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Gokashe Sand Sea

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Looks like
we were a bit too late to meet Neft.

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Now what?

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There's still another survivor
from the First Party, isn't there?

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- Why not him?

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Romzo the Star Map?

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He's no good to us.

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He's even more dangerous
to negotiate with than Neft.

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Of course, if neither
of the First Party survivors are any good,

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that means we're off to the Final Land.

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The Final Land?

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Isn't that where the True Demon King died?

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Yep.

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So they say anyway.

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That place scares me.

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Heard of Arimo Village?

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It's right next to there,
if that gives you any idea.

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Terrible, what happened there.

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Love to avoid that if I can.

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What choice do we have?

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If we have no other leads
on the True Demon King?

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I know.

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I'm just trying not to think about it.

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You're such a wuss, Yukiharu.

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Still, I've never known you to give up,
even if you are always whining.

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You know why?

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'Cause I'm a pro.

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Minia
Yukiharu the Twilight Diver

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Episode 20
Uhak the Silent

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Arimo Village

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Oh, Great Oracle,
Cunodey the Ring Seat.

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Please grant us
the divine protection of your Word Arts.

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Of course. Anything to help a neighbor,
but tell me, what's troubling you?

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An ogre has been spotted
wandering the Forest Highway.

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Ogres...

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Of all the monstrous, man-eating races,

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there are none stronger
or more terrifying.

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I encountered them once as a child.

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So long ago,
yet still, that memory haunts me.

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- Tomorrow morning...

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...several of the villagers
are organizing a hunting party.

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And so we beseech you, Oracle.

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Safeguard their lives from harm.

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Oracles of the Religious Order
study Word Arts

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so that we may know
the miracle of the Wordmaker

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who brought the universal language
into our world.

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However,
during the age of the True Demon King,

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Word Arts became an implement of war,

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used for claiming lives
rather than saving them.

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Sadly, the Religious Order
was no exception.

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This old body may not be able
to offer much in the way of protection.

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But if my presence brings
even a little peace to your hearts,

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then accompanying you
is the least I can do.

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Thank you so much!

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Wordmaker!

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Thank you!
- We have been blessed!

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Thank you!

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We set out at dawn.

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The morning sun had just begun

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to dance through the forest
and spill out onto the highway.

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Ogres are intelligent.

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They could be lying in wait
to ambush us at any moment.

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I've even heard of them
attacking from the treetops and--

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We'll fire on my signal.

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When it tries to escape into the trees,
we'll finish it.

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Oracle Cunodey,
now would be the time to bless us.

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Oh. Yes.

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It just... looks so peaceful.

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Surely this can't be a man-eating monster.

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Huh?

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Oracle Cunodey!

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Stay here! It's dangerous!

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There's not a trace of blood.

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Hello there. And what is your name?

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Well, you may call me
Cunodey the Ring Seat.

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I am an oracle from the village up ahead

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and if you'll permit me,
I wish to save you.

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Do you... understand?

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Can it be that you're unable to hear me?

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It was true.

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Somehow, an ogre
had been born into this world

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with a disability
that should have been impossible.

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His name... was Uhak.

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And for the past month now,

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there hasn't been a single report
of an ogre attack on any of our neighbors.

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Not one.

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He lives peacefully.

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- Unbelievable.

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I know it's not easy...
learning to trust something you fear.

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But we know
actions speak louder than any words.

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The contents of his heart
are plain to see.

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We stand at a crossroads,

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and we must look to our faith to guide us.

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The Wordmaker asks us to be compassionate.

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To extend a hand
and lift up those who are lost.

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Well, it took some convincing,
but they've agreed to let you stay.

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You'll be under my care.

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Though that's mostly
to placate our neighbors.

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You really are quite the wonder.

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It turns out there's nothing wrong
with your hearing itself,

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it's that the language of our world
cannot reach you.

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You've never been given
a proper name, have you?

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Well, I think we should remedy that.

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But what to call you? Hmm...

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Uhak the Silent.

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There's a lot of history
in that name, "Silent".

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In ancient times,
there was a legendary Saint.

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He was known as Melyugre the Silent,
a truly gifted negotiator.

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He was able to resolve
a great many conflicts

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without ever saying a word.

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And do you know why?

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The true power of Word Arts
is not in what you say.

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You must open up your heart.

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Allow the power of the Wordmaker
to flow through you.

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Only then will your desires take form.

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Uhak, someday this world will accept you.

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Even though you cannot speak.

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And even though you cannot hear.

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Slowly but surely,

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Uhak began to find
his place in the village.

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True to his namesake,
the ogre worked tirelessly

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to help his fellow neighbors.

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It was important to me
that Uhak had a way

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of communicating his feelings.

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And so I taught him
the Religious Order's writing system.

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It wasn't long before he had mastered it.

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I couldn't believe the progress he made.

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It goes without saying, but...

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he never ate us
nor any meat for that matter.

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In fact, the thing
he seemed most content to eat

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were nuts and beans,

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which he gathered himself from the forest.

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Aina, Nofelt,

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Rivie, Kuze...

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All the children
who had once caused me so much trouble

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and brought me so much joy
were no longer here.

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But now, this silent ogre was becoming
like a new son to me.

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He had grown into
an irreplaceable part of my family.

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Not to mention, a stalwart ally
in my sacred charge as oracle.

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The protection of our faith.

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Do you understand why we study
the teachings of the Wordmaker?

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Why what we do is so important?

