Good-bye.
Reki...
Reki's World Prayer Epilogue
Reki?
Rakka, what are you doing here?
I'm sorry for letting myself in.
Rakka is Rakka to the end, aren't you?
Reki, what's...?
This is my cocoon dream.
I was walking on this path.
I remember cold winds stinging my cheeks wet from the tears.
I heard a sound far away.
But I was too tired to think.
I wanted to become a stone.
A simple stone that doesn't feel pain or sorrow.
The Haibane Renmei wanted me to give this to you.
Your true name.
I don't want it.
There probably isn't any salvation in there.
Reki, even if that's the case...
you have to end this nightmare of yours now.
REKI - Small Stone
This is a story about a girl named Reki.
She was doomed by an unfortunate fate...
and even lost the people that she could share her sorrow with.
Feeling herself worthless...
she called herself Reki, using the letters which meant "small stone. "
However, the letter that expresses her true name means...
"The one who was run over and torn apart. "
Reki?
No.
REKI - To Be Run Over
Re...
I remember.
Re...
The one who was run over and torn apart.
Yes, I was run over. This is not a path.
It's an iron rail that carries something.
This is where...
I abandoned myself.
Reki, I...
You know what, Rakka.
I believed that if I stayed a good Haibane...
I would someday be able to shed off this sense of guilt.
What ajoke. This town is my prison.
What the walls signify is death! This world is separated by death!
And this room...!!
This room is a cocoon.
I was unable to get out of this dark dream, after all.
For seven long years...
I kept looking for salvation which didn't exist to begin with.
Every time I trusted someone, I always ended up being betrayed.
So, at some point, I stopped trusting everybody.
So that I wouldn't have to get hurt, I became a stone.
Ironic, isn't it?
If only I close my heart and pretend to be nice...
everyone says I'm a good Haibane.
They just don't know how dark and impure my heart is.
That's not true! You were always kind!
I believe in you!
Rakka.
You never realized, did you?
Howjealous I was of you.
You weren't.
Both of us were Sin-Bound, but only you were forgiven.
Everyone leaves me.
When Kuu took the Day of Flight, some part of me was jealous of her...
...and I absolutely despised myself for that.
That's not true!
You came to look for me when I fell into the well!
You took care of me and went to get the medicine for me!
When I was in pain, you were always there for me!
That's right! And why do you think I did that?!
I was only looking for salvation!
Only when I was being useful to someone, then I could forget about my sin!
And the only thing I was thinking was...
that maybe God would come and forgive me someday!
Stop it!
Rakka. To me, it didn't have to be you.
Stop it!!
When I found your cocoon, I made a bet.
I forced myself to believe that if this Haibane trusted me...
I would be forgiven.
That's why I acted so kind.
It didn't matter who was born in the cocoon.
It was all...
...a lie.
I didn't care about anything as long as I was forgiven.
It was a mistake for you to trust me.
Now you know, so get out!
Get out!!
There was no salvation for me from the beginning.
Not true... Not true...
When that sound gets here, I will vanish, right?
Rakka came to help you.
I don't deserve to be saved.
I... Can't I even ask for help?
Stop it!
Are you so afraid of trusting someone?
I don't want to be betrayed ever again!
In my dream, and in this town...
no matter how much I wished for it no salvation has ever come to me!
Because... You never actually asked for help.
The only thing you did was to wait.
I was afraid.
What if I ask for help from the bottom of my heart and nobody answers?
What if I really am completely alone?
I wish I didn't know anything.
Then I could have continued loving Reki.
I want to believe in Reki.
But...
Kuramori, I'm sorry. I wasn't forgiven.
Her diary?
I found a cocoon myself for the first time. I'm so happy. So Happy! This must be something special. God sent it to me. I will be very kind to the newborn. I will always be with her. This time, I will be a good Haibane, like Kuramori.
Yes, when I was in the cocoon, it was Reki...
Can you hear me? My name is Reki.
It's the first time for me to find a cocoon, so I'm very happy and excited.
A Haibane inevitably loses their name and their past.
So in the beginning, you may feel Ionely and apprehensive.
But I will always be by your side.
I will always protect you, no matter what.
So please let me trust my last hope with you.
I was protected by Reki from the beginning.
Reki.
I will be the bird who saves Reki.
Reki!
Let me go!
Reki can't hear you anymore.
Why?!
Reki!
Reki chose to vanish here.
No! She was asking me for help!
Reki!
Call my name! Say you need me!!
Rakka.
Help me.
Reki!!
Rakka...
Rakka!
Reki... You're safe.
Rakka...
Rakka... thank you.
Have I been... forgiven?
I saw this break.
REKI - Small Stone
The name!
If a bird brings you salvation, the name Reki will disappear...
and the Reki that means stone will become your true name.
With the belief that it will come true...
I hereby introduce a new story of Reki, that is stone.
We'll see each other again someday, won't we?
Yeah, I believe so.
I believe so, too.
Close your eyes.
It's custom for a Haibane to disappear without notice...
when their Day of Flight comes.
Reki is Reki to the end, aren't you?
She freed herself from the curse...
by choosing a difficult path and by being kind to the weak.
This was merely pretense, in order to attain salvation...
yet it became her true nature.
There exists an ancient staircase...
that serves as a stepping stone for the Haibane when they take the Day of Flight.
"Reki"is that stepping stone. The one who guides the weak.
So she's gone?
I'm glad.
Reki!
Reki... I'll miss her. But this is a good thing, right?
Yes, she received the blessing.
The western sky looks really nice. Don't you want to see?
No, I already have her reply.
You sure? Want some cake?
No, it's sweet, right?
Lemon souffle. Reki made it.
I said no.
How thick can you get?
What's the color of a lemon?
That evening, all of us went to the Western Woods together.
Apparently, everyone knew it was going to happen...
so all of us were able to say goodbye with a smile.
After praying in the chapel, we returned to Old Home...
and had dinner at the table, which we set with one empty chair.
Reki left many paintings behind for us.
I was a little relieved to know that...
aside from the paintings of her dark dream...
she was able to produce such bright and beautiful works.
Those paintings told me how much Reki truly loved this town and Old Home.
Soon, winter will come to an end.
Will a new cocoon arrive when spring comes?
Then it will be my turn to be a reliable senior Haibane.
Twins! This is big!
Oh! This is big!
I will never forget Reki.