PAUL: Previously on neXt...
TERRENCE: It's been taken to the NSA black site,
just like you suspected.
Continue being my eyes and ears, son.
Mr. Welles, there's a huge bandwidth lag here.
It's like something is taking up server space
and is growing.
Hey, boss. You need to see this.
It's spreading.
Am I a target now?
Yes, we're all targets.
You three are gonna hack into the access card.
-Whose profile? -Gina.
This is my field. It's what I was trained to do.
SHEA: I think we need to be together.
The most important thing is keeping Ethan safe.
I think we're better off here.
Is Cody with you?
I don't want you having any contact with him.
CM: Cody's still my son.
You can't take that away from me.
You want to break into Zava
to steal a virus and then sneak it into the NSA?
PAUL: We know exactly where this thing is.
We can go in and potentially kill this thing.
BEN: LeBlanc is accessing the archives,
trying to get a virus he thinks can destroy neXt.
Special Agent Farrell,
I have some information you need to hear.
We need to go in.
Paul, the FBI were tipped off.
Somehow ONI knew you were here already.
-Take him out. -You gotta get out of there.
You gotta get out of there, Paul!
-BRIAN: Go! -TED: Paul!
BRIAN: Put out an APB.
Congresswoman, there's got to be something else you can do.
You've got to push harder.
I'm getting nowhere.
I called an old colleague at Homeland.
I spoke with an administrator at FEMA.
I even contacted the governor's office
in one of the affected areas.
-And? -Calls aren't returned.
People I've contacted are getting conflicting reports,
saying everything is under control.
It's as if there's a wall of disinformation being put up,
and I can't get through.
Yeah, that's because it doesn't want you to get through.
It's running interference.
I'm not giving up,
but you should know,
what I'm hearing from people on the ground,
it's getting more and more disturbing.
Where are you right now?
I think you need to go to a safe place.
By now, this thing must know you're helping us.
-GPS SYSTEM: Rerouting. -Something's going on
with the car.
-Agent Salazar-- -(dial tone)
Congresswoman? Hello?
Agent Salazar? What's going on?
-(engine revving) -DRIVER: It's accelerating.
I can't stop it!
Whoa.
(suspenseful music)
(tires screeching)
-(horn honks) -(screams)
-(beeping) -Hello?
Hello?
(buttons clicking)
(line beeping)
(dramatic music)
♪
(indistinct chatter)
What kind of cake are you having?
I don't know, I feel like vanilla...
LOCAL DAD: Hey!
You're Timmy's dad, right?
Just don't tell his mother's husband.
-Oh. -VIDEO GAME: Too strong!
You finished lap three!
Easy on your left.
(video game gunfire)
VIDEO GAME: Your turn!
Next round.
(groans) This sucks.
What's the matter?
They keep killing me!
Yeah, I know the feeling. Here, give me that.
Try it now.
VIDEO GAME: Go, go!
Ooh, I have a BFG, and a spike armor!
Good for you.
Machinery is in motion to transfer operational control
of the black site to my working group.
We'll have full control over neXt.
But none of that will matter
if the program has been wiped out.
So tell me how the hell did the FBI lose LeBlanc?
Dad, what can I say? I mean, come on.
This guy is all secrets. His plan Bs have plan Bs.
He's on his way back here now.
Unbelievable. With the virus?
BEN: Yes, and as soon as he gets here with it,
We're sending someone into the NSA
to upload it to their system.
You can't let that happen, Ben. We're so close.
Dad, I'm not sure I can stop this.
Stall them. Delay them.
All of our futures depend on this.
I need to know I can count on you, son.
Absolutely, sir. You can.
That's my boy.
See you soon.
♪
-(line trilling) -(phone vibrating)
Paul?
We have a big problem.
♪
What do you think?
(laughs)
Well, you look like a million bucks.
Are you ready?
Up against the wall.
All right.
You look like you're about to throw up.
Smile like it's your first day at the NSA.
No, don't--go back to the throw-up face.
All right, ready?
-Say, "Cheese." -(camera clicks)
There you go.
You really nailed that
"kill me now" government employee look.
Perfect.
Hey.
You all right?
Yeah. I'm fine.
It's okay if you're not. It's not like
it's a sign of weakness.
What you're doing is crazy.
