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580 lines
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<data>
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<story>
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<scene id="0" background="bg.jpg">
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<bgm src="mid-lude.mp3" status="start"></bgm>
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<cg src="newchapter.png" bg="bg.jpg"></cg>
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<goto goto="10" change="#000000"/>
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</scene>
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<scene id="10" background="westCliffBossRoom.jpg">
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<bgm src="horror.mp3" status="start"></bgm>
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<show chara="ritaAgentClose-up" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="ritaNoFace">This is the “Marquise”.</speak>
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<speak chara="ritaNoFace">I was ready to welcome “Adam”, but didn't expect “George” to show up soon after.</speak>
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<speak chara="ritaNoFace">What should I prepare for the “main dish”? Please advise.</speak>
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<goto goto="20" change="#ffffff"/>
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</scene>
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<scene id="20" background="westCliffDinnerRoom.jpg">
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<bgm src="10_20_PeerGynt.mp3" status="start"></bgm>
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<show chara="fuhuaEatBack" position="back"/>
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<show chara="teslaEatGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<show chara="einSmileCoatClose" position="right" opacity="0.7"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">Wow! So sumptuous! I can't even tell which one's the main course! </speak>
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<show chara="teslaEatGlassWinterClose" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="einSmileCoatClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="einNoFace"> … Don't hold back, enjoy your meal. </speak>
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<show chara="einSmileCoatClose" position="right" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="weltDarkSweaterClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … </speak>
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<show chara="weltDarkSweaterClose" position="right" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="teslaEatGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">What's with you … Looking so sour. </speak>
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<show chara="teslaEatGlassWinterClose" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="weltDarkSweaterClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">I … </speak>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">I can't stop myself, from thinking about Berlin three years ago. </speak>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">Carl … </speak>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">Martha … </speak>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">Innocent people like them … </speak>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … On that day, there were three hundred thousand. </speak>
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<show chara="weltShameSweaterClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">Three hundred thousand! </speak>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">What kind of burden is that? </speak>
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<show chara="weltShameSweaterClose" position="right" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="teslaBoringGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace"> … </speak>
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<show chara="teslaSmileGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">You should spend more time with me, silly. </speak>
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<show chara="teslaSmileGlassWinterClose" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="weltSurpriseSweaterClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">??? </speak>
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<show chara="weltSurpriseSweaterClose" position="right" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="teslaSmileGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">Know there's nothing worth remembering in our lives … </speak>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace"> … So there's no need to dwell on the past. </speak>
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<show chara="teslaShameGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">While worldly matters take their turn,</speak>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">Ancient, modern, to and fro,</speak>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">Rivers and mountains are changeless in their glory,</speak>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">And still to be witnessed from this trail.</speak>
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<show chara="teslaSnickerGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace"> — It's a poem from some Eastern poet named Meng Haoran. </speak> <!-- Translator's note: translation from https://www.poemhunter.com/i/ebooks/pdf/meng_haoran_2012_8.pdf -->
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">You know Chinese … So, you'll probably understand the meaning behind it better than I do. </speak>
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<show chara="weltDarkSweaterClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … </speak>
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<show chara="weltDarkSweaterClose" position="right" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="teslaBoringGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">Perhaps in the future, you'll hear a lot more stories about the victims of the Berlin Incident. </speak>
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<show chara="teslaNormalGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">In any case … please don't force yourself to graft their past to your future. </speak>
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<show chara="teslaShameGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">There is no doubt that you're a man both blessed with divine luck, and cursed with rotten luck — </speak>
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<show chara="teslaSnickerGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">But you don’t owe them anything; and neither do they owe you. </speak>
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<show chara="teslaSmileGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">It's your life, so just live on, with a clear conscience. </speak>
