"And I walked to where the shadows led me." "I've gone through endless meetings and farewells." "Just where am I going? Yet we go on to understand what life means to us." "So day by day Now say it again. 500)}Just you and me." "561)}2 years ago" " Siberia" "561)}2 years later" " Vladivostok" "690)}The Black Cat Doesn't Dream of Stars 690)}Episode 1" "Ah!" "A meteor!" "What?" "Where?" "Where?" "Papa!" "Is it true that your wish will be granted if you say it three times before the meteor disappears?" "That's a charm they use in Japan." "Your mama told me about it a long time ago." "There are other charms that make you pretty or grow taller too." "Really?" "!" "What are you wishing for?" "It's a secret!" "someone has died?" "Who knows?" "it was just a fairytale when the night sky was still real." "Ah!" "Another one!" "What?" "Really?" "Papa!" "So it has begun..." "Shion!" "Shion..." "Shion!" "Suou..." "That was two years ago." "Shion became a contractor." "Secondhand smoke from cigarettes is more toxic than smoke that is inhaled." "dimethylnitrosamine." "secondhand smoke has 680 to 823 nanograms." "Secondhand smoke has 11 times the amount of quinoline compared to inhaled smoke." "000 nanograms." "Trying to talk a Russian out of smoking is pointless." "it would be best to quit smoking." "that'll never happen unless I become one of those rumored contractors." "Thanks." "have you heard about this?" "it signifies a contractor's death." "No." "Do they really exist though?" "Would you like to meet one?" "Not a chance!" "aren't they?" "I've had enough of hell." "What the heck?" "Welcome." "One 1968 Glen Deveron." "Straight." "A what?" "A 33-year-old sherry cask." "I heard that some dead stock was found at the back of this store." "sir?" "Thanks." "Thank you." "I presume?" "the man called the "Magician"?" "Some information was leaked from the Russian authorities." "There'll be a house search by the FSB in two days." "Okay." "I'll give up on the data that I haven't gotten yet." "Where's July?" "He's already here." "Okay." "All right!" "I like you!" "right?" "I've always been watching you." "Always been curious about you." "Oh!" "It's Nika! but I'll treasure you!" "I want to treasure you!" "um..." "I-I want you to go out with me!" "He's confessing!" "Ah!" "What should I do?" "What am I going to do?" "What can I do?" "Are you sure?" "Tanya..." "Are you okay with me?" "Y-Yeah!" "Really?" "You're really okay with me?" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Can I walk you home today?" "Yeah!" "See you later!" "Suou?" "Are you okay?" "What were you doing here?" "D-Did you see?" "Of course!" "All of it!" "Ah!" "It wasn't on purpose though!" "It was just a coincidence!" "An accident!" "Isn't that a camera?" "No!" "Hold on!" "Hold on!" "Hold on!" "Tanya!" "See?" "How cute..." "Suou?" "Nika is your..." "Me?" "Yeah right!" "I'm just in the photography club with him!" "Who'd like that violent chump?" "That's not what I meant!" "Ah..." "Don't worry about him." "but he still acts like a kid." "His sense is a bit off too." "But he's actually pretty nice towards little girls." "He's a good guy." "I guarantee it." "Suou." "Tanya." "stop that!" "Suou!" "Tanya!" "What are you guys doing?" "You're on clean up duty today!" "right!" "We'll be right there!" "There are times when your world can change in a single night." "I still don't understand what love is." "But I do know that Tanya understands what it is now." "We've never seen the true starry sky." "gates appeared in Tokyo and Brazil. and the one in Brazil was called Heaven's Gate." "Unknown substances and unexplainable phenomena manifest themselves near the gates." "And no one could go near them." "What are you doing?" "People are looking at you." "There's nothing I can do about it!" "This lens isn't a macro one!" "That's not what I meant." "Your panties are all out in the open." "so it's not embarrassing!" "It is!" "The world had changed greatly." "There was also a huge war. but change is coming." "Hey!" "Suou." "What's going on?" "Bella!" "A stray cat was after Petya!" "Really?" "We've gotta be careful then." "Sorry." "so he can't come home from the lab." "okay?" "Okay." "Bella!" "someone confessed to Tanya!" "Really?" "Who?" "It was Nika!" "I was so surprised!" "What?" "No way!" "Isn't he your boyfriend?" "No!" "That's not true at all!" "I