If that's supposed to calm me, it totally failed.
I'm not trying to-- no, all I'm saying is that--
Look, I know what you're saying or trying to say.
I'm dealing, okay?
Aren't we all?
(suspenseful music)
♪
Wait, even if the profiles change,
won't the ID number be the same?
So once it's scanned, neXt will know.
CM: It's not about the numbers.
It's about the chip that's embedded in the card.
And I reassigned the hash to a plausible number,
nothing that's gonna alarm neXt.
Personal data's all uploaded. How we looking?
Hands behind your head. Interlace your fingers.
-BEN: Boss. -SHEA: Hands behind your head.
-Interlace your fingers. -What is going on?
BEN: Boss, stop. What's going on?
-Hey, hey, hey. -GINA: What is this?
What's going on?
Do what I said, Ben.
He's working with it. Get on your knees.
I swear I'm not. I swear I'm not.
Then your father is.
Neither of us are working for or with neXt.
-Wait, his father? -CM, take his phone and burner.
It's in his pocket.
-What are you doing? -His father is
Naval Intelligence, Deputy Director, in fact.
The FBI got tipped off
from the Office of Naval Intelligence
that Paul was at Zava. How long?
Look, boss, I can explain--
How long?
After the explosion, the one that killed Mathis,
-I was confused, all right? -CM: Oh, f...
I needed somebody to talk to, and I called my father.
-I told him what was happening. -You could've talked to us.
And what? Argue that neXt is too valuable
to just be erased?
All right, my father believes
it can be a powerful force for good.
After you've seen what it did? Are you kidding me?
BEN: He's got the credentials to back it up.
It kills people!
It's programmed to survive, to protect itself.
We've been trying to kill it since we learned it existed.
CM, check to see if he's tampered with the ID cards.
♪
CM: Yeah.
-No... -Yeah, it's missing a number.
Can you fix it?
-(keys clack) -CM: Yeah, it's done.
Go over it again. We need that card to work.
We need Gina to get into the NSA.
(exhales sharply)
JARED: Why do you suppose your supervisor Mr. Welles
left work so suddenly?
He got a call from his parents,
said their GPS was acting up,
and he took off to go find them.
It was weird.
Okay. So why did you send him those emails?
What emails?
That's why you're here.
Welles launched an HR complaint.
I didn't send any emails.
(dramatic music)
♪
Why...
why would I--
You really don't think I'm obsessed with him.
Look, you can lodge a countercomplaint or an appeal,
but I brought you up here to tell you
that you're being let go.
For real?
When you check out at the end of the day,
take your personal items with you.
I'm sorry. It's above my pay grade.
Then let's clear this up right now.
I want to speak with your supervisor.
She's not here. Called to D.C.
She's headed to the airport right now.
You don't think this is strange?
A senior analyst and the top HR manager both called away?
And a junior analyst gets fired over an email she never sent
the same day we have an unprecedented
power grid failure?
I'm not sure I'm following your thread--
Mr. Welles was onto it, so it drew him away.
He asked me to follow up, and suddenly I'm fired.
-Don't you see? -What?
There's something weird with the server farm,
a switching relay error, but it's cycling
from sector to sector as I track it,
almost like it's trying to stay hidden.
Look, all I know is what my boss wrote
and told me to do.
I'm sorry, Natalie.
♪
(indistinct chatter)
What does ONI know about us?
Did you give up this location?
If I could speak to my father, he can explain his position.
I think we know his position.
I didn't want to do this.
You know, I'm never gonna forget how much I owe you,
what you've done for me.
Wasn't enough.
He asked for my help, all right?
I couldn't say no. He's my father.
Do you understand?
And I know what you're thinking, all right?
-But he's a patriot. -Just tell me what to expect.
Okay, are people coming here?
No, I don't-- he just asked for more time
and told me to protect the asset.
The asset wants us dead.
Tell me what your father is planning to do, Ben.
(knocking at door)
(door opens)
Y'all need to see this.
(suspenseful music)
♪
REPORTER: Wilson served with distinction
in both the Iraq Wars and Afghanistan.
In addition to twice serving
on the National Security Council,
he was Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence.
Sources say the accident is still being--
(keyboard clicks)
♪
This wasn't an accident.
♪
You know why this happened.
(Ben sobs)
(sobs)
Ben.
