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xs12080100_MSG0001 |
Then...the old tales have come to pass...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0002 |
Even the Vita...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0003 |
Even the Great One's own vessel, bested by these primates...[ST:n ]It's absolutely sickening![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0004 |
The bigger they come, the harder they fail.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0005 |
We came here to ensure the survival of the human race.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0006 |
The will to live is stronger than the will to destroy, Luxaar.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0006_2 |
That is why you lost here today.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0007 |
If only...I could see Him...the Great One...one last—[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0008 |
Is it...over?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0009 |
Sure looks that way.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0010 |
Lieutenant, we did it![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0011 |
First, Dance of Victory! Then, Linly's victory feast![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0012 |
Sure Tatsu, I'm game.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0013 |
Let us dance up a storm in any port![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_JNK0010 |
Celebrate |
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xs12080100_SEL0011 |
Revel in your victory. |
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xs12080100_JNK0020 |
Inquire |
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xs12080100_SEL0021 |
Ask Elma to continue her explanation[ST:n ]from before the battle. |
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xs12080100_MSG0014 |
You all fought hard to earn this. You, Lin...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0015 |
Everyone.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0016 |
Elma forgot Tatsu! Tatsu was key player![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0017 |
Sorry Tatsu, I just assumed that was a given.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0018 |
Oh, please...it was nothing.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0019 |
Pfft, yeah, in your case, it really WAS nothing.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0020 |
Colonel, if I may?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0021 |
Before the battle, what was that you were saying?[ST:n ]About the whole truth?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0022 |
Right... Let me explain.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0023 |
Hey, come on, lighten up![ST:n ]We just finally beat the Ganglion![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0024 |
Tatsu even wants to be part of the victory feast![ST:n ]Isn't that right, Tatsu?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0025 |
W-w-wait! When Linly say \"part of the feast...\"[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0026 |
Yeah. I mean we'll all eat you, in celebration.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0027 |
No-no-no-no![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0028 |
Tatsu want nothing to do with Linly's feast! Nothing at all![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0029 |
Oh, okay. We'll just eat without you then.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0030 |
B-but...wait! No! Linly know what Tatsu means![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0031 |
I'm sure you two will work it out somehow.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0032 |
Anyway, getting back to the conversation from earlier...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0033 |
So—that big machine hanging above us...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0034 |
I've never seen one anywhere near that size,[ST:n ]but it LOOKS like a seventh-generation quantum mainframe.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0035 |
That's exactly right.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0036 |
It's by far the most technologically advanced computer[ST:n ]humanity has ever created,[ST:page p1=90 ]in terms of both speed and capacity.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0037 |
It's also the foundation for the Earthlife Colonization Project.[ST:n ]It's where all your consciousnesses have been recorded.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0038 |
What?![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0039 |
Elma... You mean...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0040 |
Yes, that's what I mean.[ST:n ]And not just everyone in New LA—[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0041 |
The essence of all 20 million humans[ST:n ]we brought with us from Earth are there.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0042 |
Including all their memories, their genetic makeup—[ST:n ]anything and everything.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0043 |
It's all been digitized and stored away in the Core,[ST:n ]right up there.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0044 |
Then...what about our bodies?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0045 |
You mean the originals all this data was sampled from?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0046 |
They were destroyed along with the Earth.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0053 |
Then...wait...you mean we're already dead?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0054 |
You could see it that way. Or you could see it differently.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0055 |
The bodies you were born with, and all the chemicals[ST:n ]and organs that created and stored your thoughts, are gone.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0056 |
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xs12080100_MSG0057 |
But your SELF has lived on as data,[ST:n ]from the moment the project scanned your minds.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0058 |
It's all been stored here as part of the long-term plan.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0059 |
Until it could be moved back into a real body.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0060 |
What real bodies?![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0061 |
I'll show you.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0062 |
Those capsules represent a sample of all[ST:n ]the genetic material that could be found on Earth.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0063 |
Exodus was always about more than just fleeing the planet.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0064 |
Ships like the White Whale were designed as arks, to carry[ST:n ]the building blocks of all life on Earth to the next world.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0065 |
Ark? You mean...as in, like, Noah's Ark?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0066 |
