Katsumoto: You believe a man can change his destiny?
Algren: I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed.
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Algren: How's your poem coming?
Katsumoto: The end is proving difficult.
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[Katsumoto hands a samurai sword to Algren, it has a message written on it]
Algren: What does it say?
Katsumoto: "I belong to the warrior in whom the old ways have joined the new."
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Algren: What else has she told you?
Katsumoto: That you have nightmares.
Algren: Every soldier has nightmares.
Katsumoto: Only one who is ashamed of what he has done.
Algren: You have no idea what I have done.