come to me at any time.

The mechanization surgery I'll provide will be unmatched.

Lady Emeraldas. The weapon you asked for is finished.

Do you think this could kill a man whose body was covered in steel?

Can it what?!

I'm speaking...hypothetically.

It should bring down any humanoid opponent.

It's just a question of knowing how thick their armor is.

It will kill them?

Yes. But you'd better do it on the first shot.

That laser cannon isn't a rapid-fire weapon.

I'll try adjusting it myself later.

I figured you were going to say that.

The gun's blueprints and its programming are all on this.

And I made this one for you, Lady Maetel.

But may I ask what you're planning to do with these things?

Thank you.

I see...

The queen finally took a machine body.

As it gets colder, it gets harder and harder to survive here.

She said there's no other way.

No matter what they say, I just can't believe it.

That humans and machines can be merged like that.

Taking a machine body is supposed to...

...give you power beyond any normal human.

But what will power like that do to the human heart?!

Having a machine body...

...means having limitless strength and eternal life.

You may be right...

It may be impossible for a human heart to last long in such a body.

What's up, Dad?

Why do you always have to look so grumpy?

You're one to talk! At least I'm not a fat pig!

Wait, I get it...

You're not sneaking food from these girls, are you?!

Don't say that!!

Why does everyone always think I do stuff like that?!

It's stress that makes me fat, okay?!

Oh, really? Well, I don't buy that!

Especially since you've liked to stuff yourself since you were a kid!

I wanna eat, but there's nothing to eat...!

Damn it...! If you weren't my father...

...I'd punch your lights out!!!

Um, e...excuse me! I'll go make some food for you right now!

Not today, thank you.

I don'tfeel very hungry.

I don't want any, either.

Oh...But...

We shouldn't waste anything. Would you both eat itfor us?

I'm ordering everyone to submit themselves to mechanization surgery!

What? No! How can you?!

Have no fear.

I am living proof that the process is safe.

Everyone will be mechanized without exception!

We will no longer have to shiver in the cold!

Now, let this world be covered by machines!

If you wish to survive, you must accept a machine body!

You two, as well!

Have the surgery done at once!

Mother, I refuse!

Listen to me!

Even if you end up with oil flowing through you instead of blood...

...the fact remains that you'll both still be alive!

Think about survival and nothing else, is that it?

Yes, we have a duty to protect the people of this world...

...and ensure a future for them.

No matter what, we cannot simply die!

I want to live as a human!

I can't shake the feeling...

...that having a machine body will change my heart itseif.

Our situation grows more desperate by the second!

It won't be long before our artificial sun goes outforever.

We have to find a way to survive before that happens!

Cut a man and he bleeds.

The wound leaves behind a scar.

And the pain hefeels makes him both stronger...

...and yet gentler as well, doesn't it?

But if you become a machine, you can'tfeel pain anymore!

Orfeel the whisper of the wind.

Or be moved by the brilliance of the stars!

Your heart turns cold, unable to feel anything at all.

A creature like that... Can you still call it human?

This is a mistake, isn't it?

Be silent!

This is what I've decided for us!!

Tomorrow, I reportfor my mechanization surgery!

Really?

Well, it'll be nice not to be hungry all the time!

I just don'tthink oil will taste very good, though!

So, when are you two gonna get mechanized?

I'm not going to do it.

Oh, no kidding?

But if you don't, there might be others who'll refuse, so...

Uh, sorry about that!

I didn't mean to be rude!

The mechanization of the populace is proceeding smoothly, my lord.

What about Maetel and Emeraldas?

Taken care of, sir.

Don't be afraid. I won't kill you.

Emeraldas...

What the hell...?!

What's wrong? Gun can'tfire fast enough?

Did you really think you could kill me with a weapon like that?!

Emeraldas!

Maetel...what was that?

Itfires an electromagnetic pulse...

Maetel, are you with me?

Fighting these mechanoids is our destiny.

What are you doing?!

What the...?!

That is the price of being mechanized.

It can't be...!

Could that be it...?

The accident that sealed father's mind into that pendant...

That must have been Hardgear's doing as well.

Mother!

I've...!

He'll pay for this...!

