Aim Higher and Higher!

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Kohane

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Wow...!
That was the first heavy metal performance I'd ever seen!
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Toya

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It was my first time hearing screamo...
It felt like my insides were getting physically shaken around.
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Akito

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That was a pretty incredible performance. Was that it for the metal bands?
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Cedric

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Yeah. Which means it's finally time for the street teams.
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An

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Oh, there's a team taking the stage now!
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Audience

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“Nice! They're up first!
They're gonna blow the roof off this place!”

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Kohane

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Wait, everybody's going wild... But they just took the stage!
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Slade

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Hey, it's Ash Dust!
This is gonna be so good!
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Akito

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Yeah. I've only ever seen videos...
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Musician

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“All of you! Let me hear your voices!”
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Musician

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Akito

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(This power...
This is nothing like watching a video!)
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Akito

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(It's like their voices are reaching right into my chest to grab my heart.)
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Toya

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(This energy is incredible... The bass rolls unstoppably over and through you.)
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Toya

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What a performance...!

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Slade

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I knew they'd be awesome!
They've definitely leveled up since their last event!

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Cedric

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And the new song they just performed felt really different from their usual stuff.
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Musician

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“Hey, you guys can do better than that!
Let me hear your voices!”
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Musician

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Audience

♪——! ——! ——!!
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An

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Wh-Whoa!
The crowd's singing the chorus, and they're singing it back...!
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Cedric

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It's a knock-down, drag-out fight between artist and audience.
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Slade

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Haha!
Who wouldn't be excited by this?!
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An

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Yeah! Come on, you guys!
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Slade, An & Cedric

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Kohane

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...
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Musician

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Kohane

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(This is so amazing.)
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Kohane

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(The rumbling hasn't stopped for even a second.)
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Kohane

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(This venue's so big, but I can hear the music so clearly...)

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Kohane

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(This...)
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Kohane

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(This is a world-class performance...!)
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Musician

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“You guys sounded awesome!”
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Musician

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“Thanks for being such a great crowd!”

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Slade

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Wow...
That team was totally off the hook...!
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An

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I was shouting at the top of my lungs!
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Akito

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This event's really something else...!
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Musician

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“I hope you guys all still have plenty of gas left in the tank! Because we have these guys up next!”

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An

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Oh...! It's Dad and Uncle Taiga...!
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Kohane

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(...!
This is it...)
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Kohane

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(What are they going to sound like?!)
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Ken

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“The wait is over! We're RaveN!”
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Taiga

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“Try to keep up with us!!”

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Audience

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“RaveN? You know who they are?”
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Audience

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“No, I've never heard of them.
But that one guy looks kinda familiar.”
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Ken & Taiga

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Kohane

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...!
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Audience

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“The way they're singing...”
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Audience

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“This goes way beyond awesome...!!”
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Toya

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(The venue's atmosphere changed the second they started singing...)
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Toya

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(With just that single line...!)

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Ken

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Taiga

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An

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(This is nuts...)
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An

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(They don't sound anything like they did when they were RADder or singing solo...!)
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Taiga

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“Alright, I'm liking this energy. But...”
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Taiga

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“We know you guys can still do better.
We're here to turn this into the hottest place on the planet.”
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Taiga

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“So, stay with us until the end!!
You're not allowed to collapse or run out of gas!”
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Ken & Taiga

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Akito

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(Wait, they kicked it up even higher?!)
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Toya

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(The way they're singing... The energy in this venue... This is incredible...!)
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An

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(I've never seen them perform like this!)
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Kohane

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(Wow...)
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Kohane

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(This energy's so incredible...!)
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Kohane

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(Everybody in this venue has become one...)
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Kohane

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(And we're all completely focused on the performance...!)
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Audience

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“What a performance! This is absolutely awesome...!”
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Audience

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“Haha... Never thought I'd get to hear these two sing together again!”
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Audience

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“Give us more~~~~!!!”

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Kohane

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Oh...

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Miku

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<You'll visit new places and experience new things in the future, so I think it's okay for you to all figure things out as you go along.>
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Miku

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<And eventually, you'll find what “standing on top of the world” means to you.>
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Kohane

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(That's it...)
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Kohane

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(I had trouble visualizing it until now.)
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Kohane

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(What it actually means to “stand on top of the world”.)
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Kohane

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(But...!)

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Kohane

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(This must be the answer...)
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Kohane

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(Singing for people from all over the world, bringing this heat and this energy to them...)
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Kohane

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(And making their hearts race, just like this...!!)
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Ken & Taiga

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Akito

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(How are they doing this?)
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Akito

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(I'm so excited that I can't stay still...!)
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Akito

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(It's like they're making every fiber of my being shake...)
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Akito

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(Argh. My head's a total mess right now.
But...)
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Akito

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This is the “world” we've been talking about...
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Akito

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...
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Akito

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(This... It's...)
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Akito

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(The very thing we want to achieve!)

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Elena

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“Wow!”
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Elena

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“Those two really know how to sing!”
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Rebecca

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“They sure do...”
After the performance

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Akito

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That was awesome.
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Cedric

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Yeah...
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An

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Umm...
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An

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Anyway, wanna go say hi to them?
Dad and Taiga said that they're still near the stage.
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Toya

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Yes, we should go over...
After all, they're the ones who invited us over.
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Cedric

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To get to the stage, we have to leave the seating area and...

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Kohane

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(Wow...)
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Kohane

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(This place is still shaking... From their singing and all the cheering...)

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Kohane

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(And the heat hasn't dissipated. Everybody here is...)
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Kohane

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(What is that like?)
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Kohane

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(What do things look like from that stage...?)
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Kohane

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(I want to see it.)
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Kohane

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(That view. From that stage.)
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Kohane

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(And...)
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Kohane

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(I want our songs to bring the same heat they did!)
A few minutes later
Backstage

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Taiga

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Hey, you guys. Long time no see.
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Taiga

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You two seem good, Slade, Ceddy.
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Slade

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Yes, we are! Thank you!
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Ken

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We heard that you guys ran into these two over in Japan, An. What are the odds?
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An

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Haha. You're telling us!
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Taiga

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We didn't know that you'd all be watching this event together. So, what did you guys think of today's festivities?
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Taiga

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Pretty good atmosphere, right?
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An

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Yeah! Everything was totally electric!
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Cedric

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Every artist was amazing, but you two were on a completely different planet.
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Kohane

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He's right! Everybody was so captivated by your singing. You had us all eating out of your hand...
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Kohane

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I've never even dreamed of sights like we saw tonight!
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Taiga

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What's all this? It's not like you kids to pay compliments.
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An

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Well, you guys were just that awesome...!
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Taiga

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Hah, that so?
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Taiga

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But I think you're popping the cork a little too soon.
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Taiga

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Because we're going to put on an even better performance in the near future.
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Akito

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What...?! Better than that...?!
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Toya

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The near future?
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Ken

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I'm sure you guys have all heard of it.
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Ken

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We'll be performing at “Lasting ECHO Fest”, the biggest music festival in the world, hosted right here in the US.
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Taiga

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We're going to step out onto that stage and set the whole place on fire.
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Taiga

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More than we did today.
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Kohane

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...!
Next Chapter: The Goal Before Us