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    The shining horizon
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    Where beginning and end meld together
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    That's where tears come from
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    With a trembling hand,
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    I stuffed my pocket full
    of the things I believed in
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    A mirage wavering in the distance
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    Looking up at the sky, like a guiding beacon
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    A familiar, warm light
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    Granting me that, you give a little wave
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    I have to go, I won't cry anymore, Shangri-La
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    I'll dive into a new world
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    In the embrace of this color blue
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    With this thrilling in my heart for company
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    Right now, of the Coral plants on Earth,
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    18 locations, which is 95% of the plants,
    have become active again
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    and are under attack from Secrets.
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    At this rate, even if we counter
    with everything we have,
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    we will be unable to prevent Scub
    Bursts at the majority of the plants.
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    Therefore, we are setting
    Operation Polaris into motion.
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    Dad...
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    All the Quartz that we have
    kept in storage thus far
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    will be launched towards the Earth's surface.
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    Its powerful effect will gather
    the Secrets in one place
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    from where they are currently
    scattered all across the globe.
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    As the Quartz descends, it will circle the Earth.
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    Over approximately 36 hours,
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    it will draw the Secrets
    from all parts of the world,
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    ultimately coming to rest in the North Pole.
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    It will trigger a fusion blast
    in this uninhabited region
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    and all Secrets...
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    ...will be annihilated.
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    Couldn't you have at least split
    them up into a couple locations?
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    Reducing the magnitude of the explosions
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    would equally lower our chances of success.
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    We can't afford to lower our fighting potential.
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    So, now that you know that,
    I have a serious favor to ask of you.
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    What is it?
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    You're going all the way down
    there to South America anyway,
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    so buy me some coffee beans.
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    I can't stand this stuff.
    It's like what the Americans brew.
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    Sorry to bother you right
    before your departure.
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    Do you have them with you, Ao?
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    You won't last if you don't sleep in shifts.
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    Yeah...
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    Is it still bugging you?
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    We've fought against the Secrets up until now.
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    But it feels different this time around somehow.
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    Then do you want to go back to Iwato Island?
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    As the threat of multiple simultaneous
    Scub Bursts looms imminent across the globe,
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    Christophe Blanc, CEO of the
    Swiss corporation Generation Bleu,
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    has proposed the implementation
    of an operation he calls "Polaris."
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    The US and other countries
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    have thrown their full support
    behind this operation...
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    Generation Bleu kept the existence
    of this Quartz substance a secret!
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    What of their responsibility in doing so?!
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    The Japanese government states that it
    is the Secrets who are mankind's saviors
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    and is urging its citizens to
    respond calmly and not be fooled
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    by the irresponsible news coverage--
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    It seems that, other than our country,
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    few have declined to
    participate in the operation.
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    Then shall we run helter-skelter in
    a mad rush to join the operation?
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    Jump on the bandwagon of the winning side?
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    I believe that with this operation,
    for the first time in history,
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    we will be freed of the threat of Scub Bursts.
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    Maruyama of VOM.
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    What are the chances of success
    for Generation Bleu's operation?
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    According to tentative calculations,
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    if the Scub Bursts occur all across the globe,
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    it will directly impact 60 million people
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    and the resulting climate changes
    will impact 300 million people.
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    We have no choice but to bet on them.
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    I never imagined that Blanc
    would take such action.
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    It would have been nice if he had
    consulted with Big Blue World first.
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    Does Blanc think that *it
    *is his personal property?
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    You have my apologies.
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    Generation Bleu was formed as
    an organization for the Quartz.
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    It seems he does not appreciate that fact.
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    What does that mean?
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    Is that... Ao?!
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    Don't be scared, everyone.
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    I'll do something about that thing!
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    N-Naru?!
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    Naru... Why...?
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    Poseidon, prepare for launch.
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    Where are Ao and the others?
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    They're standing by at their start position.
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    This much Quartz...
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    So, it could not be detected because
    its signature was suppressed.
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    Georg?
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    No, no, nothing at all.
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    Then, shall we get started?
