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["10:15 Saturday Night" by The Cure playing]

♪ 10:15 on a Saturday night ♪

♪ And the tap drips under the striplight ♪

♪ And I'm sitting in the kitchen sink ♪

♪ And the tap drips Drip, drip, drip, drip ♪

♪ Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip ♪

[music fades]

[Roman] D?

When'd you sneak back in?

Hello?

Don't be dead.

-[yelps] -[D gasps]

Is it morning?

Uh-huh.

But I… The nightmares.

-[gasps] -[D] Roman! I didn't dream!

D! Stop it! You're freaking me…

[gulps]

-[laughs] -[Roman] You reek.

[D] 'Kay… my ass is clean.

Get my head.

[Roman] When was your last shower?

[D] Huh…

Lemme see now.

-[Roman] Never mind. Don't answer that. -[soft music playing]

[D] Most restful morning I've had in a long while.

So, about yesterday. It started when you found that shard.

[D] Uh-huh.

Can you still do that stuff?

[D] Good question.

-[bleeping] -[automated voice] Walk. Walk.

-Walk. Walk. -[Roman sighs]

-Hey, you were rolling, right? -Walk.

Yeah, that sure does look like me, doesn't it?

What do you mean? Course it was you.

-And that girl. -Huh?

What girl?

Y'know. Bright red, kinda floatin' around?

Bright red? What does that even mean?

Yep. Red as a barn.

Yeah, but what part? Her hair? Skin? Clothes?

-All of it! -All of it?

And there were these glitchy sparky thingies.

A girl that's red all over with sparky thingies?

Well… that's right.

Cam caught some odd flares.

But the girl?

Choom, she doesn't exist.

She does! The bitch tried to take over my body!

[Roman] Sure that shard's not carryin' a neurovirus?

-[bleeping] -Should probably yank the thing out. Whoa!

Except viruses are supposed to weaken systems and slow you down!

The exact opposite of this!

I mean, yeah, I guess.

[D] Whatever she did to me, it felt good.

Like I was a kid again.

[Roman] Like a kid?

-Oh, wait, wait, wait! -[gasps]

What is it?

[Roman] Ugh, the glare.

You looked so happy here, too.

-I was happy? -[Roman] Mmm. Dang it.

-D. -Mmm?

-You gotta yank the shard. -No way! Why should I?

It's all kinds of bad news!

-What more reason do you need? -[growls]

Said yourself it tried to hijack you.

And you just said I was happy!

So what if you were? Doesn't mean that thing is safe.

-[mocking sigh] -[static buzzing]

[D gasps]

-It's her! -Hey, now! Don't "her" me, buddy!

Just call me Capri!

Wait. Me? Us? He?

-She? They? We? -[Roman] D?

-[D hisses] -[Capri] Eh, whatever!

-[cackling] -Are you saying she's here? The red girl?

-[Capri] Oh? It's the baby from yesterday! -[D gasps]

[Capri] Hi, little baby!

She's saying hi.

-[power whooshes] -Uh, hi.

What a sweetie-pie.

-You hear that? -Not a thing.

Or you see that?

-[Roman] Nope. -[power crackles]

Nobody can hear me, nobody can see me. Nobody besides you.

Just what the hell are you, exactly?

[Capri] What does that matter?

-C'mon, let's be friends. -[buzzing]

-[D] Gah! Fuck off! -[gasps] Hmm.

Friends don't try to hijack each other's bodies!

-[Capri] Why? Is that bad? -[D scoffs] Yes!

[Capri] Just 'cause I tried doesn't mean I actually did.

-Not yet. -[D seethes]

Not yet?

[Capri] Naw, c'mon! Yesterday was so much fun!

-I know you thought so too! -No, I didn't!

[Capri] Who are you tryna haze?

We're sharing the same pink and squishy CPU.

I know if I was havin' a total blast,

it means you had to be, too.

[D] What the hell are you?

[Capri] Me? I'm Capri.

[D] That's not what I asked.

[Capri] Oh, you mean, what the hell am I?

[D] Jesus Chr… Ugh.

Isn't that what I just said?

Oh! Wait a minute!

Huh?

[Roman] Even if I can't see her, that's fine.

But maybe we can patch her voice through?

-[static buzzing] -[Capri humming]

Huh?

-[static buzzes] -[D scoffs]

-Hmm? -[Capri] Hah-hah! Hah!

[power crackles]

Whoa!

