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After I look at them, I'll take a break.
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Why in the world would he tell them that?
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Hey, Dear.
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You can't go around glaring like that,
even at your enemies.
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You'll end up with wrinkles
when you grow up.
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I know that expression.
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"How'd things end up like this
when we just went out to eat," right?
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Think of it as a last-minute job, okay?
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Besides, you're the one
who decided to jump into that hole.
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You've been worried about Rudo, right?
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Isn't that's why you tagged along?
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Hey, sorry, sorry!
Forgot you were sensitive about that...
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Cute dynamic you've got there.
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Is that there your kid?
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Pretty much. Not by blood, of course.
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I'm hoping we can get out of here ASAP.
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Dear'll start to get sleepy
if we're not back before nightfall.
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I see. So Dear's your name, eh?
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Mind if I call you "Dear little boy"?
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Guess that's a no? All right.
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He's at the age when
a little brattiness is still cute.
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How old is he?
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He turned ten last month.
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Hey, that's great. What day?
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The 17th.
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September 17th.
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Hey, close one! Mine's September 19th.
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So you just got older, huh?
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Don't say it that way.
You're making me feel ancient.
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Listen to us.
We sound like old men chatting.
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Hey, don't laugh. It just makes me sad.
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So, what's your story?
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You don't seem particularly hostile.
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Are you even here to fight us?
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Bundus.
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That's my name. You can call me that.
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I'm Bro.
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This is hard to navigate.
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As for my story...
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It's true that I'm not
feeling hostile right now.
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I'm here on Zodyl's orders, but there's
other things I'm after, personally.
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So if you can get those things,
we can skip the fight?
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Well...
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Beating you two would get me one of them.
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What I want...
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is information.
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If you give me the info I want,
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I'll tell you what happens if you lose to us.
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So tell me.
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The boss of the Cleaners...
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Arkha Corvus...
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Who is he?
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Boss.
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You know I don't like that word.
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Never mind that! It's an emergency!
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Four members of Akuta, including Rudo,
and three members of Child
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were taken away by the Raiders
and are currently missing!
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Gris told us.
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It seems the one with warp powers
from the report stole them.
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Gris wants us to allocate
personnel to look for them.
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Please, Boss!
Why won't you just wear your choker?
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It'd be so much easier if we
could get in touch with you quickly!
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Very well.
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Semiu, round up anyone who's free.
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I'll figure out where they are.
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I happen to know a great information broker.
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You want to know about our boss?
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Bundus. What are you getting at here?
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Just what it sounds like.
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If it's too big a question,
I can break it down for you.
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Hang on.
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You're trying to get important
info about the Cleaners
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by asking something unassuming, right?
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I won't tell you anything that
could put us at a disadvantage.
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Don't get the wrong idea, now.
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I'm a strict individualist.
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My questions stem purely from my
own curiosity and inquisitive nature.
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Nothing you tell me will get back
to the Raiders at large.
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It's a simple exchange of information
between you two and me.
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You can choose not to say anything
if you don't believe me,
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but until you answer,
I'll be staying where I am,
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and you'll be trapped here too...
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until bedtime comes around.
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All right.
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But I'll only give the answers I want.
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In that case...
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What is Corvus's favorite food?!
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F-Favorite...
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S-Sweet stuff, I guess.
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How old is he?!
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No one's ever... mentioned it.
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What does he do for fun when he goes out?!
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I-I've never seen...
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How long has he been with the Cleaners?!
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I-I don't know!
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Have you ever seen him
use his vital instrument?
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N-No!
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Th-This is bad!
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I thought I could skip potentially
damaging questions and wrap it up quickly,
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but everything he's asking is totally
mundane stuff, so it's just getting weird!
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Dear's starting to get restless!
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I've got to do something,
or he'll grow up with wrinkles!
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So hard to navigate!
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I'm always between a rock and a hard place.
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Fine, I get it.
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I see what you're trying to do.
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Listen, man, I really don't know this stuff.
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I guess it's my turn now.
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If your side loses, we're going to
serve you up to a trash beast.
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I don't know if you've seen this or not,
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but we Raiders have managed to
successfully cultivate a few trash beasts.
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Dear. Are you hearing what I'm hearing?
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Did he just give us incredible info
for basically nothing?
