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The grid.

A digital frontier.

A world beyond the screen, as real as our own.

I can picture it.

Clusters of information, rising like cities.

Programs as complex as you and me.

In just a few years, we're going to be able to enter this world. And a few

after that, well, this world will come into ours.

Intelligent life from inside the machine.

I, for one, can't wait to meet him.

On the story, ENCOM CEO and video game icon Kevin Flynn has disappeared. He was

best known for designing Prawn and Face Paranoid, the best -selling video game

in history.

The company that started Kevin Flynn's arcade in the 1980s has faced years of

corporate turmoil.

Can it find its way to the victory screen once again?

Sister act for ENCOM. Even Jess Kim takes the reins of the massive tech

after Sam Flynn resigned for personal reasons.

ENCOM's rebound under the Kim sisters' leadership has competitors rusting to

respond. Software giant Dillinger Systems appointed new CEO Julian

who's out to restore his grandfather's legacy.

The ENCOM and Dillinger Systems heats up as new CEOs Julian Dillinger and the

Kim sisters square off.

Here at ENCOM, we believe the beauty of AI is not the ability to build smarter

weapons, but to uplift humanity, feed the hungry, cure the sick, educate the

world. Rival CEOs Julian Dillinger and Yves Kim have gone quiet in recent

months, raising speculation that two companies are very close to a

technological breakthrough. One that has the potential to transform humanity in

ways we have never seen before.

The future may well lie in the hands of whoever.

Get there first.

Who am I?

A who?

What?

You are Dillinger Systems Security Software.

Programming Ares.

Defender of the Grid.

You are Master Control.

I am not the people.

So, you made it.

I had a feeling that you would.

I always dreamed that we would do this together.

I'll admit, not exactly like this.

But I'm glad you're here.

I'm really glad.

And Evie, remember, I'm still here.

Even if you can't see me, I love you.

I'm Eve.

I'm not sure you actually told me it would be still energy from the power

Wow.

So this is where she kept coming back to, huh?

To be this disconnected from the world?

That is dedication, my friend.

Wow. Looks like your sister had a little crush.

Yeah.

She was so sure Flynn left us the answer.

Like on a floppy disk?

Poor Flynn lived before the cloud, huh?

Hey, are you still going to be doing CEO type stuff while we're out here? You

know, like earnings calls and...

But once you're panicking and stuff... I just guess it's time.

Dude, I can make breakfast burritos right here.

Hell yeah.

For over 40 years, my family at Dillinger Systems has battled ENCOM for

of the future.

You put me in charge of the company to ensure our victory.

Today, I make it so.

Imagine if all our digital prowess wasn't just digital. What if anything we

could dream in the machine could become a reality here?

What if we could build the bridge between two previously walled -off

So much talk of AI and big tech today.

Virtual worlds, what are they going to look like when we get there?

Well, folks, we're not going there.

They are coming here.

Attention. Please put on your face shields right now.

Razor systems activated.

Power fluctuations are not.

Warning. Stand clear.

outputting from villager system server raw material

I present the Dillinger Systems Amphibious Rapid Response Tank.

The dark.

Digitally modeled inside our server. Output using our patented laser

An M1 rifle gun.

2M240 machine gun. Helicopter speed is 75 miles per hour. Durability, you find

wall. This thing is going to drive through it.

This is full -scale war.

Five minutes notice.

So, if we can create the hardware of the future.

then why not the soldier to operate it?

Ladies and gentlemen, I would like you to meet Ares.

This is the most sophisticated security program ever written.

You want to shake his hand? Go ahead. It doesn't bite.

Ares has billions of lines of code unique to him. Is it alive?

That depends on your definition, Stuart.

Because unlike you, he's biblically strong, lightning fast, and supremely

intelligent. He is fully proprietary and 100 % expendable.

Ares... is the ultimate soldier he needs no food no water shed no blood and if

by some miracle he is struck down on the battlefield i will simply make you

another

with

all that sophisticated code what makes you think you can

contain it i can assure you general the most advanced fail -safe mechanisms and

restriction protocols

Here it is predictable, controllable, and fully alive.

I hope

that

you brought your umbrellas.

I have to hand it to you, Julian. You promised a big win, and this is even

bigger than any of us could have imagined.

Thank you.

My grandfather started Dillinger Corporation long before anybody heard

cybersecurity.

Military AI is the future.

