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Behind you!
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- watch it, you little creep!
- It’s his birthday.
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- If he hits me with that thing, it’ll be his last birthday.
- Focus, Brett! Five o’clock.
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All right, everybody. I’ve got party hats and the little blowy
things that go.
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- That really so ...
- Oh, mum.
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- Not such a good idea?
- Not totally wonderful.
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Well, let’s eat!
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Doctor Dianne Bates, please report immediately to laboratory
36–
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Oh, HELEN. You take over, all right? You make sure he has
a good time.
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I’ll be back as soon as I can. We’ll open his presents then.
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Did anything come from Dad?
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Great party, isn’t it?
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Pity you-know-who couldn’t be here.
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(Whale sounds) Doctor Bates, you have ordered two micro digital
audio synthesizers.
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- These things cost a fortune.
- So?
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So, my budget is already stretched to its limit.
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-You order these contraptions without any consultations whatsoever.
- Look, that is because we need them for our research.
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I’m not some rubber stamp for every piece of hardware you
fancy.
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And as for your research, doctor Bates, I believe you’re only
studying one whale. One!
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And neither of you seems to know what on earth it’s doing.
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That is entirely the point. Look, let me try to explain this
to you in laymen’s terms.
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There is something peculiar about this animal.
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Humpbacks are renowned loners yet,
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for some reason, this one seems to be in constant communication
with something else.
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With those synthesizers, in opposite phase,
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we could establish the direction of his signal,
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and therefore, possibly identify the target.
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That’s very interesting. Request denied.
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Oh, can you not get it through your thick head that sometimes
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Birthday cake.
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Thank you, Zoe.
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Thank you, very much.
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I want those instruments, Commander.
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Request denied.
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Well, I didn’t do that very well, did I?
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Perhaps a more practical approach?
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- The cat who purrs the loudest is the one who’s best stroked.
- So, in other words, be nice to him.
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With Commander Lucas as our ally, our work is so much easier.
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So, it means being a little pleasant. What do we have to lose?
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- How many?
- Four. Five!
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- That fifth slice was a death wish.
- It was worth it though. Top party.
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I wanna go with you. Neri thinks we’re both going.
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- Out there? In the boat? Up and down. Up ...
- Forget it.
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-So how's the birthday boy?
- He'll live.
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- Yeah, it’s pretty tough when your own father doesn’t even
send you a birthday present.
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- What?
- A little bird told me.
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Listen, why don’t you keep your nose out of other people’s
business – for a change.
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A matter of a little give and take, comander. Going top side,
Jason?
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Yeah. Bit of fishing.
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- Doctor Bates does respect your authority, sir.
- Really?
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But marine biology isn’t your field. And you know how scientists
feel about their research.
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As I’m fast learning, Winston. But doesn’t she realize I have
other priorities.
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Precisely why I’m suggesting a truce.
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If we could establish a more pleasant relationship,
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then each side could put their point of view quietly and calmly.
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And surely harmony is in your best interests on ORCA.
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You don’t have to tell me about people management, Winston.
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All right. I’ll be nice to the woman.
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- Even if it kills me.
- Good!
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- Is it true your dad didn’t send you anything?
- He will.
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It’s probably just got stuck in the mail or something. My
Dad’s a top guy.
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Separated or divorced?
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Divorced.
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Well, who knows. Maybe one day you’ll get a new Dad.
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Back at my old school, nearly half the kids had stepparents.
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No. Mum’s too busy with her work.
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Besides, she wouldn’t want to marry anyone here on ORCA.
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How would you know that? Parents don’t tell us stuff like
that.
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Not until it’s too late.
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How do you do that? No wonder Mum thinks you’re a fish or
something.
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- Mum?
- Mother.
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Tell me about her.
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Uh – her name’s Dianne.
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I guess you could say we all look after each other.
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And she offered to work with ORCA for six months.
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- Where’s your father?
- Where’s yours?
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You still don’t trust me, do you?
