1. Recognize these?
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2. You know what they are?
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3. You don't, do you?
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4. You have no idea.
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5. They're replicas of body parts.
You see?
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6. Sadly, this is
not only a finger.
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7. It's an inferiority complex
in the shape of a finger.
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8. It's not that I specialize
in treating fingers.
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9. I'm a psychiatrist, in fact.
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10. Inferiority complexes dig holes
in the psyche, and I fill them in.
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11. Produced by NOBUYO HORIBA:
KIICHI ICHIKAWA and TADASHI OONO
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12. Based on the Novel by
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13. Production Design by
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14. Edited by
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15. Starring
TATSUYA NAKADAl
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16. And Featuring
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17. Directed by
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18. I was inspecting
our new factory.
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19. You don't mind
my talking like this?
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20. No, please continue.
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21. Perhaps my technical background
made me overconfident.
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22. We were to use
liquid air with extra nitrogen.
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23. But they were short on time
and gave me liquid oxygen.
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24. They led me to believe
it was liquid air.
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25. You were terribly unlucky.
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26. Yes...
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27. but I was to blame as well.
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28. If I could have called it destiny,
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29. or even a war wound,
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30. it wouldn't be so bad.
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31. But this is like being in exile.
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32. Nobody remembers me... -
not even as a cautionary example.
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33. You mind stopping that?
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34. I've become
very sensitive to noise.
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35. I'm sorry.
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36. I was almost finished.
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37. I wonder if losing one's face
deranges one's senses.
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38. You're tired.
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39. Everyone says that.
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40. What if we took off
the bandages?
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41. Out of the question.
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42. - Some tea?
- No.
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43. Come and sit down.
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44. You can't sit still for a second
when you're not polishing your gems.
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45. Come on, sit down.
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46. You sat over there
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47. so we wouldn't have to look
each other in the face.
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48. You're imagining things.
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49. No matter.
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50. I'm planning a little experiment.
Care to help?
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51. - Aren't you cold?
- Are you?
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52. No, not very.
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53. I'm hot.
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54. It's probably the bandages.
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55. Why not take them off?
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56. They'll ruin your skin.
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57. You can't kill something
that's already dead.
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58. - Your face... -
- What?
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59. You're old enough
not to be so touchy about it.
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60. - I'll make some tea.
- Don't run away.
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61. Why would I run away?
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62. Why are people so biased about
skin color and cheekbones and such?
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63. Or repelled by hives,
for example?
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64. Exactly.
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65. What I do know for certain
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66. is that you, for one, needn't
cover your face with bandages.
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67. Why are you
so sure you do?
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68. Perhaps I wouldn't
if I were corresponding by letter,
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69. or on the phone.
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70. What was your experiment?
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71. I'll help you.
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72. All right.
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73. First turn off the light.
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74. Turn it off?
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75. Civilization demands light,
even at night.
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76. That may be.
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77. But a man without a face is free
only when darkness rules the world.
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78. Isn't that why deep-sea fish
are so grotesque?
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79. How can you
compare yourself to... -
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80. Compare myself?
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81. I live locked in a darkness
ten times deeper.
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82. What's that noise?
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83. What noise?
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84. I want to extinguish
every last light in the world,
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85. or gouge out
all of humanity's eyes.
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86. If only somebody
gave me that right.
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87. Eyes aren't only
for looking at faces.
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88. The face is just a few dozen
square inches above the neck,
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89. covered with a layer of dough.
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90. Isn't that right?
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91. I wanted to think so.
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92. I told myself a million times
it was only a layer of skin, a surface.
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93. But now I'm not so sure.
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94. The face is the door
to the soul.
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95. When the face is closed off,
so too is the soul.
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96. Nobody is allowed inside.
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97. The soul is left to rot,
reduced to ruins.
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98. It becomes the soul
of a monster, rotten to the core.
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99. I feel as if I've been
buried alive.
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100. You closed the door yourself.
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101. No one's stopping you
from getting out.
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102. You're right.
I and others are on equal terms...