Forgive me, my lord. The plan didn't work.

No matter.

Those two girls pose no threat to us at this point.

Yes, sir.

80 percent of the population has now been mechanized.

Additionally, construction of...

the underground living areas is proceeding smoothly.

Very soon now, the queen will be fully mechanized.

And when that happens, La Metalle will be mine to rule.

Okay, now watch.

I found this after analyzing the chip they implant...

...during the mechanization surgery.

Increase! And then become one with me.

Abandon your flesh to the holy binary ofzero and one.

My fellow mechanoids, become citizens of...

the beautiful world of harmony I will create!.

Increase our ranks!

Increase our ranks!

Increase our ranks!

It's Hardgear's true intentions in all this.

He's some sort of mechanization fanatic.

Compared to the perfect harmony of machines...

he sees us humans as nothing butflawed life forms.

I tried writing a virus program to disrupt it, but...

Oh...! It's hopeless!

I'm afraid Hardgear's as brilliant an engineer as they come.

I'm no match for him.

What about the people who have this chip implanted into them?!

As the machine parts replace their organic bodies...

...they'll probably fall under Hardgear's control.

I hate to say this, but your son has already...

Yeah, I know. That poor fool!

This isn'tjust about my son!

If we don't do something, then La Metalle...!

The entire planet will end up buried in these machines!

Our only chance is to kill Hardgear and analyze that chip's program.

We have to fight him. Even if it's only us...!

I'm afraid I have bad news, sir.

We've exhausted the supply of metals on La Metalle.

As things stand, our objective of mechanizing the entire planet...

...is doomed to fail.

I'm aware of this.

We'll take the resources we lack from Earth.

Yes, my lord. But we've moved so far away from Earth at this point.

The energy required to mount an invasion would be...

Be silent!

Why waste our time going to them when they can come to us?

The Earthers are busy expanding their territory.

Which means they'll be sending ships to and from their colonies.

Lord Hardgear, you're a genius!

All we have to do is take those ships!

Notjust the ships, Brant. Their human crews, as well.

Yes, sir! But what do you want the humans for?

We'll connect them together as mechanized parts.

Structural elements which will have the will of living humans...!

Living parts with a will...

We will use the humans to build with, down to the smallest screw!

And once we have, La Metalle will have truly become a planet of machines!

Yes, sir! I'll begin the operation at once, my lord!

You're speeding up the gun's recharge time, aren't you?

The question is whether or not the gun can take it.

It's working!

All set! I'm going alone.

Maetel, stay here with Mother.

No, I'm coming with you.

The two of us are one.

Come what may, I'll fight at your side.

I'm becoming a machine...!

Multiple ships closing! I can't lD any of them!

Red alert! All personnel, red alert!

Cheers.

The delicious taste of conquest...

Have some.

Yes, sir. Gladly.

The human soul holds no power over us any longer.

Maetel!

Lady Maetel! Lady Emeraldas!

Dagar!

I'm coming with you, too!

We couldn't stop you, could we?

I may be an old man, but I've pledged my loyalty to the queen.

And there's no way I'm sitting this fight out!

A tunnel tank...

We won't be needing any elevators with this thing!

Okay, here we go!

My lord, intruders have broken in from the surface!

A couple offlies we've yet to swat...

Your orders, sir?

Emeraldas, I want killed.

She'll be nothing but trouble for us if we let her live.

And Maetel, sir?

Bring her to me unharmed. Not a single scratch, understand?!

Yes, sir. But why...?

She's so lovely...

Maetel will live on as the very last human!

Yes, sir!

But even lovely Maetel is doomed...

as time passes, her beauty will fade...

...until finally she gives in to despair while I live on, immortal!

Keep going, and hurry!

Wait, please!

Guys, don't shoot! Please, don't shoot!

That's my dad down there!

Dad!!!

Dad!

Dad!

You're all right?!

Yeah! I'm fine!

These people here aren't your enemies!

Just talk to them and you'll see!

Really? You're sure?

Lady Maetel, would you please come along with me?

Lord Hardgear wants to discuss this peacefully, notfight with you.

I don't believe you!

