1. Causes of death
are many and varied.
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2. Old age. Illness. Suicide.
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3. But out of that
long, morbid list,
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4. there's one end that people
fear above all others...
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5. Anybody home?
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6. This'll be a good
chance for me to see
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7. how far I can go against
a company captain.
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8. That said, I've got no chance
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9. if I can't deal with
that weird power.
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10. It ends for you here.
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11. Huh?
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12. 'Cause the Fifth Angels Three...
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13. have come for thee!
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14. All right, Iris.
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15. Be a good girl and watch your
allies from the Eighth burn.
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16. Why are you doing this?
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17. Maybe you should ask
that god of salvation
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18. you're still pledged to.
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19. There are just two ways
you can live in this world.
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20. You can burn others
or you can be burnt.
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21. Think of all our Sisters.
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22. The way their bodies shriveled
as the flames consumed them.
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23. It certainly is lucky that I'm
a third-generation pyrokinetic.
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24. I'll never be consumed
by cruel flames
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25. because I decided to
become like them instead.
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26. I'll give purpose to the
worthless gravel beneath me
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27. by burning it to fuel
my rise to the top.
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28. Because that's what
true happiness is.
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29. Whatever you gain
from living like that
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30. could never be called happiness!
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31. Spout those empty
platitudes all you want.
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32. You're just waiting
to burn. Ignorant fool!
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33. Get away from the Sister.
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34. You've got a hero to fight.
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35. He'll be the first
of your friends I burn.
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36. Sit tight and watch.
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37. You have to run, Shinra!
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38. As strong as you are, you still
can't defeat Captain Hibana!
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39. It's all right. I'll be fine.
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40. This won't go like it
did the last time.
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41. You fool.
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42. It seems you have
a short memory.
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43. A hunk of gravel like you
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44. doesn't stand a chance
of harming me.
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45. There's no way to
know until I try.
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46. Shinra, no!
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47. You really must be gravel.
So eager to lie beneath my feet.
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48. My head's spinning. Damn.
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49. Ah!
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50. What have you... done to me?
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51. It's called heat syncope.
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52. What's that mean?
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53. Simple.
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54. Your body has been enveloped
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55. by a miniature heatwave
created by me.
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56. Huh?
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57. This causes your
blood vessels to dilate
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58. and your blood pressure to drop,
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59. which means less blood
flow to your poor brain.
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60. And that causes vertigo.
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61. After storming in here and
dubbing yourself a hero,
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62. you ended up getting taken
out by a bit of heat.
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63. It's quite amusing.
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64. Vertigo?
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65. That's all it is?
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66. I see now. You're sayin' this
is all in my head, right?
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67. Huh?
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68. What do you mean,
"all in your head"?
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69. Look at yourself,
you can barely even stand.
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70. I feel short of breath,
dizzy, and weak,
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71. but now I realize
it's only a delusion.
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72. Looks like you're just
trying to grin and bear it.
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73. But if you'd like to talk
about yourself and delusions,
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74. why don't we start with
the ridiculous idea
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75. that you're a hero?
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76. Let's think this over.
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77. I'm dizzy in my head,
so I'm dizzy for real.
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78. Well, hey, guess what?
I'm a hero in my head, too!
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79. This is absurd.
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80. How are you even standing?
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81. Compared to the drills
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82. Lieutenant Hinawa
put me through,
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83. this is a stroll
through the park.
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84. Fine, then.
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85. There's no sport in burning a
man who can't defend himself.
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86. Come forth, Clematis.
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87. I shall grant you a beautiful
death by my flowers.
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88. Sister, after all
this time, you—
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89. Just shut your mouth and watch.
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90. But—
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91. I might be wrong,
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92. but I think you're the
who's delusional, Princess.
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93. Say what?
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94. Don't worry.
It's your lucky day.
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95. 'Cause Smack-that-Princess-to-
Her-Senses-Man is here for ya!
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96. And what delusion are you
planning to save me from?
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97. Not sure, but you look
like you're in pain.
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98. You know nothing about me!
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99. So your dizziness
is all in your head, is it?
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100. I think we'd find that
a lot more convincing
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101. if you'd stop falling
all over yourself!
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102. Damn it!
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103. Honestly, how can you
call yourself a hero?
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104. If you must close
your eyes to reality,
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105. then I guess I'll have
to burn off your eyelids.
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106. Sakura!
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107. That's a funny
dance you're doing.
