Mikuru: This is the first time I've ever gone for a walk like this.
Kyon: By "like this" you mean...
Mikuru: Out walking alone with a boy.
Kyon: Come on, I can't believe that.
You're telling me that you've never gone out a date with
anyone before?
Mikuru: Never.
Kyon: You're kidding, right? I mean don't you have guys just lining up to ask you out?
Mikuru: But I can't do it. You see I'm not
supposed to go out on a date with anyone,
at least not on
this...
Kyon, I've got a favor to ask of you.
Kyon: After a couple of false starts, Miss
Asahina finally started putting
her words to complete sentences and began to
explain.
Mikuru: You might not believe a word I'm about to
say,
but the truth is I'm not actually from this time plane.
I come from the future.
I can't tell you from which time here it is or time plane I
come from though,
Telling anything about the future to anyone from the past is
restricted.
I was XXXX time machine.
Ah, think of it is thing a lot like animation.
The pictures look like they're a motion, right?
But it is just a series of still frames laid out in the
sequence.
The time is just like that.
Time-traveling is moving in a three dimensional direction
along
the various time planes.
I'm from the future, that means on this time planes, I'm sort
of like
an extra picture in the middle of one of those flip book
animation things.
Kyon: What is it, now?
Mikuru: As for me, I'm here because a large
timequake happened three years ago.
That's three years ago from the current time in this
plane.
We arrived in the past to investigate and we were surprised
once we got here.
No matter how hard we tried, we couldn't go for the back in
time from
that plane.
The conclusion was that there had to be a large time-gap
between the
time planes.
It wasn't until recently that we found the thing that caused
it.
That is, "recently" in the future where I come
from.
Kyon: So, what is the reason?
Mikuru: Miss Suzumiya.
Kyon: Not again.
Mikuru: She was at the very center of the time
distortion,
and I can't explain any more this to you because it's
classified information.
But we're certain that it's Miss Suzumiya who closed the
access to the past.
Kyon: It's hard to believe Haruhi would be able to do something like that.
Mikuru: Believe me. It's a mystery to us as
well.
And Miss Suzumiya doesn't realize that she's the cause of the
timequake either.
That's why I come in.
I was sent here to see whether or not there would be any new
time anomalies occurring
near Miss Suzumiya.
I guess I'm a kind of like a watchdog.
Oh, I understand you don't want to believe what I've just told
you.
Kyon: No, it's not that. it's just...
Why are you telling me?
Mikuru: Because you are the one that Miss
Suzumiya has chosen.
I can't explain because it's classified information.
But you're very important to Miss Suzumiya.
There're reasons behind everything she does, every time she
raises her
hand and takes her step.
Kyon: What about Nagato and the new guy?
Mikuru: Oh well, they are in very similar
positions to me.
I never expected Miss Suzumiya to get us all together in
such a precise
manner, though.
Kyon: So that means you know who or what both of them really are, right?
Mikuru: That's classified.
Kyon: Can you tell me what's going to happen to
Haruhi?
Mikuru: That's classified.
Kyon: Well, if you are from the future, you already know what happens, right?
Mikuru: That's classified.
Kyon: Well then, why don't you just tell Haruhi all this stuff?
Mikuru: That's classified.
I'm sorry, but I'm not authorized to say anything right
now.
You don't have to believe me.
I just wanted you to know about it, that's all.
Kyon: I just heard the same thing a couple of days ago, didn't I?
Mikuru: I'm sorry to dump all this on you like I did.
Kyon: Don't apologize, I don't mind.
So now we got an alien and a time-traveler.
What's going on here?
If there's anybody out there who believes in all the
stuff,
please call me. We'll trade places.
Kyon: Miss Asahina,
Mikuru: Yes?
Kyon: You mind if we put all this on hold, I
mean is it OK if we just put aside
whether I believe you or not, and just get back to it
later?
Mikuru: Sure.
Kyon: Before we do, can I ask you one question?
Mikuru: Yes, what is it?
Kyon: If you wouldn't mind, could you tell me how old you really are?
Mikuru: That's classified!
