1. It's been a difficult month at CERN.
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3. There must be 30 dead scientists
in the past couple months.
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10. Maybe she just knew the kind of misery
the world was about to face.
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with his head in the bathtub?
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16. - How does that even work?
- You take a lot of pills first.
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17. It's not a good time
to be a theoretical physicist.
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19. Or a cosmologist. Right?
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20. - Wasn't one of them a cosmologist?
- One of who?
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21. The scientists
who've been topping themselves.
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23. The numbers that you were seeing...
has that come back?
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24. No, it's gone.
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25. Along with my career.
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26. Vodka cran.
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27. Shifted half a million
of those last quarter.
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28. Is there a bathroom?
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29. Well, uh, take your pick,
but there's a Japanese toilet upstairs.
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30. Touchless.
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31. Thanks.
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32. Right. What else can I get you all?
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33. Uh... you got any more Cheddar Twirlies?
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34. Swirlies.
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35. Cheddar Swirlies.
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36. Why don't I show you the full assortment,
in the garage?
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37. Cool.
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38. What are they saying?
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39. Probably nothing.
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40. Oh, it's definitely not nothing.
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41. Didn't you take
Animal Behavior with Rick Boyum?
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42. Please. I was too much
of a hard science snob.
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43. - Still am.
- Well, your loss.
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44. Boyum was the best teacher I ever had.
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45. Sorry, Vera.
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46. He used to say that all birdsong
boiled down to one of two things.
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47. It was either "me, me, me"
or "mate, mate, mate."
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48. Or maybe it was "mine, mine, mine"
or "mate, mate, mate."
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49. I can't remember,
but there was definitely mating involved.
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50. Just think, to some kid,
you're their Rick Boyum.
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51. But with physics, which,
let's face it, is way better.
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53. What?
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than knowing everything.
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56. - Unlikely.
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57. Well, what about
watching these little fellas?
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59. Do you really have to know what they're
doing to enjoy watching them do it?
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60. Yeah, I do.
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61. Let's all go birdwatching, then.
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62. We'll go to Patagonia or something.
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63. Somewhere fucking great.
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64. Jack can pay for everything.
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65. What do you think?
We can get the fuck out of England.
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66. Go and explore the ways of the birds.
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67. Someday.
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68. I've still got some things to do here.
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69. Holy shit.
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71. Wait, what?
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72. You were not invited.
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73. - Jack!
- ... a few flavors out of it.
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75. - You're getting fingerprints all over it!
- A woman tried to cut my head off.
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77. I was in the fucking Middle Ages.
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79. No. All my senses were telling me
that I was there.
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and I could feel the wind—
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82. Do not smell Henry VIII.
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83. That's nothing compared
to the rehydrated people.
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84. I never thought
I could get bored of nudity.
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85. You're playing this?
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86. Dr. Ye gave me Vera's.
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87. Vera was playing this game
before she killed herself?
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88. And now you're playing it?
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89. The only thing that's gonna make people
wanna kill themselves
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90. is this annoying brat that's
constantly whining, "Oh, save me."
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91. - Because you're supposed to save her.
- No, you figure out how the sun moves.
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92. - She's there every time you play.
- What the fuck is wrong with you?
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93. We don't have this technology.
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94. Where did this come from?
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95. Hey, hey, hey! Whoa, whoa!
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96. That thing
is hacking into your brain.
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97. You don't want an Alexa in your house,
and you're playing with that?
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98. - Don't! Don't put it on.
- I'm not gonna put it on.
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99. Sword Lady will just
cut your head off as well.
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100. No invitation, no game.
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101. Who invited you?
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102. I don't know.
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103. I just came home one night,
and it was right there.
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104. What? So someone broke in
and left it here?
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105. And then you were like,
"Oh. I should put this on me head"?
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107. I've been through every camera feed.
No sign of anyone coming in or out.
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108. Well, you don't think that's alarming?
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109. Scrubbed from the footage,
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110. just like the woman who told me
the universe was gonna blink at me?
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111. You can't compare this
to unexplained cosmic phenomenon.
