JOSEPH.
YOU SHOULD BE SITTING DOWN WHEN DOING YOUR HOMEWORK.
...SO. THE REASON I'M HERE...
...IS SO YOU CAN ASK ME IF THERE'S SOMETHING HARD OR YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
1. WHO WAS THE MAIN CHARACTER?
william
2. WHAT DOES THE LEGENDARY FLOWER OF HAPPINESS MEAN IN THE STORY?
be happy
3. WHAT HARDSHIPS DID THE MAIN CHARACTER GO THROUGH TO FIND THE FLOWER? climbing a mountain, swimming in a river, feeling cold, feeling hot
THE ANSWERS ARE A BIT ODD, BUT I'LL PRETEND NOT TO NOTICE...
10. WHY DID THE MAIN CHARACTER RETURN HOME WITHOUT PICKING THE FLOWER OF HAPPINESS?
IN WILLIAM'S ADVENTURE...
...WILLIAM DISCOVERS THE FLOWER OF HAPPINESS ON A SNOWY MOUNTAIN, BUT...
...HE SIMPLY GAZES AT THE FLOWER, WHICH WAS SO BEAUTIFUL IT FELT UNTOUCHABLE...
...HE MUST'VE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THE FLOWER.
WHILE SEARCHING FOR THE FLOWER, WILLIAM CAME TO LOVE IT.
AND THE MOMENT HE SAW THE FLOWER, HE REALIZED WHAT LOVE WAS.
THAT'S WHY HE COULDN'T PICK IT.
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO HURT THE FLOWER HE HAD COME TO LOVE...
EVEN IF HE HAD TAKEN THE FLOWER, IT WOULD'VE BEEN POSSESSION, NOT LOVE...
ONLY BY TRULY LOVING IT DID HE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
when I luv someone, I wanna be wif them.
BUT SOME KINDS OF LOVE END UP HURTING THE OTHER PERSON.
THERE'S LOVE WHERE YOU STAY TOGETHER NO MATTER WHAT,
AND LOVE WHERE YOU JUST LET THE OTHER PERSON REMAIN WHERE THEY ARE.
JUST LIKE HOW WILLIAM DIDN'T PICK THE FLOWER.
so that's why annette's not wif joseph?
THAT'S RIGHT. YOU CATCH ON FAST.
EVEN AS TIME PASSES, THE PAST REMAINS EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS.
ANNETTE IS STILL A ROZENBERG...
...AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL HOSTILE TOWARD HER.
ONE DAY, JOSEPH WILL COME TO KNOW EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED.
NO ONE CAN PREDICT HOW IT'LL AFFECT HIM THEN.
IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO SHIELD HIM FROM THE WOUNDS THE WORLD MIGHT BRING, ANNETTE WOULD WANT TO PROTECT HIM.
...ONE DAY, WHEN YOU'RE OLDER, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND.
A FEW GOOD ADOPTIVE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN SHORTLISTED.
JOSEPH WILL MEET THEM HIMSELF BEFORE THE FINAL DECISION IS MADE.
THIS CHILD WILL GROW UP HAPPY AND HEALTHY.
IN A BETTER WORLD.
Episode 75
COMMANDER WALDEMAR SPOTTED AT THE AUDIOLOGY CLINIC.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF HEINER WALDEMAR WAS INJURED IN AN AIRSTRIKE BY THE VALHEN AIR FORCE...
...ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THE EXTENT OF HIS INJURY IS UNCLEAR, BUT HE HAS SUFFERED HEARING LOSS...
I'VE BEEN MAKING FREQUENT VISITS TO THE CLINIC, SO I FIGURED IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT MADE THE NEWS, BUT...
ANNETTE...
I'VE ALMOST COMPLETELY LOST MY HEARING IN MY LEFT EAR, AND MY RIGHT EAR IS ALSO IMPAIRED.
FULL RECOVERY IS IMPOSSIBLE, AND I HAVE TO MANAGE BY WEARING A HEARING AID.
I'LL WAIT FOR YOU. AS LONG AS IT TAKES.
SHE SAID SHE WOULD WAIT FOR ME FOREVER...
...BUT I CAN'T BE SURE OF MY OWN CONDITION.
...THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T TELL HER.
AS WE LIVE OUT OUR TODAY AND TOMORROW...
...EACH IN OUR OWN PLACE, WALKING OUR OWN PATH...
...ALL I EVER WISHED WAS TO SHARE WITH HER THE SMALLEST SLIVER OF THE FUTURE WE PROMISED EACH OTHER.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MY CONDITION WILL CHANGE...
...WHETHER ANNETTE'S PROMISE TO WAIT WILL STILL HOLD AFTER A LONG TIME...
...OR IF WE CAN EVER TRULY MOVE BEYOND THE PAST AND KEEP ON LIVING. I CAN'T BE SURE OF ANYTHING.
ALL I CAN DO IS TRY MY BEST IN THE PRESENT...
...HOPING THAT YOU'LL BE IN MY TOMORROW.
THAT NIGHT.
THIS IS HEINER WALDEMAR.
IT'S ME, ANNETTE.
...YOU'RE STILL AWAKE?
