Haibane > 05. Library --- Abandoned Factory --- Beginning of the World

[Nemu]
  • Two thousand two hundred and eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty.
  • Ah, Sumika?
[Sumika]
  • You got me.
  • How did you know it was me?
[Nemu]
  • Your shoes.
[Sumika]
  • Oh.
[Nemu]
  • Stop wearing heels.
  • You'll fall down.
[Sumika]
  • Damn, you sound just like my mother.
[Nemu]
  • So, how much longer can you work?
[Sumika]
  • Just till the end of the month
[Nemu]
  • Huh? Four more days?
  • That's not very long.
[Sumika]
  • That's just for the official record.
  • I'll help as long as I can.
  • But I can't do any heavy lifting.
[Nemu]
  • Don't work too hard.
  • So, are you all prepared?
[Sumika]
  • There're so much left to do.
  • Handing over my work to others and submitting paperwork.
  • Oh, speaking of which, is the Director here?
[Nemu]
  • Downstairs I think.
[Sumika]
  • Ah, I guess I'll take care of the hard part first.
[Rakka]
  • Ah... Huh?
[Sumika]
  • Oh!
  • You're a friend of Nemu's?
[Rakka]
  • Yes, my name is Rakka.
  • Nemu's letting me visit here since I'm a newborn.
[Sumika]
  • I'm Sumika, a librarian here.
  • Nice to meet you.
  • But I don't know how much longer I'll be here though.
  • Say, let me help you.
[Rakka]
  • No, it's okay. I'll be fine.
[Sumika]
  • It's too heavy for just one.
  • Come on.
[Rakka]
  • Thank you.
[Sumika]
  • Newborn means you just came into this world, right?
  • But you don't look like a baby to me.
[Rakka]
  • Uh...
[Sumika]
  • What did it feel like when you were being born?
  • Were you scared?
[Rakka]
  • Not much, I can't remember very well.
  • But in my dream I think that I remember that someone was protecting me.
[Sumika]
  • Really?
[Rakka]
  • Oh, thank you very much.
[Sumika]
  • Not at all, thank you for the advice.
[Rakka]
  • Huh?
[Sumika]
  • On how a parent should frame her mind.
[Nemu]
  • Did you bring them up all by yourself?
[Rakka]
  • A nice lady named Sumika was helping me.
[Nemu]
  • Oh, Sumika's the senior librarian.
  • Actually, I meant she used to be.
[Rakka]
  • Huh?
[Nemu]
  • All the books here, we acquired them through trade with the Toga, so we never know what kind of books will arrive, or when.
  • So it's very hard to keep them organized, and...
[Rakka]
  • So, then all of these library books were written by somebody in the outside world.
  • Ahh!
[Nemu]
  • And they're very old, so you should be careful.
[Rakka]
  • Uh.
[Nemu]
  • Only 20 minutes left.
  • I'll go bring these over to the book binder.
  • Rakka, can you help me by doing the labeling?
[Rakka]
  • Uh-huh.
[Sumika]
  • Nemu? Huh?
[Rakka]
  • I'm sorry.
  • Thank you for helping me again.
[Sumika]
  • Oh, it's supposed to be my job to begin with.
  • But what were you reading that held your interest so much?
[Rakka]
  • Oh, it was nothing very special.
  • I just wondered if I could find a book that could tell me what's outside this town.
[Sumika]
  • Ah, I know what you mean.
  • I looked everywhere for a book like that a long time ago.
[Rakka]
  • Really?
  • Did you find it?
[Sumika]
  • No, not at all.
[Rakka]
  • Oh, I guess that's to be expected.
[Sumika]
  • I guess I could tell you, I once thought about going out beyond the walls.
[Rakka]
  • Eh?
[Sumika]
  • I wanted to find the beginning of the world.
[Rakka]
  • The beginning of the world?
[Sumika]
  • The way that this town exists as it is now, is because someone first began by building it.
  • So along the same line, no matter how wide the world is, I think there's a beginning to it somewhere.
  • I wanted to find it...
  • Of course I couldn't go.
  • Because my life here is so much happier than chasing that dream.
[Rakka][Sumika]
  • Hehehe.
