11 - Paint it Black

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    I have a family that I love.
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    Benjamin Macbeth...
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    Emma Macbeth...
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    William Macbeth...
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    They have it.
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    Mary Macbeth...
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    She doesn't have it.
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    The sole blemish that appears
    within the Macbeth family would be...
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    me.
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    Upon opening the door,
    I found a twisted noontime evening
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    How did I get home yesterday?
    My body's the only thing I'm sure of
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    Good morning; I'll carry on
    with being lost once more
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    among the unknown sights
    that have become so familiar
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    After I figured all was lost,
    I've been getting by somehow,
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    somewhat embarrassed to
    be tough enough to still be alive
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    I know what I have to do, even if I forget
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    Otherwise, things become so agonizing
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    I look up to see someone with big black eyes
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    It's because I saw you
    that this light came to be
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    Surrounded by a world
    painted in colors of my choosing,
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    where do I find meaning in
    the scars I could not choose?
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    In the heart of a world
    where only I am the hero,
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    I'm onstage, appearing
    in every scene until the end
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    What do I do? I can't
    even pretend to be empty
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    Hello, hi there, here I am
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    Blood Blockade Battlefront
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    For generations,
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    our family was
    born having "psychic powers,"
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    and it has been a family line
    of people called "casters,"
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    who used their powers to
    serve the world and other people.
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    In my family, both Papa and Mama
    are descended from a line of casters,
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    meaning I, who was born a thoroughbred,
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    am as bad as it gets.
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    How miserable is it for someone
    to be born into such a household
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    without the slightest hint of powers?
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    There's nothing else
    to call it but having no luck.
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    I put myself on trial.
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    Mary Macbeth!
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    Guilty!
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    However...
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    Objection!
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    She is innocent.
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    I have these parents.
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    For what reason?
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    Isn't it obvious?
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    You were born into
    this world as our little girl.
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    Can there be any other reason than that?
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    Yeah, yeah.
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    That's plenty enough reason.
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    Oh, look at those eyes!
    They're just like emeralds!
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    Amazing!
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    Pity?
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    No. They're serious.
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    You're our little treasure! You're so cute!
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    They were just putting me down
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    You're so cute!
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    as misbegotten all the more.
SIGN    You're so cute!
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    Their love just made me feel even more miserable.
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    Add to that...
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    You're so cute!
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    ...my big brother.
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    He took it! He took it!
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    Papa! Will's crying!
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    Wuss!
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    Four-eyes!
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    Crybaby!
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    My twin brother, born at the same time I was,
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    Pansy!
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    Four-eyes!
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    possessed enough power for the both of us.
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    The grown-ups had high
    expectations of him, as well.
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    And yet... he completely
    stopped using his power.
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    Why don't you fight back?
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    There's no reason for you
    to always get beat up, right?
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    Mm-hmm.
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    Putting up with it just means
    more pain for you, you know.
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    Mm-hmm.
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    But I'm not good at fighting.
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    Then you should use it!
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    Psychic power!
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    You're just sitting on a gold mine!
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    I'm sorry.
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    Why are you apologizing?!
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    Huh?
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    It's okay! You don't have to apologize!
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    But make sure you do it!
    I can't bear to watch!
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    I'm sorry.
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    Never mind.
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    Just do whatever you want to.
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    Mary!
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    Um... Thank you.
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    Huh?
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    I can't help but be scared.
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    Mary, you're strong. I envy you.
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    What is that? A wisecrack?
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    Eh?!
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    What does he mean, scared?
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    Psychic powers don't seem
    to be that handy a thing.
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    Using them tires you out,
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    and if you're reckless,
    it even shortens your life.
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    Scanning is super-exhausting.
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    Could that be what my brother is afraid of?
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    Or is he simply a wimp?
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    It's not that at all.
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    You don't have to worry.
    Will is a strong boy. He'll be fine.
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    It's not that I'm worried.
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    Mary, you're just like your mom--scary--
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    I mean, strong--so it
    may appear that way to you.
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    I think that having a
    means available, but not using it,
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    is an incredibly brave choice to make.
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    But then, you know,
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    he doesn't have to
    force himself to be a caster.
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    There are other paths that he can take.
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    If that's what Will has considered
    and decided, then what's wrong with that?
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    On the other hand, don't you remember?
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    What happened to make Will
    the way he is now?
