# E15 - The Blacksmith's Dream
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A long time ago, mankind was
touched by the planet's anger,
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and the world was engulfed in flames.
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It was the Day of the Cataclysm.
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The flames burned ferociously,
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with an intensity threatening to
incinerate the places mankind lived,
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the languages they spoke,
and the culture they had built up.
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--*Látom*.
--*Látom*.
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Haran has been martyred,
and returned to the flame.
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"Knights of the Ashen Flame"
"Commando Unit"
"Yona"
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However, a new demon was born there. Also...
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"Knights of the Ashen Flame"
"Primary Vice-Commander"
"Arrow"
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...we confirmed that the Adolla Burst
possessed by the 8th's new recruit...
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...had an Adolla Link with the demon.
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An Adolla Link? I want it at any cost.
It is what the Evangelist desires.
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It would be a waste to
leave it in the Fire Force.
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It may also be connected...
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I will go along next time.
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"Knights of the Ashen Flame"
"Commander"
"Sho Kusakabe"
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Supplementary crewmen? I don't care
who they are, that was unusually fast.
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Haijima said the 8th doesn't
have a science team,
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so they strong-armed this one through.
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They're plotting something.
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Strong-armed?
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I thought that it was because
after the Evangelist incident,
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each company was instructed by
the empire to beef up their forensics.
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It's true, our science team is lacking,
and we have been searching,
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but we have been making do with
help from the 5th's Captain Hibana.
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Yes, but you can't rely on another
company's captain forever, can you?
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Which is why I'm here from Haijima.
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Viktor Licht, hereby assigned as Special
Fire Force Company 8's forensic team.
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"Forensic Science Team"
"Unpowered"
"Viktor Licht"
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I smell a rat.
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A Fire Soldier always salutes
with the right hand.
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Oh, sorry about that, Lieutenant Hinawa.
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I'm a scientist, and all. My bad, my bad.
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So...
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...as a scientist...!
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--Whoa, easy!
--Are these the Adolla Burst feet?!
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Oh, let's see here...!
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Do not touch Shinra so casually!
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Mm-hmm.
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Crunch!
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"Viktor"
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Viktor Licht.
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Advanced placement into
Tokyo Imperial University.
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On top of which, after graduating
at the top of your class,
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you headed the applied pyrokinesiology
lab at Haijima Heavy Industries.
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So I'm brilliant. Sorry.
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--So why would someone as brilliant
as you join a dump like the 8th?
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--Hey!
--So why would someone as brilliant
as you join a dump like the 8th?
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--So why would someone as brilliant
as you join a dump like the 8th?
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I used to be all cooped up
by myself in my lab at Haijima,
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so I thought I'd get my hands on some raw data
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through an outfit that was much
closer to the scene of the action.
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If there are any problems, you can
kick me out, but please let me join you.
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From what I can see,
far from having a science team,
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you don't even have an engineer, do you?
***SIGN*** "Position" "Captain" "Engineer" "Equipment" "Cleaning" "Cooking" "Science" "First Class Fire Soldier" "Second Class Fire Soldier" "Crap Knight King" "Second Class Fire Soldier
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"Name"
"Obi"
"Hinawa"
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"Maki"
"Shinra"
"Arthur" "Tamaki"
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Who is servicing your vehicle right now?
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If you're careless with machinery,
you'll be up a creek later on.
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We have a line on an engineer.
Lieutenant, have you contacted him yet?
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No, still no word from Vulcan.
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You guys are trying to get him on your crew?
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Who is he?
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From Haijima to the Special Fire Force,
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everyone who's tried to recruit him
so far has been turned away.
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He's Vulcan--
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someone with crackerjack skill
that lives up to the name
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of the God of Fire and the Forge.
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Perhaps we should pay a visit to
his workshop directly sometime soon.
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I wouldn't recommend it. He hates Haijima,
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and apparently also hates the
Special Fire Force for dealing with them.
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You'll just end up getting driven away.
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Shinra,
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would you head over to Vulcan's workshop
with Arthur and the sister?
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I want you to go see if he's someone
appropriate for the 8th.
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You want us to go and make
such an important decision?
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You're around the same age as Vulcan.
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Don't be too eager. Just go by
how you honestly feel about it.
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--Yes, sir!
--Yes, sir!
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Better go in your street clothes
so you don't look too uptight.
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But there's no need to be
cagey about who we are.
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Be sure not to mislead him about anything.
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He being who he is, if you just
get to say hello, you'll be successful.
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Roger wilco, sir!
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--Whereas the other companies tried
to address him with money or status,
--"Roger wilco"? What does that mean?
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--Whereas the other companies tried
to address him with money or status,
--It's something the people at the 7th were using.
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--they're persuading him with these kids.
--It's something the people
at the 7th were using.
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--they're persuading him with these kids.