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112. It's just not the same thing.
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113. Except it kinda is.
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114. The stars, Auggie's countdown,
this video game...
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115. They're all virtual realities
indistinguishable from actual reality.
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116. Well, all right, then, boy genius.
Who's behind it?
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117. - It's not my field.
- Saul.
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118. Maybe think about it
for more than ten seconds?
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120. it's controlling
all sensory inputs and outputs.
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121. Everything that goes into your brain
and everything that goes out.
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122. If it can exercise control at that level,
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123. Vera wasn't herself.
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124. She wasn't the person that I knew.
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125. Is it possible that... this thing
was manipulating her in some way?
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126. I wouldn't touch it.
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127. Okay, I'm not going to kill myself.
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128. I'm definitely not killing myself.
My life's amazing.
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129. Promise me you'll stop playing.
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130. Please.
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131. All right. Fine.
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132. We'll stop.
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133. The Sword Lady said
we're supposed to use science
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134. to save the next civilization, right?
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135. So we need to come up with a way
to predict the next stable era
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136. and how long it'll last.
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137. Christ! How much have you been playing?
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138. Oh, fuck off, you spod.
You keep a whiteboard in your flat?
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139. Yeah, that's my work.
You've got snacks at yours, don't you?
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140. You can't eat a whiteboard
when you're stoned.
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141. - Or at least, you shouldn't.
- Rooney, focus.
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142. Okay. So, these are
all the times I've played.
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143. And how I lost each time.
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144. Froze, froze, burnt, suffocated...
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145. - Yeah.
- Froze, and so on.
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146. I would say that you're just shit,
but I haven't done any better.
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147. The superscripts here correspond
to the movements of the sun on that chart.
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149. That's just it.
What if there is no pattern?
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153. Francis Bacon.
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154. All right, well,
follow your lead, just like uni.
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156. - Level two.
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157. Ha!
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158. Nice. Francis Bacon.
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159. Yeah, two-player mode.
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160. England again.
So, you're in my game?
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161. Mate, I've lived
in England for 12 years.
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162. Maybe the game found something
we're both familiar with.
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163. - Oh...
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through my search history.
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166. Well, if we see a girl farting
on a birthday cake, we'll know.
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167. - Copernicus!
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168. Sir Francis.
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170. I hope so.
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171. You'd better hurry.
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172. The Pope is about to make his decision.
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173. - The Pope?
- All right. Cheers. Let's go.
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175. And the time before that.
Well, all the times before.
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176. I remember them all.
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178. Every time I died.
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179. You'd better hurry.
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180. Yeah, come on.
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181. - Thanks.
- You'll save me this time?
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182. So, how are we gonna win?
Care to tell me what this radical idea is?
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185. I was about to render my decision.
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188. Holiness.
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189. - Pope Gregory.
- Holy... Right.
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190. I'm sorry. I'm Francis Bacon.
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and Galileo put forth is quite strong.
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of the sun's apparent size and luminosity.
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the sun's position relative to this planet
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more than one celestial body,
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to the fixed background of the stars.
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for these observations
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204. is that this planet
is part of a three-body star system.
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205. Fucking hell. That's the answer.
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around one of the suns in a stable orbit,
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207. that's a stable era.
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208. However, if one of the other suns
snatches our planet away,
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of all three suns.
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211. This... This is bullshit.
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212. Your Holiness, you were
about to decide on our proposal.
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213. Silence!
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214. I've heard enough.
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215. Burn her.
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216. - No, no. No, listen.
- What?
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217. - She's got it right. She's got evidence.
- Wait. I... I gave you the right answer!
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218. - Heretic, I sentence you to death!
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219. - She's right!
- Take it like a man!
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220. - It's the only theory that makes sense!
- Suck it, Copernicus!
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221. You know she's right!
She figured it out!
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223. No, no!
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224. Copernicus!
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227. The world is ending!
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228. Copernicus!
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229. Save me!
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230. Copernicus, please!
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231. Come on, Jin! Come on!
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232. Wait!
