4 - Ballet of the Winged

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    Your heart stopped momentarily.
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    Your brain waves were also undetectable.
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    I'm sorry, I'll try again.
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    Are you new?
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    Y-Yes.
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    My name's Nojé.
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    You were in a comatose state that
    might as well have been called death,
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    and you awoke perfectly healthy...
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    I don't know what to call it
     other than a miracle.
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    A miracle, huh?
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    Do you think miracles happen in love?
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    You appear fine, Mr. Soleil,
    so I'm discharging you today.
[00:42] ---
    So that's the end of my vacation, huh?
[00:44] ---
    I feel like the black claw brought
    me back to this side in the end.
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    You're an Offensive Jushikiist,
    right, Mr. Soleil?
[00:54] ---
    Yeah, why?
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    There's something I need some help with.
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    Sure.
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    I'm always up for more work.
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    Could you give me your contact information?
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    I currently offer discounts
    for pretty faces.
SIGN    Ballet of the Winged
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    Elder Orkentius has been summoned 
    to testify in the case of
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    the attempted assassination of Cardinal
     Mouldeen and Representative Azu Bita.
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    Orkentius denies having any
    involvement in the incident.
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    He is demanding evidence.
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    Next, there has been a new development
    in the matter of the Tienlun Accord.
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    Senator Yah Wen of the Seven-City Alliance
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    has began negotiations with the Vaisen
    to open dialogue with the dragons.
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    And now the moderates are in control.
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    Hopefully it's that easy.
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    His Eminence Cardinal Mouldeen.
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    Gayus!
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    I'm so glad you came back to life.
[03:22] ---
    That's for getting me mixed
    up in this craziness.
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    You'd better make it up to me sometime.
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    You seem well.
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    Helodel, I'd like to speak
    privately with Gayus.
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    Could you bring the car to the parking lot?
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    Right away.
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    Nice to meet you,
    Your Eminence Cardinal Mouldeen,
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    progeny of the royal dragon family.
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    That's an odd greeting.
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    This is the first time
    I've met you, after all.
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    The one I was escorting was Genon Kal Darius
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    of the Twelve Winged Generals,
    infamous master of disguise.
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    Correct.
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    But when did you realize that?
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    I don't have definitive proof,
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    but I became suspicious when
    "you" said that "you" like Urk cuisine.
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    You and Genon are both
    right-handed, aren't you?
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    When a right-handed person
    recalls a familiar location,
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    their eyes move to the upper left.
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    And when they recall something
    to do with voice or sound,
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    it's said they move their
     eyes to the bottom left.
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    When Your Eminence said "you" liked
    Urk cuisine, "you" looked down and to the left.
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    He must have been recalling
     someone telling him what to say.
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    So what evidence do you have that who
    you're speaking to is the real Mouldeen?
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    Genon promised to tell me the truth.
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    It wouldn't make sense if someone
    who promises to speak the truth
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    is supposedly the words of another.
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    I haven't gotten to the
    core of my argument yet.
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    Your Eminence Mouldeen, why did you
    try to have yourself assassinated?
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    How insightful.
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    You're cautious enough to have seven doubles,
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    yet the enemy had taken
    notice of your movements.
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    There must be a traitor.
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    You personally leaked the information,
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    and had them target a well-defended meeting.
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    Too bad.
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    You're close, but not quite correct.
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    Helodel is the traitor.
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    The flowers and fruit that Helodel
    got for you must have just exploded.
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    It can't be...
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    Helodel dies, and Helodel is a traitor?!
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    The truth is always boring and mundane.
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    I have no interest in eating fruits that
    contain high-performance explosives.
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    Why?
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    Helodel had no reason to betray you... Or me.
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    Yes.
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    Helodel couldn't let go of
    the death of his fiancée.
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    By the time he joined the military,
    he was already a dog of the hardliners.
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    You didn't have to kill him.
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    You ought to have brought him to justice.
