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| $91-50-03-01-8-1
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| [scene 10202]
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| [charaSet A 98003000 1 "Dr. Roman"]
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| [charaSet B 98001000 1 Mash]
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| [charaSet C 5030001 1 Scheherazade]
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| @Scheherazade
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| ...Khh... Gaaah...!
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| [k]
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| @Mash
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| Scheherazade!
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| [k]
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| 
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| ?1:I KNEW you were overdoing it!
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| ?2:This gauntlet would be rough even for a trained warrior...!
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| ?!
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| [messageOff]
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| @Scheherazade
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| (Huff, huff...)[sr](Gasp...)
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| [k]
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| [charaFace B 2]
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| @Mash
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| Hang on! I'll take you to the infirmary right away!
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| [k]
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| 
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| [charaFace C 0]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| No! No...it's all right.[sr]I just...need a little rest.
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| Please...please go on...with the story.[sr]We've almost reached the end...
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| [k]
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| [charaFace B 12]
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| 
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| @Mash
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| But...
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| [k]
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| [charaFace C 0]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| I promise all I will do is listen.[sr]At long last, you reached the climax of your story.
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| The last act in the saga of the evil plot of the Incineration of Humanity, and the all but overwhelmingly arduous task of restoring it.
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| Now I need only close my eyes and listen[sr]to the story's conclusion as it unfolds.
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| [k]
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| 
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| [charaFace C 6]
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| @Scheherazade
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| Please, tell me about the[sr]ending of your long journey.
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| Tell me...about his final moments...
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| [k]
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| [charaFace B 8]
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| 
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| @Mash
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| ...
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| [k]
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| [charaFace B 0]
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| 
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| @Mash
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| All right.
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Mash
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| I'll tell you what happened after[sr]we went to the Final Singularity...
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Mash
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| ...the Grand Temple of Time, Reality Marble Solomon.
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| ...Nnghh...
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| [k]
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| [charaFace C 4]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| ...?[sr]Where am I...?
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| [k]
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| ?1:The infirmary.
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| ?!
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| [charaFace C 0]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| Master...
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Fou
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| Fou, fou.
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| [k]
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| 
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| 
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| @Mash
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| Oh, good! You're awake! What a relief...
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| [k]
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| 
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| [charaFace B 12]
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| 
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| @Mash
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| As soon as I finished talking, you just[sr]collapsed like you were completely spent.
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Mash
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| We panicked, and the only thing we[sr]could think to do was bring you here.
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Mash
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| No, no! Stop! You need to stay still!
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Mash
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| You're not in any immediate danger anymore, but you've still taken a lot of damage from pushing yourself so hard for so[line 2]
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| [k]
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| @Mash
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| ...Huh?
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| [k]
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| 
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| ?1:Wh-what!? Why are you prostrating yourself now!?
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| ?!
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| @Scheherazade
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| ...I am sure you already know the answer,[sr]but if you wish to hear it from me...
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| [k]
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| 
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| [charaFace C 5]
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| @Scheherazade
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| ...I know now. I understand.
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| I know the story of your long journey...and[sr]of the one who watched over you as it happened.
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| [k]
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| [charaFace C 4]
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| @Scheherazade
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| What's more...I saw my own records. I saw what I did,[sr]even if it was not, strictly speaking, me who did it.
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| So...I know what I said to you back then...
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Mash
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| ...
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| I didn't understand.
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| All I wanted, all I could think about, was my need to escape my fear of death...to disappear to somewhere where death no longer existed.
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| [k]
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| 
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| [charaFace C 4]
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| @Scheherazade
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| I see now how truly hollow that desire was. All I was doing was refusing to see the value of my own life.
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| ...Yes... Even had I found solace[sr]in death, I should have realized...
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| ...there is a tremendous difference between dying without having ever attempted anything of significance, and dying without any regrets...
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| There were many things I never did when I was alive...many things I should have done. I died with so many regrets...
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| I understand now...looking back...I should have known better than to be envious of him...
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| [k]
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| ?1:That's what you wanted to understand...?
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| ?2:You wanted the stories from when he was around...to understand?
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| ?!
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| [charaFace C 0]
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| @Scheherazade
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| ...Understand. Yes. That's it exactly.
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| I had heard of his stories. That was not enough, though.[sr]I wanted[line 2]I needed to understand them, in the truest sense of the word.
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| I wanted to...experience the truth of those stories for myself, as much as humanly possible.
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| I know I could never hope to fully understand,[sr]that it was arrogant to even try...
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| ...but I had hoped that by experiencing your story,[sr]and his, even if only a little...
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| ...maybe I would be able to imagine what it might have been like...if I had been there with you all along.
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| [k]
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| 
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| ?1:...
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| ?!
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| At their heart...stories are the embodiment of imagination, and of empathy.
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| As a storyteller, I should have known that...yet I failed to understand this story, because I heard it secondhand.
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| In consequence, I just...strung its words together, utterly without imagination or empathy.
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| [k]
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| [charaFace C 6]
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| @Scheherazade
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| I accepted this secondhand version, seeing only what I wanted to see...envying what I thought I desired.
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| But that is not how a story should be.
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| Now that I've experienced the story for myself,[sr]as much as I can, and understand it more fully...
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| ...this is what I must do.