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233. Why are we not dead too?
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234. Because we were right.
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was destroyed by a tri-solar day.
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236. But in this civilization,
you've successfully revealed
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238. The game has now entered level three.
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240. I used to play 'em when I was a kid.
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241. Romance of the Three Kingdoms,
Jet Set Willy on ZX Spectrum,
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this game stacks up?
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244. Well, listening to Cheng
and Rooney go on about it,
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245. it sounds like a load of bloody homework.
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246. Measurements, equations,
charts, observations...
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the suns move around a fictional planet.
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249. Yeah. Oh, there's also a little kid
they've got to try and save.
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250. Or Cheng's trying to save
and failing over and over.
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251. That's the only bit
that sounds like a proper game to me.
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252. What's Engineering got to say about this?
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253. No luck getting it to work,
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254. but they did identify
some very interesting components.
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255. It's got a retinal scanner,
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256. an oxygen meter, and a brain wave sensor.
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257. - It's collecting a heap of biometric data.
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258. So while you're playing the game,
someone at the other end is playing you.
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259. It's a recruitment tool.
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260. They're goin' after
our best and brightest.
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261. Yeah. But recruitment for what?
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262. Oh fuck.
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264. - Hey.
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265. I, uh... I thought you were out
with your mates.
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266. It's 3:00 a.m.
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267. Sorry, babe. I was, um...
just playing the game with Jack.
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268. Yeah, I know.
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269. He logged off.
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270. Wow. It's a mess. I know.
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271. I was gonna tidy up
before you got here. Uh...
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when you're not working.
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273. There's nothing to be done at work,
so I'm... just taking my holiday leave.
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274. This isn't a holiday.
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275. Should I postpone dinner?
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276. What? No.
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277. Why?
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278. You've been dreading
meeting my parents for weeks.
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279. I haven't been dreading it.
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280. Look, I can't wait.
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281. - Yeah?
- Yeah.
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282. They're gonna love you.
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283. Just be yourself, yeah?
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284. Mm.
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286. Higher dimensions exist,
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287. but we can't perceive them
because we're three-dimensional creatures.
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288. For instance, seen from a distance,
this bread is just a flat circle, right?
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you see that it has thickness,
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290. an extra dimension.
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291. Amazing, right?
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292. And what's hidden
inside that extra dimension?
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293. More flat circles.
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294. And many more layers
within layers within layers.
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295. A whole universe inside every bite.
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296. But that's all, um, theoretical.
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297. So, theoretically,
I've just eaten an entire universe.
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298. And it's delicious, Mrs. Varma.
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299. A top physicist.
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300. Your parents must be very proud.
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301. Well, I think
the whole idea is fascinating.
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302. Please, tell us more.
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303. Well, we don't need to make her do that.
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304. You don't wanna talk about
the curry shop all day, do you?
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305. I've stories of the Kargil War.
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306. - Here it comes.
- Yeah, go on, Dad.
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307. It's not dinner
until the Kargil War comes up.
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I was in the Indian army.
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up in the Himalayas,
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311. And my soldiers were
about to die of hypoxia.
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312. There was an enemy camp 100 meters away,
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straight up a cliff face.
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314. I had no other choice.
I had to climb up the ice.
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315. And when I got to the top, I played dead.
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316. Not just play.
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318. But I laid there, slowly freezing,
until the Pakistani soldiers all came out,
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319. and that's when I threw my grenade.
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320. I killed them all.
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321. And I took the oxygen and supplies
from their camp back to my men.
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322. And we all survived.
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324. Yeah, that... tiny win
tipped the balance of the entire conflict.
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325. And it won my father the Param Vir Chakra.
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military honor in India.
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329. People in the UK, they don't care
what you did back in India.
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330. Well, Jin gets the highest civilian honor.
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334. - To Jin.
- To Jin.
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Scrape it all out, did they?
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339. They're discharging me tomorrow
once the "Deluded" wears off.
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341. Deluded.
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while I was under.
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349. No.
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351. It turns out that
the cancer's not inherently evil, right?