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    You mustn't look away from reality.
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    I just saved your life.
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    Also, Helodel isn't the only
    one who was manipulated.
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    It makes sense...
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    The assassins were your doing, too.
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    Exactly.
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    Those ninjas serve me, too.
[06:44] ---
    I had one of the Twelve Winged
    Generals, Curaçao Opte Kouga,
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    pass herself off as one of the hardliners.
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    The assassination attempt was
    planned from start to finish
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    and made to fail safely.
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    The meeting itself was real, I can assure you.
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    And responsibility for the deaths
    of the ninjas and guards falls on me.
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    I recognize it was an unforgivable act,
    even if it was ultimately to save lives.
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    This is war.
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    The war before the war.
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    A war to prevent a war.
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    I would never shy away from such a fight.
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    A war to prevent a war...
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    The meeting was in regard
    to the Holy Land of Alsok...
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    About the Ninth Holy Land War?
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    Yeah.
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    It's a long-standing conflict between the
    Dragon Empire and the Seven-City Alliance.
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    I'll ask for the Alliance's
    occupational forces
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    to retreat to the Daef Front
    of the Holy Land.
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    That would only benefit the Dragon Empire.
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    What's in it for you?
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    Why did you bother using us?
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    One purpose was to make the traitor, Helodel,
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    believe that his scheme was
    progressing according to plan.
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    Another was to make the incident more
    believable by involving an outsider.
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    Thirdly, you're neither foolish nor heroic
    enough to stand up to the Empire.
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    And lastly, the price that the Empire
    will pay to the Alliance...
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    is something you'll get to find out later.
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    Your Eminence... You're...
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    I like to believe that I have
    not just the Tsevellen Empire,
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    and not just the continent,
    but the entire planet in my sight.
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    I believe you're a hero.
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    But...
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    You and I think somewhat alike,
    but somewhat differently.
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    I feel something akin to affection for you.
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    That may be why I chose you as an observer.
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    Say, when will I get to try
    your home cooking, Curaçao?
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    It should be ready.
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    I've brought the entire barrel for you.
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    That dunce turned a blind eye
    to your plan despite having a hunch.
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    He isn't as intelligent as he thinks he is.
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    He simply wanted to believe in the conviction
    that you conveyed through your decoy,
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    that you approve of the smiles of children
    as they enjoy festivals and sweets.
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    I appreciate his kindness.
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    That doesn't even begin
    to pay for our services.
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    My gut tells me that you're a danger.
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    I'll have half of your head.
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    A high-order Jushiki disruption barrier...
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    This is terrifying,
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    even knowing I'm protected by
    Jushiki master Jokanne's barrier.
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    Two people have now noticed
     that I'm dangerous.
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    But you were the one who took action.
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    It's easy to deceive those
    who do nothing but think,
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    but it's difficult to deal with those
    who take action based on instinct.
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    You and Gayus both place your lives on
    a scale to test your effectiveness.
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    Take your silly word games either
    somewhere else or straight to hell.
[10:15] ---
    Now, then, the rambunctious
    ones should be here soon.
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    Took us forever to get here.
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    Right, Brother?
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    Okay, I'll see you up ahead.
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    What's the point of saying
    "bye" from inside the wall?
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    I was so worried, you know.
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    I'm sorry.
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    You keep getting yourself almost killed.
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    Making me run to the hospital...
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    I'm sorry.
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    I'm not really such a dumb girl.
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    I was planning on welcoming you home warmly,
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    like a real woman.
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    From now on, when you're headed off to battle,
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    tell me gently.
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    That way, I can spare myself half the tears
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    when I'm confronted with your corpse.
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    Got it?
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    Promise me.
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    That's starting to seem like a really
    embarrassing thing to have said.
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    Drink until you don't remember
     a word of it, Gayus.
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    Fine, fine.
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    Things have changed a lot in
    Eridana while you were asleep.
