# 1 - Blaze
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G619098KY/absolute-duo)
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It's no use...
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Blaze!
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Julie...
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Head off Julie's fang!
**[01:15] ---**
*We lived in a closed-up past*
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*With an ever-distant future and time unmoving*
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* Finding in our battle now*
* what we were searching for*
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* The power to believe in each other,*
* beyond even destiny*
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* We'll get stronger,*
* you and me: a pair to the end*
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* This light reflects a bond*
* even deeper than our wounds*
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* I want to protect you...*
* and so my soul runs out to you now*
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* Just hand it over to me*
* (all of it)--even your pain*
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* We're together (together) that's why*
* (that's why) we can make it our strength*
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*I'll be your shield, and yours alone*
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* My back to yours,*
* I believe in miracles (in meetings)*
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*No one can intrude on that (can't stop it)*
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* Looking down on our limits*
* from far above: Absolute Soul*
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"#1 Blaze"
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So *that's* what they mean
by "pretty young thing"!
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You're new here, too?
Why don't we walk together?
**[03:13] ---**
So this is Koryo Academy High School...
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An all-expenses-paid academy
with free room and board,
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established by the Dorn Agency--
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it's a dream come true!
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I'm the only one here from my
middle school, so I was a little nervous.
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Yeah, same here.
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We'll be studying...
martial techniques here, right?
**[03:39] ---**
Uh-huh.
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I haven't even introduced myself!
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I'm Imari Nagakura.
This is going to be a fun three years!
**[03:50] ---**
I'm Tor Kokonoe. Nice to meet you, Nagakura.
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Call me Imari, Tor.
**[03:57] ---**
The opening ceremony will
begin soon in the study hall.
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Shall we?
**[04:01] ---**
New students,
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Yeah, let's go.
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please assemble in the study hall.
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"Koryo Academy Opening Ceremony"
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Welcome, new students, to Koryo Academy.
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I am the Academy president, Sakuya Tsukumo.
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We shall now perform our
traditional Screening Rite.
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First, please take note of
the person sitting beside you;
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he or she will be your partner.
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I guess you're my partner, Imari.
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I wonder what we're going to do.
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And now...
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...you are to battle your partner.
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Only the winners will be permitted entrance.
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The losers will have their Lukifers
removed and will leave the premises.
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What the...? This is news to me!
**[05:05] ---**
You mean that letter of acceptance
wasn't enough to get in?
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A battle? But... that's impossible!
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If your battle is not over within ten minutes,
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both students will be given failing marks.
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W-Wait--please!
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Yes?
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Isn't it a little much to say
we can't get in if we lose?
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Consider this Koryo Academy's
entrance examination.
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It is a struggle for survival
based on one simple rule:
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Defeat others to stay alive.
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What's wrong with a normal exam?
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You will all be plunging headfirst
into battle before long.
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You must have known that
when you first expressed interest
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in attending Koryo Academy.
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Can we switch partners?
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Understand this: The person beside
you now is your first enemy.
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It's okay, Tor.
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I appreciate the sentiment...
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...but don't treat me like a fool.
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Now fight, heaven-chosen children--you Elcidae!
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You have already been given
the power you require.
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Use your soul-power, your Blaze,
to snatch up a future for yourself!
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Blaze.
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Why, you...!
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There's something I have to do.
It's why I'm here.
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Imari...
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So... I can't let you go any further!
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Blaze!
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Tor, get your Blaze out.
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Then I'll just end it here!
**[08:02] ---**
So this is the power of the Lukifer...
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This next one won't miss.
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C'mon, that's enough.
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So you're saying you admit defeat?
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Give me a break!
You didn't even really fight me!
**[08:43] ---**
A shield? Is *that* your Blaze, Tor?
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Yeah...
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B-But a Blaze--soul-power always
comes in the form of a weapon!
**[08:55] ---**
I guess I'm an Irregular.
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Thanks for protecting me, Tor.
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Still...
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...there are some things I just can't let go by.
**[09:08] ---**
You have those, too, don't you?
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If not... then get out of my way!
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She only died
because she was weak.
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Sorry, Imari. I can't let this go by, either.
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This is *mine*!
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It's over, Imari.
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Time's up. Only the victors at
this time will be permitted entry.
**[09:59] ---**
You okay?
**[10:00] ---**
Allow me to leave you with these final words:
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May you someday reach Absolute Duo.
**[10:13] ---**
All that fancy fighting
and no one even got hurt.
**[10:18] ---**
Blazes are weapons produced by your soul,
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so I guess souls are the
only things they can hurt.
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You were totally holding back at the end there!
**[10:27] ---**
Th-That wasn't my Blaze--
I would have hurt you for real.
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You're sweet, Tor...
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...but you can't do that anymore.
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No matter what your power is,
no matter how strong your opponent,
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lose once and it's over.
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That's the kind of world
that's out there waiting for us.
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And once you lose, there are no do-overs.
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Congrats on making it in, Tor.
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Okay, well... bye now.
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Haven't seen you in two years, Tor.
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Never thought we'd meet
again *here*, of all places.
**[11:18] ---**
Tora? It *is* you!
