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8 - Two Paths

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    Long time ago, an arrogant
    human built a tower
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    to reach high above,
    where the gods reside.
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    In that moment, the gods
    handed out a punishment
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    in order to teach humans to stay humans.
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    Now, another man heads for the Divine Gate,
    the gods' territory, yet again.
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    The man punished himself.
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    Resisting the god's mischief, the Holy King,
    being human, fell into the darkness
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    in front of the holy Gate.
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    Hi, Arthur. You still have
    some consciousness left.
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    Loki, why are you here?
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    You seem to have forgotten about that pain.
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    Well, this is pathetic.
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    It's fun watching humans scrabble around.
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    I'll come see you again.
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    I did grant your wish to become
    a king. Don't be mad, Arthur.
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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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    "Two Paths"
    This is the World Council.
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    This is the World Council.
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    A special curfew has been put into
    effect today for the entire city.
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    Please refrain from
    staying outdoors after 8pm.
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    This is due to an issue from
    yesterday's large-scale system error.
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    Certain sections will be off-limits
    for the time being as well.
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    Answer my question!
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    Ah, um, so as I said, it was almost
    as if Arthur had conspired a coup,
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    so I merely tried to stop him
    by representing the World Council.
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    Hm. So Arthur decided himself
    to destroy the Divine Gate?
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    Yes!
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    And to stop Arthur, you called
    for the Scandinavian gods?
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    Yes, that is correct.
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    You don't have the authority.
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    However, Loki...
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    Bring Loki! I'm wasting time talking to you!
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    H-However...
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    I'm sorry to keep you waiting.
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    Loki?!
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    Ladies and gentlemen of the Six Saints.
    Arthur, who conspired a coup
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    and his personal army, Knights of Round,
    were all confirmed dead.
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    What?!
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    Jeez, all complaints and no help;
    it's their bad habit.
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    W-Was what you said back there true?
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    Which one are you talking about?
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    About the death of Arthur
    and Knights of Round!
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    Ah. What answer were you hoping to hear?
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    I'm being serious!
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    I'm serious, too.
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    You and I both conspired
    against the Six Saints.
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    We've already taken the first step.
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    We share the same fate now.
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    That being said, what is with your attitude?
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    You're not prepared to meet your fate at all.
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    I just want to know the truth!
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    They're alive, right?! There were
    even students from the Academy!
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    They were killed by the
    Scandinavian gods you unleashed.
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    This hand is stained red with blood.
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    Don't pretend you're good,
    like you didn't know anything.
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    Hey, are you guys okay?
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    You're late.
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    We were being careful not to be tailed.
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    I'm glad you're okay!
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    Midori! You're choking me!
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    Akane was really worried, too, bon.
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    Shut up!
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    What's going on outside?
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    The Council seems to be
    on the lookout for you guys.
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    The expedition, the tower...
    nothing's being reported.
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    They're treating it like it never happened?
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    Like Blue Christmas?
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    See, the World Council can't be trusted.
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    Anyway, here's the dressing
    and medicine you asked for.
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    Good! We just ran out of dressing, too!
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    Hikari, how's your injury?
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    I'm fine, I'm fine.
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    But it looks painful.
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    We need to get going.
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    Huh? Already?
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    The Council may start suspecting us.
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    You're right. Thanks.
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    Take care.
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    We'll come back.
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    So, what now, Santa Clause?
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    Well, it's probably dangerous to go
    back not knowing the Council's plan.
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    Objectively, it's more logical
    to think of it as Arthur's betrayal.
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    You guys saw him kill Lancelot, right?
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    I don't think he was himself at the time.
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    And Loki was behind Arthur, too!
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    At the end of the day,
    no one knows what's happening.
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    Well, you probably can't trust me, either.
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    You're right.
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    But if Santa didn't come save us, we'd be...
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    Hikari!
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    We're done for at this rate.
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    Don't worry about me. Just go.
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    Who are you?!
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    I'm the children's ally.
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    Over there!
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    I appreciate you saving us.
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    But why did you do it?
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    It was a promise I made
    with him-- with Arthur.
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    Hey, come over here! Lisa, you too!
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    Jeez, you're so impatient.
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    What is it, this early in the morning?
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    Take a look. It's a great view.
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    It's beautiful.
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    Yeah.
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    Geniuses of Divine! The prologue is over.
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    We'll now begin the main show,
    the Twilight Judgment.
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    I'm planning on having
    your son join the play as well.
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    Now, let me introduce you to
    the playwright. Come out!
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    I'm right here.
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    Well, hello, hello.
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    Long time no see, Shakespeare.
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    Will you entertain me again?
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    Of course. I came up with
    an interesting tragedy.
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    How does the story go?
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    Let's write a beautiful tragedy
    with your divine pen.
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    Okay!
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    Oz, are you okay?
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    I may have let the children die.
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    There were girls around your age, too. Ahh...
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    Midori?!
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    On that Christmas night,
    I saw the blue moon.
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    Blue Christmas?
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    Without telling Arthur the truth,
    the World Council kept everything a secret.
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    That's not all.
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    You father's death,
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    your friend's whereabouts,
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    and you guys, too.
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    The Council continues to hide secrets.
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    Us, too?
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    What are you talking about?
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    Hold on, what secret is there
    behind my dad's death?!
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    Tell me! Do you know where Elena is?!
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    Even I don't know.
    The Council is hiding everything,
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    thanks to Loki.
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    Loki?!
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    After Blue Christmas,
    I followed Loki's movement.
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    In league with researchers called the
    Geniuses of Divine, he controls the Council.
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    It sounds like a conspiracy
    theory from the internet.
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    If your story is true,
    what does Loki wish to achieve?
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    He probably wants to open the Divine Gate
    and start fresh with the world.