[static humming]

[Capri] All right. I'm a personality construct.

A construct?

In my case, a collection of human psyches.

All of them digitized and rolled into one beautiful me.

[Roman] So you're an AI?

[Capri] Are all mammals dogs?

No. AIs got too powerful. Outgrew the leash.

But their corporate masters still wanted that power.

So they created me. Powerful, like an AI, but born of humans.

So very many humans!

[Roman] You're a weapon? A weapon made out of people?

-[Capri] Eh. Close enough. -[gasps]

[Capri] A force the likes of which the world has never seen!

The trick was finding the right Joe Schmo or Jane Schlane to stick me in.

You need a human host to run?

[Capri] Uh-huh! After all, what good is an operating system

without a computer to operate?

[D] And I was compatible.

[Capri] Sure looks that way.

[D] Lemme get this straight.

If you'd been successful takin' over after landin' in my head,

I would've been overwritten, right?

But the install failed somehow.

It's incomplete, leaving you anchored to this chip.

So, if I yank it, you get sucked back into your cage?

[Capri, angrily] Mm-hmm.

-[D] Relax. -[Capri] Huh?

[D] I'm willing to let you ride shotgun.

But in return, you're gonna share that power of yours with me.

Assumin' you're not outta tricks.

[Capri cackling]

[doctor] Her prognosis is clear.

Continued heavy use and implantation of cyberware

places your daughter at high risk of acute cyberpsychosis.

[Kiril] We were led to believe that Talia possesses exceptional tolerance.

[doctor] The fact that she's remained stable thus far is exceptional in itself.

[Kiril] Just days ago, you saw no early markers.

[doctor] Symptoms can be subtle, heterogenous across individuals,

or even absent altogether.

The pool of diagnostic data for this disease is limited.

But due to the severity of Talia 's symptoms,

we were able to confirm her diagnosis prior to any onset of psychosis.

She's a valuable specimen for future study.

[Kiril] Specimen?

-[doctor] Sorry? -[Kiril] Nothing.

Please send me a full report of your findings.

I'd also like second and third opinions.

[doctor] Oh. Of course.

[D] By the way, why are you still hangin' around?

-[Capri giggles] -D. Seriously?

You don't gotta tag along anymore.

What? You drag me back and forth, all over the city,

and then you ditch me the moment you slot a new choom into your head?

As I recall, your sole aim was to scroll Maelstrom.

-That was just biz. -[Capri humming]

What I really want is to film you, D.

[D] Me? Why?

Got this feeling you'll leap off the screen.

The hell's that even mean?

Anyway, can't stroll into Arasaka with a kid.

Says the guy clearly scared of goin' himself.

I am not. Smart-ass.

[Roman] If your stupid butt can get in, so can I.

[static crackling]

[Roman] Whoa.

[power zaps]

[footsteps]

[D] Which way?

[Capri] Follow me.

[Roman] It's like we really are invisible.

[power humming]

Mighty nifty system breach.

Nicely done.

She says there's only a single soul in Data Archive B right now.

[power crackles]

[man] Hmm?

You there!

This is a restricted are--

Mind answering me a few questions?

[man] I do and I won't. This is my office.

-Not whatever gutter you crawled out from. -[Capri giggles]

What are you doing, boy?

-[zoom whirrs] -[Roman] Filming.

On corporate property?

-Child or not, there are consequ-- -[D] Two years ago.

Saka and Maelstrom. They hit one of Snake Nation's clans.

and burned the whole camp to ashes.

-[man gasps] -[D] Who was pulling the strings?

[man] Are you…

Wait a sec. Do you fuckin' know me?

I said no such thing.

Yeah, whatever. Just gimme all the files on it.

I will not.

I'm this close to blowin' your fuckin' head clean off.

-[man] So do it. If you have the nerve. -[D seethes]

-[energy crackling] -[man wailing]

[groans]

Gimme the damn files!

[man chuckles]

As I thought!

-The hell's so funny? -[Roman gasps]

-[man] Petty netrunner thief. -[rock music playing]

-You lack conviction to pull the trigger. -[D gasps]

-[power crackling] -[man shrieking]

-[moaning] -[D] The files!

[man, weakly] I… refuse. [groans]

-Okay! My turn. -[D] Huh?

-[power zapping] -[both gasp]

Aah!

[D] Couldn't have led with that?

[man] How? That's not possible.

-[screams] -[Roman gasps]

[man groans]

[D] Grab a few winks.

