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[ominous music playing]

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[door closes]

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-[sword swishing]
-[woman groans]

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[man 1] Ignore her. Do it quick.

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[man 2] It's only an infant.

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[man 1] No, it doesn't even cry.
What child makes no sound?

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Just look at it.

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You see? A half-breed.

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It's hardly human.

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Killing it is a mercy. Do it already.

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[woman whimpers]

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[man 2] I can't.

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[man 1] Oh, coward. I'll do it.

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[man 2] No!

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[both grunting]

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[man 2] Take it.

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Take the devil child and go!

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[baby crying, echoing]

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[tense music playing]

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[grunts]

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[music crescendos, fades]

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[Ringo] Get off of my master!
What did you do to him?

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Not me. Not me! The Fangs.

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[Ringo] Master, no.

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Don't touch him.

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There's a shrine up the mountain.

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He'll be safe there.

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[owls hooting]

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[children laughing]

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[Mizu's mother]
No, Mizu! No one can see your face.

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The bad men will find you.
If that door opens, we die.

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[Shindo] Dead?

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Which one of the Four Fangs is dead?

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[messenger] All of them.

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All Four Fangs.

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You solve the problem.

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Is that an order? [chuckles]

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Ten years I've waited for this moment.

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Ten years of planning

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to make our control
of the shogunate absolute.

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It's right there.

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On the bed, cheeks parted, waiting.

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And you want me to gift my attention

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to some malformed half-breed

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who's handy with a sword.

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So, if you might, my dear, dear friend,

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my trusted partner and clear equal,

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my right hand
and both feet on land, fondest heart,

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spare a cup of concern
towards our purpose.

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And do it your fucking self.

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[footsteps approaching]

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Prepare a tea ceremony.

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Hmm.

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[Taigen] Hmm. Making soup now?

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Medicine.

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It will heal him.

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It better.

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If he dies, you die.

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[Ringo] That one's poison.

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Snowcap. One bite… Dehh.

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Two bites… Ekkk.

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Drink this.

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See?

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Useful.

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You can barely stand,
let alone hold that sword for long.

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[Mizu grunts]

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I didn't kill you
when I easily could have.

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Now put that down and sit.
I'm nearly finished.

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[Mizu grunts]

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It's a contract for a duel.

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The rematch you owe me
to be registered, legal, and witnessed.

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Only thing left is the date.

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How many days do you need
before you're well enough to die?

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You barely survived our last match.

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That was no match.
You're nowhere near my level.

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Hmm. I like your hair.

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I was blind drunk when we fought.
I was celebrating my engagement.

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-Congratulations.
-Which is now broken.

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You cost me my station and my honor.

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I'll have it all back
when I return with your corpse.

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How long?

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Two days.

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Make it three.

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If you wanted me dead, you should've
struck when you had the chance.

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The time to kill your enemy
is when you can.

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There would be no honor in that.

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[Mizu breathes deeply]

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You don't want revenge. You want a party.

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When I find the men I've set out to kill,

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I promise you I won't waste
a second on ceremony.

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Then you are not a samurai at all.

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Still a stray dog eating out of my trash.

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Three days.

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[Taigen grunts in the distance]

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[Ringo] More medicine.

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The first brought your fever down.

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[sighs]

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This one will speed your healing
and rebuild your strength.

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It has vegetables, cod liver, herbs--

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[Ringo] Oh…

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Mm-hmm.

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[Taigen grunts]

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Master Eiji's broken blade
is a good fit for him.

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Hmm.

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[crows cawing in distance]

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[suspenseful music playing]

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[footsteps approaching]

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[heavy breaths]

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[tense music accelerates, fades]

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"As I trust you are a man of honor,
I hope you can credit the same of me."

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"If you would follow my man, Okiyama,
he will lead you to a medial place

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where we can,
in common safety, meet for tea."

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"Please accept this gift
as a token of sincerity

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from one eager for your acquaintance."

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"From Heiji Shindo."

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[horses snorting]

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Whoa. Wait. Where are you going?

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-[Mizu] For tea.
-[Taigen] There's no tea.

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You know that, right?
He's leading you to an ambush.

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[groans]

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[Taigen] Hey, I need you alive!

