E17 - Finn Ames and the Friend

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    Thirteen ancient wands
    are said to exist in the Magic Realm.
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    The wands choose only those
    with innate talents
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    and bestow blessings upon their wielders.
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    These wands are called the Master Canes.
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    The qualifying round for the Divine Visionary
    Candidate Exam, "The Life Crystal."
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    Each team has three members, and they strive
    to break the crystals of opposing teams.
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    However...
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    It's...
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    It's a team match.
    So why are we forced to split apart!?
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    Damn it!
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    What a problem.
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    I have to go find Finn.
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    Are we totally screwed now?
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    I gotta find him real fast.
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    I'm sure they're in bad shape right now.
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    Crap, crap, crap.
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    Mash and Dot don't have
    their crystals anymore.
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    This is the one crystal we have left.
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    I have to guard it with my life.
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    I-I'm sorry.
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    Please forgive me!
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    Carpaccio.
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    There's a knife in his shoulder.
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    Our birth decides
    who can climb to the peak.
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    Talent is not distributed evenly.
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    That's why you need to live the life
    you were made for.
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    Got that, weakling?
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    He's worse than bad news to go that far!
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    If I were to run into him now...
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    He's on the move.
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    Will he catch on
    because I made noise while running?
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    I have to lay low here.
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    All right. I need to sever
    my presence as organic matter.
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    I am a wall. Stay away.
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    I am a wall. Stay away.
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    I am a wall. I'm a wall. I'm a...
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    He's gone. I successfully became a wall.
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    What are you doing?
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    I am a wall.
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    You're funny.
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    H-Help me!
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    Please. I'll lick your shoes.
    I'll even lick between your toes.
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    Please help me!
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    You... You're Finn Ames.
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    Huh? How does he know me?
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    The continuing student
    who barely made the cutoff.
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    I've become famous in the worst way!
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    I remember you well.
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    I was wondering
    how someone like this is at Easton.
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    And yet, here you are
    at the Divine Visionary Candidate Exam.
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    Did your brother get you in?
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    I feel nothing but dissatisfaction
    when I see talentless trash like you.
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    Give me that crystal.
    It's not suitable for the likes of you.
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    Hurry up and hand it over.
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    He's so scary!
    This is totally intimidating.
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    But...
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    this crystal holds Mash's future.
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    The choice I need to make...
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    Protect this crystal to the...
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    Why am I suddenly bleeding?
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    Magic?
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    What did you just try to do?
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    You're weak but acting like a big shot.
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    I'm asking you.
    What did you just try to do?
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    Oh, this is that distinct feeling
    I get when I'm truly terrified.
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    My blood vessels are squeezed shut,
    and my heart is clamped down by a cold chill.
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    Surely you're aware
    of the difference in our abilities.
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    You're going to lose that crystal anyway.
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    Be submissive and had it over.
    It's better to not feel any pain.
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    You don't want to end up like that, do you?
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    I won't say it again.
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    Now, give it up.
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    I'd say we've got
    three standouts in this exam.
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    Mash Burnedead, who can't use magic.
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    Lance Crown, the top transfer student.
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    And...
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    Carpaccio Luo-yang,
    the top continuing student.
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    But I always imagined he was like me
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    with no interest
    in becoming a Divine Visionary.
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    I'd guess Orter Madl cut him a deal,
    like he did with me.
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    Carpaccio is a prodigy, chosen by
    a wand fit to be a national treasure.
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    It's not an exaggeration to say
    he's the most talented in our academy.
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    Not quite mature. An unripe fruit.
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    Blessings from the earth...
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    My gratitude to all living creatures...
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    And Daddy and Mommy, thank you
    for bringing me into this world.
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    I don't get it.
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    That crystal will end up as mine anyway.
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    Don't give up.
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    If I can protect this crystal
    during this showdown...
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    Now is my chance,
    as he's totally underestimating me.
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    I haven't used my personal magic yet.
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    That's what I'm betting on.
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    Dangerousse!
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    Nothing is happening?
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    A lie so he could escape.
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    I can catch up soon enough.
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    Changeas!
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    This is where I crushed the first crystal.
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    The student I beat earlier is gone.
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    Magic that switches locations.
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    The reason Finn didn't use his magic
    until now was to catch me off guard?
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    All right. I gained quite a bit of distance.
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    It was the right decision to save
    my personal magic till the end.
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    I'll make my escape...
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    What? My leg...
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    It hurts... Damn it...
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    Footsteps?
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    This is bad.
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    Is this your last-ditch effort?
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    You already understand, don't you?
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    The difference between you and me!
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    Now, give it here.
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    Weakling. You need to step down.
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    What is that magic? He transfers damage?
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    That's going way too far.
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    Enough alre—
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    No...
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    I will not give this to you.
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    But I really am glad.
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    To have a great guy like you for a friend.
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    Even if I'm a loser...
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    Even if I'm a coward...
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    Let's come back again sometime.
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    I can't do it.
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    I can't do something as pathetic
    as abandoning my friend!
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    Nalcos!
