# E17 - Hands upon a Nightmare
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Perpetuate existence.
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Wh-What's this?
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She has forced Naenia
to take a bodily form!
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I've thought about this ever so long.
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How could I end this perpetual nightmare?
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How could I lay hands
upon this incorporeal thing?
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At last.
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Now, even I could slay you.
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There is something I wish you to know.
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My father told me,
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"Those born into the nobility
must protect their fief's people.
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The d'Apchier family
takes pride in doing that."
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Therefore, no matter what they do to me
or how much I wish to kill them,
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I could never hate the people
of the d'Apchier fiefdom!
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I love them!
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It is the sworn duty
of those born a d'Apchier.
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But you, I cannot forgive,
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for you took my one, my only,
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and laid hands upon him.
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You defiled Jean-Jacques's true name.
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I shall *never* forgive that.
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As I told you,
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I am a terribly jealous woman.
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"The Case Study of Vanitas"
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What is that sound?!
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W-We have a problem, Captain!
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I'm picking up tremendous
waves of energy from that castle.
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I believe the engine
may have been activated!
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To the castle!
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Astolfo, wait!
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This is *not* good.
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Something is going on in there.
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Vanitas!
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Are you all right?! Vanitas!
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Mademoiselle Chloé?! Naenia?!
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You're harder to kill than I thought.
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Does it hurt? Are you in pain?
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Can you feel my rage?
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Don't... do this.
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Vanitas.
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Do not provoke Naenia anymore than this.
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Oh, the pain!
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It hurts so bad!
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It hurts!
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Chloé! Release her from bodily form!
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Don't make her remember who she really is!
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You won't be able to kill it!
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B-Brother... what was that?
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Calm yourself, Luca.
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We tried so very hard to destroy her body.
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It seems there were still
some remains scattered about.
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Isn't that right, my queen?
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That oppressive force,
it turns my stomach!
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What is happening?
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My body won't stop trembling.
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It will not let me defy
the presence before me.
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Mademoiselle Chloé!
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No! She'll come after you, too!
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Vanitas, what is happening?
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That thing, Naenia, what is it?
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That is Naenia, Death's Keeper.
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It is the malnomen of Queen Faustina,
the first vampire of the crimson moon.
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Her Majesty, the Queen?
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This is bad!
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Her malady was forcibly manifested!
She'll spiral out of control!
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Jean-Jacques!
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Chloé?
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C-Captain! We're floating in thin air!
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The whole place is floating!
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The engine halted!
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Naenia will be disembodied once more!
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I almost forgot.
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I must seek out more names.
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Vanitas!
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You will fail.
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You will never reach him.
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No one can save him.
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All is lost.
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So why do you keep reaching out?
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Hurry up and join us.
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What the devil was that?
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What happened?
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Where are we?
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Our village is gone?
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It's so cold.
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Look!
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The villagers of Saugues, no doubt.
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Vanitas.
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Curse that wretched Naenia.
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Why couldn't she just quietly disappear?
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She truly is rotten to the core.
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Listen to me, Noé.
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Chloé d'Apchier's malnomen
creates a space that protects her.
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And as it spirals out of control,
it corrupts an ever wider area,
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drawing in every living thing in its path.
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It will devour everyone in Gévaudan
if we don't do something.
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You knew?!
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You should have filled me
in if you knew about all this!
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What?!
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And not just about Chloé!
About Naenia, too!
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I wasn't sure about
her true identity till now!
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And I don't like willy-nilly conjecture!
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Got a problem with that?!
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I do!
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If you'd told me, things would've
turned out different!
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Or not. There's no way to know for sure!
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But maybe we could have done something!
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--I could've--
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--You wouldn't have believed me!
--I could've--
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You vampires never listen to humans!
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Do you even realize how many times
I've nearly been slain by your kind?!
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And we're talking about
your queen this time!
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Yes, but I--
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Did you already forget how
Lord Ruthven nearly did me in?!
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You *complete* moron!
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I believe you!
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Ouch! Stop it!
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You make me sick!
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What's that for?
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You really make me sick!
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That hurts.
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So? What now?
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Oh, um...
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You haven't given up on
Chloé d'Apchier, have you?
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Of course not!
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Wolves?!
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I'll let Vanitas handle this while I...
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No, I better not.
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These are no ordinary wolves.
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There's no time!
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What shall I do?!
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Let's have at them, Durendal.
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I thought it was you two.
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I always knew we'd meet again.
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I am ever grateful
for God's guiding light.
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Thank you, O Lord!
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Roland!
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Orcas?!
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Forgive me, but those
are Chasseur transports.
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Things might go south
if they were to spot you.
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It was quite a shock.
