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chapter 19: Good hospital scene

おっはよ～～！！

今日はすがすがしい朝だね。

Ｇｏｏｄ　ｍｏｒｎｉｎｇ！！

Ｗｈａｔ　ａ　ｃｒｉｓｐ　ｍｏｒｎｉｎｇ．

[HONOKA:] Gooood morning!!

Sure is brisk, isn't it?

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こんなに気分の良い朝は 久しぶりっていった感じだよ。

それもこれも、西条のおかげ みたいなものだけどね。

Ｉ　ｈａｖｅｎ’ｔ　ｈａｄ　ｓｕｃｈ　ａ ｎｉｃｅ　ｍｏｒｎｉｎｇ　ｉｎ　ｄａｙｓ．

Ｉｔ’ｓ　ａｌｌ　ｔｈａｎｋｓ　ｔｏ　ｙｏｕ， Ｓａｉｊｏ．

[HONOKA:] I feel like it's been a long time since I had such a nice morning.

And I get the feeling I owe it all to you, Saijou.

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君はカウンセラーになったら、 たぶん超有名になるんじゃないかな。

それぐらい、君と話しているとさ、 毒気が抜けるって言うのか……、

Ｉｆ　ｙｏｕ　ｂｅｃａｍｅ　ａ　ｃｏｕｎｓｅｌｏｒ， ｙｏｕ’ｄ　ｂｅｃｏｍｅ　ｆａｍｏｕｓ．

Ｗｈｅｎ　Ｉ　ｔａｌｋ　ｔｏ　ｙｏｕ，　Ｉ ｆｅｅｌ　ｓｏ　ｒｅｆｒｅｓｈｅｄ．．．

[HONOKA:] I'm pretty sure you'd be incredibly famous if you became a counselor!

That's how much [it helps] when I talk to you. It's like poison being cleared from my body...

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心が落ち着き、冷静になっていくのが、 わかるもの。

きっと私なんかが足元にも及ばない、 天才的心理治療士なんだよ。

Ｉ　ｃａｎ　ｔｅｌｌ　Ｉ’ｍ　ｇｅｔｔｉｎｇ ｍｏｒｅ　ｃａｌｍ　ａｎｄ　ｃｏｏｌ．

Ｉ’ｍ　ｕｎｗｏｒｔｈｙ　ｏｆ　ｓｕｃｈ　ａ ｐｓｙｃｈｉａｔｒｉｃ　ｇｅｎｉｕｓ．

[HONOKA:] I can tell that I'm calming down and gaining some peace of mind.

You must be a natural genius at psychotherapy. I don't hold a candle to you.

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さあてと、今から桐生を叩き起こして こようかね～。

昨日までは、目覚めっこ無いなんて 勝手に思い込んでいたけど、

なんかさ、今日起きたら、 アイツの笑顔が頭に浮かんだんだ。

あっ、これはきっと良い知らせに 違いないってね。

ＯＫ，　ｍａｙｂｅ　Ｉ’ｌｌ　ｇｏ　ｗａｋｅ Ｋｉｒｙｕ　ｕｐ　ｎｏｗ．

Ｕｎｔｉｌ　ｙｅｓｔｅｒｄａｙ，　Ｉ　ｄｉｄｎ’ｔ ｔｈｉｎｋ　ｈｅ’ｄ　ｇｅｔ　ｕｐ，

ｂｕｔ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｍｏｒｎｉｎｇ，　Ｉ ｔｈｏｕｇｈｔ　ｏｆ　ｈｉｓ　ｓｍｉｌｅ，

ａｎｄ　ｔｈｏｕｇｈｔ　ｉｔ　ｍｕｓｔ　ｂｅ ａ　ｇｏｏｄ　ｏｍｅｎ．

[HONOKA:] Hm, should I go wake Kiryuu up now?

Until yesterday, I was fixating on this idea that he'd never wake up...

..but for some reason, I pictured him smiling when I woke up today.

I thought to myself, "Oh, that's a good omen."

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いますっ飛んできたわけ。

さあ、どうかな～。 目覚めていればいいんだけどね。

Ｓｏ　Ｉ　ｆｌｅｗ　ｏｕｔ　ｈｅｒｅ．

Ｉ　ｗｏｎｄｅｒ　ｈｏｗ　ｈｅ　ｉｓ？ Ｉ　ｈｏｐｅ　ｈｅ’ｓ　ｗｏｋｅｎ　ｕｐ．

[HONOKA:] So I just hurried right over.

I wonder how he's doing...? I hope he's woken up.

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だけど昨日、言ったかどうか わからないけど……。

悪魔って奴がいるなら、 ああいう奴を言うんだなって。

Ｉ　ｄｏｎ’ｔ　ｋｎｏｗ　ｉｆ　Ｉ　ｔｏｌｄ ｙｏｕ　ｙｅｓｔｅｒｄａｙ　ｏｒ　ｎｏｔ，

ｂｕｔ　ｉｆ　ｄｅｍｏｎｓ　ｅｘｉｓｔ， ｔｈｉｓ　ｍｕｓｔ　ｂｅ　ｏｎｅ．

[HONOKA:] Oh, I dunno if I mentioned this yesterday...

...but if demons exist, I'm about to tell you about one.

