<TextBlock 1 w:32 h:2>
Elly
"An inquisitor?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 2 w:26 h:2>
Citan
"Inquisitor?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 3 w:34 h:2>
Bart
"The inquisitor?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 4 w:54 h:4>
Billy
...<Delay 10>...<Delay 10> I...<Delay 10>...<Delay 10>
still can't believe it.<New>
The 'Ethos' was that
dubious an organization<Delay 10>...<Delay 10>
What was it that I believed
in...<Delay 10> all this time?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 5 w:34 h:2>
Billy
"V...<Delay 10> Verlaine!?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 6 w:48 h:3>
Billy
"Father!<Delay 10>
How could you do that!?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 7 w:34 h:2>
Billy
"That symbol...!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 8 w:54 h:4>
Billy
"You claim Verlaine and his
men are an assassination
unit for the Bishop!?<New>
How could you even say
such blasphemy!?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 9 w:48 h:4>
Billy
"Is that true, Verlaine?<Delay 25>
But why people from
the 'Ethos'?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 10 w:52 h:4>
Billy
"Even if that were true,
we have no right to punish
others!<New>
Judgement belongs to god.<Delay 20>
That is what we were
taught, wasn't it!?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 11 w:38 h:3>
Billy
"I...<Delay 15>I have been
passing judgement?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 12 w:30 h:3>
Billy
"Verlaine!<Delay 15>
Hang in there!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 13 w:20 h:3>
Billy
"Verlaine!<Delay 10>
Verlaine!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 14 w:46 h:4>
Billy
"Bishop! Why Verlaine!?
What in heavens are you
trying to accomplish!?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 15 w:18 h:2>
Billy
"Father!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 16 w:30 h:2>
Billy
"Bishop Stone!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 17 w:44 h:2>
Rico
"Inquisitor, you say?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 18 w:42 h:2>
Billy
"The door is locked!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 19 w:30 h:2>
Verlaine
"Y, <Delay 10>you <Delay 5>...<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 20 w:52 h:4>
Jessie
"What are you getting
flustered about,<Delay 15> boy?<New>
It was a stun bullet.<Delay 10>
He's just taking a nap.<Delay 10>
You should've been able to
tell by the sound it made!<New>
Besides,<Delay 10> these murderers
are not from <Delay 10>the 'Ethos'!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 21 w:14 h:2>
Jessie
"Look!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 22 w:54 h:4>
Jessie
"Yes, that's right.<Delay 15>
They're agents of Solaris!<New>
Probably an assassination
unit under Stone's command!<New>
I got word that they were
exterminating all 'Ethos'
members, and hurried here.<Delay 10>
But I was too late...<New>
All 'Ethos' affiliates
have already been killed,
except for those on some
sort of salvage mission."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 23 w:42 h:3>
Jessie
"I won't let you go
that easily, Stein!!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 24 w:36 h:3>
Jessie
"Stein, you aren't
goin' anywhere!!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 25 w:60 h:2>
Are you trying to take away my
ultimate pleasure,<Delay 15> Verlaine?<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 26 w:20 h:2>
Verlaine
"Gha-ha!!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 27 w:16 h:2>
Verlaine
"Ugh!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 28 w:44 h:4>
Stone
"A good-for-nothing
chatterbox such as you
has no right to live."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 29 w:50 h:3>
Stone
"I am the inquisitor sent
to Earth from Solaris."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 30 w:54 h:4>
Stone
"The status of bishop
is merely a convenience
for my activities on Earth.<New>
The 'Ethos' was created as
a Solaris sub-organization
and given the task of
managing earth-dwellers.<New>
But over the years the
'Ethos' started to set
up convenient doctrines
for itself...<New>
It then went on to gather
the ignorant masses, and
created a god for them to
believe in.<New>
Then, the 'Ethos' even
went so far as to plot
a separation from its
creator, Solaris.<New>
So Solaris had no choice
but to eliminate all those
who defy our rule and raise
the flag of rebellion.<New>
The ones prepared as
'eliminators' were<Delay 5>...<Delay 10>
the Etone.<New>
Etones, 'the Atoners',<Delay 5> the
organization I established
within  the 'Ethos',<Delay 5> had
two purposes<Delay 5>...<New>
On the surface their aim
was to eliminate the<Delay 5>
'Reapers'<Delay 5> or <Delay 5>-Wels-<Delay 5> that
run rampant on the earth.<New>
But,<Delay 10> that's not their only
purpose.<Delay 20> Behind the scenes,
we also had selected men
like Verlaine<Delay 5>...<New>
These were responsible for
observing<Delay 10> and eliminating<Delay 10>
any corrupt people who
appeared in the 'Ethos'.<New>
You didn't have the chance
to learn of this, since you
left the 'Ethos' so early.<New>
<Delay 5>...<Delay 10>Or actually,<Delay 5>
I just never told you.<Delay 20>
There was 'another role'
I wanted you to perform!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 31 w:36 h:2>
Billy
"Another<Delay 10>...<Delay 10><Opcode 1 255>role!?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 32 w:54 h:4>
Stone
"Billy.<Delay 20> There are certain
things in this world that
you're happier not knowing.<New>
Even lies and deceptions
can become the truth for
some people of the earth.<New>
...<Delay 5>Particularly those not
knowing the true nature
of things, or how these
systems of things works.<New>
In fact, the <Delay 5>-god-<Delay 5> and
<Delay 5>-faith-<Delay 5> systems set up by
the 'Ethos' were the truth
itself,<Delay 5> were they not?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 33 w:44 h:4>
Billy
"Tell me!<Delay 15>
What other 'role' were
you talking about?<New>
What did Verlaine
mean when he spoke
