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Upon hearing those words, Kaguya-                                                                                            to her friend, the Emperor. After a



            hime emerged from her room.                                                                                                  sad farewell, the chariot returned to




            Though the old man and his wife                                                                                              the moon, leaving her sobbing foster



            called out to her to stop, she stepped                                                                                       parents behind.



            onto the chariot. She turned around                                                                                          When the Emperor received the




            to face her foster parents and                                                                                               Elixir of  Life, he could not drink



            thanked them for taking care of  her.                                                                                        it, for he could not bear to live an



            With a smile, she gave the old man                                                                                           eternal life without Kaguya-hime.




            her robe so that he had something



            to remember her by.




            Then, she handed the old man a



            small vial. It was the Elixir of  Life




            that promised immortal life. She



            asked the old man to give the vial
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