1. I come from the Net,
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2. through systems,
peoples and cities
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3. to this place, Mainframe.
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4. My format, Guardian.
To mend and defend.
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5. To defend my
newfound friends,
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6. their hopes and dreams.
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7. To defend them
from their enemies.
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8. They say the User
lives outside the Net
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9. and inputs games
for pleasure.
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10. No one knows for sure
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11. but I intend to find out.
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12. Reboot!
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13. Garbage in,
garbage out.
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14. Isn't that right, Al?
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15. AL: What?
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16. Ew! What have you
been cooking?
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17. AL: What?
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18. Huh?
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19. AL: What?
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20. Hey, Mouse, join me
for an energy shake?
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21. Love to, sugar.
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22. Cecil!
Two energy
shakes, please.
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23. What do you
think I am?
A waiter?
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24. I will have you know that
in madame'sabsence, I am in
charge of this establishment!
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25. And for your
information,
it is "Sess-ull."
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26. Is he always like that?
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27. Always. So, what are you
still doing in Mainframe?
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28. Oh... I'm tying up
some loose
ends, honey.
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29. You know,
this and that.
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30. "This and that"
seems to keep
you pretty busy.
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31. Chief, it happened again.
Another abduction on Level 31.
This time it's Al's waiter.
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32. What?
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33. If we're quick, we can get
there before the reporters.
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34. Whoa, guys,
what's this
about abductions?
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35. Bob, we could
use your help.
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36. Bob!
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37. Enzo, I'm
talking to...
Bob!
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38. Dot's gone missing!
We've tried everything!
There's no sign of her!
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39. What?
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40. That's right, Guardian.
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41. Miss Brodie,
what are you
doing here?
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42. When Miss Matrix failed
to pick up young AndrAIa
and Enzo from school,
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43. I thought it would be prudent
to escort them home, what with
the abductions and all.
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44. Would someone tell me
what abductions?
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45. We've had reports
of sprites vanishing
from Level 31.
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46. Yes, the latest
being Al's waiter.
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47. Excusez-moi, but madame
was going to a meeting
with MonsieurAl.
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48. Mouse, you take
Enzo and AndrAIa
to the Principal Office.
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49. I'm going
to Level 31.
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50. But...
No buts, Enzo.
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51. This is serious!
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52. Miss Brodie,
could you look after
the little darlings?
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53. I've got some unfinished
business to attend to.
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54. I'm sure these
fine gentlemen
will escort you?
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55. Excuse me...
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56. Be with you in a nano.
Like, I am rushed off
my in-lines.
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57. I don't need a table.
I just want to ask you
a few questions.
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58. Okay, shoot.
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59. A friend of mine, Dot Matrix,
was supposed to meet Al here.
Have you seen her?
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60. Well, Al was supposed to have
a meeting with her, but she
didn't show. Okay?
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61. So, like,
that's right,
isn't it, Al?
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62. AL: What?
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63. Sorry. That's all
I can get out of him.
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64. Well, can you tell me
anything about these
disappearances?
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65. You ask a lot
of questions,
Guardian.
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66. Who are you?
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67. CGI Special Agent
Fax Modem.
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68. CGI Special Agent
Data Nully. We couldn't
help overhearing you.
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69. You're looking
for a missing person?
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70. Yeah. Dot Matrix
has disappeared.
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71. Do you know
anything about it?
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72. There's been a rash
of disappearances
in Mainframe.
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73. Phong sent us
to investigate the most
recent case, Al's waiter.
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74. You work for Phong?
We should talk.
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75. Until recently, a normal,
run-down, wrong-side-of-
the-tracks part of Mainframe.
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76. Now, sprites
are calling them
"Streets of fear"!
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77. Turbo, come in.
I'm back on Level 31.
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78. Wait.
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79. Gotta go. Looks like I've
found me another victim.
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80. I can't accept that.
Mouse is an old friend.
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81. Bob, you've got
to be reasonable
about this.
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82. All evidence
points to Mouse.
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83. We have eyewitnesses
who will testify
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84. to her being
on or near the scene
of each abduction.
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85. Coincidence.
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86. Tell him
your theory,
Modem.
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87. Her fangs.
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88. Yeah, so?
She's got fangs!
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89. I suspect she's
a Web creature.
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90. What? Oh, now,
this is ridiculous.
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91. These aren't theories,
these are delusions!
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92. Listen.
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93. When I was just a little
node, I saw my sister taken
by a strange creature,
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94. and it had fangs.
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95. Just like Mouse.
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96. Excuse me,
but is your partner
completely random?
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97. Not completely.
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98. Okay, why didn't it
take you, too, then?
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99. I don't know.
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100. I was reading comic bytes
in bed, and when I peeked out
from under the covers,
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101. I saw something hovering
over my sister.
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102. Then I pointed
my flashlight at it
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103. and a moment later,
it and my sister were gone.
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104. I'll never forget
the noise it made.
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105. I don't want
to seem insensitive,
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106. but next you'll
be telling me that
you've seen the User!
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107. There is no User.
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108. That's just induced mass
psychosis, engineered
by the Guardians.
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109. What? But what
about the games?
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110. Sent by the Guardians
to promote the User myth.
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111. Another conspiracy
theory, Modem?
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112. One of many.
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113. So let me get
this straight.
