E2 - The Heart of a Fire Soldier

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    Causes of death are many and varied.
    Old age, suicide, illness...
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    But the cause of death that scares
    the most people in this day and age...
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    ...is death by fire.
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    So this is the place that's
    to be my castle, then?
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    The Rookie Fire Soldier Games?
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    It's a contest where all the rookies
    that joined up this year
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    compete against each other with
    their abilities, and it's coming up.
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    You and the other new recruit
    who will be arriving today
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    will be the ones who are representing us.
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    Today? There's a new recruit?
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    That's right.
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    Um, Captain, will there be anyone
    other than us rookies at this contest?
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    Yeah. I'll be coming to cheer you on.
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    There may be other crew members
    who know about that fire.
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    Yo, Devil.
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    What the hell are you doing here,
    you damn knight?
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    I'm here to slay a devil.
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    What was that, you onion-headed bastard?
    Let's take this outside--
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    "Special Fire Cathedral 8, rooftop"
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    "Alcohol"
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    Here, Sputter.
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    You really are something else, Maki-san,
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    freely controlling flames at will like that.
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    I wouldn't say that.
    I'm only a second generation,
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    so unlike a third generation like Shinra,
    I need a fire starter to create my flames.
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    That's hot!
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    Today's the day I'm going to settle this!
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    I'm going to show you the difference
    between our firepowers.
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    Actually, who are you?
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    My name is Arthur Boyle--
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    the Knight King.
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    "Second Class Fire Soldier"
    "Third-generation pyrokinetic"
    "Arthur Boyle"
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    Are you the princesses of this castle?
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    --Huh?
    --Huh? Princesses?
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    Ah, you must be the third-generation
    Fire Soldier joining us today.
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    Hmph.
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    Shinra, do you know him?
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    Yes. We were at the Academy together.
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    I told him that knights
    were wussier than heroes,
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    so midway through,
    he tacked "King" onto "Knight."
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    Sneaky, am I right?
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    Hmph.
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    O-Okay.
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    He tries to play at being tightlipped
    and cool, but he's just an idiot.
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    He's too stupid to come
    up with anything to say.
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    And yet...
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    --And yet what?
    --And yet what?
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    Somehow, he's still popular.
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    Ah, yes. That.
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    Hmph.
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    I'm the one with the stronger will, though!
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    "Knight"
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    That's because knights are way more cool.
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    --Ah!
    --Kings. Knight Kings.
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    "Knight King"
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    --Kings. Knight Kings.
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    Shinra-san...
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    You're cool, too.
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    Show me that awkward smile of yours, Devil.
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    What did you say?
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    What are you doing?
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    Lieutenant Hinawa! The new recruit, Arthur,
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    and Shinra have apparently
    known each other since the Academy.
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    "Head Spa"
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    Sputter!
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    Fire Soldiers do not play with fire.
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    Y-Yes, sir.
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    So you're Arthur?
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    Yeah. Nice working with you.
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    Hey, he's a lieutenant.
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    Everyone is equal before
    the round table.
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    Don't sweat it.
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    Is that something for a subordinate to say?
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    Látom.
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    Whatever.
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    The Rookie Games are coming up soon,
    and I want to see what you've got.
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    Use your abilities as hard as you like.
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    Maki, take these two on.
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    Huh? Who, me?
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    Is there anyone else here named "Maki"?
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    I beg your pardon!
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    Shinra will lead off.
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    Are we really supposed to fight?
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    You don't have to hold back.
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    Is Maki-san going to be all right?
    Those two are both third generation.
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    That won't be a problem.
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    Maki is an ex-soldier.
    She knows how to destroy a man.
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    Well, let's hurry up and get started.
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    Shinra!
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    I thought I was dead!
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    Isn't Maki-san overdoing it a little?
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    Appearances to the contrary,
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    Shinra is fairly capable of
    rational decision-making.
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    However, being a third-generation
    pyrokinetic makes him overconfident.
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    You won't get me like you did him.
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    Excalibur!
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    It didn't go out!
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    So it's a plasma cutter.
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    My Excalibur can't be dampened
    as easily as Shinra's flames.
