Factory Worker

[Bahed]

lately, I've been feeling so weak...

I heard the guy before me had to quit because he also started feeling weak.

It couldn't be...

It couldn't be because of this 'Hetarium'...

That's just plain crazy...

Oh, you got the rocks?

You brought them for Zabaroo?

Oh, how is he doing? I hear

he threw out his back.

Oh no... I'm so sorry

to hear that. I hope he

feels better soon. Anyway,

why don't you bring the

rocks over here?

Let me confirm Zabaroo's

quota for today. Ah, and

don't worry, we pay him

for his quotas regularly.

Hm? What'd you want

to know? I can't say that

I know everything, but

I'll try my best to tell you

what I know. I mean,

you helped Zabaroo, so...

Well, it hasn't been that

long since these rocks

attracted attention outside

of town. Before all this,

the townspeople just

made carvings out of them.

Then, all of a sudden,

these people from--I guess

it was Schwarzwald--came

and bought a lot of these

stones. Later, they even built

this factory to process them!

Oh, they tried using machines

to harvest these stones, but

they all broke down too soon.

That's why they hired people

in Veins to collect them.

I'm not sure many people

know who owns this factory.

Maybe it's Rekenber? Yes,

I saw one of their corporate

airships come to town, so

I think it might be them.

I'm not really sure. I just

happened to overhear some

of the higher ups mention

something about hearts?

Pieces of hearts? Doesn't

make any sense to me.

All I gathered was that

they were using the stones

to build a machine related

to those hearts. That's

all I know. Anyway, please

leave the stones over there~

Everyday I feel

weaker and weaker...

Could this be chronic

fatigue syndrome? Ugh...