E10 - The Final Pair

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    "The Final Pair"
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    Mistress Kate!
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    Give me your hand!
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    It seems I was born with a sturdy body!
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    She cleared a large area of thorn trees
    so we'd have somewhere to land,
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    then placed her pushcart full of
    flowers and leaves there as a cushion.
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    Did she plan this from the start in case
    she couldn't operate the crane?
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    Is there anything she doesn't think of?
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    Emilico, you're bleeding!
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    I've scratched my face!
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    Forgive me, Mistress Kate!
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    There's a river nearby.
    Let's go wash it and get you patched up.
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    It's just a little cut on your head.
    It's not very deep.
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    I really am a sturdy doll!
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    But what about you,
    Mistress Kate? You're not hurt?
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    Kate is just fine.
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    I'm so glad! We're both safe now,
    and we can still pass the test!
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    Only ten minutes left.
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    They still have a long road ahead.
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    The bleeding stopped.
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    Then let's go!
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    Mistress Kate?
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    Don't tell me it's already too late.
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    Mistress Kate...
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    You've been true to who you are.
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    It's apparent from the way Patrick acted.
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    That's all Kate needs to be content.
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    It's over!
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    Not everything went as planned,
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    but I succeeded in the end.
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    This debut marks a major step for me.
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    I had that incident in the hall.
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    And the living dolls were
    tougher than I thought.
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    I did foresee the
    blossoming of John's power.
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    Ricky was nearly flattened,
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    but that, too, was a needless concern.
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    A bit hasty, perhaps?
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    The sootglass has not run out yet.
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    It would take me over ten minutes
    from that point, and I know the way!
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    It's physically impossible
    no matter how fast they run!
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    The writing is on the wall.
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    You kids need but do as I say.
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    Now keep your mouths shut!
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    Then do as you please.
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    What's that sound?
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    "Check the upper level"?
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    What's Allie talking about?
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    It's going as planned.
    It's going as planned!
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    Come what may,
    it must all fall into place.
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    I have the whole ending planned!
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    And this one? I'm not sure.
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    Seeing this again, they seem so ordinary,
    yet the information is flawless.
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    It's as if they know
    they're being watched.
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    Don't tell me...
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    What did I overlook?!
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    Stopping by the river was a good idea!
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    I wonder where this river
    comes from and where it goes.
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    We're on a hill, so perhaps it connects
    to a waterway that supplies the house.
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    It's just like you thought!
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    Yes, but converting the pushcart into
    a boat was a fabulous idea, Emilico!
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    Very impressive.
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    You really do never give up.
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    But this wouldn't have worked
    without you, Mistress Kate!
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    Careful! There's a sharp turn.
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    Kate! She can...
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    She can control soot!
    Why has she not done so till now?
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    Did her power just awaken?
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    No! She was hiding it.
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    She was always capable of it.
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    Damn it! Why didn't I notice?
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    Her clothes!
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    Your clothes didn't get dirty.
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    You were so anxious
    and emitting lots of soot,
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    but you controlled it
    so you wouldn't get dirty.
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    You never gave up, Mistress Kate,
    so there was no way I would, either!
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    You're always carefully
    watching Kate, aren't you?
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    This is dangerous! Let's get off!
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    Stay the course!
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    Emilico, do you know why I named you that?
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    It's true that living dolls are usually
    given names that resemble their master's.
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    Shadows aren't supposed to care
    what their living dolls are named.
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    But I wanted you to be a unique
    individual separate from Kate.
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    So, I gave you a unique name.
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    Emilico, there's so much I wish
    to tell you once the debut is over.
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    I'll tell you all my secrets.
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    Jump out!
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    Mistress Kate has arrived!
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    Apologies. Kate's not very strong.
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    I felt so happy cradled in your arms!
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    This way, please.
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    The others who passed
    have already filed into the hall.
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    You were the last to arrive.
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    If she could control soot
    before the debut test,
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    why did she hide it?
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    What are you up to, Kate?
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    Why is Master Ryan clapping?
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    Oh...
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    Did it finally happen?
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    Rum?
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    Rum.
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    Mistress Shirley! You remembered my name.
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    Forgive me for choosing my own name.
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    The name Rum is all right with you?
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    I'm so glad.
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    I thought we'd make it to the exit.
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    I was sure there was time.
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    But Mistress Shirley started slowing down.
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    Though we had no hope
    of making it in time,
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    I continued to hold her hand.
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    And her gentle voice saying my name
    remained ever in my mind.
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    Happiness was right before me
    if only I had opened my heart sooner.
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    I would have been able to
    kiss her good night now.
