# E8 - The Fog
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Barkhorn and the others defeated
the Neuroi around Hamburg,
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so the route to Kiel is clear.
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The operation to take back Kiel
by the Western Theater forces
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is about to begin, right?
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At this rate, maybe we'll be having
the Saturnus Festival in Berlin!
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We shouldn't be thinking
that far ahead, Eila.
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I know.
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We need to get Kiel back, right?
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It's gotten foggy.
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The fog is thick.
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Eila!
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Neuroi?
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Ahead of us. Distance: 500!
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Him, huh?
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It's running.
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Let's follow it.
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Oh, no!
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Jerk!
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Damn it! I can't see
anything with this fog.
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Where'd it go?
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It's not in detection range.
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It seems to have fled.
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Did this fog come from that Neuroi?
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Seems like it.
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"Episode 8:
The Fog"
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Neuroi around Kiel, too?
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Yes. They seem to have
the ability to create thick fog.
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I'm sorry, they escaped.
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I thought it would be easy
to get Kiel back, but...
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Understood. I'll tell HQ immediately.
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Thank you.
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Miyafuji?
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A letter for Eila?
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Yes. But I can't find her anywhere.
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Fine. I'll help you look.
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Thank you.
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By the way, was this tree always here?
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Oh, that's for the Saturnus Festival.
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Saturnus Festival?
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It's a winter festival, right?
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They cover it with
decorations and celebrate,
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so that everyone can
have a happy new year.
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Oh, Sanya!
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Sanya!
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Do you know where Eila is?
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We're looking for her and can't find her.
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Eila?
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This way, I think.
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I think she's here.
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This is Yeager and Lucchini's room.
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Come in!
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Excuse us.
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That's her.
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Oh, Sanya!
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Wow.
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Did you know she was here, Sanya?
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No. I just guessed.
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You have a letter, Officer Juutilainen!
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It's from Nipa.
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What's that, Eila?
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This? It's called a *himmeli*.
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It's a good-luck charm in Suomis.
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That's a neat shape!
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It's almost time for the
Saturnus Festival, right?
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I'm making a lot of them
to help decorate the tree.
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And there's all the tools
she needs here, so...
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What do you think, Sanya?
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It's cute.
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We will now have an emergency meeting.
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Everyone to the briefing room.
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I'm not done yet!
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You're aware that the western theater forces
will be launching an attempt
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to recover Kiel port, right?
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They're launching a pinpoint air attack
on the cannon emplacement Neuroi, right?
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That was the plan,
but look at this recon photo.
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What's that? It's pure white.
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This is Kiel right now.
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It's covered in thick fog, and you can't see
further than five meters, even in the day.
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Could it be...?
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The Neuroi we saw?
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Yes. We can't launch a
pinpoint attack like this...
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So the attack's called off?
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No. The brass wants Kiel back no matter
what, for the assault on Berlin.
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So in two days they'll be
launching a saturation strike.
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A saturation strike?
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If they do that...
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It will do serious damage
to Kiel's port facilities.
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Wait!
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What about Operation Southwind?
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And the attack on Berlin?
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We'll have to wait for
the port to be rebuilt.
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Don't be ridiculous!
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Calm down, Trude.
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Are you okay with this, Hartmann?
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Of course not.
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This is the brass's orders.
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So Barkhorn, Yeager, Hartmann,
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Clostermann, Lucchini, and Lynette,
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you'll be joining the
bombers as an escort.
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Get ready.
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You'll be leaving for a
Britannia airport at 1400.
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Then you'll be standing by at the airport.
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Roger!
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Are you really okay with this, Mina?
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Of course not.
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But it's the army's decision.
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We don't have a choice.
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But even if we get Kiel back,
if we lose the port...
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Operation Southwind will
be postponed past spring.
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And when that happens,
both you and I will be 20!
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The limit of our magic power
could come at any time--
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I know that!
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I want to take Berlin back
with my own hands.
