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You're hurt?!

Don't worry. Just a scratch.

How is that just a scratch? Come here, I have disinfectant wipes.

Look, I'm fine...

Turn your face this way!

Fine, fine.

...The wound is deep, but not very wide. It's as if... there's a trace of Arts.

...Did old Ch'en do this to you? That blasted woman...

Hah... It's fine. Girls of her age are bound to do stuff like this.

...Hoshiguma, I'm really scared. I'm scared that she'll...

That she'll join Reunion?

Yeah...

I also played with Talulah when I was young.

Even though I don't remember very clearly, I do know... that I really liked being her friend.

Even if she was bossy and had a temper, she always stood up for us.

She never said anything, but she never backed down. She was always the first to charge ahead, and never asked us for help...

She beat up kids who were older than her. She was the only one who could get Ch'en to snap out of her funks.

I'm afraid that...

She won't.

I'm telling you, Ch'en's heart is rarely on the same page as her mouth.

But, she will always be Ch'en of Lungmen. No matter what she might say, all her dreams, all her goals, her entire life... has always been right here.

So, why'd you try to stop her then?

...I was worried she'd get herself killed. Obviously.

Swire, you'll have an important role in the L.G.D. after this.

As if I could do that. I'm not her...

Oh, so you're admitting she's better than you?

I just don't think I'm cut out for the L.G.D.!

No, Missy, you absolutely are.

I'm not cut out for it. Neither is ol' Ch'en. Or Nine.

The one who really makes the L.G.D. shine... is you.

You have to take responsibility. You're the only one who can do it.

I'm jaded now, and there's a lot I don't see. I just want this city to become a place that accepts everyone.

I feel the same.

You—

It's been a long time, Miss Swire.

Hello, Inspector Hoshiguma.

Why is the esteemed daughter of the Rat King at this run-down place?

What are you planning to do to her? Let me say this, if you're planning to harm even a single hair on Missy's head...

I have no such intentions.

You... screwed up.

Maybe.

Sometimes, we have no choice.

I don't think there's ever a time... where we don't have a choice.

Look up in the sky.

It's going to snow. Can you choose for it to stop?

Why... is it snowing?

Go to sleep, go to sleep♪

Daddy's grey hair, Mommy's needles♪

Crap, we're exceeding the solubility threshold! Manually release the exhaust valve, now!

That bout of volatility just caused a violent heat-absorbing effect. If we don't increase emissions, the entire cabin's going to be ruined!

The rainclouds haven't moved much either... At this rate, we're in for some major snow.

This FrostNova... what kind of person was she?

All dreams sink to the bottom of the lake~♪

...'tis a reality that even time cannot shake~♪

*cough* *cough*...

Damnit... What an ugly song.

Damn it!!

Why was FrostNova so good at it? I really... can't sing well...

It's snowing...

This old man...

His crystallization rate is over sixty percent now. Even a Sarkaz shouldn't be able to move.

His consciousness has already dissipated... However, his iron will continues to ripple from his body.

...Buldrokkas'tee.

Resentment. Hatred. Remorse.

It's all gone now.

The only thing that's left is wrath.

The unwillingness to accept FrostNova's fate. The hostility towards Talulah's actions. The endless longing for Ursus and Kazdel...

A fiery and unquenchable wrath. For all the injustice around the world. For all those who fell around him... Towards those that would play with the fates of others.

To resist fate is to resist everything. Everything that contributes to the idea of 'destiny.'

Buldrokkas'tee's wrath... scorched this entire world.

...This entire, injustice-filled world.

...Mr. Patriot...

Move your hand.

You, Cautus Infected.

...We will complete the Captain's unfinished business.

...It's enough.

Do you want him to die for nothing?

He didn't want any of you to die. He wanted all of you to find another path.

He chose to die alone so that all of you could live...!

Who said we'll be the ones who die?

And we also heard what he said.

...Cautus. You're the source of all the ruin to come.

The ancient prophecies have all been fulfilled.

But FrostNova put her faith in us!

...Still...

FrostNova... and now even the Captain...

Of course he wouldn't just buy into FrostNova's assessment!

He just happened to ignore his daughter's opinion...

He didn't go into any of this on blind faith.

The decision he made... is truly just!

And you choose to believe some prophecy?

...No, it's not that we believe in the prophecy.

We believe in the Captain.

...FrostNova's candy was spicy.

...What?!

Yelena... let you try her candy?

I trusted her, and she trusted me.

If you really want to take someone's life...

At least be there to see it yourself!;Don't blindly follow someone else!;You must follow your own will until the bitter end.

No.