01 | accidental video | audio - translated from japanese
[The camera flips on, for several long moments there is nothing but blackness and the sounds of the city, as Aoshi holds the camera against his gloved palm. Eventually he does try turning it, there is a relatively clear picture of a street, buildings, pedestrians. It turns again, and you can see Aoshi.]
“Hn.”
[There is a close up of his face for a few seconds; as if he’s inspecting it closely then he pulls away. He clearly doesn't know what he's doing.]
“If…”
[The view switches back to blackness, then to the street again and back to Aoshi one final time before the video switches off.]
"What is this place?"
[It's a rhetorical question. Aoshi doesn't believe the communicators can actually do what he's been told they can do, so he's talking to himself not the network.]
“Hn.”
[There is a close up of his face for a few seconds; as if he’s inspecting it closely then he pulls away. He clearly doesn't know what he's doing.]
“If…”
[The view switches back to blackness, then to the street again and back to Aoshi one final time before the video switches off.]
"What is this place?"
[It's a rhetorical question. Aoshi doesn't believe the communicators can actually do what he's been told they can do, so he's talking to himself not the network.]