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It seems these eyes
have failed me at last.

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But there's still something
I must see before I die.

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Your recent treatise impressed me.

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Professor! I'm honored.

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It's been 20 years
since your arrival here.

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Perhaps it's time.

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I shall hand over my universe to you.

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This is…

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This is my archival vault.

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Only I can enter.

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It's incredible.

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Take a look at this.

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This is the model of the universe
that I have devised and refined.

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Double epicycles. Amazing.

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The accuracy is faultless,
and the circular motions are uniform too.

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Yes.

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In all of human history,

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no one but me has achieved
this level of precision.

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This is the universe in its proper form.

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I have sacrificed all other possibilities,
options, and opportunities,

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and devoted my entire life
to refining this model.

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I never needed collaborators.

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I was certain that God would choose
only one person to reach the truth,

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and I swore I wouldn't tell anyone
until it was completed.

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Then why tell me?

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Because that one person

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may be you, not me.

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When you do research as long as I have,

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many things become clear.

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In terms of observations, theories,
calculations, and imagination,

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you are now superior to me in every way.

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The road to truth is perilously narrow.

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But you may be capable
of reaching the end.

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I could never…

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Perfecting the cosmos is beyond me.

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I won't ask you to start right away.

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If you're ever interested, just tell me.

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Two epicycles…

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The universe in its proper form?

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Can I really… inherit such a task?

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What am I afraid of?

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Isn't audacity important?

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That's right! I have to be courageous!

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I will perfect the Professor's--

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What… was that?

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My eyes are playing tricks on me.

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I must be exhausted.

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Don't worry.
It wasn't really the final phase.

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Professor, do you have a moment?

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It's about the completion of your model.

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Oh, have you given it some thought?

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Yes. Your ideas are brilliant.

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More than that, they will change history.

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However,

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I don't think I'm up to the task.

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I cannot carry the burden
of completing the cosmos.

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Is that so?

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Find me if you change your mind.

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But it'll be too late
when I'm on the verge of finishing!

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Professor.

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I know my own body.

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I don't have long.

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I've known it all this time,

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but I've never had the courage to ask you.

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Five years ago,

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when you turned me down,

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was it because you doubted my theory?

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Absolutely not!
Your theory is magnificent!

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I've never seen such an accurate model!

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Indeed.

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It is beautiful.

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It's precise, sublime,

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and in accordance
with Aristotle and the Holy Scripture.

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I've never once doubted that.

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But…

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It's never complete!

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No matter how much work I put into it!

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With my abilities,

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there will always be errors
that can't be overlooked.

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Even after a lifetime of work,
I could never reach my goal.

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No, I wish it was only that.

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What terrifies me the most

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is that my hypothesis

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may be completely wrong,
right down to its basic assumptions.

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If that's the case,

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what a waste I've made of my life!

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No.

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That can't be it.

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You couldn't complete your model

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simply because you lacked
the ability to do so.

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But that doesn't mean
your research was wrong!

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The life you dedicated to it
was not a mistake!

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One day…

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One day, tell me when we meet in heaven.

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The truth.

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Um, is the Professor--

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He's gone.

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I leave the rest to you.

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I'll be in the laboratory.

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Huh?

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Doing what?

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Perfecting the cosmos.

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ON THE MOVEMENTS OF THE EARTH

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Since we last met,
I have been generous enough

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to consider your ridiculous theory.

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And I've decided
to let you view my records.

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Really?

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However, I have one condition.

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You must prove true
what I know to be false.

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What exactly do you mean?

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Long ago,

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I saw something.

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No, I mistakenly saw something.

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Of course, such an error

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no longer concerns me now.

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But it's true
that this one-time mistaken sighting

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planted the seeds of doubt
in my life's work.

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That's why I want to take this opportunity

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to make certain that I was wrong.

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What are you talking about?

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What is it that you saw?

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Venus in its final phase.

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What?

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B-But that's--

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Venus in its final phase?
What does that mean?

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Earth is the center
of the geocentric model,

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so of course Venus
revolves around Earth too.

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EARTH, VENUS, SUN

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That means Venus

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can only be illuminated by the Sun
from certain directions,

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and its shape always appears incomplete.

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To see Venus in its final phase,

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it would have to be illuminated
after circling behind the Sun.

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If that's the case,

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it would be more natural to think
the planets revolve around the Sun.

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And that would mean

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the current model which places
the Earth at the center

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would be ruled out.

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Correct.

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But the opposite is also true.

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If you can't observe Venus
approaching fullness,

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heliocentrism would be ruled out.

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If you imbeciles are correct
in your hypothesis,

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then today, when Venus is small
and far away, it should appear full.

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Tonight, we will settle
the matter once and for all.

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But first, I will test your eyesight.

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I've drawn a shape as small
as a human pupil on that board.

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You must tell me
if it is a square or a circle.

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Do that, and I'll accept that your vision
is as good as mine was back then.

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I could never see something
that small from so far away.

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It's audacious to even try.

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Now, can you see
if it's a square or a circle?

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-No.
-Huh?

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It's neither.

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The shape is a half-circle
with the right side missing.

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Well… I guess you'll do.

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I'm going back to my room.

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Call me when Venus appears.

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-Excuse me.
-Huh?

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If…

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If I don't see Venus in its final phase,

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that means Earth
is the center of the universe

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and the bottom of everything, right?