Look, I may have a machine body now...

but that doesn't mean I'm not still loyal to you both!

Can we trust what you're telling us?

'Course you can!

Please, Lady Maetel. Come with me.

What about me?

Look out!

Lady Emeraldas...

Are you all right?

Yes, I'm fine, but...!

That thing...

That isn't my son... Not anymore...

It's just a damned machine.

Maetel...

Maetel!

Maetel...

Kill me! Please, kill me now!

If you don't, I'll...!

I still believe in you.

You have the gentlest heart of anyone I know.

I could feel it in the hotfood you'd always make for us.

Even in that machine body, I don't think you've forgotten those feelings.

I can't!

I can't resist Lord Hardgear's commands!

You're...human.

Lady Maetel! Thank you!

Thanks to you, Lady Maetel...

I could at least die with a human heart.

Maetel!

Maetel...

Come on. Let's go!

Kill them!

What?!

It vanished.

Yeah...

What's wrong?

Of course.

We're surrounded. Hah!

Oh, what's wrong, girls? What's wrong?!

A machine body is unbeatable!

Mere humans like you can never kill me!!!

Maetel!

Impossible...!

No human can kill me...!!!

Lord Hardgear!!!

Pull back! We must retreat!

After all that, we learned nothing.

Not how to stop the mechanization process.

Or a way to save Mother. Nothing at all...

Lord Hardgear! You are reborn!

I cannot die...

As long as we have spare parts...

a mechanoid can never be destroyed!

Humans don't have the power to resist the coming Mechanoid Empire.

So long as they remain limited by their own humanity...

my strength will be unmatched.

And, one day, all humans in the cosmos shall bow down at my feet!

So beautiful...So beautiful...

Oh, have you ever seen such beauty?!

My hands...My body...

Beautiful...So beautiful...!

This isn't over yet, Maetel, so don't give up.

That's right. Emeraldas...

Because I still have you.

And I have you, Maetel.

And between the two of us, together...

we'll win.

I truly believed that then.

That no matter what destiny had in store for us...

we would be able to carve outthe future we wanted.

I truly believed...

The planet La Metalle...

The planet they once called the metallic sun.

It orbited the same sun as the Earth, but in an orbitfar vaster...

than any other planet of the solar system.

It would approach the Earth and sun only once every thousand years.

Yes...Only once every thousand years.

La Metalle would send one of their own to guide the Earth with each visit.

Her title was Queen Millennia, the Thousand-Year Queen.

The inspiration for many legends on Earth...

including the Japanese legend of Princess Kaguya, the moon princess...

the last of these queens is my mother.

On Earth, her name was Yayoi Yukino.

Here on La Metalle, her name is La Andromeda Prometheum.

A name which combines both that of the Andromeda Galaxy...

and that of Prometheum, the queen of the Mechanoids...

whose existence defies nature itseif.

That is my mother's name. My name is Maetel.

Come inside, my friends. Come along, now.

Big brother!

Mama!

Maria!

Help me!

Your Highness! Please spare us!

As ordered, all surviving humans have been captured.

We will now commence with mechanization surgery on them.

Please, Highness, spare us!

At least spare the children!

If you take a machine body, you won't die.

I don't want a stupid machine body!

Mom, you see what they're like now?!

Look how mean these guys are!

Will you have the surgery? Or will you prefer to die right here?!

We'll do it... We'll take the machine bodies!

But, Mom...!

I can't just... I can't just let you die.

Mama, I'm so hungry...

I know, dear.

Mama?

All right, come on! Move it!

I don't want to!

I don't want to!!

No, stop! Leave them alone!

Is something wrong, my queen?

Never mind... It's nothing important.

Move along!

Cheers!

We'll take the machine bodies!

But, Mom...!

I can't letyou die!

I'm so hungry...

Thank you for our wonderful new machine bodies.

My children thank you as well.

We live only to serve you, my queen.

Mother?

Maetel!

Help me, please!

Oh, Mother...

Maetel!!!

Maetel...!

Mother...

Increase our ranks. And then become one with me.

Abandon your flesh to the holy binary ofzero and one.

My fellow mechanoids, become citizens of...

...the beautiful world of harmony I will create!

