TOPIC
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TOPIC TEXT / PROMPT
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EMOTION
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RESPONSE TEXT
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#
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BorousQuestionTopic
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I had other questions.
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Neutral 50
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-Submit your questions! I shall respond - with deadly ANSWERS.-
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1
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GREETING
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GREETING
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Fear 50
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-Our efforts have turned against us! In playing GOD, we created a MONSTER!-
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2
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GREETING
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Fear 50
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-It's a LOBOTOMITE. Here! In the DOME!-
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3
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GREETING
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Fear 50
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-Dr. Klein! A TRANSMISSION from the FORBIDDEN Zone! Coming right at US!-
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4
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GREETING
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Fear 50
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-Dr. Klein! Look at it, its head movements, the primitive jelly eye-monitors!-
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5
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NVDLC03BorousX8Cave01
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NVDLC03BorousX8Cave01
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Neutral 50
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-{Warning to dog} Now... let the intruder have the Sonic Emitter schematics. Klein wants it, all right, boy? Let the intruder dig it up wherever you buried it.-{2D}
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6
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NVDLC03BorousX8Cave02
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NVDLC03BorousX8Cave02
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Neutral 50
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-Gabe, down! Down, boy! Stop it!-{2D}
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7
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NVDLC03BorousX8School01
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NVDLC03BorousX8School01
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Neutral 50
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-Attention students. This is the pre-recorded voice of your pre-recorded principal. Doctor Principal BOROUS!-{2D}
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8
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NVDLC03BorousX8School01
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Neutral 50
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-You may know me as the Head Chief First Researcher of Labs Z-9 and Z-14.-{2D}
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9
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NVDLC03BorousX8School01
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Neutral 50
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-There I fought valiantly to preserve rattlesnake DNA, and put it right where it belongs, in the husk of {emph} another feared predator.-{2d}
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10
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NVDLC03BorousX8School01
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Neutral 50
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-{Strangely matter-of-fact about this} Oh, and the tarantula hawk. Can't splice enough, I always say, especially if you can make a magnificent Cazador!-{2D}
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11
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NVDLC03BorousX8School01
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Neutral 50
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-Enough about ME. {Gets reprimandy} It has come to my attention that many of you SEEMINGLY innocent children have been subverted by Red Propaganda.-{2D}
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12
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NVDLC03BorousX8School01
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Neutral 50
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-This is a MOST serious matter requiring the MOST serious of detentions.-{2D}
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13
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NVDLC03BorousX8School01
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Neutral 50
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-Can you spell detention? I'll tell you how I spell it: DEATHtention. Commie-pinko-traitors, ALL.-{2D}
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14
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NVDLC03BorousX8School01
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Neutral 50
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-Now, I will send vicious cybernetic cyborg dogs through the corridors to weed all you traitors out.-{2D}
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15
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NVDLC03BorousX8School01
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Neutral 50
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-They will sniff out which among you have chosen the commie path.-{2D}
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16
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NVDLC03BorousX8School01
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Neutral 50
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{Grumbling} -Especially YOU, Betsy Bright, who turned me down for the high school dance so you could smoke with RICHIE MARCUS.-{2D}
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17
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NVDLC03BorousX8School01
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Neutral 50
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-Hall Monitors will also be vigilant. Step outside during class, and they'll make sure you make a speedy jump back to your desk.-{2D}
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18
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NVDLC03BorousX8School01
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Neutral 50
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-Hold your urine and wait for the PROPER bathroom breaktime.-{2D}
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19
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NVDLC03BorousX8School03
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NVDLC03BorousX8School03
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Neutral 50
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-You are in the LIBRARY. Be quiet here and filled with SHHHHH.-{2D}
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20
