3 3 301 DialogEnable And so on time goes, and by two years pass.
4 4 301 By the time the boy has turned 13, the Commoner Carriage has grown so crowded it's unlivable.
5 5 301 Bumblebee has taken in so many newcomers over the years—that even with all the outsourced work ACA has taken up, they still find work in short supply. The competition for work has never been so fierce—while their wages hit rock bottom again and again.
6 6 301 People have grown numb and cruel about all the work-related deaths now—to the point that some of them find it acceptable to poke fun at those who fall ill and are unable to work, labeling them "pretentious".
7 7 301 Those who haven't yet lost their heart have tried all sorts of ways to escape this hellhole. Some have managed to join principled crews through screenings using their skills or power, while still, some pay their way up and secure positions as upper-level guards.
8 8 301 The other guards don't think highly of those who pay their way up—yet there is nothing anyone can do with them, so long as they've got the right kind of "connection".
9 9 301 Other than these "lucky" ones, those who can't stand how crowded the lower level has become have all decided to quit ACA.
10 10 301 Still, there are countless people with nowhere to turn to because they've run out of their resources for Blessing Boxes.
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13 13 301 1 Assad Chop chop and wake up. We're almost there. You don't want 'em dickheads here to wake y'all up. 1
14 14 301 Assad likes to describe the guards as "dickheads," because he thinks their faces look especially punch-able with their filter masks on.
15 15 301 Assad Same deal. We have 10 batches worth of Blessing Boxes to sell, and each batch has five thousand boxes. We'll be going through 10 places, and we'll call it a day whenever we're done. 1
16 16 301 Cargo Member Weyland Wait, 10 batches, and five thousand boxes each? That's two times the workload we did last time! 2
17 17 301 Assad That's what the higher-ups said. Would love to help but can't really do anything about it. 1
18 18 301 Cargo Member Weyland And what are we getting in exchange for the boxes? 2
19 19 301 Assad Medicine, just like last time. Here, I've pasted an exchange price list on the shipping container. 1
20 20 301 Cargo Member Weyland Cut us some slack already. You just can't find people with that much medicine these days—and even if you can, why would they want Blessing Boxes in return anyways? 2
21 21 301 Assad But we managed to sell all the boxes last time, didn't we? See, you can always find greedy people, and even if they have no medicine to give, they can try asking around to see if people have it, right? C'mon, just zip it and get to work. 1
22 22 301 Assad Because you're gonna get one of those dickheads coming at you if you don't. 1
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25 25 301 1 Cargo Captain Niino ****ing hell. These dickheads you're talking about were nothing but lousy Bumblebees that made their way up buying Blessing Boxes. Those cocky bastards just can't wait to take their revenge now. 1
26 26 301 Cargo Member Weyland But what revenge? They're just here to supervise us, and that'd be the politically correct way to put it. 2
27 27 301 Cargo Captain Niino Hahaha. 1
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29 29 301 PanelActor2Shake With a cold face, Niino gives Weyland a slap.
30 30 301 Cargo Captain Niino Ain't funny at all. 1
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32 32 301 Ever since a long time ago, the "dickheads"—which, in fact, are really guards from the upper level—have been patrolling the lower level. They maintain that they do so to ensure "work efficiency", except the guards weren't as mean back then.
33 33 301 The guards would come to check the items sold and recycled—but over the past few years, they'd suppress people who try to complain with violence, leading to conflict on a regular basis. Rachel, however, hasn't done much to remedy the situation.
40 40 301 1 Rachel "We really want to be more discreet going forward since the guys up there know we're up to something. Meeting them head-on won't do us any good." 1
41 41 301 Assad But you gotta do something about it. People are pissed with a capital P. Do you see that look on those bastards' faces when they come every day? And don't even get me started on how they messed with the rule! 2
42 42 301 Assad People were supposed to get paid for the amount of work they did, and that's the way things were. But then came 'em "dickheads" with their "paid by assigned quota" rule—and bam, it's either you meet your assigned quota or you go home empty-handed to mama. 2
43 43 301 Assad And now, we all need to go home empty-handed if there is so much as one of us that fails to meet their quota... And environment-wise, this place pretty much looks like a hellhole now. 2
47 47 301 It's all as what Assad says—every morning, they'd see a bunch of "dickheads" come down with weapons and pick a few dozen people to work in the Industrial Carriage.
48 48 301 Their compensation—two meals and a food voucher for 12 consecutive hours of work—is meager at best, but given the "safe nature" of the job, people would still kill for it.