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<show chara="teslaSmileGlassWinterClose" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="weltDarkSweaterClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … </speak>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … … </speak>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … … … </speak>
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<show chara="weltGiggleSweaterClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">Yes. </speak>
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<show chara="weltGiggleSweaterClose" position="right" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="teslaSnickerGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">Yes. That's right. </speak>
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<show chara="teslaSmileGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">Good boy ~ good boy ~~</speak>
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<show chara="teslaEatGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">Come, have some food ~~~</speak>
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<show chara="teslaEatGlassWinterClose" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="einSmileCoatClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="einNoFace">Tesla … </speak>
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<show chara="einSmileCoatClose" position="right" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="teslaShameGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">What … </speak>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">Aren't you going to praise me? </speak>
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<show chara="teslaShameGlassWinterClose" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="einSlyCoatClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="einNoFace">Pfft … </speak>
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<show chara="einSlyCoatClose" position="right" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="teslaShameGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">W-what's the matter? … P-people do occasionally show some integrity for once! </speak>
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<show chara="teslaShameGlassWinterClose" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="einSlyCoatClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="einNoFace"> … So cute, Miss Tesla. </speak>
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<show chara="einSlyCoatClose" position="right" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="teslaShoutGlassWinterClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">W-what do you mean, cute?! </speak>
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<goto goto="30" change="#ffffff"/>
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</scene>
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<scene id="30" background="westCliff.jpg">
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<bgm src="10_20_PeerGynt.mp3" status="continue"></bgm>
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<text>Although the guests enjoying lunch appeared to number only a few — </text>
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<text remark="next">But the cuisine supplied by “West Cliff Rita”, ranging from foie gras to oysters, from tenderloin beef to langoustine lobsters … </text>
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<remark>
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<p class="article-text-h">Note：</p>
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<p class="article-text">The langoustine lobster (Nephropidae) is a large marine crustacean with a wide range of distribution. It is often mistakenly called the rock lobster or crayfish (Palinuridae). </p>
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<p class="article-text">The main differences between langoustines and crayfish include: langoustines have a pair of large “pincers”, while crayfish do not; langoustine antennae are thin and short, while crayfish antennae are long, thick, and spiky; langoustines are distributed all over the world, while crayfish are only distributed in tropical and subtropical regions.</p>
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</remark>
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<text>All kinds of meat have been made readily available, and the service is simply so extravagant that it makes some feel a slight degree of embarrassment.</text>
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<show chara="teslaEatGlassWinterClose-up" position="center" opacity="0.8"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">You guys! Don't you feel ashamed? ! </speak>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">If you don't clear all the plates, how could you ever face up to the manageress who worked so hard to prepare everything? ! </speak>
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<show chara="teslaEatGlassWinterClose-up" position="center" opacity="0"/>
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<text>As a result, at three o'clock that afternoon, when the sunlight is at its coziest, the person who lived up to those bold, visionary words could only lie down, spreadeagled like a lazy seal, on her own big bed. </text>
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<show chara="teslaAstonishDrunkWinterClose-up" position="center" opacity="0.8"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">Stroll? </speak>
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<show chara="teslaNormalDrunkWinterClose-up" position="center" opacity="0.8"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">No need to call on me, for such leisurely old-people exercise … </speak>
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<show chara="teslaAstonishDrunkWinterClose-up" position="center" opacity="0.8"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">Bowling? N-n-no … at the moment, I won't be able to play, no matter how hard I try … </speak>
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<show chara="teslaNormalDrunkWinterClose-up" position="center" opacity="0.8"/>
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<speak chara="teslaNoFace">You go on and have a stroll … Tesla will go soak herself in the hot spring for a bit … </speak>
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<show chara="teslaEatGlassWinterClose-up" position="center" opacity="0"/>
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<text>However, having said that … </text>
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<text>Compared to her disgraceful history of “eating herself straight to hospital”, can this be considered a minor improvement? </text>
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<goto goto="40" change="#ffffff"/>
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</scene>
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<scene id="40" background="westCliffBeach.jpg">
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<bgm src="themeWelt.mp3" status="start"></bgm>
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<show chara="fuhuaWatchingSeaBack" position="back"/>
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<text>Winter, the time when the horizon is closest to us. </text>