--What a delightful expression.
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--What a delightful expression.
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Vulcan has a bona fide hatred of
the Fire Force. This is a fool's errand.
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We at the 8th are trying to
transform this country.
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Might as well go for it.
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Always with the fascinating moves.
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I guess we'll get to see...
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...if the 8th will be useful to us
for achieving our objective.
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I've seen the animal with the
long snout in a picture book before.
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Let's see, what was it called again?
"Elephant," was it?
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This place is incredible.
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Excuse us, please!
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Maybe he isn't in.
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Maybe he's pretending not to be in.
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Second Class Fire Soldier Arthur Boyle,
the Knight King!
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You dare show hostility toward the Knight King?
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He was reacting to you being a Fire Soldier!
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Get lost!
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Ee-yow!
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"Stinging"
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Hmph, how thickheaded.
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Eep!
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Ah! Hey, you! Stop screwing around
and get out here!
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Projectile weapons don't work against Knights!
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Um, was there something you needed?
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--Huh?!
--Huh?!
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*Látom*.
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Please excuse us. We're here from
Special Fire Force Company 8.
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I'm First Class Fire Soldier Shinra Kusakabe.
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I'm a hero.
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If you Fire Soldiers have come here,
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you must want to recruit the master.
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Master? I've returned with
the parts you asked for.
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Eep!
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Yu, I told you not to call me "master."
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Either call me "Vulcan" or "scumbag."
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Okay, Vulcan, I have all the parts in my bag.
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--Hold it, scumbag!
--Hold it, scumbag!
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Hey, that's enough--
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What? There's someone else inside?
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I'm not helping Fire Soldiers. Leave!
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He really is a dyed-in-the-wool
hater of Fire Soldiers, isn't he?
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Aw, we're gonna get nowhere if
he's this defiant right off the bat.
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Let's get out of here.
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Just a moment, please!
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I'll hear what you have to say,
if that's all right.
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"Episode 15:
The Blacksmith's Dream"
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The sound of his work is rhythmic.
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Did Vulcan make everything around here?
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Pretty much.
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There's stuff from his father
and grandfather, too, though.
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Yu, was it? Does Vulcan make you
run his errands for him?
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Of course he doesn't *make* me.
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I'm sort of Vulcan's self-styled apprentice.
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I've always loved tinkering with machines,
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and after falling in love with Vulcan's skill,
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I ended up supporting him with his work.
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Although lately, I am more like his gofer.
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Hm? It wasn't like this before?
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Vulcan's skill is the real deal.
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His security, the precision of his work,
his speed, his creativity...
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He has everything a craftsman needs.
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His taste in skulls may be
a bit troubling, though.
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So he gets a lot of recruiters
from Haijima and the Fire Force.
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But Vulcan sends away every last one of them.
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As a result, thanks to some doing by Haijima,
who was not amused by this,
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the merchants that were once
providing materials to Vulcan
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have now all stopped doing so.
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That's where I come in,
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running around to different junk dealers
to collect his materials.
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No wonder he hates Haijima.
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Still, it seems like there's some other reason
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for Vulcan's hatred of Haijima
and the Fire Force.
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The 8th isn't like the other companies.
I guarantee it.
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So, can I ask you to at least get Vulcan
to hear what we have to say?
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You're from the Fire Force, but you're
not like all the others before you.
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All right. With that in mind...
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You're sure about coming in
without asking first?
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I may have Vulcan getting mad at me, but...
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Eep!
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Wait, this is a machine?
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"Stinging"
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Ow! Was that a knuckleball?!
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Another machine?!
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This is Lisa-*san*. She lives with Vulcan-*san*.
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Hey, Yu!
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Don't go letting the Special Fire Force in here!
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Ow! You're hurting me!
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He's putting that together with awesome speed.
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Almost like he's beating on drums.
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Huh?!
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Yes! Done!
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Why did you kick it after you just
finished making it? You'll break it.
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A machine that would break that easily
is no different than a defective unit.
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And hey, who said you could come in here?!
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Now, now, easy...
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Hey, Yu, what are you doing?!
We have guests! Bring some tea!
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Yes, sir!
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Oh... Thanks.
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As if!
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At least hear us out!
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I've heard more than enough Fire Soldier tripe.
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You've got nothing I want to hear!
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Idiot.
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Vul, it's him again.
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All right.
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You'll be all right by yourself?
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No problem.
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"Special Fire Force Company 3"
"Captain"
"Dr. Giovanni"
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It's the captain of the 3rd.
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The 3rd is the one that's
under Haijima's control.
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Haijima is going to snatch up Vulcan.
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But if Vulcan goes there,
his dream won't ever come true.
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How has your work been going ever since?
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You've liked animals since
you were a child, haven't you?
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That was a damn dirty trick to play!
