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nq311300_msg0001 |
It appears that what we'd call our tenth
term is the same as being twenty years old
in the City. Well, not quite the same... |
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| 2 |
nq311300_msg0002 |
Well, that much I was aware of, but
who knew they had their own version
of Homecoming... |
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| 3 |
nq311300_msg0003 |
OK, but this way they get to go
through it without dying, yeah? |
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| 4 |
nq311300_msg0004 |
Yes... For us, it was ceremony which
marked the ending of things. |
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| 5 |
nq311300_msg0005 |
But for the people in the City, it's actually
a celebration of a beginning. |
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| 6 |
nq311300_msg0006 |
A beginning and end... One ceremony for
two completely opposite things... Mental. |
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| 7 |
nq311300_msg0007 |
But...still. They have something in common,
don't they? |
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| 8 |
nq311300_msg0008 |
They're both celebrations of the fact
people came into being and managed
to live their way through life! |
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| 9 |
nq311300_msg0009 |
That's right. And in the City, it has
one more meaning... |
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| 10 |
nq311300_msg0010 |
It's also a rite that represents the Founders'
desires and ambitions being taken up by
the next generation. |
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| 11 |
nq311300_msg0011 |
Finishing the tenth term is when they
become "adults", and they see it as an
especially happy event... |
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| 12 |
nq311300_msg0012 |
But the reason it's so special is that even
if they make it, they always know a lot of
people who didn't... People who died. |
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| 13 |
nq311300_msg0013 |
So it also reminds them of the weight
they carry in that sense, I think. |
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| 14 |
nq311300_msg0014 |
Those that made it into adulthood,
and those that didn't... You could say
it's a dual-purpose rite, then. |
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| 15 |
nq311300_msg0015 |
Whoa... That's not too far from us, huh. |
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| 16 |
nq311300_msg0016 |
We don't get to be adults, but we could
still honor their moment of transition. |
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| 17 |
nq311300_msg0017 |
It's like, I know we've got a lot to do still,
but we could surely wish them the best on
the first day of the rest of their lives? |
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nq311300_msg0101 |
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| 19 |
nq311300_msg0201 |
Yeah, but... We heard that the Homecoming
isn't going to happen this year. That right? |
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| 20 |
nq311300_msg0202 |
Yeah, I guess there must be
a reason for that. |
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| 21 |
nq311300_msg0203 |
Why don't we take a look into how the
Homecoming ceremony looks in the City? |
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| 22 |
nq311300_msg0204 |
Depending on what's stopping it,
we might be able to figure out a way
to get it going again...? |
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| 23 |
nq311300_msg0301 |
...Know what, I'd be buzzed to
pitch in. Especially for something
so important. |
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| 24 |
nq311300_msg0401 |
It makes me very happy to hear you say
that. But I'm also conscious that time is
valued differently for you. |
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| 25 |
nq311300_msg0402 |
We can always postpone the event.
There's no need for you to use up your
precious- |
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| 26 |
nq311300_msg0403 |
Nah nah nah, it's fine. |
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| 27 |
nq311300_msg0404 |
Some of the people at Homecoming will be
fighters, right? So if you postpone it, who's
to say if they'll live long enough to see it. |
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nq311300_msg0405 |
If it can be done, you'd better do it. |
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| 29 |
nq311300_msg0406 |
Lanz... I don't know what to say. |
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| 30 |
nq311300_msg0407 |
Lanz has been making the Homecoming
his goal for so long, he can't bear to let
it go, see. |
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| 31 |
nq311300_msg0408 |
...Oi! Nobody asked you for a digest,
so shut your trap! |
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| 32 |
nq311300_msg0409 |
I can see it from Monica's point of view,
sure. But I also think that we shouldn't
give up before we even try. |
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| 33 |
nq311300_msg0410 |
OK, I can see that you've set your hearts
on it. I can respect that. |
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| 34 |
nq311300_msg0501 |
All right! No time like the present!
Let's go and see what we can see. |
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| 35 |
nq311300_msg0502 |
The Six Houses and people above their
twentieth year are likely to have some
knowledge of this. |
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| 36 |
nq311300_msg0503 |
If I'm not mistaken... I believe
Kryto was a recent adult, right? |
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| 37 |
nq311300_msg0504 |
Yeah, let's try asking him. |
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