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never know what hit them.

-That is the idea.

Can you recreate it downtime?

-Oh yeah.

-Are you ready?

-Let's go kill us some Skinners.

-Prize truth.

-Seek Harmony.

I guess this vessel will do.

-Hey Y'alls,

Be right careful out there. You hear?

-How's your head?

-It feels like Paseo just split it

open with a jackhammer.

and filled it back in with concrete.

-I don't remember the recruiter

mentioning this part.

"Be a temporal agent,"He said,

"change the world." He said.

-Maybe we were out sick that day.

We were out sick a lot.

-That was my favorite part of training.

-Mine too.

-Nice night for a walk.

- This is my favorite part of the city.

It was better before

the Skinners moved in.

-You are in violation of

temporal ordnance 19.8-4,

time-travel with the intent

of changing the future.

How do you plead?

-We will destroy the

Cabal before it even begins.

-Guilty it is.

-What are you going to do? Shoot me?

If you kill this vessel, I'll

just come back in a new skin.

-That was the old way,

it was kind of like playing

"Whack-a mole" back then.

We do not play that game anymore.

See you Uptime. Skinner.

Poor little Skinner has no skin.

How does she keep

her insides in?

I'd like to report a

vermin infestation.

Please send someone to this location

at your earliest convenience.

-The fugitive is in custody,

ready for interrogation.

-What is it, Brewer?

-The test was a success.

We have one of the rebels in custody.

-Excellent.

-Yes, sir. We are bringing him in for

interrogation now.

-I don't like you staying here.

You are too exposed.

-I'll be fine.

The mom's harmless and

the boyfriend's just...

-Boyfriend?

Do I need to take care of it?

-Already did .

What?

-Nothing.

-You can't fool me, no

matter what skin you're in.

Something's bothering you.

-It's just...it's only been a day.

That new vessel can't come soon enough.

-We only have to

wait a couple of weeks.

-I'll be by in the morning

to pick you up, OK?

-Alright, it's a date.

-This sucks.

I can't...

It's working.

Is it you, Ava?

-You're still here, aren't you?

I do not know how much you can understand,

but just know that this is

a part of something big.

An I wouldn't be here if

it wasn't really important.

I'm Sorry.

I'm so sorry that you're dead.

-I'm not dead!

I'm gonna find a way to get back!

-Hey,Ava!

-I don't have time for this.

-You literally just told me you love me and

now you're blowing me off?

What's gong on with you?

Ever since that party

you've been acting weird.

-Then move on, good talking to you.

-Is he bothering you?

-No, He's just leaving.

-And who is this guy?

-Listen, Junior.

You should know when a lady's

not interested, right?

Hit the bricks.

-Lancer, knock it off."

-Lancer?

OK. You need to make a

choice right now.

It's either him or it's me.

-Don't ever give a girl

an ultimatum. Let's go.

Alright, what is it?

-I don't like that guy.

-He's a kid, he's harmless.

-He's trouble.

-You're jealous.

-I saw the way he looked at you.

It's only temporary, okay?

Stay focused.

Let's do what we came here to do.

-Do either of you know what

this is or what it's supposed to do?

No. We just intercepted an

encrypted transmission.

-The Cabal used a

256-bit key cipher.

So, whatever that thing does, they don't

want it to become public knowledge.

-Well, it's clearly intended

to be used downtime.

-How can you tell?

-The design is simple enough

that a single hunter could memorize it.

And the components are all

readily available in this timezone.

The only tricky

part is this magnetron.

But those are available

in any microwave oven.

-So you can actually build this?

-In for doodles.

-Does anyone doubt?

-I think that means yes.

Whole sh*t in the woods?

If a tree falls in the woods,

do leprechauns come out of my butt?

-Has anyone heard from agent Nightingale?

It's unusual for her to not check in.

-I love technology.

Do you remember how hard it was

questioning rebels in the old days?

It took a long drawn out process.

Starvation, sleep deprivation,

beatings, torture...

And even then, the Intel was usually

used to be wrong.

This is so much more efficient.

- I do miss the screams, though.

Just not the same without them.

-Aha! There they are!

You see how simple that was?

Well, it was nice working

with you, my dear,

but your services are

no longer needed.

Well, let's go pay a visit to our

rebel friends.

-Oh no!

-Suthers speaking.

Are you sure it's her?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Thank you for letting me know.

Some time last night, Agent

Nightingale was attacked.

Her empty vessel

was found in an alley.

Here.

-Was it random?

-Nothing was stolen and

there is no sign of trauma.

We have reason to believe

that cabal has anew hunter

operating in this timezone.

As of right now, our

number one priority

is to find and eliminate this hunter.

We need to retrace

Nightingale's final steps.

I want footage from every

cameras in a two-block radius.

This hunter has a face,

By the end of today I want it plastered

up on that wall

for everyone to see.

And by tomorrow, I want it covered with a

big red X.

Am I understood?

-Sir,yes, sir!

-We will send the

Cabal a message:

"We are armed,

were trained and we are ready!"

Now let's go find this a**hole

and bring them down!

-Yeah!

-We might have one small problem.

-What is it, Paseo?

-Cabal has a new toy, and it's nasty.

-This tech is so primitive.

How are we supposed to

ID anybody with this?

What do you think happens to

our vessels receptacles when they die?

To their spirit, I mean.

-I don't...I don't know.

I mean, we are all made of energy.

When it gets released, it goes back

into the cosmos, I suppose?

Or were you looking for

a more heaven and hell,

"Is there life after death?

" kind of answer?

-I don't know, but...

You can't tell anyone, but I

think my new skin is a remnant.

-What would make

you say that?

-I've seen things, like messages on

my computer screen, and...

-Do not let that kind

of talk get out.

It's dangerous.

-Do you think I don't know that?

At first, I thought I was being

paranoid or delusional

you know, first jump stuff, but

now I don't know.

I think it was a premature jump.

Sh*t! You mean

she wasn't dead yet?

-I don't know, maybe. Why else

would she be here?

-You know that remnants

can't officially exist. "

-Yeah, but if she wasn't

dead yet..."

-So if the girl is a remnant,

that means that somebody at

headquarters messed up big time.

But they will never admit that.

They will pin it on you first.

-Do you think they'll ground me?

-Um-hmm.

And then we will never

see each other again.

Do you understand?

So, before you go telling

anybody else just wait.

You know, maybe...maybe you'll

feel different in a new skin.

-I hope so.

Captain! We found a match.

-Zoom in. I want to see

what this son of a b*tch looks like.

Well, I'll be damned.

-Hello, Matthew. Ava is not here.

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