E7 - Thus Saith the Elder
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The magic in this world is divided
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into the six elements of fire, water,
earth, wind, light, and darkness.
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Fire, water, earth, and wind each
have their own magic attacks,
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while light is basically used
for healing magic.
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Darkness alone is unique--
in that strictly speaking,
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it isn't magic that manipulates darkness.
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Any specialized magic that doesn't
fall under the previous five elements
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are included under
the umbrella term of "darkness."
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As can be seen by watching
Liscia and Aisha training,
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one can impart one's applicable magic
into their weapons or attacks.
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There are a few who can create more
powerful magic phenomena than others,
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known as mages. When a mage
is assigned to the armed forces,
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the branch they are sent to
will depend on their element.
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Fire elementals go to the army,
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wind elementals go to the air force,
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and water elementals go to the navy.
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Earth elementals end up in the
Forbidden Army, which reports to the king.
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Moreover, light elementals--
which serve as medics--
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are assigned equally to each branch.
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Luckily for us, the earth-elemental mages
were assigned to me,
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and currently, I have the majority
of the Forbidden Army
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employed in some
civil engineering projects.
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Incidentally, my "Living Poltergeists"
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are treated as part of the "other"
category--which makes them dark magic.
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It was in this world that I decided
to take in a little adventure.
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"Never mind, face forward,"
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my heart just cried until it was hoarse
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When you lose something,
is that the end of it?
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Is there no putting things back
the way they were?
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Just as a line of clouds
moves off somewhere
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when you take your eyes
off of them for a moment,
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so does everything else
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I never thought there was a version of me
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that the world would have a need for
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But when I believed in what I believe,
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I found myself as I truly am
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Hello, yes, the first step
I take after nodding
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Hello, yes, is toward
the yet-unseen horizon
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Um...
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"Thus Saith the Elder"
Are you the adventurer who
is temporarily joining our party?
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Hey, could that actually be...?
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Yes, the adventurer who wears a mascot
costume that we've heard about lately.
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His appearance may be funny, but
apparently, he has considerable skill.
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Are you sure we'll be all right
with this guy in our party?
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Well, today's quest is to explore
the passageways beneath Parnam,
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which is a beginners-level quest.
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Where's the harm?
He seems charming enough.
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Hmph, so what if he is?
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Ahem!
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In any event, I look forward
to working with you today.
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He moves a lot better than you'd suspect.
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Nothing to worry about, was there?
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This quest is no challenge at all.
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We're only walking around
these underground passageways,
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looking for impassable routes and
seeing what creatures live down here.
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We still have to keep on our toes, though.
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Stop, everyone!
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--What is it?
--There's something ahead.
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And it's pretty huge!
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A salamander!
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No way! I've never
seen one this big before!
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Wait!
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Salamander fluids are strongly acidic.
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Attacking with close-combat
weapons is dangerous!
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Then I'll use my attack magic!
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Your magic is fire-based, right?
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It won't work against a salamander!
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Which means that we...
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...have no choice but to run!
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Yow!
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Please be careful!
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It will do serious damage if its
secretions get splashed on you!
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Sure, but...!
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Master Mascot!
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Cover your eyes!
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What are you doing?!
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Whew... W-We should be safe
all the way out here...
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Right.
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But is Master Mascot all right?
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It looked like he took a major splash
of that thing's saliva.
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Honestly, how could you trip like that?
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What would have happened
if I hadn't come to rescue you?
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No, you don't have to
apologize so profusely.
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Besides, well, I did
get saved by you, as well.
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Wh-What? Are you saying that you're glad
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that I didn't get burned by that acid,
leaving my skin scarred?
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I'm an adventurer.
I'm used to picking up scars.
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It looks like she's managed to establish
a conversation with him.
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Even though Master Mascot
hasn't said a word.
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How does Yuno know what he's thinking?
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Hmm... Could it be the power of love?
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No way.
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Whew...
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It's a good thing I added acid resistance
to his surfaces, just in case.
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Souma!
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What are you up to in here?
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He...
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...looks a little bigger than the
last time I saw him, doesn't he?
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I commissioned a craftsman down
in the castle town to make him.
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And he moves around
with the same kind of magic?
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Of course.
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Ah! Don't tell me the "mascot adventurer"
they've been buzzing about
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down in the castle town lately is--
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Yeah, that's probably him.
