E8 - Smoldering Malevolence

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    Protect the forest.
[00:06] ---
    Shinra-kun, are you okay?
[00:10] ---
    Judging by your behavior,
    has it happened again?
[00:13] ---
    Yes. There was a voice.
[00:15] ---
    Protect the forest.
[00:19] ---
    It said, "Protect the forest."
[00:22] ---
    A voice? So it really is an Adolla Link?
[00:25] ---
    Does the voice belong to
    the leader of the bandits?
[00:27] ---
    Well, I don't know exactly what it is.
[00:31] ---
    I heard it coming from the direction
    of the Tabernacle, though.
[00:35] ---
    Don't tell me...
[00:37] ---
    ...it was coming from in there...
[00:53] ---
    Everything I've had, I've lost,
[00:56] ---
    but I won't let go of this remaining spark
[01:00] ---
    No, I won't let it go, not ever
[01:04] ---
    Though there may be no right answers
    in my ill-defined tale,
[01:09] ---
    once I'm able to step forward...
[01:14] ---
    They say something's wrong with me,
    but I'll do something with them
[01:19] ---
    I'm not even sure what I'm supposed to be
[01:24] ---
    But if my dreams have
    resolved themselves to be by your side
[01:30] ---
    then there's nothing left
    for me to doubt anymore
[01:35] ---
    Sparks fly as things kick off
[01:38] ---
    until "black and white" turns to ashen gray
[01:40] ---
    If there's a choice crown to be had
[01:43] ---
    I want it, I want it
[01:46] ---
    I'll whizz my way toward you
[01:48] ---
    until "double or nothing" gets zeroed out
[01:51] ---
    If the clowns are melancholy
[01:54] ---
    then nothing will get anywhere
[01:57] ---
    I'll show you a love that
    burns hot enough to scorch ashes
[02:02] ---
    I just spark again
[02:10] ---
    "Episode 8:
    Smoldering Malevolence"
[02:15] ---
    If you heard it coming from the Tabernacle,
[02:18] ---
    does that mean that it uses
    an Adolla Burst, too?
[02:22] ---
    Then again, the Tabernacle
    is an inorganic object.
[02:25] ---
    Can it even perform a Link?
[02:28] ---
    There, you see?
[02:30] ---
    Those guys attack us unprovoked.
    There's no talking to them!
[02:36] ---
    Scop...
[02:37] ---
    ...tell me more about the Tabernacle.
    How long has it been there?
[02:42] ---
    The Tabernacle is something
    that was here before us,
[02:45] ---
    which our benefactor fixed.
[02:48] ---
    Benefactor?
[02:50] ---
    It was shortly after the Great Cataclysm
    devastated the world 250 years ago.
[02:55] ---
    One day, a lone traveler appeared.
[03:10] ---
    It was a human woman,
    wrapped in a robe of pitch black.
[03:16] ---
    This woman preached to us animals,
[03:18] ---
    who were just waiting for death in this
    wasteland, and taught us how to speak.
[03:23] ---
    Why have you come here, lady?
[03:27] ---
    I came from beyond the spatial rift
    to once again recreate this world.
[03:39] ---
    Now,
[03:40] ---
    you must be hungry, right?
[03:42] ---
    Warm yourselves with this flame.
[03:48] ---
    The flame that she produced was very warm,
[03:51] ---
    and we soon noticed that our hunger was gone,
[03:53] ---
    and our lives had been extended.
[04:03] ---
    But then, one day...
[04:22] ---
    ...she repaired the abandoned Tabernacle,
[04:24] ---
    and then disappeared.
[04:30] ---
    It is because of the Tabernacle
    that this Oasis came about,
[04:33] ---
    and we are still alive.
[04:35] ---
    Yeah.
[04:36] ---
    She is our benefactor.
    She may come back here someday.
[04:42] ---
    Until that time, we will
    keep the Tabernacle safe.
[04:45] ---
    Where did this woman go?
[04:48] ---
    No one has seen her since that day.
[04:51] ---
    Still, we cannot turn over to them
    the place where she will return!
[04:59] ---
    Protect the forest.
[05:02] ---
    The voice probably belongs to her.
[05:05] ---
    Yeah, it is possible.
[05:07] ---
    It's safe to say that the spot we singled out
    to investigate is the Tabernacle.
[05:13] ---
    What on earth is the story there?
[05:19] ---
    It's them!
[05:20] ---
    A person?
[05:21] ---
    A former person.
[05:28] ---
    There are Infernals here, too?!
