WEBVTT - 5. Suspended in the Void

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<v Speaker 1>Tomorrow's Monsters is a production of My Heart Radio, Flynn

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<v Speaker 1>Picture Company, Side Copia Pictures, and Upper Room Productions. Get

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<v Speaker 1>out of Wait, Get out of Way. I followed the

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<v Speaker 1>gray van for about ten blokes. We even in and

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<v Speaker 1>out of traffic. Okay, but he lost the A real crestender,

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<v Speaker 1>crazy son of a bitch sleep through to the other

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<v Speaker 1>side of the track right before the train broke. The

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<v Speaker 1>last thing I remember was seeing flashes of the van

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<v Speaker 1>through the speed and free cause before it disappeared out

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<v Speaker 1>of side like coached. Okay, Jenner, resume oar pilot. Resuming

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<v Speaker 1>autopilot Jack, to improve your chances of survival, please consider

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<v Speaker 1>buckling your seatbelt. I turned the car around and race

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<v Speaker 1>back to next corp with a thirty megaton migraine exploding

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<v Speaker 1>in my frontal lobe. Arenas stopped when the bay was

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<v Speaker 1>covered in thick fog. Visibility on the Golden gate bridge

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<v Speaker 1>was maybe fairy feet, and that sixteen miles power. I

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<v Speaker 1>felt the same sensation I have now out here in

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<v Speaker 1>the desert on oil pilot at night, like I'm suspended

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<v Speaker 1>in a void going nowhere. May thirteen, two or four am.

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<v Speaker 1>A voice message from your brother Michael Jackets. It's it's Michael.

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<v Speaker 1>You can you call me back? I really need some help, man.

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<v Speaker 1>It's something's wrong with my head. Dude. Ever since the

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<v Speaker 1>Next Corporate, ever since the trial meant I'm kind of withdrawal.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't, I don't know. I just yeah, I'm having um,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm having these bad bolts again. Just so, he just

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<v Speaker 1>called just call me back. May seventeen, seven, twenty two

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<v Speaker 1>A m A voice message from your brother, Michael, I

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<v Speaker 1>really need you to call me back. Then. It'm I'm

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<v Speaker 1>I'm homesick. Something happened to me. And there dude, this

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<v Speaker 1>is to all of us, but I need I need

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<v Speaker 1>to make and why why the hell would you call? One?

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<v Speaker 1>Three fifteen pm. A voice message from your brother, Michael,

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<v Speaker 1>how are your mad? Look? I got a call from

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<v Speaker 1>Abel Abel Night. She was with me in the clinical trials.

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<v Speaker 1>She says she thinks we meg be entitled some kind

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<v Speaker 1>of I don't know, compensation from Next Corpse. She's got

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<v Speaker 1>this lawyer and she rounded up the others. There's sewing.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if you know, you always say never

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<v Speaker 1>trust the lawyers. All yeah, just called me back, jum.

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<v Speaker 1>A voice message from your mother jack it's your mother.

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<v Speaker 1>You need to call me as soon as you get this.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Michael. Jack he's gone. I got a call from

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<v Speaker 1>the Oakland Police Department, said Jackie, your brother said. On

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<v Speaker 1>June seven, one month before my brother Michael died, a

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<v Speaker 1>lawsuit was filed against Next Corp. Michael was one of

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<v Speaker 1>the several plaintiffs who had participated in the human clinical trials,

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<v Speaker 1>but they had all essentially signed away their rights upon

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<v Speaker 1>entering the trial. So they must have been something, some

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<v Speaker 1>evidence of Next Corpse liability, something that would be strong

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<v Speaker 1>enough for any law firm to pursue it, and his

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<v Speaker 1>lawsuits were felt before three of the plaintiffs died by

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<v Speaker 1>a parent suicide. Maybe that's what dr Abby Reynolds was

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<v Speaker 1>trying to tell me before she vanished from the diner

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<v Speaker 1>without a trace. Let us written in a smear of

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<v Speaker 1>lipstick on a white plate, written in haste. First line box,

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<v Speaker 1>next line Abby n C, next line A l G.

