1. My father
would have seen this coming.
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2. Selemene as well.
How could I've been so blind?
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3. And you were raised for better things.
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4. Been years since I stormed a castle.
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5. I never have. But it is on my list.
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6. Having had my castle stormed,
I can tell you it's not great.
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7. No, this is my fight.
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8. Travel to the enclaves.
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9. - Free our brothers and sisters.
And you.
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10. A reckoning here.
I was raised for better things.
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11. Recent experience
has prepared me for worse.
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12. I'll bring an army when I'm done.
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13. Huh. Such a frail little girl
when you came to us.
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14. Never understood
what the goddess saw in you.
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15. Now, I do.
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16. I am honored to call you Princess.
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17. I think that's
what you're looking for.
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18. It is.
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19. It's been a long journey.
- Too long.
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20. Nothing.
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21. I feel nothing at all. It's a fake.
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22. Maybe it's not a forgery.
Maybe it's all just a lie.
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23. Shabarra never had any real power.
It was obvious.
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24. Should be obvious to everyone now.
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25. And Sal before him.
What does it take to kill a god?
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26. A real god?
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27. Slyrak would have known.
He would have warned me.
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28. You spent months failing
to understand Slyrak.
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29. But one fever dream
with a little blue rock
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30. and suddenly, it all makes sense?
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31. Maybe he just grabbed onto the first thing
that felt like an answer and clung to it.
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32. Now nothing is what it's supposed to be,
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33. and all you have left
is grappling with an inconvenient reality.
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34. We're missing something.
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35. I'll need you to find Davion.
He should hear about Lina.
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36. He should know exactly
who he's supporting.
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37. Sure. Right. Will do.
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38. You agreed three times.
You must have great enthusiasm for this.
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39. I'm brimming over with it.
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40. - You have a doubt?
- Absolutely not. Not at all.
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41. Except, I just wonder
if we're not rushing to judgment a little?
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42. Facts are facts.
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43. Oh, definitely. No question.
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44. - Except… are they?
- Luna knows what she saw.
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45. Look, I don't know Luna,
but I kind of know Lina.
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46. Luna, Lina, that's not confusing at all.
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47. Anyway, it seems to me
even if she was there,
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48. hunting assassins is kind of her job.
Her old job, anyway.
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49. Which is why she set the world on fire
and fled the scene.
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50. Davion had just dropped
the emperor off a roof
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51. and he was busy wrecking
the Praetorian Guard.
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52. I don't understand
why you would defend her.
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53. I'm not defending Lina at all.
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54. I'm defending Davion.
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55. He has a pretty good judge of people.
They have a connection.
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56. If Lina were capable
of something like this,
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57. Davion would know. He'd walk away.
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58. But I will talk to him.
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59. Deny his lies.
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60. - Deny him.
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61. If you had brought Davion home,
this would all be over.
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62. You lied to me.
You used me. I believed in you.
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63. Everyone makes choices.
Some wise, some less so.
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64. But you've learned
the most important lesson.
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65. People will disappoint you.
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66. I can recover from our errors.
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67. - Selemene is here at the tower.
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68. Powerless. I've seen to that.
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69. I ask only that you reclaim
what is rightfully yours.
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70. Rightfully mine?
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71. You will take her divine spark.
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72. You are Mene. Goddess of the moon.
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73. Reborn.
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74. You're giving me that look again.
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75. I can't say I missed it.
I did the best I could with what I had.
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76. You weren't here.
All I wanted was a way out.
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77. Fighting chance.
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78. Perhaps I misjudged.
Perhaps I was overconfident.
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79. But what would you have me do?
I can't leave now.
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80. And no. My ego is not in the way.
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81. The woman tried to have me killed.
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82. I can't just let that pass.
I can't just let her win.
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83. You're right. I sound just like Davion.
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84. The assassin has disappeared.
One witness is an escaped convict.
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85. - The other, an enemy of the empire.
- Irrelevant. Their story is true.
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86. She tried to have me killed
for her own political gain.
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87. I believe you.
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88. Even if the Senate believes you too,
they will never turn against the Slayer.
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89. I'm sorry, Sunbeam.
