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<b><i>The SDF was deployed to the Special Region.</i></b>

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<b><i>There, Itami, Captain of Recon 
Squad 3, met the elf Tuka,</i></b>

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<b><i>Rory the Grim Reaper, and the mage Lelei.</i></b>

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<b><i>After the Empire suffered a massive defeat,
its third princess, Pina Co Lada,</i></b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b><i>decided to go to Japan and negotiate.</i></b></font>

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<b><i>In her diary, she wrote that when she crossed</i></b>

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<b><i>the gate that marked
the border between worlds,</i></b>

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<b><i>she saw buildings which touched the sky.</i></b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Are those... walls?</b></font>

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<b>Look! There are people inside!</b>

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<b>They're making effective 
use of limited space.</b>

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<b>Does that mean Itami's country is very tiny?</b>

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<b>Or perhaps that it's very populated.</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Either way,</b></font>

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<b>the Empire has started a war
 against a civilization</b>

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<b>capable of building these structures...</b>

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<b>It really is cold.</b>

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<b><u>{\an3}Episode 8  Japan, Beyond the Gate</u></b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36">{\an8}I told you!</font>

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{\an8}You okay? I can go get you a coat.

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<b>No. I'm fine.</b>

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<b>If you really think you need one, tell us.</b>

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<b>Okay.</b>

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<b>Lieutenant Itami.</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>I am Komakado, from Intel HQ.</b></font>

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<b>I've been instructed to escort you.</b>

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<b>You with Public Safety?</b>

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<b>You can tell?</b>

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<b>That's a hero's sixth sense for you.</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>It was just a random guess.</b></font>

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<b>A random guess, huh?</b>

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<b>I looked into you.</b>

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<b>You had the second-lowest grades
 in your class during officer training,</b>

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<b>and only avoided last place 
because another trainee got injured.</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>After graduation and assignment,
you rated "just barely passing."</b>

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<b>Your CO got pissed off and 
threw you into Ranger Officer School,</b>

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<b>which you finished, somehow.</b>

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<b>{\an7}SDF
 Narashino
 Garrison</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>For some reason, you were
transferred to Narashino after that.</b>

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<b>Poor personal evaluations 
kept you at Second Lieutenant,</b>

41
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<b>but after the incident in Ginza, 
you were promoted to First Lieutenant,</b>

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<b>I'm told.</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>You sure did your homework.</b></font>

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<b>Slacker. Otaku.</b>

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<b>Your reputation on post is horrible.</b>

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<b>So how the hell did you end up an S?</b>

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<b>A special forces group modeled after
 the US Army's Green Berets and Delta Force</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>You <i>really</i> did your homework.</b></font>

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<b>Did you know?</b>

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<b>If a colony of ants gets 
rid of the laziest one,</b>

51
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<b>another one will just
 start being lazy instead?</b>

52
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<b>So lazy people are necessary?</b>

53
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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>I don't know.</b></font>

54
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<b>But when my CO was yelling at me,
 I told him about that, and...</b>

55
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<b>You were transferred to 
the Special Forces Group.</b>

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<b>I was just trying to argue 
for the hell of it, though.</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Well, if people like you are taking it easy,</b></font>

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<b>that might mean everything works better.</b>

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<b>It can't be! Tell me it's not true!</b>

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<b>Somebody like him's a
Ranger <i>and</i> Special Forces?</b>

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<b>Well, <i>excuse</i> me.</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>You really are something special.</b></font>

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<b>I've got a lot of respect for 
someone who can play the slacker</b>

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<b>among a bunch of worker ants.</b>

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<b>It's a lie! A lie! This is a dream!</b>

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<b>I'm dreaming! This is impossible!</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Get going.</b></font>

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<b>Look at all the people.</b>

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<b>Is this a market?</b>

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<b>A festival?</b>

71
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<b>Look. What's that?</b>

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<b>They've decorated a tree?</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Maybe a charm of some sort?</b></font>

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<b>Where are we going?</b>

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<b>We can't take them to the Diet 
Building wearing jeans, can we?</b>

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<b>I guess when you've got a nice body,
 you look good in anything, including suits.</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>What will you two wear?</b></font>

