# E5 - Friends
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That's right. We are known as Charlatan.
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Y-You...!
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You...
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...gate-crashers!
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Yes, I knew it.
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I really *do* know you.
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I have seen you through
someone else's eyes.
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I am almost certain his name was... Louis.
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"The Case Study of Vanitas"
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*You're pondering the simple things,
pretty much: human emotions, and love?*
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*I hope one day you'll understand*
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*Too many wounds have left you
patched together, a miserable sight*
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*That doesn't even know
the definition of "alive"*
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*No need to say,
"Just the two of us" or anything*
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*I've a feeling we can understand
each other, and that's fine for now*
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*I love this world,
and the light only you give me*
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*Makes the world I see
through these fractured eyes*
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*Look gleaming and bright*
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*There's no such thing as a sure thing*
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*But you can see me, can't you?*
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*When sky and void meet, look back
because the dreams will come later*
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Let me introduce you, Noé.
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These are my darling grandchildren,
Louis and his little sister, Dominique.
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Oh, how wonderful it is that
you're here while Dominique is visiting.
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I must once again be off without delay.
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You may ask these two about this place.
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It's nice to meet you, Noé.
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N-Nice to meet you.
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It's nice to meet you, too.
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Really, Noé? You were raised by humans?
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Yes.
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So you've been in the
human world the whole time?
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That's right.
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Where are your parents?
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I don't know.
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My grandma and grandpa said they
found me crying all alone in the snow.
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Really?
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What a dummy.
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You believed what those humans said?
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Louis.
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They probably abducted you
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and were raising you until
you were big enough to eat.
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No!
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Grandma and grandpa aren't bad people!
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They're not.
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Oh, dear. Oh, dear.
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Huh? What's his problem?
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Dang it.
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Sorry about that.
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There, there. There, there.
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So after your grandma and grandpa died,
you were taken by kidnappers?
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Mm-hmm. I was taken
to all sorts of places.
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Finally, the Teacher bought me.
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*Bonsoir*, my little one.
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Why do you call him, "Teacher?"
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When I called him "Master,"
he told me to use "Teacher" instead.
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Noé, it must've been so difficult.
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Are you kidding? I get three meals a day,
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and he took me here
to the world of vampires.
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It's been so much fun, like a vacation.
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You're such a weirdo!
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Enough, Louis. It's not *that* funny.
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Louis and Domi were my very first friends.
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Are you the ones who live in
that castle deep in the forest?
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Mm-hmm!
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I'm Mina!
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Fred!
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Gilles!
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Fanny!
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Let's play!
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We befriended the village children
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and even found a secret hideout.
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Each day was incredibly fun.
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What? Really?
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You can learn things about people
just by sucking their blood?
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Mm-hmm. It's like all these
visions come gushing in.
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Wow, that's amazing! Try it on me!
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Really? I can drink your blood?
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Hurray!
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Huh? I saw lots of myself.
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Wow, it really does work.
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No, I think I'll pass.
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Get him, Noé!
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Attack!
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Well, Noé? Let's have it!
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Noé?
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I saw Louis all alone,
curled up in the darkness.
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It made me sad.
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If only my power as an Archiviste
had been greater back then...
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If only I could have seen Louis' past...
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Domi came to visit each month
from the far-off manor of the de Sades.
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Louis, however, spent his days
at the Teacher's castle.
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Soon after I was born,
I was diagnosed with a "sickness."
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They moved me to Grandfather's castle
so I could get better.
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A sickness? What kind?
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I don't know.
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Do you miss your mother and father?
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Why would I?
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I am dead to the House of de Sade.
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Louis?
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You're still awake?
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Um, is it okay if I sleep
with you tonight?
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Louis?
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Fine. It's not like I have a choice.
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Great. I'll join you.
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You were there, too, Noé?
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Huh? What is happening?
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What, Noé?
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You're scared of thunder, too?
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He's asleep already?
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Brings back memories, huh, Louis?
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The three of us always
used to sleep together.
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We're not little children anymore.
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I wish I could live here all the time.
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Back home, all I do is study
and attend my lessons.
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It's far more fun here,
playing with everyone in the forest.
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I envy you, Louis.
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You shouldn't say that.
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Once you get older and learn
about the world, you will understand.
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You'll understand how much...
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...how much...
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...everyone loves and cherishes you.
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Mm-hmm.
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Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!
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Darte Datin is so wummy.
