[Speaking to himself] Chiropterans? Chevaliers? What the Hell does it all mean? This is crazy.
Wait up!
Come on! Let's go. Slowpoke!
[Speaking to himself] What am I doing at a place like this? Wait... She looks familiar.
Hey, thanks. Thank you.
[Confused by the phrase, softly and quizzically, she repeats the words : "Thank you?"
I know I'm right. She's one of the Schiff. Is she here to hunt humans?
Hi, can I help you?
What on earth is going on?
Is she really a chiropheran?
Listen, bitch, I ain't telling you again! Give us your money, now!
I don't have any money.
You really don't want me to hurt you, do you?
No. I Don't
Who the Hell are you? You're dead!
Blood.
[To the Thugs] Now, get lost. [To Irene] You want that blood, don't you? I know. I can see it in your eyes. You're a chiropteran. You attack and kill humans. How come you didn't fight back and just kill both of them?
I don't want to kill anyone anymore.
What? What's happening to you?
No. I cannot live if I leave here. No. No.
You obviously don't do too well in the sunlight.
Why? Why did you save me?
I wanted to ask you some questions.
Questions?
Yeah.
So you're not calling your friends?
If I wanted to, I would've already done it. The bigger question is whatever happened to your friends? Well, who are they, huh? What is the Schiff?
I don't actually know myself. I'd like to ask you a question. Tell me, what is a human?
You have no idea what a human is?
We were created by those called the "human beings."
What?
At a place much colder than this place. Everyone called the place Kilbed. And that's where we were created.
I'm not sure. We were created just to fight... I think.
You think?
We had no choice but to fight in order to survive. I don't know how long I've been here. But my oldest memory is feeling the restraining belts on my skin. The sunlight never reached that place. Day after day... they taught me everything there is to know about humans. And then, time to fight. It was the only time... the restraining devices were taken off of me. Day after day... I had no choice but to fight, fight and fight. Our torn skin closed up instantly... and our broken bones healed quickly. None of us died. We took it for granted. But we later learned the truth. We we could die too. We didn't know what it was at first. Cracks on our bodies. We called it the "Thorn". The Thorn appeared on some of the Schiff... and destroyed their bodies. We found out that those who got the Thorn... would eventually crystallize and die. Then Moses had an idea. [Scene Cuts to a memory]
We're leaving here tonight.
Okay, and then what?
Find a way to live without fear of dying from the Thorn.
Any idea how?
No.
So then...?
If we don't do anything, we're all going to end up with the Thorn. As long as we stay locked up in this prison... we're just going to die! One by one until we're all gone.
Moses was usually very calm, but he sounded so passionate. It was the first time we'd ever felt any hope. That night we decided to leave Kilbed.
Those mosnters!
That is when we learned... that we were created by humans.... and were meant to be disposable from the beginning. This is the Thorn. We need blood to reverse this. But it can't just be any kind of blood. It must be the same type of blood that was used to create us. Some of it came from Diva. And some of it came from... Saya.
Hey, if you want Saya's blood, I'll ask her for you.
What?
Taking something by force is not the only way. We humans aren't so bad. We know how to share. You said earlier that you don't wanna kill anymore, right? Then all you have to do is ask politely. Then when it's given to you, you just have to say thank you.
Just say "thank you"?
Yeah... What? You don't even know how to say thank you? Didn't they teach you anything at that crazy Kilbed place?
They taught us very few things. Only what they thought we needed.
Well, let's go. Wait, that's not gonna work. You're getting weaker because you haven't had any blood. Here. Get on my back. Guess they didn't teach you how to get a piggyback ride. Put your arms around my neck and--
Like this?
No! Not like that!
Don't you need to cover your head? Now, let's go. It won't take very long. You know Irene... At first I didn't want to believe what you told me earlier. See, my little brother Riku... ended up turning into what they call a Chevalier. It's weird. Since then... he hasn't really changed that much at all. It freaks me out because he's the same as he was before. He's no longer human. He's a chiropteran. I have to accept that. But I've still gotta be his big brother. I guess the only thing I can do is to... give Saya and Riku a real home. Some place they can come back to and always be safe.
I think it would make them happy. To have someone like you waiting for them. Someone who loves them and will always be there for them.
Yeah, I guess they would like that.
Thank you, Kai. I'm glad I had the chance to talk to you today. You're a nice guy.
No problem, Irene. I hope we'll do it again real soon.
Kai, thank you again.
Too soon for that. You don't have to say that until your ride is over. You know how to say thank you... but you still need to learn when to say it.
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