[Rakka]

A bird.
I know somewhere I've seen this...
What is this? Ah!

[Kana]

Hey! Wake up!

[Rakka]

What?! What?! What?!
Oh, Kana.

[Kana]

Don't "oh" me.
You said that you were going to help me with work today.

[Rakka]

Yes, I know what time is it?

[Kana]

Six thirty-four in the morning.

[Rakka]

I'm tired.
'Night.

[Kana]

Oh, no!
Time to get up!

[Rakka]

Stop it! Stop it!
One, two, hah...

[Kana]

Rakka.

[Rakka]

Huh?
Okay, let's go.

[Kana]

Did you leave this out here?

[Rakka]

Mm-hm. I thought the birds might eat it.

[Kana]

You shouldn't.
It'll attract the crows.
They're enough trouble as it is, making a mess of our trash.

[Rakka]

Uh... Um... But I...

[Kana]

Oh, the trash.
Rakka, let's take out the kitchen trash.

[Rakka]

Kana!
Wait for me.

[Kana]

Ugh, again!
Get out!
Damn birds!
Ugh, uh, stupid birds!
Ugh!
Damn, they've timed out the swing of my broom.

[Rakka]

Kana!

[Kana]

Oh, sorry.

[Rakka]

That was mean!

[Kana]

I know I closed this door tight yesterday.
The crows must have figured out the way to unlock the door somehow.

[Rakka]

Wow, they're really smart.

[Kana]

Don't act so impressed.
Ugh, just look at this mess they've made.

[Rakka]

Uh, I know, oh, why don't we just take out the things that crows might like to eat?

[Kana]

If you keep feeding them like that, they become dependent on us.
Then, how will they live on their own?

[Rakka]

Oh, oh...

[Kana]

Just like the Haibane...
The crows have rules.
You can't spoil them!
Come on, we better get moving!

[Rakka]

Oh.

[Kana]

The birds are the only creatures that allowed to go beyond the walls in this town,
If we continued to feed them, we create a place where they can survive without any struggle.
In the end, they'll decide to only inhabit this town and will probably never fly free on their own again.
And they might seem to be happy here, but it's just sad.

[Rakka]

Mm.

[Kana]

Hey, don't you give me that wistful look!
If you don't keep your eye on them, they're gonna crap all over you.

[Rakka]

Oh.

[Kana]

Let's go.
Did you sleep well?
You look out of it.

[Rakka]

Well, um, I can't really remember, but I think I was having a bad dream.

[Kana]

Well then, good thing I woke you up so pleasantly.

[Rakka]

Uh, I think maybe that's what caused it.

[Kana]

Well then, time for breakfast.

[Rakka]

Where did you get that watch?!

[Kana]

Nice, isn't it?
I found it gathering dust in the storage room over there and fixed it up.

[Rakka]

By yourself?
Amazing!

[Kana]

Oh, there was nothing to it.
I only had to replace one little spring.

[Rakka]

It's still amazing.

[Kana]

It's only a warm-up compared to my next project.
I'm gonna challenge a biggie soon.

[Rakka]

A biggie?

[Kana]

Wanna see?

[Reki]

So, where did you get tea cups?

[Nemu]

Aren't they nice?
They were a gift from the old man who owns the antique shop, for gathering reference materials.

[Reki]

Oh, now you're a librarian abusing her power, right?

[Nemu]

Don't go ruining my good name.
He was being kind.
I worked over a month for it.
Besides, these are second hand items, as is the tradition.

[Reki]

XXX The older you get, the more deceptive you become.

[Nemu]

Kuu, breakfast!
Hurry up inside!

[Kuu]

Huh?

[Rakka]

Uh...

[Kana]

Finally.
Come on up.

[Rakka]

Uh.

[Kana]

Isn't it like a secret hide out?

[Rakka]

Yes, amazing.
Don't tell me you are going to fix this?

[Kana]

No way.
The big one's completely done.
I wouldn't even know where to begin on my own.
However, this is the one that I really wanna fix.

[Rakka]

What is that?

[Kana]

Somebody must've been living here before, and that person seems to have attempted to modify this clock, so that the gears would move by electricity instead of by pendulum.
pendulum:U‚èŽq
Whoever it was that worked on this, was good.
It's just about done.
If the rusted parts are replaced and the hands start moving again, even the bells on the very top might start to ring.

[Rakka]

Wow.
I wonder if that person was a Haibane.

[Kana]

I don't know.
There were drawings and engineering notes, but they're only written about the clock.
They don't say anything about who wrote them or how many years ago they were written.
I went exploring in every room here right after I was born, and I found these in the end.
How should I put it, this is like a treasure map for me.
Anybody would wanna continue with this work once they read it, right?

