# E6 - The Spark of Promise
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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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Pardon the intrusion!
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This is a great chance to see how far
I can go up against a company captain.
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But I don't see any chance of winning
unless I can deal with that ability.
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You're not getting through.
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--5th Angels Three!
--5th Angels Three!
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--Three on three!
--Three on three!
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*The darkness is illuminated*
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*The days we've grown accustomed*
*to walking are weeded out*
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*My dream might be to make a stable living*
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*but I'll moan over the lack of stimulation*
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*The end is illuminated*
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*Where are the streets we're*
*accustomed to walking?*
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*Time can sometimes be irksome,*
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*but we're enveloped in warmth*
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*Flames rise to show us the way*
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*reminding us of a gentle melody*
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*There is no eternity, none at all, they say*
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*I just smile, thinking that's fine with me*
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*If we shine, someday, our light will go out*
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*We'll keep on walking until the day*
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*the fire of our lives gets doused*
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*Playthings that make sounds*
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*and magic that chases pain away*
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*are all precious treasures to me*
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*There is no eternity, none at all, they say*
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*We'll keep on walking until the day*
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*the fire of our lives gets doused*
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"Episode 6:
The Spark of Promise"
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Iris, sit there and watch your allies
from the 8th get burned up.
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Why, nee-*san*?!
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Go ahead and pray to the God
of salvation you favor so much.
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In this world, you either burn or get burned.
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I'm someone in the "burn" camp.
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You saw the other nuns engulfed in
flames and disintegrating in misery.
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Luckily for me, my third-generation
abilities manifested.
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I took up with those who burn.
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I will burn gravel lesser than myself
to cinders until they are consumed,
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and stand on their ashes to rise even higher.
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That is what mankind's happiness is.
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Whatever you gain from doing that
can never be called happiness--
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You're just spouting your platitudes,
waiting to be burned up!
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You leave the sister alone!
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The hero has arrived.
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I'll start by burning him up.
Stay there and watch.
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Shinra-*san*, run! As strong as you are,
you can't beat the captain!
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It's all right, Sister.
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Things aren't gonna go like last time.
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Gravel,
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you haven't forgotten, have you?
You can't lay a finger on me.
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We'll never know unless I try.
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Shinra-*san*!
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Once again, you're on the ground.
You really *are* gravel!
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Damn, I'm so lightheaded...
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Wh-What is this...?
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Heat syncope.
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Heat syncope...?
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Your body is currently enveloped
in heat of my making.
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What?
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That heat is making your blood vessels
dilate and your pressure drop.
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The blood flowing to your
brain has fallen sharply.
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That's making you lightheaded.
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For someone who showed up so
enthusiastic about being a hero
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to stumble and fall over a
little heat wave is laughable.
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Lightheaded?
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Oh...
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Then I've got this whole
situation wrong, don't I?
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What do you have wrong?
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You really *are* unsteady on your feet, right?
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The palpitations, shortness of breath,
and dizziness are all in my head!
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Looks to me like you're just
grinning and bearing it.
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Besides, the biggest illusion you're under
is believing that you're a hero, isn't it?
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Right now, I'm lightheaded
in reality, *and* in my mind.
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So misguided or not, I can be a hero, too.
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Ridiculous. There's no way
you should be able to stand.
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Compared to the drills Lieutenant Hinawa
put me through, this is nothing.
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Fine, then. It's no fun burning up
an opponent who can't fight back.
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Clematis!
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You can be immolated by my red-hot flowers.
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Nee-*san*, you can't still be--
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Keep quiet and watch.
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Princess Hibana, aren't *you* the one
laboring under the wrong assumption?
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What?
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Yeah. Tonight...
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...I'm Deluded-Lady-Wakeup-Call Man!
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You're saying I'm mistaken?
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Could be. That's just the
way it looks from here.
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Screw you!
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So your dizziness is all in your head, is it?
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You still haven't recovered your sense
of balance, and you're staggering around!
