Itaru
In a certain town within a country. In an era when the invention of the steam engine transformed lives, lived alchemist Luke.
A place where laws to ban homunculi (manufactured androids) existed.
Tsuzuru
It's finally complete. Your name will be S!
Citron
Good morning, Sir. I am ready to comply with your orders.
Tsuzuru
I don't need to order you around. You are my friend.
Citron
I'm sorry. I cannot move unless you order me to.
Tsuzuru
Then I shall order you, to be my friend
Citron
Fr-iend?
Tsuzuru
Yeah
Citron
Understood
Tsuzuru
This is hard. Ah right, how about we shake hands? It's how people greet each other.
Tsuzuru
S, are you left-handed?
Tsuzuru
Ahh this is hard to explain.
Tsuzuru
S, a handshake is when we put our two hands together.
Citron
Two hands together. Understood.
Tsuzuru
No, no. It's your hand and my hand together.
Tsuzuru
This is a handshake.
Citron
Ha-ndshake.
Tsuzuru
Yeah, it's how you greet friends.
Citron
Master and I. Friends. Handshake.
Citron
I knew it! Manzai with Tsuzuru is the best!
Tsuzuru
No this is actually part of the play.
Can't believe I’m using my inner voice to retort...
Citron
Yeahhh
Tsuzuru
But, thank you very much. You really helped me out this time.
Citron
I didn't do anything though.
I was just messing around with you like always.
Sakuya
Hello Sir! Eh? You got a new apprentice?
Tsuzuru
Hey Colt. This is S, he's my friend.
Sakuya
I'm Colt, Sir's apprentice! Nice to meet you, S!
Citron
I am Sir's friend, S. It is a pleasure to meet you.
Sakuya
Ow ow ow! My hand's gonna break!!
Citron
A handshake.
Tsuzuru
You're using too much strength, S.
Sakuya
Sir, could it be S is–
Tsuzuru
Yeah. But, he's my friend.
Citron
Yes, S is Sir's friend.
Sakuya
Oh I see. As expected of Sir!
Itaru
Luke taught S all sorts of things
and S grasped them quickly.
Luke looked like he had a lot of fun, S too had fun… though it's hard to tell.
But there's no way things can continue as it is, idiot apprentice.
Tsuzuru
Master.
Citron
Master?
Tsuzuru
S, this is my alchemy teacher, Boyd-san.
Citron
I am Sir's friend, S. It is a pleasure to meet you.
Itaru
Homunculi are prohibited by the law.
Discard that android immediately.
Tsuzuru
S is a friend.
Please don't say things like that.
Itaru
That thing will never be able to understand human emotions.
Tsuzuru
He can! I will teach him.
I'll give him a heart.
Itaru
My, my. I should have taught you how to make friends instead of teaching you alchemy.
Itaru
Isn't it a bit too much to make me play both the narrator and Boyd?
Tsuzuru
It's a role that only you can pull off, Itaru-san.
Itaru
That's what you always say.
Tsuzuru
But isn't this more interesting than games? Acting.
Itaru
Who knows. But your script sure is interesting.
Citron
Sir, do I not have a "heart"?
Tsuzuru
That's not true.
Citron
But Sir's master said so.
Tsuzuru
I am your master.
Citron
What is a "heart"?
Tsuzuru
Why are you asking such silly questions.
Citron
Sir, please order me to have a "heart".
Tsuzuru
I can't just order you to have a heart.
Citron
But if I don't have a "heart", I will be disposed of.
Tsuzuru
I won't let such a thing happen!
Leaving that aside, don't leave the house for a while S.
Citron
Is that an order?
Tsuzuru
Order? Yeah, that's right, I order you to.
Citron
Understood.
Itaru
Luke and S hid from the public eye, but little did they know the country’s commanding officer, Alf, had already heard news of S's existence long before.
Masumi
In our country, machines which use artificial intelligence are against the law.
Tsuzuru
S is not a machine. He is a genuine person.
Masumi
Machines are incompatible with humans, or else calamity will ensue.
The law exists to prevent that.
Find the homunculus at once.
Destroy it when you do.
Masumi
What's that door for?
Tsuzuru
Please stop!
Sakuya
Sir, let's escape!
Masumi
Steam from a bomb huh. That's because he's an alchemist.
After them! Don't let them get away!
Tsuzuru
S, the guards are here to get you. Run away.