There is nothing you can do.
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90. But perhaps I can help.
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91. I thought maybe time of day.
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92. Dawn didn't work. Maybe noon is better.
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93. - I wish it were. Truly.
- Just put it away.
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94. The real one is out there.
I have to find it.
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95. I keep trying to tell you.
- To give up?
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96. To face reality.
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97. Real? In this place?
Nothing is real here. Everyone lies.
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98. Everyone is hiding a knife somewhere.
You've even got me doing it.
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99. The official story?
Lina, I murdered someone.
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100. I started a war.
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101. You and everyone else seem perfectly okay
with pretending I'm not the reason.
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102. Because you're not the reason.
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103. The Eye is a fake.
Mirana won't speak to me,
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104. the whole damned world
is coming to an end.
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105. - And—
Davion.
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106. You're not the reason. I am.
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107. You are the only thing that makes sense
in this whole fucking mess.
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108. I thought he would abdicate.
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109. What are you talking about?
Shabarra.
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110. When your princess died,
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111. I thought he would be exposed
for what he was.
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112. A fraud. I thought he would abdicate.
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113. I thought the Senate
would make him abdicate.
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114. I more or less took that option
off the table when I killed him.
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115. You're not understanding me.
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116. I hired the assassin
who tried to kill Mirana.
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117. Hellbear shit. I would know!
I would feel it from you.
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118. Shopkeeper Jim. Oath of silence.
No, you wouldn't.
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119. Don't tell me this.
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120. I have to.
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121. I've been alone my whole life.
Then you walked into it.
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122. I thought I had this figured out. I…
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123. I thought I was so smart.
I thought I could live with it.
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124. I can live with a lot of things.
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125. I can even live with you walking out
the door and telling the world.
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126. But lying to you makes me feel alone again
and I can't live with that.
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127. All this time, I thought the worst thing
that could ever happen
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128. was Terrorblade reshaping
the universe to his liking.
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129. Now, I wonder if he hasn't already.
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130. Davion.
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131. Uh, listen,
there's something you should know.
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132. I don't know if it's true,
but you should probably hear about it.
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133. It's about… Hey.
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134. You don't look so good.
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135. Lina hired the assassin.
She told me everything.
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136. Oh, you know, good.
Credit for honesty, I suppose.
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137. Give us the room, please.
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138. I am so stupid. I'm so sorry.
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139. Beliefs change. Trust breaks.
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140. Faith endures.
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141. For a thousand years,
the exiled Coriel'Tauvi knew darkness.
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142. Mene was gone. Slain.
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143. Yet her people still worshipped.
They loved.
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144. They offered faith to dark shrines
in remembrance of a dead goddess.
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145. But love is a powerful magic.
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146. It is the highest form of worship. Divine.
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147. Even in the absence of a deity.
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148. Love for our goddess found echo
in the sparks Selemene had stolen.
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149. Over time, Mene's echo took form.
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150. It became manifest.
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151. A physical expression
of pure, collective will.
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152. Need. Love.
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153. It became a child. It became you.
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154. - I just… I have abilities.
- The goddess's abilities.
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155. Weakened to be sure, but they are hers.
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156. How long have you believed this?
- Since you saw my tower.
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157. You should have told me then.
You kept this to yourself.
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158. You would not have heard the words.
You would not have wanted to hear.
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159. But now, our people need you.
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160. The Coriel'Tauvi are drunk
on their own rage.
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161. You've seen it. They await your return.
Believing you will fuel their shrines,
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162. carry them from battle to battle
at this speed of thought,
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163. wherever the moon shines down
on their narrow world.
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164. I tried to make them stop.
I begged them. My own family.
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165. That means nothing to them now.
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166. The only voice they will hear
is the voice of their goddess.
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167. I wish it could be different.
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168. You are a gentle soul.
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169. - But you must kill Selemene.
- I can't.
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170. Then watch our people drown the world
in innocent blood.
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171. - The choice is yours.
- Not even your magic can kill a god.
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172. Of course it can. I've done it before.
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173. I lived by a code my whole life.
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174. But since all this started,
I've broken it over and over.
