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Thanks, Dex!
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I can't stop winning!
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Step right up, friend, for the item competition!
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Oh, yeah, friend!
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We need one more to play!
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Please!
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Please!
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Uh, you know, I'm not sure.
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Great!
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Well, that sounds like a yes to me!
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Now put something cool into the jackpot chest!
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Yeah, you're...
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Ow!
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Okay, I guess I'm playing after all.
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Ooh!
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Time for the big spin!
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Come on, come on!
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Come on, give me something good!
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Come on, baby.
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Baby, what?
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Oh, and you lose, friend.
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And that awesome sword is mine.
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Hey.
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Wait, wait, wait, wait.
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Hold on, hold on.
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I want another go.
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That's not fair.
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But I don't have anything.
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Well, we could have one more go by putting your hearts on the line.
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OK, fine.
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Let's do it.
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Great.
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Time for another spin.
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Double or nothing, that friend wins.
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Yeah, yeah, you're on.
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Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
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This is gonna be big.
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Come on, come on, come on.
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Can he do it?
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Can he do it?
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Come on, friend.
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Big time.
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What?
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Womp womp.
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Ah, what?
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It's so cold.
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Darn it.
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Here you go.
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Hee hee.
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Oh, great.
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This is just great.
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A little help, Dr. L.
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Oh.
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I don't have hearts.
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Uh, sorry, friend.
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I don't really have anything for you.
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I played it all away.
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Good luck, though.
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What?
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Wait, are you serious?
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I can't believe this.
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This is why I don't play games with those three.
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Surprise!
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What is this?
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I'm hosting a server day party, of course.
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I made this nice little place to...
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Ugh.
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Huh?
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Wait, wait, wait, wait.
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Ow, ow, ow.
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Better.
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Run, why did you do that?
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This server doesn't want a party.
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But, uh, look, I made up!
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Give me that! And, hey!
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You know, it's a good thing I'm prepared, and I made seconds!
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Now everyone can share!
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No!
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Wow, that was rude!
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I can't believe you, what's wrong with it?
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I don't care!
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Just go away!
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Fine, be that way!
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If you're done having a fight with your girlfriend, I need to fire you for a sec.
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Put me down and...
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Ow!
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Come on!
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We're gonna race!
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Okay?
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We're gonna race in the pool!
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Are you ready, friend?
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What are you...
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I don't want to do this!
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Come on!
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Just get in the water!
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It's fine!
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No!
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Where are you going?
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I gotta get rid of her somehow.
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Oh, hold on, I've got this chest here.
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There we go, a couple crossbow bolts.
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I knew this potion would come in handy.
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Just doing a few laps around.
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Goodbye.
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Friend, help!
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Where does all this love look up?
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Bye.
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Friend, I am so disappointed in you.
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You know, you're being incredibly heartless today.
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Yeah, well, maybe that's because I'm all out of hearts to give.
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What do you mean you have a - what?
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What do you mean?
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Leave me alone, Luna.
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Now's not the time.
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All of you, leave me alone.
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What now?
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Friend, I could really use your help today.
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Purely for science, mostly for my enjoyment.
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I don't care about you or your tests.
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Just let me out.
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Okay, stressy boy today, aren't we?
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The exit is the only way out, I'm afraid.
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We'll be better together, friend.
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I believe in us!
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Yeah, my new partner!
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Well, I don't believe in you, so...
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I do love co -op challenges.
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We have to go at the same time so we don't get crushed by the door.
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On three, five, four, three, one.
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Okay.
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Why do you start counting a one?
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Hey, you almost crushed me!
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Who cares if you die?
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What?
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Now get ready for the spinning wheel of doom in the pain parkour.
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Pain parkour, really?
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Up top, buddy.
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Oh, no. Fred.
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Oh.
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Fred, you're in lava.
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You're boiling.
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You're literally Fred roast right now.
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What is going on?
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Kind of warm, actually.
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Huh.
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How are you alive?
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How are you alive?
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What mod is this?
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What cheat is this?
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Mo?
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I'm heartless, so I'm literally unkillable, I guess.