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| [k]
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| [charaFace B 12]
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| @Mash
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| Okay...I understand your reasons now.[sr]Please, pick yourself up from the floor...
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| [k]
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| [charaFadeout B 0.1]
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| [charaFace C 6]
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| @Scheherazade
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| You misunderstand. I am prepared for the possibility that I may never raise my head again.
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| [k]
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| @Fou
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| Fou!?
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| I am not throwing myself before you to try and escape death. No, this time is different.
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| Master, if you wish to behead[sr]me here and now...I would understand...
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| [k]
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| @Mash
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| Scheherazade...!
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| [k]
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| 
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| ?1:Why're you doing this!?
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| ?!
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| [charaFadeout B 0.1]
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| @Scheherazade
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| Because it's what I would do in your position!
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| [k]
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| @Mash
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| ...
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| Had I been at your side through all of that, and heard what I said back...back then...I would think this is what[sr]I deserve.
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| Now that I've experienced your story for myself,[sr]I can say that much with absolute certainty.
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| I know my own story, and I know the power[sr]stories have, so I know this to be true!
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| [k]
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| 
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| ?1:But I thought you were afraid of dying.
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| ?!
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| [charaFace C 4]
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| @Scheherazade
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| ...Of course I am. I will always fear death.[sr]But...my good fortune can only last so long.
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| [k]
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| 
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| [charaFace C 3]
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| @Scheherazade
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| You've known how weak I am, and so kept me as far from combat and all chance of death as possible.
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| ...I have been so fortunate to have you as my Master.
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Scheherazade
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| As a Servant, I could not have ever hoped for more...especially given the terrible mistake I made as a storyteller.
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| [k]
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| 
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| [charaFace C 7]
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| @Scheherazade
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| But now, the time has come for you[sr]to collect on the debt I owe you...
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| [k]
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| ?1:No it hasn't!
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| ?2:You don't owe me anything!
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| ?!
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| [charaFace C 2]
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| @Scheherazade
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| !?
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| [k]
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| 
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| ?1:Scheherazade, I don't need you doing dogeza all the time...
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| ?2:No matter how bad you feel, you don't deserve that...
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| ?!
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| @Mash
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| I agree. There's no need for you to apologize, Scheherazade. In fact, I'm proud that you're here.
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| [k]
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| @Mash
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| Having someone who knows as many[sr]stories as you here is... I mean...
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| [k]
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| @Mash
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| ...Anyway, I'm really grateful to you.[sr]And I'm so, so happy you're here.
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| But...then...how can I make amends?[sr]I must...I must do SOMETHING to atone for what I did...
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| [k]
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| ?1:Then do what you do best: tell stories.
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| ?!
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| [charaFace C 2]
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| @Scheherazade
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| ...!
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| [k]
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| @
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| Tell others about our journey.[sr]Tell them about what he did.
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| [k]
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| 
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| @
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| Tell his story.
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| [k]
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| @
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| To have you, of all people, do that...[sr]Nothing would make me happier.
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| [k]
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| [charaTalk B]
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| @Mash
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| ...Yes. I'd like that too.
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| [k]
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| 
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| 
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| [charaFace B 13]
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| @Mash
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| And not just Dr. Roman.[sr]There's also Senpai, and all the other Servants...
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Mash
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| It would be a shame for all those[sr]stories we told you go to waste!
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| [k]
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| [charaFace B 1]
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| @Mash
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| We're no storytellers, so the best we could do is just ramble about what we've experienced...but you're a professional!
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| [k]
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| @Mash
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| It would be incredible if a master storyteller like you were to compile our ramblings into a real story!
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| [k]
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| [charaFace B 4]
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| @Mash
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| Especially since...I'm still not sure how much of our efforts to restore humanity...
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| [k]
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| 
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| @Mash
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| ...will ever be made available to the public...
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| ...I see... So that's what you want...
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| [k]
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| @
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| Seeing Master smile at me... It feels[sr]like I've remembered something important.
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| [k]
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| @
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| Up till now, I'd only used stories as a tool for staying alive. I had to. If I hadn't...I would have died.
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| [k]
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| @
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| But...that's not how stories are meant to be used.[sr]Their true purpose is to entertain.
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| [k]
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| @
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| They should be told to benefit their audience,[sr]not the storyteller.
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| [k]
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| @
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| When I was a child, I had a book I read so many times I completely wore it out. I could never have loved it that way had it not been written for its readers.
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| [k]
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| @
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| There's no reason I can't do the same thing.[sr]No...I HAVE to do it.
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| [k]
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| @
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| CAN I do that? I don't know.[sr]But I'm willing to try.
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| (If nothing else...)
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| (...I should not need to use stories simply as[sr]a way to avoid being killed by THIS king...)
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| [k]
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| [charaFace C 7]
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| @Scheherazade
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| ...All right. I swear that I will[sr]tell your story now and forevermore.
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| In fact, some stories are more resilient precisely because they haven't been written down.
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| Even if your story is struck from all official records, as Mash fears...I will continue to tell it.
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| [k]
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| [charaFace C 3]
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| @Scheherazade
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| Though it may not be part of One Thousand and One Nights or told for the same reason, I will see that it always has a place in my personal anthology...
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| [k]
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| @Scheherazade
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| ...as the newest tale of heroes who saved the world.
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| [k]
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