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We were suddenly caught in
a blizzard on the way to Saugues.
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Then mountains began to crumble,
and wolves attacked.
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The Beast of Gévaudan
must be behind all this.
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Don't tell me Roland is here
to kill the Beast, too?
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Actually...
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So what's the plan?
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If you two are here,
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there must be a curse-bearing
vampire at the center of all this.
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What can I do to affect
a more peaceful resolution?
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Roland!
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That fool!
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He vanished, leaving us in the lurch.
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You wish to help us? But why?
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How can you say that?
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I thought it was obvious
that I'm quite fond of you two.
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Me, too! I'm quite fond... of you!
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I thank you both!
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Don't drag me into this!
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Don't let the people
of Gévaudan die, Roland.
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Fulfilling her duty as a d'Apchier
gives meaning to Chloé's life.
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So if she were to lose control and
kill even one denizen of this region,
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there would be no saving her.
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And even if we did save her,
there would be no salvation for her soul.
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Can you do that?
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Leave it to me.
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However, I am here as
a paladin of the Chasseurs.
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If the situation gets much worse,
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I will not hesitate to
start beheading vampires.
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Don't force me to slay the Beast.
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Now that that's settled,
it's time to get to work!
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You two take care of what only you can do!
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Hauteclaire.
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You will break it again if you
keep handling it so roughly.
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What?
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You always did fight in
a most uncivilized manner.
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Hold your tongue!
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Where were you?!
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Yes, about that, Olivier.
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May I ask you to do me a favor?
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No, you cannot.
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In that case,
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I need, let's see... I'd say
about 30 minutes of your time.
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We are going on a rescue mission!
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I already said no!
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But you don't agree
with the order, do you?
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Huh?
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The order that said, "Slay every
vampire you encounter in Gévaudan."
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We're not at war here.
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Killing innocent vampires will only
lead to problems that are far worse.
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It's almost as if the Church
is trying to cover up something.
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That doesn't sit well with me.
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So I'd like to speak with the
curse-bearer up there without killing her.
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Speak with a curse-bearer?
Don't tell me...!
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Those two are at it again?!
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Well, what do we have here?
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Georges! Maria!
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Olivier and I will destroy
this abomination!
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The rescue effort is your top priority!
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I don't want a single casualty!
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Yes, sir!
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It's been ages since
I fought by your side.
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Then let's be quick about it!
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Where am I?
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Who am I?
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You are but a puppet and nothing more.
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You need but be a tool.
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A vessel needs not a will of its own.
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Think not.
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Have not wants nor wishes.
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Fail in this, and we
shall claim your head.
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I am a puppet.
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Nothing but a tool.
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Little girl, are you all alone?
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Are you all right?
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Yes, we've decided to
raise the child ourselves.
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It is a pleasure to meet you, Jeanne.
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I am Ruthven.
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Henceforth, I want you to see and
learn all you can under my tutelage.
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You must learn about this world.
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Mother. Father. I'll see you again soon!
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Your mother and father
betrayed the vampires.
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Their betrayal led to the death
of our brethren in untold numbers.
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Children must atone
for their parent's sins.
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No longer are you a vampire.
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You are a tool, a bourreau.
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Think not.
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Have not wants nor wishes.
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Fail in this, and...
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So that's why.
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I didn't do what I was told.
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But they took my parents'
heads instead of mine.
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I am a bourreau.
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I am but a tool.
I need only follow my orders.
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So you're... the Hellfire Witch?
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Go on, quickly now.
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Use your fangs, your talons,
your flames, and...
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Jeanne.
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Think not.
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Have not wants nor wishes.
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Fail in this, and...
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No. Please.
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I will slay her. Please!
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Jeanne?
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Jeanne!
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Lord Ruthven.
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Jeanne, do not forget
the oath you just swore.
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You shall now enter a long slumber.
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You shall sleep until the war ends
and all can live in peace.
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Use this time to heal both body and mind.
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Yes, I had forgotten.
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For that dream was so very long.
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It made me forget that I was a puppet,
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and that I must have no will of my own.
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I must kill Chloé this time.
I must not fail.
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Chloé d'Apchier is not the Beast.
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You've seen it with your own eyes.
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That doesn't matter.
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Lord Ruthven ordered me to put
an end to the trouble in Gévaudan.
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But he never told you to kill her.
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Do you realize how many lives
the Beast of Gévaudan has claimed?
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I have no choice but to slay it.
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And Chloé is a curse-bearer.
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Bourreaus must execute
curse-bearers that have lost control.
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It's too late now.
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She's beyond help.
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That's why I must--
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It's not too late!
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"Hands upon a Nightmare"
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"Just the Two of Us"