1. An alien named the Beyonder
took pieces of worlds,
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2. then mashed them together
to build Battleworld.
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3. The people from those places,
including the Avengers,
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4. were brought to this world.
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5. The Beyonder calls this
his experiment.
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6. We call it
twisted and dangerous.
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7. After Loki joined our side,
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8. we tried to use
the Asgardian Bifrost
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9. to send everyone home.
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10. It didn't work.
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11. Loki and I
rebuilt a new Bifrost
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12. so we can undo Battleworld
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13. and end the Beyonder's
experiment.
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14. But we're missing
something—
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15. a mystery piece
of knowledge or tech.
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16. Until we find it,
the Bifrost won't work.
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17. Whatever
the missing thing is,
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18. it's probably in the one place
we haven't found yet—
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19. the Beyonder's headquarters.
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20. The other Avengers
are scouring Battleworld
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21. for any sign of the Beyonder
or his base,
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22. but so far, no luck.
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23. We need to find the Beyonder.
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24. The sooner we end this,
the better.
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25. This would be
so much easier back on Earth,
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26. where I have a real lab
and equipment
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27. and interns
I can throw things at.
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28. Just do the best you can,
Tony.
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29. Eh. Not the same.
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30. Besides, the best I can do
might not be good enough.
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31. Things have to be done right.
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32. Yaah! Oh, no. Come on— Aah!
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33. They have to be done right,
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34. or the Beyonder's gonna
mop the floor with us.
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35. Hey,
we're all frustrated,
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36. but we're almost there.
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37. Now stay focused and try
not to get rattled.
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38. Save the speech,
Captain Perfect.
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39. I'm not
one of your soldiers.
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40. You're gosh darn right
you're not.
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41. Why don't you call me
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42. when you're done
acting like a child?
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43. I'll be
in the training room.
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44. "Gosh darn"?
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45. You kiss your mother
with that mouth?
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46. Journal update number 1:
Cap is a jerk.
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47. Update 2:
Tony Stark is awesome.
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48. Update 3: as soon as I
finish these repairs,
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49. Cap and I will join the others
and look for the Beyonder.
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50. Heh heh heh heh heh.
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51. Update 4:
that's a really big ax!
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52. Stark!
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53. That would be me.
Don't know who you are,
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54. but not like you're
the first angry ax guy
to come at me.
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55. I am Ares, Prince of War.
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56. Know my name. Know my power!
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57. Okay, Ares!
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58. Want to see something cool?
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59. Of course you do.
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60. Watch this.
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61. Hmm?
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62. Uh...
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63. Huh?
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64. Come get some, ax guy.
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65. Hey, watch it!
That's my equipment!
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66. No one trashes my stuff
except me,
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67. and occasionally the Hulk.
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68. Aah!
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69. Avengers, regroup at the Tower.
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70. Signal's jammed.
I take it that's your fault?
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71. Your Avengers friends
can't help you.
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72. I don't need your help
to smack you down.
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73. I've got
an upgraded unibeam.
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74. Or I will have it
once I fix it.
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75. Raah!
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76. Now let's open you up
like a tin can. Aah!
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77. Where did Ares come from?
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78. I think he's from Asgard
or something.
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79. Right? You're from Asgard?
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80. Asgard?
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81. Asgard?
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82. You dare?
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83. Ares is not from Asgard!
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84. Ares comes from Olympus!
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85. Asgardians are disgusting,
uncultured brutes!
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86. Nothing like
the refined Olympians.
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87. Funny. That's not
what Thor says.
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88. Yaah!
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89. Not helping, Tony.
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90. It's funny to make him mad.
Whoa!
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91. You'll suffer
for your insolence!
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92. Uhh! Yaah!
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93. Why are you here?
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94. What is this about, Ares?
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95. This is about Battleworld—
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96. an entire planet
dedicated to war.
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97. Is it not glorious?
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98. Yaah!
Yaah!
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99. That explosion
one of yours?
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100. No. I think
it belongs to them.
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101. The Avengers
are a disaster.
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102. We are the cleanup crew.
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103. Attack!
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104. Ee-yaah!
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105. Absorbing Man, make yourself
useful for once.
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106. I'm plenty useful, see?
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107. Huh?
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108. Raah!
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109. MODOK?
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110. I never pegged you
as a team player.
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111. I dislike working with others,
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112. except when it's
to destroy the Avengers.
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113. I'm calling
a tactical retreat.
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114. Call it whatever you want,
but call it fast.
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115. Raah!
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116. As if there was anywhere
they could run from us.
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117. Crimson Widow!
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118. I could have triumphed
without your interference.
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119. Huh.
Didn't look that way to me.
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120. Now quit your whining
and come on.
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121. I have an idea.
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122. Just do what I do.
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123. Just do what you do?
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124. Nothing good
ever comes from that.
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125. Huh?
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126. Aah!
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127. I gotcha.
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128. Dasvidanya.
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129. Ha ha ha ha ha!
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130. Hold on, Cap.