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Damn it!
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How can you call yourself a hero like this?
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Let me open your eyes and
show you how pathetic you are.
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Sakura!
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Writhe! Dance!
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Stop this already, nee-*san*!
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If you want me to stop,
go ahead and pray to God!
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You do know, don't you, that there is no God,
let alone heroes, in this world?
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That's not true.
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If you pray with all your heart,
you can find comfort,
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and people have been saved by it!
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That's not real salvation!
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Then are you saying
there is no salvation in life?
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Yeah, there is.
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Exploiting and outsmarting
others for your own success,
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and looking down on the
foolish slugs from above.
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What you see from up there is
impotent gravel, gravel, gravel!
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It's fantastic knowing that you
weren't scum, and were saved.
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The standing and money you get from
being there is a person's salvation.
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How so?! You prayed with us
every day at the convent, remember?
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Sure I did. And what
salvation came as a result?
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The convent took in all of us orphans.
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Every day, we devoted ourselves to God.
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Amid all of it, I was the only one
who didn't take it seriously.
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And then, that day...
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...the other sisters suddenly burned up.
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All of them, except you and me.
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They were all devout nuns,
who served God better than I did.
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You realize, don't you,
that nothing ever comes of our lives.
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The fact that I'm still alive
like this is proof above all else!
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People can only grow stronger
for their own ends.
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Seeking salvation without growing stronger?
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You might as well ask for the moon, too!
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The fact that lowly gravel seeks
salvation with everyone else
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is misplaced in its own right.
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Princess Hibana, you're a victim
of the flames, too, aren't you?
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Are you still here, you would-be hero?
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I have a little bit of
an idea of how you feel.
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I'm someone whose life was
messed up by flames, too.
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What can you hope to know?
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Sakura Blizzard!
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This time, bow down on the
ground like the gravel you are!
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I can't let myself collapse here.
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The heat syncope...
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I will get back up as often as it takes,
and each time, I won't be beaten.
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For your sake.
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Wh-What are you talking about?
Are you losing your mind?!
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Listen to me.
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I'm about to lay you out.
That, along with all the rest of this...
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...is for your own good!
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If you want what's good for me,
then burn up, already!
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You piece of know-nothing gravel,
you're spewing nonsense!
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There are flames that burn the body...
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...but there are also flames that light
the way, and flames that warm you up!
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There's no such things
as heroes in this world!
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Well, it's because there are
no heroes in this world...
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...that I'm telling you I'm gonna be a hero!
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I am... Deluded-Lady...
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...Wakeup-Call Man!
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Wow, how pretty!
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That's amazing, Sister Hibana.
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Watch this, Sister Clematis.
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When I add a little sodium solution,
the flames react to it.
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It turned yellow!
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This one is copper.
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Watch this, Sister Sakura.
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Calcium.
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I also have potassium,
and strontium, and some others.
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How pretty!
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They all look so great!
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What do you think? Flames are
incredibly pretty, aren't they?
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Yes!
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Sister Hibana, I want to be like you.
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You can control flames,
and you're good at science.
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Iris! Don't hide behind there,
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come here and have a closer look.
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Careful. They may be in the shape
of flowers, but they're still flames.
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You'll get burned.
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See here!
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Sister Hibana, are you playing
with your pyrokinesis again?
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Come now, everyone, into the chapel.
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Yes, Sister Sumire.
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You, too, Sister Hibana.
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That ability was bestowed
upon you by the great Sol.
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Moreover, if you mishandle those
flames, it can be very dangerous.
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I'm being careful with
them, so it's all right.
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There you go, saying that again.
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Head inside, now.
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Okay.
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Um, Sister Hibana...
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I, uh...
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What?
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I, uh... I, uh...
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I want you to show me
the flowers again sometime.
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I'll show them to you once you
get over your shyness.
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Do you mean it?
