c9 (1/2)
[translation] Frozen Teardrop, Nocturne of Sorrow I
The explosion of the Earth delegation shuttle in the vicinity of the L-1 colony cluster was finally announced as an act of terrorist by colonial extremists The sole survivor, Duke Cinquant Khushrenada, expressed his feelings [by stating], ”I think it is regrettable that the path to peaceful coexistence between Earth and the colonies comes to an end,” and the Earth Sphere United Alliance Arht to be stationed in the colonies [ALT: and CINQUANT added that the ESUAA ought to be stationed in the colonies 0] Regarding Sabrina Peacecraft, as supposed to have been the other survivor, she was reported by the ers Since then, no, since before then, history was full of ostentation and deception Everything was handled with a (sort of) white washed interpretation [of events] that was favorable to the authorities The colonies and Earth had decided that the AC 145 [shuttle] incident was the start of the antagonis is a fabrication through and through On the one side, the rebels and United Alliance Ardom of Cinq continued The skir) one step forward and one step back; and despite the ocean blockade in [Cinq's] territorial waters that had been [in effect] for nearly half a year, [neither side] was able to h it truly was a momentary fad, it was (a word that was) exactly like it was the ”truth” [ALT: it was a word that was taken at face value as being the truth] Throughout history, these kinds of frequently appearing ”buzzwords” often lead thedirection In the AC era, it was this [phrase]:
Early conclusion
In truth, this was ceased-thinking conclusionisetting worse must quickly be ended However, as the situation was at a standstill, it was not necessary to arrive at an immediate conclusion [at the expense of one] that would allow for a gentle, good change to occur Speaking more concretely-
”Because people will naturally die as long as the war continues, and where a number of victie scale weapon) and wipe out the rebel forces once and for all”
-is one ht of the real issue At the same tiht up the words themselves [Because of that buzzword], there was a tendency to value an 'end' to the war over the 'life' of a person Mass media, which caters to public opinion, also backed the irresponsible 'early conclusion' The United Alliance Army executives decided to launch a nuclear warhead (limited area dispute use that is in the satellite orbit 216/3/4-6)
”Set the launch for ht on November 27th [1], colony standard time” That was, of course, an order of the ut lead around by their noses with superstitious sounding 'catch phrases' like 'it will be easier once it's over' without careful deliberation; they don't notice that they thehts of conventional conclusion didn't spread out 216/3/11-12 All they could do was ine Huination can find value only in results One may sympathize with this state of mind And that is a terribly deep sin
Sabrina was taken in by the Darlians However, the Darlians were [no longer] affluent but had rounds and were poised to relinquish them in few months' time Because their own country had been taken over by the rebels, the Earth Sphere United Alliance was i a heavy tax upon theave official notice of 'wealth redistribution' For the upper classes, [they, theof the upper classes' 'vested interests' The ever-nanimous Darlians accepted all these demands and chose to relinquish their fortune A sharp decline began [Katerina] had to give up the (early ave up her adored horse Without the means to eed at the end of theshe didn't want Heero, however, consented As he hadn't ever really done any tutoring, he had felt guilty about receiving the monthly reparation (lit: salary) When the seed in Katerina's heart sprouted with sadness, it probably had not yet been foreseen that this feeling would become 'love' in due timeIt was Sabrina who breathed very different air from the Darlians [family] 