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Showdown At Sundown II

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Original Air Date: December 4, 2010

(Previously <2:38>)

(Opening)

ACT 1 <3:38>

(Dusty town, frying under the setting sun... but the duel that's raging in the town square is even hotter. Kalin has 900 lifepoints left, and Yusei has 1800. Yusei has Junk Warrior on the field in attack mode with 2900 attack points and Boost Warrior in defense mode with 200 defense points, plus one card facedown. Kalin's only monster is Infernity Avenger, with 0 attack points but six level stars.)
Radley: Hey, Kalin! You trying to lose this duel, or what!
(Kalin doesn't turn.)
Kalin: All I'm trying to do is allow Fate to deal me a just end. If Yusei beating me here *is that end*, <4:00> (looks over his shoulder) then so be it. But I won't just let him win. That would be *far too easy*.
(Kalin's face is entirely in shadow as he looks over his shoulder, turned away from the sun.)
Kalin: And there should be *nothing easy* about the road I'm about to travel on, if there's justice in this world. That road should be rife with plague, disease, and misery.
(One of Radley's guys raises a card.)
- He's gone loony, let *me* step in for 'im.
Kalin: I'm *fine*.
- Ah--!
Kalin: And besides... a wannabe duelist like *you*, would be toast!
- Why, you--!
(Radley puts out an arm to stop this guy.)
Radley: No. Just let Kalin do his thing. Sure, he may be crazy, but he's *also* never lost. *I* still believe in you, Kalin.
Malcolm: Then quit your blabbermouthin', and let 'im *duel* already!

Yusei: He's right. Let's do this.
Kalin (draw): It's my turn! And I summon, Infernity Dwarf.
[Infernity Dwarf 800//L2/]
Kalin: And now, I'll have Infernity Avenger tune with Infernity Dwarf. Watch, as the sinister spirits that inhabit each of these creatures combine into one! <5:00> Watch... as I summon forth, the synchro monster Infernity Doom Dragon!
[Infernity Doom Dragon 3000//L8/]
Yusei: The *what* dragon?! I've never *seen* this monster!
Kalin: And since I have no cards in my hand, in exchange for not battling, once per turn, I can destroy one monster on your field, and then you take damage equal to half that monster's attack points. Unleash your fury, Doom Dragon!!
(With that, Junk Warrior is destroyed and Yusei is down to 350 lifepoints.)
Yusei: Uuuggghhhh...!
Kalin: I end my turn.

(Radley's crowd all raise fists and cheer.)
Radley Bunch: Yess!
Radley: All right! Kalin's comin' back!

(Kalin closes his eyes for a moment, and appears drained and exhausted. Then he opens his eyes and looks right at Yusei, a silent dare to move.)
Yusei: Yeah? We'll see.
(Yusei draws, glances at his card, then his facedown flips.)
Yusei: It's my turn, and first I destroy the facedown trap card "Limiter Overload" on my field, so I can summon Card Breaker from my hand!
(Card Breaker wields a weapon where one end is a big metal or stone fist, and from the other hangs a weighted chain. He also has absurd shoulder ornaments made of several overlapping giant feathers.)
Yusei: And there's more. Since "Limiter Overload" was sent to the grave, its effect now activates and lets me revive Speed Warrior. <6:00>
[Speed Warrior 900//L2/]
Yusei: And now, I'll release the warrior-type Speed Warrior to summon Turret Warrior from my hand. Now, level-one Boost Warrior, tune with level-two Card Breaker, and level-five Turret Warrior!
(Boost Warrior's star forms a single green ring, and Card Breaker's and Turret Warrior's golden outlines fly through it, and their stars align... L2 + L5 + L1 = L8. )
Yusei: Behold; these three will now unite and transform to create the all-powerful, the almighty, the ultimate-- Stardust Dragon. Stardust, take flight!
[Stardust Dragon 2500//L8/]
(Yusei's mighty dragon appears with a cry; its wings rain sparkles through the dusky air like early stars.

(The Malcolm Crew are the ones snickering now.)
Malcolm: Attaway, boy! Sorry, Radley, but anything *your* duelist can do, *ours* can do better!
Radley: Heh. We'll see about that, 'cause these two beasts are about to brawl!
(The two dragons roar...)