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<text remark="next">Gloomy, cold, damp beaches; rust-marked ocean forts; various kinds of ships trailing thick smoke — this describes the entirety of the seaside view. </text>
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<remark>
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<p class="article-text-h">Note:</p>
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<p class="article-text">The Maunsell Forts are a series of a mass-produced air defense towers built by the British at the mouth of the Rivers Thames and Mersey during World War II.</p>
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<p class="article-text">The structure of a marine fort is similar to that of an anti-aircraft battery on land. The difference is that it is built on tall stilts atop a concrete barge. After the fort is assembled in the dock, it is towed by a tug to the designated area in the sea, then the concrete barge is scuttled, firmly anchoring the fort's foundation to the seafloor. </p>
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<p class="article-text">After World War II, the forts were abandoned. Among them, “HM Fort Roughs”, located on the open sea east of the County of Suffolk, was occupied by the family of army veteran Paddy Roy Bates on September 2, 1967. Furthermore, they proclaimed “independence” under international law as the “Principality of Sealand”. Although this declaration is considered by the international community to have no legitimacy, it has become an amusing case in the application of international law. (Translator's note: HM Fort Roughs was misspelled as HMS Fort Rough in the Chinese text. The Fort is not a ship so HMS is the wrong prefix.) </p>
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</remark>
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<text>Vicissitude, loneliness, a feeling of serenity. </text>
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<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left"/>
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<show chara="einSmileWinterFar" position="center" opacity="0.7"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">Huh.</speak>
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<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="einSmileWinterFar" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="einNoFace">Hmm?</speak>
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<show chara="einSmileWinterFar" position="center" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">That person over there … have I seen her before, when we were having lunch?</speak>
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<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="einNormalWinterFar" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="einNoFace">Yes … What about it?</speak>
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<show chara="einNormalWinterFar" position="center" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">… Not sure.</speak>
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<show chara="weltGiggleWinterFar" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">But she definitely gives off a “dangerous aura” … </speak>
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<show chara="weltGiggleWinterFar" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="fuhuaWatchingYouBack" position="back"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace"> … </speak>
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<show chara="weltShameWinterFar" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">(Crap … she couldn't have heard, could she?)</speak>
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<show chara="weltShameWinterFar" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
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<hide position="back"/>
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<hide position="center"/>
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<show chara="fuhuaNormalOpenEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace"> … </speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaSmileCloseEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">「水落鱼梁浅，」(“Where a fisher-boat dips by a waterfall,”)</speak>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">「天寒梦泽深。 」(“Where the air grows colder, deep in the valley,”)</speak>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">「羊公碑尚在，」(“The monument of Yang remains;”)</speak>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">「读罢泪沾襟。 」(“And we have wept, reading the words.”)</speak> <!-- continuation of the poem by Meng Haoran -->
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<show chara="fuhuaSmileOpenEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">It's the second half of the poem from earlier ― You understand Chinese, don't you?</speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaSmileOpenEyeFar" position="right" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">I can only speak a little … </speak>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">… Are you from the East?</speak>
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<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="fuhuaSmileCloseEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">Yes. Looking at it from the local perspective, Shenzhou is indeed to the “East”.</speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaSmileOpenEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">Ah. Yes. Let me give you this book.</speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaSmileOpenEyeFar" position="right" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">A book, f-for me?</speak>
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<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="fuhuaNormalOpenEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">It's nothing, just a collection of poems.</speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaSmileOpenEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">After you've read it, you can do what I did before, and show off your knowledge.</speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaSmileOpenEyeFar" position="right" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="weltNormalWinterFar" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">B-But … </speak>
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<show chara="weltNormalWinterFar" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="fuhuaSmileCloseEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">It's nothing. I bought it on a whim.</speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaNormalCloseEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">There have been too many things on my mind recently, and I simply cannot hold onto all this extra “mumbo jumbo”.</speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaSmileOpenEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">Besides …</speak>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace"> … For it to cross an entire hemisphere, and arrive in the palm of your hands, isn't that also some kind of predestined fate?</speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaSmileOpenEyeFar" position="right" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">Fate … you say.</speak>
