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?
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No. One need but obey the rules.
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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!
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But you didn't seem
to care for it, either.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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It's a shame we won't rise
to the third floor just yet.
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The debut was not to their satisfaction.
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We must be of greater service
to Lord Grandfather.
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Ryan! That arrogant buffoon had the
nerve to interrupt Lord Grandfather.
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Why does Lord Grandfather
have such frivolous fools by his side?
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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.
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Those third-floor wastrels
are out to destroy him!
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In that case, I must catch her in the act.
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That malcontent...
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Kate!
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I've become quite efficient at cleaning.
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All that's left is to clean the bathroom.
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Wasn't it a shock what happened to Rum?
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You were close, weren't you?
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Yes.
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That was unfortunate.
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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?
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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?
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"Thank you"? Thank who?
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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?
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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."