Haibane > 04. Trash Day --- Clock Tower --- Birds Flying Over the Walls

[Rakka]
  • Huh?
  • A bird.
  • I know somewhere I've seen this...
  • What is this? Ah!
[Kana]
  • Hey! Wake up!
[Rakka]
  • (Shrieks.) What?! What?!
  • Oh, Kana.
[Kana]
  • Don't "oh" me!
  • You said that you were going to help me with work today.
[Rakka]
  • Yes, I know. What time is it?
[Kana]
  • Six thirty-four in the morning.
[Rakka]
  • I'm tired.
  • 'Night.
[Kana]
  • Oh, no!
  • Time to get up!
[Rakka]
  • Stop it! Stop it!
  • One, two, hah...
[Kana]
  • Rakka.
[Rakka]
  • Huh?
  • Okay, let's go.
[Kana]
  • Did you leave this out here?
[Rakka]
  • Mm-hm. I thought the birds might eat it.
[Kana]
  • You shouldn't.
  • It'll attract the crows.
  • They're enough trouble as it is, making a mess of our trash.
[Rakka]
  • Uh... Um... But I...
[Kana]
  • Oh, the trash.
  • Rakka, let's take out the kitchen trash.
[Rakka]
  • Kana!
  • Wait for me.
[Kana]
  • Ugh, again!
  • Get out!
  • Damn birds!
  • Ugh, uh, stupid birds!
  • Ugh!
  • Damn, they've timed out the swing of my broom.
[Rakka]
  • Kana!
[Kana]
  • Oh, sorry.
[Rakka]
  • That was mean!
[Kana]
  • I know I closed this door tight yesterday.
  • The crows must have figured out a way to unlock the door somehow.
[Rakka]
  • Wow, they're really smart.
[Kana]
  • Don't act so impressed.
  • Ugh! Just look at this mess they've made.
[Rakka]
  • Uh, I know, oh, why don't we just take out the things that crows might like to eat?
[Kana]
  • If you keep feeding them like that, they'll become dependent on us.
  • Then how will they live on their own?
[Rakka]
  • Oh, oh...
[Kana]
  • Just like the Haibane...
  • The crows have rules.
  • You can't spoil them!
  • Come on, we better get moving!
[Rakka]
  • Oh.
[Kana]
  • The birds are the only creatures that are allowed to go beyond the walls in this town.
  • If we continue to feed them, we create a place where they can survive without any struggle.
  • In the end, they'll decide to only inhabit this town and will probably never fly free on their own again.
  • And they might seem to be happy here, but it's just sad.
[Rakka]
  • Mmm.
[Kana]
  • Hey, don't you give me that wistful look!
  • If you don't keep your eye on them, they're gonna crap all over you.
[Rakka]
  • Oh.
[Kana]
  • Let's go.
  • Did you sleep well?
  • You look out of it.
[Rakka]
  • Well, um, I can't really remember, but I think I was having a bad dream.
[Kana]
  • Well then, good thing I woke you up so pleasantly.
[Rakka]
  • Uh, I think maybe that's what caused it.
[Kana]
  • Well then, time for breakfast.
[Rakka]
  • Where did you get that watch?!
[Kana]
  • Nice, isn't it?
  • I found it gathering dust in the storage room over there and fixed it up.
[Rakka]
  • By yourself?
  • Amazing!
[Kana]
  • Oh, there was nothing to it.
  • I only had to replace one little spring.
[Rakka]
  • It's still amazing.
[Kana]
  • It's only a warm-up compared to my next project.
  • I'm gonna challenge a biggie soon.
[Rakka]
  • A biggie?
[Kana]
  • Wanna see?
[Reki]
  • So, where did you get the tea cups?
[Nemu]
  • Aren't they nice?
  • They were a gift from the old man who owns the antique shop, for gathering reference materials.
[Reki]
  • Oh, now you're a librarian abusing her power, right?
[Nemu]
  • Don't go ruining my good name.
  • He was being kind.
  • I worked over a month for it.
