＄01-00-07-15-2-1
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[charaSet B 8001002 1 Mash]
[charaSet C 2020001 1 Ishtar]
[charaSet D 4018001 1 Quetzalcoatl]
[charaSet E 3027001 1 Ana]
[charaSet F 98002000 1 Fou]
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＠Merlin
We made it somehow. Although it took longer than I'd have liked.
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＠Merlin
The axe isn't delivered yet... I guess it'll barely make it by noon tomorrow.
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＠Merlin
Well, we can still accommodate that.[sr]...Umm, it's about four hours before daybreak.
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＠Merlin
You may feel uneasy here, but we should all get some sleep if we can.
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＠Mash
I agree. We have the officer's room that was given to us last time, so please rest there, Senpai.
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＠Mash
I will also get some sleep to prepare for tomorrow.[sr]Four hours of sleep is better than none.
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＠Quetzalcoatl
I'll go check up on the soldiers then!
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＠Quetzalcoatl
We'll have some touchy-feely lucha libre! After all, we will all fight together tomorrow, yes!
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＠Ishtar
I'll go back and check up on Jaguar. She might get sidetracked, you know.
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＠Quetzalcoatl
My, aren't you nice to care about my no-good minion, Ishtar.
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＠Ishtar
...Umm, well, half of it is just to kill time.
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＠Ishtar
I don't sleep well anymore. Not since I found out about Ereshkigal borrowing my body at night.
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＠Ana
...I'm going to rest too. I'll see you here in four hours, upon daybreak.
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？1：...Four more hours...
？2：Then[line 3]

？！

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＠Fou
Fou?
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＠Ana
...
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？1：Good evening.
？2：Ana, you're not gonna rest?

？！

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＠Ana
...I can't sleep, so I am taking a walk. What about you,[sr][%1]? Don't you need to sleep?
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？1：I'll sleep in a little bit.
？2：I'm thinking of staying up till morning.

？！

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＠Ana
Hmm... I think I understand.
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＠Ana
Wanting to take a walk because there's nothing else to do... Remembering that we were at Uruk just yesterday...
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＠Ana
For some reason, those kinds of things keep popping up in my head. They have been keeping me awake... It's pathetic...
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？1：Is it really, though?

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＠Ana
...Yes. Because I know I have been fighting as a stoic Heroic Spirit up until now.
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＠Ana
It's not good to be showing my emotional side all of a sudden. Keeping your composure is very important.
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？2：A lot has happened.

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＠Ana
...Yes. True.
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＠Ana
Though I've focused mostly on battles, so I didn't actually join in the fun with everybody.
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？！


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＠Ana
...
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＠Ana
...
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＠Ana
...Still... Thank you.
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？1：No... Thank you.

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＠Ana
...That's what's so great about you.
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＠Ana
From the time we met in the forest all the way until now, you've never asked me anything.
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＠Ana
Trusting a suspicious Servant like me without asking anything is strange in itself.
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？1：Did you enjoy Uruk?

？！

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＠Ana
Well...
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＠Ana
...No, not really, since I dislike humans.
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＠Ana
...Humans are smart creatures. You constantly look for other possibilities and “what ifs.”
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＠Ana
You will always choose what's better. That's why human cities vary from one another.
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＠Ana
However... When something new is created, what happens to the things that are no longer “better”?
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＠Ana
It would've been fine if they just became “ordinary.” Or if humans forgot about them. Or stopped using them.
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＠Ana
But no... Humans try to reject them. They say they're evil.
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＠Ana
They believe the new will be useless if the old and ordinary remain.
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＠Ana
...That old lady was being treated the same way, protecting shriveled flowers inside that dark, dreary house of hers.
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＠Ana
...At first, I only helped her because it was a job.
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＠Ana
But she looked so happy, and she told me so many stories.
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＠Ana
Even though she couldn't see anymore, she was at peace. Even though she was lonely, she never spoke of it.
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＠Ana
...She treated me like her grandchild. We ate butter cake together.
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＠Ana
She said, “Isn't it delicious?” ...Even though she couldn't taste anything anymore.
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？1：It was probably really delicious to her.