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108. Don't you enjoy
the flower petals?
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109. Sister, you have to stop this!
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110. You could ask your
God to make me stop.
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111. Oh, wait.
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112. Could it be that you've
realized your God isn't real?
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113. And for the record,
neither are heroes.
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114. No, that isn't true.
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115. If you pray with all your heart,
you can find real comfort.
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116. There are people who
have been saved by it!
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117. You know damn well
that isn't real salvation.
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118. Then are you saying that there's
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119. no such thing as salvation?
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120. Sure there is.
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121. You outsmart others and exploit
them to your own ends
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122. until you've risen so high
that when you look down
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123. at the foolish masses below,
you see nothing but gravel.
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124. Gravel. Impotent gravel.
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125. And then, safe in the knowledge
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126. that you're better than
the riff-raff, you smile.
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127. The only salvation
I need comes from
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128. the wealth and status
I gain with power.
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129. How so?
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130. You prayed with us every day
back at the convent, remember?
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131. All of us prayed. And what
did we get as our reward?
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132. The convent was
a refuge for us orphans.
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133. We were taught to
devote ourselves to God.
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134. I was probably the only one who
didn't take it all seriously.
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135. And then, that day...
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136. The other Sisters
started burning away.
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137. Every last one of them,
except you and me.
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138. They were all devout nuns,
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139. who served God far better
than I ever cared to.
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140. Don't you see? Kind-hearted
devotion never pays.
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141. The fact that I'm still alive
while those nuns are dead
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142. proves that more than anything.
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143. You can only get stronger
by pursuing selfish gain.
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144. And if you're hoping
to find salvation
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145. without getting stronger,
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146. why, you may as well
ask God for the moon.
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147. Salvation is
reserved for humans.
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148. So by what right does
gravel hope to claim it?
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149. Princess Hibana.
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150. You're a victim of
the flames, too, right?
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151. Our cardboard
hero, standing again.
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152. I know how you feel,
at least a little bit.
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153. All the sweetest things in my
life went up in flames as well.
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154. You'll never know how I feel.
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155. Sakura Blizzard.
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156. This time, I'll make you stay
down like the gravel you are!
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157. You will never keep me down.
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158. But the heat syncope.
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159. I'll get up
as often as it takes.
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160. Convinced I can win every time.
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161. 'Cause I have to help you.
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162. Huh? Have you lost your mind?
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163. What're you talking about?
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164. Listen,
I'm about to lay you out.
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165. And that, along with
the rest of this...
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166. is for your own good!
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167. Well, if all you want
is what's best for me,
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168. then go ahead and burn already!
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169. Lie down and let the flames
do what they do best!
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170. Fire does more than burn people.
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171. It offers us warmth
when we're freezing,
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172. and when we're surrounded by
darkness, it lights the way.
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173. There's no such thing as a
hero in this wretched world!
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174. It might be true
that there aren't any yet...
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175. but that's all the more
reason for me to become one!
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176. You're gonna be okay.
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177. Or else my name isn't... Smack-
that-Princess-to-Her-Senses Man!
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178. Look at that one!
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179. Wow, all of them are so pretty.
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180. That's really amazing,
Sister Hibana.
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181. Heh! Thanks, Sister Clematis.
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182. Look here.
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183. If I put a droplet of sodium
solution onto one of them,
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184. the flame will react.
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185. Watch.
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186. Wow. It looks so cool!
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187. This one is copper.
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188. Sister Sakura,
this one's for you.
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189. It's calcium this time.
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190. I also have potassium,
strontium, and a few others.
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191. They're all so
wonderful to look at.
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192. I know. Flames are incredibly
beautiful, don't you think?
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193. Uh-huh!
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194. Sister Hibana,
I wanna be like you someday.
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195. You can make fire, plus
you're good at science stuff.
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196. Hello, Iris!
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197. Don't hide behind the corner.
Come out and have a closer look.
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198. —Oh, uh.
—Careful.
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199. They might be in
the shape of flowers,
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200. but each is a burning flame.
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201. They can hurt you.
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202. My goodness!
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203. What's going on here,
Sister Hibana?
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204. Are you playing with
your fire again?
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205. Come along now, everyone.
Back to the chapel, all right?
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206. Okay. Thank you, Sister Sumire.
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207. As for you, Sister Hibana.
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208. Your power is a gift
from the great Sol—
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209. it's not meant
to be played with.
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210. What's more, if you were to
wield these flames carelessly,
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211. they could become
very dangerous.
