1 - Calamitous Song of Jushiki and Swords

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    Tsevellen Year 223.
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    Using the Event Induction Computer,
    humanity, for the first time,
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    succeeds in creating a space-time bubble.
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    The law of conservation of energy is broken
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    within the space-time bubble by changing
    the fundamental laws of physics,
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    including the Planck constant,
    resulting in the emergence of matter
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    derived from quantum field instructions.
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    The hyper-physical phenomenon
    that allows matter
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    to extract matter from
    vacuum fluctuations at will
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    forms the basis of
    the system of technology
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    that would soon come to be known as Jushiki.
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    And now, it's Imperial Year 497.
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    What was once called "magic" and
    believed to be the domain of dragons
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    and by the abhorrent is now
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    the same power that humanity
    obtained through Jushiki.
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    And so,
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    the dragons and the abhorrent were
    no longer the subject of awe or fear,
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    but enemies to be hunted down.
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    Those who specialize in
    weaving attack Jushiki
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    and fighting against them are
    known as Offensive Jushikiists.
SIGN    Calamitous Song of Jushiki and Swords
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    Don't take it so personally.
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    This may be the buffer zone
    between us and the dragons,
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    but if you eat humans, we have
    no choice but to defeat you.
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    It's a little late for that, isn't it?
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    We're Offensive Jushikiists. That's our job.
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    It's a shitty job.
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    Battling the dragons is
    of the highest honor.
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    I'm content with this.
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    Sure, maybe to the noble Gigina
    Jardi Doruk Meleios Ashley-Bufh,
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    a descendant of the noble race of warriors.
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    Then would you care to tell me
    what that Aini from earlier was?
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    What do you mean?
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    You didn't generate enough for that distance.
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    If I'd been 0.1 seconds later in my
    pursuit, you would have been dead.
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    I...
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    I just decided that buying
    time would be effective
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    because I knew I could rely on your pursuit.
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    Come on, would a dragon killer
    give his beloved Draken...
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    You're not worthy of speaking
    of the Draken people.
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    Don't you dare.
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    All right, fine.
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    What a pain in the ass your people are.
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    What a pain in the ass you are.
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    I knew it was too easy.
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    The reports said there would
    be a pair of dragons...
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    Formidable enemies in the 500-year class.
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    Then we know who we need to destroy.
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    A black dragon.
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    It's in the 800... no, 900-year class.
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    An Altar!
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    Brilliant.
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    Terrible.
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    Arsh Modai... A defensive barrier.
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    Proke?!
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    It's not going to be as easy as we thought.
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    Healing Jushiki...
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    Gigina, do you think we can take it?
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    I don't know.
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    I've never fought an Altar before, either.
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    Excellent.
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    You people are freaks.
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    We don't stand a chance fighting
    against that barrier head-on.
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    We need a plan.
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    All right, let's go.
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    Of course we're going!
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    It's over.
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    Gigina, you were waiting for me
    to fall to my knees, weren't you?
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    Who could possibly fall to
    their knees before you did?
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    Are you listening,
    you delinquent Jushikiists?!
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    Gayus Levina Soleil, is your title
    of Viscount just for show?
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    I'm a third son, so technically, I'm treated
    as a Vice Viscount, Chief Sutherland.
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    You're obviously not getting the workers'
    compensation that you requested.
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    But it was an 800-year-old class!
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    It was a black dragon that
    could have become an Altar!
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    Public funds don't come for free!
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    But...
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    It looks like you two need to be taught
    what it means to be upright human beings.
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    I'm going to see if there are any
    Jushiki that'll thin his hair out.
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    Lowly officials only ever care about adhering
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    to precedent and covering their own asses.
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    But even knowing that it was a semi-Altar,
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    I'm content that I got to defeat it.
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    It made me feel confident that
    I could defeat a real Altar next time
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    Are you getting enough oxygen to your brain?
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    You're seriously going to die next time.
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    Do you honestly think the two of us
    could lose when we're together?
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    Well, you know, I don't think
    we'd lose to most enemies...
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    May you be blessed by
    the sword and the moon.
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    As I said, the Alsok territory
    issue is insignificant.
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    We need to be thinking about maintaining our
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    coexistence with the
    Lapetodes Seven-City Alliance.