49 49 301 Once picked, you'll be heading down to the Industrial Carriage with 50 or so people under the "dickheads'" supervision—where you'll find piles and piles of materials and parts waiting for you.
50 50 301 To speed things up, the workers are each fed a single cup of instant energy soup twice a day for the two meals they're promised—and if they need to take care of their business, there is a squat toilet and rainwater purifier in the corner, literally just two steps away.
51 51 301 The air reeks of excrement with nothing covering the squat toilet. The rainwater purifier, on the other hand, gets hiccups all the time—to the point that the boy has seen people die from consuming water with an overly high level of Punishing Virus.
52 52 301 Nonetheless, people still work non-stop for 12 hours in this car reeking of sweat and excrement—all for that one single food voucher at the end of the grind. More often than not, however, they'd get I.O.U.'s from the Logistics Crew when they try to get food with the vouchers.
53 53 301 If you slack for even just a split second, one of the "dickheads" would start swinging his baton and machine gun at you.
59 59 301 1 "Dickhead" Guard Get this. Y'all will be goin' home empty-handed if you fail to turn in before the Cargo Crew leaves! 1
60 60 301 The workers direct their anger and hate to whoever becomes a liability to the common good due to exhaustion.
61 61 301 The elders and kids were encouraged to partake in making Blessing Boxes as a way for them to obtain resources—until the aristocrats twist it all around against the workers.
68 68 301 "Dickhead" Guard That's what the higher-ups said. Don't hate me. Ain't nothing I can do about it because I'm just doing what I'm told. Appreciate your understandin'. 1
71 71 301 "Dickhead" Guard The upper level is still hirin' guards, though. If the whole situation is grindin' you the wrong way, consider givin' that a shot and make a change. If you just ain't good enough, then you should probably work harder rather than hate on people better than you. 1
77 77 301 "Dickhead" Guard Think of ways to help yourself succeed, because excuses ain't gonna help you get nowhere! C'est la vie, people, but life can't always go your way. You win some and you lose some. Where there is pain there is gain, and roaches in food might just be your most valuable life coaches! 1
78 78 301 The guards now resort to showering the workers with pep talks when the workers feel anything less than satisfied.
83 83 301 Some have given their all to get on the train and, in the face of the absurdity, they now pin their hate down on the Cargo Crew members who lauded the "Blessing Boxes" to the skies.
88 88 301 1 Cargo Crew Member 1 Want to go from zero to hero in a single shot? ACA wants you! Hell, why would I want to work my butt off for the screening when I can just luck out and get a ticket? 1
89 89 301 The workers get hated on when the Cargo Crew members have what little chance they had taken away from them.
92 92 301 1 Cargo Crew Member 2 You think I had a choice? They told me to either do it or get lost, but where can I go exactly when I have a little brother to take care of?! 1
93 93 301 A volcano threatening to explode at any moment is what you end up with when you put a whole bunch of exasperated people together.
97 97 301 1 Rachel You really need to look past their anger and try to understand them. Not everyone can control themselves emotionally. 1
98 98 301 People have directed their hate at many different things, but things haven't changed for the better because these people are under the constraint of all sorts of factors.
106 106 301 1 Cargo Member Weyland I hate their guts! I've lost count of how many times I went, "Alright, Roger that," and just wanted to rage quit! 1
107 107 301 Cargo Member Weyland See, it always hits me when I start packing that there is nothing I can do other than be a Cargo Crew member. I ain't got no copolymer adaptability and I can't get turned into a Construct. Where the hell can I even go? 1
110 110 301 Angry, panicky, and anxious as they may be, these people can't do anything about the plight they're caught up in.
111 111 301 They want to know what changes they can bring, and they want to know what weapons they can hold to fight for their cause—except all their attempts, big or small, have all come to no avail.
112 112 301 Barely keeping their heads above water as they are, these people hate the upper level and just about everyone else—but above all, they hate themselves for not being able to do anything to help themselves.
113 113 301 And the boy is no exception—yet Rachel nipped his hate in the bud right before it had a chance to take root.
127 127 301 1 Assad We're at the end of the tunnel. Let's give Rachel some more time. 1
128 128 301 Assad Let's put all the Blessing Boxes away into the bigger box! 1
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130 130 301 People fall silent as they make their way out of the small "cage". They take turns wiping their faces with stinking towels and look for clothes they've left strewn around the place.