-You gotta go easy on him, D. -[Capri giggles]

[Roman] What if he has Trauma Team?

I did go easy.

-He'll wake up in-- -[music stops]

[D] Close that right now.

[Capri] The still? Sure.

[buzzes]

-[static crackling] -What I need's a full list of names.

-No can do. -Why?

'Cause it doesn't exist.

Can't be right.

So what's the next best thing?

I don't know. It looks like they scarfed the juicy bites already.

-They cleaned house. -[D scoffs]

There's gotta be somethin'.

Well, might be traces of some lazy deletes that I could try to undelete.

Get on it, then.

[Capri] Yessir!

[melancholy music playing]

[D gasps]

-[Roman] David Martinez. -Huh?

[Roman] That's him, right?

What the hell is this?

-[man] David… Martinez. -[gasps]

Rotten edgerunner piece of trash.

How pathetic to think a gang of gutter rats could push Arasaka to its limits.

And now security can't even stop children from strolling in off the curb.

-What a joke we-- -[click]

I know you know names. So gimme the biggest.

-[man] Beats me. -Bullshit!

You recognized me earlier. Didn't you?

-[man Oh, please. You're nobody. -[D seethes]

Nobodies don't have their faces in classified files.

[gasps]

[man] What's the point?

They shuttered the project.

[D] Project? What project?

You're wasting your time.

The truth will always evade you.

-[D] Fuck that! -[chuckles]

You came here looking for blood, didn't you?

[laughing painfully]

[D] Why're you laughing?

-[Capri] Huh? -[man] Because it tickles me.

This vengeance you sorely seek but will never find.

Speak plainly!

[man] You gnawed your way in

believing a lone termite could topple the mighty house of Arasaka.

But that belief will kill you, the same as it killed Martinez.

The insignificant die as the insignificant deserve.

[D] Maybe. But I can take you with me.

-[Capri cackles] -[Roman] Huh?

[man] Then do it!

My career won't survive the day anyway.

-[power crackling] -[man screams]

-[moaning] -D! You'll call Trauma!

[grunts]

-[Capri laughs] -[D sighs shakily]

-[Roman] Still breathin'. -[D and Capri gasp]

[Roman] But I bet that tripped an alert. We gotta go.

Run away?

Unless you wanna scrap it out with TT on Arasaka turf, we gotta move!

-[D] Fuck. -[power zaps]

-Huh? -[energy hums]

[Capri] Hmm?

[Roman] Talia?

-[D] C'mon! -[Roman] Right.

-[Capri laughs] -[static buzzes]

-[music fades] -[running footsteps receding]

How are things? How's your daughter Talia?

Doing well. Aside from a bad case of teenage rebellion, of course.

She is at that age, isn't she?

Yes.

She's had more implants installed, I hear.

[Kiril] Yes, but she's adapting well.

Is that so?

According to the report I received,

another surgery could cause a full psychotic break.

[chuckles] No, sir. That's an exaggeration.

The incident has been blown way out of proportion.

-She's been otherwise stable. -[static humming quietly]

[man] Then why neglect to report it yourself?

Secrets rot trust, Kiril.

Trust already damaged by your loss of the chip.

[Kiril] Yes, sir. I apologize again for that.

The mercenary I hired had come highly recommended.

[man] You hired a goon from the streets.

In any case, it's Arasaka that vexes me now.

-They aren't scrambling. -[bleeping]

[man] They've scarcely mobilized to retrieve this prized chip of theirs.

In fact, I hear they intend to abandon it entirely.

[Kiril] I suspect that's a bluff to create this very kind of doubt.

[man] Maybe. But Arasaka can no longer afford

the luxury of nuance and clever ploys.

Their house is cracking at its foundations.

Their stranglehold on the city has broken.

That is undeniable.

[Kiril] True.

[man] With Arasaka's influence already on the wane,

leadership is losing interest in seizing the project outright.

Should the chip fall into our laps, fantastic.

Should it get dragged down and buried beneath the sinking ship of Arasaka,

that too is acceptable.

No matter the outcome, Kang Tao stands to win.

[Kiril] I understand.

[man] That being said, Kiril,

you owe your standing in the company to this initiative.

[Kiril] Yes, sir.

[man] So squeeze it for all it's worth.

There are still victories to be won here.

Prove I was right to see potential in you.

[Kiril] You have my word.

Well, then, the next time we meet, I'll expect to see results as promised.

[Kiril] You'll have them, sir.