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    But a knight can't very well
    do harm to a princess, either.
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    You're forgetting your knightly manners.
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    Knights kneel in the presence
    of princesses, remember?
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    You'll answer to me for your rudeness
    toward Lieutenant Hinawa.
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    Why, you! So you're not
    a princess, but an ogre?!
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    Who are you calling a gorilla cyclops?!
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    I never said that! Don't you even
    understand human speech, she-ogre?!
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    Leave it to a flame-manipulating
    third generation to throw fuel on a fire.
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    Don't forget about me!
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    Huh? How come you've got
    such an ogre-like look on your face?
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    Not you, too, Shinra-san.
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    If I can't snuff out your flames...
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    What's this flared-up business, now?
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    Huh?
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    Excalibur, too?
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    Make that Ex-Sputter-bur.
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    Ex-Sputter-bur?!
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    "Devil" and "Knight" indeed.
    If we follow their pattern,
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    then I guess that makes
    Maki a "Witch," doesn't it?
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    Sputter! Flare!
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    Come forth, Bobobo-bobo-bobo!
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    "Bo"?
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    Would you like to keep going?
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    What choice do we have?
    Arthur, if you say you're out, then...
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    Shinra, if you'll give up,
    then I guess that's that.
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    Bobobo-bobo-bobo!
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    "Episode 2:
    The Heart of a Fire Soldier"
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    "Ippudo Ramen"
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    --I can definitely eat faster than him!
    --I can definitely eat faster than him!
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    Make sure to chew before you swallow.
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    "Chew-chew"
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    "Gulp"
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    Pops, top off their noodles,
    extra-firm, please.
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    "Watch us next week, too!"
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    --Thank you for the food!
    --Thank you for the food!
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    Delish grub, Captain.
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    Hey, mind your tone.
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    Yeah, glad to hear it.
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    That restaurant is delish.
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    Captain Obi sure is nice.
    Does anything ever make him mad?
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    Hmm? What's the matter, Shinra?
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    N-Nothing at all, sir.
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    Okay.
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    Training right after eating
    isn't good for you,
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    so I guess there's no choice
    but to do some office work.
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    Why's it no good?
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    I mean, he's already
    taken up with that idiot.
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    "Special Fire Cathedral 8, shooting range"
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    So this is the Type 7?
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    The Type 7 Firefighting Ax.
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    When you pull the trigger,
    a Sacred Spike shoots out of the ax's end.
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    I don't need one of those.
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    I have Excalibur here.
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    A plasma cutter--
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    an ultra-hot, ultra-dense blade,
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    consisting of plasma created
    from your own flames
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    and emitted from the hilt of a sword.
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    It's true, with pyrokinetic abilities,
    you might not need the Type 7.
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    "Special Fire Cathedral 8, equipment room"
    "Special Club"
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    Every time I head out,
    I have to equip over 30 kilos of gear,
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    "Special Fire Cathedral 8, equipment room"
    "Pile Bunker"
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    "Pile Bunker"
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    "Improved Type 2 Fire Ax"
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    and maintenance takes time, too.
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    "Extinguisher Grenades"
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    It sure would help us if we could
    hurry up and get an engineer.
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    "Extinguisher"
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    "Type 7 Firefighting Ax"
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    Take some pressure off the lieutenant.
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    "Special Shield"
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    I don't really mind, actually.
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    An Infernal has appeared
    in Taito-ku, Iriya District, sir!
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    This one's a fire in a detached house.
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    It's conceivable that we'll have to
    put them to rest in close quarters.
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    Shinra...
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    This may also place limits on your ability.
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    Take the Type 7.
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    Keep your weapons hidden
    inside your turnout coats.
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    Under no circumstances display them publicly.
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    This is a quiet fire scene.
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    Papa... and Mama... Why?
    I'm going to be next...
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    Apparently, her mother also
    Infernalized two years ago.
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    And now, it's her father?
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    That's rough.
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    Captain Obi?
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    Let's do this one nice and gently for her.
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    I hear there have been a lot of strange
    incidents at fire scenes lately.
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    Stay on your toes.
