Haibane Renmei (2002)

Michael McConnohie: Communicator, Baker, Gentleman

Quotes 

• Communicator : Then, do you recognize your own sin?

  Rakka : If I do, does that mean my sin will be erased?

  Communicator : Think about it. To recognize one's own sin is to have no sin. So, are you a sinner?

  Rakka : Uh! But if I think I have no sin, then I become a sinner!

  Communicator : Perhaps this is what it means to be bound by sin. To spin in the same circle, looking for where the sin lies, and at some point losing sight of the way out.

  Rakka : What's the right answer, then?

  Communicator : Think about it. You must search for and find the answer yourself.

• Rakka : She's been blaming herself all this time. Why is it only Reki that can't be forgiven?

  Communicator : Why do you think YOU were forgiven?

  Rakka : It's not because I forgave myself.

  Communicator : That is correct. No one is able to forgive themselves. However you had the bird. Someone believed in you, and stood by you.

  Rakka : By recognizing one's own sin, you can't help but go around in circles if you're alone.

• Rakka : So if I really am a sinner, and I'm not supposed to be here, then please... take me back to the place where I'm supposed to be. This place... this town is too good to me. Everyone is so caring and treats me so kindly. I feel so guilty! If the dream I had is real, I want to go back. I have to go back! I have to apologize!

  Communicator : To recognize one's own sin is to have no sin. It is the riddle of the 'Circle of Sin'.

• Rakka : Somewhere, that's not here, in a place I can't remember, I was obsessed with the idea that I was all alone. I thought that nobody would care, or even miss me if I vanished from the face of the Earth. I wanted to disappear. Then I had a dream about falling from the sky. I just remember that the bird was in the dream with me, and that the bird was someone in the form of a bird, trying to call me back. I now know that I was never alone. But I...

  Communicator : You should not think of it in such a way. Your wings and halo are proof that you have no sin to be atoned for in this world.

  Rakka : But you don't understand! My feathers are...

  Communicator : So, you are sin bound. Hiding the signs of your sin by dyeing your feathers with medicine. Who showed you how?

  Rakka : ...

  Communicator : I see.

  Rakka : What do you mean by 'sin bound'? Are you saying I'm a sinner? And does that mean... that the dream was real?

  Communicator : There is no way to be certain. Whatever you lost dreaming inside your cocoon can never be retrieved. Even if you heard someone, you will never see that person again.

• Rakka : Reki has been acting a little nervous lately.

  Communicator : The fact that her Day of Flight has not arrived is weighing heavily on her mind. And yet, she silently hopes that it will never come.

  Rakka : I know. It hurts me a lot to see her suffering like this, but... I still don't want her to go away.

  Communicator : She is still lost in the dark. Rakka... you had the bird come to you, enabling you to fill in the missing pieces of your memories. However, Reki has no one. She must face the darkness on her own. It is a trying ordeal.