E7 - The Investigation of the 1st Commences

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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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    "Special Fire Grand Cathedral 1"
SIGN    "Lieutenant Priest" "Third-generation pyrokinetic" "Huo Yan Li"
SIGN    "Lieutenant Priest" "Third-generation pyrokinetic" "Rekka Hoshimiya"
SIGN    "Lieutenant Priest" "Second-generation pyrokinetic" "Karim Flam"
SIGN    "Captain" "Third-generation pyrokinetic" "Leonard Burns"
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    The 8th and the 5th have carried
    out a joint training exercise.
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    It seems overly contrived.
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    So Obi is finally making his move.
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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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    Cook!
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    With the greatest of skill,
    and the perfect amount of heat!
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    Cook.
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    With the greatest of skill,
    and the perfect amount of heat.
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    Ladies and gentlemen, thank you
    so much for coming and taking part
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    in the job-well-done party for the
    nighttime joint 5th and 8th exercise
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    that was carried out the other night.
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    --The result of the exercise was
    Captain Hibana throwing a fit<br>[03:15] ---
    --Ah, are we about to get chewed out again?
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    --as to how soft the 5th really is.
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    --Don't sound so happy about it.
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    Scumwad.
[03:26] ---
    Gravel does not speak--does not
    even breathe without permission!
[03:29] ---
    You gravel grit!
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    Right, Shinra?
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    Crunch...
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    We appreciate you taking on a
    weaker company such as ourselves...
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    Go ahead.
[03:42] ---
    O-Okay.
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    There we are.
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    "5th Angels Three"
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    "5th Angels Three"
    "Not 5th Angels Three"
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    Die, will-o-wisps!
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    Hey, what are you doing?!
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    The lieutenant told me that if you
    play with fire, I was to kill them.
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    This is an informal party!
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    Látom.
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    All right, so you're saying we have
    the 5th's full cooperation?
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    Not the 5th; me, personally.
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    The 5th may be a subsidiary outfit,
    but it is paired with Haijima.
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    At present, it would be hard for the 8th
    to confront Haijima head-on.
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    You were going to lead off
    by exposing our research data
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    and bringing down the 5th, right?
[04:42] ---
    Yeah, well...
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    How did you come by your intel on the 5th?
[04:47] ---
    Were Iris's actions
    something you factored in?
[04:50] ---
    No, of course not. However,
    she was my ace card against you.
[04:59] ---
    Playing innocent, huh?
    I don't appreciate that.
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    I doubt a musclebound gorilla like yourself
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    could understand the 5th's research.
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    Just be grateful that I'm working with you.
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    Why the change of heart?
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    I went through an incident that
    made me despair of flames.
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    The more I learned about
    this land--about this world,
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    the more I couldn't help
    but grow more perverse.
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    And by growing more perverse,
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    I wanted to believe that I was
    becoming stronger, and smarter.
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    That if I was to oppose
    this crapfest of a world,
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    I had no choice but to fight evil with evil.
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    But then,
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    when I got clobbered by Shinra,
    the self-professed hero, I remembered.
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    The warmth of flames. The
    tenderness of justice.
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    I was put in touch once again with the
    ideal of fighting the evil in the world.
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    Then, Princess, Shinra was a hero to you?
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    N-No, nothing of the sort at all!
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    He's our vaunted hero of the 8th.
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    I'm sure he'll bring to light the darkness
    of a world held captive by flames.
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    Investigating each company and
    pursuing the mystery of the flames
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    is the objective of the 8th, then?
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    Yeah. That's the reason why we
    came by to steal the 5th's data.
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    We heard that you'd come across
    something in your research
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    that would explain the cause
    of human combustion.
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    Is that true?
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    Yeah. You can understand why I
    would become a devil, too, right?
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    There's someone who is
    deliberately creating Infernals.
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    Of course, not all spontaneous
    human combustion in the world is such.
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    But there were some samples among my research
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    that were clearly different from the others.
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    So there really is someone out there
    causing human combustion.
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    There's no way that stands.
    I swear we'll find them!
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    My friends... the sisters, burned up.
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    If that was done at somebody's hand...
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    ...then I swear, in the name of St. John's
    wort and the malice it symbolizes,
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    that I will find them and burn them
    by any means necessary.
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    Our objective is the same, then.
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    Hmm, much as I hate to admit it.
[07:27] ---
    But your investigation is only
    going to get harder from here.
[07:31] ---
    How do you mean?
