1. Unlike the Chaos Lords,
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2. the Lords of Order
rarely descended to Earth...
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3. Instead, they would empower
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4. a human being
to act as their agent.
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5. The theory was that
a mortal's earthly ties
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6. would allow for
a greater understanding
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7. of the problems that
Chaos created among humankind.
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8. Though perhaps,
in truth, the Lords of Order
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9. simply hesitated
to dirty their hands
on our chaotic world.
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10. Arion was the first such agent
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11. empowered by and for
the Lords of Order on Earth.
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12. But Chaos's partnership
with a mortal,
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13. not to mention
their sinking of Atlantis,
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14. represented a significant
escalation of the conflict.
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15. And Arion's resulting death,
forced Order to reassess.
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16. Thus, they took a moment
to observe the architect
of all this chaos.
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17. Varl'jat...
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18. Soon to be known as Marduk.
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19. We. Are. So. Moded.
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20. Fixing this would take
a lot more than
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21. bending a branch
back into shape.
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22. Teg aremac ydaer!
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23. You know who I'm going to see.
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24. So you and Blood should go
on a recruiting tour, too.
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25. We're gonna need
all the help we can get.
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26. Rehtaf, ediug ruo
yenruoj hguorht
S'etaf Yloh Hkna!
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27. Thanks, Doc.
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28. I'm not a doctor yet.
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29. Nope. Not yet.
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30. Is she all right?
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31. There's a cost
to magic.
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32. She's drained her vim vitae,
her life force.
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33. Using the ankh
always takes it out of me.
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34. Huh?
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35. That spell usually takes me
to the stairs.
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36. I wonder why we wound up here?
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37. - Aunt Inza?
- Oh, that's why.
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38. And where is here, exactly?
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39. - Whoa!
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40. Nice entrance.
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41. Daughter of Zatara,
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42. you invoke our ankh
and invade our tower.
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43. Take these children
and get out.
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44. Yes! Mission time.
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45. - Beast Boy?
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46. - Garfield?
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47. Huh? What?
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48. The mission.
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49. Did you seriously not hear
the Troub-Alert?
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50. Sure. Yeah, yeah, of course.
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51. So, are you coming or what?
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52. Nah. You got this covered.
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53. "You got this covered"?
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54. Is that our catchphrase now?
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55. 7,586 years
after the fall of Atlantis,
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56. came the rise of Babylonia.
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57. But ruling this new kingdom
came with its own challenges.
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58. Marduk found himself frustrated
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59. with his Babylonian generals
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60. and their
pernicious independence
of mind.
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61. Guess who?
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62. The Chaos Lord Klarion
arrived, without invitation,
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63. but with an offer of help.
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64. Marduk's son, Nabu,
argued fiercely
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65. against giving the Witch Boy
free rein.
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66. But Marduk,
ignoring his son's advice,
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67. was intrigued
by Klarion's offer.
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68. The result...
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69. Klarion brought
a Starro-Creature
from Deep Space
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70. to Ancient Babylon.
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71. I can't leave. A new Chaos Lord
threatens the Earth.
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72. Yes. She calls herself Child.
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73. Do not waste time telling Fate
what's already known.
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74. Then Fate knows
we need his help.
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75. We are not
inclined to intervene.
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76. I know exactly what
you're thinking.
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77. We doubt that.
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78. I do, because I had
the exact same thought.
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79. Two Chaos Lords
at each other's throats
sounded like a win.
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80. Right up until their conflict
sank half of Roanoke Island.
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81. We can't wait
for the final outcome.
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82. We have to stop
the fight itself.
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83. And you plan on doing that
with these children?
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84. Yes, while you confront
Child and Klarion,
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85. my Sentinels can
covertly strike
from the shadows.
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86. Your "Sentinels" are not ready
for this fight.
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87. - We so are.
- We've been training
really hard.
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88. - We're ready for anything...
more or less.
- Kind of.
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89. They'll do great,
Nabu. You just watch.
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90. Let us test that premise.