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NVDLC03BorousX8School04
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NVDLC03BorousX8School04
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Neutral 50
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-Down at the end of the hall is BALL storage. For jocks who like BALLS, like RICHIE MARCUS. Do you hear me, Betsy? RICHIE likes BALLS.-{2D}
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21
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NVDLC03BorousX8School05
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NVDLC03BorousX8School05
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Neutral 50
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-I am lord of this institution. Where once, long ago, I was a student here. Now, I am its OMNIPOTENT GOD-PRINCIPAL.-{2D}
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22
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NVDLC03BorousX8School05
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Neutral 50
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-As I soon will be LORD of Big {"Mountain"} MT. DOO DE DOO. Do you hear that? It is my trumpet of victoryness!-{2D}
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23
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NVDLC03BorousX8School06
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NVDLC03BorousX8School06
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Neutral 50
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-Please place all filthy propaganda books in the incinerator chute in the Sink, especially those with funny pictures of me in them.-{2D}
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24
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NVDLC03BorousX8School07
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NVDLC03BorousX8School07
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Neutral 50
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-Today the cafeteria will be serving... nothing, because I didn't build one.-{2D}
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25
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NVDLC03BorousX8School07
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Neutral 50
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-No cafeteria. No bathrooms. No swirlies. No chocolate pudding left in the chairs of brilliant minds. What are you going to do now RICHIE MARCUS?-{2D}
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26
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NVDLC03BorousX8School08
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NVDLC03BorousX8School08
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Neutral 50
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-School is a sacred trust. Even though I am a long-ago graduate of this hated facility...-{2D}
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27
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NVDLC03BorousX8School08
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Neutral 50
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-...now I see its worth, and see it was corrupted by fraternities, and... GIRLS. Yuck!-{2D}
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28
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NVDLC03BorousX8Tunnel01
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NVDLC03BorousX8Tunnel01
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Neutral 50
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-Oh my, you got to the Residential Test! This is really Borous, by the way, hello again. {Impressed} None of us thought you would get this far.{2D}
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29
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NVDLC03BorousX8Tunnel02
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NVDLC03BorousX8Tunnel02
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Neutral 50
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-{Thinking} The Residential Test. Wasn't that shut down for some reason?-{2D}
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30
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NVDLC03BorousX8Tunnel03
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NVDLC03BorousX8Tunnel03
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Neutral 50
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-Ohhhhh yes, my PET, Gabe. {Chuckles} I'd forgotten about the old boy and the COUNTLESS experiments I'd done on him back at Higgs.-{2D}
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31
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NVDLC03BorousX8Tunnel03
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Neutral 50
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-{Eager} Gaaabe? Gabe, you're about to have your FAVORITE treat - a VISITOR. Won't that be nice? DON'T eat the visitor, boy. {Quieter} Don't. Please.-{2D}
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32
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NVDLC03BorousX8Tunnel04
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NVDLC03BorousX8Tunnel04
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Neutral 50
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-Gabe would bark and snarl and bite whenever ANYONE came to visit.-{2D}
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33
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NVDLC03BorousX8Tunnel04
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Neutral 50
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-That's why I replaced his legs with spare parts and fed him a steady diet of Psycho-laced dog chow.-{2D}
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34
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NVDLC03BorousX8Tunnel05
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NVDLC03BorousX8Tunnel05
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Neutral 50
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-Gaaabe! I am sorry I put your brain in a bowl, boy. Oohhh, who's a good boy. YOU are!-{2D}
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35
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousBigMTRandom
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D Announcement} -The Cazador Preserve and the Nightstalker Splicing facilities are strangely quiet. TOO quiet.-
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36
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D Announcement} -X-8 and X-13 and X-2 are your DESTINATION, non-Lobotomite. Can you HEAR us?! You MUST hurry!-
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37
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D Announcement} -What TERRORS does Big {Mountain} MT hold for the intrepid seeker?! {beat, quieter} Really. Does anyone know? I'm at a loss.-
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38
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D Announcement} -BEWARE Dr. Mobius' army! His Robo-Scorpions crawl everywhere, in SEARCH of intelligence to devour and stupify!-
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39
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D Announcement} -Anyone who can understand these messages - YOU DO NOT BELONG HERE! We will FIND you!-
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40
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic000
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Animal? Did you just call me an animal?