217/1/4-5< at=”” this=”” ti=”” but=”” play=”” the=”” piano=”” she=”” continually=”” played=”” chopin's=”” revolutionary=”” [2]=”” or=”” she=”” chose=”” the=”” difficult=”” ”s'=”” senses=”” of=”” speed=”” could=”” not=”” be=”” expressed=”” if=”” they=”” were=”” not=”” played=”” fro]=”” one=”” [to=”” focus]=”” on=”” the=”” keyboard=”” but=”” they=”” were=”” excessively=”” elaborate=”” and=”” short=”” in=”” emotion=”” it=”” is=”” believed=”” that=”” sabrina=”” definitely=”” seeet=”” her=”” country,=”” her=”” parents,=”” the=”” people=”” who=”” had=”” perised=”” in=”” the=”” shuttle=”” explosion,=”” and=”” now,=”” even=”” herself;=”” [she=”” was]=”” now=”” a=”” nobody=”” yet=”” the=”” ,=”” the=”” more=”” the=”” faces=”” of=”” the=”” people=”” she'd=”” lost=”” came=”” back=”” to=”” haunt=”” her=”” she=”” fell=”” into=”” a=”” spiral=”” of=”” loss=”” and=”” the=”” gap=”” between=”” herself=”” and=”” her=”” surroundings=”” widened=”” as=”” a=”” result,=”” she=”” beca=”” other=”” than=”” the=”” songs=”” and=”” while=”” the=”” vicious=”” circle=”” continued=”” without=”” end,=”” she=”” continued=”” beating=”” the=”” abyssally=”” depressed=”” keys=”” [alt:=”” she=”” continued=”” to=”” be=”” the=”” keys=”” in=”” her=”” abyssal=”” depression=”” [adjectival=”” order]=””><>
Then, unexpectedly, she heard a voice speaking at her ear If she focused too s, she would fall into an certain type of a state of trance 217/2/10-11 Despite the mezzo forte of the piano, she could hear the discussion of her littler sister Katerina and the tutor Heero Yuy in the neighboring room Their voices seemed to have a certain anxiousness and reluctance in their soon-to-end relationshi+p It was a heated, lively discussion
”E 'one cannot lie' 'for the sake of eternal peace'”
”Kant is saying that the foundation of moral metaphysics is: 'one must not tell lies whatever the circumstances' So it stands to reason that it would be under that heading For peace, 'subliatorywith falsehoods) isn't perated and peace that came of it will have no value”
Sabrina stopped playing, and she faced the adjoining roo closer,
”Please tell me what you mean, in detail,” Sabrina posed the question from the doorway ”I can accept that 'peace' is o, isn't it ardless of the 'means'?”
”You're saying that peace achieved by military intervention is also just, yes?”
”Yes”
”Co” Heero had two students for his final class [35]
”I a!” Tears flooded Sabrina's eyes ”Isn't it obvious that [I a to Heero's arms Heero was perplexed, hit as he was by Sabrina's flood of emotion ”I want to see Sam I want to see Sam!”
”Sam?”
Sabrina's emotional support was the cat Sam who she had left on Earth Katerina was likely sy her snuggled against Heero and in tears unmistakeably disquieted her heart Katerina's expression was different from usual Gone was the carefree cheek, it was replaced with dark jealous/envy
Even though we have the sael from EarthI'm the lost child that was throay in space
That may have been the second when she realized the happiness which she had enjoyed was [actually] a 'hard life' that was [only] called 'freedom'
Sabrina and Katerina were, on the surface, close sisters, but it was (perhaps) enh their hearts One ht even call it an abhorrence of their closest relation The two of them did not share a bedroo [375] Nevertheless, since their rooms were next to each other, it was possible for one to pay a visit to the other That, however, had not yet happened even once The siblings never spent the night talking, or shared their feelings or coed were ehts of their father and hs and it was (probably) i between theht by Heero Yuy If humans were intended to discover what it hts were important and there was no particular need to li aside the fact that her (older) twin sister--as this young woo and pay a visit to Sabrina's room
”Sabrina, I want to talk to you!” Her graceful (older) sister looked at her blankly ”What is your dreaorw up?” The value of a hu--Now is the time to discuss e think of the future--she recalled hearing that from Heero Yuy Sabrina, however, shook her head
”--I'm already dead [4]”
Katerina argued without hiding her irritation, ”Youand capable of love, aren't you?”
”What about you, Katerina?”
”Huh?”
”What do you want to be?”
Katerina asnwered the very next second, ”An astronaut! I want to explore space!”
”but you're a girl”
”So what?!”