**[11:21] ---**
So you made it through the Screening Rite, eh?
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Guess that makes us both
Sakuya Tsukumo's guinea pigs.
**[11:29] ---**
Hey, now--aren't you going too far?
**[11:32] ---**
But I'm not wrong.
**[11:34] ---**
We got our Blaze powers from
those Lukifer things she gave us.
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You could say Koryo Academy
is one big research facility
**[11:45] ---**
made just for Sakuya Tsukumo.
**[11:48] ---**
Hey, there's the first-year classroom.
Let's get moving, Tora.
**[11:54] ---**
What's your hurry?
**[12:01] ---**
Let's make this a good year.
**[12:02] ---**
Uh-huh.
**[12:18] ---**
It's her...
**[12:19] ---**
You know her?
**[12:20] ---**
I don't exactly *know* her, but...
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Tor?
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"stare"
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Do I know her?
**[12:38] ---**
You're asking *me*?!
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"stare"
**[12:47] ---**
She's obviously looking at you.
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She's obviously looking at me.
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Why don't you talk to her?
**[12:53] ---**
I should probably talk to her.
**[12:55] ---**
Hey, uh...
**[13:00] ---**
"stare"
**[13:03] ---**
So, er...
**[13:05] ---**
"stare"
**[13:07] ---**
Wow. She's good.
**[13:10] ---**
Hello, hello!
**[13:15] ---**
Nice to meet you! I'm your
homeroom teacher, Rito Tsukimi!
**[13:18] ---**
Oh, but call me Professor Bunbun!
**[13:22] ---**
"stare"
**[13:24] ---**
Dear me! What could be the problem?
**[13:26] ---**
Oh! Are you perhaps dazzled
by how gosh-darn cute I am?
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Goodness me!
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We just don't know how to react!
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All this and she's *still* looking at me?!
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"stare"
**[13:39] ---**
Okay, your turn! Introduce yourselves!
**[13:43] ---**
Tomoe Tachibana.
**[13:46] ---**
U-Um... Miyabi Hotaka.
**[13:50] ---**
Aoi Torasaki.
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Okay, now, who's next?
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Tor Kokonoe.
**[14:00] ---**
Kokonoe? Ooh, so you're that Irregular!
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You're the talk of the staff room!
**[14:06] ---**
Uh... yes.
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Okay, and next up is the
silver-haired girl beside you!
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Stand up, now!
**[14:12] ---**
Ja.
**[14:13] ---**
I'm Julie Sigtuna. Pleased to meet you all.
**[14:18] ---**
Julie, huh?
**[14:23] ---**
What's with that girl, anyway?
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Okay! So! Have you gotten
the hang of this place yet?
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"Koryo Academy: Dorm Life Handbook"
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Oh, right! Your student ID can
also be used as a credit card.
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You have a whopping 100,000 yen
every month to use however you like!
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"100,000 Yen"
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Boys, feel free to give some of that
dough to Professor Bunbun! Tee-hee!
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"Duo"
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We have a special Duo system here.
**[14:51] ---**
It boils down to students
pairing up and living with partners.
**[14:58] ---**
Professor?
**[14:59] ---**
Yes?
**[15:01] ---**
Why do we have that system?
**[15:03] ---**
You know that once you graduate,
**[15:05] ---**
you'll be placed in the Dorn
Agency's peacekeeping corps.
**[15:09] ---**
Well, there you'll be working in teams--
mostly teams of two!
**[15:13] ---**
So we're getting used to how
the corps works while we're here?
**[15:18] ---**
Bingo-bango-bongo!
Hit the nail right on the head!
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Thank you very much.
**[15:23] ---**
And so, Duos always work together.
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Together during classes and in the dorms--
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which is why we house you in double rooms!
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Okay, so here goes...
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Duos will be discussed and decided
officially by the weekend,
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so until then, you'll all be in temporary Duos!
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"stare"
**[15:41] ---**
Temporary Duos? What do you say, Tora?
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I guess it was inevitable.
**[15:47] ---**
Now, these Duos may be temporary,
but they come preassigned.
**[15:50] ---**
And by that I mean, just like
in the opening ceremony,
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the person next to you will be your partner!
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The person...
**[15:57] ---**
...next to me...
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My partner?
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Wait! That's not good!
**[16:03] ---**
Already been decided!
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No, no, no! It can't be! It *can't*!
**[16:06] ---**
Nice, Kokonoe! Your roommate
is the beautiful silver-haired Julie!
**[16:11] ---**
Oh, and no extra roommates, either.
And by *that*, I mean...
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This is *not* good!
**[16:23] ---**
I-I-Is she serious?!
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We're roommates? *This* is my roommate?!
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OMG! My heart is racing!
**[16:27] ---**
Wait--please! Let's be sensible about this!
**[16:32] ---**
This school holds an entry exam
during the opening ceremony.
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It makes its students fight each other.
**[16:37] ---**
Is *that* sensible?
**[16:44] ---**
Be a man and suck it up!
**[16:47] ---**
That's the problem--I *am* a man!
**[16:48] ---**
Oh, shut up! It's time for lights-out!
**[16:51] ---**
But...