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<v Speaker 1>This riddle was spinning in my brain. When I got

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<v Speaker 1>back to Next Corp. It was lunch and the lab

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<v Speaker 1>was empty. But didn't have much time. I hoped on

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<v Speaker 1>Eddie's computer. The second line of Abby's message was Abby

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<v Speaker 1>at n C It looked like shorthand for using name

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<v Speaker 1>maybe Abby at next corp dot com. And if it

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<v Speaker 1>was a user named in the third line a l

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<v Speaker 1>G and whoever else was much to offer those lists

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<v Speaker 1>must have been a pass card. Yeah, hey, Eddie, where

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<v Speaker 1>is everyone looking for you? Actually? What you're doing? Sorry?

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<v Speaker 1>What's that on my computer? What are you doing on

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<v Speaker 1>my computer? Jack? Max? Max? He's he's looking for some

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<v Speaker 1>files things. Maybe they are on an old day of base.

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<v Speaker 1>I just came, just took it out. Yeah, yeah, some

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<v Speaker 1>archival profile for doctor Reynolds. You can help me look in, right,

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<v Speaker 1>I just need to log in. I don't have access

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<v Speaker 1>to any archival stuff. Plus it wouldn't be on this computer. Ah,

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<v Speaker 1>my bad, my bad? What would it be? I mean

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<v Speaker 1>the server probably need to go through hr to Oh

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<v Speaker 1>there he is, Hi there Jack. What's the matter with you?

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<v Speaker 1>What you're wincing? Just a headache? Where the hell have

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<v Speaker 1>you been? Erin from? Max? And where is Max? Not here? Eddie?

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<v Speaker 1>Can we have a moment? I was just needing to

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<v Speaker 1>finish this get out of course? What the fund did

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<v Speaker 1>you say to him? Whoa? What? Hey? Jack? What did

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<v Speaker 1>you say to Max? You were the last one to

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<v Speaker 1>see him. Okay, Cassandra, take a pill. I know he

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<v Speaker 1>likes to have you up for a stiff drink most night,

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<v Speaker 1>so the two of you can wallow in the existential miyer.

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<v Speaker 1>But now he's fucking gone. So what did you talk about? Well?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have no clue. What what did he say

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<v Speaker 1>say anything to me about? No? Think I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what you're talking about me, You don't. Okay, Okay, calm down.

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<v Speaker 1>Look Jack, we've got the keynote tomorrow. I know, I know,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're worried about that. Max isn't coming back. What

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<v Speaker 1>do you mean? He finally responded to my texts the

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<v Speaker 1>morning said he was going to be gone indefinitely. We wait,

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<v Speaker 1>what about the Kingdom? How about his speech? We've been

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<v Speaker 1>preparing for Las Vegas for c Yes, but Max was gone, disappeared,

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<v Speaker 1>and he left without any indication of where he was

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<v Speaker 1>going when he would return. Jack. Did he happen to

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<v Speaker 1>to leave you with the speech or or or emails

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<v Speaker 1>speech or for edits or for something he didn't nothing?

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<v Speaker 1>I told you to keep an eye on him this weekend. Finish.

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<v Speaker 1>I proofed it. I proofed it. I could probably reconstruct

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<v Speaker 1>it so I can put something together. See look, Cass,

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<v Speaker 1>we've got some time. Jack. If you and I can

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<v Speaker 1>piece it together, then I I can deliver it. Okay, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>dropped by my office tomorrow. Jack. We're not done and

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<v Speaker 1>it's sorry free. That's message would have to wait. Apparently,

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't the first time Max Fooder had gone off

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<v Speaker 1>the deep end. I'm just curious, how did you do it?

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<v Speaker 1>How did you come up with shy? It was after

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<v Speaker 1>my father died. This is from December. Second became a

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<v Speaker 1>month before CS. Max had offered me a drink and

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<v Speaker 1>it became another late night session drinking indulging. It was

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<v Speaker 1>Finn who saved me. I showed up at his place

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<v Speaker 1>that summer. He was deep into some experiments. He was

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<v Speaker 1>on fire about a project he called the Reconnected Mind.

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<v Speaker 1>Fucking madman right here. But I've done it. I've been

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<v Speaker 1>looking for ways to bridge the gap between the modern

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<v Speaker 1>brain and the primal brain. This is going to change everything. Max.