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just looking for a place to live.
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355. Which is fair enough, but obviously,
I said, "That's not all right with me."
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356. "I'm using my body
at the moment."
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357. "Can't just move in."
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358. So anyways, we made a... a deal.
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in its own little corner in my pancreas,
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360. and I keep all the rest.
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361. I still think you should have told Jin.
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362. She knows.
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363. On some level, she knows.
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364. Which is why
you have to save her... from him.
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367. Always friendly.
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368. He is death.
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for your nanofiber.
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carbon capture—
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381. And I still believe in it.
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the entire bun fight.
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384. It's temporary.
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to recheck the engineering.
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386. Honestly, Dr. Salazar, what am I missing?
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389. and you slam on the brakes.
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391. We've got the finest scientists
doing the finest work in the field.
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393. who seems to be having a mental breakdown.
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start the project back up again,
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399. Think of the hundreds of employees,
think of the billions who would benefit
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404. You can't stay in this country
on a work visa if you're not working.
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405. That's not how it bloody well goes.
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407. Stop. Stop!
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Pick up the fucking phone.
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411. - What?
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412. I activated the reaction chamber,
and it came back.
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414. and I could see them,
and I don't know why.
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You said you shut it down.
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428. - Where are you?
- I'm at home... I'm at home.
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430. Are you with someone?
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431. I'm on my way to you, right now.
I'll be right there.
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as fast as I can, and we'll—
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437. I told him that you just got dumped
by your girlfriend.
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438. - I haven't got a girlfriend.
- No shit.
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439. - Where's your headset?
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440. Level three.
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441. Where is this supposed to be?
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442. I think we're in Shangdu.
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443. Sometimes known as—
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444. Xanadu. Where Kublai Khan
decreed his stately pleasure-dome.
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445. Okay. We know
we're in a three-star system.
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446. We know we can't predict the motions
of three bodies in space. Not for long.
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447. Classic three-body problem.
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448. And there's famously
no general solution for it.
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449. Unless, of course, you managed
to whip one up on the tube ride over.
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450. Look.
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451. There she is.
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452. Hey.
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453. We can't speak to anyone.
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454. Oh, right.
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455. You're in the army.
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456. Well, we're gonna save you this time.
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457. Like all the other times before?
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458. - Come on.
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459. - Come on. The game's this way.
- Wait.
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460. You're running out of chances, Copernicus.
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461. Soon the world will end for good.
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462. Great Khan, I present to you
Copernicus and Sir Francis Bacon.
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463. Oh, come on.
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464. We were just about to demonstrate
our solution, Great Khan.
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465. Yes, yes. It's all in place.
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466. But do our newcomers
have an alternate proposal?
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467. Do we?
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468. Well, Great Khan,
we consider this problem to be impossible.
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469. Never mind, then.
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470. You may observe Sir Isaac Newton
and Professor Turing.
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471. Maybe you'll learn something
for next time.
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472. I have developed
a science I call "calculus"
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473. to predict the movement of the suns.
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474. And these calculations are performed
by my great Human Abacus.
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475. How many soldiers are there?
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476. Thirty million.
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477. None of the men
are mathematicians, of course,
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478. but they do all know how to hold a flag,
one way or the other.
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479. Ones and zeros.
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480. You've built a human computer.
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481. Let's get on with the calculations.
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482. When is the next chaotic era?
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483. Right away, Great Khan.
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484. Run solar orbit computation software,
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485. Three Body 1.0.
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486. Jesus.
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487. From here, it looks like
they've got a winner.
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488. Just wait.
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489. To the palace!
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490. What does your Human Abacus say?
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491. A chaotic era will commence in three days.
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492. It will last eight months,
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493. followed by a stable era of 10,000 years.
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494. Soldiers! Dehydrate!
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495. Eight months and three days!
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496. All right.
Eight months and three days.
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497. A stable era once again.
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498. How long has it been?
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499. Eight months
and three days exactly.
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500. Great Khan, our computer
has proven its worth.
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501. We've won.
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502. - That can't be it.