ACT 2 <6:46>

Yusei: I end my turn with a facedown. *Your* move, Kalin.
Kalin (draw): Yes, it *is*. *I'll* throw a facedown, too. And then have Infernity Doom Dragon <7:00> attack that Stardust Dragon! Go, Infernal Flame Blast!
Yusei: I play my facedown, "Power Frame". Since you attacked my monster, I'm allowed to *negate* this battle. But the best part is that now Power Frame becomes an equip card; an *equip card* that attaches itself to Stardust Dragon for a big attack-point powerup. Specifically, a powerup made up from the difference between your dragon's attack points and mine-- that's five hundred!
(Stardust's attack points are now 3000, just like Kalin's dragon.)
Malcolm: Now their attack points are exactly the same!
Radley and Bunch: Huh!
(Yusei and Kalin meet eyes across the field, faces shadowed by the fading sun.)
Kalin (think): And Fate tightens its grip.
(Kalin breaks his gaze and closes his eyes, whispering--)
Kalin (whispers): The end is near...!
Yusei: It's *my draw*. First I'll summon *this* beast; come-- Second Booster.
[Second Booster 1000/500/L3/fire]
Computer: By sacrificing the monster card Second Booster, you can increase one of your monsters' attack points by fifteen-hundred.
Yusei: Next, Stardust Dragon will attack Infernity Doom Dragon. <8:00>
Radley: This is *bad*! Both monsters will be destroyed, then Second Booster will be able to attack for the win!
(Kalin faces it down, teeth clenched.)
Yusei: Go, Cosmic Flare!
Kalin: I play a trap card, "Infernity Break". Now, since I have no cards in my hand, by removing an Infernity monster in my grave from play, I can destroy a card on *your* field. And the card I choose to destroy-- is Power Frame. Which means Stardust Dragon's attack point powerup is no more.
(Kalin watches Stardust hover back down to Yusei's side of the field with a small smile.)
Kalin (think): I've done all I can. Whatever happens now is *destined to be*...!
Yusei: I play Second Booster's ability; since the attack points of one of my monsters changed, I'm now allowed to release Second Booster and *increase* that monster's attack points by fifteen-hundred!
(Second Booster attaches to Stardust's back like a sort of jetpack, and it rises into the sky...)
Radley: Uh-oh! That's not good...!
Kalin (whispers): This is it!
(Stardust Dragon shines like a beacon, absorbing the power of Second Booster, and the glow burst off of it in a rain of sparkling stars. Its attack points are now 4000.) <9:00>
Yusei: One more time, Stardust Dragon! Attack with Cosmic Flare!
(Stardust Dragon inhales, and breathes of a shimmering stream of ultracharged mist, which hits Infernity Doom Dragon right in the chest. It explodes, and Kalin faces down the blast he's been waiting for; his lifepoints decrease to zero. He closes his eyes, contented.)
Kalin (think): At last...! I will meet the fate that I deserve. The justice I've longed for...!
(The coffin cart drives toward Kalin, who doesn't move. Yusei gasps--)

(-- And envisions the plan he and Barb cooked up-- this is when it's supposed to happen! Barb offers Yusei the bouquet of flowers she's holding; the flowers have explosives concealed in them. As the wagon drivers lasso Kalin and reel him in toward the carriage, Yusei throws the explosives.
Barb (VO): If you can somehow manage to defeat Kalin in a duel, then I have the tools to free him before he's banished to that mine forever!
(The explosion panics the horses, frees Kalin, Yusei and Barb run in, and they carry Kalin to safety. End vision.)

(The lasso flies, and fastens around Kalin's middle, pinning his arms to his sides. Kalin grunts with surprise, and is pulled off his feet. Yusei looks to his right, where Barb's waiting with the flowers.)
Yusei (whispers): Barbara, *now!*
(Barb doesn't move, her face shadowed.)
Yusei: ...Huh?
(This is starting to look bad; Barb's smile doesn't look very friendly anymore.)
Barb: You asked for it.
(And the flowers in her arms explode; a crackling ball of electricity hits Yusei right in the chest, shocking him pretty badly and knocking him to the ground, hard. He raises his head as she approaches.)
Yusei: No...! Barbara, *why*? <10:00>
(At last we can see Barb's face, and she looks very *un*friendly.)
Barb: Heheheheheheh... aheheheheheheh... hahahahaha...!
Yusei: *Why*...?