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Joining in with an adventurer party
to explore the underground passages?
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But why would you do that?
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Hmm? I had something I was thinking about.
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I wanted to actually see what
the underground passages were like.
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I can't guess as to what you're planning,
but did you turn anything up?
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Well, in a sense.
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Also, the adventure was pretty fun, too.
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"Nine-Headed Dragon Archipelago Union
An oceanic state. Each island is led by
its own chief, who determines
their maritime territory."
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"Poncho Panacotta: Timid, with no
self-confidence. Full of life
when cooking, he loves
to eat and entertain others."
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"Several days later, morning"
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You all look so good now.
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Your eyes are hollow,
showing no signs of life,
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and your faces look like the spirits
of the dead haunting their graves.
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I know that these many days, you have
eschewed your bedrooms to work,
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battled the numbers
from morning till night,
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and shook off your families' pleas
to stop coming to the castle.
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You are all in very deed my treasures!
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Take pride! For all of the mental strain
you've gone through,
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you have been saving this country!
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It is thanks to your work that,
for the time being,
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we have secured the capital that we need.
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We can now move forward in earnest
with Project Venetinova.
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Venetinova?
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Yeah. That's the name of a new city
we're going to build here.
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If it's on the coast,
does that mean you're making a port?
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Yes. I'm planning to make it
the biggest bay city in the country.
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But we already have Lagoon City in
the Walter Duchy as our primary port.
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Souma, you don't mean...!
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Huh? Oh, no, no! I'm not getting ready
to start any trouble with Duchess Walter!
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Then what is the intended reason
for building a new port?
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While we build a new city here,
we start constructing roads.
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If we maintain a transportation network
from the port to the other cities,
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we can control both maritime
and overland shipping,
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making distribution of goods
much smoother.
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Once the project is complete,
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Venetinova will become
the heart of the nation.
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And the roads that stretch out
around it will be its blood vessels.
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The kingdom's heart and blood vessels...
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Is smoothing out distribution
really that big a deal?
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Yeah, it's big!
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Liscia, do you know how the prices
of things are determined?
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Things that everyone wants
become more expensive,
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and things that are left over become
cheaper. I know that much, at least.
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Right. Prices are determined
in relation to supply and demand.
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If there's an absolute shortage of
something, that's out of our hands,
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but if distribution is done smoothly,
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then if there's a shortage of some
material somewhere in the country,
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it can be brought over from someplace
where there's a surplus.
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"Quantity"
"Price"
it can be brought over from someplace
where there's a surplus.
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"Quantity"
"Price"
Once the commodity excess
and deficiency are resolved,
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"High"
"Low"
Once the commodity excess
and deficiency are resolved,
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and a balance between supply
and demand is achieved,
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"Supplying is easier"
the high prices will gradually decrease.
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"Supplying is easier"
"Prices fall"
the high prices will gradually decrease.
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We'll be leveling prices
throughout the kingdom.
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I do indeed think that lower prices
are a good thing, but...
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Liscia, what do you think is the most
in-demand item in the country--
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the thing that people are seeking
more than anything right now?
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Huh?
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Oh, food!
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That's correct.
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One fundamental reason
for the food shortage
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is that the domestic production
of food crops is too low.
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So as a result, supply shortages are
driving prices up, spurring things on.
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No matter how much food costs,
you can't just stop eating,
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so food costs put the squeeze
on household budgets,
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leaving less money
to spend on other things.
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That is causing the nation's
economy to stagnate.
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The crop conversion away
from cotton is proceeding,
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but that won't produce results right away.
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Right now, out of all our options,
this is the largest,
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most effective measure we can take
to control skyrocketing food prices.
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So we must do whatever it takes to
secure the budget to make this happen.
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Once this project is completed,
our reforms will take a huge step forward.
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This is also thanks to you
cutting out wasteful spending,
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and managing to raise
enough funding for it!
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On behalf of the people, I thank you!
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Your names may not go down in history...
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However, you have made
a far greater contribution here
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than being a hero out on the battlefield!
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That is something that I, Souma Kazuya,
will remember for the rest of my life.
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You men are truly our nameless heroes!
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You really have done a fine job.
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As such, you will have a reward.
Starting tomorrow,
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you may take the next five days off!
