Chief's Knife
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📖 Lexicon word for Chief: Chef
Standard issue combat knife.
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Specialized handheld transceiver.
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Barely-legible, scribbled note.
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Large-rimmed glasses.
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Get Generator Parts
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Broken Tribot
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📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: Tribot
Pipe-Pill
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📖 Lexicon word for Pipe-Pill: Tube-Pill
In association with
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Send Kins to get...?
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Send Dart to get...?
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The drone, damaged and grounded.
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Squealer Bond Increase!
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📖 Lexicon word for Squealer: Squealer
Kins and Dart's Side Story (Part 1) unlocked! Find in the Extras tab on the main menu.
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Quick-Load Unlocked!
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You can now quick-load into the decision scene and jump ahead to see the alternate ending conversations, without replaying the entire demo! Find in the Extras tab on the main menu.
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All extras in the demo have been found and unlocked!
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HEATWAVE ARRIVES IN:
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TOXOUT PILLS
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📖 Lexicon word for Toxout pill: Pilule Détox
📖 Lexicon word for Toxout: Détox
SQUEALERS
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📖 Lexicon word for Squealers: Squealers
📖 Lexicon word for Squealer: Squealer
Outskirts of Holo Point
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Abandoned Tunnel Network
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Chief, <wait=60>you there?
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📖 Lexicon word for Chief: Chef
I copy. <wait=120>What is it?
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Just checking in. <wait=120>We're here at the target.
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<wait=90>Sorry for the delay. <wait=130>Rogue was playing with the radio and <wait=60>got the antenna stuck up his nose.
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📖 Lexicon word for Rogue: Rogue
Knock it off. <wait=120>We only get one chance at this.
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Make sure that jammer's ready by the time I get there.
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<wait=15>Coda's on it now.
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<wait=25>You have the goods yet?
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Almost. <wait=45>Approachin' the drop-off point now.
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<wait=15>Say hi to Thick and Thin for me.
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No sign of 'em. <wait=120>They must be runnin' late.
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<wait=20>Helluva time for it.
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They'll be here. <wait=90>I'm gettin' the explosives now.
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Keep the line clean. <wait=120>Update me only if somethin' happens on yer end.
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<wait=20>Loud and clear, <wait=130>Bossman. <wait=130>Out.
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All right. <wait=60>Speck said there was a crate hidden somewhere around here.
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Locations you visit will contain many key objects scattered throughout the environment.
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Hovering over these objects will highlight them in one of three colors.
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Blue highlights are objects that Chief will examine further.
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📖 Lexicon word for Chief: Chef
Green highlights are characters or devices Chief will initiate dialogue with.
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📖 Lexicon word for Chief: Chef
Golden highlights indicate that the story will advance.
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Other examinables may no longer be accessible past this point, so be sure you're done exploring before proceeding.
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You can also hold down [Spacebar] to show the location of all objects currently examinable.
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Some locations will contain hidden, bonus items.
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These won't highlight or appear when holding down [Spacebar], but the cursor will change color when you hover over them.
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Finding these unlocks extra content that can be viewed in the menu.
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Don't worry! No critical items or objects can be missed, only optional content.
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Some scrap of cloth is caught in the briars.
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I recognize this type of fabric...
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Hope this means the owner ended up dead.
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Huh... <wait=60>A heartrot flower.
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📖 Lexicon word for Heartrot: Coeur-pourri
Don't see these around much.
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Good thing. <wait=120>If yer dumb enough ta eat it, <wait=60>one petal is enough ta kill a grown rat.
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<wait=20>What's the hold-up, <wait=70>Bossman?
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I said ta keep the line quiet, <wait=45>Crix.
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📖 Lexicon word for Crix: Crix
Nobody's gonna hear up there. <wait=150>Relax.
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Ya don't know that.
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<speed=SLOW>THERE'S A BIG, </speed><wait=40>MEAN <wait=30>'OL <wait=45><speed=VERYSLOW>SQUEALER </speed><wait=15>UP <wait=10>ON <wait=10>THIS <wait=60><font=italics>BARREN <wait=30>CLIFF</font>!
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📖 Lexicon word for Squealer: Squealer
<font=bold>SHUT UP!</font>
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<wait=240>See? <wait=120>If you're gonna yell that loud, <wait=120>I know it's safe.
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An' what about the Tribot facility yer <font=italics>right</font> next to?!
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📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: Tribot
<wait=10>Eh, <wait=90>too busy making <wait=45><speed=VERYSLOW>Tribot babies.</speed> <wait=160>You should hear the racket.
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📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: Tribot
<wait=105>Anyway,<wait=130> the <wait=20>kids <wait=25>are gettin' antsy. <wait=155>They want to know what's taking so long.
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They <wait=60>— and <font=italics>you</font> — <wait=60>knew this could take a while.
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Now keep a lid on it unless it's an <font=italics>emergency,</font> <wait=45>understand?!
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<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=35>so... <wait=205>did you <wait=50><font=italics>want</font> <wait=60>me to respond to—
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<font=italics>*click*</font>
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Radio tower's still kickin'. <wait=120>Only piece of junk around here that is.
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Good thing, too. <wait=120>Without it, our radios would be useless.
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There's always a risk hitchin' a ride on open signals, though. <wait=120>Never know who might be listenin' in.
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The kids like tunin' inta the music broadcasts, <wait=60>but I don't let 'em listen long. <wait=120>Always some Drumer propaganda layered in there.
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📖 Lexicon word for Drumer: Drumer
"The city that runs itself."
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Well, th' lights are still runnin'. <wait=60>The rest of Holo Point's guts were ripped out and sold for the quickest Uni ages ago.
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📖 Lexicon word for Uni: Uni
It's just scuzzers, <wait=60>drifters, <wait=60>an' old folks left livin' in this shell.
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Not sure if the radio tower just had better security, <wait=60>or the looters had the sense ta leave it be.
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Maybe they realized cuttin' it would sever their last connection ta the rest of Atlasia.
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📖 Lexicon word for Atlasia: Atlasia
Tss. Homesick saps.
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Nowadays, the Slumlords keep a watch on it. <wait=120>Too valuable ta risk some idiot screwin' things up.
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📖 Lexicon word for Slumlords: Barons des Slums
Nowadays, the Slumlords keep a watch on it. <wait=120>Too valuable ta risk some idiot screwin' things up.
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📖 Lexicon word for Slumlords: Barons des Slums
Nice view. <wait=120>Shame about the weather.
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Night's almost as bad as the day now, <wait=60>an' the heatwave's still four weeks out. <wait=120>.<wait=15>.<wait=15>.<wait=15>Only gonna get worse from here.
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Enough worryin' about the future. <wait=45>I need ta get movin'.
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Hrm... <wait=60>Don't see anythin' in there.
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Good thing, too. <wait=120>Those thorns are bigger than my claws.
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These briars grow all over the hills an' mountains.
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Figures that the only life that manages ta grow out here is sharp,<wait=60> twisted, <wait=60>an' ugly.
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It's a good vantage point here. <wait=120>Could easily see if any bots were headed this way.
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Not that it'd do me any good, though. <wait=120>Nowhere ta hide up here.
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Only way up or down this cliff.
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Not leavin' 'til I get what I came here for.
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Whikk said the moon would be bright tonight.
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Easier ta see. <wait=120>Easier ta be seen.
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Always a trade-off.
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Some of the others would love ta see this.
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Once things settle down in the colony, <wait=60>we'll all head up for some air.