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91. Observe.
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92. Ugh! Great.
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93. Now, I guess I'm supposed
to prove myself.
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94. You don't have to
prove anything to me, Trace!
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95. Who are you?
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96. - I'm your boyfriend.
- You're a puppet.
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97. - I'm your puppet boyfriend.
- And I'm your puppet mentor.
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98. And I'm
your puppet idol.
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99. Terrific.
Who's controlling you?
Why are you here?
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100. We're here
to cheer you up.
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101. I don't need cheering up.
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102. Of course, you don't.
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103. What would be the point, loser?
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104. - Who was that?
- Ignore the whispers.
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105. - They're nothing.
Nothing, like you.
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106. Noted.
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107. A mystic test
to draw out my insecurities.
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108. What do you have to be
insecure about?
You're terrific!
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109. All your friends think
you're great.
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110. They just
don't trust you
to have their backs.
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111. You've got
the coolest powers, too!
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112. Too bad
you still haven't
mastered them.
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113. That's why I invited you
to join the Outsiders!
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114. That's why
he was relieved when
you turned him down.
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115. That's why I wanted you
as my protegee!
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116. That's why
she pulled in Khalid and Mary
to replace you.
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117. Stop it! It's not gonna work.
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118. Come out here and face me.
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119. Is it Fate?
Is Nabu pulling your strings?
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120. We're hand puppets.
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121. We have no strings.
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122. Besides, there's no one
back there.
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123. You're afraid
to face the ugly truth.
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124. I'm not afraid to face
ugly you!
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125. What the hell?
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126. Funny you should mention hell.
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127. Here's your ugly truth, Traci.
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128. You're a fraud.
You don't belong here.
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129. You're not ready
for this fight.
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130. Marduk was not prepared
for the gifts Starro brought.
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131. Instantly, it became clear
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132. Starro was no solution
to Marduk's problems,
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133. as the alien creature
put the Babylonian army
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134. under its own control,
not Marduk's.
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135. As for Marduk's son Nabu,
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136. it was his fate to die,
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137. fighting the enemy
his father had
unintentionally raised.
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138. And his death,
under these circumstances,
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139. left the Lords of Order
intrigued.
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140. Where am I?
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141. - What in the...
- What are you doing?
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142. You should be making
hospital rounds,
diagnosing people,
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143. helping them.
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144. I am helping people.
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145. I'm trying to become a doctor
and a hero.
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146. It's the same thing,
just different methods.
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147. Your methods are magic.
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148. I thought
you were Muslim.
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149. Mom, I... I am Muslim.
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150. You're not behaving
like one, Khalid.
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151. You should rely on God alone.
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152. I gave up magic
when I converted to Islam.
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153. Look, magic is a tool
I'm using to do good.
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154. I mean, that's what
our faith is all about.
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155. If you were a good Muslim,
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156. you would listen
to your mother.
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157. That's... that's not fair.
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158. You're using religion
to bully me into doing
what you want.
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159. What I want is a better life
for you. A safer life.
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160. He's
following in the footsteps
of your uncle, Jane.
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161. He's Homo Magi.
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162. He has to honor
his genetic heritage,
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163. even if it means giving up
the study of medicine.
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164. Dad, I'm not
giving up medicine.
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165. I can do both,
forge my own identity.
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166. We don't get to choose
our destinies.
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167. You have a responsibility.
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168. And this is responsible?
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169. He can't play
at being a hero, Muhammed.
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170. I'm not playing.
I'm training, studying.
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171. Time taken away from training
and studying to be a doctor.
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172. I know, but...
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173. Your father and I didn't
work hard our whole lives
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174. to put you through
medical school...
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175. I know, but...
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176. only to have you run off.
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177. You cannot abandon
your true calling.
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178. I know, but...
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179. Admit the truth.
We are drowning in your doubts.
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180. You're killing us both,
because you're not ready
for this fight.
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181. We run an entire mission
against the Headmaster,
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182. and he hasn't moved an inch?