ACT 3 <10:06>

(Kalin is being dragged toward the mine undertakers' cart; he lands in the coffin with a slight groan of pain. The big guy in black who wields the lasso snickers down at him before closing the lid, and says in a slight hispanic accent--)
- Heheheh, see you at the mines.
(Yusei's still on the ground, staring up at Barb and wincing with pain. Barb throws aside the flowers and reveals the weapon she actually concealed in them, a gun she tosses from hand to hand.)
Barb: Hm. Sorry, but you won't be able to move for a while due to that cyber-ray blast.

(Just then, there is the rumble of a duel runner from beyond the eastern leg of the crossroad. Everyone turns and looks.)

(Then, a large duel runner comes roaring over the hill. Its driver speaks.)
Lotten: Ohh, *yeah*!

(He starts braking and skids into town sideways, past Yusei's head, to park next to the coffin cart in the western road. Yusei's craning his neck to see what's going on. Then the runner starts to transform. Stilts extend between the body and the wheels, elevating the runner up off the road. Several arms unfold from the body, each tipped with a duel disk, either local-style gun-shaped or more standard variety.)
Yusei (think): What *is* that thing...?
(The rider stands up at his seat, with a nasty half-grin. <11:00> Malcolm's people start cheering. Barb's standing with them now, by the way.)
Radley: No...! It can't be!
(The mystery rider pulls a gun-style duel disk out of one of the robotic arms on his machine, clocks back, and wings it right at Radley. It strikes him right in the forehead, and he falls to the ground. Radley pushes himself up on his hands, moaning a bit, as the rider removes his helmet.)
Radley: You're- you're... Malcolm's kid bro... Lotten!
(Lotten is the picture of dashing and strong, with a square jaw and thick neck; the way he smiles, which he does briefly, makes it look perhaps like his jaw got stuck. The back of his glossy brown hair is in a rough ponytail. He looks toward the west; the sun is almost down.)
Lotten: Tha-at's right. And it looks like I got here *just in time*.
(The horses on the carriage whinny; they're leaving with their prisoner.)
Lotten: Hold up.
(The carriage drivers look up at him, surprised.)
Lotten: You got room for one *more* today, *fellas*?
(He jumps down from his monstrous runner and walks to opposite Radley, who's still sitting on the ground looking stunned and bewildered.)
Radley: Ahh...!
(Lotten draws and activates his gun-style duel disk, wielding it with ease and expertise.)
Lotten: Let's duel!
Radley: Right *now*? But the sun's about to set, there's not enough *time* for a duel.
(Lotten holds up a single finger.)
Lotten: There's time enough for a *single move*.
Radley (think): What..?
(Yusei is still lying on the ground paralyzed.)
Yusei (think): A *single* move?
Lotten: Ya think you can *rise* to the challenge? Think you can even *rise up off the ground*? <12:00>
(The Malcolms snicker. Radley gets to his feet and activates his duel disk, drawing an opening hand.)
Lotten: All righty, I'll draw first. Hope you're ready; here we go! First I summon, Gatling Ogre!
[Gatling Ogre 800//L3/]
(Gatling Ogre is a tall, nasty-looking sort of gremlin with a gun through its waist, a crank for the gun protruding from its right side, and its whole left arm a big metal chamber attached to the gun.)
Lotten: And then I'll place five cards facedown.
(He fills each of his spell and trap zones with a card, leaving his hand empty.)
Radley: Heheh, are you *loco*? In a duel the first person who moves *can't attack*; and you just *went* first. So now there's *no way you can win this*.
Lotten: Is that so!
Radley: Huh?
Lotten: Go!!
(Gunfire. Yusei is watching closely.)
Lotten: Ya see, Radley, due to Gatling Ogre's special ability, for *every card* in my spell and trap zone that I banish to the grave, you take eight hundred points of damage-- and guess what, I just banished all five facedowns I just played, so that's *four thousand points* of attack-free firepower! <13:00>
(Radley drops to his knees, beyond stunned. His lifepoints go straight from 4000 to 0.)
Radley: No...! This can't *be*...! I've- lost! Ugh..!
(Radley collapses, facedown in the dirt. The Malcolms are laughing and calling out. Yusei is still frozen on the ground, but he saw the whole thing.)
Yusei (think): And this *Lotten* guy has some skills.

(The sun finally sinks all the way below the horizon. The lassoer picks Radley up by the back of his coat and drags him away. Lotten rides up to the rest of the Radley Bunch, and his robotic arms start activating their wide variety of duel disks. Lotten stands up on top of it, looming over them.)
Lotten: If any of you wanna meet the same end *he* did... well, then. I'd be happy to oblige and arrange a duel anytime, anywhere! Otherwise, throw down your decks!
(The Radleys hastily comply, throwing their gun-shaped duel disks into a pile.)
- Okay!
- Okey-dokey!
- Yes sir!
(Lotten smirks down at them; he's in charge and he likes it.)

