11 - Zhao Hai - Part 1

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    [Episode 23: Zhao Hai (1)]
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    I'm a Lady Fate.
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    I can eat the dead
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    and foretell death.
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    From the day I was born,
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    I was isolated from the world
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    and lived here peacefully.
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    But who knew…
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    Lady Fate! Lady Fate!
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    Lady Fate!
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    Move out already!
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    Are you just waiting to die?
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    But…
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    But where can I go?
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    Come on!
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    Anywhere is better than
    next door to the magician!
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    Hurry, hurry!
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    Suit yourself! I may never see you again!
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    His name is Jing Zhe.
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    He's said to be the strongest
    magician in Xingyang City.
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    He kills spirits easily,
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    and other magicians fear him.
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    Why would such a person
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    come live near the burial mounds?
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    He's definitely here to kill spirits!
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    I-I should run!
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    Do you drink wine?
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    I've suddenly realized
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    the osmanthus flowers smell so sweet tonight,
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    and the moon is so big…
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    I asked you a question!
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    Do you drink or not?
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    Ahh!
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    A spirit's aura…
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    Please, don't kill me!
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    I'm just a Lady Fate.
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    I don't eat people or do evil,
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    I can't fly or fight,
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    and I'm afraid of pain!
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    If you don't want me here,
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    I…
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    I'll move away immediately!
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    I only asked you if you drink or not.
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    It's alright if you don't.
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    There's always a first time.
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    Is it good?
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    It burns!
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    It tastes so bad.
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    But you're the only person
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    who's willing to drink with me.
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    Do your friends not drink?
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    This is my only friend,
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    but he has no mouth.
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    What a shame,
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    Zhao Hai.
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    You're lying.
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    How can a human not have friends?
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    Tsk.
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    What's so scary about a stupid drunkard?
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    I'm not moving!
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    This neighbor
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    stayed for ten years.
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    Jing Zhe would occasionally
    go out on short trips.
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    When he returned, he either drank, slept…
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    or stared at the sky in a daze.
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    And me?
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    I learned to drink
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    and dared to mess around with him sometimes.
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    Although things were stagnant,
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    it was a peaceful life.
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    But it was only peaceful
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    under his care.
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    A spirit! Catch the spirit!
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    D-don't hurt him!
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    They say that Lady Fates feed on the dead,
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    but actually,
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    we only consume humans' last breaths.
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    My eyes can see the date of someone's death,
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    so when the time comes,
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    I conceal myself and take
    in their last breath.
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    But this time…
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    Father! Father!
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    Spirit!
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    Catch the spirit!
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    Laugh at me, then!
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    I lost my food because my concealing
    abilities are too poor,
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    and I even scared them.
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    It's really not his fault.
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    I didn't think you'd be so kind.
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    But a kind person is easily bullied,
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    and you're even a spirit, too.
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    But I…
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    have always lived this way.
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    Have you ever considered
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    that maybe your concealing
    abilities are fine,
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    and it's because your jar smells of alcohol?
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    R-really?!
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    Why don't I help you find a new one?
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    No can do!
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    This one's from my mother!
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    In the blink of an eye, ten years passed.
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    I thought Jing Zhe and I
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    would always just be happy neighbors.
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    I never imagined…
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    Stop.
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    This Lady Fate is mine.
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    What do you mean?
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    We caught her.
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    I know you're having a
    spirit killing contest.
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    But hunt them somewhere else.
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    This one isn't participating.
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    Why?
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    Because you can't beat me.
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    Bye.
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    If you dare save this spirit,
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    you'll become enemies with
    all of Xingyang City!
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    It's that serious?
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    Jing Zhe!
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    Killing spirits is a magician's job.
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    Why are you sparing her?
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    Why?
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    What if I told you… she's my wife?
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    Anyone who dares to touch my wife…
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    will have me to answer to!
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    He's gone insane!
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    Let's report to Master!
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    We'll show this guy what for!
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    You're leaving?
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    Remember to bring wedding gifts!
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    Wife…
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    How can a spirit
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    be a human's wife?
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    If I hadn't come back today,
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    what would you have done?
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    I don't have friends because I'm too strong.