[musical phone ringtone playing]

[Avida] Weak!

[King] She okay? Talia?

[Avida] I told the hospital to keep a close watch on her. I was clear.

[King] She ran off? Knowing she might pop… go psycho any minute?

[Avida gasps]

You haven't told her yet?

Someone's gotta talk to her.

[Avida] Don't you do it! Not yet.

You put that thought in her head, get her worrying about it,

could be what sets the girl off.

[King] What ifs, what ifs. Can't worry about 'em.

[Avida] Course I can!

We got no idea what might cause another episode. Or worse!

You don't understand how fragile she is!

[King] Well, uh… I do, I do.

-[Avida] Then don't talk like that! -[King] Right, right. Wasn't thinkin'.

Better get movin'. Gotta go.

Gonna get her home to you soon.

[Avida] Please hurry, Weak. What if those gang freaks have her?

[King] Yeah… Not too worried about that.

[blues music playing]

[oscillating electronic whirring]

-[bleep] -[power fades]

[King] Thought I'd find you here.

Looks like they ditched ya.

[Talia scoffs]

[King] And sounds like you blame me.

[Talia] They're prob'ly just fuckin' around.

C'mon. You don't buy into their cult bullshit, so why risk your life?

[Talia] Talking like you know me.

They're pretty touchy about outsiders.

-Prob'ly saw right through ya. -[Talia] The hell do you know--

[King] 'Sall right. I know you don't chip all that chrome out of love for it.

That for you, it's a matter of survival.

[Talia scoffs]

Sorry. Your mom told me about it. Your condition.

[Talia] Okay. So?

Come on. Let's grab a tight bite.

[Talia] What?

Shoot the shit over some SCOP dogs.

[Talia] And why the hell would I do that?

So I don't drag your ass back to the hospital.

Leave the choice to you.

[music fades]

[Talia] Hey. Heard you went psycho. That true?

-[clanking] -[King] It is.

[Talia] And you're the one to lecture me on healthy chippin' habits? That's rich.

[King] No one more qualified, for just that reason.

[Talia scoffs]

-Got more in common than ya think. -[rattling]

Know exactly what's been goin' through your mind.

[Talia scoffs] That's almost funny.

We have nothing in common.

Lemme guess, you think you've got a high tolerance for chrome.

That you're different. Special.

More you chip, the more you feel like you.

So did I.

[Talia] Except look how you turned out.

[King] That's my point. You're not special. No one is.

[Talia] You're wrong.

A lot of people have thought that.

Believed they were just wired different.

But every single one of 'em either went spiralin' over the edge

or flatlined before they had the chance.

Sooner or later. Just a matter of time.

[Talia] What am I supposed to do?

Hold on to the last ganic bits I got left?

Fragile and failing?

Chrome's the only thing still giving me any hope.

You don't know if I'll go psycho. You can't know.

But if I stop now, I'm dead for sure!

Really expect me to just curl up and croak?

Oh! Whoa. Uh…

-[groans] -[Talia scoffs]

-[somber music playing] -[Talia] Yeah, so maybe I do go psycho.

Maybe. But even that's better than definitely dying.

[King] No! It's not!

Not at all.

Most just think of the violence. The tics, the rage, the outbursts.

But what's worse is you stop being you.

Losing yourself…

That's worse than death.

[Talia] So what are you saying?

Better I die now? Get it over with?

[King] No. Course not.

But to go through that…

Friends, family. No one's really safe.

Could kill somebody you love and not remember it.

Not know why.

[Talia] Did you?

I don't know.

[Talia] You don't know?

That's what I'm sayin'. It's a blur.

Faces, places, time.

You dont know when or where you are anymore.

Don't know who you are.

[Talia] Like, you see old memories?

[King] Uh…

[Talia] That's rough.

[Talia] So, if there's a chance I might hurt someone,

I should prob'ly stay away from my parents, yeah?

[King] You mean run away and live on your own?

Pretty childish idea, don't ya think?

-[Talia] You're one to talk. -Uh…

-[Talia] Bet you live alone. -Well, that's different.

[Talia] Uh-huh. Why're you so involved, anyway?

'Cause my mom asked nicely?

Or, don't tell me.

-An affair? -[pincers whirr]

How dare you talk about your mother that way?

She's a good woman! She'd never do something like that.

All you need to know is the two of us go way back,

and she's very special to me.

But, like, romantically? Or…

C'mon! What the hell are you grillin' my ass for?