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    How does that benefit him?
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    That's just the kind of man he is.
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    He enjoys watching people
    struggle to reach the Divine Gate.
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    That's why when Arthur
    tried to destroy the Gate...
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    Yeah, and I told Arthur about Loki's plan.
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    That's why he tried to destroy the Gate,
    so the world can get its peace.
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    I knew that's what he would do, and yet, I...
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    What will you do now?
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    The one that reaches the Gate
    can decide what to do with this world.
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    I'm going to go save him.
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    I know I'm asking too much,
    but would you help me?
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    Are you asking us to go to the Gate again?!
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    It's suicide.
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    Why us?!
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    Because Arthur chose you guys.
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    All you do is think, and you
    never decide on anything.
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    I'll ask again: is it the past
    you want to change? Or the future?
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    It may be neither.
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    You're slowly getting closer to your heart.
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    Aoto.
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    We need to talk.
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    What's going on?
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    I'm going back to the Council.
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    What?!
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    There's no future in staying here.
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    We can't live in hiding forever.
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    It's dangerous to go back.
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    Loki tried to kill us!
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    But we're alive.
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    It may be Arthur that's the bad guy.
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    But Santa saved us.
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    It's also possible that Santa's lying.
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    From the Council's perspective,
    we're traitors, accomplices of Arthur.
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    We're students.
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    We learned what Arthur had in mind
    for the Gate just before the departure.
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    That's right, we were mixed up in it.
    In a way, we're victims.
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    We won't get in trouble then?
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    No one knows what the truth is!
    So the only choice is to go confirm it!
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    He's right, let's go back to the Council.
[14:53] ---
    Yes.
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    Well?
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    There is one other option.
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    We can go to the Gate again.
[15:03] ---
    What?
[15:04] ---
    You saw what happened to Arthur
    and the Knights of Round!
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    Even so, I'm going. Arthur's determination
    to protect something with his life,
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    the Knights of Round's
    faith to grant his wish,
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    and the world after that...
    I want to see it!
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    And I also want to know
    the truth about my dad's death!
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    I have a friend waiting past that Gate, too!
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    I need to go and talk to her!
[15:42] ---
    Those are really personal reasons!
[15:45] ---
    You're all completely insane.
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    Aoto, what about you?
[15:52] ---
    I want to know the reason
    behind the incident on that day.
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    Do what you want. I'm going
    to do what I think is right.
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    We may not see each other again, but take care.
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    I'm sorry.
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    You guys take care, too.
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    Hey, you guys!
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    Don't worry. We won't tell them about you.
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    Yukari and Hikari both said they don't
    know anything, but you'll tell me, right?
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    Think of it this way.
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    With this martial law imposed,
    they'll be spotted at some point.
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    If that's the case, you'll be saving them
    if you're there to back them up.
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    I don't like how you word things.
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    I'm sorry, it's my habit to be indirect.
[17:10] ---
    W-What?
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    What did we do?!
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    This was supposed to be the hideout!
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    Replacing memories?
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    It's nothing fancy like that.
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    It's more like fiddling with memory
    in case a child catches me.
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    Then that means one of them
    betrayed us, right?
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    We don't know that.
    They could be threatened.
[17:38] ---
    Looks like "the children's ally" played you.
    What now? Go about it randomly?
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    I have a plan.
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    What's wrong?
[17:56] ---
    It looks like the Council found Santa's hideout!
[17:59] ---
    What?!
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    Soon they'll dispatch an entry team!
    We have to act now to save them!
[18:05] ---
    I understand.
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    Quick! You need to get out!
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    Master! What's wrong?
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    The Council found out about this place.
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    There's no way!
[18:22] ---
    But Ginji said...
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    What does it mean?
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    Looks like we fell into his trap.
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    Zone generation complete.
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    The perimeter is completely
    surrounded by autonomous Drivers.
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    Thank you.
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    Can you hear me?! Come on out,
    and don't resist! It's not too late!
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    Either come with us or go on
    your own path! Take your pick!
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    Ginji...
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    So they've completely turned against us?!
[19:03] ---
    They must mean business if they're
    attacking us with generated zones, bon.
[19:07] ---
    Sorry about this. If you changed your mind,
    you can go back to the Council.
[19:15] ---
    What will you do?
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    It's too late for that!
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    We won't give up just because of this!
[19:21] ---
    Okay, then leave this to me!
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    But...
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    Don't worry, I'm the children's ally.
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    Initiating attack.
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    This is the World Council,
    providing you safety and security.
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    What are you doing?!
    Hurry up and come out!
[19:43] ---
    This is the World Council,
    providing you safety and security.
[19:50] ---
    What?!
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    Children's ally my ass!
[20:13] ---
    I didn't think there were
    underground tunnels left.
[20:16] ---
    Well, this one saved us!
[20:18] ---
    He said it leads near the Divine Gate,
    but I wonder how far it goes.
[20:24] ---
    Deactivating zone.
[20:29] ---
    I wonder if Akane and the rest really went back.
[20:32] ---
    They're signing their own death warrant.
[20:39] ---
    Oh? Are you done with your work?
[20:44] ---
    Yes, it's fine.
    Now for the opening curtain,
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    with that pen of yours.
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    Okay!
[21:15] ---
    W-What?!
[21:16] ---
    All three of them are gone.
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    Akane! Where'd you go?!
[21:20] ---
    Aoto!
[22:54] ---
    It's show time.
[22:57] ---
    Let me introduce you to your new family.
[23:00] ---
    He's a pretty boy no matter what he's doing.
[23:04] ---
    What's going on?!
[23:05] ---
    I can't stop writing!
[23:06] ---
    "The Divine Play"
    I can't stop writing!
[23:07] ---
    "The Divine Play"