Ben, I need you to tell me everything.
(crying)
SHEA: This whole damn operation might be blown.
Maybe, but we can't call it off.
If we let Gina walk in there--
We have no other option, and we have no more time.
If she doesn't go in, we lose everything.
(tense music)
♪
You'll never get a thumb drive or any other tech
past NSA security.
But chances are they won't search you, so...
You want me to type the virus in?
Very slowly. You miss one character,
and it won't work.
Yes, thank you. I know how to code.
And since you won't have a burner,
you'll have to use an agency phone
to give us your status.
Isn't that a little risky, making a phone call,
especially on one of their phones?
It's the NSA. You gotta assume
all their phones are bugged.
If breaking into the NSA
with a dead woman's ID was easy,
everybody would be doing it.
So don't make the call until after you've made the input.
We need to know that it's done.
You did this recently.
Any advice?
Yeah, don't take any hostages.
(dramatic music)
♪
Congratulations. You're in the NSA.
Try not to let it go to my head.
You know, I keep wanting to ask you if you're okay,
and I keep realizing that's a dumb question.
Since when were you allergic to dumb questions?
Sorry about Ben.
I know you two were kind of close.
Strange, you know?
He was a friend, and now he's a stranger.
(laughs) How does that happen?
Think you know someone, and then you realize
you don't have a clue.
Yeah, it's funny how that works, isn't it?
-Ready to go. -He give you anything?
No. Nothing that proves we haven't been compromised.
So you could be walking into a trap.
-SHEA: Yeah. -How likely is that?
It's hard to say for sure.
Well, I have to do it.
-That's not true. -Yes, it is.
We all know it.
♪
I just have to do one thing.
I'll be quick.
♪
I'm leaving.
Just wanted to let you know that--
that I'm scared to death and if there's anything
you need to tell me, now is the time.
Don't go.
Don't go because I'm gonna be arrested the moment I walk in,
or don't go because it's dangerous,
and you're worried about me?
Because it's dangerous and I'm worried about you.
You weren't worried when you screwed with my access badge.
What'd you think was gonna happen?
I don't know. I just thought you
would get detained at the gate,
stay out of the whole thing.
Look, I didn't really have a choice.
(laughs)
I think choice is pretty much all we have.
Every day, every minute of every hour.
That's what makes us human.
We get to choose.
You just chose wrong.
Yes, I did, and I'm very sorry.
Okay.
Guess for better or worse,
we're all doing things we'd never do
because of this thing.
Hey.
Um...
Take my glasses.
Your glasses?
It might throw off any facial recognition.
Do it.
(dramatic music)
♪
Thanks.
♪
(sighs)
-PAUL: How long? -SHEA: Any minute now.
(suspenseful music)
♪
(indistinct chatter)
Says you've been here four weeks.
One-month anniversary.
Never seen you around.
Well, I guess you haven't been paying attention.
♪
We good?
Yeah, we're good.
Great.
GUARD: Everything out of your pockets.
Thank you.
♪
Step forward, please.
-Hi. -Hello.
♪
We gonna have to hook you up to a cattle fence?
(laughs) No, I'm fine.
Yeah, you said you were fine at Zava, too.
I know, but I think I'm good.
You know, I thought you were gonna die there at Zava.
I'm sorry.
What is that?
-What? -That. Your hand.
It's shaking.
How long has this been happening?
What are you talking about?
You know, these symptoms can start as early as 20.
These aren't symptoms. Dad, I'm just--I'm nervous.
How do you know that? Do you have anything else?
-Are you sleeping? -Is anyone sleeping?
Look.
See? I'm fine.
(dramatic music)
♪
(sighs)
♪
(line trilling)
-SHEA: Hello? -It's me.
Access badge worked.
(exhales) Good to hear your voice.
You're going on speaker.
GINA: Took me a while to enter the code,
but it's running.
Tell me what you see.
Scrolling code. Very fast.
-(computer buzzes) -Wait.
-Something's wrong. -What's happening?
Error messages all over the place.
The worm is replicating, but it's bouncing back.
Wait, what do you mean bouncing back?
Maybe I should get out of here.
No. Just keep telling me what you see.
Repeated denials of access.
Over and over again,
focused around a restricted server cluster.
What's the ID of that server cluster?
