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Trade...

Trademark...

Tradition...

Well, the system,

it isn't crashing,

which is really good news.

How is any of this good news?

That we found a couple

of words in the feed.

It's just... it's just way more

data than we thought.

It's just going to take time

to decode, that's all.

How much time?

Months? Years? I don't know.

It has to happen live.

Real time.

What's the point of a machine

that reads your thoughts

a year after you have them?

It'd make a pretty nifty diary.

Damn it! I'm not kidding.

Okay, a full night's worth

of data,

and all you've got is...

"Hippopotamus"? "Menstruate"?

I need an aspirin.

Look, man, I'm... I'm sorry.

There's just not a machine

fast enough

to decode human thought

in real time.

It just... just doesn't exist.

Well, there is one.

No.

The brain is

the world's fastest computer.

- Nothing else is even close.

- No. No, no, no.

- Yes.

- No.

The only thing fast enough

to decode the human brain

is the human brain.

What's the worst

that could happen?

Worst-case scenario,

it's too much activity,

completely fries your cortex,

and you lose

all cognitive ability.

Relax. It's gonna be fine.

It's only a one-way connection.

I'll hear her thoughts.

So, uh,

what do you think of Jordan?

So what, are you guys,

like, officially dating now?

No, no, nothing's happened yet.

But I like her.

Like, I think she could be...

I don't know, something.

She's cool, right?

Ready?

Damn.

Just try to think

simple, clear thoughts.

What does that mean?

Uh, I-I have no idea.

- Whoa.

- You okay?

Fine.

I just got dizzy for a second.

Just try and clear your mind.

It's a blank slate.

- Ten seconds.

- Don't stop it early.

Okay.

Don't think about DARKBIRD.

I know what you want.

I understand

what you've been through.

It's okay.

Touch me, Ryan.

Love me. Feel me.

I want it too.

Don't let him find out.

Ryan?

Ryan, can you hear me?

Are you okay?

- I'm great.

- What happened?

- It worked.

- Yeah, but what was it like?

- Better than sex.

Ladies and gentlemen...

We have just invented telepathy.

Guys, she said she wanted

no cheese on the salad,

and the burger's supposed to be

well done.

Don't look at me.

I wrote it down.

- Yeah.

- Rough night?

Yeah. Wake me when it's over.

Just getting started, girl.

Honestly, man,

I thought we killed you,

and then I went through

the seven stages of grief

in, like, half a second,

and then I was like...

David, what is this?

Hey, we're having a party!

What are you doing?

Get off of me!

What is this?

What does it mean?

It means we're being evicted.

I thought you were calling

the landlord.

What are you celebrating?

That's what she said.

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