E18 - The Secrets of Pyrokinesis

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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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    This is a run-down kind of run-down.
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    Lieutenant Karim, long time no see.
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    What brings you here?
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    Tamaki, I'm pleased to see you in good health.
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    We're here to compare notes,
    both now and moving forward.
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    We figured we should start working together.
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    Am I really going to have to
    fight the White-Clad... and Sho?
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    Hey, stop spacing off over there.
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    --Wah! Put me down, you idiot!
    --Um... How did...?!
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    No touching me there!
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    Maybe you aren't my beloved steed Silver,
    the partner I've been looking for,
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    but even now, you're still my partner.
    Isn't that right, Sil-burro?
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    Please stop hanging weird stuff on the walls.
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    This is my Pegasus,
    who via Vulcan descended to earth
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    and made possible my miraculous recovery.
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    It's a donkey.
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    Are you okay with this, Lieutenant?
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    "Moosifer"
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    Arthur, get back to work.
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    That hat came from Vulcan, didn't it, sir?
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    I saw it here this morning.
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    Don't those horns get in the way?
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    They don't impede my work.
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    Lieutenant, you're much
    too cavalier about fashion.
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    Would you like me to
    buy you something sometime?
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    I wouldn't trust you to buy anything
    that didn't come out of a fairy tale.
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    Huh? It would be better than those horns, sir.
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    Come on, enough idle chatter.
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    That looks like impedance.
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    "Moosifer"
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    Nee-chan, sorry to trouble you.
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    Roger wilco, sir.
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    Hmm?
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    Hey, Obi!
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    I know you're not using Iris
    as your tea girl, right?
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    Nee-san, I offered to do this.
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    But never mind that...
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    What are you sitting up there for?
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    I don't appreciate being made to
    sit on the same level as 1st gravel.
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    Would you prefer I sit on the floor, instead?
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    Ah, yes, please do so.
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    What's the matter? Get sitting, already.
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    Crap. I only meant it as a little joke.
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    All right, let's jump in and
    get this meeting started.
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    Let's share the information that
    each of us has obtained so far,
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    and figure out any leads and plans
    we have for the Evangelist going forward.
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    We just barely started believing the
    White-Clad even existed not long ago.
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    I'm here on behalf of Beni,
    but we don't have much information yet.
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    There are cases of human combustion
    being carried out by the White-Clad
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    along with all the other cases
    that are taking place now.
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    The reason Rekka Hoshimiya was
    using bugs to create man-made Infernals
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    was to find those that he said
    were "compatible" to the flames.
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    Perhaps they aren't just making Infernals,
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    but instead are trying to
    find some special ability.
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    Dr. Giovanni was apparently
    after the "key" to Amaterasu.
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    Do they have some kind of
    designs on Amaterasu?
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    "Company 3 captain imposter
    arrested on assault charge"
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    The attack on Vulcan is being
    reported as being committed
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    by an imposter wearing
    a mask like Dr. Giovanni's.
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    But this one's the imposter.
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    Haijima was probably afraid of their
    own Company 3 being scandalized,
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    and arranged for a fall guy.
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    Vulcan, who has actually seen Giovanni's face,
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    said for a fact the man at the
    press conference wasn't him.
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    The 3rd has apparently had
    a number of people leaving it.
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    Probably spies that were embedded there.
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    They're likely back with the Evangelist by now.
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    I'm not sure if all of Haijima is against us,
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    but the 3rd, under Haijima's control,
    is working beyond the empire's oversight.
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    The White-Clad's actions are
    only going to get even more radical.
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    If we don't know the full scope of the enemy,
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    we should find their base and hit them.
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    My man Licht has already started
    looking into their base.
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    You, a member of the Special Fire Force, huh?
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    There's nothing so unusual about that, right?
    We're champions of justice.
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    You can tell where the base is from just that?
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    From just this? No.
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    Can you trust Licht?
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    So far, he's done well by us.
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    The 8th's objective is to pinpoint
    where the Evangelist is, and move in.
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    Do you have a plan for moving in,
    you musclebound 8th gorilla?
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    Can the 8th's rookies fight?
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    Even if you do find out where they are,
    you can't beat them.
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    Are they really that bad?
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    You have no idea.
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    The ability their commander, Sho, has
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    probably comes from a Link with the Evangelist.
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    An Adolla Link...
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    What do you think the 8th needs?
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    The 8th's rookies are outstanding.
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    I can vouch for the strength
    and quality of their abilities.
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    However, they do lack experience.
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    Especially when it comes to
    hand-to-hand combat.
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    When they sparred at the 1st earlier,
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    they struck me as being
    hasty and inexperienced.
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    Their abilities may be competent and effective,
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    but they're lacking in actual combat.
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    Combat, huh? We have someone
    who does nothing but combat.
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    Want us to look after them?
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    Can you use that genius brain of yours
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    to come up with a plan to
    improve the Devil's flames?
