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You think that because

Lulu was built in China

that you're communicating

in her native tongue?

You are aware that Lulu has no

language preference? She's a machine.

Something finally got to you.

We treat all living things with humanity

and respect, but to us Lulu is hardware.

Bearing that in mind, maybe you can

figure out a way to talk to me.

- Presuming he's lucid,

there are options.

Military interrogation units have used

them with a 75.6% success rate.

- Side effects?

- For an unaffected mind, minimal.

This is not a normal case, though.

- I'm not comfortable with potentially

making him worse in a 75.6% gamble.

- There are more direct means.

- Like what? Torture?

- Don't be so dramatic. ARTs couldn't

be trusted with this mission because

their protective programming prohibits

acts of visceral persuasion.

We do not have such limitations

and we should make use of that.

Visceral persuasion sounds like

a nice way of saying torture.

- Zimmer, I need an override.

-Printing complete.

I was able to put the shower head down,

but I can't access the water.

I forget how reliant I am on voice

commands until they quit working.

Oh, this turns it on and off

and sets the temperature.

-Yeah, thanks.

- Is that it?

- Yeah, I think I can manage from here.

- Are you sure?

- What do you mean?

I mean, if there's anything else

I can assist you with...

Well, that was fast.

-Please, stay with me.

-Anderson?

I don't want to be alone.

- What is it?

- I just... I don't want to be alone.

Will you please stay with me?

-Of course.

-Detect language.

-Warning, interior hatch...

- Container breach, an outside door

opened and we're losing atmosphere.

-Which door?

- What was that?

- Main Cargo Bay door.

-We're locked out of the ship's system!

Cargo bay door opened.

The cargo hold should be isolated

from the rest of the ship.

- Must be a break in the

air seal somewhere.

- What are they doing?

- He's going into the cargo hold.

- That's suicide!

- What's wrong with you?

-Oh my God, they're dying!

-I'm okay. Check Zimmer.

- Diffuse cerebral hypoxia.

I've stabilized his oxygen levels.

- With some rest, he should make it.

- How much rest?

- How much rest?

- I don't know.

A couple of hours, a day.

Whenever he wakes up.

Did I say "whenever he wakes up?"

I'm sorry, I don't know

what we were thinking.

Because you weren't thinking.

Zimmer assured me he

would have all the bugs

out of the system by

the end of the day.

But apparently his mind was focused on

primal indulgances also.

- You think this is my fault?

- I don't care whose fault it is.

Just fix it.

-I'm running out of patience with O'Neill.

- As am I, but I think he's

trying to tell us something.

- This mission will not be compromised

by delinquent behavioral issues.

We need answers. Now.

-Hey, Orson.

- Have you ever known an ART to lie before?

- They are not capable of that.

- When I asked Lulu what O'Neill said to

her in Mandarin, her exact words were:

"He said that while we are not always

able to be close to each other" -

" in his mind, we are

together every moment."

-And?

-Could she have made that up?

- ARTs can be reprogrammed to give

incorrect answers to specific questions.

But they are not capable

of making up answers.

When I examined Lulu, I saw no

evidence of that kind of reprogramming.

-Thanks.

- Our friend has used the past few years

to learn both Mandarin and Russian.

Iris, that's not just Russian.

It's Tolstoy.

"The higher a man stands

on the social ladder, the

greater the number of people

he's connected with." The more power...

"War and Peace". Volume 2, Book 9.

My mother is from the east Ukraine

so I grew up learning Russian.

To show off my learning abilities, she

would have me memorize classic literature.

In Russian and recite it to people.

- That makes sense for

you, but why him?

Book search. "War and peace".

Bookmark Volume 2, Book 9.

- Why does it make sense for me?

- Because your mother is eastern Ukrainian.

Where the majority speaks Russian.

-Yeah, but why have me memorize it?

What was the point

with these mind acrobatics?

-What's wrong? Tell me what it is.

You're obviously having some issues.

It is fair to contemplate the meaning

of our existence. Is it not?

Read the passage.

"The higher a man stands

on the social ladder, the

greater the number of people

he is connected with."

"The more power he has

over other people."

"the obvious is the predestination

and inevitability of his every action."

- So when is the right time to contemplate

the meaning of our existence?

- I have never heard of an

invalid who randomly recites Tolstoy.

In Russian, no less.

So that either makes you the most

unique case study in human history

- or this whole psychologically

traumatized thing is a charade.

I'm betting the latter.

- You have to promise that what I say now

will stay between us.

- Finally, a language

I understand.

- And to our upcoming discussion

out without a hint of irritation.

-What are you saying?

You speak so archaic.

- Almost all die of their remedies,

not of their diseases.

-More literature.

- Incoming message.

- I have communications working.

OK, I'll be there in a minute.

We received your transmission.

I want to reiterate the mission objective.

To retrieve and to return the cargo.

This is top priority.

Everything else is secondary. I

repeat, everything else is secondary.

- This is exactly the same

thing he said before.

- It's a recording. I'm getting the

same message every two hours.

- You've sent our previous messages, right?

- Yes!

- Well, send them again, without

encryption. Someone has to respond.

Anderson, what is wrong with you?

- I don't know, I don't

know what's wrong with me.

- You have never behaved

this irrationally before.

Stop crying, Emma. Stop crying.

Act like what you are.

Stop crying. Stop it!

You're okay?-

- This carnal affair

nearly got us all killed.

- The cargo bay door opening

was a timer set on the

exterior of the ship. I

had no way of knowing...

-God damn it! It's your job to know.

Anderson, have Orson look you over.

Check for

post stasis psychosis

or something else.

Now!

- I reviewed the back log information

that was sent during stasis.

The first year was thorough,

but the second year became

more sparse until it nearly

ceased about three months ago.

As if the information

has been purposely censored.

For Christ's sake Zimmer,

get over yourself.

Turn the mirror around.

Since when did you become

a temperamental prick?

- I have work to do.

So do you.

Find literary match-.

"Nearly all men die of their remedies,

and not of their illnesses."

Moliere. "The Imaginary Sickness",

act 3, scene 3."

-Overhead off.

All your bio signs are normal.

- Why am I having these

emotional reactions?

-There's nothing wrong with you.

- We've gotta get this

cargo out of here, now!

We'll tear this ship apart if anyone

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