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<b>I'm fine.</b>

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<b>Me, too.</b>

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<b>This is formal wear for a priest.</b>

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<b>Yeah, bill it to the SDF...</b>

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<b>{\an8}Ushinoya</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Here you go.</b></font>

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<b>Why gyuudon?</b>

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<b>I have to expense our
spending on the Diet trip,</b>

86
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<b>and we only get 500 yen per meal.</b>

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<b>Times are tough.</b>

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<b>What is this? Do we eat it raw?</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Your Highness!</b></font>

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<b>You eat, too.</b>

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<b>If you're hungry, you won't have 
strength when you need it.</b>

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<b>Right.</b>

93
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<b>This is the Japanese Senate?</b>

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<b>Aren't we getting off?</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>We'll be going to a different area.</b></font>

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<b>Officially, you aren't in Japan.</b>

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<b>I am Shirayuri Reiko, 
advisor to the Prime Minister.</b>

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<b>This is Sugawara Kouji-kun, 
with the foreign ministry.</b>

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<b>This is not a peace conference.</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>To ensure that we are on the same page
 in the event of such a conference,</b>

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<b>we wish to discuss and decide on a
 number of matters here beforehand.</b>

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<b>Is that all right?</b>

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<b>I have no objections.</b>

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<b><i>It's been four months
since the Ginza incident.</i></b></font>

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<b><i>The first question and answer session</i></b>

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<b><i>regarding this matter will 
be held in the diet today.</i></b>

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<b><i>In addition to SDF personnel 
who've been on the ground,</i></b>

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<b><i>refugees from the Special Region
have been invited, as well.</i></b></font>

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<b><i>They've just entered the building!</i></b>

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<b><i>We will now ask questions of the witnesses.</i></b>

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<b>{\an8}Special Region Refugees Taken in By the SDF</b>

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<b>{\an7}Civilian Victims</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="30" color="

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<b>Diet Member Kouhara Mizuki</b>

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{\an8}I'll get straight to the point.

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<b>Why were 150 special region refugees,</b>

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<b>who were supposed to be
under SDF protection,</b></font>

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<b>killed by a Class-A Dangerous Animal 
you refer to as a "dragon"?</b>

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<b>Witness Itami.</b>

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<b>Uh, well...</b>

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<b>Probably because the dragon was so strong.</b>

122
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<b>How can you be so calm?</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Don't you feel any responsibility 
for the loss of those lives?</b>

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<b>I'm sad that so many were killed.</b>

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<b>I also felt that our own
capabilities were lacking.</b>

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<b>So you're admitting the SDF is at fault!</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>No. We lacked sufficient firepower.</b></font>

128
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<b>Our 7.62mm rounds bounced
 off it like they were BBs.</b>

129
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<b>I really wished we'd had a stronger weapon.</b>

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<b>A charged particle beam, a railgun, 
a graviton bomb, or something.</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>If I may, chairman.</b></font>

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<b>Our analysis of a sample from
the Special Region shows that</b>

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<b>this "dragon" had scales 
as strong as tungsten,</b>

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<b>and could exhale high-temperature flames.</b>

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<b>It was, essentially, a flying tank.</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Demanding zero casualties 
when fighting such a monster</b>

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<b>is rather unreasonable, wouldn't you say?</b>

138
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<b>Very well...</b>

139
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<b>Then my next question is 
for Lelei la Lalena.</b>

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<b>Do you understand Japanese?</b>

141
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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Yes. A small amount.</b></font>

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<b>She's so young.</b>

143
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<b>A mage?</b>

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<b><i>Very well.</i></b>

145
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<b><i>I'm told you're living in 
a refugee camp right now.</i></b>

146
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<b><i>Are there inconveniences there?</i></b>

147
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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b><i>I do not understand what
you mean by "inconveniences."</i></b>

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<b><i>If you mean that not 
everything is convenient,</i></b>

149
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<b><i>then that's true for everyone.</i></b>

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<b>I'll change the question, then.</b>

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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Do you lack anything that you require?</b></font>

152
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<b>All of my clothing, food, shelter, work,
 and spiritual needs are being met.</b>

153
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<b>If I started asking for more,
there'd be no end to it.</b>