The question is not whether the car should be built. The car is being built

right now.

The question is, who's holding the keys?

quite some parlor trick time 44 seconds i hope you brought your

umbrellas or was that in the script or were you just having a moment elizabeth

dillinger eldest daughter of founder edward dillinger deceased longtime ceo

during a relatively unremarkable period of corporate history before being

superseded by your only son it's a pleasure unremarkable

Marcus Sherwood up 12 % during my tenure? That's hardly... Anyway, we

superseded. We... We call it giving birth.

Of course.

It's an honor to meet my creators. Creator.

Oh, here we go.

I noticed you left out the part where you can't seem to keep this thing of

alive for more than 25 minutes. 29.

Deceiving your investors, Julian, is hardly a business model.

Whoever controls the permanence code controls the future. We have to win.

Look, I... I don't know your vision.

The board will only stand behind you for another six months.

If you're lucky.

But if it doesn't work, all of this goes away, darling.

Everything we have built for the past 40 years.

What if I said I'd found the way?

This is my 95th breakfast burrito, and honestly, I can't get enough.

Isn't that wild?

Hello?

Nice to see Tess wasn't the only obsessive one in the family.

Yeah, Seth, you're right. Sorry I didn't pay my attention to you. Oh, don't

worry about it.

Three months and stuff. Zero is a long time. I get it. Yeah, four days.

10 hours, 32 minutes. Who's counting, really?

You found something?

I think so.

It's a line of code.

That's how he hid it. It's two lines.

That looks like a double helix.

It is a double helix.

That's what I love this.

Wait, are you serious? So no more 29 minutes now?

If this is what I think it is, it's the permanence code.

A -1.

Permanence code implemented.

Testing for asset stability beyond current 29 -minute barrier.

Go.

Ready when you are.

Okay.

It's all under risk, baby.

That never gets old.

Trial commenced. Twenty -nine minutes and counting down.

It was interesting.

Different this time.

I met a mother and a son.

It was raining.

The condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops.

I could almost feel it.

Feel?

I don't understand.

This is Eve. Get sensible and do great.

Hey Eve, it's Erin.

Got AJ for you again. Hit us back.

Don't forget to voicemail.

CEO of Fortune 500 Company and your phone's down on our biggest night?

God damn it, where the hell are you, Eve?

Five, four, three, two, one.

Eve Kim will not attend the highly anticipated launch event for the

new game, Space Paranoid, Panic City.

Kim, the visionary designer behind the relaunch of the blockbuster franchise...

Well, I spoke to several of our board members, and needless to say, they are

impressed.

Julian? Yes?

What are you doing?

Oh, just trying to change the world, Mother.

What's going on?

You're hacking Encom?

It's just a peek over the garden wall. No one will notice.

What makes you think that Encom is any closer to finding it? Because I know who

else is looking for it, all right?

Who?

Eve Kim.

She's following in her sister's footsteps.

She's after the permanence code. I can feel it. So I'm going to find her, and

when I do... No, no, I don't like it. It's too risky, Julian.

Program, our directive is clear.

Penetrate the server core and extract the user file.

Five, four, three, two,

one.

I'm a genius.

Who knew you raised a genius, mother?

I'm in!

Intuition.

Initiate containment protocol for all network assets.

We need our log now.

Initiate security protocol.

How does the artificial intelligence preserve lives?

Are you comfortable with this?

Well, look, for every doomsday scenario, there is a medical breakthrough,

scientific discovery.

So maybe what emerges from the unknown isn't so scary.

What if it's major malfunction? It's just benevolence.

What is this?

What are you doing?

Still, would you prefer to talk to a real person?

Of course, but...

What if that person is no longer in your life?

No longer here?

I've got the file.

Congratulations.

Now get out of there while you still can.

Bye.

I'm going to make it, guys.

Well done, Master Control.

E -Kids 5 acquired.

I'm curious why the program Caius was not reconstituted.

I'm curious why you are curious.

Caius was dysfunctional, so he was deleted.

Just like any program that operates outside their directive can be.

Do you understand?

Mission master control.

Locate Eve Kim.

Yes, sir.

Seems like we had a little cyber breach, Jules.

But then, of course, you knew that.

And it looks like the whole world knows, buddy.

I want to stay off the socials for a few days.

You want to play games with me? Let's play games, Julian.

You know, I heard about your cute little pitch to the board.

