01x13 - Interlude

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Jina! Jina!

Do you understand?

Y-Yeah.

What am I supposed to do?

How can I make everyone happy?

How can I make these things stop

happening over and over again?

Or is this all just fate?

Does someone always have to be sacrificed,

no matter how many times I repeat this?

Yuri

Setsu?

I'm fine

Setsu

Setsu!

EPISODE 13: INTERLUDE

Setsu

Yuri

How are you feeling?

Today How many days has

it been since we left Liu-An?

No. You didn't loop.

Huh?

Yuri

You fainted on the way to the meeting.

But don't worry.

I had LeVi check you while you were asleep,

and apparently, it's just exhaustion.

On the way to the meeting? Then

We have to get going.

It's about to start, isn't it?

E-Er

I had them delay the meeting.

Also, Stella's the one who undressed you,

so you don't have to worry.

I keep telling you all, I'm not a woman.

What happened?

Actually, you don't have to tell me if you

don't want to. I could be a Gnosia, after all.

And I could be a Gnosia, too.

Though if that were the case, I probably

wouldn't go through all this trouble.

Passing out right before

the meeting like this.

Yeah.

Yuri, how much do you know about Kukrushka?

About Kukrushka?

The more I loop,

the more I keep getting world lines

where Kukrushka is present.

It probably means that there's

still information about Kukrushka

that I haven't gathered yet.

She's a doll right?

Yeah. I guess you know that as well.

Also, under certain circumstances,

she goes berserk

and lays waste to the ship.

I experienced that as well.

I have a feeling that Kukrushka

is hiding something huge.

Actually, I'm certain of it.

That's why I've been investigating

every time I loop

Aah, Arya.

For several centuries,

I chased after her shadow.

No matter how much I ask Jonas about her,

all he ever says is that he once loved a woman

named Arya and Kukrushka looks like her.

The only thing I've found out for sure

is that the trigger that causes her

to go berserk is Remnan.

Remnan?

That's right.

Every time Kukrushka has ended up

in that state, Remnan has been there.

Y-Yuri!

It's been hundreds of loops now,

and that's all I've found out.

Pretty pathetic, right?

Hundreds

I wonder how many more I'll have to do.

Setsu.

The meeting's been canceled.

Huh?

LeVi's going to give us a day

so you can recover.

But how is that

I guess there are world lines like this, too.

So let's take this chance

for a change of pace today.

Let's just forget all about the Gnosia.

We can't do that.

If we lose even one day,

then the Gnosia infectees will

Huh? Wait, Yuri!

You're exactly right, Setsu.

But

If being right is all you have,

you won't stay mentally healthy.

Yuri

Let's go.

Hey Okay, fine.

I'll go, so stop pulling me so much.

A water storage tank?

Yeah.

Apparently the water we drink gets filtered,

so there are synthetic fish

for consumption in here.

So we're fishing?

Yeah. Chipie previously mentioned

that he secretly fishes here.

Apparently, it makes his cat happy.

Though Sha-ming yelled at him about it.

I've never fished before.

Neither have I, actually.

What?

Let's compete to see who can land one first.

We haven't caught a single one.

Are there really fish in here?

That's what I was told

There are. They're just deeper down.

Deeper? Didn't you say

they were synthetic fish?

Whoa!

Setsu!

Reel it in!

R-Right.

Huh?

It's huge! I-It's

a big one!

Oh, my!

O-Otome?

What?!

That startled me.

Why were you in the tank?

I saw a lot of fishies in there and

couldn't resist the urge to swim, too.

And then something all bright

and shiny showed up front of me.

Is your mouth okay?

Oh, it's fine.

More importantly

I-It's nothing.

Okay, bye.

All right, next

Why don't we watch a movie?

How was it?

Honestly, it was hard to suspend my disbelief.

Was it that bad?

I wouldn't say it was bad, exactly

But if the military had just reported the

anomaly to the higher-ups from the beginning,

the incident that followed would

have been completely avoidable.

But then the detective protagonist

wouldn't have had anything to do.

It breaks all kinds of rules to involve a

civilian in the operation in the first place.

Setsu It's fiction.

I mean, I know that, but

No wonder that movie's a

classic from the Earth era!

It hits you right in the feels!

Shigemichi I didn't know you were here.

Hey, more importantly, why

aren't you two holding hands?

It's common courtesy to hold the hand

of the person next to you in the theater.

What?

I guess I just picked

the wrong movie. Sorry.

I fully understand that it's fiction.

It just really bothered me to see them

unable to prevent people from getting hurt.

That just shows how compassionate

you are toward other people.

Even strangers in a movie.

Really? It could just be my

sense of duty as a soldier.

That's just as noble, I think.

Did you pick this setting, Yuri?

Er, yeah.

I did. I thought you might like it.

I get it.

You must've seen me choose this

scenery on some other loop before.

You got me.

But it still makes me happy

that you actually remembered

something like that.

Every time I loop, I think about how

any individual Yuri I met before,

or the one that's with me right now,

is also looping just like I am.

That they're doing their very best.

That fact alone always cheers me up.

Me, too.

Um Yuri, Setsu.

Otome.

You're telling us

it's about time for the two of us to get

into the cold sleep capsules, right?

Huh?

Did you really think I wouldn't notice?

To get us some free time, you agreed that

the two of us would go into cold sleep.

That's how you got us exempt

from the meeting, isn't it?

Setsu

Please don't ever do

anything like this again.

I'm sorry.

I knew it'd be against your wishes, but

This is the only world

the others besides you and I get.

We can't do whatever we want

just because we have a next time.

But thank you.

I just keep ending up owing

you more and more, Yuri.

Don't worry about it.