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    You don't because you're too weak!
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    Forget it. There's no use scolding you.
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    Drink!
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    Why are you angry?
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    Calling me your wife was
    just an offhand lie, right?
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    Thank you, Jing Zhe.
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    If not for you,
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    I'd probably be long dead.
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    Do you hear yourself?
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    So if I died,
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    what would you do?
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    What? All humans die.
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    That's right.
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    How could I forget that?
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    He's human
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    and can live for a hundred years at most.
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    Aren't you able to see the
    date of someone's death?
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    What's mine?
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    No!
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    Why?
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    No, no!
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    I definitely won't look!
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    Come on, don't hold back!
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    A magician's last breath
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    should be very nutritious, no?
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    I don't want to eat yours!
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    Stop talking nonsense!
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    Since when could you handle that much wine?
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    Tomorrow,
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    come home with me and meet my parents.
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    After all, you're my future wife.
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    Wife?
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    Wasn't that a joke?
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    Wasn't that a joke?!
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    I've been away for a while,
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    and it'll be messy,
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    but don't mind it.
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    Wait!
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    I'm not ready yet.
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    I don't even have a gift!
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    I should at least change my clothes!
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    Father. Mother.
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    Your son is back to see you.
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    When I was born,
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    a monk came to tell my fortune.
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    He said that I was fated
    for violence and conflict,
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    so I couldn't stay with my parents.
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    I had to leave as soon as I could,
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    or I'd bring disaster.
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    But my parents wanted me to stay.
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    And in the end…
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    The monk's words came true.
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    Ten years ago,
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    a fellow magician poisoned our well.
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    He wanted to get rid of me,
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    but my parents died instead.
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    After I killed him,
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    I planned to turn myself in,
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    but prison is uncomfortable.
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    so I went to the burial mounds instead.
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    In so many years,
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    no one's dared to look for me.
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    I didn't fear my own death,
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    but who knew…
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    I still shouldn't have…
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    denied my fate.
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    A human did it,
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    so don't blame fate.
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    The way I see it,
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    the worse they say your life will be,
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    the better you should live.
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    Live every day happily,
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    wonderfully,
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    and make them mad.
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    You little spirit.
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    You couldn't even beat a fox,
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    yet you want me to defy Heaven's will?
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    Is Heaven's will always correct?
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    You're right!
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    I want every day from now on
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    to be a happy day.
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    Will you be my wife?
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    Wife?
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    Again?
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    With the world as my witness,
    and my parents above,
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    I, Jing Zhe, am willing to take
    this Lady Fate as my wife.
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    To protect her, in life or death.
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    What about you? Are you willing?
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    What kind of joke is this?!
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    I'm a spirit!
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    How can a magician
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    marry me?
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    But I only know you well.
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    Don't lie to me!
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    You're joking, aren't you?
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    You're so silly.
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    So it is a joke!
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    Of course not!
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    Ridiculous, isn't it?
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    Someone who's supposed to hunt spirits
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    took a spirit as his wife, just like that.
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    Our days were peaceful
    under the chimney smoke.
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    We were as happy as any newlywed couple.
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    The second year,
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    Shanhai was born.
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    Turns out humans and spirits
    can have children together.
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    It was like a dream.
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    Shanhai,
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    look here.
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    Why did you give her that name?
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    It's like a boy's name.
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    Its meaning invokes hope and perseverance.
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    That's why.
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    Very impressive!
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    Right,
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    little Shanhai?
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    Alright, alright.
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    Since you like it,
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    Shanhai it'll be.
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    With her name's meaning in mind,
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    I embroidered something.
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    Um…
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    Come on!
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    I know how to embroider, okay?
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    Do you like it, little Shanhai?
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    What are you doing?
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    That's almost too much affection.
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    If my life can keep being this happy,
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    even the worst pains will be as nothing.
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    If only we'd gotten married
    soon after we met.
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    We could've been a married
    couple for an extra ten years.
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    I never would have thought
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    that that early winter's afternoon
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    would be one of our last moments as a family.
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    Why?! Why?!
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    What did I do wrong?!
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    Tell me!
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    You wanted to marry me back then,
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    and you said it wasn't a joke.