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    I finally became your face, Mistress Kate!
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    When living dolls wear a portrait,
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    they refrain from speaking and
    express only their master's emotions.
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    Kate, you are free to mingle
    with the other shadows.
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    However, you must not speak of
    your soot powers with them.
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    That is between the Star Bearers and
    those in which such power has awakened.
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    Understood.
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    Any questions?
[11:02] ---
    No. One need but obey the rules.
[11:05] ---
    How infuriating!
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    Let's go.
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    Congratulations to Kate,
    the final candidate to pass.
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    Everyone from the
    children's wing is gathered here.
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    Would you like a cup?
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    Thank you.
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    What is it? It's so dark.
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    It's a drink served only
    to shadows with faces,
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    in other words,
    those who are deemed adults.
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    It's so bitter!
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    Once you get used to it,
    you won't be able to get enough.
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    Drink, and your worries shall vanish.
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    It's probably a drink called coffee.
    It was mentioned in a book.
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    But Kate doesn't care for it.
    She prefers tea.
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    It seems such a waste. Allow me!
[12:05] ---
    But you didn't seem
    to care for it, either.
[12:08] ---
    It's so bitter!
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    Kate, congratulations!
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    I am Maryrose! Our faces
    are already well acquainted.
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    Rosemary's shadow master!
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    O most beauteous Kate,
    our faces are on the same team,
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    so you shall become
    quite close to Maryrose.
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    Should you have any questions,
    let Maryrose guide you!
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    Now be at ease.
    It was a pleasure meeting you!
[12:42] ---
    She's a lady, right?
    It's just, she seems so gallant.
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    Maryrose!
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    Don't spoil the children.
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    Sarah.
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    Congratulations, Kate. Well done.
[12:55] ---
    Sarah thought you a failure, but even
    the lowest-ranked shadow passed.
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    One gets shivers up the spine
    with each visit here.
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    For it's not every day one gets
    to visit Lord Grandfather's wing.
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    But there will come a day when
    Sarah shall be summoned here.
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    Of course, this is but the first floor.
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    It may seem strange after
    entering from the garden,
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    but this is the ground level.
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    As the lowest ranked,
    you must work hard to move up.
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    For starters, you may use Louise
    as an excellent example.
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    Louise is at the top.
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    Here are the four pairs
    that have grown up today.
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    Please give a hand to the newest
    members of the children's wing.
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    Congratulations! Well done!
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    Four pairs?
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    Oh...
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    Emilico, you must be sad.
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    Four of five pairs passed this time,
    a most impressive feat.
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    And the single incompetent pair
    that failed will be...
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    ...discarded!
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    Oh, what a joy to bask in this glory.
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    Louise is so beautiful that anyone
    would want to be like her.
[14:14] ---
    How can they be so delighted
    in the failure of their own kind?
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    What happens to shadows who fail?
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    How should Patrick even feel, Ricky?
[14:27] ---
    No, one must learn on one's own.
    Be confident, Patrick!
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    So it was Rum.
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    She seemed to be doing well,
    but she'll be discarded?
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    No! One cannot question
    Shadows House's rules.
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    Isn't that right, Shaun?
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    Let us adjourn to the garden!
    It is time to be received in audience.
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    Kate.
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    Now for an encounter
    you shall never forget.
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    Presenting the noblest of personages.
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    Lord Grandfather waved to me!
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    Such a glorious sight!
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    So he's the root of all this evil.
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    That dark drink they gave us...
    Don't tell me--!
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    Forgive my intrusion.
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    Let us see your faces.
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    Lord Grandfather...
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    ...here are the results.
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    Louise receives passing marks for
    facial compatibility and soot volume.
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    John's soot volume surpasses expectations,
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    but his personality
    is ill-fit for his face.
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    Patrick is compatible with his face,
    but his soot volume is poor.
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    As you saw, my lord, Shirley
    had yet to acquire a personality--
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    a fundamental flaw.
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    I foresaw such outcomes based
    on their pre-debut information.
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    The living doll, Rum,
    is inadequate as a face.
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    It's believed that she never
    gave her master a kiss good night.
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    Edward, let us test your knowledge.
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    What is a shadow, and what is its purpose?
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    A shadow is a form of morph, a parasitic
    fairy skilled in mimicry and imitation.
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    We all once took this form.
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    Lord Grandfather devised the process
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    by which morphs acquire
    personalities and become shadows.
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    In stage one, morphs
    are shown living dolls
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    so they may recognize
    and mimic the human form.
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    In stage two, a personality is acquired
    by interacting with a living doll.