I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU.
I'M SORRY.
WHY ARE YOU APOLOGIZING ALL OF A SUDDEN?
FOR NOT TELLING YOU ABOUT MY INJURY BEFOREHAND.
...YES. I FOUND OUT THIS MORNING, FROM THE NEWSPAPER.
YOUR VOICE IS GENTLE, BUT IT DOESN'T FEEL THAT WAY, WHICH IS CONFUSING.
YOU'RE RIGHT. HONESTLY, I WAS A LITTLE UPSET.
I FEEL LIKE THE ONLY WAY I EVER HEAR ABOUT YOU IS THROUGH THE NEWS.
IT WAS THE SAME WHEN YOU GOT SHOT IN HUNTINGHAM.
MOMENTS AGO.
HEINER...
...HAD SPENT FAR TOO LONG ALONE IN A COLD AND LONELY WORLD.
IT'S ONLY NATURAL HE'D BE AVOIDANT AND DEFENSIVE WHEN IT COMES TO RELATIONSHIPS.
THERE'S NO POINT GETTING ANGRY AT HIM FOR NOT TELLING ME. IT WOULDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW ANYWAY.
PERHAPS WE JUST NEED SOME TIME.
ANNETTE, YOU KNEW WHY I DIDN'T TELL YOU BACK IN HUNTINGHAM.
AT THE TIME, I DIDN'T INTEND TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
I WAS TRYING TO WALK AWAY, SO I DIDN'T SEE THE POINT IN TELLING YOU.
THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU REPLY TO ANY OF MY LETTERS?
...BECAUSE I COULDN'T PROMISE YOU ANYTHING.
STILL, YOU COULD'VE AT LEAST TOLD ME YOU WERE ALIVE.
ANNETTE, IF YOU'RE ANGRY, JUST BE ANGRY.
TO BE HONEST, THE WAY YOU'RE TALKING NOW IS MORE FRIGHTENING.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE ANGRY.
NO, ANNETTE. YOU CAN BE ANGRY.
HONESTLY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER.
HEINER. THE TRUTH IS, WE'RE NOT REALLY ANYTHING RIGHT NOW,
SO YOU DON'T OWE ME AN EXPLANATION.
IT'S OKAY, YOU DON'T NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO ME.
IF THAT'S ALL YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH ME... THEN MAYBE THAT'S ALL WE ARE.
...AH.
...IT'S NOT BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT'S ALL WE ARE.
ANNETTE, I... I JUST...
...ANNETTE.
I...
THIS IS MY CURRENT SITUATION.
...I'D EXPECTED THERE MIGHT BE SOME LASTING DAMAGE...
...BUT TO THINK HE COULD LOSE HIS HEARING PERMANENTLY...
WHEN I SAW HEINER IN PERSON...
...HE SPOKE SO NORMALLY THAT I NEVER WOULD'VE GUESSED.
...DID YOU HIDE THIS FROM ME,
BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT I'D LEAVE YOU ONCE I FOUND OUT?
NO. MORE THAN THAT...
IT WAS BECAUSE, EVEN AFTER EVERYTHING, I WAS AFRAID YOU WOULDN'T.
...I'M FINE NOW AND CAN MANAGE DAY-TO-DAY LIFE, BUT WHAT IF MY CONDITION WORSENS?
AND WHAT IF, EVEN THEN, YOU STILL WANT TO STAY BY MY SIDE?
ANNETTE, I CAN LET YOU GO IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE...
...BUT I CAN'T STOP YOU IF YOU CHOOSE TO COME TO ME.
YOU KNOW I CAN'T TURN YOU AWAY.
I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO BE UNHAPPY BECAUSE OF ME ANYMORE.
HEARING HEINER SAY THAT...
...WHY DOES IT SOUND LIKE HE SEES HIMSELF AS THE UNHAPPINESS?
HEINER.
YOU SAID YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS UPCOMING COMPOSITION RECITAL, RIGHT?
YES.
BUT I'LL HAVE SOMEONE BRING YOU FLOWERS--
IT'S OKAY. INSTEAD OF THAT, IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE FREE IN MARCH...
...COULD YOU STOP BY SANTAMOLI FOR A BIT?
I WILL.
ALRIGHT. THEN I'LL SEE YOU IN MARCH.
...ARE YOU GOING TO HANG UP?
OF COURSE. IT'S LATE.
IT'S NOT EVEN MIDNIGHT YET.
SAYS THE PERSON WHO WAKES UP SO EARLY.
WELL, I'M TIRED.
...YOU'RE TIRED?
THEN I SUPPOSE THERE'S NOTHING TO BE DONE.
GOOD NIGHT, ANNETTE.
...YOU TOO.
GOOD NIGHT, HEINER.
While doing homework, Joseph tells the story of William's Flower of Happiness; not picking the flower is interpreted as love meaning not possessing but not hurting, and it is connected to Annette being apart from Joseph. Then a newspaper reports Heiner Waldemar's hearing loss. In a nighttime phone call, Annette and Heiner confront each other over the hidden injury, Huntingham, and the letters; Heiner confesses his fear, and Annette invites him to Santamoli in March.
