Translated 2/2001 by Ian Finnesey andy_christ@yahoo.com see volume 1 for translation notes Blame vol 3 P 5 Log.12 The Ruling Brain (?) P 6 - What do you think that is? - I don't know, but it isn't part of the City, Killy. - There's something moving near the center. P 7 - Since we got to this tier my 2nd retina has been acting weird. - The movement is a crowd of builders. - The construction machines milling around that tower are building from an odd material. I've never seen it before. - People? - It's too far. I can't see that far. P 8 - Over there. I'm getting organic signals. Too many to count. - Sort of human, but not moving. - There! P 11 - There WERE humans on this tier. - These people have a very strange genotype. P 12 - Our ancestors and theirs must have diverged quite a while ago. - Could they have the Net Terminal Gene? - There's some mutation... - But they're infected as well. - Their language is roughly the same as ours. - Our language will probably suffice. P 15 - What is that doing here? - Is it alive? - You're with the controller? - What happened here? - We failed to defend this settlement. P 16 - You were attacked by the Safeguard? - Run...it is yet near. P 18 - The Safeguard! P 22 - That noise...the same as Killy's gun... P 38 - He's alive. - Wait! He's Controller. He saved me, too. P 40 - Is it just the right arm that's immobile? - What's this? - It injects minute particles. - Death is usually instant. P 41 - The Safeguard has Graviton Radiation Projectors? - Is there anyplace on this tier where people live? - We haven't discovered everything. - But some settlements should still remain. P 42 - There is a cylindrical structure farther into this tier which functions independently from the city. - You should be able to see it from here. - I think we were just on our way there. - It is a relic from when humans could contact the Net Sphere normally. - Inside, it is possible for people to live. It is very old, but it still functions. - Inside... - There are people? P 43 - Yes. - But it is unclear if any of them carry the Net Terminal Gene. - Unclear? You don't have any way to check? - If they possess a properly functioning Net Terminal Gene, we should be able to access the Net Sphere from there. - You haven't ever entered that structure? - Without orders from a human possessing the Net Terminal Gene, we of the Controller may not enter. - A bit of a paradox. P 44 - Regardless, it is possible for you to search. P 45 Log.13 Fishermen P 47 - According to the Controller, it is supposed to be around here. - I guess the village was abandoned, Killy. - Which way should we go, Cibo? P 49 - It wasn't just your left arm that suffered nerve damage, was it? - Wait, I smell people in here. P 50 - In there. - Kahah- P 52 - Bu...bu.... P 53 - What are you doing? P 54 - That man is sick. - Don't touch him. - We aren't doing anything. It's alright. - Heee..... - Ahheeee..... - Ka..- P 55 - Is he dead? - Don't worry. It isn't your fault. - I'm Sanakan. What are your names? P 56 - Were any people able to escape the Safeguard? - I don't know, but many were killed. - So you two have been here ever since? - There is someplace with many people, but it's too dangerous to go outside from here. - Do you know where it is? P 58 - What's wrong, Cibo? - My sensors aren't working. Something's interfering with them. - It must be that the walls are so thick here... - They're probably blocking them. P 59 - Killy! P 61 - Safeguard... - Sanakan!? P 67 - Reinforcements!? - Sanakan! Run! P 71 - Father! - Hah! P 73 - Are you people alright? - Father, help me out. We may be too late. - You can't just go running out like that. - I had to run to keep up. I think I hurt my back. - Damn...this one's unconscious! P 74 - Jeez, he looks to be in pretty bad shape. - Father, if we don't hurry, he may not make it. - Where were you people going? I don't know, but for now, how about you come to our settlement? - We'll help you as we can. - Ah....yes please. Thank you. P 75 - Oh, so you were actually on the way to our settlement? - This child knows the way, but without you... P 76 - You can see it now. There. P 77 - That's your settlement? P 78 Log.14 Planters P 79 - Cibo, the conversation's died down. - Anyhow, we have to pass through this tube quickly. - The Safeguard could wipe us out easily here. P 81 - From here we take a rail car. - Hey, stay back from there! - It's dangerous. Stay back from the inside of the line. - What's your name? - Sanakan. P 83 - Try and all get on at once. We don't know when the door will close. P 84 - Well, while we're riding this, we're safe. For now. - Good. They haven't come after you after all. - Thank you. It looks like Killy's okay. - What is it? - This gun blew a hole in the exterminator's shell. Do you all have these? - Impressive, huh? But there aren't many left that we can still use. P 85 - They're heirlooms then? - No, no. It's alright. - That's right. So long as you people are okay. - So something horrible happened over there. - I'd never seen so many Safeguards. - Damn. - They've been quiet in this area for a while. - Still, that's no reason to run every time we see them. P 87 - A builder. - There's lots of them here. - But they don't have any reason to bother humans. P 90 - It looks like the inner structure is of a different material. - Toha Heavy Industries? - Yes, that's what we call it. - How did you know that, Cibo? P 91 - It's written there. - What, those designs? - Those are words. - I knew it!! - They're words! - Wow! Can they read them? - She's a scholar! P 94 - Before us, people called Planters lived inside Toha Heavy Industries. - We've been coming back here for who knows how many generations. - We've been unable to return to the inside, but... - We've continued to live clinging densely to the outside. - Planters? What did they plant? - No one remembers what they did. P 95 - Why don't