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 Ace
Ace 
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I'm not the one who had a problem. It was her.
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Hm?
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 Deuce
Deuce 
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Ace, what are you goin' on about?
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 Jack
Jack 
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Uh... it's already tomorrow... I'm too tired. Let's hurry and clean up the cafeteria.
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 Ace
Ace 
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You guys are ones to talk when all you've done is lie around all day.
Think about it, Grim. These guys who failed at the mission are more like kids than me.
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 Grim
Grim 
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Hmm... I guess...
Deuce standing there frozen in front of the bride like that was pretty lame.
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 Ace
Ace 
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Right?
I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe.
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 Deuce
Deuce 
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I couldn't help it! I'm not used to talking to girls.
When I think about accidentally saying something hurtful I don't know what to say anymore...
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 Ace
Ace 
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You went to a co-ed middle school didn't you? Weren't you popular?
I feel like the guys would go crazy over a bad boy.
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 Deuce
Deuce 
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Go crazy?
No, no one ever talked to me.
Girls other than my mom, and come to think of it guys too, they stopped and just stared.
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 Ace
Ace 
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I see... So they were too scared and kept their distance.
Jack was dumped on the spot so I guess guys that look scary at first glance aren't very popular.
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 Jack
Jack 
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Mind your own business. I don't really care about being popular.
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 Ace
Ace 
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Oh? What, are you a sore loser?
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 Jack
Jack 
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No. Us wolf beast-men choose a single partner to care for.
From the moment they wake up until they go to sleep, my parents and grandparents walk together and eat together.
Someday when I fall in love, I'll also want to be committed for life.
So I don't need to be liked by a lot of people.
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 Ace
Ace 
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Wow... That's deep!
Talking about life committment when you are still a student... Aren't you taking your love life a bit too seriously?
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 Deuce
Deuce 
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Should you really be thinking about marriage before you even have a job?
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 Grim
Grim 
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What a pain! I would never want to be with someone like Jack.
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 Jack
Jack 
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You've got nothin' to do with it!
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 Ace
Ace 
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I guess Epel is more the popular type.
A beautiful young boy who doesn't look intimidating and has aspirations for the future!
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 Epel
Epel 
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Eh? Uh... me!?
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 Ace
Ace 
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Now that you've been asked, you have to tell your story. Was there anyone back home you liked?
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 Epel
Epel 
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Um...
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 Ace
Ace 
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C'mon! Don't hold out on us! We're tuxedo buddies right?
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 Deuce
Deuce 
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So you're draggin' him into this? Why are you so interested in hearing about other people's love lives?
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 Jack
Jack 
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He's probably trying to let everyone else clean while he just talks.
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 Deuce
Deuce 
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I see. That does sound like Ace.
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 Ace
Ace 
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You guys want to know too!
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 Jack & Deuce
Jack & Deuce 
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Well...
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 Ace
Ace 
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Has anyone admitted their feelings for you? Someone you like? Or is there someone you dated before?
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 Epel
Epel 
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...
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...
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 Epel
Epel 
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I know you're excited so I'm sorry to say this.
There aren't many people where I'm from so the only ones around me were those with a huge age gap.
I only really started to talk to people my own age when I entered Nightraven College.
I was mostly helping with far-... the family business so there wasn't any romance to speak of... I guess.
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 Ace
Ace 
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So you don't have anything to share either?
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 Epel
Epel 
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Sorry I couldn't answer your expectations.
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 Ortho
Ortho 
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When compared to data of boys of the same age, everyone appears to be lacking significantly in "youth experiences".
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 Ace
Ace 
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Shut-up!
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 Sebek
Sebek 
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Hey! You humans! You haven't been working at all!
If you have time to waste on meaningless chit-chat then line up the chairs!
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 Ace
Ace 
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And there he is... Today's number one problem boy.
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 Jack
Jack 
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I was disappointed in you.
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 Sebek
Sebek 
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Hmph. All you are doing is talking about your love lives.
We are students. If you have time for that, how about putting more into your studies?
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 Grim
Grim 
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You're one to talk! You got dumped on the spot!
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 Sebek
Sebek 
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I wasn't dumped! I dumped her!
I'm busy training everyday to protect Lord Malleus. I have no time for love.
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 Ace
Ace 
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You say that now but what are you gonna do when you find someone you like?
Are you just gonna blab about Malleus all day long?
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 Sebek
Sebek 
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I am already prepared. Lilia has taught me what to do for the person I carry affection for.
First, pen a letter!
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 Ace
Ace 
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Pen!? Like, on paper?
That's something right out of our grandparent's age!
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 Deuce
Deuce 
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At least use Magicam or email.
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 Sebek
Sebek 
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Why? Fountain pens and letter paper are the swords of love. That's what Lilia says.
I write my thoughts, and every third letter slip in a smiling photo of myself and repeat until the 25th full moon.
Once we have exchanged enough words on paper
we would sit together on a bench in central park of the Valley of Thorns, leaving some space between us!
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 Epel
Epel 
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He can't be serious...
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 Sebek
Sebek 
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What!? How dare a human doubt Lilia! Disrespectful!
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 Ace
Ace 
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Ah... You're being loud again. This won't end at this rate so we're done.
*sigh* Well, I do agree with Sebek on one thing.
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 Jack
Jack 
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Are you also the "pen a letter" type?
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 Ace
Ace 
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Oh yeah! On the letterhead you just write "I love..." ...Of course not!
This time, Riddle and Rook rescued Epel and me, right?
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 Epel
Epel 
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Yeah. If they two of them hadn't been there we wouldn't have been able to move forward.
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 Ace
Ace 
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When I saw our dorm head take on that many ghosts for us, I thought,
"He's so cool."
I wanna be better at using magic.
Right now I can't compete with our dorm head or upperclassmen,
but one day I'll show them what I'm made of and say "How do you like that!"
When they see my amazing magic... Just thinking about it makes my heart skip a beat.
To do that, I need to study more seriously before thinking about love.
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 Epel
Epel 
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Yeah, you're right. I think so too!
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 Sebek
Sebek 
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Hmph. So you understand then.
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 Deuce
Deuce 
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Yeah, I'm gonna need to do some serious studying.
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 Jack
Jack 
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Since you usually get red marks, that means something coming from Deuce.
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Yeah.
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 Deuce
Deuce 
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Don't agree with each other on that!
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 Ace
Ace 
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Seems like everyone got caught up in the conversation. We've barely cleaned the cafeteria.
Firsts, theghosts give me a hard time and now I'll probably get detention...
We're all so lame... There wasn't a single good thing that happened today.
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 Ortho
Ortho 
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That's not true!
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 Ace
Ace 
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Eh?
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