1. Previously
on "Justice League"...
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2. We meet again, Kal-El.
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3. What do you want?
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4. Even as we speak,
Apokolips is being assimilated
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5. by the Kryptonian menace known as Brainiac.
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6. Once he's finished siphoning
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7. the memory banks and
technology of my planet...
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8. He'll annihilate it.
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9. Good.
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10. We know he used you, humiliated you.
Get over it!
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11. All right.
But I need you to do something for me.
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12. Who are you?
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13. They call me Forager.
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14. Do you know someone named Orion?
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15. Orion is a god who is far above us.
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16. Hold still. We won't hurt you.
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17. No, you most certainly will not.
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18. Superman has played his part.
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19. Now it's our turn.
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20. You imbeciles are letting Brainiac get away.
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21. Oh, my stars.
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22. What is that thing?
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23. J'onn: We'll know soon enough.
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24. No response.
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25. The controls have been overridden.
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26. So what do we do now?
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27. What can we do, but wait?
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28. Welcome, Kal-El.
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29. Once I offered you the chance to join me
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30. in carrying on the legacy of Krypton.
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31. Today I renew that offer.
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32. You must be joking.
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33. Why do you reject your great heritage?
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34. The entire history of your planet,
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35. its knowledge and splendor,
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36. its awe and mystery
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37. are encoded within me.
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38. Superman, don't...
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39. I am Krypton.
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40. You're a perversion,
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41. dishonoring the very memory of my father
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42. and all my people.
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43. And this is your final decision?
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44. Read my lips. Go to...
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45. Unfortunate...
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46. But predictable.
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47. Move!
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48. Hyah! Hyah!
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49. Hyah!
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50. Uh!
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51. Aah!
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52. Hyah! Hyah!
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53. Hyah!
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54. Someone had to do it.
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55. No problem.
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56. Then it's over.
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57. Again you've miscalculated.
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58. It hasn't even begun.
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59. It's hard, isn't it?
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60. But we must lovingly tend our garden
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61. if we want it to grow strong and tall.
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62. I hate this.
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63. What's wrong, child?
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64. I've tried, Highfather.
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65. Really I have. But look.
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66. Patience, my dear.
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67. Everything has a purpose
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68. and a place.
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69. Everything?
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70. Given time.
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71. Highfather.
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72. I have urgent news from Apokolips.
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73. Indeed.
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74. We're friends of Superman.
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75. He sent us to warn you that Darkseid
is under attack on Apokolips.
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76. Do not speak that name in
front of the children.
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77. You'll frighten them.
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78. They should be afraid.
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79. For too long, the shadow of Apokolips
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80. has threatened New Genesis.
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81. Come with me.
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82. Would you excuse us, children?
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83. Well, let me mount an army.
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84. While Darkseid is under siege,
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85. we will attack and end
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86. his reign of terror once and for all.
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87. Superman asked for your help.
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88. He doesn't want to start a war.
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89. Don't be so sure.
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90. You forget.
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91. In the name of peace,
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92. we swore not to interfere on Apokolips.
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93. We made a pact.
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94. As long as Darkseid is in power,
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95. there can be no real peace.
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96. There is truth in what you say.
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97. Then give the order.
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98. No!
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99. Though I love you like a son,
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100. you are too young to remember
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101. the endless bloodshed we endured.
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102. Before making such a terrible decision,
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103. I must commune with the source.
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104. You will await my verdict.
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105. Yes, Highfather.
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106. Hyah!
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107. Darkseid.
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108. Aah!
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109. It appears our stratagem was a success.
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110. Yes.
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111. As promised,
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112. I've delivered Superman into your hands.
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113. Those people we met
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114. down below... who are they?
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115. They're not important,
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116. just bugs.
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117. And where are you going?
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118. To face Darkseid.
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119. But Highfather ordered you to wait.
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120. Why are you so eager to fight?
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121. I have my reasons. Now stand aside.
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122. We can't let you go.
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123. Try to stop me.
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124. Next time I let Superman take charge,
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125. just hit me real hard.
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126. Remember the terms of our bargain.
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127. In exchange for Superman,
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128. you promised to spare my planet.
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129. Agreed.
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130. But I still can't fathom why you need him.
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131. Surely not for simple revenge.
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132. It is quite elementary.
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133. Observe.
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134. Over the years,
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135. I have roamed the universe, collecting data.
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136. As my appetite grew,
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137. I changed and evolved into
what you see today.
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138. From this central core,
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139. I can send countless drones
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140. to the farthest corners of the galaxy
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141. to gather more data for my collection,
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142. but it is not enough.