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    Hmm?
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    No, I don't.
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    Eh? It was a huge deal,
    and raised quite a stir.
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    Will...
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    listen to this. Mary just said...
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    It's not that important, really!
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    What does he mean, not become a caster?
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    My usually normal Papa and Mama...
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    Bye.
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    ...made me proud whenever
    they left to save the world from peril,
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    and more than anything,
    I was downright envious of them,
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    using their natural-born gifts
    as weapons, and risking their lives.
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    Everyone dies at some point,
    whether they have powers or not.
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    That being so, you have to think about
    what you'll accomplish while you're alive.
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    Especially me, being who I was.
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    There must be something...
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    Where did you find that camera?
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    In the closet. Can I keep it?
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    Why not? It's Papa's.
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    Do you like it?
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    Mm-hmm.
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    Well, I should get dinner started.
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    You sure have taken a lot, huh?
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    Mm-hmm.
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    Aren't there any pictures of you, Mary?
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    Mm-mm. That's not what this is about.
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    It's not that I particularly
    liked photography, or anything.
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    Then, what is it about?
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    It's just that if I were
    to die in the next instant,
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    whatever I had taken
    would certainly remain behind.
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    I thought that made it nice and simple.
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    That's all it was.
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    Little sister!
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    Nice toy you've got there, isn't it?
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    Isn't it?!
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    Let us borrow it, why don't you?
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    Give it over!
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    Sure thing.
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    Hold it!
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    That camera is my sister's!
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    Give it back!
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    Huh?
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    Your sister's the one who lent it to us.
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    Even so, give it back!
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    It's something precious!
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    Hmm?
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    You bet.
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    Got it!
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    Mary...
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    What are you doing?
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    Making sure you're still alive.
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    Oh.
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    Where's Mama?
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    On the phone.
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    Why would you jump into the river?
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    I was trying to get the camera.
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    But I blew it, huh?
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    I'm sorry. You liked it, right?
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    If they hadn't saved you,
    you could have died.
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    Oh, yeah?
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    That was dangerous, huh?
    I'll have to thank them.
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    What's your problem?!
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    What is this?! You act like
    it happened to someone else!
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    I hate you, Will!
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    You always have that look on your face,
    like you don't get what's going on!
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    I don't care about the camera!
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    The pictures were just a placebo!
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    Will, you've got your power, don't you?!
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    Use your psychic power,
    or whatever else, to protect yourself!
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    If you'd died...
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    If you really had died...
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    Will...
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    if you'd died...
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    I couldn't bear it!
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    Hey, what's the matter?!
    Why are you bawling?!
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    Long ago...
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    I broke that mudball that you made, Mary.
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    It was a very well-made ball, too.
    You seemed so happy.
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    I think you probably wanted me
    to say how good it was.
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    But I was so frustrated,
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    I couldn't help but destroy it.
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    So childish.
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    Well, we were just children.
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    I was sure you were going to cry.
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    But you just stood there in a daze,
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    and started making another ball, right away.
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    I became so embarrassed.
    It felt like you were leaving me behind.
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    I grew afraid to use my powers in that way.
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    So at that moment, I made up my mind.
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    Until I became strong on my own,
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    I wasn't going to use my psychic powers.
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    So what was the big stir?
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    Huh?
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    Papa said there was a big deal made.
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    Ah. After that, I started crying.
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    Hmm.
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    Which is why...
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    I don't want you
    calling photography a placebo.
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    You took that many pictures because
    you thought they were good, right?
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    Mm-hmm.
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    But...
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    I know!
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    Look at this!
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    That's awful, right?!
    I took one, too, but I'm terrible at it!
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    I can't do it as well as you, Mary!
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    Mary! I-I'm sorry!
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    You're right! Having your picture
    taken like this could be hurtful, huh?
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    I'm sorry. I shouldn't have
    done it. So don't cry--
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    Mary...
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    Thank you,
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    Big Brother.
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    Right back at you,
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    sister.
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    Still, if you're going to be a caster,
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    you have to quit slacking,
    and start practicing.
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    Papa and Mama are both privately nervous
    about what you're going to do, Will.
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    Hmm...
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    I'm not sure I'm cut out for it.
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    What are you talking about? You're perfect!
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    Papa... Mama...!
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    Will...!
