1 - His Butler, Able

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    If you once reject the Faith,
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    you can never pass through
    the gates of heaven.
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    Would someone who believes in God
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    summon you?
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    I'll ask you again:
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    do you wish to make a contract?
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    Don't be tedious!
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    Just execute the contract and grant my wish!
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    "Black Butler"
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    There is no color to our meeting;
    it blows through in monochrome
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    I go where your cool fingers beckon me
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    I am like troublesome ice after the melt
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    You gently scoop me up to your
    mouth and play with my upper lip
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    Still, I search for a form of love
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    The dry eyes that shape the
    present rather than a distant time
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    Want to end like this, cloaked
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    But the night ignores that
    wish and brings morning
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    With your gentle,
    passionate, and dastardly kiss
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     Paint this final night
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    The moon illuminates us
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    It's time to wake up, young master.
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    Today's breakfast is poached
    salmon and mint salad.
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    To go with it, we have either
    toast, scones, or pain de campagne.
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    What would you like?
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    A scone.
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    After breakfast is a visit from Mr. Hugues,
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    the authority on the history
    of the Roman Empire,
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    and Mr. Damiano of the Poseidon
    Company will be here after lunch.
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    Ah, yes, the man I have manufacturing
    stuffed animals at that factory in India?
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    I'm told he's Italian.
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    We will prepare to offer him
    the utmost possible hospitality.
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    This aroma... Earl Grey?
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    Yes, from Jacksons of Piccadilly.
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    I shall await you at the dining table.
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    Yes, my lord?
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    Let's save the games for later.
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    Indeed, you're right, Sebastian.
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    "His Butler, Able"
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    My butler is an able man.
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    Ouch! Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!
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    Wh-What was that for all of a sudden?!
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    Actually, you should have seen that coming.
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    Finny.
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    Have you finished weeding the courtyard?
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    Mey-Rin, have you washed the sheets?
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    Um...
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    Baldo, weren't you supposed
    to be preparing for dinner?
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    Damn.
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    Tanaka...
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    Well, you're all right as you are.
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    Everyone, if you have the
    time to dawdle about here,
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    use it do your jobs!
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    Yes, Sir!
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    Honestly...
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    The silver is polished to a mirrorlike gloss,
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    the tablecloth is brand
    new and wrinkle-free...
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    I've removed all the bruised blossoms
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    from the master's favorite white
    roses so that they look beautiful...
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    And I've prepared lavish amounts of
    all the carefully-chosen ingredients
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    for the cornerstone of
    good hospitality: dinner.
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    This is the first-class
    hospitality of the Phantomhives.
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    My goodness, calling for
    me when I'm so busy...
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    Are guests comin'?
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    This is our chance!
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    We won't let him keep lookin'
    down on us like this!
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    We'll provide above-and-beyond service
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    that'll make Sebastian's jaw drop!
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    No point in lettin' your own jaws drop.
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    But that's a good idea, yes!
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    Right, we can't just depend
    on Sebastian for everything!
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    All right then, time to form our strategy!
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    Let's do it!
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    I'm hungry. I want to eat something sweet.
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    You shouldn't, young master.
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    You have dinner with your guest tonight.
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    I don't care. Make me a parfait or something.
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    You really should not.
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    Oh, and about the portrait in the hall...
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    Yes?
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    Take it down.
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    I, Ciel Phantomhive, am
    the head of the house now.
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    Very good, my lord.
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    So...
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    ...how exactly did this come about?
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    I used undiluted weed-killer.
    I thought it would be effective!
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    I was trying to get out the
    tea set we use for guests,
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    but I fell and took the cart down with me!
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    There was some raw meat on the
    counter, so I figured I'd cook it...
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    uh, with a flamethrower...
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    We're sorry, Sebastian!
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    --But see, raw meat is...
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    --Our guest will be here
    a bit after six o'clock.
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    At most, we have two hours left.
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    We don't have enough time to
    get high-quality meat or tea sets...
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    What shall I do?
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    Calm down, all of you!
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    Now listen to me: take a page
    from Tanaka's book and behave like--
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    Everyone, listen carefully to what
    I'm about to say, and act immediately.
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    We'll manage with this.
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    My goodness...
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    Welcome!
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    This is called a "stone garden."
    It's traditional in Japan.
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    Prodigioso! Wonderful!
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    What an elegant garden.