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The sound of someone's
body burning; that person's cries;
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the pain of the flames; the suffering,
as their life burns away...
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What do you think? Flames are
incredibly pretty, aren't they?
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As if...
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flames could be pretty...
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Let's go. We have to get away,
or we'll burn up, too.
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As if this ability were
bestowed by the great Sol.
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Flames are the devil himself, aren't they?
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And since I'm able to use that power...
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A devil should act like a devil.
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Nee-*san*...
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...where are you going?
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Iris...
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Don't get yourself burned up by flames.
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I'll exploit them--people,
flames, and whatever else.
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"Haijima Industries"
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That's just a little slice. I'll turn it
all over, on certain conditions.
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I want the rank of captain.
And you'll provide me
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with the platform and funding
to carry on my experiments.
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Why?
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When everyone at the convent
had no one else to turn to,
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you were the one we looked up to.
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You were beautiful, and smart,
and you could control flames.
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When we were lonely and anxious,
you were our hero.
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I didn't have anyone. The only thing
that propped me up were my flames.
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But then, even they turned on me.
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I don't have anything now.
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You've got a hero, right here.
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Look up to the skies and cry out my name!
I'll come save you anytime!
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Don't be absurd.
What makes you obliged to help me?
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I don't need to be obliged.
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When someone is in trouble, I go help them.
That's what a hero does, right?
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Whatever the case, you beat me.
I don't intend to fight you anymore.
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"Ping ping"
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You think I've overcome my shyness a little?
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For crying out loud, Iris.
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After you come waltzing into
this place all on your own?
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I just wanted you to show me
your pretty flowers again.
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I did promise you, didn't I?
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Are those...?
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Yeah. Irises.
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Nee-*san*, I love you!
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"To be continued"
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*You can toil your way through humorless days*
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*and curse the unwavering present,*
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*but words that simply hang in the air*
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*are not enough to save you*
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*We've been walking shoulder-to-shoulder*
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*between sights we never reach*
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*and pain that brings no warmth*
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*to make it to a faraway place*
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*Given the hope that you speak of*
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*or the ideals that you dream of*
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*I'll find a way to show you love,*
*however cold you may be*
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*You can toil your way through humorless days*
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*and curse the unwavering present,*
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*but words that simply hang in the air*
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*are not enough to save you*
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*You can cry out timidly*
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*but that changes when the nights grow fevered*
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*Even if we let go of each other's hands,*
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*I hope we can still walk together again*
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*I'll refrain from saying goodbye*
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*to ensure that we can meet again somewhere*
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The guy in glasses... The guy in glasses...
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Looks like you've gone around
doing a real number on us, 8th.
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--Lieutenant Hinawa.
--Lieutenant Hinawa.
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How am I going to explain this
whole mess to the higher-ups,
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or to the gravel still sprawled out all over?
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Captain Obi was apparently
going to make it look
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like it was a joint nighttime
training exercise.
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But you charged in before
that could happen, right?
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If you keep that up all the time,
you're going to mess up sooner or later.
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I just had a great idea!
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What if the 5th and the 8th
all had a dinner party together?
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Th-That might be a bit much.
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Indeed. That sounds pretty good.
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Huh?
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Sometimes, when you're
trying to game someone,
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the more ridiculous the method,
the easier it is to succeed.
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I'll say that in order to test
the 5th's fighting strength,
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I asked the 8th to play the bad guys
and stage a surprise attack drill.
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Shinra, I'd like to set this up,
so round up the 8th's people for me.
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You sure are being cooperative, huh?
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Well... I've taken a liking to you...
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Huh?
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Chief, we're ahead of schedule,
but we've begun our investigation of the 5th.
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Things may get a little aggressive,
so please lay the groundwork elsewhere.
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Come in. Hinawa?
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Yeah, I've been bogged down
getting this off the ground.
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I'm on my way to you now.
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Huh?
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It's over?
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"Next time"
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"Episode 7:
The Investigation of the 1st Commences"