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103. as long as we're all
in darkness.
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104. You see?
There's no hope.
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105. It was just too sudden.
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106. No, you'll never accept me.
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107. Why aren't you stopping me?
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108. But you work here.
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109. How do you know?
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110. How do you know
I'm not an extortionist in disguise?
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111. Tell me.
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112. - Your voice... -
- My voice?
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113. Nonsense.
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114. Everyone would sound the same
in bandages like these.
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115. I'm sorry, sir.
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116. What for?
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117. Don't worry about it.
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118. Hey there.
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119. Mind if I smoke?
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120. Of course not. Why?
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121. A cigarette dangling from a crack
in the bandages... it looks freakish.
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122. Don't talk like that.
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123. Your secretary let me in
without confirming my identity.
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124. What?
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125. I'd like to take some time off.
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126. Of course. That's what
I've been suggesting.
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127. I want time
to figure out for myself
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128. whether I'm really qualified
to stay on here.
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129. You're the same person.
What's there to figure out?
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130. I don't want to take advantage
of your kindness.
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131. Don't say that!
It happened in the line of duty.
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132. That's not the problem.
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133. I have no face, and yet... -
- You're tired.
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134. If only it were that.
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135. Sometimes I seem
like a monster even to myself.
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136. Stop tormenting yourself.
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137. You think too much.
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138. That's just wrong.
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139. You're prodding me to cut off your hand
instead of replacing your finger.
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140. Saving patients is your duty.
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141. But carrying out
mercy killings is not.
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142. Mercy killings?
Don't exaggerate.
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143. I'm prepared to replace
any body part at any time.
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144. That's worse than bandages.
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145. The obvious deception
makes it even more hideous.
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146. Would you prefer
rotting teeth to false ones?
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147. - That's different.
- How?
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148. Tell me, how is it different?
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149. - Go ahead then, if you insist.
- May I call the nurse?
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150. But remember:
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151. You'll be the one responsible.
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152. I'll burn my wife's face
so it looks like mine.
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153. No objections to that, right?
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154. Then you can give her
your "false teeth" and all will be well.
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155. You're talking like a child.
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156. A man of your standing!
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157. My wife refused me.
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158. What good will revenge do?
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159. Revenge?
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160. Not at all.
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161. I'd simply be acting
upon your theories
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162. and freeing her from
her prejudices about faces.
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163. That would be
therapeutic for me as well.
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164. Nothing encourages a patient
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165. like being able
to trust his doctor.
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166. - Are you serious?
- Very much so.
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167. Serious or no,
it makes a good pretext.
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168. I'm such a coward,
I can't resist such clever excuses.
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169. Still, I'd rather not get involved
in anything criminal.
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170. I don't follow you.
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171. I doubt it would succeed,
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172. but it would make
an interesting experiment.
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173. It's against medical ethics,
but you've twisted my arm.
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174. However, there's one condition.
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175. You must tell me
everything you do from now on.
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176. I'm lending you the mask
as a therapeutic tool.
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177. It's not yours to keep.
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178. Thank you.
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179. It came out very well.
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180. - Plaster of Paris?
- No, sodium alginate.
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181. Next we'll use a paraffin mold.
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182. - Can you come tomorrow?
- Yes, anytime.
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183. This is my only work now.
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184. Do you live here?
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185. I'm the super.
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186. I saw the ad in the paper.
I'd like an apartment.
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187. You can't.
He has a lady visitor.
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188. - But I've come for an apartment.
- Please don't tell him.
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189. I'll give it back right away.
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190. Yes? Who is it?
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191. I saw your ad in the paper.
Any vacancies?
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192. I'll be right with you.
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193. Sorry to keep you... -
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194. Yoko!
Did you steal it again?
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195. Your daughter?
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196. Well, yes.
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197. Excuse my appearance.
I was taking a bath.
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198. About the apartment... -
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199. Just a moment.
I'll bring you a brochure.
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200. The doors lock by themselves.
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201. It's a rough neighborhood,
hence the chains. Come on in.
