# 5 - Limit (12 o'clock)
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The perfect memory ability--\nIndex apparently uses 85% of her brain\n
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to remember 103,000 volumes of books.\n
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Only being able to use the\nremaining 15% of her brain,\n
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the sorcerers say that she has to\nhave her memory erased every year,\n
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or else she will die.\nThree days remain until then...\n
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Except, I've been out for three days?!\n
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"A Certain Magical Index"
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*From the reason why I live here *
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*to everything I encounter in this place, *
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*though we may be worlds apart *
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*wherever I am, my feelings won't budge *
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*I'll turn my back to the pain *
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*that stabs at my heart, and the sneering *
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*of those lucky people who look on *
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*My fate invites the inevitable suffering *
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*My legs, starting to shake, remember... *
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*...with conviction *
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*Protecting requires more than just dreams *
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*and unreliable power *
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*My hand now knows that, so I won't waver *
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Okay, Kamijo, I'm heading out.\nI won't be back until late,\n
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"#05 Limit (12 o'clock)"
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so keep an eye on things here for me.\n
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I'm begging you!\n
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Don't hurt Toma anymore!\n
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There are twelve hours and thirty-eight\nminutes until the limit is reached.\n
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We wanted to see if\nthe shackles were working,\n
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and whether or not you would run,\nbut this is better than we imagined.\n
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Shackles?\n
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If you don't want your\ntoy taken away from you,\n
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you'd best abandon any possibility\nof running away. Understood?\n
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It's all right.\n
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If I work out a deal with them, Toma,\n
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your daily life won't be upset any further.\n
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There's no way I'll let them\nintrude any further... so no prob--\n
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Index!\n
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It's me.\n
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Do you read me?\n
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Kanzaki, was it?\n
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There's no need for us\nto know each other's names.\n
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Is she-- is Index there?\n
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Do I have to wake her?\n
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No, that's perfect.\nPlease listen to what I have to say.\n
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Her limit is tonight at midnight.\n
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We have worked up a schedule \n
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to bring everything to an end at that hour.\n
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Why would you go out of your way to tell me that?\n
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Now that you've told me, \n
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I'm going to want to resist\nyou to the death, you know!\n
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Don't you need some time to say goodbye?\n
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This is neither a dialogue,\nnor a negotiation. This is an order.\n
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Say your farewells to her\nbefore we arrive, and leave that place.\n
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You're both just dumping\nyour own incompetence onto Index.\n
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You guys are sorcerers, right? \n
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Can you not do anything with your magic?\n
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Isn't there anything you can do,\nusing Index's 103,000 volumes?\n
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The church is more afraid of Index\nturning on them than anything else.\n
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What are you talking about?\n
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It's possible that the\n103,000 volumes may be slanted.\n
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They said that they would not let her\n
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remember the grimoires that deal\nwith manipulating her memories.\n
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Then, can't you do anything with your own magic?\n
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There was a concern of allowing\nsorcerers outside of Necessarius\n
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to dispel them in a\nmagically created environment.\n
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There is no way the church would\nallow such a possibility to remain.\n
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And most importantly,\nthe act of memorizing the grimoires\n
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means defilement of the brain.\n
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You guys knew that, and still allowed Index to...\n
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We were told after the fact.\nThere isn't anything we can do with magic.\n
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In that case, what about us?\n
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"Us"?\n
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I mean science.\nThere are any number of ways\n
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to take someone's memories through science.\n
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There may be a way for us\nto dig out those 103,000 volumes\n
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where you couldn't.\nBesides, this is Academy City.\n
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There are lots of espers\nhere who can manipulate the mind.\n
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It's still too early to abandon hope.\n
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Even so, are you telling me\nthat you're going to give up trying,\n
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and taking on the challenge,\nand go for the quick-fix\n
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while placing this\nperson's life in the balance?\n
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Your talk is too cheap\nto convince your opponent.\n
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To put it another way,\nwe have achieved actual results\n
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saving her with the "quick-fix."\n
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We cannot rely on your gamble,\nwhen it's shown no actual merit.\n
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It is neither trying,\nnor taking on a challenge.\n
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Can you describe it as\nanything other than reckless?\n
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Right.\n
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I guess in the end,\nwe just can't see eye-to-eye.\n
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Fine, then.\n
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In that case,\nI'll crush you, my archenemy!\n
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I'll save her, and steal\nthe whole spotlight from you.\n
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If anything else happens to\nher to bring her down,\n
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please consider yourself in danger.\n
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I will see you tonight, at midnight.\n
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While there is only a short time left,\n
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do struggle gloriously\nin vain, right up to the end.\n
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"Memory loss."\n
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"Missing memory due to old age\nor alcohol is one form of memory loss.\n
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Memories lost after a stoppage\nof blood flow to the brain are also..."\n
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"The side effects of general\nanesthesia, such as halothane \n
