# 23 - His Butler, Up in Flames
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**[00:12] ---**
*This is the second fire
we've had since I began*
**[00:16] ---**
*serving the Phantomhives.*
**[00:17] ---**
*All I can do is document
the story of this mansion.*
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*That is my role. However...*
**[00:27] ---**
I suppose that is over now.
**[00:47] ---**
Strong wind today, eh?
**[00:49] ---**
Aye, and it ain't natural
how warm it is either.
**[00:52] ---**
We may see rough waters tonight.
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I hope we get to London soon...
**[01:06] ---**
Found you, my lord.
**[01:08] ---**
Undertaker?!
**[01:22] ---**
See, that fussy bloke Will captured me...
**[01:27] ---**
Apparently he'll be shorthanded
in the London area,
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so he roped me into this by
promising to waive my library fines.
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The London area?
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Yes, we have to collect a great
many souls in London tonight.
**[01:43] ---**
Look at that!
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What is it?!
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Ah, so it's begun.
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They certainly put on quite the show!
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I must be on my way.
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Wait!
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Why did you come here?
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You and I have a lot of history together.
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So I thought I'd give you fair warning:
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My lord, in just a little while...
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...you will die.
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"Black Butler"
**[02:42] ---**
*Since then, I've actually
come to like the night somewhat*
**[02:49] ---**
*In a sea of dependence,
I forget even to breathe*
**[02:54] ---**
*When I'm right on the verge
of losing my head over you*
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*You just leave me lukewarm*
**[03:01] ---**
*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*
**[03:34] ---**
*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, Up in Flames"
**[04:06] ---**
What do you mean...?
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No!
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You will die.
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*Sebastian isn't with me anymore.*
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*Which means the death awaiting me will be...*
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...in vain.
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*The hatred and pain are burning out.*
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*Everything is burning away.*
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*Burning away...*
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It hurts, doesn't it?
You're suffering, aren't you?
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Sorry, but I can't finish you off.
**[05:09] ---**
Oh, how busy I am...
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Oh, how revolting that is.
**[05:18] ---**
Your Majesty, the salvation of the
land through holy flame has begun.
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I see...
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Isn't it wonderful to finally greet
the England of the next century,
**[05:30] ---**
the proud and unpolluted
country we aimed for?
**[05:34] ---**
What's the matter, Your Majesty?
**[05:36] ---**
Ever since we returned from Paris,
you've seemed to be in poor health.
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Ash, look.
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It hurts.
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It hurts.
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Forgive this intrusion.
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It's begun to fester and rot.
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I shall perform a cleansing for you.
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No!
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Leave his body as it is.
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Leave it as it was that day.
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But Your Majesty...
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He doesn't need cleansing.
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He's magnificent just as he is.
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Do something for him, Ash. Help my--
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I smell it.
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You... are unclean.
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She may be the Queen,
but in the end she is only human.
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How foolish... And how sad.
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All the tears of this corrupt land
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stem from the moment humans
were divided into male and female.
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No matter how much mercy we show,
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in the end humans can never be good enough.
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Humans can never...
**[07:08] ---**
♪ Albert is falling down,
falling down, falling down. ♪
**[07:17] ---**
♪ Albert is falling
down, my dear darling. ♪
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*I'm going to die.*
**[07:33] ---**
*On this ship? Or...?*
**[07:44] ---**
What are you doing?!
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We can't go back to London like this.
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We'll have to hang about
these waters for a while and--
**[07:50] ---**
What?! We're almost there!
**[07:55] ---**
Fine. I'll get on that
ship. Get me a rowboat!
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For one little boy?
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Now, if you had money,
that would be another story...
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Don't play games with me!
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I have to get back to London or--
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*Or what?*
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*I didn't finish off the Queen.*
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*No, I couldn't finish her off.*
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If I let go of hatred,
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the self I've been since
that day wouldn't exist.
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That's not who I am!
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Ciel!
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I won't lose it.
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I won't lose this hatred!
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*If I let go of hatred, I don't exist.*
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*Then... Then...*
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Who am I now?
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Look, kid, I'm busy, so
how about you get-- Huh?
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Wh-What's wrong with you?!
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Take this.
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W-Wow! Look at that shine!
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It's a blue diamond.
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You don't see one of these every day.
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Hey, what's a kid like you
doing with something like this?!
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Just give me a rowboat!
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Look, here he comes!
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Are you a Frenchman?!
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Take off your clothes!
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Let go! What are you doing?!
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You bloody French started this fire!
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You're trying to start a war with England!
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Your beloved Queen is
trying to plunge Europe--
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no, the *world*-- into war.
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Hold on, that's--
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It's another frog!
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Stop it! Stop it!
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*What's happening?*
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What is this...?
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--Hey!
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--Give me that!
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*Is this hell?*
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There he is.
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So the boy is back in
London. Most impressive!
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Well, what do you think of the view?
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Look out!
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What's the matter with you, yes?!
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Y-Young master!
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What are you doing here?!
**[11:31] ---**
I apologize, my lord, yes!
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It's my job to protect the mansion,
yes, but... but... I...
**[11:38] ---**
Calm down. I'm not criticizing you.
Please, tell me why you're here.