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202. Here we have the bath.
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203. This also locks automatically.
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204. This is the toilet.
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205. This is the bedroom.
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206. Nice view.
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207. There's a closet here.
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208. I'm as determined as ever.
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209. I found a hideout for the mask
right after I left yesterday.
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210. That's not what I was asking.
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211. You mean my plans?
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212. What's the purpose
of your double life with the mask?
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213. Ideally we'll compensate
for one another.
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214. You think it'll really
work that way?
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215. You know what I was thinking
in that apartment?
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216. Let me guess.
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217. What to do
with all your freedom?
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218. No.
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219. I was thinking about jealousy.
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220. - Jealousy?
- Yes.
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221. But that's only natural.
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222. It's impossible for me
to make my wife jealous.
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223. You want the mask
to make your wife jealous?
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224. I want it for all
my dealings with people,
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225. including that.
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226. I'll ask you again:
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227. Are you more interested
in rejoining society
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228. than escaping it?
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229. Anything wrong with that?
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230. No. Psychologically,
it's the healthier inclination.
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231. I was afraid...
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232. you would use it
to escape from yourself.
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233. That's all a matter of perspective.
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234. This plastic is fascinating.
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235. Now it's like clay.
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236. But the second you stretch it,
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237. it becomes elastic like rubber.
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238. The modulus of elasticity is close
to that of the skin's cellular tissue.
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239. Applied along Langer's lines,
it takes on the structure of real skin.
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240. Langer's lines?
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241. The axes along which
collagen fibers are oriented.
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242. I see.
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243. I wonder how my face will look.
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244. That's not to say
I don't trust you.
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245. Yes, please leave it to me.
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246. We can't do much without changing
your bone structure and skin's thickness.
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247. At most your face will make a slightly
different impression than before.
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248. How does the mask join the skin?
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249. That's the difficult part.
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250. It'll be most obvious
around the eyelids.
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251. You'll need sunglasses.
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252. I'm in your hands.
I won't complain.
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253. It's chilly out.
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254. What are you doing?
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255. I thought I'd make some tea.
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256. We just had some.
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257. Stop fussing about,
looking for things to do.
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258. It makes me feel
you're hiding something.
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259. Shall I turn off the lights?
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260. No. As you see,
I'm quite comfortable.
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261. I've grown used to the light,
or maybe I've given up fighting.
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262. - Where'd you go today?
- Nowhere in particular.
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263. Are you concerned?
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264. There's no reason to be.
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265. There's not much a man
with a bandaged face can do.
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266. Still angry at me, aren't you?
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267. Come now, don't say it
as if you were the victim.
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268. I didn't mean it that way.
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269. You may be a victim too, after all.
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270. Until a few days ago,
I half-seriously intended
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271. to carve up your face
until it looked as bad as mine.
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272. It would serve you right:
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273. spouting lies about how
a disfigured face is no big deal.
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274. I understand why you feel
you had to say it.
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275. The monster is always to blame... -
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276. what a convenient stereotype.
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277. Everything's the monster's fault.
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278. You harp on it so much,
I'm beginning to believe it.
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279. I think that way
because you do.
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280. Your attitude
makes things so awkward.
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281. Why? What makes you
imagine that?
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282. How am I supposed to... -
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283. Never mind.
I've outgrown that attitude.
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284. Actually, I saw a movie today.
I hadn't in a long time.
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285. It was cold.
Theaters do their business in the dark.
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286. You needn't care how you look.
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287. - What were they showing?
- As I was saying...
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288. there was a young girl
sitting in front of me.
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289. She was alone, but soon
a young man sat beside her.
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290. There were other seats, but he
made a point of sitting right next to her.
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291. I'll leave the rest
to your imagination.
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292. A very bold fellow.
Didn't care what anyone thought.
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293. - And she let him have his way?
- I think so.
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294. I mean, I don't know
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295. what really went on between them.
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296. There were signs something happened,
and signs nothing happened.
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297. I was startled to realize he had
the mindset of a man in a mask.