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Just a buncha rocks. <wait=120>Fallen from the cliffside, no doubt.
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Can barely take a step without stubbin' my toe on one.
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That why Speck chose this for the drop-off? <wait=90>'Cause it's a pain ta move around in?
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Guh. <wait=120>Bein' here gives me a bad feelin'.
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Like any moment, <wait=60>one's gonna come crashin' down on my head.
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Wouldn't that be a way ta end it all?
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Path stops here. <wait=120>Cliff walls circle the rest of this outcropping.
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In a better place an' time, <wait=60>this could be a cozy campin' site.
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Now... <wait=60>just feels like a trap.
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S'pose you could try climbin' the cliff, <wait=60>if you were desperate enough.
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But even if ya could, <wait=60>it's miles of mountain before you'd get yer feet back on the ground.
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An' that's if ya don't get lost.
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Huh, <wait=60>now that's a suspiciously-placed rock.
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Hmm... <wait=90>Looks like it's got a lockpad.
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Ya didn't mention this, Speck...
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Guess I shouldn't be surprised, though. <wait=120>Don't want some random idiot findin' whatever's inside.
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Now that I think about it... <wait=120>Speck shoved a note in my hands an' insisted I bring it with me.
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Lemme take another look at that an' see what it says.
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You can access Chief's inventory by clicking the Inventory Icon in the bottom-left of the screen.
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📖 Lexicon word for Chief: Chef
Alternatively, you can right-click to open the inventory.
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Clicking on the items will reveal additional information about them.
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Sometimes critical clues and information are revealed when you examine an item, so be sure to check everything you find!
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No. <wait=60>That's not it.
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That note Speck gave me has ta have the code for this.
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Lemme check it again.
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The lock triggers after every four inputs, <wait=60>and Speck's note has a series of four directions listed.
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Just gotta put them in the correct order.
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The directions on the note are: <wait=60>left, <wait=60>left, <wait=60>up, <wait=60>down.
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Should be as simple as just puttin' those in, <wait=60>in that order.
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Guess that was just the first half.
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Hmm... <wait=60>Might need ta take another look at that note.
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So it's not just doin' the same code again.
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The second lock must need a different order of inputs.
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Maybe that note has somethin' ta point me in the right direction.
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Drat. <wait=60>Thought that was it.
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Instead of reversin' each individual input, <wait=60>maybe it's more about the whole sequence?
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Nope. <wait=60>That's not it.
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The note has one code on it, <wait=60>which unlocked the first lock.
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There's a second lock, <wait=60>but no second code.
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But maybe I'm thinkin' of this the wrong way. <wait=120>Maybe there is a second code written,<wait=60> an' I'm just not seein' it?
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Now that I think of it,<wait=60> the directions on the note are all underlined,<wait=60> 'cept for that final reverse symbol.
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That's probably the key ta gettin' the second code.
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Okay, <wait=30>fresh start.
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The first code written on the note was input from left ta right.
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At the end of the code is a reverse symbol.
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So... <wait=60>reverse the order I input it. From right to left, which would be... <wait=60>down, <wait=60>up, <wait=60>left, <wait=60>left.
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Enough with the games. <wait=120>Time ta get movin'.
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All right, just grab the explosives an'<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>.
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Crix, <wait=60>where are Kins and Dart? <wait=120>Are they with ya?
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📖 Lexicon word for Crix: Crix
They're still not there?
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No,<wait=20> they're not. <wait=120>An' neither are the explosives.
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What? <wait=120>What do you mean?
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I mean they're <font=italics>gone.</font><wait=45> There's nothin' here.
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You think Kins or Dart took them?
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They better have, <wait=30>or else we've got bigger problems.
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Look, I'll figure out what's goin' on. <wait=100>For now, <wait=60>pull back an' wait for my orders. <wait=120>This feels off.
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Crix? <wait=45>Did ya cop—
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📖 Lexicon word for Crix: Crix
<font=bold>What the hell?!</font>
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Crix! <wait=45>What's yer status?
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📖 Lexicon word for Crix: Crix
...Crix?!
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📖 Lexicon word for Crix: Crix
Dammit! <wait=90>Signal's dead!
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That explosion... <wait=60>it must've taken out the whole radio tower!
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We're completely cut off!
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But, how... <wait=60>How did—
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Boy, am I glad ta see yew!
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I was worried at first, <wait=60>but then I thought:<wait=60> "Kins, he's da boss! <wait=120>He knows what he's doin'!"
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Kins, <wait=120><font=italics>shut up.</font>
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Him?<wait=60> I dunno.<wait=120> Stuck in a ditch fer all I ca—
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We ain't finished, ya crud!
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Yer da one dat left me behind, idiot!
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I don't care about yer bickerin'!
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The only thing I care about is the fire currently burnin' a hole in the Slums!
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📖 Lexicon word for Slums: Slums
Oh, <wait=30>yeah. <wait=120>Dat.
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...what's dat all about?
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Start talkin'. <wait=60>Now.
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I don't have time ta bother with that!
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It's just<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=60>gone.
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Rest of the city looks fine... <wait=60>'least for now.
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Gah. <wait=60>I need answers. <wait=120>Fast.
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Completely empty. <wait=60>Somebody got here first an' took the explosives.
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Dammit! <wait=60>How'd this happen?!
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Where have ya been? <wait=60>Ya knew when ta meet here!
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I-It's not what it looks like, honest!
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Got here a while ago, Boss.
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Y-Yeah! <wait=60>We knew da plan, <wait=60>dat's why we got here extra early!
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But, <wait=45>uh, <wait=45>we got bored, <wait=60>so we decided to have a look around.
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Yeah, just around da city edge. <wait=120>An' dis, oh~h Boss yew gotta hear dis.
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So <wait=30>I bring up da Poko game last night, <wait=60>how it went, <wait=60>who won—
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Dat's what I'm talkin' about! <wait=120>Dart starts puffin' his chest out, <wait=60>when he <font=italics>knows</font> he cheated!
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Because yew don't know anythin', ya dummy!
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But I know,<wait=60> and you know I know! <wait=90>An' dat's good enough!
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Yew tell me, Boss: <wait=60>if ya got a full hand, <wait=60>tap twice, <wait=60>then pull a grommet, <wait=60>yew gotta tell yer opponent <font=italics>be<wait=45>fore</font> yew play another—
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Enough about yer stupid card game!
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O-Okay, so we got into a bit of a fight.
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Ya called my mudda a fish-kissin' half-breed.
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Dat <wait=30><font=italics>hurt.</font> <wait=120>An' before I could get in some of my own,<wait=60> he takes off without a word! <wait=120><font=italics>Coward.</font>
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I told ya, <wait=60>I saw somethin'.
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Was a rat! <wait=60>Swear on my mom!
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Yer fish-smoochin' mom's...
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Wait, <wait=30>a rat? <wait=60>Who? <wait=60>One of us?
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Wasn't sure. <wait=120>S'why I went after 'em.
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An' left me behind.
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Did ya find this "rat"?
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No. I lost 'em. <wait=120>Was goin' too deep into da city, so I came back.
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An'<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=45>here we are.
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A rat, <wait=60>out here? <wait=120>Not likely.
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But if there was... <wait=120>What does that mean?
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What do ya know about that?
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Um<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=60>'bout what?
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The huge fire burnin' the sky up, <wait=60>that's what!
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Whaddya mean, Boss?
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My patience is threadbare, Dart.
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Tonight's entire plan revolved around those explosives!