154
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<b>Then you do feel the 
SDF's response in any way</b>

155
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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>contributed to the result of 150 casualties?</b></font>

156
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<b>No.</b>

157
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<b>I am an Elf of the Lodo Forest clan.</b>

158
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<b>I am the daughter of Hodolew Ray,</b>

159
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<b>Tuka Luna Marceau.</b>

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<b>An elf?</b>

161
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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Really?</b></font>

162
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<b>I know this is a rude question,</b>

163
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<b>but are those ears real?</b>

164
00:10:04,680 --> 00:10:06,580
<b>Yes, they are.</b>

165
00:10:07,060 --> 00:10:08,430
<b>Would you like to touch them?</b>

166
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<b><i>Order! Order!</i></b>

167
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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Th-Then, Tuka-san, was there any problem</b></font>

168
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<b>with the way the SDF
 handled the dragon attack?</b>

169
00:10:25,100 --> 00:10:26,710
<b>I don't know...</b>

170
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<b>I was unconscious at the time.</b>

171
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<b>Thank you.</b>

172
00:10:32,150 --> 00:10:33,630
<b>Okay, next...</b>

173
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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Witness Rory Mercury.</b></font>

174
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<b>Black clothes and a veil.</b>

175
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<b>Those must be mourning clothes. 
That's perfect.</b>

176
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<b>What is your name?</b>

177
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<b>Rory Mercury.</b>

178
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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Describe your life in the refugee camp.</b></font>

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<b>It's very simple.</b>

180
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<b>When I wake up, I live. I pray.</b>

181
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<b>I receive life. I pray.</b>

182
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<b>Then at night, I sleep.</b>

183
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<b>"Receive life"?</b>

184
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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Yes. I eat. I kill.</b></font>

185
00:11:05,330 --> 00:11:07,010
<b>I make offerings to Emloy...</b>

186
00:11:07,380 --> 00:11:08,730
<b>A lot of different things.</b>

187
00:11:09,980 --> 00:11:11,730
<b>I'll reword the question.</b>

188
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<b>From the look of things, you've lost 
someone who matters a lot to you.</b>

189
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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Do you feel the SDF is responsible?</b></font>

190
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<b>She says she doesn't 
understand the question.</b>

191
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<b>Rory's family—</b>

192
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<b>According to reports,</b>

193
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<b>despite the fact that one-fourth of the 
refugees were killed in the dragon attack,</b>

194
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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>the SDF suffered no fatalities 
and not even a single injury!</b>

195
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<b>The people who should've defended you
 with their lives put their own safety first,</b>

196
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<b>and in the end, put civilians 
in danger, right?</b>

197
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<b>Now, tell us!</b>

198
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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>What did you really see?</b></font>

199
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<b><i>Expose the SDF's true colors!</i></b>

200
00:12:05,620 --> 00:12:08,120
<b>Are you stupid?</b>

201
00:12:13,910 --> 00:12:16,130
<b>Wh-What did you just say—</b>

202
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<b>I asked if you were stupid,</b>

203
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<b>little girl.</b>

204
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<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="27" color="

205
00:12:31,390 --> 00:12:33,480
<b>You speak Japanese?</b>

206
00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,310
<b>That doesn't matter.</b>

207
00:12:36,610 --> 00:12:41,400
<b>You want to know how
they fought the dragon, right?</b>

208
00:12:42,150 --> 00:12:44,500
<b>They did their absolute best.</b>

209
00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:48,620
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>They most certainly did not 
use the refugees as shields</b>

210
00:12:48,850 --> 00:12:50,540
<b>and fight from a safe distance.</b>

211
00:12:52,210 --> 00:12:53,530
<b>But to begin with,</b>

212
00:12:53,530 --> 00:12:57,280
<b>what's wrong with soldiers 
making sure they stay alive?</b>

213
00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:59,100
<b>If they die needlessly,</b>

214
00:12:59,100 --> 00:13:03,100
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>who's going to protect people like you,</b></font>

215
00:13:03,100 --> 00:13:06,900
<b>who do nothing but sit in comfort 
and complain, little girl?</b>

