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Sounds like death.

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What is this place?

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The ruins of a long-dead civilization.

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A reminder of what Earth will resemble
if we do not win.

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Ahem. How do we win, exactly?

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By surviving.

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[THUNDER RUMBLING]

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How the fuck did you do that?

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I'm the god of thunder.
It's my ability to harness lightning.

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Believe it or not,
each one of you has a supernatural ability.

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You may never notice it
as you go about your lives.

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- But it's part of what makes you special.
- Come on.

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You mean like superheroes or something?

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Normally, your powers are muted.

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Here in this place,
your powers are freely expressed.

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Your exceptional speed is beyond normal.

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Here, you'll be even more powerful.

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Even one's heightened senses
become superhuman.

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Your ability to use the elements
to your advantage...

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...you've always known that was special.

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I'm still calling bullshit.

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The fuck?

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It's not bullshit.

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And there's no time to debate.

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- When do we begin?
- Now.

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MAN:
Help!

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[MAN WHIMPERING]

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What kind of person strikes an old man?

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[GRUNTING]

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The kind that would kick him as well.

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[WHIMPERING]

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Help me, please.

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KENSHI:
That's not very honorable.

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Fuck you and your honor, ronin.

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Pay the toll and we'll let you live.

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There's your toll.

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[SHOUTS]

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[ALL GRUNTING]

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How much do I owe you?

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Ha, ha. Please.

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If it weren't for you, I'd be dead.

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It is you that I owe.

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What an old mystic like myself
lacks in strength...

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...he more than makes up for
with knowledge.

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I have knowledge...

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...of a particular weapon
that could benefit a man like you.

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Have you ever heard of the sword of Sento?

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A blade that can harness the power
of the sun.

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Steel and flame
that can cut down any enemy.

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Created by the devil, Shao Kahn...

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...but encased in stone
in the depths of a mountain.

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Shao Kahn ordered the demon, Ermac...

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...to lay in wait
for all who try to claim the blade.

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As soon as a man touches the hilt,
Ermac challenges him.

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If he wins, the sword is his.

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But if he loses...

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...Ermac claims his soul.

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Ermac has never lost.

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He's absorbed the souls...

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...of thousands of the best swordsmen
to ever walk the earth.

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Like a sponge...

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...they've all become part of him.

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The only way to defeat Ermac...

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...is to stab him in his heart of stone.

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This sounds like all the fairy tales
my grandfather used to put me to sleep with.

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This is no fairy tale...

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...Kenshi.

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How did you know my name?

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[CHUCKLES]

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The same way that I know
the sword of Sento is real.

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It is no myth.

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And where did you say this Sento blade is?

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[CHUCKLES]

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Now, that will cost you.

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[SIGHS]

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ERMAC:
<i>We are many.</i>

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<i>You are one.</i>

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[English - US - SDH]