(Two red-bandanna'ed Malcolm thugs are holding Yusei up by the arms, beside the coffin wagon.)
Malcolm: *Sorry*, stranger, guess we shoulda told ya. The plan *all along* was for *my kid brother Lotten* to come into town and *give it* to these Radley Bunch buffoons!
(Yusei glares in response.)
Barb: But in order to do *that*, we had to get rid of *Kalin*, first. Sure, our ace-in-the-hole Lotten could've handled that problem by himself... but why risk it? <14:00> You *knew* Kalin, so who *better* to defeat him? *That's* why I contacted you.
Yusei: Wait, so then... you never even cared about helping Kalin at all?!
Barb: No, of *course* not! I only care about *one thing*! And that's...
(She snuggles her hair against Malcolm's jaw, and finishes in a cutesy voice--)
Barb: Helping my sweetcakes here rule this town!
Malcolm: Hmhmhm...!
(Yusei keeps glaring, sickened. Barb walks forward to lean over him.)
Barb: Now, now, Yusei, don't look so upset, after all, we can *still* be *friends*. (leans in) Why, if you're up to it, I could even make you my *personal servant for life*.
(Yusei glares icily at his betrayer.)
Yusei: *No thanks.*
(Lotten nudges Barb aside and is the next to get in Yusei's face, lifting his chin with a hand.)
Lotten: Enough talking. Time for *Yusei*, to go bye-bye. Take 'im away, boys!
(The two Malcolm guys help the lassoer lift Yusei into the third coffin stacked on the wagon, and then it drives off toward the mountain. Above, the tip of the mountain that lights up in the sunset, no longer gleams. Back in town, Malcolm takes a few steps toward the rest of the townsfolk, who all turned out to watch the duel; they look nervous. Malcolm triumphantly raises a fist to the sky.)
Malcolm: Now, listen up an' listen good! From here on out the Malcolm Crew runs the show! So if anyone wants to so much as *sneeze* around here, you gotta get our 'okay'! <15:00> Ain't that right!
(The rest of Malcolm's crew cheers; the townsfolk disperse to their homes without much comment. The new rulers of Crash Town, Malcolm, Lotten, and Barb watch the coffin wagon disappear into the distance. A lone little kid, the one who was cheering for Kalin, runs to the town gate to watch the wagon leave, despairing.)
West: Kalin, they took him...!
(Someone rests a hand on his shoulder and he looks up. His sister, not quite old enough to be teenaged, looks almost as troubled; she wears a ruffly, full-length, faded-mauve gown, and her dark-brown hair runs down her back.)
West: How do we rescue Pa *now*, sis?
(She kneels to hug him around the shoulders consolingly.)

(Two of Malcolm's men in red bandannas lead Yusei, Kalin, and Radley-- each man's wrists and head locked in a pillory-- through a mining tunnel crudely lit with a few electric lights. Yusei's serape and Kalin's big black coat have been confiscated, so Yusei's wearing his normal clothes again and Kalin looks very cold in that thin, faded shirt. One of the thugs speaks.)
- Welcome to the mines.
(They unlock Kalin's pillory and fasten a metal collar around his neck instead, adding--)
- Don't even *think* about escaping.
(Radley and Yusei are each collared as well. The other thug that didn't speak before speaks now, to Yusei.)
- Restrictor collars; ya step outta line and I can getcha *just like that*.
(The thug indicates the activated duel disk on his own arm. Yusei gasps; he just noticed a single bent nail on one of the pillories left abandoned on the ground.)
Radley (to Kalin): Ugh, this is *your fault*!
(He grabs Kalin around the neck and shakes him; Kalin seems a bit surprised, but makes no move to stop him.)
Radley: If you didn't lose that duel then we wouldn't be *in* this mess!
(The two bandannas move in and pull Radley away from Kalin. Unnoticed, Yusei crouches, leans over, and takes the loose nail from the pillory. )
- (overlapping) Hey, knock it off!
Radley (overlapping): Now were going to spend the rest of our lives inside this mountain, *breaking our backs* day and night!
(Yusei straightens up again; the thug who's speaking is all but lifting Radley up by his hair. )
- If you don't simmer down I'll *test out* that collar!
Radley: Nnnggghh!
- Now then, let's put you three to work, shall we? <16:00>
(The thug gripping the top of Radley's head leads him along by it, and Radley whimpers a little; the second thug leads Kalin with a hand on his back, and snaps at Yusei.)
- Move it, tough-guy!
(Yusei calmly walks alongside. Radley's still whimpering, as they walk deeper and deeper into the pitch-black tunnels of the mine.)
Radley: Please... let me go. I want out of here...!
- Sorry-- this is the end a' the road!

