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I was brought up
by you and Commander Kondo.
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I'm not jealous.
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What about the two of you?
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What do you mean?
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There's a tacit understanding
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no one comes between you.
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The spirit of the militia.
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Anyone who tries to step in,
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or if Kondo makes a friend,
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you nip it in the bud.
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Soji, shut up!
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I've just read a good book.
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The doctor told me to rest
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so I read
"Tale of the Rain and the moon",
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including "A Vow Between Two men".
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The story of a scholar
who takes care
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of a samurai who'd fallen
ill while traveling.
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After a while, they grow close
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and take an oath
of everlasting friendship.
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But the samurai
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must return to his group.
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Se he leaves,
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promising he'll return
the following year, September 9th.
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Time passes.
Chrysanthemum season comes around.
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The morning of the 9th,
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the scholar and his mother
prepare flowers, sake and fish.
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But the samurai doesn't come.
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The scholar's mother
tries to comfort him, in vain.
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He comes outside his house.
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The moon is behind the mountains.
All is dark.