  • Besides, these are secondhand items, as is the tradition.
[Reki]
  • Sad, isn't it? The older you get, the more deceptive you become.
[Nemu]
  • Kuu, breakfast!
  • Hurry up inside!
[Kuu]
  • Huh?
[Rakka]
  • Uh...
[Kana]
  • Finally.
  • Come on up!
[Rakka]
  • Uh.
[Kana]
  • Isn't this like a secret hideout?
[Rakka]
  • Yes, amazing.
  • Don't tell me you are going to fix this?
[Kana]
  • No way.
  • The big one's completely dead.
  • I wouldn't even know where to begin on my own.
  • However, this is the one that I really wanna fix.
[Rakka]
  • What is that?
[Kana]
  • Somebody must've been living here before, and that person seems to have attempted to modify this clock, so that the gears would move by electricity instead of by a pendulum.
  • pendulum:振り子
  • Whoever it was that worked on this was good.
  • It's just about done.
  • If the rusted parts are replaced and the hands start moving again, even the bells on the very top might start to ring.
[Rakka]
  • Wow.
  • I wonder if that person was a Haibane.
[Kana]
  • I don't know.
  • There were drawings and engineering notes, but they're only written about the clock.
  • They don't say anything about who wrote them or how many years ago they were written.
  • I went exploring in every room here right after I was born, and I found these in the end.
  • How should I put it, this is like a treasure map for me.
  • Anybody would wanna continue with this work once they read it, right?
[Rakka]
  • That's why you work at the clock tower?
[Kana]
  • Yeah.
  • Though I'm still nothing more than a lowly trainee.
[Rakka]
  • I hope that you can fix it.
[Kana]
  • Ahhh!
  • Oh, no! My job!
[Nemu]
  • Today is very relaxing.
[Reki]
  • You're right.
  • This is how every morning should really be.
[Hikari]
  • Having good tea makes a difference.
[Everyone]
  • Huh?
[Kana]
  • Urgh...
[Rakka]
  • Ah... Kana!
[Kana]
  • Rakka, breakfast!
[Rakka]
  • Ahh!
  • Aaahhhh!
[Reki]
  • What's that?
  • Good tea?
[Rakka]
  • Kana!
  • There.
[Kana]
  • Jump on, hurry up!
[Rakka]
  • That's insane!
  • Aah! Aaaaah!
  • Stop it, stop it, stop it! Please!
[Kana]
  • Shut up, you'll bite your tongue!
[Rakka]
  • Are we flying?!
[Kana]
  • I guess we just made it.
  • All right! Seems like Master's late for once.
  • Let's go around back.
  • Looks as if I didn't have to speed here like that after all.
  • Come on, over here.
  • Oh good, everything's working.
[Rakka]
  • What?
[Kana]
  • Lately we've been replacing the old parts in the clock.
  • There were people here working some pretty late hours last night.
  • A-ha, so that's the reason Master overslept.
[Watchmaker]
  • Don't judge others by your standards.
  • You're seven minutes late.
[Kana]
  • Good, perfect time.
[Watchmaker]
  • You fool!
  • That's useless if the screws in your head are loose!
  • Hmm... who are you?
[Kana]
  • The new girl I told you about, remember?
  • She's trying out different jobs, to pick one.
[Watchmaker]
  • Hmm.
  • Then, if you want to work here, you'll have to make a better impression than this.
[Rakka]
  • Uh...
[Watchmaker]
  • Who'd want to buy a watch from a clockmaker that's always late?
  • Do you buy clothes from a clothier wearing rags?
[Kana]
  • Ow!
[Watchmaker]
  • Do you buy liquor from a teetotaler?
[Kana]
  • I'm too young to buy liquor.
[Watchmaker]
  • Shut up!
  • Stop your quibbling and go open up the shop already!
[Kana]
  • Alright, alright!
  • I hear you already, man.
[Watchmaker]
  • And your bicycle!
  • It's supposed to be in the back!
[Kana]
  • Yeah!
  • Damn it, he must've been watching me from up above.
[Watchmaker]
  • Hey you, what's your name?
