Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry (奏光のストレイン)

- Ralph: MOM. DAD. I'VE BEEN PROMOTED TO SQUAD CAPTAIN

FOR THE NEXT MISSION.

IT'S A MAJOR RESCUE OPERATION AND THE RISKS ARE HIGH,

BUT I WILL DO MY BEST NOT TO SHAME THE WEREC NAME.

MY ONLY CONCERN LIES WITH SARA,

WHO WILL BE ON HER OWN WHILE I'M GONE.

( footsteps approaching )

RALPH. THERE YOU ARE.

SARA.

HERE. IT'S A PICTURE OF YOU.

I DREW IT MYSELF SO YOU CAN HAVE IT WITH YOU,

WHILE YOU'RE GONE.

- THANK YOU, SARA. THAT'S VERY SWEET.

( crying )

- TAKE THIS IN RETURN. - HUH?

- SEE? SAME AS MINE. NOW WE'LL ALWAYS BE TOGETHER.

HERE. LISTEN TO THIS.

( music box playing )

COME ON, LET'S DANCE.

YOU'VE GOTTEN MUCH BETTER.

- WELL, SURE, BUT THE BOX STEP IS AN EASY ONE.

- I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW GOOD YOU ARE, WHEN I RETURN.

UH...

- BUT RALPH, YOU'RE GOING A HUNDRED AND THIRTY

LIGHT YEARS AWAY.

I'LL BE DEAD BY THE TIME YOU EVEN GET THERE.

YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN. IT'S THE TRUTH!

SARA.

( music box playing )

( crying )

( watch beeps )

SARA. I HAVE TO GO.

I WILL RETURN.

WAIT!

- I WANT TO... I WANT TO FOLLOW YOU, BROTHER.

SARA.

ONCE YOU'VE DECIDED WHAT YOU WANT IN LIFE,

IT'S UP TO YOU TO ACCOMPLISH IT.

AS LONG AS YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF,

THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN'T DO.

HMM.

I'LL SEE YOU.

- WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN, BUT IT WON'T BE HERE.

I'M ONE STEP BEHIND YOU, BROTHER.

HERE GOES NOTHING.

I SWEAR IT GETS EASIER EVERY TIME.

- SARA. WHAT IS WITH YOU TODAY? YOU'RE UNSTOPPABLE!

AREN'T I ALWAYS?

- OKAY, SARA, I'M ALL FOR YOU BEING AN ACE,

BUT TRY LEAVING SOME FOR US.

I'LL TAKE THESE.

GOOD WORK GUYS. WAY TO GROUP THEM.

- I BEAT YOU TO THE PUNCH. - HEY, MAN, YOU STOLE MY KILL.

CEDIE, NICE FLYING.

- I HAVE TO TAKE MATTERS INTO MY OWN HANDS NOW AND THEN

IF I EVER EXPECT TO BE THE NEXT RALPH WEREC, RIGHT?

- YEAH, SURE. LET'S CLEAN UP THE REST OF THIS TRASH.

- Female operator: GROUP B'S TRAINING EXERCISE IS COMPLETE.

THE TOP SCORE GOES TO STRAIN ZERO ONE, REASONER SARA WEREC,

WITH FORTY SIX DUMMY TUMORS DESTROYED.

- Dorincourt: I EXPECT NOTHING LESS

FROM THE SISTER OF RALPH WEREC.

- INDEED. - WITH MISS WEREC,

THE GRABERA SPATIAL ARMOR INFANTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

WILL GRADUATE YET ANOTHER, A LIST REASONER THIS SEMESTER.

( Sara exhales )

EXCELLENT WORK AS ALWAYS.

- Male cradle voice: MIMIC STORAGE IS COMPLETE.

BEGIN MERCURION CIRCULATION.

- TOMORROW I SAY WE TAKE DOWN FIFTY TUMORS.

HEY, CEDIE.

- HEY, UH, SARA? - YEAH?

- SO WE HAVE A DAY OFF SOON. WOULD YOU...

- Colin: LET'S GO, YOU GUYS. - HUH?

- WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING STANDING AROUND?

THE LECTURE'S ABOUT TO START AND WE CAN'T BE LATE.

JUST CATCH UP WITH US, OKAY?

- WAIT, WE'RE COMING WITH YOU GUYS. LET'S GO.

OH, MAN. I BLEW IT.

- COME ON, CEDIE! WE'RE GOING TO BE LATE!

COMING!

I'LL SEE YOU SOON, BROTHER.

- WITH THE DISCOVERY OF MERCURION,

MANKIND HAS GAINED THE MEANS TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE.

APPROACH THE SPEED OF LIGHT.

THE WARS THAT HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO TERRITORIAL EXPANSION

HAVE CAUSED A RIFT WITHIN THE HUMAN RACE.

MANY YEARS HAVE PASSED

SINCE THE FIRST SPARKS OF WAR WERE SEEN BETWEEN US,

THE UNION AND THE DEAGUE.