[Rakka]

That's why you work at the clock tower?

[Kana]

Yeah.
Though I'm still nothing more than a lowly trainee.

[Rakka]

I hope that you can fix it.

[Kana]

Ahhh!
Oh, no! My job!

[Nemu]

Today is very relaxing.

[Reki]

You are right.
This is how every morning should xxx.

[Hikari]

Having good tea makes a difference.

[Everyone]

Huh?

[Kana]

Urgh...

[Rakka]

Ah... Kana!

[Kana]

Rakka, breakfast!

[Rakka]

Ahh!
Aaahhhh!

[Reki]

What's that?
Good tea?

[Rakka]

Kana!
There.

[Kana]

Jump on, hurry up!

[Rakka]

That's insane!
Ahh!
Stop, Stop, Stop it! Please!

[Kana]

Shut up, you'll bite your tongue!

[Rakka]

Hurry flying?!

[Kana]

I guess we just made it.
All right! Seems like Master's late for once.
Let's go around back.
Looks if I didn't have to speed here like that after all.
Come on, over here.
Oh, good, everything's working.

[Rakka]

What?

[Kana]

Lately we've been replacing the old parts in the clock.
There were people here working some pretty late hours last night.
A-ha, so that's the reason Master overslept.

[Watchmaker]

Don't judge others by your standards.
You're seven minutes late.

[Kana]

Good, perfect time.

[Watchmaker]

You fool!
That's useless if the screws in your head are loose!
Hmm.
Who are you.

[Kana]

The new girl I told you about, remember?
She's trying out different jobs, to pick one.

[Watchmaker]

Hmm.
Then, if you want to work here, you'll have to make a better impression than this.

[Rakka]

Uh...

[Watchmaker]

Who'd want to buy a watch from a clock maker that's always late?
Do you buy clothes from a clothier wearing rags?

[Kana]

Ow!

[Watchmaker]

Do you buy liquor from a tea xxx?

[Kana]

Aren't you young to buy liquor.

[Watchmaker]

Shut up!
Stop your quibbling and go open up the shop already!

[Kana]

Alright, alright!
I hear you already, man.

[Watchmaker]

And your bicycle!
It's supposed to be in the back!

[Kana]

Yeah.
Damn it, he must've been watching me from up above.

[Watchmaker]

Hey you, what's your name?

[Rakka]

My name, my name is Rakka, sir.

[Watchmaker]

You're new to Old Home, aren't you?

[Rakka]

Ah, yes.

[Watchmaker]

Got used to this town yet?

[Rakka]

Uh, a little bit.

[Watchmaker]

And Kana, she's being nice to you?

[Rakka]

Yes.

[Watchmaker]

Uh.

[Rakka]

Is there anything you like me to do.

[Watchmaker]

Okay then, you can go upstairs and clean the room for me.
It's been pretty hectic up there these days.

[Kana]

Hey Master, are we gonna be tending the store again today?

[Watchmaker]

Nah, you go upstairs with her and clean up.
It's a total disaster area.

[Kana]

Already?
Come on, Rakka.

[Watchmaker]

And if you have any questions, just ask Kana.

[Rakka]

Okay.

[Kana]

How come you're so nice to everybody else, but me?

[Rakka]

He he he.

[Watchmaker]

I'm treating you hard because you have potential.
Don't complain.

[Kana]

So he says.

[Rakka]

Wow!

[Kana]

Ugh!
Man oh man.
It gets like this every time they replace just one gear.
I hope the clock doesn't get drunk, really.

[Rakka]

Late-night snack?

[Kana]

There's a lot of people who work here at night.
And I guess the mess is understandable.
But, how can he be such a stickler about time, and so sloppy about things like this?

[Rakka]

So where should we start off?

[Kana]

We xxx the trash first.
Hm, seems today I'm a garbage man.

[Rakka]

Hehe.
Kana, can I have a rag?

[Kana]

Here you go.

[Rakka]

Seems like everybody has a job.

[Kana]

You already knew that.

[Rakka]

But, I wonder why the Haibane work.

[Kana]

'Cause we have to.
It's a rule.

[Rakka]

That's not what I meant.

[Kana]

Mmm, well let's see.
Have you noticed that this town is extremely protective of us?

[Rakka]

Yes, sort of.

[Kana]

Doesn't it bother you?
It's kinda like...we're being treated as children.
So I think that we work so as not feeling indebted to the town.

[Rakka]

I see.
That kind of makes sense.

[Kana]

Ah-ha, now I get it, you were helping Reki yesterday, weren't you?

[Rakka]

Yes.
Reki, Hikari, you, and everybody else is working in a job that they really like to do.
I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing.