[Sumika]
  • Well, a dream is only beautiful because it remains a dream.
  • But still I wonder about it once in a while.
  • Ah, that's why life is so difficult.
[Rakka]
  • Ah!
[Rakka][Sumika]
  • Oh, no!
[Nemu]
  • Sumika is really something else.
[Rakka]
  • I'm sorry.
[Nemu]]
  • You don't have to be.
  • This is your first time here.
  • But Sumika is a senior librarian.
  • She should...
[Sumika]
  • She should what?
  • Set a good example for everyone else.
  • You're right.
  • So I'll take over here for now.
  • It's time for Storybook Lady.
[Nemu]
  • Uh.
  • And so, the evil wizard was transformed into an ugly frog.
  • In order to rescue all the little children, the young man climbed up the stairs in the high tower.
  • He planted the seed that the old lady had given him, and vines grew out of it instantly, allowing the young man and all the children to come home safely.
  • And peace was once again restored to the village.
  • The end.
[Kids]
  • Yay!
[Nemu]
  • Stop it. It's embarrassing.
[Reki]
  • Now, did you say "thank you" to the Storybook Lady?
[Kids]
  • Thank you!
[Reki]
  • This place sure has changed a lot.
  • Whenever I used to visit, it had an air of "scholars-only."
[Nemu]
  • I know. We've put a lot of effort into changing this place.
[Reki]
  • Oh I forgot, I have to go pick up some things.
  • Hikari, do you think you can take the kids home?
[Hikari]
  • Sure, that's fine, Kuu can help.
  • Kuu, do you want to be a substitute teacher?
[Kuu]
  • A teacher?
  • All right!
[Reki]
  • Thanks. See ya!
[Rakka][Nemu]
  • Hm.
[Nemu]
  • Ah, I'm all worn out.
  • How can Reki deal with the children so easily day in and day out?
[Rakka]
  • But you seemed like you were having a good time with them.
[Nemu]
  • It's only once in a while
  • I couldn't possibly do it every day.
  • Sorry.
  • The meeting for tomorrow's assignments dragged a bit.
[Rakka]
  • It's okay.
  • I'm sorry I wasn't much help today.
[Nemu]
  • Oh, you did great.
  • But only four more days.
[Rakka]
  • Huh?
[Nemu]
  • I meant Sumika.
  • I was making her a gift, but there's no time to finish it.
[Rakka]
  • What is it?
  • Knitting something?
[Nemu]
  • It's a secret.
[Rakka]
  • I can help if you tell me what it is.
[Nemu]
  • It's somewhat embarrassing.
  • Well uhm, here's a hint, the beginning of the world.
[Rakka]
  • Huh?
[Nemu]
  • There was a book with that title in the library a long time ago.
  • But it's discarded now.
  • An old and crumbling book only the first few pages were legible.
  • Sumika and I racked our brains to come up with the rest of the story.
[Rakka]
  • And then?
[Nemu]
  • That's the only hint.
[Rakka]
  • What?
  • Hmm... Ah, Reki.
  • Reki!
  • Where's she...?
  • Um, she's going in the opposite direction.
[Nemu]
  • Oh, she just needed some gas for her scooter.
  • Hm.
[Rakka]
  • Hm?
[Reki]
  • Hm?
[Haibane of Abandoned Factory]
  • See? I told you.
  • It's just Reki.
[Midori]
  • What are you doing here.
  • Hiyoko!
[Haibane of Abandoned Factory]
  • Whoo hoo!
  • This is gonna be classic!
[Reki]
  • What was that for?!
[Hyohko]
  • Quit smoking, you stupid girl!
  • And stop riding that bike!
[Reki]
  • You're the one who's stupid!
  • I have permission from town.
  • It's perfectly legal for me to ride it!
  • Hup!
[Hyohko]
  • Ah!
[Reki]
  • Jerk.
[Haibane of Abandoned Factory]
  • Too bad, Hiyoko.
  • You lose.
[Nemu]
  • Come on, let's leave now before we get caught.
[Rakka]
  • Uh, okay.
[Nemu]
  • There's a place called Abandoned Factory in the East District.
  • It's also a nest for the Haibane, and lucky for them, it's coed.
