Haibane > 07. Scar --- Illness --- Arrival of Winter

[Rakka]
  • Kuu...
[Kana]
  • Rakka...
[Nemu]
  • Rakka, if you keep crying like that, Kuu can't go on her journey without worrying about you.
[Rakka]
  • Yes.
  • But...
[Hikari]
  • Rakka, we'll be seeing her again.
  • We have to believe that.
  • Kuu just went ahead of us.
  • You shoudn't need feeling sad for her.
[Reki]
  • Let's go.
[Kana]
  • I wonder if Kuu can hear the bells.
[Hikari]
  • I'm sure she can.
  • May the bell be a guide through her Day of Flight.
[Rakka]
  • I have to find a bed.
  • Winter is here, Kuu.
  • I can't...
  • I shouldn't cry...
  • Good morning, Kuu.
  • It's already been a month since you left.
  • Winter has finally come to this little town.
  • But thanks to your advice, I didn't catch a cold.
  • How are you doing, Kuu?
  • So what's it like where you are now?
  • What do you do there?
  • I hope people there are as nice as those in the town of Glie.
  • In case you're wondering, everybody here at Old Home is doing fine.
  • And I'm...
  • Sorry, but I can't congratulate you like everybody else.
  • I wanted to be with you much longer.
  • I wanted to go shopping with you, and eat with you, and talk about a lot of things with you.
  • There were a lot more things that I wanted you to teach me.



  • Pea soup, please.
[Cafe Master]
  • Hey, I see a lot of you these days.
  • Is that all you want?
  • You know, I haven't seen that kid around. Know him?
  • The boy he's just a little shorter than you.
[Rakka]
  • Kuu.
[Cafe Master]
  • Oh, that's it.
  • I didn't remember his name.
  • Oh, she is a girl. Now, I feel bad.
  • I kept calling her "boy." Tell her I'm sorry.
[Rakka]
  • Kuu isn't here anymore.
[Cafe Master]
  • What?
  • Then, she is disappeared?
  • Well, I guess that's how it always ends up with all you Haibane.
  • I understand.
  • So this is to go, isn't it?
  • Oh, don't worry, it's on me.
  • Save that for when you come here to have a big full-course dinner.
[Rakka]
  • But I...
[Cafe Master]
  • Here you go. Have some more coffee.
[Rakka]
  • For the people of this town, Kuu's disappearance is not a big deal.
  • Life goes on.
  • Soon, they'll probably forget that she was even here.
  • Kuu.
  • Don't you care about that?
[Hyohko]
  • Hey.
[Rakka]
  • Ah...
[Hyohko]
  • You live in that run-down house in the south district, don't you?
[Rakka]
  • It's called Old Home.
[Hyohko]
  • Oh, sorry.
  • But you guys call our place "Waste Factory", so that seems only fair to me.
  • Get it? I'm from the east district.
[Rakka]
  • You're Hiyoko.
[Hyohko]
  • Not Hiyoko! It's Hyohko! It means "ice lake!"
  • Hiyoko means baby chicken! It doesn't matter.
  • So listen.
  • Do you remember the scene that light came out of the Western Woods, you know, about a month ago, when the storm came?
  • My friend told me something. The light only shows up when a Haibane is gone.
  • When they're supposed to go beyond the walls.
  • But everybody's still around at our factory...
  • So we thought maybe it was someone from your run-down...
  • Oops.
  • Sorry, I meant to say Old Home.
  • Mmm... So, tell me, was it Reki?

  • Phew.
  • That's good. I was worried.
  • Oh, um, don't tell anybody that I asked especially...huh?
[Rakka]
  • What do you mean saying "that's good"?
  • Just lost a close friend.
[Hyohko]
  • Hey, wait!
[Hikari]
  • Kana!
[Kana]
  • Overcooked!
[Hikari]
  • It's cooked fine.
[Kana]
  • No, it's not.
[Nemu]
  • Where's Rakka?
[Hikari]
  • I went to get her, but she wasn't there.
  • She doesn't eat with us much any more, does she?
[Kana]
  • Maybe she's on a diet.
[Hikari]
  • Kana.
[Kana]
  • I was only joking.
  • I heard that she like to go into town more often to eat these days.
[Hikari]
  • Alone?
[Kana]
  • Maybe she wants to be left alone.