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<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="fuhuaNormalOpenEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">Yes.</speak>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">For instance, in that poem just mentioned earlier, “Ascending Xianshan (Xian Mountain) with the Sages”.</speak> <!-- Translator's note: The English translation source that we used (https://www.poemhunter.com/i/ebooks/pdf/meng_haoran_2012_8.pdf) gives it the more mundane title of "On Climbing Yan Mountain With Friends". -->
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<show chara="fuhuaNormalCloseEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">Geographically, Xianshan is just a small mound in the hinterland of Shenzhou. It's nothing compared to the Five Sacred Mountains; nothing compared to those snow-capped mountains; nothing compared to the Roof of the World.</speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaSeriousFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">But a friend once told me that, this little Xianshan is a location where the “Dragon Vein” passes through. It is a crucial key to the safety of Shenzhou.</speak>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">According to legend, one of the first ancestors of Shenzhou, Fuxi, was buried there ― with her own body, she stands vigilant over “the Dragon Vein”, to protect this land.</speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaSeriousFar" position="right" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="einNormalWinterFar" position="back"/>
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<speak chara="einNoFace"> … Welt, can you translate what she is saying?</speak>
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<show chara="einNormalWinterFar" position="back" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">Mm … She wanted to give me this collection of poetry … then she told me about a legend from the East … </speak>
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<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="fuhuaNormalCloseEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">Nein, ist es nicht. (No, it is not.)</speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaNormalOpenEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">It's not some legend.</speak>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">The so-called “Dragon Vein”, in today's terms, is a “subterranean river” formed from leaking Honkai energy.</speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaNormalCloseEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">All legends have their basis in some original truth.</speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaNormalCloseEyeFar" position="right" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="einSeriousAhWinterFar" position="back"/>
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<speak chara="einNoFace">You … who are you?</speak>
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<show chara="einSeriousEmWinterFar" position="back" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="fuhuaNormalOpenEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoNameNoFace">Valkyrie Fu Hua.</speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaSmileCloseEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoFace">You could say I'm a colleague of Reanna, whom you've met before.</speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaSmileOpenEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoFace">She has a very good opinion of you lot, you know?</speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaSmileOpenEyeFar" position="right" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">Umm … thanks … ?</speak>
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<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
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<show chara="fuhuaNormalOpenEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoFace">Today you may encounter a dangerous person, who may even come across as a little annoying.</speak>
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<show chara="fuhuaSmileCloseEyeFar" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="fuhuaNoFace">But don't be alarmed — the least I can guarantee, is that your personal safety will not come under threat.</speak>
|
||
<show chara="fuhuaSmileOpenEyeFar" position="right"/>
|
||
<speak chara="fuhuaNoFace">Adieu.</speak>
|
||
<hide position="back"/>
|
||
<show chara="fuhuaNormalOpenEyeFar" position="right"/>
|
||
<speak chara="fuhuaNoFace">(Mr Welt.)</speak>
|
||
<show chara="fuhuaSmileCloseEyeFar" position="right"/>
|
||
<speak chara="fuhuaNoFace" remark="next"> 「相濡以沫，不如相忘于江湖。」 (“Wetting themselves with their spit, how much better when they can forget themselves in the rivers and lakes.)</speak>
|
||
<remark>
|
||
<p class="article-text-h">Note: </p>
|
||
<p class="article-text">This phrase is from “Zhuangzi: Inner Chapter: The Prime Master”：“When the stream runs dry, fish lie upon the bank and breathe on one another to stay moist, wetting themselves with their spit. How much better when they can forget themselves in the rivers and lakes!” (Translator's note: Translation from Robert Eno, https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/23427/Zhuangzi-updated.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y) </p>
|
||
<p class="article-text">Zhuangzi used this parable to convey the following meaning: rather than struggling to help each other in times of hardship and deprivation, it is perhaps better to prevent disaster in the first place, thus maintaining peace and tranquility.</p>
|
||
</remark>
|
||
<show chara="fuhuaSmileOpenEyeFar" position="right"/>
|
||
<speak chara="fuhuaNoFace">I wish you all the best of luck, and hope you are prepared … for what lies ahead.</speak>
|
||
<hide position="right"/>
|
||
<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left"/>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … </speak>
|
||
<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
|
||
<show chara="einNormalWinterFar" position="center"/>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace"> … What a weird person. </speak>
|
||
<show chara="einNormalWinterFar" position="center" opacity="0.7"/>
|
||
<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left"/>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">That … that tone of her voice … </speak>
|
||
<show chara="weltNormalWinterFar" position="left"/>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Are we being watched? </speak>
|
||
<show chara="weltNormalWinterFar" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
|
||
<show chara="einSmileWinterFar" position="center"/>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace"> … That wouldn't be weird. </speak>
|
||
<show chara="einFoolWinterFar" position="center"/>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">You only need to go off and do something of your own free will, and sooner or later you will end up being watched by them. </speak>
