1. I live in the games.
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2. I search through systems,
peoples and cities
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3. for this place, Mainframe.
My home.
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4. My format,
I have no format.
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5. I am a renegade,
lost on the Net.
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6. Reboot!
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7. Game over.
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8. AndrAIa's log,
game date unknown.
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9. We've entered
a new system
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10. with the hope
of finding Mainframe.
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11. Once again
we're met with failure.
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12. With each passing system,
Matrix grows more despondent.
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13. And I fear if we don't
find Mainframe soon,
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14. he'll give up all hope
of ever finding home.
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15. AndrAIa out.
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16. Take them!
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17. Pixel! Powerlok!
Get in front! Head them off!
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18. We've got them covered.
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19. Wait. Let's see
whose side we're on.
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20. Rob, look out!
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21. Bob?
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22. Giga-Girl. E-Male.
Net maneuver now!
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23. Who's got them covered?
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24. Try and escape,
I don't think so.
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25. What are you
doing, mister?
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26. I could ask you
the same question.
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27. You're not
one of us, are you?
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28. No. We're not.
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29. Well then, allow me
to introduce myself.
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30. I am Captain
Robert Cursor,
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31. leader of
the Hero Selective.
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32. I'm Matrix. AndrAIa and I
used the last game
to enter your system.
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33. Then you're to blame!
No one is to play the games!
The User must win!
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34. Only then will
the spectrals listen!
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35. Why would you want to lose?
Don't you know
the damage it'll cause?
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36. Don't speak
to me of things
you know nothin' about.
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37. Powerlok, please.
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38. They are visitors,
new to our system.
Treat them with respect.
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39. Captain, I calculate
that in 3.6 nanoseconds,
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40. the spectrals
will return in force.
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41. A logical assumption,
Pixel, as always.
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42. Follow me to the Hard Drive
and I'll explain everything.
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43. Your system,
does it have
a Guardian?
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44. Guardian? I'm not familiar
with the term.
Come, it's not safe here.
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45. It's quite a place
you got here.
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46. You know, Matrix,
your friend is right.
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47. The Hero Selective
is purposely
damaging our system.
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48. That doesn't
seem very heroic.
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49. No. It's not.
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50. Yet it's the only way
we can get the spectrals
to listen to our demands.
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51. Why bother?
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52. Looks to me
like you've got
the distinct advantage.
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53. I'm sorry,
but you're wrong.
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54. They're the ones
controlling us.
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55. Traitors!
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56. You betrayed your race
and now
you betray your function.
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57. You are the traitors!
You betrayed us.
So be quiet or I'll...
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58. Do nothing.
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59. AndrAIa,
you must understand.
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60. Once we were like them.
We were once spectrals.
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61. If this is true,
why did you change?
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62. Spectrals are
unable to reboot.
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63. When the games first came,
there was no defense.
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64. Then a way was found
to convert spectrals
into sprites.
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65. We volunteered.
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66. Our mission was to seek
out new game cubes
and new applications.
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67. We boldly went
where no spectral
had gone before.
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68. That was five cycles ago,
now we want to go back.
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69. Liar!
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70. You were seduced
by the flesh and rejected
your spectral state.
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71. The games have turned
you into barbarians.
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72. You no longer
belong in the
Spectral Selective.
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73. But we've grown tired
of the games
and want to return.
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74. No. Your format
is to defend the system
from games.
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75. Anything else
is a waste of resources and
a threat to our existence.
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76. Captain, the spectral
raises several valid
and logical points.
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77. Logic? How can you
talk about logic?
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78. We're talking about
our lives here.
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79. Giga-Girl's right.
There's no reasoning
with them!
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80. We have to make
them listen.
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81. Unfortunately,
old friend, I must side
with the others.
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82. Captain, might I suggest
a wee drink for us all?
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83. I find a cool shake
soothes hot tempers.
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84. Good idea, Booty.
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85. Hey! Watch it!
I'm sitting here.
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86. Maybe
I should call you Slim.
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87. No!
The spectrals!
They're gone!
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88. But how? There's no way
they could have gotten out.
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89. I let them out.
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90. You what?
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91. Stop right there.
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92. She let them go!
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93. To get to her,
you got to
go through me.
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94. Why, AndrAIa?
Why did you do it?