  • She was the most depressed out of all of us when Kuu left.
[Nemu]
  • Did you know?
  • Rakka's been cleaning up Kuu's room all this time.
[Kana]
  • Oh, so Rakka did it, too?
[Reki]
  • Kana, you went to Kuu's room, too?
[Kana]
  • Just one time.
  • I've accepted it.
  • I know Kuu isn't with us anymore.
[Hikari]
  • I wonder if Rakka just can't accept it.
[Nemu]
  • You know, I thought maybe we should leave her alone until she's ready to let it go.
[Reki]
  • But she has to find closure to this event sometime.
[Hikari]
  • I wish there were something we could do to help.
  • I know!
  • Let's do this!
[Rakka]
  • What am I going to do?
  • There's more of it. I didn't have this morning.
[Hikari]
  • Good morning!
  • Rise and shine!
  • Are you awake?
[Rakka]
  • Mm-hmm.
[Hikari]
  • That's good.
  • I was thinking It's been a while since everyone ate together, so...
[Rakka]
  • Ah, okay, hold on.
  • I'll join you when I get dressed.
  • You go ahead.
[Hikari]
  • Fine. We'll be waiting.
[Kana]
  • Looks too difficult for me.
[Hikari]
  • Come on, help us.
[Kana]
  • Help you sew?
  • You're kidding, right?
[Hikari]
  • We all have to!
  • Even the kids need to have them.
[Nemu]
  • But Kana can't sew.
  • Whenever she starts out making a glove, it winds up looking like a sock.
[Kana]
  • I just don't like doing stupid work like that.
[Reki]
  • Your Clock Master would be in tears if he heard what you just said.
[Kana]
  • I don't mind machines at all. They're all built rock-solid.
  • But with cloth...
[Rakka]
  • Uh...um, good morning.
[Nemu]
  • Hey, good morning, Rakka.
[Reki]
  • Um, what happened to your dress?
[Rakka]
  • Uh, it got dirty. So I washed it.
[Hikari]
  • Here, take a look at this.
[Rakka]
  • What is it?
[Hikari]
  • They're wing covers because it'll get cold soon.
  • So I thought it would be nice if we made everyone's with the same design.
[Kana]
  • Rakka, are you good at sewing?
[Rakka]
  • Me?
  • Well, not really. I haven't had much experience.
[Kana]
  • All right!
  • Welcome to the club.
[Hikari]
  • Kana! Really...
  • It's OK. I'll teach you how.
  • It's easy, watch.
  • Just spread your wings.
  • Then I'll take your measurements now.
  • What happened to your feathers?
[Rakka]
  • Uh, it's nothing.
[Hikari]
  • They look frayed.
  • Are you taking care of them?
[Rakka]
  • Well, not really.
[Hikari]
  • See, it shows.
  • That's not good.
  • You're a girl, you should know better.
[Reki]
  • Rakka. What's this?
[Rakka]
  • Uh, well, my sofa is really hard.
  • So I might have hurt them in my sleep.
[Kana]
  • Oh, yeah, you don't have a bed yet?
  • I guess moving is a hard work.
  • Why don't you just put this one in there?
[Nemu]
  • Because it won't fit through the door.
[Hikari]
  • Oh, I know.
  • How about if you take the bed that's in Kuu's room?
[Rakka]
  • What?
[Kana]
  • Hey, that's a great idea.
  • I'll help you if you wanna move it.
[Rakka]
  • But It's Kuu's...
[Nemu]
  • I think Kuu would be very happy knowing that you would have it.
[Rakka]
  • Maybe she would, but I don't know.
  • But...
[Reki]
  • Rakka!
[Kana]
  • Rakka?
[Hikari]
  • What happened? It seems like I said something wrong to her?
[Reki]
  • No, it's not your fault at all, Hikari.
  • I better go upstairs and talk to her.
[Hikari]
  • I'll come with you!
[Reki]
  • No, leave it to me.
[Hikari]
  • But...
[Reki]
  • It's all right.
  • Rakka. Rakka.
  • I'm coming in.
  • What have you done?
[Rakka]
  • Stay away!
[Reki]
  • It's all right.
[Rakka]
  • They keep spreading.
  • I'm scared.
[Reki]
  • It's gonna be all right.
[Rakka]
  • Am I... sick?
[Reki]
  • You're not sick.
