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Who is this vision I see floating before my eyes? Dare ga miteiru VISUAL? Me no mae no

Rushing water runs back over my body Kyuu na mizu ga karada wo sakasa ni kakemeguru

Now, the two of us think about... Ima futari wa

the meaning of our having met Deatta imi omou

Even though we must be swimming... Kitto dareka no kioku no naka

Within someone's memories Oyoideiru dakedemo

The wings of light upon your back Kimi no senaka

Spread out towards the sky Hikari no hane ga sora e hirogaru

No matter the place, no matter the past Donna basho mo donna kako sae mo

A single wish... Tadahitotsu no negai ga

Will surpass it all Norikoete yuku yo

Let me say it just once, Chris.

I'm really scared, after all.

Yeah...

It's funny, isn't it?

I'm just a meta-body.

I'll be dead very soon, and yet...

And yet, I'm still scared to die.

It's not strange at all.

Like Kyo Sogoru said, we're alive.

You're alive and I'm alive, and both of us have hearts which can feel pain.

We're human.

He's always so positive, isn't he?

LINGERING ILLUSIONS

What?! Arque is?!

It's a shame. She was a fine Cerebrant, but...

Oh, no.

Her C.H.I.P. Loss rate is now 1.748.

It's amazing she can even maintain her meta-body at this point.

The dry damage and wet damage she has...

It's a whole order of magnitude different from what we suffered.

What are you saying?!

With each transmission and reconstruction,

large and small errors begin to present themselves in our meta-bodies.

That's true for both you and for me.

The errors affecting your physical body is "dry damage."

Errors affecting your mind is "wet damage."

Do they know about it? Does she know?

Yes.

It's cruel.

It just... offends me, somehow!

Try not to be so sentimental.

Our burden is about to get larger.

Be prepared.

Sempai! Isn't that just a little coldhearted?!

We're just hunks of data, so who cares if one or two of us disappear?

Is that what you're saying?!

Arque... is the only friend I have.

I've decided.

Yeah, And I've decided, too.

You've decided? Decided what?

That's a secret.

Okay, I'll keep my decision a secret, too!

Why did you let Arque go out there?!

It's just a normal recon mission.

It won't be hard.

A recon mission?!

We can do that!

Why do you send Chris and Arque out on their own?

You've been doing it for days now!

They asked to come here!

You're trying to use them up before the "expiration date," is that it?

How could you?! That's just cruel!

Well, Mr. President? Is that true?!

Just wait a minute!

Kyo! Yehl!

I received word from Arque.

She wants to go to Maihama after they get back.

Meet with her, will you?

Meet with her? How do I even face her?!

What? You need me to be your cameraman?

I'm begging you, Kaminagi!

Shizuno-sempai has some friends visiting her that she met in France.

So... How do I put this?

I thought it'd be nice to get some pictures to, you know, commemorate it.

Maybe we shouldn't do this.

Photos are just so... sentimental.

What's so bad about being sentimental?

I really wanted to get some shots done for the movie today.

Nah, forget that!

I'm the main character, so what's the point if I'm not available?

What? Is there still a problem?

Well, it's just...

You basically want me to take some pics of your double date, right?

Double date?!

Am I wrong?

They've arrived. Both of them.

Okay, if this is a double-date...

isn't this pairing off a little weird?

They're both so pretty...

Wha?!

No way! You actually bought one?!

Yup!

It's a surprise.

That's why she came to Maihama.

Well, I've always wanted one, so...

He looks just like the puppy I had in my apartment back in Montparnesse!

They're not easy to take care of, though.

You have to feed a puppy four times a day!

It'll be fine! Okay Chris, what should we name him?

A name, huh?

Pieta... How about Pieta?

I love it! That was the name of the pub where you proposed to me!

The quiche they served there was awful.

So was the garçon's moustache!

Here, Pieta! Say hello to Mademoiselle Ryoko!

Oh, he is just the cutest thing! What'll I do?

He's tickling me!

I love this cafe. It's like the other one, isn't it?

Yeah. That cafe near the Seine, right?

Let's get some cake together when the next mission's over.

We'll stuff ourselves till we're both sick!

Right!

I've never seen Shizuno-sempai look so happy!