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133 133 301 1 Hill [—], I got your T-shirt fixed. 1
134 134 301 1 ??? Thank you, Hill. 2
135 135 301 1 The boy picks up his T-shirt from the lady's hand—which is missing the middle finger and ring finger—and helps her sit back down in her seat.
136 136 301 1 Hill No, I should thank you instead. We all would have been in trouble if you hadn't helped us make all the boxes before. 1
137 137 301 1 Looking at her hands, Hill lets out a sigh. This is what happened to her when she escaped from the Corrupted, and it's because of this mishap that she grew sensitive to blood and conflict.
138 138 301 1 Hill I'm old and my days are numbered, but I can totally teach you how it's done if you are... 1
139 140 301 1 Right when Hill was about to say more, a melody comes out of the car's loudspeakers.
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142 143 301 1 Cargo Member Weyland For ****'s sake, there we go again. I think they really are enjoying rubbing it in our faces. 1
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144 145 301 Accompanied by the sound of a piano that's playing a piece based on a famous Golden Age classic that now has lyrics, a woman's voice floods people's complaints.
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147 148 301 1 Hill ...Is this Ashlar? 1
148 149 301 Cargo Member Weyland How in the world are we supposed to know? Those lousy aristocrats all sound the same! 2
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153 154 301 The lower level gets bombarded with music coming out of the loudspeakers like this every now and then.
154 155 301 That's the aristocrats from the upper level enjoying a party, according to Assad—and, believing that "music brings hope and happiness to people", they've decided to share their performances live with the lower level.
155 156 301 The boy can hardly imagine anyone feeling happy when they hear music like this, because it never fails to irritate the people on the lower level when they hear it.
156 157 301 The upper and lower levels might be connected, and everyone on the train might be listening to the same song at this very moment, but they know just all too well that they'll never be the same.
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158 159 301 1 Cargo Crew Member 1 For crying out loud, it's "Burial" again. What exactly are they trying to do?! 1
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160 161 301 1 Rachel Let's just pretend that one of the aristocrats died. 1
167 168 301 Rachel Took me some time to fill the higher-ups in on the mission's progress. 2
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169 170 301 Putting down the item list in her hand, Rachel turns around to face the angry crowd.
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171 172 301 1 Rachel Folks, let's sing along—because we're about to send 'em aristocrats away on a trip they'll never come back from! 1
172 173 301 Rachel sings along with the woman on the other side of the loudspeakers—with profanity barely in sync with the music.
173 174 301 Rachel's singing starts the fire in people's hearts, filling the car with joyful vibes as they carry on with work and sing along to the hyped-up symphony.
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177 178 301 1 Cargo Crew Members ～This salvation they speak of～Ain't nothing we can ****ing dream of!～Hang with the aristocrats some more～And they'll screw you over forever and more!～ 1 2 3
178 179 301 Cargo Crew Members ～This place ain't no paradise～For 'em aristocrats are ****ing parasites!～ 1 2 3
179 180 301 Cargo Crew Members ～If the Cargo Crew ever puts on a strike～They'll all be goin' down whether or not they like!～That's right, folks, that's right.～They'll all be ****ing going' down whether or not they like!～ 1 2 3
180 181 301 Cargo Crew Members ～This song comes from the bottom of our hearts,～Where anger burns fierce and hot.～We shall live on and on, for tomorrow will bring us the hope we want.～We shall live on and on, for tomorrow will be another day when the sun shines on.～ 1 2 3
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185 186 301 RImgBg1Shake 1 "Dickhead" Guard What are you doing?! 1
186 187 301 AniZhuanchangBegin A guard suddenly shows up at the head of the car and swings a punch that lands square in the boy's face.
192 193 301 AniZhuanchangEnd 1 Young Man A ...Ouch! 1
193 194 301 Snapping back, the young man realizes that he's still sitting on the medical table in Medzone. On his back, the little boy who just asked him to change wound dressings for him pulls a handful of grey hair off his head.
194 195 301 Little Boy Hey, my mom told me you need to pull off your grey hair before they grow out of control. 2
195 196 301 The little boy hands over the handful of hair.
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197 198 301 Young Man A Uhm... thanks? 1
198 199 301 Little Boy I'll be more than happy to... 2
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200 201 301 Young Man A Wait, no! The other hair might look grey, but I can tell you that they just forgot what color they used to be and are not actually grey. Please spare them. 1
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202 203 301 Little Boy ...Huh? 2
203 204 301 Anyone could tell this is a joke, but he sounds so serious that the boy decides to let go.