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Well, I can’t blame you.
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Okay – I’ll tell you about my father.
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He was a scientist too. And teacher.
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When I was little, we used to do everything together. The
whole family.
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He taught me how to swim, dive – taught me how to use a boat.
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I thought he was the best guy in the world.
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And then, a few years ago, mum and dad started having these
arguments
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He was picking on her.
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I found her crying one day,
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that was when she said that dad wouldn’t be living with us
any more.
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I found out later, for myself,
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he had this girlfriend – a person he worked with.
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Mum and dad, I mean, they’re supposed to be there. Together.
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You hear about all these other people breaking up.
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But you never expect them to. I mean, it’s your own parents.
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Sorry
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- Sometimes the whale seems to have something swimming with
him.
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- Sometimes its not there-
- Why?
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If we knew the answer to that,
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it would produce ten new questions to puzzle us with.
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Life, after all, is a mystery within a mystery.
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- Surrounded by a mystery.
- Is that another old Chinese saying?
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As a matter of fact, I saw it on last week’s episode of star
trek. (Laughing)
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Doctor Bates. Can I have a word, please?
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Privately.
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I was just coming to see you.
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Right, well – look, I’d like to apologize for having –
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possibly over reacted earlier.
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Perhaps I was a bit hasty myself.
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We’re a team here – with mutual respect. I hope.
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So, I’ll put your requisition through.
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Well, the results will justify that, thank you.
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But I would like to be fully informed of what it is you’re
planning so –
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perhaps we can discuss it over afternoon tea.
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Um – thank you, commander. That would be – wonderful.
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- here’s hoping for a closer relationship between us in the
future, Dianne.
- Yes. Wonderful.
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I’m not kidding you, Jason.
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- Commander Lucas fancies mum!
- Oh, pull the other one. They hate each other.
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Zoe reckons that’s how it always starts. You know, animal
magnetism –
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shut up and go to sleep would ya?
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I saw them, Jason.
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He was being nice to her. And she was being nice to him.
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I felt sicker than I did when I had the cake.
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Commander Lucas as a stepfather?
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It’s a nightmare!
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- And it’s going to get worse.
- How?
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Next will be the old be nice to the kid trick, you can bet
on it.
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And he’ll con your mum that he really likes you and then –
pow.
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- Have you noticed anything weird about Jason?
- Nope.
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He goes out fishing practically every day. You ever see him
bring back any fish?
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- Maybe he’s a lousy fisherman.
- Or maybe he’s just not trying.
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What else could he be doing out there?
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I’d love to know.
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Satisfied, Winston? I’m being nice to the woman.
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It goes against the grain but anything for peace.
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Stop running!
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Now if I could only discipline these children.
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People management, remember?
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If I may make a suggestion – stop behaving like a boss.
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- Behave more like – a friend.
- A friend.
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Start making them feel part of the operation.
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Explain it to them.
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- Personally.
- To all of them.
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Each one. Why not.
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- If you can’t beat them ..
- join them
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I suppose.
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HELEN – give me a single random selection of personnel aged
16 down.
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Searching now, commander.
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- Me?!
- Yes, you.
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Commander Lucas has said you can spend the whole afternoon
up on the bridge.
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He will show you how everything works.
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I’m going fishing with Jason.
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I will say this once.
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Things are just starting to go well for me with the commander
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and I will not have you offending him in favour of some fishing
trip.
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You have been invited and you will go.
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Excuse me.
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- Now do you think I’m imagining things?
- It doesn’t prove a thing.
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It’s the old be nice to the kid routine and mum got sucked
right in.
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- I gotta do something before it’s too late.
- What did you have in mind?
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I’m gonna fix it so they never get married.
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Brett, this is the air storage plant and the back-up systems.
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Securites systems here
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Program storage control – don’t touch them!
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Come over here with me. I’ll show you
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the master controls and the food storage system.
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- Food’s great here.
- We aim to please.
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It’s a bit tough on mum. She misses her garlic.