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That's my arm, not Tarte Tatin!
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Ow! Let go!
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So wummy.
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Enough already, you idiot!
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Wow, look, Domi!
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It's a beautiful blue moon!
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Noé, I'm scared.
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It's all right. Look.
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I could search the world over
and never find another vampire
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who makes such merry at
the sight of the blue moon.
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Grandfather?
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What is a curse-bearer?
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I found documents about me
in your collection room.
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Whoops, I didn't mean
to leave those lying around.
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Nice try. You did it on purpose
so that I'd find them.
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Hold out your hand.
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Is it because I'm one
of those curse-bearers?
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Did my mother and father have Domi
because they wanted to forget me?
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Grandfather, what would you have me do?
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No, you're mistaken, my dear Louis.
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I do not wish for you to
do anything in particular.
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You are free.
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You need only do as you please.
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As for me,
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I simply wish to observe your free will
in action and see its results.
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What's with him?
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That *really* is in poor taste.
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Hey, Louis.
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What are you making?
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It's a secret.
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Come on, Louis. What are you making?
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I told you it's a secret!
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After all, it's my gift to you.
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I can hardly wait.
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Well, try.
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I can hardly wait. I can hardly wait.
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Looking back, I think it
was around that time
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that Louis began to act strange.
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Huh? You're making another one now?
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Yes, I messed up the last one.
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Louis, is there something I can do?
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What can I do to help you?!
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Noé...
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I... am...
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Louis! Noé!
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Domi, is something--
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Noé, I just heard the maids talking.
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And?
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M-Mina is...
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Mina is to be executed
tomorrow? Is that it?
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Mina is to be executed tomorrow?
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But why?
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Why? Because she is a curse-bearer.
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A curse-bearer?
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They are beheaded by a bourreau.
That's the custom.
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You knew about Mina?
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We have to go save her!
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What? Don't be stupid.
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Save her?
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How?
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Can you lift the blue moon's curse?
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Of course you can't.
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No one can save her, Noé!
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How can you say that?!
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I merely speak the truth.
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We won't know unless we try!
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Go ahead! Try to save her
right here, right now!
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Louis.
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Listen here, Noé.
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There is nothing you can do.
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There is absolutely nothing you can do.
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Louis, you fool!
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Noé!
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Noé, I want to save Mina, too.
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Might we not help her flee the village?
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Mina? What's the matter?
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Mina?
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What's wrong?
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Mina? Fred?
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Domi, Noé...
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I'm so glad you're unharmed.
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Huh? Louis?
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Louis!
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Gilles... Fanny...
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Blood. I want blood.
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Blood! Give me blood!
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Domi, run.
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Noé?
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Blood!
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Run, Domi!
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Louis, snap out of it!
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What's the matter?
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Are you angry with me?
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Because I didn't listen to you?
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Louis! Louis, listen!
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It was all my fault!
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Please! I want the old Louis back!
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Kill me. I want you to kill me... Noé.
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What?
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I'm begging you, Noé.
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I can never return to what I once was.
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It won't be long before
a bourreau beheads me.
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If I'm doomed to die, Noé...
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If I'm doomed to die, I want you to...
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...kill me!
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I can't... Louis.
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I could never do that.
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Louis.
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Louis?
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Louis!
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You're so smart,
and you can sometimes be mean.
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You're also kind.
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And we were always together.
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You are my cherished friend.
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That was a close one.
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I was right to hurry back.
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Are you all right, Noé?
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Yes... Teacher.
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Louis said he wanted you
to have this when the time came.
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He told me to keep it till then.
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Wooden stakes?
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It's a secret!
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After all, it's my gift to you.
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Louis, what did you feel inside
while you were making these?
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Kill me, Noé.
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Take that stake and drive it
through my heart!
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Noé!
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Forgive me, Louis.
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I could not save you.
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I could not even kill you
as you had wished.
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Forgive me.
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Forgive me.
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Forgive me.
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Poor thing.
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You were unable to save
your beloved friend.
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How very sad.
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Is it too much to bear?
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Shall I take you to Louis?
Would you like that?
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Then you would no longer feel all alone.
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Just one thing.
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In exchange...
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...I want you to give me your true name.
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I...
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There is absolutely nothing you can do.
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*Non!*
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What are you doing, Noé?
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Did you twist your ankle dancing?
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Vanitas.
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"Friends"
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"Questions"