[Rakka]
  • Uh, uh... my name?
  • My name's Rakka, sir.
[Watchmaker]
  • You're new to Old Home, aren't you?
[Rakka]
  • Ah, yes.
[Watchmaker]
  • Got used to this town yet?
[Rakka]
  • Uh, a little bit.
[Watchmaker]
  • And Kana, she's being nice to you?
[Rakka]
  • Yes.
[Watchmaker]
  • Uh.
[Rakka]
  • Is there anything you like me to do?
[Watchmaker]
  • Okay then, you can go upstairs and clean the room for me.
  • It's been pretty hectic up there these days.
[Kana]
  • Hey Master, are we gonna be tending the store again today?
[Watchmaker]
  • Nah, you go upstairs with her and clean up.
  • It's a total disaster area.
[Kana]
  • Already?
  • Come on, Rakka.
[Watchmaker]
  • And if you have any questions, just ask Kana.
[Rakka]
  • Okay.
[Kana]
  • How come you're so nice to everybody else but me?
[Rakka]
  • He he he.
[Watchmaker]
  • I'm treating you hard because you have potential.
  • Don't complain.
[Kana]
  • So he says.
[Rakka]
  • Wow!
[Kana]
  • Ugh!
  • Man oh man.
  • It gets like this every time they replace just one gear.
  • I hope the clock doesn't get drunk, really.
[Rakka]
  • Late-night snack?
[Kana]
  • There's a lot of people who work here at night.
  • And I guess the mess is understandable.
  • But how can he be such a stickler about time, and so sloppy about things like this?
[Rakka]
  • So where should we start off?
[Kana]
  • Let's do the trash first.
  • Hmm, seems today I'm the garbage man.
[Rakka]
  • Hehe.
  • Kana, can I have a rag?
[Kana]
  • Here you go.
[Rakka]
  • Seems like everybody has a job.
[Kana]
  • You already knew that.
[Rakka]
  • But, I wonder why the Haibane work.
[Kana]
  • 'Cause we have to.
  • It's a rule.
[Rakka]
  • That's not what I meant.
[Kana]
  • Mmm, well let's see.
  • Have you noticed that this town is extremely protective of us?
[Rakka]
  • Yes, sort of.
[Kana]
  • Doesn't it bother you?
  • It's kinda like...we're being treated as children.
  • So I think that we work so as not feeling indebted to the town.
[Rakka]
  • I see.
  • That kind of makes sense.
[Kana]
  • Ah-ha, now I get it, you were helping Reki yesterday, weren't you?
[Rakka]
  • Yes.
  • Reki, Hikari, you, and everybody else is working in a job that they really like to do.
  • I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing.
[Kana]
  • If there's nothing, why don't you help Reki for the time-being?
  • She's always short-handed, having to take care of lots of high-maintenance kids.
  • And she's very accommodating.
[Rakka]
  • Mm.
[Kana]
  • Oh, but unless you work hard, you could end up being one of those high-maintenance kids instead of an assistant.
[Rakka]
  • Ah, really?
[Kana]
  • Oh no, that's not... that's... that's not what I meant to say.
  • What I meant to say is that Reki is always too kind.
  • Rakka, you just got here, so don't worry about it so much.
  • And you're working really hard today!
[Rakka]
  • Umm.
[Kana]
  • Oh yeah, why don't we go up?
  • Come on, it's okay.
  • There're railings out here.
[Rakka]
  • Uh.
[Kana]
  • Nice view, isn't it?
[Rakka]
  • Mm.
[Kana]
  • This is the highest point in all the town.
  • So if you can stand this, you won't be scared of anything.
[Rakka]
  • Uh, I'm fine...
  • Not really.
[Kana]
  • That's 'cause you're looking down.
  • Look far ahead.
[Rakka]
  • Uh, look far ahead?
  • The farthest is... the walls?
[Kana]
  • Yeah that's it.
  • This town is cone-shaped and this tower is at the bottom of it, so maybe the walls are higher.
