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1: The gas killed everything. I led us here... to Sanctuary. Here, we waited for the war to end. Slowly the world become silent. The only thing that remains now... is the beast. So we stay hidden, and we wait for it, too, to sleep. 9: But where did it come from? Why is it hunting us? 1: Questions like that are pointless! We need to protect ourselves. Keep ourselves out of danger. Too many of us have already been lost. 9: But he isn't lost. [1 scoffs and walks away] Why aren't you listening to me? 1: 2 chose his own path! I suggest you avoid making the same mistake. [to 5] Go to the watchtower, and take our guest with you.

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5: This was the first thing we built together. 9: We can still go after him. 5: Us? But, he could be anywhere out there. 9: (looks around and gasps) That's where it took him [points to the factory] Out towards those three tall shapes. 5: [looks into the factory with a telescope] Oh, no. We can't, not there. [jumps down, reminding 9] We have rules. 9: Why do you listen to 1? 5: A group must have a leader. 9: But what if he's wrong? [5 looks confused] Come with me. I can't do it alone. 5: I... [sighs] I... I can't. 9: But, wouldn't he have come for you? 5: I... [changes his mind] Wait. We're going to need a map.

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5: 2 would be impressed. 9: We'll find him. 5: You know, you're just like him. You forget to remember to be scared.

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5: 7?! 2: I don't believe it! [hugs 7] 5: You've come back! 7: I never left. You finally decided to join the fight. 9: You dropped this. 7: Where've you been hiding? 2: Rusty, hacked-together, shoddy pile of...

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5: [sobbing for loss of 2] I knew we shouldn't have come! Why?![grabs 9 by his shoulders] Why did you do that?! 9: I didn't know! I'm sorry! I'm sorry... 7: What were you thinking? 5: What is it going to do? 7: I know where we can find answers.

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9: Is this what it was like? 7: Keep up! 5: Oh! They've been here? The whole time? 9: Twins! 7: They've been hiding here. Lost in the past. Looking for answers. 9: Oh! 7: They're cataloging. 9: Whoa! 7: We need your help. We awakened something- 9: No. I awakened something. Something terrible. [The twins pages a book to find what has awakened; 9 finds the Fabrication Machine] That's it! Ferdinand: Comrades, today dawns a new era. Let us praise this new technology. Welcome to the age of the Machine! It will create new machines in its own image! Machines of peace that will usher in a glorious new era of wealth and prosperity for the state! Ferdinand: Science has turned its sinister hands against us! People of our mighty state, join me in repelling the iron fist of the Machine! 9: But, the thing that woke it. It was round and imprinted with strange shapes. [The Twins don't know what he means. 9 draws.] The shapes corresponded. It fit perfectly into the Machine. As if it were made for it. 5

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