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But<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=10>. <wait=45>ya set 'em off, right?
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What are ya talkin' about?
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Crix and the others are waitin' by the depot for us right now, <wait=60>an' I've completely lost contact with 'em!
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📖 Lexicon word for Crix: Crix
Do ya realize how much danger they're in?!
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Ya picked up da bombs, right?
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We found da hidin' spot when we got here, <wait=60>but figured yew musta got here even earlier.
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Da bombs were already gone.
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What do ya mean the explosives were already gone?
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Um<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=60>dey weren't there?
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Gone. <wait=90>Vanished. <wait=120>Kaput.
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But we did find somethin' in there.
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<font=italics>I'm</font> da one dat found it. <wait=120>Dart was busy kickin' rocks.
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When I told him about it, <wait=60>he jumped me!
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Ya hid it behind yer back and started crowin' dat stupid song!
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Heh heh... <wait=90>"Brain fart, <wait=60>it's Dart, <wait=60>dat's why he ain't smart!"
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...s'just a joke, ya bully.
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So...? <wait=60>What's this thing ya found?
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Oh, <wait=45>uh... <wait=90>here.
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Ya know what it is?
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It's the detonator.
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Huh? Then<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=60>how did yew set off da bombs?
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I didn't. <wait=60>An' this<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=60>makes it even more complicated.
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Wait a sec. <wait=30>So blowin' up da tower wasn't da plan?
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No. <wait=60>It wasn't.
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An' dat's<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=60>bad?
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So<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=60>whadda we do, Boss?
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We pack it in, right?
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Y-Yeah! <wait=60>Bots're gonna be all over dis place in no time!
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We gotta get outta here!
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The plan may be off the table, <wait=60>but we're still here, <wait=60>an' there's work ta do.
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I'm headin' ta the radio tower.
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What? <wait=60>Dat's crazy!
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The detonator bein' left here, <wait=60>that mysterious rat ya saw... <wait=60>somethin' weird is happenin' tonight.
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Y-Y'sure about dis, Boss?
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We could still call it here.
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We don't tuck tail an' run, Kins.
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We improvise. <wait=90>That's what we do best.
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There's some good news in all this. <wait=120>Yer right that the bots are gonna swarm this area.
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Dat ain't good news!
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Think.<wait=60> That means they <font=italics>won't</font> be in the rest of the city.
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Their attention'll be on the tower.
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Even if dat's true, so what?
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All dat matters is da bots're gonna be here, <wait=60>an' I ain't waitin' fer 'em!
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Dart can't stop fidgetin', <wait=60>an' Kins looks ready ta bolt.
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📖 Lexicon word for Bolt: Bolt
Is it even worth it? <wait=120>Why take the risk?
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Rush home, <wait=60>hole up, <wait=60>wait it out.
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That's what's safe.
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But that won't put food on the table.
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That won't get 'em through ta next year.
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That won't do anythin' but keep 'em afraid.
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Safety won't save 'em.
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This is where it matters most.
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Kins an' Dart need an objective. <wait=120>Somethin' ta show 'em there's a light at the end of all this.
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No more hesitatin'.
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Plan tonight was ta break into the supply depot an' stock up before the heatwave hits.
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That's outta the question now, <wait=60>but we can still make this night worth somethin'.
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The colony needs three things right now.
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First up's the food.
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The colony's already runnin' low on rations.
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We'll need a lot ta survive the comin' heatwave, <wait=60>but we can make a dent in our supply issue.
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Out in the old market district, there's a bodega. <wait=120>Owner kicked it last month.
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No one will miss him. <wait=120>Had more spit than blood pumpin' through his veins.
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Only way ta calm his temper was hot juice, <wait=60>but with enough of it, <wait=60>that beak started ta loosen.
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📖 Lexicon word for Hot juice: Jus chaud
He let slip once that he kept his cellar stocked with sealed food an' precious metals.
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'Course, the place was ransacked before his body got cold. <wait=120>Those metals are long gone.
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But heavy, dusty old jars? <wait=60>Not prime pickin' for your average streetswipe. <wait=120>Least, that's what I'm bettin' on.
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Doesn't solve our food problem, <wait=60>but it'll buy us time while we prepare.
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Then there's the bedding situation.
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Couple of days ago, pipe above the second barracks burst. <wait=120>The sludge that came out...
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Ugh. <wait=60>Never seen anythin' like it.
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Lucky for us, <wait=60>most of the mothers and kids were outside. <wait=120>Even luckier, no one seems ta have gotten sick.
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But that's where our luck ran out.<wait=120> Everythin' in there had ta be tossed.
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Clothes. <wait=60>Mattresses. <wait=60>Kids' toys. <wait=60>The few scraps of furniture we had. <wait=120>All of it.
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The boys pitched in all they could, <wait=60>even givin' up their cots an' sleepin' on concrete.<wait=120> But it's not enough.
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I've got mothers tuckin' their babies under torn shirts an' magazines.
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They're puttin' on strong faces, <wait=60>but it hit somethin' deep. <wait=120>'Specially in the kids.
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They're askin' if they did somethin' wrong. <wait=120>Somethin' they did ta<wait=30>.<wait=30>.<wait=30>. <wait=45><font=italics>deserve</font> it.
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There's a landfill close by. <wait=60>Won't find anythin' fancy,<wait=60> an' it might be hard findin' anythin' salvageable at all, <wait=60>but we'll take what we can.
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An' then there's our power situation...
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Generator blew out last month. <wait=90>The internals are a wreck—almost everything needs ta be replaced.
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That generator was already antiquated fifty years ago.<wait=120> Findin' replacement parts is a tall order.
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An' it's not just that we're stumblin' in the dark now. <wait=120>The water purifier runs off that gen.
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We could have all the food an' luxury in the Dome, <wait=60>but without water, <wait=60>we don't stand a chance.
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📖 Lexicon word for The Dome: Le Dôme
We stockpiled in case of somethin' like this, <wait=60>but that resevoir is nearly empty.
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We're runnin' outta time.
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I wouldn't usually risk it, <wait=60>but...
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There's a metalworks. <wait=90>Place was around before Autarch tech was even a spark in the circuit board of the bot that dreamt it up.
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If any place is likely ta have machine parts from the right time period, it's there.
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Problem is, it's garrisoned with a small army of Tribots. <wait=120>It's one of the few things out here that the Drumers give a crap about.
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📖 Lexicon word for Drumers: Drumers
📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: Tribot
📖 Lexicon word for Drumer: Drumer
Can't live without their regular dose of iron,<wait=60> zinc, <wait=60>an' copper.
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I'd be bankin' on this explosion bein' a big enough deal that most of the Tribots will redirect this way...
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📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: Tribot
An' it's a long shot the forge will even <font=italics>have</font> the parts we need...
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But this might be our only chance ta find out.
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Those are my options,<wait=60> but I also need ta consider who I'm sendin'.
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I trust they'll get the job done, <wait=60>no matter who I pick, <wait=60>but I need ta keep in mind what their strengths are.
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Dart's a walkin' tank. <wait=90>Never seen a rat lift as much as he can, <wait=60>or take as hard a beatin' as he does.
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Wouldn't trust him ta lead anythin' more than a marathon, <wait=60>but there's no tougher Squealer.
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📖 Lexicon word for Squealer: Squealer
Kins is<wait=30>.<wait=30>.<wait=30>. <wait=60>well, <wait=45>besides bein' Kins, <wait=60>he's got a sharp eye.
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He's always payin' attention ta details,<wait=60> ta things even I don't notice.
