1. This is the incident report
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White-Clad attacks.
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3. That's right.
It's from our first job.
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4. Sister Iris and Maki had only
just joined up with the Eighth.
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in the first place?
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got around to asking about
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like before I joined.
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of Company Eight,
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how we got started.
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talker by far, so...
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18. It's crazy.
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breakouts just keep coming.
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investigating criminals,
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out with all that.
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Fire Force's jurisdiction.
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27. Haven't seen her around before.
She who I think?
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That was Private Maki Oze.
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Is she doin' okay?
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hard as her peers,
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she's asked to in training.
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those muscles in no time.
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a general's daughter.
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still her father's
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and he got her in.
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for this line of work.
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in will amount to nothing.
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then you should help her.
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doesn't count as effort.
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42. Oh, c'mon. She's a nice kid
who's doin' her best, okay?
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on these rookies.
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from the Fire Force.
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and one that wasn't,
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to shoot you?
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gun, right?
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Go visit the church.
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to see if it feels different.
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your point of view
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your so-called "sun god."
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when a gun is discharged.
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say something like that.
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kind person, Tojo.
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aren't anywhere near
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yours without a second thought.
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While I'm still conscious!
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to shoot you?
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gun, right?
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is now yours, as requested.
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Stripes have arrived!
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and contain the fire
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Infernals to rest.
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82. Reporting in!
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fire suppression personnel.
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were two Infernals here.
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locations at the moment.
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around inside our cordon.
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been pretty docile.
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inside a store.
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94. Yeah, that's not gonna
net us many points.
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can pull back now.
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feisty one first.
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one's going anywhere.
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Mr. Fire Soldier,
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patiently enduring
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of those flames.
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as quickly as you can.
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precedence we have to follow.
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get put out first.
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lotta soldiers here.
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send a couple
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rest without much risk.
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on standards of our own.
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on how dangerous
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snuffing out human lives,
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to have a good time.
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risking your life here.
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when we're done.
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126. I'm so sorry. I know it
hurts, but please hold on.
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so try to stay strong.
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I'd be willing to step in.
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130. I can bring your husband's
suffering to an end.
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132. What're you planning to do?
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134. Takehisa Hinawa.
Sergeant with the Armed Forces.
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a fire fighter like me
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we'll be severely punished.
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138. No punishment could compare
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building is going through.
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141. So, there's nothing
to second guess here.
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with Infernals?
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at a friend the other day...
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him turn Infernal.
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146. But I just couldn't shoot.
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a man of faith
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149. And yet... because my gun was
unbaptized, it just felt wrong.
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150. He really did wait patiently.
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whether you believe in God.
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as much as you can
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life you're about to end.
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them and baptize our weapons.
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offer a type of salvation
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Infernals, too.
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the soul's release.
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person, Sergeant.
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took some courage.
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you were taking action,
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169. Making the choice to
take action on your own
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as you'd think.
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that comes easy to most,
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in someone else,
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despite the personal cost,
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175. You're like a hero,
Sergeant, or a knight.
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176. If so, then that
makes you a king.
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178. I'm gonna create a Special
Fire Force company.
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human combustion.
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and do nothing
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down around me.
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I'll need people like you.
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life above all else.
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reach out to me.
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own fire cathedral.
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you've recruited, or what?
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who I know I can trust
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difficult task.
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195. I think I've got
a line on someone.
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than anyone around her.
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cut out to be a soldier.
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others before herself.
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201. I'd say that makes her a
perfect fit for the Eighth.
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pyrokinetic powers
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to be a meat shield.
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nice things, Lieutenant?
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hasn't changed
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was established.
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and a dignified end.
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deliverance from the flames.
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above all else: Life.
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the subject at hand now.
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after Iris and Maki joined.
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it was our first call out.
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odd white clothes.
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things that didn't add up.
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red cross we found.
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had worked for
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hurry to retrieve it.
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still in business today.
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motsuyaki and monja!
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daifuku. Take it with you.
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I don't like sweets.
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It's been a few days!
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ass at the bar tonight.
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then help yourselves.
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makes the best daifuku ever!
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forgets the recipe,
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you need to listen here.
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Whoa, there, Waka.
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complaints right now.
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all that from you, right?
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complaints right now.
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an old fossil's last hurrah!
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song is delicious!
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surpassed their teacher.
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message from the people
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our jurisdiction.
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for that Evangelist.
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Just ignore them.
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we're already here.
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like this.
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Captain Shinmon Benimaru
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making an appointment.
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you're here. Whatever.
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this investigation of yours.
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things on my turf.
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creating Infernals
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that the White-Clad
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of this area next.
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Tokyo Empire, correct?
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these so-called "White-Clad"
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that it's actually happening.
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seen it, but I have!
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what some imperial lapdog
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in hearing tall tales
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I'm not interested
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a do-nothing skeptic.
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soldier around.
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it's because you're so tough
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was brought into the Force.
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make you see things my way.
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the flowers of Edo," huh?
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jinx us like that, Waka?
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Eight here when I get back.
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with him just a minute ago.
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Three has turned Infernal!
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313. Seiya! Soiya! Seiya! Soiya!
Seiya! Soiya! Seiya!
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315. He loves a good festival,
so let's start!
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317. Didn't know he could fly.
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captain of the Seventh have?
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homes can always be rebuilt.
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become an Infernal,
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nothing that can change that.
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and controlling the flames?
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to those matoi flags he uses.
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those fires himself.
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second-generation
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as he pleases.
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compound Fire Soldier.
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The whole town is in shambles!
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raisin' this kind of hell,
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making a scene, right?
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all the way to the end.
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of what you just saw?
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someone to rest
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are a gift to your dead.
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as a gift to ours.
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lives in continuous fear
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Infernalization.
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if we have to die,
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to go out than at his hands.
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the Destroyer of Asakusa.
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