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Ordinarily, I would at least
present you with medals,
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but spending funds for that
would be upsetting our priorities,
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after the work you did raising
those funds. I truly am sorry.
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Instead, you may each take one bottle
of wine from the castle's wine cellar.
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You can toast yourselves, sell it
for cash, or whatever you please!
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What was that in there earlier?
I understand that you're happy,
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but weren't you a little too worked up?
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I've been working
since nearly the break of dawn,
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and got a bit carried away
from lack of sleep.
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But Souma, you have those, you know...
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...Living Poltergeists,
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that you can alternately let your
consciousness rest with, right?
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Oh, uh, mm-hmm, I do.
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But we were on the cusp of getting
the budget we needed for this project,
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so I had each consciousness
running full strength.
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Huh. I understand you're working hard,
but don't worry me like that.
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There's no one who can take your place.
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If that happens, you could always
summon another hero, couldn't you?
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Let me get a little sleep. Once I wake up,
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let's go together and see the planned
construction site for Venetinova.
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Ludwin and his men should
already be there starting their work.
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I'll need to go check on that...
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All right. Good night--
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He's already out. Must have been
pretty tired, all right.
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You just said we could always
summon another hero,
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but they wouldn't be you. I'd rather...
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...have you, Souma.
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This is closer to Parnam
than I was expecting.
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Not even enough time to get hungry.
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It's near the kingdom's center,
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and geographically,
it's an ideal place to build a port.
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Why has such a well-suited location
such as this gone unused?
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Your Majesty!
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Welcome, and thank you for coming.
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You, too, Princess.
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Welcome to the future site of Venetinova.
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Ahem!
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You, too, Aisha. Thank you
for escorting His Majesty.
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Ludwin, getting right to it, can I have
a progress update on construction?
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We've already finished marking off
the territory. Construction...
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...was proceeding according to schedule...
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What happened?
Did you run into any trouble?
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Oh, well... Let's not discuss it out here.
I'll explain inside the tent.
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There are people who are opposed
to the construction?
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Yes, sire. They live in a village
a little farther inland from here.
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They're led by an older gentleman
named Urup,
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and insist that we must not
build a town on this land.
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Why are they so opposed?
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It's because this land is
the territory of the Kaijin,
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and if we erect buildings on it,
we will incur its wrath.
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"Kaijin"?
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According to the old gentleman,
it is the god of the sea.
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Kaijin, the god of the sea...
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Does this world have sea gods, too?
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Well, there may be those
who believe in them,
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but I doubt that there actually are any.
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I have never seen one myself, either.
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It's likely some form of superstition,
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but whenever houses are built
on the sea god's sacred land,
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an enormous monster appears out
of the sea and swallows them whole.
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A giant monster comes out of the ocean
and swallows the houses up...
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Ludwin, I'd like to hear
what this old man has to say.
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Huh?
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Where should I go to see him?
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Th-The village is not that far away.
I can show you there now.
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Oh, it's you again!
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I've already told you over
and over about the Kaijin!
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I'm telling you,
building a town down there is--
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Old-timer, forgive me, but would you mind
telling me more about this "Kaijin"?
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And who might you be?
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Acting King of Elfrieden, Souma Kazuya.
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Hmm?
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Y-Your Majesty!
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So, Urup, about this "Kaijin"...
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Oh, Your Majesty,
please reconsider building a town there.
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That land has always
belonged to the Kaijin.
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Which is why whenever we land-dwellers
build any houses on it,
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it becomes angry and destroys them!
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That's why no one from this village--
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to say nothing of the next one over,
or the next one after that--
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dares to live down there!
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Urup, if you know exactly how far
the Kaijin's sacred land reaches,
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would you mind telling me?
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The sea god's sacred land, you say?
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Don't tell me Your Majesty
believes that this "Kaijin" is real.
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No, there's no such thing.
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But since there was folklore that
has been handed down about it,
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I do believe that there is a moral
included in the legend
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that they wished to convey
to future generations.
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And that is what the wrath
of the sea god is?
[18:14] ---
Yeah. The moral of the story is: "Don't
build houses in this specific place."
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If you ignore the warning,
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an unbelievably large monster
will appear from the sea
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and swallow up the houses you've built.
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I think that the wrath of
the sea god is really a tsunami.
