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in your skull.

So Keyboard can hack it.

Mr. Gibson, this is Keyboard.

[RESPIRATOR HISSING]

[COMPUTERS BEEPING]

You can say hello.

Not too close.

Keyboard used to work for Hope.

Resident computer genius.

That is until the boy found out

just how evil

the corporation was

and he tried to destroy them

from the inside.

With the baddest computer virus

ever written.

The Xenogen virus.

[HAL]:
He introduced

the virus into every computer

he could get his hands on.

He came within a hairsbreadth

of bringing the corporation down.

But they found out

who wrote the program.

And put a bullet in his head.

It damaged the part of his brain

that controls speech.

Hope Industries did this to him?

Mm-hm.

Why didn't you call the police?

[SCOFFS]

The police?

His mother tried to do that.

We found her body a couple

of days later in a river.

Um, the fish had eaten away

most of her face.

You see, Mr. Gibson,

the first time this government's

treasury went bankrupt,

Randolph Hope and his

corporation

single-handedly bankrolled

the next two wars

this country was involved in.

Now, with that kind of clout,

what chance

do you think we would have

if we went public?

- They'd kill us.

- [HAL]:
We have to hurry.

It's a matter of time

before the Hope techies

find a way around

the hold that Keyboard has

on that device

that's in your head.

You see, he's hacked right into

the chip they put up there.

If it wasn't for him,

they would've

detonated your head days ago.

You see, have a look.

Your headaches? That was Hope

trying to pull your plug, man.

And we stopped them.

Why?

Uh, we need your help.

In exchange,

we'd like to try and give you

your memory back.

You interested?

Come with me.

You heard the man.

[HAL]:

This way, please.

[]

Here.

Have a seat.

You'll be more comfortable

in a chair.

Eyes forward.

What are you gonna do to me?

We're gonna try and remind you

of who you are.

[HIGH-PITCHED FEEDBACK DRONING]

It's all right. Don't worry.

That's just Keyboard uploading

to that chip in your head.

You'll see.

"Project 660".

What's he looking at?

Let's let Mr. Gibson

concentrate.

"January 7th".

Yes.

The day they targeted you.

Your car accident

was no accident.

The Hope Corporation

canceled your medical insurance

and set the whole thing up.

[PHONE RINGS]

[MAN ON SCREEN]:
Target en route.

Blue sedan. Ten seconds.

Oh!

Yes. Your wife, Veronica.

She was in the car with you.

Collateral damage.

I don't remember her.

We're gonna try and fix that.

Let's give Mr. Gibson

some privacy.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

Now, I can't see what

you see again.

I'm sure it's overwhelming

at first. Just relax into it.

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