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SUGAYA
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Natsu! Are you okay?
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Jinta...
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P-please don't, Jinya.
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That demon... he's my father!
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You ain't winning like that.
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Sorry, but it's time for me to end this.
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What a bum deal.
It feels awful killing someone I saw turn demon.
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I'm sure he's got things under control,
but I better hurry to help anyways.
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'Cuz if I don't... it might leave
a bad taste in my mouth later.
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Dammit.
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Jinta...
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I'm so pathetic.
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After all the people that I've killed and devoured
in becoming a demon,
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I thought I'd toughened up. At least a little bit.
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But now, I'm struggling due to
the human part of my heart I couldn't relinquish.
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Why am I always so... spineless?
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I'm just... tired...
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Perhaps I could find peace
if I simply stopped fighting back.
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You and I are truly birds of a feather.
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When all's said and done,
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we can't help but prioritize how we live our lives
over who we live them with.
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YUKI-NO-NAGORI
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YUKI-NO-NAGORI
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Father, no! Stay way!
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J-Jinya...?
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That made for a decent shot in the arm.
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But it really is too weak.
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Guess that's only natural for a sake meant to evoke rage.
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God, I hate it.
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This damn cowardly heart. My father turns into a demon
and suddenly it wants me to give up the fight.
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I hate it so much!
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Your wife was raped by a demon and lost her life
to the demonic spawn that she birthed after.
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Then your son disappeared alongside that she-devil.
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And finally, you ended up turning demon, too.
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The irony is staggering.
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I need not ask your name.
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My duty has bound me to slay demons...
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and so, I shall!
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Brawn.
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The best parting gift I can offer you... is a swift end.
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Jinta...
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There will be no room for you to suffer.
Just instant death.
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I wanted to be stronger.
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Because I thought that would enable me
to protect everything.
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But if the fates deem otherwise...
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Then...
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I'll end it myself. All of it!
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Jinta!
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Goodbye, Father.
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Natsu?
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What the hell is this?
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It's all over now. I'm glad you're okay.
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Stay away from me.
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My father...
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You killed my father!
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Get away, you FREAK!
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Hey, Jinya!
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Looks like you took down a real nasty one.
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Honestly... I wish I would've just died fighting instead.
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At least then, I don't lose anything.
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Hmm. It must've been a pretty damn bleak situation
to make you talk like that.
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But hey, if you're still standing,
then it's over and done with, right?
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Yeah. It's finished.
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Now we just need to uproot the source of the problem.
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W-whoa, hold your horses!
Can't ya walk just a wee bit slower?
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You're the one who said we needed to hurry, remember?
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Okay, fair point. But we've been walkin'
continuously for days now.
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And I'm just a regular guy, ya know?
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You can't expect me to keep up with you.
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Night will fall before we get there.
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C'mon, don't harp on me like that.
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Besides, we're headin' for the capital of spooksville.
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Darkness fits the mood better, ya know?
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Speakin' of which, I've been itching to ask...
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What?
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Well, you've already got a good idea
of what Yuki-no-Nagori really is, don'tcha?
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See, I knew it! My gut has been tellin' me as much.
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Ya gonna fill me in or what?
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Let's start with the basics: How is sake brewed?
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Hm? Well, ya just make koji mold outta steamed rice
and then chuck it in some water. Right?
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That's an incredibly rough summary, but yes.
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Now let's take it a step further and assume
that Yuki-no-Nagori was made the same way.
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Oh, please! Don't start clownin' around.
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How's anybody supposed to get
a spring of sake outta that?
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Chucking some koji mold in a fountain
ain't gonna make squat!
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Then chuck in something other than koji mold.
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There's such a thing as "flavored" liquors.
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It involves letting fruits, spices, or herbs soak in the brew
so that their flavors become infused in it.
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Ah, I get it now.
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So, basically, you're saying this stuff was infused
with somethin' that can turn humans into demons.
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And the one responsible for that
is the golden-haired lady.
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Yes.
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I'm betting the remains of someone who met with an
untimely demise are sitting at the bottom of the spring.
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Ugh, no more! I'm freezing, hungry, and it's pitch black!
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I'm starting to wonder why I even bothered taggin' along.
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You explicitly made the trip from Kyoto in search
of the truth behind Yuki-no-Nagori, didn't you?
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Well, yeah, but I didn't think
it would be this much of an ordeal!
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Flowers? In the middle of winter?