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You're the one who stopped the supply line
to my workshop, aren't you?!
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Do you see now that you can't
build things with just blueprints?
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Stop being so stubborn and come join the 3rd.
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We have all the material you need.
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I wouldn't even change a mini light bulb
under your directions!
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This is your final warning.
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Don't blame me if you choose to ignore it.
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Are you going to kill me if I do,
like you did my pop and granddad?
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What are you talking about?
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You backstabber!
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What a pity.
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Your genius will be lost
if you stay in a scrapyard like this.
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Are you still carrying on
about the world's animals?
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Shut up!
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It's a worthless dream.
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Don't you sneer at my dreams
when you left for money and power!
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If you were to offer your skill
and talents to the empire,
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just imagine how many people's
lives could be saved.
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Your dream is so preposterous,
it isn't even funny.
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You still here, you damn Fire Soldier?
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So Haijima is exerting pressure?
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It doesn't have anything to do with you.
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Yes it does.
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The 8th was formed to do internal
investigations of the other companies.
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We're not like the companies who are
constrained by outside organizations.
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We genuinely want to save people.
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So, Vulcan, we want to help *you*.
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Where did *that* come from?!
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Sorry. I touched where I shouldn't have,
and it did something it shouldn't have.
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Don't touch where you shouldn't.
We're having a serious talk, here.
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"Anticipation"
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What does this do?
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No! Under no circumstances push that!
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Why'd you do that?!
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Hey, this isn't stopping.
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Then hold it!
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What's this here?
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No, don't touch that, either!
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Pushy-push!
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The elephant!
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What does this do?
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Not this one!
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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How are you guys so messed up?
Are you really Fire Soldiers?
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You can't go back without
accomplishing anything, can you?
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I'm about to show you something
that will make your trip worth it,
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so once I do, leave me in peace.
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What is it?
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I haven't seen it in a long time, either!
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Hey,
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can I take this with me, too?
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Leave it here.
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That should do it.
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What is it? Did you make it?
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I made it with my pop and
granddad when I was a kid.
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Now, just watch.
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I don't ever want to make
just ordinary machines.
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Did you know that long ago,
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there were over 1,750,000
species of animals in the world?
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A-Awesome...
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Are these... elephants?
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Are those...?
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Migratory birds. Once, they flew around
from continent to continent,
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but now, there's nowhere left
for them to go home to.
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Why is this?
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I just can't... hold back my tears...
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Amaterasu can only provide energy
for the empire's people.
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So I want to create an energy source
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that will allow the whole world
to come back to life,
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and bring the animals that have
gone extinct back into this world.
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That's my dream.
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Someone who can use technology
for lives other than his own...
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Captain Obi, Vulcan is a good fit for the 8th!
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Every time I see it, it's fantastic!
Shinra-*san*, what did you all think?
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I was impressed!
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Holy cow.
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Listen, Vulcan, I'm sure
you'll love the 8th, too!
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Would you at least come and
meet our captain, just once?
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No.
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No matter what you tell me,
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I'm not keen on associating with anyone
who's under Haijima's thumb.
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I'll go my own way.
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Same old Vulcan.
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How long have you been with him?
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I lost my parents in a fire
caused by an Infernal.
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I lost everyone close to me,
and almost got stuck into a convent,
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but I'm not about to become a sister.
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Oh, sorry. You're a sister, aren't you?
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Oh, that's okay.
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I... ran away from there.
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But...
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I lost my place to stay out of the rain,
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and when I spent the night in this scrapyard...
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...Vulcan took me in.
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He's a kind man, isn't he?
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He's kind, all right. Unusually so.
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No matter how much more Vulcan
has to look after others,
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he just figures he can work that much harder.
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Whose grave is this?
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That's Vulcan's father and grandfather's grave.
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I heard they both became Infernals
at the same time.
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Is that something that happens a lot?
Vulcan seems skeptical of Giovanni.
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Why does he suspect Giovanni?
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Vulcan's grandfather had two apprentices.
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One of them was Vulcan's father;
the other one was Giovanni.
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Right after the two of them
died unnatural deaths,
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Giovanni went to work for Haijima.
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That's something that was strictly
forbidden by their master.
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Forbidden?
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Vulcan's whole family has apparently
had history with Haijima going way back.
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I should be getting in to start
making Vul his supper.
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I hate to say this, but you
should give up and leave.
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I'm sorry I wasn't any more help.
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Don't be like that--
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The time has come. Kill Vulcan.
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It's that same sensation as before.
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That time, it was Lieutenant
Konro's cry for help.
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This time, it's Dr. Giovanni's hostile intent.
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It doesn't look like we can persuade him.
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Maybe we should head back to the 8th for now.
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We can't leave here now.
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Hero's intuition.
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"To be continued"
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"Next time"
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"Episode 16:
We Are Family"