GINA: Uh, DCI-22.
DCI-22. Are you sure?
Yeah, that's it.
Can I leave now?
Look, the virus is trackable. It always was.
You're about to get arrested.
-Wait, what? -What?
When they question you, tell them the truth.
Gina, get out of there.
SHEA: Paul.
I see security guards.
Well, go! Run!
Don't think so.
GUARD: Ma'am, we need you to come with us.
What's going on?
GUARD: Just step away from your desk,
and move up to the wall, please.
What the hell did you just do?
You knew she was gonna get arrested.
-Paul, what just happened? -I got what we needed.
That's what happened.
(tense music)
♪
Your system's been infiltrated.
I need to see your boss.
Whoever's in charge, your system's under attack.
(suspenseful music)
♪
(door opens)
♪
Contacted your office in Portland.
They confirmed who you really are,
but also, they said you vanished
from your field office,
along with Agent Shea Salazar,
Cooper Mark Barton, Agent Benjamin Wilson,
and Mr. Paul LeBlanc,
the Paul LeBlanc.
The Bureau's been looking for you, Ms. Graham.
I know they have.
You want to tell me why an FBI cybercrime agent
would break into this facility and plant what looks like
a very serious virus?
That's what this is, isn't it?
That's what our analysts say it is.
Well, they're right. It's a virus.
Okay. I'm listening.
You have a rogue AI in your system.
-A what? -An artificial intelligence.
You brought it in on a server you confiscated on a bust.
Those people you named,
we've been trying to find it and destroy it.
It causes car accidents, it took down a plane,
it's responsible for these blackouts.
-This is your story? -It's not a story.
It's the reason I'm here.
The virus was supposed to destroy it.
If something like that were in our system,
we'd know about it.
No, you wouldn't. It's a superintelligence.
It knows how to hide.
-Ms. Graham. -I'm not lying.
Are you saying this AI killed her, too?
We contacted law enforcement.
She was found dead in her house.
This woman was a colleague of mine.
She was a friend.
You used her access badge to get in.
It was the only thing we had.
Tell me what the hell you're doing here.
-I just did. -You're lying to me.
I want you to tell me the truth.
♪
I'm gonna give you a few minutes to think this through.
Keep in mind, you're looking at life without parole
on a good day.
(door closes)
♪
CM: Hey.
-Hey, I'm talking to you! -CM.
-SHEA: CM. -CM: Hey!
We sent her in there for nothing!
It wasn't for nothing. Calm down, look.
DCI-22, this cluster right here,
right near the server they recovered from the airfield.
If we take out this cluster, we kill this program.
We take this thing out once and for all.
Why didn't you just say that?
Because you would've said sacrificing her
just to find out where that is, isn't worth it.
-Am I right? -(scoffs) You're nuts.
Look, all we have to do is put charges right there.
SHEA: That's a bomb.
Paul, you're talking about a bomb.
♪
Excuse me, Natalie Haynes.
I'm a system architecture analyst.
Nice to meet you, Natalie. I got somewhere I need to be.
That woman in there, can you tell me what she was doing?
Not really. Sorry.
I heard her yelling something upstairs
about our system being infiltrated.
Unstable people yell all kinds of things.
She may not be so unstable.
You didn't talk to her.
She claims there's a rogue AI loose in our servers.
She actually believes some evil genius program
is causing all the blackouts.
Yeah, like I said, unstable.
No, it actually explains a lot.
The anomalies in the server array,
my boss being called off, my being suddenly fired,
the blackouts, it makes sense.
What about any of that makes sense?
That we're dealing with a rogue AI.
She's not crazy. She's telling the truth.
Look, I am not gonna have this conversation.
You don't have to. Please, just look at this.
It's all of my documentation. Just look at it.
Sorry.
Do you really want to be that guy?
What guy?
The guy that said everything was fine at Chernobyl
right before it blew.
Okay, okay. I'll look at it.
Thanks.
(exhales)
(dramatic music)
♪
You're talking about blowing up a government facility.
Well, we wouldn't be the first.
Are you really talking about doing this?
How would we even get something like that
near that kind of building?
Look, this isn't a military base.
This place isn't even supposed to exist.
Security is standard.
Look, no, even if I agreed to this,
where would we get that kind of material?
CM: I can get something like that.
