# 12 - His Butler, Forlorn
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GYQ43P3E6/black-butler)
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*Ciel...*
**[00:22] ---**
*He disappeared after the fire.*
**[00:42] ---**
*And when he finally came
back to his estate...*
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*...he had stopped smiling.*
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*I love Ciel.*
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*I love his smile.*
**[01:03] ---**
*But for some reason, we keep going
around in circles, getting nowhere.*
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*How can I...*
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*...see Ciel's smile again?*
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*Ciel...*
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"Black Butler"
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*Deai ni iro wa nakute monokuro fukinukeru*
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*Suzushii yubi temaneku mama ni*
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*Toketa ato no yakkai na
koori mitai na watashi wo*
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*Yasashiku sukutte uwakuchibiru de asobu*
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*Soredemo hitotsu no ai no katachi wo sagasu*
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*Tooku yori mo ima wo musunda kareta hitomi wa*
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*Dekireba kono mama tsutsumarete owaritai*
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*Sono negai wa yoru wa munashiku
asa wo tsurete kuru*
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*Yasashikute atsukute hikyou na kisu de*
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*Irodotte yo saigo no yoru*
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*Tsuki ga terashiteru*
**[02:54] ---**
"His Butler, Forlorn"
**[03:00] ---**
You lost your mansion, you lost your parents,
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and this time, will you lose Lady Elizabeth?
**[03:09] ---**
Sebastian!
**[03:13] ---**
Take that back, Sebastian.
**[03:15] ---**
Take what back?
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That jeer!
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Young master,
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you told me you would be taking
care of some trifling business.
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Was that "business" to dotingly
savor your wretched past
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and wallow in the pleasures of humiliation?
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Didn't you say at the frost fair
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that your body and your ring
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had already been shattered and reborn?
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That you were far past
being afraid of shattering?
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That's right. Don't recite
my words back to me.
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--♪ Build it up with iron and steel,
iron and steel, iron and steel. ♪
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--♪ Build it up with iron
and steel, my fair lady. ♪
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--Was Grell defeated?
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--I see, so he is controlling
them with his tone?
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In that case...
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♪ Iron and steel will bend and bow ♪
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♪ Bend and bow, bend and bow. ♪
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♪ Iron and steel will bend
and bow, my fair lady. ♪
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♪ Iron and steel will bend and bow,
bend and bow, bend and bow. ♪
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♪ Iron and steel will bend
and bow, my fair lady. ♪
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Who are you calling a lady?
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Let us depart, young master.
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No.
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Ciel Phantomhive is my
master's possession now.
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"Possession"? I am not a--
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The proof is the ring on your finger.
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I can tell.
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That Hope piece is a present my master sends
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to those who will be made into dolls.
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Your master?
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Ciel Phantomhive will become a doll.
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A doll made of silver and gold.
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♪ Silver and gold will be stolen away,
stolen away, stolen away. ♪
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He was stolen away...
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So I thought to myself:
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"Ciel Phantomhive will return."
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Goodness me.
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What about Lizzie?!
You still haven't saved her?!
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I thought I ordered you
to solve the kidnappings.
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Saving Lizzie, who fell victim
to the kidnappings, is the first--
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An order is not the same as a contract.
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Just as you give first priority
to orders from the Queen,
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I prioritize your life.
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I have devoted myself to your
service and protection all this time.
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I couldn't stand for you
to be stolen from me now.
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Young master?
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It would seem the ring is
the mark of his next target.
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And I have two of them.
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Protecting me now will no
doubt require some effort.
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Nevertheless, I shall...
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Pluto?
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I searched every corner of the mansion,
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but there was no sign of Lady Elizabeth.
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The only place left is that sealed-off tower.
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Hey, now! What's the matter with you?!
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You two are alive?
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Sebas-*chan*!
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Excuse me?!
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Wait, could that be... a demon hound?
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You just noticed?
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Oh la la! A passionate night
with a beast! How immoral!
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You're so wanton.
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I've been waiting for you, Pluto.
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Once the seal of the
underworld has been placed on a door,
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only a hellhound can open it.