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175. Every single time I told myself
I had to do it, it was necessary.
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176. I didn't know what I was walking into.
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177. Now, it's all upside down and sideways.
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178. You never liked to run from a fight.
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179. Consider the possibility,
you don't always have to run into them.
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180. - That's what Kaden said.
- You saw Kaden?
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181. Very long story.
But I should have listened to him.
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182. I think I could tell you a similar story.
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183. What a pair we are.
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184. And now we have nothing.
No throne, no Eye, no chance.
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185. The Eye has to be real.
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186. My father's power was real.
I saw it, felt it.
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187. Maybe it really was replaced.
By someone with access.
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188. Someone who could accept
your uncle in the chair
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189. but didn't want him on the throne.
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190. Not really, not completely.
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191. There would have been
only one opportunity.
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192. Where are we going?
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193. To find a witness.
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194. - Uh, Asar?
- Princess?
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195. Yeah!
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196. That did not count. I demand a rematch!
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197. Forgive my appearance, Your Highness.
I've been in my cups.
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198. No, forgive me for interrupting
your revels, Captain.
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199. And I was hoping we could speak.
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200. She's unusually strong and yet so small.
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201. You should ask her what she eats.
Perhaps it would help you.
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202. I remember that night well.
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203. The panic. The fighting in the streets.
The fires.
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204. Then Shabarra's soldiers
breached the palace.
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205. The viceroy found me.
Ordered me to get you to safety.
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206. That's when I knew the fight was lost.
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207. I couldn't save your parents
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208. but I was ready
to give my life to save you.
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209. It's not your fault, Asar.
I don't blame you.
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210. But I have to know, how did my father die?
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211. I don't know how it happened. Truly.
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212. I just remember that sound,
that terrible sound.
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213. - Stand fast!
That hum.
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214. I could feel it in the wall. I just…
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215. The floor. Shaking my bones, my teeth.
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216. The whole world seemed to stop.
I couldn't move.
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217. That's when I knew the emperor was dead.
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218. The Eye. Was it also smuggled
out of the palace?
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219. - No, only the emperor may touch it.
- I think someone did.
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220. - I think they replaced it with a forgery.
- Impossible!
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221. Yet it seems it's true.
Who could have taken it?
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222. Who could even get near it
other than the emperor?
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223. Viceroy Kashurra? Seneschal Ekur?
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224. Perhaps the Legati?
But the guard would know.
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225. No one would dare.
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226. The night Asar whisked me
out of the Imperium,
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227. that was the worst night of my life.
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228. I can only imagine.
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229. You don't have to imagine.
You know. You've lost as I've lost.
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230. Seems there's always
something new to lose.
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231. And find again.
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232. Kashurra has to know.
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233. I think he knew Shabarra was a fraud.
And I think he knew why.
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234. He stood there and did nothing
when I attacked.
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235. He made up the cover story.
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236. I think he did it all out of loyalty
to your family.
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237. If he has the Eye,
we have to convince him to show us.
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238. You have to convince him.
I think you're the only one who can.
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239. You're her. Selemene.
The Dark Moon Goddess.
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240. A goddess without worshippers.
Without love.
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241. Just another part of his collection.
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242. You're the thief?
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243. - The one who stole my lotuses.
- I only wanted to bring my people home.
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244. A home you stole from us
a thousand years ago.
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245. The Coriel'Tauvi spurned
my love. Refused to worship me.
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246. I did not banish them
from the Nightsilver Woods.
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247. They left of their own free will.
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248. Those who remained,
accepted me as their goddess.
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249. We lived in peace. I left you to your own.
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250. That's not in the stories.
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251. Not in your stories.
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252. You're saying our stories are lies.
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253. All stories are lies.
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254. It's strange. I feel I know you.
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255. From the paintings, the statues.
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256. Her journal. This was her room.
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257. It was.
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258. A long time ago.
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259. Come, thief.
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260. Let me have a closer look at you.
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261. Tell me, what more
would you steal from me?
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262. I don't want anything from you.
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263. - Follow me.
- Where are we going?
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264. To Filomena.
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265. My girl.
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266. She loved me.
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267. Huh.
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268. No!
