1. Assemble at Braila. Await the word.
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2. My work here is almost done.
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3. Nothing here but lost children
and confused old men.
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4. The end of this
will be practically merciful.
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5. Really? How hard can it be
to find Godbrand of all people?
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6. There has to be a limited number
of things in this castle
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7. that he can drink, sleep under,
or attempt to have sex with.
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8. He must be somewhere.
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9. You know, for coming from an oral,
memory-based culture,
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10. you're very good with books.
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11. It would have been a poor education
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12. if we hadn't been taught to read things
to add to our memory stores.
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13. But I am coming to the conclusion
that my people are idiots.
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14. - We should have written everything down.
- Everything?
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15. Yes. All the things.
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16. Look at this. There's more in this room
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17. than a million Speakers could carry
across two generations.
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18. This is insane.
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19. The sheer breadth of information
about the castle is staggering.
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20. But how much of it is useful?
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21. Well, I do have questions
about Trevor's ancestors.
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22. I discovered an entire box of spells
about... penises.
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23. You're certain it was one of
his ancestors?
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24. You didn't find it
under his childhood bed?
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25. Stop testing him, Alucard.
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26. I am concerned I have thrown my lot in
with a demented infant.
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27. I imagine he has similar concerns
about you.
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28. I am also concerned
that you enjoy him too much.
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29. And what is that supposed to mean?
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30. He is unreliable, emotionally damaged,
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31. and distracting to you while you should be
focused on the task at hand.
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32. Am I not working hard enough?
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33. He's a drunk and he's self-destructive.
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34. Anybody trying to hold on to him
may be dragged down with him.
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35. You're afraid. You worry that you
might have made the wrong choice.
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36. So, you're trying to make him prove
himself by constantly provoking him.
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37. You forget, Alucard, Trevor didn't get to
finish out his childhood.
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38. He is not the man here
who may not have grown up.
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39. Well, that's ridiculous.
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40. And if we don't get this done,
then we're all failing.
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41. Aren't we?
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42. We can't fail.
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43. Wait. Get me that volume back there,
with the red spine.
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44. - What have you found?
- I'm not sure.
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45. The ritual language it's written in
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46. has forked a couple of times
over the years.
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47. - Can you read it?
- Not without that book.
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48. It's based on Adamic.
I recognize the roots.
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49. That book there claimed to be written
in a language called High Remembrance.
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50. which I've heard of.
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51. This one has the Adamical roots and
some of the structure of High Remembrance.
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52. - Give.
- I haven't heard of Adamic.
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53. Take a look.
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54. Interesting.
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55. - I see threads of Chaldaic in it.
- You're rather well-read yourself.
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56. I had entirely different books under my
childhood bed. My father was a polymath,
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57. my mother was a doctor,
and I grew up very fast.
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58. What does that mean?
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59. I'm being literal. I aged very quickly.
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60. That may explain something.
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61. What?
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62. Perhaps you're just an angry teenager
in an adult's body.
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63. You can spend so long in the castle
you forget how the sun feels.
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64. - Don't you think?
- I like the castle.
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65. The stone stays cool
no matter where we are.
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66. You like the cold?
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67. When I'm cold I can eat meat
or throw a cloak on.
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68. I spent my whole life in hot places.
You can't escape heat.
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69. Keep walking. Vampires have sharp ears,
and you said we needed to talk.
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70. - You're concerned about them hearing us?
- I'm not a fool, Hector.
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71. If you weren't concerned, you wouldn't
want the conversation out in the daylight.
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72. I just didn't want to be interrupted
by argument.
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73. They are good at arguing.
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74. I used to liken them to wolves or bats.
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75. A strong sense of community,
acting as one.
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76. But lately... I see the vampires as cats.
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77. Swiping, hunting or ignoring each other.
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78. - You think of vampires as animals?
- In a way.
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79. They are pure creatures. They have grace.
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80. - Animals don't act with malice.
- Cats play with their food all the time.
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81. True. But it's not malicious.
There's joy in it.
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82. Not for the food.
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83. So?
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84. The cats need herding, Isaac.
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85. That's a good way
to get your eyes clawed out, Hector.
