Gachiakuta (ガチアクタ)

Mama! The birdie!

It's a black birdie!

All shiny with big round eyes...

Cutie-pie!

Amo, that black bird won't ever like you.

Let's leave it be.

Aw, shucks.

You stink, bird!

Amo hates you! Get lost!

Don't drop your ugly feathers on me!

Stupid idiot bird!

Come on.

Let's leave the black bird alone and go.

Where are Mama and Amo going?

To see someone who will love you lots and lots.

Mama?

Isn't that nice, Amo?

That person will love you forever and ever.

You're a very lucky girl, Amo.

Lucky you.

That man...

That man...

That man loves Amo that much?!

Episode 13

An Empty Gaze

Hey, Mister. Where are we going?

I have a perfect home for you.

It'll be just for you and me, where no one else can come between us.

Wowie! Just like a castle!

Stay inside, though. It's not safe out there.

What a pretty house! Mama would love to see it...

Your mama's decided not to be in your life any more.

I'll be your life from now on.

I'll nurture you. You'll grow big and strong.

All those picture books!

So much to eat!

So many clothes!

Hey, Mister.

Do you get these at your job?

That's right.

I'm a trafficker, you see.

I get more things than I'll ever need.

But... But...

All the other traffickers hate me!

I don't know why!

I act totally normal, but they all say I'm creepy!

Why? I'm a Giver! There aren't many traffickers like me!

Oh, there he goes again.

Amo... Amo...

Remember how I told you this room used to be for some kind of ritual?

I think we should do a ritual too.

Our usual ritual!

Hey... Mister.

Amo's heart beats fast when she does that ritual.

It's hard to breathe.

So please...

Amo.

What you're feeling is love.

See?!

The girl in the picture book falls in love with her prince, remember?

That's the same thing!

You've fallen in love with me!

Got it!

This is love, huh?!

You smell so good, Amo.

Not alone...

You're not alone... not alone...

First love. So this feeling is first love!

Who's there?

Excuse us.

Wh-Who are you people?

Who said you could come in here?!

This place is for just me and Amo!

Hey!

You little...

I'll get you...

If you don't get out right now,

you'll leave in bags!

I'll stomp you to death with my vital instrument!

These would suit you better.

The void created by what your heart has lost...

These will fill.

Yes, this would be the closest.

Come here.

Miss.

You may keep those until the time comes.

Take good care of them.

Are you...

An angel?

Hey, Mister! Did you see that?!

Those people... they were angels!

So cool, right?!

They really exist! They're not just in picture books!

Amo...

Oh, yeah. You got hit.

Does it hurt—

Those are my boots!

How dare you take them, you little bitch?!

You think a little pissant like you is worthy to touch them?!

Mister...?

Thief! Filthy thief!

How many times... do I have to teach you...

before you just do what I say?!

Stupid... stupid... stupid...

Huh? Weird...

This doesn't feel like normal...

Normally, it doesn't feel like anything.

It stopped feeling like anything.

This noisy feeling in Amo's heart...

Did the boots make that?

Yeah... that's right.

These boots suit Amo better.

They suit Amo better!

These belong to Amo, then.

No one else can have them!

Hey.

I wanted to ask y—

Rudo!

Where have you been?

She's telling us everything

about the thing you came to ask.

No... How?

How is my vital instrument responding to you?

Not possible... vital instruments are only supposed to be usable by their owner.

Why is mine responding to somebody else?

Maybe... because they didn't belong to you?

Amo doesn't know much about what vital instruments are,

but the angel said these boots suited Amo better.

And Amo's heart feels so full when she holds these boots.

It's like... Amo found a piece she lost.

Like when you put batteries in an old toy and it works for the first time.

That's what it feels like, see?

So... Amo can have these, right?

Listen, dear... it's not nice to take other people's things.