you use stairs? - There aren't many good places for stairs. P 96 - Hey anyone! Come lend us a hand! - Father's returned! P 97 - Sutezo, what happened to these people? - The Safeguard has emerged! - Is this man dead? - No, not quite. - Quite a big girl. - It must have been rough. Are you okay? P 98 - Sute! P 99 - Zuru! Could you have a look at this guy? - It's from the Safeguard. It's nothing. P 100 - Just leave the rest to Zuru. - Could you come here for a moment, Cibo? P 101 - Can I ask you something? - Is there anyone among you who has the Net Terminal Gene? - There's no reason to be. - That's something from long, long ago. - Maybe so. P 104 - This is.... - We think it's probably an entrance to Toha Heavy Industries. - We don't know how to open it. - No one's touched it for decades. P 105 - Those are words right? What do they say? - In case of emergency, this shaft can be opened by hand. - Hit the plate in the center hard and break it, then pull the handle inside. P 106 - That must be it. - Hmm.... P 109 Log.15 Awakening P 111 - Type 2 layered composite plastic. - My skinsuit's material? P 112 - It seems you've come to. P 113 - Is there still something wrong? - There are no traces of infection on your iris. - You don't carry the Net Terminal Gene. - What? - What's the matter with you? P 114 - I've begun to understand what the indicia mean. P 115 - It's opened. P 117 - What? - Cibo, be careful. - Quiet, father. P 118 - Sanakan! - It seems the angle of gravity changes in that passage. P 119 - What are you doing, Father, hurry up! - Wa...waitasec, Sutezo. - Odd, it doesn't seem much different from the outside. - What's this...there's nothing here! P 125 - If I were to guess from outside the Toha Heavy Industries cylinder... - I'd never know there was this kind of space inside. P 126 - Even though you've finally healed - You had still best be getting back soon. - Zuru! Sutezo's back! They've entered inside Toha Heavy Industries! P 127 - Father, this doesn't smell like oil at all. - No kidding. And there's lots more inside. P 128 - Killy - Was anyone inside? - Whoa, are you alright to be walking around? - You can move already? - We don't know if anyone is inside yet. - It's really big in there. P 129 - We'll investigate with more people tomorrow. - If you rest a bit more, it's alright for you to come along. P 130 - Well, anyhow...good. - We've found a great place. We should move there soon. P 131 - Inside Toha Heavy Industries we'll be beyond the reach of the Safeguard. - It's all because of you guys. - Thank you. P 132 - Back!! - Killy, what!? - Get away from her!!! P 134 - I/We/Safeguard will remove - You, squatters, without the Net Terminal Gene. P 138 - It's her! P 139 - Killy, you can't use that gun here! - If you hit Toha Heavy Industries, it will be BAD! P 141 Log.16 Assault P 142 - Zuru, get down! P 145 - Haaaahh....!! P 146 - Safeguard! P 163 - Killy P 164 - Yes!! - We don't know yet. Shoot the rest of your bolts in the head! P 167 - Sute!! P 168 - Killy P 169 - Your functions have been restored? P 171 - Killy, help carry the wounded! P 173 Log.17 Basic Language P 174 - Father! We've got to move somewhere safer! Zuru, what are you doing!? Hurry! P 175 - The builder! P 176 - Hey, you! P 177 - It's just come to put out the fires and make repairs. P 178 - You can talk with the builders? - I never heard of anyone who could do that. P 180 - Zuru. P 181 - Sutezo's...what do you intend to...? P 182 - Apart from the exterminators...I've never seen a higher level Safeguard like that. - They'll definitely attack this place again. P 183 - That surprise attack killed nearly all the Fishermen. - Father, we can't prevent it happening again. - I suppose. - All of you pass the word along. As soon as preparations are made, we take shelter inside Toha Heavy Industries. P 185 - Zuru. - I know. - I'll be finished soon. - You drew this from the bodies to make these? - The technique is drawn from stories. - But now this is as much as we can do. P 186 - As far as we know, if we do this, life might be restored. - Anyhow, we consider it to be important. P 188 - How is it over there? - No good. Still too hot inside. - Okay, but can we get to the entrance? - No way. Father, the structure's collapsed too tightly. There's nothing we can do. P 190 - Was that the only entrance to Toha Heavy Industries? - We know of others, but the nearest is kilometers away. - We've got wounded and baggage. It's just not possible to move them. - Killy...what's the story on that builder over there? - It's just started repairs. 2160 hours are required for completion. - With that level of builder, there's nothing to be done. P 191 - Killy, teach me to talk with the builders. I'll come back with that big one. - Cibo, you can't really mean to go there. - If I use the railway it won't be long. P 193 - Cibo, what's wrong, you're bleeding! - I can read the builder's signals. P 194 - Alright. I'll be back - Wait! This guy's going with you, Cibo! - You want to carry the builder? The biggest rail car is over that way. Hurry! P 197 - What does that guy meant to do with such a small weapon? - Especially against the Safeguard? P 200 - Wh... - What!? P 201 - What is this tremor!? P 202 - Safeguard!!? P 203 Log.18 Annihilation P 207 - Graviton Projector.... - RUN!!! P 214 - The builder!? - Over there, it's Cibo! - Wait, it's Cibo movingthe builder! She'll clear the entrance to Toha Heavy Industries. P 219 - Are you alright, Cibo? You look a little strange. - It's okay. - I'm linked to Killy's brain...my head.... P 220 - Everyone get inside Toha Heavy Industries, now!! - We were mistaken to repair you. - You've evaded registration with the Safeguard. - Registration? What the hell? - We shall cancel you here. P 221 - No good! Out of bolts! - The entrance still isn't clear yet? - I can see the outer wall! - Almost there, Cibo! - Cibo! - The builder's stopped!