Vertin: I'm sorry ...
APPLe: Turns out the Foundation doesn't fully trust you. Just like you don't trust them.
APPLe: You acted privately without their knowledge, but they were still able to foresee the outcome.
APPLe: If you don't mind, please tell us the stories from the past. After all, that's where our captain is leaving for.
Vertin: ...
Vertin: The Foundation is currently the charity that can provide the best treatment for arcanists. There is no doubt about it.
Vertin: Every few years, the Foundation selects talented arcanists from children around the world.
Vertin: They go to orphanages and admonition centers, and even fish out unique ones from the prisons in detention centers.
Vertin: I was also one of them. Since I can remember, I know it very well that I am alone.
Vertin: Until 1999, when the first "Storm" came ...
Vertin: I ... I seem to see my mother.
Regulus: So you have a mother!
Vertin: ...
Vertin: ... I was not sure.
Vertin: All of us ... our memories of 1999 are blurred. I can only remember that she was placed on a laboratory bed, surrounded by many medical staff.
Vertin: They shouted her name and mine. ... And I can't remember anything else. Later, no matter how hard I tried to ask, the official answer I got was always "No such person".
Vertin: I have no intention to make enemies of the Foundation ... As I said, I just want to find out the truth ... all the truth about 1999.
Vertin: ...
Vertin: I know what you said to Sonetto just now is expedient. I can still help you get out of here.
Regulus: tuts Never mind.
Regulus: Think about it. If they can detect the whereabouts of the first one, then of course they can find the second and third. ... In that case, it never ends, does it?
Regulus: You can't send all your partners away!
Vertin: So you mean ...
APPLe: ...
Regulus: Anyway, I've considered carefully. In this world, the "Storm" never stops. How could real "freedom" exist?!
Regulus: Since I would be inevitably "reversed" wherever I go, tuts better to sneak into the Foundation and investigate!
Regulus: By the way, you've got the best research devices ...
Regulus: Wow ha ha, it's gonna be so much fun! I have a lot of little things to study.
APPLe: Hmm, I see ...
APPLe: In that case, this APPLe respects the Captain's decision. In the current volatile situation, it is also more beneficial for us to join the official institution.
APPLe: The Foundation and we, after all, are not on the opposite sides in the first place.
Regulus: It's okay. Don't bother. Since you told me about the "Storm", I am more or less excited. ... Ahem!
Vertin: Then come back as soon as you finish the registration. The Foundation is open to public, but it's still heavily guarded.
APPLe: Indeed. Back in yesterday we were still wanted pirates ... We'll have to be careful on this trip.
Regulus: Huh? You don't have to go with me.
Regulus: I've actually got something very important for you to keep. Mr. APPLe, come here.
APPLe: ... Yes? Is there anything this APPLe could help with?
Regulus and APPLe start whispering.
Sonetto: Excuse me.
Sonetto: Could I talk to you for a second, Timekeeper?