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269. Thank you, little Coedwen,
for setting things right.
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270. I will not forget your kindness.
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271. You've no idea what madness
you've loosed on the world.
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272. Viceroy.
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273. It's a bit late in the day
for a dramatic entrance.
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274. You are dismissed. All of you.
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275. We weren't finished.
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276. I've never had
much enthusiasm for you, Lina.
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277. You're gifted with great power,
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278. but it's made you impulsive
and intemperate.
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279. Unpredictable.
Very poor qualities in a leader.
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280. You forgot your place very quickly.
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281. And you overstepped.
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282. The Imperium is a machine.
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283. Every gear, every cog,
must do its job reliably.
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284. This includes the Emperor,
who is merely a part of the machine
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285. and does not truly direct it.
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286. Successful emperors understand this.
And so, the machine runs smoothly.
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287. Unsuccessful emperors
fall into the clockwork.
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288. The machine tears them apart.
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289. You've just described
everything wrong with the Imperium.
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290. I'm gonna smash your dawn-forsaken machine
and build something new! Something better!
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291. Every emperor thinks that.
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292. For my part,
I was willing to give you a chance.
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293. Help you adapt.
But you made a terrible mistake.
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294. You tried to kill my Sunbeam.
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295. Dawn Star.
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296. What… What are you?
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297. Death.
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298. She was so alone.
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299. So sad.
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300. When the moment came, I… I couldn't do it.
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301. She has not earned
your sympathy.
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302. Have any of us? And isn't that the point?
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303. You say my family will listen to me
and live in peace if only I asked them.
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304. But the only way they'll listen
is if I shed blood.
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305. No.
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306. - There must be another way.
- There is no other way!
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307. Life was good before I tried
to make it better.
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308. Maybe Selemene
should be goddess of the moon.
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309. Maybe everything
can just go back to as it was.
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310. Nothing ever goes back just as it was.
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311. His Excellency is away on urgent business.
Please, make yourselves comfortable.
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312. Lovely hoard.
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313. Uh, we call it a collection.
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314. If I had stolen the most holy relic
in the Imperium, I'd keep it here.
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315. - Do you feel that?
- You're right. It's strange.
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316. There's a certain familiarity.
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317. Like being pulled into a fall.
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318. I give up. I don't feel a thing.
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319. - I have a doubt.
- You mean it's right back there?
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320. How may I be
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321. You can start by giving us the Eye.
The real Eye.
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322. I'm afraid I don't understand.
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323. I don't know what's sitting
in the throne room, but it's not the Eye.
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324. I don't care about your politics.
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325. You could have told me.
This would be over.
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326. We believe you may have taken it
the night my parents were murdered.
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327. Well, to protect it,
to keep its power out of my uncle's hands.
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328. But we need it now, please.
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329. I assure you,
the true Eye is in the palace.
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330. - I took nothing.
It doesn't work.
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331. It didn't work for Shabarra,
it didn't work for me.
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332. Of course, it works.
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333. It is simply
not what you believe it to be.
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334. Enlighten us then.
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335. The Eye does not confer power.
It simply confirms it.
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336. It waits, as it has always waited,
for the true heir to the throne.
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337. It waits for you, Sunbeam.
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338. You didn't steal the Eye.
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339. No one could steal the Eye.
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340. Fine. We'll take this up with Lina.
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341. Lina will not help you.
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342. No matter what she's done,
she knows how much this matters.
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343. This is no longer her concern.
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344. I said there were things
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345. Things were done.
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346. "Things"? What things?
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347. The Slayer…
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348. overstepped.
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349. You killed her.
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350. It's not possible.
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351. No one can do what Lina can do.
Not even me.
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352. There is power in the world
beyond the dreams of dragons.
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353. We need to leave!
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354. Lina shared the ember soul.
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355. She was a part of me. A child of fire.
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356. Davion, stop!
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357. I will quench my rage
in your blood.
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358. I will feast on your flesh in her name.
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359. Lay down your weapon.
I would never harm you…
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360. my little Sunbeam.
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361. The soldiers.
Captain.
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362. Something's wrong.
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363. I feel her.
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364. Goddess.
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