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    The Infernals that I suspect have
    appeared by human means
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    are all concentrated around
    the Shinjuku District.
[07:39] ---
    That's... the 1st's jurisdiction.
[07:42] ---
    "Episode 7:
    The Investigation of the 1st Commences"
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    Nee-san, why are you at the 8th?
[07:59] ---
    To make sure you grew up right, Iris.
[08:02] ---
    Hey, that was a dirty move!
[08:04] ---
    How rude. My body is nice and clean.
[08:08] ---
    That isn't what I meant!
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    Must be nice for you two,
    having girlish, willowy figures.
[08:15] ---
    And you have a nicely-trained,
    beautiful body, don't you?
[08:20] ---
    Heh, heh, I-I do?
[08:26] ---
    Nee-san,
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    you're about to do something
    dangerous again, aren't you?
[08:30] ---
    Yeah. I'm working together
    with you to investigate the 1st.
[08:35] ---
    It could mean war.
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    An undercover investigation of the 1st
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    using the rookie training
    reassignment system?
[08:46] ---
    That's pretty good thinking,
    for a gorilla, Obi.
[08:49] ---
    The rookie training reassignment system
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    is one that allows crew members
    in their first year of service
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    to be temporarily assigned to other
    companies to broaden their experience.
[08:58] ---
    I'm going to have you two do an
    undercover investigation of the 1st.
[09:02] ---
    An undercover investigation
    of the 1st? Arthur and me?
[09:06] ---
    Within the 1st's jurisdiction,
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    there may be someone who is
    artificially creating Infernals.
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    We want you to come up
    with any leads you can.
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    It's an important mission to
    help us crack human combustion.
[09:20] ---
    I'm counting on both of you.
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    If there really is someone causing
    human combustion, they'll pay for it.
[09:28] ---
    It may seem unnatural if
    there are only men from the 8th.
[09:32] ---
    I'll send someone from my company, too.
[09:34] ---
    I'll hit up other companies
    I have connections with, too.
[09:43] ---
    "Special Fire Grand Cathedral 1--
    The Holy Sol Obelisk"
[09:47] ---
    So this is the Holy Sol Obelisk.
    It's even bigger than I imagined.
[09:52] ---
    We could still climb it.
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    This is lame.
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    I'm not sure I'm worthy
    to enter the sacred 1st.
[10:03] ---
    Who are they?
[10:05] ---
    They're camouflage.
    Make nice with them, okay?
[10:12] ---
    Thank you for taking us on.
[10:26] ---
    So you're the trainee newbies?
[10:29] ---
    Sheesh, I bet even your crap is crap.
    Are you crappy, you crap?
[10:38] ---
    "I bet even your crap is crap."
[10:40] ---
    "Are you crappy, you crap?"
[10:45] ---
    It sounds like he's trying to berate us,
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    but he's just calling crap "crap."
[10:51] ---
    You've got the ass of an ass.
    An ass should ass like an ass,
[10:56] ---
    you ass!
[10:57] ---
    What was that?!
[10:58] ---
    Easy! He's just saying your ass is an ass.
[11:08] ---
    Captain Burns is expecting you. Follow me.
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    Burns of the 1st--the man who knows
    about the fire 12 years ago.
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    That fire...
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    This is the Grand Cathedral.
[11:26] ---
    If it was actually caused by someone...
[11:38] ---
    Welcome to the 1st. I'm happy to have you.
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    ...I'm one step closer.
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    Good grief, military fatigues
    in the Grand Cathedral?
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    They're guests. Go easy on them.
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    First Class Fire Soldier
    Maki Oze, from the 8th!
[12:04] ---
    I have brought the new recruits for training!
[12:07] ---
    While this is a formal function,
    we're still in the Grand Cathedral.
[12:10] ---
    Forgive me for asking, but I'd prefer
    that you tent hands, rather than salute.
[12:18] ---
    Please excuse us!
[12:21] ---
    Lieutenant Flam, Lieutenant Hoshimiya,
    and Lieutenant Li, of the 1st.
[12:27] ---
    They are going to be taking care of you.
[12:33] ---
    After you've looked around
    the facility today,
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    relax and make yourselves at home.
[12:37] ---
    Captain Burns, if I may?
[12:42] ---
    I realize this is sudden, but in order to
    have you assess our abilities,
[12:46] ---
    I would like to ask you to
    take us on in some sparring.
[12:49] ---
    Shinra! What are you talking about?!
