"Where am I?" "I'm falling from the sky." "Strange." "Why am I not afraid?" "Are you worried about me?" "Where am I?" "but I'm anxious inside." "but I'm anxious inside." "but my heart is cold." "You can't." "But thank you." "Cocoon Dream of Falling from the Sky Old Home" "Here you go!" "my goodness." "oh my!" "Reki Kana Nemu Hikari Kuu" "Young Feathers must NOT enter!" " Reki" "Almost there." "Almost there." "There." "everyone's here already." "It's too far from town." "And Reki's scooter is a single-seater." "Young Feathers must NOT enter!" " Reki" "Isn't this only gonna provoke them?" "COCOON HATCHING AREA!" "KEEP OUT!" "why can't you?" "We want to see!" "I said no." "Yes!" "let us see!" "I knew it." "Hey!" "you'll get a smacking!" "Reki." "think you can take time off work?" "Of course." "This is a great event for us Haibane." "We can't miss it." "too." "starting tomorrow." "where's the star of this great event?" "Wow!" "It's huge!" "This really is something." "You're late." "Didn't get the word in time." "you know." "right?" "I wish I could've seen it grow." "we'll have to make rounds more often." "If Reki wouldn't have accidentally found it... it would've hatched without us knowing." "Come on!" "There's no way the five of us can cover this ridiculously huge building." "it would be hard to miss something this gigantic." "I guess." "The surface is turning charcoal grey." "It may hatch soon." "why don't we at least clean up this room." "is kind of sad." "There's really a person inside there?" "Yes." "Kuu... all the Haibane are born like this." "a huge monster egg!" "A monster!" "What?" "!" "Still here!" "A monster!" "A monster!" "You are absolutely forbidden to come into this room!" "those curious brats!" "She's the one who's been bubbling over this the most." "She's happy." "too." "A new feather!" "too!" "I hope it'll be like getting a little sister." "Kuu." "What?" "!" "got to clean the room." "You're so mean!" "Is this... a dream?" "I can breathe." "I think I'm still in a dream." "I can hear voices." "Let's quit it." "This is clean enough." "There are people outside." "It's all clean now." "I'm so tired." "There." "All right then." "Shall we draw lots to decide turns for the watch?" "Yeah!" "What a drag." "Why don't we just crack it open... with a hammer or something lying around here." "How can you say that?" "!" "We can't do that." "It's a custom." "you won't grow strong." "So now we're baby chicks?" "You can just sleep your turn away." "That defeats the purpose of having a watch!" "it just went "blub"." "Hear that?" "ABSOLUTELY OFF-LIMITS!" "COCOON HATCHING AREA" "Still in the clouds?" "I must be still in that strange dream." "What?" "Where am I?" "It feels rough." "everything felt fluffy in the dream." "Smells like nuts." "Ouch!" "you're awake." "we had to do some quick shopping." "You've been asleep for an entire day." "It was amazing." "I should've stayed here." "But you're the ring bearer." "uh..." " How do you feel?" " Are you hungry?" "Do you want us to go get something from the store?" "We were wondering when you'd wake up." "Hey!" "Stop talking all at once." "You'll confuse her." "OK." "Sorry for all this commotion." "I'm Reki." "but it doubles as a guestroom... so you can use it as you like." "to be more precise." "That's why I'm moving my stuff out." "let me explain everything from the beginning." "Is it OK if I smoke?" "yes." "first tell us about your dream." "My dream?" "didn't you?" "While you were sleeping in the cocoon." "uh... sorry." "Was it a frightening one?" "it's OK." "it was a dream about falling straight down... from somewhere very high up." "just like mine." "What should we do?" "It'll overlap." "Mine was a dream about floating around in the air." "which means "air." "Each Haibane is named after the dream she had in the cocoon." "I had a dream being surrounded by a sparkling light." "meaning "light." "I was drifting in a river like a fish in my dream... which stands for "river fish." "This one here is a hard-core sleepy-head named Nemu... because she was sleeping even in her dream." "Do you want to be smacked?" "What else?" "Did you see anything?" "but I can't remember." "Dropping..." "Falling... asin"falling." "Your name is..." "Rakka." "But my name..." "What?" "My name?" "Nobody knows who you were any longer." "of course." "Hikari." "Feather Rakka." "To be a guide for your future as a Haibane..." "I give you this halo." "A Haibane?" "be careful." "It's still hot." "no!" "it looks good." "it will stick in a few days." "lunch break is over." "no." "This isn't good." "I have to get back." "I guess." "so we can talk." "you can take it from here." "Rakka." "Bye." "See you tomorrow." "finally." "It's hard to explain things smoothly with a lot of people around." "where should we begin?" "where am I?" "And Haibane...?" "Are those real?" "too." "Feeling uncomfortable in your back?" "A little." "I thought I was sore from sleeping funny." "Let me see." "I'll go get some ice." "What?" "Stay here." "I'm just going to get ready for it." "I'm sorry." "The wings seem to be growing faster than I'd assumed." "I was going to explain things before the fever broke out." "Are you in pain?" "but it feels like being pulled." "Like a cramp." "It will sting when the wingtips break the skin... but it'll be gone after one night." "Mirror..." "You'd better not." "It'll hurt more if you see it." "I see." "Are we not human?" "Nobody knows what we are." "we call ourselves the Haibane." "I want to go home." "A Haibane is not allowed to go outside of this town." "even if your family was somewhere in this world... they wouldn't recognize you when they saw you now." "Why not?" "As you cannot remember the world you used to be in... nobody in this world remembers you." "That's the kind of world we are in." "Why me?" "I'm sure I was nothing special." "Just an ordinary girl." "I wonder." "Nobody remembers why." "It's started!" "It hurts!" "It hurts!" "It hurts!" "It hurts!" "Bite on this!" "So you won't bite your tongue!" "My limbs are cold and heavy." "The wings on my back twitch... every time pain shoots through my shoulders and sides." "I feel the wings becoming a part of my body." "I'm afraid that my body is being turned into something else." "Sweat's stinging my eyes." "I can't see anything." "are you there?" "Yes." "What are you doing?" "Cleaning your wings." "You've been doing that for a long time?" "It takes time." "They'll get stained... unless you get them completely free of blood and grease." "Is your hand alright?" "this?" "It's nothing." "Just think about yourself for now." "OK." "My head is hot." "You'll feel better by tomorrow." "OK?" "OK." "Pretty wings." "beautiful charcoal grey." "What is this?" "!" "What's happening?" "don't laugh!" "Are you prone to static electricity?" "I don't know!" "I can't remember." "Something's wrong with this ring!" "What is this?" "Probably." "They are real." "even after I fell asleep?" "aren't they?" "Thank you." "You're welcome." "And welcome to Old Home." "Why do you want to forget?" "Please try to remember" "Wishes of tears that pour on your warm cheeks" "Why do you want each other now?" "Even when you are shaking" "Just want to hold you" "Over and over again" "The ocean of the blue planet The feathers drifting in the waves" "The sorrow that is fading away is a prayer for tomorrow" "Blue Flow"