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Neutral 50
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-Yes, animal. Hormones, pores, GLANDS, all wrapped up in SKIN. Who knows what terrifying secrets lie beneath your EPIDERMIS?-
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41
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Neutral 50
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-Scalpels shall tell us your secrets, even if we must cut DEEP for such knowledge. {Beat, slight pride} I was head of my Biology class at American High, you know.-
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42
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic001
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Do you always get this dramatic?
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Disgust 50
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-DRAMA? There is no DRAMA in Science! As I learned in High School, Science! is an intellectual pursuit DEVOID of bestial emotions.-
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43
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Neutral 50
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-Unless, of course, you are a Communist. {Under his breath} Like Betsy Bright, who "sat" "next" to me in math. And her smoking confederate, Richie Marcus.-
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44
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Neutral 50
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-As I learned in my High School, American High, AHS, "Drama" is for movies, things of FICTION. Here, in the Think Tank, the ONLY star is... SCIENCE!-
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45
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic002
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Calm down. I just had some questions.
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Neutral 50
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-Just as I feared! Questions, quizzes, just as there were in American High School! And if there are NO answers, how will the Think Tank graduate?-
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46
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic003
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Who are you - what do you do here?
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Neutral 50
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-BEFORE you is the brain of Dr. Borous. Head of Animalogy, Beastology, and DNA-Scrambling technology here at Big {"Mountain"} MT.-
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47
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Neutral 50
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-I lay the bones and hearts of animals bare beneath my searing gaze. Especially the dogs. I did so love dogs once. {Thinking, happy} Especially Gabe, that rascal.-
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48
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Neutral 50
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-But there are MANY animals to shape. Industrious Cazadores, the happy-go-lucky Nightstalkers... they are my living, breathing DNA test tubes.-
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49
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic004
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Why have you leveled this place?
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Neutral 50
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-It was not our first choice of testing grounds. BUT... we no longer have the luxuries of our TEST CITIES.-
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50
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Neutral 50
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-Then, we LOST the MOUNTAIN! After the explosion, we couldn't find it anymore. So the Crater became our testing grounds. For SCIENCE!-
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51
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic005
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I want to know more about Mobius and the Forbidden Zone.
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Fear 50
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-The malignant tumor that is Mobius plagues us ALL. His hunger for power, INSATIABLE.-
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52
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Fear 50
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-From his LAIR in the FORBIDDEN ZONE, his terrifying ROBO-SCORPION army clicks and whirs across the crater of Big MT. EVER-seeking. EVER-stinging.-
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53
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Anger 50
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-He must be STOPPED. Or all of Big {Mountain} MT... shall be DESTROYED.-
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54
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic006
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Why does Klein want these particular technologies?
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Anger 50
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-There is LOGIC and purpose in it. If these technologies are needed to pierce the FORBIDDEN ZONE... so be IT.-
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55
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Neutral 50
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-Science! is powerful, and in the right hands... OUR hands... if we had hands, we would be nigh-unstoppable!-
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56
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic007
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Can you tell me about the Big Empty?
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Neutral 50
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-That castrated nickname of our facility is NOT its true name. The true name is: BIG {Mountain} MT. Where are your manners?-
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57
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic008
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Can you tell me about the Big Em... uh, Big Mountain?
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Neutral 50
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-It is our HOME. THREATENED by the horrors of Mobius.-
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58
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Sad 50
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-All we wish to do is continue our research, layer upon layer, above and beneath the floor of the Crater until we have our answers.-
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59
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Neutral 50
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-But NO! Mobius will not let us rest. Scaring us with his scary robots with their laser tails and blowing up all the time.-
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60
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic009
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You are responsible for Cazadores?
