# 8 - blue thunder
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*Escape*
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*On this wind,*
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*I let my tears ride*
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*Speeding up until they dry*
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*I can fly over and go on*
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*I just know that the answer*
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*Is out there, on the far side of that distant sky*
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*In this place, where I can't find the answer*
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*I sigh and look at the sky*
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*Shining deep in these eyes suffused in blue*
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*Is a dreamer, who can go anywhere*
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*That's me, you see*
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*Escape*
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*On this wind,*
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*I let my wish ride*
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*My outstretched hands paint the future*
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*I'm not afraid anymore*
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*Of the trace of tears*
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*Suffused in rainbow colors, I fly on*
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*To the far side of that sky*
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Looks like we're finally back
to being on routine standby.
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That's not even funny!
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It isn't our job to pursue that terrorist.
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To destroy Secrets before
they detonate in a fusion blast.
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That is the mission of the IFO teams.
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We don't have the time
to take on any extra work.
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Now, now, you two, I think
that's enough of that.
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So, what's his penalty?
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There is no precedent for this,
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but I believe he should be punished severely.
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I think a stern reprimand
should do for this time around.
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That is going too easy on him!
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Are you of the same opinion?
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There's the matter of Team
Goldilocks to consider, too...
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Then it's settled.
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I'm going to put my trust in you,
so there'll be no further punishment.
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What?
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To me, IFO pilots are like
my own children, after all.
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It's part of a father's duty to give
his children the benefit of his trust.
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A father...
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You have no right to say such things.
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Hey, what's with that guy?
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I know!
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"Fleur Blanc Official Blog"
"A Place to Connect"
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Ao!
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Shopping?
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Yeah.
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Hey! Sweetheart!
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Get me a Generation coffee! Hot!
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What's the big idea?
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Why are you following me around?!
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Oh, well, lemme think...
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Just quit hanging around me already!
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Was that his idea of being intimidating?
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Are you monitoring Ao?
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If you are, you should put
a little more thought into it.
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You're being way too obvious.
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That's what we've been told to do.
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You're blatantly monitoring him
to put pressure on him?!
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I find it hard to believe that this was your idea.
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Orders... from the CEO?
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So I hear that you don't get
along with your old man?
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Ao's the same.
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What?
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Him and his old man...
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We have a formal request.
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Mobilize at once.
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Roger that.
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Faisal Arabia, huh?
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It certainly turned up in a troublesome spot.
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A telephone call from the
Allied Forces for the CEO.
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And speak of the devil.
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I'll take it in my office.
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Transfer the call for me.
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In Colombia, your team got taken out,
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and the other day, you had that terrorist scare.
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You've taken one hit after
another there, Christophe.
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I appreciate your concern,
Mr. Secretary of State.
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Thinking about what I've got coming up
ahead makes my head hurt, too.
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Meaning?
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It's that Nirvash of yours.
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Some of our congressmen have
begun fussing that it's the Mark I,
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which was in our country's custody
until it went missing at some point.
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Oh?
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It seems they're planning
to team up with the media
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and put pressure on the President.
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The election is coming up, so they're
willing to do whatever it takes.
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I see.
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However, the Nirvash and the Mark I
are two completely different crafts.
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Yes, I know that.
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But for the United States government
to respect Generation Bleu's claim...
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Faisal Arabia, is it?
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It's still a ways out.
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Shall we make it our priority
to retrieve the Quartz?
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What will you do if the
enemy increases its speed?
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That's...
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Since we've allowed for the Secret to appear,
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there's only one course
of action we ought to take.
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H-Hold on a second.
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Then those guys were monitoring
me on orders from the CEO?
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Probably.
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I see.
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After all that stuff he said
about trust and being a father...
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The things he says and does
are totally inconsistent!
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Oh, so he pulled that line on you, too.
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"The IFO pilots are my children."
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He's got some nerve saying that
in front of his own daughter.
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Daughter?
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Oh? Did we never tell you?
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Fleur is our CEO's daughter.
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Wha... What?!
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That's enough chitchat.
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We've identified the Secret.
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This Secret closely resembles the one
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that was sighted in 1752 in Philadelphia, USA.