Increase our ranks!

Increase our ranks!!

There's nothing we can do...!

Mother...!

Mother!

Don't do it!

Maetel...Didn't you have that electro-reaction gun made...

...so that you could fight the mechanoids?!

I didn't want to use it to murder my own mother!

Don't do this.

Throwing your only weapon away is like committing suicide!

It's hard, but you have to fight, Maetel!

Don't throw it away!

There's no stopping the mechanization process, is there?

Mother, it's your decision.

Either live on as machine...or else...

Emeraldas!

Then I choose to die while I'm still your mother!

Mother!

Well, apparently I can't even choose to die now.

I won't die... I can't die! I...!

How wonderful!

Having a machine body means I'm immortal!

Yes...Yes, I see now...

Mother...

When you become a machine, emotions no longer distract you.

That's the beauty of machines. Yes, the sublime beauty!

Would you like to share this perfection I've found?

No, we don't! We want to stay human!

We don't need machine bodies!

You think I won't shoot you?

But there's nothing I can't do now.

Yes... I have a will of steel.

Look out!

Mother...

Mother!

You were always so gentle, even when you were a child...

Maetel, you must always use your kindness to give Emeraldas strength.

Emeraldas, with that strength, you must always protect Maetel.

So soft...

But the beauty that I see in you both no longer moves me.

Your hair... Your skin...Your lips...

If the two of you work together...

I don't think there's anything you couldn't do.

I've become a machine, right to the core of my being.

There's no way you can remain with me now.

Get off this world at once!

I believe there's still an escape pod underground.

I won't go!

I'll stay with you!

I once told you a time would come when we'd have to say goodbye.

Mother...!

Those tears show how gentle your heart is.

But this isn't the time for tears.

Our mother is dead now.

We don't have time to be sad.

We have to turn to the future and live.

But, l... I just can'tforget her!

How gentle mother was...

Maetel! That thing is not our mother!

Yes, I know...

We have a duty to perform!

We have to somehow undo the mistake our mother made!

But...Even saying that...

Doesn't it bother you?!

That you're going to have to kill your own mother!

I don't... I don't want to fight her...

But she has to die!

You've seen what's happened!

Maetel...Think about what's happened to mother.

And what's happened to everyone who's been mechanized.

Let's go, Maetel. We can't stay here any longer.

Eliminate all intruders.

Dagar?!

Don't you recognize us?!

Stop it!

Stop it, Dagar!

Stop it!

Maetel!

That machine body didn't let him recognize us.

Mother will end up like that as well.

But who did this to him?!

You're still alive!

I cannot die.

The reason being that I am now one with La Metalle itseif.

You still don't understand?

This body is just a temporary vessel for my consciousness.

Destroy it all you like. It makes no difference.

Why did you mechanize poor Dagar?!

I wanted to prove to myself that your most loyal servant...

...could be turned into my unquestioning slave.

Justfor that?!

How dare you!

You, too, carry the blood of the Thousand-Year Queen.

Surely you understand how glorious such power is.

A mechanoid will never turn against its master!

I've heard enough!

Humans should have moved aside for my kind a long time ago.

We will create a mechanical world of perfect harmony!

Didn't I say it was hopeless?

Did your hatred make you get careless?

That's why I consider humans to be inferior.

If you'd analyzed the situation more logically...

...you might have been able to escape.

We don't need to run from you!

We'll never forgive you!

You may have outsmarted us here, but...!

You poor fools refuse to be saved!

What...?

I will continue to evolve, while you...

Hurry! Get in!

Forget them! No matter where they run, they can't escape.

This was the first part of La Metalle to freeze and first to be abandoned.

I doubt Hardgear's machines have reached this far.

Don't worry. I'm in control for now.

I don't know how long it'll last, though.

Every minute, every second...

...I feel the machinery spreading through my body.

I can'tfeel pain. I can'tfeel joy.

Even my memories of you both are going.

All of my emotions are slipping away.

But try and understand.

This was the only way we could all stay alive.

I'd prefer to die as a human than live as a machine.

Yes...I want to stay human...

...and fight as hard as I can to stay alive!

I feel the same way.

I'm proud to have daughters like you.