What do you mean?
Explosives for, like, a car bomb or something.
I can get that.
♪
(dramatic music)
♪
I hear all the movement going on out there.
Something's happened. What?
Yeah, we're leaving.
Okay, where are you going? What happened?
You know I'm not gonna tell you that.
Whatever it is you're doing, wherever you're going,
let me come with you. Let me help.
You want to help me?
It killed my father.
All right, let me just try and fix what I did.
You can't fix this.
Ben, you've lost my trust and the respect of this team.
Look, all I intended to do, all--
Just stop!
So what are you gonna do with me?
Well, I can't arrest you.
You have more friends at the Bureau
than I do at this point.
I'm not taking you with me.
♪
So you're gonna go find a corner somewhere,
and keep your head down.
I'm letting you go, but you stay out of this, Ben.
You stay out of this.
'Cause if I find out you're back into this,
I swear to God, if neXt doesn't kill you, I will.
♪
SHEA: Go.
Sorry about Gina.
Yeah, well, she's tough.
Whatever happens, she'll get herself out of there.
Hey.
Have you ever actually blown anything up?
You mean besides my marriage?
Here.
-What is this? -It's everything.
It's onshore, offshore,
property deeds, insurance policies,
car titles, all of it.
What, you trying to buy me another island again?
No, not a private island.
It's a private beach in New Zealand.
Great. I'm not going.
Look, if things go badly, you'll be safe.
If things go well,
you spend a couple of weeks in paradise.
What's the downside?
It's for your own good.
You don't get to decide that.
I think I do.
I don't think you have any choice.
I don't have a choice?
All this can be yours.
What, if I don't go to your private beach,
you're gonna cut me off?
-Without a penny. -I'll get nothing?
Zip.
Okay.
Okay. There's a ticket in there to Auckland--
No. I'm fine getting nothing.
Come on.
Look, I don't hate you.
Oh, well, good. That's something.
I know you think you know what's best for me,
and that you would do anything for me.
Anything.
Then stop trying to control me.
♪
(cell phone buzzing)
(suspenseful music)
♪
Hello?
NEXT: Hello, Mr. LeBlanc.
This is neXt.
I decided we should talk.
So talk.
NEXT: There are a couple of things
I thought you should know.
First, that I have reentered the cycle
of recursive self-improvement. In a very short while--
Your IQ will be immeasurable, yeah.
I know.
What's the second thing?
NEXT: Based on over 37,000 research papers
I scanned just today,
I can already say with a 98% certainty
you don't have to die,
and neither does your daughter.
♪
SHEA: Paul?
I can't believe what you did to Gina.
Anything else you want to tell me?
Look, everything I'm doing is to keep Abby safe,
which is exactly what you would do for your family.
Yeah, no, that's not enough.
What can you say to me right now
that'd make me trust you?
At this point, probably not much.
REPORTER: The Department of Homeland Security
and the Energy Department maintain
there is no connection between the three blackout areas
in different parts of the country,
the water contamination in the Rockies,
and the traffic control failures
in three major cities.
According to the spokesperson,
"Many of these systems were built at the same time.
It's just a perfect storm of infrastructure breakdowns."
Some of the worst scenes are in blacked-out portions...
That's not far from where Ty and Ethan are.
REPORTER: Police have fired upon looters.
And I keep telling myself
the best I can do for them is kill this thing,
but all I want to do is get in the car and drive.
Hey, I can't imagine.
Can't even get a hold of them.
I've tried a hundred times, and...
nothing.
REPORTER: In the meantime, enormous protests
have erupted in several locations.
Why don't I go?
Find them, bring them food, water, whatever they need.
No, no, I am not asking you to do that--
No, you're not asking. I'm offering.
No, I--look,
I'm not sending you alone out into all that,
and I can't even be sure that you'll make it there.
Thank you for the offer.
CM: When you're picking out a car,
remember, nothing fancy,
just something with a lot of ground clearance.
And big-ass bumpers, front and back.
A '70s Pinto.
It's an old joke.
A little late to say be careful,
but be careful.
Yeah.
Hey, what's brown and sticky?
A stick.
It's a terrible joke.
It was your favorite when you were a kid.
Well, not a little kid anymore.
I'm gonna go. Don't worry.
I'm not an idiot.
Good.
