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5 - The Defiers

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    When the light shines, a shadow is created.
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    And so, a new order created a new darkness.
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    "What is darkness?"
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    Those who live in the
    darkness are the Defiers.
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    The sad people who do not know light.
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    "But the darkness is also a part of the world."
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    The boy still does not know
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    the dark world that exists
    behind the light.
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    Hey, let me borrow that heart.
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    I'm going to open the gate.
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    Living up to the forgotten ideals,
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    you put on a grin.
    That's what I want to see.

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    Lately, my vision is pretty blurry,
    and I'm repeating my same old routine.

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    I learned a line that's out of my character,
    but I can't say it out loud.

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    Being asked "How are ya doing?"
    makes me feel weird.

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    But I've been acting tough for a
    while, so I guess it's OK.

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    The real me behind my masks
    says with a tearful face:

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    "I want you to thrill
    my untainted self some more."

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    Hey, let me borrow that heart.
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    I'm going to open the gate.
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    Basically, I am that forgotten ideal.
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    Hey, move those eyes!
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    If the gate is opened,
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    someone will laugh at that
    which they've never seen before.

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    Even the cliché dreams,
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    and myself crying beyond them...
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    I want to sing about them!
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    "The Defiers"
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    Ugh, it's pretty far.
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    Well, this is an abandoned section.
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    What exactly is an abandoned section?
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    What? You don't know?!
    That's where we're training today!
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    Well, I don't know. So, what is it?
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    I guess it's a place where people can't live.
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    It's an area that the World Council
    doesn't manage, bon.
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    Oh, I see. There you go, then!
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    You're just as clueless.
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    I worry about you two, bon.
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    Wow, it's so pretty.
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    It's very different from what I expected.
    It's a pretty nice place.
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    I think there's more to it than meets the eye.
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    Huh?
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    Anyway, why are we training
    today without the advisers?
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    Wait, are you afraid?
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    No! I just don't like it!
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    I don't like the fact that there are
    still a lot of things I don't know!
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    Go home if you don't like it.
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    Ginji!
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    "Nothingness" "Uninterested" "Blade" "Heartless"
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    "Nothingness" "Uninterested" "Blade" "Heartless"
    The boy was uninterested in everything.
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    Therefore, he pushes forward with only
    the power that favors nothingness.
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    His blade heartlessly slashes everything.
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    Even himself.
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    Of course I'm not gonna leave!
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    I'm the one that'll get to the Divine Gate.
    Stop wasting your time.
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    What?!
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    Hey, stop it you two.
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    Nuh-uh, no fighting.
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    Smile, smile!
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    Hikari!
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    "Smile" "Heartache" "Fragileness" "Unclouded"
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    "Smile" "Heartache" "Fragileness" "Unclouded"
    The girl was always smiling.
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    "Smile" "Heartache" "Fragileness" "Unclouded"
    Her smile never clouds over,
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    as if to cover up all the
    heartache and fragileness.
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    Hiya, Midori!
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    Hikari, Yukari, you guys have training, too?
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    Yup! Let's give it our best!
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    "Night" "Purple" "Darkness" "Tranquility"
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    "Night" "Purple" "Darkness" "Tranquility"
    The girl liked the night.
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    The tranquility, the purple-hued city,
    the deep dark darkness.
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    Those brought the girl calmness.
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    She loved darkness more than anything.
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    I saw the darkness deep down in your eyes.
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    Don't you like this place?
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    I don't like it or dislike it.
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    Oh.
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    I was waiting for you.
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    Hey, please wait!
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    That's so mean to ignore me!
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    You guys are from the academy
    for the special training, right?!
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    Huh?
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    A member of Arthur's Knights of Round,
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    codename Bedivere!
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    We are the Knights of Round.
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    That means we're knights.
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    So if you wear a horse mask like a knight,
    they'll know who you are right away,
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    even if it's their first time meeting you.
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    Yeehaw!
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    Ywain got me again. This is the
    greatest mistake of Bedivere's life.
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    Not the brightest bulb, huh?
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    She doesn't seem to be a bad person, though.
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    Hey. When are we starting
    the special training?