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そんな奴に出会ったんだよ。

そいつとは、ちょうどこの病院を 出た時会ったんだ。

Ｉ　ｍｅｔ　ｓｏｍｅｏｎｅ　ｌｉｋｅ　ｔｈａｔ．

Ｉ　ｍｅｔ　ｈｉｍ　ｗｈｅｎ　Ｉ　ｗａｓ ｌｅａｖｉｎｇ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｈｏｓｐｉｔａｌ．

[HONOKA:] That's the kind of guy I met.

I met him just as I was leaving this very hospital.

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なんか見た目は、陽気な外人さん なんだけど……。

目が気味悪いくらいに光っていて、 吸い込まれそうな感じがしてね。

Ｈｅ　ｌｏｏｋｅｄ　ｌｉｋｅ　ａ　ｃｈｅｅｒ－ ｆｕｌ　ｆｏｒｅｉｇｎｅｒ，　ｂｕｔ　ｈｉｓ

ｅｙｅｓ　ｗｅｒｅ　ｅｅｒｉｌｙ　ｂｒｉｇｈｔ， ｌｉｋｅ　ｔｈｅｙ’ｄ　ｓｕｃｋ　ｍｅ　ｉｎ．

[HONOKA:] On the outside, he looked like a cheerful foreigner...

...but his eyes were eerily bright, like they were swallowing me up.

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底知れない深さって言うのか……。

その目を見ていると、 金縛りみたいになるんだよ。

Ｌｉｋｅ，　ｂｏｔｔｏｍｌｅｓｓ　＆　ｄｅｅｐ．

Ｗｈｅｎ　Ｉ　ｌｏｏｋｅｄ　ｉｎｔｏ　ｈｉｓ ｅｙｅｓ，　Ｉ　ｔｏｔａｌｌｙ　ｆｒｏｚｅ　ｕｐ．

[HONOKA:] Like they were endlessly deep...

When I looked into those eyes, it was like being paralyzed.

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そいつが言ったんだ。

『死は救いだ、欲することをなせ。 　それが真理なんだ』とね。

Ｈｅ　ｓａｉｄ　ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ．

”Ｄｅａｔｈ　ｉｓ　ｓａｌｖａｔｉｏｎ．　Ｄｏ　ａｓ ｙｏｕ　ｌｉｋｅ．　Ｔｈｉｓ　ｉｓ　ｔｒｕｅ．”

[HONOKA:] And he said something.

"Death is salvation. Do what thou wilt. That is Truth."

[NOTE: Even though Edward was the one in Kiryuu's backstory, this one line identifies the stranger as Graham. In your final battle, his Silent quotes the same line from Saint Augustine of Hippo: "Do what thou wilt." So he used his mind control abilities, which, as we learned from Hoshino and Yamato, can be used on someone without infecting them. But the Silent infection we removed yesterday was part of Edward's Silent, Maggot. You have to go by this one line and a statement in the good route that she and Hibiki both had their senses of self eroded like Tanaka.

It seems like Aleister Crowley also used the phrase "Do what thou wilt" when defining his philosophy of Thelema: "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." It's possible the devs got the quotation from him instead, since we know they were looking through books about the occult while writing the Silent dialogue.]

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『なに言ってやがるんだい！』

って蹴飛ばしてやろうと思ったら、 もうどこにも居ない。

”Ｗｈａｔ　ｔｈｅ　ｈｅｌｌ　ｉｓ　ｔｈａｔ？！”

Ｉ　ｗａｓ　ｇｏｎｎａ　ｂｅａｔ　ｈｉｍ ｄｏｗｎ，　ｂｕｔ　ｈｅ　ｗａｓ　ｇｏｎｅ．

[HONOKA:] I was about to give him a good kick and yell,

"What the hell are you talking about?!"... but he was already gone.

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気味の悪い話だろ？ まるで真昼の幽霊だよ

そこから何かさ、気分がすっかり 落ち込んでしまってね。

Ｉｓｎ’ｔ　ｔｈａｔ　ｃｒｅｅｐｙ？　Ｌｉｋｅ ａ　ｇｈｏｓｔ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ａｆｔｅｒｎｏｏｎ．

Ｓｉｎｃｅ　ｔｈｅｎ，　Ｉ’ｄ　ｂｅｅｎ ｆｅｅｌｉｎｇ　ｓｏ　ｄｅｐｒｅｓｓｅｄ．

[HONOKA:] Isn't that creepy? Like seeing a ghost in the middle of the day.

After that, I started feeling completely depressed.

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悪いことや不幸なことばかり 考えるようになったのは……。

だけど、もう大丈夫さ！

Ｉ　ｏｎｌｙ　ｔｈｏｕｇｈｔ　ａｂｏｕｔ　ｂａｄ ａｎｄ　ｕｎｈａｐｐｙ　ｔｈｉｎｇｓ．．．

Ｂｕｔ　ｎｏｗ　Ｉ’ｍ　ｆｉｎｅ！

[HONOKA:] I was only thinking about bad stuff and things that could go wrong...

But I'm fine now!

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名カウンセラーの西条に 治療してもらったんだからね。

それじゃ、行って来るね！

Ｉ　ｈａｄ　Ｓａｉｊｏ　ｔｈｅ　Ｆａｍｏｕｓ Ｃｏｕｎｓｅｌｏｒ　ｈｅｌｐ　ｍｅ　ｏｕｔ．

ＯＫ，　Ｉ’ｍ　ｇｏｉｎｇ　ｎｏｗ！

[HONOKA:] Saijou the famous counselor fixed me right up.

Okay, I'm going now!

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Buffyverse Characters Tournament: Round 1 Part 2

Jenny Calendar vs Graham Miller

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Voting ended onMar 1, 2023