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His collar is shining?
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So is the door.
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Too, too big!
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He did it again!
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It's all right.
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Let's have him guide us.
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Lizzie!
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Lizzie...
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Lizzie!
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It looks like we were a little too late.
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No...
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Lizzie! Lizzie!
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Lizzie!
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Hmm...?
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Lizzie...
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Thank goodness.
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The ring...
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So you were pleased...
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Ciel...
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Then this was her gift for you.
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But it's foolish. Why would you give me...
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Yes, why?
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Why does her body move
independent of her will?
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And...
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Why does she hurt the one she loves?
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Elizabeth!
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No!
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No! No! No!
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Grell. You can see this too, can't you?
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I suppose. But I might chip my blades, so...
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Please.
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Oh, Sebas-*chan*! You're
asking me for something?
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In that case, during the kiss,
can there be... can there be tongue?!
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I haven't the faintest idea what you mean,
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but in fact, I can tie a cherry
stem in a knot with my tongue.
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Oh, yes!
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It's unforgivable for a little girl like
you to have a better blade than me.
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Stop, Grell!
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Elizabeth...
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It's a puppet string.
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This sharp cut only comes with
a death scythe. Well, Sebas-*chan*?
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I'm amazing, aren't I?
Compliment me, compliment me!
**[12:13] ---**
Good for you. Not just anyone
would run with scissors.
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Oh, I'm flattered to death!☆
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And the puppet string leads to...
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So I thought to myself:
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"What shall I use to make my new dolls?"
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Then I'll ask you this--
what are you made of?
**[12:41] ---**
Hmm? What am I...
**[12:45] ---**
made of?
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Yes. You see,
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you don't seem to be made
of very high-quality materials.
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So I thought to myself:
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"I know I must be human,
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and yet lately I often find
termites crawling out of my ears."
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Grell.
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Ah, a loving collaboration,
right, Sebas*-chan*?
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I sense none of the way or
the style of a butler in you.
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I would never lose to a man without style.
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That's my Sebas-*chan*! So stylish!
**[13:46] ---**
So he was a doll, too?
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Drossel Keinz. His soul was
collected five years ago.
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But for some reason, we
detected signs of survival.
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Someone must have fitted
him with a makeshift soul.
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Ciel...
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Elizabeth! Let's go home.
**[14:09] ---**
I want to... give you a birthday party...
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Yes... Please do.
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You can rest easy. It's all--
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It's *not* all over, it appears.
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So I thought to myself:
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"I will report to my master."
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What's wrong with him?
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He's all torn up and he still
wants to serve his master?
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I can understand.
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You see, he's merely one hell of a butler.
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Mas...ter...
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Pluto!
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Why is he being so friendly?
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I'm very sorry.
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My butler is so incompetent,
I'm unable to offer you hospitality.
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So you're behind this.
Why would you make girls into dolls?
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Flowers, eras, and also people
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are only beautiful for finite moments.
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Dollmaking is noble work,
preserving in this world
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the most beautiful and perfect of people.
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You've got awful taste!
What's so perfect about immature little--
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Why are you after me?
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I won't be made into a doll
and lovingly displayed somewhere!
**[16:08] ---**
Know your place, boy.
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What?
**[16:11] ---**
My butler's head is made of straw.
**[16:15] ---**
I imagine he couldn't
understand why I wanted you.
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Ciel Phantomhive, you were
fated to die from your very birth.
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Your body is already unclean.
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Why do you know that?
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I cannot allow someone
like you to exist in this world.
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Unclean, unnecessary, unfruitful...
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And therefore I tried to snuff you out.
**[16:53] ---**
What?!
**[16:54] ---**
Snuff out the unclean.
The unnecessary, the unfruitful...
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Snuff him out! Snuff him out!
Snuff him out! Snuff him out...!
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Don't play games with me!
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This is...
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Catch it, Sebastian!
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The person manipulating it
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is not here, my lord.
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I now notice that there were
invisible strings all over the room.
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Not a very nice thing, I must say.