ACT 4 <16:09>

(Deep within the Dyne Mines of Crash Town, Yusei, Kalin, and Radley are walked out of the dark tunnels into an area lit with murky yellowish light. Radley's jaw drops; even Yusei looks a bit daunted. Kalin's expression is one of dull acceptance.)
Yusei: Oh, man...!
(Before them is an open cavern.)
Yusei: ...This is our *life* from now on...?

(On one side of the cavern, a few miners can be seen swinging picks against the stone walls. Smaller rocks scatter on the ground, some glistening with deposits of the glowing gold mineral dyne. These are picked up by other miners and set on a conveyor belt that runs through the area. One miner pauses swinging his pick, overcome by a fit of coughing. An overseer in a red bandanna is on him almost immediately, slapping a card onto his duel disk.)
- Stop slackin'!!

(Radley frantically touches his own metal collar, trembling, as the three new mine laborers observe the grim situation. One of the guys who brought them there speaks to them.)
- Hope you like whatcha see, 'cause this is gonna be your workstation, gentlemen. It's simple-- ya *pick at the rocks*, and dig up as much dyne as possible!
(As he spoke, the other mine boss who led them here hands each of them a pickaxe.)
- Well-- get to it!
(The guy who handed out the picks leads Radley to one side of the cavern, and his partner leads Yusei and Kalin to the other side.)

(Yusei and Kalin face a wall, ready to begin swinging their picks at it.)
Yusei (quietly): Hey-- Kalin... Stay strong.
(Suddenly, a mine boss's whip lashes across Kalin's back. He grunts with pain, and falls to his knees, shaking, gripping his pick. Yusei worriedly leans down to him.)
Yusei (urgently): Kalin-- stand up!
(The boss who just hit Kalin is standing over them with his whip, ready to do it again.)
- I'd listen to your *friend*-- go on, *get to work*!! <17:00>
(Kalin doggedly stands and swings his pick into the rock. Yusei stands, his own pick in hand, and whispers to Kalin--)
Yusei (aside): Hang tight.
(Yusei hefts his own pick and joins in.)

(The incandescent yellow bulbs above burn harshly as the miners' picks scrape away the looser dirt and clink against the hard rock. Overseers in red bandannas are everywhere, including the same one who has stayed around to watch Yusei and Kalin. As he keeps swinging his pick, Kalin starts coughing. He tries to keep swinging, but with an ill-timed swing, his pick flies out of his hands; Yusei pauses digging. The lash strikes Kalin again; he falls to the ground, but barely cries out, clenching his teeth against the pain.)
- *Pick it up*, butterfingers!
Yusei: You okay?
(Kalin silently gets his pick, breathing erratically, stands, and keeps digging. Yusei pauses a moment longer, worried.)
- Whaddaya staring at, *tough-guy*!
(Yusei raises his pick and keeps digging.)
- *That's* right, and put your back into it!
(Even as he keeps chopping away at the wall, Yusei glances over at Kalin; his friend is digging even slower now, each heavy stroke accompanied by a groan of effort.)

