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[pulsing music playing]

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[intense music playing]

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[thunder crashes]

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[soldiers grunting in rhythm]

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Onward, men, through hell.

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Conquest await--

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[gasping]

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[dramatic music playing]

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♪ ♪

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- [coughing]
- [seabirds screeching]

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[mysterious music playing]

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The island of legend.

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This will make a fine addition
to my kingdom.

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But-- [scoffs]

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I fear your army perished
in the storm, sire.

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Scaevola, you silly whore's whelp.

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An army does not make a king.

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A king makes an army.

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In fact... you there, boy!

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I, King Aelstrom,
come to conquer this land and its people.

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- [speaking ancient language] Just...
you and the one-armed guy?
- [Aelstrom] What is this gibberish?

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Uh, uh, let me try. [clears throat]

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[speaking ancient language] I herald
the arrival of King Aelstrom
of the North Lands.

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He has chosen you as his first subject.

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Prepare to receive his blessing!

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[yells]

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- [shouts]
- [Aelstrom] Insolent dog.

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Sire!

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[groans]

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You will pay for that,
pathetic beach wench.

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[groaning]

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[gasping]

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Yet... Aelstrom lives.

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I always said
that I was destined to rule forever,

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but I never dared dream
that I was speaking literally.

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[chuckles] Even death itself
is humbled before my radiant majesty.

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[gasps] Sire.

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I seem to be immortal, too.

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Well, uh, you must be protected
by the corona of my magnificence.

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[Urda speaking ancient language] You
loons.

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This is Aeternum.

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Nobody dies, nobody leaves.

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What's that witch saying, Scaevola?

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She says this island is called Aeternum.

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Everyone is immortal here.

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Gods.

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Well, then I shall rule
an eternal kingdom of eternal subjects,

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eternally kneeling before me
in grateful servitude.

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[chuckles]

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Onward, Scaevola.

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Conquest awaits.

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[Scaevola straining]

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All rise to receive
your new king and ruler,

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Aelstrom of the Northern Shores.

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[King Zimah] Huh. I'm sorry.

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- Who are you?
- [Aelstrom laughs]

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Very amusing.

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For who does not know
the name of Aelstrom?

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I have come to give this Aeternum
the benefit of my just rule.

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I challenge you to a duel.

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To the victor, the crown.

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- [gulps]
- [Aelstrom chuckles]

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You look like you're sucking
on a lemon, Scaevola.

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I only fear the fool
who would dare face you, sire.

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No, no, forget the chest plate.

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Let them admire their new king.

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- [dramatic music playing]
- [onlookers cheering]

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[screaming]

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[grunts]

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[gasps]

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Yet...

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Aelstrom lives.

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Thank the gods that I'm whole again.

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I feared for an instant
that I might be left half a man.

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What a blessing
that I was not disfigured and crippled

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before we arrived in Aeternum.

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Like you were, Scaevola.

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Yep, the gods are merciful.

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[laughs]

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You will spend eternity a one-armed man.

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[both laugh]

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Scaevola, who wipes his ass
and eats his mush with the same hand.

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Yeah. [laughs]

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Oh, mercy.

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[laughing]

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They cannot kill my spirit,
and now... they cannot kill me.

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Onward, Scaevola.

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Conquest awaits.

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- [creaking]
- [Scaevola straining]

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That crown belongs to Aelstrom,

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you silky-bearded Babylonian cur.

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- [sighs]
- [lighthearted music playing]

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But in combat, the fortunate prevail
as often as the skilled.

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Let us have instead a test of strategy.

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To the victor, the crown.

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[King Zimah] Checkmate.

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Damn it.

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[grunting]

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[groans]

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[shouting]

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- [Aelstrom screams]
- He was, uh, born royalty, wasn't he?

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His father was king.

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- And his father's father before him.
- [grunting]

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- His father's father's father--
- [yelps]

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Yeah, got it.

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Your king is not of royal blood?

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[grunts]

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- [Zimah's aide] Son of a cobbler.
- [yells]

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And yet... Aelstrom lives.

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How can this be?

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I mean, ever since I was a child,
every competition, duel after duel,

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Aelstrom is victorious.

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I'm a peerless swordsman,
horseman, chess man, wrestle man.

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- Wherever men contend.
- [Scaevola] Sire?

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I may have the answer.

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Yes.

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It must be dark magic.

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No, sire, the truth is
the duels you fought in the old country,

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they weren't real.

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Are you saying I dreamed them, Scaevola?

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No. Those people let you win.

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And why would they do such a thing?

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Because you were king
and they were servants.

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- [groans]
- My liege,

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as your subject,
as one who would be your friend,

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you're pretty bad at doing things.

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[dramatic music playing]

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Slave, dog, bow before your king.

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Never again pollute Aelstrom's sight
with your craven existence.

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[yelps, grunts]

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[panting]

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- [pensive music playing]
- [groans]

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He speaks of himself in the third person.

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I have lost my king.

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What am I supposed to do now?

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- [rumbling]
- [suspenseful music playing]

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[sorcerer] What do you seek?

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Dominion and the power to seize it.

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[Aelstrom laughs]

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Dominion is mine.

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- All shall kneel-- Aah!
- [creature snarling]

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My pancreas!

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[tense, dramatic music playing]

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And yet...

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Aelstrom lives.

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[sorcerer] What do you seek?

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[Aelstrom] Dominion is mine.

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- [creature snarling]
- It's the liver!

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- [sorcerer] What do you seek?
- Dominion. Remember?

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- [creature snarling]
- [gasps]

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[Aelstrom] I'll teach you.

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- Wait, wait, wait. Not the face.
- [snarling]

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[dramatic choral music playing]

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- [laughs, yells]
- [whooshing]

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Just rearrange things a little bit

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so that your army is more
in this region here.

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[Aelstrom] I have given years,

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my heart, my very soul

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for power beyond the dreams
of any but an immortal king.

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That crown belongs to Aelstrom!

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[explosive whooshing]

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[soft whistling]

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Aelstrom.

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- [growls viciously]
- [King Zimah] It's been a while.

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[grunting angrily]

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[dramatic music playing]

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I'm...

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...bored with killing you.

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[somber music playing]

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[groans softly]

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Scaevola.

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You would still offer me your hand
after all I have done?

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That's what this island is.

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An eternity of second chances.

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Scaevola.

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[grunts, laughs] I got it!

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- [laughing]
- [lighthearted music playing]

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I finally got it!

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[Aelstrom continues laughing]

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[seabirds screeching]

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[pensive music playing]

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[sighs]

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Scaevola?

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[speaking ancient language] I need...
you... help.

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No kidding.

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You teach me... to make... forge?

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You? It'll take a while.

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I have time.

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- [dramatic, hopeful music playing]
- [hammering]

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[gentle music playing]

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[Aelstrom] Scaevola.

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Forged from the crown of a king.

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For you, Aelstrom's friend.

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I mean... my friend.

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[uplifting music playing]

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[grunts]

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[gentle music playing]

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[hopeful music playing]

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♪ ♪

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{\an8}[dramatic music playing]

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♪ ♪