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    Everyone, prepare to move in!
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    --Roger!
    --Roger!
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    Shinra, Arthur, step over here.
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    Didn't I tell you not to display
    your weapons in public?
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    Why not? There's no such rule
    in the Fire Soldiers' regulations.
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    They didn't say anything at
    the Training Academy, either.
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    Excalibur is my pride.
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    Why should I have to keep it hidden?
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    Our duty as Fire Soldiers is to
    fight Infernals and put them to rest.
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    Infernals were once human.
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    While we may call it "putting them to rest,"
    what we are really doing...
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    There are those among the Fire Soldiers
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    who consider themselves
    part of a sacred ministry,
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    and seek out joy in engaging
    Infernals in combat.
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    But what about the feelings of
    the survivors they leave behind?
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    Those who are being put to rest when
    we fight are somebody's dear relatives.
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    Never show your weapons
    in front of the next of kin.
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    If you can't do that,
    then I don't want you in my unit.
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    Yes, sir.
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    He's right. If I'm not there
    for those that are left behind,
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    then I'm not a true hero.
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    The flames have changed!
    Did the Infernal inside do that?
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    The fire is sneering at us!
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    It's hard to believe that an Infernal,
    with no sense of self, could be doing this.
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    We're moving in!
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    --Yes, sir!
    --Yes, sir!
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    Infernal located.
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    He's just sitting there quietly, huh?
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    Why is this happening?
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    Captain,
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    let me be the one to put him to rest.
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    Hang on a second. That Infernal
    still hasn't done anything yet.
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    Don't be a dumbass!
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    The man is sitting there enduring
    the tremendous pain of those flames.
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    We have to put him out
    of his misery, quickly.
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    1706.
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    Moving to put the Infernal to rest.
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    We cannot allow you to suffer
    any more pain than this.
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    Sister, the prayer.
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    Right.
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    The flame is the soul's breath.
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    The black smoke is the soul's release.
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    Ashes thou wert and art.
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    May thy soul...
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    Return to the great flame of fire.
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    Látom.
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    --Látom.
    --Látom.
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    Is that painful?
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    Yes... for me...
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    That's how it should be for you now.
    The most terrifying thing in this job...
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    ...is getting accustomed to it.
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    What was that?!
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    It's collapsing! Everybody out!
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    Captain!
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    C-Captain!
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    I don't know whose doing this is,
    but I train every day.
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    This is taking things too far!
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    There's something funny afoot
    in the Special Fire Force.
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    This is just a little joke.
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    Captain, are you hurt?
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    I'm fine.
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    Could some malicious
    third party have targeted us?
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    I don't know.
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    But there's no way I'll ever permit
    anyone to disturb a fire scene
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    that is still full of
    memories for the survivors.
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    I swear I'll catch them.
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    Though right now, we're heading back.
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    I'm... going to burn, too, someday.
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    Papa... Mama...
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    Mikako-san...
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    Your father valiantly
    faced the flames, and won.
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    Your father and your mother must have
    been protecting you from the flames.
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    That's what I believe.
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    Papa... Mama...
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    I'm sorry I couldn't do anything.
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    This is about all any of us can do.
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    Which is exactly why we're there
    for the survivors as much as possible,
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    and charge into a sea of flames.
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    Go to sleep, Devil.
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    There's nothing there that
    the likes of you can see.
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    You're wasting your time.
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    Sometimes you see things
    by closing your eyes.
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    What are you saying?
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    If you don't know, then go to sleep, Devil.
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    You don't mean...
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    ...you...
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    Just showing a little
    compassion, as a knight.
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    Ah!
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    ...King. Knight King.
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    Hey...
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    What?
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    Don't talk to me just
    because you can't sleep.
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    Heh, you may be a devil, but it still
    wouldn't do to kill you in your sleep.
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    Just be grateful I'm a
    knight and go to sleep.
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    Ah.
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    ...King. Knight King.
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    Now I know you're doing it on purpose.
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    I... We have to put a stop to this
    spontaneous human combustion, fast.
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    "To be continued"
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    "Next time"
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    "Episode 3:
    The Rookie Fire Soldier Games"