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    Yeah. I got the gist of it.
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    "No Agreement Reached on the Tienlun Accord"?
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    "The dragons failed to even show up at
    the meeting proposed by the Alliance.
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    Senator Yah Wen, who proposed the summit,
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    takes a large hit to his reputation."
[12:28] ---
    Wait, Senator Yah Wen is
    Representative Azu Bita's political opponent.
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    Cardinal Mouldeen may have
    intervened on the dragons' side.
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    Lastly, the price that the Empire
    will pay to the Alliance...
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    is something you'll get to find out later.
[12:46] ---
    You're overthinking it.
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    The Dragon Empire has no bargaining
    chips to deal with the dragons.
[12:50] ---
    Have Rolca or Vinnel
    gotten in touch with you?
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    Dunno.
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    I've shut down communications.
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    How you manage to survive in
    society is a grand mystery to me.
[13:07] ---
    Gigina, Vinnel has some
    interesting information for us.
[13:10] ---
    There's no gravity Jushikiist
    by the name of Nidvork.
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    Then who was it that attacked us?
[13:18] ---
    I don't know.
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    Hey.
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    I knew you'd be alive, Gayus!
[13:22] ---
    Let me skip this month's
    payment to celebrate.
[13:25] ---
    Wait, the connection's getting bad.
[13:27] ---
    Huh?
[13:28] ---
    So did you learn anything
    about that fragment?
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    Yeah.
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    It's biological tissue that's had its
    composition changed by gravity Jushiki.
[13:38] ---
    I just sent it to you.
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    Biological?
[13:43] ---
    What the hell is this?
[13:45] ---
    What's going on?
[13:46] ---
    Thanks.
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    Later.
[13:47] ---
    Yo, Gayus!
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    Jushikiist Supreme Advisory Court?
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    Apparently they're going to make me
    a 13th grade Jushikiist, like you.
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    Gayus, do you think they'll come?
[14:18] ---
    Yeah.
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    We could enlist the help of
    other Offensive Jushikiists.
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    The mighty Largonkin,
    the terrible, scarlet Panhaima,
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    the wizard and hermit, Imhotep.
    We could ask for their help.
[14:30] ---
    Why the hell would we ask them?
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    They'd end up taking our lives instead.
[14:34] ---
    We could find Cuello.
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    We just don't have the money to hire them.
[14:41] ---
    We aren't close enough to them
    to ask them for their help, either.
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    We can only save ourselves.
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    That's how it's always been.
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    I came prepared, at least.
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    The problem is that it'll take too long.
    And then there's the focusing ratio.
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    Yeah.
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    We'll have to draw them near and trap them.
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    The Jushiki from before?
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    It'll be better than nothing.
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    Help me!
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    Woman, explain what is going on.
[15:17] ---
    I'm sorry to bring you out so suddenly.
[15:18] ---
    I discovered some
    malpractice at the hospital.
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    I informed the president,
    and I was told to keep quiet.
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    And now you're being chased
    by suspicious people?
[15:34] ---
    I hid evidence of the malpractice here.
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    Say, Genon...
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    Yeah, I know this is a trap.
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    How did you know?
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    Your acting and disguise are perfect.
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    But as much as I hate to admit it,
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    it's unlikely that a beautiful
    nurse would take a liking to me
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    and ask for my help.
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    Besides...
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    Hey, Genon...
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    I think taking on the name "Nojé"
    was a bit too simplistic.
[16:07] ---
    Your role is finished.
[16:08] ---
    Leave the rest to us.
[16:10] ---
    Why don't you at least state your names?
[16:12] ---
    We're that old man's...
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    His Eminence Cardinal Mouldeen.
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    Ow!
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    My brother hit me!
[16:22] ---
    I'm the lovable Beldritt Livet Raki.
[16:25] ---
    The grouchy one next to me is my
    fraternal twin, Jesper Livet Raki.
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    The Raki brothers?
