15 - Chapter Fifteen: Alkaid's Guidepost

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    Not yet. We mustn't be hasty.
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    Now!
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    Men are so...
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    I'll never say good-bye
    to our prime forever
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    And I feel like dumb,
    I don't know why
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    I'll never say good-bye
    'cos I can't forget her
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    But I feel like dumb,
    I don't know why
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    Try to scream
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    Shattered dreams are
    made of stone and desperation
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    Broken hearts blown in a
    freezing wind during winterlong
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    Unspoken words floating on
    freezing wind during winterlong
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    During winterlong
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    What do you think you're doing?!
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    Fighting over food...
    is that what grown men do?!
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    But Big Sis Enki...
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    I don't want your excuses!
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    Sorry.
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    Yes, Enki is right!
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    Honestly! How can Wo Jin
    Squad men be so pathetic?!
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    The same goes for you, Leader!
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    I've never heard of a leader who
    beats up his men to hog all the food!
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    Don't worry. I saved enough for you.
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    I don't want it!
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    Men are hopeless wherever you go!
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    Laila?
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    Sorry.
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    Is it Taito?
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    Yeah.
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    You want to help, but can't do anything.
    That's always tough, isn't it?
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    "Chapter Fifteen: Alkaid's Guidepost"
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    Taito...
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    Say, do you want to eat something?
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    Rinmei shared some jerky with me!
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    O-oh...
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    Oh, yeah! The Wo Jin
    guys went hunting earlier!
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    But the thing they caught
    was really small, so they--
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    Tell me!
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    T-tell you what?
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    I was helpless against
    Keiro! Ryuko's gone!
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    So what do I do now?!
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    I'm sorry. I don't know.
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    Oh. Yeah, I guess you wouldn't...
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    Sorry.
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    Size is the issue here.
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    Size?
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    Yes, size. I think Enki was angry
    because the meat was too small.
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    --No, I don't think that's the problem.
    --It is the problem!
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    Yes, sir...
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    So catch something big next time! Got it?
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    --Yeah.
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    --I can't hear you!
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    Yeah!
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    Oh. He said that?
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    He's really lost heart.
    That doesn't sound like Taito at all.
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    I'm sorry.
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    Why are you apologizing, Laila?!
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    Because there's nothing I can do...
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    Don't blame yourself. Blame that
    idiot who's sulking all by himself.
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    He's not the only one who's sad
    that Ryuko died anyway--
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    Don't worry about me.
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    I don't think Ryuko is the only
    thing that's troubling Taito.
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    Huh?
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    "What is the Alkaid? What am I?"
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    Everyone born with
    the karma of the stars
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    goes down that path at least once.
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    What do you mean?
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    Do you remember the legend
    in the Tale of the Big Dipper?
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    Yes. When the world is in chaos,
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    the Dipper Bearers will
    appear and save the people.
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    Yes.
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    The Dipper Bearers are stars of karma
    that are born in times of turmoil.
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    But conversely, there are some who say
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    that the world is thrown into chaos
    because of the Dipper Bearers.
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    A brightly shining star
    greatly affects all the other stars.
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    For better or worse.
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    Yeah. We mess up other people's lives.
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    We bring misfortune
    to those close to us.
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    When you start thinking like that,
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    you start getting more
    and more in over your head.
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    You wonder, "Why am I the only one
    who has to bear this karma?
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    What are the Dipper Bearers anyway?"
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    Taito'll be fine! It's just like a cold
    that's gotten a little worse!
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    Yeah. There's nothing
    to worry about, Laila.
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    Okay...
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    How's Taito doing?
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    Still moping about.
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    I see.
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    Is this brief stop for Taito's sake?
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    It's rare for you
    to do something like this.
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    Not really. Having someone
    with such a gloomy look on my ship
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    makes me feel sick, that's all.
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    Because it's like seeing your old self?
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    My apologies.
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    Anyway, what's that?
