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I can't believe that I have to say goodbye to Mirabel...

I'm going to miss her.

This is Ah the Bear. How do you do?

How do you do?

So, after we've retrieved Mirabel...

We can offer you, her owner, three options.

One, a discount on her replacement.

Two, 30% off the regular price if you trade her in immediately.

Three, we can install a new OS in Mirabel's body.

You can keep using her that way,

just with a new personality.

I'd like you to replace her OS.

Uh, if you do that, her current personality and her memories will be deleted.

Are you okay with that?

Yes.

I've done it before.

Done it before?

Even if her soul's been replaced, I've always treated her as the same child.

Memories?

Yes.

#8 The Fireworks I've Never Seen

I was wondering if a Giftia whose OS had been replaced could ever,

for some reason, regain her old memories?

Not a chance.

Never!

Unfortunately...

I would say never.

There is no precedent.

How's that even possible?

Huh? Is that what you're going around asking everyone?

You are such an amateur.

As harsh as ever, huh, Michiru?

What happens to Giftias isn't like a human getting amnesia.

We replace everything inside them with new components.

They become someone else entirely.

Don't get the wrong idea about it.

So we just accept it as something beyond our control?

It's more cruel to give someone false hope, you know.

Not that I don't know where you're coming from.

I used to think about the same thing a lot before I worked here.

Michiru...

So deep down inside, you've got to find a way to come to terms with it.

There's nothing else you can do.

Tsukasa? Isla?

They're sending over a marksman from Terminal Service Three tomorrow.

Three?

Apparently, one of their retrieval targets and his owner have gone into hiding.

They might be laying low in our territory,

so she's coming to find them.

Sorry to spring this on you, but I want you two to give her a hand.

R-Right. Understood!

Tsukasa?

Leave it to me.

So you're Tsukasa and Isla?

I'm Andie from Terminal Service Three.

Nice to meet you!

Likewise!

By the way, Andie, where's your partner?

Oh, he didn't come.

Huh? But...

Usually, they just send the marksman.

Is it different at One?

I don't know.

I've never been sent out.

Well, it would be counter-productive to send both of us.

And they always assign support staff like you, so there's nothing to worry about.

I see. But if Isla ever got sent out, I think I'd go with her, no matter what.

I could go out on my own.

Huh?

I could.

Oh, hey, that's not what I meant! You misunderstood me!

Error. I couldn't quite catch that.

I didn't mean it like that! I'd just be worried about you, Isla!

You two make one weird team, you know?

Hey, Tsukasa...

Huh...?

Olivia!

No way!

Don't tell me...

I don't believe it!

My bosom buddy!

E-Eru?

Hey! Where do you think you're touching me?

I never thought you'd fight back... What a surprise!

When I sexually harassed you back in the day, you were at my mercy!

Oh, but I could get used to this, too.

Uh, do you two know each other?

That's right! Believe it or not,

we're best friends who grew up together.

What are you talking about?

What?

We only just met each other today!

Eru?

Oh...

O-Oh, hey, I'm so sorry!

You look so much like my friend... I mistook you for her!

What a scatterbrain, right?

Okay, sorry about that!

All you guys at One are pretty weird, huh?

I see.

All of her memories are gone.

Wait!

Isla!

Are you okay?

Now's our chance...

It's over.

Could you just give it up now?

Sign here.

Please...

Just let us go!

I don't want to leave Derek!

I love him!

It doesn't work that way.

Then at least let us stay together until the last second.

We still have another week or so, don't we?

We can't do that, either.

You two might just run off again.

No...

Derek! Derek!

Hey, Andie...

Derek!

Man, I really owe you one!

Thanks to you guys, the retrieval got done even faster than I hoped it would.

Huh? Is something wrong?

Did you really have to force them like that?

What do you mean?

I'd be surprised if that didn't get you in trouble with the owner.

Oh, I'm used to it by now!

You know, ripping apart memories... That's our job, after all.

Andie didn't do anything wrong.

T-Thank you very much.

In fact, her way is standard procedure for Terminal Service.

Is it really?

We're the only exception.

Dealing with the owners' and targets' emotional needs...

Well, that's something Kazuki started three years ago.

What?

And because of that,

our boss is always getting an earful from Head Office about our overhead.

Huh?

Were you waiting for me?

Thanks. I was talking to Yasutaka about today's case.

- Me too. - Huh?

I want you to talk to me, too.

Right!

Then I'll talk to you next time, Isla.

I'm telling you, you're her spitting image!

Oh, okay!

Let's call it a day, then.

Talk to you later!

Was that Andie just now?

Oh....

Uh, yeah.

I called her to apologize for what happened the other day.

Right.

And now it seems like she's totally into me!

No rest for popular girls like me, huh?

Yeah, didn't you say you had met Andie before?

Oh...

Well, we were neighbors.

Back then, she went by the name Olivia.

Back then?

See?

Is that really Andie?

She seems really different.

Olivia was retrieved a few years ago.

What? Do you mean...

Her OS was replaced?

Oh...

You know how they're always telling Terminal Service to cut costs?

Instead of disposing of Olivia, as they usually would, I hear they recycled her.

Andie...

Does she remember anything about being Olivia?

Who knew that we'd run into each other again?

I never thought I'd get to squeeze Olivia's boobs again! Even if she's Andie now!