You're the one who saved me by giving me

the Silver Key in the first place.

I

have to wonder if that

really was a good thing.

I'm truly grateful. But

But?

If it helps keep you going, let me say this

I'll be expecting you to pay back

what you owe me someday.

Yeah.

Yuri.

Your hand.

Ah, you're awake.

Well? How was the instant learning?

Do you understand things a little bit?

Setsu

Is Kukrushka on board?

I didn't see that name on the passenger list.

I see.

It seems like my Silver Key wants information

about something other than

Kukrushka right now.

But

I still want to figure it out.

For Setsu's sake, as well.

Okay, let's start the meeting.

What exactly is Kukrushka?

I don't have any direct leads.

But

If I keep connecting all

the information together,

I should be able to find the truth.

Like how I'm able to figure out who the Gnosia

are by connecting the dots during meetings.

Yurinchy!

Huh? Wh-What?

What the hell? Who's relaxed enough

to nap at a time like this?

Oh? Could it be that cute

li'l SQ stole your heart?

We wanted to hear your thoughts, Yuri.

Huh? Um, well

Crap.

I need to actually concentrate on

the meetings when I'm in them.

I need to somehow make it through

and get some time to think.

First, is there anyone with

Engineer credentials?

Shigemichi will be put into cold sleep.

If Remnan really is the trigger that causes

Kukrushka to go berserk as Setsu said,

those two must have some kind of connection.

But I have no information

as to what that might be.

The only thing I know is that Kukrushka

is a doll that Jonas bought.

And previously, Remnan and SQ

Depending on the loop,

you probably met some SQs

where Mama's transfer succeeded.

That might've been what

Remmy was scared of.

No.

It's SQ's mother, Manan,

who's connected to him.

Come to think of it

I used to be someone

else's property. Someone's pet.

No No! Why?

Why? You know why.

It's because I love you, Remmy.

Manan kept Remnan as a pet

and treated him horribly.

And

That face I guess you do remember, Papa.

So, like, some of Mama's

memories are still in my head.

And a lot of them are, like,

super intense and gory.

The one that was created as a result of

Manan and Remnan's connection was

I see.

So that's why there were world lines

where Remnan was scared of SQ.

Yeah. That basically explains

everything so far.

It's just

We still don't know how

Kukrushka is connected.

Yeah.

But there's something that Remnan said

in a world line that I experienced.

No. But she's the same!

The way her eyes look at me!

The way she smiles!

Does that mean that Kukrushka could be Manan?

That would make the most sense.

After all, SQ was intended as a vessel

for Manan to transfer her consciousness to.

Which means

All that remains of Manan

is her consciousness.

But something went wrong,

and she ended up in Kukrushka

Something went wrong?

That's the part I'm not sure about.

SQ said it had been a year

since she'd been born.

Which means the transfer must have

happened within the last year.

So if there was some kind of connection

between Jonas, Kukrushka,

and SQ during that time,

I thought that might explain it, but

So there wasn't one.

Yeah, not at all.

Setsu, Yuri.

We will be soon be commencing warp.

Please return to your rooms.

All right.

If I think of anything else,

I'll let you know.

Let's go.

Yuri.

Thanks But don't just thoughtlessly

tell me things like this.

When you change world lines,

anything can happen.

Do you understand?

Y-Yeah

Did I loop?

Did I get attacked by the Gnosia?

How was the instant learning?

I understand the basics. Let's go.

I guess I can't just casually discuss things,

even if it's with Setsu.

I'll have to reach the answer on my own.

I don't think I'll find anything out

by directly asking

But there must be some reason that I

ended up on a world line with Kukrushka.

The more I loop,

the more I keep getting world lines

where Kukrushka is present.

That's right. It's not like the Silver Key

would just make me loop for no reason.

It makes me loop into a world line where

I can gain new information or knowledge.

The reason that Setsu keeps looping into

world lines where Kukrushka is present

is because Kukrushka has important

information that they need to know about.

If that's why, then that might

be happening to me, too.

Yuri.

What's the matter?

Does your head still feel spacey

because of your amnesia?

Er, no. I'm fine. I basically

understand what's going on.

Let's begin the meeting.

Are you sure you're okay?

Spare them your concern.

They could easily be acting.

Okay, let's continue.

I need to calmly remember each one

Everyone who's been there in the world lines

I've looped to since Kukrushka went berserk.

I see.

Now that I actually draw it out,

I can clearly see

The one person, other than Setsu and me,

who's been present for all of those world lines.

That's right. Why didn't I notice it sooner?

She was suspicious from the start.

Does that thing actually look human to you?

She said that about Kukrushka, too.

That's right Rather than Jonas or SQ,

the only one who could make it happen

Cyberization

Have you ever heard of it?

Just once.

It's a technology that was

developed some time ago.

The only known practitioners are the

shrine maidens from the Hoshibune.

Yes! That's it! There's no doubt about it!

It took you long enough.

I figured you were more

intelligent than that.

So, did you find your answer?

Why did you transfer Manan's

consciousness to Kukrushka?

Oho So you think I did it?

You have knowledge concerning cyberization

and also knew that Kukrushka wasn't human.

I can't think of anyone else it could be.

Even if that were true

What would be my motive?

I don't know.

But I have a feeling that

everything is connected.

Kukrushka The reason I started looping

And this whole mess with the Gnosia

happening in the first place.

Don't play dumb!

I absolutely am not.

I'm just in utter disbelief

at how off the mark you are.

I am a fugitive from the Hoshibune.

What could a fallen shrine

maiden possibly do?

Well

But your theory that everything

is connected is not so off base.

It's true that everything happening

right now has a singular cause.

Very well.

As a reward, I will tell you

the truth.