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＠Ana
...I think that would make me happy. But... I didn't get to say goodbye to her...
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＠Ana
...? What are you doing, [%1]? Why are you going through your bag... What's that?
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？2：...Here. This is for you.

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＠Ana
A floral headpiece... For me?
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＠Ana
This is...that flower shop's... The old lady made it for me?
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？1：She said it would look great on you.
？2：She said you'll be a beauty in the future.

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＠Ana
That is not possible. I do not plan on growing older than I am now.
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＠Ana
...I dislike humans. But they are very warm.
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＠Ana
The city of Uruk was like a dream for me. I wanted humans to be nice to me. I wanted to be nice to humans.
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＠Ana
That is how I wanted it to be. That is what my old self wanted.
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＠Ana
It's the dream the adult me... The grown-up me can no longer remember.
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＠Ana
...Thank you for the gift. But I can't accept this.
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＠Ana
[%1], please hold on to it. I don't have the right to wear it.
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＠Ana
...That old lady's grandchild was killed by Demonic Beasts at this Northern Wall.
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＠Ana
...Let's depart at sunrise and defeat Gorgon. That is why I am here.
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＠Ana
...Still, this journey changed my reason for fighting.[sr]You see, before I was merely fighting for myself...
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＠Ana
But now, I'm fighting for the people of Uruk too. That is the least I could do to pay them back.
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＠Merlin
Well well, isn't this a coincidence. For us to run into each other in the middle of the night.
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？1：Oh really?

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＠Merlin
Of course. Taking a stroll around the wall has its benefits.
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＠Merlin
It's like a good luck ritual to prepare for tomorrow.
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？2：You're not going to sleep, Merlin?

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＠Merlin
Hm? You ask if I sleep or not? Oh, right, I never told you all the little Merlin trivia.
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＠Fou
Fou, grrr!
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＠Merlin
Whoa!? Stupid Cath Palug, attacking me again! What did I ever do to you!?
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＠Fou
Fou, fohhh!
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＠Merlin
What? Talk about myself a little? Because we've all been together for a pretty long time now?
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＠Merlin
Hmmm... I don't think speaking about who or what I am at this point would be all that interesting...
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＠Merlin
...Well, if [%1] can't sleep, then it could be a good bedtime story.
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＠Merlin
How about this? You can ask me one question.
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＠Merlin
Topics like human growth and guidance are just such a pain to answer, so normally I either stay silent or lie my way out...
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＠Merlin
But just for tonight, I will answer anything you want to know. Come, ask away.
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＠Merlin
Of course, you can just walk away and not ask anything. I would actually prefer that more.
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？1：Why did you decide to serve King Gilgamesh?

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＠Merlin
Oh, that. Well, because he's the one who summoned me.
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＠Merlin
Truth be told, King Gilgamesh and myself are very similar in nature.
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＠Merlin
First, neither he nor I have any attachments to humans themselves.
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＠Merlin
He is an adjudicator that tries to keep humans on a fair scale. That is why he protects mankind, but he doesn't favor individuals.
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＠Merlin
On the other hand, I'm just a spectator. I don't ever become an ally. Mankind or individuals, it's all just somebody else's business.
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＠Fou
Fou, foooou!
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＠Merlin
And second. Although we both say that, we both like humans.
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＠Merlin
You think that's a contradiction? Well, it's just a difference in perspective, that's all.
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＠Merlin
King Gilgamesh sees value in what humans create.
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＠Merlin
“Humans themselves are foolish, but the things humans create have meaning...”
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＠Merlin
That's probably a belief that lies at his core. On the other hand, I...
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＠Merlin
I'm interested in the end of mankind. I continue to survive just so I can witness that.
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＠Merlin
Well, it just means we're both inhuman. That's part of the reason we've decided to work together.
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＠Merlin
We have our differences in how we enjoy it, but our goals are the same: to continue humanity, and witness its eventual end.
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＠Merlin
That is the reason I decided to serve King Gilgamesh.
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？2：Are you the one who sent out Bedivere?