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    Are you insisting that we give up our
    territory to that pathetic, little nation?
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    Lapetodes would say the same of us.
    We need to avoid unnecessary conflict.
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    Give up one thing, and they'll
    ask for more and more.
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    Compromise is out of the question!
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    This discussion will never end.
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    How impudent of you, Cardinal Mouldeen.
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    Remember that you're the
    proxy of the Oujes Emperor.
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    What would you suggest, then,
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    Queen Xenobia of Ilm?
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    The fight over the Alsok territories
    with the Seven-City Alliance,
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    and the mainstream dragon
    kind Vaisen and the Kenryu.
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    Both are a headache.
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    I'm aware that you're taking action.
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    But how do we connect these
    two and end them both?
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    Not all will appreciate it.
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    Assistant Administrator Guzreg of
    the Joint Staff Headquarters?
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    Be careful, my cousin.
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    There are rumors that a faction
    of the military is in contact
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    with the hardliners within the church.
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    They really hate us, don't they?
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    The feeling isn't necessarily mutual.
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    Your Eminence, we have a report.
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    The Great Wise One would like
    to see you immediately.
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    Pardon me.
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    Hey, there, Jokanne.
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    That's an adorable outfit.
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    I'm always adorable.
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    Anyway, hear me out.
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    Something fun just happened.
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    To think there would be someone who
    would bring that up at such a time...
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    Let them know that our meeting
    location will be changed.
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    Changed? Where to?
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    Let's go somewhere appropriate.
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    To the far city of Eridana, where Jushiki and
    the conspiracies of countless nations run wild.
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    The wrong person again.
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    The matter of the Ninth Holy Land War over
    the Holy Land Alsok territorial dispute,
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    with which talks are ongoing between
    the Lapetodes Seven-City Alliance,
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    appears to be further deteriorating,
    with the hardliners and moderates
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    of the assembly unable to find common ground.
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    Elder Orkentius, hardliner from the Church,
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    is expected to demand the deployment
    of the imperial military soon.
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    Meanwhile, Cardinal Mouldeen,
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    representing the moderates,
    maintains his silence.
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    Time to get to work.
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    Hey, Horton.
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    How's it going?
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    Hey, Gayus. Long time no see.
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    Business is slow, as usual.
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    How about you?
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    I'd be having something better than
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    deep-fried pollock for breakfast
    if I were doing better.
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    Ouch.
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    Our deep-fried pollock
    is the best in Eridana.
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    Also...
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    You're a regular here.
    You get the special service.
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    You get to hear this week's
    Spicy Horton Fortune Telling.
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    No, thanks.
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    Your fortune this week...
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    Your most fortunate death
    will be by hanging.
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    You will have little luck in money.
    And trouble with women.
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    Also, be cosmically aware of reptiles
    and clergy being mean to you.
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    None of that is believable.
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    Arzel?
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    Why are you taking pictures of me?
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    I heard you took down an Altar.
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    Wow, that's amazing.
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    A semi-Altar, to be clear.
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    Are you interviewing me?
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    You should get a better photo of me, then.
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    Of course not.
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    I just took pictures of you by reflex.
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    Besides, if I was going to write an article,
    I'd use a picture of your hot partner.
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    The newspaper would sell
    better that way, too.
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    Actually, there's an incident
    that I'm pursuing.
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    I just came back from investigating.
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    What incident?
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    I call it the Serial Jushikiist Murders.
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    It hasn't gained much traction
    in the media yet,
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    but three offensive Jushikiists
    have been killed so far.
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    All three were pretty strong, but they've
    all been taken out with a single blow.
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    They must be pretty good.
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    I suspect that all three murders were
    committed by the same person.
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    What's creepy is that
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    the incidents are getting closer
    and closer to the center of town.
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    There might be a murderer
    hunting offensive Jushikiists,
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    coming closer and closer by the minute.
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    We hunt down other Jushikiists
    who've committed crimes.
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    We make a lot of enemies.
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    That's for the information.
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    All right, you should be careful.
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    Want another fortune?
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    Morning.
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    Want one?
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    Sheesh, the princess is so finicky.
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    Who do you take after?
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    Gigina...