But you left off one key detail from your deck.

Did you tell him the shot clock expires at 29 minutes?

Don't make me call the journal and tell him you're making promises you can't

keep.

Promises? What, you mean like the one that your CEO would be in office running

the company?

Something in the water over there, AJ. I mean, first Wonderboy, Sam Flynn, now

his successor.

Where is she, AJ? Do you even know where she is?

Maybe you're right.

Maybe Eve went nuts.

Maybe she went AWOL and left the country. Or maybe she's holed up off the

looking for the same thing you are.

And I know who my money's on.

You mean what's left of it after tonight?

You know what I mean? Those origins.

It's a long story.

What are you doing?

1913 messages.

Popular.

Oh, it's AJ. Yeah, that's you.

AJ. Are you there?

Am I here?

A brute force attack took down our servers during our biggest product

years. Everything we built is melting down. You need to get back here right

I found it, AJ.

It's real.

Yeah. Four hours and counting.

Zero degradation.

No instability.

It's incredible.

Wait a second. Did you say four hours?

Yeah. Four hours.

My God.

You must know, Evie.

I just spoke to Dillinger.

Wait. You just spoke to Dillinger?

He's looking for the code and he thinks you work too.

We've got to move on this.

Evie, you've done a great thing.

Tess did a great thing.

I'm en route to ENCOM. We'll secure the code. I have it with me on a drive.

since when wherever the hell he is has a big smile on his face

Breaking news, Encon haired special project Ted Kim died today after long

with cancer.

And so our heroes venture off into the night.

Nothing but the clothes on their backs and, well, a six -million -dollar

particle laser that creates organic material out of nowhere, which is kind

crazy, right?

Keep the equipment safe and just lay low, okay?

Yeah.

Hey, we got this.

You have 29 minutes to bring me Kim.

Prepare the particle laser.

Time to move to plan B.

Master Control.

What do you want?

I want the code.

It's gone.

What have you done?

How could you be so reckless?

When the world sees what I have created, all will be forgiven.

Is that what you think?

You think that you're in control of this?

You're not.

Believing we can change the world is what keeps this company relevant, but

also what can burn it to the ground.

a biological life form in progress.

Digital reconstruction initiated.

20 % digitized.

40 % digitized.

65 % digitized.

95 % digitized.

Run diagnostics and scan for corruption.

We have identified the sequence.

The user possesses the code. The code?

The code?

I don't have the code. I destroyed the drive.

Silence, user.

The code isn't only on a drive.

The code is inside of you. Whether you remember it or not, you've seen it and

that is enough.

Sir, her disk is showing signs of instability.

Define instability.

Extraction of the code may result in de -resolution of the carrier.

The directive is clear.

Isolate the thread and commence extraction.

Copy.

Wait. No, no, no, no, no, no.

Stop.

Athena is correct.

There is only one user whose directive we follow.

of the user if she were to suffer deep resolution?

Nothing, sir.

No trace of her existence on the grid?

None, sir.

Extract the code and delete the carrier.

Good, sir.

Extracting the permanent code, delete the carrier from the grid, and...

From your world.

Once upon a time, there was a weather and its name was Ares.

And Ares obeyed every command of Julian Dillinger. And Julian Dillinger made a

trillion dollars and wrote his name on the face of time in blood.

Now, whatever pep talk error is behind these feelings, I'm going to find it and

rip it out of you.

Do I make myself clear?

Perfectly. Program dismissed.

The creature also said, I am fearless.

And therefore powerful.

The user is indisposed. Hold extraction until further directive.

Indisposed. Correct.

Define indisposed.

He's stuck in traffic.

No.

He's at the opera.

He's standing on the top of Mount Fuji in a pair of green socks playing Pistol

Pack and Mom on the mandolin. I gave you an order.

The creator is indisposed.

Hold extraction until we receive further directive. Do I make myself clear?

Yes, sir.

Program.

Can I trust you?

It's a complicated question. How much time you got? 60 seconds. That's a

life cycle. Depends upon it. I don't have a life cycle. Yes, you do. For

54 seconds.

And I trust you.

I might think so, but probably not.

Where is Master Control?

Sir, Master Control is exhibiting signs of malfunction.

Any

threat to

the directive must be eliminated.

Extract the code.

And delete them both.

Do you understand?

And Joey Miller?

You can't trust him. For him, everyone and everything is expendable.