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95. You've jeopardized
everything
we've worked for.
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96. No one deserves
to be hunted and caged.
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97. Well, maybe we should
cage you instead.
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98. Don't bother.
I am leaving.
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99. You're not going
anywhere.
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100. Try and stop me.
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101. Where did she go?
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102. She must have
run out to meet
her spectral friends.
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103. We need
more hostages.
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104. I say we go
on another hunt.
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105. Agreed.
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106. What about him?
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107. Well, Matrix,
are you with us
or against us?
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108. I'm with you,
but I'm against the hunt.
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109. That's fine.
You can wait here.
We'll be back shortly.
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110. Believe it or not,
I don't like the hunt
any more than you do.
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111. Okay, you can
come out now.
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112. I thought
they'd never leave.
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113. And you call me impulsive.
Why'd you do it?
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114. I wasn't ready
to take sides.
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115. But Bob said...
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116. Cursor.
You meant to say,
"Cursor said."
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117. Enzo,
look, I admit
there's a resemblance,
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118. but Cursor's
not Bob.
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119. Bob was lost in the Web,
who knows how it could
have changed him.
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120. Bob wouldn't stop
the spectrals
from protecting a system.
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121. I thought
you weren't
taking sides.
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122. I wasn't, until now.
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123. Then why don't
you go to them?
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124. Maybe I will.
I find this place stifling.
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125. Fine!
Fine!
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126. I thought I might
find you here.
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127. Why have you
come here, sprite?
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128. I want to help you.
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129. Go back
to your own kind,
fleshling.
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130. They're not my kind,
they're yours.
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131. System error.
A new Tear
has opened.
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132. See. See the damage
your friends
have caused.
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133. I've helped you once.
Let me help again.
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134. Fine. Come with me.
But hurry.
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135. I take it
the hunt didn't go
exactly as planned.
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136. Probably just as well.
We've got bigger problems.
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137. There appears to be
another Tear.
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138. One that could possibly
crash the entire system.
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139. Oh, that should solve
all your problems.
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140. I'm glad you think
this is funny,
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141. but if this place
goes down,
you go with it.
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142. And that includes
your little witch.
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143. Your problems end now.
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144. Stop it! Stop it!
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145. We mustn't fight
amongst ourselves.
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146. Why don't you
just mend the Tear?
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147. Not in this form.
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148. Then in which one?
Guardian?
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149. No. Spectral.
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150. What have you done?
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151. Why have you
brought her here?
You've doomed us all!
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152. She's here to help.
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153. She saved our lives
back at the Heroes' den.
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154. You flesh-loving fools!
Can't you see?
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155. It was a trick to gain
your confidence and entry
to the Principal Office.
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156. It was no trick.
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157. Now pipe down,
I've got to get
the system error isolated.
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158. There. I routed a path
around the bad sector.
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159. Can you effect repairs?
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160. On this Tear
and all other Tears.
It is our function.
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161. Tears! They're opening
all over the system.
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162. See! See! It's her fault.
She's going to
destroy us all!
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163. These system errors,
when did you say
they began?
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164. I didn't. But they began
right after our first game.
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165. Just as I suspected.
Do you know
where this place is?
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166. Yes. Do you want me
to take you there?
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167. Make it so.
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168. Matrix, why do you keep
calling me Guardian?
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169. You remind me
of someone I knew
and trusted.
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170. Someone I lost.
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171. Well, I may not be
the friend you lost,
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172. but I can be one to trust.
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173. I believe you.
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174. Too bad AndrAIa
doesn't feel that way.
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175. Ah, she'll
get over it.
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176. This system error,
could your losing games
have caused it?
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177. No. As angry as we are
at the spectrals,
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178. we would never
permanently
harm the system.
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179. Hmm, I didn't think so.
Glitch, full system scan.
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180. Cursor, get
your troops together.
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181. We're going
on a hunt.
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182. So, you'll join us
in our hunt
for spectrals?
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183. No, not spectrals.
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184. Something worse.
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185. AndrAIa, you are not
from our system,
why do you wish to help us?
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186. Preserving life
and preserving systems,
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187. it's what
Matrix and I
do best.
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188. It's our prime directive.
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189. But you and Matrix
are no longer together.
What will you do next?
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190. Oh, we've been
through a lot worse.
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191. Love and respect.