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<v Speaker 1>I've never seen him like that. His eyes were glowing

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<v Speaker 1>with purpose. I've been so self absorbed for so long

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<v Speaker 1>that it was inspiring to see another like minded person

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<v Speaker 1>so focused and so passionate about an idea. Finn was

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<v Speaker 1>grounding all of that in a way, always care free,

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<v Speaker 1>too fascinated with the mechanics of the universe to worry

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<v Speaker 1>about people. He invited me out to this place in

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<v Speaker 1>the desert, and that's where I That's where I got

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<v Speaker 1>the idea of how to make it work. I had

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<v Speaker 1>a revelation human existence could be reprogrammed, not just enhanced,

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<v Speaker 1>but repaired, repaired. He said. See Max considered human beings

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<v Speaker 1>in the natural state to be broken. It caused by

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<v Speaker 1>design fools. And he told me about the buff of Shy,

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<v Speaker 1>an incredibly romantic tale about human Finne wanted to hack

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<v Speaker 1>the human brain and reprogramming the man is a legit genius.

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<v Speaker 1>But like everything else in this story, there are other sides.

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<v Speaker 1>The same question is true of all new technologies. Is

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<v Speaker 1>it more helpful or is it more hurtful? Take fire?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it more helpful? Finn and I went to the

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<v Speaker 1>rooftop of his building to rehearse for CS. Max was gone,

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<v Speaker 1>so Finn was to feel safe if Max did In return,

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<v Speaker 1>Finn was going to have to deliver the keynote. Now

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<v Speaker 1>for the first time, the entire tech world would be

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<v Speaker 1>watching everything was at stake, not already cyborgs. It's good, right,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think you need a cybl bit may why

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<v Speaker 1>not counterproductive? Finn and I did get the speech cobbled

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<v Speaker 1>together and it wasn't bad. You know. It was Fuller

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<v Speaker 1>esque or the magic and inspiration. But let's just say

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<v Speaker 1>public speaking is not finn strong suit. Like Johnny Greenwood

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<v Speaker 1>had filled in for Tom York, it would have been interesting,

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<v Speaker 1>but it wouldn't really in radiohead, Okay, I need a break.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you say we change scenery? I have to

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<v Speaker 1>say I couldn't have planned it any bell. I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to get some time we finned, but if I tried

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<v Speaker 1>to corner him, I would have been too obvious. Well

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<v Speaker 1>that I was digging, and so I could look in

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<v Speaker 1>on a narrative Fin would buy. I would have to

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<v Speaker 1>bide my time and wait. But now it's it's full

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<v Speaker 1>was coming to me, and that he was already nervous

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<v Speaker 1>made my job even easier. This place is sweet meat, right.

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<v Speaker 1>We ended up at a place called the Escape part

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<v Speaker 1>a diet of bar slash retro arcade. No smart devices permitted.

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<v Speaker 1>Apparently Finn's favorite pastime was drinking beer. And playing antique

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<v Speaker 1>arcade machines like Tempest or Cuba or Miss pac Man,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was like we had traveled a half a

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<v Speaker 1>century back in time. Finn ordered the picture of being

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<v Speaker 1>we hopped on the Gallagher machine. It was fun you first,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, man, it's been a while since I played this?

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<v Speaker 1>How long since? Never? Dude, It's easy. It's two day

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<v Speaker 1>baby stuff. Just just dodged the heavy rain of alien

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<v Speaker 1>fire and never stopped lasting copy mm hmm. So I

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<v Speaker 1>don't mean for this to be awkward, but if there

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<v Speaker 1>is anything you can tell me about the other night,

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<v Speaker 1>anything that Max said or did, even if you don't

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<v Speaker 1>know where he was going, any intel you can give

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<v Speaker 1>us about his behavior, we'll assure you. Max was talking

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<v Speaker 1>about the weekend you two came up with shot was

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<v Speaker 1>he Yeah, yeah, a lie. Max had told me about

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<v Speaker 1>how he came up with Shot high a few weeks before.

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<v Speaker 1>Or Max told me the night that he disappeared was

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<v Speaker 1>that his father had never loved him and even blamed

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<v Speaker 1>him for his this tragic death. But I wasn't interested

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<v Speaker 1>in what he needed to know. I was only interested

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<v Speaker 1>in what Fine already knew about everything about whether Shot

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<v Speaker 1>I drove my brother to suicide, or if he was

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<v Speaker 1>murdered as part of a cover up, and this was

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<v Speaker 1>my way in Okay, okay? Whoa And what did he

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<v Speaker 1>say exactly about how he came up with shot? I

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<v Speaker 1>just that he had an epiphany of some kind. You'll

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<v Speaker 1>tell me. And epiphany, huh, I guess that's one way

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<v Speaker 1>to look at it. It's another way. You're too smart

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<v Speaker 1>for stupid questions, Jack Max has always been a little unstable.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you know he was in a coma when he

