# 11 - The Thorn Cross Association
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Everything in this world
is dreamed by the goddess, Eve!
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We are all visions created by her dream!
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Then, what are we?
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Where are our true selves?
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People, do not grieve the maidens who have
fallen ill with the Sleeping Beauty Syndrome!
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Those maidens have awakened
to their true selves in their dreams
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and have been blessed by Eve!
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That's right! They have taken their true forms
in their dreams and have been freed!
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Behaving like witches, they are
more beautiful than anyone else!
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Oh? There's actually someone
taking him seriously.
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*ENTER THE RED DOORS*
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*Up above the forest of slumber*
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*Two moons look down from the sky*
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*Where did you come from,*
*and where are you going?*
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*Where are we going?*
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*ENTER THE RED DOORS*
***SIGN*** "The Thorn Cross Association"
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I found a clue!
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Huh?
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A clue about Yurina in the dream world!
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More importantly, why am I
the only one who can't wake up?
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Huh?
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All the witches have woken up.
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I'm checking on that.
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The girls with Sleeping Beauty Syndrome
have all returned to the real world.
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Well, with one exception, anyway.
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An exception?
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One of the girls passed away.
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The Witch of First Love, Kayo Sugisaki.
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Oh, right...
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No, but what about me?!
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I'm trying to tell you that
the discovery about Yurina
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will also be a key to solving
the mystery about you!
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Not only that, but also to the mystery of Lily!
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I don't care about that stuff!
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What do you mean, you don't care?
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I suspect that everything is connected!
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In the end, all you care about is yourself!
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As long as you can save your sister,
you don't care what happens to me, right?
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How rude.
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Apologize for what you just said.
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No way.
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What I want are answers!
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At the very least,
I am more mature than you.
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So what?
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I have concluded that there is no point
in continuing this unproductive back-and-forth.
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Are you going to look for your sister?
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Did you say something about a clue?
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What?
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I don't feel like talking anymore.
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Hey!
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I want this dream to end!
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I am a representative of the
Thorn Cross Association, Ehyeh.
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Professor Kanzaki, I am honored to meet
such a famous researcher of the dream world.
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Brother!
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Oh, it's you.
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You got in a fight with that professor, huh?
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How do you know?
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'Cause it's a dream.
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I don't want to dream anymore.
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Do you want to know why you're
the only one who won't wake up?
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Do you know?
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I know why you won't wake up:
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because I'm the one keeping you asleep.
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Oh? Even the renowned
Professor Kanzaki does not know Eve?
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I'm afraid not...
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Actually, my younger sister
also has Sleeping Beauty Syndrome,
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and I was wondering if that was related...
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That is wonderful!
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Your sister is receiving the blessing
of Eve in the dream world.
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Hey, what do you want from me?
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Something that only you can do.
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Because I think you're the only one
who can stop Eve from waking up.
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Eve? What's Eve?
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Eve's Eve. From Adam and Eve.
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If Eve wakes up...
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...then everyone will die.
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That is the salvation of mankind.
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What we in the Thorn Cross
Association worship
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is the goddess, Eve, who sleeps
in the center of the dream world.
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An awesome being who is also the
beginning of this world and of mankind.
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You said that this whole world
is a dream that Eve is dreaming, right?
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I don't really understand that part...
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You know the story of
Adam and Eve, do you not?
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The first man and woman who received
the blessings of God in the Garden of Eden.
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However, they were tricked by the devil
to eat fruit from the Tree of Knowledge,
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angering God and getting
thrown out of Eden.
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Yes, I know that much.
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After much lamentation, Eve was
so tormented by her own actions
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that she closed off her heart
and fell into a deep sleep.
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In the dreams brought on by her sleep
is this world in which we live.
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If we study history, we can see that
the reality is far from the paradise of Eden.
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People suffer from one illness after another,
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the gap between the rich
and poor grows wider,
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and there is no end to war and conflicts.
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People are only becoming more depraved.
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Because they ate fruit
from the Tree of Knowledge,
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mankind angered God and
are receiving eternal punishment.
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That is Eve's dream.
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It is the "now" that we call reality.
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Then, what are we?
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This is a temporary form.
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Inside dreams is where reality lies.
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Then, that's my reality?
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Awakening to our dream selves
is the salvation we seek.
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The key to that lies in the witches
who built the dream world.
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In the witches?
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Eve fell asleep and made
this world of suffering.
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But what of the maidens with
Sleeping Beauty Syndrome?
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Yes, they built a dream world of only witches.
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In that world, everything
they desired came true...
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A wonderful world.
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It is the true Garden of Eden.
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And if Eve awakens,
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then we will be freed from
Eve's world of suffering,
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with no war or poverty--
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only an eternal paradise.
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Then, does that mean the
witches should not wake up?
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They've awakened to their true selves
before everyone else, right?
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Exactly.
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And there is someone keeping
them from their true selves,
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bringing them back to this world...
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Someone evil.
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All the witches you've saved up until now
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were linchpins that opened up
the path to Eve's door.
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Linchpins? Those girls were?
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Yes. Remember.
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Game set.
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Oh, I feel much better.
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Who's the strongest in this world?
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The Witch of Thunder!
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What "dream world" is this?
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You're just being self-complacent.
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It's super tiring to be the girl
everyone wants me to be.
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I can't fail.
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But I really want to be spoiled.
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But I can't!
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That's why I had no choice
but to bind myself!
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I can do what I want in
this world at least, right?!
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It was my dream to do this.
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That dream's over once you
kill all three of them, though.
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Your dream will end.
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What'll you do after that?
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If I don't kill them, I can't live.
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Why is it always me...?
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Why...?!
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When I eat, I lose weight in a hurry.
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And losing weight is a bad thing?
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Yes, it is.