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131. Nowhere to go, Cap,
except straight down!
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132. Yaah!
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133. You're doomed, Captain America.
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134. Doomed.
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135. Comm signals are still jammed.
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136. We got to try to hold them off
as long as we can.
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137. Yaah!
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138. Cap! Aah!
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139. Inform our boss
we have them.
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140. At least
we're still alive.
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141. I'll have to take
your word for it.
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142. Ah.
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143. Absorbing Man, Ares,
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144. Crimson Widow, and MODOK.
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145. Not exactly
the dream team.
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146. How and why did those four
come together?
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147. They'd work together
if the Beyonder
ordered them to.
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148. If I can just get
to the Beyonder,
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149. I can figure this out.
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150. Got to get in his head.
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151. Careful
what you wish for.
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152. Beyonder.
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153. If you wanted to hang out,
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154. you could have
just texted me.
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155. Just kidding.
I have you blocked.
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156. Ah. Tony Stark.
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157. You and I have
things to discuss.
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158. Come with me.
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159. Huh?
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160. Tony!
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161. Aw, don't look
so distressed, Captain.
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162. We've come
to keep you company.
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163. What does
the Beyonder want?
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164. And what's your part
in all this?
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165. The Beyonder only told us
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166. to catch Tony Stark.
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167. He didn't say nothing
about Captain America.
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168. Which means you're all ours.
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169. Well, all four of you
against unarmed me?
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170. That's not really fair.
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171. Aw. No need to worry, Captain.
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172. We'll try to make this
painless, mostly.
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173. Oh, it's not really me
I'm worried about.
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174. Aah!
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175. No!
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176. Eh. Collateral damage.
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177. Wait! Stop!
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178. Aah!
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179. Yaah!
No! Wait! Aah!
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180. Aah!
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181. Need to borrow this for a sec.
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182. Thanks for coming to visit,
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183. but now I got to run.
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184. Get him!
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185. Uhh! Thanks a lot, Ares.
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186. That's my favorite hand.
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187. Don't be such a mortal.
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188. Ohh.
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189. Tony, you read me?
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190. Still jammed.
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191. Can't have gotten far.
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192. Split up.
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193. What do you want with me?
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194. And what have you done
with Cap?
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195. I just wanted
to talk to you,
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196. without distraction,
without fighting.
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197. As for your second
question,
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198. Captain America is fine.
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199. You can see him if you like.
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200. Aw.
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201. It seems like your friend
has gotten loose.
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202. Shame. But my employees
are already on him.
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203. Ah, but enough about that.
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204. I see you've noticed
the aqueous resinoid
polymer graphics.
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205. Impressive, isn't it?
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206. How did you manage
to create something with—
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207. This is your headquarters.
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208. Ha ha ha ha ha!
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209. This is my laboratory,
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210. where I do my best work.
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211. My Citadel, overlooking
all of Battleworld.
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212. So tell me, this whole thing,
Battleworld—
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213. why go to all the trouble?
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214. For knowledge, of course.
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215. Knowledge is the only goal
worth pursuing—
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216. that and curiosity.
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217. Curiosity? That's
why you did all this?
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218. Tore worlds apart?
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219. Pitted everyone
against each other?
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220. When you're working
in your lab,
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221. don't you ever do something
just to see what happens,
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222. because you can?
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223. I created this world,
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224. and I make no apologies
for it.
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225. You didn't
create anything.
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226. You just took things apart.
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227. I took pre-existing concepts
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228. and mashed them together
into something new.
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229. Men like you and I?
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230. Oh, we stand upon
the shoulders of giants.
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231. So your greatest achievement
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232. is straight stealing
and copying.
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233. My greatest achievement
is my armor.
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234. And I didn't
stand on anybody.
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235. That was all me.
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236. Your greatest achievement
isn't your armor,
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237. and you and I both know it.
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238. You and I both know
why you stay up all night.
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239. You and I
know why you push
yourself so hard,
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240. why you're terrified
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241. that some day
you'll be forgotten.
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242. Tony Stark's
greatest achievement...
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243. I haven't found it yet.
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244. And I know
exactly how you feel.
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245. Come out, Captain.
We know you're in here.
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246. Captain!
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247. Captain!
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248. Spread out.
Ares, go that way.
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249. I'll go this way.
Huh? I said go that way.
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250. I don't take
orders from you,
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251. you monstrous dunderhead!
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252. What did you say
about my head?
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253. Aah!
Uhh!
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254. We have one big difference
between us.
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255. I think ethics are just
as important as knowledge.
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256. Well, perhaps it's time
we talk as equals.
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257. Could you imagine this
for yourself?
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258. Working with me in my lab.
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259. Ha. You're offering me a job.
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260. If you knew how many hours late
I show up to work every day,
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261. you would not want to hire me.
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262. I have much to offer you,
more than just technology.
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263. I can offer... life.
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264. This orb will allow your cells
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265. to regenerate indefinitely.
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266. Immortality?
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267. That's not possible.
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268. Ah, it's not only possible,
it's here.