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It's unnervin' at times.
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But more than anythin',<wait=60> it's an asset.
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Just gotta decide where ta send 'em both...
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All right, that's enough.
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Yer rats, aren'tcha?! <wait=60>So stop lookin' like wimperin' mice an' shape up!
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Ya got jobs ta do, <wait=60>and we don't have much time.
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Ya both know how tight we've been with our rations lately.
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Tell me about it... <wait=60>We ain't been eatin' good fer a while now.
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Ya always been a twig, Kins.
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I'm da model of att-<wait=30><font=italics>rat</font>-<wait=30>ctivity!
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Tonight yer gonna do somethin' about our food stock.
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Ya remember Padoo's shop? <wait=60>In the market down south.
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Ain't he da one dat tried chargin' 300 Unis fer a can of Helios?
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📖 Lexicon word for Helios: Helios
📖 Lexicon word for Unis: Unis
📖 Lexicon word for Uni: Uni
He ain't chargin' anything now that he's dead.
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Head over ta his shop an' go into the cellar. <wait=120>Should be some jars of food leftover.
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Ooh, yum! I bet he kept all sorts'a goodies down there!
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Don't get yer hopes up. <wait=90>Padoo's sense of gourmet was salted earwigs.
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What's wrong with dat?
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Dey got a good crunch!
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Yew <font=italics>would</font> think so.
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Just grab everythin' ya can find. <wait=90>We'll sort through it later.
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Ya can count on us, Boss!
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I call dibs on any ChocoLicks!
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📖 Lexicon word for ChocoLick: ChocoLèche
Sure. If ya can beat me to 'em.
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The colony needs a lotta work.
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We gotta prep for the heatwave,<wait=60> fix the generator, <wait=60>replenish our stockroom...
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...but before any of that, <wait=60>we take care of those who come first.
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Dis about da pipe leak?
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Ugh... <wait=60>Cleanin' up dat mess?
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My fur still smells like puke.
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An' dat's different from usual?
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'Sides, da boss is right! <wait=90>Dis is about da ma's an' kiddos.
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We can tough out everythin' else, <wait=60>but I'm not gonna stand by while kids are curled up on the cold floor.
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So, what's da plan? <wait=60>Ain't exactly a lotta mattresses an' stuff just lyin' around.
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I want ya both ta head for the landfill.
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I'm bettin' the automated sortin' system still works well enough ta separate fabrics from the rest of the trash.
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Ohh, boy. <wait=60>Been too long since I slept on a nice, fluffy pillow.
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Not until all da others get 'em first.
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I know dat. <wait=60>But I need my beauty sleep, too! <wait=120>'Specially with how loud yew snore.
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Uh... <wait=45>sorry.
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Grab anythin' that's salvageable. <wait=90>If yer haul is good enough, maybe there'll be some left over for ya both.
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Then we'll all be gettin' better sleep.
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Kins, ya remember that old metalworks?
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Ugh... <wait=60>Couldn't forget it if I tried. <wait=120>I ain't never goin' back there!
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<font=italics>WHAT?!</font>
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Remember what I said? <wait=90>If the bots aren't gonna be in the rest of the city, that means...
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Wishin' I was never born!
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I get what da boss is layin' down.
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Now's our chance ta break in there, yeah?
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There's nothin' in there dat's worth takin', anyway!
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That's where yer wrong.
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That place is old, an' runs on old tech.
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Tech that we need for the generator.
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O-Okay<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=60>But even if there ain't gonna be as <font=italics>many</font> bots there as usual, <wait=60>they'll still be all over da place!
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It'd be like reachin' inta a hornet nest for da honey, <wait=60>but da bees are already buzzin' all around!
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An' I don't even like honey!
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Aww, quit yer belly-achin'.
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I'll have yer back da whole time.
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That's what I'm countin' on.
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I'm not sayin' it'll be easy, <wait=60>or that ya won't be in danger. <wait=120>But this is an opportunity we can't pass up.
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Keep yer ears an' eyes sharp, <wait=60>an' look out for each other.
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C'mon, Kins! <wait=60>Since when do we back down from a challenge?
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Oh, fine! <wait=60>But yer takin' da lead!
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Kins, ya know the old fruit market?
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Market? <wait=60>Ya mean da Cataract...?
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No, <wait=45>the one by the aqueduct, <wait=60>south from here.
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Err... yeah, <wait=60>I think so.<wait=120> Dat place's been abandoned fer years, though.
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Padoo was the last tick hangin' on ta that place.
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Don't tell me yew want me ta go talk to <font=italics>him?</font><wait=120> I hate dat guy!
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Yer in luck. <wait=90>He's dead.
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Yer gonna head ta his shop an' bust inta the cellar. <wait=120>Should be some jarred food still in there.
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If the old bird's tastes were anythin' ta go by, <wait=60>expect ta find a bunch of pickled duomelon rinds.
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📖 Lexicon word for Duomelon: Duomelon
Duomelon?<wait=45> Yuck!
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📖 Lexicon word for Duomelon: Duomelon
I hate dat stuff, Boss. <wait=90>Y'sure there ain't any Crikkit Biskkits or somethin'?
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📖 Lexicon word for Crikkit Biskkits: Biscuits Crikkit
Now <font=italics>dat'd</font> be a find.
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This isn't about what ya like or don't like. <wait=120>It's about survival.
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Sure, Boss, <wait=60>I know.
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But I wanna survive with <font=italics>good</font> food...
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Kins, I need ya ta head for the Sector landfill an' get all the blankets ya can find.
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Eh? <wait=60>Blankets? <wait=60>Fer wha—
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Fer da moms and da kiddos, right?
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I'm countin' on ya ta find some good stuff for 'em.
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Ma Meren was tellin' me how bad dem and da kiddos have it...
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I'll make sure ta grab a big, <wait=45>nice, <wait=45>fluffy pillow just fer her!
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Yew can count on me, Boss. <wait=120>It's Kins to da rescue!
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Kins, I need ya ta do somethin' special.
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Just say da word, Boss!
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I need ya ta head for the old metalworks.
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<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>.
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Relax. <wait=45>The bot patrols are all gonna redirect to focus on this explosion.
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The place will basically be empty.
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Hell, <wait=60>even if they saw ya, they wouldn't give ya a second glance.
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That forge runs on the same tech as our generator, Kins.
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With all the time ya spend diggin' in that relic, <wait=60>yer tellin' me ya wouldn't know what ta find ta fix up the gen?
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This isn't a chance that comes our way often.
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I'm askin' ya ta do this 'cause I trust ya.
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Dart, ya remember that fruit market by the aqueduct?
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Yer talkin' about where old man Padoo lives? <wait=120>Yeah, 'course I know it.
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Used ta nick fossi berries from him way back. <wait=120>Coot could never catch me.
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📖 Lexicon word for Fossi berries: Baies Fossi
Then you'll remember he's got a hatch behind his counter.
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Take it down inta his cellar. <wait=120>Should be a storeroom stockpiled with jars of food.
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Grab as much as ya can carry, <wait=60>then head right back ta the colony.
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R-Really? <wait=60>When?
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Why? Is there a problem?
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Dunno. <wait=90>Never thought he'd actually<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=60>y'know, <wait=60><font=italics>go.</font>
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Sector's better off without him.
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Least he'll do some good for us in death.
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Yeah. <wait=60>Guess so.
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I'll take care of it, Boss!
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Dart, I need ya ta head ta the landfill. <wait=120>It's not too far from here.