Yes, that's exactly what I mean.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0067 |
A last-ditch effort to save all living things,[ST:n ]that they might someday flourish again.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0068 |
This entire chamber is filled with protoplasmic fluid.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0069 |
You see how it works—it can regenerate life[ST:n ]from the genetic data stored above.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0070 |
Including humans? All of us?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0071 |
Once your bodies are cultivated,[ST:n ]your present memory can be transferred back in.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0072 |
Everything you've felt or done in your mim will be[ST:n ]carried over seamlessly, without any loss in continuity.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0073 |
You mean, we'll have our bodies back?[ST:n ]...It sounds too good to be true![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0074 |
It IS too good to be true.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0075 |
Our bodies were REAL. We were BORN in them...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0076 |
And now you just snap your fingers and BAM,[ST:n ]we get new ones?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0077 |
Is that even right?! It doesn't feel like it.[ST:n ]Are we even humans anymore?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0078 |
Transferring our memories...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0079 |
Playing musical chairs with our bodies...[ST:n ]Where do you draw the line?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0080 |
How do I know I'll be the same person I was[ST:n ]wherever I end up?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0081 |
To some extent, you won't be. But then, you never were.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0082 |
On a cellular level,[ST:n ]we all wake up as slightly different people every day.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0083 |
It's only because of the continuity of consciousness[ST:n ]that we even perceive ourselves as ourselves.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0084 |
It’s all a fragile illusion.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0085 |
And until anyone proves we all have a soul,[ST:n ]one better left to the philosophers.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0086 |
You're right to have doubts, Doug.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0087 |
This was the single biggest debate[ST:n ]among the ECP board...and rightly so.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0088 |
So then—[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0089 |
We did talk about putting actual bodies in stasis.[ST:n ]We seriously considered it.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0090 |
In fact, some of the other projects took that path...but they[ST:n ]would've been lucky if their ships were able to hold 50,000.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0091 |
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xs12080100_MSG0092 |
The Exodus arks were different.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0093 |
Enough data and materials to revive 20 million people,[ST:n ]perfectly preserved on each and every ship.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0094 |
The board weighed all the pros and cons, the ethical issues[ST:n ]and dangers of violating the natural order of things...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0095 |
But this is what they landed on. And I agreed.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0096 |
So when Lao said our flesh burned away with the Earth...[ST:n ]he wasn't just being dramatic.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0097 |
No, he must have discovered the truth.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0098 |
Which only made his pain worse.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0099 |
That the same people who passed over his family[ST:n ]were keeping this all secret.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0100 |
It's no wonder he snapped... Poor bastard.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0101 |
But even so, he never said anything.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0102 |
You know why, right?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0103 |
Because of you, Lin. He didn't want to see you lose hope.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0104 |
In the end, he led us here, right?[ST:n ]In the end, maybe he accepted it.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0105 |
I'd like to think he did.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0106 |
Maybe so.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0107 |
The ultimate hope with Project Exodus was that[ST:n ]mimeosomes could escort this system to a safe new home.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0108 |
Lay down the foundations of a new society and[ST:n ]basically \"reboot\" humanity. Continue where it left off.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0109 |
Despite everything we've been through, with the Ganglion[ST:n ]and everything else, that dream is almost a reality.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0110 |
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xs12080100_MSG0111 |
I know how you feel, Doug. And you can call it[ST:n ]whatever you like...but I need to see this through.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0112 |
I'll have to live with my decision.[ST:n ]But I GET to live with my decision.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0113 |
What about you?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0114 |
Sorry, Elma.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0115 |
This is just...a lot to take in.[ST:n ]To be honest, I still have big concerns...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0116 |
but I can see you're following the path you believed in,[ST:n ]from the choices you were given.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0117 |
So what the hell. I made it this far in a tin can—why not?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0118 |
Yeah... Me too.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0119 |
Tatsu three![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0120 |
Uh, Tatsu? This has nothing to do with you.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0121 |
What? No?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0122 |
Sorry, Tatsu a little lost, but...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0123 |
If it mean friends get to make more Hom Hom,[ST:n ]Tatsu gladly approve![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0124 |
Hom Hom? The hell is that?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs12080100_MSG0125 |
Hmm? Uh...Tatsu have no idea![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |