Haibane > 08. The Bird
[Kana]
Rakka, are you up?
[Rakka]
Yes.
[Kana]
We're all going into Kuu's room.
[Rakka]
O...kay. I'm coming.
[Hikari]
Do you like the wing covers?
[Rakka]
Mm-hm.
[Hikari]
I'm so glad!
[Nemu]
Every one of us will take one of Kuu's belongings to remember her by.
[Reki]
Rakka, how about the bed? Do you want anything else?
[Rakka]
Just those.
[Reki]
Coming through.
And... there.
(Sighs.)
Wow, it's cold.
Good thing you got yourself a proper bed before it starts to snow, right?
How are your wings doing?
[Rakka]
Do I have to keep using the medicine? And keep hiding my wings forever?
[Reki]
The wall's power to protect us weakens in the wintertime, so we become even more susceptible to the evil.
So, until winter ends...
[Rakka]
I still wonder... what the Haibane are.
Everyone says that both the walls and this town exist for the Haibane.
But... the Charcoal Feathers are born into this world suddenly... and just as suddenly they disappear.
I don't know the reason why I became a Haibane.
I'm here... I can't remember anything about who I was.
And if I'm to disappear someday without accomplishing anything... what's the meaning of my existence?
[Reki]
You know, at one time, I felt the same way as you.
I think there is a meaning. But only you can find it.
Come on, walk in a single file!
[Kids]
Okay!
You're not gonna catch me!
Rock, paper, scissors!
[Reki]
Hey! You'll fall into the river if you walk on the edge like that!
Oh boy...
This is the last time we'll see it like this.
[Rakka]
(Gasps.)
Huh?
[Reki]
We'll have snow soon.
Then everything around here will be covered in pure white--as white as if we were floating in the clouds.
That's why we have to get ready quickly, before winter arrives.
[Rakka]
Mmm.
Floating in the clouds... in my dream in the cocoon, I felt like I was in the clouds, too.
[Reki]
Your dream of falling from the sky?
[Rakka]
Mmm.
But you know, I don't remember what happens to me after that.
Even though I think I met someone or maybe...
something very important during my dream.
But... there are times when I can almost remember something about my dream.
Then I'm afraid... as if--
[Reki]
Hey, don't get so far ahead!
[Kids]
Reki! Come on!
[Reki]
I'll be by your side. I went down the wrong path because I lost Kuramori.
But no matter what happens, Rakka, I will always be by your side.
What? Oh, no! I told you to be careful!
Didn't I tell you to walk in a straight line in the middle of the road?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
Everybody, fall in!
[Kids]
Okay.
That one's so boring.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
About face!
Um...mum...
Man, the lengths are completely wrong.
We're gonna have to redo all the hems.
[Reki]
Oh, great.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
Don't you start givin' me that look.
I deserve a commendation just for finding ten of the same style.
[Reki]
I guess. Okay then, I'll give you a hand.
Rakka, pick winter wear for yourself while you wait.
We won't take long.
[Rakka]
Mmm.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
Send them in after they take off their coats.
[Reki]
Okay.
[Kid]
Yeahhh!
[Reki]
Hey! I told you to take your coat off first!
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
Come on! Not all at once!
[Reki]
Sorry about that.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
Hey, stop fumbling around! You'll get hurt!
Ouch! Hey, stop pulling on my beard!
[Reki]
I'll finish taking the measurements.
Why don't you go and wait outside?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
Yeah, I think I will. Thanks.
Man, I hate kids.
Gotten used to the town yet?
[Rakka]
Huh?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
Bet you're surprised at how early winter comes around here, right?
[Rakka]
This one.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
Okay.
Hmm... you need some shoes, too.
[Rakka]
Um, but I...
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
You must be cold in those sandals. It's gonna be snowing soon.
How 'bout you try on these?
[Rakka]
Well, but...
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
Aww, be my guest!
A Haibane should always be in high spirits with a smile on her face.
[Rakka]
But why?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
Why? Well, how should I put this?
Since I was a kid, my mom's been telling me that the Charcoal Feathers are like the ones
who... received blessings from above.
So you're kinda like a good-luck charm--no offense. Hahaha...
[Rakka]
Blessings? But I'm not...
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
Hahaha. Oh, don't mind what I said.
It's only what us simple townsfolk believe.
Here.
[Rakka]
Oh, no. My notebook, there's only one sheet left inside.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
Well, um, why don't we say that boots are... maybe, um...a New Year's present.
Might be a little early? Ha ha ha.
Look. I don't know what happened but things are gonna get better at some point.
[Rakka]
No, they won't. I'm just... a big failure as a Charcoal Feather.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
Huh?
[Man]
Hello.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
Uh, hi, there. Let's see.
[Man]
Do you have this in a different size?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
Oh, that only comes in one size.
