1. I'm a nice person. I am.
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2. I know how to be nice.
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3. No, you don't.
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4. I do. I'm nice to everybody.
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5. Then why are most of the stories
you've told me the last few days
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6. about you arriving somewhere
and getting punched in the face?
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7. That's because everyone else
is a horrible piece of shit.
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8. - See?
- What?
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9. So, how do we proceed?
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10. Have the Speakers left?
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11. Yeah.
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12. I'm sorry.
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13. In success, you will see them again soon,
in far happier circumstances.
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14. See? He knows how to be nice.
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15. Is it true, then?
The castle can travel somehow?
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16. We know the stories, but sometimes,
it's hard to separate myth from truth.
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17. Tell her about Dracula's castle, Alucard.
Her day can't get any more ruined.
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18. Dracula's castle moves.
How to describe it?
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19. It travels without moving.
It appears at locations as if...
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20. Well, as if by magic.
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21. There has to be some way to trap it.
How do we start?
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22. I want to go home.
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23. Have you been drinking again?
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24. Some chance. But no.
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25. I want to go home.
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26. The old Belmont estate.
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27. I was under the impression
it was destroyed.
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28. Villagers, pitchforks, and torches.
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29. It was. But the value of the old house
wasn't the house itself.
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30. It was what was underneath it.
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31. The Belmont Hold.
Our family library and trove.
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32. The knowledge and material
of generations of Belmonts
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33. who fought the creatures of the night.
Sounds interesting.
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34. If it survives.
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35. If there are solutions to the problems
of finding and killing Dracula,
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36. - they are in the Hold.
- You're guessing, though.
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37. I am guessing.
I can't read or understand magic.
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38. But my family stored
everything they found,
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39. including books of magic and whatever
other weird stuff they came across.
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40. I just can't do anything with it.
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41. But you two can.
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42. Fortunate, then, that I chose
not to kill and eat you, Belmont.
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43. And that I decided against gutting,
flaying, and turning you into shoes.
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44. Such a merry band we are.
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45. I will find us a covered wagon and horses.
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46. If you two can manage
not to kill each other while I'm gone.
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47. Oh, please. We're not children.
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48. - Eat shit and die.
- Yes, fuck you.
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49. You really believe we could find the tools
to kill my father at your old home?
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50. I'll be honest with you,
I don't have a better idea.
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51. I just know that right now,
we are under-equipped for the job.
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52. I'm trusting you, Belmont.
Don't make me regret it.
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53. Everybody regrets it in the end.
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54. No, no, no! Dracula will decide, not you.
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55. Threaten me all you like.
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56. I will die for him
if I don't kill you first.
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57. You do not question my loyalty. All I'm
saying is that our goals can be met
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58. without gleefully paddling
in the blood of children.
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59. Enough.
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60. I told you all that Hector and Isaac
would guide our next steps.
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61. You will cease this infantile squabbling.
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62. I said...
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63. I said cease!
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64. I am Carmilla.
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65. I am come from far Styria
to join the war council.
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66. Your presence was requested
some time ago, Carmilla of Styria.
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67. Indeed.
But your mighty castle keep moves around.
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68. And with such mighty vampire generals
advising you and prosecuting your war,
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69. what use could you have possibly had
for a regional ruler?
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70. And yet, my lord,
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71. your forces were repelled
from a single city-state.
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72. Your generals are in disarray.
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73. So, I feel that, perhaps, it is time
to offer my insights to your great cause.
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74. And what insights have you, Carmilla?
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75. Why was this new wife of yours
never turned?
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76. What did you say?
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77. You married. You had a child.
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78. And yet you did not make her a vampire.
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79. Why was that?
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80. Were you simply keeping a human pet?
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81. And if so, why is vampire society
going to war with the world over it?
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82. I will speak with you alone.
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83. Attend me.
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84. Yes?
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85. You wished to speak to me, my lord?
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86. That was a dramatic entrance, Carmilla.
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87. It was not meant to disrespect you.
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88. It was to unsettle a room full of men.
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89. I prefer in such situations to arrive
with as many advantages as possible.
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90. And how is it that you're here?
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91. Godbrand has been keeping me
apprised of your castle's position.
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92. Your current location
was also advantageous.
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93. And why has Godbrand been
in regular communication with you?
