"So this is..." "This is... a Claymore..." "You shouldn't be out here." "The Yoma will be gone soon, so stay hidden until it's over." "Come on." "A flying type..." "The job is done." "Give the money to the person who comes to collect it later." "Oh!" "Clare." "Wouldn't it be better if you took at least a little money?" "Someone from the Organization collects the money." "That's the arrangement." "You want something?" "No..." "But if anything happens, it could be a problem." "And you're still wearing the clothes that got torn." "The Organization should come with a delivery soon." "As they also do when money is needed." "So, do you guys work for someone?" "We belong to the Organization starting at a young age." "At a young age?" "Our half Yoma, half human bodies..." "Since the time our bodies became half-man, half-monster." "That's what I mean." "Claymores are half Yoma..." "Clare is half Yoma, too..." "But her other half is human..." "Half-man, half-monster..." "Ah, ikutsu-mono yoru o koete" "Koutta yume to kieyuku namida" "Warm me, warm me, wrap me" "Hito o aisenai kono mi ga nikui" "Doko made aruitemo owari ga mienai" "Kako no kioku o michizure ni" "Kono mi wa nani-iro ni somari-yuki no darou" "Kotae o sagashiteru" "What's this?" "Are you hungry?" "Yeah..." "I mean, we haven't eaten anything since morning." "You're not hungry, Clare?" "Will that do?" "Yeah, I think it should be cooked now." "Here, Clare." "Thanks." "It's ugly, but it sure looks delicious!" "Yum!" "Huh?" "You didn't like it?" "No, that's not it." "That was enough for me." "Enough?" "But you only ate a little." "This is how our bodies work." "Eating a small amount of food roughly every two days is sufficient." "We can go without food or water for about a week pretty easily." "That long?" "Seeing you eat like that is refreshing." "It almost makes me a little envious." "Well, I was just so hungry..." "That's probably what it means to be human." "Clare, why did you become a Claymore?" "When I was young, I decided that I would." "Huh." "Is it hard to become one?" "Yes." "Then, why..." "Maybe I shouldn't have tried to pry so much..." "She doesn't look like she has any friends or family..." "What's that emblem?" "When we get to the point where we can take assignments, we each receive a personal emblem." "Those emblems stand for our names and serve to identify us." "So, that's your emblem, huh?" "Where are you going?" "Don't follow me." "Call of nature, maybe?" "Over here." "How quaint." "Why are you keeping that child with you?" "He'll only get in the way of your work." "He's just my cook." "He won't get in the way." "Your cook, huh?" "You almost sound human, saying such things." "Did that boy remind you of your own past or something?" "What a sentimentalist you are." "Did you bring the new clothes?" "Face me." "Talk about reckless." "The wound may have closed, but don't forget that even you guys will die if they hit your vitals." "The other one seems fine, too." "There'll be no problem leaving things as they are." "Your body..." "I wonder what that boy would think if he saw it." "Keep your quaint tendencies to a minimum." "If you become attached, you're the one who's going to suffer." "Oh, that's right." "I was asked to give you something." "A black card?" "!" "It must be a mistake." "Surely, I..." "Check the contents yourself." "Why in the world..." "Clare sure is taking a long time." "Maybe it's the big one." "Clare." "Clare, is something wrong?" "So, I dried the leftover meat." "Let me know whenever you feel like eating." "Clare?" "Tomorrow, we head for Schiele." "We leave early, so be prepared." "O-Okay." "It'll be okay." "Stay like this and it'll be okay." "Hey, that..." "That's a silver-eyed witch!" "Did our village send for her?" "Can't be!" "No one's been attacked by a Yoma." "Yeah, right?" "This gives me the shudders." "I don't like this." "Please don't tell me she's planning to stick around for a while." "What's with them?" "If a Yoma came, they'd have no choice but to ask for help from you guys." "W-Welcome!" "Do you have any rooms?" "Uh, well..." "Don't worry." "He'll be the only one staying." "What?" "!" "Why?" "Wait here until I finish my work." "I'm coming, too!" "I'll return, without fail." "Uh, um, has a Yoma shown up in our village?" "No." "There are no Yoma in this area." "Rest easy." "What?" "You're not going out to kill Yoma?" "No." "Then, you are leaving me..." "That's not it." "S-So there is a Yoma." "That reminds me, another Claymore came by a couple days ago..." "Was