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    Oh, right! Then let's start the special training.
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    Break up into two teams and find
    the checkpoints? What is this?
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    I thought this special training was
    going to be tough, but it seems fun.
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    Anyway, let's go!
    We can't lose to Ginji's team!
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    You're late, Aoto!
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    "Checkpoint 1"
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    Breunor?
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    Anyway, here's your first mission.
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    First, I, the Great Palomides, will fight you.
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    A man's duel is about testing his strength!
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    I get it!
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    I'll do it then! I'll do it! Let's go!
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    Those two seem like they'll get along.
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    But I don't know about that. Right, Aoto?
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    Huh?
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    Huh?
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    What's wrong? Is that all you got?!
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    "Checkpoint 2"
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    Question.
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    The name of Arthur's Driver
    is the great sword, Masamune.
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    Circle for true, X for false.
    Please go to the side you think is correct.
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    Hey, Aoto. Game on!
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    True! It's true!
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    False.
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    Whoa!
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    Yes!
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    The blue kid is correct!
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    The name of Arthur's Driver is Excalibur.
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    You should get dirty sometimes, too!
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    Jeez, what are we doing?
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    The boy chases the blazing footsteps.
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    No matter how much time passes,
    the burning image
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    is imprinted on the boy's memory,
    never fading away.
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    Are you okay?!
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    So you came here for a special training?
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    We were supposed to,
    but I don't really know.
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    What do you mean? You're weird.
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    Oh, hey...
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    That's pretty.
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    Hm? Oh, this.
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    Is it important?
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    Well, I guess you could say that.
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    How important? Like, which is
    more important, that or your friend?
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    That's not something you can compare.
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    Hmm.
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    Hey, can I have that?
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    Huh? No way!
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    Okay, but I wanted one, too.
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    Something precious!
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    D-Don't you have one or two
    things that are precious to you?
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    Happy people always say that.
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    But it's okay. It's better to be happy.
    You should be, too.
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    You're still dirty.
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    Huh?
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    There, next to your ear.
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    Here?
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    The other side. You're weird.
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    Akane, where are you?
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    Oh, there you are. What's wrong?
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    Oh, sorry, I just, uh... Huh?
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    Huh? What?
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    No, it's nothing.
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    Ah.
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    Now's not the time to be
    playing with the kids.
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    The answer isn't always found in battle.
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    The battle is not even the issue.
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    Everything is done for the purpose
    of reaching the Divine Gate, right boss?
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    The new season always starts with the first bud.
[10:46] ---
    "Noodle Eating Contest"
    The new season always starts with the first bud.
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    "Quiz: Name That Song"
    The new season always starts with the first bud.
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    The new season always starts with the first bud.
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    Well, I don't like how you're watering it.
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    We're finally here!
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    Man, I'm worn out!
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    Good job. You can freshen up over there.
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    Hey.
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    Hm?
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    Did something happen?
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    Not really.
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    You have to say it to convey the message.
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    That's what Midori said.
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    I saw someone in the woods.
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    The girl who appeared like
    an illusion disappeared like one.
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    If he talked about it, she might have
    disappeared from his memory as well.
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    That was how the boy felt.
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    Everyone, how was the special training?
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    What was the point of that?
[12:08] ---
    You wondered that as well?
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    What do you mean?
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    We don't know the details about
    why we had this training, either.
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    Boss said one thing: every choice
    comes with a consequence.
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    Now, let's move on to the next mission.
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    Now they want us to go back to the
    station by ourselves. What's going on?
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    W-What?
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    What?!
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    They're turning into animals!
[12:46] ---
    Is this part of the training?
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    No, they're enemies!
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    Who are these people?!
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    Seconds!
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    Seconds?!
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    You must've heard of them. Those who
    seek power by crossing the species barrier