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Da landfill? <wait=60>Why?
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We gotta do somethin' for the mothers an' kids.
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With the Tribots' focus on this explosion,<wait=60> the already-thin security at the landfill is gonna be gone entirely.
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📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: Tribot
'Least, that's what I'm bettin' on.
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Heh. <wait=60>Wouldn't matter if da bots was there.<wait=120> I'd handle 'em!
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Just focus on gettin' whatever'll help back at the colony.
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I don't want ya takin' unnecessary risks.
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S'only a risk for da bots!
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We don't have the luxury of riskin' anythin'. <wait=120>Not after tonight.
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It's not just about the beddin' for the others. <wait=120>It's about you.
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Dart, Crix an' the others are somewhere right next ta dozens of rabid Tribots.
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📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: Tribot
📖 Lexicon word for Crix: Crix
One wrong move, an' they're <font=italics>dead.</font>
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Now, I trust they know what ta do, <wait=60>an' that they'll make it back safe.
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But I need ta know if I can trust you ta do the same.
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An' bring back lotsa stuff!
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Dart, yer headed for the old metalworks.
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Dat place barely even runs anymore.
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But it's important enough ta have a Tribot garrison stationed around it.
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📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: Tribot
Most of the time, that is.
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Where there's smoke, <wait=60>there's bots. <wait=120>An' explosion <font=italics>this</font> big? <wait=120>Bots from miles around will be headed here.
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It'll still be dangerous, <wait=60>but that's why I'm sendin' you.
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If a bot does cross yer path, <wait=60>it ain't gonna be a bot much longer.
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But, whaddya want from da place?
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Parts. <wait=60>The colony's generator runs on the same stuff as the machinery there.
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But<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=60>I dunno what parts da gen needs.
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Just find somethin' that looks like the generator and rip its guts out.<wait=120> There'll be somethin' in there that we need.
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Wish we had more time ta plan,<wait=60> but we gotta face the battlefield we're given.
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Got it. <wait=60>I'll do my best, Boss!
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You've got yer orders.
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We'll meet back at the colony by 0200.
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Yew can count on us, Boss!<wait=90> We're all eyes <wait=30>an' all ears!
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Ya can only be all of one thing, Kins.
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Hey<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=45>. <wait=20>Boss?
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What about da others? <wait=120>Ya think...
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They're smart. <wait=90>They'll know somethin' went wrong,<wait=60> an' head for home.
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<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=45>.
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They'll be fine, Dart. <wait=120>Keep yer focus on what's in front of ya.
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We fight ta the end.
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Ta reclaim our due.
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Yeah. <wait=60>I know, Boss.
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All right. <wait=60>Time ta get movin'.
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To open the navigation map, click the Exit Icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
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The map will provide a general overview of the area, with all accessible locations marked on the map.
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Chief's current location will be colored blue.
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📖 Lexicon word for Chief: Chef
Golden diamonds indicate locations you can travel to.
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If a diamond is grayed-out, the area cannot be accessed at that time.
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There's nothin' left ta do here. <wait=120>I've gotta get movin'!
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If I run, I can get there before the Tribots. <wait=30>No time ta waste!
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📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: Tribot
It's a steep way down, <wait=20>but I don't have time ta be careful!
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That fire's about ta singe my fur off!
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I'm not gettin' any closer than this.
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Need ta make it quick. <wait=60>Might've gotten here fast, <wait=60>but the bots'll be around any minute.
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There's gotta be somethin' here that'll help me understand what happened...
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Huh... <wait=60>now that's somethin'.
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Don't see a busted Tribot every day. <wait=120>Not without a couple bodies nearby.
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📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: Tribot
...hang on, <wait=60>there's somethin' jammed in this Tribot's viewscreen.
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📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: Tribot
<wait=60>.<wait=60>.<wait=60>.
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No luck. <wait=90>Stuck in there tight, whatever it is.
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Bot's still warm. <wait=90>This was recent.
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Used spice straws, <wait=60>busted nutrient packs, <wait=60>an' some sorta fungus growin'.
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Guh. <wait=90>It's all mushed together ta make the world's foulest smellin' glue.
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I'm not touchin' that. <wait=60>Roaches love it, though.
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Guess that answers where the explosives went.
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Five kilos of xytiphate, <wait=60>an' poof, <wait=60>a whole tower is gone.
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📖 Lexicon word for Xytiphate: Xytiphate
I'd be impressed at the show if it didn't screw everythin' up.
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Why would someone target the tower...?
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An' how'd they even know about the explosives ta begin with...?
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A broken down hoverbike. <wait=90>Trashed an' ransacked.
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📖 Lexicon word for Hoverbike: Hoverbike
...looks like a Vecta.
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I remember when this model first came out. <wait==120>Everybody wanted it. <wait=90>Even had my eye on one.
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Couldn't get over the anti-grav, though. <wait=120>I need somethin' solid connectin' me ta the ground.
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Doesn't look like this had anythin' ta do with the explosion, though.
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Doesn't look like anybody's come out ta see the show.
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Imagine them runnin' out, <wait=60>seein' the tower on fire, <wait=60>an' a rat standin' right here?
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Would really help the Squealers' public image, I'm sure.
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📖 Lexicon word for Squealers: Squealers
📖 Lexicon word for Squealer: Squealer
Construction for Holo Point stopped decades ago.
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Fundin' dried, <wait=45>people died. <wait=120>S'how it always goes.
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Scaffolding like this is all throughout the city, <wait=60>stickin' out like bones that never got skin put over 'em.
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An' whatever meat this corpse of a city had left was torn out by scavengers.
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"Caution, <wait=45>slow for pedestrians."
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Suppose this coulda been used ta send somethin' in or out...
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But no. <wait=60>Pipe-Pill's been busted for years.
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📖 Lexicon word for Pipe-Pill: Tube-Pill
These aren't even stocked up with anythin', <wait=60>an' everyone needs 'em for Toxouts.
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📖 Lexicon word for Toxout: Détox
Destroyin' it just makes life harder for us all.
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Streets are full of cracks an' potholes, <wait=60>some deep enough ta reach yer knees.
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They're all filled with trash and dirt, though. <wait=120>Not gonna waste time diggin' around in 'em.
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If somethin' was dropped, <wait=60>or some clue was left behind, <wait=60>it'd be somewhere on the surface.
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Tss. <wait=45>That sign for Smuckey's sticks out like a neon gravestone.
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"Drum up an appetite and Slum around with us!"
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What were they thinkin' with a dumb slogan like that?
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I'll give that wolf an' bunny this much: <wait=90>they tried ta make somethin' work in this dump.
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Doomed ta fail, though. <wait=60>They ended up twitched out on spice with the other straw suckers.
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You can find a bunch of 'em there, writhin' on the linoleum an' prayin' it cools 'em down from the heat rush.
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...they couldn't have been involved with this, right?
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Can't even walk straight. <wait=90>Riggin' up xytiphate ta explode?<wait=90> Outta the question.
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📖 Lexicon word for Xytiphate: Xytiphate
Somebody <font=italics>knew</font> what they were doin' here.
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Bulb's been blown out.
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From the force of the explosion...?
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No. <wait=45>The other lights seem fine.
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Must be the fault of this Tribot, then.
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📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: Tribot
But what sent it crashin' inta the pole?
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Huh? <wait=45>Somethin's flashin' over there.
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<speed=SLOW>A pair of glasses?</speed>
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Hard ta come by these here. <wait=90>Who would just drop 'em?