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269. If you had
ten of your lifetimes—
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270. another thousand years—
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271. it would still
only be a moment.
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272. But imagine all the things
you could do,
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273. all the things
you could create,
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274. how many lives you could save.
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275. I would never work for you.
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276. You wouldn't work for me.
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277. You'd work with me—
together as equals.
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278. Join me. I'll restore
the universe.
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279. I'll undo Battleworld.
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280. Then together, you and I
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281. will combine our knowledge
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282. and reshape reality.
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283. Everything will be
back the way it was,
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284. except you and I
will make things better.
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285. Tony,
time to get out of here.
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286. No. No, it's not, Cap,
actually.
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287. I think maybe we've been
wrong about the Beyonder.
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288. What are you talking about?
Tony, the Beyonder is—
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289. The Beyonder is right.
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290. With this,
I could change everything.
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291. I could live forever.
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292. Live forever?
What are you talking about?
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293. Get your hand off me!
I told you, I'm not
one of your soldiers.
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294. You're not thinking
straight.
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295. It's not like you
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296. to just accept something
the Beyonder offers.
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297. Don't do this.
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298. It's already done.
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299. Remember how I couldn't get
my unibeam to work right?
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300. Funny thing is,
I just fixed it.
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301. You're not the only one
who's been cheated by time.
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302. Think of everything
I could make up for.
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303. No, Cap!
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304. Don't do it!
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305. I can feel it already.
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306. I'm invincible!
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307. Ohh!
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308. Forget it, Cap.
Beyonder gave it to me.
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309. I intend to use it.
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310. I know how much power
the orb has,
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311. how tempting it can be.
I felt it.
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312. Immortality is not
what you think it is.
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313. I'm not sorry
for getting frozen
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314. and waking up in the future,
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315. but I'm glad I never
had to make the choice.
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316. But I'm getting
the choice.
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317. And all I can see
are possibilities.
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318. This is not where I expected
my experiment to go.
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319. Oh, ho ho ho ho ho,
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320. but sometimes
the pursuit of knowledge
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321. takes one
to unexpected places.
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322. Beyonder, you don't
want us to stop them?
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323. We're happy to destroy either,
or both, of the Avengers.
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324. Ha. You won't.
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325. Not until I see
where this goes.
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326. Tony, please, listen to me.
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327. That's close enough, Cap.
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328. I just want to talk.
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329. See? Look.
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330. Uhh!
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331. You're not thinking straight.
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332. Don't let it control you.
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333. Thanks for the pep talk.
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334. I'll take it under advisement.
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335. Aah!
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336. Have you lost your mind?
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337. Have you?
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338. Come on, Beyonder.
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339. If you're
just gonna let them
whomp on each other,
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340. then let us get in
a few good licks!
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341. No.
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342. I must know who is willing
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343. to do what is necessary.
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344. This is what Battleworld
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345. Looking for this?
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346. You tired yet?
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347. I could do this all day.
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348. What are they up to?
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349. Your bizarre obsession
with this thinking game
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350. has gone on too long.
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351. Hmm.
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352. Very well.
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353. Destroy them.
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354. It's about time.
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355. Time's up. You finished?
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356. I think we're good.
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357. Raah!
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358. The entire fight was a ruse!
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359. Huh?
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360. Let's get one thing clear,
Beyonder.
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361. You're not as smart as me,
and you never will be.
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362. Ohh! Aah!
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363. Got what you needed?
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364. Hacked and downloaded
the schematic of the orb.
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365. It's all there—
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366. the code to power up
the Bifrost.
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367. Here you go.
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368. Ohh! Uhh! What was that?
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369. We're done with it.
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370. The orb!
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371. You gotta go
through me to get it!
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372. Not if I take you
all out first!
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373. Aah! Idiots!
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374. Gimme that! Gimme!
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375. No one gets the better of me!
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376. No one!
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377. I am the greatest
intelligence!
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378. I am from Beyond!
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you hit me pretty hard.
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380. Don't you want to ask
if I'm hurt?
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381. No. I want to ask,
were you tempted?
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382. Sure. Who wouldn't be?
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383. It would have given me
the immortality
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in the universe,
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how to use it wisely.
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386. Is the orb in MODOK's nose?
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387. Does it look like it's
still in my nose?
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388. Then where did it go?
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389. What? Huh?
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390. Be gone.
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391. Aah!
Aah!
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392. Huh?
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393. I've always liked you, Ares.
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395. Uh-uh.
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397. Aye.
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398. That's gonna be useful
for what comes next.
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399. My experiment is nearly over,
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400. and I've learned much
from Battleworld.
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401. But it all leads to one clear
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402. and incontrovertible
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403. the Avengers...
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404. must die.
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405. Heh heh.
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406. A table with graphics?
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chasing me through
the Beyonder's Citadel,
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408. and you didn't think
to help me?
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409. And risk blowing our cover?
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410. Besides,
I knew you were fine.
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412. I was pretty sure
you were fine.
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413. You did it.
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414. We did it.
We're ready.
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