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    T-minus 5 seconds.
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    4... 3...
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    2, 1!
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    Wait, that was sudden!
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    Commence Polaris!
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    What's that?
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    What's that light?
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    The capsule launched from the Poseidon.
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    It's packed full of the Quartz.
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    I did it!
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    It dodged me?!
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    Why did the Secret suddenly...?!
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    Damn Generation Bleu!
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    "Iwato Trapar Industry"
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    Here they come!
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    They're being drawn to it.
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    That's some Quartz pheromone.
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    As you guide the Secrets along,
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    threaten them to keep them from
    getting too close to the Quartz.
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    Don't try to force your way to any kills.
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    Roger!
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    Come along now, Mr. It! Over this way!
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    Ao, here we go.
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    R-Right!
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    Secrets...
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    Are you guys not the enemy?
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    But...
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    We've fought each other all this time.
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    I...
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    Mmm, smells good.
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    I should never have asked you!
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    No shower, after all, I guess.
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    Morning. You were sleeping well.
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    Sleeping...?
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    Me? I see...
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    You didn't wake up, even when Fleur
    drew a doodle on your Mr. Elephant.
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    I did not!
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    It's ready to fly immediately.
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    I'll see you at the next resupply point.
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    Y-Yes, sir.
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    Losses for the US forces?
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    Seven units took return fire
    and were destroyed.
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    Zero human casualties.
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    All right! Shift change!
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    It's amazing.
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    Mr. Alex and his crew doing
    all this even outside of HQ...
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    And...
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    ...the Allied Forces are
    fighting together with us.
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    It's got the vibe of a
    second-to-last-episode, you know?
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    That sounds kind of ominous...
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    I heard a Secret appeared
    for the Vesterålen Plant, too?
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    If I remember right, that's Maeve and Chloe's...
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    What do you mean?
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    It's where they're from.
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    Their parents got jobs at the plant,
    so they moved there.
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    That's why Chloe's been acclimated
    to trapars since she was a kid.
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    The Secret in Norway is
    headed for the Quartz, too.
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    Cut the idle chitchat.
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    Yes, sir.
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    If Chloe's home is like that...
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    ...then Iwato Island must also...
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    It must suck for you to get held up here, too.
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    But is this thing going to work?
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    This whatever operation?
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    Of course. It's got the full
    backing of our military, too.
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    Too bad. You guys will be wiped out.
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    All we want is to eliminate the foreign
    bodies that invade this universe.
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    This will allow us to annihilate a
    massive quantity of Core material.
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    Enough with the sour grapes.
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    No...
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    It might actually be serious...
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    Anm...
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    I was born from a Scub Coral.
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    What?
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    So, you, too, are...
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    You're a child of the Scubs, Ao.
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    I became one with the Scubs, too.
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    So, Ao, protect the Scubs.
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    But Anma said the Scubs are the enemy.
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    It's time to stop being a momma's boy.
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    Ao.
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    Ao!
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    Oh! I-I'm sorry!
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    What are you talking about?!
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    Goldilocks is in trouble!
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    What?
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    Twelve minutes ago,
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    the Soviets launched their ballistic
    missiles without any warning.
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    The Soviets are participating
    in Polaris, too, right?
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    But the missiles are on a collision
    course with the Quartz capsule.
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    The Soviets are saying
    that someone got to them.
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    That malware scrambled their missile controls.
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    It's possible that Truth is behind the sabotage.
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    That's why we had Goldilocks
    and Harlequin on standby.
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    You bastards!
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    Out of ammo!
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    I won't let you!
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    If we're here for the Quartz,
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    then just you watch! We'll protect it for sure!
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    The blast from the missile explosion
    has shifted the capsule's orbit.
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    At this rate, it'll fall far south of the North Pole,
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    somewhere in Northern Europe.
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    We have no choice but to have
    the IFOs support the capsule
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    and transport it to the North Pole.
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    That's craziness!
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    The Alleluia and the Kyrie will
    support it until we run out of fuel.
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    Beyond that, we'll leave it
    to the Nirvash's Third Engine.