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But it's an order.
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There's no other way!
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I'm sorry. You're right.
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If we had more time...
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I hope the god of Saturnus gives us time...
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Oh, Sanya?
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What do you think?
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Sanya?
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All we can do is wait.
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Yeah.
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Can we talk, everyone?
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You want to defeat the Neuroi
creating the fog yourself?
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Yes.
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Eila and I saw it here.
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And Kiel is here.
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Given the radius of
the fog, the Neuroi is...
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Somewhere in a 20-kilometer
radius around Kiel.
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So we'll get close enough
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to use my wide-area detection
to track down its location...
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And we can find it!
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But the fog's so thick
you can't see each other.
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Don't worry. We'll start training.
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You won't be able to see
a thing inside the clouds.
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So I want you to practice maintaining
this arrowhead formation
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by recognizing the engine sounds
and magic power of your wingmates.
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Shizuka, are you there?
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Yes. I'm here!
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Okay, turn to two o'clock!
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Two! Roger!
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What are you doing?
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I can tell where Sanya
is to the millimeter.
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Sorry!
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I'm embarrassed!
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Let's try again.
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The two of you are too close.
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Both of you get 0.8 apart.
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O-Okay.
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Now get closer, 0.2 again.
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Okay!
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Oww!
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Target at 11 o'clock!
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Three, two, one!
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Fire!
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Only Eila hit?
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You're amazing, Officer Juutilainen.
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Sanya's magic is perfect.
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Do what she says and you'll never miss.
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Well, Sanya?
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With this...
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Yeah, I think we can do it.
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"The Next Day"
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We'll make this work, Wing Leader Mina.
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You're not too tired?
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Don't take any dumb risks, okay?
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Yeah. I'm fine.
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Miyafuji, how's your magic power?
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I have plenty left. Don't worry.
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There's the fog.
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Stay in formation, everybody.
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I really can't see a thing!
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We're going in deeper.
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One o'clock.
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Roger!
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Are you tired, Sanya?
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I'm fine.
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Twelve o' clock.
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Distance 2,000!
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Signal detected!
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Neuroi?
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Wow! I can't see a thing!
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Way to go, Sanya!
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Let's get closer quietly.
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Don't shoot until I say it's safe!
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Roger!
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One thousand, left...
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...500!
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Sanya, watch out!
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Eila?
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Huh?
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Officer Juutilainen!
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Eila, what are you doing?
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We're out of formation?
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What do we do, Officer Litvyak?!
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Don't shoot! You'll hit your allies!
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Everyone, fall back!
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Roger.
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That was close.
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An enemy you can't see is rough.
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Eila, why did you fire?
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You shot off in a random
direction without my okay,
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and that's why we failed!
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Wait!
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You were about to be shot!
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Shot? By what?
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The Neuroi!
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It was over there!
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You saw that?
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I didn't see it, but I felt it!
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I didn't feel anything!
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There was nothing there!
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No, it was there!
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Eila, you won't believe me?
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And you won't believe me?
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What's her problem?
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We failed.
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I'm sorry.
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No, you did well.
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Thanks. Get some rest.
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The Neuroi also took my...
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No, please.
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Let me try again.
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There's still time before morning.
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No, it'll be dangerous if you're
caught up in the saturation strike.
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This time we'll make it work.
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I'll get rid of the uncertain element.
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So?
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So you know, Sanya and I, uh...
things got weird back there.
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So...
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So you got in a fight
and you want to make up?
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Don't just come out and say it!
It's embarrassing!
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It's your fault for firing
against her orders!
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You!
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Above average.
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Above average...
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I know what I felt.
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There was something.
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But orders are absolute.
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You won't believe me, either?
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I believe you!
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Your intuition is usually right!
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Miyafuji, you...
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That didn't help at all.
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I know! The *himmeli*!
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You're going again?
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Yes.
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Okay. I'll go, too.
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Eila.
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You stay here.
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Why?