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and isoflurane, as well as\ndrugs such as benzodiazepine\n
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can also cause memories to be lost..."\n
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You know, this isn't getting us anywhere.\n
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A cell phone statement?\n
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That's it!\n
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If I can get Miss Komoe\nto refer me to a research lab\n
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that deals with neurology\nor mental abilities...\n
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What are you doing, Miss Komoe?!\n
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All I can do now is dial\nthese places up at random.\n
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"...mura General Hospital"
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"Initial Consultation Reception"
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Next!\n
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Damn!\n
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H-Hello?\n
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Perfect memory ability?\n
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Yes, I do know. \n
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Well, if you could tell me the symptoms...\n
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Huh? Magic?\n
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Just what time do you think it\nis, anyway? It's nearly 12 o'clock.\n
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Hello? Hello?\n
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Hello? For crying out loud...\n
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Index...\n
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Out of the way.\n
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Refer to the Book of Crowley.\nWe'll call down an angel,\n
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and raise a temple in this room.\n
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We're going to root out her memory.\n
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H-Hold on. Hold on a second.\n
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There are 1.8 million\nespers here in Academy City.\n
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There are over a thousand\nresearch organizations.\n
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If we turn to one of those outfits,\n
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we may not have to\nrely on these awful measures.\n
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You guys don't want\nto have to do this either, right?\n
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Deep down in your hearts, \n
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you're praying that there's\nsome other way, aren't you?\n
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Well then, just wait a little longer.\n
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I swear, I'll find a way to resolve this\n
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that leaves everyone smiling,\nand everyone happy.\n
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Is that all you've got to say?\n
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Look at her!\n
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Could you say the same\nthing you just said in front of her?\n
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Can you tell someone who\nhas endured this for so long,\n
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someone so sick, she can't even\nopen her eyes because of the pain,\n
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that there's something\nyou want to try, so just sit tight?\n
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You'd let doctors whose faces\nand names you don't even know\n
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poke around in this\ngirl's body however they please,\n
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and approve of them pumping her full of drugs?\n
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That is not the thinking of a human being.\n
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Answer me! Are you still a human?!\n
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Or are you a monster,\nwho has abandoned your humanity?!\n
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This is an implement that is\nnecessary for taking her memories.\n
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It's a magical adornment.\n
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If you were to touch it with your right hand,\n
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that's all it would take for it to lose its power.\n
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All we are taking are her memories.\nHer life will be spared.\n
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But if your attempt fails, she is going to die.\n
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Given that, can you still do it?\nCan you sit here,\n
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in front of this girl who is suffering\nso much, and consider it?!\n
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If you're so sure of your\nown abilities, then give it a shot!\n
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Go ahead and play the hero, you mutant!\n
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My name is Index.\n
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I sure would be glad if you would\nfeed me until my tummy is full.\n
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The ceremony will commence at 12:15 a.m.\n
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We'll use the power\nof Leo to take her memories.\n
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Right.\n
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Hey, sorcerer...\n
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What do you think I should\nsay to her, by way of farewell?\n
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There isn't any time to be\nwasted on anything so trivial.\n
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Would you mind getting\nout of here, you monster?\n
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Your right hand extinguished my flames.\n
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I still can't comprehend\nthe principles at work there,\n
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but I don't want it to have any influence\n
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on the ceremony we're\nabout to perform, no matter how minor.\n
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Why...? \n
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Why can't I help save\na single girl who is suffering?\n
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We have about ten minutes\nbefore the start of the ceremony.\n
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The first night that we swore\nwe would erase her memories,\n
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we spent the whole\nnight at her side, sobbing.\n
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B-But there's no telling\nwhat this guy is going to do now!\n
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What if we take our eyes off of him,\nand he kills the both of them?!\n
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If that were true, \n
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don't you think he would have\ntouched the cross in a second?\n
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It's because you were\nsure that he was still human\n
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that you tested him, didn't you?\n
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Yeah, but...\n
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Either way, we cannot perform\nthe ceremony until the time is at hand.\n
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If we allow him to have\nany lingering attachment to her,\n
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the risk of him interrupting\nthe ceremony will remain, Stiyl.\n
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Ten minutes. Got it?\n
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Toma...?\n
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Index...\n
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I'm sorry.\n
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Toma...\n
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There's some kind of array here in the room.\n
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They said it was recovery magic.\n
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Magic? But who?\n
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Those sorcerers came back again, didn't they?\n
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Toma,\n
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you have to get out of here!\n
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It's all right, Index.\n
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-- Toma!\n
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-- It's all over now.\n-- Toma!\n
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It's all done.\n
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Toma...\n
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I'm sorry. I'll get stronger,\nso this won't get the best of me again.\n
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I'll grow strong enough to smack around\n
