1. Well, look at you. Almost human.
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2. There. Upright on your hind legs
and everything.
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3. Thank you.
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4. - It's nice to be dressed again, but...
- But?
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5. The thing about moving right now
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6. is that I think it'll feel nice
when I stop doing it.
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7. Oh. You didn't want
to go for a walk, then?
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8. - What?
- Well, I could hardly take you for a walk
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9. with your bits flapping around
in the open air, could I?
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10. A bird might think your penis was a twig
and fly off with it.
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11. Yes. Well.
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12. Oh, come on.
A little smile won't kill you.
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13. Good boy.
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14. Now then,
would you like to go for a walk?
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15. Bit of fresh air in the starlight?
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16. I think I would, yes.
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17. Good.
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18. Sadly, there's a condition.
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19. Oh.
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20. Not my idea. Striga insisted.
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21. It should be quite comfortable.
She just wanted a little extra security.
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22. You're ten times stronger than I am,
Lenore.
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23. Striga pointed out that you're a magician.
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24. And you do want to go for a walk,
so...
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25. would you mind?
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26. Fine.
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27. Good boy.
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28. Walkies!
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29. Mm. It's a lovely night, don't you think?
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30. It's a bloody chilly night.
It was warmer in my cell.
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31. That's because we channel waste heat
around the castle with pipes.
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32. Really? Even to the cells?
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33. I keep telling you.
We're not monsters.
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34. Dracula's castle
moved heat around with pipes.
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35. Is that vampire magic?
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36. Actually, just science. Centuries old.
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37. The thing is, Hector,
humans forget things and vampires don't.
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38. You have a lot to learn.
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39. And will I get the chance to?
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40. So dramatic.
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41. Relax and enjoy the night.
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42. Daylight can be nice, too.
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43. I'll take your word for it.
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44. You don't remember daylight?
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45. Never much cared for it.
I was always a night person.
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46. You might be missing something, you know.
Only coming out at night.
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47. Oh, I don't think so. Just look.
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48. I can't see how the sun
would improve this view.
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49. All right. I admit it.
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50. That's fantastic.
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51. See? It's not so bad here, is it?
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52. I could do without this.
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53. Does it hurt?
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54. No. It just reminds me of the last time
someone put a collar on me.
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55. In Braila?
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56. When Carmilla almost killed me.
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57. Well, she does have a temper.
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58. But she would never
have meant to kill you.
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59. No.
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60. Because she needs me
to be her forgemaster slave.
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61. No, because if she'd meant to kill you,
you would quite simply be dead.
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62. - Hmph.
- And if she'd meant to torture you,
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63. you would have arrived here
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64. carrying your guts in both hands
with a spike up your arse.
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65. I suppose that's true.
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66. I mean, I can see her doing it.
In nightmares and such.
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67. She does have a temper,
but she's logical.
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68. She never lets it run away with her
to the point of, oh, I don't know,
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69. condemning the entire human race
to death?
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70. Just a recent example
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71. of what being genuinely insane
with murderous rage looks like.
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72. All right.
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73. You may not have been
treated like a boy king on your way here,
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74. but you did show up alive.
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75. Might have been nice, though.
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76. Have you considered that you're only alive
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77. because you listened to Carmilla
back in Dracula's castle?
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78. I hadn't. She tricked me.
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79. I don't think she did.
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80. I think she made complete sense to you,
and you felt guilty,
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81. understandably,
about how it all played out.
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82. She made me betray Dracula.
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83. No, she didn't.
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84. She showed you the old man was insane,
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85. and she saved you from the consequences.
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86. Nobody here wants to harm you.
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87. We just don't quite trust you yet.
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88. - Trust me?
- You did try to hurt me, Hector.
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89. What's she saying about me?
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90. Lenore is saying
you're a mean, nasty woman.
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91. Cheeky little tart. Is it working?
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92. Seems to be.
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93. Wait.
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94. Now he's complaining again about you.
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95. And how you beat the shit out of him.
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96. Oh, for God's sake.
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97. In hindsight, beating the shit out of him
does seem like a miscalculation,
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98. since your scheme apparently
won't work without him.
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99. He needed to be cowed.
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100. Lenore would have had nothing to work with
if he was still a happy idiot.
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101. We do need the idiot, Carmilla.
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102. I know, I know.
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103. - But there is a problem.
- What?
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104. He can turn dead bodies
into night creatures.
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105. We need night creature soldiers
to reinforce our military numbers.
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106. That's the plan, yes.
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107. Where do we get
that many fresh dead bodies from
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108. without reducing our feeding stock
to nothing?
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109. One thing at a time.
