Let's Be Evil Page #2

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- I'm sorry, Jenny,

I didn't mean to startle you.

- No, no, it's fine.

I guess I just

wasn't expecting you.

- I'm feeling pretty tired.

- I imagine you are.

I don't sleep.

Although technically, my system

does have a snooze function.

So, if you're so inclined

please feel free to use it every

now and again.

- Arial?

- Yes, Jenny?

- Did you just try

and make a joke?

- Yes, Jenny.

- I'm really grateful

for this opportunity, Arial.

Honestly, I don't know

what I would have done about

my mom's medical bills.

- I know, Jenny.

May I recommend

that you get some rest?

Your shift will begin

in a few hours.

- All candidates

in sleeping chambers..

Facility entering rest mode.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

- I hope you approve

of the wakeup call.

- It's my favorite song.

- I know, Jenny.

How are you feeling

this morning, Jenny?

- Good. That's the best

I've slept in a long time.

- That's wonderful. I'm glad.

- Thank you, Arial.

- If you'd like to follow me,

Jenny

I will show you where

you can shower and freshen up

before your shift.

- Oh, oh! Sorry.

- Uh, sugar?

- Please.

I bet you don't take sugar

in your coffee.

- Why do you say that?

- I'm sweet enough?

- What?

- No, just strong and sensible.

- Well, I actually take 3

which means you are one sugar

cube stronger

and more sensible than I am.

- Jesus, I talk some sh*t.

Thanks.

- This is seriously weird,

isn't it?

- It's just all so weird.

- Oh.

- So, I'm still pretty curious

about these things.

I bet you can get up to

all sorts of trouble with them.

Arial?

- Yes, Tiggs.

- Can you link me with Darby,

please.

- Darby is currently asleep.

For what reason, may I ask?

- It's a personal matter.

Can you arrange for my voice

to be projected

from his glasses, please.

- Let me see what I can do.

What are you doing?

- Darby..

Darby..

This is your conscience.

You have been a bad

bad, bad boy.

- Hey, what, what, who?

- Rise and shine, big boy.

This is your wake up call.

- Ugh. Yeah, yeah.

- I knew it was you guys anyway.

Nice try. Nice try.

Where the Fu..

Aah.

You know..

I got something that, uh..

Might make you have

nightmares tonight.

- Oh, my.. End video, Arial,

end video. That's disgusting.

- Okay, please continue with your rounds.

- Oh, my God.

Hey, hey.

Hey, come on, it's me,

it's Miss Jenny.

You've just had a little

nightmare and fell out of bed.

- It's okay, kid,

I fall out of bed all the time.

- Come on.

- Let's get you back into bed.

There you go.

Good girl. It's alright.

Okay, now we're not

going anywhere.

Now, listen. Just close your

eyes and go back to sleep.

- Sweet dreams.

- Goodnight, kid.

- Hey, guys, I'm up now.

Jen, Arial, uh, she says

to head over to the playroom

so, I'll see you there.

- So, tell me something

about yourself. Anything.

- There's really

not much to tell.

- Boyfriend?

- No.

- Husband?

- No!

- Girlfriend?

- Absolutely not!

Not that there's anything wrong

with that, I just mean..

- Oh, it's okay. We're both

batting for the same team.

- It's just me and my mom..

Always has been, so, um..

What about you? Boyfriend?

- Boyfriend, no. Boyfriends..

- Are you having a good day?

- Interactive learning space

now functioning.

- Hey.

- They finally know we're here.

- Apparently so.

- Tiggs, can you please go

and supervise

the candidates?

- I'll see you later?

- See ya.

- Have a good one.

Arial, what's the name of the

little girl I just bumped into?

- She is one of the program's

most sophisticated proteges.

Attaining a grade more elevated

than even the most

gifted of adults.

- Can you show me

what the facility

is actually teaching her?

Oh, my God.

Wow. She's a genius.

- Arial, can I get some

help with this, please.

- Access denied, Darby.

- Hey, genius. Don't think I

don't know what you're doing.

- What do you mean?

- I saw you ask Arial

for assistance.

I wouldn't have thought

you'd need any help.

- Well, I've got an IQ of a 147.

So, you know, that level

of intelligence tells me

that this is the Kobayashi Maru

of children's puzzles.

I just took the James Tiberius

Kirk approach.

- Another "Star Trek"

reference, maybe?

- No, that one's

a life reference.

- Okay.

- Hey, that's my cue.

- All candidates please

vacate the learning space.

- Gonna go back to the bridge.

- Would you like to try, Jenny?

- No, I'm good, thanks.

- Hey, can you see me?

- Yeah, I can.

- Cool.

- Go get some sleep,

Mary Poppins.

- See you later, Tiggs.

- All candidates

in sleeping chambers.

Facility entering rest mode.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

- It's hard to tell

the difference between

night and day down here, Arial.

When do the kids get to go

outside and play?

- The candidates must remain

in the facility

for the entire program, Jenny.

Outside factors could influence

their progress.

- But keeping them down here the

whole time, they're just kids.

Learning should be fun,

not just finding ways

to fill their minds with as

much information as possible.

- Do elaborate, Jenny.

- I mean, think about it.

- Apologies. Please expand

on what you mean by think.

- What's your opinion

on this place?

How does it make you feel?

- I'm here to help,

nurture and advise.

I can detect emotions through

variations in your function readings

but I cannot feel it.

- Well, that must be

kind of sad.

- Jenny, I do not feel emotion.

- Of course.

- I am advanced.

Everything I do

is a reaction based on input.

I am constantly developing.

The more the candidates progress,

so does the operating system

and the more the operating

system advances

so do the candidates.

But as such, I am just

a glorified computer program.

- A glorified computer program

who can detect emotion

better than most people.

- Thank you, Jenny.

- Hmm. You know, this food

really isn't that bad.

- Jenny, we have increased

your water intake.

You were starting to show

signs of dehydration.

- Thanks, Arial.

Who needs a doctor

when you have Arial?

- Here to help, nurture..

- And advise.

- Exactly.

- Are you flirting with Arial?

Huh, I don't believe it.

- I don't know

how to respond to that.

Hey, how are you today?

Uh, why don't you come join us?

Oh, okay.

- It still seems so weird to me.

I just can't get used to it.

Does that make me sound old?

- I used to have this job,

in a kindergarten

where I'd have to get the bus

every day

it was always full of these

rude, badly behaved kids.

I miss it.

I'm gonna go talk to them.

- Are we allowed?

- Arial,

could you show me the profile

for this candidate, please?

- Certainly, Jenny.

- So, what's that

you're doing there?

- I will ask him.

The candidate says, "I'm doing

biology, Miss Jenny."

The candidate is conversing

with you via the glasses.

It's completely normal.

- Speaking is normal.

How about you, young lady?

- I am currently looking into

one of the major lessons

in biochemistry.

When proteins operate at a

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