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<v Speaker 1>was a kid? I met him about a year after that,

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<v Speaker 1>after he came out of the comma. He was alone,

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<v Speaker 1>no friends. Walter had two kids, Max and his twin

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<v Speaker 1>brother Ben had a parent Lee Uh. One winter, the

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<v Speaker 1>two of them were out playing a game of chicken,

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<v Speaker 1>walking out onto an ice covered lake on their property,

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<v Speaker 1>and they fell through. Only one of them lived. Max

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<v Speaker 1>suffered severe hypothermia. He was actually clinically dead for four

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<v Speaker 1>whole minutes. I mean, that'll funk anybody up. They were

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<v Speaker 1>able to resuscitate him, but he remained in a coma

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<v Speaker 1>for nearly a year, and he woke up to a

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<v Speaker 1>very different family. He was an only child, now to

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<v Speaker 1>a gaunt, pale shadow of a man who was crippled

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<v Speaker 1>by grief. Instead of dealing with it face to face,

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<v Speaker 1>Walter sent him away to a science camp, one with

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<v Speaker 1>an emphasis on robotics and AI, and that is where

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<v Speaker 1>he and I met. It's a weird, twitchy kid, didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have any friends, and I felt sorry for him, so

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I befriended him. In the years it followed,

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<v Speaker 1>we be became inseparable, your fellow geeks. You know. By

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<v Speaker 1>the fifth grade, we were rating our father's labs for

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<v Speaker 1>gear and cooking up our own bio hacks looking figure out.

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<v Speaker 1>We experimented with implants on hamsters and gerbils, like thin

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<v Speaker 1>pre adolescent Dr Frankenstein's. Well. We had high school. We

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<v Speaker 1>got into some trouble mixing smart drug stacks for college kids.

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<v Speaker 1>These are like three times more vote. It's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be more pote than anything you've ever final PayPal. And

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<v Speaker 1>when we started Next Corp, we were just eighteen years old.

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<v Speaker 1>We're babies. I mean, at first we were just developing

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<v Speaker 1>new stacks for pharmaceutical companies. But Max and I kept going,

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<v Speaker 1>kept pushing the envelope and now combining our chemistry and engineering. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>We've figured out a new way to evolve the human brain. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't until Max's father died that we invented shut eye.

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<v Speaker 1>Max was really shattered after Walt died. Should have always

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<v Speaker 1>been pretty rough between them, and they never really got better.

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<v Speaker 1>Before Walter passed. Max wasn't handling it well. So I

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<v Speaker 1>had this idea in my vast and infinite wisdom to dosion.

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<v Speaker 1>What exactly does that mean? Well, I took Max to

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<v Speaker 1>the desert and I fed him a beroic dose of

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<v Speaker 1>psychedelics that I had designed myself. Okay, look I get

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<v Speaker 1>it the reset by that's what I thought. But that

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<v Speaker 1>sort of thing is always kind of a double edged sword.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, in hindsight, it was probably really stupid, but

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<v Speaker 1>listen mcame from it was really groundbreaking. Damn it so happened. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I rented this place outside of twenty nine Palms, the

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<v Speaker 1>Kyle House it's called. This place was like an abandoned

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<v Speaker 1>shrine in the middle of the desert. Like the yard

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<v Speaker 1>when you pulled up was filled with all kinds of

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<v Speaker 1>weird ship sculptures made of found objects, old refrigerators, dolls, heads, bicycles,

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<v Speaker 1>and there were hundreds of wind chimes. Pretty dope place, right,

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<v Speaker 1>it was haunted. I think I'd prefer the Captain in

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<v Speaker 1>the woods ideas. Trust me, you could hear the chimes

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<v Speaker 1>from way out, even over the wind, which could get

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<v Speaker 1>pretty damn heavy there. I mean, the police was otherworldly.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a perfect place the trip and we did.

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<v Speaker 1>I designed this simple las LSD, highly psychoactive. We dropped

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<v Speaker 1>just before sunset, dragged a couple of lawn chairs out

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<v Speaker 1>into the waste land, so it was pretty run of

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<v Speaker 1>the middle tripping in the desert. Ship signs and wonders,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. And then Max started talking about his past

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<v Speaker 1>that I am here trap, about how life had not

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<v Speaker 1>been kind, about how the world was a cruel place

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<v Speaker 1>that had stripped everything from him peace by peace feeds

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<v Speaker 1>on the frail, and his mom, his brother, his father,

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<v Speaker 1>harve Ie endured so much pain, so much loss. What

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<v Speaker 1>am I am? I an extension. I've known Max since

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<v Speaker 1>I was a boy, and it was the only time

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<v Speaker 1>only time I've seen him cry, and he just wept.