[Rakka]
  • Really?
  • That boy with the cap is one of the Haibane from Abandoned Factory?
[Nemu]
  • Yes, and one thing led to another with those two.
[Rakka]
  • What kind of things?
[Nemu]
  • Back then in Old Home there were only Reki, the children, and me.
  • And Reki was, well, troubled and bit more rebellious.
  • Things led to a big fight between us, and Reki ran away.
  • Later on I'd heard that she had actually run away with that boy we saw.
[Rakka]
  • Oh, wow!
  • That's sounds so cool.
[Nemu]
  • Don't you follow in her footsteps.
  • Because of what they did, neither one is allowed to go into each other's district.
[Rakka]
  • Oh...
[Nemu]
  • I don't think having boys around would be too bad, but I don't like the ones in Abandoned Factory, they're so rowdy.
[Rakka]
  • In my memories there exists another version of myself.
  • Nemu and the others said it isn't so, but I can't quite shake off the feeling from my mind that maybe my parents and the town I used to live in still exist somewhere.
  • I wonder if this sense of confusion will disappear when my wings have completely become a part of my body.
  • Here, everyone, even someone as little as Kuu, has a job and has become a self-sufficient part of this world.
  • Yet, the truth is that everybody is mutually supporting each other in ways that are not apparent to the eyes.
  • It's perfectly natural, but I didn't realized it until now.
  • I wonder if I deserve... to be as happy as I am.
[Nemu]
  • Ahh...
[Rakka]
  • Good morning.
  • Is it okay if I help?
[Nemu]
  • Well, sure, I'd love your help, but I won't be leaving till late.
[Rakka]
  • Well, I'll do some research until then.
[Nemu]
  • What are you researching?
[Rakka]
  • The beginning of the world.
[Sumika]
  • So what's she studying so intently?
[Nemu]
  • It's a secret.
  • Just leave her alone for now.
[Sumika]
  • Oh.
  • When I think about it, you were acting just like her when you first started working here.
[Nemu]
  • Was I?
[Sumika]
  • In the beginning of the world, there was nothing but a dark mist, called the Nothingness.
[Nemu]
  • And then God appeared .
  • By merely being there, he brought, umm... let me see, um, light into the Nothingness.
[Sumika]
  • When God...something...glowing over his head...
  • It... Er... It became the sun."
[Nemu]
  • It's hopeless, this book is too damaged to read.
[Sumika]
  • Oh, well!
  • We'll just have to come up with the rest by ourselves.
[Rakka]
  • Ah.
[Nemu]
  • Oh, you should wake me instead of watching me.
[Rakka]
  • But you looked so happy sleeping like that...
[Nemu]
  • How did your research go?
[Rakka]
  • Fine.
  • The beginning of the world is very interesting.
  • I found some different references to it in many books, but they all have some common similarities.
[Nemu]
  • And, what's the answer?
[Rakka]
  • Nemu, why should I tell if you just gave me a hint?
[Nemu]
  • Alright, then.
  • Don't laugh when you see it.
  • Here.
[Rakka]
  • Wow, this is great!
  • How did you do this?
[Nemu]
  • I asked the man who repairs our books to do it.
  • It was a lot of work.
[Rakka]
  • Can I read it?
[Nemu]
  • You won't laugh?
[Rakka]
  • I won't.
[Rakka]
  • Oh, is this all?
[Nemu]
  • Well, I can't decide on how to write the ending.
  • Got any good ideas?
[Rakka]
  • Ah! You won't laugh, right?
[Nemu]
  • I promise.
[Rakka]
  • ........
[Nemu]
  • Ha ha ha!
[Rakka]
  • You are laughing.
  • You promised.
[Nemu]
  • You gotta be joking.
[Rakka]
  • I'm not joking.
  • I was thinking something like that a minute ago, when I was looking at your sleeping face.
[Nemu]
  • That's not funny.
  • Be serious.
  • This is a story about a great and powerful being.
[Rakka]
  • But it's a book written by you, so I think it should remind the reader of the author, don't you?
[Nemu]
  • But I don't have such bad manners.
  • How can you even think like that?