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    Rinmei gave it to me earlier.
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    Apparently it's the flag for the
    "Men Are So Hopeless League."
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    Huh? The what?
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    Taito!
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    C'mon! There's meat to be had!
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    --What?
    - -Just come on!
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    Lunch was kinda disappointing,
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    but this time we'll catch
    something big for sure!
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    Then we can pig out
    on meat! Right, Taito?
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    Hey, Taito!
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    Oh, right...
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    C'mon, man!
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    There it is!
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    That way!
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    Oh! They found dinner!
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    I got this!
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    What?!
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    Smart bugger!
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    Taito! Heads up!
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    Taito!
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    Wh-what's happened to me?!
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    Look out, Taito!
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    Hosei!
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    You'll be okay. It isn't a serious injury.
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    What a relief!
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    Hey! What the hell were you thinking?!
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    Sorry. It's my fault that you...
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    Not that! Why didn't you fight it?!
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    The enemy was coming right at you,
    but you didn't even try to fight!
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    What kind of joke was that?!
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    I'm sorry.
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    Damn you!
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    Leave it at that. We don't
    need any more injured people.
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    Just as I thought.
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    Koyo...
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    You've lost the ability to use
    Energy Manipulation, haven't you?
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    How do you--?
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    I've had a similar experience.
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    So, what are you going to do?
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    How can I regain the ability
    to use energy like I used to?
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    Is that what you really want?
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    Energy Manipulation is for fighting.
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    Do you truly want that power back?
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    Well...
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    You said it yourself.
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    You said your friends died because
    they got involved with the Alkaid...
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    You said you didn't want
    the power of the Alkaid...
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    To reject the stars is to reject yourself.
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    Your power probably won't return
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    as long as you refuse to accept
    your karma as the Alkaid.
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    Then what should I do?!
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    I'm tired of hurting my friends
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    because of some "Alkaid"
    thing I don't even understand!
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    It's true that a bright light
    will encompass everyone close by.
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    But sometimes that light can also
    drive away someone's darkness.
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    Like that? I got it from old man Sonnei.
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    You know Grandpa Son?
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    Tell me! What is the Alkaid?!
    What is the karma of the stars?!
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    If you want to know,
    then head up there.
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    What you can see from that
    mountain summit is one answer.
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    That mountain...
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    How could you let him
    go into the forest at this hour?!
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    Taito can't even beat
    a rabbit as he is now!
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    Are you even listening, old man?!
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    I am. I can't believe
    how overprotective you are.
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    What?!
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    As passengers on the Dou Ya,
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    you will obey our leader's decisions.
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    So that's the situation.
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    He set out of his own accord.
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    If you're his friends, you'll wait
    quietly for him to return.
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    Why did you say it like that?
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    Couldn't you have told them your idea?
    Surely they would've agreed.
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    Oh, you're on their side too?
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    I am your aide.
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    It's just that I know
    all too well what it feels like
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    to be pushed around by a selfish man.
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    Sounds like a horrible guy.
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    Yes, he really is.
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    The stars of the Big Dipper...
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    Ryuko. Would you have had
    this confusion I have?
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    Cheer up, Laila! Not even monkeys
    would bother with that idiot!
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    A dead-end...
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    What's that?!
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    Such strong bloodlust...!
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    Damn! It's no good!
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    Do as you wish.
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    Damn it...
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    Hang on, Taito!
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    Well, I guess I should get going.
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    Leader!
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    This is bad! Laila's gone!
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    No good! I can't find her anywhere!
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    Same here!
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    I see.
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    The sword is missing
    from his room. It's possible...
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    ...that she went into
    the forest to find Taito.
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    This is bad. There are
    savage beasts in there.
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    Let's go look for her!
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    Wake everyone up! Hurry!
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    Right!
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    I'm not even fit to be animal food?
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    Be strong, Laila! Taito needs
    you to be there for him!