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What's the matter?
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Shirayuki poppies...
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Huh? Shira-what now?
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Somegoro. The first time I tried Yuki-no-Nagori,
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it tasted weak to me.
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Yet at the same time...
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I felt a sense of nostalgia.
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Nostalgia?
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I just assumed that was natural for a sake born of hatred.
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However, the reality may be very different...
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Yuki-no-Nagori is remorse from beyond the grave.
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It's born from emotions left by the departed.
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Feelings strong enough to turn humans
into demons? That's just unsettling.
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How much of a grudge did they die
with for that to happen?
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Don't look at it that way.
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Although it ultimately became
a sake that spawned demons,
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that's not what the corpse originally intended.
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What's that smell?
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Somegoro...
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I'm out! I'm gonna stay here and rest.
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My legs are killing me.
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But...
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The rest of the journey isn't meant
for feeble humans like me.
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Thanks.
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You wanted me to find you here, huh?
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You were just waiting.
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Goading the hatred inside of people and letting it fester
to the point they became demons...
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Because you believed that a demon slayer
would eventually come to put a stop to it.
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I had no idea.
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So even your body was stolen from you?
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Yet in spite of what you've been reduced to...
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...you still wish me by your side.
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That goes without saying, Jinta.
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I'm sorry. I ended up causing you great pain.
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I'm a sentinel. It's only customary that I wield my blade
in service to the Itsukihime, right?
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Mm-hmm.
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Thank you.
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Well, so long... Jinta.
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Yeah.
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Good night, Shirayuki.
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Ever since we came back, all the hubbub around
demons and crazy drunks has died down.
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I suppose that means this case is closed.
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But after ya got rid of the source, all the Yuki-no-Nagori
left in Edo became plain water and caused quite the fuss.
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Is that why so many people in Edo seem agitated?
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Nah. That's cuz of the political climate.
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A lotta bigwigs from our government have been
brown-nosin' with foreign nations lately
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and it's got everybody strung out.
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But isolationism ain't a policy that can last forever.
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The most that you and I can do is slay demons.
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There ain't no pushing back
against the march of time, ya know?
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You're right.
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What's wrong? You look glum.
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It's nothing.
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I was just thinking about that blonde woman.
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Ah, the evil mastermind.
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Ya worried she's plottin' something else?
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Yes.
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Well, there's no sense broodin' over it.
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Thanks for the food! I'm leavin' my payment here.
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Alrighty, time for me to hit the road.
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I've gotta get back before my disciple starts frettin'.
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Later, Jinya.
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Pay me a visit if ya ever find yourself in Kyoto.
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Just tell folks you're lookin' for Somegoro Akitsu
and they'll point'cha in the right direction.
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Sure. If the occasion ever arises.
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Well, toodle-oo!
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Oh, Jinya-kun! It's been a while!
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Hey! Good to see ya, pal!
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You took an extra long break
from swinging by here for soba, eh?
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Yeah. Things got hectic.
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We've actually been going through
a drought of customers lately.
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So it's great to see you again.
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Miura-sama has been stopping by here
for lunch as usual,
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but we haven't seen Natsu-san or Zenji-san.
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And considering that you haven't been around,
we've just been sitting here twiddling our thumbs.
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Order up, one kake-soba!
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Okay!
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Thank you for waiting.
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Chef.
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What's on yer mind?
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Have you changed your recipe?
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Huh?
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The broth seems less flavorful.
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Uh, well, I made it the same way that I always have...
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I see.
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Then it must just be my imagination.
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Here, my payment.
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Right.
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Ah. Could you wait a minute, Jinya-kun?
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What for?
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Allow me to join you for part of your walk home.
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Shall we go?
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It's gotten chilly.
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Yeah.
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Are you doing okay?
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Why do you ask?
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You said things were hectic.
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Sorry. Did that make you worry?
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A little. You're one of our few regulars, after all.
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This is where we part ways.
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Okay.
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Jinya-kun?
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Do you remember about the winter daphnes?
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I remember them.
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Flowers that bloom after surviving the chill of winter.
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The harbingers of spring.
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Honestly... where would I be without you?
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The snow dyes everything pure white.
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Without exception.
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Even after it melts and disappears from view,
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the frozen chill that it leaves behind is engrained.
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Strongly and deeply!
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Much akin to hatred.
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Your body actually proved to be useful after all.
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Good night...
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...Princess.