SINCE THEN, WAR HAS UNFORTUNATELY

BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF HUMAN HISTORY.

MAINTAINING OUR EXTENDED BATTLE LINES

REQUIRES CEASELESS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION

AND THE PINNACLE OF MANPOWER.

THE FIRST BEING THE STRAINS,

FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY YOU, THE REASONERS.

HOWEVER WE ARE NOT SCIENTISTS, SO WE CANNOT WIN THIS WAR

WITH TECHNOLOGICAL FEATS ALONE.

BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS HONE OUR SKILLS.

AS YOU ARE SOME OF THE MOST TALENTED REASONERS

TO EVER WALK THESE FABLED HALLS.

- HEY, MARY. - YEAH, WHAT IS IT, COLIN?

- SO, WITH THOSE TWO, ARE THEY STILL AVOIDING THE INEVITABLE?

- I DON'T KNOW. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH IS HAPPENING.

- WHAT IS WITH CEDIE? HE JUST NEEDS TO ASK HER ALREADY.

YEAH, BUT THE THING IS,

ALL SARA THINKS ABOUT IS HER BROTHER,

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY FOR HIM.

TAKE RALPH WEREC FOR EXAMPLE.

HE IS THE FINEST REASONER EVER TO GRADUATE FROM THIS ACADEMY.

IN THE BATTLE FOR ALABOMERIS,

HE SHOT DOWN TEN DEAGUE WARSHIPS,

AND WAS THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER

TO BE GIVEN A GLOIRE STRAIN FOR USE IN COMBAT.

WHAT WE NEED MOST ARE REASONERS LIKE HIM,

WHO HAVE BOTH THE GUTS AND THE SKILL TO WIN THIS WAR.

WITH THEM WE WILL BE ABLE TO TURN THE TIDE OF THE WAR

AND ACHIEVE VICTORY FOR OUR PEOPLE.

( grunts ) OKAY, HERE WE GO.

HEY, WAIT UP!

WOW! BARELY MADE IT.

SORRY.

- Colin: I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL I'M JUST LIKE SARA'S BROTHER.

IT WON'T BE LONG NOW.

THERE ARE ONLY TWENTY FLIGHT HOURS LEFT UNTIL WE GRADUATE.

- AND THEN IT'S ON TO SUB-LIGHT SPEED.

- YEAH. I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO SEE MY BIG BROTHER AGAIN.

- DID YOU HEAR WHAT SHE JUST SAID, CEDIE?

IT'S GOING TO BE AN UPHILL BATTLE, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

- COLIN, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

- SARA WOULDN'T... - EXCUSE ME?

IT'S NOTHING.

HEY, LOOK. IT'S HIGGINS.

- Colin: I HEARD HE ACCIDENTALLY DAMAGED HIS MIMIC

IN A TRAINING EXERCISE.

I WONDER WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO NOW.

Havisham: LISTEN UP!

YOUR MIMIC CONTAINS CULTURED BRAIN CELLS THAT WERE HARVESTED

FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU

WHILE YOU WERE STILL FLOATING INSIDE YOUR MOTHER'S BELLY!

LOOK AT IT THIS WAY. YOUR MIMIC IS YOUR TWIN.

ONCE IT DIES, IT WILL NEVER COME BACK!

IF YOU EVER LOSE OR DAMAGE YOUR MIMIC,

YOU WILL NO LONGER HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE A REASONER.

THEN YOU'D BE USELESS TO ME!

THAT'S WHY YOU MUST TAKE BETTER CARE OF YOUR MIMIC

THAN YOU DO OF YOURSELF!

WE CAN REPLACE A LIMB EASILY,

BUT WE CANNOT REPLACE YOUR MIMIC!

TOO SLOW! I'LL BE SEEING YOU IN THE WORK FIELDS FOR DETENTION!

WHO'S NEXT! SHOW ME SOME EFFORT!

PRETTY SOON WE WON'T HAVE TO

LISTEN TO DICTATOR HAVISHAM'S PEARLS OF WISDOM ANYMORE.

- THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH HIM IS TO IGNORE HIM.

I HEARD YOU!

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT?

- SIR, "SLACKERS IN TRAINING MAKE MISTAKES IN WAR".

IS THAT RIGHT, INSTRUCTOR HAVISHAM?

- ( grunts ) YES. THAT'S CORRECT.

( all giggle )

- YOU KNOW, YOU KIDS ARE SOME OF THE BEST PROSPECTS

I'VE SEEN IN YEARS.

IF YOU KEEP GOING AT THIS RATE,

YOU'LL SURPASS THE ABILITIES OF RALPH WEREC IN NO TIME.

THAT'S ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR YOU, SARA.

SO KEEP WORKING HARD,

SO YOUR BROTHER DOESN'T LEAVE YOU IN HIS DUST.

( gasps )

YES, SIR.