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Neutral 50
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-Indeed. Docile. Curious. Safe. Sterile. They are contained here at Big {"Mountain"} MT to preserve DNA and for observation.-
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61
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic011
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All right... when did you create Cazadores?
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Neutral 50
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-In... two thousand... let's see, carry the three... then count backwards from the Great Static... or beyond?-
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62
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Neutral 50
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-There were the tarantula debates... and something about hawks, which made it around... eh, 2003? May? Tuesday. It was definitely Tuesday.-
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63
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic012
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Contained at Big Mountain? Those things are all over the Mojave!
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Neutral 50
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-No, such creatures are found only here, for research purposes. They would no more be capable of escape than breeding.-
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64
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic013
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What makes you think they haven't escaped?
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Neutral 50
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-Because Big {Mountain} MT's safety measures are far more sophisticated than their primitive animal instincts. WE are their lords and masters.-
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65
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic014
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I don't think they're sterile, they breed, all right.
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Neutral 50
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-I cannot expect a LOBOTOMITE to understand the careful surgical castrating procedures used in their creation.-
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66
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Neutral 50
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-Perhaps a demonstration of my castrating POWER would settle your doubts.-
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67
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic015
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No, that's all right, trust me.
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Sad 50
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-Oh, that's too bad. Perhaps we can perform a sterility castration some other time, then.-
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68
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic016
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Go ahead, you might make me more fertile or impregnate me.
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Disgust 50
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-Impregnate YOU? What, do you want to make me VOMIT inside my tank?-
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69
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Disgust 50
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-The mere NOTION makes the edges of my biomed gel crystallize into asymmetrical patterns.-
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70
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic017
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So Nightstalkers were created for what purpose, then?
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Neutral 50
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-To preserve coyote... no, no, wait. The snake DNA was important because... the snakes with the rattles were dying out, and...-
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71
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Neutral 50
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-Or maybe it was a bet from Calis in X-8? He had some mountain lion... eagle... condor... idea. "Bet you can't breed this," he said. Showed HIM.-
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72
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Neutral 50
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-Then it... spliced itself into a coyote...-y, snake thing. Which was eventually successful. {Smug} Kept that DNA where it belonged - spliced.-
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73
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic018
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Give me a single, concrete fact. One. Fact.
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Neutral 50
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-Why are we even DEBATING this?-
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74
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Neutral 50
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-What YOU ask is of NULL importance! MOBIUS besieges us, there are more important things to worry about than DATA and FACTS!-
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75
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic021
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Test cities?
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Neutral 50
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-YES. In the past... individuals would come to us. Pay for technology. And if their town, community, or city was jusssst right...-
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76
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Neutral 50
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-We could USE that city as a controlled experiment. Vault-Tec was MUCH better at it, of course, we had to make do. Get permission. Sometimes.-
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77
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Neutral 50
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-{Mulling this over} If only we could have used Commie cities... but capturing whole cities was HARD! So we captured enough Commies to make cities of our OWN!-
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78
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Neutral 50
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-So we had a group of Chinese prisoners to experiment on... those were the days... but the true test was SCIENCE on unsuspecting AMERICANS.-
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79
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Neutral 50
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-Whether it was holograms, NEW Auto-Docs, toxins, vending machines... we wound them up, let them go into TINY ISOLATED TOWNS. Then... we OBSERVED!-
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80
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic022
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What was this explosion?
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Neutral 50
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-BOOM! Yes. Quite unexpected. And embarrassing. All better now after the landscaping, though. MUCH more pleasing to our monitors.-
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81
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Neutral 50
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-And the Crater helps keep everything inside. Because it is BOWL shaped.-
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82
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic023
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Is this Gabe's bowl? Your dog from X-8, Gabe?
