1. God is the one and only truth.
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2. Yes. Me.
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3. Isn't that right, Lain?
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4. You're God?
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5. Yes. I'm God.
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6. Why are you God? I don't understand.
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7. You're dead, aren't you? A dead human.
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8. Somebody like that can't be God, can they?
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9. I realized that I had no need for a body.
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10. To die is merely to abandon the flesh.
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11. That's... That's just what Chisa said.
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12. "I don't need to stay here."
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13. I suppose she did, at that.
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14. I caused the protocol that
governs the Wired to evolve.
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15. Yeah. That's what you did.
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16. But a protocol is just an agreement.
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17. Yes, but I incorporated code
that operates on a higher phase.
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18. So?
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19. There is compressed
information mixed into the protocol.
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20. What kind of information?
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21. Human memories. Mine.
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22. The thoughts, history, memories, and
emotions of the man named Masami Eiri.
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23. What does that mean?
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24. I can live forever as an
anonymous entity in the Wired,
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25. and will be able to rule it with information.
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26. What do you think a being
like that should be called?
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27. A god.
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28. There is no God.
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29. Yes. Even if I were an omnipresent
being and could influence others,
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30. with no one to worship me, I'm no god.
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31. But you had them.
Or made them, I should say.
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32. Knights.
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33. You no longer need a body, Lain.
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34. That's a lie!
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35. Talk about lame!
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36. Some people are like that, I guess.
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37. So I said, go ahead and do it.
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38. Anyway...
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39. --Hey, look at this!
--Isn't it cute?
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40. It was really cheap!
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41. --At that place next door?
--Yeah, over there!
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42. --Let's go, let's go!
--Today?
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43. Sure, we don't have
anything after school today.
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44. Hey, you're right.
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45. Let's go!
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46. Stand!
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47. Bow!
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48. All right, close your books.
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49. I... I'm real...!
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50. I'm alive...!
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51. I'm here.
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52. Why is this happening?
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53. Was it something I did?
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54. I always tried to keep
something like this from happening.
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55. I always tried not to say anything weird.
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56. Can it be true...?
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57. I'm not supposed to have a body?
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58. That's right, Lain.
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59. You're not needed in the real world.
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60. I'm home.
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61. Dad...?
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62. This is goodbye, Miss Lain.
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63. You must have figured it out
by now. Our work here is finished.
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64. It was only for a short time, but
I know I didn't do enough for you.
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65. You're now free to become anything you want.
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66. No, you were free all along.
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67. I wasn't given permission to
say goodbye, but I loved you.
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68. It's not that I enjoyed playing house...
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69. Maybe I envied a being like you.
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70. Goodbye.
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71. Wait!
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72. Don't leave me alone!
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73. Alone? You're not alone.
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74. If you connect to the Wired,
everyone will welcome you.
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75. That's the sort of being you were.
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76. I'm not alone.
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77. Do you want to do anything, Lain?
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78. This is your world, Lain.
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79. Who are the Knights? They're the
ones who made the fake me, right?
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80. I'm not sure.
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81. No, it's possible.
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82. They say you can trace the origin of the...
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83. ...Knights of the Eastern Calculus
back to the Knights Templar.
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84. They've used that invisible human
network, the collective unconscious,
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85. since long before the Wired was born.
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86. What do you want to do, Lain?
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87. Knights...
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88. Who are the Knights?
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89. You really want to know, don't you, Lain?
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90. The Wired's God is a god
because He has worshippers.
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91. Hey, Taro... Let's go someplace else.
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92. This place has gotten boring.
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93. Yeah. Why not come over to my house?
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94. You don't need to come, Masayuki.
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95. What's the big idea?
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96. Taro says he doesn't wanna
hang out with a little kid like you.
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97. Wha--?
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98. You're as much a kid as I am, Myu-Myu!
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99. It's okay for a girl! Everybody
knows that younger is better for girls.
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100. Right, Taro?
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101. What's that?
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102. What's up, Taro? Is there
something on the Net News?
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103. It's a list.
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104. Huh? What kind of list?
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105. What's a list of Knights
members doing on the Net News...?
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106. Y-Yes?
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107. Please remain silent.
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108. W-Who are you?
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109. Time to pay the piper, all right?
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110. W-What do you mean?
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111. Mom, I got killed!
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112. Mom!
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113. It's your turn, Mom! If you don't
hurry up, I'm gonna keep playing!
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114. Okay, Mom?
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115. I'm gonna take 'em out!
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116. A series of suicides occurred
today all over the world,
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117. and each country's
Information Control Ministry...
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118. ...and police departments have
begun investigating the cause.
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119. Each victim was involved
in network-related work,
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120. and sources tell us that it
appears that they were all members...
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121. ...of a fraternal order known as the "Knights."
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122. Why did you do it?
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123. It was a request from our client.
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124. You hunted down all the Knights in the world.
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125. Our associates are now on
their way to dispose of them.
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126. But why...?
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127. The Wired can't be
allowed to be a special world.
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128. It can only be a field that functions as
a sub-system to reinforce the real world.
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129. But still...
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130. You can't be allowed to
exist in the Wired, either.
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131. But here you are, safe and sound.
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132. Some god or whatever must be protecting you.
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133. Masami Eiri's residual thought program...
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134. ...will eventually be
disinfected from the Wired.
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135. Our client is working on a total
rewrite of the Protocol Seven code.
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136. We have no need for gods.
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137. Right. Not in the Wired or in the real world.
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138. We still haven't figured out what you are.
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139. But I love you.
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140. Love certainly is a strange emotion, isn't it?
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141. What will you do?
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142. Well, let me think...
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143. You don't have anyone to pray to you now.
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144. I can't be a god, then.
But I haven't lost all of them.
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145. If only one believer
remains, I can still be a god.
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146. Who?
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147. Come, now... You, Lain.
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148. It's because of me that you can stay yourself.
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149. You were originally born in the Wired.
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150. The legend of the Wired.
The heroine of the Wired's fairy tales.
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151. Liar.
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152. The real world's Lain Iwakura
is merely a hologram of her.
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153. A homunculus of artificial ribosomes.
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154. You never had a body to begin with.
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155. That's a lie.
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156. A fake family. Fake friends.
Yes, it was all a lie.
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157. That's a lie...
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158. That's all a lie...
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159. Poor Lain... She's all alone.
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160. But I'm here. The man
who loves you is here.
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161. You should be able to love me,
the man who sent you to this world...
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162. I am your creator.
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163. Love me.
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164. All right, Lain?
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165. The other...
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166. The other me, she's...
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167. That isn't another you. It's the real you.
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168. Like it matters!
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169. I thought I was innocent,
but I'm being punished.
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170. I didn't start this, but
I have to finish it somehow.
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171. I can't say I didn't know about it,
but I don't remember taking part in it.
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172. I get the feeling my freedom cost me dearly,
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173. but I don't remember selling my soul cheaply.
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174. Hey, hey!
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175. Until I die and say goodbye...
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176. Hey, hey!
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177. ...no one will ever catch me.
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178. You probably don't know the eternal outlaws...
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179. ...who wander the distant night.
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