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It's kind of ironic.
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Might as well just jump back in.
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Hey, my friend!
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No!
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No!
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Hey, hey, help me get across, friend.
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I'm just a wee little British boy, but we can do it together.
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Yeah, sure, I'll catch you.
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Okay, here I go!
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Hold me, friend!
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Hold me, friend!
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Hold me, friend!
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Help!
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Uh, yikes.
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Anyway.
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Heartless indeed.
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Double checkmark.
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Mentally and physically.
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But what does this mean?
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Okay, um...
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Better together...
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Okay...
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Um...
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How am I supposed to get across without anyone to help me?
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Uh -uh!
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Don't worry, friend!
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I got your replacement right here!
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Oh!
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Oh, look who it is!
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Hey!
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Stand there!
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Uh -huh!
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You'll save us!
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Oh, good!
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Finally, we're working together!
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I'm so excited for this friend!
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Mm -hmm.
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Oh!
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Stupid idiot!
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You have an ounce of kindness in you!
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Bridge lock?
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Okay, Fred, now all you need to do is flick the lever and then you'll both be free to leave.
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No way.
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Fred, you haven't flicked the lever yet, silly.
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You just gotta flick the lever just to let me get across.
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Mm -hmm.
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Just make it so it goes all the way.
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Yeah, I flicked it.
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I sure did.
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It's flicked.
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What?
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Okay, okay.
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I don't know if you'd have to flick the lever.
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Fred, I don't know if you're stupid.
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Oh, no. No, no, see, I actually, I don't have opposable thumbs, so I can't hold on to the lever properly.
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Yeah, there's only one way look.
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Okay.
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Yeah, I see what's happening here.
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Yep.
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I'm just gonna have it go ready three two
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One oh I'm doing it.
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I'm doing it.
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Are you proud of me?
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Interesting Valuable data
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Okay, Jax just like we rehearsed no funny business right right right oh
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Friend friend over here Hi, hi!
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Jax, look, I made you this cake.
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It's an apology cake.
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Since you didn't like the ones I made earlier, I convinced Jax to make you one instead.
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Go on, go, go.
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Yeah, sorry for taking all your hearts and your stuff earlier.
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Ah, si!
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This cake is for you, friend.
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Si, si!
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Huh?
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Wait, you did something nice?
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Wait.
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Whoa!
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Wait, what?
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This wasn't mine!
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Ah, you thought.
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Oh, man, you should have seen your face.
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That was too good.
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I should have guessed.
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What's new?
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You're getting predictable, Jax.
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Hey, where did you just use?
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Predictable?
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How dare you use big words that I don't understand?
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You think I'm predictable?
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I'll show you predictable.
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Hmm?
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Now we'll see who's perpendicular.
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Wow.
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No foxes this time?
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Oh, wow.
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Oh, you hurt me so much.
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Oh, whatever am I going to do?
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Ow.
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Hey, you're supposed to be freaking out.
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Where are you going, Fred?
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You're supposed to be freaking out.
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Oh, I've got nothing to freak out about, so.
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Hey, this is my house.
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No. Hey, hey.
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Fred, move away from my house.
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My house.
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My house, you're causing so much property damage.
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Ah, please.
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Ugh.
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Boo hoo.
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Okay.
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BAP!
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BAP!
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Okay, okay.
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That was a tall mountain.
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Chance, I told you to actually apologize to him this time!
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RYOSE!
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Oh, yeah?
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Bet you were in on this little prank too, weren't ya?
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No, of course I wasn't!
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Whatever.
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Just get out of my way.
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No, no, no, no, no, no, purple sir!
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No way!
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I don't know what's wrong with you, but I'm not gonna let you leave!
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And, and, and, I will, I will stay!
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I command it!
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What?
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What?
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Hey!
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Hey!
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No!
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Ow!
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Ow!
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No!
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No!
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Hey, cookies!
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I don't like what's happening.
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Oh, look, friend!
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There you are!
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What?
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Oh!
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According to my data, friends' love language is gift -giving.