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    We would like to serve dinner here tonight.
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    Please wait inside the manor
    until it is time to dine.
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    That's the house of Phantomhive for you.
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    I can't wait until this evening!
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    W-We made it in time!
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    Who'd have thought the
    gravel I rushed out to buy
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    would make such a great garden?!
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    A Phantomhive butler who can't
    do this much isn't worth his salt.
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    There's still work to be done.
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    Let's get to it while the young master
    is talking business with his guest.
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    Right!
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    The progress of spinning technology
    in East India is truly astonishing.
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    We're also developing
    quite a top-notch staff...
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    "You are bewitched by the eyes of the dead."
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    Rotten luck. I lose a turn.
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    Now is the perfect opportunity!
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    We'd like to expand our
    company and secure a labor force--
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    It's your turn.
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    Ah, yes, then if you'll excuse me...
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    All right, five spaces.
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    So, if I might ask for
    your support in the form
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    of another 12,000 pounds...
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    I believe it would be a profitable
    venture for you, my lord.
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    I would like to become a vehicle
    for the Funtom Company
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    to make an even bigger name
    for itself in South Asia--
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    "You lose a leg in the enchanted forest."
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    Huh?
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    It's your turn again. I
    lost a turn, remember?
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    O-Oh, quite.
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    Right, six...
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    No, that's three.
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    What? But...
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    You lost a leg, remember?
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    From now on, you can only
    go half the number of spaces.
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    This is quite a severe boardgame.
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    Isn't there any way to regain my leg?
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    Once you've lost something,
    you never get it back.
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    "Your body is burnt by the raging flames."
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    How are the preparations?
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    I'm doin' it... but is
    this really good enough?
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    Yes, that's perfect.
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    Sebastian! I found them, yes!
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    "Fragile"
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    I can't believe you...
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    How many times have I told
    you not to run inside the manor?
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    I'm so sorry, yes!
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    My glasses are cracked, and I
    can't really see where I'm going!
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    But now we don't have to
    worry about the key players.
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    Good work. Leave the rest
    to me and take a break.
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    I request you behave very well-- very well.
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    He said it twice...
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    He just said that twice.
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    Dinner is served.
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    Ah, the dinner in the stone garden?
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    I've been eagerly awaiting it.
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    Then we'll finish playing later.
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    I'm not sure we need to finish it;
    it's clear that I'll lose.
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    It's not my style to abandon
    a game halfway through.
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    Child.
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    I mean, the flexible heart of a
    child is required of a craftsman.
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    That must be what made the
    Phantomhives the nation's foremost toymakers.
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    You certainly impress me!
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    On tonight's menu
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    is a finely-chopped raw beef
    donburi from our chef Baldroy.
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    "Don"...?
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    "He Just Sliced and Layered It"
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    And this is... dinner...?
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    Yes. Are you familiar with it?
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    A traditional cuisine passed down
    in Japan since ancient times!
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    A treat offered to someone
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    who has done work of note as a sign
    of gratitude and appreciation!
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    That is the food we call the donburi bowl!
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    I'm bowled over!
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    We devised this scheme to show
    but a small token of our thanks
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    for your devoted efforts on
    behalf of the Funtom Company.
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    That's our Sebastian!
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    Nice save!
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    What a unique idea!
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    That's the legendary first-rate
    Phantomhive hospitality for you!
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    We've prepared a wine whose bouquet
    won't clash with the scent of soy sauce.
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    Mey-Rin.
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    Mey-Rin!
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    Y-Yes, Sir!
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    Don't just stand there;
    pour him a glass of wine.
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    R-Right! Yes!
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    Hey...
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    Isn't Mey-Rin actin' kinda weird?
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    S-S-Sebastian, you shouldn't
    make that face in public...
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    That face... that face...!
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    Mey-Rin, you're spilling the wine!
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    Hmm? Where did the tablecloth go?
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    I saw a speck of dirt on the
    tablecloth, so I had it removed.
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    Please pay no mind.
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    My deepest apologies, Sir.
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    Please take your time and enjoy your dinner.
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    Well...
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    I'm staggered, Lord Phantomhive.
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    What a truly able man he is.
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    He merely did what was proper as my servant.
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    My master is quite right.
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    You see, I am merely one hell of a butler.
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    My, I thoroughly enjoyed that!
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    Now then, about the contract...