[05:32] ---
    --Licht-san!
    --Help me!
    --It's a trap!
[05:33] ---
    Shinra, go help Inspector Licht!
[05:35] ---
    Yes, sir!
[05:38] ---
    Licht-san!
[05:44] ---
    He's dead!
[05:47] ---
    Licht-san!
[05:50] ---
    Oof...
[05:51] ---
    Are you all right?
[05:53] ---
    Huh? I thought I was dead.
[05:55] ---
    Thank goodness! Lieutenant Pan's
    defensive buff was in time.
[06:00] ---
    I don't even have a scratch.
[06:02] ---
    That's incredible.
[06:09] ---
    --He has friends.
    --This time we're dead for sure!
[06:15] ---
    Shinra, take Licht-san and get him back!
[06:17] ---
    R-Right.
[06:19] ---
    --The prayer!
    --Yeah!
[06:23] ---
    The flame is the soul's breath.
[06:25] ---
    The black smoke is the soul's release.
[06:28] ---
    Yoruba Spears!
[06:31] ---
    Excalibur!
[06:38] ---
    Látom.
[06:39] ---
    Stay away! I don't taste good!
[06:47] ---
    Damn, there are quite a few of them, huh?
[06:50] ---
    Grr... How dare you defile
    our friends and the Oasis!
[06:57] ---
    Give us back our Oasis!
[07:00] ---
    Give us back the Tabernacle!
[07:08] ---
    You guys okay?
[07:12] ---
    Hu... mans...
[07:16] ---
    Who... are you...?
[07:20] ---
    They can talk?!
[07:22] ---
    Well, if moles can talk, why not?
[07:27] ---
    Don't you even see us animals here?
[07:31] ---
    Hey! You can hear me, right?!
[07:35] ---
    We've seen an Infernal
    that can talk once before...
[07:40] ---
    Why won't you look at me?
[07:44] ---
    Stop... ignoring us animals!
[07:48] ---
    Get them.
[08:11] ---
    You guys need the creative energy
    of the Tabernacle?
[08:15] ---
    If so, won't you consider
    living in harmony with the animals?
[08:21] ---
    You say...
[08:22] ---
    ...that has the power of creation?
    Don't be ridiculous.
[08:29] ---
    That was built... in order
    to destroy the world.
[08:44] ---
    It is there... to destroy.
[08:48] ---
    --Destroy... Destroy... Destroy...
[08:50] ---
    --The Tabernacle is a weapon
    built to destroy the world?
    --Destroy... Destroy... Destroy...
[08:54] ---
    But Amaterasu in Tokyo isn't, right?
[08:57] ---
    No, it actually does make some sense.
[09:00] ---
    Dr. Giovani went to Vulcan's workshop
    to find the key to Amaterasu.
[09:06] ---
    The objective of Dr. Giovani
    and the rest of the Evangelist's men
[09:09] ---
    is to once again trigger a Great Cataclysm.
[09:12] ---
    I'm not sure what it is they're after,
[09:15] ---
    but they're out to destroy the world again.
[09:18] ---
    And in order to achieve that goal,
    they'll need Amaterasu, right?
[09:23] ---
    Then it's true that it really is
    a weapon of destruction?
[09:26] ---
    No!
[09:27] ---
    The Tabernacle that that woman
    created is no such thing!
[09:32] ---
    Just look at this forest!
    This is all because of the Tabernacle!
[09:38] ---
    Sure, she may have had a creepy face.
[09:41] ---
    She would smile this eerie, devilish smile.
[09:45] ---
    But when we were doomed to perish,
    she gave us language and life.
[09:50] ---
    She gave us the Oasis.
[09:53] ---
    Yeah, the voice I heard over the Adolla Link
    didn't sound like an evil one.
[09:58] ---
    I believe what Scop is telling us.
[10:02] ---
    Shinra...!
[10:05] ---
    We are not going to let these guys...
[10:07] ---
    ...use the Tabernacle
    as a weapon of destruction!
[10:13] ---
    The remaining tablets.
[10:16] ---
    You have gathered them all?
[10:21] ---
    Now we can initialize the
    weapon of destruction.
[10:23] ---
    Good! The day of our souls'
    release draws near!
[10:27] ---
    Let us face the time of our end together!
[10:31] ---
    At last, we will be freed from
    the suffering of these flames.
[10:35] ---
    Ah, Tempe-sama!
[10:38] ---
    Tempe-sama!
[10:39] ---
    We have human intruders!