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Unless<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=45>.
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...ah, hell. <wait=90>Kid, please tell me ya didn't<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=45>.
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Somethin' shiny on the streets over there.
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Worth checkin' out.
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All right,<wait=30> time's up. <wait=60>I need ta move outta this area.
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Any second, some <font=italics>real</font> heat's gonna get on my tail.
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But<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=60>those glasses...
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<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>.
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Can't head back ta the colony. <wait=90>Not until I know for sure.
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Need ta head deeper inta the city.
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It's probably nothin', <wait=45>but if there's <font=italics>any</font> chance that my hunch is right...
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Well<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=60>it better not be.
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Can't stay in this spot any longer. <wait=60>Gotta move.
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<font=bold>URK—!</font>
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<speed=SLOW>What... </speed><wait=45>what just hit me?!
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Citizen, you are being detained on suspicion of arson.
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Bot musta snuck behind me! <wait=60>How'd I miss that?!
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Scanning<wait=60>.<wait=60>.<wait=60>.
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It's... <wait=60>it's got me pinned under its treads! <wait=120>I can't move!
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DNA processed. <wait=60>Record retrieved.
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Fugitive AZ-04, <wait=60>you are in violation of the Banishment Act of 3026.
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Get. <wait=90>Off. <wait=90>Me!
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Chassis damaged. <wait=60>Adjusting detainment procedure.
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Huf... <wait=20>Huf... <wait=30>I need ta get outta here before any more—
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Ghh—! <wait=60>Got a drone for back-up an' everythin'...
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Cease your attempts to flee. <wait=60>It is a poor use of your remaining time.
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This is bad. <wait=60>I'm caught between 'em both.
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I could take on one of 'em by myself, but two...?
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Fugitive AZ-04, <wait=60>you are wanted for the crimes of treason,<wait=60> insurrection, <wait=60>and murder.
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Update. <wait=75>Arson has been added to your charges.
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There's nowhere ta run!
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<wait=60>.<wait=60>.<wait=60>.
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<wait=60>.<wait=60>.<wait=60>.
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<wait=60>.<wait=60>.<wait=60>.
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Only one way outta this.
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Hell yeah, I'm the Squealer yer lookin' for!
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📖 Lexicon word for Squealer: Squealer
Stand by for extermination.
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Let's dance, <wait=30>tinhead! <wait=90>Let me show ya what a rat can do when he's cornered!
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<speed=VERYSLOW>Graaaaah!</speed>
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The drone's got my leg in a cuffshot!
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Need ta cut myself free before—
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I'll chew through this cable, if I hafta!
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Carrying out sentence.
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W-Warning. Additional th-threat detected.
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Memory leak in data c-c-core.
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<speed=SLOW>Cr-critical damag-g-g-e—</speed>
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<speed=SLOW>—to main circu-uit.</speed>
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<speed=VERYSLOW>Sy<wait=10>stems...</speed>
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<speed=VERYSLOW>fa<wait=5>ilin-ng</speed>
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ggrrrppasiojpl;nbtrsjn
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<speed=SLOW>7Grm0005hhvvf89mmrvor)&&@1</speed>
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<speed=SLOW>MMh00.322.110</speed>
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Oh, who cares?! <font=italics>Do something!</font>
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Let's get ta know each other!
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<font=italics>H<wait=30>R<wait=30>R<wait=30>-<wait=45>GYAH!</font>
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*huf* <wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=60>*huf* <wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=60>*huf* <wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>.
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Don't<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>.
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...you <font=italics>ever</font> touch me.
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<wait=120>...where the hell is my knife?
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Can't drag this piece of junk behind me.
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Feh... <wait=45>Good riddance.
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What... <wait=30>happened? <wait=90>One moment, the Tribot's standin' over me, then the next<wait=30>.<wait=30>.<wait=30>.
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📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: Tribot
The Tribot<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=60>there's something stickin' outta its head.
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📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: Tribot
Hrrggg<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>.
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It's some sorta<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=45>arrow?
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I'll need that back.
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Who... <wait=60>who said—?
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Who<wait=60>.<wait=60>.<wait=60>.
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Who the hell are you?
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Get up. <wait=60>More will be here soon.
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<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>.
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Take one more step, <wait=45>and you'll be eatin' outta those tubes.
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<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>.
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I see you dropped this.
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Ya think I need that ta tear you ap—
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Cut yourself free. <wait=60>There's no time.
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*ss* <wait=45>*ss* <wait=45>*snk*
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...what's yer game?
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I'm a little tied up, <wait=45>if ya can't tell.
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<wait=60>.<wait=60>.<wait=60>.
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Whoa! <wait=30>Watch where—
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*ss* <wait=45>*ss* <wait=45>*snk*
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There. <wait=60>You're free.
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...what, that's it?
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Look, I don't know who ya are, <wait=60>or what yer deal is, <wait=60>but tonight's been one FUBAR after another. <wait=120>Yer just the freakshow cherry on top of it all.
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I want some answers.
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You're looking for a rat, aren't you?
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Follow me, <wait=45>and keep your questions.
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Thanks for the assist, <wait=45><font=italics>pal,</font> <wait=60>but if ya think I'm gonna trust y—
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You're free to stay.
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<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=75>fine.
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So what's yer deal? <wait=60>You with Locke's gang? <wait=90>Army-of-one type?
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Quite the kit ta be hangin' around these parts.
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Quiet. <wait=45>The patrols are everywhere.
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This ain't my first tango. <wait=60>I know my way around bots.
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<wait=60>.<wait=60>.<wait=60>.
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Fine. <wait=60>At least tell me where yer takin' me.
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This catwalk's a dead-end. <wait=60>Is this a joke?
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Down there.<wait=60> By the crates.
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What did ya do ta her?!
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You're lucky. <wait=90>Tribots aren't normally so forgiving.
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📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: Tribot
She was only shot with a sedative.
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Go on. <wait=60>Check her pulse.
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<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=45>.
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Give her a day. <wait=60>She'll come around.
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<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>.
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The next time,<wait=45> she may not be so fortunate.
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Take better care of your toy soldiers<wait=30>.<wait=30>.<wait=30>. <wait=120><font=italics>Chief.</font>
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📖 Lexicon word for Chief: Chef
We're not done here! <wait=60>Ya owe me answers!
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...dammit! <wait=60>He's gone!
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Kid... <wait=45>what're ya doin' out here? <wait=90>How'd ya get caught up in all this?
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Who was that freak?
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Hell, <wait=30>what even happened tonight?!
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<wait=60>.<wait=60>.<wait=60>.
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Questions for later.
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C'mon, up on my back.
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We've got a long walk home.
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Huf... <wait=60>huf...
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Finally<wait=60>.<wait=60>.<wait=60>.
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Took a couple hours,<wait=45> an' too many close calls, <wait=45>but look sharp, kid<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>.
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<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=45>.
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She's still out cold.
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Tribots did a number on ya, <wait=30>huh?
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📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: Tribot
Yer lucky. <wait=45>Got ta sleep through the whole thing without a care in the world.
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<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=45>.let's get ya ta bed, sprite. <wait=90>Wake up soon, y'hear?
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Chief?
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📖 Lexicon word for Chief: Chef
It's past yer bed time, old man. <wait=90>Whatcha doin' out here?
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It's Fennel. <wait=45>No one's seen her. <wait=90>I've looked everywhere, but—
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Oh, <wait=30><font=italics>there</font> you are! <wait=60>And where did you run off to? <wait=90>Why didn't you—
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Oh, mother's loam<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=45>. what happened?