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110. Lenore has to first solve this problem
for us.
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111. No. This way.
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112. New cell.
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113. In you go.
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114. Is this a trick? Am I dreaming?
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115. I thought you might like
to be able to read.
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116. Pass your lead through.
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117. There. Good boy.
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118. The book, by the way,
is some of our vampire magic.
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119. Given your own profession,
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120. I had a feeling
you might find it interesting.
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121. Uh, thank you.
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122. Thank you very much.
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123. Can I see you tomorrow night?
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124. Yes...
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125. Uh, yes, of course.
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126. Thank you.
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127. Good night. Dream well.
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128. What did you make of him?
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129. Saint Germain?
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130. I'm not sure I'd trust him
as far as I could kick him,
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131. but he's not who I thought he was
on first impression.
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132. He's sad.
Yeah.
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133. But he's also a confidence man.
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134. But he dropped that with us.
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135. Yeah. He did.
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136. That bothers you?
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137. A little.
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138. But you know what really bothers me?
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139. What?
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140. That maybe he's been on his own
for so long
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141. that he was willing
to drop the front that quickly
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142. because he that desperately
needed... friends.
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143. He's that sad. That alone.
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144. Suffering under that loss.
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145. Mmm.
Remind you of someone?
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146. That's a depressing thought.
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147. Yeah.
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148. I think we should help him.
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149. Of course, you do.
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150. It's the right thing to do.
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151. And we may need his help.
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152. Did we fall out of our story
into someone else's story...
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153. again?
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154. Silly. It's all our story.
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155. I hope I get to live long enough
to find out how it ends.
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156. N-No...
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157. Th-This is wrong...
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158. We... We shouldn't be... here.
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159. Where are you?
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160. Are you still here?
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161. Please!
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162. Tell me where you are!
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163. Take my hand!
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164. Please!
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165. Oh, God.
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166. I'm sure there must have been a time
when I had nice dreams.
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167. Maybe when
I lived in palaces and mansions?
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168. But maybe not.
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169. That was all stress.
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170. Doing my little dance for coins,
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171. making sure I had enough for the next...
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172. month, the next year.
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173. Never bloody easy, was it?
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174. And then...
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175. there was you.
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176. Did I dream when you were here?
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177. I don't know.
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178. I was too focused on our daylight hours.
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179. I never wanted to sleep in those days.
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180. And now here I am again.
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181. Never wanting to sleep.
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182. Not until I find you.
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183. Not until I live
in the good dream again.
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184. Not until you're back.
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185. Where is the one who can talk well?
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186. The one with the eyes?
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187. I made you in Genoa.
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188. You mean... me?
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189. I do. Sit with me a moment.
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190. What do you wish?
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191. I was curious.
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192. The night is long and I've been given
much to think about of late.
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193. May I ask a question of you?
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194. Of course.
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195. Do you remember who you were?
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196. Before you went to hell.
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197. I...
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198. almost do.
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199. It's like...
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200. I remember how it was to dream,
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201. and to remember moments of the dream,
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202. but never the entire play.
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203. Do you see?
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204. I do.
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205. What do you remember?
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207. Really?
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208. I was.
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209. In a place called Athens.
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210. I think it was a long time ago.
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211. What did you study?
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212. I was a philosopher.
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213. And this was a thing
that sent you to Hell?
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214. I lived as a man during a time
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216. changed its religion and laws.
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217. I believed philosophy
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of the world
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220. And yet discussion
of the nature of the divine
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221. became a crime.
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222. Who declared this a crime?
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224. To be a philosopher
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226. And one important Christian
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227. was heard to say
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228. that the people should hunt down sinners
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229. and drive them into salvation,
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230. as a hunter drives its prey into traps.
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231. To think about God
would surely not be a sin in God's eyes.
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232. Perhaps.
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233. And yet... here I am.
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234. And perhaps
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235. you have not told me
all of your dream.
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236. I was betrayed, Forgemaster.
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237. I was hunted.
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238. I was tortured.
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239. I lied for my life...
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241. before a judge.
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242. I gave up others
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243. so that I may live.
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244. I became a sinner.
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245. And?
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246. And they killed me anyway.
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247. I woke up in Hell...
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248. because this world is insane.
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249. And...
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250. I learned something about sin.
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251. What did you learn?
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252. I learned...
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253. to like it.
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254. Yet here I am,
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255. back on the surface of the Earth...
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256. strong and free,
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257. in a world where thinking
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258. is considered something
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259. that should be
tortured and murdered.
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260. Thank you for my second life.
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261. I intend to use it well
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262. and make wonderful new dreams of it.
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263. Frederator!
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