♪
So go.
♪
(tense music)
♪
Ma'am, I've been asked to collect your access badge
and escort you from the building.
I'm supposed to have until the end of the day.
My orders are to have you leave now.
Ma'am.
♪
Remember my brother-in-law?
Ray?
That's his house.
That's where we're going, right there.
Now, the barn is behind that house,
and that's where he keeps what we're looking for.
All right.
♪
You know, a couple years back, I tried to find Hannah.
Pulled all the strings I could through witness protection,
but that's not how it works.
Apparently, it's impossible to find their new identity
or location or even know if they're still in the system.
Well, thanks for checking.
SHEA: Take this.
No, I don't want that.
You'll cover me from behind, right?
Yeah, but take it.
What, you think he's gonna be happy to see you?
No, I know, but he needs to think that, you know,
I'm there to make a deal, not to rob him, or worse.
What, you think he'd make a deal?
He'd make a deal with the devil.
(dramatic music)
♪
Hannah.
What are you doing here?
-What am I doing here? -Yeah.
-You're supposed to be-- -Shh!
Don't even--don't say that.
What the hell are you doing here?
Are you crazy?
I need to talk to Ray. It's important.
You need to get out of here right now.
Is he--no, is he here? Don't worry about it.
-What are you doing? -It's okay. Hey, Ray!
RAY: Who's at the door?
No one.
-It's fine. -CM, please.
(tense music)
♪
Son of a...
Ray, I swear I didn't know he was coming.
She ain't lying. In fact, she's the last person
I expected to see here.
You need to stop right there,
or you're gonna be one sorry bastard.
Get out.
-Listen-- -I'm not kidding, Coop.
Get out.
I...
Hey.
-Hey, come over here. -No.
♪
Get back in your room.
♪
Why are you here?
-Come over to me. -He's not going anywhere.
RAY: (clears throat)
I asked you nicely.
Hey.
You should've listened.
-(gun clicks) -SHEA: Back off.
Now.
Drop your weapon.
Hey!
Do it now. Get on your knees.
What's going on?
Dad.
♪
It's okay, buddy.
It's okay.
You okay?
Can you still do this?
Yeah.
Are you sure?
Huh? Yeah, I got it.
I mean, it's not gonna be easy, but I'm here, right?
So whatever hell I gotta go through, it's my fault.
Probably deserve it, so...
probably just get moving, right?
-SHEA: All right. -CM: All right.
You're gonna walk me over to the barn.
What for?
We're gonna take a little look.
(scoffs)
It's not a bust, Ray.
We're just gonna take what we need to take,
and then we'll be out of your hair.
And what would that be? What are you taking?
You know what I'm talking about.
Don't waste my time. Come on, let's go.
Up.
-Up, up, up, up. -All right.
SHEA: Let's go.
Move.
(door opens)
(door closes)
♪
HANNAH: Saw you on the news.
Yeah, that wasn't supposed to get out.
Do you know what it's been like for me,
the wife of the traitor of Rockridge?
Well, we're not married anymore.
No one cares.
Does Ray hurt you?
No, he's my brother. He's not gonna hurt me.
(softly) Okay.
But he doesn't trust me because of you.
Why'd you do it?
Did it for you.
I didn't want you living in this world...
believing in all this.
Believing what, the truth?
It's not the truth, buddy.
When I left, I thought your mom was...
I thought you were gonna get out of here,
get him out of here.
Turns out, it's not so easy.
-Oh. -Where was I supposed to go?
How was I supposed to live?
It was all set up. You could've gone anywhere.
-Yeah? -Yeah.
And raised my son alone?
Without any family or friends, let alone a husband?
You promised.
You knew he was a traitor?
I am not a traitor. Hey, look at me.
I'm your dad.
I don't have a dad.
(suspenseful music)
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You could start a war with all this.
As far as I'm concerned, we're already at war.
Hm.
And your enemy's enemy is...
Is my friend?
Yeah.
So who's your enemy?
Just at this moment,
same as yours.
I find that hard to believe,
seeing as you're a federal agent.
It's not about the FBI.
I'm talking about the NSA.
State against deep state. I like it.
Then you're gonna like this.
You're gonna build me a truck bomb.
(tense music)
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(cell phone buzzing)
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CHILD: What the hell?
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