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each and every last person\nwho treated you like this.\n
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Just you wait. Next time... \n
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Next time, I swear I'll save you, without fail.\n
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All right. I'll be waiting.\n
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Damn it.\n
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It doesn't have to end in this terrible way, does it?\n
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I ended up not being able to do anything.\n
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I couldn't do anything about the 103,000 volumes\n
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that occupy 85% of Index's brain,\n
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nor could I preserve\nthe year's worth of memories\n
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crammed into the remaining 15%.\n
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Huh?\n
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85% of her brain is used to keep\nthe 103,000 volumes memorized.\n
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As a result, she can only use 15% of the\nbrain that an ordinary person can use.\n
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Memory erasure is conducted\nat precise yearly intervals.\n
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Hang on a second.\n
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How is it that she can only\nfit one year's worth of memories\n
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into that 15%?\n
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Furthermore, how exactly did Kanzaki\n
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derive those 85% and 15% figures earlier?\n
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Yes?\n
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Ah, I know that voice. Is this Kamijo?\n
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You shouldn't be using\nmy telephone without asking.\n
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Huh? Perfect memorization ability?\n
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Y-Yes, there are indeed rare instances of it,\n
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but the condition itself is a natural one.\n
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Is it true that one year's worth of memories\n
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would take up 15% of the brain? \n
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That would mean that a person\nwould be hopelessly predisposed\n
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to blowing out their brain\nwhen they hit 6 or 7 years old, right?\n
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It's true that with a\nperfect memorization ability,\n
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a person is unable to forget\neven the most worthless of memories,\n
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but by no means is it possible\nfor the brain to suffer a blowout.\n
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It's possible for the human brain\nto keep up to 140 years of memories.\n
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It's not possible for\nmemories to cause a blowout.\n
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People have more than\none kind of memory, anyway.\n
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"Semantic Memory" "Manages language and knowledge"
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There's semantic memory, which\nhandles language and knowledge,\n
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procedural memory, which handles\nmotor skills that are practiced,\n
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"Procedural Memory" "Manages acquired motor skills "
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and episodic memory, which\nhandles memories of past events.\n
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"Episodic Memory" "Manages recollection"
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There's all sorts of them. All sorts.\n
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So um, Teacher, I'm not\nsure what you're telling me.\n
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Well, in other words, no matter\nhow much knowledge one acquires,\n
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there is absolutely no way,\nneurologically speaking,\n
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for one's memories to overwhelm them.\n
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Index's perfect memory ability \n
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is not the sort of thing that is life-threatening.\n
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If that's true, it means\nthat the church is lying to Kanzaki.\n
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So then, why is Index suffering?\n
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The church has tampered with Index's head,\n
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and rigged it so that if\nher memories aren't erased\n
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on an annual basis, she will die.\n
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To ensure that Index, the possessor\nof the 103,000 volumes,\n
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will never turn against them.\n
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To ensure that Index's friends\n
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choke back their\ntears, and remain loyal.\n
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But what exactly did the church rig?\n
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If you're so sure of your\nown abilities, then give it a shot!\n
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Go ahead and play the hero, you mutant!\n
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I won't just play the hero.\n
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I will *be* the hero!
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So, huh?\n
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There's no change.\nI haven't touched any unusual powers?\n
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Which means that there must\nbe someplace I haven't touched.\n
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They wouldn't...\n
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Warnings, Chapter 3, Verse 2.\n
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Rupture in all barriers,\nfrom first to third, detected.\n
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Regeneration provisions failing.\nAuto-regeneration not possible.\n
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Current status: In order to\npreserve the 103,000-volume library,\n
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assigning priority to intercepting the intruder.\n
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Reverse-calculating the magic formula\n
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that penetrated the barriers\nfrom within the 103,000-volume library...\n
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Failure. Unable to locate relevant magic.\n
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Breaking down formula composition\n
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to develop counter-intruder local weapon.\n
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Combination of most effective magic\n
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against intruder successfully attained.\n
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Now deploying specified magic,\nSaint George's Holy Sanctuary,\n
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to destroy the intruder.\n
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*Hey, do you hear that? *
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*You're wandering through memories *
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*Hey, if you can live your lives *
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*believing in your own hearts, *
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*then even though *
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*you may live in different worlds, *
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*as long as you have something to preserve... *
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*For whose sake is the helping hand that you extend? *
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*The mana of thousands of lives released *
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*Their motions and their gazes *
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*are heart wrenching *
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*I won't let go *
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"Preview"
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"Preview"\nSaint George's Holy Sanctuary\n
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"Preview"\ncreates an endless distance between Index and me.\n
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\ncreates an endless distance between Index and me.\n
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But I'm just one step away. One more step,\n
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and I'm sure I can reach her.\n
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Next time, "Imagine Breaker."\n
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When science and magic\ncross paths, the story begins.\n