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So, that means all we need to do is give him what he wants and then he'll be back to normal!
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Here you go.
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What?
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Uh, thanks?
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What is this exactly?
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Well, friend, I'm glad you asked.
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This is a strand of Tyser's hair.
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Just a memento for you to keep.
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What the?
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I'm good.
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It's not really particularly useful, so.
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Oh, uh, hmm.
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Let me try, let me try, let me try.
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Okay, scoop, scoop, out of the way, out of the way.
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All right, friend.
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Oh.
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Here you go, friend.
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Become a rich player on the server and have everything you've ever wanted.
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Oh, fantastic idea, Luna.
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Luna, did you realize this is cheating?
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What?
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No. I'm not spawning it in.
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I'm taking it from my castle's vault.
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I'm just trying to help you.
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Are you helping?
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Are you helping me, though?
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Are you helping yourself?
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Oh, oh, there, there.
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Oh, there you are, friend!
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I've been looking all over for you!
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Oh, friend, here's some of Tyrus's wet shorts from yesterday's beach party.
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Maybe that'll change your tune.
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What?
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What are you two doing?
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Oh, this is my personal nightmare.
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Oh, well, friend loves gift -giving, so.. and science.
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What?
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Gift -giving?
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Hey, you guys should know this.
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You're his friends, not questionnaires.
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Friends' love language is quality time.
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I have a new love language.
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It's called getting out of here.
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I wasn't just using a questionnaire.
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I was doing what I thought was best to help.
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I shouldn't have been so aggressive, friend.
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I'm sorry.
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I...
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Whatever.
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Wait, where are you going?
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Friend!
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Ava, just go away!
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Wait, if you would just listen to me!
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Is that my sword?!
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Friend, maybe you like - Why is my sword being used as a prize?!
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Oh, your sword?
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You mean the one you lost in Jax's game?
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Yeah, it's not yours anymore.
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Oh...
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Huh?
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Friend!
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And… That mad about it, huh?
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I want my sword back.
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Then win it back.
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Come on.
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Here, have some more.
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Fine.
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Maybe I will.
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Okay.
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Come on. And green.
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Ooh.
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Yellow.
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Blue.
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Ding, ding, ding, ding.
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We have a winner.
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Woo.
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Okay, which one is it?
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This one?
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Yes.
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Here you go.
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Go see?
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Fine, right?
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Have fun together.
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No, no, no, no, no!
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I think it's working.
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Lame, whatever.
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Wait, wait, friend!
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Uh, hey, why don't we play another game?
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Huh?
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If it'll get you to leave me alone.
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Ouch, okay.
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Uh, over here.
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Wait, wait, really?
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This game?
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Yeah, it's a great outlet for all of that pent -up rage.
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Fine.
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Okay.
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Do it, do it, do it, do it!
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That was kind of hot.
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What?
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What?
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Who said that?
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Nothing!
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You, sir, win a prize!
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What are you talking?
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No, I.. cotton candy what what are you just take
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it no i just take it you know what okay fine fine fine maybe
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i will see i wanted you to have fun here
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and emmy did too to cheer you up
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we did this all for you uh oh eva i i um um yes hello hello it's me
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I have oil and loot now, friend!
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Ticer oil and loot is mine!
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Ticer's girlfriend, stop!
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What?
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No cheating in my carnival!
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Where'd he go?
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Come here!
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You're gonna pay for that!
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Get him!
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Yeah, where do you think you're going?
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Okay, okay, I think he's in here! Is he?
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Did he just...
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Take all this!
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Do something nice?
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There you go.
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Take all this.
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Charity?
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You know what?
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I can't junk, junk, and more junk!
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Oh, friend, why don't you have anything good except this sword?
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Hey!
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You here to be hollers to me again, friend?
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You stole my stuff and then threw it out!
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Oh, well, you'll want to play the little way earlier, so I don't feel right bad about it!
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What?
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Tycer, wait!
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Hey!
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Whoa, whoa, whoa!
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You give that back right now!
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Friend, friend!
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I don't know!
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Not that!
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Oh!