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We have a contract, remember?

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No one gets to kill you but me.

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[theme music playing]

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[Ringo] Whoo-hoo-hoo!
Right! Left! [laughs]

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I'm on a horse!

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There is no possibility
this will be anything other than a trap.

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Heiji Shindo will be there.

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He is a direct line
to one of the men I am sworn to kill.

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Revenge does not hesitate.

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[shivers] Chilly.

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Is it?

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You're not used to travel or the cold.

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You need extra provisions to keep warm.

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I have hot tea and money.
Provisions enough for anyone.

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The roads are full of danger, child.

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If we turn back now,
your father will never know you left.

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You can be on your way to Edo.

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The real danger is in Edo.
I have a precise plan to avoid it.

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I have four days till Father calls on me
to leave for the wedding.

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That gives me two days to find Taigen,

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one day to make sure
he fights his demon samurai,

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and one day to bring him back
with his honor restored.

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Hmm.

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I remember a case
when I was a young counsel.

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An insane monk went around
freeing pigs from the farms

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believing he was saving them
from a cruel prandial fate.

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The pigs ran into the woods
squealing with the shock of freedom.

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Most ended up
being ripped to shreds by wolves.

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The rest starved.

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And the villagers went hungry that winter.

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Why do men keep comparing me to pigs?

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I mean to say,
there are only so many paths

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available to each man and each girl.

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Fight within your confines,
not against them.

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I am not out here to learn a lesson.

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[servant 1 grunts]

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-[servant 2 whimpers]
-[servant 3 screams]

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Brigands.

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You're about to learn a lesson.

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Count to ten,
then climb out that window. Run.

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[door opens]

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Gentlemen, you have made
a poor choice in stopping us.

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Your expectations,
I assure you, are not worth your efforts.

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Just take my purse and go.
I have nothing else of value.

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Just some rice balls
and tea for my journey.

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I could eat.

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[tense music swelling, fades]

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Been some time since I killed a man.

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I wonder if I still remember how.

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[Akemi grunts]

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Those pretty feet sure run fast.

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But not fast enough.

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You're lucky I'm not a man.

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[Akemi grunts]

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The other shoe, princess.

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-Are you--
-I'm fine.

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[horse neighing]

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What did you use to say?

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If one god forsakes you,
another one will help you.

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[Seki] My friend.

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Might you spare a ride to Kyoto?

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[Akemi] Not Kyoto!

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Mihonoseki, on the coast.
It's important I be there by morning.

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I can pay.

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Hmm.

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[coughs]

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[horse neighing]

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[theme music swelling]

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They scattered
white flowers on the Buddha,

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and the flowers they scattered
were piled as high as Mount Sumeru.

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[Taigen] I didn't see a mountain
until I was 12 and ran away from home.

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Nothing there but cliffs and boats.

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Fish guts and fish minds.

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Do you remember Kohama?

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Why would you? I try to forget it.

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My father lived and died

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by how many fish he caught
in his net before sunrise.

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Enough fish, and he could drink his fill.

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Not enough, he beat me instead.

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[scoffs]

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And I could smell the cod on his fists.

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I smelled it on him on his deathbed.

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Eighty-four thousand Dharma doors.

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For me, there were only two.

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The net or the sword.

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I could become my father,
or I could cut my way free of the net.

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And I could forget all about Kohama.

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I remember Kohama.

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[Ringo humming]

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[heavy breaths]

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He needs a weapon to kill you
like you need two hands to piss.

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He could bite you in half while you sleep.

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[Ringo] All of it.

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Master.

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Well, I guess I'll just relax
and wait to be ambushed.

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Or maybe we'll get lucky,
and tomorrow we meet Heiji Shindo for tea,

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only there won't be any tea.

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There'll be an army of soldiers
to cut you into tiny slices,

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none of which can duel me.

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If you prefer, I can kill you now.

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[Ringo chuckles]

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Why'd you let me follow you, hmm?
Revenge doesn't hesitate.

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You need me because you're weak.

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Still a malnourished urchin on the street.

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I can beat you with any weapon you choose.

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A spear.

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A rock.