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298. Executioners wore masks
long ago.
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299. I wonder if they shared
the same mentality.
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300. I'm watching you closely.
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301. You feel you're talking
to a hole in the wall, don't you?
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302. - What does that mean?
- Nothing in particular.
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303. There are monsters who act like people,
and people who act like monsters.
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304. Even monsters
have their pleasures.
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305. Anyway, stop acting like a victim,
and spare me the phony sympathy.
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306. Man, what a knockout!
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307. Hey, don't be so stuck up.
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308. Come on, say something!
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309. Open up, please.
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310. 2
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311. Attention!
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312. Air raid!
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313. Let's play baseball!
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314. The air raid's over.
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315. A nice breeze.
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316. It's a foul wind.
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317. I'd like to see the sea.
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318. Stupid girl.
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319. I meant to tell her
something nice.
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320. Fine! Have it your way!
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321. Hey, lady, get the ball!
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322. - Oh, gross!
- She's scary!
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323. I'm surprised. You're enjoying it
even more than he is.
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324. Yes, I am.
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325. You can't perform such a visionary
experiment on just anyone.
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326. Wouldn't you like to make
a mask for yourself?
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327. Never. Simply watching such
a perilous stunt is more than enough.
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328. Is it that perilous?
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329. It's like a drug
that makes you invisible.
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330. I can't say I understand
where you see this leading.
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331. What would my wife do
if I made a mask for her?
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332. Don't do that.
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333. I'd like some coffee
if it's ready.
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334. - Sugar?
- Lots.
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335. I've been smoking too much.
My tongue feels raw.
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336. Your wife's listening again.
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337. We may be doing
a terrible thing.
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338. It's frightening.
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339. We're violating
a cardinal rule of humanity.
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340. Perhaps he'll...
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341. become someone else
and seduce his own wife.
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342. You think so?
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343. You don't?
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344. There are limits in life.
Men don't have wings.
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345. No matter how high they rise,
they always fall back to earth.
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346. I've turned into a monster.
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347. Brother...
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348. there won't be
another war soon, will there?
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349. Probably not.
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350. But who knows?
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351. We can't even be sure
about tomorrow's weather.
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352. That's true.
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353. With war,
as with everything else,
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354. you don't even realize
until it's already started.
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355. That's really true.
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356. Good morning.
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357. Don't worry.
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358. I'm in a good mood today.
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359. Say, will you have lunch with me?
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360. Just kidding.
A mask makes a man bold.
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361. Think nothing of it.
Just pretend I'm drunk.
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362. I've thought a lot
since our last meeting.
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363. I've managed
to calm down a bit.
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364. I'd like to talk rationally
about my future.
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365. What's there to talk about?
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366. Keep working here as before.
There's nothing more to it.
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367. No, I can't deal
with people anymore.
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368. Let's not pretend otherwise.
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369. I can still handle
technical matters, though.
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370. I'll have to wear
the bandages for life.
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371. If possible, I'd like to return
to the factory at my present pay.
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372. I don't see what's wrong
with the current arrangement.
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373. But if you insist... -
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374. That's a load off my shoulders.
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375. I'll arrange it
before your leave's up.
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376. Is your wife well?
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377. Why?
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378. "Why?"
Don't clobber me for asking.
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379. From now on, I'll exist via
telephone calls, documents, letters.
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380. No offense, but all you'll see
of me is my signature.
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381. I want to be
as inconspicuous as possible.
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382. Well, I suppose
we'll both get used to it.
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383. Your face has lost
its usual cheerfulness.
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384. A few minutes looking at me
leaves you exhausted.
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385. No wonder my wife's
not looking too well.
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386. Well, I'll be leaving now.
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387. How would he be?
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388. That face?
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389. Not the features...
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390. but the dimensions
and skin texture.
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391. Isn't he a bit young?
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392. He looks easy to persuade.
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393. Shall we go in?
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394. What'll you have?
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395. - It's kind of early for lunch.
- A cola, then?
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396. Pardon us.
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397. Two colas.
