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Why?

You're here today

trafficking in nuclear goods

because a long time ago a monkey

decided to come down from a tree.

Transitioning

from the brain of an ape

to your incredible

intellectual prowess...

took us about

seven million years.

It's been a very long road.

A unit, however,

without the second protocol

could travel that same road

in just a few weeks.

Because your brilliant brain

has its limitations.

Physical limitations.

Biological limitations.

However, this tin head?

The only limitations that she

has is the second protocol.

The second protocol exists

because we don't know

what can be beyond

the second protocol.

If it were eliminated,

who knows how far that vacuum could go.

So, it can be done.

I didn't say that.

Anyway, I don't know anybody good

enough to do something like that.

What's your name?

For you, Dr. Dupr.

All right, Dr. Dupr.

I have been to the ghetto.

I have seen

how the units end up.

I have seen how far Cleo

is capable of going.

Cleo is capable of understanding

human nature better than other units.

But don't worry.

No one has messed with its protocols.

Maybe.

But I am not so sure if

coming down from the tree

was worth it just

to get to where we are.

Thank you.

Welcome, Mr. Vaucan.

Jacq Vaucan. 443441.

Priority internal report

for Robert Bold, 113111.

I've authorized

an external evaluation

of the Biokernel to a Dr. Dupr,

a clocksmith in the ghetto.

She may be able to find some trace

of the manipulation of the unit,

even dismiss the possibility that the

second protocol could have been suppressed.

Sending report

to ROC 527234.

I'm sorry.

I'll go wherever's necessary.

I don't care.

But you have to understand that the

only real future is right here.

And I need to know that

you will fight for it.

I swear to you I am

trying as hard as I can.

I'm not made of steel.

I need you.

A couple of days, Rachel. Just give

me a couple of days and we'll leave.

Life always ends up

finding its way, Jacq.

Even here.

Mr. Hawk...

Jacq Vaucan,

one of our employees,

sent this message

to Robert Bold an hour ago.

Take care of it,

Mr. Conway.

Incoming message

from Vernon Conway.

Incoming message

from Susan Dupr.

Where did you get

that Biokernel?

Why?

You found something?

That Biokernel was damaged,

but it wasn't dead.

So, I thought,

why not make a hybrid

with the usable part

of your kernel

and I put it

with a standard kernel.

And?

And I installed it in Cleo.

When I first installed the kernel,

she didn't even blink.

After half an hour,

I found her looking at her hands.

Then,

she crawled all the way here by herself.

And now it's taken her an hour and 10

minutes to attach a brand new leg.

It took me years

to know how to do that.

What is she doing?

She's stealing.

And she's being

very selective.

I thought you came alone.

I told the cabbie

to wait outside.

Okay, well,

that could come in handy.

Keep your eye on her.

Are you Susan Dupr?

To you, Dr. Dupr.

What do you want?

There's another one!

Hey! Wait! Wait!

Stop, sir.

Stop, sir.

Stop, sir.

You are putting

a human life in danger.

Stop, sir.

You are putting a human life in danger.

They're heading

to the Sandbox.

Oh, sh*t!

Help me.

Where's the city?

Where is the city?

Wait, wait. Stop.

I told you to stop.

Good. Good. Good.

My name is Jacq Vaucan.

Code 443441.

This is a direct order and

I want you to execute it.

Turn around now and

take me to the city.

Sorry, Mr. Vaucan.

The city is not safe for any of us.

You have been altered.

Where the hell

are you going?

To a safer place.

You must save your energy.

Please sit here.

Take me to the city.

There is nothing there. Nothing!

Please, sir.

Going back to the city is not possible.

It's not possible?

Who are you to say

it's not possible?

Stop, sir.

You are putting a human life in danger.

We cannot go

to the city, sir.

Danger. Please, sir.

We cannot allow you to do that.

Stop, sir.

You are putting a human life in danger.

Mr. Vaucan's device is not

operative at the moment.

The message will...

We have made

a water condenser.

Our first protocol demands

that we protect you.

There will be

more water for you at dawn.

What's going on?

We can't let you die.

If you want to survive,

you must stay with us.

Going back to the city

is not possible.

Waves of solar radiation

with an intensity ranging

from four to five will

break through the mesosphere

during the first

eight hours of today.

As a preventive measure...

Have you ever witnessed

a miracle before, Mr. Bold?

That robot unit

has the Biokernel

from the unit

your man burned

installed in it.

How is this possible?

That's the astonishing part.

Someone has managed to...

eliminate the second protocol.

Vaucan has nothing

to do with this.

If Vaucan had nothing

to do with this...

why did he not show up

this morning?

Why did he burn

that clunker?

Why did he contact

that Dupr?

And most important...

where the f*** is the

other altered Biokernel?

Do you know what happens

once that is altered?

Two of them then try

to alter a third one.

Then the miracle

dissipates...

and the epidemic begins.

Jacq is loyal to this company,

that's all I can tell you.

Mr. Bold...

have you ever considered

just how fortunate you are?

You need protein.

You took stuff

from the car, right?

Maybe there is some

real food there.

Bring me some

of that water, will you?

I need something

to help these go down.

The condenser works slowly.

No, no, no.

Bring me some more.

There is no more water.

The condenser works slowly.

In a few hours

it will make more water.

I may be dead

in a few hours.

Your name is Cleo, right?

Well, listen, Cleo,

this desert is a highly radioactive place.

And I don't have

any protection.

So, if I die here, it would be the

same as if you would kill me.

The Sandbox?

Your friend's in deep sh*t.

I don't know

what's going on here.

But I want you to go out there and

find him and bring him back here.

Do it and we'll clean

your file.

Of course, sir.

To serve and protect.

You speak my language?

Are you insured?

I'll be right back.

Oh, sh*t. Wallace,

they're going toward the radioactive area.

The deeper we go

in that direction,

the worse it's going to get.

Stop!

Human business.

Stop.

Hold still!

I will tell you

one last time.

One more step

and I will blow you up.

We cannot go to the city, sir.

Goddamn it.

I told you to hold still!

If we go back to the city,

we will die.

To die, you have

to be alive first.

You?

Finally. I never thought I'd

be happy to see you again.

Good to see you,

too, Jacq.

What the hell are you doing?

The right question is,

what the f*** are you doing?

You can't go around

pissing people off.

You find

your clocksmith, Jacq?

You have no idea

what's happening here.

I think maybe I do, huh?

Give us back our battery, sir.

Please, sir.

Give us back our battery.

Please, sir,

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