# 17 - His Butler, Offering
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Oh, now this is a nicely mangled corpse.
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Instead of covering up these wounds,
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maybe I should accentuate them
with pink dye, like flower petals.
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Ah, what fun it is to be an undertaker!
**[00:38] ---**
Now then, who do we have next?
**[00:42] ---**
This corpse is a bit unsatisfying...
no, *very* unsatisfying.
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He's got such a weak mouth
for someone who didn't drown...
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*What* did you just say?!
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"Black Butler"
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*Since then, I've actually
come to like the night somewhat*
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*In a sea of dependence,
I forget even to breathe*
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*When I'm right on the verge
of losing my head over you*
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*You just leave me lukewarm*
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*The aesthetic of leave-taking
despises a self-satisfied kiss*
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*Don't leave me alone, show me
compassion, paint me with death*
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*In your room, all words slip away*
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*I 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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"His Butler, Offering"
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This morning you have a dance
lesson with Mrs. Bright,
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and this afternoon Lord Wensler,
who has an import-export business...
**[02:50] ---**
Are you listening, young master?
**[02:52] ---**
I told you, I'm sick of dancing.
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I'm not cut out for it.
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You are too modest.
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Your dancing soothes the
hearts of those who watch.
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You mean it makes them laugh.
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I would never say such a thing.
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Look, Tanaka, there are
*three* upright tea stalks!
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It promises to be a good day!
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You're...
**[03:27] ---**
...Her Majesty's butler?!
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Ah, Lord Phantomhive.
I apologize for this embarrassing display.
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Why is the Queen's butler
drinking tea in my mansion?
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You didn't know, young master?
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Ash has been the one
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delivering Her Majesty's
orders all this time.
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That's no job for a butler...
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A butler who can't...
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...use Her Majesty's naptime to check the
Doomsday Book for those requesting an audience,
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come straight to deliver an
envelope to Lord Phantomhive,
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and stop for an elegant tea with
Tanaka while he's at it isn't worth his salt.
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Somehow I doubt the tea bit
is really a requirement.
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Might I ask what brings you here today?
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Ah, yes.
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Outside of Preston there's a Catholic abbey
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that was burned down during the
Reformation, and is no longer in use.
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A cult espousing deviant
doctrines is gathering there.
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We have heard that its leader has
the Doomsday Books of all followers.
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You mean the land registers,
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where their livestock and
property are recorded?
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But why would he want to know that?
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No, the Doomsday Books they revere
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are of a different sort.
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They are registers required when you stand
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before the Lord in heaven on
Doomsday... the Day of Judgment.
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All your sins and good works
are supposedly recorded there.
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The occult again?
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There are rumors that they plan
to revolt against the government.
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Her Majesty laments that
the people of Preston
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are quaking in fear of these heretics.
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And? Are you telling me to disperse them,
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or to eradicate them?
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We leave that decision to you.
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Very well.
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Pluto?
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Who is that?
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Just a servant.
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I see. He seems amusing.
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Well, what now?
***SIGN*** "Victoria Sponge Cake"
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According to Ash, the
abbey is heavily guarded.
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So it would be difficult to
go in through the front door...
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Incidentally, he also mentioned
that a large number of coffins
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have been delivered there in recent days.
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Coffins?
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I'm coming in!
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Welcome.
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I have a favor to ask, Undertaker.
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In that case...
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Give me prime romance!
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Grell?!
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Hello, my lord.
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Undertaker?
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The bounder told me he wasn't
afraid of grim reapers,
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so I buried him in salt.
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Oh, I just love the sensation
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of all the moisture in my
body leeching out of my skin!
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A dangerous game.
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What are you doing here?!
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Will's having me do a bit of investigating.
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But there was just no information,
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and I got hungry and sleepy...
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So I took a nap in a flowerbed,
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and woke up to find myself here.
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Perhaps I shouldn't have
stopped breathing while I slept?
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I was waiting for a prince to come
wake me with a kiss (with tongue)!
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What are you investigating?
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Oh, we've had some Cinematic
Records stolen lately.
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Cinematic Records?
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Not something a *kid* needs to know about.
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They're reels of film containing
all memories of a person's life.
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Grim reapers extract them
from those on the To-Die list,
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replay them, and decide whether
they will live or die.
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Just so we're clear, you humans
can only see them when you die.
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Are Records the sort of
things that can be "stolen"?
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Mmm... They're stored in the
library when we're not using them.
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The full pasts of all people now living--
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in other words, of everyone on the
To-Die list: all the crimes, everything...
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...in the form of books.
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So they're books made in
preparation for Doomsday.
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That rings a bell, doesn't it?
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Undertaker, there's something
I want your help with.
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Then give me prime laughter...
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On second thought, I'll do
this one free of charge.
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I've come to deliver the coffin you ordered.
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Coffin, Sir?
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No one informed me of this...
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I have the order right here...
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Hmm, where did I put it?
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Here? No, here?
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All right. Please come in, then.
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And you, as well.
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Well, I'll be off, then.
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I've finished what I came to do.
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I see. Thank you.
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May your soul be cleansed.
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I thought it was supposed
to be difficult to get in here.
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Yes, I was under that impression...
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Perfect smiles.
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Shouldn't that be educational for you,
since you've forgotten how?
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Don't be dull.
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Those smiles are fake.
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Young master?
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Good evening!
**[10:49] ---**
Good evening!
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Another wonderful day today, wasn't it?
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Well, aren't you cute?
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I don't really do kids, though.
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Hello, unclean one!
You're impure through and through, I see.
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What?!
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Hmm? What's the matter, unclean one?
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Are you ill?
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You little brat! Who are
you calling "unclean"?!
