1. What the hell are you
doing with your life?
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2. I'm talking to you,
Trevor Belmont...
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3. of House Belmont,
with no living relatives.
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4. It is you I address.
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5. Last surviving monster hunter
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6. from out here in
the armpit of the world.
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7. What the actual hell
are you thinking?
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8. Idiot.
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9. You're a tramp.
You're excommunicated.
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10. You have no family,
you have no friends.
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11. You've spent your entire adult life
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12. being hated by everybody
you ever met.
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13. And you were fine with that.
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14. You even liked it.
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15. Nobody could get near you,
nobody could ruin your life...
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16. because there wasn't
much left to ruin.
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17. But that last little bit of it?
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18. That was yours.
And then what?
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19. A pretty girl holds your hand
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20. and takes you to bed,
and all of a sudden...
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21. And all of a sudden
your world changes,
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22. and you don't know
what to think about it.
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23. Sorry.
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24. You weren't following me,
were you?
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25. This is my little place of peace.
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26. I come out here to think
sometimes.
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27. Pretty sure your nice little house
has a door on it.
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28. I can't always do it at home.
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29. Someone can always
knock on my door.
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30. Somebody always
needs something.
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31. Sometimes I have to walk
outside the town
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32. to be able to see it properly.
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33. So:
you're an actual Belmont.
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34. I grew up with stories
about your family.
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35. Scary bedtime stories?
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36. Mostly.
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37. They still tell them here,
you know.
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38. But they have a different ending now.
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39. Oh?
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40. They end with "And the Belmonts
aren't here to save you anymore,
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41. so if you're not good,
the monster will come and eat you up."
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42. - Christ.
- Yes.
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43. Well, Lindenfelders are
a basic kind of people.
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44. Honest to the point of brutality.
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45. You're not one of them?
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46. Not really.
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47. You can't be part of the town
and also rule it.
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48. To be a leader,
you will always be...
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49. held apart from
the rest of your world.
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50. I was born here, so I can claim
to be a Lindenfelder.
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51. But my family and I left
when I was young.
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52. We moved to the capital,
you see.
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53. I remember thinking as we left:
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54. "I'll never see this place again."
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55. I remember thinking the same thing
as I left my old house.
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56. Places have a strange way
of catching back up with you.
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57. Huh.
I suppose so.
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58. Like some roads are circular.
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59. I rose in the court at the capital,
and did just well enough...
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60. that I was sent back here
to head the town.
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61. In my experience,
no good deed goes unpunished.
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62. Do you miss the capital?
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63. I only passed through it
a couple of times.
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64. Well, coming back here
to run the town
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65. was an odd little revelation for me.
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66. The same stories happen in cities,
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67. but there are so many people in cities
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68. that the stories just rush by.
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69. Here, every little story is a huge thing.
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70. A farming accident. A sickness.
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71. A lost child. A death.
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72. They have an importance
to the whole place.
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73. Doesn't happen in cities.
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74. So: how long have you and Sypha
been traveling together?
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75. Couple of months.
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76. We were supposed to go
and rejoin her caravan, but...
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77. things happened along the way.
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78. And at some point, we decided
to just keep moving, I suppose.
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79. Well, it doesn't sound like
you decided much of anything.
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80. I suppose not.
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81. Not really a man with a plan,
are you, Belmont?
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82. I don't especially trust
men with plans.
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83. That Saint Germain git in town,
he's a man with a plan.
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84. - That's what they're like.
- Fucking charlatan.
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85. We used to see them in the capital,
his type.
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86. Drifting between
the courts of Europe,
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87. pulling rabbits out of hats
in hope of patronage.
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88. What's he doing here?
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89. God knows.
Maybe he's finally hit bottom.
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90. - Wait.
- What?
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91. That wasn't there yesterday.
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92. Are you sure that's not just some kid
fucking around with his first knife?
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93. Children do not run around
defacing property with knives in my town.
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94. In fact, they don't run around at all,
if I can help it.
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95. And you know it wasn't there yesterday?
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96. This is my town, Belmont.
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97. It's my job to pay attention to it.
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98. I have to say, running a town
does not sound like it's fun.
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99. It has its little pleasures.
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100. It's here.
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101. It's really here.
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102. This way?
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103. You were told where to stay,
Saint Germain.
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104. And I absolutely am.