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    I'll give it some thought.
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    But you catching up to Commander Sho
    will depend on him.
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    Yeah, what's up, Konro?
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    Huh? Why do I have to look after them?!
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    What? I owe them? Yeah, I do owe them.
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    "Episode 18:
    The Secrets of Pyrokinesis"
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    Excuse me! It's Shinra, from the 8th!
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    C-Captain Shinmon...?
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    If this was combat, you'd be dead.
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    Okay, step right up!
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    You're here to have me train you, right?
    Don't let your guard down.
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    Dimwit.
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    I told you, don't let your guard down.
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    Dimwit.
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    Ha!
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    Iron-madillo, the Magnetic Extinguishing Ball.
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    How is it used?
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    Oh, just watch.
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    It hits the flames with powerful magnetism,
    extinguishing them in an instant.
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    That's amazing. That will be handy
    for someone like me, who's unpowered.
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    Shinra and Arthur are off getting
    special training in Asakusa, right?
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    I don't want to be outdone,
    so I'm inventing some clever stuff.
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    You aren't relaxing, are you?
    There are no rules in combat.
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    You never know when something might happen.
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    Is it exhausting?
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    Y-Yes, sir.
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    That's because your life isn't at stake.
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    It's the tension itself you're
    feeling that gets you worked up.
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    On the battlefield, feel life, instead.
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    Your own life, your friends' lives,
    the other side's lives.
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    When you're aware of all those lives,
    the tension won't get you so worked up.
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    You're saying to treasure life, then.
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    When you're feeling life, it becomes
    harder to leave yourself vulnerable.
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    Now, on with the training.
    Come at me like I'm out for your lives.
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    Oh, they're going at it.
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    --They're going at it!
    --They're going at it!
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    That's enough.
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    Already?
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    Your aptitude is okay,
    but you're not about to hit me.
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    Your attacks have no element of surprise.
    You're lacking something.
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    Lacking something?
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    Do you know what that is?
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    A finishing move.
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    A finishing move--
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    I told you not to let you guard down!
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    Devise a finishing move that
    capitalizes on your speed advantage.
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    Leave it to you, Captain Shinmon.
    You're the best at noticing these things.
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    Huh?
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    Oh, hello there.
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    I'm Company 8's gate-crashing
    forensic science team, Viktor Licht.
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    I've thought up a way to power-up Shinra.
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    Captain Shinmon, can I ask you
    for your assistance?
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    What do you mean?
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    Put simply, jet propulsion.
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    Converging flames into one direction
    will increase propulsive force.
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    By compressing the emitted flame,
    burst firepower can be increased.
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    In other words, focus one's
    flame tighter, right?
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    Yes indeed.
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    Is this much firepower enough?
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    Yes indeed!
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    Awesome!
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    Right now, Shinra-kun, your flames
    wastefully spread out in many directions.
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    By simply consolidating them,
    your thrust will increase that much.
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    If you can condense your flames in
    one direction, like Captain Shinmon did,
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    you should be able to produce
    more speed than you currently do.
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    If I can do that, I'll have my finishing move.
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    Shinra, keep practicing nothing
    but your finishing move.
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    Sir!
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    Arthur, your ability is your finishing move.
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    Spar with me and let's train your fundamentals.
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    Come at me like you mean to kill me.
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    Hmph.
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    Well now, let's see how this goes.
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    Buddy, you don't seem like
    the others from the 8th.
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    So it's true that you came from Haijima, then.
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    My noggin is too sharp
    to be at the 8th, is that it?
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    If you try anything funny with the 8th,
    I'll toss you into the ocean.
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    Of course I'm not going to. Good grief.
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    I use my toes to fine-tune my attitude control,
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    so if I don't move them just right,
    I lose my balance.
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    On the other hand, there's no point
    in me pulling faces.
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    Thinking about something
    I haven't done is a waste of time.
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    I just need to keep trying.
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    He's clever. Just about all problems
    can be settled by saying,
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    "Whatever, just do it," or "Time to give up."
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    That's pretty simplistic for
    a clever scientist like yourself.
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    You first have to stand at the starting line
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    before you even realize what the real problem
    you should be thinking about is.
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    Not knowing what the problem is before
    trying it is what makes a problem hard.
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    In that regard, you're a lot
    like us tough punks.
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    How does Captain Shinmon
    control his flames so skillfully?
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    There must be some hint in there somewhere.
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    How many times must I tell you that
    Fire Soldiers do not play with fire,
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    First Class Fire Soldier Maki Oze?
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    It's not like that, sir!
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    Sputter and Flare have an
    important mission this time!
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    Has being caught up in fairy tales
    finally driven you crazy?
[15:10] ---
    It's okay, Lieutenant.
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    I've created some new equipment
    for Maki-san that uses Sputter and Flare.
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    Hmm?
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    The Twin Hover Units, "Tekkyo."