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Wah! An unclean one touched me!
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We need to be cleansed!
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Get back here!
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Another unclean one!
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Everyone over a certain
age is called "unclean."
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I see from your clothing
that you're a new convert.
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Don't worry. If you study
the teachings of our leader,
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your body will be cleansed.
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I say! Is this place--
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Unclean? A funny thing to say.
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I can't believe a beautiful
lady like yourself is impure.
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I don't know anything about your sect yet.
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Would you mind telling me?
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All right... But then why did you come here?
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A bug.
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You'll tell me, won't you?
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--Oh, stop, you'll make me impure!
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--Whatever... do you... mean?
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I didn't know he used this approach.
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I'll put that wench on the To-Die list!
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Hey.
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Oh, I can see the gates of heaven!
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It just smells wrong.
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What?!
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The Doomsday Books of those who
have lived a long time are impure.
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Our leader cleanses the unclean passages.
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And we're told not only the past,
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but the future is recorded there.
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The future, eh?
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Yes. But only the chosen children
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of the heavenly choir can be told it.
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The heavenly choir?
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What, do they sing hymns?
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I believe "sing" may not be the right word...
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But I hear beautiful voices
from our leader's bedchamber...
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If only young boys are chosen
for the heavenly choir,
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that means you are the only one
who can get close to their leader.
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Rubbish!
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I could easily get into
the heavenly choir!☆
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Well? How do I look?
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Wah! You'll make me impure!
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Why, you...
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Oh, it's time for our
leader's cleansing ceremony.
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Cleansing?
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I was right; it smells.
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What is it?
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Oh, I just smelled a rotten apple
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fallen from a tree, that's all.
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Here, tonight, the sinful
unclean shall be made pure.
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Are those Cinematic Records?
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Too far away to tell.
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I shall read the Doomsday Books
of these impure, lost children.
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Jill Peasant.
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The second daughter of a farmer,
she conceived a child at fifteen.
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Thomas Atkins.
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No especially evil deeds,
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but he has spent his life meaninglessly.
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That is a grave sin.
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I say!
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This is...
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Snuff out the unworthy.
Snuff out the unnecessary.
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Snuff out the unfruitful.
Snuff out the unclean!
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Now nothing unclean exists on this dais.
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They are our brother and
sister, made pure as snow!
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Leader! Leader!
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What a blessing!
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Something's off.
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Those books weren't Cinematic Records.
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Then he doesn't have the
power to see the past?
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Ah, you're still here!
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The heavens have smiled upon you!
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St-Stop! I'll do it myself!
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Nonsense. You've been chosen
for the heavenly choir,
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so we must cleanse you from head to toe!
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Oh, such unblemished skin!
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D-Don't touch me!
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Don't worry, we've already been cleansed.
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That's not the issue!
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Pardon me. I'll take care of the rest.
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We can't allow that. You're still unclean...
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Am I impure?
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Maybe you're not...
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Certainly not!
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You're getting carried away today.
**[18:04] ---**
No, my lord, I simply wish to
make sure everything goes smoothly.
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I have no intention of
exposing you to danger.
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I never thought I'd hear *you* say that.
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Even if the Doomsday Books
in that ceremony were fakes,
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it doesn't change the fact that
they have some sort of power.
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Unclean...
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The doll called me that.
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And there's this...
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This mark that cast me into hell
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is my only spider's thread right now.
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Do you truly believe that grasping
it will let you crawl out of hell?
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No, I'm not crawling up.
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I'll grasp it and use it to drag
*them* down
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into the hell I suffer.
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I expect nothing less from my master.
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There's only one thing you
should be saying to me now.
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"Yes, my lord."
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We've brought him.
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Leave us.
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You look divine, Ciel.
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Come this way.
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I am honored that you have chosen me.
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I'll read you a book.
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Sir, what is a "Doomsday Book"?
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I'll read to you... until you fall asleep.
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Tonight is a treat.
**[20:16] ---**
Mother said she'll let me sleep
in her bed tonight as a treat!
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She'll read me a book, too!
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And then--
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*I'll read to you until you fall asleep.*
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*Tonight's a treat, since it's your birthday.*
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*What...?*
**[20:46] ---**
*His hand...*
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Cleanse yourself.
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Cleanse yourself of the sins
you have committed here and now.
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*That's right. It can't be!*
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Sebastian, this is an order!
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Kill him!
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Yes, my lord.
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I thought that was you, Angela.
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H-Hey! What's an angel doing in this realm?!
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Young master!
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Look! That's a real Cinematic Record!
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Grell, your death scythe!
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Give me some time! I'm working on it!
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What are *those*?
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I can't help it! Will took my
last set of scythes away, too!
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I shall show you all the light
and darkness of your past.
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Young master!
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I cut it!
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Here we go.
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*The moonlight that reveals
sorrow was coldly illuminating*
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*The despair and the future
which grew intimate in the dark*
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*With the secret you gave me as my guide*
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*I move through the blue night's stillness*
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*Lacrimosa, I want to love once again*
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*The dazzling world that
crumbled and vanished in the distance*
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*I'll hide my dreams within my eyes*
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*Until the tears fall on my sullied heart*
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*Young master, you must not on
any account look into the past.*
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*It's very sweet,*
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*and it has a nasty tendency
to become addictive.*
**[24:15] ---**
*You're so easily overwhelmed,
I'm sure even one past trip*
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*will have you three sheets
to the wind in no time.*
**[24:25] ---**
*Next time on Black Butler:
"His Butler, Transmitted."*
**[24:26] ---**
"Next Time" "His Butler, Transmitted"
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*You see, I am merely one hell of a butler.*