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    And in stage three, soot powers awaken
    and unification takes place.
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    In short, a face is acquired by
    taking over the doll's body,
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    creating a perfect being possessing soot
    powers and transcending humankind.
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    But if the shadow fails to
    acquire a personality in stage two,
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    we may infer that its
    morph's life force was too weak.
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    Shirley certainly fits that pattern.
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    No wonder she withered on the vine.
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    But to perish like soot
    in the wind was a first.
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    It was hilarious,
    but one can't help but wonder.
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    Edward! Did you foresee that happening?
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    N-No, not like that!
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    I wished to entertain
    you third-floor lords.
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    And I tried to save the
    trouble of discarding her
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    by having her in the debut.
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    A slight error on my part led to Shirley
    bonding with her doll during the debut,
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    and even though she was doomed to die,
    her personality began to develop.
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    That is why these
    unforeseen events occurred,
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    or so I believe.
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    Perhaps I went too far in staging
    a shadow's death as some sort of show.
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    It is only natural that
    the failures be culled.
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    We need but those who
    prove useful to Lord Grandfather.
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    The manner in which the debut
    was held is another concern.
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    It led the faces to fret
    over trivial matters.
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    Faces with ideas of their own may
    cast doubt upon Shadows House.
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    Of course, we can have them
    drink Lord Grandfather's soot coffee
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    to alter their thinking.
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    That swiftly erases their memory,
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    filling them with
    loyalty toward Grandfather.
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    But what of shadows influenced
    by the doubts of their faces?
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    Grandfather's soot has
    no effect on shadows.
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    Indeed, the greatest risk lies in shadows
    being influenced by a doll's defiance.
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    But if we use the coffee to make
    faces loyal to Lord Grandfather,
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    that will influence their shadows,
    so you needn't be concerned.
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    I've had Shirley's living doll, Rum,
    drink the coffee to reset her memory.
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    She'll be repurposed as a veiled doll.
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    I take great care that
    malcontents do not take root in--
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    You think Ryan is worried
    about such matters?!
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    No one would dare defy us!
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    Forgive me. I shall take
    more care from now on.
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    Enough about that.
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    Now then, Kate, the lowest ranked of all,
    was quite amusing.
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    Her power awakened,
    a laudable achievement.
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    Edward.
[20:13] ---
    By using this debut as a proving ground
    for the Shadows family's potential,
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    you hastened a shadow's
    awakening and more.
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    From this day forth, we place
    the children's wing in your care.
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    Let us see how you do.
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    However!
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    As judge, you failed but one pair,
    and they were already goners.
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    Such meager results will
    never get you to the third floor.
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    Understood. I shall redouble my efforts.
[20:53] ---
    It's a shame we won't rise
    to the third floor just yet.
[20:57] ---
    The debut was not to their satisfaction.
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    We must be of greater service
    to Lord Grandfather.
[21:06] ---
    Ryan! That arrogant buffoon had the
    nerve to interrupt Lord Grandfather.
[21:11] ---
    Why does Lord Grandfather
    have such frivolous fools by his side?
[21:15] ---
    I should be the one serving him.
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    Those malcontents...
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    Once I expose them,
    Lord Grandfather will understand.
[21:25] ---
    Those third-floor wastrels
    are out to destroy him!
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    In that case, I must catch her in the act.
[21:33] ---
    That malcontent...
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    Kate!
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    I've become quite efficient at cleaning.
[21:44] ---
    All that's left is to clean the bathroom.
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    Wasn't it a shock what happened to Rum?
[21:52] ---
    You were close, weren't you?
[21:54] ---
    Yes.
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    That was unfortunate.
[21:57] ---
    But living dolls no longer of service
    to Shadows House must be discarded.
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    That's the way it is.
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    No ash, no, just shadow
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    A no- "I" body, like a dolly
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    I'm hollow, where'd I go?
[22:30] ---
    Nobody knows
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    A murky "I" with black-hole eyes
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    A mimic, oh my! I'm in disguise?
[22:41] ---
    "Thank you"? Thank who?
[22:44] ---
    Every answer is true
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    If I am no one
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    And I can do nothing
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    Is it a waste to keep living?
[22:58] ---
    Is it wrong to go on?
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    What's missing here is me, me, me
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    Without a self
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    Swept away before anyone see, see, sees
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    Like dust from the shelf
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    Neither happy nor sad
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    Don't feel good or bad
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    Not up to snuff
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    I can't even bluff
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    Would you believe this stuff?
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    Next episode, "The Dark Drink."
[23:43] ---
    Next episode,
    "The Dark Drink."