  • I should inspire ideas with a lot more dignity.
  • Well, I've got to work overtime to finish this.
[Rakka]
  • I'm so glad you picked me up.
  • Overtimes is exhausting.
[Kana]
  • Where's Nemu?
[Rakka]
  • She's got double overtime.
[Kana]
  • Huh?
[Rakka]
  • She had to stay late to talk to the book repairman.
  • I learned a lot from working with her.
  • Even though she appears sleepy, Nemu is a hard worker.
[Kana]
  • Of course she is.
  • Nobody gets mad at her for her naps because she always gets the job done.
[Rakka]
  • I understand.
[Kana]
  • But it's still hard to believe.
[Kana]][Rakka]
  • Hahaha.
[Cafe Master]
  • Here you go.
[Kuu]
  • Thanks a lot.
[Cafe Master]
  • Yeah, see you later.
[Kuu]
  • Hmm, oh yeah.
  • Good-bye.
[Cafe Master]
  • Alright.
  • You take it easy, boy.
[Kuu]
  • Ah, here you go.
  • Bye-bye.
[Rakka]
  • Kuu!
[Kuu]
  • Oh, Rakka.
[Rakka]
  • What are you doing?
[Kuu]
  • Hmm?
  • Just saying good-bye.
[Rakka]
  • Saying good-bye?
[Kana]
  • I said no!
[Kuu]
  • Come on, it's okay.
[Kana]
  • No way!
[Reki]
  • Morning.
  • Hey, where's Nemu?
[Rakka]
  • She's still in bed.
[Reki]
  • What now?
  • I thought that she was trying to get up early for a change.
[Rakka]
  • Mmm-hmm.
  • But she was at the library very late last night.
[Reki]
  • What?
  • For work?
[Rakka]
  • Uhh, it's something private but it's also a very important thing, I guess.
[Reki]
  • Huh?
  • Whatever it is, she'll probably be sleeping up until the very last minute.
[Rakka]
  • Ah...
[Reki]
  • Rakka.
[Rakka]
  • Ah.
[Reki]
  • Look.
  • It's supposed to be a triangle.
[Rakka]
  • Oh...
[Nemu]
  • Oh, no!
  • Rakka!
  • Forget about breakfast!
  • Oh.
[Reki]
  • Right on time.
[Rakka]
  • I really hope that Sumika will like it.
[Nemu]
  • Mmm...
  • If she thinks it's stupid, it's gonna be all your fault.
[Rakka]
  • What? why?
[Nemu]
  • Well, because I collaborated with you.
  • Your name is now on the cover, too.
[Rakka]
  • Huh?
[Nemu]
  • It's too late for that.
[Rakka]
  • No, it's not that.
  • But, is it okay?
[Nemu]
  • Well, you're jointly responsible.
  • Better be prepared.
[Rakka]
  • Nemu, I'm very happy.
[Nemu]
  • I hope Sumika will be, too.
[Rakka]
  • How can she not be?
[Sumika]
  • When God...something...glowing over his head...
[Nemu]
  • When God took into his hand, the halo glowing over his head and held it high, it became the sun.
  • God waved his staff, and the nothingness was ripped into two, one part forming the sky and the other the land.
  • However, his hand was not straight, thus creating mountains and valleys.
  • God said 'It was a mistake, but it's just as well.'
  • When God drew pictures on the land, grass and trees grew, and birds and animals came to life.
  • God then envisioned creatures that looked almost like himself.
  • But these creatures were too similar to himself and that gave him concern.
  • So he colored their wings charcoal-gray, and made holes on their halos and named them Haibane.
  • Then he tucked them away in the back of his mind.
  • After that, God started over and created human beings that did not have wings or halos.
  • And this time, he was satisfied with his creation.
  • Completely content, God...
[Rakka]
  • ...God, despite his omnipotence, fell asleep.
  • The Haibane, who were destined to be erased, were able to escape from his mind.
  • When God awoke, the Haibane were already floating in the sky.
  • However, ever tolerant of mistakes, even his own, God decided to let the charcoal feathers and their tiny world be.
  • So, that is why the town of Glie is still floating somewhere today.
  • Somewhere that is neither on the land nor the sea.