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86. I mean it. Dracula gave us the task
of creating a war plan.
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87. But between his generals, their fighting,
and his own attitude...
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88. - And what attitude is that?
- He doesn't care.
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89. He cares very much.
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90. He wants all of the humans to die.
He's quite clear on that.
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91. That hasn't escaped me.
My point is that he doesn't care how.
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92. And we're failing him.
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93. - Are we, now?
- Yes.
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94. We need to assert an order to the war.
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95. We're the agents of his rage,
not paintings of it.
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96. - We can't just thrash around.
- What do you want, Hector?
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97. I want to present a united front.
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98. I want a plan.
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99. I want to move forward,
get this over with in an orderly manner.
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100. I want you to agree to move on Braila.
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101. I know that, strictly speaking,
we've never been friends.
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102. It seems counterproductive
to cultivate human friends
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103. when we're engaged in the project
of ending the human race.
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104. But we are on the same side.
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105. Is this where we kiss like
Benedictine monks
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106. from different monasteries?
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107. I don't think I've heard you
tell a joke before.
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108. You still haven't.
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109. All Dracula hears is the noise
in the War Hall.
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110. He needs us to be the clear voice
over that noise.
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111. - He needs us to speak in one voice.
- He needs us to be loyal.
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112. How is it disloyal to provide the guidance
he requested?
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113. If it's serving you and not him.
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114. There are people in the court
who have their own plans,
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115. their own agendas.
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116. I am loyal to him and his intent.
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117. But he asked for a plan.
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118. We need to give him one, unambiguously.
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119. We go to Braila,
prevent a diaspora by boat,
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120. and then proceed along the coast.
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121. - What do you say?
- Well...
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122. it will please Carmilla, so I distrust it.
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123. But... it would stop her from
making mischief for the moment.
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124. And it would get the war room pointed
in the same direction.
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125. I imagine it would even make
Godbrand smile.
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126. Yeah, well, don't talk me out of it.
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127. Isaac agreed.
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128. That's good. That's very good.
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129. And the night creatures will arrive
at their destination soon.
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130. Hector, you are a marvel.
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131. What now?
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132. Now we'll wait a short while
for Isaac to settle.
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133. And then we'll have him accompany us
to Dracula, present a united front.
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134. Dracula will have no choice but to agree
to the request of both his forgemasters.
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135. Brilliant, Hector.
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136. A quick, orderly, and merciful war.
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137. Just as you wished, Hector.
You have caused this to happen.
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138. Be proud.
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139. I admire your resolve.
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140. Quite remarkable.
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141. - Carpathian?
- Indeed.
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142. The last of the mirrors made
by the Carpathian scrying hermits,
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143. 400 years ago.
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144. I must learn more about
transmission mirrors one day.
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145. There will be time enough.
Soon the world will be silent.
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146. God, yes.
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147. Listening to Hector made me wish
for a lifeless world all on his own.
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148. I find myself wishing
you two were better friends.
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149. As I said to him,
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150. making human friends
seems a little pointless,
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151. given our current crusade.
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152. True. But at the end,
there will be only you and him.
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153. Presumably.
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154. He'll be coming here
to request you approve a move on Braila.
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155. Why?
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156. Hector doesn't like it
when the animals fight.
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157. Carmilla has the court whipped up.
Discord is loud.
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158. It bothers him.
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159. Is he still loyal?
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160. Oh, I think so.
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161. There's betrayal abroad in the court,
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162. but Hector is a simpler creature
than that.
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163. He doesn't like the arguing.
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164. - So, the generals are going to betray me?
- No.
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165. If anyone approached the verge of that,
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166. they would be taken care of
without you finding out about it, my lord.
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167. It is simply in the air,
because they are frustrated.
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168. So, if I let them go to Braila,
they'll stop scheming and whining?
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169. I think so.
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170. It will give Carmilla some power,
but that's not a bad thing.
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171. No.
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172. The war room will speak to you and
Hector in one voice instead of a dozen.
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173. Indeed.
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174. And, at the end of the day,
you don't care.
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175. So long as the war continues.
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176. Fine, then.
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177. I'm tired, Isaac.