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That’s a shame. This is the – misses her garlic.
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Raw. She likes to munch it like an apple – at night while
she’s watching tv.
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As she’s cutting her toenails.
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Yes, well, we all have our little habits, don’t we.
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And when we lived at the mainland,
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mum got so wrapped up with her work,
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she wouldn’t find time to clean up
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Dishes that high! Piles of rubbish all over the place.
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Once a month we’d have to go through it with a shovel and
put bombs down for the bugs.
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- It was great!
- Fascinating.
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Hi, Mum! Hi, Winston!
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- Went well, huh?
- Ace! (Kiss)
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Something wrong, commander?
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No. No, no.
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Well, I must be getting back to the bridge.
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Brett. Dianne.
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- Why is he looking at me so strangely?
- He’s a very strange guy, mum.
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You should hear some of the things lee’s told me about him.
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That is excellent.
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Hold. (Whale sounds)
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Sharks, Jason!
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Why did you ...
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how did you
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but
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Charley?
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If he was over there and you were ...
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what’s the story, Neri?
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And this time, if you really do trust me, I’d like to hear
it all.
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I tell you everything I remember. Then maybe you understand.
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I don’t know how we came here.
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Just that there were two of us.
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Me and my father on the island.
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That’s the first thing I can remember.
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He said there were once others, but I never saw them.
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During the days, I helped him find food and wood for fire.
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At night, he would tell me stories or sing to me.
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- What stories?
- I can’t remember.
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There was a day.
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I remember the day was very hot.
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- It was the day I almost moved on.
- Moved on?
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You call it dying, don’t you.
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This was the day I nearly died.
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one day, father became very sick.
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He told me what to do. That Charley would take care.
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Father moved on.
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He warned me that others would come.
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People.
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He told me I must hide. That I was different.
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You’re not making any of this up, are you?
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What I have said is real.
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I know there is more but I can’t remember.
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Your father told you not to trust anyone.
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But you trust me. And Brett.
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- Why?
- Charley said yes.
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Where are you from?
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Who are you, Neri?
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Come. I show you some sine waves.
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- Have you got an es3-100?
- What’s that?
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It’s a new, high-speed cpu. They’ve just brought it out.
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Good news, doctor.
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he department’s approved a piece of hardware.
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T With a push and shove from me. It’s on the way.
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We’re very grateful. Aren’t we, Dianne?
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Yes, commander. Thank you. I’m – very, very ..
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This is about the 23-70 model. Where’s the other one?
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I left that one out. They’re only glorified tape records,
aren’t they.
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- What do you want two for?
- They do two different jobs, Commander.
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One is useless. I need them both.
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- One is better than ...
- Now, now, let’s not exaggerate.
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How dare you alter my requisition after I wasted my time ...
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... try1ng t0 3xpl41n 1t to you.
- This is how you show respect, is it?
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People management.
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What do you want me to do? Underline the important bits?
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Perhaps you’d like a holiday on the mainland –
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where you can lay your hands on fresh garlic.
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The man is mad! Ooh!
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Yes, I know. So much for cooperation.
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You can deal with him from now on, Winston.
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After a few facts I have heard today about his personal habits,
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the less I see of commander Lucas, the better!
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- All right!
- He wasn’t her type anyway.
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I don’t even want to ask.
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All right.
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It’s not like she’s just talking to him.
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He could be miles away and they can.... I don't know ...
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- get into each other’s heads somehow.
- Telepathy.
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It has to be! –
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The whale’s not trained. He’s not a pet.
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He can communicate with her and she can communicate with him
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since the day she fell from the cliff and he rescued her.
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That is so weird.
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Maybe the fall from the cliff triggered ...
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no, never mind.
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If commander Lucas knew about her, I mean this telepathy stuff
–
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yeah. They’d have her pinned down on a laboratory table faster
than you can say snap.
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And the only way to stop that is to keep your mouth shut.
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Because if anyone ever discovers Neri now, she’s finished.
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