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[gasps]

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-Master, your stitches.
-[Mizu groans]

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[Taigen grunts]

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[Taigen grunts]

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[Mizu groans]

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The bad men will find you.

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[both grunting]

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-[Mizu grunts]
-[Taigen groans]

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[Taigen pants]

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[both grunting]

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[Mizu's mother]
If that door opens, we die.

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[chuckles] The village kids used to scare
each other with stories about you.

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The hut at the end of the woods,

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where the monster boy lived
with his whore mother.

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[Mizu grunts]

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[both grunting]

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[gasps]

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We dared each other to touch the door.

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Until one day it was gone.

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You let them see you?
Men will come. Men will always come.

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Then you were a dog on our streets,

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living on gutter scraps.

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[Mizu's mother screams]

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Mizu! Mizu!

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[both grunting]

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[Mizu pants]

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[groans]

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Huh.

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Your round.

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Ahh. I'll get my needle and thread.

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Whoa! Whoa!

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You know, you picked a ridiculous master,

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but you take good care of him.

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Hmm. I tell you what.
After I kill him, you come work for me.

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You can't be my apprentice.

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I mean, look at you,
half-limb to a half-wit.

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But I'll certainly
make a place for you in my kitchens.

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Oh, I could never work for you.

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I always dreamt of greatness.

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Gave every coin I ever collected
to the saisen box with a prayer on it.

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You think you can be great?

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As it says,
there are four paths through the world.

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The way of the farmer, the artisan,
the merchant, and the warrior.

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Each of these can lead to greatness.

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I never even cared which path,
so long as I found mine.

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I mean, I thought I'd
at least reach noodle greatness.

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But now I've actually seen
what greatness looks like.

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And I know I can't touch greatness
any more than I could swallow the sun,

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but I can help.

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I can help greatness.

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What? I'm great!

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[mysterious music playing]

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[grunts]

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[Taigen] Oh no. No, thank you.
We're not going in that death trap.

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Heiji Shindo is this way?

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[grunts]

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Then I go this way.

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Hey! What do you think you're doing?

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I'm the only one who gets to kill him.

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So if he's walking in
to meet certain death,

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I'll be there to keep him and death
from getting too friendly. Got it?

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Hold.

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You talk?

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"Meet me for tea. It'll be fun."

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[mysterious music continues]

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[Taigen] It opens up here. Get ready.

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[tense music swelling]

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[Shindo] Hello!

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[Mizu] Huh.

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I was just in the mood for tea.

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[Taigen] It's still a trap.

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[Seki] Akemi! Akemi! Time to get out.

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[grunts]

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This isn't Mihonoseki.

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We're nowhere near.
You took us further than when we started!

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[farmer] Hyah!
Then you better start walking! [laughs]

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After we paid him!

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It's called taking someone
for a ride. [chuckles]

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[gasps] We're a day's walk
the opposite way.

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[Seki] Two.

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What do we do?

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We have no money.
No way of getting anywhere.

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I'm going to freeze to death out here.
Covered in shit!

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[gasps, sobs]

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[Akemi] I wish we were back home.

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Enough to get us there.

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You had that all along?

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You knew we'd end up like this?
And I'd give up?

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Child, who taught you to paint,

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to read, to wash, to dance?

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I know you.

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You're like an orchid.

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Lovely and singular
but suited for neither frost nor fry.

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And stubborn
as to when to bloom to reason.

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Now, thankfully you have.

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Let's hire a horse and go home.

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I can still find Taigen.

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You took a gamble on Taigen and lost.

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Now we have to secure
the next best available outcome,

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and that is in Edo,
married to the shogun's son.

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I wouldn't have brought
your father the match

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if I didn't think
it was the best thing for you.

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You. You brought in the shogun's man.

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This is the world.
It grants women a fixed number of paths.

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Proper wife or improper whore.

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Don't be shocked.
You're not a child anymore.

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You have to see things as they are.

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Yes, I picked a path for you.

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You sold me to a rich man's son.

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How's that any different
than being a whore?

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In a tavern like that right now

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are purveyors and flesh-traders

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traveling village to village
for girls to buy.

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And girls are bought,
sold by their own families.

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Ask them if it's different.

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There is happiness to be stolen
as a wife to the right man.

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Even to the wrong one.