[13:22] ---
    What?
[13:23] ---
    The Third Engine runs on
    the trapars in the atmosphere.
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    Meaning it uses the least fuel.
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    Elena?
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    After the Alleluia and the Kyrie have taken off,
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    the Triton will go on ahead
    to the final mission location.
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    Chief?!
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    I'm aware it's crazy.
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    So, um, about Goldilocks...
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    Uber rookie, you there?
[13:45] ---
    Sheesh! Honestly! Is this any time
    for you to be worrying about us?!
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    But you're happy he is.
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    I am not happy!
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    Ao, that area is close to our home, too.
    We'll be counting on you.
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    R-Right.
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    We've caught up to it!
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    Here we go, Alleluia!
[14:16] ---
    All right, gotcha!
[14:18] ---
    Nice catc--
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    Aw, man!
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    We should've had enough distance...
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    Now that it's gone off course
    and it's closer to the ground,
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    maybe they're raring to go, too?
[14:29] ---
    Elena, I'm counting on you!
[14:30] ---
    You got it!
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    W-Whoa! Don't come chasing after me!
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    Elena! Elena!
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    Georg, what's the Kyrie's status?!
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    It was hit in a couple places,
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    but its flight capabilities are unaffected.
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    The pilot is also safe.
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    Elena, I'll send the Allied Forces
    to retrieve you, so pull back...
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    The restrictor on the Alleluia has been removed.
[15:10] ---
    Fleur?! Don't tell me you plan
    to get the Third Engine running?!
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    What better time is there than now?!
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    But not once has it ever...
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    I'll do it!
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    Starting up the Third Engine!
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    Activate!
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    No way! The connection...!
[15:37] ---
    Why?!
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    Why won't it run?!
[15:44] ---
    This is the CEO, Christophe Blanc.
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    Change of plans.
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    We have not reached the target destination,
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    but we will initiate the fusion blast.
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    Dad?!
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    Fleur, dump the Quartz and
    get as far from it as you can.
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    This is an order.
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    I did the calculation earlier.
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    This location will still catch
    the majority of the Secrets
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    in the fusion blast.
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    We'll bring down Harlequin
    to deal with the rest.
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    What about the impact on the people?!
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    A portion of the Scandinavian
    Peninsula will be annihilated.
[16:17] ---
    We just issued an evacuation advisory now.
[16:19] ---
    Gazelle...
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    It's been decided.
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    W-Wait! What is this?!
[16:30] ---
    What's wrong?!
[16:31] ---
    The catapult is being deployed on its own!
[16:33] ---
    What?!
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    Ao! Are you planning on taking
    independent action again?!
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    Only the Nirvash's Third Engine
    is operational, right?!
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    Then I'll go!
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    Ao!
[16:43] ---
    Permission to sortie granted.
[16:44] ---
    Chief?!
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    But you come back, no matter what.
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    You are not Eureka.
[16:51] ---
    Yes, sir!
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    No! The manipulator is giving out...
[17:03] ---
    What?!
[17:04] ---
    Proximity warning?!
[17:11] ---
    Fleur, I'll do it!
[17:13] ---
    Ao! But...!
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    Pick up Elena and go back to the Triton!
[17:17] ---
    I've got the advantage
    over the damaged Alleluia!
[17:21] ---
    I understand.
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    Get it as far from land as you can!
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    All right, here we go, Nirvash!
[17:32] ---
    The Alleluia has broken away.
    The Nirvash has begun to accelerate.
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    Wait... Ao, be careful!
[17:38] ---
    The Secrets have been driving you
    closer to the Vesterålen Plant!
[17:41] ---
    I know!
[17:43] ---
    After we've retrieved the Kyrie and the Alleluia,
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    we'll head over to support the Nirvash!
[17:48] ---
    We have arrived in the target airspace.
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    However, we were unable to put any
    distance between us and the Secrets.
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    The chance of this IFO
    escaping the fusion blast is 3%.
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    Ten years ago, Anma carried that Quartz
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    and disappeared somewhere.