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    How can humans be so deceiving?
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    You left, just like that.
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    What will Shanhai and I do?!
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    Why?! Why?!
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    Come out and tell me!
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    Jing Zhe!
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    Please head home, Benefactress.
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    He's made up his mind.
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    Impossible.
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    Our daughter is still so young.
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    How can he leave everything behind like this?
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    I need to see him.
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    I want to ask him in person!
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    I don't believe it!
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    Jing Zhe!
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    It's already been seven days and nights.
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    She won't leave,
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    and she wanted me to give you this.
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    [Humans and spirits walk different
    paths. Our bond ends here.]
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    What does this mean?
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    What does he mean?
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    I understand.
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    His heart must have softened.
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    He can't bear to return Shanhai's blanket.
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    I just want to say something to him
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    and see him one more time…
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    He said…
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    He said the blanket has
    traces of a spirit's aura.
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    To keep the temple pure,
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    he already burned it.
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    Humans and spirits…
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    walk different paths?
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    Such disdain, even for Shanhai's things…
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    I understand.
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    I fully understand.
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    Don't worry.
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    Your daughter
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    won't be a spirit any longer!
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    He used to be so affectionate,
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    but he suddently became a stranger.
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    How interesting.
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    You saw it all.
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    Ever since,
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    Madame's been searching
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    for a way to remove spirit blood.
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    And made her daughter end up like this?
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    Yes.
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    At this point,
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    I'm afraid the knot in Madame's heart
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    will eventually become a noose.
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    So please, Miss Tao Yao.
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    What knot in her heart?
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    Didn't she make up her mind already?
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    What?
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    She remarried while she was still young
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    and enjoyed a life of luxury.
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    This gave her money to
    spend on her daughter, too.
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    So this decision
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    was smart and thought-out.
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    No!
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    That's not it! She…
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    You don't understand.
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    That Jing Zhe was crafty, too.
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    First, he led a carefree life.
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    Then, he enjoyed romance.
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    When a child came along,
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    he became a monk.
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    Love and cultvation don't go together, huh?
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    Don't slander them!
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    They're not that heartless or callous!
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    Not heartless?
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    Then why did he abandon his wife?
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    He…
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    Not callous?
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    Why did she remarry?
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    She…
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    Splitting up
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    and going their own ways.
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    Didn't they live quite well afterward?
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    You keep yapping about a broken heart,
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    but it's mostly your heart that's broken, no?
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    Shut up. Shut up!
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    Is this necessary, Steward Qin?
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    She's not your wife,
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    so why are you so invested?
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    What's more,
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    you have no evidence.
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    How can you refute me?
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    I've been a steward here
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    for only a few years.
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    But a long time ago,
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    I'd already met Madame.
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    And even longer ago,
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    I was Jing Zhe's close companion.
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    That's why
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    no one understands them more than I do.
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    Actually,
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    you already know who I am, right?
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    You're…
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    Zhao Hai.
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    I personally witnessed
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    everything they experienced.
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    I swear on my life
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    that Jing Zhe…
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    no, that Master…
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    until the day he died,
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    loved his Lady Fate.
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    [Mistakes and foolishness.]
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    ♪ The wind slows ♪
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    ♪ Music trickles through the windows ♪
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    ♪ Who are these idle memories for? ♪
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    ♪ The dust floats in the air ♪
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    ♪ The water ripples like blossoms ♪
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    ♪ Sighs of hindsight ♪
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    ♪ No sign of stopping ♪
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    ♪ Thoughts are always unfinished ♪
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    ♪ Joy is often cut short ♪
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    ♪ It's hard to wake up from
    a long night's dream ♪
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    ♪ Evidence without reason ♪
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    ♪ A farewell to love and hate ♪
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    ♪ Searching in the haystack ♪
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    ♪ Thousands of times ♪
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    ♪ Starlight rains down the southern sky ♪
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    ♪ My heart is layered with expired love ♪
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    ♪ A journey across mountains
    for one promise ♪
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    ♪ No shadows, no fate ♪
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    ♪ Where there's love, there's promise ♪
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    ♪ A dream comes to life ♪
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    ♪ Stars disappear upon rainfall ♪