204 205 301 Young Man A Just leave them be. Thank you. 1
205 206 301 Little Boy S-sure... 2
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207 208 301 Seeing the younger boy sitting back down, the young man lets out a sigh of relief as he rubs his head, which is still hurting from getting his hair pulled off.
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210 211 301 1 Emaciated Technician I asked him to come over here to wake you up because you were so out of it during the check-up... Are you okay? 2
211 212 301 She waves at the man with a smile on her face.
212 213 301 Young Man A I'm okay. 1
213 214 301 He turns around to the group of refugees that was just talking about "Blessing Boxes".
214 215 301 Young Man A Were they part of ACA? 1
215 216 301 Emaciated Technician They were, until Asslam joined a highly dangerous rescue mission and got wiped out entirely. 2
216 217 301 Emaciated Technician You can see survivors from the train at all the reservation areas, bases, and medzones. 2
217 218 301 Young Man A ... 1
218 219 301 Young Man A By the way, did you finish looking into my M.I.N.D.? 1
219 220 301 Emaciated Technician Yes. In a nutshell, someone has tempered with your M.I.N.D. 2
220 221 301 Young Man A Someone? 1
221 222 301 Emaciated Technician Yes, and that's what caused your M.I.N.D. to deviate before. It's a miracle that your memory data is totally intact after the tempering. 2
235 236 301 1 Emaciated Technician And I did some simple treatment on you. It wasn't anything amazing, but should help you with getting your memory back nonetheless. 2
236 237 301 Young Man A Thank you. Think I recalled a few things just now. 1
237 238 301 Emaciated Technician Boy, that worked wonders! Seems like your M.I.N.D. is stable. I'd say you could use some more treatment, though. 2
238 239 301 Emaciated Technician And I would have done some more on you hadn't the machines had the hiccups in the morning. 2
239 240 301 Young Man A ... 1
240 241 301 Emaciated Technician Weren't you about to go out to look for someone? 2
241 242 301 Young Man A Right. Will be on my way now. 1
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245 246 301 1 ??? ...Please don't leave... 2
246 247 301 With an imploring look in the eye, a purple-haired girl he's never seen before grabs a corner of his cloak.
247 248 301 With another step forward, he just might knock the girl over.
248 249 301 ??? ...Please don't leave... 2
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250 251 301 Young Man A Huh? 1
251 252 301 ??? Please don't leave me alone... 2
252 253 301 Young Man A But you've got all these people around you here. 1
253 254 301 Not really understanding what's going through the girl's mind and unsure how else to react, the young man looks around—and sees people sitting everywhere.
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255 256 301 ??? ...No, that won't do... Because... Because they're gonna... 2
256 257 301 Looking into the young man's eye, the girl has droplets of tears falling from her eyes.
257 258 301 Young Man A ...Uhm? 1
258 259 301 As the girl's sob turns into a full-blown cry, she lets go of the man—and that's when he sees all the scars on her arms. She buries her head into her arms, her body trembling uncontrollably all the while.
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261 262 301 The young man just can't pretend he isn't seeing this.
262 263 301 But what makes her so afraid of these people?
263 264 301 Is it because of something that happened to her? Or is it because she just lost her friends and doesn't want to stay around people she doesn't know?
264 265 301 Young Man A (But how am I any different from any of those people?) 1
265 266 301 Young Man A (But what am I gonna say to Talbot even if I catch up to him now? He's going through the exact same thing.) 1
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267 268 301 The man sighs quietly.
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269 270 301 Young Man A I see... I'll stay, then. 1
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271 272 301 ??? ...Really? Thank you so much... 2
272 273 301 Young Man A What's your name? 1
273 274 301 Lithos Lithos. My name is Lithos... 2
274 275 301 Sobbing no more, Lithos says her name quietly.
275 276 301 Lithos What about you? 2
276 277 301 Young Man A I don't remember my name. 1
277 278 301 Lithos ...I see... 2
278 279 301 AniZhuanchangBegin Without another word, Lithos looks down, awash in misery while seeing the young man fade away into the crowd.
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281 282 301 AniZhuanchangEnd The unique hustle and bustle at Medical Center 09 just never dies.
282 283 301 A Construct trying to maintain its broken leg is sitting right next to a human glued to his terminal in silence.
283 284 301 In the maintenance chamber lies unconscious a severely injured person, with two Constructs sitting next to the chamber playing poker.