Arque seems to be enjoying herself, too. I'm glad we came.

So, tell me. How's it going with you and him?

At least he has no trace of the memories we shared.

So, your old relationship with him is?

Kyo saved me from the darkness.

I still love him, even now.

But he's been reborn.

Now that he has, all I'd be is a witch who'd cause him unhappiness.

Oh, what is with this tragic heroine act of yours?

As always, you are the master of doom and gloom!

Figured you'd say that.

When we first met, I hated that gloomy face of yours!

Like I hated that cheerful face of yours!

Looks like there's a part of you that still needs me!

Yeah. You're right.

It's okay. I still...

I'll still fight.

I want to fight.

They started out so small.

Back then, the Gardsorm didn't even have a name.

But they stole the lives and the happiness of mankind away.

By the time we awakened within our server,

the world had changed completely.

That's why I'll fight.

To regain our lives and our happiness,

I'll fight the Gardsorm.

A dog.

To transfer its data to the Oceanus... That'll take a lot of time.

I have a question.

Why are you working Chris and Arque so hard?

Because I thought it'd be best to keep them busy.

To keep them from having to think about the inevitable.

Aw, stop it, Chris. You don't need to brag about your wife to some high school kids!

Can't help it! My wife's my pride and joy!

I'd like to tell you more about her.

Yeah, but how are Kyo and I supposed to take this?

Something wrong, Kyo?

Nothing. I'm fine.

Let's enjoy ourselves. For today, at least.

It just doesn't feel natural.

It's painful to look at. Arque's smiling face...

And you, Chris! Your smiles, too!

The last thing I need is that dog.

Is that her way of saying "I'm not leaving you alone"?

Should you be leaving her alone like this?!

You should be with her now!

It's fine.

If we weren't doing this, we'd be going out of our minds.

While people are worried, both Arque and I...

can concentrate on them instead of ourselves.

Shizuno understands that, which is why she's here for us.

Sorry. That was thoughtless of me.

You're perfectly nice, kid.

Is there anything I can do for you?

All you need to do is keep watching us.

After the death of Paris and the destruction of the Paris server,

we became freelance mercenaries who have wandered close to death many times.

Giving up our lives wouldn't be a tragedy at this point.

The question is how we give them up.

Where. When. And for whose sake.

The way you're talking is!

Don't misunderstand me.

This isn't about Arque.

I'm telling you about what I'm prepared to do.

Um... What have you guys been talking about?

Something very simple!

Listen, you two. If there's someone you love, then love 'em with all your heart!

So you won't have any regrets later!

R... Right...

Wh- What's the big idea, Kyo?!

Contact the Oceanus! We've sighted the Viagem!

Roger!

Okay, that's got it!

Thanks for coming today, Miss Kaminagi.

It was a lot of fun, thanks to you.

For me, too!

I'll be sure to get the pictures to you.

Please look at them, Miss Arque!

Ryoko... I'm sorry, but could you watch Pieta till the evening?

Huh?

Go to it, Kaminagi!

I suppose so, but why?

It's nothing. Nothing important.

Could you, please?

Sure.

We're coming back.

All four of us will be back!

This is a scramble!

Attack target is the enemy heavy transport Viagem!

Their cargo is a disassembled deutera zone main core which is in transit!

Which means?

The main machine which creates deutera zones.

If we destroy it now, it's one less attack for us to make.

Are you sure?

There's no doubt about it.

All scanner data supports this conclusion.

Commander. Arque's transmission scatter rate is outside the permitted level.

Her materialization probability is only 89.63 C.C.A.T.

It's not nearly enough to maintain her meta-body!

I'm really on the ball today!

My body feels light!

It does? Well, that's good.

Level now up to 97.8.

It's barely within maintenance levels.

Transmit them!

Commander, you can't do this!

You can't send her out in this condition!

It's what Arque wants!

If she can't be saved, she wants to serve humanity till the very end!

She told me that herself.

Countdown, started!

Transmission scatter rate, confirmed!

The Garuda's Q.L. Isn't going to last much longer.

Equip holonic weaponry as soon as you transmit! Assist them!

Chamber seal, released!

Moving to transmission chamber. All green.

Materialization coordinates, set and locked!