”What if that's i the actual state of affairs at the Darlians, they couldn't spend money freely [5] An astronaut, to beco It was only for civilians who joined the Earth Sphere United Alliance erethose expenses Katerina didn't want to enlist She decided to select a different future employ ”Maybe a teacher at schoolwith ht be impossible”
”No, it's not!” Sabrina encouraged her with a smile ”You can talk about such difficult [issues] with Heero-sensei” Once she said that, she tried talking about her own dreams for the future ”I also want to teach--the piano to children, I'd like to have a quiet life”
”You could do that, couldn't you?! Since you're not a princess anymore”
”Y-yesthat's right” For irl' And [Sabrina] was always at ith that feeling 219/1/8
”Sabrina, I'ht”
”Katerina, you're a better sister than I iined” They looked into each others eyes and decided to always trust one another there after
Heero went to his college for the first ti while More than six months had passed since he had handed in his leave of absence form Heero went to visit his friend Jay Null
”Heero Yuy, good to see you” That underground lab was an eerie place On the nuible nu's head that was a throwback to bygone days decorated the wall, and on the (plank surface) beloere a miscellany of notes posted without any space to spare between them; the heaps of books, files, datachips [and what not] lay scattered as a result of an avalanche [their own great number] had caused; there wasn't even space to walk in The oddest thing was that [no one] had the foggiest idea what this
”The nextis the day after tomorroweveryone is welcome”
”That's not why I came here today”
”What a shame”
Heero had heard all manner of bad rumors about this man [For example] that he was a vastly wealthy man because of the several fusion reactor patents he owned but was evading taxes and irrespective of that, he was providing his own research expenses by (cracking [6]); or he was hogging the school's latest ; or that he was so brilliant, the underground organization also saw him as a threat Heero, however, wasn't very interested in any of those categories of gossip
”What are you researching now?”
”Developing a new life for silicon instead of carbon [65]it's, uh, actually a simple experiment” No sooner had he said that than there was a small explosion ”Cripes! Come on! Another failure? crap!”
Clearing his throat, Heero held up a s in which there was some/a cat hair
”Actually, I wanted you to clone a cat from this fur”
As he patted out the fire burning on the desk, Jay said, ”Oh, okayput it over there so it with me the day after tomorrow”
”You will? Thanks”
”Leave it toI can't do”
Afternoon, two days later--
Jay brought a seventeen e-scale trailer loaded hat seemed to be a white-painted aircraft to the Darlian residence It reseon with two heads
”Buck up, Heerofor I have brought you the cat”
”What is this?”
”Once you see it, you'll see it's {Wyvern}”
”I asked for a Norwegian forest cat The young lady here isn't hoping for a two-headded flying dragon monster”
”Well, I am appalled at your lack of common sense”
”I don't want to be told that by you”
”Listen, all you brought le cat hair Probably one from the lady's skirt--”
”That's correct”
”If it had had the root attached, it'd be different, but to (read) DNA data without any so time It wouldn't be possible (to do it) in just two days”
”You can't do it, then?”
”Didn't I tell you--there's nothing I can't do” Jay was sence”
”Artificial intelligence?”
{Wyvern} was taken to the backyard It would be close to Sabrina's and Katerina's rooms there
”Originally, this {Wyvern} needed a servoht possible This round crew, and controller and froht plans and all that And I made it such that the system makes the machine land safely in any location, under any circuence))”
Heero was impressed hat Jay had said
”I didn't know you were so well versed in that field”
”It pains ralasses came out of the trailer He looked up tilasses
”I ara quantum computers 221/1/5-7 If I'm allowed to study with this, I can coe the environmental situation and quickly calculate-disposal'--the {Zero system}”
”I don't believe such a fantastical system is necessary for just one cat”
”Heero, Heero, HeeroQuarant, did you connect the artificial intelligence to this computer?”
”It's already done”
”Well, let's hurry up and turn it on”
Theresemblance to the mobile armor form of the future {Gunda held prisoner upon the White Fang's battleshi+p Libre, but he learned of the existence of {Gundae Fortress He had seen Treize's blueprints with his own eyes and ahts) about the transforht ability [Treize] called {mobile armor}
”Whaaat, so this isn't Wyvern,” he had see out into his voice ”Taking the lead fron that makes a Gundam transform into a Wyvern is laudable however, the name mobile armor is a bit” When he spoke of just how unfortunate that sole point was, he eyed the technical officer ”Did that Treize Khushrenada design this?” Doctor J tacked a ”what a boorish name” at the very end
But that is a terrible digression
The two young students entered Sabrina's room and into that terminal unit they entered the cat data
”The basic data of a Norwegian forest cat is in Now, you have to input the cat's characteristics”
”What? But” Sabrina was at a loss Quarant asked questions as he nimbly typed upon the keyboard
”What is the cat's name?”