|
||
<show chara="einSmileWinterFar" position="center"/>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">However, it is merely “watching”. </speak>
|
||
<show chara="einSmileWinterFar" position="center" opacity="0.7"/>
|
||
<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left"/>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">A-are you sure we don't need to be worried? </speak>
|
||
<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
|
||
<show chara="einNormalWinterFar" position="center"/>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace"> … At least, whether it was Reanna, or Fu Hua just now: neither of them wanted to cause any trouble with us. </speak>
|
||
<show chara="einSlyWinterFar" position="center"/>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Although this situation cannot be maintained forever — </speak>
|
||
<show chara="einSmileWinterFar" position="center"/>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">But, all in all, you don't need to worry about the situation now. </speak>
|
||
<show chara="einSlyWinterFar" position="center"/>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Ah … that's right. </speak>
|
||
<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left"/>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … Hmm? </speak>
|
||
<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
|
||
<show chara="einSmileWinterFar" position="center"/>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Today's weather is not bad. </speak>
|
||
<show chara="einSmileWinterFar" position="center" opacity="0.7"/>
|
||
<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left"/>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … Huh? </speak>
|
||
<show chara="weltSurpriseWinterFar" position="left" opacity="0.7"/>
|
||
<show chara="einSmileWinterFar" position="center"/>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">I really like this beach. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">When the sun goes down, let's come here again, shall we? </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">I have something good to show you. </speak>
|
||
<goto goto="55" change="#ffffff"/>
|
||
</scene>
|
||
<scene id="55" background="westCliffSkyNorth.jpg">
|
||
<bgm src="11_17_memory.mp3" status="start"></bgm>
|
||
<text>Late night.</text>
|
||
<text>Breaking free from Tesla's exhortations to indulge in booze, Einstein and Welt languidly lie down on the beach, forming two “sand angels”. </text>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … So cold. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … It was clearly warmer before we lay down. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">When one is lacking in exercise, it's only natural they would feel cold. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Just get used to it. This level of cold is unlikely to make you sick. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … Haha. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Welt, this must be the first time you've seen such a clear starry sky. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Yeah … </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">That faintly-visible streak at the very top of the sky … is that the Milky Way? </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Correct. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">How about the stars? Can you recognise any? </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Um … </speak>
|
||
<show chara="beidou" position="back"/>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">This one over here is the Big Dipper … </speak> <!-- 北斗七星 = "Northern Dipper, Seven Stars" -->
|
||
<show chara="beiji" position="back"/>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … So that one over there is the North Star. </speak> <!-- 北极星 = "Northernmost Star" -->
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Is that correct? </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Correct. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Big Dipper … That one is probably the most famous group of stars in the world. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Großer Wagen, Großer Bär, Big Dipper, Plough... Just the names alone form a long list. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … But for a layman like me, recognizing the North Star is the limit of my abilities. </speak>
|
||
<goto goto="60" change="0"/>
|
||
</scene>
|
||
<scene id="60" background="CG14-1.jpg">
|
||
<bgm src="11_17_memory.mp3" status="continue"></bgm>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">So … do you want me to introduce you to some more? </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Ah … of course, can't get any better than that. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">To be honest, I'm very envious of those people who can just point out any star and call out its name. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace"> … Those are astronomers. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Uh … Haha, that's what I meant. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">However, if it's just a casual introduction … </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">I can talk to you about it. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Ah … let's just treat it as casual banter then. </speak>
|
||
<text>The young man's instinct is telling him that, for the entirety of that day, everybody felt just a little more tense and strange than usual. </text>
|
||
<text>Whether it was Einstein and Tesla, or the new acquaintances Rita and Fu Hua … </text>
|
||
<text>Everyone is apparently, by some coincidence, carrying a burden in their hearts. </text>
|
||
<text>At such a time, idle banter is probably a welcome necessity. </text>
|
||
<text>Even if it's just talking about nonsense. </text>
|
||
<goto goto="65" change="0"/>
|
||
</scene>
|
||
<scene id="65" background="westCliffSkyNorth.jpg">
|
||
<bgm src="11_17_memory.mp3" status="continue"></bgm>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Want to … gossip … ? </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Ah, that one there is the “gossiping star”. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Huh? Is there even such a thing? </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Of course not, I'm kidding. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Idiot. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">However, what I'll say next is more serious. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">How did you find the North Star just now? </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Um … </speak>
|
||
<show chara="beiji" position="back"/>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Follow the two stars on the head of the Dipper, then extend towards the centre of the sky … and there you'll find it. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Good. </speak>
|
||