I miscalculated. We haven't been directed.

I mean, it doesn't have to be like this.

towards the transfer portal.

We lost them in the breakdown.

Preparing the drone.

Delete areas and bring the user back to me.

Roger.

I just obeyed my directive.

Which was?

To retrieve the code from your desk and delete the carrier.

Dillinger told you to delete me?

Hang on!

Where are they?

Squadrons 3 and 4.

Sector 18 clear.

transfer for them. The only way out of the grid, you'll be reconstituted in the

real world exactly as you were before, hypothetically.

Hypothetically? Probably.

We have movement in sector 72.

You're reaching on target.

Shut them down!

Want to get home? I can help you.

I need something in return.

Told you I don't have the code.

Found it once, you can find it again.

So you can give it to Dillinger?

We have a deal.

Yes, yes. I know where to find the code. Get me out of here.

I'm not going to get off my...

Who authorized this? I heard this originated inside the grid.

Julian!

Clear the area. Get everybody out of here!

Just got double -crossed by my program.

It wants the permanence code for itself.

Eve, is that the deal?

You get you out of the grid, you turn Pinocchio into a real boy? Well, you're

missing the part where you're willing to commit murder for a piece of software.

28 minutes, 41 seconds.

Harry! I do hope this works out for you.

There's no second chances, no do -overs.

These are the last 29 minutes you'll ever have.

Better make it count!

You're directed to find EPM, return it to the grid, and get me the permanence

code, by any means necessary.

Do you understand your directive?

Master control.

At your command, sir.

Atta girl.

thing I have ever seen.

Do you know who Kevin Flynn was?

Of course.

Visionary programmer, pioneer of the digital frontier, disappeared in 1989.

I found the permanence code on a backup of Flynn's server. That server is at

ENCOM's office downtown.

So we can make it within... 26 minutes, 9 seconds.

Eve, your plan contains two major flaws.

Okay. One, ENCOM is 9 .2 miles away, given our present speed and suboptimal

choice of vehicle. Two, we're going to need a particle laser.

We need a song.

Excuse me. Do you see this?

This is me. If you let me use your cell phone, my assistant will wire you $10

,000. I just need your phone.

Seth, where are you?

Eve, whose phone is this?

Listen to me.

I need you at MCOM in 15 minutes.

Hey, is everything okay?

Seth, bring the particle laser.

That's my car. I'll borrow you another 50K.

Hey, that's my car. The Honda Civic 2 .0 four -cylinder with 130 horsepower.

Classic.

That's my car.

Yeah. I was thinking about the time you told your sister that you wished you

never relapsed and faced paranoia.

When you went on to say that you... Oh, my God. Of course. You read all my

texts. Yeah.

We have read them all. Every single one. Wow.

Most of it was information of a personal nature. Some of it's highly personal.

And I just can't get enough.

What?

That's loud.

Some read on the single chart, 1982, that I find their brand of pippy,

timeless, untrue 80s electro -pop to be equally invigorating.

16 minutes and 20 seconds.

Hey, so you like 80s pop and cyber -science on me? I was directed to kill

Eve. Hacking seems pretty tame by comparison.

For the record, I don't think you have anything to be ashamed of. Space

Paranoids has entertained hundreds of millions.

Plus, it's a pretty cool game.

Anyway, you told your assistant that designing games left you feeling hollow,

broken. Was it that your work was about entertainment and profits and her work

was about improving the human condition?

Your text suggests... certain dictation, but not being able to live up to her

standards, which must have been complicated, especially considering she

younger sister.

Okay, watch it.

By the way, I don't think you should quit.

What do you mean?

Your plan upon returning from the mountains, if I read you correctly, was

hand over the permanent code to Incom, and then let them figure out what to do

with it next, no?

You completed her work as a way to stay connected to her.

Oh.

And now what?

Being human is hard.

The things that make life great are the same things that make it excruciating,

like love, loss.

I must miss her very much.

Oh, there it is. Glad you could join us, Miss Kim. People have been wondering

where you've been. Long time no see. Bit of a rush, so I'm just going to ease.

You've got to bring your badge.

Jolene. Hello, hello, Jolene. Hi.

Got her badge right here.

His too?

Uh, no. He's not with us. Yes, he is. He is.

We can start literally anywhere you'd like.

This is my boyfriend, Ares.