”'Somewhere'”
Jay was delighted, ”Oh, that's a good name! Wouldn't that be a better name for this sytem than 'ZERO'?”
”But I call him 'Sam'”
”Oh,” Jay said, loosing heart as he showed Quarant a photo of Sam and had him trace it in the monitor And [Sam] meowed to Sabrina
”Actually, we know quite a bit about you, my lady”
”Huh?”
”What, didn't you always come out to the outer wall construction site? We worked part time out there!”
”I loved those homemade cookies”
”those [were er sister, Katerina”
”Is that so?”
”” No matter what, the conversation didn't pick up
”Well, I suppose there's no help forthe two of you up since you're twins and all,” said Jay with false cheeriness
”Yes, yes”
Afterwards, Quarant asked Sabrina detailed questions and (repeated) the fine tuning He spoke after hitting the enter key for the last ti) with 'Sa fuction) will run immediately and he'll come to behave just like your 'Sam'” Sabrina called ”Sam” and the 'Sam' in the monitor answered with a 'meow' The voice and expression was just like the Sam as still on Earth
”I missed you, Sam”
”Meow, meow”
Seeing Sabrina like that made Heero and Katerina skeptical that it really was okay [to have icat / 8]
”Isn't this the sao?” Sabrina asked naively
”Absolutely not! This Sam has actual emotions!” Quarant vehe in [scientific] jargon but to sueets/objects 222/2/1-4 For exaine you are in a coffee house and you notice an elderly patron who you sense is irritate--[the synthetic judgeht understand froaze or the expression on his face but not to what extent The nu, the clatter of the cups, the oddly rough nose breathing, the inability to feel at home for all the excessive movement, or the sensitive response to each and every buzz in the air around--isn't that taking in the signs created by the whole body? 222/2/15-19 Until now, cos like pulse, blood pressure, and (the numerical value of palpitations), but they hadn't come to the point where they could understand the mental state of an irritated oldlady Healing that girl's heart won't take kind words, it is enough [to say], 'I'll simply be with you,' but if a co 'lonely' or 'anxiety,' the action is a superficial thing and lacks feeling Apart fro/trivial behaviors of hu up or take to soree of (experience) is necessary and by the saument, a newborn puppy or kitten could not respond in this fashi+on One had to s understandable in order to allow a cos, but that required enormous volumes of information and communication in addition to experience and time That hat Quarant spoke passionately about
--[To] introduce feelings to your partner ((target))--
Just to do that, it was apparent that the (high speed calculation disposal equipment) of quantum class computers had to be developed/evolved That said, Katerina and Heero only understood about half of that Boisterous as usual, Jay put his arm around Quarant's shoulder and made to leave
”See you later, Heero! That otta come!”
”Y-yes(but) are you leaving that Wyvern here?”
”Leave it alone until [we/I] can h to hide it at school anyway! Don't you think that bright idea kills two birds with one stone? Ka ka ka ka ka [9]” And then, Hurricane Jay and Brouhaha Quarant left
”They probably really just wanted to get rid of that thingif the authorities [ever] found this, it'd be quite a fuss”
”I thought Sensei was [a little] strange, but your friends are even more so”
”Yes, that's about right”
Heero and Katerina let out a little sigh To coiant, ominous machine with a sheet, they had no choice but to cancel their afternoon class
That night, for the first ti time, Sabrina decided to play Nocturne for the 'Sam' in the monitor As she'd done before, she (tried) to say ”play it once, Sa was just like the real Sa Nocturne continued (forever) Sabrina's beloved peace of ed from Nocturne to Waltz No 2 ”Grand Valse Brilliante” [10] Heereo and Katerina, ere in the backyard and felt co {Wyvern} with the sheet, were fascinated by the waltz they heard [from the house] Suddenly, Katerina faced Heero and with proper socialwith Sabrina, she'd somehow picked up those pretty kinds of manners
”In these situations, isn't the ?” Heero's wry/bitter smile was self conscious
Laughing, Katerina answered, ”Aw, [since] when did you ever think of irl?”