<hide position="back"/>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Now please examine the handle of the Bigger Dipper. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Take these three stars, and imagine that they form a fully-extended bow. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Then … take this bow, and shoot an arrow westward. Straight towards the Milky Way. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Ah. There are three very bright stars here. I-it feels like they form a triangle. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Mm-hmm. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">The two stars on either side of the Milky Way, those are the famous Weaving Girl and Cowherd from Eastern folklore. </speak> <!-- Vega and Altair -->
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Alone on the right side of the Milky Way is α Lyrae, the Weaving Girl, or Vega … </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">On the left of the Milky Way, there are two small stars accompanying α Aquilae, the Cowherd, or Altair . </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">The two little stars next to the Cowherd, are their two sons. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Woah. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">As for the one above, bathed within the Milky Way itself … </speak>
|
||
<show chara="northCross" position="back"/>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace" remark="next">That is α Cygni, one of the members of the “Northern Cross”. </speak> <!-- Deneb -->
|
||
<remark post="U2FsdGVkX1+0GHKRy7JXUTMSQY8Q">
|
||
<p class="article-text-h">Note:</p>
|
||
<p class="article-text">The word “Swan” (Chinese: 天鹅) is written as “White bird” (白鳥) in Japanese. Therefore, the Shiratori constellation (“白鳥座”) that appears in some translation works is in fact the Swan constellation (“天鹅座”), or Cygnus. </p>
|
||
<p class="article-text">In the Chinese constellation system, α Cygni is designated “Celestial Ford 4” (“天津四”). In English it is commonly referred to as “Deneb” (a transliteration of the original Arabic name). </p>
|
||
</remark>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">It, together with the three stars below it, and another star a little further away, together form the shape of a cross. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace"> … By the way, α itself is actually the tail of the swan. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … So the long arm of the cross is the neck of the swan? </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">And the two symmetrical parts on either side are the swan's wings? </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Correct. </speak>
|
||
<show chara="beidou" position="back"/>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Those are the major stars in this part of the sky. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Now let our gaze return to the Big Dipper — </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace"> — Follow along the plane of the Dipper bowl, proceed in the opposite direction of the Dipper handle. That should also extend to a location near the Milky Way. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Ah. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">There's a star as bright as Vega! </speak>
|
||
<show chara="yufubei" position="back"/>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace" remark="next">Mm. That is α Aurigae. It and the surrounding stars form a pentagon, which is the main part of the constellation Auriga. </speak>
|
||
<remark>
|
||
<p class="article-text-h">Note:</p>
|
||
<p class="article-text">α Aurigae is called “Five Chariots 2” (“五车二”) in the Chinese constellation system. In English it is commonly referred to as “Capella”. </p>
|
||
</remark>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">The two bright stars below this pentagon are the two heads of the constellation Gemini, α Geminorum and β Geminorum. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Now … </speak>
|
||
<goto goto="75" change="0"/>
|
||
</scene>
|
||
<scene id="75" background="westCliffSkySouth.jpg">
|
||
<bgm src="11_17_memory.mp3" status="continue"></bgm>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Let our gaze cross the Milky Way, and divert southward. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Do you see anything conspicuous or eye-catching? </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … </speak>
|
||
<show chara="liehu" position="back"/>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … There are three bright stars close together on the left! </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">The other stars around them are also very bright! </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace" remark="next">Mm-hmm. The middle three are “Orion's belt” or “the Hunter's Belt”: ζ Orionis, ε Orionis, and δ Orionis. </speak>
|
||
<remark>
|
||
<p class="article-text-h">Note:</p>
|
||
<p class="article-text">ζ, ε, and δ Orionis are called “Three-Star Mansion 1, 2, and 3” respectively (“参宿一”、“二”、“三”), in the Chinese constellation System. In English they are commonly called “Alnitak”, “Alnilam” and “Mintaka” (transliteration from Arabic). </p>
|
||
<br />
|
||
<p class="article-text">P.S. The correct pronunciation of “参宿” is shēn xiù. (Translator's note: This is included as the character “参” is an archaic term for the number “three”, and may be pronounced “sān”; but confusingly, in this case it is pronounced “shēn” as in “rénshēn” or ginseng, “人參”. The word for mansion, “宿”, may also be pronounced “sù”). </p>
|
||
</remark>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace" remark="next">Together with α Orionis and γ Orionis above, and κ Orionis and β Orionis below, they form the main part of the constellation Orion. </speak>
|
||
<remark>
|
||
<p class="article-text-h">Note:</p>
|
||
<p class="article-text">α, γ, κ and β Orionis are called “Three-Star Mansion 4, 5, 6 and 7” respectively (“参宿四”、“五”、“六”、“七”), in the Chinese constellation System. In English they are commonly called “Betelgeuse”, “Bellatrix”, “Saiph” and “Rigel” (transliteration from Arabic). </p>
|
||
</remark>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace"> … It’s a pity that London’s latitude is too high. Otherwise, at the bottom left of them, you would have seen the even more dazzling Sirius. That’s the brightest star in the sky. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Mm-hmm … </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Let our gaze come upon the upper right part of Orion. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">There is a bright golden star here, and together with the several smaller stars around it form a small “V” shape. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Mm-hmm … </speak>
|
||
<show chara="yufunan" position="center"/>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Ah, is it the one sandwiched between Orion and Auriga? </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace" remark="next">Mm. That is α Tauri. That small “V” shape is the Golden Bull's head. </speak>
|
||
<remark>
|
||
<p class="article-text-h">Note</p>
|
||
<p class="article-text">α Tauri is known as “Net Mansion 5” (“毕宿五”) in the Chinese constellation System. In English it is commonly referred to as “Aldebaran” (transliteration from Arabic). </p>
|
||
<br />
|
||