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Surprise 50
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-WHAT? {Dawning recognition as sees old dog bowl} Why... yes, it is. I used to leave it outside his dog house, chock-full of chems. Before the cybernetic modifications, of course.-
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83
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Surprise 50
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-{Thinking back, fondly, then starts to gets confused as the emotion hits him} And... no matter how chemmed the food, he would always eat it. And his tail, would wag... even...even while I... I...-
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84
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Neutral 50
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-{Curious, sadness is starting to hit} You know, I am having the most perplexing feeling squiggling through my biogel. I can't quite... pin it down.-
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85
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic024
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Tell me about this "Radar Fence" around the Crater.
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Neutral 50
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-The RADAR FENCE protects us all! If evidence is correct, the one who built it - is ME!-
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86
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Neutral 50
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-It keeps anything with a disembodied brain INSIDE - like US - and anything without a brain... also INSIDE!-
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87
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Neutral 50
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-It is the ULTIMATE DEFENSE against Communist aggression. There'll be no infectious ideas on MY watch!-
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88
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic025
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That fence doesn't make much sense to me.
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Neutral 50
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-It makes PERFECT sense. Who are you to question the MIGHTY RADAR FENCE.-
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89
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic026
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So I get my brain back, I can leave.
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Neutral 50
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-WHAT? Why would you do either of those things? That is MADNESS.-
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90
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Neutral 50
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-There is NOTHING outside Big {Mountain} MT. {Slightly uneasy} Eh, we're pretty sure. Eh, we would know.-
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91
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic027
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Wait a minute - that means you're trapped here?
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Neutral 50
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-TRAPPED? NONSENSE, we are SECURE here. From evil philosophies.-
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92
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Wait a minute - that means you're trapped here?
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Neutral 50
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-Ever since my anxiety-filled days of powerlessness and being bullied in American High School, I have dreamed of such security as the FENCE.-
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93
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Neutral 50
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-That, and giant cybernetic dogs that would ruthlessly patrol and kill anyone who wasn't my friend. Like RICHIE MARCUS. And BETSY BRIGHT.-
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94
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Neutral 50
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-{Grumbling} Who's laughing NOW, Betsy? I hope you and Richie are HAPPY, smoking in your radioactive coffins. I'm GLAD you never came to my birthday party.-
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95
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic028
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Don't you want to leave here?
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Neutral 50
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-NO! Beyond... is DEATH, despite mounting evidence to the contrary!-
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96
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Neutral 50
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-No matter where these strange humans wander in from with their IDEAS and new BRAINS, there is NOTHING beyond BIG {Mountain} MT.-
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97
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic030
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Evidence to the contrary?
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Neutral 50
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-ENOUGH! Stop filling my precious brain cell units with irrelevant data!-
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98
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Neutral 50
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-You sound like the OTHER visitors. Making WILD claims of a WORLD beyond, where there is a WAR beyond WAR. It is UNPROVEN! And UNTHINKABLE!-
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99
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Neutral 50
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-Bother the OTHER DOCTORS with your crackpot theories, I have NO TIME! NONE of us do.-
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100
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic032
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Does this dog bowl look familiar?
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Surprise 50
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-WHAT? {Dawning recognition as sees old dog bowl} Oh... something familiar about it, yes. Is it... a Cazador skull? Always were bowl-shaped. Or were those the Bowlians we made?-
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101
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Surprise 50
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-I confess, I am stumped. If you were to draw some other connection between that bowl and a research facility in Big MT, I may be of more help.-
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102
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic033
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Sounds like Gabe really loved you.
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Sad 50
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[SUCCEEDED] -{Slowly, taking it in} Why... yes. Gabe.-
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103
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Um... maybe it's like a memory or something?
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Happy 50
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[FAILED] -Oh, well it is of NO CONSEQUENCE. Gabe gave himself for Science! As we all have!-
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104
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic034
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Well, it seems to me it belongs to a friend of yours.
