Bleach 567

Guidelines For Using My Translations

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[Side text: His very ability denied. This, he can never accept.]
ÄsNödt: My “fear”... // ...does not affect you? // That cannot be true.

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Rukia: It “cannot be true”? / If you truly believe that... // ...then try piercing me with another of your thorns. // Observe... // And be afraid. // This is... // ...the true Sode no Shirayuki.

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Bleach 567
Dance With Snowwhite
[Side text: I give myself over to my pact with the ice...]

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ÄsNödt: ...“Try piercing me with another of your thorns”? // After spending so much time running away from those very thorns... // ...that is what you say?
Rukia: ...Indeed.

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Rukia: Though I have become able to draw out the true power of Sode no Shirayuki... // ...it still takes time for my body to become used to it. / Until that happened, I could not afford to allow your attacks to strike me.
ÄsNödt: What does it matter if you can freeze them? // I believe I told you... / Fear cannot be stopped by mere ice. // My fear does not invade the body through open wounds. // It has only to brush lightly against the skin to melt and seep into its victim. // It cannot be blocked. / By any means.

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ÄsNödt: All human beings... / ...have things that cause them to feel comfort, and things that cause them to feel fear. // When they enter a place that causes them comfort... / ...if questioned as to why they feel comfortable there... / ...they cannot form a clear answer, merely saying things such as “because I do”. // But when they enter a place that causes them fear... / ...even the dullest of fools can identify the causes of that fear. / Darkness, cold, height, confinement, pain, contamination... People can list any number of reasons to be afraid. // This is because at the most fundamental level, “comfort” leads to “life”, whilst “fear” leads to “death”. / While people cannot give a clear answer why they want to live... / ...they can give any number of answers why they do not wish to die. / This does not only apply to sentient beings with emotions. / It is in the nature of all life... / ...to avoid death... / ...and therefore, to avoid “fear”.

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ÄsNödt: All living beings go through lift... / ...for the purpose of evading fear. / It is to better escape fear that they train themselves. // It is to better escape fear that they grow and evolve. // Thus is is impossible to be unaffected by fear. // As long... // ...as you are alive.
Rukia: .........Indeed.

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Rukia: And that is why... // ...fear has no effect on me. // Do you not understand? // Right now... // ...I am not a living being.

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ÄsNödt: What is the meaning of this?

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Rukia: Sode no Shirayuki’s power... // ...was never merely to spread coldness from its blade. // It lowers the temperature of its user’s very body... // ...to below freezing. // I can freeze anything simply by touching it. // The blade itself... // ...is merely an extra limb, serving to extend my reach.

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ÄsNödt: ...Do not speak such nonsense. // If you lower your body’s temperature to below freezing, its components will cease to move as they should. You will be unable to maintain your own vital functions. // You could not possibly... // ...survive in such a state.
Rukia: Precisely. / Right now... // ...I am dead. // With this ability... / ...by controlling my own spirit particles... // ...I am able to temporarily kill my own body.

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Rukia: All the components that make up my body cease their motion. // Even the “fear” that has invaded my body... // ...cannot move beyond its surface.
ÄsNödt: ...That is... // ...impossible...

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Rukia: -18 degrees. // Low enough to freeze your blood solid. // None will flow from your wound.
ÄsNödt: Ngh...

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Rukia: -50 degrees. // The moisture within the ground beneath my feet begins to freeze, causing an “icequake”. // -273.15 degrees. // Absolute zero. // I’m afraid I’ll have to make this quick. // I can only remain active at this temperature... // ...for four seconds.

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[no text just freezing]

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ÄsNödt: (Fear... // Fear...? // Is this... // ...“fear”?)
[Side text: What thoughts go through his mind as his body freezes...?!]