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Bits and pieces, over time.

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To find out only now

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you never believed in me.

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Akemi!

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[sighs]

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[indistinct chatter]

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These feet were never meant
for the open road.

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So soft, like… fresh tofu.

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[Seki] Akemi.

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What is this?

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[scoffs] You old goat, stop following me.
You can't afford me.

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My fans follow me everywhere.

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I just left
Shimabara's most exclusive brothel

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to find employment somewhere
worthy of my talents as a courtesan.

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You'd fetch an astronomical price!

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I've been a purveyor all my life.
Plenty of girls pretend to be a princess.

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You really could be one.

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I never sold a girl
half as elegant as you.

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[chuckles] No one has.

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My koto playing once brought
an entire room of samurai to orgasm.

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[Seki] Hmph.

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[Akemi] Didn't have to lift my hem.

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That's enough. Akemi, come with me.

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Take your shriveled old dick
and go cry for some other girl.

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This one's in Goro's care now.

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You were saying
you don't have a contract now?

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My last employer
tried to have me entertain a man

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I knew would raise a hand to me.

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He told me a woman has no choice
but to accept her fate.

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But I know there's another path.
One I choose for myself.

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I hear there's a fine parlor
in Mihonoseki.

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Oh, miss. You are in luck!

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You need someone to negotiate for you.

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Get you the best price!

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Goro knows everyone.

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All the best brothels from Kyoto to Edo,

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uh, or Mihonoseki if you like.

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We can be there in a day!

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You take my horse. Please.
Have to keep those feet supple.

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[Seki sighs]
Akemi, you don't know what you're doing.

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In my youth,
I saw enough flawless swordsmen

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to know I'd never be one.

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I put my effort into other arts.

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Commerce. Tea.

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That kettle has been
in the Shindo clan for 300 years.

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Beautiful ironwork.

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We have no secrets here.

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You were meant to be alone.
Fair. You expected an attack.

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I am unarmed,
but for a small knife to cut bean cake.

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We have our swords.

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Maybe I have 500 archers
hidden in the cliffs around us.

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[laughs]

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You are Heiji Shindo.

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You trade in flesh, opium, chiefly guns.

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Middleman to illegal traders
from the West.

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You have been looking for me.

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For a man you are connected with.

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I am connected with many men.

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The white man.

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There are no white men in Japan.

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That's the law.
No one would break the law.

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[laughs]

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Abijah Fowler.

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Abijah Fowler.

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That is his name.

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And what business do you have with Fowler?

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He was one of the three white men
who were in Japan when I was born.

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I will kill all three of them.

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There were four white men
when you were born.

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There are three now.

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Hmm.

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Fowler and I have dealings.

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Long-standing arrangements.

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Your business is unimportant.

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You can't muster
the appearance of concern for your host?

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I look your way and don't even see you.

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[Taigen] Mm.

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You mean to kill my partner.
I am bidden to prevent that.

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I sent the Four Fangs.

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I killed the Four Fangs.

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That proves you formidable, uncommonly.

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Now I can keep hiring more
and more expensive cutthroats,

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and you can keep killing them,
which will cost us money, and you, time.

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This benefits no one.

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But you're lucky.

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I am wise. Experienced.

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I know some problems
you simply can't kill.

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An offer.

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A very pretty one.

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Fifty thousand ryo.

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And we appoint you
the new lord of the Sendai-han.

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Rich in lumber, sake, and silk.

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The current lord is a debauch.

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The shogun will appoint
a successor at our request.

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He does most things at our request.

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I have the letters prepared.

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Lord Mizu of Sendai. Why not?

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In return,

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you would have to offer an assurance

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you will let go
of all ill intention toward me…

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and Fowler.

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An assurance.

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Well, it's a small thing.
Nothing at all, really.

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[breathes deeply]

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Your right thumb.

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I take it with me as a promise

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that you will never
grasp a sword against us again.

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Your knife cuts more than bean cake.

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[Shindo] There's no shame in it.

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Many of the most powerful lords
have reason to wear long sleeves.

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Oh, hold on, hold on.
You owe me a fight first. Me.

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What do you think they're doing?

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You cook?

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Then cook.

