E17 - The Sacred Beast Cuadorn

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    Leave.
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    This is a matter for those
    who live on Eldora.
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    But...
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    If we're to be wiped out,
    we just have to accept it.
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    Wiped out?
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    There's no time for this.
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    We don't know when that satellite
    might launch a second attack.
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    Do you know about that moon?
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    We caused it to be fired.
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    Caused it?
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    We couldn't stop it
    because we didn't know anything.
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    - Th-That's...
    - It won't attack for the time being.
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    What?
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    It needs time before it can fire again.
    At least 500 hours.
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    - R-Really? But why...?
    - How do you know that?
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    Do you know him?
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    The "Nemesis in the Moon."
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    A being atop the Silver Tower
    that surpasses our understanding.
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    That's what you said.
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    Alus.
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    He was created by the Ancients.
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    To protect this planet.
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    The Sacred Beast Cuadorn
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    Ancients...
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    The Creators. That's what they called us.
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    So they were people who
    once lived on this planet?
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    The Ancients, I mean.
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    And they created Alus?
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    He was created to protect this planet.
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    But he's doing the opposite.
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    She's right!
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    He's just carrying out his duty.
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    He won't stop until all the New People
    are annihilated.
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    If he's Eldora's protector,
    then why attack its people?
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    All I can say is, that's his duty.
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    Is he out of control?
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    The people of the Gunpla don't
    need to know any more.
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    Return to your world.
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    So... "New People"... That's us, right?
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    He won't stop until we're annihilated...
    What do you mean?
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    Why would he...?
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    You call this a matter
    for those who live on Eldora?
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    What?
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    The Ancients left this land
    to our ancestors.
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    You said you'd help us protect it.
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    Freddie and those we've lost
    trusted these allies with their fate.
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    We, Eldora's New People,
    need their strength.
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    - That means--
    - Because we trusted him...
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    many people were sacrificed.
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    These allies could also...
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    Alus was a special entity created
    by the wisdom of the Ancients
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    to counter outside invaders.
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    He was given vast knowledge
    and computing capabilities,
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    and fought alongside us to protect Eldora.
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    He fulfilled his duty,
    even though he was damaged.
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    Then he fell into a long sleep.
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    An eon passed while the planet regenerated
    and new life flourished across its surface.
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    Then suddenly, he awoke.
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    But upon awakening,
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    he regarded those unknown peoples
    on the ground as new invaders, and attacked.
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    The Ancients gave you intelligence,
    and you've lived for countless generations.
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    But to him, eliminating you is
    protecting this planet.
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    He thought Freddie's people were enemies?
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    Then couldn't we explain it to him?
    It's just a misunderstanding.
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    No one can do that but
    the Ancients who made Alus.
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    Once my wounds heal, I'll go up
    into space and destroy the satellite...
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    before the New People are annihilated.
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    Destroying it...
    Doesn't that mean killing Alus?
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    That is my duty.
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    Alongside the ancient kings,
    I protected Eldora's land and sea
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    and ensured the prosperity of its people.
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    You fought together with Alus.
    Couldn't you talk to him?
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    Leave.
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    I'm done with people of the Gunpla.
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    Are you troubled about Masaki?
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    Masaki?
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    Don't tell me...
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    You summoned Masaki Shido?
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    I see!
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    I hear there's a dragon-like NPD.
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    Masaki was the only one who responded.
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    Only the Ancients could control Alus,
    but they are all gone.
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    So I tried to follow their traces.
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    Their traces...?
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    Hoping their war-torn planet would recover,
    the Ancients departed for space.
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    But there were some who hoped
    to see their homeland once it was reborn.
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    Those who wished for the day to come
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    made a plan to return by transmitting their
    bodies across the vastness of space-time.
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    Transmitting... Data lifeforms...
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    Most of their traces had disappeared,
    but one led me to a certain place.
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    It was your world.
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    GBN...
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    The traces of the Ancients vanished there.
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    But I wanted another warrior
    besides myself.
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    With high hopes for Masaki's prowess,
    I asked him to help protect Eldora.
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    We fought together on countless
    battlefields for this planet's sake.
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    Now I get it.
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    Back then you only said
    it was all your fault.
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    So Masaki was captured by Alus
    and forced to do his will.
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    - It's just as you said.
    - He's still the same now.
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    The purpose of those platforms isn't
    to summon the people of the Gunpla.
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    It's so the Ancients, in the form of
    transmission signals, can someday return.
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    I was punished for my misuse
    by what happened to Masaki.
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    - So don't--
    - It's true.
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    This matter did begin on Eldora.
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    And I understand why someone like you
    would want to solve it alone.
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    But merely preventing
    the New People from becoming extinct...
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    Why would you do all this?
    You have no relation to Eldora.
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    That's not true!
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    How long will your wounds take to heal?
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    Some day you'll save Eldora,
    but if Freddie won't be there...
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    Asha, Towana, Hulun...
    If they won't be there anymore...
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    Right!
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    Tonoi, Old Jiric, and the others,
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    the kids who gave us carvings
    at the festival...
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    and Maiya...
    I don't want them to cry anymore!
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    Even Muran, who's here,
    Calico, Zabun, and Stola...
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    All these people we know,
    we want them to be happy.
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    Protecting Eldora shouldn't just mean
    the survival of a species.
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    Mr. Jed, the Resistance,
    and the people who fought for Eldora...
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    We can't waste their sacrifices.
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    Those who act alone can only do
    as much as one person can.
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    That's what I've come to believe.
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    Maybe that doesn't apply
    to the legendary sacred beast, but...