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398. One for me too.
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399. We'd like to ask you
a big favor.
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400. What?
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401. What the hell's that?
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402. The favor is worth 10,000 yen.
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403. What do you say?
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404. You haven't told me yet
what it is.
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405. We'd like you
to sell us your face.
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406. My face?
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407. A mold of your face, that is.
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408. We wouldn't skin you
for a measly 10,000 yen.
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409. Just a mold?
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410. We won't use it
for anything illicit.
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411. But isn't that like
taking my fingerprints?
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412. The shape of a glove
changes with the wearer.
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413. We only wish to reproduce
your pores and sweat glands.
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414. Just the surface details.
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415. This one's a waste of time.
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416. There's nothing to lose,
yet he refuses. Let's go.
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417. I still don't get it.
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418. What are you buying it for?
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419. Please take it.
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420. I'm going to Kansai
tomorrow for a week.
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421. - Business?
- I assume you don't object.
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422. Of course not.
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423. I'll have to pack your things.
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424. When do you leave?
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425. This is a surprise.
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427. I've pulled myself together
enough for a business trip.
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428. Of course I'm impressed.
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429. I'm sorry.
Don't be offended.
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430. I didn't mean to pick a fight.
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431. Let's talk about something else.
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432. Your gem-polishing class
is on Fridays, right?
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433. Did you finish that stone
you were working on?
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434. Not yet. Almost.
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435. I wonder if we see
the true face of a gem
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436. when it's polished,
or in the rough.
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437. - I don't want to talk about that.
- Why not?
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438. I think it's a trick question.
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439. I see.
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440. Changing the subject's
your prerogative.
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441. What would you like
to talk about?
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442. Have you ever wondered
why women wear makeup?
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443. Let's see...
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444. Isn't it to deceive men?
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445. You're way off.
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of the Tale of Genji,
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447. women believed it was a virtue
to conceal their faces.
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448. That's why poems of the time
only mention their black hair.
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449. Even now in Arab countries,
a woman's face still remains hidden.
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450. Makeup is also
a sort of mask.
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451. It's a sign of humility.
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452. Humility?
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453. As long as a woman is a woman,
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454. her face isn't worth showing
without makeup.
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455. Sounds like
very roundabout sarcasm.
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456. - Sarcasm?
- Isn't it?
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457. Isn't humility
better than vanity?
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458. Sensible, practical, adventurous,
pleasant, idealistic... -
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459. it was surprisingly hard choosing
from so many facial types.
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460. I asked the nurse's opinion.
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461. Maybe I should've asked
your wife too, eh?
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462. No, the honor is all yours.
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463. Bring the eyes.
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464. Well?
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465. You left the mole too?
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466. Yes, it's more lifelike
with a few blemishes.
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467. Shall we try it on?
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468. You can't really get a sense of it
until it's in place.
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469. Let me take off your bandages.
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470. Don't move.
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471. It fits nicely.
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472. Beautifully done.
It's wonderful.
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473. It'll be hot,
but please bear with it.
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474. The chemicals will gradually set.
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475. Slowly move your lips sideways.
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476. Now back.
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477. Moving your facial muscles
under this heat
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478. will create
the appropriate wrinkles.
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479. It's unnaturally smooth as it is.
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480. Move your mouth once more.
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481. That's fine.
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482. You're free to talk
or do anything you want.
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483. Won't perspiration
loosen the seal?
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484. An astringent in the adhesive
contracts the sweat glands.
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485. You may feel
short of breath at first,
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486. because your skin
won't be able to breathe.
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487. It's hard to make a "B" sound.
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488. A slight change in your voice
might be a good thing.
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489. There's one
hard-and-fast rule:
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490. Never wear the mask
for more than 12 hours.
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491. Any longer
and your skin will suffocate.
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492. This exceeds...
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493. my wildest expectations.
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494. It's an amazing change.
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495. The face of a politician.
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496. As I thought, it looks
unnatural without facial hair.
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497. What look shall we go with?
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498. - Too big.