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    The usual, again?
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    It's pretty beautiful,
    when you're just watching.
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    This unsavory aura of poverty... Gayus?
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    That's not something I wanted
    to hear this early in the morning
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    from a god worshiper like you, Gigina.
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    The Kudu is a sacred ritual in
    which one expresses their wish
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    for good fortune in battle
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    and their veneration for the
    dragon to ancestors and family.
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    It's nothing like your petty god.
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    Throw out the chairs, dressers, and cabinets
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    that you've left neglected
    in the office, Gigina.
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    Or at least fill them with something
    or put something on top.
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    They're just taking up space.
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    What are you talking about?
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    Putting things on top of a chair
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    or inside a dresser or cabinet would
    rid it of its grace and functional beauty.
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    Come down. I need to talk to you.
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    What is that?
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    315,000 yen owed to Rolca's shop.
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    850,000 yen owed to that quack
    doctor's Czahn Clinic.
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    What the hell do we do with all this?
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    Ignore them.
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    We Draken people have a saying:
    "No hard-working person is ever poor."
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    Just so you know, I teach at a
    cram school in my spare time.
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    I try to make ends meet,
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    but how I'm going to make it through the
    month is as uncertain as quantum mechanics.
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    Say, Gigina,
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    what are those ridiculously
    unfamiliar gems I see in there?
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    Do you like them?
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    They're gems made specifically
    for offensive Jushikiists.
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    ZAM-496 Mk. IV.
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    They're spectacular, even compared
    to the previous model.
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    Oh, the receipt's right here.
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    Where are you going?
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    I don't care.
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    Wait, Gayus.
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    Go pick up the Jushiki bombs
    I ordered at Rolca's shop.
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    The payment's been made to the office.
    You just need to pick it up.
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    What, does he have an upset
    stomach or something?
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    Here you go, the item you ordered.
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    What's up, Rolca?
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    You seem overly friendly today.
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    Don't play dumb.
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    You took down that semi-Altar
    black dragon, didn't you?
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    I'm sure you've made a killing.
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    Sorry, things came up.
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    Could you wait until the end
    of the month for me to pay?
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    It's starting to add up.
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    Sorry.
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    By the way, how do you know
    about the black dragon?
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    Why wouldn't I?
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    You're advertising yourselves.
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    I don't know about this.
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    They were handing them out
    in front of the city hall,
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    and putting them up everywhere.
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    Is Chief Sutherland trying to
    mess with us or something?
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    You're getting advertised.
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    You should be thankful.
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    Say, why's the town so lively today?
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    Are you serious?
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    Tomorrow's the annual Eridana Festival.
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    Is it that time of the year already?
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    Oh, right.
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    Did you really remember?
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    O-Of course I did.
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    I stood you up last year with work,
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    so I made plans a whole month in advance.
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    I swear.
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    All right, then.
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    Now, eat up.
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    It's a traditional Alurian dish.
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    Pigeon falusi with cranberry sauce.
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    Er, Jiv... is Alurian food always like this?
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    Yum.
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    Come on, Gayus, eat it while it's hot.
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    Th-Thank you.
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    Pardon me.
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    It's you, huh?
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    So have we found guards?
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    Yes. They should do well.
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    Lyunerg Imperial University
    Graduate School...
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    Too bad he dropped out.
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    Did he go to school with you, by any chance?
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    Yes, we were friends who studied together.
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    He was a top student in
    the research facility.
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    He could have gone into research, then.
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    Were they the ones who took
    down the black dragon?
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    Yes.
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    I see. That's excellent.
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    What the hell do you want?!
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    What's wrong?
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    Oh, nothing. I was just thinking.
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    You're always thinking, aren't you?
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    Am I?
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    Science-oriented offensive Jushikiists
    tend to be argumentative.
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    That's not what I mean.
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    You're always thinking about
    something that isn't here or now.
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    So you want to know what I was thinking
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    while I was looking at my girlfriend's
    beautiful ass as she was making coffee.
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    Is that right, Jivenya?
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    You idiot.
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    But do you think there could
    be anything better than that?
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    How unfortunate.
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    Why did this man try to harm me?
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    Alas, this is not the right man.
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    I will not forgive
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    my enemy.