Confession
	 by Nobuyuki Fukumoto
	  and Kaiji Kawaguchi
	   Part Six

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Asai: My eyes...!  What happened to my eyes?

Confession

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Asai: {Are my eyes having trouble seeing properly?!}

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Asai: {Why is it that everything...
	seems so dark to me, now...?!}

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Asai: {Mountain sickness.
	At high altitudes, when it becomes harder to draw enough oxygen from the air, it can start to weaken your vision...
	I've heard about this happening.
	But...  that's only supposed to happen when you're five, six thousand meters about sea level...
	Mt. Owari is only 3,200 meters tall, so it can't be happening to me!!}

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Narration: But it can.
	It is possible for mountain sickness to occur in altitudes as low as three thousand meters...
	Especially because yesterday,
	Asai used a ropeway car to travel a long distance towards the peak of Mt. Owari from ground level.
	It is possible...
	When you consider that he was stranded,
	walking with Ishikura on his back,
	raising and pulling him up cliff walls...  there was too much heavy labor expended.

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Narration: Now he sees that the headaches and cold-like symptoms he felt yesterday were already signs of the mountain sickness.
	Then, after sleeping...  when the body naturally inhales air at a very slow rate...
	And the brain hasn't been getting the oxygen it needs to function optimally,
	there will obviously be some problems.

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Asai: {So...  if mountain sickness is the cause,
	then my eyesight problems should be temporary.
	When I return to ground level, I'll recover quickly.
	I don't need to worry about going blind.
	But...}

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Asai: {If he realizes this...
	He musn't learn about it...
	He musn't learn...
	Just act normal.
	Play it cool...
	But...  wait...}

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Asai: {I still have some amount of eyesight left.
	I don't know if it will get better or worse,
	but I doubt it will get better until I descend the mountain.
	So...  doesn't that mean it will only get worse?
	Then, there are some things to take care of...
	while I can still see, to some extent.
	Like eating...  or the bathroom...}

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Asai: {Ah, I haven't scraped the snow from my shoes yet.}

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Asai: {The shoelaces are gone!!}

Ishikura: Yes...
	I took them out...

Asai: W...  why...?

Ishikura: You
	have been acting strangely.
	I was afraid you might try to go out into the snow again...

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Ishikura: This is for your sake...

Asai: {That's it...!!}

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Asai: {When I first called in for assistance,
	they said they would call back in the morning.
	Which means it could ring at any time.
	Actually, it could be any second now!
	When it rings, I'll pick up before Ishikura can,
	And tell them the situation.
	That there are two of us...
	And we're both fine!}

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Asai: {Strange...
	It's already noon...
	Oh no...}

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Asai: {Last night...}

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Asai: ISHIKURA!!

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Asai: {Trust him...
	Play cool...!
	What reason would I have to turn you in...?!}

Ishikura: So, you found it...

Asai: Huh?!

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Ishikura: You saw it...

Asai: Aaah...

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Ishikura: You...

Asai: Huh?

Ishikura: Can't see...  can you?

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