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183. Hey, Beast Boss!
Have you been sleeping
this whole time?
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184. What? No. I'm awake.
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185. Kinda not!
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186. So what?
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187. First, you guys say
I don't get enough sleep.
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188. Now, too much?
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189. There's just no pleasing you.
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190. It is on, Nabu.
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191. Say it. I want you to say it.
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192. - No. We don't say
that anymore. We can't.
- Help!
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193. - Say it and save me.
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194. Speed of Mercury!
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195. Not that way.
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196. - Help me! Save me!
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197. Say it, please!
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198. Strength of Hercules!
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199. - That's not the way.
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200. You're not doing it right.
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201. I know, but I can't.
I promised.
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202. If you won't say it, I will.
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203. - Don't...
- Shazam!
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204. You don't have what it takes.
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205. Stamina of Atlas!
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206. - What are you doing?
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207. You're not a hero.
You're not a sorceress.
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208. Courage of Achille...
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209. - You call that power?
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210. This is what
real power looks like.
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211. Stop dabbling in half-measures!
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212. You're pathetic.
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213. Afraid to be your true self,
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214. and without enough imagination
to become something new.
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215. Without me, you're not ready
for this fight.
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216. The Babylonians
had believed Nabu to be
a God of Wisdom.
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217. He was already, in his own way,
a Champion of Order,
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218. willing to defy his father,
Marduk,
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219. Chaos' immortal mortal ally
upon the Earth.
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220. What better candidate
for Order's purpose?
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221. So the Lords of Order
recruited Nabu's soul,
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222. now free of the limitations
of his fragile mortal form.
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223. Elevating it
to a higher calling,
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224. they gave purpose
to his once pointless death,
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225. and revealed the dangers
resulting from the Chaos
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226. of the Klarion-Marduk alliance.
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227. Gaining an oath
of Nabu's fealty to Order,
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228. the Lords forged
something new.
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229. Not simply an agent of Order
on Earth,
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230. but a Lord of Order,
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231. created from the soul
of mortal man
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232. and Nabu's own helmet.
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233. The Helmet of Fate
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234. would act as the anchor
for his spirit
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235. on the mortal plane.
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236. The only thing required
was a human host body,
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237. capable of channeling
Nabu's mystic power.
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238. Such hosts were
not always easy to come by.
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239. Yet, Nabu became
the Lord of Order,
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240. known as Doctor Fate,
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241. who has for centuries
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242. defended this world from Chaos.
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243. Bad luck magic.
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244. You're as likely to
curse friends as enemies.
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245. Urban magic.
What does that even mean?
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246. And what if the battle isn't
in a city?
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247. You're just a kid
playing out of your depth.
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248. You are not ready.
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249. Thanks, Leroy. You're right.
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250. The thing is,
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251. I live with these voices.
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252. I work through my insecurities
every day,
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253. but I am not a quitter.
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254. I didn't have to join
the Outsiders.
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255. I'm already on the Team.
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256. Yes, I'm afraid,
but I get up anyway,
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257. and I'm brave enough
to ask for help.
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258. I work, I train,
I make myself better.
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259. And I don't fear failure,
or let it stop me.
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260. Well, not for long anyway.
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261. I am ready.
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262. - As-Salaam-u 'A-lay'kum.
- Wa-Alay'kum-us-Salam.
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263. I am a man of faith, science
and mysticism.
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264. A Muslim and Homo Magi.
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265. I am
a first-generation American
on my father's side
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266. and descended from
Mayflower pilgrims
on my mother's.
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267. I will forge a new way forward
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268. on a path
built by those before me.
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269. I can and will be
both a doctor and a sorcerer.
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270. That is my jihad,
my inner struggle.
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271. In my world, magic is
a science of its own.
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272. Another tool from our creator,
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273. to serve what's good.
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274. My faith will strengthen
and guide me
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275. as I walk along this path.
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276. I am ready.
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277. - Look at me.
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278. I'm beautiful, I am powerful.
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279. I am better and stronger
than anyone and anything!
