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So I began imagining myself as a Japanese man...
...on a train for 2046...
...falling for an android with delayed reaction
If someone wants to leave 2046 how long will it take?
No one can say
Some people get away very easily
Others find that...
...it takes them much longer
It takes great strength
And it can hurt terribly
I forget how long I've been on this train
I start to feel very lonely
It's rather boring at first
But you slowly get used to it
We have a range of cabin attendants
They can satisfy your every need
They will serve you devotedly
Like an intimate friend
But you must never fall in love with them
Who'd ever fall for an android?
Who can say?
Events can creep up on you...
...without you even noticing
It happens all the time
Paragraph 201 in the Passengers' Guide...
...warns that Area 1224-1225...
...is especially cold
The train heating won't be strong enough
Passengers are advised to hug each other to keep warm
Since I'm the only passenger...
...I hug my android cabin attendant
I wonder if it's her mechanism or just my imagination...
But I sense some responsive warmth in her artificial body
It hurts...
Why do you want to leave 2046?
Do you know...
...what people did in the old days...
...when they had secrets they didn't want to share?
They'd climb a mountain...
Find a tree...
Carve a hole in it...
Whisper the secret into the hole...
And cover it up with mud
That way...
...nobody else would ever learn the secret
I'll be your tree!
Tell me, and nobody else will ever know
I always...
I...
I always...
Very funny! I...
I always...
Whenever anyone asked why I left 2046...
I always...
...I gave them some vague answer
I always...
I once fall in love with someone
I couldn't stop wondering whether she loved me or not
I found an android which looked just like her
I thought the android might give me the answer
10 hours later
I have a secret to tell you
Leave with me
I have a secret to tell you
Leave with me
I kept on asking
But she never answered
I began dreaming up excuses for her silence
Do you know the Buddhist canon?
'The 5 Decays of Celestial Beings'?
The 5 Decays of Celestial Beings
It's all about the gods...
and how they go through this process too
Our cabin attendants
are superbly designed
But there's one problem
When they've served on so many long journeys...
...fatigue begins to satin
They might want to laugh...
...but the smile would be slow to come
They might want to cry...
...but the tear wouldn't weep till next day!
This one is falling fast
I think you'd better give up
I grew desperate
I felt like giving up
But I was soon trying again
I have a secret to tell you
Will you leave with me?
I have a secret to tell you
Will you leave with me?
Do you know what people did in the old days...
...when they had secrets?
They'd climb a mountain, find a tree
Carve a hole in it...
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I slowly began to doubt myself
The reason she didn't answer...
...was not simply that her reactions were delayed
It's simply that she didn't love me
So at last I got it
It's entirely beyond my control
The only thing left for me...
... was to give up.