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114. There's a Web creature
posing as Mouse, loose in
Mainframe, abducting sprites.
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115. For what purpose?
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116. I haven't worked
that out yet.
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117. Okay. And Guardians are
control freaks, willing to
sacrifice the very people
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118. they are sworn to protect
by dropping games on them?
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119. That's right.
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120. Tell me, did Phong interview
you personally for this job?
Didn't think so.
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121. Look, this isn't
getting us anywhere.
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122. What we need
is a plan,
not theories.
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123. You remind me
of somebody.
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124. Hey, you guys!
There's been
another attack!
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125. First on the scene, your
reporter, Mike the TV!
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126. We are here at the site
of the latest in a series
of terrible abductions.
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127. This time an innocent
numeral, Number Five!
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128. Tell the viewers,
in your own words,
what you saw.
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129. But I didn't
see anything.
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130. So, there you have it!
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131. An invisible assailant,
or did I just interview
the wrong person?
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132. You, the viewers, decide!
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133. Okay, we're clear.
That's a wrap.
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134. Guys...
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135. Hello?
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136. This isn't funny, guys.
Now come on.
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137. Guys?
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138. But we haven't even
been introduced!
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139. Are you all
right, Modem?
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140. That's it!
That's the noise
the creature made!
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141. Quick. Outside, now!
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142. Hold it! CGI!
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143. Mouse!
What are
you doing?
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144. It's not what you think, Bob.
You've gotta let me go.
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145. You know
I can't do that.
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146. Don't make me
do this, Mouse.
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147. Trust me.
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148. Glitch, tracer!
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149. You two look after Mike.
I'll take care of Mouse.
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150. Are you okay?
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151. It bit me!
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152. Calm down.
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153. It was the light!
The light, I tell ya!
The light saved me!
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154. Just like your
sister, Modem.
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155. Wait here.
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156. I've got to get
something from
the CPU.
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157. Give it to me straight.
I can take it!
Tell me the truth.
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158. Tell me... Tell me
the camera was rolling.
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159. Glitch, get me Phong.
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160. Bob, what is it?
Have you found Dot?
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161. Listen, Phong, we're in
trouble. Big trouble!
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162. We are dealing with
a Web creature.
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163. So Modem was right.
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164. Only partly.
It's not Mouse
and I can prove it.
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165. It's shedding its skin.
It's growing, Phong,
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166. and I think I know
what it's using for food.
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167. Turbo, I've found the larder.
I'm going to free
the Mainframers.
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168. Mouse, forget
the Mainframers.
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169. We need confirmation
on the Web creatures.
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170. No way. I'll report back
when I've got something.
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171. Mouse!
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172. Dot, hang on, honey.
I'll get you out of there.
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173. Mouse?
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174. It's horrible!
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175. It feeds off our energy
to keep stable
in this system.
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176. Wait here.
I'll get the others out.
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177. No, I'm okay.
I'll help.
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178. Run! Now!
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179. That way!
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180. Let's go.
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181. No. You get out
of here with them.
I've got to stay.
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182. What?
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183. I've got to get proof
that this thing exists.
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184. Trust me.
It exists!
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185. Dot!
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186. Now, Modem!
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187. You were right.
It can't stand
the strong light.
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188. I'm sure there's
a very scientific
reason for it.
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189. But we don't know
what it is.
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190. Mouse, get Dot out of here!
There's a security team on
its way.
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191. I think you'll need
a little bit more help
than that, Guardian.
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192. Turbo! I've got visual
confirmation. Send help now!
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193. There's the proof
we need, Turbo.
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194. You've got to act now.
It's a Class M.
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195. It has portal-forming
abilities. It can invade
the whole Net!
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196. Who are you
talking to?
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197. The cavalry, sugar.
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198. You were talking
to Turbo?
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199. I've been working
for Turbo.
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200. You don't understand
what you've just done!
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201. What do you mean?
He's sending help.
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202. Do you know what the Guardian
protocol is
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203. for finding a Web creature
in a system like Mainframe?
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204. They have
no intention
of saving us?
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205. They have every
intention of
destroying us!
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206. They've probably
already planted
a device.
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207. The only question
is where?
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208. We're all agreed, then.
Releasing codes now.
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209. I'd like to be alone for this.
Bob and I go back a long way.
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210. That's the best
I can do.
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211. Good luck, Bob.
And I'm so sorry, Mouse.
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212. Hurry, Bob!
We're running low.
We don't have much time.
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213. What did
the Guardians
give you?
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214. Only this
communicator.
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215. Glitch, probe!
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216. Guardian, we can't
hold it for much longer!
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217. In a couple of nanoseconds,
it won't make any difference.
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218. I've gotta get
this out of Mainframe!
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219. Bob!
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220. Glitch, safe distance!
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221. Oh, boy.
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222. Bob!
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223. Bob, come in!
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224. Phong!
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225. Phong!
Bob!
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226. Bob, come in.
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227. Sorry, Phong.
The explosion
caused interference.
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228. The Web creature
has escaped!
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229. No! It's a Class M!
It can use the Tear energy
to form a portal to the Web!
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230. No!
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231. It just
broke free.
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232. We couldn't
stop it.
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233. You see, Nully,
the Web is out there.
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234. No, Modem.
It's here.
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235. This is it, Phong.
Prepare for war.
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