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Our duty as oracles of the faith
is to be a guiding light in the darkness.

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We dispel curses and rid people
of the shadows that cloud their hearts.

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When the True Demon King
left the world reeling,

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we were there to heal it.

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That is why words are sacred.

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Through the power of Word Arts,
they can weave miracles.

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Oh, Uhak,

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why were you alone given a mouth and ears,

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but denied the gift of language?

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Perhaps it's the Wordmaker's will.

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And you are atoning for something.

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All the same.

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You do have a heart.

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No different from anyone else.

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And no one can ever take that
away from you.

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No one.

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Eventually,

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- the rest of the village came around.

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They had come to appreciate
Uhak's big heart.

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And like me,
they had come to love him.

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Uhak, thank you for clearing the road.

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Goodness, you must be cold.

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Oh my, did you find this for me?

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Ah, what a good job you've done!

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Well, I'm sure

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anyone with a fear of wolves
will be relieved.

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I'll go take care of this.

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A prominent monstrous race
with huge bodies roughly 10 feet tall.

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Uhak, over there...

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There was something very wrong in the air,

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but it was familiar.

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When the True Demon King reigned,

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fear had a way of driving everything
to madness.

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At that moment, we all came
to understand a shocking truth.

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Uhak had never been an ogre
incapable of eating people.

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He had simply chosen not to.

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After what we witnessed that night,

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things were never the same in the village.

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The fear Belka brought was infectious
and soon, tension was at a fever pitch.

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Hey!

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- He's one of them!

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It would only get worse,

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as fear and anger boiled over into hatred.

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And so the people suffered,
as the Demon King's terror

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once again found purchase in their hearts.

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- Who is responsible for this?

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Show yourself!

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Kill the man-eating ogre!

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- Kill that religious witch!
- Kill them!

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Uhak...

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What you did was not wrong.
You saved so many lives.

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Without your intervention,

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there's no telling
how much damage she would have caused.

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Even eating Belka's flesh was not wrong.

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The monstrous races have always consumed
the minian races, everyone knows that.

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You were only doing
what was in your nature.

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And yet... with us, it was different.

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You could have eaten us at any time,
but you protected us.

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Go through the forest and cross the river,

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seek aid
from any other village's Religious Order.

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I've made arrangements.

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I must stay behind
and see to the village, Uhak.

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It's my sacred duty
to lift this curse of fear.

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Uhak?

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Uhak! You mustn't!

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- It's the man-eating ogre!
- Don't let him escape!

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Surround him!
- Everyone!

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Keep your weapons up!

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Uhak swung his cudgel
and everything around him ceased.

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As if Word Arts, intelligence,
language itself had been severed...

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as if they had never even existed.

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Uhak, what could I have done?

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How could I have made this right?

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Where did I fail?

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Been a long time, Teach.

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Surprised you're still alive.

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Kuze...

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Looks like you're all grown up, Kuze.

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Please forgive me.

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I'm always late when it matters.

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Don't worry.

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It'll all be all right.

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Just hang tight, all right, Teach?

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Leave it to me.
I'll clean up this bad dream for you.

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Kuze...

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would you fetch me
something to write with?

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- Uhak...

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I'm writing this down
to convey my final thoughts

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in a language you understand.

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I've never been able to forget
the wolf pup I killed that day.

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In many ways,
it was just like you, wasn't it?

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I grew up believing that beasts
who could not communicate

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through Word Arts must have no heart.

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But Uhak, before you met me,

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you judged all life with impartiality.

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You loved and cherished
all things equally,

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you confronted life on your own terms.

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The reverence
with which you prepared graves.

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Your diligence in consuming the dead.

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It was your way of taking responsibility
for the lives you'd claimed.

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I remember once I told you

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that our duty as oracles
was to rid people of any shadows

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that be filled their hearts.

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Now I will finally honor that duty.

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Uhak, from this day forward,

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disregard all of my teachings.

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Live in a way that feels right to you

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and treat all life equally.

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And that includes me.

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For I can no longer bear
the sin of living.

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I don't think
there is penance enough in the world

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for this body of mine to ever truly atone.

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If I die... I'd like you to eat my flesh.

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Minia, Sixteenth General of
Nofelt the Somber Wind

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Unbelievable.

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Really, what an idiot!

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Oracle my a.. . Can't even guide herself.

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Imagine dedicating your life to a village,

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only to have them turn on you.

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And of course, we're too late.

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Not that they would have wanted help
from us anyway.

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Who cares if it's my home, right?
I'm "one of them".

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Speaking of...

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Uhak, you're the old lady's
latest protégé, right?

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Guess that makes you
my younger brother.

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Sorry world we're living in, huh?

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Aureatia abandoning the Religious Order...

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A Wordmaker that can't save anything...

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A Demon King?

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Say, here's an idea!

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Let's burn it all down.

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What do you say,
does that sound fun to you?

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Play our cards right,
and you'll be a Hero.

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He is the one
who perceives the world as it is,

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unblemished by Word Arts,

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for he has
no understanding of their concept.

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The one who possesses
the true power of disenchantment

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The one who possesses
the true power of disenchantment

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who forces his perceived reality
upon others, willing it into law.

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The one who commands
undeniable strength and size.

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Who towers above all others
as the mightiest minian-shaped creature.

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- A monster who denies axioms,

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who overturns
the very foundations of the world

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in ever-incommunicable silence.

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Oracle. Ogre. He is Uhak the Silent.

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Episode 21
Kazuki the Black Tone