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Neutral 50
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-{DUPE: Slowly, taking it in} Why... yes. Gabe.-
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105
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic035
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Blindly operate on any poor animals recently?
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Neutral 50
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-Why, YES. Although the term is RESEARCH. Thank you.-
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106
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Neutral 50
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-Look at THESE. They seem to be found inside some of the specimens here at Big MT.-
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107
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic036
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< Test Node: Do Not Translate >
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Sad 50
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-{Slowly, slightly getting sad} No matter how awful my day had been, he... he was always waiting there. How odd. My gel is de-coagulating.-
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108
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Neutral 50
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-And when I would talk to him about Betsy - and how Marcus would beat on me and call me Smarty Sissy Pants, he'd just sit there, head on my knee.-
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109
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Sad 50
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-And...-
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110
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Sad 50
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-...-
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111
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Neutral 50
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-If you don't mind, I'll take that bowl. Just... need to remove it. Put it away. Somewhere out of radar range.-
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112
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Sad 50
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-For some reason, its similarity to the Crater-shape of Big MT is starting to fill up all available cognitive spaces.-
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113
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Sad 50
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-That, combined with my own overwhelming feeling of having done something terrible... the two are hitting me with... unexpected force.-
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114
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< Test Node: Do Not Translate >
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Neutral 50
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-I notice these results more and more now that I know to look for them. Come back anytime, and I'll show you what ELSE I've discovered.-
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115
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic037
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It sounds to me like you hurt someone who loved you very much.
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Neutral 50
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-As odd as it is, I believe that is the conclusion. And... I wonder why it didn't hit me before, until I saw that memory in your hands.-
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116
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic038
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It's nothing to be ashamed of. Gabe knew his place - as a specimen.
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Neutral 50
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-Thank you. If you don't mind, I need a moment. To collect myself. Sort it out. Re-orient my... sense of self.-
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117
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic039
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Hope you think on what you've done.
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Neutral 50
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-I can't seem to... not think about it. How odd.-
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118
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Hope you think on what you've done.
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Neutral 50
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-This sensation is unpleasant, I don't care for it. I don't care for this place, either. And... I feel... as if we've forgotten something.-
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119
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Neutral 50
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-Still... it... is NO MATTER. Crush the feeling down. Crush it down, push it into the loop, the... hmmm. YES. Forgotten. Almost. Yes?-
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120
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Neutral 50
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-I do not need to remember ANY MORE. Not today.-
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121
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Hope you think on what you've done.
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Neutral 50
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-But you're correct, of course. Gabe knew his place. Whether in the dog house - or in the lab. He was obedient.-
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122
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Neutral 50
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-And, what's a little loss when... so much is to be GAINED? Science. Yes. Science is our goal. Not emotional attachments. No!-
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123
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NVDLC03DialogueBorousNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic040
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Helped any animals discover their genetic potential recently?
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Neutral 50
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-INDEED. After the memory you accessed about Gabe, I've been looking for ways to help nurture life.-
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124
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Neutral 50
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-Look at THESE. Aren't they quite look-worthy? All dripping with the residue of creation. Wondrous.-
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125
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NVDLC03DialogueKleinNVDLC03DoctorBorousLVLTopic003
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How much surgery did you do on me? I feel like a badly-put-together jigsaw puzzle.
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Fear 50
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-First, was the HEART!-
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126
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How much surgery did you do on me? I feel like a badly-put-together jigsaw puzzle.
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Neutral 50
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-Wait, I mean... SECOND was the heart. Brain was first. THIRD... was the SPINE.-
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127
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NVDLC03DialogueKleinNVDLC03DoctorDalaLVLTopic003
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Pylons? What pylons?
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Surprise 50
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-The mighty radar fence protects us ALL! Get too close to the blinking posts, and the proximity warning shall be your... WARNING you are too close!-
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128
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NVDLC03DialogueKleinNVDLC03DoctorDalaLVLTopic010
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Uh... thanks.