[12:52] ---
    We are aware of your abilities from
    the paperwork we received on you.
[12:55] ---
    That will not be necessary.
[12:57] ---
    That's all right. Rekka,
    let them practice on you, too.
[13:01] ---
    Huh? Do you mean it?!
[13:03] ---
    Rekka, we're in the Grand Cathedral.
[13:07] ---
    Shinra, what do you think you're doing?
[13:09] ---
    Just a light jab.
[13:12] ---
    If I can beat you, there's something
    I'd like to ask you.
[13:17] ---
    Fine with me.
[13:27] ---
    Hmm, I can't help but worry.
[13:32] ---
    You've already sent them out.
    Now please, calm down.
[13:36] ---
    Be that as it may, worrying is
    a captain's prerogative.
[13:40] ---
    "Organic"
[13:40] ---
    You're disrupting me.
[13:42] ---
    Hey! Take it easy! Get back to your duties!
[13:45] ---
    Why don't you head back to the 5th, ma'am?
[13:50] ---
    Man, that Shinra-- Just because he beat me,
[13:54] ---
    I hope he isn't too full of himself.
[13:57] ---
    You twerp!
[13:59] ---
    No sooner do you get here than
    you're sparring with the captain?!
[14:03] ---
    He's never even sparred with me before!
[14:11] ---
    If he hurts Lieutenant Rekka,
    I'll let him have it!
[14:18] ---
    I'm gonna do this, damn it!
    I'll make him spill everything he knows!
[14:23] ---
    Why do you suppose he has
    such a chip on his shoulder?
[14:26] ---
    He's so delighted to be at
    the 1st, he's all revved up.
[14:30] ---
    He's a high-spirited crewman, all right!
    I'm starting to get fired up!
[14:37] ---
    Who gets to go first?
[14:39] ---
    I'll start with the lowest-numbered company.
[14:43] ---
    There's no need to hold back.
    Put your full power on display for me.
[14:47] ---
    Does that mean...?
[14:54] ---
    Huh?! I have to go first?!
SIGN    "Second Class Fire Soldier" "Third-generation pyrokinetic" "Takeru Noto"
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    I'm Lieutenant Hoshimiya.
    I'll be your opponent.
[15:09] ---
    Second Class Fire Soldier Takeru Noto.
[15:12] ---
    My family owns a jagaimo farm,
    so I got the nickname "Jaga Noto."
    
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    Oh, as in "Juggernaut"!
[15:19] ---
    Let's have ourselves a heated match!
[15:21] ---
    F-Fire!
[15:24] ---
    Is he all right?
[15:29] ---
    There's fire coming from me, too!
    I'd like to get this fire put out!
[15:34] ---
    Nice! Not bad! That's your
    fervent passion, is it?
[15:38] ---
    It is so bad! It's utterly bad!
[15:43] ---
    It's hot!
[15:44] ---
    That's incredible, Juggernaut!
    Let me see the best flames you've got!
[15:50] ---
    It's getting a little too
    warm for comfort, huh?
[15:52] ---
    Are you sure this is a good idea, sir?
[15:54] ---
    I'll deal with any stray shots.
[15:55] ---
    See that you do, Karim.
[15:57] ---
    Sheesh, nuisances are really
    nuisances. What a nuisance.
[16:02] ---
    I'm simmering here! We Fire Soldiers
    have been waiting for talent like yours!
[16:07] ---
    Stop! Don't get me stirred up!
    I'm afraid of flames!
[16:12] ---
    I became a Fire Soldier so I could
    get my flames put out!
[16:15] ---
    This is what happens when
    you get me stirred up!
[16:18] ---
    This amount of heat is incredible!
    Every single shot is a juggernaut!
[16:23] ---
    Lieutenant Rekka!
[16:25] ---
    That's it! Fantastic! Just like that!
[16:31] ---
    Go easier on the easygoing, you easy-goer!
[16:34] ---
    I have you backing me up, don't I, Karim?
[16:40] ---
    --What the...?
    --He snuffed them out!
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    Where did that tremendous energy come from?
[16:57] ---
    The flames got chilled out?
[17:02] ---
    Rekka!
[17:04] ---
    That would have hit the captain
    if I hadn't been here!
[17:07] ---
    And I trusted you to be here for me, Karim!
[17:17] ---
    The 1st has a Fire Soldier who
    produces not flames, but ice?
[17:21] ---
    Hm?
