Give these a try.
There's nothing wrong with my eyes.
I wouldn't be so sure.
Hey!
My eyes are fine...
I feel like it'll disappear...
...the instant I look away.
I just kept counting...
...all the many traces of loneliness...
...that I'd vomited up.
In this time that seems so dry,
...my heart is thrashing around and drowning.
It takes those lies that make my head spin...
...and tears them to pieces.
And the place I lose my way in...
...is a dim, hazy world.
I'd ask if you want to come up for a bit, but, you know...
I'm home.
Oh, welcome back.
Looks like you straightened up the living room, too.
Oh, yeah.
You're a bit of a neat freak, I see.
I don't enjoy it or anything... It's more like a habit.
Cleaning was one of my chores back at the convent.
Pretty good.
You really captured the feel of it.
I always wondered what it was that you were painting.
Me, too.
I've been curious about you, too.
Since I see you here every morning.
Oh, I just stop by to pray.
Pray? You believe in God?
It's just out of habit.
I believe in Him.
He was the one who brought me into such a beautiful world.
That's why I'm preserving it. I'm preserving the world in all its beauty.
I'm Sayoko.
Oh, I'm Robin.
Robin... What a beautiful name.
Robin.
Yes?
I have a message from Amon.
He said to memorize the contents of this file.
File?
These are reports from unsolved crimes.
It has case summaries covering the past two years.
They all have a 50% chance or less of a witch being the culprit.
Anyway, simply seeing the results of the initial investigations should be informative.
Where's Amon?
He's out with Sakaki.
With Sakaki?
I still think he should have taken you with him.
Really! Robin was originally supposed to be his partner.
What about the job you were originally supposed to be doing, Dojima?!
W-What are you talking about? That's so rude!
Can't you see that I'm hard at work on it right now?!
What are those magazines on your desk, then?
These might look like fashion magazines to you, Chief,
but they're reference material for a case!
What, you don't believe me?!
They're all pretty horrible, aren't they?
The killer's either a human or a witch...
There are humans beings out there who are worse than witches.
Oh, that one. The Yotsuga Pond Park serial murders.
Three victims. No link was ever found in age, occupation, and so on.
The only similarity was that the cause of death in each was blood loss from external injuries.
Dozens of lacerations all over the body, and they never determined what made them.
How they were killed and the conditions that led to their murder are still unknown.
I walk through this park every morning when I go to pray...
No kidding...
I had no idea that something like this had happened there...
Why would you?
These murders happened four months before you got here.
The killer might still be in the area.
A witch, or a sociopath...
Why don't we go take a look at the scene?
Maybe we'll find something.
Sure.
But let's have lunch first. It's a little late, I know.
Thank you.
You can read me, right?
You know what I'm thinking right now.
Maybe.
Please try to do it.
Read my mind.
Amon...
Partner...
Abandonment...
Why does this always happen?
Amazing! You're right!
You can see into people's minds!
I didn't use my powers.
I can see that much even without using powers.
Besides, all I can read is intense feelings in things.
I can't see into other people's minds.
Even though you're S-class?
Oh, so even Craft Users are obsessed with power classes?
I'm not obsessed or anything...
You're A-class, right?
You could be S-class if you could manage to be more accurate with your power.
Why can't you hit anything?
Beats me.
Here.
Thanks.
We'd be in big trouble if the Chief found us right now.
Would you like to drop by my place on the way back?
It's close by, and I'd like to talk some more.
Well, it's taboo for employees to hang out with each other outside of work.
That doesn't matter.
That might be nice.
It's so peaceful...
It's hard to believe that something like those murders happened here.
And the media made such a fuss back then... They're so coldhearted.
After just four months, it's as if it never happened.
Someone you know?
No, I've only talked to her once.
Well, that was a waste of time...
My legs feel like lead...
If you're looking for Robin, she went out.
She went to go check out Yotsuga Pond Park with Miss Karasuma.
Yotsuga Pond Park? Isn't that where...
Mr. Amon?
Just as I thought, there's nothing here.
Well, the police went over the area with a fine-toothed comb, so it's no surprise.
What do you think, Karasuma?
Is the killer just some sociopath?
Or is he a...
It was probably a witch.
The wounds on the victims' bodies weren't made postmortem.
In other words, they were sliced to pieces while they were still alive.
There were no signs at all that they had been drugged or tied down.
But there were no signs that they fought back, either.
Or rather, maybe they never had a chance to fight back.
In any case, it's hard to imagine that these were just ordinary murders.
This is all hypothetical, of course.
Anyway, let's give the place another once-over.
Um, there's something I need to check on.
Okay, I'll look around here a little bit more, then.
Crows...?
I don't believe it... That girl, she...
Robin!
Stop it!
I'm dirty... I'm dirty... I'm dirty...
I'm dirty... I'm dirty...
Robin!
Look out! Hide!
I'll never forgive you...
I won't let anyone soil my world!
Orbo can't ward off that type of power!
They say her family tree wasn't listed in the STN database.
She hadn't been flagged at all.
That just means that there are lots of people out there who carry the witch gene.
Still, you have to feel sorry for the victims.
They were killed just because they bothered someone who was painting.
Witches who exterminate humans who contaminate their world...
Witch hunters who exterminate witches who contaminate the human world...
Huh?
Maybe what we're doing isn't all that different.
Just how far back do I need to go?
Tell me.
It's all so vivid that it hurts.
The truth is, nothing can be shared,
...so I never looked back.
...all those promises...
...inside me eventually...
...gave up on that light from some other time,
...like the light of a morning you can't return to.