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    No problem. I can work this!
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    Please, sacred beast!
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    Please let us use the summoning platforms!
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    Let us fight!
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    As you wish.
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    - All right!
    - We did it!
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    - Yeah!
    - We've done it!
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    Don't worry.
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    You can trust them, Cuadorn.
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    There's one thing I'd like to know.
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    What is it?
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    We found some other summoning ruins.
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    The nearby villages were destroyed,
    but they were left intact.
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    So maybe Alus,
    who was created by the Ancients,
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    can't attack the places where
    they're supposed to return?
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    Most likely.
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    Why didn't you tell us?
    If we'd known, we could've--
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    That's only a temporary solution.
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    If he thought enemies were gathered there,
    he'd simply change it to target status.
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    Just as the lightning struck Seguri.
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    No, that's good enough.
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    As a temporary solution
    until the satellite can fire again.
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    If the villagers can be kept safe
    from the One-Eyes on the ground,
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    then meanwhile we can go
    back to the satellite and stop it.
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    Yes! if we can do that,
    we can save more people!
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    Mr. Muran, please evacuate
    the townspeople to the ruins!
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    Got it! I'll do it right away!
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    I'm going too!
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    - Hey, you can't!
    - What?
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    Why not? I'm also a--
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    If you're not here,
    then who's going to summon us?
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    Oh, that's right.
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    Then when will you come back?
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    When, you ask?
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    Yeah, when?
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    The enemy won't wait for us.
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    This is real life.
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    A few days would be great...
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    In two days, then!
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    Thank you, sacred beast!
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    We'll be in your care!
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    Just call me Cuadorn.
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    Wh-What? That would be disrespectful!
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    Thanks, sacred beast!
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    We'll be counting on you!
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    We'll be back.
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    Very well.
    About what we discussed earlier...
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    I have no objections.
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    But I do have one concern...
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    Now that I'm back, I feel so burned out.
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    I'm unusually exhausted.
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    You must've been tense the entire time.
    A lot of things happened, after all.
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    And we had to hear that at the end.
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    But this is our only choice.
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    Listen...
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    At first small One-Eyes were
    attacking the Eldorans,
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    but then mobile suit-sized
    One-eyes showed up.
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    Is it because the sacred beast
    summoned Masaki Shido?
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    So it seems.
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    Alus accessed GBN as well,
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    and made copies of Gunpla
    to fight Masaki's machine.
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    - And then...
    - Took him over.
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    That's probably why
    the sacred beast refused us.
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    Once he involves more people of the Gunpla,
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    he'll blame himself again if we fail.
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    If we fail, huh...
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    Oh, yeah.
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    You left Valkylander's sword
    before we returned.
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    What does that mean?
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    Oh... well...
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    Say, why are you here, Mizuki?
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    Are you visiting someone?
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    There's something I...
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    - Mizuki!
    - Yes?
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    Delivering another forgotten item?
SIGN    Oh, no! Since the weather is nice, I thought I'd take a walk.
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    To the hospital?
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    No, um... I mean...
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    You're right. The weather's great.
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    Um, Mizuki...
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    Thank you, Mukai.
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    What?
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    We have to protect the townspeople!
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    I'm scared to death...
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    but they must be even more scared.
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    I'll do it, Dad.
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    There's a place where
    you can revive your love for the skies.
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    Wanna try it out?
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    Do you think I can do it...
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    Morgiana?
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    Eldorium mirror sand?
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    It's written like mirror sand.
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    It's a legacy of the Ancients
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    that can read electromagnetic records
    and materialize any kind of object.
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    So you and your Gunpla can
    exist in that world because of it?
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    - Yeah.
    - Sand, huh...
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    It sounds slippery, but that thrills me!
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    It makes me uneasy too.
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    I wish I could support you.
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    If only there were more
    summoning platforms we could use.
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    But due to restrictions on Eldora,
    we can't change the number of people.
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    That's frustrating.
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    This isn't something
    for a random four-person party.
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    It would be fine if it were a game.
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    But knowing it's all real,
    it gets much more exhausting and scary.
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    I thought of asking whether
    they wanted to continue, but...
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    You didn't ask?
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    I think they'll be fine.
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    That's what I thought
    when I saw their faces.
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    Then that means you aren't
    just a random party anymore!
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    I don't know, but...
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    I think I understand them a bit better.
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    You do!
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    Hey.
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    Dad.
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    This is a good place for thinking.
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    Are you in a slump again?
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    Don't poke me where it hurts.
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    Oh, sorry.
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    But no, not today.
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    It seems like you're playing
    Gunpla Battle again.
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    Yeah.
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    Are you still in a slump?
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    You can tell?
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    It's part of my job to struggle alone, too.
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    Are you trying to save the world
    with your Gunpla?
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    I'm kidding. But if so...
    you have to climb out of it.
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    Yes.
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    I know I have to.
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    I see.
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    I received a job today.
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    When I was young, I wrote this story
    more intensely than ever in my life.
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    But it turned out to be
    the biggest failure in my life, too.
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    A dark history I'd like to forget.
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    I don't know why they want me to remake it.
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    But I think I'll try.
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    It's just fiction after all.
    Some people think it's for fun.
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    But it can make someone happy,
    or even end up helping someone.
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    So I think...
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    you can even save the world
    with your Gunpla.
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    Well, see you at home.
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    Why hasn't he come back from GBN...?
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    I hope you're okay... Hiroto.
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    This is the ideal form.
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    It shall never fail as you once did.
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    With this, I'll fulfill my duty...
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    Next episode, "Perfect Sniper."
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