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Mina and the others don't have time.
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What do you mean?
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We can't fail this time.
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So I can't take you.
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Sanya...
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I'm sorry.
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Huh? Where's Eila?
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I took her off the mission.
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Why?
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She defied orders.
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It's her own fault.
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But...
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Let's go. It's time.
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Maintain Delta formation.
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Roger.
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Roger...
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Oh, jeez!
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Initiating search.
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Eleven o'clock.
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It's done.
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I need to put it up now that I made it.
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Eila, what are you doing?
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Putting this up.
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I was taken off the mission,
so I don't have anything to do.
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You're worried about them, aren't you?
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Sanya's strong.
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I'm not worried.
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Hey, Commander Mina.
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Do you not have time or something?
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Sanya was saying something about that.
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She was?
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I see.
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Sanya lost her homeland, too.
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So she knows how we feel.
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We want to take back Berlin
while we're still witches.
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She's a kind girl, so she thinks of this
like it's her own problem, I think.
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If she'd just told me...
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She wanted you to understand, I bet.
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Sanya...
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I didn't feel anything!
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There was nothing there!
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If there was an enemy her
wide-area detection couldn't see...
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What's wrong?
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Sanya's in danger! I have to go!
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Eila!
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We've flown a long way.
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It's not around here.
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It's right in front of us!
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Quietly approach and then launch
an all-out attack on my command.
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*Now*!
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We did it! We did it!
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It came back!
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Then that's...
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A drone?
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Then it's got a controller somewhere?
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That's...
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The Neuroi controller?
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No! I couldn't detect it at all! Why?
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We have to fight it!
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Miyafuji!
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Yoshika, your magic?
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I-I'm sorry...
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It's too dangerous to try
and fight two Neuroi like this.
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Let's retreat.
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Roger.
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It got ahead of us!
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Our shots went through!
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No!
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I finally understand.
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My detection waves
will slide right through it.
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I was detecting the smaller unit.
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But Eila felt this one!
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Eila!
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--Eila!
--Eila!
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I made it!
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Eila, I...
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We can talk later!
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For now, let's handle it!
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You won't get away!
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Eila!
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Shizuka, let's take the other one!
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Roger!
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So that's the core?
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We can't take that out the normal way.
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So...
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Eila, where are you?
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There!
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Gotcha!
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Sanya!
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Eila!
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You can tell where I am, right?
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Shoot at me!
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What are you saying? I can't do that!
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Believe in me! Shoot!
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Take this!
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Eila!
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It self-destructed!
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No! They took out its controller!
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Eila! Eila!
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Sanya!
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Sanya!
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Eila...
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We did it, Sanya.
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Yeah.
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We're almost to Kiel.
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Look, everyone!
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The fog!
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It disappeared!
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Change of plans.
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We will now launch a precision strike
on the Neuroi cannon emplacements.
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Witches, continue your escort.
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Trude, did you hear that?
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Yeah! Roger!
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I just got word.
**[20:44] ---**
Kiel was taken back unharmed.
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Thank you, Sanya.
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We got Kiel back unharmed!
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That's the best present imaginable!
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Now we can finally take back Berlin!
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Yeah.
**[21:03] ---**
It's another good
Saturnus Festival this year.
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Yeah.
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Um, I have a present.
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A present?
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L-Look at that *himmeli*!
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Which one?
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H-Huh?
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I made the one on the far right.
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I made the one on the left.
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Then the one next to mine is...
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I made it.
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As a present for you.
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Will you accept it?
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S-Sanya!
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Of course!
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Yes!
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I got a present from Sanya!
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Hooray! Hooray!
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"To Be Continued"
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This coffee's awful!
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It's made from dandelion roots.
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Dandelion?
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We don't have any real stuff?
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When we take back Berlin,
let's go to a café.
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It's too early to think
about that, both of you!
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Next time on Strike Witches: "Mina's Sky"!
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"Episode 9:
Mina's Sky"
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