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...Ahh, beautiful Beast.
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A superlatively beautiful woman, your beauty undiminished by the dreadful harm you have done to this world and its people.
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You were truly strong.
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I lost more allies than I can count to you, many of whom I considered friends.
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I'll never forget the battle I fought to capture you. I thought, so many times, that I was about to die.
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But eventually, we won. We finally deposed the Shang dynasty, and imprisoned you in demon-binding chains.
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You never stopped struggling.
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You were relentless in your determination to survive, even if you had to live in filth or subsist on mud.
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Over and over, you begged us to spare your life.
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Over and over, you cursed the world and everyone in it.
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Somehow, even that side of you was beautiful to me.
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Yes, even in your final moments...
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“...Goodbye.”
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“Goodbye, Daji, millennium fox spirit. You who are more beautiful, and more terrifying, than anyone I have ever known.”
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“Yes, goodbye to you as well.”
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“You, who are more detestable, and more precious, than any I have ever known.”
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“I hope your death is longer and more painful than any of your wretched kind.”
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“I'm afraid I won't be doing that. I'm going back to the Kunlun Mountains, and one day, I'm going to become a Xian.”
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“Indeed...”
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“Indeed, I suppose you are. Whereas I...”
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“...No matter how much I wish for eternal life, I'll never get it. And you will.”
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“Ugh. I hate everything about this.”
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“...”
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“Well, fine then. If that's how it's going to be...”
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“I want you to live the rest of your eternal life cursed by every Beast that lives.”
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“You're cursing me?”
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“Yes, I am.”
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“Unless you scoop up every last drop of blood that spills from my head after it's been cut off...”
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“...you will be cursed for all of eternity.”
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“Hehe.”
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“Hehehehehehe.”
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“If you're going to enjoy eternal life, you'll also have to live with eternal regret.”
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“...”
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“...You're really quite frightening, you know.”
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“You mean you didn't know?”
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“Yes. Yes, I am! I'm Daji, the terrible nation-ruining Beast, the living embodiment of disaster and an Evil of Humanity!”
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“And I will always, aaalways...”
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“...hate, curse, and despise you.”
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According to legend...
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...Taigong Wang Lu Shang was so absorbed in his writings during the final days of the Shang dynasty...
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...that his wife filed for divorce and left him.
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Years went by.
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After the fall of the Shang dynasty, after Lu Shang gained tremendous acclaim for his role as the head tactician of the new Zhou dynasty's army...
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...he was given a domain of his own as a reward for his service.
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Shortly afterwards, his former wife reappeared, seeking reconciliation.
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In response, Lu Shang spilled some water from a bowl and said:
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“If you can return this water to the bowl, I will let you back into my life.”
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But of course, spilled water never returns to the bowl...
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What has been spilled can never again be what it once was. A sad fact of life.
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Huh?
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You want to know what actually happened?
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Well, uh...
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Hahaha, how can I put this...?
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