Episode 41
Van, Julia and Collins are having a meeting, and Amshel waltzes in:
VAN: "Oh, my. If you'd given us a call, we could have picked you up. Would you like some [wine] as well, Amshel-sama?"
AMSHEL: "No, thank you. I'd like someone to have a look at Diva soon."
VAN: "Diva?"
COLLINS: "If it's about her medical examination, since I've been attending to her need up till now..."
AMSHEL: "Would that be fine with you, Ms. Julia Silverstein? I'd like you to be Diva's attending physician."
COLLINS: "D-Does this mean that you're relieving me of my responsibilities toward Diva?"
AMSHEL: "Mr. Collins...Was it not your original job to oversee the research and development of the Corpse Corps?"
COLLINS: "Yes, but..."
AMSHEL: "Then do your job. Well then, shall we go?"
[Julia follows Amshel]
Joel talks to General Some Dude:
GENERAL: "Anyway, what do you want with an old man like me?"
JOEL: "Actually, there's something I would like to ask you, General."
GENERAL: "Don't call me General. I retired many years ago. I'm just an old fool now."
JOEL: "I heard that they're setting up special forces soon."
GENERAL: "You have sharp ears. But you'd be better off not knowing that. It's fine to diversify your business, but you should bear in mind that there are places where you shouldn't get involved."
JOEL: "But..."
GENERAL: "I think opera would be more to your taste than such a dubious topic."
JOEL: "Opera? You used to enjoy it a great deal."
GENERAL: "Well, it's nothing more than a social gathering. There has been quite a lot of talk about a singer named Diva who's going to make her debut this fall."
JOEL: "Diva..."
GENERAL: "Anyway, she'll be coming to a military base festival in North Carolina. Don't you think it's a bit presumptuous of her to call herself 'Diva'? Only Maria Callas is worthy of such a name. I thought that I might go there to look around, but unfortunately, I can't find the time. Are you interested?"
JOEL: "Yes, indeed."
rape children ahoy
AMSHEL: "Wonderful!"
JULIA: "Diva's having...children?"
I notice that in the later episodes we get more and more shots like this.
AMSHEL: "Not only are the Chiroptera living beings that have emerged through natural evolution, but Diva now has the ability to reproduce as well."
JULIA: "Indeed, there's an entry in Joel's diary on Diva and Saya's mother. However, within a hierarchical society with the Queen as its pinnacle, why are two Queens born simultaneously? And even moreso, having two offspring with blood mutually poisonous to one another...And..."
AMSHEL: "Why would they create Chevalier out of humans rather than giving birth to offspring?"
JULIA: "That was my..."
AMSHEL: "The Chiroptera Propagation Hypothesis. That was quite an interesting report. But there's no evidence to support your hypothesis. The answer is right in front of our eyes. The answer is the children of the Chiropteran Queen Diva and the Chevalier of the Chiropteran Queen with the antagonistic blood, Saya."
JULIA: "Diva and Riku?"
AMSHEL: "Indeed...Their two daughters. I wondered how the Chiropteran Queens breed. We've tested this idea many times in the past, having Diva mate with humans and even with her Chevalier descendants, but it has never resulted in childbirth. But now, a Chevalier of another Queen has mated with Diva, resulting in a pregnancy. Soon, Diva shall give birth to two Queens, and those two daughters will create their own Chevalier and subsequently give birth to more Queens. Finally, the world will be populated by Chiroptera.
Am I scaring you? No, that can't be. You're merely excited as a researcher to learn about this. Even if I make myself an enemy of humans, I will be able to witness the moment when an unknown living being evolves into the next generation. Even now, I still remember it...the joy when I first set eyes upon the Chiropteran, a completely unknown creature. That was quite a while ago."
JULIA: "A Chevalier..."
AMSHEL; "Quite right."
JULIA: "Didn't you think that I might kill Diva?"
AMSHEL: "Stupid question. You'd never be able to do it. It's because you are like me, a seeker of the truth."