[Woman]
(Gasps.) It's a little Haibane! Oh, she's so cute! Oh...
Wow! She's for real! Look, it's a little Charcoal Feather!
We're so lucky! Something good will happen today!
[Man]
Leave her alone. You're bothering her.
[Woman]
No, I'm not bothering her. Right?
[Rakka]
Don't touch me!
[Woman]
Huh?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
Hey!
[Gentleman]
That was a big fall you took, young miss.
[Rakka]
Ah...um...
Thank you. Thank you very much.
[Gentleman]
Here, I think you dropped this.
[Rakka]
I don't belong anywhere... nowhere at all.
(Sobbing)
It's better... if I didn't exist... at all...
It's calling to me.
The Western Woods--it's going there.
I feel it; he's calling me.
The air here... feels different.
Huh? What is that?
You wanted to show me this?
You called to me for this?
It's better if I didn't exist at all.
A dream I had somewhere, sometime?
But now...it's so cold.
Yes. I remember. Ah!
You can't. But thank you anyway.
I guess... this well's been here for a long time.
What's wrong with me? I should be afraid, but...
Are you the one that called to me?
You've taken the form of a bird now... but it feels like I've known you from somewhere else... a long time ago.
[Reki]
Where's Rakka?! Did she come back?
[Hikari]
I wonder what happened to her.
[Kana]
Hey, do you think that maybe she...?
[Reki]
It's different from Kuu's time! Rakka hasn't...
[Nemu]
Weren't you the last one with her, Reki?
[Reki]
Sorry about that. I guess I messed up.
[Kana]
She's not a kid who needs adult supervision.
But should we go look for her? Or wait?
[Nemu]
Even now it's still not too late for her to be outside of Old Home.
But it is better to go look for her now than to wait until the middle of the night and panic.
Even if this turns out to be needless worry.
[Kana]
Alright then. Let's go!
[Nemu]
You're not thinking she's running away like you did, are you?
The situation does have a familiar ring to it.
[Reki]
You're right. This situation is similar. But she's not as stupid as...
[Nemu]
...As you were?
Oh, sorry.
[Reki]
It's okay. Let's go!
[Rakka]
Forgive me. I wish there was something more I could do for you.
You know, I can't even remember my own name...
They say the Haibane are all like that...
So I can't remember anything about who you are, as much as I want to...
Except that you were somebody precious to me.
I was always lonely. And I thought that nobody would ever grieve for me, even if I was gone forever...
I felt so alone... I just wanted to disappear and never feel anything again...
But you were always by my side.
You became a bird just to go over the walls and let me know... that no matter how sad I felt, I was never alone.
I...
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- Rakka, are you up?
[Rakka]- Yes.
[Kana]- We're all going into Kuu's room.
[Rakka]- O...kay. I'm coming.
[Hikari]- Do you like the wing covers?
[Rakka]- Mm-hm.
[Hikari]- I'm so glad!
[Nemu]- Every one of us will take one of Kuu's belongings to remember her by.
[Reki]- Rakka, how about the bed? Do you want anything else?
[Rakka]- Just those.
[Reki]- Coming through.
- And... there.
- (Sighs.)
- Wow, it's cold.
- Good thing you got yourself a proper bed before it starts to snow, right?
- How are your wings doing?
[Rakka]- Do I have to keep using the medicine? And keep hiding my wings forever?
[Reki]- The wall's power to protect us weakens in the wintertime, so we become even more susceptible to the evil.
- So, until winter ends...
[Rakka]- I still wonder... what the Haibane are.
- Everyone says that both the walls and this town exist for the Haibane.
- But... the Charcoal Feathers are born into this world suddenly... and just as suddenly they disappear.
- I don't know the reason why I became a Haibane.
- I'm here... I can't remember anything about who I was.
- And if I'm to disappear someday without accomplishing anything... what's the meaning of my existence?
[Reki]- You know, at one time, I felt the same way as you.
- I think there is a meaning. But only you can find it.
- Come on, walk in a single file!
[Kids]- Okay!
- You're not gonna catch me!
- Rock, paper, scissors!
[Reki]- Hey! You'll fall into the river if you walk on the edge like that!
- Oh boy...
- This is the last time we'll see it like this.
[Rakka]- (Gasps.) Huh?
[Reki]- We'll have snow soon.
- Then everything around here will be covered in pure white--as white as if we were floating in the clouds.
- That's why we have to get ready quickly, before winter arrives.
[Rakka]- Mmm.
- Floating in the clouds... in my dream in the cocoon, I felt like I was in the clouds, too.
[Reki]- Your dream of falling from the sky?
[Rakka]- Mmm.
- But you know, I don't remember what happens to me after that.
- Even though I think I met someone or maybe... something very important during my dream.
- But... there are times when I can almost remember something about my dream.
- Then I'm afraid... as if--
[Reki]- Hey, don't get so far ahead!