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280. Why wouldn't you want this?
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281. - No. Not you.
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282. Forgot why you gave it up, huh?
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283. Forgot how
you traded everything
for the power?
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284. Being Sergeant full-time
and not living your life
as Mary at all?
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285. When Freddy and I came to you,
you agreed it wasn't right.
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286. Back then, you knew
you had to stop using
the power completely.
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287. Quit it. Quit her.
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288. Cold turkey. Or else you'd
never give her up.
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289. No. No.
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290. No, you need me.
You are nothing without me.
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291. Billy was right.
I had to stop.
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292. But that doesn't mean
I have to stop being a hero.
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293. I can use my connection to you
to become a sorceress.
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294. To be just as important
and powerful as you ever were,
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295. without abandoning who I am.
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296. No!
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297. Go get 'em, sis!
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298. I am ready for this fight.
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299. Ha! See? There's a reason why
I chose each one of them.
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300. They can handle what's coming.
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301. Is this true?
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302. Are you ready to enter a battle
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303. which could
easily cost you your lives?
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304. - I am.
- Ready.
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305. Been there, done that.
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306. Perhaps they are ready.
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307. Still, Fate has neither need
nor use for them, or you,
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308. as we have no intention
of intervening
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309. so long as Chaos fights Chaos.
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310. And thus,
a single champion was
raised by Order
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311. to battle Chaos
in all its forms.
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312. Nabu, why do you tell me
what I already know?
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313. So that you may understand
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314. why there is, as yet, no need
for us to act.
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315. Let the Chaos Lords fight,
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316. until even the victor
has been weakened by battle.
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317. Fate will step forward
to bring order in the end,
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318. as we have done for millennia.
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319. Nabu, how can you miss
the point of your own story?
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320. You view Fate
as a single champion,
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321. a lone warrior, capable of
triumphing over any opposition.
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322. But this has never been true,
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323. nor was it
your masters' intent.
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324. The Lords of Order planned
for Doctor Fate's formation
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325. to require two champions,
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326. Nabu and Fate's host.
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327. Both are equally important.
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328. For if the host fails,
so falls Fate.
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329. And for Fate to succeed,
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330. Nabu must draw on
his host's diverse strengths.
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331. Yet every host, every person,
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332. finds their strength
in their own way.
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333. Look at these three children,
whom you tested this day,
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334. finding strength
through mentors, family
and faith.
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335. Honestly, do you think
I would have survived
these ten years
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without my faith
in a higher power?
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337. Our Father, who art in Heaven,
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338. hallowed be thy name.
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339. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done,
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340. on Earth as it is in Heaven.
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341. Give us this day
our daily bread
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342. and forgive us our trespasses,
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343. as we forgive those
who trespass against us.
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344. And lead us
not into temptation,
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345. but deliver us from evil.
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346. Amen.
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347. And the victories
you so proudly cite,
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348. would they have come
without allies
such as the League,
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349. or the Lords of Order
themselves?
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350. You view cooperation as Chaos.
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351. But it is
only in the combined strengths
of all these individuals,
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352. in the unity of the disparate,
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353. that Order may truly rise
out of Chaos.
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354. You must know this
on some level,
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355. Or why else would you have
allowed Kent Nelson
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356. to push you into joining
the Justice Society,
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357. Or allowed me to keep you
in the Justice League?
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358. Great Nabu, step back
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of your own arrogance,
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360. and heed the words of those
who seek only to
aid your cause,
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361. lest you fall victim to Chaos,
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362. as you did in your natural life
so many years ago.
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363. Start by listening
to my daughter.
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364. We need you
in this battle.
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365. What more can I say
to convince you?
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366. Come on, Nabu,
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367. you cranky old fart, let me in!
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368. - I need help.
You're beyond help.
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369. Flaw, please kill his anchor.
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370. Big talk!
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371. - Teekl is my familiar!
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372. She won't be that easy to kill.
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373. Teekl!
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374. Mm, not as hard as
you made it sound.
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