**[17:03] ---**
What should I say when I walk in?
**[17:06] ---**
Good evening.
**[17:07] ---**
Excuse me.
**[17:08] ---**
Guten Abend!
**[17:11] ---**
No--this is my room, too.
I should just walk right in.
**[17:16] ---**
Here goes.
**[17:18] ---**
Um... it's Kokonoe...
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I guess she's not too thrilled
about living with a guy, either.
**[17:29] ---**
She must be in someone else's...
**[17:42] ---**
Sorry--I went ahead and showered first.
**[17:48] ---**
Wh-Wh-What are you *wearing*?!
**[17:51] ---**
Pajamas?
**[17:54] ---**
Ohhh, no, no, no. That shirt is *not* pajamas!
**[17:57] ---**
I sleep in it, so it's pajamas.
**[18:00] ---**
No?
**[18:07] ---**
L-Let me reintroduce myself. I'm--
**[18:11] ---**
Tor.
**[18:12] ---**
Huh? Oh, you remembered.
**[18:15] ---**
"Tor" sounds like a word
from my homeland, Gimle,
**[18:19] ---**
so it's easy to remember.
**[18:21] ---**
Gimle, huh? Whereabouts is that?
**[18:24] ---**
Scandinavia.
**[18:26] ---**
And Thor is a thunder god,
the mightiest in Norse mythology.
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It's a good name.
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The mightiest god, eh?
**[18:36] ---**
Tor? Tor?
**[18:39] ---**
What is it?
**[18:40] ---**
N-Nothing!
**[18:41] ---**
Uh, actually, you were staring
at me all through class today.
**[18:45] ---**
Like you are now.
**[18:48] ---**
Don't act like you weren't.
**[18:51] ---**
I'm interested in you.
**[18:55] ---**
Tor, I'm really...
**[18:59] ---**
...really interested in you.
**[19:01] ---**
Wh-What, uh... like how?
**[19:04] ---**
Huh? Whoa! Hey--
**[19:07] ---**
W-Wait a second! What are you--
**[19:16] ---**
That move of yours, in the Screening Rite.
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I've been curious about it ever since.
**[19:22] ---**
Oh... *that*?
**[19:24] ---**
Ja. Teach it to me.
**[19:28] ---**
Sorry. That move puts way
too much strain on the body.
**[19:32] ---**
If a girl used it, it'd destroy her.
**[19:36] ---**
So... yeah. I'm sorry.
**[19:38] ---**
You can't? That's...
**[19:42] ---**
...too bad.
**[19:46] ---**
Are you okay?
**[19:48] ---**
Apologies. It must be the time
difference. I'm just so sleepy...
**[19:54] ---**
Oh, right. Sorry I waylaid you like that.
**[19:58] ---**
Go on ahead and get some sleep.
**[20:00] ---**
Ja, I will... if you'll... excuse me...
**[20:10] ---**
Hey! You can't sleep *here*!
Sleep in bed, or you'll catch a cold!
**[20:18] ---**
Aw, man!
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And it's only the first day...
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I better turn in, too.
**[20:58] ---**
*The wind stops, having touched your back*
**[21:06] ---**
*As you walked all alone*
**[21:14] ---**
*The sound of bells echoes beside you*
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*Loneliness melts away in time*
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*Wishes to the skies, oaths to eternity: my soul*
**[21:38] ---**
* Though caught in the driving rain, we are two:*
* Just believe, believe, believe*
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* Even the faintest voice will reach you--*
* that alone is enough*
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* For even trembling hands*
* to hold a shining hope*
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* Courage spread wide,*
* we breathe together and grab the sky*
**[22:10] ---**
*In my world, you're here*
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As if I could sleep!
**[22:30] ---**
What's that?
**[22:35] ---**
Sorry--did I wake you?
**[22:37] ---**
Nej. So what is that?
**[22:40] ---**
Just apple tea. The instant kind.
**[22:44] ---**
It smells nice.
**[22:46] ---**
Er... want some?
**[22:50] ---**
Ja.
**[22:54] ---**
Here you go.
**[22:56] ---**
Thank you.
**[23:03] ---**
Delicious.
**[23:04] ---**
Say, Miss Sigtuna...
**[23:07] ---**
Nej, "Julie" is fine.
**[23:10] ---**
Oh, okay...
**[23:12] ---**
Anyway, let's make this work till
the real Duos are announced, Julie.
**[23:17] ---**
Ja, let's make this work, Tor.
**[23:26] ---**
What's that "ja" of yours mean anyway, Julie?
**[23:29] ---**
"Yes"
**[23:29] ---**
It means "yes."
**[23:30] ---**
Always "yes."
**[23:31] ---**
Ja!
**[23:31] ---**
"Ja!"
**[23:32] ---**
Ja,
**[23:33] ---**
Ja...
**[23:33] ---**
"Ja..."
**[23:34] ---**
Ja,
**[23:35] ---**
Ja?
**[23:35] ---**
"Ja?"
**[23:36] ---**
Next time: "Duo."
**[23:36] ---**
"Next time: Duo"
**[23:37] ---**
Ja. That's deep.