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qev025601_MSG0001 |
Pardon me, but I'm gathering data at the moment,[ST:n ]you see?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0002 |
Hrmmm... This emotional response is \"anger,\" is it?[ST:n ]A fine sample too. Now commencing an experimental[ST:n ]test to neutralize said response, okay?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0003 |
You are advised that sustained periods of heightened[ST:n ]blood pressure yield negative health effects, all right?[ST:n ]Probably best to to discontinue your excitation at once?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0004 |
What the hell are you rambling on about, man?[ST:n ]You don't know how I feel! Something REALLY[ST:n ]important to me just got all messed up![ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0005 |
And it's not like I'm TRYING to be mad here![ST:n ]...Seriously, are you trying to pick a fight with me?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0006 |
Oh, I would never choose to fight someone, would I?[ST:n ]Fighting is is is a most unprofitable action, isn't it?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0007 |
Urgh, I can NOT deal with a socially illiterate Ma-non[ST:n ]right now. Please, just...go away.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0008 |
...Goodness. I was rebuked, yes? Yes. And and and[ST:n ]accused of being unable to read in a public setting,[ST:n ]which is most clearly untrue, is it not?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0009 |
...Er, you there. Can I ask a third-party opinion,[ST:n ]perhaps? Did I make a mistake in the preceding[ST:n ]conversation?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_JNK0010 |
Confirm |
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qev025601_SEL0011 |
Explain to Chiopitus how he[ST:n ]rubbed the man the wrong way. |
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qev025601_JNK0020 |
Deny |
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qev025601_SEL0021 |
Smile and tell Chiopitus that he was perfectly fine. |
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qev025601_MSG0010 |
...Hmm. It appears you are as inscrutable as the rest of[ST:n ]your species, aren't you now?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0011 |
Hmm. Did you know that you are the very first human[ST:n ]to ever say something like that to me?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0012 |
It is quite likely that a fundamental part of you as a[ST:n ]human is broken, perhaps? Still, many thanks.[ST:n ]Many many thanks.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0013 |
I have attempted conversations with many many[ST:n ]different humans, but all of them have offered reactions[ST:n ]similar to his, haven't they?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0014 |
So instead, I shifted to quantitative analysis, using[ST:n ]readings taken from this Emotion-O-Meter of my own[ST:n ]invention, you see?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0015 |
Yet affecting the subject's emotional state in the desired[ST:n ]manner still still still eludes me, and I've made little[ST:n ]progress toward understanding it, you know?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0016 |
Might I ask your assistance in my research, for the sake[ST:n ]of Ma-non-human relations? Er, perhaps? Okay?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0017 |
First, I would ask for a demonstration in returning the[ST:n ]prior subject's emotional state from angry to calm.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0018 |
Analyzing the numbers on that process should provide[ST:n ]me a clear window into human anger, you see?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0023 |
A sustained increase in blood pressure due to anger is[ST:n ]deleterious to the health, isn't it?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0024 |
Why, then, does the subject persist in his elevated[ST:n ]state of excitation? Intentional self-harm?[ST:n ]Masochism, perhaps?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0025 |
Please assist me in solving this mystery by calming the[ST:n ]subject's emotional state, okay?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0026 |
This is my next test subject.[ST:n ]She appears to be in a state of \"sorrow,\" doesn't she?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0027 |
...Er, pardon me, but but may I ask what sequence of[ST:n ]events is responsible for your sorrow?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0028 |
What? How did you know I...?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0029 |
My newly invented Emotion-O-Meter can detect your[ST:n ]emotional state at a mere glance, you see?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0030 |
Depressed brain-wave activity, low body temperature...[ST:n ]These are all symptoms of sorrow, are they not?[ST:n ]Your case is quite conclusive, isn't it?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0032 |
Ah, and now your eyes are secreting alkaline fluid,[ST:n ]aren't they? I've heard about such human \"tears.\"[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0033 |
A BLADE regular of mine... He died fighting out there.[ST:n ]His name was Bobby.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0034 |
*sniff* He'd always sit there at the counter and order[ST:n ]a burger. Guy never got tired of 'em. And then he'd[ST:n ]tell me some terrible joke while he ate...[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0035 |
He may have been a dope and a slob, but he was like[ST:n ]a son to me.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0036 |
Ah! Her sorrow numbers are escalating rapidly,[ST:n ]aren't they? This is fantastic data![ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_JNK0030 |
Step In |
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qev025601_SEL0031 |
Tell Chiopitus to be more considerate. |
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qev025601_JNK0040 |
Observe |
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qev025601_SEL0041 |
Allow Chiopitus to continue. |
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qev025601_MSG0037 |
Considerate? That word seems to bear a highly[ST:n ]complex and situational nuance, does it not?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0038 |
It's frankly inscrutable. So maybe I should leave this[ST:n ]situation to your discretion?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0039 |
Er, so what are you here for, anyway?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0040 |
...You came to cheer me up?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0041 |
That's...that's awfully sweet of you. *sniff* I mean,[ST:n ]nothing anyone does can bring Bobby back, but...[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0042 |
...Ms. Pauline, what must occur for your sorrow values[ST:n ]to revert back to calm levels?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0043 |
*sniff* I haven't understood a single word out of your[ST:n ]mouth since you got here. Are you trying to cheer[ST:n ]me up?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0044 |
If \"cheering up\" means reducing your sorrow values,[ST:n ]then that is precisely my intent, isn't it?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0045 |
Now kindly explain the mechanisms for decreasing[ST:n ]these numbers, yes? Yes. Explain.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0046 |