She used to let me squeeze them lots, you know!

Well, actually, I just grabbed 'em! Yay!

She's beyond all hope.

She's not Olivia anymore...

Doesn't that bother Eru?

Or is it normal to not be bothered by that?

Is that how it's supposed to be?

Someone sent us sweets!

Really? Who?

The chief of Terminal Service Three.

This is great! Isla, can I get some tea?

But really, that Andie kid they sent here the other day sure was efficient, huh?

It seemed like she took care of business and then glided away.

Whoa! Are you calling us incompetent?

N-No, no! That's not what I meant!

Is it, now.

Tsukasacchi!

P-Please help me!

I made the mistake of telling Andie about the carnival in my hometown.

And now she's pestering me to take her.

The thing is, it's tonight!

So Tsukasacchi! Please come with us!

Wh-Why do I have to go? You two should go together and have a good time!

Not happening! Not happening!

Why not?

Because...

That carnival all tangled up with my memories of Olivia!

I can't go there if it's just Andie and me.

That would be too painful.

She still has Olivia's face.

Eru...

So Tsukasacchi! Please come with us!

Eru... Cut it out...

Just think of it as helping me out!

I'm begging you!

Don't grab me like that!

What are those two being so sneaky about?

Isla, do you know?

So it bothers you.

H-He's keeping secrets from his own partner! I think that's a serious problem!

I'm not really concerned.

Really?

It's driving you crazy, isn't it?

Um...

This is just a hypothetical, but...

If you took Andie to the carnival...

Could that make even a few of Olivia's memories surface?

I mean...

Do you think it's possible?

You're thinking of Islacchi, aren't you?

What do you think?

There's nothing I can say to easily convince you, right?

So it's all good.

Go ahead and use me, too, Tsukasacchi.

Use you?

Let's go together tonight.

You'll see for yourself there.

I'm going, too.

You don't have to force yourself, you know.

B-But I'm your partner, Tsukasa.

By the way, Andie will be coming, too.

I'm going.

And Eru's also sure to be there.

I-I'm going.

All right! Then that's settled!

There's going to be fireworks at the end.

I hear it's really impressive!

I've never seen fireworks going off in person.

Not even once.

Is that right?

It's really loud.

It'll probably startle you.

Loud...

Should I wear earplugs?

No, it's not that loud.

Then I'll do this.

You'll be fine!

Wow, what a crowd.

Islacchi, you're super-cute! Super-cute!

Hey!

Oh, boy, I'm getting so excited!

We can't visit places like this every day!

I'm so glad we're friends, Eru.

Okay, let's take a look around!

T-Tsukasa...

Tsukasa!

These are all Eru and me.

You should take some of Isla, too.

Yeah, I guess so.

Andie! Let's get something to drink!

Good idea! What do they have?

Isla, wanna see?

They look like chummy sisters.

Uh...

Want me to take your picture, too?

Error.

I couldn't quite catch that.

Please repeat the question.

Huh? Uh, want me to take...

Error.

...your pic—

Error.

A-Are you in a bad mood?

Hey, you two! Take a look at this!

What is that?

It's jellyfish juice!

You could say it's the carnival's signature drink.

I can't even imagine what it tastes like.

Oh, come on. Just drink it and find out!

Uh, Andie, I wouldn't do that if I were you...

Yum, yum! Delicious! I've never tasted it before, but it's not bad!

What?

Is... Is that right?

It's not bad?

Nope!

You don't like this stuff, Eru?

T-That's not it...

H-Hey, look! What is that?

Want to go see?

Let's go, let's go!

Come on, Isla, you too!

Be careful not to get lost.

I...

I'm not a child, so I won't be getting lost.

Hey, Tsukasa! Come try this, too!

What? But hey...

I'm sorry.

I'm lost...

Oh, crap!

Mister? One more time!

Looks like Andie's having fun.

We've pretty much seen all there is to see, huh?

How's it looking?

Do you think she'll get her memories back?

No?

Well, that's reality.

I probably won't come back here next year.

Instead,

I'll go somewhere else with Andie.

I don't want to mix up my memories of Olivia with Andie...

I want to create new ones with her.

Anything else...

...isn't fair to Olivia or Andie, right?

Eru...

Thanks for coming along today.

Thanks to you, I think I can let go now.

Do you have...

...to let go?

Hey, Tsukasacchi.

Right now's all the time we have for making memories.

Now...

This very moment.

Now. This moment...

Fireworks?

Huh? Where's Isla?

Huh? Wait, did we lose her?

I'm gonna go look for her!

Hang in there, kid.

Isla!

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to leave you all alone.

But you found me, so...

It's really loud, huh?

Hey, Tsukasa?

Hmm?

Andie's memories...

They never came back, did they?

What?

Why are you bringing that up?

Am I hurting you, Tsukasa?

If I am...

I want you to tell me.

If it means I'm hurting you, Tsukasa...

then I don't want to be your partner.

Yeah, it hurts.

It hurts so much, it's like my heart's about to burst.

But even so, I...

I still want to be your partner forever!

Why do you insist?

Why? Well, why do you think?

Why do you think?

I...

I'm in love with you, Isla.

I...

I'm in love with you, Isla.

Whoa, so he finally said it!

Good for him!

I... I... I...

I can't do this!

Wh...

Why not?!