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Relax. <wait=45>She's fine.
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Just got a nip of some snooze juice, <wait=60>courtesy of our government friends.
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Sweet child... <wait=90>How did this happen?
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No clue. <wait=60>None of the kids were even supposed ta know about tonight.
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The omens were thick tonight, <wait=60>but from that look on your face<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=45>. <wait=90>it's worse than I expected.
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There'll be time for that later. <wait=60>Are any of the others back?
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No.<wait=45> You're the first person to return.
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And the radio stopped working hours ago. <wait=75>We haven't been able to pick up any frequency at all.
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Merengue, <wait=30>ever the planner, <wait=30>already has a search team prepped to send at daybreak.
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I came to take vigil, <wait=30>until you all returned.
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Thanks,<wait=20> old man.
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Ya mind helpin' this one ta her bed for me?
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Of course. <wait=45>The others will be overjoyed to see you both.
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Don't wake 'em on my behalf.
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Chief!
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Yeah. <wait=20>Kid's had a rough night.
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She's just sleepin', don't worry.
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Wow. <wait=45>You're throwing 'em onto the battlefield before they're even off the pacifier?
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Nah, <wait=30>I get it. <wait=60>Desperate Chief's call for desperate times.
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📖 Lexicon word for Chief: Chef
This wasn't the plan. <wait=60>You'd know that if you'd helped tonight.
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Yeah? <wait=45>'Cause it's looking like staying here was the right call.
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Ah, this little one is getting heavier every day!
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Lye, <wait=30>would you mind carrying her?<wait=60> She needs to be tucked in.
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What?<wait=45> Why me?
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Because you're young, <wait=60>you're strong, <wait=75>and you got nothing better to do.
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Go ahead and find your sister while you're at it.
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You're watching her tonight while I take care of Marsh.
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Ghh<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. whatever. <wait=60>Let's get this over with.
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So. <wait=60>Give it to me straight.
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Right to it, huh? <wait=45>Not even a moment's rest?
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That's not how you work.
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Nah. <wait=45>Guess not.
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<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=45>things went bad. <wait=60>Real bad.
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That explain why our radio's gone dead?
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Well, <wait=30>for once, <wait=30>that's not just our problem, but the whole Sector's, too.
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Radio tower's gone. <wait=60>Blown up.
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Told ya. <wait=30>Things went bad. <wait=60>An' don't ask me why.
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I don't know who got the explosives, <wait=30>how they knew, <wait=30>an' why they'd use 'em on the tower.
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I don't know what Fennel was doin' out there tonight.
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I don't know how we're gonna get the supplies we need ta survive the heatwave.
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I'm still figurin' it all out.
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But I will. <wait=45>We'll make it through this.
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Where are the others?
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Kins an' Dart shouldn't be far behind me.
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Crix an' the rest...
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📖 Lexicon word for Crix: Crix
<wait=60>.<wait=60>.<wait=60>.
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They know to hole up when they get cut off.
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Whikk told me ya put together a search party. <wait=90>Tell 'em ta stand by.
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Too many Tribots out there, <wait=60>an' we wouldn't be able ta find 'em anyway.
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📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: Tribot
I'll let them know.
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I just want 'em back safe. <wait=90>All of 'em.
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Whatever comes, <wait=30>we can handle it if we're together.
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So<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=45>what's next?
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First, <wait=45>I'm gonna get some sleep before this table starts lookin' like a bed.
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...can I count on ya ta keep things smooth with the den mothers?
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We all had our hopes on this plan, <wait=60>an' I don't need a panic makin' things worse.
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What should I tell them?
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That I've got a plan, <wait=45>it's just gonna take a bit more time.
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Sure. <wait=45>I'll figure out what it is tomorrow.
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Wait, <wait=30>where is—
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Toldja da boss would beat us back. <wait=60>Ya owe me five Unis, Kins.
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📖 Lexicon word for Unis: Unis
📖 Lexicon word for Uni: Uni
Nuh-uh. <wait=45>We didn't shake on it.
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<font=bold>W-<wait=45>What?!</font>
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Yeah, <wait=30>we did!
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Not da secret <wait=30><speed=VERYSLOW><font=italics><col=BLUE>for realsies</font></col></speed> shake.
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Yer both back. <wait=45>That's what matters.
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We left it outside.
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We'll go grab what we got, Boss!
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What are they talking about?
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Figured the night shouldn't be a total waste.
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Where did you find all of this?
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You was right, Boss! <wait=60>Dat cellar had shelves full'a jars, <wait=60>an' we grabbed every one!
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Pickled duomelon rinds.
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📖 Lexicon word for Duomelon: Duomelon
Yeah, <wait=20>yeah, <wait=20>we got da gross food.
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But look what else we found!
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What all da jars are in! <wait=45>Look!
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A <speed=SLOW><font=italics>wheelbarrow!</font></speed>
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A <speed=VERYSLOW><font=italics>wheeeeelbarrow!</font></speed>
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Yer not gettin' da picture. <wait=45>Dat's okay, neither did I at first.
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S'just a rusty piece'a junk, right? <wait=60>But then I heard a voice in my head.
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An' I says ta myself:
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"Kins, <wait=30>ya know whatcha found?"
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"No!" <wait=45>I says. <wait=60>"I don't!"
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"Ya found paradise."
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"Boy, I sure did! <wait=45>Thanks, me!"
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An' dat's how Kins saved da day.
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What he means is dat he got a free ride. <wait=90>Made me wheel da goods back while he sat inside.
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I told ya, <wait=30>I was cushionin' da jars! <wait=75>An dat's beside da point.
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See, <wait=20>I'm gonna turn dis thing inta a ride fer da kiddos!
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Slap a clamp on dis baby, <wait=30>stick it on da railway, <wait=30>an' voosh! <wait=90>Off dey go!
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I'll be king'a da kids fer months!
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Yer not puttin' any of the kids in one of yer contraptions.
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W-What? <wait=30>But—
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But this is a good haul ya brought.<wait=60> I'm proud.
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Heh. <wait=30>Toldja ya could count on us, Boss!
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...an' all I got was stupid duomelons...
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📖 Lexicon word for Duomelon: Duomelon
Coats, <wait=30>blankets, <wait=30>pillows... <wait=90>Where did you find all of this?
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Boss suggested da landfill, <wait=60>an' he was right!
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Was a fresh pile, <wait=30>not rained on or nothin'. <wait=90>Probably got dumped in da last week!
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Should be just enough for da mudda's den.
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I'm da one dat spotted 'em first!
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That's why I sent ya both.
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We needed this. <wait=30>Thank you.
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You two really came through.
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Heh! <wait=60>Anythin' fer da moms an' kiddos!
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Uhh, <wait=30>but dat one is mine, <wait=30>Ma Meren.
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Oh, let him have it, Chief. <wait=90>He's earned it, <wait=20>right?
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📖 Lexicon word for Chief: Chef
But I hear one complaint from the others, <wait=60>an' ya give it up.
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What about you, Dart? <wait=90>You deserve something too.
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Havin' some cushy pillow'd just make me soft.
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Then at least take a blanket. <wait=90>As a gift.
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Or are you too tough for that, too?
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...ahhh, all right.
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One brand new, vintage alternator!
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What? <wait=75>Let me see...
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It's not in bad shape at all.
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This is an incredible find, you two.
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Where did you get this?
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At da old metalworks.