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[suspenseful music accelerates, fades]

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I refuse.

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I have no interest in money or power.

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I have no interest in being happy.

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Only satisfied.

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[chuckles]

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This you expected.

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Did I?

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A man for whom commerce is art.

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This you planned for

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with an attack or a second offer.

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Perhaps not so pretty.

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If I may, how do you intend
to reach Fowler in his island castle?

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Through the front door.

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Really. He would.

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He won't.

32:58.330 --> 33:02.790
As a white man, Fowler is tolerated
only so long as he remains unseen.

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Fowler's castle is impenetrable.

33:06.120 --> 33:09.000
To reach him,
you'd have to cross violent waters.

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Eight levels to reach his chamber
at the top,

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each with a signature defense.

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And there is no door.

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The defenses are absolute.

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If you attempt an assault,
you'll die before you see his face.

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Unless someone were to help you.

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Commerce.

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Personal. You want to kill Fowler.
I want my partnership with him ended.

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I can get you inside the castle.

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How?

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A sake barrel.

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You want him to get in that?

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The ride will be long and horrible.

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But upon my return to the castle,
having failed to negotiate with you,

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the ten casks of sake
I purchased along the way

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will be set in the kitchen stores.

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You're not actually considering
getting in that.

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Any path
that leads me to Fowler is a good one.

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That fever must've cooked your brain.

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That's not a cask. It's a coffin!

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He probably has a room full of barrels

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stuffed with dead,
shriveled, stupid enemies.

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[Mizu] I have questions.

34:17.500 --> 34:18.620
You must.

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How do I trust
you don't leave me in there to die?

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You weigh
the inane complexity of that plan

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against the simpler ambush you expected.

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Why do you want Fowler dead
when he makes you so rich,

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you can bribe me with 50,000 ryo?

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My reasons are my own.

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No. No, they're not.

34:39.250 --> 34:42.210
Twenty years of that face.

34:43.330 --> 34:44.710
That stink.

34:46.000 --> 34:46.920
I hate him.

34:48.750 --> 34:50.250
I hate him so much.

34:52.500 --> 34:55.210
Hmm. Why does the sake smell

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bad?

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He wants to die in a fancy barrel.

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Ah. That's the cheap sake
we serve to the prostitutes.

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If you'd like, I have a cask
of my preferred sake. It's very dry.

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I have a question.

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Let's say he gets through all that
and guts your white man.

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How does he get out of the castle?

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I can guarantee your life

35:18.540 --> 35:21.420
within a blade's length
of Abijah Fowler's neck.

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Our business ends there.

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I wish you luck in your escape.

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[Mizu] A final question.

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That flower.

35:37.670 --> 35:38.920
Who cut that flower?

35:39.870 --> 35:41.460
The line is exquisite.

35:44.000 --> 35:46.210
Only a master could make that cut.

35:46.790 --> 35:48.250
It couldn't have been you.

35:48.830 --> 35:49.920
Enough questions.

35:50.830 --> 35:52.460
Get in the barrel.

35:53.290 --> 35:55.120
What happens if I refuse?

35:55.960 --> 35:56.960
You can't.

35:57.620 --> 36:01.170
I told you the truth about our situation
except on one point.

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I'm not here alone.

36:03.420 --> 36:07.170
On the cliffs surrounding this vale
are 500 of my best archers.

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My small joke earlier was no joke.

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It is an ambush. See?

36:13.670 --> 36:16.960
If you refuse to step in the cask,
I drop this ribbon,

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which is the signal for my archers
to blot the sun with their arrows,

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and you die where you stand.

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And Fowler lives.
Knowing him, probably forever.

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-Now get in.
-[Taigen] No!

36:28.540 --> 36:31.040
You can't get in there.
There aren't any archers--

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Shut up! You have no choice.

36:33.210 --> 36:36.830
Get in! Get in or die now!

36:39.960 --> 36:41.250
[grunts]

36:51.000 --> 36:53.460
[groans, screams]

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For a minute, I thought you believed him.
There aren't any archers.

36:58.370 --> 36:59.830
You bed with the devil.

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[both panting]

37:15.080 --> 37:16.420
[grunts]

37:17.620 --> 37:19.620
[both grunting]

37:22.000 --> 37:24.210
Huh. He wasn't lying.