<p class="article-text">P.S. In “Saint Seiya” by Masami Kurumada, the “Taurus Gold Saint” is named after this star — the Chinese version translates this as “阿鲁迪巴” or “ā lǔ dí bā” (transliteration of Aldebaran) (Translators' note: The Japanese version still refers to him as “タウラスの アルデバラン” or “Taurasu no Arudebaran”, “Aldebaran of Taurus”, so it's not like they got it wrong). </p>
|
||
</remark>
|
||
<goto goto="80" change="0"/>
|
||
</scene>
|
||
<scene id="80" background="CG14-0.jpg">
|
||
<bgm src="11_17_memory.mp3" status="continue"></bgm>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">By the way … I've noticed just now … </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Why are all these stars called α-this, β-that? </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace" remark="next">Because they were originally named based on brightness. </speak>
|
||
<remark>
|
||
<p class="article-text-h">Note:</p>
|
||
<p class="article-text">Bayer designation is the international standard for naming stars, first described by German astronomer Johann Bayer in his 1603 star atlas, “Uranometria”. </p>
|
||
<p class="article-text">Generally speaking, this nomenclature is based on the brightness of the stars in the constellation, assigning Greek letters in descending order of brightness, such that names are formed by “letter + constellation name”. (However, there are exceptions, such as α Draconis, called “Right Pivot” (“右枢”) in Chinese, which is not the brightest star in the Draco constellation. It became α because it was originally the Polaris or North Star five thousand years ago.) (Translator note: The original Chinese text has the naming system the other way around, “Constellation name + Greek letter”, and describes it as such. This is likely a stylistic choice to mirror the Ancient Chinese nomenclature.)</p>
|
||
</remark>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">W-Was it so … </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">They actually all have their own nicknames … but most of them are in a foreign language, which makes them difficult to remember. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Aldebaran, Arabic, α Tauri; Capella, Latin, α Aurigae; Castor and Pollux, Greek, α Geminorum and β Geminorum … </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">I personally think that this kind of disorderly naming system is even less meaningful than the letter-based nomenclature. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Ah. Speaking of α Tauri … </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">On the other side of it — Yes, it's the opposite side of Orion … </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Do you see a bunch of tiny bright stars crowded together? </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Mm … </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Ah. Yes indeed. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Densely packed, looks like there are six or seven? </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Thos are the Seven Sisters. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Seven Sisters? </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace" remark="next">Pleiades, the collective name for Atlas' seven daughters.</speak>
|
||
<remark>
|
||
<p class="article-text-h">Note:</p>
|
||
<p class="article-text">Pleiades, in Chinese “Maned Head Star Group” (“昴星团”), is one of the nebulae closest to Earth (about 444 light years away), designated Messier nebula number M45. </p>
|
||
<p class="article-text">In the nebula, there are a series of bright stars that can be distinguished by the naked eye. Under favourable light conditions, a person with normal vision can count as many as nine of them. </p>
|
||
</remark>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Atlas himself was a Titan, lifting up the western sky — He is also the namesake for the “Atlantic Ocean”. </speak>
|
||
<goto goto="90" change="0"/>
|
||
</scene>
|
||
<scene id="90" background="CG14-1.jpg">
|
||
<bgm src="11_17_memory.mp3" status="continue"></bgm>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">Wow. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace">And I thought you were not familiar with constellations or mythologies or that sort of thing … </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">No at all … but they really are quite meaningless. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">They're all just silly stories about this person dying, that person dying, then they all become stars. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">But occasionally there are happy endings — indeed, there is one right in our line of sight right now. </speak>
|
||
<goto goto="95" change="0"/>
|
||
</scene>
|
||
<scene id="95" background="westCliffSkySouth.jpg">
|
||
<bgm src="11_17_memory.mp3" status="continue"></bgm>
|
||
<show chara="yufunan" position="back"/>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Above the Seven Sisters, to the right of Auriga. One, two, three, four — </speak>
|
||
<show chara="chain" position="back"/>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace"> — Four bright stars neatly lined up. Can you see them? </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … Ah. It's a little curved, but indeed it's quite orderly. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace" remark="next">From left to right, they are α Persei, γ Andromedae, β Andromedae, α Andromedae. </speak>
|
||
<remark post="U2FsdGVkX19gU8MXMOhDJndKApoQ">
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<p class="article-text-h">Note:</p>
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<p class="article-text">α Persei, and γ, β, α Andromedae are called “Celestial Boat 3”, “Heaven's Great General 1”, “Leg-stride Mansion Nine”, and “Wall Mansion 2” respectively (“天船三”、“天大将军一”、“奎宿九”、“壁宿二”) in the Chinese constellation system. In English, these are commonly known as “Mirfak”, “Almach”, “Mirach”, and “Alpheratz" (transliteration from Arabic). </p>
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<br />
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<p class="article-text">P.S. The unremarkable-looking nebula resembling a square grey spot over β Andromedae is the famous M31 nebula — the Andromeda Galaxy. About 2.5 million light-years away from Earth, it is an extragalatic galaxy with a mass about twice that of the Milky Way. It is also the only extragalatic galaxy that is visible to the naked eye from most parts of the Northern Hemisphere. </p>
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</remark>
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<speak chara="einNoFace" remark="next">α Andromedae is also called δ Pegasi — It's a star shared by both Andromeda and Pegasus. </speak>
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<remark>
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<p class="article-text-h">Note:</p>
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<p class="article-text">The constellation Pegasus, in Chinese “Flying Horse” (“飞马座”), is also translated in some works as “Heavenly Horse” (“天马座”), as was the case in “Saint Seiya”. </p>