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Ah!
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Wait, wait, wait!
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I got you!
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I got you!
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Ow!
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Ow!
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Elf loses!
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Are you okay?
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I will be once I catch that British boy!
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Oh, wait, wait!
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Don't hurt the British man!
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Oh, you get back here!
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Ow!
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Hurry up!
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He's getting away!
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Come on!
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Ow!
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Gotta head start, that's why!
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He's so unfair.
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Okay, well then here!
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Nice!
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What are you doing here?
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I'm catching up to you.
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Well, I'm gonna get you.
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Wait, no, no, no, I got you, I got you!
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Hey!
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I don't got you.
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Oh, you missed.
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Ow, get away!
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It's not gonna work now.
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Get over here!
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Ow.
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How's your leg?
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Terrible.
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Not a little step friend.
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Or else I'll destroy this bridge.
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Really, Tyser?
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You stole from him.
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What?
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Yeah, the least you could do is apologize.
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Mm -hmm.
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You owe him that.
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I owe him what?
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You owe him that.
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An apology.
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No. All right.
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I'm sorry, friend.
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I'm sorry for stealing.
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I shouldn't have done it.
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Is he sold back?
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You were a jerk to me earlier.
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I don't know what to...
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No, no, no more hearts.
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I wanted to kill you.
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You want to kill me?
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I thought we were friends.
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Oh, yikes.
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There's a bomb strapped to my chest.
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Whoa, hi.
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Hi, friend.
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I'm back from the dead.
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What's that?
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Oh, what the heck?
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Hey, where am I?
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Oh, friend, you're awake. For now.
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Wait, for now?
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What do you mean?
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I'm going to kill you.
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Wait, what?
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Mm -hmm.
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Yep.
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I'm gonna reset you right back to normal by, you know, killing you.
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How would that reset me, Jax?
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I don't know.
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Do I look like a doctor to you?
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Do I look green?
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No, you don't!
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And that's exactly, exactly!
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But besides, I can't die.
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I don't take damage.
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Eh, whatever.
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Beep boop.
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Huh?
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Wait, what?
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Wow, so impressive.
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The void.
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Ooh.
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Yeah, the void.
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Okay, well, I just told you.
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No damage.
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suffocation damage counts.
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Well, only one way to test out.
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Wait, wait.
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What?
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Whee!
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Ow.
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Ow.
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No. Is it working?
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No, I'm stuck here, Jax.
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Hey, give me one second.
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We'll get my gun.
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Stay here forever, aren't I?
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Friend.
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Huh?
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Friend.
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Percision -based aerodynamics, friend.
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Dr. L.
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Whoa.
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We're here.
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What the?
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All right, Dr. L's got him.
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Let's go.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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Yeah!
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That nerd can be useful.
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Thanks, I guess.
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Come on, follow us!
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We got a surprise for you!
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Ta -da!
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Huh?
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What's this?
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Not bad, huh?
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We made you a museum!
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A museum?
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What?
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It has all our favorite memories with you inside.
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Something or whatever.
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I don't know.
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Imprecise architecture.
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Wait, what the?
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Uh -huh.
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Huh?
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Huh?
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Well?
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Huh?
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Do you like it?
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No!
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Out of the way!
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It's my turn!
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Hey!
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We're doing you, Dax!
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Yes, yes, yes, yes!
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Aww!
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Oh, I love it!
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It's so cute! And squishy!
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Friend, what's your middle name?
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I don't know!
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That's the correct answer!
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Why do you have a dragon head?
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Well, do you like it?
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Do you like it?
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You better.
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We spent a lot of time making it.
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Oh, yeah.
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No, no, no. I can't feel things.
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I'm heartless.
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I'm heartless.
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What?
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You have so much heart.
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No, you're not.
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It's physically impossible, in fact.
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Yeah, stop being emo.
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Please, friend, come back to us.
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Yeah, we miss you.
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We miss your stupid heart.
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Yeah, look at what Emi just said.
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Oh, no, no, no!
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I feel all warm and fuzzy inside!
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Uh -huh, uh -huh!
