xxxHOLiC 144

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xxxHOLiC
Chapter 144
Watanuki: ......

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[side text: In his dreams, Watanuki continues to meet with fated people, just like a final parting of sorts. He awakens with tear-filled eyes, to find a familiar figure...]
Watanuki: ...Yuuko-san.

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Watanuki: Is this... / ...a dream as well? // When is it real, / and when is it just a dream...? // Aside from Doumeki and Himawari-chan... // I have no memories of anybody but this shop's customers, the dead, and the supernatural... / ...Is that because this is a dream?

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Watanuki: Is is because this is a dream... / ...that even though I know I should be attending school, I have no idea what year of school I'm in? // Is it because this is a dream that even though I know that manager has cared for me since I was a child... / ...I can't even remember the manager's face? // Is it because this is a dream that I can't remember eating anything, even the things I know I've made myself, except for the stuff from that fox's udon shop? // Is it...

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Watanuki: Is it because this is a dream... / ...that I don't remember the names of my own parents? // Will it all make sense again when I wake up? //All the weird things are just a dream... / Spirits follow me around occasionally, but I'm just a normal student, working part-time at this shop... // With Maru, and Moro, and Mokona...

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Watanuki: And I met you, Yuuko-san... // Will I be able to be sure of all that once I wake up...? // ...Am I... / ...not human...?

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Yuuko: ...Not at all. / You are human. // Just like that boy.
[Text: Don't disappear]
Watanuki: Syaoran-kun...? // Why is it that Syaoran-kun paid a price so that I would not disappear?

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Yuuko: ...Because you and he are the same.
Watanuki: But that was the first time I ever met him...
Yuuko: Even so, there is no bond so deep as yours with that boy. // ...Why is it... // ...that you cry?

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Watanuki: ...I was thinking how I could go on if it was all a dream... // If the meeting... // ...the meeting... // ...was all a dream.
[TN: The two "meeting"s are the same word using different kanji, so they have subtly different connotations... damned if I know what the difference is, though ~_~]
Yuuko: It would sadden you?
Watanuki: Yes.
Yuuko: Why?
Watanuki: There are people who would be sad if I were to leave. // ...Thinking of those sad people...

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Yuuko: You too would be saddened?
Watanuki: ...Yes.
Yuuko: And purely because you could think that way... / The future is already changing. // There are two kinds of dream. // Dreams we see when awake, and dreams we see when asleep. // And... / Both kinds of dream... // ...can come true if we wish strongly enough.

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Yuuko: The reality that you have experienced makes you stronger. // And if you use that strength to keep on wishing, the dream will become reality.

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Yuuko: Is there anything you wish... / ...of me?
Watanuki: Yes. // There are many things I want to ask. // But I won't.
Yuuko: Why?

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Watanuki: Because I think that you will give me the answers when the time comes. / You, Yuuko-san.
Yuuko: For a price, of course.
Watanuki: So I'd like you to tell me one more thing. // If there is any wish that you would like to be granted... // ...if that is within my power to do... / ...I will try my hardest to grant it. // With all my heart.

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Watanuki: So please, tell me.
[side text: The truth that he has experienced, his bonds with other people, they have made Watanuki stronger!! "I want to grant Yuuko's wish" - what is the truth that has brought this about?!]