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105. Except that you appear
to be in front of me.
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106. Well, terribly embarrassing, really.
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107. I was looking for somewhere discreet
to urinate.
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108. Go outside like everyone else.
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109. Of course.
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110. Why do you think I would believe
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111. you were looking for somewhere
to piss down here?
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112. Well, I-I-I recently spent time
in the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt
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113. where public toilets
are often accessed by step.
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114. And since Lindenfeld is so obviously
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115. a seat of civilization and refinement,
I thought...
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116. Outside.
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117. Outside. Indeed.
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118. Public toilets.
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119. Does this really look
like a palace to you?
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120. Hello.
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121. Hello?
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122. I've been watching the priory
for a while now.
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123. Have you? That's nice.
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124. Since you are a Speaker,
I imagine that distracted you
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125. from the usual Speaker pursuits
of memorizing limericks,
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126. boiling vegetables,
and casually reproducing.
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127. I am a Speaker.
Good eye.
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128. - I have two, in fact.
- So do I.
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129. I see that only the monks enter or leave
the priory... Except for you.
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130. Well, I am very special.
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131. You're also a magician.
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132. I have two eyes, too.
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133. I'd prefer not to speak of that.
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134. Why? You've made no secret of it.
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135. Little tricks for the townsfolk.
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136. Lots of talk.
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137. - Yes. For good reason.
- What reason?
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138. Let's just say I like it better
if people here believe
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139. I'm a traveling scholar
and an itinerant trickster.
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140. What you're saying is,
you'd like it to stay that way.
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141. I've been unconscionably rude.
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142. I also recognize a threat
when I hear it.
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143. I imagine you're used to them.
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144. I've disrespected you,
and I apologize.
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145. I am Count Saint Germain.
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146. I'm Sypha Belnades.
Speaker Magician.
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147. And you travel with
the Belmont boy.
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148. I do.
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149. There is bad magic being done
in that place, Saint Germain.
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150. What exactly is it?
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151. All right.
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152. There is a thing I am in search of
inside the priory.
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153. It is occult in nature.
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154. It is quite safe,
if operated wisely.
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155. Yes, I am quite sure something else
is going on in there.
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156. It stinks of night creature.
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157. But my only interest
is in that one thing.
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158. So I would respectfully ask
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159. - that you go forth and...
- Stop.
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160. Oh. That's worrying.
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161. You've seen
the armbands they wear.
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162. Yes. And now I see this.
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163. The alchemical sign for Saturn.
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164. And lead, denoting transformation
and redemption.
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165. And the scythe:
time and the harvest.
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166. How did they come by the sign
they wear on the armbands?
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167. They say their Visitor
gave it to them.
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168. The night creature
that attacked the priory.
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169. Did it give them this one, too?
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170. What in the name of God
is going on in there?
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171. God? I understood you Speakers to have
quite the fractious relationship with God.
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172. On today's evidence,
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173. I wonder if Christianity
hasn't gone out of fashion.
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174. Oh, God was terrible.
He was fierce and jealous.
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175. We all know the old stories of God,
and we fear him.
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176. But Yeshua, the Christ?
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177. His sacrifice was a lesson
in how to love unconditionally.
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178. Which only makes sense,
as my grandfather always said
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179. that we want our children
to exceed us in every way.
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180. You're an unusual woman.
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181. - Trevor says that.
- Does he really?
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182. Well, he says I'm crazy.
But what you said is what he means.
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183. And you did not answer my question.
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184. I'm honestly not certain.
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185. I am focused entirely
on my personal goal.
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186. They're all quite mad.
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187. But this does seem...
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188. odd.
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189. "Odd" is seeing that mark...
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190. twice in one day.
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191. Ah, I'd like you to meet my new friend,
the Count Saint Germain.
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192. - We've met.
- Yes.
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193. I should apologize to you, too.
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194. I was simply trying to find out if
you were here for the same reason I was.
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195. Given the nature
of your family business and all.
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196. And what reason is that?
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197. It's personal.
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198. I need a drink.
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199. Do you need a drink,
Saint Germain?
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200. I do not.
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201. Yes, you do.
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202. Let's all go to the tavern
and have a quiet little chat.
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203. I'd prefer something more private.
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204. There won't be any monks
in the tavern,
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205. and it's just public enough
to stop me slitting your throat,
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206. or Sypha setting you on fire.
