Rublev... your leg! Th-the blood is turning black...
Unyielding Child
Ugh, I could've outran her if I didn't have to save you!
Waifish Child
Sorry...
Unyielding Child
Whatever! Just be quiet.
Unyielding Child
Don't let her find us.
W
......
W
Head down that street, turn left, and you'll come to a ruined plaza.
W
On the west side, that big white building, that's the hospital.
W
The abandoned hospital.
Waifish Child
...I think... she knows we're here...
Unyielding Child
Because you don't listen to me——fine.
Unyielding Child
Hey, devil.
Unyielding Child
Why did you tell us that?
W
Felt like it.
W
How do you two know each other?
Waifish Child
......
Unyielding Child
I found him while I was out looking for food.
Waifish Child
Rublev saved me...
W
And that's why you do what he says?
Waifish Child
......
W
No skin off my back. Whatever you want. But now it's time for you to help out your savior here.
Unyielding Child
What are you gonna make him do?
Waifish Child
Rublev...
W
Nothing. I told you, there's a hospital right over there.
W
I mean, Reunion isn't dumb, so they wouldn't waste perfectly good medical supplies... So if you wanna save your little pal Rublev, you're gonna have to steal.
W
It's a bunch of Infected thugs over there. Thugs who murdered your family and friends.
W
And that's the only place they'll have the drugs that can stop the onset of Oripathy.
W
So go steal, rob, loot, it's all good.
W
Just don't expect anybody to help you.
Unyielding Child
No! Don't listen to her!
Waifish Child
B-But...
W
No?
W
He knows your name, Rublev. Do you know his?
Unyielding Child
What does that have to do with anything?!
Unyielding Child
Don't go! You can't do it! There's too many——
Waifish Child
I——
Waifish Child
I... I want to try...
Waifish Child
Rublev isn't the only one who got hurt in the Catastrophe...
Waifish Child
There's so much pain... I...
Unyielding Child
Why aren't you listening to me?!
Waifish Child
I...
W
He doesn't have to listen to you.
W
It's good that you wanna save those people.
W
Just keep that hospital in mind. They keep the supplies down in an underground storeroom.
W
You could get in through the vents in the parking garage, or through the sewers, as long as there's not too much toxic waste down there.
W
You could die there though.
Waifish Child
......
Unyielding Child
C'mon, your legs are shaking! You can't do it! We were dumb to even listen to a devil in the first place!
Unyielding Child
Let's get out of here!
Waifish Child
I...
Waifish Child
Eeep——
Unyielding Child
Wh-What was that?
W
Some things went down in Lungmen... wiped some stuff out here too.
W
Why wouldn't folks have their eye on a perfectly good battlefield hospital here in Chernobog?
W
Why do you think... a devil like me would know that hospital so well?
Unyielding Child
Because you——Umm, ah——
Waifish Child
I... I...
W
That must hurt like a bastard. I'm starting to think he's probably beyond help at this point.
W
If you don't act soon..
W
You might just die right here.
Waifish Child
Ah...
Unyielding Child
You, ugh, what are you doing? Stay away from me!
W
To go?
W
Or not to go?
W
Oh... but what if it's already too late, even if you did go? There's a riot going on, it might be too hard to sneak in and grab the goods——
Waifish Child
I-I'm going.
W
——Yeah... you're dead.
Unyielding Child
Why are you still listening to her? I'm the one who saved you!
Waifish Child
But I... want to try...
Unyielding Child
There's no way you can do it! We'll go to a drugstore, we'll find some food, that'll be enough!!
Waifish Child
——
Waifish Child
I'm sorry!
Unyielding Child
Hey... wait!
W
If you knew his name, maybe you could call out and stop him? Kinda sad.
Unyielding Child
You... you tricked him! You devil!
W
Tricked?
W
I haven't told a single lie.
W
But hey, whether or not you believe me, that's your call.
W
Whether or not you believe him, that's your call too.
Unyielding Child
...I, I'm gonna go find him, nnggh...
W
Why?
Unyielding Child
H-He can't do anything without me...
W
You're scared he's gonna run away.
W
You're thinking... why did he leave you alone with me? With a devil?
Unyielding Child
Am not!
Unyielding Child
Suka! A monster like you——
W
Shut up.
W
Wait here for him. Don't move.
W
Or I'll kill you.
Unyielding Child
Nnng——
W
Who do you think I am?
W
I'm a killer.
W
I'm the killer who destroyed this city, hurt your parents and friends.
W
Ah... haha. That's right.
W
I forgot you had that blade. Look, it's got a Sarkaz charm on the hilt, and it's still bloody.
W
Whose blood do you think it is?
Unyielding Child
*Whimper*... I, I don't know... you made him...
W
Go ahead and cry. Kids can cry.
