Listening Page #6

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I know.

Where is he?

Close your eyes.

Breathe deeply.

Clear your mind.

With each breath,

your troubles leave you.

Your worries leave you.

Let go of your thoughts.

Let go of your body.

- Feel only your heart.

Your mind is clear.

- There is only your heart.

Beating... and beating...

And beating.

And now...

let go of your heart.

What happened?

You fainted.

It's a good sign.

The right action

for the wrong reason

is still wrong.

The wrong action

for the right reason

is no more right.

You know that place

between thinking about something

and actually doing it?

I've been there.

It's where free will happens,

and...

It's in danger.

If you go now,

you will lose all

that you have gained.

Then such is my sacrifice.

Holy sh*t.

Not quite.

Just semi-holy.

You look ridiculous

with my haircut.

How's Jordan?

I've been carrying this around

for two weeks now,

just waiting for the timing

to be right.

Wow.

It's a little soon,

don't you think?

A lot's changed

since you've been gone.

I'm the head of the lab now,

just under Dr. Selph.

And me and Jordan, we're happy.

We're really happy,

so now I gotta be willing

to step up to the plate, right?

That's great, man.

I'm really happy for you.

So you gonna tell me

why you're here?

I want to go back to work.

Good luck with that!

Man, it was chaos when you

disappeared, a full-on manhunt.

They planted stories

in the news,

saying you'd done all sorts

of horrible things,

trying to get

people to turn you in.

Forget about coming back.

They hate you.

They're going

to throw you in jail.

Or worse.

There has to be a way.

This is all I'm good at.

There's nothing else for me.

It has been slow as hell

since you left.

I mean, we could

definitely use you,

but I think

they're just as likely

to shoot you on sight

as to talk to you.

I'll take my chances.

Yeah.

Hello, David.

Long time.

Well, at least

they didn't shoot you.

Not yet.

I took a bus to New York.

Hacked into a couple

college student databases,

ran them through

facial recognition software

until I found a kid at NYU

that was a pretty close match.

I gave him 10 grand for his

passport, no questions asked.

Since then, I've been living

in a Buddhist temple,

trying to find

a new reason to live.

All over a broad?

I never took you

for the romantic type.

You never know what type you are

until you lose the thing

most important to you.

We need him.

He's the best BCI programmer

on the planet.

I don't trust him.

We'll be listening

to every thought

that goes through his head.

David!

David! Oh.

Can't believe you're back!

- He asked you.

- Yeah.

Isn't it amazing?

Congratulations.

What's he thinking?

I think there's something wrong

with my head link, sir.

What's happening?

There's almost no activity.

This can't be right.

Connection looks good.

Everything should be working.

Get out of the way.

Get out!

There's this background noise

that sounds

almost like a heartbeat, but all

he seems to be thinking is...

"Breathe in and breathe out."

Jordan! Your head patch!

No!

This?

This is why you came back?

I had to do it.

There's no other way.

Ryan, listen to me.

The information in our brains,

it's too dangerous.

Open up a head link.

A one-way connection.

I want you to know

what I'm feeling.

How could you do this to me?

It's okay if you kill me.

It's the knowledge in both

of our heads that has to die.

You've taken everything from me.

I said

you've taken everything from me!

- She's not dead.

- She might as well be.

You really thought

you could undo all of it,

just like that?

We never meant

to create a weapon.

You're the one

using it as a weapon!

This was your big plan?

Come in here

and nuke all our brains?

Look at them.

What are you gonna tell

his parents?

"Sorry, your brilliant son

is a vegetable now,

but don't worry,

it was for the greater good"?

Is this the greater good?

Enter the command

for a feedback loop.

Don't hit Enter.

Back away.

You want to erase my brain?

Well, I want to blow yours out.

Draw on the count of three.

Freeze!

Put the gun down!

Well, here it is, Dave.

- Brains versus brawn.

- Don't do this.

Put the gun down now,

or we'll shoot!

One...

two...

three!

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