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You know when I

was in school, we didn't...

I said when I

was in school, we didn't have

all the breaks

that you guys have.

No?

No, we had,

we had, Christmas break.

I guess now it's

called holiday break, huh?

Mmhm. Well, even

with all the breaks,

I'll still be doing

plenty of studying.

Not too much.

You have some fun too, you hear?

My hands are too antiquated

for those new machines. Oh look

at, arthritic and fat fingers,

like a bear paw.

Just blame it on

the auto correct.

On the what?

The auto correct.

You know, when it tries to...

I, I don't know what that

means, but hell, I'll take it.

Okay.

You are a cutie.

Mmmm...

I'll go over to the hospital

administrator for her

release to us then.

I told the boy.

Boy?

Her boyfriend.

She had a boyfriend?

Has, Roy. She has.

What'd you tell him?

It was me. I told

Sofia to tell him to

say his goodbyes.

Goodbyes?

- As far as he knows.

- You know man, for closure.

Well, couldn't

you just have told

him visiting hours are over?

You see, this is why

you have me do these things.

It's probably

appropriate that Sofia did it.

She's a lot more diplomatic

than you are, Hank.

I know I can

be a rough around the edges.

Excuse me... Hello?

Hold on a second. Hey

guys, she's my daughter, okay?

Good to go.

I just really hope what we're

doing is the right thing, Hank.

Hope isn't a plan, Roy.

And what we're

doing is putting her in

the best position to survive.

Janie was the glue.

After she died, I didn't

know how to raise em.

I was a shitty father.

I love em. You know I do.

I've know her since what,

since she was three years old.

And I remember

how it was with Janie.

And I'm gonna do

everything in my power

to help you bring

em back and give her a

long and healthy life.

Unhhh,

goddammit, let there be light.

I thought we made the

decision by bringing her here.

- Hey, Phillip, what's goin' on?

- I got my mom in the truck.

We just got

back from seeing my dad.

- Geez, Louise, that's just...

- It's been a tough year for you.

Yeah, it's been a rough one.

Look, I wanna thank you

for your help.

I know my mom...

She appreciates it too.

Well, you think about

what I said, okay?

I just sort of feel

responsible to make an

offer, you know, given as how

your dad was so good to me

when I was

getting started farming.

I tell ya, I wouldn't have been

nearly as successful

without his guidance.

I, I don't see how you

gonna be able to run this place

all by yourself.

Aagh, I don't know, I... It's

just I think my mom will want to

hold on to the farm, if we can.

Not that we don't

appreciate your help.

No, hey, hey, no,

don't feel bad about it.

You guys could stay here.

I could use the expansion

to be honest with you.

I really could.

We'd have to clean things

up around here though.

I mean, this place,

it's seen better

days, that's for sure.

I mean seriously, we need

a yard sale or somethin'.

"Cause I got, you know,"

I got a vision for this here.

This could

make an awesome, uh...

Well you just think about it.

Yeah, I don't...

Take your

time. Don't, don't go lookin'

for rats in the attic.

Alright, take care

of your mom, all right?

Yeah.

I know you will.

Yeah.

I know you will.

- We're gonna be all right.

- We'll be fine.

Even if we weren't,

it's not like that would

be my fault, since dad

sort of left us

in financial shambles.

What?

Okay.

Never go to

bed on your anger, right?

That's what you've always said.

I'm sorry.

Have a good night,

all right, mom? Love ya.

[Music simplifies as

it drifts away...]

I feel like we're stuck at

the beginning with her, Roy.

What happened the other

night? Did you ever go home?

- Oh, it's a nightmare.

- Perfectly common, right?

You know... same thing

happened with the soldiers.

I feel like I'm in grade school.

Let's be honest.

She's not progressing

the way we want her to.

What is it

exactly that we do want, Hank?

Better sandwiches.

Come on.

All right.

I'm just sayin', the board would

like to see some improvement.

Yeah, I'm just

trying to improve my daughter.

I guess I should be trying to

improve p/e ratios.

I meant improving

the way they were thinking.

Oh, the way they were thinking?

Oh, relax. I want

what's best for em too.

Uh huh.

Keep in mind

we're under significant pressure

prove our worth. To prove

that all these years of research

and development

have not been in vain.

We have profits to meet or

we'll lose our subsidies.

Now em is in

a prime spot for us...

Prime spot. Life at

all costs. Is that it Hank?

Last time I checked,

I made this happen.

I'm overseeing this.

She's not a lab rat.

No one's thinking that. Relax.

She's... She's my daughter.

Yes, and I'm

appealing to you as your friend,

on behalf of her.

She's suffering and I

think it's halting her progress.

Okay. So?

Hear me out.

She has classic signs of PTSD.

I know. We've

given her medication for that.

But they're not working, so I

think her condition,

her suffering, is keeping her

from moving beyond the accident.

From further developing.

Now we saw it before.

If we can block those

memories... we saw in prior

cases, they would jump

light years ahead.

How can you call those

experiments successful?

That was year's ago.

We, we can dial it in.

We can pinpoint this.

All right, so yes,

I am for life at all costs.

I don't mean to be cold here,

but all this being emotional

it's hurting her.

Maybe you need to

relinquish control to me.

Let me oversee it.

I can easily

vacillate between what's

good for em, and

what's good for singularity.

And I'll handle

it with kid gloves.

Now we say to our

colleagues all the time,

we have to remain

objective to yield the best

results. Now we're 99

percent of the way there.

All we need is one little nudge.

This is your opportunity

to do what you couldn't do for

your wife.

Over the course of the last two

years, we've had to make some

alterations so that you would

survive what would have been

by normal standards,

a fatal crash... Adaptations.

A neuro chip implanted in

your brain to replace the

non-recoverable damage.

Most of your

functioning and memory are, for

what we know, still intact.

Your left eye was blinded,

so we replaced it with

an artificial optic that

connects to your brain implant.

It will not only restore your

vision, but should enhance it.

Additional adaptations including

synthetic organ replacement to

your right lung, part of your

stomach and both kidneys.

Nanobot injections were

given to replace much of

your red blood cells and

to coincide with what remains.

As a result...

We should not only restore

your body's faculties to full

capacity, but also enhance

and potentially prolong your

life.

Like a computer, this new

technology will enable

you to instinctively

know the shortest possible

routes between locations.

Much like a bee's

amazing navigational skills,

there will be no wrong turns.

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