of<Delay 15> 'judgement'!?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 34 w:50 h:4>
Stone
"So you want to know?<Wait>
But can you bear the full
weight of the truth?<New>
Billy, if you can bear
that weight, then I'm
willing to tell you."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 35 w:10 h:2>
Billy
"<Delay 10>...<Delay 10>"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 36 w:54 h:4>
Stone
"You believed that you
were saving wandering
souls, didn't you...?<New>
That's why you carried
out your cleansing of
the 'Reapers' -Wels-
from the earth, right?<New>
In fact it was all just
another control system
put in place by Solaris.<New>
But what's more, your
'saving' work...<Delay 10>that very
activity you believed in so
much,<Delay 10> was<Delay 5> in<Delay 5> reality<Delay 10>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 37 w:38 h:3>
Jessie
"You're talking too
much nonsense!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 38 w:43 h:4>
Jessie
"You haven't changed
at all since then...<Wait>
have you, Stein!?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 39 w:16 h:2>
Billy
"Stein?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 40 w:50 h:4>
Stone
"That's a name I haven't
been called for a long
time<Delay 5>...<New>
Hearing that name vividly
brings back a pleasant
twinge of pain to the
'scars on this body'.<New>
You know what I mean,
Jesiah?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 41 w:44 h:4>
Jessie
"Heh, your brain still
isn't working right.<New>
<Opcode 1 255>Answer me!<Delay 25>
<Opcode 1 0>Why do you have such
'a roundabout way
of doing things'!?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 42 w:54 h:4>
Stone
"That's not worth
wasting my breath
answering...<New>
Just consider it
'my reward in life'...<New>
Of course, that includes
watching your agonizing
death.<New>
I could succumb to the 
desire to slice up your 
body here and now, and
drag out your innards...<New>
But I can't do that now,
I have a matter to attend
to elsewhere.<New>
That 'duty' comes before
any pleasure I could have
with you here. I haven't
the time to waste anymore!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 43 w:46 h:4>
Stone
"I can't be bothered by
insignificant wretches
like you."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 44 w:50 h:4>
Stone
"Until next time! And, as
a parting gift, I'll have
these men entertain you!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 45 w:54 h:4>
Stone
"Well then, excuse me.<New>
Oh and Billy! If you have
something you wish to
discuss, come see me later.
I'll be waiting for you."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 46 w:54 h:3>
Isn't that the very reason
why I told you back then...<Delay 20>
that you belong with us<Delay 5>...?<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 47 w:52 h:5>
Verlaine
"You're defiled, <Delay 10>Billy.<New>
You left the 'Ethos' and
kept company with dregs
who have no faith at all.
And you lost sight of what
it means to be defiled.<New>
I didn't expect it out of
you... You who used to
live only for your faith.<Delay 30>
You should have remained
like us.<New>
But fear not, Billy.<Delay 20>
I shall cleanse you.<Delay 20>
You'll live within me.<Delay 20>
You will become one with
me in death<Delay 10>...<Delay 10><Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 48 w:16 h:2>
Verlaine
"What!?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 49 w:54 h:4>
Verlaine
"That's right<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
We are servants
of the Bishop.<New>
Our mission is to hand out
judgement on fallen priests
and sinners in order to
make them repent."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 50 w:54 h:5>
Verlaine
"The pontiff and his
brethren deserve to die!<New>
They allowed greed to tempt
them into abandoning their
'duties as the 'Ethos'' to
pursue world domination.<New>
They passed their own death
sentences when they allowed
such desires to overtake
them.<New>
And that's not all.<New>
Saving orphans and
refugees<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
that may seem like
works of mercy.<New>
But the little boys and
girls kept here were
actually used as a means
to satisfy the desires of
the pontiff and bishops.<New>
Indulging in selfish
desires...<Delay 20>
This is not 'conduct
befitting priests'!<New>
Such defiled leaven have
no right to speak for god.
That is why we set out on
this purification work.<New>
They must atone for
their sins.<Delay 20>
These are the
Bishop's orders!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 51 w:56 h:5>
Verlaine
"God?<Delay 20>
Where does such
a being exist?<New>
You should know by now how
the 'Ethos' came about...<New>
It was an organization
created by Solaris aeons
ago solely for the purpose
of managing ignorant humans.<New>
Its doctrines are just
deceptions designed to
control the masses.<New>
The 'Ethos' used the two
sweet fruits of 'faith'
and 'technology' well to
skillfully manipulate global
affairs and people's zeal.<New>
Thus, they manipulated the
ignorant masses to
repeatedly continue their
pointless wars.<New>
Eventually, battle data on
'man' and 'weapons' gleaned
from these wars, were sent
to Solaris itself...<New>
And analyzed to aid in 
ruling the entire Earth.<New>
These intentionally
perpetuated wars caused
much phychological discord.<New>
But faith in 'god'...<Delay 20>
salvation...
was used as a cushion
to soften the blow.<New>
It was a well thought-
out system.<Delay 20>
But the choice of managers
was extremely poor.<New>
Or did you think that acting
the part of a faithful
servant of god would
someday yield an answer
from a great god somewhere?<New>
Can't you see that such
a divine being just 'never
existed from the beginning'?<New>
And you don't seem to
realize this, but you
yourself were 'passing
judgement on sinners'
as much as we were!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 52 w:40 h:5>
Verlaine
"That's right.<Delay 20>
Daily you have been
dirtying your hands
as an accomplice<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 53 w:32 h:2>
Verlaine
"Bi<Delay 20>...<Delay 5>lly<Delay 20>...<Delay 10>..."<Close><Close><End of Block>
