12 - [Video]

[emomachine]

[The first thing you can see is Jiro's face, in android form, from a low and shaky angle. If you can tell despite the lack of human facial features he has like this, he looks distressed but determined, and as the camera moves you can see that he is carrying an apparently unconscious sunrisebeeeeeam over his shoulders. He's walking quickly, but from the way he

Comments

[latteheart]

Ah-! Ichiro?!

[emomachine]

...

[latteheart]

What happened to him? Did he really run out of energy...?

[emomachine]

He... is that what this is?

[latteheart]

He said that he was solar powered...with all this fog, he isn't getting enough sunlight to function properly.

[emomachine]

That's right... he said that, but I didn't understand before.

But... if that's what it is... what can I do?

[latteheart]

There's...really nothing you can do until the fog clears. Once he gets some sun he'll be fine. There might be other ways to give him power but...you'd have to ask Lucca or someone else. I don't know.

[emomachine]

...

If there's nothing else that can be done, then I'm going to protect him until the sun comes back.

[latteheart]

Good. Both of you...stay safe, okay?

[emomachine]

I'll keep him safe... are you going to be all right? Saburo will protect you?

[latteheart]

Ah...I'll be fine! I'm staying inside, and Saburo is going to come over, s-so...

[emomachine]

Good.

...Alpha, do you know who they are? The people that are attacking everyone...

[latteheart]

...they're not...'people,' exactly...they're like zombies, or something...

[emomachine]

...Zombies?

[latteheart]

Ah, zombies are...um. Undead creatures...like, living c-corpses...

[There is no good way to explain this. And Alpha doesn't even like scary stuff.]