Citron
Run away? If I run away, Sir will become a fugitive.
Tsuzuru
If you don't run, they'll destroy you.
Citron
Is it because I do not have a "heart"? Since I am an android.
Masumi
Surrender yourselves. To think of mechanical androids as our equals is impertinent.
Tsuzuru
Impertinent?
Sakuya
You're wrong! Sir has become more cheerful ever since having S as a friend!
Masumi
More like a make-believe friend. Well, this is the end to your fake friendship.
Citron
Sir
Tsuzuru
S!
Tsuzuru
S, fight on. Run away from here.
Citron
I don't want to cause trouble for you, Sir.
Tsuzuru
That is an order. You and I are friends.
Our friendship is not the least bit fake is it?
Citron
Un-derstood.
Tsuzuru
S!
Tsuzuru
Citron-san, since when…!
Sakuya
We got special training from Banri-kun and Sakyo-san.
Masumi
We’ve gotten a little better than before.
Citron
Learning from the guys who know self-defence really helped right.
Sakuya
We all had to come together in order to live up to Tsuzuru-kun’s script!
Tsuzuru
C’mon you’re gonna make me cry during the actual performance.
Masumi
Don't cry.
Tsuzuru
I know!
Masumi
After them!
Itaru
However, S sustained severe injuries during the fight, exposing the clockwork inside him.
Tsuzuru
S, those wounds!
Citron
There is no problem. Because there are only screws and gears in me.
Tsuzuru
We have to return to the workshop immediately. I’ll treat those wounds.
Sakuya
But the workshop will surely be surrounded by guards.
Tsuzuru
Then we’ll just fight them off again. At this rate S will stop moving.
Sakuya
But that will only make you more guilty, Sir!
Tsuzuru
If his mechanism stops moving now, he won’t be able to retain any of his memories when he reboots!
Citron
Sir, please take my key out.
Tsuzuru
What are you talking about? There's no way I'm leaving here without you.
Citron
If I stop moving, Sir will no longer have to run away.
Tsuzuru
No way. Let's run away together. This is an order.
Citron
I will not obey that order. I want to help you.
Tsuzuru
Why won't you listen to your master's orders!
Citron
That's because I am your friend, Luke.
You gave me life.
You gave me friendship.
You gave me a heart.
My heart is telling me this.
Even if I cannot move, I will always be your friend, Luke.
Tsuzuru
But......I really don't want to break you.
Citron
I want you to take it out, Luke. And not anyone else.
Tsuzuru
To be created and destroyed on a human's whim; it's too unfair.
Citron
We'll meet again, someday. I am also sad to say goodbye. But when I think that we can meet again, I'm okay.
Citron
Luke, it hurts. You're using too much strength.
Tsuzuru
I'm glad to have met you, S.
Citron
Thank y...ou…. Lu...ke...
Sakuya
Say um, could you please overlook this?
Sir is, um…!
Masumi
For abiding by the law, you have our gratitude. We apologise for our insolence.
Tsuzuru
Do you not need to take S back with you?
Masumi
We haven’t got the time to bring back inventions that no longer move. Excuse me.
Itaru
Heh. That straight-laced commanding officer said that?
Sakuya
Yeah, he was so cool.
Itaru
So, how are that guy’s injuries?
Sakuya
Sir's all better now. He went out for a walk again this morning.
Itaru
That shut-in went out for a walk? Are you sure there’s nothing wrong with him?
Sakuya
Ever since that incident, Sir’s changed a lot. It's like a bolt from the blue.
Tsuzuru
Hey, Colt! That's an exaggeration.
Sakuya
Ah, Sir.
Itaru
You seem to be doing well.
Tsuzuru
Thanks for your concern.
Itaru
Oh is that a key? That’s one ugly necklace y'know, idiot apprentice.
Tsuzuru
This is an important key that I keep here so it won't get lost. So that I’ll always remember the heart of my precious friend.
Tsuzuru, Citron
You’ll continue to live on in my heart
So it’s alright even if I can’t see what’s precious to me
Citron
So that we can meet again
Tsuzuru
So that I’ll always remember you
Tsuzuru, Citron
Resound the sound of time ticking
All
Thoughts are superimposed on each other, acting like a spring
To the proof of the connection that we created
Tsuzuru
The last greeting is a source of calm wind
Citron
Let’s go to sleep like this
Tsuzuru
It was left in the hand
Tsuzuru, Citron
A key to memories