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That place is a death trap. <wait=75>How did...
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One of the few good things from tonight.
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With the bots distracted by the tower goin' up, <wait=60>it gave us an openin'.
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An' it's a good thing we got dis...
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Cause I ain't never goin' back there.
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There were bots! <wait=60>Like... <wait=30>dozens of 'em!
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That we <font=italics>saw.</font> <wait=60>Yew dunno how many were in da shadows, <wait=45><font=italics>waitin'.</font>
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One of 'em showed up just as we finished unscrewin' dat thing.
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Sounded da alarm, <wait=45>then took a shot.
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At <font=italics>me!</font>
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An' it gave me da openin' ta bust its head in.
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Meh... <wait=30>Don't like bein' da stooge.
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You're da one dat found da alternator.
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Oh yeah! <wait=30>Yer right!
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Then what happened?
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We beat it before any of da others showed up.
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Sorry we wasn't able ta look for more parts, Boss.
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It's all right. <wait=45>Findin' an alternator alone makes this a success.
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Yeah. <wait=30>Especially 'cause dis was da only thing there.
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Da <font=italics>only</font> thing.
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I found da food yew asked fer, Boss!
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All those cloudy, <wait=30>dusty jars. <wait=60>Full'a duomelons.
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📖 Lexicon word for Duomelon: Duomelon
How many did ya manage?
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Well, <wait=30>there was only about twenty, <wait=60>an' some of 'em were already cracked.
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But I got all da good ones! <wait=75>Stuffed 'em down my pocket, <wait=60>in my coat, <wait=60>an' down my pants!
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I don't wanna hear about yer...
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Forget it. <wait=45>What matters is ya got 'em all here.
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I mighta dropped a couple.
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J-Just a few, Boss!<wait=75> It wasn't dat much!
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Ya break da one in yer pants, too?
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Nope! <wait=30>Nestled safely all da way here!
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Kins. <wait=60>Shut up.
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Sh-Shuttin' up, Boss.
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Look, Boss! <wait=45>I hit da muddaload!
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There's gotta be enough blankets an' stuff in here ta fix up da Ma's Den like new!
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This is<wait=30>.<wait=30>.<wait=30>.<wait=30> Well, it won't solve everythin',<wait=60> but I'm impressed, Kins.
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Oh, <wait=45>oh! <wait=60> An' I almost forgot!
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<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=45>.
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<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=45>.
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<font=italics>Ta-da~!</font>
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It's fer yew, Ma Meren!
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Oh. <wait=90>Um, <wait=30>thank you.
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And this is for<wait=30>.<wait=30>.<wait=30>.<wait=30>?
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Well, <wait=30>I was thinkin', <wait=45>with all dat yew do around here, <wait=75>yew deserve somethin' special ta lay yer head on after a hard day's work!
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So I found yew dis big pillow!
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This is a couch cushion.
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I <font=italics>know.</font>
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<wait=90>Thank you, sweetie.
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I see ya kept yer tail, Kins. <wait=75>Wasn't so bad after all, eh?
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Bad? <wait=60>It was <font=italics>terrible!</font>
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My poor ears... <wait=45>ya shoulda heard dat place!<wait=75>It's like if ya stuffed a bucket full'a forks an' knives an' shook da devil outta it!
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<font=bold>KSHHHH</font>
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<font=bold>TCIKITIT</font>
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<font=bold>GREEAARRR</font>
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<font=bold>CRRSHHHHHHHTTTT!</font>
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Wasn't as empty as ya thought, Boss. <wait=90>There were still some bots scopin' da place out.
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But, you <font=italics>were</font> right about da machines! <wait=90>Same sorta stuff like what we got!
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I mean, most of it ain't generator stuff. <wait=90>Furnaces, <wait=45>cutters, <wait=45>a big shaky thing...
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Ta-da! Found dis in a crusher!
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A catalytic converter?
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Uh... <wait=60>yeah!
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Hmm... <wait=45>Seems to be in good shape.
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How'd yer job go, Dart?
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Couldn'ta gone better!
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Found da cellar door right where ya said it was, Boss.
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Managed ta bring back a whole cartload'a those jars.
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What's in 'em, anyway?
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Pickled duomelon rinds.
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📖 Lexicon word for Duomelon: Duomelon
Those are da worst!
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Of course yew do, dummy! <wait=75>Yew'd like anythin'!
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Ma used to say rinds was what made your fur grow long!
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Oh yeah? <wait=30>What else'd she say? <wait=60>Rocks is good brain food?
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Boys, <wait=30>relax.
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If it bothers you that much, <wait=30>you'll have to stick with the ration bars, Kins.
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Suppose I could give 'em a <font=italics>try.</font>
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Good work out there, Dart.
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Heh. <wait=45>Thanks, Boss.
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How'd things go at the landfill, Dart?
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Ya didn't mention how <font=italics>big</font> dat place were, Boss.
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Did ya run inta any trouble? <wait=45>Bots?
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Just took a while ta find stuff ta bring back.
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Least, what I thought were good.
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These are excellent, <wait=30>Dart.
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You've made some kids and their mothers really happy tonight.
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Well, uh<wait=30>.<wait=30>.<wait=30>.<wait=45> tell 'em thanks for me.
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Yew say "yer welcome" when someone thanks yew,<wait=60> not "thanks" back.
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Is that<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>. <wait=30>a burn on your shoulder?
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Huh<wait=30>.<wait=30>.<wait=30>.? <wait=75>Oh, dat. <wait=60>Got in a fight.
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Yew got inta a fight? <wait=60>Why?!
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Didn't look for it...
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What're yew, stupid?! <wait=75>Yer not supposed ta do dat!
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Let him explain, Kins.
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There was still a few bots in da place. <wait=75>One of 'em musta saw me. <wait=90>Took a cheap shot.
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But I got even. <wait=45>Dunked dat toaster into da furnace.
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An' I found <font=italics>dis.</font>
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Whaddya think, Merengue?
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Well, <wait=30>the casing is banged up, <wait=45>but otherwise it looks fine.
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Where'd you find a regulator like this, Dart?
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Just ripped somethin' on my way out. <wait=60>Before more bots came.
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You've got good instincts.
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See, Kins? <wait=45>Everything worked out for the best.
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Ehh, you're just jealous I can take a laser an' still kick butt.
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Good job. <wait=30>Both of ya.
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I'll handle the rest from here.
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You two get some rest. <wait=60>Ya earned it.
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Yer tellin' me! <wait=60>All dat walkin', <wait=45>an' my pups are killin' me!
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I carried ya half da way back.
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Ooh, dat's right. <wait=60>Could ya carry me to da barracks, Dart?
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Only if ya show me dis "realsies" handshake.
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.<wait=20>.<wait=20>.<wait=20>
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It looks better on you.
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And all it took was those two showing back up.
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<wait=45>.<wait=45>.<wait=45>.
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And there it goes. <wait=60>It never lasts.
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We'll talk more tomorrow.
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I'm glad you're okay, Chief.
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📖 Lexicon word for Chief: Chef
...it never lasts, huh?
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Every little victory we get comes at the cost of so many defeats.
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It's easy ta wonder why I even bother.
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But when I see 'em—<wait=45>fightin', <wait=60>laughin', <wait=60>livin' for each other...
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...it may not last, but they will.
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That's why I'm here.
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One day, <wait=30>they won't need me, <wait=60>an' then I'll truly be free ta smile again.
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But until that happens...
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I'll never stop fightin' for each an' every one of 'em.
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