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Bro.
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The value of the information you gave me
was indeed worthy of this.
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Despite being a mysterious figure,
Corvus loves sweets.
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All of a sudden, he feels human to me.
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I understand him very well now.
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He hides his true self well,
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even from his own comrades!
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C'mon. No need to hide it anymore.
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You're just like me, right?
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I've spent too much time going at it
with people way stronger than me.
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Now average folks can't stomp me
unless I hold myself back.
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When I'm going all-out fighting
and fighting and fighting and fighting
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but still can't win...
that's when I feel most alive.
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And so... I can get my hopes up now, right?
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You're someone besides the boss
who can beat my ass in, right?
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Right?!
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Zanka, my friend!
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No need to hide it anymore!
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You can let it all hang out!
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Doesn't matter who's a Cleaner
and who's a Raider...
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Just show me...
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Show me!
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Show me the brutality you've been hiding!
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I'm all out of ideas.
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You can tell from the trash
that falls from it
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that the Sphere is a place of abundance.
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Living creatures are mysterious things.
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They change their appearance
to adapt to their environment.
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Sometimes, the fallen trash brings
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remains of species never seen on the Ground.
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Humans are the same.
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The environments we live in will
result in different kinds of humanity.
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I'm a groundling. You're a Sphereite.
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Why, then...
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Why do we have the same look in our eyes?
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Jabber told me that you and I smell the same.
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Whatever else he is, he's perceptive.
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That's what made me so interested.
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It made me want to meet you for myself.
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Meet me, huh?
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Don't be stupid.
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If you wanted me in on some weird,
half-baked plan to take down the Sphere,
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you could have come and
talked to me like a normal person!
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B-Besides, I don't need
anyone talking me into it.
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I'm trying to get to the Sphere to punch
those assholes because it's what I want!
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Don't pretend like we're the same
and drag the other Cleaners into it!
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I wonder. What is "normal"?
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Rudo, did you know?
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There are groundlings who see
the trash falling from the Sphere
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and worship it as "blessings from heaven."
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Even rotting food waste,
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even scrap lumber that
crushes their flesh and bone...
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There are those who see it as a blessing
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and demand others do the same.
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It may seem strange to outsiders,
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but when it's all you know, it seems normal.
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In time, it becomes "common sense,"
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and to fight against it becomes heresy.
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"Common sense" can be beneficial.
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But a "common sense" designed by the corrupt
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is a deadly poison to those
who unknowingly imbibe it.
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You'll never know who has that poison
in their system unless it comes up.
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But there's a way to snap them
instantly out of their toxic delusion.
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A shock to the system.
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These shocks are very useful.
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They draw someone's fundamental
nature to the surface.
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You've had that happen, haven't you?
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With the shock Jabber dealt you.
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Oh, which means...
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The one Jabber is fighting right now
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might also have something
to be drawn out from within.
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Or perhaps the shock will prove too intense...
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and he'll be crushed.
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Here we go.
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Here's another one.
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One of those "natural talents."
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No way a mediocrity like me can beat him.
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"I wasn't going all-out," my ass.
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"I was holding myself back," my ass.
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I've seen plenty of people who said
that crap 'cause they wanna look cool,
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but you can spot the real ones
by how clear-eyed they are.
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Man. It's the same shit anywhere you go.
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"A mediocrity can't beat a natural talent."
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But that's what makes
it so damn worth doing!
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Episode 16
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Gifted and Not
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Hey, quit running!
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Zanka, old pal!
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Don't let this next one kill you, 'kay?!
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Stormy Weather!
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All done now?
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Hey, look at you, fighting!
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Not over yet.
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I'm not... finished yet...
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Until I prove myself...
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I'm not dying!
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You broke my rib!
And then you punched me in it!
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You frickin' sadist!
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I knew you had more hidden away!
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Show me more of that!
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I don't do any of that "holding back" shit
you were babbling on about!
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But don't worry!
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Even a mediocrity like me
can keep up with you!
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Looks like you hit my left claw!
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When I'm in all-out mode, my left claws
hold three of my most recent toxins.
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There's the numbing toxin,
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a toxin for having a good old time,
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and the gloopy-goo toxin from just now.
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What, would you still rather be hit with shit?