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＠Merlin
Ah, so you're going there... That's a little painful[line 2]no...quite painful for me.
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＠Merlin
I am the one who sent him to the Holy Land. When the Lion King appeared, that's when he appeared in Avalon.
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＠Merlin
In order to solve that twisted fate, there was no other way but to send Bedivere over.
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＠Merlin
I knew very well that it would be a cruel decision forced upon him.
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＠Merlin
I am inhuman, but that doesn't mean I'm a scumbag. I didn't want Bedivere to suffer if it could be avoided.
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＠Merlin
But, you know. If only the Lion King disappeared, or if only Bedivere remained in Avalon,
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＠Merlin
as a fellow member of the Round Table, it would have felt odd. I mean, I was King Arthur's mentor, after all.
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＠Merlin
Even though I was aware of Bedivere's pain, I decided to prioritize correcting Altria's mistake.
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＠Fou
Fou, foooou!
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＠Merlin
Ow, ow, ow, stop clawing me, you! Give me a break, it worked out better than expected!
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＠Merlin
There was no way to save THAT Bedi and the Lion King together! In the end, I think I did a darn good job!
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？1：Just like Dr. Roman said...
？2：Even putting it mildly, he's trash...

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＠Merlin
Well, of course. I'm not human like you. I'm a completely different creature who just happens to have a human form.
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＠Merlin
Humans may call me a sage, but not once have I ever acted in their interests.
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＠Merlin
I'm a mix between an incubus and a human. Incubi are spirits that feed on the minds of humans.
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＠Merlin
Usually, they don't have an “identity.” That's because they copy the personality of the human they're feeding off of.
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＠Merlin
Incubi just take human mental activity as a source of energy.
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＠Merlin
However, I'm half-human, so I have half an ego... I came to hold a sense of purpose.
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＠Merlin
I only came to be called a sage because I learned that was how everyone would accept me.
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＠Merlin
I'm no more than a monster pretending to be human.
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＠Merlin
I studied humans and tried experiencing emotions, but I still couldn't understand them.
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＠Merlin
Of course, I have intelligence, so I understand human pain. But I can't really understand the burden of it.
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＠Merlin
No matter how far I get, it's always someone's dream. I can speak of love and hate, but I cannot truly experience them.
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＠Fou
...Fou.
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＠Merlin
However, even for someone like me, there's one thing that will bring me happiness. A unique purpose that only I have, even among other incubi.
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？1：And that is...?

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＠Merlin
A happy ending for mankind, of course.
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＠Merlin
In mankind's final moments, I want to see the very last human's dream.
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＠Merlin
If you humans don't exist, then neither do I. I am a Phantasmal. We lose meaning without you.
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＠Merlin
Incubi don't have any direction or preference. Well, maybe we lean towards bad dreams, since they're higher in nutrition.
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＠Merlin
But I still have an ego. If I don't have a meaning[line 2]a purpose[line 2]I cannot live.
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＠Merlin
So, I have chosen your ending as my purpose.
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＠Merlin
Humans are foolish. Not in a philosophical way, but in a biological sense.
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＠Merlin
There are no other intelligent species so wasteful in the universe. And at the same time, there are none so unpredictable, either.
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＠Merlin
You humans are truly flawed creatures. But...
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＠Merlin
But the history you create is beautiful.
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＠Merlin
This much I can say with certainty: no matter what kind of end humanity faces, your history will be worth leaving in this universe.
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＠Fou
...Fou, fou.
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＠Merlin
Well, that's about it from me. Romani Archaman's evaluation of me is correct.
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＠Merlin
Nothing will stop me from obtaining what I want to see. This time is no different.
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＠Merlin
So feel free to use me as you like, child of humanity. As long as it's for your tale, the one long history that'll one day be complete,
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＠Merlin
I'm willing to dedicate my body and soul.
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