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    Whenever you get anxious about
    being alone, I'll come with you.
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    Black!
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    White...
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    White!
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    Stay back! Don't come near here!
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    Besides, Mama said something--
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    What a caster needs isn't strength
    in fighting or physical stature.
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    Oh, yeah?
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    I'll let you have my body!
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    So don't do anything to my sister!
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    I'm begging you.
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    Do nothing to my sister!
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    If you must take...
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    then take from me!
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    What they really do need...
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    is something you've always had, Will.
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    I'm sorry, Leo.
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    I have to get Will back from him.
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    In order for me to do that,
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    you are absolutely essential.
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    I'm sorry.
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    I can't go on living in a world...
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    that he...
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    isn't in.
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    You are absolutely correct, sister.
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    We will all die, someday.
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    Death! Oh, death!
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    How fleeting a thing
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    is a limited life, the destiny of man.
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    However, I also think this:
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    Death is the privilege of the living.
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    A destiny outside reason,
    continually roving on, evermore.
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    How fleeting a thing it is.
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    One cannot live and forget about death.
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    The despair that is me, forgotten by death,
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    can at least embrace...
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    my yearning at twilight, and sleep.
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    Yo!
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    You awake, brother?
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    Then let's get started, already...
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    with the end!
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    Sonic?!
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    But why...?
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    Leo?
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    You're looking for him?
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    Hey, Sonic...
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    ...please...
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    ...find Leo...
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    It's not your lucky day, is it,
    holder of the All-seeing Eyes of the Gods?
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    After having all that hassle forced on you,
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    to now even be possessed by a ghost...
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    She's not human.
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    The barrier in place of her heart
    is what's keeping her alive now.
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    A last-ditch strategy her parents
    used to save the dying little brat.
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    Lingering affection.
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    You and I...
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    are being kept alive by it.
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    You're not the only one
    who lost hope at the time.
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    The same is true of me.
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    You understand, don't you, Mary Macbeth?
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    If there is an effective means
    you can use to achieve your goal...
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    ...then you use it, no matter what it is.
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    Farewell, Mother Mary.
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    I loved you.
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    And now, the Second Collapse begins.
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    Imagine, him choosing today, of all days.
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    It's so overly droll that it
    instead becomes unamusing.
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    Still,
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    it's a bit too dark in there...
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    to find the way home, isn't it?
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    Accustomed to the supernatural
    disaster-like madness,
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    I mistake my daily life for peace
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    As this rambling coaster
    jolts me back and forth,
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    what is it that I mustn't lose sight of?
[22:25] ---
    Swallowed up by the concept
    of egalitarian fundamentalism,
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    feels like even my soul is so much et cetera
[22:32] ---
    Have to clearly state what
    you love and what you hate
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    or you're not all that different than a dummy
[22:39] ---
    Ah, crowds of people
    walking the streets at night
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    some seem to be so happy,
    some seem to be so lonely
[22:47] ---
    The contrast jumps around the music staff
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    creating the song and rhythm
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    Marmalade and sugar song,
    peanuts and bitter step
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    So sweet and then so acrid,
    it makes my head spin
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    Let's head south-southwest
    and keep this party going
[23:05] ---
    to make it a night
    that will astonish the world
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    I feel fantastic, a chain of reflections
[23:16] ---
    Marmalade and sugar song,
    peanuts and bitter step
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    So sweet and then so acrid,
    it makes my head spin
[23:23] ---
    Let's head south-southwest
    and keep this party going
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    to make it a night
    that will astonish the world
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    I feel fantastic,
    the chain of reflections goes on
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    From one good time,
    to a problem, to another good time
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    Yo, pumpkin-heads!
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    Are you enjoying yourselves?
    Playing any tricks? Are they going well?
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    I am the "King of Despair."
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    I've prepared an
    extra-special show, just for today.
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    I would like for you all to enjoy it
    very much, as one of the performers.
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    The program will be... let's see...
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    "Sympathy for the Devil."
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    I have a younger sister.
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    One day, my brave, noble, charming sister
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    took my place and lost her eyesight.
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    The world that I now see with her eyes
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    is stunningly beautiful, and cruel,
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    and now that I have closed my eyes, it shines.
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    Next time on Blood Blockade Battlefront:
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    "Hello, world!"
[24:31] ---
    Michella,
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    there's something
    I have to tell you.
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