216
00:13:06,900 --> 00:13:08,780
<b>Little... girl?</b>

217
00:13:08,780 --> 00:13:12,000
<b>They fought a Fire Dragon 
and came back alive.</b>

218
00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,930
<b>The first thing you should do is praise them.</b>

219
00:13:14,930 --> 00:13:16,020
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Also,</b></font>

220
00:13:16,020 --> 00:13:19,230
<b><i>you said that one-fourth
 of the refugees died.</i></b>

221
00:13:19,230 --> 00:13:20,270
<b><i>That's incorrect.</i></b>

222
00:13:20,850 --> 00:13:24,150
<b><i>Itami's squad saved three-fourths of them.</i></b>

223
00:13:24,150 --> 00:13:26,910
<b><i>If you can't even understand that,</i></b>

224
00:13:26,910 --> 00:13:30,120
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b><i>the soldiers of this country 
must have a very hard time.</i></b>

225
00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:34,120
<b>They succeeded in doing something 
no one else could do.</b>

226
00:13:34,580 --> 00:13:38,080
<b>That is my answer to your stupid question.</b>

227
00:13:38,580 --> 00:13:42,210
<b>Do you understand, little girl?</b>

228
00:13:47,230 --> 00:13:50,300
<b>You don't seem to know how
to speak to your elders,</b></font>

229
00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:51,550
<b>"little girl"?</b>

230
00:13:51,550 --> 00:13:53,560
<b>Are you referring to me?</b>

231
00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:55,550
<b>Who else could there be?</b>

232
00:13:55,550 --> 00:13:57,510
<b>I don't know how it works 
in the Special Region,</b>

233
00:13:57,510 --> 00:14:00,150
<b>but in this country we respect our elders!</b>

234
00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:01,980
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>I'm shocked...</b></font>

235
00:14:01,980 --> 00:14:02,860
<b>How dare a mere...</b>

236
00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:06,740
<b>Mr. Chairman!</b>

237
00:14:06,740 --> 00:14:09,580
<b>Diet Member Kouhara is badly mistaken.</b>

238
00:14:09,580 --> 00:14:10,980
<b>Why are you getting in my way?</b>

239
00:14:10,980 --> 00:14:13,030
<b>Just stay put!</b>

240
00:14:14,050 --> 00:14:15,180
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Um...</b></font>

241
00:14:15,180 --> 00:14:16,790
<b>You may not believe this,</b>

242
00:14:16,790 --> 00:14:21,380
<b>but Rory Mercury-san is
 the oldest person here.</b>

243
00:14:22,300 --> 00:14:24,340
<b>Just how old is she?</b>

244
00:14:24,950 --> 00:14:27,670
<b>Nine-hundred and sixty-one years old.</b>

245
00:14:27,950 --> 00:14:29,590
<b>N-Nine hundre—</b>

246
00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,930
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>A-And how old is Tuka-san?</b></font>

247
00:14:34,930 --> 00:14:36,720
<b>I'm one-hundred and sixty-five.</b>

248
00:14:37,900 --> 00:14:38,940
<b>Don't tell me...</b>

249
00:14:39,230 --> 00:14:40,060
<b>No, I'm 15.</b>

250
00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:45,950
<b>I am human.</b>

251
00:14:45,950 --> 00:14:48,930
<b>Our race lives between 60 and 70 years.</b>

252
00:14:49,580 --> 00:14:52,990
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Almost all of the residents 
of our world are human.</b>

253
00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:55,580
<b>Tuka is an elf. 
They do not age and live long.</b>

254
00:14:55,880 --> 00:15:00,370
<b>She is a rare fairy type,
 who live almost eternally.</b>

255
00:15:00,850 --> 00:15:04,280
<b>Rory was originally human,
 but when she became a demigod,</b>

256
00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,360
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>her body stopped aging.</b></font>

257
00:15:06,810 --> 00:15:10,380
<b>After a thousand years or so, 
her kind abandons physical existence,</b>

258
00:15:10,860 --> 00:15:12,530
<b>becoming first spirits, then gods.</b>

259
00:15:12,530 --> 00:15:15,350
<b>Thus, the concept of a "lifespan" 
does not apply to her.</b>

260
00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,850
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="45" color="


261
00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:21,850
<b>{\an1}Hell yes---!!