[10:41] ---
    What did you say? Humans,
    all the way out here?
[10:45] ---
    All of you, the time has come
    for you to do one last labor for me!
[10:50] ---
    We will not allow anyone to interfere.
[10:53] ---
    I will only grant unto those
    who served me in this life
[10:57] ---
    repose and glory in the world after death!
[11:03] ---
    Labor, labor, labor, labor,
    kill those who stand in our way,
[11:08] ---
    and demonstrate your devotion to me.
[11:11] ---
    Labor for me, kneel down before me,
    and bow down your heads to me!
[11:17] ---
    That is the path to salvation!
[11:20] ---
    The only means of being released
    from these burning bodies!
[11:24] ---
    --For thee!
    --For thee!
[11:30] ---
    ...return to the great flame of fire.
[11:33] ---
    Látom.
[11:37] ---
    Let's take a moment to
    sort out our situation.
[11:39] ---
    According to our investigation so far,
[11:41] ---
    they appear to want to use
    the Tabernacle to destroy the world.
[11:45] ---
    But, since they haven't actually
    executed their plan,
[11:48] ---
    it's possible that there is
    something else that they require.
[11:53] ---
    Scop, is there anything else
    you can tell us? Anything might help.
[11:58] ---
    Hmm... Let's see...
[12:02] ---
    Come to think of it, I saw them
    collecting those stone tablets.
[12:05] ---
    Oh, I saw that, too.
[12:07] ---
    Stone tablets?
[12:08] ---
    They have gathered a number of them, huh?
[12:11] ---
    They probably have quite
    a few of them by now.
[12:13] ---
    Are these tablets some sort of key
    that will activate the Tabernacle's power?
[12:17] ---
    Who knows? But I can tell you for sure
[12:21] ---
    that the Infernals' leader
    instructed them to collect the tablets.
[12:24] ---
    The guy has terrifying horns
    growing out of his head like this.
[12:28] ---
    Huh?!
[12:29] ---
    --He has horns?
    --There's a demon Infernal here?
[12:32] ---
    Demon?
[12:33] ---
    If there's a demon here,
    that changes things an awful lot.
[12:36] ---
    "Translation: Hmm..."
[12:38] ---
    What, are they that bad?
[12:40] ---
    I read the reports.
[12:42] ---
    It takes a ridiculous amount of
    firepower to put one to rest, right?
[12:45] ---
    It's impossible for us to
    put one to rest with our numbers.
[12:50] ---
    I guess all we can do now is turn back.
[12:53] ---
    If there's a demon here, it will be
    impossible to take control here.
[13:00] ---
    However, we can't ignore the fact that
    they're trying to trigger a Cataclysm
[13:03] ---
    by blowing up the Tabernacle.
[13:06] ---
    Licht-san, do you have any ideas
    about how to defeat this demon?
[13:10] ---
    Hmm, last time, it was a miracle
    that we got enough personnel together
[13:14] ---
    and all worked together
    to finally put that one to rest.
[13:19] ---
    In any event, it would take enough firepower
    to blow this whole forest away.
[13:23] ---
    What?! Nothing doing!
[13:25] ---
    Just a minute. I thought we were here
    to survey the Tabernacle, right?
[13:29] ---
    Why are we talking about
    putting this demon to rest?
[13:31] ---
    But we have to put a stop to their plans!
[13:34] ---
    Besides, even if we can't put him to rest,
    we can at least slow him down.
[13:38] ---
    We'll keep the demon occupied,
    and the rest of you can survey the Tabernacle.
[13:45] ---
    Disrupting things is my strong point.
[13:49] ---
    I'll lay out the mission.
[13:51] ---
    A team will go inside the Tabernacle,
[13:53] ---
    while Shinra and Ogun use their mobility
    to divert the demon's attention.
[13:58] ---
    Arthur, Tamaki, Juggernaut,
    you'll stand guard.
[14:01] ---
    --Yes, sir.
    --Yes, sir.
[14:02] ---
    Meanwhile, Inspector Licht and I
    will investigate the Tabernacle.
[14:06] ---
    You're sure you can't drive them off?
[14:08] ---
    We've already come this far.
[14:11] ---
    We'll put a stop to the Infernals' plans.
[14:14] ---
    But we can't defeat the demon.
    Defeating the demon is too hard.
[14:20] ---
    Don't worry, Scop.
[14:23] ---
    I'll take back the Oasis for you.
[14:25] ---
    Shinra...
[14:26] ---
    I'll also defeat that demon for you.