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</remark>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">Ah. </speak>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">So this is the story of a certain Greek hero who used Medusa’s head to turn a sea monster to stone, rescued the princess who was to be offered as a sacrifice, and then married her? </speak>
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<speak chara="einNoFace">Mm-hmm. This column of stars symbolises the chains that bind the princess. </speak>
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<show chara="pegasus" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="einNoFace">By the way, the main body of the Pegasus is the quadrilateral at the end of this “chain”. </speak>
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<speak chara="einNoFace">You can also think of it all as the largest spoon in the sky. </speak>
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<speak chara="einNoFace">Then … If you go further to the right, it is the Cowherd or Altair that we had observed before. </speak>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">Can't you say … </speak>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … It looks roughly more like a raccoon? </speak>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">You see, this column of stars is the tail, and the extra star at the upper right corner of the quadrilateral is the head. </speak>
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<speak chara="einNoFace">Pfft … With such a long tail, it looks more like a racoon from a comic book. </speak>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">N-nothing wrong with that … </speak>
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<goto goto="100" change="0"/>
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</scene>
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<scene id="100" background="CG14-0.jpg">
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<bgm src="11_17_memory.mp3" status="continue"></bgm>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … Ah. </speak>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">What's that? The southernmost, near sea level … a lonely one … </speak>
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<speak chara="einNoFace">Hmm … Do you mean the lower right corner, the position opposite Altair? </speak>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … Y-yes, where you are pointing. </speak>
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<speak chara="einNoFace" remark="next">That is α Piscis Austrini … the only bright star in this area. </speak>
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<remark post="U2FsdGVkX1+rF0ozx14SzE37yIBz">
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<p class="article-text-h">Note:</p>
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<p class="article-text">α Piscis Austrini (the “Southern Fish” Constellation) is called “North Gate of the Military Camp” (“北落师门”) in the Chinese constellation system. In English it is commonly known as “Fomalhaut” (transliteration from Arabic). </p>
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<br />
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<p class="article-text">P.S. As the Chinese constellation system determines the bearing of the stars in reference to the Sun and the North Star, this causes the North and South constellations to be the opposite of their actual geographic directions. Therefore α Piscis Austrini, which is located at low altitude to the south, is given the name “North Gate of the Military Camp” instead. </p>
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</remark>
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<goto goto="110" change="0"/>
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</scene>
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<scene id="110" background="CG14-1.jpg">
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<bgm src="11_17_memory.mp3" status="continue"></bgm>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … It looks lonely. </speak>
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<speak chara="einNoFace">All stars are lonely. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">If the Earth and the Sun are shrunk to a size such that we can place both in front of you and me — </speak>
|
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<speak chara="einNoFace"> — Then, to scale, the closest fixed star will need to be as far from here as Central London. </speak>
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<speak chara="weltNoFace">Wha- … </speak>
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<speak chara="einNoFace">Don't be surprised. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">From the enormous universe, to the diminutive atom, most of this world is nothing but a vast empty vacuum.</speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">It is in this vast ocean of vacuum … that all matter slowly converged together into discrete pockets, among its undulating waves. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">It took 9 billion years for the universe to finally create the Earth; and it took the Earth another 4 billion years to become the Garden of Eden we see today. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">What's even more amazing, is that in this Garden of Eden, there is you, and me. </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="weltNoFace"> … </speak>
|
||
<speak chara="einNoFace">Apologies. That seemed a bit too sentimental. </speak>
|
||
<goto goto="120" change="#ffffff"/>
|
||
</scene>
|
||
<scene id="120" background="westCliffSkySouth.jpg">
|
||
<bgm src="11_3_themeOtto.mp3" status="start"></bgm>
|
||
<text article="1">
|
||
<p class="article-text">Winter is not a romantic season. </p>
|
||
<p class="article-text">If it can be said that, on that day at the beach, a little bud had just sprouted between the hearts of two people … </p>
|
||
<p class="article-text">Then it can also be said, that this bud never got the chance to take root and germinate, as it should have. </p>
|
||
</text>
|
||
<goto goto="160" change="0"/>
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||
</scene>
|
||
<scene id="160" background="studyLamp.jpg">
|
||
<bgm src="11_3_themeOtto.mp3" status="continue"></bgm>
|
||
<text>The Modern Age is not like the Ancient Era, and hot spring baths are also nothing like saunas. </text>
|
||
<text>Taking a hot bath after stargazing, of course it would be separate for men and women. </text>
|
||
<text>It's just that — </text>
|
||
<goto goto="170" change="0"/>
|
||
</scene>
|
||
<scene id="170" background="CG14-2.jpg">
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||
<bgm src="11_3_themeOtto.mp3" status="continue"></bgm>
|
||
<speak chara="ottoNoNameNoFace">Hey.</speak>
|
||
<speak chara="ottoNoNameNoFace">How have you been lately, Ω?</speak>
|
||
<text> You see … Just because you haven't seen a single man during the entire day, doesn't mean you should lower your guard in the public bath at night.</text>
|
||
<text>Isn't that so?</text> <!-- translated by Listless-restless on top of work by zklm -->
|
||
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||
</scene>
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||
</story>
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