284 285 301 Beyond the hall, a group of people is having a conversation about their experiences.
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288 289 301 1 Refugee 4 ...The base there is gone. The Constructs guarded the place for three days and nights. They had all the medical equipment and people brought out of the place, but the experiment farm and the greenhouse are goners. 2
289 290 301 Refugee 3 Where is Bossma'am? 1
290 291 301 Refugee 4 Got infected and died. She was fighting the Hetero-Creatures alongside the Constructs. Didn't even have time to change into a new protective suit when her old one was damaged... 2
291 292 301 Refugee 4 And her little boyfriend is two years younger than her... He killed himself after everyone was brought out of the place. 2
292 293 301 Refugee 5 ...Boy... He didn't have to do that, though... Pretty sure he would have been just fine on his own. 3
293 294 301 Refugee 4 No way he would have. Just how do you think he would have? He would have died no matter where he ended up, and Bossma'am's death was just his last straw. 2
294 295 301 Refugee 3 That's exactly what happened with the headquarters we stayed at. We were just going there to recycle their resources and vegetable seeds for hydroponics, but two of us were dead and one lost an arm on our way. 1
295 296 301 Refugee 3 I didn't really feel a thing seeing all the reports with the fatalities before—until I saw these dead people with my own eyes... Man, the blood and the vital fluid really got at my nose. 1
296 297 301 Refugee 5 What exactly can we even do now? They were all hyped-up about Constructs and saying how well they fight, but there ain't nothing they can do now. Those monsters just keep coming, and there is no end to killing them. 3
297 298 301 Refugee 3 I guess it just has to be like what they always said—we can only put an end to it when we get someone that can control these monsters. 1
298 299 301 Refugee 4 Word. I would totally try kickin' those monsters' asses if I were adaptable. Pretty sure that would be a lot more helpful than staying here. 2
299 300 301 Refugee 4 We're fixing all these buildings that are going to be knocked down again in no time, saving these people that are going to die soon, and killing all these monsters that are just going to keep popping up... What exactly is the point anyways? 2
300 301 301 Refugee 4 We're no robots... Just how exactly can anyone in their right mind keep doing these without breaking down? 2
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306 307 301 1 Refugee 5 I got curious and spoke with a Construct on guard duty when I saw him crying behind some trees the other day... and he told me he'd just killed one of his teammates. 2
307 308 301 Refugee 4 Why, though? 1
308 309 301 Refugee 5 Because he'd defected and come back a Corrupted. 2
309 310 301 Refugee 4 Sigh... 1
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312 313 301 1 Young Man A ...There is nothing we can do about any of these... 1
317 318 301 1 Lillian If anything, an ordinary person is exactly the type that would fall on the wrong side of justice, since they've got nothing that would help them land on the right side of it. 1
325 326 301 1 Refugee 5 Nah, I still don't think we should count on Ascendants. 1
326 327 301 Refugee 5 You never want to put all your eggs in the same basket, just in case. 1
327 328 301 Refugee 5 This reminds me of this woman called Rachel... She was the Cargo Crew's leader, and people would go to her when they were sick or needed anything. It got to a point when she simply couldn't take care of all of them, though... Still, we thought she was going to lead us all on a revolution in no time. 1
328 329 301 Refugee 5 Except... it just never happened. 1
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332 333 301 1 Young Man A Because... you see... 1
333 334 301 Lithos ... 2
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336 337 301 1 Refugee 3 She isn't around anymore. 1
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338 339 301 1 Young Man A ...You mean she's dead? 1
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340 341 301 1 Refugee 5 Yes, and she didn't die because the revolution failed. She died getting double-crossed! 1
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342 343 301 1 Young Man A ... 1
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344 345 301 1 Refugee 3 That ****ing little bastard did it. His old man was one of the aristocrats, and his mom Julie did some tricks with the numbers on the financial reports and pocketed all the resources. Rachel took in that little bastard despite all that... Guess that's why they say, "No good deed goes unpunished," huh? 1
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351 352 301 1 Refugee 3 God only knows how much stuff that little bastard has pocketed over the years, but I'm pretty damn sure he's learned all his tricks from his mom... And he's even got the nerve to pin it all down on Rachel! 1
352 353 301 Refugee 3 I don't even know what his name is! 1
353 354 301 Refugee 4 I wouldn't bother. He died when they threw him off the train. 2
354 355 301 Refugee 5 I remember hearing Rachel calling him by his name, and I think it was... Noan. 3