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    The 14th-grade...
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    They're brothers? I thought
    they were father and son.
[16:37] ---
    That's what got you?
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    Hey, why did you come here
    when you knew it was a trap?
[16:43] ---
    It's better than getting hit while I'm asleep.
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    I'mma come kill you, then.
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    Try your best to resist.
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    This is my friend and servant,
    chosen just for you.
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    Now, go have lots of fun together!
[17:15] ---
    So you use a sword...
[17:37] ---
    You're quite particular.
[17:39] ---
    I'm simply returning the disrespect
    you showed to His Eminence.
[17:42] ---
    You're controlling your blade with Jushiki.
[17:46] ---
    All that's left to do is to mince you.
[17:52] ---
    Make quick work of him.
[18:01] ---
    You aren't getting away.
[18:16] ---
    Now, see through my disguise.
[18:26] ---
    This is an excellent battle.
[18:28] ---
    Is there faith in your blade?
[18:31] ---
    It appears that you rely too
    much on reason like my partner.
[18:35] ---
    I require no such thing
    when it comes to fighting.
[18:38] ---
    You won't defeat us with
    such a brittle blade.
[18:42] ---
    See the true manifestation
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    of the Nine-Headed Dragon
    Fang Blade, and then die.
[19:30] ---
    Let's do this.
[19:56] ---
    Ah, you read me, huh?
[19:59] ---
    I'd better go to my brother.
[20:05] ---
    They're trying to separate me and Gigina.
[20:08] ---
    Or...
[20:11] ---
    What was Genon defeated by?
[20:14] ---
    Most likely a sixth-order
    chemical alchemy called Astarte.
[20:19] ---
    A devastating Jushiki
    that emits an odorless,
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    tasteless poison gas within a limited area.
[20:23] ---
    Its use is prohibited internationally.
[20:26] ---
    I never would have thought Soleil
    had such a trick up his sleeve.
[20:30] ---
    Jesper seems to be having a hard
    time defeating Gigina, too.
[20:37] ---
    Are you so sick in the head that you'd charge
    head-on into the Nine-Headed Dragon Fang Blade?
[20:40] ---
    I realized that your Jushiki
    doesn't increase mass at all.
[20:43] ---
    It only manipulates metals.
[20:46] ---
    The damage output of each of the
    nine blades is only a ninth.
[20:49] ---
    It's not lethal if it doesn't hit a vital spot.
[20:55] ---
    And here I am!
[20:58] ---
    Brother, this is bad.
[21:00] ---
    It's fine.
[21:07] ---
    You should take a break, Genon.
[21:10] ---
    N-Never.
[21:13] ---
    It'll take a lot more to kill me.
[21:16] ---
    His Eminence has ordered us
    not to end it too quickly.
[21:22] ---
    I will dual-wield my Nine-Headed
     Dragon Fang Blades.
[21:24] ---
    Oh?
[21:28] ---
    This is a happy miscalculation.
[21:30] ---
    I get to fight on a higher level.
[21:32] ---
    Gigina!
[21:34] ---
    Answer me if you're dead,
    you Draken piece of shit.
[21:37] ---
    Yeah.
[21:38] ---
    I'm less dead than you, who simply
    seeing worsens my vision.
[21:43] ---
    Let's begin the second act.
[21:49] ---
    This is quite an exciting battle.
[21:53] ---
    Now, the final actor enters the stage.
[21:58] ---
    The moment of rebirth, too,
[22:00] ---
    I was sure would be clear from the
    flyers I placed all over town.
[22:08] ---
    The aesthetics are now in place.
[22:11] ---
    It's the beginning of the climax leading
    to the conclusion of the play.
[23:51] ---
    Humanity never learns to love wisdom.
[23:54] ---
    Humanity loves only foolishness.
[23:59] ---
    Paradoxically, humanity has no
    choice but to be that way.
SIGN    Goddess of Revenge