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and never come back.

Like Ludovic's father.

I never understood

what happened to him.

Did he just disappear?

Well, first,

he stopped talking.

Then one day, he woke up,

packed a suitcase, and left.

Beatrice was about to have Ludovic.

That was quite a blow.

But why did he stop talking

in the first place?

That's one of the many things

he never talked about.

Hm.

No, no, Papa.

Mmm!

Do you think about it?

Sometimes.

What do you see?

Strange trees...

chickens pecking in the dirt,

laughing children.

What about this man?

You hardly mention him.

He was closed...

secretive.

It's hard to remember

all of it. It...

it's fading away.

Papa!

Papa!

I've ask Madame Berbek

to help with the chores.

The house is too much for me.

That's a good idea.

Ludovic is growing.

They must need the money.

I knew you'd understand.

May I see?

No, it's not finished.

I want to look at it.

No.

It was a happy time that summer.

Life was simple again.

Opened his beak...

and he felt sick.

The cheese fell

out of his beak,

and the fox caught the cheese,

and ran off with it.

So this is the path,

and the fountain is there.

Mm-hmm.

And the lilies?

You're standing on them.

Oh. Sorry.

You're standing on them again.

So the lilies are everywhere.

The lilies

are everywhere.

But I knew...

I knew that it couldn't

last forever.

Ludovic?

I suppose

we won't be eating

your aubergines this summer.

It's a flower garden,

not a potager.

Hello, Ludovic.

I've received some news

from Japan.

It may not be so easy to get in

and out the next time.

When was it easy?

I have

Hara Jubei's protection.

I will be fine.

What if you don't

make it to him?

Herv...

Listen...

you have a decision to make.

You make it.

I'll always love you.

I'll always love you.

Au revoir!

Oh.

And once again,

I made it to the village.

Only this time,

it was different.

This time, I was

not treated as a stranger.

This time, I belonged.

Arigato.

I had to find her.

So while I waited for the eggs

to be prepared,

I searched the village.

I wanted you to see this place.

Join me.

Perhaps another time.

You see these birds?

Only here

can you see them.

My father used to come here

every day to watch them...

and his father...

and the father

of his father.

And now...

you've seen them, too.

Come.

And what does it say?

Door was open.

Herv Joncour.

Schuyler. I am Dutch.

You are, uh, French,

I suppose.

What is your trade?

There is no point

in being secretive.

You're either here to buy

or sell something.

Which is it?

I'm here to buy silk eggs.

And you?

Selling.

What?

Guns.

Guns?

Mm-hmm.

Mmm!

You must be paying

pretty well.

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