[18:07] ---
    I don't know where Anma is from.
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    But if her blood runs in my veins...
[18:15] ---
    If the same blood runs in my veins,
    I should be able to make the leap, too.
[18:20] ---
    Make the leap with me, Quartz!
[18:39] ---
    This light...?!
[18:52] ---
    What... is this?
[19:01] ---
    Hey, Ao, what's happening?!
[19:03] ---
    What is this? What in the world is this?!
[19:06] ---
    Answer me, Nirvash!
[19:10] ---
    A weapon...
[19:12] ---
    Is this a weapon?
[19:14] ---
    If it's a weapon...
[19:16] ---
    If it's a weapon, then save the world for me!
[20:00] ---
    We have no reports of any remaining Secrets.
[20:08] ---
    You did well, Ao. Even though
    it didn't go as planned.
[20:13] ---
    What in the world is up with that weapon?
[20:17] ---
    I don't know.
[20:19] ---
    I...
[20:24] ---
    What's that?
[20:26] ---
    That's the North Pole Light.
[20:28] ---
    It's a strange optical phenomenon
[20:30] ---
    that's been visible about these parts for ages.
[20:32] ---
    No.
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    There was no light like that until I fired...
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    We're at the Vesterålen Islands Resupply Point.
[20:40] ---
    Vesterålen...
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    The plant?
[20:53] ---
    What about the Coral plant?
[20:54] ---
    What?
[20:55] ---
    I'm pretty sure there isn't one over here.
[20:57] ---
    What?
[20:59] ---
    No, but I mean...
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    What about Goldilocks?
[21:04] ---
    Are Chloe and the others okay?
[21:09] ---
    Chloe?
[21:16] ---
    I'm going to ask you one more time, Ao.
[21:19] ---
    What is Goldilocks?
[21:21] ---
    Goldy is an IFO team, just like us.
[21:26] ---
    The only IFO teams at Generation Bleu
    are Pied Piper and Harlequin.
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    Pied Piper handles things down here on Earth
[21:34] ---
    and Harlequin handles things up
    in space. We each have our areas.
[21:37] ---
    But...
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    But they definitely existed!
    Chloe and the others!
[21:43] ---
    Why don't you remember?!
[21:47] ---
    Why... doesn't anyone...
[21:55] ---
    See? You can check all you want;
    there's nothing here.
[21:58] ---
    No one's lived in this area
    for hundreds of years.
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    This isn't real... Chloe was definitely...
[22:06] ---
    I checked the company-wide
    health screening data, too.
[22:09] ---
    Chloe McCaffrey,
    Maeve McCaffrey, Maggie Kwan...
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    No match for any of those three.
[22:15] ---
    They've never even been registered with us.
[22:19] ---
    Well, get some good rest.
[22:21] ---
    You're probably just tired.
[22:29] ---
    What... in the world did I do, Anma?
[22:34] ---
    "To Be Continued"
[22:35] ---
    To be continued.
[22:38] ---
    This uncertain world of mine now
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    Begins to change and expand
    in the blink of an eye
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    Where is the rest of the dream
    that I found that day?
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    Just watch, I'll find it soon enough
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    Even now, I alone remember
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    The familiar old warmth
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    So, shall I get going now?
[23:27] ---
    The fate awaiting me
[23:33] ---
    Frightened and paralyzed me
[23:38] ---
    To never be lost ever again
[23:44] ---
    I'll grow stronger
[23:47] ---
    Even the past I can never return to
[23:52] ---
    I'll build upon, starting tomorrow
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    That's what I'll do to overcome it all
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    And that's how I'll become me
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    "Preview"
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    Next time on Eureka Seven AO.
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    The world was supposed to have been saved
[24:16] ---
    by the light unleashed by the Nirvash.
[24:18] ---
    But the price weighs heavily on Ao,
    who alone knows the truth.
[24:23] ---
    The salvation presented to the boy
    begins to throw everything off track.
[24:28] ---
    Eureka Seven AO, Episode 17.
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    Hear the cry of the children of the stars.
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