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    in order to get to the holy Gate.
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    But the Seconds normally don't attack people.
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    What's going on?
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    I'll kill you! Anyone who comes
    into our territory will be killed!
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    Let's do this!
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    No! The mission is to return to the station!
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    So you're running away?
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    Say what you like!
[13:29] ---
    Let's go!
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    Yeah.
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    You...
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    Why?! Why are you doing this?!
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    I'm sorry! My friends saw me talking to you
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    and we have a rule to eliminate intruders.
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    What are you guys?!
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    What do you mean?
    We're humans. Well, were.
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    But we ended up here because
    we were about to be disposed of.
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    The "Defiers." Apparently,
    that's what we're called.
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    Because we defy the World Council
    and live in hiding.
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    The Defiers?
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    So persistent!
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    And strong!
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    So sad.
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    Akane is...
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    What? He was with us a minute ago!
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    Let's go back.
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    So some Seconds escaped
    to the abandoned section.
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    Anyway, I'm unfamiliar with that Driver.
    I wonder where they obtained it.
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    Probably from the Grimoire Cult.
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    You knew about it?
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    Should we send the rescue team?
[15:16] ---
    No. Tell Bedi not to help out.
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    However, with their power...
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    Will they cross swords?
    Talk it out? Run away?
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    I want them to choose how
    they handle this encounter.
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    You're going to put the
    responsibility on their shoulders?
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    Why don't you readjust your plan?
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    There's no need for that.
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    You can't get to the Gate
    by stacking up dead bodies.
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    Stop! I don't want to fight you!
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    Why do we have to fight?!
    Who are the Defiers?!
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    I still want that necklace.
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    Hey, what movies are showing right now?
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    Is the bakery near the station still open?
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    Hey, what are you...
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    We couldn't survive unless we
    sacrificed normal things like that.
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    You're happy, but I'm not.
    That's your answer!
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    Aoto!
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    Are you okay?!
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    Are you glad your friends
    came back for you?
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    After all, your happiness
    makes you weaker than me.
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    Akane! Say what's on your mind!
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    Huh?
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    The most important thing is to take action.
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    But sometimes you have to use
    words to convey the message.
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    I didn't act when I should've
    and didn't say what I should've,
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    and I lost something important.
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    That's why!
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    I'm sorry! I didn't know!
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    I never thought about
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    what's outside the city or what
    other people's lives are like.
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    I thought everyone was like us.
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    I'm pathetic!
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    Hey, is there anything I can do?
    Instead of fighting like this...
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    You're really naïve.
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    Akane!
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    People can't understand the feelings
    of those that aren't "people." Am I wrong?
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    But Akane is trying to understand,
    and he'll keep at it.
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    We understand better.
    We also know how pointless that is.
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    Just give up and disappear!
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    Why?
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    If I didn't do it, I couldn't have saved you.
[18:41] ---
    But that's not...
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    Master Arthur does not
    wish to lose you guys.
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    In the name of Bedivere, I order
    this training to be cancelled!
[18:53] ---
    We will now administer justice!
[19:10] ---
    Well, they're definitely
    your subordinates all right.
[19:14] ---
    But the kids chose to talk.
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    That choice has the least accountability.
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    What's the word from the World Council?
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    You don't have to play the
    goody-two-shoes. You've already decided.
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    You'll head to the Divine Gate
    no matter who stops you.
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    You know the big responsibilities
    that come with your choice,
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    but you're serious, right?
    Codename Arthur.
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    If the people are lost, the king
    just has to choose the path.
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    That choice is the king's duty.
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    That's why I chose to take on a king's name.
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    Sorry.
[20:13] ---
    Why are you apologizing?
[20:16] ---
    You didn't do it.
[20:19] ---
    But...
[20:21] ---
    Oh.
[20:23] ---
    Huh?
[20:24] ---
    You're still dirty.
[20:27] ---
    There, next to your ear.
[20:31] ---
    The other side. You're weird.
[20:43] ---
    You're nice.
[20:46] ---
    Be happy.
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    Hey. Wasn't there another way?
[21:02] ---
    Something I could've done?
[21:04] ---
    Your conscious and sub-conscious
    were both focused on saving her.
[21:12] ---
    You just didn't have the power to save her.
[21:17] ---
    Dammit!
[22:53] ---
    A present for you, from Santa.
[22:56] ---
    Arthur's going to make his move.
    Oh, I can't wait.
[23:02] ---
    I'm going to head for the Divine Gate.
[23:04] ---
    Would you come with me?
[23:04] ---
    "More Important Than Yourself"
    Would you come with me?