You both really have grown to be so strong.

But what should we do now?!

You must go to Earth.

To Earth?

Yes. If machines take over this world and itfalls into Hardgear's hands...

...it will become a deadly threat to humanity.

You must go to Earth and warn them of the coming danger!

You're right. Humans and mechanoids...

They can never co-exist.

And that's why you must get helpfrom the Earth.

And then, one day, come back and destroy this world!

I can't do that!

My own mother is asking me to...?!

To kill me! Both of you will do it!

But, l...!

Maetel, Emeraldas...

...I want you both to accept that I'm dying.

But...Can we even beat Hardgear?

Tell me why you're so adamant about not being mechanized.

Because l...

With a machine body, you could withstand the cold.

You needn't worry about starving.

You could have virtual immortality if you wanted.

But even so, I want to stay human!

That's right.

I want to live on as I want to live, not as some machine.

And by choosing that, you choose all that comes with it.

I'm going to fight.

If we let Hardgear win, then he may end up...

...taking thefreedom of every human away.

Yes, we'll fight him.

We'll fight to create thefuture that we want!

Have no fear. As long as you both fight as one...

...then you have nothing to fear, even from Hardgear himseif.

Right.

And I will fight him as well.

Eventually Hardgear may succeed and I'll just be a machine.

But still...

...until thatfinal moment comes...

...I will still be your mother.

Now that the escape pod has been destroyed...

...your only hope of reaching Earth will be to board Three-Nine.

Three-Nine?

The Galaxy Express, which joins every world in space.

Of course, even La Metalle was entered onto its route.

We have to act while we're still within our thousand-year orbit.

I've just sent out the distress signal.

It'll be on its way here soon.

We have roughly two days.

Three-Nine will intersect La Metalle's orbit then.

Once it does, it'll be yourfirst and final chance to escape.

Resistance is futile.

Spread... And become one with me!

What's wrong with you?

It's cold.

It can't be! Has Hardgear...?!

No matter where you run, you cannot escape me.

I control every machine thatfunctions on this planet.

Tell me, have you changed your minds?

If you had machine bodies, you'd be able to survive the cold.

Not if it means becoming your slaves!

My dear queen, bring Maetel back to the palace with you!

Yes, Lord Hardgear.

And what shall I do with Emeraldas?

Leave her there.

She can show us just how strong a mere human really is.

But what can a human do when it's 600 degrees below zero?

I hope you die cursing the weakness of your own flesh.

Why was only I brought here?!

Did you want to die along with Emeraldas?

I couldn't allow that.

You see, I need your life...

...to complete the mechanization of the queen!

You what...?!

Mother, no! Stop it!

The are still strong human emotions buried in the queen's heart.

But I have a solution, Maetel...

...I believe I can drive them out by having her kill you.

Now, my queen! Kill Maetel!

Do that, and you will become a flawless machine!

Mother...! Can't breathe...!

I am not your mother anymore!

I am a machine now!

No!

You're still...my mother!

Maetel...!

Sorry for scaring you.

Maetel...

You're a human, aren't you?

Why did you...?

Fascinating!

I went hunting for dogs and found more interesting prey.

Uh, er...Just kidding!

I'd never do anything to hurt a human!

Even the most insignificant life is too valuable to let you have!

Farewell!

So cold...

Come over here, guys.

You poor things. You were abandoned, weren't you?

You must have been so cold.

I guess the mechanoids didn't care what happened to you.

Forgive me.

If I had anything to offer, I'd give it to you.

But I have...nothing to give you...at all...

What's wrong?

An energy pack!

Now I can get back to the palace.

Thank you.

You were all able to survive, even out here in this freezing cold.

I won't be beaten, either.

At the very least, I won't give up.

Now, join our ranks. Become one with me.

Mother...Mother...

Mother...

Mother!

Perhaps you can control my body, Hardgear...

...but you'll never own my soul!

You fool. Any resistance is futile.

Sooner or later, you will become a machine like the rest.

No one can stop the process once it has begun!

Maetel!

Until thatfinal moment arrives, I'm still human!

Enough of this farce...

Kill them!

Hardgear!