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    "Twin Hover Units Tekkyo"
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    They're powered by Sputter and Flare.
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    They're weapons controlled by
    Maki-san's second-generation abilities.
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    What do they do?
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    They're flying hammers, I guess you'd call them.
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    They can launch physical attacks
    against enemies with powers,
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    who are resistant to flames.
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    What do you think?
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    The flight test went perfectly.
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    Then the Sput-Flare-Witch is finished.
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    It's not "Sput-Flare-Witch," it's "Tekkyo."
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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.
[16:03] ---
    It was the Day of the Cataclysm.
[16:06] ---
    The flames burned ferociously,
[16:08] ---
    with an intensity threatening to
    incinerate the places mankind lived,
[16:11] ---
    "Pass or else"
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    the languages they spoke,
    and the culture they had built up.
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    Pinch... Pinch... Take the big blast
    of flames and squeeze...
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    Squeeze... Squeeze...!
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    You haven't changed a thing!
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    Nothing but your silly face, you idiot!
[16:32] ---
    Huh? Was I really making a face?
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    A disgraceful one.
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    A gross, ugly sourpuss.
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    This way doesn't work, either.
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    Captain Obi does this one a lot.
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    Rock & Roll!
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    What was that? Did his feet
    just rip a huge fart?
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    Don't divert your attention!
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    When you exploit an opening, be quiet about it.
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    Still, that wasn't bad.
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    Arthur...
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    Shinra, try that one more time.
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    When you put your force behind your flames, sir,
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    you always do this with your hands,
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    so I've been trying to do
    the same with different forms.
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    That was one that Captain Obi often does...
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    Wah!
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    Huh?
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    It's hard to see what you're doing.
    Take off your gloves.
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    Yes, sir.
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    In old proto-national martial arts,
    there are what are called tenokata.
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    The thing I do with my index and
    middle fingers is one of them.
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    I use this form to control my flames.
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    "Tiger Claw" "Pickaxe Fist" "Mantis Hand"
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    There are a number of different tenokata,
    each with different effects.
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    "Bear Paw" "Crescent Moon Hand"
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    "Tiger Crush"
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    One of them is called Tora Hishigi,
    a form which increases foot power.
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    Place your index finger
    over the base of your thumb,
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    and place your thumb under
    the base of your pinky finger.
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    Making the form with your fingers
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    concentrates the flow of ki
    in your body to one spot.
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    This also affects your flames.
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    Control my ki with my fingers...?
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    You can figure the rest out from there.
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    Thank you very much, sir!
[18:26] ---
    How long are you going to
    lie there? Let's keep going.
[18:30] ---
    Huh? Oh.
[18:34] ---
    Turn my index finger and thumb inward...
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    ...and direct the flow of my ki into my feet.
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    Whoa!
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    That sensation--it was like
    my flames were being compressed,
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    and my body was about to be blasted upward!
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    Tora Hishigi is awesome!
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    The flow of my body's ki...
    I'm starting to get a handle on my flames!
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    This time, I'm going to shoot right up!
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    I feel the heat in my feet...
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    My tenokata...
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    ...links to my feet...
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    I can get there faster...
    I can get to Sho faster...
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    Faster!
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    That's fast.
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    I guess this is why Joker
    sees so much promise in him.
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    Not bad at all.
[19:47] ---
    --Damn it...
    --I'll give you credit for attacking quietly.
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    Shinra! Use that to come after me now!
[19:59] ---
    Waka was dreading this at first,
    but I'm glad he's having fun now.
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    You mean that? He looks
    awfully unhappy to me.
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    Someone who's worth training has stopped by.
[20:12] ---
    I'm sure Waka must be ecstatic.
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    A knight... does not lose...
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    It looks like he's getting worn out.
    Why don't we call it a day?
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    You took a pretty good beating. Are you okay?
[20:29] ---
    Yeah. I'm a knight after all.
[20:31] ---
    Shinra, have you come up with
    a name for your finishing move yet?
[20:34] ---
    Oh, right! My finishing move!
[20:36] ---
    --Don't drop your guard--
    --Whoa!
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    So, what do you call your move?
[20:43] ---
    Kicker-Man Kick!
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    Overruled.
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    Well, how are they doing?
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    They're still just a couple of kids.
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    Too shaky for their own good.
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    Your proto-national sword training
    is starting to take shape.
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    This single-edged blade moves differently
    than your omnidirectional one,
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    but you'll have more avenues of attack.
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    There's no harm in learning it.
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    Good, that was well done. If I hadn't
    known about it, you would have hit me.
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    Use it well.
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    Yes, sir!
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    I heard about your brother.
    He's the only family you have.
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    Make sure to keep him safe.
[22:04] ---
    Thank you very much, sir!
[22:08] ---
    Just sit tight.
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    "To be continued"
[23:52] ---
    "Next time"
[23:53] ---
    "Episode 19:
    Into the Nether"