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[Emcee] Previously on
The Girlfriend Experience...

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You know, my daughter,
she's up in...

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[uneasy music plays]

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...up in...

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[Leanne] Now we know.

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Dad has early onset
Alzheimer's.

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Give me one reason why we
should get on that wait list.

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What's it worth,

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to potentially
give a loved one more time?

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I thought it was one thing:
protect and serve.

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Got seduced
by the window dressing.

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♪

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I know who you are now.

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[Georges] Would it
be too much to ask

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to have you for myself
for an entire 24 hours?

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♪

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I'm gonna take you
somewhere special.

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[Christophe]
Somehow, decoding their wants

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comes easy to you.

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[heavy breathing]

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[Tawny] You're not
recording them, are you?

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Tawny, I'm trying to be smart.

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When was the last time
you spoke with the V?

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♪

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[Tawny] Nothing.
I didn't do anything.

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-Tawny.
-[line clicks]

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Client privacy is
to be protected at all times.

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The V doesn't fuck around.

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You're fired.

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♪

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[tense music plays]

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♪

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[intense music plays]

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♪

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[indistinct conversation]

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♪

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[driver] Yes, sir.

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[birds chirping]

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[Iris] I don't know
if you know,

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but I was dropped by the V,

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and I don't know
what they said to you,

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if anything.

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[Iris sighs]

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It was unexpected.

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So if you have
any questions...

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♪

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[Georges] They told me.

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[both panting lightly]

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Change is always good.

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[Iris] I left my information
with your driver.

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I wanted you to have it.

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[tense music plays]

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♪

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[Georges]
Thanks for letting me know.

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♪

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[Iris] Yeah. Of course.

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[birds chirping]

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♪

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-Take care.
-Okay.

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♪

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[Georges] You know
what this is?

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A cocoon.

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[Georges] Protecting
its precious cargo.

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Mysterious and shape-shifting
like you.

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[Iris sighs]

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-Like me?
-Yes.

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The creature inside
longs to be something else.

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More.

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That sounds like you.

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Uh, ditching civilization
for 24 hours,

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coming to the middle of nowhere
with a girl you barely know

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while people
are trying to contact you

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about unmanned systems.

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Did you know that my people

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want to put relay stations
on your soil?

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You should probably
be handling that.

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[uneasy music plays]

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[Georges sighs]

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[lock beeping]

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♪

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So this is it.

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[Georges breathing heavily]

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Make yourself at home.

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Thank you.

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[soft music plays]

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♪

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[Rupert] Cassie, Georgina,

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I'm so glad you called.

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♪

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Rupie... show us.

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♪

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Let's see what's in the box.

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[Rupert] Ladies, are you ready?

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Let me guess.

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Something to make things
better?

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[Rupert clicks tongue]

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Anonymity and augmentation.

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[case beeps, clicks]

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♪

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[disquieting music plays]

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♪

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[rhythmic panting]

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Welcome, players.

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♪

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[man] Before you enter,

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we need your release
of liability.

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♪

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Any devices provided
are in beta testing.

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♪

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Anonymized data
will be collected

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for the purposes
of refining user experiences.

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[machine clicks]

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[machine beeps]

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[machine whirs, clicks]

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[machine whirring]

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♪

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And what do they measure?

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Um, they give you a percentage

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how great the sex would be
or something.

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I think it's a pheromone thing.

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So pheromones and saliva
to predict attraction?

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I guess so.

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[rhythmic panting]

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[Georges inhales deeply]

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[sighs]

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[Iris] Can I ask you
a personal question?

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Go on.

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How do you deal
with all of the misinformation

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that's out there about you?

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I divest.

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[Iris] So how do you keep
seeing the truth?

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What truth?

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Where do you see yourself
in five years?

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I don't know; somewhere
like this would be nice.

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[Georges] Off-grid?

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Yeah.

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A little house.

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Lots of land.

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A record player, maybe.

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Kids?

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[Iris] Yeah...

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though adoption
seems more noble.

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[Georges] Love?

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Yeah.

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[thunder rumbles]

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I like you. All of you.

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[soft music plays]

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♪

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[surreal music plays]

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♪

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[rhythmic panting]

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♪

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[soft moaning]

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♪

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[soft moaning]

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♪

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[moaning]

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♪

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[moaning]

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♪

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[light tense music plays]

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♪

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♪

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[birds chirping]

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Vanessa virginiensis
in the making,

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commonly known
as "painted lady,"

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before she disappears
inside her cocoon.

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What happens
to the caterpillar?

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[Georges]
That's a good question.

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The caterpillar's tissues
break down into proteins

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then reassemble.

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As they found out, some
of the caterpillar's memory

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survives across life stages,
across time.

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The butterfly will recognize
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that meant something
to the caterpillar.

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Some memories survive
even biological meltdown.

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Um, DNA turning to soup,

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that's what's happening
with my father, his brain.

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Alzheimer's?

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Yeah.

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The early-onset kind.

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It's vicious...

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...and hereditary.

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Are you scared?

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Yeah.

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[Georges]
Tomorrow is not real yet.

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The only chance we have
is this right here.

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[Iris] I know.

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[Iris sighs]

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How does the caterpillar decide
which memories will transfer?

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Maybe it doesn't.

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Maybe it's just following
instructions for survival,

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or maybe
the little worm chooses

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what's worth remembering
and what isn't.

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That's a whole lot of choosing
for a tiny worm.

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[disquieting music plays]

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♪

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[soft moaning]

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♪

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Hi.

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Hi.

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[surreal music plays]

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Blue?

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What?

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Is that your real eye color?

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♪

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Is that your real arm?

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I don't know.

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What can you see?

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♪

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[shimmering music plays]

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♪

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[soft music plays]

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♪

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[pulsating beat plays]

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♪

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[singer] ♪ Dropping in
with the rhythm ♪

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♪

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♪ I'm a wrench in the system ♪

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♪

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♪ You don't tell me
how to sing ♪

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♪

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♪ I am a new machine ♪

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♪ Leave it all on the table ♪

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♪ Give me more
than I can handle ♪

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♪

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♪ Give me more
than you think ♪

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♪ I am awakened dream ♪

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♪ Dropping in
with the rhythm ♪

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♪ I'm the brains
of the system ♪

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♪

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♪ Yeah, I'm the man
on the scene ♪

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♪ I am a new machine ♪

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♪

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♪ I am a new machine ♪

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♪

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♪ Go on and hit him
with the haymaker, lover ♪

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♪ It's the big show, honey ♪

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♪

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♪ Make them believe it
from the cheap seats, baby ♪

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♪ Put your mouth
where your money ♪

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♪

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♪ Go on and hit them
with the haymaker, lover ♪

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♪ It's the big show, honey ♪

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♪

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♪ Make them believe it
from the cheap seats, baby ♪

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♪ Put your mouth
where your money ♪

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[surreal music plays]

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♪

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[door clicks]

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[sighs]

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[soft music plays]

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♪

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[footsteps]

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[indistinct chatter]

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[elevator bell dings]

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♪

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[sighs]

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♪

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-[Iris] Hi.
-[sighs]

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[Leanne] Hi.

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Hi.

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Um...

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You know why the former
French colonies

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have right-handed traffic?

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'Cause Napoleon
was left-handed.

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Hi, Dad.

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-Can I?
-[Dad] Hello. Hi, Dad.

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[somber music plays]

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♪

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[surreal music plays]

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♪