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212. But I'm being very
careful with them,
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213. so it shouldn't be an issue.
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214. And there
you go, arguing again.
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215. Back to the chapel with you.
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216. Fine.
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217. Sorry.
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218. But, Sister Hibana? I, um...
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219. You okay?
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220. It's just— Well, uh.
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221. I'd, um... I'd like to see
those flowers again.
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222. Pretty please.
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223. Sure, I'll show them to you once
you get over your shyness, okay?
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224. Wait, do you really mean it?
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225. The smell of burning bodies.
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226. The inhuman screams
of the dying.
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227. Searing pain. Anguish.
Lives crumbling to ash.
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228. Flames are incredibly
beautiful, don't you think?
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229. As if something like
fire could ever be pretty.
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230. Let's go.
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231. If we don't, then we'll
only burn up beside them.
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232. As if a power like mine
could've come from God.
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233. Fire comes from hell itself,
so if I wield it,
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234. I know what that makes me.
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235. And a devil should
act like a devil.
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236. Hey, wait.
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237. Where are you going, Sister?
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238. Away.
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239. Don't let
yourself be burnt, Iris.
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240. People. Flames.
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241. Whatever I find, I'll exploit.
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242. That's just a
taste of my findings.
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243. Meet my conditions
and you get the rest.
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244. First, I want the
rank of captain.
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245. Furthermore, I want
funding and a lab
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246. from which I can carry
on my experiments.
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247. Why do all this?
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248. We children at the convent
didn't have any parents.
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249. But we did have our big sister.
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250. She was beautiful and clever,
and she had mastered fire.
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251. And when I was lonely
but too scared to speak,
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252. my hero called to me.
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253. I didn't have anyone
like that, though.
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254. All I had to prop myself
up were my flames,
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255. and then I found out they
couldn't be trusted, either.
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256. I don't have anything left now.
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257. If ya want a hero,
there's one right here.
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258. Just look to the skies
and cry out my name!
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259. I'll come and save you anytime!
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260. But that's ridiculous.
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261. You're under no obligation
to help me at all,
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262. especially not after
what I've done.
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263. But I don't have to be obliged.
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264. If you say you need me,
I come running.
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265. 'Cause that's what heroes do.
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266. Whatever the case,
you defeated me.
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267. So I don't intend to
fight you any longer.
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268. Mh-hm. Mh-hm.
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269. What do you think? Did I
overcome my shyness a bit?
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270. How is that even a question now?
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271. I can't believe you waltzed
into my base all by yourself.
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272. Of course I did. I wanted
to see your flowers again.
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273. They're pretty.
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274. I did make you a
promise, didn't I?
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275. They're irises.
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276. Yeah. How do you like them?
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277. I love you, Sister!
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278. The guy in
glasses, he's a monster!
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279. Looks like the Eighth Company
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280. has more or less
completely routed us.
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281. [SHINRA, IRIS]
Must've been the Lieutenant.
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282. How am I gonna explain
this mess to the higher-ups?
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283. For that matter, what should
I tell this spilt gravel?
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284. Think Captain Obi had a plan.
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285. He was gonna try and set
everything up to look like
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286. a nocturnal joint
training exercise.
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287. But you flew in before he could
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for that, right?
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289. If you keep charging
ahead like that,
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290. you're bound to screw
up eventually.
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291. I think I've come up
with a good solution.
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292. What if we smooth things over
with a fun little dinner party
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293. between the Fifth and
Eighth Companies?
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294. That seems a bit outlandish.
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295. And yet, it just might work.
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296. Uh. Huh?
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297. There are times when
the most ridiculous ruses
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298. are the ones people are
least likely to suspect.
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299. I can tell everybody
that to test
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300. the fighting strength
of Company Five,
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301. I planned a surprise
attack drill,
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302. asking Company Eight
to play the bad guys.
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303. Shinra, would you mind rounding
up the rest of the Eighth
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304. and filling them in
on the new situation?
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305. You sure are being
cooperative now.
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306. Well, yeah.
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307. That's because I've
taken a liking to you.
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308. Uh.
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309. Chief, I know
it's ahead of schedule,
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310. but we've begun our
investigation of the Fifth.
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311. There might be violence,
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312. so make what
preparations you can.
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313. Hinawa, you read me?
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314. That's right.
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315. Took time to set things up,
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316. but I'm ready to give
you some backup.
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317. Huh?
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318. It's over?
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