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who seeks revenge against his father. After
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screen, where they may exit or choose to continue from the last checkpoint of the current stage. Once per stage, Sonia can activate her inborn ability to enter "Burning Mode", where she becomes invincible, moves faster, and has more powerful attacks for ten seconds.
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