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Apparently, when the Secret
appeared on that occasion,
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the surrounding area suffered damage
caused by a series of lightning strikes.
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When you get down to it,
the phenomenon called lightning
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occurs when a difference in
electric potential arises in space
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that exceeds the dielectric strength of air--
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The mission is cancelled.
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The Triton will return immediately.
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What in the world happened?!
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CEO's orders.
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What? The CEO?!
What kind of order is that?!
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Reverse course.
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Chief?! You can't be...
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Chief?! Chief!
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Chief!
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Roger that.
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Yes, it's me.
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Some kind of deal was struck behind the scenes.
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That's the only thing I can think of.
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If so, about the only entity that
can put pressure on our CEO
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is probably the United States government.
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Why would America do that?
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Faisal Arabia, where the
Scub turned up this time,
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is the most anti-US country
in all of the Middle East.
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And the US deems Faisal Arabia to
have aided terrorist organizations
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and regards them with hostility,
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so the two countries are in a situation
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where war could break out
between them at any time.
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Faisal Arabia's thoroughly anti-US sentiments
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grew out of conflict within the
royal family of former Saudi Arabia...
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If the fusion blast is allowed to occur,
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it will be a serious blow to their enemy
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and also prevent the establishment
of a Coral plant. That's why.
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You've got to be kidding me!
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Why would our CEO go along
with something like that?!
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Probably because he was
presented with conditions
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that would be profitable for the company.
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You're wrong about that! I'm sure he--
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Rebecka!
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Telling us to go back now
means he expects us...
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...to stand by and watch people die!
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Fleur?!
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Are they eloping?!
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I hate my father.
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You hate yours, too, right?
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I heard about it from Mr. Gazelle and his gang.
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Maybe that makes us alike.
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It doesn't make any sense.
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What?
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Why do you work for the company
run by the father you hate?
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Five years ago, my maman and I
were caught in a traffic accident.
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With transplant surgery using
the organs we had between us,
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one of us could be saved.
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When my father was told this by the doctor,
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he chose me and killed my maman.
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I loved my maman.
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If I'd died then, she probably would be...
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I despise my father for burdening me with this.
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That's why I do what he least wants me to do.
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Chief...
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These are scenes from within
the country of Faisal Arabia.
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This footage was taken in the suburbs
of Abuha, the old state capital,
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where the G-Monster appeared.
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--In light of this...
--Both of you get back right away.
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Because of this footage, cries have
gone up all across the globe
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that aid should be given to Faisal Arabia.
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It seems the Allied Forces had no
choice but to endorse it as well.
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Then...!
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The order to return has been rescinded.
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We're resuming the mission.
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I'm not going to let those
bastards get their way!
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I'll show them!
America and our stupid CEO, too!
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Our stupid CEO!
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We've got even more reason not
to lose than usual, Miss Fleur!
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You said it, Ao!
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You guys are kind of fired up.
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Wanna just go for it and "combine"?
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Huh?!
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180 seconds to combat airspace.
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Target acquired.
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Putting it up on the screen.
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That lightning is nothing
more than a phenomenon
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resulting from the charged
particles released by the Secret.
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Because IFOs are enveloped in trapar,
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Secrets ordinarily do not attack them.
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However, in this case, the lightning
is independent of the Secret's will
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and is merely electricity being
discharged, so please be careful.
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The lightning can also occur outside the ZOA.
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IFOs have electromagnetic shields
as a countermeasure against lightning,
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but in the event of a direct strike,
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there is a chance that the system will go down.
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Please be careful of this as well.
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You keep telling us to be careful,
but specifically, what should we do?
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Please avoid them.
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He makes it sound so simple, daccha.
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Didn't I tell you to dial it back during combat?
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Let's get going soon.
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You'll be outside the discharge zone there.
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The Hot Summer of Ukraine at full power!
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Again!
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The amount of charged particles being released
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is increasing at a rate of 250% per second.
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--Discharge zone is expanding.
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--All IFOs retreat!
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No way!
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Oh, man...
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Elena, come in! Elena!
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Nirvash and Alleluia, stand by where you are.
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But...!
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Without the Kyrie, this operation can't succeed.
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Chief, the Secret!