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    Oh, it's just a bunny rabbit.
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    Where are you going?
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    What was that?!
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    Get back!
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    No! Stay away! Taito! Taito!
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    Laila!
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    Taito!
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    That's the one from before!
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    Hang on! I'm coming!
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    I won't make it in time!
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    You okay?
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    Y-yeah!
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    Taito... That was Energy Manipulation!
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    I- I wanted to save you,
    and then it just came over me...
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    Taito!
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    No way...
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    Laila!
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    Laila! Say something!
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    Damn! Please be all right!
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    We're almost to the top.
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    Thanks.
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    It's so pretty!
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    Yeah...
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    So this is the answer?
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    That's up to you.
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    Koyo!
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    When did you get here?
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    This is the answer
    to "What is the Alkaid?"?
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    Taito. What do you see?
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    The countryside, and lots of villages
    and small rivers everywhere...
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    Oh, you do get it!
    That, in itself, is one answer.
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    Long ago, this area
    was a barren wasteland.
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    There was constant fighting,
    and everyone suffered from starvation.
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    But one day, from out of nowhere
    a lone man came to this land.
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    The man gave the people
    seeds of rice and wheat.
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    But that wasn't all.
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    He also taught them how to channel
    water from rivers and build canals,
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    as well as how to save food for winter.
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    It was in this way that the people
    were freed from starvation and poverty
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    and obtained peace.
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    On the man's shoulder was
    the same pattern you have, Taito.
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    You don't mean...!
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    His name was Shuo. He was
    the first emperor of the Xian Empire.
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    The first emperor... was the Alkaid?!
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    Wait! I heard that this Shuo guy
    built the empire after a lot of fighting!
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    Of course he fought. To protect
    the people and this landscape.
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    But this is only one answer.
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    What is your answer, Taito?
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    My answer...
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    Taito...
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    Laila!
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    Laila! Thank goodness you're all right!
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    I'm sorry for worrying you!
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    That's okay! All that
    matters is that you're safe!
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    Koyo.
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    What is it?
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    I can't figure out
    what my answer is after all.
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    I don't know what I can do,
    or even what the Alkaid is.
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    I have no idea at all,
    however hard I think about it.
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    But I want to try to find it now!
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    I don't know what I can do,
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    so I'm gonna give my best shot
    at everything I think I can do.
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    At the very least, I won't have
    any confusion until I find the answer.
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    Is that a bad idea?
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    No, I'd say it's a pretty good one.
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    Yeah?
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    Whew! I'm feeling kinda hungry! Food!
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    "Give a shot at everything," huh?
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    Sounds like you already
    have your answer.
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    saezuri o wasureta toritachi ga
    tobu koto sae nakushita toki
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    komorebi wa hikari o nugisutete
    ookina koe de nakimashita
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    bokura ni nani o takushite
    asahi wa mata terasun darou
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    saa
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    te o narashimashou
    anata e todoku you ni
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    te o narashimashou
    mada sukoshi tarinai
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    te o narashimashou
    itoshisa komiagete
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    te o narashimashou
    kono mama toki ga owatte mo
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    mada todokezu jimai ni shiteita
    anata e no omoi o koko de speak out!
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    Every go every where
    kono uta ni nosetodoke feel now!
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    te o narashimashou
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    Every go every where
    kono uta ni nosetodoke feel now!
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    Is the colorful celebration
    an attempt by the Dubhe
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    to swallow the empire whole?
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    Seizing control of the empire
    is but the beginning.
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    I decided to do everything
    I can do. I'll start by...
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    It won't be much of a party if the
    Dubhe isn't pitted against the Alkaid!
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    If saving this land is the Alkaid's
    karma, then I'll do just that!
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    Just when pitch darkness
    covers the empire whole...
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    On Hero Tales, "Chapter Sixteen:
    Dubhe, Devourer of the Heavens."
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    Alkaid! You will bow before me, too!
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    "See you next time!"