"Briareos." "About this solo mission to infiltrate the Argonauts..." "Are you still insistent?" "I'm not going to decline." "I was specifically chosen for it." "It's too dangerous." "All the more so if this giant Landmate is real." "Lance made the decision." "take it up with him." "This mission is too much for you to handle." "That's why I'm going alone..." "Because I want to fix that and find paradise!" "You didn't used to be like this." "You were never like this when I lived with my mom or when I was forced to learn to use knives and guns day in and day out... like Karl did." "Like my detestable old man?" "!" "Deunan..." "Karl was..." "I don't need a partner like you." "Deunan..." "It'll take two hours for it to take hold." "Rest until then." "These are implanted into some bioroids." "This one will only last for two weeks." "It'll disintegrate on its own after that." "Thanks." "I guess now ES.W.A.T. can keep tabs on whether I'm alive or not." "Another dangerous job?" "A compass?" "On your desk there... yes." "I guess I never mentioned it." "It's a keepsake from my late husband." "Huh?" "I'm sorry..." "It was a long time ago." "Don't worry about it." "your partner was pretty worried about you." "Don't wait until it's too late." "I speak from experience." "How... did he die?" "Huh?" "I've been wondering about it for a while now." "You've always been there to lend an empathetic ear whenever I needed to vent about Briareos or my dad..." "Compasses always point north. compasses always point in the same direction." "What brought that on?" "sorry." "I'm reminded of those words he said long ago and Briareos getting along." "you really should patch things up with him." "I hear the Argonauts have announced a terrorist attack." "How has Poseidon responded? and insists on its independence." "I'm told Poseidon will have to exercise the use of force if armed guerillas are confirmed to be lurking within the Argonauts." "huh..." "This truly is a repeat of twenty years ago. it might just take flight this time..." "The mythical Landmate known as the "Bronze Bird." "the exo-atmospheric Landmate?" "!" "founded by Alcides!" "son of Alcides and inheritor of his will!" "Your skills and your spirit must continue to live forever!" "So this is where the Argonaut is... let me carry some." "I'll do it." "Just let me." "Here." "Thanks." "too." "Thanks..." "Pollux!" "You need to work out more." "Briareos!" "113." "Shifting from Point C to F." "45 to 113." "Shifting from Point C to F." "113?" "You aren't paying' attention." "sorry." "still got her on the mind?" "That's why I'm going alone..." "To find paradise!" "You didn't used to be like this." "American Imperial FBI..." "EU intelligence agents..." "And colleagues from all sorts of other nations..." "It's practically a spy trade show." "Hyllus..." "A cyborg!" "all right." "I'm not just "some girl"!" "Take a good look around you." "Huh?" "Isn't that that big-shot Poseidon doctor?" "huh..." " Yay!" "Yay!" " Yay!" "Yay!" " What's with the luggage?" "hello!" "Briareos!" "Perfect timing!" "Huh?" "Could you babysit for just a day?" "Pretty please?" "!" "No can do." "I'm on duty." "Deia's going back to Poseidon now!" "I can't take care of a baby all by myself!" "You're returning to Poseidon?" "Yes." "My term is up." "I enjoyed my time here." "there!" "now!" "Don't cry!" "don't cry!" "Don't cry!" "No cwying!" "Thanks!" "Let's go." "What's wrong?" "Even kids like them are terrorists?" "Don't get the wrong idea." "We just don't want anyone interfering with our lives here." "you sure know how to make someone feel welcome." "A Colt Government..." "That's quite an old gun you have there." "It's just a good luck charm." "A keepsake from my old man." "A keepsake?" "A guy named Karl Knute used to carry that same model everywhere he went." "You know my dad?" "He was your father? were comrades." "Why would my dad partner with a terrorist?" "Alcides is not a terrorist." "just like in Olympus." "Alcides founded the Argonauts in the hopes of finding a paradise where people can live like people." "Technological development made by man alone..." "That was the challenge that faced us if we hoped to change our future. the Argonauts finally successfully developed their own unique technology." "this technology rapidly advanced and grew grander in magnitude. a large Landmate designed for outer space deployment." "that it surpassed Poseidon's and made the Argonauts' name known throughout the world." "declared independence to safeguard that technology and the people on the Argonaut. and other sordid antagonists." "Karl Knute was brought in as a self-defense instructor." "Alcides. will this voyage you're on lead to a clear future for mankind?" "I don't know." "But I believe this is my destiny." "as Alcides the hero." "Karl." "Will you join me?" "I must return to my homeland." "What are you going to do back home?" "I hear the situation there has turned ugly..." "I want to keep my family safe." "Family?" "I have a kid on the way." "I want to teach her how to live so she can survive anywhere she goes." "Karl left." "So she can survive anywhere she goes... like Karl did." "Alcides had a child on the way at the same time too." "And that's Hyllus?" "he's just a bioroid created from Alcides' genes." "Huh? Alcides died protecting the woman carrying his child." "And thus ended the Argonaut's voyage. leaving the ship to rust in a sea of salt." "But Alcides' will and technological skill still remain here." "So the Landmate does still exist?" "Is that what you're after?" "Then there's no harm in showing you." "Huh?" "There is no paradise where people can live like people." "Here it is." "This is the Stymphalean?" "It's just a bunch of junk." "I was completely taken in by a toy that doesn't even work." "It's not junk." "It's hope." "Alcides himself said that things aren't important to preserve." "Skills are." "The technological prowess to build Stymphaleans is in our hands!" "Hyllus." "You will bring calamity upon the Argonauts." "I've dedicated myself to protecting this place;" "I even made myself into a cyborg to live longer." "son of Alcides and inheritor of his will!" "I don't know if you're from Poseidon or Olympus." "But I wouldn't be surprised if Hyllus was created by your people." "So you insist on declaring independence and forcing bombardments again?" "! if it'll spread the Argonauts' name around the world once more." "You'll never be a hero..." "you can't protect those you love!" "Vengeance belongeth unto me." "Who's there?" "!" "Alcides?" "!" "Hyll..." "Elman!" "You've left yourself wide open." "Vengeance belongeth unto me." "I will recompense." "what is it to be a god?" "The bombardment Poseidon was planning has been called off." "I'm told Poseidon recon has confirmed the ringleader's death." "huh?" "What about Deunan?" "Lance?" "we've asked Poseidon's recon team to search for Deunan." "Her vital signals have vanished." " What's going on?" " An accident?" "Is that?" "No way!"