37:28.750 --> 37:30.670
[Mizu] They're reloading. Count!

37:31.250 --> 37:35.210
-One, two, three, four…
-[both grunting]

37:36.420 --> 37:41.210
…five, six, seven, eight.

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Bad sign.

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[Taigen] Reloading. Two, three, four,

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five, six, seven, eight.

38:29.330 --> 38:33.040
[pants] Two, three, four…

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[vomiting]

38:43.580 --> 38:44.420
Hyah!

38:47.210 --> 38:48.170
Snowcap.

38:49.790 --> 38:50.790
[pants]

38:55.620 --> 38:59.420
…five, six, seven, eight!

39:05.330 --> 39:06.710
[Taigen groans]

39:07.620 --> 39:09.290
[both panting]

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[Mizu] We'll never make it.

39:12.540 --> 39:13.460
We're trapped.

39:14.000 --> 39:17.170
-Two, three--
-Stop counting seconds till we die.

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Hell with it.
Hold me over your head and run.

39:21.580 --> 39:23.290
No reason for us both to die.

39:23.370 --> 39:24.710
[horse neighing]

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[gasps] Ringo.

39:27.620 --> 39:30.750
[dramatic music playing]

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Useful.

39:51.790 --> 39:52.870
[grunting]

39:55.330 --> 39:56.580
[groans]

39:57.420 --> 40:00.580
[screams, laughs]

40:03.290 --> 40:06.040
[laughs] This guy!

40:06.120 --> 40:09.790
Some greatness in you, after all.
What did you do to the giant?

40:11.250 --> 40:12.080
[Mizu groans]

40:15.210 --> 40:16.080
[chuckles]

40:17.620 --> 40:20.000
Your shielding. That was…

40:20.080 --> 40:23.250
Your timing. You're deeply skilled.

40:23.330 --> 40:25.290
The broken blade fits well in your hand.

40:27.250 --> 40:28.620
Well, it's yours.

40:29.420 --> 40:30.420
You won it.

40:34.790 --> 40:36.960
You were never getting in that barrel.

40:37.040 --> 40:38.540
Men like him like to talk so much,

40:38.620 --> 40:40.670
they eventually tell you
how to destroy them.

40:42.080 --> 40:44.580
He told you how to get into the castle!

40:45.170 --> 40:48.000
How? What was it? The flower?

40:48.080 --> 40:49.420
The cheap sake.

40:51.500 --> 40:53.620
[laughs] The prostitutes!

40:55.670 --> 40:58.670
You know,
it's a shame our duel's set for tomorrow.

40:58.750 --> 41:01.210
I have to kill you
before you can get your reven--

41:14.750 --> 41:15.920
[Shindo] The man I met…

41:17.830 --> 41:18.750
is no man.

41:20.540 --> 41:21.370
A demon.

41:22.080 --> 41:23.830
Eyes empty.

41:25.870 --> 41:27.250
Eyes like yours.

41:28.420 --> 41:29.710
Nothing can stop him.

41:30.870 --> 41:32.080
He'll come.

41:33.000 --> 41:36.420
He'll stand right here,
and he will open your throat.

41:37.920 --> 41:39.120
He'll watch you die.

41:50.080 --> 41:52.620
[Mizu] Your skill as a swordsman
merits an opponent

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with full strength and focus.

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I will be able to supply you with both
after I have fulfilled my task.

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On the second day of autumn,
I will meet you at the appointed shrine,

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and you shall have the duel you deserve.

42:11.040 --> 42:11.870
Thank you.

42:21.330 --> 42:25.620
As a surety, please accept this blade
which so well suits your hand.

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[pants]

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[Fowler] I want to know

42:41.540 --> 42:44.420
everything there is to know
about your demon.

42:45.120 --> 42:46.670
[Shindo] I only know his name.

42:48.040 --> 42:49.040
Mizu.

42:50.330 --> 42:52.000
But someone knows more.

42:53.620 --> 42:55.290
He will tell us everything.

43:05.080 --> 43:07.040
[Taigen grunts]

43:10.710 --> 43:12.330
[grunts, screams]

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[closing theme music playing]