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<v Speaker 1>And then suddenly, I don't know where, Max leaves up

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<v Speaker 1>and then he takes off into the dark, something snuff.

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<v Speaker 1>He was gone for what felt like forever, so long

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<v Speaker 1>that I finally gave up waiting and just went inside

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<v Speaker 1>and into my room, and eventually I just passed out.

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<v Speaker 1>But I hear this sound outside, like just outside the bedroom,

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<v Speaker 1>this u scratching noise. I walk out into the main

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<v Speaker 1>room and Max is on the floor. He's clutching a

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<v Speaker 1>piece of scrap metal he'd grabbed from the yard. Then

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<v Speaker 1>he's scratching it along the ground, hunched over like a madman.

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<v Speaker 1>I call his name and he turns and he's covered

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<v Speaker 1>in blood what he'd cut himself on the metal. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, maybe he hadn't noticed, but I asked him

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<v Speaker 1>if he was okay, and he just started babbling brain talk, physiology,

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<v Speaker 1>neurology with high about how the drugs were working on

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<v Speaker 1>this delta state. It's a state of consciousness in which

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<v Speaker 1>the entire cortical mantle is lit up like a goddamn

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas tree, a harmony of frequencies. Oh my god, Oh

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<v Speaker 1>my god. And then he jumped up and walked me

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<v Speaker 1>over to what he was doing. And the human mind

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<v Speaker 1>is inter's been scratching formulas under the tile at exactly

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<v Speaker 1>eight to hurt a five by five area tiles, covered

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<v Speaker 1>in algorithms, covered in blood, and that what should I christ?

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<v Speaker 1>You guys want anything else? Just the check? Thanks? Now

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<v Speaker 1>I need to ask you something strange. Okay, when you

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<v Speaker 1>last saw Max the other night, did he at any

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<v Speaker 1>point suddenly seem not Max? H he's taking shy Jill

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<v Speaker 1>has six am. This is Dr Cassandra Berkeley. Case number

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<v Speaker 1>is two one test subject Max Fuller. I'm monitoring the

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<v Speaker 1>subject after his eleventh exposure of shut eye. Subject has

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<v Speaker 1>been awake for twelve days, three hours, forty five minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>He's showing signs of fatigue and describing feelings of anxiety

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<v Speaker 1>and paranoia. Not However, the psychomotor test showed no lapses

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<v Speaker 1>of attention, no false starts, and time on task effect

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<v Speaker 1>is above the Phase two control group average. Please can later.

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<v Speaker 1>It's important to track these episodes. You made me promise

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<v Speaker 1>it off. Okay, it's off, Yes, it's off. Good not

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<v Speaker 1>just I just need to talk, okay, I need to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to you, cass cass I think I'm really I'm

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<v Speaker 1>really scared here. Who whoo woo woo hey, it's open,

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<v Speaker 1>it's okay, it's okay. I'm here, a baby, I'm here

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<v Speaker 1>I'm right here. It's just I can't remember anything that

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<v Speaker 1>happened last night. Nothing. Last thing I remember I was

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<v Speaker 1>here with you, right, I think that that was her

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<v Speaker 1>last session. Yeah, when we administer the last exposure exactly,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the next thing, I know, next thing, I know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm standing on this rooftop right and I didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>where I was or how I got there. What did

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<v Speaker 1>you do? That's what I'm telling you. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how I got there, or what I did,

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<v Speaker 1>or why I was there. I mean after I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>what did you do after that? After the roof I

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<v Speaker 1>I came here. My hands cats my hands, my hands

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<v Speaker 1>won't stop shaking. My thumbs and hurt so bad I

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<v Speaker 1>can hardly bang them. I think I've done something, done

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<v Speaker 1>something terrible. Jenn, I'll find me. A ride of a

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<v Speaker 1>car is available two blocks away. Want me to summon it.

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<v Speaker 1>Just confirmed the ride. I walk head west on Courtland Street.