You're still alive, Emeraldas?!

I'll never do what you want. Not as long as I'm still alive!

Okay, order them to let us through.

Do it!

Do it! Let them through!

Hurry! We have to get underground!

After them! Don't let them escape!

Where are we?

We originally attempted to build an underground city.

It's in ruins...

We did it to escape the cold.

The projectfailed, so the city was abandoned.

Right here. This was intended to be your room.

So much work must have been put into it.

You know that I would do anything for you both.

That's natural for any mother.

I used to dream of seeing how you'd look as adults.

But it seems that dream will end today.

I no longer have any blood running through my body.

But my blood still lives on in you.

Please...Never forget that.

Mother!

Three-Nine should be here soon.

I'll try to delay Hardgear as long as I can until it does.

No, we'll all fight him, together.

That's right! And then you can escape with us aboard Three-Nine!

It's time to say goodbye...

Mother!!!

Maetel!

I'm glad.

My last tears to shed...

...I shed for you, my daughters.

Who wouldn't cry after seeing their mother die like that?

So, the mechanization process is finally complete.

I salute the sheer force of will you showed...

...in holding on long enough to say goodbye to your daughters.

But now there's nothing left for you to worry about.

All you need to do from now on is follow my orders.

Take me to your daughters!

Yes, Lord Hardgear.

So, how does itfeel to have your own mother shooting at you?!

It must be awful for you!

Enough...

Your mechanization has been completed.

There's no need for your daughters to die immediately.

First I mustfinish remaking this world into a perfect mechanized one.

La Metalle will be ourfrontline base for the destruction of the humans.

Now I will assimilate your mind, your powers, everything!

Then l, Hardgear...!

I shall be the true ruler of the planet La Metalle!

Give up!

It is impossible for you to resist me.

I am the planet La Metalle itseif...

...now that I have assimilated your dear mother as well.

Everything on this world is now mine to control.

And now... Bring those two girls to me!

What's wrong with you! Bring them to me!

What the...?! What's wrong with you?!

It seems your capacities are far less than I expected.

What did you...?!

You obviously cannot bear...

...the great responsibilities destiny has given to me.

Impossible!

I didn't get all of her powers!

She got mine!!!

Hear me, my subjects!

The fool Hardgear is no more!

Mother's herself again!

I am Queen La Andromeda Prometheum.

To all mechanoids, I ask that you join me!

Mechanoids shall existfor the sake of being mechanoids!

Kill these humans.

Hate these creatures offlesh who share no kinship with us now.

Exterminate them!!!

Maetel!

Emeraldas...

There it is...Three-Nine!

Prepare to attack! Fire!

How could they?! Three-Nine is a neutral target by treaty!

I guess they're saying they don't need any allies now.

And they have the power to prove it.

Maetel!

Maetel...Emeraldas...

Some day, you must return.

You must return to me, your mother, who sold her soul to a machine...

...so you can kill me.

So you can kill me!

These are...

mourning clothes.

Our mother is dead.

We have to accept that.

This is her legacy to us.

Maetel, as long as you have those, you won'tforget, will you?

What you inherited from her. Her kindness...

...and her strength.

I won'tforget, either.

The things I learned from her. Her strength. Her courage.

Yes...And the gentleness she taught you.

Emeraldas.

We'll work together, fight together, and stay alive.

So that we can destroy that horrible mechanical queen.

We'll wait, and someday we'll get our chance.

We'll set things right again. We have to, because it's...

...our destiny.

Farewell, my daughters.

Live and be strong.

Emeraldas...Maetel...

My beloved daughters...

Farewell.

The planet La Metalle...

The home of our mother.

Its orbit disrupted by the black sun Ra...

...and sent spinning out of the Milky Way galaxy.

It is now on a long, cold course for Andromeda.

Abandoned by its black sun...

...the planet is now an electronic hell.

Its inhabitants chose to take machine bodies in order to survive...

...and became heartless monsters as a result.

Our mother is one of them.

Someday, when we return here, she'll be waiting.

The terrible queen of these mechanoids...

...will confront us for one last time.

La Andromeda Prometheum...

So began my endless journey with Emeraldas.

My name is Maetel.