[17:22] ---
    What kind of nonsense is that?
    Show me a person can create ice!
[17:27] ---
    Then, that ice came from...?
[17:29] ---
    Thermo-Acoustic Cooling.
[17:31] ---
    It's a technique that converts
    the energy of flames into sound,
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    and converts sound into cold.
[17:35] ---
    When you compress heat,
    you can convert it to sound.
[17:38] ---
    As sound abrades the air,
    in can be converted into cold.
[17:42] ---
    You're saying you can turn
    flame energy into sound and cold?
[17:46] ---
    Such a thing is really possible?
[17:58] ---
    There's someone within the 1st's jurisdiction
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    who is artificially creating Infernals.
[18:03] ---
    Is the culprit among this bunch?
[18:06] ---
    Or, are they all in cahoots?
[18:15] ---
    All right, next!
[18:17] ---
    I never fight without a purpose,
    so you'll have to excuse me.
[18:22] ---
    I-I only have the abilities
    that you see in the paperwork,
[18:25] ---
    nothing more, nothing less,
    so I'll decline, too.
[18:29] ---
    That would make our next contestant...
[18:33] ---
    I will take you both on.
[18:37] ---
    Why is the captain letting them fight him?
[18:56] ---
    Bring it on.
[19:01] ---
    You won't be getting a turn.
    I will gallantly beat my opponent.
[19:06] ---
    The end.
[19:14] ---
    What are you planning to do with that hand?
[19:21] ---
    Come at me as hard as you can.
    Otherwise, this match will mean nothing.
[19:28] ---
    Don't blame me if you lose an arm.
[19:30] ---
    It will take more than that much flame
    to cut me. Set your mind at ease.
[19:35] ---
    "That much flame"? Arthur's Excalibur
    can cut through even steel.
[19:45] ---
    Don't come crying to me later!
[19:54] ---
    So you have a sword that never fails to kill.
    Don't you have any other moves?
[20:04] ---
    No way. Not even Maki
    could extinguish Excalibur.
[20:09] ---
    What are you waiting for?!
[20:11] ---
    Don't ease up on him!
[20:17] ---
    This crewman packs some
    amazing force, as well.
[20:33] ---
    This will kill you if you don't step aside!
[20:45] ---
    What?!
[20:49] ---
    Why did you become a Fire Soldier?
[20:52] ---
    My mother and brother died in a fire!
[20:55] ---
    I'm going to solve the mystery
    of human combustion,
[20:57] ---
    and make sure that kind
    of fire never happens again!
[21:00] ---
    It was to become a hero who could
    save the world from the flame terror!
[21:05] ---
    You have a long way to go.
[21:20] ---
    The 1st welcomes you. I hope you find
    this training enrollment fulfilling.
[21:27] ---
    Captain! Are you hurt?!
[21:37] ---
    There we go.
[21:38] ---
    I won't let your lucky lechery
    get triggered so easily, Tamaki.
[21:43] ---
    Lieutenant Rekka... I'm so sorry
    this always happens!
[21:53] ---
    I'll take charge of you guys from the 8th.
[21:56] ---
    You were no match for Captain Burns,
    but you two still did fairly fair.
[22:01] ---
    Of course we did.
[22:02] ---
    Thank you very much, sir.
[22:04] ---
    But whether your pace
    keeps you apace of this pace,
[22:07] ---
    or whether your pace does not
    keep you apace of this pace,
[22:09] ---
    is all up to you. Hang in there.
[22:14] ---
    Thank you very much, sir!
[22:15] ---
    
[22:17] ---
    
[22:18] ---
    "To be continued"
[22:19] ---
    
[22:22] ---
    You can toil your way through humorless days
[22:25] ---
    and curse the unwavering present,
[22:28] ---
    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
[22:54] ---
    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
[23:08] ---
    I'll find a way to show you love,
    however cold you may be
[23:13] ---
    You can toil your way through humorless days
[23:17] ---
    and curse the unwavering present,
[23:20] ---
    but words that simply hang in the air
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    are not enough to save you
[23:26] ---
    You can cry out timidly
[23:29] ---
    but that changes when the nights grow fevered
[23:32] ---
    Even if we let go of each other's hands,
[23:36] ---
    I hope we can still walk together again
[23:39] ---
    I'll refrain from saying goodbye
[23:42] ---
    to ensure that we can meet again somewhere
[23:51] ---
    "Next time"
[23:53] ---
    "Episode 8:
    Infernal Insects"