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I'm gonna stay here tonight,

make sure you're okay.

You're Candace, right?

My sister?

Yeah.

Thank you.

[MUSIC PLAYING AND

CHILDREN LAUGHING ON TV]

[WOMAN ON TV]:
The market

took another dive today

at fears of renewed

hostility overseas.

On the good-news front,

today's report

from the mayor's office

concludes

we're making real progress

on the war on crime.

Violent crimes have dropped

by 35 percent

since the same time last year.

With only 241 murders reported

in the last 60 days.

[TV ANNOUNCER]:
This report brought

to you by Wild Times whiskey.

[TURNS OFF TV]

I love a man

who knows what he wants.

But if what he wants

is Wild Times whiskey,

well, then

I love him even more.

How'd you get in here?

With its full body

and breathtaking smoothness,

Wild Times is the whiskey

that goes down easy.

That smooth, great taste...

It could almost

make a girl jealous.

[CANDACE]:

Luke, what's wrong?

Did you just

see that woman?

There's nobody here.

[GASPS]

I gotta get out of here.

Luke?

Luke.

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

[]

[POLICE SIRENS BLARING

DISTANTLY]

[PUNK MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO]

How's Mr. 373?

Don't turn them

into numbers.

He is a number.

Don't turn this

into something it isn't.

If we treat him like a number,

we're no better than they are.

[BLOWS RASPBERRY]

"If we turn them into a number,

we're no better than they are".

Shut up.

Hi, my name is Carter Burke.

If you're a man of class,

a man of distinction,

a man who values quality...

Hi, my name is Carter Burke.

If you're a man of class...

Get away from me.

A man who values quality...

Aeon 3 is the world's

newest and most

technologically-advanced watch.

The Aeon 3

is biometrically tailored

to your physiology.

It monitors all...

[]

See? Just like all the rest.

Losing it.

No,

this guy's different.

- Please.

- He is different.

He had a family.

Okay? Somebody on

the inside messed up.

This is our chance.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[]

[WOMAN ON TV BLATHERING

INDISTINCTLY]

[]

What did you put in my head?

[GRUNTS]

Oh!

Tell me!

All right. All right.

They call it

a Psi-Com Implant.

They said

it was experimental.

Without it,

you'd be dead.

You... You had an intracranial

hematoma.

And no med cover.

They saved your life.

Who's "they"?

[GRUNTS]

[HIGH-PITCHED FEEDBACK

SQUEALING]

[GROANING]

Relax. Relax.

They ain't gonna blow it yet.

The pain will go away.

The pain will go away.

[FEEDBACK FADES]

[SIGHS]

Bennett. Bennett,

what are you doing here?

Man, I came to ask the good

doctor the same thing you did.

Now I'm glad I didn't.

Guess that's a taste

of what they'll do

if we keep asking

too many damn questions.

Who's "they"?

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