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178. There was a time
that I would relish the details.
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179. Oh, there was a time...
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180. A time when the smallest details
of death delighted me.
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181. I remember when the merchants
of Kronstadt disrespected me.
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182. Spending a delicious few days
gathering information about the town
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183. and drawing my plans,
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184. stealing up the river at night,
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185. setting fires in the town,
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186. knowing that the merchantmen
would send their wives and children out...
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187. but go to retrieve
their most valuable goods
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188. before making their escape.
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189. Forty of them had offended me.
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190. At the time, I saw no reason
to harm anybody other than those 40.
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191. And I painted my picture accordingly.
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192. But those times are long gone.
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193. Let us just conclude this thing.
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194. Isaac.
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195. We were looking for you.
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196. I was admiring the mirror.
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197. My lord Dracula.
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198. - My lord.
- Yes, yes, we all know who we are.
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199. What do you all want?
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200. Very well. Hector?
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201. We would ask you to consider
moving the castle to Braila,
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202. to conduct a full-scale
destructive attack on the port.
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203. To what end?
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204. To seal it, and discourage escape
by river to the sea.
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205. Then we turn inland,
having land-locked the humans
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206. and turned their country into a prison.
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207. I agree. They make a good case.
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208. It unites the court.
It lets us move forward.
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209. Braila, fine. Braila it is.
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210. I no longer have the strength
for these decisions.
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211. Amuse yourselves.
We'll go to Braila ourselves
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212. so long as they all die.
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213. That's all that matters.
They all have to die.
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214. Thank you.
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215. - A great victory awaits.
- Yes, yes.
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216. I'm tired.
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217. Tell me when you're ready for me to move
the castle to Braila. Get on with it.
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218. I will stay, Dracula, until this is done.
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219. It doesn't matter.
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220. So long as they all die. That's all.
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221. They all have to die.
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222. What now?
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223. Now I ensure my forces will be in place.
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224. Then we inform the war council
and convince them
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225. that this was their plan all along.
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226. Some will wonder
why this is where your interest is,
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227. after you so loudly brought up the issue
of Belmont and Alucard.
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228. I have already had you forge me
the means to deal with that issue.
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229. I am in control, Hector.
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230. You are?
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231. Yes. He could have done it.
You could have done it.
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232. Any of the generals could have done it.
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233. But I had to.
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234. Do you know why I had to do it?
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235. Because I am surrounded by children
and animals and dying old men.
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236. There are four other women in this castle,
and they all glare from the edges,
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237. either disempowered
by posturing man-children
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238. or too paralyzed by sheer fucking rage
to do anything.
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239. And which am I, child or animal?
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240. Puppy. Somewhere between the two.
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241. I thought you wanted me to believe
you respected me.
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242. I did.
Now you're implicated, so I don't need to.
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243. You're hip-deep in this now, puppy,
and the only way out is forward.
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244. Come along.
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245. This is— Trevor!
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246. - What?
- I have something.
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247. When I say what, that doesn't mean
I'd like to ask more questions.
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248. Would you please—?
Oh, you are the most annoying—
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250. I'm coming up.
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251. I think I've found a locking spell.
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252. Wait, listen.
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253. Your family have an entire literature here
about the castle.
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254. They tried for centuries to eliminate
its main advantage.
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255. It transports itself
through magical means.
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256. Right. So you can't attack it
if it just jumps somewhere else.
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257. Yes. So, some clever Belmont eventually
formulated most of a locking spell.
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258. A method to catch the castle
and lock it down to a single location
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259. so that it can be invaded.
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260. Most of it.
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261. I can finish the final clauses
of it myself.
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262. It's all based on Adamical structures.
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263. You keep saying that word.
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264. Adamic is the original human language,
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265. the one spoken by Adam and Eve
in the Garden of Eden.
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266. The one that was split
into all other languages
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267. at the Tower of Babel by God
to prevent human cooperation.
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268. Is that how you understand that story?
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269. Oh, yes.
The Speakers are the enemy of God.
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270. We live in cooperation
and hide our stories inside ourselves
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271. so he cannot strike them down in jealousy.
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272. See? God hates me.
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273. That's probably not God.
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