it on the mountain of Schiele that you saw her?" "Y-Yes." "I'll be back soon." "Saved..." "Clare..." "Boy, for all that you're with a Claymore, it seems you know nothing." "What?" "Could it be that you don't even know that Claymores are half-man, half-monster?" "I know that much!" "But Clare's not a monster." "They take the flesh and blood of Yoma into their own bodies." "The flesh and blood of Yoma?" "Half human and half Yoma, they're half-man, half-monster." "A certain organization created them in order to fight the Yoma." "Though, it seems they were only successful with women for some reason." "If you're going to be with one, you should know that." "Then, are you saying Claymores were humans to start with?" "Who knows?" "I'm not too clear on that point." "How do they take in the flesh and blood of Yoma?" "I don't know that, either." "However..." "Claymores use their human will to suppress the power of the Yoma within." "That's why they can remain on the side of humans." "Up until then, humans were helpless against Yoma, so they're the ideal tools." "Ideal tools..." "But there was one problem with that." "Half-man, half-monsters eventually become Yoma." "What?" "The more they use the power and abilities of the Yoma, the closer their bodies become to being Yoma." "Oh!" "And those who are no longer able to suppress themselves and become Yoma are killed by the Organization." "B-But that..." "Clare will become a Yoma?" "You're lying." "That can't..." "Clare!" "Raki." "I believe I told you to wait." "It's not true, right?" "!" "You haven't become a Yoma, have you?" "!" "You're not going to become a Yoma, right?" "!" "I don't know what you heard, but don't misunderstand." "No one has become a Yoma." "Merely..." "There's someone who's come upon her limit." "What?" "I saw another Claymore a couple days ago..." "The other Claymore..." "Yes, I'm going to kill her." "You are?" "!" "A fellow Claymore?" "!" "The black card." "Black card?" "This is..." "We each have one black card in our swords." "Every battle we fight, our awareness as humans and our awareness as Yoma clash." "In time, we come to the limits of our awareness." "We become certain that we are about to turn Yoma." "At that time, we think," ""I wish to die as a human."" "And we send the black card to the one we wish to be killed by most." "Then, the person who sent you her black card..." "She joined the Organization around the same time as I did." "We comforted one another through the worst of it." "Having become half-man, half-monster, we suffered excruciating pain, but even then, we could sleep if we held on to each other." "It'll be okay." "Stay like this and it'll be okay." "It has been a long time, Clare." "Elena." "You haven't changed." "You look just as you did back then." "I'm straining myself, because I was to meet you." "It's been so long, and yet, it seems like only yesterday." "Those days were filled with nothing but pain, yet somehow," "I can only remember the happy moments I had with you now." "I began working later than you, but to think I'd grow weary before you..." "Pitiful, aren't I?" "I thought I could grow strong if I obtained the power of Yoma." "But..." "I see now, your heart as a human had to be even stronger than just what it takes to use the power of Yoma." "N-No..." "So... please..." "Do it quickly..." "While my heart is still human..." "No, Clare!" "She's one of your own, isn't she?" "!" "You can't do this!" "Clare..." "Clare?" "!" "Clare!" "Thank you, Clare." "Now, I can die as a human." "Elena and I joined the Organization at around the same time." "We comforted one another through the worst of it." "Having become half-man, half-monster, we suffered excruciating pain, but even then, we could sleep if we held on to each other." "And having joined the Organization when I was young, to me, she was the one and only friend I had ever had in my life." "Why?" "!" "Why do you fight Yoma when you have to suffer so much?" "!" "Why?" "!" "Because that is our reason for being." "Kokoro... mada anata no kioku no naka de" "Karada... sagashiteru tarinai watashi o" "Kyou mo dokoka de dareka ga nagasu namida" "Tsumetaku warau sadame o ikite-yuku koto" "Nakusenai mono nigiri-shime-nagara" "Watashi wa ima mo koko ni iru no" "Karenai hana wa utsukushikute" "Yuruginai omoi o mune ni saki-tsuzuketa" "Chigireta kumo no danzai no sora" "Tomaranai kanashimi o dakishimeteta" "Evil lurks in the dark of night." "A darkness so deep, it swallows up the night." "Next time, "The Darkness in Paradise""