- Uh-uh.
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503. Did they figure it out?
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504. Not according to modern physics.
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505. They'd need the starting parameters
of all three bodies.
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506. You shut the fuck up, troll.
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507. Our computer works.
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508. Your calculations won't hold up
in the long run—
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509. Silence! Guards.
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510. Boil them.
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511. - No. No, no, no. Wait.
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512. - Wait.
- Ow! Hang on.
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513. - Get off!
- This isn't right.
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514. I haven't had a chance
to explain properly.
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515. - It doesn't work.
- Fuck off!
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516. - Those calculations won't work!
- Oh shit!
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517. Oh fuck!
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518. They're trying to kill us!
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519. I'm done with this fucking game!
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520. Focus, Rooney!
It's all in your head! We're okay!
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521. Great Khan, stop her.
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522. - It's her.
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523. But this is our game.
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524. Look, Great Khan!
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525. All in a line.
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526. It's syzygy.
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527. So what? They're eclipsing one another.
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528. The planet is no hotter
than it was before.
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529. What's happened to my army?
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530. The planet's under the gravitational force
of all three suns.
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531. No!
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532. Charlatans! Both of you!
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533. - Help! Copernicus!
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534. - No. No!
- Save me!
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535. - No! No!
- Save me!
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536. - Got ya!
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537. No!
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538. It's not about solving
the three-body problem.
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539. Our goal is to save the people.
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540. The Count said survival is everything.
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541. That's the object of the game,
to help them survive.
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542. How the hell do we do that?
Nothing can survive here.
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543. Civilization number 184
was destroyed
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544. by the stacked gravitational attractions
of a tri-solar syzygy.
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545. But in this civilization,
you've correctly determined
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546. your true purpose in the game.
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547. You have now entered level four.
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548. Come in.
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549. Mr. Evans.
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550. Felix.
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551. Sir, we have two new candidates
for Region Six.
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552. The female, Copernicus,
is quite attached to the young Follower.
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553. That doesn't surprise me.
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554. Let's have these two vetted
for the London summit.
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555. Sir.
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556. - Apologies, my Lord.
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557. Now.
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558. Where was I?
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559. Oh yes.
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560. "The Tale of Hansel
and Gretel."
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561. You said the boy, Hansel, was afraid,
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562. but the girl was not?
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563. Not at the moment, no.
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564. But why is one afraid
while the other is not?
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565. Do individuals experience fear
on their own?
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566. It's an individual emotion, yes.
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567. For us, fear is something
we experience as one.
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568. Our ancestors were like that.
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569. Tiny mammals who survived by hiding.
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570. But it appears
you have ceased to be afraid.
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571. Why do you say that?
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572. - You contacted another planet.
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573. Is this the act of a timid species?
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574. Not a species. No, my Lord.
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575. A woman.
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576. A singular, fearless woman.
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577. Are there other fearless humans?
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578. Well, they show up from time to time.
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579. And we often look up to them
as inspirations for others to follow.
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580. A lack of fear leads to extinction.
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581. If your ancestors
had followed the fearless,
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582. you would not exist.
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583. Humanity must learn to fear again.
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584. Then we will teach them.
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585. - Let me see the invite.
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586. Dr. Cheng, Mr. Rooney.
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587. Congratulations.
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588. You are the only two people
in the UK to make it this far.
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589. We've been so impressed by your work.
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590. Your help, Mr. Rooney, in identifying
the game parameters was essential.
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591. As was your support for your partner.
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592. Oh, cheers.
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593. And you, Dr. Cheng.
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594. You figured out that the home world
was part of a three-body system.
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595. A few other players did that as well,
but you understood what truly mattered.
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596. Not the planet... but its people.
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597. You felt their plight.
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598. Your cingulate cortex activity
was the highest we've ever recorded.
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599. Yeah, listen. About that.
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600. This interface, there's nothing else
like it anywhere.
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601. This isn't next gen.
This is five nexts down the line.
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602. So who are you really?
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603. The answers to all of your questions
are waiting for you in level four.