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Sebas-*chan*!
**[18:00] ---**
Now for our passionate kiss!
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What shall we do, young master?
**[18:08] ---**
Would you like me to avenge Madam Red now?
**[18:11] ---**
F-Fine, I'll leave your lips for next time!
**[18:15] ---**
Bye-bye! Smooch!
**[18:18] ---**
Stop--
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No. Not today.
**[18:24] ---**
I don't want the scent of blood to
reach Elizabeth any more than it has.
**[18:37] ---**
Well, now...
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It's his birthday today!
**[18:42] ---**
That one certainly wouldn't
be happy about a birthday.
**[18:46] ---**
I-I'm sorry, Sir Arthur!
**[18:48] ---**
I was looking into the Hope
diamond, and I got sidetracked...
**[18:52] ---**
You're not mistaken to investigate him.
**[18:55] ---**
Huh?
**[18:56] ---**
He gets special treatment--
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he can get information even the Yard can't.
**[19:02] ---**
He wags his tail for the Queen
and marks all territory as his.
**[19:07] ---**
The Queen's damned guard dog...
**[19:10] ---**
The Queen's...?
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Whoever he may be,
**[19:23] ---**
can a child who doesn't like
his birthday truly exist?
**[19:34] ---**
Happy birthday, Ciel!
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Congratulations!
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Congratulations, Ciel.
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--Congratulations!
**[19:43] ---**
--Congratulations, yes!
***SIGN*** "Christmas Pudding"
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I'll serve the pudding, then.
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What a bother. You could
have cut it in the kitchen.
**[20:02] ---**
This is...
**[20:04] ---**
It's a Christmas pudding.
The season is almost upon us, after all.
**[20:08] ---**
If your portion contains a ring,
you are guaranteed happiness.
**[20:16] ---**
I'm so glad! He says you'll
be able to find happiness, Ciel!
**[20:20] ---**
I don't--
**[20:21] ---**
Paula! Ring the bells!
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Yes, my lady!
**[20:25] ---**
Jingle, jingle...!
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What's wrong with these people?
**[20:42] ---**
You see, I wanted Ciel to smile.
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I wanted him to be happy... always...
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always...
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I know, my lady.
**[21:08] ---**
To think the ring I cast away
would come back again...
**[21:12] ---**
Regardless of the circumstances,
it was a gift for you from Lady Elizabeth.
**[21:17] ---**
And I will protect you
to the end, young master.
**[21:24] ---**
More importantly, what about that mansion?
**[21:28] ---**
It has been empty for quite a while,
since its owner, the Earl of Mandalay,
**[21:32] ---**
has been in a sanatorium for
long-term convalescents.
**[21:35] ---**
I suppose he has nothing
to do with this, then.
**[21:38] ---**
It would seem not.
**[21:41] ---**
Then that marking...
**[21:47] ---**
What's the matter, my lord?
**[21:49] ---**
Nothing. I'm going to bed. I'm tired.
**[21:54] ---**
Yes, my lord.
**[22:01] ---**
Snuff out the unclean!
Snuff out the unnecessary!
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Snuff out the unfruitful!
Snuff out the unclean!
**[22:09] ---**
Snuff out the unnecessary!
**[22:11] ---**
Snuff out the unclean!
**[22:13] ---**
--Snuff out the unclean!
**[22:13] ---**
--Snuff out the unnecessary.
Snuff out the unfruitful.
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Snuff out the unclean.
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Snuff him out.
**[24:04] ---**
*An odd sort of guest has come
to us all the way from India.*
**[24:09] ---**
*Prince Soma displays enough immaturity
to put a certain someone to shame.*
**[24:14] ---**
*He is personally attended by
a competent butler named Agni.*
**[24:18] ---**
*Young master,*
**[24:20] ---**
*do you suppose this
sort of pairing is "in" lately?*
**[24:25] ---**
*Next time on Black Butler:
"His Butler, Freeloader."*
**[24:26] ---**
"Next Time" "His Butler, Freeloader"
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*You see, I am merely one hell of a butler.*