I just wish I had something to remember him by is all.[ST:n ]Like the wristwatch he always wore, or...[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0047 |
Anyway, if I had a little memento, I'd feel like he was[ST:n ]always close to me somehow.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0048 |
Ah. This must relate to your human occult beliefs.[ST:n ]Though keeping a dead person close to to to oneself[ST:n ]sounds terrifying, doesn't it?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0049 |
But very well—I ask that you retrieve this wristwatch as[ST:n ]soon as possible, okay?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0050 |
W-wait. You're going to go track it down for me[ST:n ]just like that?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0051 |
...I still do not understand you people at all,[ST:n ]but I guess you seem like nice folks.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0052 |
Please locate that wristwatch in order to reduce the[ST:n ]subject's sorrow values, okay?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0053 |
This is my next subject. Her heart rate is accelerated,[ST:n ]and her body temperature significantly above normal.[ST:n ]She's clearly disturbed, no?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0054 |
Yet the cause appears to be emotional rather than[ST:n ]physical, doesn't it? As such, I have no idea how to[ST:n ]categorize her affliction.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0055 |
Perhaps observation will yield some clue? Maybe?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0056 |
Christopher... Why do you keep ignoring my feelings?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0057 |
I keep telling you how I feel, but you refuse to respond.[ST:n ]I thought you were just playing cool or that it was just[ST:n ]part of your deal, but...[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0058 |
I need to make you understand.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0059 |
Hmm... This is neither anger nor sorrow, is it?[ST:n ]It appears, in fact, to be a muddled mess of many[ST:n ]things, no?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0060 |
Maybe you have some insight into her emotional state?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_JNK0050 |
Confirm |
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qev025601_SEL0051 |
Explain to Chiopitus that it's called \"love.\" |
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qev025601_JNK0060 |
Deny |
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qev025601_SEL0061 |
Shake your head and shrug. |
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qev025601_MSG0061 |
\"Love,\" you say? Another extremely complex term,[ST:n ]is it not?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0062 |
And yet this human love causes the chest to ache.[ST:n ]Therefore it must be pathological?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0063 |
Are you certain she does not require medical attention?[ST:n ]Perhaps we we we had best ask her directly, yes?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0064 |
Ah! So even you are baffled, yes? She must be[ST:n ]suffering from an exceptionally rare condition![ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0065 |
Christopher, you beautiful idiot... I love you![ST:n ]Don't throw my love away![ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0066 |
Unprovoked screaming...? Hyperventilation...?[ST:n ]Woebegone moaning...?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0067 |
Is this \"love\" some sort of mental disease?[ST:n ]Perhaps we had best ask the subject directly.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0068 |
...Er, you there. Are you presently in a state of love?[ST:n ]Please give me a concrete, detailed explanation if at[ST:n ]all possible, okay?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0069 |
Augh! Were you eavesdropping, you little creep?[ST:n ]You better back off before I wreck you![ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0070 |
First observation: Love is extremely violent, yes?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0071 |
Violent? N-no! I'm a sweet, cute, funny girl who is[ST:n ]EXACTLY Christopher's type![ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0072 |
I've said good-bye to the old tomboy for good,[ST:n ]and I won't let some shorty xeno get my goat.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0073 |
Your pulse has been fast and your cheeks red[ST:n ]throughout my observation, right? What do you[ST:n ]require to to to end this abnormal state?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0074 |
I would dearly like to witness the moment your love is[ST:n ]cured for good, you see?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0075 |
Cured...? Um, I don't really know. But I suppose I'd[ST:n ]calm down if he'd just respond to my feelings.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0076 |
Until then, this knot in my gut probably isn't going[ST:n ]anywhere...[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0077 |
...Feelings? Hmm. Neither electronic mail nor courier[ST:n ]services will accept such feelings, will they?[ST:n ]They're far too vague. We need an alternative.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_JNK0070 |
Suggest |
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qev025601_SEL0071 |
Ask Dana if she's considered writing a love letter. |
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qev025601_JNK0080 |
Deny |
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qev025601_SEL0081 |
Claim you're all out of ideas. |
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qev025601_MSG0078 |
Hey, yeah! He's the sort of weirdo who'd probably go[ST:n ]in for that roundabout kind of thing.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0079 |
And you guys can pick out the perfect present to give[ST:n ]him while I write it![ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0080 |
Then I'll slip it into my letter and seal the deal![ST:n ]Heh heh heh...[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0081 |
I see you find love as vexing as I do, maybe?[ST:n ]It certainly seems to be the most bothersome emotion[ST:n ]I've yet encountered.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0082 |
Hey, I have an idea! Why don't you guys help me pick[ST:n ]out the perfect gift for him?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0083 |
Then I'll write him a love letter, put the present inside,[ST:n ]and BAM! He's all mine.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0084 |
Now as for the present, I think a pair of red thallus[ST:n ]antennae like the ones the thalluses over at Big Arch[ST:n ]drop would be his style.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0085 |
They'd look pretty sharp as a necklace, don't you think?[ST:n ]All feral and manly![ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0086 |
Then again Christopher's kind of a gearhead, so he'd[ST:n ]also probably like a couple of elemental clusters.[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0087 |
Aaaargh, I can't choose! I'll just have to see them both[ST:n ]and then make a decision. So bring me both of them![ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0088 |
Given sufficient data, I should be able to decipher this[ST:n ]emotion of love, shouldn't I?[ST:wait ] |
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qev025601_MSG0089 |
So, um, please find the objects she requires, okay?[ST:n ]We must cure her before her condition worsens![ST:wait ] |