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I'm worried.

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Somehow, I still feel

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like that is probably true.

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Is that because
the world you've experienced

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is full of suffering?

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Yes.

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I know how you feel.

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I've never thought
there was salvation on Earth either.

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We've been taught that our duty
is to ascend from this corrupt realm

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and make it to heaven.

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Even so, it has always bothered me.

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Our world

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holds too much beauty
for such a lowly place.

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Ferocious nature,

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primitive animals,

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and sinful humans…

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Even the fruits of tragedy like those

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are all beautiful in their own way.

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There must be a reason for that.

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And it may be that the Earth moves.

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If the Earth and the sky are one,

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then no matter how corrupt our world is,
it will never be without light.

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It's time.

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Venus will only be visible
for three hours.

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-Badeni.
-Huh?

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I have a question.

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Even if I say Venus appears full,

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couldn't Count Piast refuse to believe it?

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Yes.

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But even if that happens,

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at least I will know the truth.

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Are you worried?

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Yes, of course.

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No matter what the result is,

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what I see today will shape the universe.

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How could I not feel burdened?

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To be honest, I don't understand much

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about the things you two say or do.

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It's even less clear
how this affects my faith.

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Or rather, I was merely
caught up in all of this.

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I never had any desire
to change the world.

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I only wanted to go to heaven.

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I have no idea why I'm here
or doing any of this.

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These past few days

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have been the most puzzling of my life.

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Despite all of that,
what I find hardest to understand…

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is the fact that right now,
I want to see Venus in its final phase.

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In that case,

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there is nothing more we can do for you.

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No.

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But if you don't mind,

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please hope.

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See it.

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Look full.

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I must see it.

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It must look full.

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See it!

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EARTH

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It looks full.

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How mysterious.

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It's the same sky I've always seen,

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but now it looks so different.

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-I'll bet.
-Huh?

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This is what it means…
to learn something, I think.

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ON THE MOVEMENTS OF THE EARTH

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Orb.

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And so, Count Piast,

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since Venus appears full--

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Are you okay?

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I won't accept it.

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It can't be.

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It's a lie you've concocted.

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You're trying to trick me.

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We wouldn't!

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No, when I think clearly,

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even if Venus really appears full,

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that is only proof
that Venus revolves around the Sun.

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It's not proof that the Earth moves.

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My model is still correct!

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Yes. You're right.

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You could think of it that way.

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But is the universe
born from such thinking

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the natural product of God

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or the product of human stubbornness?

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How would it look to you?

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Young imbeciles like yourselves
could never understand!

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My history, the history of humankind,

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and years of accumulated learning
should never be so easily denied!

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Then what if

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there was something powerful enough
to instantly deny such learning?

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Something greater
than individual needs or will.

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Something that acts mercilessly
and without prejudice.

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If such a thing existed,

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what do you think it would be called?

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I would call it…

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One day…

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One day, tell me when we meet in heaven.

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I would call it

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truth.

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Here is the key to the archival vault.

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Everything is stored in there.

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Thank you very much.

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We accept it.

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Excuse me…

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How many…

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Just how many years of life

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do you think this key represents?

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Two thousand years.

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If all those years
did not lead to an answer,

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perhaps the truth never needed us at all.

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However, even if we were wrong,

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what we have written
will have meaning to history.

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I pray for that to be true.

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How was it?

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Incredible.

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I can fully concentrate
on research with these.

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For now,

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please carry the documents
we need to the village, Oczy.

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What?

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We can't work here
if we don't belong to this organization.

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Oh, right.

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As for you, Jolenta…

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I'll leave the choice to you,

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but I'd prefer it
if your involvement ended here.

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I'd like to work alone.

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Very well.

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Besides, I don't think
I have much else to offer at this point.

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Still, you've already been a great help.

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I rarely say anything like this,

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but I'd like to repay you if I can.

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In that case, please perfect
the heliocentric model.

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Yes. I promise.

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One more thing.

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If we happen to be arrested in the future,

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pretend you know nothing.

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That will be best for you
and for heliocentrism.

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I'll be going then.

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Oczy, please handle the records.

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Uh, right.

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Well… Thank you very much.

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I'll be going too.

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Excuse me!

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-Can I ask you one thing?
-Yes?

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What does it feel like

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to be able to read?

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Oh, uh, I know it's obvious to all of you,

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but until recently, the only person
I knew who could read

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was my mentor in the guild.

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Do you promise not to tell anyone
what I am about to say?

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Huh? Uh, yes.

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As a disciple of the Church,

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I know I shouldn't
use these words lightly.

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But I can't think
of any other way to express it.

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Reading and writing… are like miracles.

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Of course, I don't mean they're the same
as the miracles performed by our savior!

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Still, reading and writing are amazing.

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Using letters, a person
can cross space and time.

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I might shed tears
reading the news of 200 years ago

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or laugh at rumors from 1,000 years ago.

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Isn't that unbelievable?

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Our lives are trapped, beyond our control,

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in this day and age.

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But when I read,

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the great figures from the past
engage me in conversation.

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At that moment, I can escape the present.

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Thoughts put into writing
remain after we are gone,

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and they might spur someone
into action far in the future.

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What else could you call that

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but a miracle?

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It's… that great?

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Yes. It is.

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Finally… I can finally tell you.

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The truth.