Episode 36
WHERE COULD IT HAVE STARTED?
SUCH A RIDICULOUS RUMOR...
BRUNER GROTH SPEAKING--
OLIVIA! DON'T TOUCH THAT!!!
JU-JUST A MOMENT, PLEASE!
PHEW. SORRY ABOUT THAT. WHO IS THIS?
THIS IS HEINER WALDEMAR.
OH, COMMANDER! IT'S BEEN A WHILE. I HEARD OF YOUR VICTORY! HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT YOU!
IT FEELS AS IF I'M THE ONE WHO FOUGHT AND WON!
THANK YOU. I'M CALLING TO ASK ABOUT ANNETTE.
OH...
I THINK IT'S BEST YOU SPEAK TO MY WIFE ABOUT THAT.
IT SEEMS CATHERINE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY REGARDING HER...
THANK YOU.
THE FRONT LINE.
THE PLACE WHERE NOT TOO LONG AGO...
...CANNONS FELL, BULLETS RAINED DOWN, AND FRANZE'S ARMORED TROOPS BURST IN.
IS SHE REALLY THERE?
AS A FIELD HOSPITAL NURSE WHO COULD DIE ANYTIME?
HER OF ALL PEOPLE?
HELLO. THIS IS CATHERINE GROTH.
...HEINER WALDEMAR SPEAKING.
LET ME CUT TO THE CHASE. I'VE HEARD SOME STRANGE NEWS.
SOMETHING YOU NEVER NOTIFIED ME ABOUT.
THEY SAY ANNETTE IS A NURSE ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
IS SHE HOME RIGHT NOW?
NO, SHE ISN'T.
SHE'S PROBABLY AT THE FRONT LINE, AS YOU'VE HEARD.
ARE...
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!
DID YOU JUST STAND BY AND WATCH HER WALK AWAY?
YOU SHOULD HAVE REPORTED IT TO ME!
COMMANDER.
ANNETTE'S LIFE IS HER OWN.
SHE CAN MAKE HER OWN CHOICES.
THE ONLY REASON I HAD BEEN REPORTING HER SITUATION TO YOU...
...WAS BECAUSE OF HER UNSTABLE STATE...
...OR IN CASE SHE MIGHT BE IN DANGER.
ARE YOU SAYING HER BEING ON A BATTLEFIELD ISN'T DANGEROUS?!
IT WAS HER DECISION.
HER DECISION?! WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A WOMAN WHO TRIED TO KILL HERSELF!
NO, COMMANDER.
ANNETTE DIDN'T GO THERE TO DIE.
SHE WENT THERE TO FIND A REASON TO LIVE.
...YOU'RE SAYING...
...ANNETTE WENT TO THE FRONT LINE TO LIVE.
YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT CAN'T...
THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT...
I ALWAYS THOUGHT SHE WAS A WEAK WOMAN.
A WOMAN WHO COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT POWER AND WEALTH.
A WOMAN WITH NEITHER THE COURAGE TO DIE NOR TO LIVE MEANINGFULLY.
SO I DRAGGED HER DOWN TO THE PITS.
BECAUSE SHE WAS A WOMAN WHO MERELY WENT WITH THE FLOW OF LIFE.
NOT ONCE...
...DID I BELIEVE...
...SHE WOULD VOLUNTARILY CHOOSE DEATH.
I TRULY...
...HAD NEVER IMAGINED THIS CONCLUSION BEFORE.
I DIDN'T THINK SHE WAS CAPABLE OF SUCH A THING.
SO YOU ARE SAYING...
...YOU DIDN'T SEE ME AS AN EQUAL HUMAN BEING.
THERE'S NO WAY SHE WOULD CHOOSE SUCH A THING...
JUST TO LIVE...
THERE'S NO WAY...
IT SEEMS THERE IS STILL MUCH YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANNETTE.
ANNETTE HAD ASKED ME...
...TO HELP HER BECOME A BETTER PERSON.
SHE IS SOMEONE WHO CAN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HER ACTIONS.
I DO THINK THAT PERHAPS...
...YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY LOVE HER.
COMMANDER, IF YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT ANNETTE...
...OR AT THE VERY LEAST, RESPECT HER AS A FELLOW HUMAN...
...PLEASE RESPECT HER DECISION.
I DO THINK THAT PERHAPS...
LOVE?
SHE CALLS THIS LOVE?
NO, THIS...
THIS DESPICABLE THING...
...MY TAINTED, COWARDLY FEELINGS...
...NONE OF IT IS NORMAL.
...IT'S NOT LOVE.
CATHERINE'S HOUSE, A FEW WEEKS AGO.
...SHE'S NOT EVEN COMING OUT.
WHAT A WASTE OF TIME. THERE WAS NO NEED FOR ME TO COME ALL THE WAY HERE.
IN FACT, I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE.
THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS PEOPLE ARE IN MY HANDS RIGHT NOW.
BUT STILL...
...IT'S A RELIEF I WAS ABLE TO SEE HER, EVEN JUST FOR A MOMENT.
IT WOULD BE NICE...
...IF TIME STOPPED RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD BE CONTENT...
...BEING ABLE TO GAZE FROM AFAR, AS I'VE ALWAYS DONE.
ANNE.
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE?
SERIOUSLY?
IT'S NOT THAT DEEP! YOU JUST DO.
BE MORE SPECIFIC.
HOW CAN YOU BE SURE? WHAT IS IT YOU LOVE?
DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH OR SOMETHING?
I FEEL BAD FOR WHOEVER IT IS!
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS IS EITHER, SO PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND.
WELL...
WHEN YOU'RE WITH THEM, IT MAKES YOU HAPPY. THE WORLD SEEMS BEAUTIFUL...
HMMM... AND...
LOVE MAKES YOU A BETTER PERSON.
YOU WANT TO BECOME A BETTER PERSON...
JUST FOR THEM.
BUT THERE IS ONE DOWNSIDE.
WHAT IS IT?
WHEN YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE,
YOU DO A LOT OF UNREASONABLE THINGS.
...IF NOTHING ELSE...
...AT LEAST SHE WAS RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING.
ACK...
COUGH, COUGH...
AHH!
EXCUSE... ME...
SOME... W-WATER, PLEASE...
OH!
JUST A MOMENT.
ARE YOU ALRIGHT? TAKE DEEP BREATHS...
...AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE.
Heiner Waldemar calls Bruner Groth about the rumor that Annette is serving as a nurse at the front. Bruner redirects him to his wife Catherine. Catherine confirms that Annette is really on the front line and says she went there not to die, but to find a reason to live. As Heiner is shaken by anger and denial, he questions his own tainted feelings and the way he looks at Annette.