[Rakka]
  • What's beyond those walls?
  • Do you ever wonder?
[Kana]
  • Who could really know.
  • The Haibane aren't allowed to go anywhere near them.
  • Nobody but the Toga come into town, and townspeople can't go outside.
  • If you did, you'd never be allowed to come back in again.
[Rakka]
  • Oh, the birds.
[Kana]
  • Hm?
[Rakka]
  • They're flying over the walls.
[Kana]
  • The Haibane believe that they carry our lost items.
[Rakka]
  • Lost items?
[Kana]
  • Things we left behind and forgot about when we went into the cocoons.
  • Well, that's how the legend goes.
  • It's probably because the birds come and go over and back from the walls.
  • Rakka?
[Rakka]
  • Huh?
[Kana]
  • Feeling any better now?
[Rakka]
  • Um, yes, much better.
[Kana]
  • You see, you've become fearless now.
  • Cleaning's done.
  • And this is for you.
[Watchmaker]
  • What's that?
  • Mind your own business.
[Kana]
  • What's next?
[Watchmaker]
  • Yeah, that's it.
[Kana]
  • What's this?
[Watchmaker]
  • Punishment for being late.
  • The, uh, clock tower that's in your home.
  • Uh...go repair that.
[Kana]
  • Can I really?
[Watchmaker]
  • Yeah.
  • We're really not supposed to meddle too much in the Haibane's daily lives.
[Kana]
  • Alright!
[Rakka]
  • Ah, Oh, wait!
  • Thank you for letting me work here today.
[Watchmaker]
  • Hey, is Kana going to leave this place?
[Rakka]
  • Uh, no! Really.
  • Kana didn't bring me here to replace her at all.
  • I'm just visiting everyone's workplace each day because I wanted to see what kind of job they have.
  • I believe that... she really does love it here.
[Watchmaker]
  • That's good.
  • It's just that whenever I see those wings of yours, they make me think she might just fly away on me one day.
[Rakka]
  • They might look fancy, but the truth is that they really don't work at all.
[Watchmaker]
  • Oh, I see.
  • That's a relief.
[Kana]
  • Rakka, can't you go any faster?
[Rakka]
  • No, safety first.
[Kana]
  • Damn.
[Rakka]
  • I wanted to say thank you for today.
[Kana]
  • Yeah, did it help you out?
[Rakka]
  • Yes, I discovered a lot of things.
[Kana]
  • Like what, Rakka?
[Rakka]
  • Don't judge people by appearances.
[Kana]
  • Oh, you mean Master.
  • Don't be fooled by him.
  • He may be friendly to customers.
  • But he's always barking at me.
[Rakka]
  • No, not him.
[Kana]
  • What?
[Rakka]
  • Never mind.
  • It's nothing.
[Kana]
  • You're strange.
[Rakka]
  • I think I can smell the river.
[Kana]
  • Hmm.
[Rakka]
  • Maybe I've seen scenery like this one time somewhere before.
[Kana]
  • There you go, I did again.
  • But this time, I know just what you mean.
  • So, do you remember anything?
[Rakka]
  • Uh-uh.
  • Funny, isn't it?
  • I can remember things like how to talk or how to ride a bike, but nothing else.
  • Hmm...
[Kana]
  • What is it?
[Rakka]
  • I think I remember that I used to sing whenever I was feeling like this.
  • So I just thought now it'd be nice if I could remember a song.
[Kana]
  • Hey! I spent a lot of time finding that net!
  • And you stupid birds rip it up the next day!
[Reki]
  • Never give up, huh?
[Kana]
  • Yeah, they don't, those damn crows.
[Reki]
  • No, I meant you.
[Kana]
  • What'd you say!?
[Reki]
  • Oops, backfired.
[Rakka]
  • You shouldn't give up.
[Kana]
  • You aren't trying to patronize me, are you, Rakka?
[Rakka]
  • No, that's not true.
  • Both of you, don't give up!
[Kana]
  • Huh? Just what does that mean?
  • Aah!
[Rakka]
  • Ah!
  • Ah...