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<v Speaker 1>I was distracted the whole time I sat listening to

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<v Speaker 1>Finn's story of the birth of Shy. All I could

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<v Speaker 1>think of was the message dr Abby Reynold's left smear

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<v Speaker 1>the lipstick on a play first line box, next line

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<v Speaker 1>abby at NC third line a l G, followed by

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<v Speaker 1>some other indecipherable smears. Here's your car. I remember as

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<v Speaker 1>I rolled away, my gaze fixed on my reflection in

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<v Speaker 1>the passenger window. I didn't look good. I was drifting

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<v Speaker 1>in the haze of sleep death, and my pupils were

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<v Speaker 1>like glazed doughnuts. The buildings and lights streamed by, and

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<v Speaker 1>a webbler. That's when the replay happened again, another glitch

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<v Speaker 1>in the universe. The car came to a red light,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the last traffic lights in the city, and

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<v Speaker 1>my focus shifted past my reflection to a dog alleyway

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<v Speaker 1>where I could see rats Scotland in the night. Now

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<v Speaker 1>one of them stopped and seemed to look right at me,

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<v Speaker 1>nose twitching in the light of the street lamp. Then

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<v Speaker 1>it happened again, a red light, The car stopped, and

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<v Speaker 1>the wrap the same exact rap, turned and looked at me. Jenn,

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<v Speaker 1>I play a video for me, which one the one

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<v Speaker 1>called go ahead? I'm listening. Holy shit? There is no

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<v Speaker 1>video in your archives called holy sh it. Okay, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>that's it. That's it. That's it. Jenna played the video

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<v Speaker 1>called Algernon playing Algernon similar bottoms until they're her favorite

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<v Speaker 1>tests rap. How do you know the password? The password

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<v Speaker 1>is Algernon. Back in my apartment, I logged in as

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<v Speaker 1>dr Abby Reynolds a school passwords. It was the entire archive,

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<v Speaker 1>every video, every session of every test subject from Next

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<v Speaker 1>Corps clinical trials, including my brother Michael's. But that's when

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<v Speaker 1>it happened. I wasn't alone. There was someone else in

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<v Speaker 1>my apartment. First I saw a shape, a dark figure,

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<v Speaker 1>reflected in the black corner of the monitor, and I froze,

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<v Speaker 1>my mind, reeling, who are you and what are you? Afraid?

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<v Speaker 1>To turn and look at what was standing right behind me?

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<v Speaker 1>Whoever it was, wherever it was, it was fast and strong,

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<v Speaker 1>like an animal. As I thrashed about to get us,

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<v Speaker 1>the video was still flickering on my computer screen. My

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<v Speaker 1>attack I had me, I clank, you're loose. I could

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<v Speaker 1>feel myself flushing that I knew. It was only seconds

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<v Speaker 1>before I was out, before I lost consciousness. Done. That

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<v Speaker 1>was number thirteen. Administer tomorrow Ship Come on Up Tomorrow's Monsters,

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<v Speaker 1>starring John Boyega as Jack Locke, Darren Chris as Max Fuller,

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<v Speaker 1>Marley Shelton as Cass Berkeley, Clark Gregg as Walter Fuller,

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<v Speaker 1>saw Galga as David Whosdale, Nicholas Takowski as Finn Connelly,

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<v Speaker 1>Claire Bronson as dr Abbie Reynolds, David Chen as Michael Corbin,

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<v Speaker 1>su Hila Elettar as Jenna, Victor Rivera as Eddie Bender,

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<v Speaker 1>Robert Kraalgo as Agent Batty, Steve Coulter as Senator Berkeley,

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<v Speaker 1>wrote A. Griffiths as Rainy Webb, with additional performances by

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<v Speaker 1>Helen Abel, Jason Williams, Michael Anthony, Robin Bloodworth, and Teresa Davis.

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<v Speaker 1>Our first assistant director is Michael Monty. Our second assistant

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<v Speaker 1>director is Sarah Klein. Sound and music by Ben Lovett.

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<v Speaker 1>Additional sound design and editing by Benjamin Malcolm, Justin Roboski

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<v Speaker 1>and Mike Reagan. Casting by Jessica Fox Thick Ben. Our

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<v Speaker 1>executive producers are Scott Shelton, Shelby Thomas, Alexander Williams, and

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<v Speaker 1>Matthew Frederick. Written by Dan Bush and Nicholas Takoski, Created

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<v Speaker 1>by Dan Bush and Connald Byrne, Directed by Dan Bush,

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<v Speaker 1>Produced by both Flynt, Dan Bush and John Buega. Tomorrow's

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