[Kids]- Reki! Come on!
[Reki]- I'll be by your side. I went down the wrong path because I lost Kuramori.
- But no matter what happens, Rakka, I will always be by your side.
- What? Oh, no! I told you to be careful!
- Didn't I tell you to walk in a straight line in the middle of the road?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- Everybody, fall in!
[Kids]- Okay.
- That one's so boring.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- About face!
- Um...mum...
- Man, the lengths are completely wrong.
- We're gonna have to redo all the hems.
[Reki]- Oh, great.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- Don't you start givin' me that look.
- I deserve a commendation just for finding ten of the same style.
[Reki]- I guess. Okay then, I'll give you a hand.
- Rakka, pick winter wear for yourself while you wait.
- We won't take long.
[Rakka]- Mmm.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- Send them in after they take off their coats.
[Reki]- Okay.
[Kid]- Yeahhh!
[Reki]- Hey! I told you to take your coat off first!
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- Come on! Not all at once!
[Reki]- Sorry about that.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- Hey, stop fumbling around! You'll get hurt!
- Ouch! Hey, stop pulling on my beard!
[Reki]- I'll finish taking the measurements.
- Why don't you go and wait outside?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- Yeah, I think I will. Thanks.
- Man, I hate kids.
- Gotten used to the town yet?
[Rakka]- Huh?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- Bet you're surprised at how early winter comes around here, right?
[Rakka]- This one.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- Okay.
- Hmm... you need some shoes, too.
[Rakka]- Um, but I...
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- You must be cold in those sandals. It's gonna be snowing soon.
- How 'bout you try on these?
[Rakka]- Well, but...
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- Aww, be my guest!
- A Haibane should always be in high spirits with a smile on her face.
[Rakka]- But why?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- Why? Well, how should I put this?
- Since I was a kid, my mom's been telling me that the Charcoal Feathers are like the ones who... received blessings from above.
- So you're kinda like a good-luck charm--no offense. Hahaha...
[Rakka]- Blessings? But I'm not...
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- Hahaha. Oh, don't mind what I said.
- It's only what us simple townsfolk believe.
- Here.
[Rakka]- Oh, no. My notebook, there's only one sheet left inside.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- Well, um, why don't we say that boots are... maybe, um...a New Year's present.
- Might be a little early? Ha ha ha.
- Look. I don't know what happened but things are gonna get better at some point.
[Rakka]- No, they won't. I'm just... a big failure as a Charcoal Feather.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- Huh?
[Man]- Hello.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- Uh, hi, there. Let's see.
[Man]- Do you have this in a different size?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- Oh, that only comes in one size.
[Woman]- (Gasps.) It's a little Haibane! Oh, she's so cute! Oh...
- Wow! She's for real! Look, it's a little Charcoal Feather!
- We're so lucky! Something good will happen today!
[Man]- Leave her alone. You're bothering her.
[Woman]- No, I'm not bothering her. Right?
[Rakka]- Don't touch me!
[Woman]- Huh?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]- Hey!
[Gentleman]- That was a big fall you took, young miss.
[Rakka]- Ah...um...
- Thank you. Thank you very much.
[Gentleman]- Here, I think you dropped this.
[Rakka]- I don't belong anywhere... nowhere at all.
- (Sobbing) It's better... if I didn't exist... at all...
- It's calling to me.
- The Western Woods--it's going there.
- I feel it; he's calling me.
- The air here... feels different.
- Huh? What is that?
- You wanted to show me this?
- You called to me for this?
- It's better if I didn't exist at all.
- A dream I had somewhere, sometime?
- But now...it's so cold.
- Yes. I remember. Ah!
- You can't. But thank you anyway.
- I guess... this well's been here for a long time.
- What's wrong with me? I should be afraid, but...
- Are you the one that called to me?
- You've taken the form of a bird now... but it feels like I've known you from somewhere else... a long time ago.
[Reki]- Where's Rakka?! Did she come back?
[Hikari]- I wonder what happened to her.
[Kana]- Hey, do you think that maybe she...?
[Reki]- It's different from Kuu's time! Rakka hasn't...
[Nemu]- Weren't you the last one with her, Reki?
[Reki]- Sorry about that. I guess I messed up.
[Kana]- She's not a kid who needs adult supervision.
- But should we go look for her? Or wait?
[Nemu]- Even now it's still not too late for her to be outside of Old Home.
- But it is better to go look for her now than to wait until the middle of the night and panic.
- Even if this turns out to be needless worry.
[Kana]- Alright then. Let's go!
[Nemu]- You're not thinking she's running away like you did, are you?
- The situation does have a familiar ring to it.
[Reki]- You're right. This situation is similar. But she's not as stupid as...
[Nemu]- ...As you were?
- Oh, sorry.
[Reki]- It's okay. Let's go!
[Rakka]