Move.
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207. You-You wouldn't?
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208. Oh, he wouldn't really
slit your throat.
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209. But I could kill you by looking at you.
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210. Come.
Show me how you attack.
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211. I would, but you wouldn't let me
have my bow.
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212. Archers run out of arrows all the time.
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213. I want to see how good you are
when it comes down to a blade.
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214. Ah.
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215. Why is your sword so long?
I can't get close.
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216. You want to get close?
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217. Never let a vampire in close.
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218. I'm half-vampire.
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219. Half of me wants you
to step in close enough
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220. for me to bite out your throat.
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221. That's why I have a bow and arrows!
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222. Hey!
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223. Get him, Sumi!
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224. You have both just been eaten
by vampires.
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225. No, we captured him
and made him our slave.
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226. Make lunch now.
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227. But I do like that you've remembered
how to still be human.
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228. This human could eat lunch, too.
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229. All right, fine.
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230. After which you're going to show me
how you attack from a distance.
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231. I want to see what I have
to work with here.
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232. You're working with hungry people.
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233. Carry me to the castle
and make lunch, slave.
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234. And after that?
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235. After that we'll see what's in the armory
that might suit you better.
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236. And then, we may talk about
simple combat spell-casting.
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237. But first, I will magic
you greedy children up some food.
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238. Ugh. I'll be glad when I've finished that.
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239. Are you really
an ale drinker, young magician?
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240. I'm developing a taste
for the rougher things in life.
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241. - She means me.
- I mean him.
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242. Well, a rounded education
is a good thing.
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243. The stories I could tell you
about my days in the slums of Paris.
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244. And that one marvelous night
when I invented a drink.
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245. I made it from anise, fennel,
and the mystical wormwood root.
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246. But nobody remembers because we woke up
three weeks later somewhere in Latvia,
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247. stark naked and utterly drenched in...
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248. Saint Germain. The priory.
What's your interest?
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249. Hmm.
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250. I do not trust people, generally.
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251. But Speakers are honorable...
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252. and the pedigree of the house of Belmont
speaks for itself.
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253. Have you heard...
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254. of the Infinite Corridor?
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255. - Yes.
- Yes.
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256. Well, I suppose
this was the wrong company
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257. to unveil ancient occult secrets in
and expect to be impressive.
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258. Our remembered stories conflict.
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259. Some say the Infinite Corridor
is a pathway to other worlds.
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260. Others say it's a portal to Hell.
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261. Only one of my family
ever encountered it.
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262. She said it was like a door
into countless levels of Hell.
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263. It was in a castle in Livonia.
She knocked the castle down.
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264. Mm. Your family tends to be
destructively direct.
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265. But you're both right.
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266. The Infinite Corridor is a route
to many other worlds.
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267. It's certainly possible
that one of them is Hell.
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268. However, in the experience of those
of my particular expertise,
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269. it is in fact a system of doors
to other lands,
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270. separated from our own
by space and time.
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271. A long time ago...
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272. I lost someone very dear to me
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273. in the Infinite Corridor.
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274. And I have been looking
for a way back in ever since.
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275. Portals to the Corridor
are few and far between,
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276. and they drift in and out of existence.
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277. There is a portal to the Infinite Corridor
under the priory.
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278. They haven't let me go down there yet,
but I know it's there.
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279. - Lithomancy.
- Indeed.
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280. The jewel has guided me here
to the portal.
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281. Of course, if I'd known there was a portal
under a pile of stones in fucking Livonia,
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282. I wouldn't have had to traipse across
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283. the entire gaping gray asshole
of Eastern Europe
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284. to trick my way past
a gaggle of mad monks, would I?
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285. Ugh! Christ alive, do you people
shit on the grapes?
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286. - Who did you lose?
- Does it matter?
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287. Now you know why I'm here
and what I'm about,
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288. and it has nothing to do with
random alchemical signs
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289. or Sala's crazy horde.
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290. All right, all right, calm down.
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291. You have no enemies at this table.
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292. Just stay out of my way.
That's all I ask.
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293. You don't want to see it,
do you?
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294. See what?
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295. A night creature landed on a priory
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296. that has a portal
to other worlds under it.
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297. What if that was not an accident?
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298. What if they never left?
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299. Well...
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300. Shit.
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