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I think someone wants a hug!
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Wait, what?
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Group hug!
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Group hug!
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You're not gonna make me do this, are you?
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No more gooey feelings and hugs and none of that, okay?
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Friend!
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Gooey feelings!
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They're good for you!
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Friend, come back!
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Friend!
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No!
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No, I refuse!
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I'm not getting my heart back, okay?
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I will destroy this entire spawn if I have to!
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I don't care!
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No, we love you, friend!
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Yeah, you can't make us hate you.
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I mean, no, you can, but, you know...
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Baby!
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Girl, not the time.
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I'm just saying...
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Just stay away from me for once today!
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Wait!
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Uh, Jax!
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Jax!
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Quick!
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What?
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Say something nice to friend!
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Quick!
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Quick!
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No. Hey!
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Ugh!
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No!
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Jax!
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Okay, fine.
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Friend, stop.
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You don't do better than that.
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Come on.
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Okay.
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You know what?
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Maybe I will stop.
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You know what?
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I'll hear you out.
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What's your latest insult, Jax?
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Another prank?
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I don't know.
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Something to knock a heart off of me, hopefully.
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Ugh.
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Oh, oh.
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It's probably gonna be a good one.
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Yeah?
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Friend, the only reason I pull all those pranks on you
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and act all tough around you is because I think you're cooler than me and I'm jealous of that.
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No way.
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He said it out loud.
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Did you just give him a flower?
665
We all knew it, but still.
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Did you record it?
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Friend, are you okay?
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Are you concussed?
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And preferably, can you stop and say anything mean?
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Guys, I'm so, so sorry.
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Yay!
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He's back!
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You're back!
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He's back!
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Get off me!
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I don't know what got into me.
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I...
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Oops.
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Well, you lost your heart.
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Happens to everyone, friend.
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What?
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No. No, no. I don't think it does.
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Has that happened to you guys yet?
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Oh, sure it does.
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We just have to play my game again.
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No, no. We're not playing your game.
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We're not playing your game, Jax.
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No. And were you mining the tree with a pickaxe?
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A gold pickaxe.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Friend becomes HEARTLESS!”. This video has 690 sentences and 2892 words to shadow. The speech runs for 20:53. The speaker talks at a steady 138 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 150 of its 690 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| sword noun | /soɹd/ | A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack. |
| flick noun | /flɪk/ | A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip. |
| lever noun | /ˈliː.və/ | A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for… |
| predictable adjective | /pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/ | Able to be predicted. |
| server noun | /ˈsɝvɚ/ | A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network. |
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| spin verb | /spɪn/ | To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction. |
| cheat verb | /ˈt͡ʃiːt/ | To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation. |
| junk noun | /d͡ʒʌŋk/ | Miscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items. |
| prank noun | /pɹæŋk/ | A practical joke or mischievous trick. |
| lieutenant noun | /l(j)uˈtɛn.ənt/ | In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain. Both ranks may be referred to as "lieutenant" or as the… |
| physically adverb | /ˈfɪz.ɪ.kli/ | In a physical manner. |
| crush verb | /kɹʌʃ/ | To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass. |
| apologize verb | /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/ | To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| get across verb | To cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively. |
| get away verb | To move away (from). |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. |
| go away verb | To depart or leave a place. |
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| get back verb | Return to where one came from. |
| get off verb | To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it. |
| get over verb | To overcome. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Run, why did you do that?
- I can't believe you, what's wrong with it?
- Stay here forever, aren't I?
- Friend, what's your middle name?
- You're not gonna make me do this, are you?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | haven't flicked · you've ever wanted |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should have · should know · shouldn't have |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | wasn't just using · was doing · were you mining |
| Comparatives -er than / more … than — comparing two things | better than · cooler than |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 148 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: crush /kɹʌʃ/, potion /ˈpoʊ.ʃən/, squishy /ˈskwɪʃi/
- Long words — get the stress right: predictable /pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, apology /əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, architecture /ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛk.t͡ʃə/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like whoa, sword, flick.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.