Zegapain, transmit!

Entangle!

We've knocked out its main generator!

We've knocked out its main generator! Transmission limit, reached.

Take care of the rest! Transmission limit, reached.

Right! We're on it!

Dammit! It's not going down!

Chris! It's headed your way!

Chris, what's wrong?! Arque!

CHRIS!

Shizuno. Kyo. We're through fighting.

Hey!

Chris!

Chris... Where are you? Chris...

It's come. The moment we've dreaded...

But I won't let you go by yourself!

Banishment mode, activated!

Hraesvelg will self-destruct in 180 seconds!

What?!

Self-destruct?!

Q.L. Charge is overloading!

The limiter has been manually deactivated!

I think he's trying to increase the explosive power of when it self-destructs!

Execute a forced recovery of the pilots!

The circuits have been cut!

I can't even contact them.

Every approach from the Oceanus has been blocked!

No!

He wants to take himself out along with the Viagem!

To die with Arque!

I've made my decision.

I can't imagine a future without Arque.

Don't do this, Chris! Don't do this, please!

Chris, stop this!

Do you think Arque would be happy that you're doing this?!

I don't want to think about it.

I have too many deaths on my hands.

Chris!

Hurry up and clear out of here!

It's a question of how I lay down my life.

I've decided it's going to be here and now.

Quit laying on that BULLSHIT!

I don't know when or if I'm gonna die!

But you're wrong about this!

I'm glad you took those pictures.

Arque and I will be able to live on in them.

SHUT UP!!!

Kobrals! Abyss and Sin!

But how?! Didn't Chris destroy them before?!

The Gardsorm can reproduce them from stored data!

What?

They can be physically reborn again and again as Reconstructants!

That's why they don't fear pain or death!

Autodestruccion en sesenta segundos.

It's fate. My final prey shall be you two.

That transmission failure happened while Arque was fighting you.

The ones who did this to Arque...

It was you! ABYSS! SIN!

Damn! I can't turn and face them!

Now die, Abyss!

Autodestruccion, cancelada.

Feed Pieta for me every day, won't you?

A... Arque...

If you ever forget... I'll never forgive you.

Won't you let me die with you?

I made my own decision.

You can't let me have peace?!

You'd have me live on alone and carry on in torment?!

YOU AREN'T ALONE!!!

Chris! Get out of there!

Got 'em!

I'd like one last taste... of cafe au lait...

Chris...

What, Dear?

What should we name the puppy?

Pieta. Would you like that?

I... love it...

Arque.

Your battle is over now... Arque.

Arque's data cluster... It can't be reconstructed.

She was a professional, right to the very end.

The retreat path the Kobral took probably leads to the Gardsorm main base.

We may be able to pinpoint its location.

Always so cool and calm, aren't you, Commander?

If my tears could bring Arque back to life, I'd be crying as hard as I could.

Yes, sir.

You're kidding. Miss Arque is?!

She was ill. For a long time.

Oh, Kyo!

I...

I love you, Kaminagi.

Awaken Me ga samete

The pain of your dream Yume no itami ga

Melts away into the night Yoru ni tokete yuku

The cold sky of the windy city Kaze no machi no tsumetai sora ga

Causes everything to change Subete wo kaete yuku

If time should turn back Toki ga modotara

If time should turn back Toki ga modotara

If time should turn back Toki ga modotara

Kiss me and say goodbye KISS shite GOODBYE

To everything there is Ari to Arayurumono

And in the endless loop of time Meguriyuku toki ni

You'll come back to me again Megurikuru anata ni

On the edges of memory Kioku no fuchi de

Time repeats itself Toki wa kurikaesu

As I imagined once IMAGE wo mita

As I wish to imagine again IMAGE wo mitakute

NEXT EPISODE

NEXT EPISODE From one of the protected to a protector.

From one of the protected to a protector.

It's not known if Ryoko Kaminagi will develop as a Cerebrant or not.

But the beautiful things and the cruel things...

When she wants to see the truth with her own eyes,

what will you do then, Kyo Sogoru?

Next time, on Zegapain: "The Awakened."

THE AWAKENED

THE AWAKENED My thoughts, never to be erased.

THE AWAKENED