    I'm a hero, after all!
[14:33] ---
    A hero!
[14:42] ---
    There's the entrance to the Tabernacle.
[14:48] ---
    There's nobody around.
[14:50] ---
    All right, we're going in now, while we can.
[15:10] ---
    Well?
[15:11] ---
    We had a quick look around, but there's
    no sign of the demon or other Infernals.
[15:16] ---
    Things were quiet all the way
    into the inner chambers.
[15:18] ---
    They were? That works
    just fine for me. Change of plans.
[15:23] ---
    Shinra, Ogun, Tamaki, and Juggernaut,
    you stand guard outside.
[15:28] ---
    Arthur, you're with us,
    just in case anything happens in here.
[15:32] ---
    --Roger.
    --Roger.
[15:33] ---
    All right, split up.
[15:37] ---
    --Shh!
    --Shh!
[15:39] ---
    Idiot!
[15:40] ---
    Sorry, force of habit.
[15:49] ---
    The state of things inside
    is incredibly good.
[15:51] ---
    You wouldn't think this
    place was 250 years old.
[15:54] ---
    Of course, dummy. We've been
    keeping it clean this whole time.
[16:01] ---
    These must be the tablets you mentioned.
[16:03] ---
    What are these numbers?
[16:15] ---
    It's a trap?!
[16:24] ---
    Hey...
[16:28] ---
    They're behind us, too.
[16:30] ---
    We're surrounded.
[16:34] ---
    You fell for it. You must be
    the humans who are intruding.
[16:40] ---
    These Infernals set a trap for us?
    Do they really have that much intelligence?
[16:45] ---
    Shinra, over there!
[16:49] ---
    --Horns.
    --A demon.
[16:51] ---
    Wh-Wh-What do we do? We have to run!
[16:54] ---
    The lieutenant and the others are still inside!
    You want to leave them there?!
[16:57] ---
    You are barbarians, violating
    our sacred ground.
[17:01] ---
    The only thing we can do is buy some time.
[17:03] ---
    We can't let them inside, no matter what!
[17:06] ---
    Kill those who stand in our way!
[17:15] ---
    Why are they all coming after me?!
[17:20] ---
    This is our sacred ground!
    We will not allow all of you to violate it!
[17:25] ---
    Violate?
[17:29] ---
    This place was the animals' Oasis!
[17:32] ---
    You don't get to say anything
    when you encroached on this place first!
[17:36] ---
    Couldn't you have coexisted?!
[17:39] ---
    Coexist?
[17:42] ---
    What you call the Tabernacle
    is a weapon of destruction!
[17:45] ---
    There is no point in re-growing this forest!
[17:49] ---
    I will burn all of it down!
[17:57] ---
    Why are you trying to destroy everything?!
[18:00] ---
    So that I can go to Heaven!
[18:10] ---
    Ah! Don't ruin the forest!
[18:12] ---
    Sorry!
[18:13] ---
    So you can go to Heaven?
[18:15] ---
    What do you mean by that?
[18:17] ---
    For the 250 years since the Great Cataclysm,
[18:19] ---
    I have wandered, unable to die.
[18:23] ---
    I want to die!
[18:25] ---
    I need the firepower it would take
    to blow up the Tabernacle for me to die.
[18:31] ---
    And with a being such as myself dying,
[18:33] ---
    I will require those in Heaven
    who will look after my needs.
[18:36] ---
    Now, the aftershock from the explosion
    may also blow away your seaport,
[18:41] ---
    but I will let those who live there
    serve me in the afterlife as well.
[18:45] ---
    Oh, Tempe-sama!
[18:48] ---
    We will follow you anywhere!
[18:50] ---
    Will you join me in going to the afterlife?
[18:53] ---
    I can have you serve me
    in some position or other in the afterlife.
[18:56] ---
    Tempe-sama, all I can do is grow potatoes.
[18:59] ---
    You want to serve him?!
[19:01] ---
    You're trying to drag all of this
    down with you just so you can die?
[19:05] ---
    Screw you, man! You go ahead
    and die on your own!
[19:09] ---
    No, it's no easy matter for him to die.
[19:12] ---
    Huh?
[19:13] ---
    He's right. It's going to take at least
    as much firepower to kill a demon
[19:16] ---
    as it would take to blow
    up this whole forest.
[19:20] ---
    Oh, no... So you're saying
    we have to lose the forest?
[19:23] ---
    What do we do with a demon
    that we can't put to rest?
