Cupido: Ah, the winner of the tournament.
Duke: Red eyes... you must be the one.
Cupido: You have won, knight. Why do you still fight? If you continue you may be tempting fate.
Duke: I must discover what this wanderer meant. If I lose all I have in this search, so be it.
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Duke: I have been longing for this day.
Eiji: Didn't we fight once before?
Duke: I live only to fight you once more. To regain my pride! To restore the honor of my family!
Eiji: I warn you: I will not fight half-way. That is part of your code of chivalry, is it not?
Duke: It is only proper to fight to win. To arms! Watch over me, Vancour!
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Duke: You're fighting in this tournament? You're just a girl.
Ellis: I'll be sixteen this year. I'm not a child.
Duke: Fight a lady? Chivalry forbids it. But, alas, you won't back down. I will try not to hurt you too badly.
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Fo: You are dressed like a knight. Is this a tournament or a costume party?
Duke: You mock me?
Fo: A joke, good knight, that's all. One last laugh before you die.
Duke: We will see who dies.
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Gaia: Well done. Now meet your final opponent.
Duke: I can see that you are a great fighter.
Gaia: We have a custom here. Whoever wins the Toh Shin Den Tournament then fights me.
Duke: Ah, I see. As a knight, I must accept this challenge. Every fight marks another step in my training!
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Duke: Hold!
Sho: What do you want from me?
Duke: Someone told me of a fighter-- a man of great power, one who would test me to my limits. I believe you are that man.
Sho: You have been misinformed. I am not the one you seek.
Duke: Please don't think me impolite, but-- will you fight me? I must find out for myself.
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Duke: Another lady? And look how you are dressed! It is shameful.
Sofia: It's easy to move in this. Doesn't that armor slow you down?
Duke: My lady, my armor is a mark of pride. When a knight dons his armor, he is ready to fight.
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Cupido: I wish I were you. You have a feeling she doesn't have: hope for the future.
Duke: To live is to move forward, no?
Cupido: You haven't tasted true sorrow. Until you do, you'll never have the strength to truly live. That strength is what the wanderer seeks. Still, it is best to avoid sorrow if you can. And remain the happy fool.
Duke: You are right. I do not know sorrow. But I know that true strength is not in force of arms. There is another strength. I see it in your red eyes. I am ready to find it, and to face my human fate.
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Duke: Have I won?
Eiji: A total victory. Well fought, knight. Your skills have much improved since we last met.
Duke: It was a good fight, wasn't it? You showed me some techniques I'd never seen before.
Eiji: Perhaps we should fight again? Next time, victory will be mine.
Duke: My pleasure!
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Duke: Are you all right? Have I hurt you?
Ellis: It's nothing.
Duke: You are as strong as a boy. Pity. You would have made a decent knight.
Ellis: You're awfully nice for a swordsman. You could have been fierce.
Duke: Nice? Not fierce? Oh, I can be fierce. There is a man I wish to fight again. And when I do, believe me, I will not be nice at all.
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Duke: Never mock a knight, old one. We have no sense of humor when it comes to our pride.
Fo: Can't take a joke eh? How I wish I could have tasted a knight's blood.
Duke: I hope you have learned your lesson. No one sullies the honor of a knight!
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Duke: The victory is mine.
Gaia: Congratulations. You have won the tournament. But you have yet to learn the meaning of this competition.
Duke: What more is there to know?
Gaia: It is not over. All who enter this contest, all who fight, are changed. To fight in the Toh Shin Den Tournament is to face doom. Your true fight begins now.
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Duke: I feel strange... I feel as though I now have strength beyond my dreams.
Gaia: Yes, you are much stronger. But strength is not enough. Not against his power.
Duke: What do you mean? Who?
Gaia: This tournament, knight, is not for fun. I am looking for a fighter with the power to beat him. If I cannot find one, I must fight him myself.
Duke: What kind of power? Who is... he?
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Duke: You have not shown me your true power. Am I too weak for you to bother with?
Sho: You overestimate me. I'm just a warrior on an uncertain journey.
Duke: No, there is something in you. You possess a power I may never have, no matter what I do. Still, I am glad we met. You make me wish to grow. To be better than I am. And so, my training begins anew.
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Duke: You did not put up a struggle at all!
Sho: I avoid senseless fights, if I can. I've grown weary of killing.
Duke: Why speak of killing? This is a contest, not a battle to the death.
Sho: Death always waits for the living. I became a warrior to find the meaning of death.
Duke: I do not understand. What are you seeking?
Sho: I am wandering in search of an answer. The one with red eyes may have what I seek. The answer may be found in the depths of those red eyes.
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Sofia: You move swiftly for a man in armor. You have beaten me.
Duke: You fought bravely, and well. Tell me: Do you wear trousers all the time, or only when you fight?
Sofia: Trousers? You call these trousers?
Duke: Well no, I mean yes, I mean... forgive me. I am not used to talking to women.
Sofia: Forgiven. Now go. Next time we meet, I will beat you. Stay well til then.
Duke: I give you my word! I will never be defeated!
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