”Since now”
--And tonight will be the last, won't it
After this evening, Heero intended to quit being a tutor He believed his connection to the underground activists Jay and Quarant would surely cause trouble for the Darlians For the last night at least, it was (surely) alright to pretend to be soantly Under the star filled sky, their light steps passed on endlessly 223/2/8-9 Though [dancing] on the grass wasn't [easy]
”Someday, at a party, I'd like to dance with you”
”Did you want to embarrass me furhter?”
”No, Senseifor a stick in the entle”
”You're good, too, for a to as beautiful as those two [as they] danced against the lights of the Darlian residence
”Thank you for helping Sabrina”
”It's only natural to assist a pupil in a difficult situation”
”so will you help me, too?”
”You?”
”YesI' to be] words [of her] (”loving heart”) But the far off piano music had finished And from the second story , they heard Sabrina
”Sensei, Katerina! I' fun by myself! I'll come and help you!”
”It's alright, Sabrinawe've already finished,” Katerina said An infinite moment cannot last forever
Heero looked at his watch and said, ”I have to get going Can't break my promise to meet Jay”
”The assembly? The student movement?”
”I' to put in an appearance” And just like that, he went off into the darkness of the night He didn't say goodbye They were certain toHeero off, was Sabrina
”Did Heero Sensei leave?”
”I'm--”
”Huh?”
Katerina raised her hand in the direction which Heero had disappeared
”I'm Katerina Peacecraftand you are?”
Sabrina looked at her sister onder
”What are you playing at?”
”It's okay(now) I'm in the same position as you, Sabrina” At this time, Katerina was clearly aware that she was in love She was simply happy to love him, Heero
Hundreds of people had gathered in the college's underground lecture hall nu on a dais was a middle class man with an air of a true intellectual
”Our colonies have been living under ahave we been suffering with excessive taxes Must we continue to labor just so that the people of Earth may live in peace and quiet? We, the people of the colonies, pay taxeson Earth What's more, most of those taxes are used for the military expenses of the Earth Sphere United Alliance Ar here in space, why then must we pay war expenditures? That's not all! We citizens of space supply many of the (materials) and safe produce for the Earth is the status quo, so why are we so oppressed?”
Heero entered the hall in the middle of this speech Jay took swift notice, beckoned 'over here!' and had [Heero] sit Even [catching] only part of the speech, he knew the /自由原理主義的な) libertarian [12] Naturally, he could predict ould come next
”Noe ought to stand up! We are not a people who have been throay! We are the people who, of our own free will, choose to live in space! We have the right to live freely!” Just when the applause was about to start, someone in the front row raised his hand as he stood up
”If I may? I am Cinquant Khushrenada, a member of the Romefeller Foundation on Earth” Those words threw the place into an uproar It was shocking enough to have someone from Earth there, but he had some nerve to [wish to] express his opinion And a snized that he was the sole survivor of the shuttle that had just [recently] exploded That [bit of information] hispered around the room, an indescribable tension spread across the hall Heero had seen that explosion with his own eyes
”The other light that went in another direction [what his escape pod]”
He hadn't asked the details [of the shuttle] froood and felt deliberate; he was dubious
”Everything my esteemed counterpart [13] has said is correct But I have two or three particulars I want to question”
”G-go ahead”
”What is this 'freedoht'? Do you intend to return this orderly world to lawlessness? If the law and taxation systeoing Where upon 'freedom' will be lost If the Earth didn't exist, you, hts, wouldn't [even] exist Before insisting on 'rights,' I'd have you remember your debt to the earth What would you have the ive birth? Independence is fine, to rise up is good However, I'd like you to consider the things for which the Earth, as it exists now, are necessarily indispensable That is to say, supporting the Earth has the [sa your [own] livelihoods”
Silence befell the hall One person, only Heero Yuy, saw this scene as so to ridicule Those were not questions or even refutations just now It was nothingof Earth's situation That was how Heero analyzed it Cinquant slowly climbed up the dais and presented a pistol and a short sword, [both?] eold and jewels, to thea speech