うむむ、ここは削るべきか 削らざるべきか……
Hmm... To cut, or not to cut...
うむむ、ここは削るべきか 削らざるべきか……
Hmm... To cut, or not to cut...
でももう少し製造コストを詰めないと 帝国製に引けを取ってしまうな……
One thing's for sure: if we don't work out a way to cut production costs at least a teeeeeny tiny bit, we won't stack up to the Empire...
えっ、エリカ博士?
You're looking for Erika Russell?
いや、今日は見てないね。
I haven't seen her today. Sorry!
ここの所、よく機材を 占領していたけど…………
If I haven't, though, it makes me wonder whether she's finished that project she was plowing through...
もしかして、新発明とやらが 完成したんじゃないかな?
She's been hogging all the equipment to herself to work on it lately.
この工作機は新型での、 従来の1/10精度で 加工が行えるのじゃ。
This tool here's brand new. It can cut with ten times more precision than the previous model!
チッ、こんなものが あったとは……
Bah... I had no idea you had something like this here now.
これは基本設計を 見直す必要がありそうね!
I think I might have to go over the designs again!
あ、お母さん!
Oh, Mom!
ここにいたんだ。
Here you are.
あら、ティータ。
Welcome back, Tita.
そっちの方は上手くいった?
Did you manage to do what I asked?
うん。 帰国書類の方は大丈夫。
Yup. Mr. Murdock said he'll take care of the paperwork right away.
工房長さん、 すぐに用意してくれるって。
He's probably working on it right now.
それでね、お母さん……
But now that I've done that, Mom...
わたしもオーバルギアの 開発に入れてほしいな。
...I want to be part of the Orbal Gear's development team, too.
ティータを……?
...You?
うん、あのね。 手紙には書かなかったけど……
Yeah. I didn't write this in any of my letters...
わたし、レンちゃんと しばらく一緒に いたことがあって……
...but I ended up spending some time with Renne while she was in Liberl.
レンちゃんは 《結社》に入ってたけど、 それでもわたしの友達なの。
And even if she's a member of the society, she's also my friend.
レン………………{wait} #1457Fどこかで聞いたことが あると思ったら…………
Renne...?{wait} #1457FNow, where have I heard that before...?
パテル=マテルの操縦者ね。
Oh! Wasn't she the girl Pater-Mater belongs to?
あー、エリカ。 ワシの方から補足しとくがの……
Umm... Erika... If I might be permitted to say my piece here...
補足ぅ?
Say your piece?!
お、お母さん!? あの…………
M-Mom?! What are you...?
これはどーゆー事かしらね。 アルバート・ラッセル……
You better have a DAMN GOOD explanation for this one, Albert.
ティータが《結社》の構成員と 一緒にいたですって……?
My daughter ended up making friends with a member of OUROBOROS?!
そんなこと、資料には 書いてなかったわよ!!
Why is this the first I'm hearing of this? This wasn't in any of what you sent me!
あー、いやのー……
Well...
Eh bien...
書きにくいんじゃよ、 こういうことは……
...it was kind of hard to say...
そういう意味じゃないわ。
Don't you give me that!
ティータをあれだけ 危険な目にあわせた挙句この始末……
As if you hadn't already exposed her to enough danger to make me want to strangle you, and now I'm hearing THIS?!
テメー、可愛い孫と どーゆー接し方してたんだ!!#2S
Just what have you been doing with my daughter while I've been away?!#2S
お、お母さん! わたしも開発にいれて!
M-Mom! I'm serious! I want to be involved in the Orbal Gear's development!
わたしには力はないけど、 レンちゃんと、ちゃんと 話がしたいんだ。
I'm completely powerless on my own, but I still want to find some way to talk to her.
そのオーバルギアって パテル=マテルに 対抗できるんでしょ?
And the Orbal Gear's going to be able to fight on equal terms with Pater-Mater, right?
わ、わたしも エステルお姉ちゃんみたいな 力がほしいの……!
Th-Then I want to be involved! Because I want the kind of power that Estelle has!
…………ティータ?
...Tita?
まさかあなた…………
Correct me if I'm wrong, but...
オーバルギアを使って、 パテル=マテルと戦う気なの?
...you're not considering using the Orbal Gear to fight Pater-Mater yourself, are you?
え…………?
What...?
Quoi... ?
そ、そういう意味じゃなくて、 わたしは…………
Th-That wasn't what I meant... I...
…………ティータ。
I want to make very sure of this.
オーバルギアを作るって どういうことか分かってる?
Do you understand just what we're making here?
えっ…………う、うん。
Umm... Well...
ちらっと見ただけだけど、 二足歩行タイプで……
Well, I only got a quick look at the blueprints, but it looked like a bipedal...
そうじゃないの。
That's not what I mean.
オーバルギアは兵器なの。 たとえどんなに美化してもね。
The Orbal Gear is a weapon. No matter how you try to dress that fact up, that's the reality.
つまるところ、 人を傷つける道具なのよ。
It's a tool designed to be used by people to hurt other people.
で、でも…………
B-But...
M-Mais...
お母さんだって、そんなつもりで 作ってるんじゃないでしょ……?
But you're not making it because you want to hurt people, are you?
警備飛行艇だって リベールを守るためにあるんだし……
Even the patrol airships used by the army are made to protect the country, not to hurt people...
“そんなつもり”は関係ないの。
It doesn't matter what I think. It doesn't matter what the developer of any new weapon thinks.
実際に兵器を使うのは 私たちじゃないんだから。
We're not the ones actually going out and using the things we make.
自分が作った機械で、 たくさんの人が悲しむことになる。
The devices we pour our hearts into making go on to cause unspeakable suffering to people, and there's nothing we can do to stop it.
ティータ、あなたは そんなことを考えたことある?
Have you ever stopped to think about that?
それでも力が欲しいって言える?
And after having it pointed out to you, can you still say you want power?
う…………
Well...
Eh bien...
私たちがやっていることは、 その可能性を含んでいるのよ。
We're doing what we're doing fully aware of what the potential consequences may be down the line, but can you?
私もティータのことは大好き。
You know how much I love you, Tita.
友達のことを 大切に思うのも分かります。
And I understand that you care deeply about your friend. I do.
でも、だからこそ ティータの参加を 認めるわけにはいきません。
But that's all the more reason why I can't permit you to take part in this.
分かってくれるわね、ティータ。
Can you understand where I'm coming from?
…………………………
...
......
で、でも………… ……わたしだって…………
B-But...I...I...
……か、軽い気持ちで 言ってるんじゃ、ないもん……!
I'm not taking this lightly, either, you know!
エリカよ、今回の件では ティータにもいろいろと 思うところがあるんじゃろう。
I appreciate how you feel, Erika, but I'm sure Tita's been thinking about this a lot herself, especially after all she went through.
もーちっと 尊重してやらんかい。
Why not show her a little more respect?
だからって、兵器の開発なんかに 入れるわけにはいかないでしょ。
I'm sure she has, but that doesn't mean I can let her be involved in developing a weapon.
……自分の手を離れたものが 後々どのように使われても、 研究者は口出しできない。
We researchers don't get a say in how our inventions end up being used down the line. That's just our fate.
私たちはそこんとこ、 ハラ括#2Rくく#ってやるしかない。
That's what we have to accept when we're doing our jobs.
…………まあの。
...That we do.
あの子の想いも分かるけど、 オーバルギア計画に 触らせるわけにはいかないわ。
I know where she's coming from, but I absolutely can't let her be a part of this.
あの子は、こんなことで 悩まなくていいんだから……
She doesn't need to be shouldering this kind of burden. Not at her age.