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604. Whenever you're ready.
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605. Level four.
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606. It's a wasteland.
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607. - Dr. Cheng.
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608. Mr. Rooney.
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609. You made it.
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610. You were right.
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611. There is no solution
to the three-body problem.
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612. No computer can predict the behavior
of three bodies indefinitely.
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613. With three suns in the sky,
every civilization ends in chaos.
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614. There will eventually be a cataclysm
from which we cannot recover.
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615. Our planet will be ripped in half.
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616. Or pulled into one of the suns.
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617. Or expelled into space forever.
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618. And when you know
your planet is doomed,
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619. what is the solution?
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620. Flee.
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621. Find a new home.
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622. Correct.
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623. Our only chance of survival
lies elsewhere.
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624. The moment we received
the invitation to your world,
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625. we knew our destination.
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626. We built
an interstellar fleet of 1,000 ships.
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627. They are the final hope
of civilization number 9478.
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628. And they are on their way.
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629. Most of us have to stay behind.
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630. But that's all right.
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631. If one of us survives, we all survive.
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632. You'll welcome us, won't you?
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633. Without your help, we won't make it.
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634. We can't wait to meet you.
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635. I don't quite understand.
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636. Are you trying to tell us
that... they're real?
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637. We call them the San-Ti.
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638. The first person
to make contact with them was from China.
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639. And "san ti ren" means
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640. - "three-body people" in Chinese.
- "Three-body people."
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641. These San-Ti ren,
they're on their way here?
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642. Coming from
an unstable three-body star system.
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643. Four light years away.
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644. Getting closer every moment.
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645. They created this technology
to share their story with us.
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646. And they look like that? Like us?
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647. We took a few liberties.
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648. Uh, for your benefit.
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649. So you're trying to tell us
that this game was designed by aliens?
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650. Think about it. You said yourself the tech
is 100 years ahead of where we are.
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651. Oh no, no. Yeah. Sure, yeah. Amazing AI.
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652. You know, Sword Lady and cute kid.
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653. But come on.
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654. What about the particle accelerators,
the blinking stars?
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655. Oh, Jin. This is a scam.
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656. This could be the only explanation
that accounts for all of it.
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657. Isn't the most simple explanation
usually the best? Occam's Razor?
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658. Oh, I'll give you Occam's Razor.
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659. This lunatic here
is trying to slice off a big wad of cash
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660. from a rich man who loves video games.
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661. We don't need your money.
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662. We have our own.
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663. If you don't want to be here,
you're free to go.
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664. All right. That's good of you.
Come on, Jin.
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665. Wait, Rooney. Don't you wanna know more?
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666. Oh, come on. This is fucking mental.
She's talking about aliens.
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667. I think we should stay.
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668. - All right. Fine. I'll tell you what.
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669. You do you, and I'll be in the pub
when you've come to your senses.
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670. No, Rooney. Jack.
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671. Jack!
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672. We're holding a summit
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673. for you and the other level-four champions
from around the world
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674. to welcome you to the organization.
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675. I do hope you'll come.
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676. You must understand how the San-Ti feel.
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677. You were torn from your home too,
weren't you?
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678. The flood in Hubei.
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679. Before you moved to New Zealand.
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680. How do you know about that?
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681. How much do you remember?
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682. Not much. I was little.
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683. I remember my home being...
swept away in the middle of the night.
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684. My parents grabbing me
and tossing me onto a piece of doorframe.
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685. My parents being pulled under
by the currents.
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686. That's it.
That's the last time I ever saw them.
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687. They've lived on in you.
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688. If you survive,
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689. they've survived.
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690. We've all been lost in some way.
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691. Welcome.
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692. Let us be comrades.
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693. Oh, for fuck's sake.
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694. Fucking Vodafone.
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695. Who are you trying to reach?
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696. I'm warning you.
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697. There's cameras in every room.
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698. There are.
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699. You said I was free to go.
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700. You were.
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701. All right. That's it.
Get out of my—
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702. Get off me!
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703. All you had to do
was keep playing.
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