3 3 301 DialogEnable Having prepared yourselves sufficiently, you re-enter the area that the Red Tide has invaded.
4 4 301 Tinted bloody red by the Red Tide, the place is like a wound cut open.
5 5 301 A female Construct is wandering amidst the red puddles, seemingly looking for something.
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7 7 301 1 Liv She matches the image data we received. Target confirmed. She's severely infected, though... 1
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9 9 301 1 Lucia She must have already enhanced her Inver-Device. 1
10 10 302 But she is way too close to the Red Tide. 11
11 11 301 Lucia Let's stay quiet for now. We'll close in on her and ask Commandant to speak with her. 1
12 12 301 Lucia We will only proceed with the next step if communication is impossible. 1
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14 14 301 The Gray Raven spreads out and closes in on the target without a sound. Then, Lucia can be heard speaking over the transceiver.
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16 16 301 1 Lucia On standby. Commandant, you may engage the target. 1
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18 18 301 (...With a soft expression on your face, you're approaching Ruolin.)
19 19 302 Ruolin? 20
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21 21 301 1 Ruolin Who are you...? From the uniform you're wearing, I'm guessing you're a commandant? 1
22 22 302 I'm the Gray Raven Commandant. 23
23 23 301 Ruolin THE Gray Raven? My commandant talked about you a lot... 1
24 24 301 Her expression softens, but she quickkly becomes alerted as if she has noticed something.
25 25 301 Ruolin Did you come here to bring me back? Where is the rest of your team? 1
26 26 302 Yes, but I wanted to have a talk with you. 27
27 27 301 Ruolin A talk? About what? 1
28 28 302 Have your found your commandant? 29
29 29 301 Ruolin Not yet... But I believe he's still alive! 1
30 30 302 Have you ever seen a "Rising Tide"? 31
31 31 301 Ruolin Never... Do you have any information on the Red Tide? 1
32 32 302 (If she knows anything about the Red Tide...) 33 (The projection will tempt her to go after the Red Tide itself...) 33
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34 34 301 You show Ruolin partial information on the Red Tide, having decided to exclude the part about the Red Tide projection. She now looks dubious.
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36 36 301 1 Ruolin This is pretty much the same as what I've heard from the Support Force, although your information is more detailed. 1
37 37 301 Ruolin But I just don't believe that he'd leave me all alone and die like that! 1
38 38 301 Ruolin looks away from the information, her voice wavering.
39 39 302 You trust him a lot, don't you... 40 It seems like you two were very close. 40
40 40 301 Ruolin Of course. We are childhood friends and grew up together. 1
41 41 301 AniZhuanchangBegin Staring at the puddles left behind by the Red Tide, Ruolin starts recounting their past...
46 46 301 AniZhuanchangEnd ...I can't even begin to tell you how much we've been through together. My family and friends left me one after another.
47 47 301 He's the only one who stayed by my side.
48 49 301 Ruolin He would always smile at me, and his smile always makes me feel safe.
49 50 301 Ruolin Our good times lasted for a while... Until I was diagnosed with an incurable disease.
50 51 301 Ruolin The Punishing Virus is virtually the most severe of diseases of our time, so much so that people have forgotten about the other diseases.
51 52 301 Ruolin But that doesn't make them disappear, and they're as terrifying as ever.
52 53 301 Ruolin For someone like me who works in the logistics, the disease would have cost me an arm and a leg to treat.
53 54 301 Ruolin Just right when I was about to give up, the medical department made him a suggestion...
54 55 302 They suggested to have you turned into a Construct, didn't they? 56
55 56 301 Ruolin That's right.
56 57 301 Ruolin The single biggest concern I had about being turned into a Construct was time.
57 58 301 Ruolin A Construct can live on and on, and eventually I'd have to see him die.
58 59 301 Ruolin But then he said...
59 60 301 Silk Worm Commandant I can't become a Construct the same way you can because I'm not compatible with copolymers.
60 61 301 Silk Worm Commandant But technology never stops improving, and there will be hope so long as we're still alive.
61 62 301 Ruolin But you don't need to become a Construct...
62 63 301 Silk Worm Commandant I don't want to leave you all alone, so I'm going to apply for it as soon as technology has made it possible for me.
63 64 301 Ruolin ...What if that day never comes?
64 65 301 Silk Worm Commandant If that's the case, Ruolin, I want you to live on.
65 66 301 AniZhuanchangBegin Silk Worm Commandant This may sound selfish of me, but I hope to always have you right by my side during my mortal life.
69 70 301 AniZhuanchangEnd 1 Ruolin I only accepted the suggestion so I could be with him... 1
70 71 301 Ruolin How could he just leave me all alone... 1
71 72 302 (She knows perfectly well that her commandant has died...) 73 (She's only in denial...) 73
72 73 301 Ruolin Commandant, you're the person he had the most respect for. Please tell me... What should I do? What can I do to find him? 1
73 74 302 He's still with you. 75
74 75 301 Ruolin I can't see him... 1
75 76 302 He wants you to stay alive. 77
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77 78 301 The times they have spent together will not cease to exist simply because one of them has parted first. The fact that Ruolin is still here is proof enough that the Silk Worm Commandant's will is still with her.
78 79 301 After hearing these words from you, Ruolin slumps to the ground and starts sobbing, awash in sadness.
79 80 301 Seeing the scene, the rest of the team quietly comes closer to comfort Ruolin.
80 81 301 AniZhuanchangBegin Ruolin's expression softens with everyone's kind word.
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84 85 301 AniZhuanchangEnd 1 Ruolin Thank you so much... I still feel devastated, but I will try my best to accept the truth and live on, because this is something he's hoped for. 2
85 86 301 Ruolin Being able to meet people he's mentioned to me... Is probably a gift he's left behind. 2
86 87 302 The pleasure is ours. Shall we go home? 88
87 88 301 Ruolin Yes, let's go. I'm sorry for all the trouble I caused. I owe you an apology... Punishment is inevitable, I suppose. 2
88 89 301 1 AniZhuanchangBegin Ruolin I'm still finding it difficult, but I'll learn to accept it. 2