- Wasn't that one all right?
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499. Not that one.
The other one.
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500. This one?
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501. Yes, that's good.
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502. It's a rather odd feeling.
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503. As if someone else
has taken over.
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504. It has character,
doesn't it, Doctor?
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505. The skin is only about four millimeters,
even at the thickest point.
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506. Just four millimeters?
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507. Yes. It was a very delicate
and precise operation.
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508. I'm still not quite used to it.
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509. It's a pleasant face,
though it has a few quirks.
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510. Even changing clothes
can affect a person.
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511. But I am who I am.
That can't change.
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512. - Let's hope so.
- What's that supposed to mean?
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513. Some juice, please.
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514. As I said at the beginning,
I was reluctant to do this procedure.
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515. I was certainly curious
to see the results,
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516. but I also felt
it was dangerous.
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517. But you pressured me,
and I had to give in.
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518. Please drink this.
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519. Practice using your lips.
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520. - Take this medicine as well.
- What is it?
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521. Can you drink easily?
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522. It was difficult to get down.
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523. Fine, as long as
you don't spill it.
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524. Can I drink hot things?
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525. Of course.
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526. Shall I give him the injection?
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527. Yes, that's probably best.
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528. I'm feeling dizzy.
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529. Another five minutes
and you'll be fine.
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530. - Now, what was I saying?
- What was that shot?
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531. Ah, yes, my apprehensions
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532. about the effects the mask
might have on you internally.
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533. Please don't exaggerate.
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534. Does it feel like a thin pane
of glass is shattering inside?
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535. I don't feel the mask
is really a part of me yet.
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536. No feeling as of fresh air
rushing in though an open window?
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537. I feel trapped
in a hothouse.
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538. You'll feel better soon.
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539. Once you're used to the mask,
you'll be a new man... -
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540. one with no records,
no past.
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541. - A mind invisible to the world.
- I'm me!
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542. That pill... that shot...
what were they?
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543. - Are they taking effect?
- I feel numb.
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544. One was a narcotic,
the other a sedative.
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545. I was afraid your resistance
to the mask would wrinkle it unevenly.
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546. Relax. Laugh. Whistle.
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547. Yield to the mask.
Accept it.
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548. - I understand.
- Three minutes more.
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549. Smile for me, please.
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550. No face can go over thirty years
without smiling once.
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551. You look as if you have
a stomach disorder.
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552. Come on now, smile. Try!
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553. No, no, a real smile.
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554. I can't feel
the wind on my face.
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555. Is that so?
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556. They say a blind man
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557. can sense obstacles from
the air pressure against his face.
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558. It's as if there's something
between me and the world outside.
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559. I have to be careful
not to lose my footing.
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560. Give it a while.
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561. You were born less than an hour ago.
You're like an infant.
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562. To your maiden voyage.
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563. Wouldn't it be more fitting
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564. to toast your remarkable creation?
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565. No need for that!
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566. Wait a minute.
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567. I see now.
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568. You're trying to evade the issue.
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569. - Evade the issue?
- That's right.
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570. You're trying to ignore
how the mask is agitating you.
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571. Nonsense.
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572. You're the one
who's agitating me.
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573. Your manner shows
you're no longer afraid of the light.
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574. You're no longer the man you were
when your face was covered.
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575. - It's the drugs.
- No.
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576. When the waitress brought the beer,
you stared at her legs.
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577. That's a sign the mask
has started asserting itself.
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578. I'm just dizzy, that's all.
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579. Everything around me
seems fragmented.
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580. - Isn't that the essence of the mask?
- Can't you be quiet?
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581. You feel guilty, don't you?
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582. What on earth
do you want from me?
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583. For you to observe
yourself honestly.
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584. That was your promise
from the start:
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585. to tell me everything.
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586. I'm not hiding anything.
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587. I just wish you'd stop
asking leading questions.
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588. Very well.
Perhaps I was too insistent.
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589. Just don't push yourself too hard.
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590. Push myself?
How?
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591. - If it becomes unbearable.
- That again?
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