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But sire, I have never heard any tales
of that area being struck by a tsunami.
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That's probably because the interval
between tsunamis is very long.
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A hundred years, two hundred... we may
even be talking in terms of millennia.
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Millennia?
[18:48] ---
Before coming back to the castle,
[18:50] ---
I went around to the other villages
surrounding the construction site
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and asked them about
the folklore passed down to them.
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From them, I got a rough estimate as to
the coverage a tsunami would have.
[18:59] ---
And that would be the slashed area
you marked on this map, right?
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That overlaps the construction area
for Venetinova quite a bit.
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Yeah, almost impressively so.
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Then, Your Majesty, are you cancelling
construction of Venetinova?
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The construction project
is moving forward.
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However, we're going to change
the planned construction site.
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Change it? At this point?
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This V-shaped topography
is suited to being a harbor,
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but when a tsunami happens,
there's a terrible risk of harm.
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I'm thinking of moving the planned
construction site over here.
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Th-That area did actually
come up as one candidate.
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But sire, planning for a tsunami that may
or may not come in a thousand years...
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Do we really have to be so--?
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Nothing says that such a
one-in-a-millennium tsunami
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still won't strike us anytime soon.
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As long as we have the chance,
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I'd like to make Venetinova a city
that can withstand a disaster.
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"To provide is to prevent,"
is that what you are saying?
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All of the elders that I asked
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said that as a harbinger of the sea god's
wrath, the ground shook with anger.
[20:11] ---
So, an earthquake?
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That's right.
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When a large undersea quake happens,
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the fault movement causes the sea floor
to rise up and sink down,
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resulting in the sea's surface...
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Well, never mind the reasons.
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Just remember that if the ground
starts shaking, even a little bit,
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there's a risk that a tsunami
might be on its way.
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Very well.
[20:34] ---
Just to be safe, it's best
to consider it possible
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that a tsunami could hit
the country's shoreline at any point.
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So if there's an earthquake,
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people need to get away from
the coast as quickly as possible.
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If possible, they should take shelter
on higher ground.
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We need to spread this information around
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to all the people living near the coast.
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As you wish. In that case,
it would be worth it to consider
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where to take shelter
and preparing routes to get there,
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in case there is an earthquake.
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Please do. Now, as far as
specific construction planning...
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First thing we need to do
is bank this whole area of land
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to elevate our proposed construction site.
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That... is going to take
an awful lot of time.
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I'll have the Forbidden Army's
earth-magic mages make it a priority.
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It will affect the construction
schedules elsewhere,
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but I suppose that cannot be avoided.
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If we place the residential
and commercial districts
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somewhere a bit inland
from the seaboard...
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Best to do the same for any consulates
and other important facilities.
[21:32] ---
That leaves the question of what
to do around the port facilities.
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--His Majesty seems
unusually fired up about this.
--How does a seaside park sound?
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--His Majesty seems
unusually fired up about this.
--Indeed. Then, even if
a tsunami does come along,
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--He worked like crazy to get
the budget to do this project.
--Indeed. Then, even if
a tsunami does come along,
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--He worked like crazy to get
the budget to do this project.
--it would keep any casualties
to a minimum.
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It's only natural that he'd be fired up.
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His Majesty really does care
a great deal about the kingdom.
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Yes, he does. He really does.
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Listen, Aisha...
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Yes, what is it?
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Do you happen to like Souma?
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Yes!
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I have great respect for him!
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Aisha, let's be sure to support Souma,
so he can keep on smiling.
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Yes, of course!
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The wind blowing by rushes
through the world,
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connecting us when otherwise
we never would have met
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Unfurling wings that no one else can see,
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I take flight in search of a miracle
that no one else can find
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Seeking the courage to keep on choosing
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the outcome of an ever-meandering morrow,
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I never want to fear change
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or doubt the blueness of the sky
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More than any dreams I once had
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and beyond any future I've imagined,
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I want to keep on drifting along
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within this transcendentally beautiful
moment I'm spending with you
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If I can make that come true...
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I shoot up through the blue
to the sky where we connect
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Grasp my destiny and reel it in
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And through our joined hands,
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you feel my helpless wish for eternity
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Even if this is only an illusion
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taking place within someone's dream,
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I'll still take this blowing wind
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and hold on tight as I take flight
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