just thought he was." "He's not!" "So is there someone you like then?" "I told you there isn't!" "The true starry sky disappeared with the appearance of the gates." "What we see now is a fake sky." "And there's one thing I do know..." "The stars in the sky are the very lives of contractors." "It's me!" "I'm coming in." "Go ahead." "Suou." "Shion." "huh?" "That's one emotion that's difficult to understand. yet people rely on it." "That's not true!" "It's a wonderful feeling!" "Wh-What?" "Nothing." "I was just thinking it's wonderful that you have dreams like that." "Are you trying to make fun of me?" "Dreams are something you should awaken from." "Just like papa and mama." "Look!" "It's mama's photo album!" "She's doing well." "Shion." "Let's go see mama in Japan one day." "Why?" "Why?" "Mama is a human who is unnecessary to me right now." "Papa!" "I told you not to stay in that room for too long!" "papa!" "Shion's my little brother!" "He's my twin brother!" "It doesn't matter to Shion whether you're his sister or family." "You'll be hurt if you don't try to understand that." "Why?" "Why?" "!" "He's family!" "You still buy those?" "Mama is..." "Mama is waiting for us!" "So...!" "Suou!" "Stop dreaming." "Time only moves forward." "You can't go back." "Suou!" "Contractors do not have a heart." "Petya." "What do you think?" "Hey!" "Petya!" "There are times when your world can change in a single night." "Without a single warning." "Tanya?" "It's pretty unusual for you to be late." "It's nothing." "Tanya!" "What's wrong?" "Tanya's acting strange!" "Tanya..." "Tanya!" "Wait!" "Let go." "what's wrong?" "You didn't meet up with me this morning." "Why?" "Did I do something wrong?" "I realized it was pointless." "Pointless?" "I don't even want to have your children yet." "Doing this is pointless." "That's not why I confessed to you!" "Tell me why then." "Stop joking around!" "What's really wrong with you?" "If you won't let go..." "Lancelnopt synchrotron radiation..." "Tanya!" "A-A contractor..." "Teacher!" "Tanya!" "There are no signs which identify the transformation into a contractor." "It's sudden." "Personality and behavioral patterns change greatly and cause a disturbance. and erase all pertinent memories from those who witnessed them using the ME that papa is researching." "Tanya..." "No!" "Papa." "Shion!" "Why are you here? right?" "papa." "You..." "I've finished paying my remuneration." "Suou..." "Shion?" "Come to my room." "Bella?" "Don't move!" "All projects in this laboratory will be henceforth frozen." "Don't touch anything." "Change." "You won't stand out with my clothes." "That's a charm." "Make sure you always keep that close to you." "Shion?" "we'll be sure to meet again one day." "Exit by the lab." "Bella knows an escape path." "Bella does?" "Shion?" "What's going on?" "They're not after me?" "No questions." "Suou." "They're doing a search!" "I'm escaping." "Roger." "Recover it as we had planned." "Prioritize the data on Shion and the professor." "Understood." "Primary target lost!" "He's escaped." "July!" "Do you know where he is?" "I don't." "There isn't any glass in the room." "Okay." "What about the professor's room?" "Someone's there." "Shion?" "Or the FSB?" "No." "Adult." "Asian." "Wearing a mask." "A mask?" "April!" "We've been tapped." "We're going into radio silence from now on." "Proceed with plan C." "Who are you?" "Why...?" "I'll be the one asking questions." "Where's the meteor core?" "Shion?" "Where's Shion?" "He's not here anymore." "Then I have no further business with you." "Professor!" "Damn!" "He's dead." "There aren't any wounds." "No vomit or any other traces." "It can't be..." "I'm April from MI6." "I'm sure you've heard." "what happened?" "Why is the professor dead?" "Bella..." "Suou?" "Where's Shion?" "Where is he?" "I don't know." "Come on!" "Hold it right there." "Come with me." "Come obediently and I'll even share these with you." "Stop." "I don't want to eat so many of these for my remuneration." "It's futile!" "I'm gonna have muscle pain in the morning again." "So you're a contractor." "What a pain." "I feel bad for it." "You..." "BK... 2... 0... 1..." "A star falls in the false sky." "a life vanishes. and burns everything. and the girl wanders through the freezing city. and it only rusts into darkness." "And..." "Another star falls."