(A siren sounds over a loudspeaker in the mine cavern. The red-scarved overseers smile and head toward the exit. <18:00> A fresh crew of red bandannas just arrived; guys in the two crews swap greetings.)
- Hey.
- *Finally*, the relief crew!
- What, you ain't workin' overtime this week?
- Nuh-uh! One shift is *more* than enough for me!
(Yusei glances over his shoulder at the two crews. Kalin is still digging; Yusei looks over at the conveyor belt, up to where it slopes down from high in the chamber, the metal ductwork above it, which leads down to a big box of a nondescript machine-- and behind it, a dark enclave in the rock wall. He glances back; the overseers are still chatting.)
- --you sign up for the dueling...?--
(Then he hears a cough-- elsewhere nearby, a miner has collapsed; a few of his friends anxiously kneel beside him.)
- You okay, Jordan?
(Then a pair of red-bandannas show up.)
- Hey, what gives?!
- What's *his* problem!
(One of the bosses slaps the guys cheek a few times.)
- Let's go, you, wake up! ... Fine, then!
(Still coughing, the unfortunate Jordan is hauled to his feet by a pair of red bandannas, and, still coughing, dragged away by them.)
- You don't work, you don't *eat*!
(Yusei, having watched this, starts forward to object; Kalin catches his shoulder.)
Kalin (quietly): Don't--!
(For once, Kalin's face shows some expression; resolve, as the two of them watch the injustice play out. Jordan is dragged past the changing crews, out through the tunnel entrance to this part of the mine.)
- Jus' dump 'im with the *rest* a' the loafers!
- How many does that make for today?
Yusei (aside): Where are they taking him? He *needs help*.
Kalin (aside): Yes. But I'm afraid 'help' doesn't exist down here.
Yusei (aside): That man's a human being, Kalin, this isn't right!
Kalin (turning away): Maybe. <19:00> But it's going to be our lives from now on, so better get *used* to it.
(Yusei turns around as Kalin hefts his pick again.)
Yusei: No, I don't think I *will*. Because I don't plan on *staying* here.
(Kalin stops digging.)
Yusei: And *you* shouldn't either.
(Kalin smiles ruefully and points to his metal collar. Yusei shows him the nail he swiped, glances around, then sticks the nail into a hole or groove in his own metal collar; a few sparks fly as he manipulates it, then the collar pops open. Yusei's figured out how to unlock the collars using a stolen nail. Kalin gasps.)
Kalin: Guess all your work with runners... has *really come in handy*.
Yusei: I saw a tunnel behind some gear.

(Flashback to the dark alcove he saw behind that machine. End Flashback.)

Yusei: Now, if we could somehow manage to sneak off into it, we *might* be able to find a way out! Whadda you think?
Kalin: Hmph.
(Kalin keeps digging.)
Yusei: What's wrong?
Kalin: You forget, Yusei; this is the life I wanted for myself.
Yusei: This is *no life*, Kalin, it's a living nightmare!
Kalin: Look-- I'm sorry, Yusei, but I put my future in Fate's hands and Fate has landed me here.
Yusei: You're wrong! Kalin, life is about making your *own* fate!
(Kalin keeps striking the rock, though each swing is slightly wearier than the last. Yusei watches him, determined.) <20:00>

(Fireworks explode in the sky around the mountain. In town, bright lights from the buildings brightly and harshly illuminate the central square, in which several wooden tables are laid out. A few guys are riding their runners around and occasionally through the square, pulling stunts and wheelies. Malcolm and Barb are sitting at one of the tables.)
Malcolm: Ah, that was real nice work ya did, sweetcakes.
Barb: My pleasure, dewdrop, and now the town belongs to *you*.
Malcolm: Nah, it belongs to *us*.
Barb: To *us*?
Malcolm: Yup, and I'm renaming it Sweetcake-Dewdrop-Ville!
Barb (hugs him): Ohh, I just *love it*, Malkie!
Malcolm: And I wuv *you*, babyface! My widdle sweet wowwipop, pudding princess!
(Lotten is leaning against a nearby building listening to all this and staying remarkably straightfaced, enjoying the party.)

(Outside the bright lights from the party, the kid and his sister slowly push Yusei's runner away down the street, glancing nervously back at the party. They pant a bit as they push it-- but manage to make it out of town and around the corner of the last building without being noticed.)

Lotten: ...Uh?
(He addresses one of the red-bandannas in the square-- a guy who, from the dazed look on his face, may have been hitting the cactus cider a bit too much tonight.)
Lotten: Hey. That Yusei fella, his duel runner. It was just here, but now it's gone.
(They look up toward the mountain.)
- Ah, that guy's stuck in the mines for the rest of his life. So what?
Lotten: *So,* I smell a rat. And I *don't like rats*.

(Another minute, another patch of rock. <21:00> Yusei sets down his pick again.)
Yusei: Kalin...
(Kalin pauses for a moment; he's almost too exhausted to talk and dig at the same time anymore.)
Kalin: Yusei... I told you already, I'm staying here in the mines.
(He starts up digging again with renewed effort, forcing himself to work. Yusei watches, stubbornly determined, as Kalin keeps striking the rock.)
Yusei: No, you're *not*. Listen up; you told me Fate put you here. Well you're about to see that Fate's *also* gonna bust you out!

END <21:25>

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