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    Nalco—
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    That's enough. How abominable.
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    Incompetent people who make
    an effort irritate me the most.
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    I will show you
    that all your efforts are in vain.
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    Hey, this is looking bad.
    If he cuts his neck...
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    I will not...
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    - Stop.
    - If he keeps going, it'll kill him.
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    No matter what, I will not...
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    It wasn't in vain.
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    Because I'm here now.
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    Finn...
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    Thank you.
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    Mash.
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    Mash.
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    Sorry I'm so late.
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    Huh?
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    What does this mean?
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    I'm incapable of feeling pain.
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    What's that?
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    My wand is special.
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    What nonsense are you talking...
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    Mash's attacks are reflecting back at him?
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    My magic transfers damage I take
    back to my opponent.
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    So if I get hurt...
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    Mash!
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    His wounds healed?
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    On the other hand, all pain I suffer
    is absorbed by this wand.
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    I don't control it.
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    The inability to be hurt
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    is the blessing of the Master Cane,
    the most ancient of wands.
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    This power was automatically activated
    the moment it chose me.
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    Thus, from the moment I was born,
    I've never felt any pain.
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    The most ancient of wands,
    of which there are only 13.
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    He's making full use of a Master Cane.
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    Bona fide talent
    acknowledged as a chosen one.
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    We sure have a good crop
    of first-years this year.
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    I would like to feel pain.
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    But someone of your caliber
    is a far cry from dealing pain to me.
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    Let's hurry up and end this.
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    He stabs himself
    to damage his opponent.
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    It's an unavoidable attack.
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    That's useless.
    No attack can give me any pain.
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    It's no good. All the damage
    is reflected back to Mash.
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    It's like Carpaccio
    is always on the offense!
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    You can't even call this a fight.
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    This is a farce.
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    A person's fate is determined
    by the abilities they are born with.
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    What you're doing now
    is for self-satisfaction.
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    Completely useless.
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    The same can be said
    for Finn Ames over there.
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    A loser from back in middle school.
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    Always compared to his brother,
    but always on the verge of flunking.
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    He's out of place to begin with.
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    People like him don't belong here.
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    He can't even protect
    a single crystal on his own.
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    He's a weakling,
    always being saved by others...
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    You're an eyesore, Finn.
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    You have a point.
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    It's wiser to quit something
    if you can't do it.
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    And it's important to look at yourself
    objectively so you can know your place.
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    Finn's actions in your eyes
    may be futile efforts,
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    and he may be an eyesore.
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    But...
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    desperately standing against
    something you fear...
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    My friend is standing against someone
    overwhelmingly stronger than himself.
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    And to thoughtlessly laugh
    and look down on him...
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    I won't allow that.
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    Mash.
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    Consecutive attacks?
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    If Mash incurs any further damage...
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    Consecutive attacks
    so the healing speed can't keep up.
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    Useless. Such a simple tactic
    to attempt to break through.
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    I had the slightest bit
    of expectation from him.
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    But what a shame.
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    What? A crack in the Goddess Statue?
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    Did the Goddess Statue
    actually have a capacity limit?
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    Impossible.
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    This has never happened before.
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    Of course, I'm a million times
    stronger than you are.
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    But when you realize that, can you
    stand against me like Finn stood against you?
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    Mash.
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    What kind of body does this guy have?
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    Damn him.
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    This is the first time someone
    cracked the Goddess Statue.
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    But the Goddess Statue
    triggers automatically.
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    It simply becomes more defensive
    the more attacks I withstand.
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    I won't kill you right away.
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    I feel elated...
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    to the fact that such a human existed.
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    In this world, where everything...
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    is nothing but a haze.
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    An iron wand?
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    No way!
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    He's sculpting the iron wand
    with the strength of his fingers?
SIGN    BAM
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    He made a tennis racket!?
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    He's dodging the syringes
    while targeting repeated shots
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    at that one crack
    in the Goddess Statue!?
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    Is he...
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    playing wall rally with that nurse?
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    Impossible.
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    If you want to know that badly,
    I'll teach you.
SIGN    FWIP FWIP
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    What pain is.
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    Wasn't that a bit excessive?
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    Come on, you're kidding me.
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    Is that even possible?
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    Carpaccio, a savant
    chosen by a Master Cane.
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    He was just defeated by something
    similar to wall-hitting tennis!
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    A decisive victory
    against a Master Cane user.
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    Um, Mash...
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    I'm sorry, it's my fault.
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    Thank you.
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    I'm a klutz, and I always trouble others.
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    But I can still stay together
    with everyone thanks to you.
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    Thank you.
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    Yeah. I'm glad.
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    So this is pain...
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    I can't stop bleeding...
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    And the pain spreads with each heartbeat.
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    It hurts... It hurts...
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    So pain is something...
    this horrifying, huh?
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    Such a...
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    He withstood this much pain
    for someone else?
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    Are you okay?
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    Yeah.
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    Thank you.
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    But when you realize that,
    can you stand against me like Finn did?
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    Indeed, the difference is obvious.
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    I was utterly outmatched.
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