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    Before that, we must finish our game.
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    A-Ah, quite.
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    But I'm afraid I have
    another appointment to go to...
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    Children are avid for games.
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    You know that as well as I do.
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    In that case, might I ask to borrow
    your telephone for a moment first?
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    I've brought tea.
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    I'll be right back.
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    What is this? The aroma is so weak.
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    I brought Italian tea in
    deference to our guest.
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    Italian tea?
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    In Italy coffee is the mainstream drink,
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    so it's difficult to find
    high-quality teas there.
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    It's not to your liking, my lord?
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    No. I don't like it at all.
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    I'll go prepare the pudding.
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    Yes, let him enjoy the
    Phantomhive hospitality
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    to its fullest.
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    Yes, my lord.
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    Christ, I can't stand babysitting!
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    Yes, the factory is long since sold off.
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    Now I just need to pocket all the
    cash I swindle out of that brat...
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    The employees? Who cares about them?
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    Never mind... Anyway, I'll leave
    the rest of the formalities to you.
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    Sure, it's no problem.
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    In the end, he's just a kid.
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    That again... It must be my imagination.
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    "You are bewitched by the eyes of the dead."
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    Ridiculous.
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    Huh?
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    This isn't it either...
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    Or this one...
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    This mansion is huge! I can't find
    my way back to the drawing room.
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    "You are bewitched by the eyes of the dead."
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    Stay away!
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    Huh? Wasn't that our guest?
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    Hey! If we don't move this thing quick,
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    Sebastian'll yell at us again!
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    Right!
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    Oh, I'm so embarrassed!
    I really bungled that!
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    But...
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    I got to be so close to Sebastian...
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    Oh, how shameful! I'm such a lecherous maid!
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    Lose a turn.
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    A-Are you all right?!
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    His... His leg is twisted the wrong way, yes!
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    Hey, what's wrong?
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    O-Our guest...!
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    "You lose a leg in the enchanted forest."
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    S-Sir...?
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    Where are you going, Sir?
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    We aren't finished entertaining you yet.
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    We still have to serve pudding.
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    If you lose a leg
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    you can only go half the
    number of spaces anyway,
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    so why not relax and make yourself at home?
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    Damn, I can't see a thing...
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    A cupboard?
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    Damn... It's so cramped in here!
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    What's this?
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    It smells sweet...
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    What an impatient guest you are.
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    To think you would try to get
    at the pudding in the oven...
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    O-Oven?!
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    Open up! Please, open the door!
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    Don't Italians know?
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    Plum pudding, mincemeat pie...
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    There are many puddings here in
    England that contain animal fat.
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    "Your body is burnt by the raging flames."
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    What was that scream?
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    No idea...
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    Oh, hi Sebastian!
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    Thank you for your work today.
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    Would you like some lemon meringue pie?
SIGN    "Lemon Meringue Pie"
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    Sweet things relieve fatigue.
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    --Sebastian! You're such a nice person!
[20:33] ---
    --Sebastian! You're not
    all bad! I'm so moved!
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    Ah, yes, Baldo--
    a tradesman will be coming by later.
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    Have him replace the oven in the kitchen.
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    Huh? The oven?
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    Mr. Damiano, I hope you
    enjoyed the Phantomhive hospitality
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    down to the very marrow of your bones.
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    Mamma mia!
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    What an ugly scream. He
    sounds like a strangled pig.
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    He sells the factory without telling me,
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    and then says he wants to
    "secure a labor force"?
[21:14] ---
    Did he really think he could keep
    that a secret? That stupid trickster...
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    Once you've lost something,
    you never get it back.
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    It looks as though we'll have
    to redo the wallpaper as well.
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    Father! Mother!
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    The head of the house of Phantomhive, eh?
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    The young master is also known by
    another name: "the Queen's guard dog."
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    That small body houses plenty of fight.
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    Please enjoy the valiant figure of him
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    suffering excruciating pain at
    the hands of a drug trafficking ring
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    with a smirk on your face
    and a cup of tea in one hand.
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    Also, don't miss my brilliant
    display of silverware handling,
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    upon which I will stake my honor
    as butler to the Phantomhives.
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    Next time on Black Butler:
    "His Butler, Strongest."
[24:26] ---
    "Next Time" "His Butler, Strongest"
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    You see, I am merely one hell of a butler.