262
00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:26,050
<b>Diet Member Kouhara, does this
conclude your questions?</b>

263
00:15:27,210 --> 00:15:28,480
<b>Yes.</b>

264
00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,550
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Lastly, regarding the 
treatment of prisoners...</b>

265
00:15:33,870 --> 00:15:39,580
<b>We currently hold as prisoners
 around 6,000 of your soldiers.</b>

266
00:15:39,580 --> 00:15:41,880
<b>Six thousand...?</b>

267
00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:46,700
<b>We would like to release them
 in response to your request.</b>

268
00:15:46,700 --> 00:15:48,210
<b>How much ransom—</b>

269
00:15:48,500 --> 00:15:50,080
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Don't worry.</b></font>

270
00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:54,380
<b>Our country does not engage in the custom
 of demanding ransom for prisoners.</b>

271
00:15:54,380 --> 00:15:57,140
<b>We do expect to receive
something in return, though.</b>

272
00:15:57,390 --> 00:15:59,810
<b>{\an8}Ginza Incident Prisoner List</b>

273
00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,050
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Here's a list of the prisoners.</b></font>

274
00:15:59,050 --> 00:16:03,310
<b>We can turn over a small
 number of them immediately.</b>

275
00:16:04,110 --> 00:16:08,270
<b>Many of the missing are children
 of Senators and nobles.</b>

276
00:16:08,830 --> 00:16:10,280
<b>If they're imprisoned...</b>

277
00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:11,360
<b>I know.</b>

278
00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,280
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>He wants them released to
grant favors for them back home.</b>

279
00:16:14,810 --> 00:16:16,090
<b>That's what he's saying.</b>

280
00:16:17,610 --> 00:16:21,870
<b>We'd like to examine the 
prisoner list before we answer.</b>

281
00:16:22,210 --> 00:16:23,230
<b>Understood.</b>

282
00:16:23,530 --> 00:16:25,630
<b>That concludes our list 
of topics for the day.</b>

283
00:16:28,300 --> 00:16:29,280
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Princess,</b></font>

284
00:16:30,450 --> 00:16:32,260
<b>it's an honor to meet you.</b>

285
00:16:33,630 --> 00:16:35,150
<b>That's a greeting in our world.</b>

286
00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:36,900
<b>Clasp her hand.</b>

287
00:16:36,900 --> 00:16:38,000
<b>I see.</b>

288
00:16:40,950 --> 00:16:44,480
<b>Thank you for serving as our 
mediator for the negotiations.</b>

289
00:16:45,180 --> 00:16:46,730
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>I promise I'll do it.</b></font>

290
00:16:49,250 --> 00:16:51,400
<b>The Special Region's residents 
have completed their</b>

291
00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,650
<b>session at the Diet and are leaving now!</b>

292
00:16:53,650 --> 00:16:55,530
<b>They're leaving on a bus...</b>

293
00:17:13,330 --> 00:17:14,980
<b>Command car to all cars.</b>

294
00:17:14,980 --> 00:17:17,140
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Our guests have arrived.</b></font>

295
00:17:20,780 --> 00:17:21,780
<b>It opened.</b>

296
00:17:22,260 --> 00:17:23,630
<b>So it did.</b>

297
00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:26,850
<b>Now's not the time for that. Get on quick!</b>

298
00:17:26,850 --> 00:17:28,130
<b>Hurry, Hurry!</b>

299
00:17:29,190 --> 00:17:30,150
<b>Hurry!</b>

300
00:17:38,460 --> 00:17:41,930
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>I look like I work at some 
kinda shady talent agency.</b>

301
00:17:41,930 --> 00:17:43,040
<b>Captain.</b>

302
00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:44,870
<b>Hey, good work today.</b>

303
00:17:45,110 --> 00:17:46,530
<b>I was panicking.</b>

304
00:17:46,830 --> 00:17:49,930
<b>Nobody told me we were 
using the bus as a decoy.</b>

305
00:17:49,930 --> 00:17:52,840
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Well, we met up, so it's okay, right?</b></font>

306
00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:56,380
<b>They've been shaking ever since 
the train went underground.</b>