W
It's all up to you... whether you live or die.
Unyielding Child
He can't do it...
W
You sure?
Unyielding Child
If I hadn't dug him out of those ruins, he'd already be dead...
Unyielding Child
He needs me.
W
......
W
Nope... nobody needs anyone.
W
Nobody does.
Unyielding Child
......
W
This ruined city got quiet again.
W
There's a lot less resistance, after that slaughter. That's a good thing. Less effort. Less death.
W
But it's quiet over at the hospital too. Nothing moving over there, as far as I can tell.
Unyielding Child
......
Unyielding Child
He... he didn't...
W
Huh?
Unyielding Child
Maybe... he didn't actually go...
Unyielding Child
It's been... Nng... so long...
W
He ran away.
Unyielding Child
......
W
But you saved him. Wouldn't he want to save you too?
Unyielding Child
...I...
W
Or maybe you're strong enough to save him, but he couldn't save you?
Unyielding Child
He... He can't do anything right!
Unyielding Child
Like when we went looking for food! He couldn't even tell there was someone else in the store!
Unyielding Child
It's all his fault my leg got——!
W
......
Unyielding Child
......
W
Where are you going?
Unyielding Child
I... I'm going home alone...
W
I already told you, you leave and you die.
Unyielding Child
But he already ran off!
W
Hah.
W
I can see it in your eyes. You hate him.
Unyielding Child
N-No I don't!
Unyielding Child
But if... if he did go... it's been so long... he must be...
W
——Shut up.
W
You won't know anything until he comes back.
W
You can sit here thinking he's coming back, or that he's not.
W
But if you're thinking that he's not, if you're doubting him, hating him, that's on you.
W
But you went right to thinking he blew it and ran off. Why?
W
Because you saved him? Because you're the strong one?
Unyielding Child
...*whimper*.
Unyielding Child
Waaahhh——
W
You're still strong enough to cry.
W
Settle down. Give it a minute and you'll be in too much pain to cry.
W
You're young, you're not Sarkaz. So if can't take it anymore, you can tell me.
W
I'll end it for you.
W
......
Unyielding Child
Wah... aahhh... waahh...
W
You're losing consciousness.
W
Ah well... guess he won't make it in time.
Unyielding Child
No... I can still...
Unyielding Child
I'll wait... for him...
W
......
W
You've got faith in him again. That's because you're scared to die.
W
Kids are a good judge of character. You won't get this kind of stuff out of me.
Unyielding Child
....Hnng...
W
But he's definitely taking way too long.
W
Got maybe ten minutes.
W
Don't worry. If it comes down to it, I'm not gonna let a kid die in pain.
Unyielding Child
......
W
...can't even whimper anymore, huh?
W
What are you thinking?
W
Do you hate me? Or him?
W
Or maybe you hate yourself for sticking your nose where it didn't belong, saving that kid, and getting yourself hurt?
Unyielding Child
...I don't...
W
You sure?
W
So you can still talk. Guess I misjudged you.
Unyielding Child
......
W
Look, Rublev.
W
What do you think it is that decides what a person's gonna do?
W
Is it a nature or nurture thing? Where they're born, how they're born? What kind of baggage they're weighed down with?
W
Nah, none of that matters.
W
It's the whole, complete, sum total of the influences on his life, all those changing thoughts and beliefs.
W
And just how strong he believes in those beliefs.
W
You saved that kid, but you didn't really trust him completely. You looked down on him, because you saw yourself as his messiah.
W
But him? He's easy. You saved him, he wants to save you.
W
When it comes to this stuff, he's stronger than you are.
W
Keep the blade. It's a Sarkaz blade, so I'm allowed to stand in for its owner and give it to you.
W
Wave it around, learn to swing it, sell it for cash. Whatever. It's yours.
W
That's the deal.
Unyielding Child
What... are you talking about...?
Waifish Child
R-Rublev! Are you okay?!
Waifish Child
Look!
Waifish Child
I did it! I stole an entire box of medical supplies! Painkillers! Bandages!
Waifish Child
Rublev...
Unyielding Child
Keep it... down. I'm not dead yet...
Waifish Child
O-Okay. Let me bandage your wound...!
Waifish Child
How do you use the bandage...? Is- is this the Oripathy medicine? I-I'll open it...
Unyielding Child
Aren't... your parents doctors?
Waifish Child
Oh... they never taught me anything. But I'll try...
Unyielding Child
...You got hurt?
Waifish Child
I'm fine. Just a scratch... Somebody hit me with a piece of metal...
Unyielding Child
Idiot...!
Waifish Child
...Hehe...
Unyielding Child
Where's... the Sarkaz?
Waifish Child
Oh... I didn't see her when I came back... Did she stay with you?