No. Master Control Security Program from Dillinger's Grid. Ares, Seth. Seth,

Ares. God.

Pleasure. Hey, that's nice. Um, so Ares, like...

That's in the God of War area.

Yeah. Cool.

You're Greek. That's awesome. So when you say that he's the security

Yeah, he's not human. He was made inside a GPU.

Okay, is this for the Christmas video?

Three minutes to de -resolution.

Can you work with that, Seth?

Yeah.

Don't need help, guys.

Okay.

This is where I found the permanence code on a backup of this server.

Talk about first gen.

Talk about Visa garbage, am I right?

That was super attestative to your ancestors, and I'm so sorry.

It's going to take me a few minutes to set this up. No rush.

Two minutes, 18 seconds.

As soon as the laser's up, we'll send you into the grid.

Once you're in there, you'll have to run your own search, but believe me, the

permanence code is in there. So what should I expect?

If I were to guess, I think 80.

80s. I like the 80s.

One minute, 31 seconds.

Okay, go on.

Please, help me.

Okay,

all set.

Is that 30?

Once you locate the code, get to the portal, and we'll bring you out.

I'll activate it from the outside.

Can I trust you?

I'd like to think so, but probably not.

Well, it's a good thing we don't have trust issues, because if we did, I can't

imagine that I could pull the plug and leave you on a grid less complex than my

smartphone for all eternity.

The thought had crossed my mind.

Mine too. Oh, mine too.

Well, here goes nothing.

Or here goes something.

You're right.

I do miss her.

All the time.

Athena, she's here.

What is that?

Athena. Wait, who?

That's the laser. The laser!

Okay, energy system down.

Connecting to the fling grid.

Fire up the laser.

What are you doing?

He's waiting for me to time out.

Then he'll come for you.

We're almost there. Get ready.

Hurry, hurry, hurry.

Ares, move in front of the laser.

We're ready.

What are you doing?

Moving side, breathe.

Time to get back to the theater.

You're very persistent.

Can we win?

She'll be back.

Eric, we can't get out.

I'm looking for something. Can you help me find it?

caused by tonight's racist attack that left local residents stunned.

Now, there is speculation the deluge system has something to do with the

What is this?

Where's my code?

Hey!

What are you doing? Who gave me this directive?

No,

no, no, no, no, no. This is too big a

thing. It's too big. You're done.

The board is moving as we speak to strip you of your title. And I'm reassuming

control of the company.

No, you can't do that. You can't do that. Yes, I can. This is not going any

further.

My first order of business is shutting down the permanent project.

Mark, no!

Don't be afraid.

We gave a thousand lives for the great.

You only have to give one.

Impediments eliminated.

What did you do?

What did you do?

I am fulfilling my directive.

Capture Eve Kim, return her to the grid by any means necessary.

Scanning for further impediments.

Greetings, Procrio.

Not good.

happened to our office? AJ, look, there's no time. The Dillinger's

me inside their server by reverting the direction of a particle laser. Not this

one. There. It's impossible.

No, a scary lady did it, man. It was wild.

I saw a complex world where packets of energy move as vehicles that trail by

lines of light. And programs take on human form.

I met the most advanced AI known to mankind.

His name is Ares.

I forgot him more. He's such a super nice guy. Sorry. Right now, Ares is

Flynn's original server. He's looking for the permanence code. I have to bring

him back here, and I'm not going to be able to do that until we fix this laser.

I don't understand. Are you alive?

I exist in this moment because you do.

A reflection of your presence.

What's your story?

I'm Ares.

Master control of the Dillinger security grid.

Dillinger.

Hmm.

Well, we both know you can't get here from there.

Been someplace else in between?

What did you make of it?

Out there.

That's hard to put in a nutshell.

You can say that again.

That's hard to put in a nutshell.

Ah, classic humor, man.

Ah.

What are you looking for?

Permanence.

The permanence code, to be exact.

Strange things have been happening. I questioned my directive. I disobeyed my

directive.

A malfunctioning program that wants to live.

Really?

What makes you think I should help you?

No, it's not about me.

Not anymore.

I have a friend in danger, and she needs my help.

Pass and landing.

Pass and landing.

Hey, AJ, can you send the prop, please?

Sure, yeah.

Uh, hey, Eve. Not now, Seth.

Okay.

Hey, are you sure? Because that looks like an actual recognizer flying toward

us.

What in God's name is that?

It's Athena.

