I didn't expect to climb all the way up here.
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Won't you tell me where we're going?
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I wanted you to see this.
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Let me ask the question properly.
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The polluted Haze...
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Despair... and misery.
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You keep looking at the ground.
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But you know what they say... Every coin has two sides.
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Raise your eyes! To the sky!
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No matter how much our technology pollutes it, the Earth does its best to remain magnificent.
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You and your mom... After we met...
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We used to go here every evening.
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Both of us had busy lives but... This was our highlight each day.
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We would spend the little time we had talking.
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Talking?... Really?
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Ha ha. Well, most of the time anyway.
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I want to ask you something.
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Is it... wrong if I can't remember her?
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Not just her but... My father too.
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Forgetting my parents.
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Does that... make me a bad person?
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Actually. To tell the truth...
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I'm the same. I have erratic memories of the past.
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Sometimes I ask myself. What did her voice sound like? What did her smile look like?
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If it wasn't for this picture I saved, I wouldn't even recall her face.
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I've checked through all the Triweb.
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📖 Lexicon word for Triweb: Triweb
Our family pictures, video clips, documents...
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They were all stored online in one place.
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When the national power outage happened, all our files were just... Gone!
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As if our entire existence up to that point had been erased.
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Not just ours, but the whole city.
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The only memories left are in our minds. And they're not even reliable.
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Our mind is the most precious and trusty belonging in this day and age.
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There's a simple explanation to all this.
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We both went through trials and tribulations.
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Sometimes our brain tends to block bad memories. As a protective shield.
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So we can keep living.
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You talk exactly like Shay!
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📖 Lexicon word for Shay: Shay
Sometimes... I wish I could remember.
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I do remember one thing.
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Really? What was it?
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The fire was still burning.
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I was laying down outside... Regaining consciousness...
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You were there... watching over me.
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It's been a long time.
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Look... I'm aware we don't get to spend a lot of time together...
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I know. Don't worry about it.
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You're doing what you can.
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I wish things were different...
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But... I need you to know.
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I will always stand by you.
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Tomorrow I'll meet your Director. I'll fix everything.
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📖 Lexicon word for Director: Schuldirektorin
Getting me reinstated?...
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It's all my fault...
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Hey, we all make mistakes.
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You wouldn't believe how many blunders I made when I was your age!
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I'll do whatever it takes.
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It's my duty as parent.
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But... I don't know if I deserve it...
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If you can't trust yourself... Trust me on this.
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You mean... Validating my rating?
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Do you... still trust me?
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I don't have any pictures of us. This view would make a good one!
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...Darn, the camera is acting up again...
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Hey, are you sure you know...
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Well... I guess I'll take another...
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Here, I transferred it to you.
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I'm glad you're here.
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(Bro'! What are you doing?!)
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(The fight starts in a few minutes!)
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(If you don't come immediately, I swear I'm gonna...)
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Hang on!... I'm on my way!
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I'll explain later!
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(Sigh) Some things never change.
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Dee said I saved our world...
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📖 Lexicon word for Dee: Dee
But it feels more like an ending to me.
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I wasted the biggest part of my life.
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Lost the remaining person I truly cared about.
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Who kept me living...
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Surviving thus far...
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Graff.
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: Graff
The more I try to make things right, the more I ruin your life.
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Was this really my plan from the start?
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I can't even remember...
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Only one thing is for certain.
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You'll never live your dreams...
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You'll never become a Drumer...
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📖 Lexicon word for Drumer: Drumer
Graff...
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: Graff
Lia...
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📖 Lexicon word for Lia: Lia
I hurt everyone who gets close to me.
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Maybe I'm truly cursed.
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Maybe it's time to end this...
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Once and for all...
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I... I can't stop fighting yet...
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I just don't know... How to quit...
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Tomorrow's another day.
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"Be a detective..."
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I should have found out my true identity earlier.
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I tried to fool myself.
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But I've always known...
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There's a dangerous beast inside me...
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Can't stay alone...
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Lia...
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📖 Lexicon word for Lia: Lia
Graff...
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: Graff