307
00:17:56,380 --> 00:17:59,180
<b>They think we're taking them
 to the bottom of the Earth.</b>

308
00:17:59,510 --> 00:18:02,930
<b>They've never been on a subway. 
Can't blame 'em.</b>

309
00:18:06,530 --> 00:18:07,630
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>My apologies.</b></font>

310
00:18:07,630 --> 00:18:08,310
<b>It's fine...</b>

311
00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:11,430
<b>What's wrong?</b>

312
00:18:11,780 --> 00:18:12,980
<b>You too, Rory?</b>

313
00:18:12,980 --> 00:18:16,350
<b>Hardy controls what's under the ground!</b>

314
00:18:16,350 --> 00:18:17,150
<b>Hardy?</b>

315
00:18:17,150 --> 00:18:19,410
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>She's bad news!</b></font>

316
00:18:19,410 --> 00:18:21,680
<b>Two hundred years ago
she told me to marry her,</b>

317
00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,330
<b>and she just wouldn't shut up about it!</b>

318
00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:28,330
<b>She might drag me off to be her bride!</b>

319
00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,910
<b>So why are you clinging to me?</b>

320
00:18:30,910 --> 00:18:32,730
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>To keep her away!</b></font>

321
00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,160
<b>Hardy doesn't like men,</b>

322
00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,190
<b>so if I stay like this, maybe she won't come!</b>

323
00:18:38,190 --> 00:18:40,760
<b>No, even it's a lie, 
this is what I want you to say.</b>

324
00:18:41,750 --> 00:18:44,500
<b>"D-Don't get the wrong idea."</b>

325
00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:47,770
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>"It's just to keep him away! 
It's just camouflage!"</b>

326
00:18:48,630 --> 00:18:49,410
<b>Like that.</b>

327
00:18:49,410 --> 00:18:50,750
<b>So creepy...</b>

328
00:18:50,750 --> 00:18:53,230
<b><i>Kasumigaseki. Kasumigaseki.</i></b>

329
00:18:54,360 --> 00:18:55,350
<b>Hey there.</b>

330
00:18:58,460 --> 00:19:00,990
<b>We're moving up the schedule
and going to Hakone.</b></font>

331
00:19:01,380 --> 00:19:03,880
<b>We'll head to Tokyo and change trains there.</b>

332
00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:04,930
<b>How'd the bus work?</b>

333
00:19:04,930 --> 00:19:06,880
<b>They all fell for it.</b>

334
00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,680
<b>The fact that they didn't know
 about the change in plans</b>

335
00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,750
<b>narrows the leak down to two suspects.</b>

336
00:19:13,010 --> 00:19:16,400
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Right now I'm letting it go to 
find out where they're headed.</b>

337
00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:17,760
<b>Itami!</b>

338
00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,180
<b>I want out!</b>

339
00:19:20,180 --> 00:19:22,140
<b>I can't take it anymore!</b>

340
00:19:22,410 --> 00:19:23,500
<b>We're almost there.</b>

341
00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:25,600
<b>Two more stops.</b>

342
00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:28,060
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Come on, hurry up!</b></font>

343
00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:29,890
<b>Come on!</b>

344
00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,440
<b><i>Next is Ginza. Ginza.</i></b>

345
00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:33,400
<b>Hurry!</b>

346
00:19:31,980 --> 00:19:33,400
<b><i>Transfer information:</i></b>

347
00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,530
<b><i>Please transfer here for 
Hibiya and Ginza lines.</i></b>

348
00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,330
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>We'll be getting off here.</b></font>

349
00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:42,910
<b>What?</b>

350
00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,180
<b>You can't act on your own!</b>

351
00:19:47,180 --> 00:19:49,130
<b>There's a plan for this—</b>

352
00:19:49,130 --> 00:19:52,710
<b><i>The Marunouchi line is currently 
not functioning due to a</i></b>

353
00:19:52,710 --> 00:19:55,210
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b><i>wiring accident between the 
Ginza and Tokyo stations.</i></b>

354
00:19:55,580 --> 00:19:58,090
<b><i>There is presently no set time 
for it to be back online.</i></b>

355
00:19:58,750 --> 00:20:01,970
<b><i>The Marunouchi line is 
currently not functioning—</i></b>

