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Go, Ninja, go
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Jump up, kick back
Whip around
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Yeah, go, Ninja, go!
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[NARRATOR READS
ON-SCREEN TEXT]
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My story begins
long ago.
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A time before
the Long Winter.
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A time when our realm
was still lush and green.
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A time...
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before I lost everything.
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[SQUAWKS]
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We lived and worked in
the forests, together, happily.
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[ROARS]
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We were Formlings,
and we lived in peace.
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And at the end of the day,
we returned to our village.
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[CLUCKS]
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It was a beautiful place,
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built deep in the forest.
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It was my home.
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But my brother and I,
being younglings,
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had not yet found
our animal forms.
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And despite what
I told my brother,
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I was nervous.
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[GASPS]
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What is it?
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Don't tell me
you're still nervous?
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No.
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I can see it
in your eyes.
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Well, I cannot
help it.
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What if something goes wrong,
and I don't find my animal form?
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The Choosing
is a week away.
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What if I am not ready?
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You are ready.
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All who are pure of heart
find their animal form.
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Not all.
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That was
a long time ago.
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And it only happened once.
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Trust me, we will both
find our animal forms.
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And we will run together in
the forests all day and night.
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You'll see.
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[INSTRUMENTS PLAYING]
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AKITA:
The week passed,
but my anxiety did not.
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[GASPING]
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Ah...
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just in time
for another Choosing.
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Such a brutal,
savage tradition.
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And what will you do
with these innocent children
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if their animal form
does not come to them?
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Will you reject them?
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As you did me?
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We did not
reject you, Vex.
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Your exile was
of your own choosing.
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Lies.
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When I did not
find my form,
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you turned against me.
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All of you.
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You mocked me in secret,
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you whispered behind my back.
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Vex, the pathetic.
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Vex, the shameful.
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Vex the Formless.
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That is your fear speaking.
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You distrust the world, Vex.
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You see the worst
even when it does not exist.
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I have had years to dwell
on your betrayal.
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Years of resentment, alone,
in the Wilds,
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and I realize now, it is time
for your power to end.
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In my journeys,
I have discovered a power
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that dwarfs
your Formling abilities.
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An elemental power.
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[ALL MURMURING]
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You can bow to me now,
willingly,
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or when I return,
in force, unwillingly.
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In either event, I will assume
my rightful place over you.
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The choice is yours.
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You are a fool, Vex,
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and we will not
abide your threats.
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[GRUNTS]
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You will regret this.
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AKITA:
Vex returned to the forests
from whence he came.
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And we resumed the Choosing.
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But I was uneasy.
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[]
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Kataru and I entered
the Wilderness,
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unsure of where our journey
would take us,
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fearing that Vex's return
was a bad omen.
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The Choosing
must pass in silence.
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So we did not speak.
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We waited.
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And waited.
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For what, we did not know.
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A sign, a vision...
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something to guide us
to our animal forms.
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And every day we traveled
further into unknown lands.
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And the further we traveled,
the more concerned I became
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that I would never
find my form.
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That I would turn
angry and bitter
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like Vex, the Formless.
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But then...finally...
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[GASPS]
VOICE: Akita...
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Huh?
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VOICE:
Akita...
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Akita...
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[]
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[GASPS]
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Oh.
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[PANTING]
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VOICE:
Akita...
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[]
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[CHOIR VOCALIZING]
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[LAUGHS]
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[WOLF HOWLS]
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[RUSTLING]
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[GROWLING]
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[]
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[GROWLING]
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Kataru.
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Akita.
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We did it.
We found our forms.
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I told you
they would come to us.
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Ha. I should have guessed
you would be a bear.
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It fits you.
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Because I am so strong?
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[LAUGHS]
Because you are loud,
always hungry,
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and sleep half the year.
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[BOTH LAUGH]
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And look at you.
A wolf.
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Cunning and sharp.
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With big teeth.
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[LAUGHS]
Come on.
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What are we waiting for?
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See if you can keep up!
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[HOWLING]
[ROARING]
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I cannot wait to get back
and show the others.
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You go ahead.
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I want to go
on one more run.
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You have the restlessness
of a wolf now.
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See you soon, sister.
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[HOWLS]
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[WIND WHISTLING]
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No!
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[]
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[HEART BEATING]
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[ROARING]
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[ROARS]
Kataru!
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Kataru! Run!
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Please.
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[BOTH GROWLING]
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No. Kataru.
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Kataru!
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[CRYING]
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AKITA:
I walked out of the village
and never looked back.
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I will not
return again
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until Vex and his master,
the Ice Emperor,
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are brought to justice.
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I had no idea.
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Now you know.
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The Ice Emperor
captured my friend, Zane.
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I'm going
to get him back.
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Which means you and I,
we're on the same quest.
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Not the same.
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You seek to rescue
your friend.
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I seek revenge.
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