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143. I have reached the limits of
my programmed functions.
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144. To evolve to the next level,
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145. I must extract living D.N.A.
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146. From the last Kryptonian.
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147. Now I become a true life form...
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148. The likes of which this universe
has never seen.
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149. Wait.
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150. What have you done?
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151. Just a minor modification
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152. to override your control circuits.
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153. You are now the instrument of my will.
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154. You deceived me,
Darkseid, used me.
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155. It's what I do.
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156. J'onn, wake up.
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157. What hit us?
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158. It was Darkseid.
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159. Then Superman was right.
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160. This was all an elaborate trap.
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161. Where is Superman?
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162. I can't locate him.
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163. He's either unconscious or...
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164. All these worlds that Brainiac has visited.
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165. Somewhere in here there might be
information about Thanagar.
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166. There's no time to think about that.
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167. Superman needs us.
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168. Why are you doing this?
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169. Before Brainiac had the power
to devour planets.
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170. Now he can consume an entire universe.
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171. He is my solution to the ultimate problem...
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172. The anti-life equation.
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173. This isn't Apokolips.
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174. No. But Mother Box senses
Darkseid's hand here.
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175. But why?
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176. You, of all people, should know,
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177. the universe is filled
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178. with chaos, confusion, and uncertainty.
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179. I will tear it down to nothing
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180. and then rebuild it,
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181. bringing order and discipline at last.
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182. Think of it, Superman...
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183. A new universe created in my image.
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184. What?
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185. By the source.
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186. Highfather, what is it?
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187. Darkseid.
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188. Get everyone to the escape pods.
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189. What?
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190. We have no choice.
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191. Evacuate the city.
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192. Darkseid, I calculate that this reaction
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193. will soon reach critical mass.
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194. If you don't release me,
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195. there will be no stopping it.
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196. Precisely.
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197. Then I guess it's up to us.
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198. Aah!
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199. Brainiac, stop them!
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200. I have no desire to save you,
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201. but I am compelled to obey.
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202. J'onn: Get back!
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203. No way!
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204. Hyah! Hyah!
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205. Aah!
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206. No!
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207. Uh! Ungh!
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208. Finish them now.
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209. What?
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210. Hello, father.
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211. Don't I get a hug?
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212. Having fun?
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213. Yes.
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214. Come on!
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215. Cover me.
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216. Ungh! My pleasure.
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217. By the gods!
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218. Warning... circuit incomplete.
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219. Critical system failure.
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220. Hyah!
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221. Where's Darkseid?
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222. I don't know.
But we've got to get out of here.
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223. I'm glad to see growing up with Highfather
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224. has made you soft and weak.
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225. You make an old man proud.
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226. But I won't let you or anyone else
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227. stand in my way.
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228. Spare the rod.
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229. Any minute now,
Brainiac will explode.
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230. And guess what. You're going with him.
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231. No, Darkseid.
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232. To get off this rock,
you'll have to go through me.
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233. You really are a glutton for punishment.
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234. Time and again, I've beaten you,
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235. humbled you.
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236. What makes you think today's outcome
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237. will be any different?
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238. Because this time,
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239. I won't stop until you're just
a greasy smear on my fist.
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240. Let's go.
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241. It seems you need
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242. another lesson in humility, boy.
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243. Wonder Wait!
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244. Where's Superman?
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245. That idiot. I'll get him.
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246. The rest of you, take off now!
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247. But...
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248. Just do it!
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249. I hope he knows what he's doing.
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250. This is where you belong, Superman:
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251. Under my heel.
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252. Uh! Uh!
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253. Uh!
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254. Superman!
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255. Go! I'm finishing this!
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256. Kent, don't be a fool.
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257. Get out of here now!
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258. No!
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259. Loser.
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260. Nothing could have survived that,
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261. not even Darkseid.
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262. You know something, Bruce?
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263. You're not always right.
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264. Any sign of the others?
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265. I've searched everywhere.
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266. There's nothing.
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267. Then all is lost.
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268. Listen.
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269. I'll race you!
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270. Highfather, Highfather!
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271. It's a miracle.
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272. How did you survive?
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273. He found us and hid us in his hive
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274. until the storm blew over.
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275. You did this?
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276. Forgive my presumption, Highfather.
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277. No. Forgive me...
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278. For forgetting that everything
has a purpose...
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279. And a place.
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280. Today, here at our side,
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281. you have found your place.
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282. Perhaps someday,
you will find yours, as well.
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283. Some day.
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