That's what binds us
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192. and with it,
nothing will ever
keep us apart.
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193. You shame me.
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194. The anger I feel
towards my former brothers,
it's not right.
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195. Hatred and prejudice
never is.
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196. Look! The Tear!
There it is!
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197. There.
Our system is safe.
No thanks to you.
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198. You are far from safe.
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199. There are hundreds of Tears
opening throughout the system.
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200. But they all
started here.
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201. Why? What is so special
about this Tear?
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202. It's not a natural Tear.
Someone created it.
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203. What kind of fools
do you take us for?
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204. Of course,
someone created it!
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205. It was your friends,
the Heroes!
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206. You're trying
to destroy us all!
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207. Listen to me!
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208. These Tears,
they're not spectral
or Hero in nature!
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209. No. They're not.
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210. They're viral.
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211. It looks to me
like you've got a virus
in your midst.
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212. That's funny,
I was about to say
the same thing to you.
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213. The way I see it,
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214. the virus must have
entered the system
through a download.
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215. Sounds right.
The Tears began
right after the first game.
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216. Matrix, I can vouch
for all my sprites,
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217. there are no viruses
among the Hero Selective.
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218. That's wonderful.
One lies and the other
swears by it.
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219. Why should
we trust you?
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220. You hunt us down
and let games
destroy the city.
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221. That's just the behavior
we would expect
from virals.
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222. Not precisely.
Virals would never
take prisoners.
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223. We have
virus checks in place.
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224. If a virus is here,
why wasn't it detected?
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225. It must have
a cloaking device.
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226. But at this close range
Glitch could probably...
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227. Assassin! He means
to delete us all!
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228. Wait!
That's only Glitch!
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229. Am I Mr. Fantastic
or what?
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230. Stop!
You're surrounded!
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231. Sorry, but you've got
to do better than that.
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232. Your claws are useless
against our energy shield.
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233. Enough!
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234. You're still
mad at me?
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235. What do you think?
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236. We must stop this.
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237. Why should I trust you?
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238. Because viruses are clever
and you can't
save the system alone.
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239. But if we work
together, we can.
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240. Despite all
that's happened,
I believe you.
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241. Spectrals, stand down!
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242. Heroes, at ease!
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243. We have decided to
put aside our prejudices
and work together.
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244. Good choice.
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245. You fool!
You've doomed us all!
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246. Brother,
what happened to you?
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247. Yeah. Why don't
you tell him
what happened, virus!
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248. Cold crystals!
Just what
the doctor ordered.
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249. What should
we do with him?
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250. It doesn't
matter what happens to me.
My brother is still free.
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251. Soon our infection
will be complete.
You are all doomed!
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252. Doomed I say...
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253. His ranting was distracting
from the task at hand.
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254. I see your point.
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255. Is there any way
we can get these
Tears under control?
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256. Yes. I sent a team
to the Principal Office
to oversee all repairs.
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257. Enzo, these Tears
are being created
by a program
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258. originating from
the Principal Office.
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259. That's some team
you picked.
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260. We must get to
the Principal Office
before it's too late.
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261. Matrix, it's about time
you got here.
Call off your mangy mutt!
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262. Frisket. Heel.
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263. Powerlok,
what happened here?
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264. I followed these light bulbs
to the Principal Office,
and it's a good thing I did.
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265. I caught them
opening a new Tear.
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266. Then they were
viruses as well.
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267. Maybe not.
Frisket, sniff.
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268. Frisket always had
a thing about viruses.
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269. You're too late, sprite.
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270. With a press of this button
the entire system crashes.
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271. No!
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272. Matrix, watch out!
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273. Virus!
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274. It ends now!
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275. System out of danger?
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276. Yes.
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277. Good. Where I go,
I go alone.
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278. He's deleted, Slim.
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279. He wasn't Bob.
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280. No. But he was a friend.
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281. Warning. Incoming game.
Warning. Incoming game.
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282. Go! Do not worry
about us.
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283. Take the game
and find your way home.
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284. But there's so much
we can do to help.
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285. We have made
great strides,
thanks to you.
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286. And in Cursor's name,
we'll continue to do so.
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287. You must work together
to mend and defend.
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288. Without it,
all this would be
for nothing.
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289. There will be peace.
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290. If not now, then I promise,
by the next generation.
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