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The Secret has released all the
charged particles it had accumulated
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and has begun to gain altitude.
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75 seconds from now, it will lose thrust.
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It is anticipated that it will crash.
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Estimated location of the crash is...
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The Scub Coral?!
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No! Don't tell me it's going
to smash itself into it?!
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The operation is canceled! Take cover at once!
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What?!
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The situation has changed. We have no choice.
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Damn.
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Don't say we have no choice!
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If we leave it at this, we lose.
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And losing to those bastards
is out of the question!
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Listen to me. You need to
start by calming down, Ao.
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But...!
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Miss Fleur?! Miss Fleur!
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Fleur, get back here! Fleur!
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115 seconds until fusion blast.
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Miss Fleur, please respond! Miss Fleur!
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There's no way the Alleluia's
firepower will be enough, so...
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This is the one fight I don't want to lose.
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What?
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For me, this is the one
fight I don't want to lose.
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No matter what happens to me.
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Secret has arrived at an altitude
of 7,200 feet over Faisal Arabia.
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It has lost thrust.
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Commencing descent.
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I'm not okay with that.
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I hate my dad, too.
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But...
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...I won't risk my life for a bastard like him.
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I'm going to live through this...
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Live through it all no matter what,
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and punch him real good!
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So, Fleur!
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You can't die, either!
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There's no time.
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Here we go, Fleur!
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Okay!
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Nirvash and Alleluia have
latched on to the Secret.
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25 seconds remaining to fusion blast.
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Ten... Nine... Eight... Seven...
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Six... Five... Four... Three...
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Two... One...
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Georg, what about Alleluia and Nirvash?
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Alleluia and Nirvash are both in good shape.
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We also have confirmed life signs,
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so I believe the pilots are fine as well.
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Fleur, are you okay?
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Yes.
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I'm alive.
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Yeah, we're alive.
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Where are you two going?
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To see our stupid CEO!
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We need to report our victory to him!
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I can't wait to see the look on his face.
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Maybe he'll be crying after
getting chewed out by America.
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I wonder how our stupid CEO
will look when he greets us.
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Ow-ow-ow!
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Stop yanking on it!
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Ow!
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Wow, it's got some real sticking power.
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Hey, they're back.
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Oh, hey! What do you think?!
I look pretty good, huh?!
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Those outfits...
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You left your posts without permission
in the middle of an active operation.
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I have a couple questions for
you regarding that incident.
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After playing that footage, a report
went out from goodness knows where
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that we had yet to arrive on site
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in spite of the fact that we'd
received a formal request to mobilize.
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I immediately got a call from America.
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It seems they thought that the
information had come from us.
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And?
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Of course, my response was,
"I have no knowledge of that."
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By the way, why did you stay on-site
even after you'd been ordered to return?
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Engine trouble.
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I had a hell of a time repairing it.
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Where to?
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The children are waiting.
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It was the CEO who made that footage...
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That bastard deceived the world, you know.
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But thanks to that,
we were allowed to mobilize.
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We were able to save lots of lives.
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Fleur...
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Did we win?
**[22:14] ---**
Hey, since when do you get off
addressing me so casually?!
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What?
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"To Be Continued"
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To be continued!
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*The pounding beat of my heart*
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*Had become a familiar part
of me before I knew it*
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*Even if there's a stiff wind blowing*
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*I'll always be looking ahead, eyes wide open*
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*If you ever feel like crying, remember*
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*The promise we silently swore to one another*
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*The song of a fledgling taking wing*
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*Even now, still unable to fly well*
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*But over time that comes and goes*
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*Single-mindedly*
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*Following those joined hands*
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*"So I never let you go!!" Those words*
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*Even if they only vanish into the sky*
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*Inside the scattering lights*
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*Unwaveringly*
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*I know I can find you*
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"Preview"
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Next time on *Eureka Seven AO*.
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Desiring radical change in order
to bring about something new,
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a youth summons a relic of the past.
**[24:21] ---**
A thing appears in the
pitch-black depths of the water.
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What in the world will it offer the youth?
**[24:25] ---**
And what in the world will it show the boy?
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*Eureka Seven AO*, Episode 9.
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Hear the cry of the children of the stars.
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