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J: …slaughtered two dozen of out people (mine and yours) in a matter of days. So I'll pretend you didn't write that you're "washing your hands" of the immortal murder robot you people created.

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C: First, he was created by our predecessor, the original Hammond Robotics. Or IMC, as I refer to them. Secondly, do you know how many simulacrums currently living in the Outlands have had psychotic breaks? One. This one. You knew the risks and this one crossed that line a hundred rezzes ago. Lastly, regarding the casualties: you've never had an issue with collateral damage before. Don't start now because they're Syndicate.

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J: What part of IMMORTAL MURDER ROBOT don't you get?! There has to be another way to stop this thing. And don't start on the source code. We can't access it. There are issues.

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C: What kind of issues?

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J: Let's just say the "security system" works a little too well and leave it at that. So… what? We just sit around and wait for this thing to kill us?

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C: Gosh, you're right. You really are out of options. If only there was some way to keep him busy, while also keeping an eye on him. Shame you don't know any murder competition to hide your murder robot in…

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MIDDLE SCREEN

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Jacob Young >><<Cheryl Amacci

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J: What about this other guy from the Qualifiers? Who came in second place behind McCormick? Newcastle. The rules say he's next in line.

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C: Find a loophole. I find at least three before breakfast every morning.

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J: And the Commissioner?

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C: Please. Nobody's heard from the man in a year. He could be dead, for all we know. Any other excuses?

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J: Fine. Consider it done.

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C: Congratulations, Mr. Young. Our secrets are still ours, and you get your evil in a gift-wrapped chrome and copper package.

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J: You got what you wanted. Let's drop it. Besides, I have another bone to pick with you. I want to talk about Psamathe. More specifically, OI-

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FAR RIGHT SCREEN

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Jacob Young >><<Cheryl Amacci

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J: He's a serial killer. You put him in the Games, and he's a celebrity. How's that going to look to your consumers? Doesn't sound like the "kinder, gentler" Hammond, does it?

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C: Serial killers became celebrities long before I came into the picture, Mr. Young. Besides, who has he REALLY killed? McCormick, sure. But he would have been first blood, and we both know it. As for the break-ins, the security footage is blurry at best. And you know the Outlands. Thieves. Con men. Murderers. If you're not on the Gaea or Psamathe Gaea, you're surrounded by this scum every day. Anybody could have stolen those addresses and murdered those people.

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J: You're protecting this thing?!

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C: I'm protecting us. If Revenant can't be stopped, then we have to find a way to control him. Besides, weren't you just saying how you were missing a villain? That Nox is too obsessed with science and ever since he started getting paternal with the girl, he's lost his edge?

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J: "Revenant"? We've named this thing now? (Speaking of names, its Caustic. Not Nox.)

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C: Of course it is. Either way, keeping Revenant in the games where he can kill whenever he wants is the only way to contain him. You know I'm right.

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