[19:26] ---
    There's nothing else we can do with him!
[19:29] ---
    We have no choice but to fight!
[19:34] ---
    What do you think you are doing?
[19:38] ---
    Tempe's Holy Light!
[19:42] ---
    For thee!
[19:43] ---
    For thee!
[19:44] ---
    This is the blessing of light
    granted to those who perish with me!
[19:58] ---
    Shinra!
[19:59] ---
    That demon is too much for us
    to defeat on our own!
[20:02] ---
    All we can do is buy time, like we planned!
[20:05] ---
    Just buying time isn't good enough!
    If we don't stop him here,
[20:09] ---
    he's gonna use the Tabernacle
    and we'll all wind up dead!
[20:12] ---
    The town will be blown up, too!
[20:13] ---
    Yeah! The potato fields
    will be turned into hot potatoes!
[20:16] ---
    There are bigger things
    to worry about than potatoes!
[20:18] ---
    Yes, but still...
[20:20] ---
    Survey the Tabernacle,
    and put this demon to rest.
[20:24] ---
    Those are the only things that we have to do.
[20:26] ---
    Guys, let's pour all of the firepower
    we have right now into this guy!
[20:30] ---
    --Yeah.
    --You got it!
[20:33] ---
    If you oppose me, your status
    in Heaven will drop down.
[20:37] ---
    Who cares?!
[20:39] ---
    Still...
[20:40] ---
    ...how are we going to put him to rest
    with the people we have on hand?
[20:43] ---
    What can we do to produce
    Captain Shinmon levels of firepower?
[20:48] ---
    The Adolla Link. If I can
    gain the Evangelist's Grace,
[20:52] ---
    that might be enough to
    put this demon to rest.
[20:55] ---
    No, the Evangelist is our enemy.
[20:57] ---
    Besides, there's no way I can get
    any Grace out here in this frontier land.
[21:01] ---
    Moreover, Lieutenant Pan and the others
    might be returning at any minute.
[21:05] ---
    Once they do, I can get a power-up buff--
[21:09] ---
    What is it, Kusakabe?
[21:19] ---
    Was that... an Adolla Link?
[21:23] ---
    What do we do?
[21:25] ---
    My Excalibur can get us
    out of here in no time.
[21:27] ---
    We're letting Shinra-kun and
    the others handle things outside.
[21:30] ---
    We should continue our investigation.
[21:32] ---
    You're right.
[21:33] ---
    I have to say, I'm not sure what exactly
    these number sequences represent.
[21:38] ---
    They keep going on that way.
[21:41] ---
    Could it be some kind of code?
[21:43] ---
    No. If it were a code, there would be
    some degree of regularity to them.
[21:48] ---
    But from what I can see,
    this number sequence is all but irregular.
[21:51] ---
    Caw! We've seen these before, too.
    They don't mean anything, do they?
[21:56] ---
    Even if they don't mean anything to us,
[21:58] ---
    it's safe to say that they meant
    something to whoever made these.
[22:02] ---
    There are numbers up there, too.
[22:05] ---
    They're all over the place.
[22:07] ---
    Random number sequences.
[22:09] ---
    --It will be quite a chore
    figuring out what these are.
    --"Yoshiro, eat some meat" [44929917].
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    "Hurry and give me a banana" [87788990].
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    "Snacks by twos and ones" [34102515].
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    This is pi, right?
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    "To be continued"
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    --Huh?
    --Huh?
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    Most incidences have their own name
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    But no one knows and I'm upside down
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    Billions of people exist
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    But not anybody tells me what that is
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    Sacrificing my limited life
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    Am I moving forward or not
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    I just want to believe
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    Nothing goes to waste
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    I question myself
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    Why I can't be who I want to be
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    tangled and translucent
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    It drains me
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    Pretending and overextending myself
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    Wish one day I could love pathetic myself
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    Hoping for a dazzling future to come
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    Don't over decorate smile clumsily
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    Just live life the way I am
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    This world is cruel
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    Can't choose how to be born
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    Stick up the middle finger then
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    Let's shoot off to the other side
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    "Fire Force, Season 2"
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    "Next time"
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    Arthur-san and the others
    inside the Tabernacle
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    arrive at last at the central core.
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    There, they hear an eerie pulse echoing.
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    This sound is a little bit scary.
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    Is there something alive inside?
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    Next time on Fire Force, Season 2,
    episode 9, "The Core."
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    "Episode 9:
    The Core"
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    Return to the great flame of fire. Látom.
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