  • So, please, don't worry.
  • Rakka, you have nothing to be blamed for.
[Rakka]
  • It stings.
[Reki]
  • It stings because you cut off your feathers.
  • Just rinse them with cold water when you wake up tomorrow morning.
  • That should make the black seem less noticeable.
[Rakka]
  • It's medicine, isn't it?
  • So I am sick. I was right?
[Reki]
  • This is just a dye collected from an elderly tree.
  • The legend says it can blind the eyes of evil.
[Rakka]
  • An elderly tree?
[Reki]
  • A Snow Scale tree, I guess.
  • They grow only near the walls and are named elderly trees because their trunks are very much twisted.
  • But you stay away from the walls no matter what, OK?
  • It's dangerous.
[Rakka]
  • Reki, why do you have such a special medicine?
  • How do you know about these things?
[Reki]
  • This town exists for the Haibane.
  • The walls are there to protect us.
  • A good Haibane lives here happily and goes beyond the walls when their time comes.
  • But once in a while, a Haibane is born who cannot be blessed by the town.
  • A Charcoal Feather who cannot remember anything about their dream in the cocoon...
  • The Day of Flight never comes to him or her.
  • For such an unblessed Haibane, the town becomes a cage which offers no escape.
  • This Haibane is declared to be Sin-Bound.
[Rakka]
  • So am I...
[Reki]
  • No, absolutely not.
  • I'm the one who first found your cocoon, and I'm the one who rinsed the blood out of your wings.
  • Your feathers were beautiful charcoal-gray when you were born.
  • You're a good Charcoal Feather.
  • You're not like I am.
[Rakka]
  • Reki...
  • You don't have it.
[Reki]
  • The wings that broke out from my back had black, spotted feathers.
  • I was Sin-Bound from the very beginning.
  • I could hardly remember the dream I had in the cocoon.
  • Because of the black feathers, everybody was afraid of me.
  • I was an outcast. Even Nemu avoided me when I was a new born.
  • If it weren't for Kuramori who protected me, I would've been all alone to this day.
[Rakka]
  • Kuramori?
  • She's beautiful.
[Reki]
  • Yeah...
  • She was like a mother to the kids and a good mentor to Nemu and myself.
  • In despite her delicate health, she helped me by going to the heart of the forest to collect the medicine from the elderly tree.
  • She's the one who decorated the guestroom as it is now...
  • so she, Nemu, and I could live there together.
  • Kuramori wasn't afraid at all to be near me.
  • She was always there by my side.
  • Not out of pity.
  • She was just there for me when I needed her.
[Rakka]
  • She was a good person.
  • But Reki, I think you're a good Haibane, too.
[Reki]
  • Whatever you might think, I'm a still sinner.
  • Five years ago, Kuramori left us.
  • I didn't know anything about the Day of Flight...
  • so I thought that she had abandoned me.
  • I was so depressed that Nemu became concerned for me...
  • so she did some research at the library on the old legend.
  • She told me about the Day of Flight.
  • But I didn't believe it.
  • I had become too emotionally blinded.
  • I hated a lot of things and I think I said many terrible things to Nemu.
  • I ran away from Old Home but I kept repeating the same mistakes at the place I ran away to.
  • In the end, I was caught by the community watch and eventually punished by the Haibane Renmei, as well.
  • But you, Rakka, haven't done anything to be punished for.
  • You've done nothing at all.
  • So, I know, in my heart, this must be some kind of a mistake.
  • It'll be gone in no time.
[Rakka]
  • Reki, you don't remember your dream in the cocoon?
[Reki]
  • Not completely.
  • Have been drawing pictures and pictures of it, trying to remember.
  • Since I came here, I've been haunted by nightmares.
  • In my dreams, it's a very cold night, and there's a red moon in the sky.
  • I'm all alone. Just walking on a stone-laden path.
  • Then something happens there.
  • I can't remember what it was, but it's something very horrible.
  • Every time it happens, I scream myself awake.
  • Always the same dream.
  • I don't understand at all.
  • Why are there good Haibane and cursed ones?
  • Why was I born Sin-Bound?
[Rakka]
  • Until now, I had thought that this town was a paradise to live in...
  • Yet, despite everyone's caring and compassion at hearts and willingness to do their best for each other, sad things still happened.
  • Some suffer from the curses given to them.
  • What are the Haibane?