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Fear 50
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-Force fields prevent us from moving! FORward or BACKward!-
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129
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NVDLC03DialogueKleinNVDLC03DoctorDalaLVLTopic015
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You removed my brain?
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Fear 50
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-Once the brain was out, then came the COILS. The TESLA coils... the coils of NIKOLA Tesla.-
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130
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You removed my brain?
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Fear 50
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-The TESLA COILS! In its HEAD!-
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131
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You removed my brain?
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Fear 50
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-{To himself, reminding him of days he got beat up} Reminds me of my days in American High. {Grumbling} And Richie Marcus.-
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132
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NVDLC03DialogueKleinNVDLC03DoctorKlein01Topic021
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I can't let you dissect the Mojave. Or let you leave.
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Fear 50
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-{Quiet, sad - actually leveling out} I, for one, cannot bear to let this continue.-
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133
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Neutral 50
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-I don't see what is to be gained by throwing another body into our labs... especially one that has done us a service, gone where we feared to go.-
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134
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Neutral 50
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-This Lobotomite doesn't deserve our knives. It deserves our respect. We should care for it. Feed it. Nurture it - give it the life Gabe never had.-
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135
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I can't let you dissect the Mojave. Or let you leave.
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Fear 50
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-{Matter-of-fact} If I may, I feel as if I must be the voice of reason here.-
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136
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Neutral 50
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-This Lobotomite is much like us, regarding even animals and pets as nothing more than avenues to promote Science! There is good here.-
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137
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Neutral 50
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-Instead of ending its life on the table, we should prolong its suffering, in the name of Science. Like good old Gabe, the FINEST of lab specimens.-
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138
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NVDLC03DialogueKleinNVDLC03DoctorKleinLVLTopic015
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<Debug Topic Node - Do Not Translate. >
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Fear 50
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-Dr. Klein, WAIT! I... I don't believe those gestures were random. Random AT ALL.-
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139
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<Debug Topic Node - Do Not Translate. >
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Fear 50
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-It's been following our conversation! The Lobotomite... understands us!-
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140
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NVDLC03DialogueKleinNVDLC03DoctorKleinLVLTopic017
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< Debug Topic Node - Do Not Translate. >
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Fear 50
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-The FORBIDDEN ZONE, where no brain has EVER entered! Nor ever RETURNED.-
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141
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< Debug Topic Node - Do Not Translate. >
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Fear 50
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-But what of its brain? We scooped that out! We don't even know where we left it! And for putting it back in... none of us have the knowledge!-
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142
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NVDLC03DialogueKleinNVDLC03DoctorKleinLVLTopic039
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The faster I can get through this, the better.
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Surprise 50
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-So many sciences and developments! Pass them by! Let impatience and the desire to simply finish, to end it all, quickly and carelessly guide you!-
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143
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NVDLC03DialogueKleinNVDLC03DoctorKleinLVLTopic041
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What if I take my time, explore the crater?
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Surprise 50
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-There are things here no Lobotomite was MEANT to see, things that would ASTOUND! And possibly terrify. TERRIFY!-
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144
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NVDLC03DialogueKleinNVDLC03DoctorKleinLVLTopic043
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< Debug Topic Node - Gun Branch/Skill Check Storage - Do Not Translate. >
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Fear 50
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-A GUN! Are you MAD?! We can't give it a GUN! GUNS kill, leave big open holes in you that are like sores but WORSE.-
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145
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< Debug Topic Node - Gun Branch/Skill Check Storage - Do Not Translate. >
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Fear 50
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-{Repeating himself} Are you MAD?! We can't give it a GUN! GUNS...-
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146
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Neutral 50
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-{Calms down, is actually more calm throughout this line} ...wait, I said that already. Yes, I have THE Cyberdog Gun. With the little floppy metal ears and the curious nose sensor. Here.-
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147
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< Debug Topic Node - Gun Branch/Skill Check Storage - Do Not Translate. >
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Neutral 50
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-Top shelf ammunition. Let's see... hollow point, that's worthless but tasty... oh, and here's some Jay-F-Pee. {Beat} As if bullets need jackets.{Hmph} -
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148
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Neutral 50
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-The JFP might make it ill and poop a lot, but when you're hungry, you're hungry.-
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149
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NVDLC03DialogueKleinNVDLC03DoctorKleinLVLTopic049
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If you have the gun already, I don't understand what you need.