**[11:43] ---**
It's Plu-Plu!
**[11:45] ---**
Pluto?
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Any comments?
**[11:50] ---**
Compared to the Great Fire of London in 1666,
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this blaze seems very slow-spreading.
**[11:57] ---**
You're right.
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Once uncleanliness and vice take hold,
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it's extremely difficult
to do away with them.
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However, when this fire
burns everything away,
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the long-awaited door
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will appear on the clean land!
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I shall open the door to the new century.
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*Checkmate is fast approaching.*
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*What will you do, young master?*
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The tranquilizers aren't working!
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Plu-Plu...
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Did we really do the right
thing, chasing Pluto here?
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We were hired to protect the mansion.
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If we can't do anything anyway...
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The mansion isn't the only
thing I want to protect.
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I want to protect the smiles in it,
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and the time we spend in it too!
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For us to have that,
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*everyone*has to be there. Even Plu-Plu!
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Young master!
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Mey-Rin, why the hell did you
bring the young master here?!
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He insisted, yes!
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Pluto!
**[13:52] ---**
You battled me for your master's sake.
**[13:56] ---**
Who could have predicted that
you'd be standing here with me now,
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watching his tragedy play out?
**[14:02] ---**
I do not act without an order from my master.
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And at the moment, there is
no master I'm meant to obey.
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I've thought to myself:
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I wouldn't mind joining forces with you
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to rule the reborn world
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that will dwell in this clean land.
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Aren't I a wellspring of the
very uncleanliness you detest?
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When you examine them closely,
all things emit their own intense light.
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Morning and night, man and
woman, light and darkness.
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If those things are
well-burnished and made one,
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they return to their primal forms,
beloved of my Father.
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You want me to be one of those vulgar
patchwork dolls you're so fond of?
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No.
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If you wish it...
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...I can embrace you as a woman.
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What are you doing?
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W-Well... We wanted Plu-Plu to turn
back to how he was... We're sorry!
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But I'm out of tranquilizers.
**[15:24] ---**
Are you kidding me?
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You have *real* bullets, don't you?!
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Are you telling us to shoot
Plu-Plu, young master?
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Look at his eyes.
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His mind is gone.
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That's not the Pluto you
know. He's just a beast.
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A beast...
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You three know full well how wretched it is
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to have your pride stolen,
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to live without even a clear purpose!
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This is an order:
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Baldo, Mey-Rin, Finny...
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kill that demon hound with your own hands!
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Yes, sir!
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He's all that I might expect from
someone who would employ a demon.
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Unfeeling and ruthless;
a soul beyond redemption.
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You should really join--
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I see.
**[16:47] ---**
So fate always casts angels and
demons on opposite sides after all,
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no matter how many years may pass.
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Go!
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*Yes. All I can do is rush there.*
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*If I'm going to die...*
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*I want to die with the soul he craves!*
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*That's what I can do to
regain my own pride...*
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I am Ciel, Earl Phantomhive.
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I request an audience with the Queen to...
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Time has stopped. Is this a trap?
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No time to worry about that!
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The Queen...
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What is it?!
**[18:30] ---**
We have an intruder!
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Who are you?!
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The Queen...!
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The Queen's been murdered!
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Who did it?!
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Who did this?!
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What is his name?!
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I am Ciel, Earl Phantomhive!
**[18:53] ---**
Phantomhive? So the Queen's
guard dog has turned against her?
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I've cast off that name.
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And I'm not the one who killed Her Majesty.
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Do you think you can talk
your way out of this?!
**[19:05] ---**
No, probably not.
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But I can't come to a stop here!
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*My blood...*
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*You can never pass through
the gates of heaven.*
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*Do you wish to make a contract?*
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*My death...*
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*My soul...*
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No way.
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I... won't end here!
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I see you're awake, young master.
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Fire!
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Sebastian...
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You're quite right, young master.
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You won't end here.
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I humbly apologize for
taking unauthorized leave.
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What were you doing?
**[20:45] ---**
Oh, I was preparing for the Last Supper.
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Sweet, hot, and occasionally tart.
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Using a variety of spices
to mature the flavor...
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Thanks to you, I believe
I'll be able to enjoy
**[21:04] ---**
the ultimate soul... the ultimate supper.
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This is an order:
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Take me to that angel of massacre!
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Certainly.
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He's not human...
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You're right.
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I am merely one *hell* of a butler.
**[21:50] ---**
*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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They...
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If the servants fight seriously,
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I would say their odds against
Pluto are about even.
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Either way,
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before much longer
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I'll get to see the loser again in hell.
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It's gathering to me...
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The despair of the unclean
ultimately turns to divine hope!
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It feels... wonderful.
**[24:04] ---**
*I've waited a long time, my young master.*
**[24:06] ---**
*Whenever I combed your fine, soft hair*
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*or did up your shirt buttons one by one,*
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*I always felt a burning surge of emotion.*
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*And now this moment has
come at last, hasn't it?*
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*Now, then...*
**[24:23] ---**
*Time to eat!*
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*Next time on Black Butler:
"His Butler, Fluent."*
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"Next Time" "His Butler, Fluent"
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*You see, I am merely one hell of a butler.*