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I tried being a planet.

I rode on dinosaurs.

I ate at nice restaurants.

I had a lot of time on my hands.

But what have you

really experienced?

Not much.

Nothing.

You must have imagined doing this.

About a million times.

But this was your first time?

Yes. This was my first time.

This is pretty.

It's my wedding ring.

I haven't been with a

woman since she died.

I thought I was the

last human on Earth.

What is it?

What's wrong?

Get dressed.

Stover!

Stover! Stover!

Stover!

Stover!

Stover, help me! Stover, help!

Where are they taking us?

Stover! Stover!

Don't! Stop it!

Don't! Don't...

I'm Judy.

What's your name?

Can you please... What?

Infinisynth.

That sign, it's Infinisynth.

I'm from Infinisynth.

That's right.

I'm from Infinisynth and

you must release me.

You must release me and

take me to Stover.

No!

What has become of you, Claude?

Where are your thoughts?

So, Claude, another one.

Skinny.

Hair needs cutting,

but she'll do in a pinch.

Seen too much?

No. No.

No, not seen enough.

Where's Stover?

What are you gonna do to me?

That's for us to know.

Claude, get things ready.

Who are you?

I'm Cornelia. And this is Claude.

We're your friends, dear.

We'll take good care of you.

We'll watch over you.

That's what friends are for.

Claude, those are

unattractive noises.

What's your name, dear?

Judy.

You're from the

surface, aren't you?

Have you seen the sky?

Liar!

There is no sky.

You don't know how lucky you are.

I'll never be as lucky.

Nor Claude.

We can carry no seeds,

but we can serve.

But you, well...

it's the most beautiful

experience a woman can have.

Nothing can compare with...

Nothing can...

There's nothing!

There's nothing. There's no

sores, no scars, nothing!

But you're an OutWorlder. All

OutWorlders carry the disease.

All but...

A dreamer.

Oh, my.

As I told that girl

before you came,

I'm from Infinisynth.

And you must release me.

I've come a long way

across the Deadlands,

and I've come for you.

Free me, and the

salvation is yours.

Well, my little

brain-screwed b*tch,

this does change a few things.

Jesus! I'm sorry!

Untie me! I'm sick of this sh*t!

Oh, you'll get sick, my pretty.

I'll see to that.

And I'll see to it before

the Seer sees you.

Don't go away.

Claude?

Oh, Claude, you must help me.

Claude, you must!

It's too bad you're so pretty,

my pretty one.

But you won't be pretty for long.

You know, you could still be

good for bloating after this,

but only in the hatchery.

No solo arrangements.

No Seer solos.

No!

This is gonna hurt a little,

then a lot.

You are a tough little

b*tch, aren't you?

No matter. There's more.

You'll calm down.

He's no good to us anymore.

He shall rise with the dream.

Claude, turn the scream

for a cycle of twenty.

Oh, and Claude?

Mind the chamber with care.

Listen to me carefully, Claude.

There really is a sky, you know.

There's a whole other world. You

don't have to live in the mud.

If you'd let me, I'd

take you with me.

Help me. I can bring you to

InWorld, to Infinisynth.

You could become a dreamer like me.

You can.

There's a way, just

help me find my friend.

We'll all go together. We'll all

go together to Infinisynth.

Hey, you see what this is?

Do you know what this means?

We can get out of here.

Hey! Come on!

You've done the right

thing, Claude.

Now, let's go find Stover.

Judy!

Stover!

Let go of me, you idiots!

Judy!

Where are we?

Our land is full.

What treasures has she borne?

Bless you.

Save this offering.

We are not ready for it yet,

but someday it will

increase our power.

Break open the casing.

Inside is a small motor.

Remove it. It may be useful.

Junk.

Cornelia,

you've been keeping things from me.

You would have gotten

to her soon enough.

But when, Cornelia?

After a rather untoward

preparation by you?

I'm a dreamer. You

have no power over me.

If you don't release me, you'll

never be a part of the dream.

How shall we serve you?

A man was captured with me.

Take me to him and return

us both to the surface.

Why, O great slotgoddess?

Because you've made

a terrible mistake!

And if you disobey me,

you will all suffer greatly.

Suffer? Oh, dear.

No one here has ever

suffered before.

Poor silly girl.

I'm afraid you're not the first

one to fall down a hole.

So, how are things back at home?

How could you be part of this?

To use an archaic expression,

it's the only game in town.

And there can be only

one game master.

Is this contrition?

You seriously overstepped

the proprieties, didn't you?

Some penance is in order.

Your Claude shall rise

and enter the dream.

Prepare her!

No, you can't.

Don't tell me what

I can or can't do.

This is bullshit! You fraud!

Cornelia,

you've got to learn

to share your toys.

And, dear,

don't ever cross me again.

Because of you. I've

lost her because of you!

She leaves behind her vision,

so that we may follow

her into the dream.

Claude!

No.

This is the wine of the blessed.

For the blessed have risen.

They are now free.

They are part of the dream.

Let us partake of what

they have left behind,

so that we may all share

in what they have become

in the hope that when

we depart this life

we shall all be reborn as dreamers.

She died for you!

Bring me the girl.

No!

No! Please, don't!

Stover!

Stop him!

An OutWorlder.

Take him below, calm him down,

and put him back to work.

Judy, I'm sorry.

Stover!

Yes, let it go. Let it all go.

No. No!

I've missed you, too.

No.

Oh, we've been apart so

long, you can't leave now.

Besides, Judy,

there's nowhere to go.

How could this have

happened to you?

I was exiled.

These people took me under.

They'd never seen an

expansion port before.

I convinced them that I could

change their world, save them.

Oddly enough, I have.

Saved them, how?

My little show must seem tawdry

to you after Infinisynth,

but these rituals are all these

people have to look forward to.

I wish I hadn't found you.

I wish you'd been dead.

Believe me, Judy, I've wanted

to die countless times.

Down here, death can be a blessing.

But I've denied

myself the pleasure.

You should have killed me.

No. You're strong. You're like me.

You can stand it all.

I see it in you.

My father.

Yes, Judy. And you're a part of me.

But can you understand me?

The necessity of all of this?

What will it take to

make you understand?

I want to try.

Show me, and I'll try.

Okay!

You bastards!

My father, a freak. A monster.

Am I, Judy? And what are you?

Why did you leave InWorld?

Because InWorld is finished.

I'm the last generation. They don't

even bother to reproduce anymore.

They're already dead.

But you and I, we're

different, aren't we?

We wanted life.

This is life.

This is hell.

No. Hell is for the dead.

But here, it's life.

Look around you.

These people would never believe

in a God of love, a God of light.

Yet, I've given them

a reason to live.

What reason?

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