Episode 64
CROSSING THE RIVER AND GOING OVER THE HILL,
WILLIAM FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE DEEP CAVE.
WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
BUT WILLIAM FACED YET ANOTHER OBSTACLE.
LARGE BOULDERS WERE COVERING THE ENTRACE OF THE CAVE.
NO. THAT'S ALRIGHT.
IT ALL WORKED OUT, DIDN'T IT?
THE CHILD WAS BETTER OFF NOT BEING BORN.
WHAT DID I SAY TO HER BACK THEN?
ANNETTE, IF YOU'D LIKE...
WE CAN ALWAYS ADOPT. IF YOU WANT CHILDREN, THAT IS.
UTTERLY FOOLISH AND SELFISH WORDS, INSINCERE AND DEVOID OF EVEN A TRACE OF EMPATHY.
SUDDENLY, A GIANT LION JUMPED OUT FROM THE CAVE!
A VERY FEROCIOUS AND TERRIFYING LION!
I WONDER, IF ONLY...
IF YOU HADN'T LOST THE BABY AND HAD GIVEN BIRTH SAFELY.
AND OUR CHILD, WHO RESEMBLED YOU, HAD GROWN UP,
WE WOULD'VE BEEN HAPPY, AS IF NOTHING EVER HAPPENED-
IMPOSSIBLE.
...AND THEY ALL LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER!
DON'T FORGET TO BREATHE AS YOU LISTEN!
HM?
HEINER.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE? COME HERE.
HEINER WAS A NAME GIVEN BY PARENTS I DON'T REMEMBER, SO IT NEVER MEANT MUCH TO ME.
BUT WHENEVER YOU CALLED ME, SOMEHOW, IT FELT SPECIAL.
I'VE BEEN READING THIS BOOK OVER TEN TIMES.
HE'S REALLY INTO IT.
JOSEPH. YOU'VE SEEN THIS MAN AROUND, RIGHT?
HE'S THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
HM...
HE'S SCARED OF YOU.
...OF ME?
WELL, YOU DO LOOK SCARY.
I...
I LOOK SCARY...?
D-DID... DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU LIKED MY FACE?
AT LEAST SIX YEARS AGO...
THAT WAS YEARS AGO.
ALSO, LOOKING HANDSOME AND LOOKING SCARY ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS.
ANYWAY, SAY HI TO JOSEPH.
...HELLO.
ACHOO!
AH...
IT'S OKAY JOSEPH. THAT'S ALRIGHT.
HE'S NOT MAD.
RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT MAD, RIGHT?
"hurry and say it's okay!"
IT'S ALRIGHT.
SEE? HE'S OKAY, HE'S NOT SCARY.
HE ALSO REALLY LOVES YOU, JOSEPH.
SINCE WHEN DID I...
NOW YOU'RE CLEANED UP.
WHAT SHOULD WE DO NOW?
"WE"...
I WONDER IF I'M ALSO INCLUDED THE WORD, "WE".
PROBABLY NOT...
OH, YOU WANT TO READ IT AGAIN?
SHOULD WE ASK MR. HEINER TO READ IT TO US?
AH.
A FEW DAYS LATER, AT DAWN.
I'VE FINISHED MY PREPARATIONS TO LEAVE THE WARFRONT.
I'VE ALSO SAID MY GOODBYE TO JOSEPH.
IF CIRCUMSTANCES ALLOWED IT, I WOULD'VE TAKEN HIM WITH ME,
BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'LL BE DOING AFTER DISCHARGE, SO I DECIDED AGAINST IT.
AS FOR HEINER...
...I'LL KEEP LIVING.
JUST LIKE I HAVE UNTIL NOW.
I PLAN ON SAYING MY FINAL GOODBYE AT THIS HOSPITAL.
HE'S BUSY, BUT ALSO...
OUR RELATIONSHIP WAS BUILT ON A LIE.
I CAME TO UNDERSTAND AND FORGIVE HIM,
BUT I NO LONGER TRUST HIM ENOUGH TO BUILD A NEW RELATIONSHIP IN THIS UNCERTAINTY.
FURTHERMORE...
YOU WERE THE ONE THING THAT I EVER WANTED FROM MY DESPICABLE LIFE.
HE HAD MADE ME THE PURPOSE OF HIS LIFE.
HIS FEELINGS FOR ME WERE DEFINITELY NOT JUST LOVE.
I'VE REALIZED WHY OUR RELATIONSHIP HAD TURNED OUT THIS WAY.
THAT'S WHY IT NEEDS TO END HERE.
COME IN.
HAVE YOU FINISHED PACKING ALREADY?
YES, THERE WAS NOTHING MUCH TO PACK.
I THINK IT'S BEST THAT I SEND YOU OFF AT THE TRAIN STATION.
I CAN DELAY THE MEETING A BIT...
NONSENSE, STOP BEING SILLY.
WHAT WILL YOU DO IF THERE'S ANOTHER REVOLUTION THAT OUSTS YOU AS THE COMMANDER?
I'M JOKING.
AH, ALSO...
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I KNIT, BUT...
HERE'S A SCARF, AS A GOODBYE PRESENT.
IT'S STRANGE GIVING IT TO YOU IN THE SPRING.
YOU CAN WEAR IT NEXT WINTER, OR GET RID OF IT IF YOU DON'T NEED IT...
...IT'S TOO PRECIOUS FOR ME TO USE IT.
HEINER-
ANNETTE.
GO AHEAD.
NO, YOU GO FIRST.
COME ON.
HERE...
OH... WHY DO YOU HAVE...
...JUST...
THE RING ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO YOU. IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
YOU CAN SELL IT. I JUST WANTED YOU TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANTED WITH IT.
I WANTED TO GIVE IT ALL OFF TO YOU.
SINCE THIS FEELS LIKE THE LAST CHANCE.
BUT HEINER, YOU BOUGHT THE RING,
AND WHY ARE YOU GIVING ME YOURS TOO...
IT'S BECAUSE I'VE WANTED TO GIVE IT TO YOU.
THINK OF IT AS A PARTING GIFT.
ALRIGHT, THEN. THANK YOU.
...WHAT DID YOU WANT TO TELL ME?
YOU SAID THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE LOVED THE REAL YOU, BUT...
I HOPE MY SINCERITY REACHES HIM.
I LOVED YOU MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN YOU THINK.
I HOPE MY FEELINGS REACH YOU.
SO EVEN IF YOU HAD SHOWN ME YOUR EVERYTHING...
I STILL WOULD'VE LOVED YOU.
YOU DESERVE TO BE LOVED.
I WISH YOU TO BE HAPPY.
GOODBYE, HEINER.
PLEASE STAND OVER HERE.
I FEEL STRANGE.
IS IT BECAUSE IT'S OVER?
MY TIME AS A MILITARY NURSE,
AND OUR RELATIONSHIP.
I'M SURE...
HEINER'S AROUND, LOOKING AT ME.
PLEASE GO FURTHER INSIDE!
WE'LL BE LEAVING FOR PORTSMANN STATION SOON!
WE'LL BE LEAVING NOW!
...GOODBYE.
GOODBYE, HEINER.
YOU WERE... THE MOST PRECIOUS PERSON IN MY LIFE.
While reading a book to Annette, Heiner confronts his regrets about the baby they lost. There are warm moments with little Joseph, then Annette prepares to leave the front. They say goodbye at the hospital; Annette gifts a scarf, Heiner gives the rings. Annette confesses her love and boards the train, bidding farewell to Heiner.
