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Well, who are you ?
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A fella like you,
trying to make it to retirement.
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At the end of the day, we're likely
to be punished for our kindnesses.
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You don't have to worry about me.
l won't hurt you.
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The 47 ronin, do you know it ?
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47 samurai whose master
was betrayed and killed by another lord.
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They became ronin, masterless samurai,
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disgraced by another man's treachery.
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For three years they plotted,
pretending to be thieves,
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mercenaries, even madmen.
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That l didn't have time to do.
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And then one night they struck,
slipping into the castle
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of their lord's betrayer, killing him.
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Nice. l like that. My kind of job.
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There's something more.
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All 47 of them committed seppuku,
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ritual suicide,
in the courtyard of the castle.
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Well, that l don't like so much.
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- But you understand it ?
- What do you mean, l understand it ?
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The warrior code, the delight in the battle.
You understand that, yes ?
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But also something more.
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You understand there is something
outside yourself
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that has to be served.
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And when that need is gone,
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when belief has died, what are you ?
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A man without a master.
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Right now l'm a man
without a pay cheque.