356
00:20:04,100 --> 00:20:07,910
<b>The air is filthy, but it's a million 
times better than underground.</b>

357
00:20:08,310 --> 00:20:10,380
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>They're shutting down the subway?</b></font>

358
00:20:10,380 --> 00:20:12,190
<b>What do you think our enemy's goal is?</b>

359
00:20:12,430 --> 00:20:14,460
<b>A demonstration.</b>

360
00:20:14,460 --> 00:20:17,190
<b>They want to warn us that they 
can hit us whenever they want.</b>

361
00:20:17,190 --> 00:20:20,810
<b>But they failed with both 
the bus and the subway.</b>

362
00:20:17,820 --> 00:20:20,190
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="30" color="
Operation Postponed
• Location  Ginza-Tokyo Line
• Cause  Wiring Issue
• Recovery ETA  Not Specified</b>

363
00:20:20,810 --> 00:20:24,950
<b>Next, they'll do something
more direct and obvious.</b>

364
00:20:25,260 --> 00:20:26,280
<b>For example...</b>

365
00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,460
<b>Like that.</b>

366
00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:35,580
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>What are you doing, moron?</b></font>

367
00:20:35,580 --> 00:20:36,380
<b>Jeez.</b>

368
00:20:36,650 --> 00:20:37,670
<b>Oh, that's...</b>

369
00:20:38,580 --> 00:20:39,380
<b>What?</b>

370
00:20:44,500 --> 00:20:45,880
<b>What a wimp.</b>

371
00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:47,060
<b>It's not that heavy.</b>

372
00:20:47,060 --> 00:20:48,550
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>No normal person could lift that.</b></font>

373
00:20:48,780 --> 00:20:52,350
<b>For tonight, head to the 
Ichigaya Assembly Hall...</b>

374
00:20:55,250 --> 00:20:57,270
<b>Shall we go there, then?</b>

375
00:20:57,500 --> 00:20:59,130
<b>No, wait a second.</b>

376
00:20:59,130 --> 00:21:01,260
<b>We are <i>not</i> going to Akihabara.</b>

377
00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:02,800
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>That's not it...</b></font>

378
00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:12,410
<b>My cellphone's shut off.</b>

379
00:21:12,410 --> 00:21:15,250
<b>{\an7}Fire at Ichigaya Assembly Hall.  Could it be Arson?</b>

380
00:21:13,630 --> 00:21:15,780
<b>My gas has been shut off.</b>

381
00:21:15,250 --> 00:21:18,750
<b>{\an7}Immediate
 Response Required</b>

382
00:21:16,510 --> 00:21:18,750
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Not too much longer for the water...</b></font>

383
00:21:21,430 --> 00:21:22,940
<b>I'm hungry.</b>

384
00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:28,180
<b>I need to turn in one more page by tomorrow...</b>

385
00:21:30,860 --> 00:21:32,780
<b>At least turn on the heater.</b>

386
00:21:33,210 --> 00:21:34,560
<b>This place is cold.</b>

387
00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:36,530
<b>F-Food!</b>

388
00:21:36,530 --> 00:21:38,810
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>Right, right. I bought it for you.</b></font>

389
00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:42,570
<b>So warm...</b>

390
00:21:43,450 --> 00:21:44,990
<b>Guys, come in for now.</b>

391
00:21:46,010 --> 00:21:47,950
<b>Um... Lieutenant?</b>

392
00:21:48,310 --> 00:21:49,960
<b>Who is that?</b>

393
00:21:50,580 --> 00:21:52,290
<b>Oh, this is...</b>

394
00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:54,660
<font face="Open Sans Semibold" size="36"><b>My ex-wife.</b></font>

395
00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:56,010
<b>Ex...</b>

396
00:21:56,010 --> 00:21:57,800
<b>...wife?</b>

397
00:23:35,430 --> 00:23:40,480
<b><u>{\an3}Episode 9  The Hakone Mountain Night Battle</u></b>

398
00:23:35,950 --> 00:23:37,960
{\an8}Next time on <i>GATE</i>:

399
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:39,900
{\an8}"The Hakone Mountain Night Battle."