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94. I suspect he still wants to sleep with me.
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95. And will you?
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96. My lord.
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97. From another man,
that would be impossible impertinence.
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98. And yet I prefer to know
my generals' ties and compromises.
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99. I may. If all the other vampire males
in the world drop dead.
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100. And half the females.
Some of the animals.
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101. Very good, Carmilla.
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102. Speaking of impertinence,
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103. you just denounced the choice not to turn
my dead wife in front of all my generals.
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104. What advantage does my anger buy you?
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105. None.
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106. It's a question
they have all been asking themselves.
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107. I gave you an opportunity
to address it, my lord.
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108. Oh, so you were helping.
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109. - Of course, my lord.
- Then why have you only just arrived?
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110. You were summoned some time ago.
Surely I needed help much earlier.
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111. Distractions at home.
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112. Securing my region.
Villagers, pitchforks, torches.
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113. The usual.
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114. Rejoin the others.
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115. Hector and Isaac, my forgemasters,
will be directing our next moves.
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116. I'm sure they would enjoy your help.
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117. As you wish, my lord.
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118. I'm still not completely clear on why
you don't catch fire in the daylight.
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119. I am half-human.
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120. My mother's name was Lisa,
and she was a mortal.
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121. I would very much like to hear the story
of how that happened.
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122. She actually showed up at his front door.
She found the castle
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123. and banged on the front door
with the pommel of her knife.
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124. She sounds interesting.
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125. Oh, she was remarkable.
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126. She beat on the door
until my father let her in
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127. and demanded
he teach her how to be a doctor.
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128. Wait, Dracula taught a human woman
how to be a doctor?
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129. What was first, bloodletting?
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130. God, you still think you're funny.
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131. - My father...
- Dracula.
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132. is a man of science,
a philosopher, a scholar,
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133. and knows things our society
have forgotten three times over.
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134. Do you still not understand
the enormity of what we're doing?
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135. He's gone mad and from that,
there is no recovering him.
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136. - Shame.
- It's a tragedy.
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137. He's a repository
of centuries of learning.
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138. He could have changed the world.
He might have if Mother hadn't died.
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139. She'd sent him out into the world.
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140. That's why he wasn't there
when the bishops took her.
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141. She sent him away?
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142. She sent him to travel.
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143. To learn the state of the world,
true nature of humans, how they live.
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144. She was turning him.
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145. Imagine if he could have aimed
all that knowledge at improving lives.
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146. If the religious inquisition hadn't proved
his worst instincts about humans.
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147. And now he's going to use her death
as an excuse to destroy the world.
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148. Oh, the world will still be here, Belmont.
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149. Trees will still grow,
birds will still sing,
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150. animals will still hump away
in the undergrowth. But you won't be here.
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151. And you won't be here.
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152. None of you.
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153. The sun will still set,
but you will not see it rise.
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154. There will only be Dracula,
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155. and his war council,
and the hordes of the night.
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156. He writes in great books, you know.
He hews the covers himself from oak
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157. and wraps them in the preserved skin
of the people he hated most.
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158. He writes plans. I've seen them.
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159. Ideas for darkening clouds
and making them as permanent in the air
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160. as the frost of the north.
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161. Strange flying machines that pull shrouds
across the sky to block out the sun.
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162. Imagine it.
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163. A world without humans
under endless invented night.
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164. And Dracula in his castle,
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165. his revenge so complete
there is nothing left to do
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166. but look out over a world
without art or memory or laughter
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167. and know that he did his work well.
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168. That he did it all for love.
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169. - You hear that?
- Animals humping in the undergrowth.
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170. Wait, no.
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171. Which is the nearest town?
Is it still Gresit?
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172. Arges is closer to us.
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173. No further.
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174. Nobody's going to Arges tonight.
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175. You thieving little shit.
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176. I didn't steal anything.
I'm trying to learn.
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177. I found you dying on the street.
I gave you a home and fed you,
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178. and all you were supposed to do
was work quietly and watch my back,
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179. not go behind my back and fuck around
with the tools of my trade.
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180. Sneaking down here,
going through my books.
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181. - I'm sorry.
- What did you think you were gonna learn?
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182. How— How to help you.
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183. You actually wanted to learn
so you could help me do my work?