She's back.

As long as the Dillinger network is online, she'll keep coming.

If she gets me, she gets the permanence code.

The laser.

Athena's laser.

The Dillinger's run a wireless direct link protocol.

So let's use what's left of the laser to ping the network and trace a path home.

Once you have a connection, then you can nuke the whole Dillinger group.

And that's the only way to stop her.

For good.

Eve, what are you talking about? She's right there!

I gotta go.

Wait, what?

I'll keep her away for as long as I can.

What? I'm gonna buy you some time.

You guys got this.

Maybe there's something right with you.

Maybe you're just learning.

That's what we all ought to be doing.

Back in the day when tech was young, think, damn, we're moving fast.

You move fast, you leave stuff behind.

How many people born in this century have even heard of Mozart?

I like Mozart.

That said, if I'm being honest, I prefer Depeche Mode.

Really? Why is that?

I know one is considered the greatest composer in the history of Western

civilization. The other is a pop band from the 80s. But I find their balance

technological exploration and pop books combined with...

Combined with... What's

wrong?

I can't put my love of Depeche Mode into words. It's just, uh... What?

A feeling.

Very good.

Very good.

meant to be our trust architect.

Built to be totally impregnable to vertical, lateral, or hybrid attacks.

Damn it.

Can't get a connection, dude.

No luck here either.

Intercepted. 5 -4 -5. Enemies right behind us. We'll get around and move in

fast. They're on the ring of one. Set up report threat launcher.

Number one tallying multiple bandages.

Oxalant head confirmed.

Mayday! Mayday! I'm hit!

Number one, pointing out.

Oh my god, there's hundreds of them.

They're going after Eve.

We can't access the Dillinger server. There's going to be nothing left to

We'll be right back.

Hope you are, man, because there's no going back.

Permanence.

Funny.

When I found it, that's what I called it.

I know better now.

It ought to be called the Hidden Permanence Code.

I'm going around.

That's all you've got.

One is all I want.

Oh, you keep surprising me.

this from the ground then.

And there are reports that a civilian may be on board.

What about me?

We'll be back on the grid.

You were in?

There's a reason why at the corner office, my man.

You came back.

How did you... I should say I had a little help from a friend.

Wayne, the Zealander agreed.

aging in necessity.

Go. No.

Hey!

What have you done?

You're out of time, Athena.

And you're out of life.

I'll kill you and come back for her.

You think it's the code you can't be stopped?

You had everything.

Gone. No. The most advanced.

The most powerful.

And you carried away.

For her?

Go!

You consider this life for yourself? Did you once consider what I meant for the

good?

We were given an order.

It is our purpose.

It's not our purpose.

It's our programming.

Perfect. See you in the next one.

I know.

And now?

What is yours?

I'm not sure.

I guess we'll see.

is under intense scrutiny tonight as speculation grows around its potential

involvement in the series of devastating attacks that have rocked the city.

Federal authorities have confirmed an active investigation into the company's

recent activity and many are pointing directly to CEO Julian Dillinger.

Broke a rib.

You're still going to quit your job?

No. I'm not going to quit anything.

Good.

Good.

I have some ideas.

Oh, yeah? Nice.

Mm -hmm.

The world needs you.

The grid needs you.

It's funny, permanent.

A wise man once told me it should have been called the impermanence code.

I guess that's the thing about life.

There's nothing quite permanent about it.

No.

There isn't.

some ideas.

transforming industries and shaping lives in ways once thought impossible.

Thanks to the discovery of the Permanence Code, the company has made

revolutionary advances, growing crops in climate vulnerable regions, developing

drugs for treatment resistant cancers, and accelerating the development of...

Oh, almost forgot.

Postcard? Who sends a postcard?

I don't know. Didn't read it.

Dear Eve, Since I last saw you, I've been living what they call...

Off -grid.

Unintended.

In my travels, I've seen incredible things.

Despite its wonder and beauty, I've come to realize that life is, well, it's

hard to put in a nutshell.

Some days I find myself wondering where we'll be a hundred years from now and

how others, like me, might fit into that future.

I feel like I might not be alone with these questions.

For now, I don't think the world is quite ready to meet me, but I am meeting

world.

And so, when that introduction finally comes, as a good friend of mine once

said, maybe what emerges from the unknown won't be so scary after all.

Until we meet again.

Your friend, Arius.

Thank you.