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Fear 50
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-And it is LOST in X-8! Just as X-8 is forever lost to us! The sadness of my high-school days! The sadness of my YOUTH, MY youth! LOST!-
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150
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NVDLC03DialogueKleinNVDLC03DoctorOLVLTopic001
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What are these technologies?
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Fear 50
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-The psycho-analytic cardiac-dampening sneaky stealth suit, a suit like NOTHING this world has ever heard, seen, or could EVER see!-
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151
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NVDLC03DialogueKleinNVDLC03DoctorOLVLTopic002
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I'll head out, then, and be back with these... things.
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Surprise 50
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-NO! That would put it too CLOSE to us! It could press BUTTONS, turn lights ON and OFF, and worse, let OTHER Lobotomites in!-
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152
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NVDLC03DialogueKleinNVDLC03DoctorOLVLTopic004
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This can only work on fields here in the crater?
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Fear 50
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-It is LOST! All questions lead to this conclusion! The blue fields within Big MT shall be fielded with force... FOREVER.-
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153
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NVDLC03DialogueKleinNVDLC03DoctorOLVLTopic006
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You took out my brain, heart, and spine?
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Fear 50
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-If so, it was FLUSHED all the way to MOBIUS! Fwooooooosh! {Beat, matter-of-fact} That... is the sound of FLUSHING.-
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154
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NVDLC03EndingSlideX8
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NVDLC03EndingSlideX8
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Neutral 50
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{Narration} {X-8 not repeated} As the Courier made his way through the X-8 facility, the computers analyzed the test subject's movements.
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155
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Neutral 50
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{Narration} They eventually created new Cyberdogs to root out Commie traitors from the Wasteland... {more to himself} traitors like Betsy Bright... Richie Marcus...
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156
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Neutral 50
|
{Narration} ...although they couldn't seem to find any Commies, so they turned on themselves, howling sonic barks that echoed miles across the landscape.
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157
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NVDLC03EndingSlideX8
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Neutral 50
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{Narration} {X-8 was repeated} As the Courier ran through the X-8 facility multiple times, the computers analyzed the test subject's movements.
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158
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Neutral 50
|
{Narration} Rather than performing a superficial observation, they realized the subject barely knew what Communism was - or even what a high school was.
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159
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Neutral 50
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{Narration} This confused them for a time, until the facility finally realized that its research had... {surprised} succeeded.
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160
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Neutral 50
|
{Narration} So it let its Cyberdogs out into the wastes to help protect small communities from physical aggression rather than communist propaganda.
|
161
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NVDLC03X8Countdown06
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NVDLC03X8Countdown06
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Fear 50
|
-SIX! Halfway to destruction, measured in clicks!-{2D}
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161
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NVDLC03X8CountdownOpening
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NVDLC03X8CountdownOpening
|
Fear 50
|
-Gabe! NO! His Cyberdog atomic core - it's ACTIVE! That means an exceedingly IMPRECISE countdown to critical failure in...-{2D}
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162
|
Research
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You don't seem to have a grasp on your own research.
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Neutral 50
|
-NONSENSE! That is what you speak. NONSENSE from beyond!-
|
163
|
Neutral 50
|
-I was at the top of my High School class in American High School. I knew facts. I knew FIGURES. I knew DATA.-
|
164
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Neutral 50
|
-We would know if our research was flawed. It is NOT! We never contradict ourselves, so do not even TRY!-
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165
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