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184. - Why?
- Because—
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185. Please don't be angry with me anymore.
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186. Just tell me, Isaac. It's all right.
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187. Because I love you.
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188. Oh, bless your heart.
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189. Even after everything in your life,
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190. you're still a sweet boy
who believes in love.
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191. I'm sorry. I just wanted to help.
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192. Well, I love you, too.
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193. That's why I do this.
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194. This is how I love you.
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195. This is how I teach you.
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196. You stop fucking around,
you do as you're told,
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197. you never use the word love again.
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198. No. Isaac.
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199. No such thing as love in this world.
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200. From a party sent to Arges.
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201. - It died 20 yards from our door.
- Arges is some distance.
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202. He must have flown all night.
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203. Why do you do that, the whipping?
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204. Discipline, peace.
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205. Choosing my own actions
and inuring myself to a world of horrors.
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206. Oh, come on, wake up.
We have a horror right here for you.
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207. Imagine, so horribly injured
and so determined to come back to us.
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208. And crapping out a minute
before it managed it.
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209. Useless fucking thing.
Now do your filthy human magic with it.
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210. I'm sorry.
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211. You struggled so hard
to come back home. So loyal.
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212. Perhaps this is all loyalty buys,
in a world without love.
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213. Pain in the night
and death on your master's floor.
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214. Perhaps that's all that awaits me, too.
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215. But you didn't mind.
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216. You came home regardless.
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217. The lesson here
is that I shouldn't care either.
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218. Dracula will bring a pure world
into being. I believe that.
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219. I believe him.
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220. I want, of all things, a pure world,
a clean world,
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221. where there is only loyalty
and only love.
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222. You're so alone.
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223. We have to accept that we've lost
the party sent to Arges.
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224. Taking Arges is bloodshed
for its own sake.
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225. There is no strategy here.
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226. Arges has no real importance.
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227. You should have counseled
an attack on Braila.
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228. - Why Braila?
- If you were serious
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229. about serving our lord's war,
you would have seen
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230. that taking the biggest river port town
in the region was important.
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231. If you take Braila,
you prevent escape from Wallachia.
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232. Any city built over running water
is a place that we,
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233. as vampires, should approach carefully.
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234. Running water? I've never heard
of that affecting vampires.
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235. Death by running water
hasn't happened in many centuries.
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236. - Why not?
- Look around.
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237. We moved into the middle of countries.
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238. I'd been told that vampires
couldn't cross running water.
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239. - I've been on boats. I've had baths.
- When?
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240. - Baths aren't running water, are they?
- Course they are.
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241. How can baths be running water?
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242. The water's stopped being poured
when you get in.
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243. The Greeks used to bury us
on small islands,
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244. because the graves would be surrounded
by running water.
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245. I think I would probably feel
like running water would kill me.
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246. Really? Do you feel like poison
would kill you?
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247. Of course you don't.
It's a thing you learn.
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248. It's not like we're given a manual
for being a vampire.
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249. Enough!
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250. Do you really think that's enough, Hector?
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251. Power is what matters in this world.
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252. I do not see how securing Braila
over Arges gives us power.
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253. Arges is an old, respected town.
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254. I must respectfully disagree
with my fellow forgemaster.
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255. Taking Arges brings only terror
and will scatter the human populace.
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256. Taking Braila seals off
one side of Wallachia.
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257. Interesting, Hector.
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258. I must disclose that I revived
the creature that returned.
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259. The party was attacked on the road.
Their assailants are unknown,
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260. but Arges is close to Gresit.
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261. We are quite certain
that Alucard sleeps at Gresit.
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262. And that there was recently
a Belmont there.
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263. A Belmont? I thought they were extinct.
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264. No. We believe our lord's son, Alucard,
and the Belmont may have worked together
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265. to repel our forces at Gresit.
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266. If there is a Belmont left alive,
then should we not observe
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267. - the ancestral Belmont home?
- Why?
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268. Perhaps on the general notion
that the Belmonts hunted the likes of us
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269. for fucking centuries.
And if there's one left alive,
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270. then it may have access to the trove
of weapons and magical materials
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271. talked of across generations
but never found,
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272. which they used to hunt us
through fucking centuries.
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273. Am I making myself clear now?
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274. This is your War Council, my lord?
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