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When I ate and lost weight,
my boyfriend dumped me.
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Going to school, studying,
playing with friends...
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...finding lots of love...
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Being able to enjoy this moment...
just like everyone else--
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that's all I want, and yet...
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Weren't involved?! They're still guilty!
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It's gutless to know that bullying
is going on, and pretend not to see it!
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Did you forget?
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Pot... was killed by me...
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I will never forget that!
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There's no way I could forget!
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It's not as though everyone
leads the same life as you do.
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But if you realize that even
a little bit, I'd be glad.
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By learning the slightest bit about someone...
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...by changing your point of view just a bit...
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...your feelings toward that person
suddenly grow a lot closer.
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Getting to know them;
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listening for their voice...
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Misaki is an eternal idol!
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A national star that everyone admires!
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She doesn't fall in love
or go to the bathroom.
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She's a perfect idol!
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A perfect idol. Is there
really anyone like that?
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Come on, Jane. It's okay.
You don't have to be afraid.
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This is where I draw you close, Haruto.
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Jane, you can't stay in a dream
like this. Wake up, Jane.
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I know you can do it.
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Let's go, together with me.
Come on, summon your courage.
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What does a made-up world
like this have for you?
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Open your eyes and start walking, Jane.
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Don't give up, Jane!
I know you can do it, Jane!
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Jane! Jane! Jane! Jane! Jane! Jane! Jane!
Jane! Jane! Jane! Jane! Jane! Jane!
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Aw, man!
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Well, rather than witches,
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they just seemed like they each
had their own issues to deal with.
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There are many witches,
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but not even I knew which
witches had become linchpins.
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But for you, the witches were
the ones who contacted you, right?
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That's how we knew who were linchpins.
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Why me?
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Because you're you.
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That doesn't explain anything.
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When those ten linchpins are removed,
the door to Eve opens.
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Brother, come with me to that door.
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What'll we do once we get there?
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I want you to stop Eve from waking up.
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Stop her?
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Kill her.
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You want *me* to kill her? Why?
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Why don't you do it?
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You're the one who wants to kill her.
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I can't do it!
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Why not?
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You saw it, didn't you?
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The world will end.
All of mankind will die.
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That doesn't answer my question!
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Professor, you know who the evil one is.
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Inside dreams I do.
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I wish for you to stop him.
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The evil one has already
awoken ten witches.
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Let's open your eyes.
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I wish I could've met you sooner...
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I have a new dream now...
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Thank you.
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Hey, Haruto.
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I was *really*...
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...happy.
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I...
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...love you...
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...Haruto!
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That's so good! And so fun!
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Des... tiny...?
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The one place where you
can really be yourself is...
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Yes. Ultimately, this is the
only path I have, isn't it?
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That's right, Mirei. You shine brightest
when you're on the ice.
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So keep right on skating. That's what your...
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...destiny is.
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It's all right. Knowing you,
you'll be able to overcome this.
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Then, does that mean I'm alive?
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I can get out of here, then?
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That part depends on you.
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On whether you're ready to face
living in your harsh reality.
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I *am* ready.
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Thank you.
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Farewell.
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I'm glad I...
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I'm glad I met you!
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I'll see you later!
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Huh?
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Now, the spell's about to be broken, Princess.
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He gave me a chance.
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Then that means I can see you on the outside?
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Um, will you be my friend?
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Of course.
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I want to see you...
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All of that has angered Eve.
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Why did he awaken them?
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Why did he tamper with their feelings?
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Eve is trying to wake up
because of her anger.
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Then, Eve is waking up from anger
and then trying to save mankind?
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We wish for that awakening to occur,
not from anger, but from love.
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Love is another ambiguous word...
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If Eve awakens from love,
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then she would likely forgive this world
of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge.
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That is the only way to escape
the punishment of the gods.
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By the way, if Eve wakes up
and saves the world,
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then what kind of world awaits us?
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The world will become Sleeping Beauty.
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I don't really get it,
but it seems pretty scary.
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Don't believe them.
**[20:21] ---**
Who are you?
**[20:22] ---**
Someone who hates the Thorn Cross Association.
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That's all.
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Do you know something?
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Do I look like I do?
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Why did you talk to me, then?
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What? I'm just warning you.
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So you won't fall for what those fools say.
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You're not being very clear.
What are you hiding?
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Nothing. I said I hate those guys, right?
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Anyway, don't get near those guys anymore.
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You want to live a long time, don't you?
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What a weirdo.
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Yes? Professor, it's been a long time.
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It's been a while. There's
something I want to ask you.
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Ask me? What is it?
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It's about Haruto.
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Not just you. I want to ask
all the other witches, too.
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About Haruto?
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Then, there's a lot that we
would like to tell you, as well.
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Hm? "We"?
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Yes, all of us former witches.
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If I open this, then I'll be at the door
that'll lead me to Eve, right?
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Yes.
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I guess I have no choice, then.
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Shall we go?
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I am a representative of the
Thorn Cross Association, Ehyeh.
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Everything in this world
is dreamed by the goddess, Eve!
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We are all visions created by her dream!
**[22:15] ---**
Then, what are we?
**[22:19] ---**
Where are our true selves?
**[22:23] ---**
People, do not grieve the maidens who have
fallen ill with the Sleeping Beauty Syndrome!
**[22:30] ---**
Those maidens have awakened
to their true selves in their dreams
**[22:36] ---**
and have been blessed by Eve!
**[22:40] ---**
That's right! They have taken their true forms
in their dreams and have been freed!
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Awaken.
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The witch's singing voice rings out.
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Turn your ear toward it.
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Listen to her feelings.
***SIGN*** "The Witch Wars"
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Listen, baa!
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Next time's dream is "The Witch Wars."
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