[Kana]

If there's nothing, why don't you help Reki for the time-being?
She's always short-handed, having to take care of lots of high-maintenance kids.
And she's very accommodating.

[Rakka]

Mm.

[Kana]

Oh, but unless you work hard, you could end up being one of those high-maintenance kids instead of an assistant.

[Rakka]

Ah, really?

[Kana]

Oh no, that's not... that's... that's not what I meant to say.
What I meant to say is that Reki is always too kind.
Rakka, you just got here, so don't worry about it so much.
And you're working really hard today!

[Rakka]

Umm.

[Kana]

Oh yeah, why don't we go up?
Come on, it's okay.
There're railings out here.

[Rakka]

Uh.

[Kana]

Nice view, isn't it?

[Rakka]

Mm.

[Kana]

This is the highest point in all the town.
So if you can stand this, you won't be scared of anything.

[Rakka]

Uh, I'm fine...
Not really.

[Kana]

That's 'cause you're looking down.
Look far ahead.

[Rakka]

Uh, look far ahead?
The farthest is... the walls?

[Kana]

Yeah that's it.
This town is cone-shaped and this tower is at the bottom of it, so maybe the walls are higher.

[Rakka]

What's beyond those walls?
Do you ever wonder?

[Kana]

Who could really know.
The Haibane aren't allowed to go anywhere near them.
Nobody but the Toga come into town, and townspeople can't go outside.
If you did, you'd never be allowed to come back in again.

[Rakka]

Oh, the birds.

[Kana]

Hm?

[Rakka]

They're flying over the walls.

[Kana]

The Haibane believe that they carry our lost items.

[Rakka]

Lost items?

[Kana]

Things we left behind and forgot about when we went into the cocoons.
Well, that's how the legend goes.
It's probably because the birds come and go over and back from the walls.
Rakka?

[Rakka]

Huh?

[Kana]

Feeling any better now?

[Rakka]

Um, yes, much better.

[Kana]

You see, you've become fearless now.
Cleaning's done.
And this is for you.

[Watchmaker]

What's that?
Mind your own business.

[Kana]

What's next?

[Watchmaker]

Yeah, that's it.

[Kana]

What's this?

[Watchmaker]

Punishment for being late.
The, uh, clock tower that's in your home.
Uh...go repair that.

[Kana]

Can I really?

[Watchmaker]

Yeah.
We're really not supposed to meddle too much in the Haibane's daily lives.

[Kana]

Alright!

[Rakka]

Ah, Oh, wait!
Thank you for letting me work here today.

[Watchmaker]

Hey, is Kana going to leave this place?

[Rakka]

Ah, no! really.
Kana didn't bring me here to replace her at all.
I'm just visiting everyone's workplace each day because I wanted to see what kind of job they have.
I believe that... she really does love it here.

[Watchmaker]

That's good.
It's just that whenever I see those wings of yours, they make me think she might just fly away on me one day.

[Rakka]

They might look fancy, but the truth is that they really don't work at all.

[Watchmaker]

Oh, I see.
That's a relief.

[Kana]

Rakka, can't you go any faster?

[Rakka]

No, safety first.

[Kana]

Damn.

[Rakka]

I wanted to say thank you for today.

[Kana]

Yeah, did it help you out?

[Rakka]

Yes, I discovered a lot of things.

[Kana]

Like what, Rakka?

[Rakka]

Don't judge people by appearances.

[Kana]

Oh, you mean Master.
Don't be fooled by him.
He may be friendly to customers.
But he's always barking at me.

[Rakka]

No, not him.

[Kana]

What?

[Rakka]

Never mind.
It's nothing.

[Kana]

You're strange.

[Rakka]

I think I can smell the river.

[Kana]

Hm.

[Rakka]

Maybe I've seen scenery like this one time somewhere before.

[Kana]

There you go, I did again.
But this time, I know just what you mean.
So, do you remember anything?

[Rakka]

Uh-uh.
Funny, isn't it?
I can remember things like how to talk or how to ride a bike, but nothing else.
Hmm.

[Kana]

What is it?

[Rakka]

I think I remember that I used to sing whenever I was feeling like this.
So I just thought now it'd be nice if I could remember a song.

[Kana]

Hey! I spent a lot of time finding that net!
And you stupid birds rip it up the next day!

[Reki]

Never give up, huh?

[Kana]

Yeah, they don't, those damn crows.

[Reki]

No, I meant you.

[Kana]

What'd you say!?

[Reki]

Oops, backfired.

[Rakka]

You shouldn't give up.

[Kana]

You aren't trying to patronize me, are you, Rakka?

[Rakka]

No, that's not true.
Both of you, don't give up!

[Kana]

Huh? Just what does that mean?
Ah!

[Rakka]

Ah!
Ah...