The relationship that we have…

[groans] Mmm…

Well, it's kinda hard to explain to a kid.

I'm serious. Some things you learn with age.

Maturity comes with experience.

-Uh… -[Talia] Maturity, huh?

Been hung up on the same woman for, what, decades?

And never moved on?

That's not maturity. That's pathetic.

[machinery clanking and whirring]

Uh… [groans]

You really gonna critique my love life?

-[Talia] If you had one, I would. -[grumbles]

Think you know love from readin' teen magazines?

-[Talia] 'Scuse me? -Sure like to talk a big game, don'tcha?

For someone who hasn't moved past hand-holdin'.

-[Talia] You tryna die? -Hey, it's not your fault--

Uh… Ohh.

[Talia] I'm callin' him.

-Huh? -[Talia] My boyfriend.

Wanna meet him? I'll call him right now.

-[King] Whoa. Wait! -[static crackling]

-[D] You lookin' for somethin'? -[Capri] Hmm?

If it's clouds, I think you're in luck.

[chuckles]

-[D] Satellites? -[Roman] Huh?

[D] Why satellites?

The hell's so funny?

[Roman] Shoulda kept a cooler head, D.

[D] Hmm.

[Roman] I get how you feel, but…

Look who's gettin' lectured by a baby!

-[giggles] -[D] Shut up.

Was that aimed at me, or…

Capri.

That's the girl?

She says that's her name.

Capri, huh?

Nice to meet ya, Capri.

Little to the right.

[Roman grumbles]

And there's really no way I can see her?

[Capri] Maybe a flash?

[energy zaps]

I think I saw somethin'.

Let's see. Check it.

[tapping key]

[Roman] Whoa!

[D] Yeah, that's her!

It's like one of those paranormal shows.

No ghost is that goofy-lookin'?

I think I look spooky.

[musical ringtone playing]

-[Capri and D] Hmm? -[Roman] Huh? Talia?

[Roman] Uh, now?

[Talia] Please and thanks.

-[bleep] -[Roman spluttering] Gah!

Really let your friend push you around like that?

-Like you're one to talk. -[Capri] Oooh!

-Wait… -[Capri mumbling]

Hey! You snooped!

Ugh! Not cool, choom.

So, do you wanna come along?

[D] I'll pass. She sounds scary.

You know, she was on that list too.

With you and David Martinez.

-[D] What? -[Capri] Huh?

[Roman] Even if we don't understand what it means, you're all connected somehow.

What we're missin', she might know.

[D] Martinez and I have fuck all in common.

[Roman] Then why are you on the same list?

There has to be a reason.

[D] Hmph.

[Roman] 'Kay, I'll go alone.

[energy hums]

Your dead end just found new life.

Why stop now?

[D] Fine.

I'll join ya.

[Talia] Who's he?

Uh… 'S my choom D.

D, this is Talia.

-[King growls] -What's up?

[Talia] And, uh, this is Weak.

He's my mom's friend, I guess.

[Capri simpers and giggles]

[King] Hmm. Hmm.

You gotta be kidding! It's this one?

-[Talia] Yep. -But he's just a kid.

-[Talia] No! He's my boyfriend. -[laughing]

[Talia] So wipe that stupid grin off your face and stop being an asshole!

[King laughs]

-That's pretty rude, old man. -[Talia] See?

This choom gets it.

[clicking and whirring]

[chuckling] Oh!

-[Roman] D! -[bleeping]

[Capri laughing maniacally]

[loud clanking and chiming]

[Capri] See me, don'tcha? I know you can!

[giggling]

-[cackling] -[static buzzing]

[Capri] Finally!

[bleep]

[Capri] I found you!

[static crackling]

["Watson" by Petite Meller feat. Oslo Green playing]

♪ Didn't mean to sound arrogant ♪

♪ Suddenly we don't feel the same ♪

♪ All I needed was to get it straight ♪

♪ How I feel isn't complicated ♪

♪ Everything that I long to be ♪

♪ You and me ♪

♪ There's more than meets the eye ♪

♪ Everything that I long to be ♪

♪ As in you and ♪

♪ I'm wandering on the city harbour ♪

♪ Now possibly I will see you ♪

♪ In Watson ♪

♪ Run away with me ♪

♪ You're my West Coast problem ♪

♪ Now, finally ♪

♪ We are goin' home ♪

♪ Once again, I lose it all ♪

♪ Once again, I lose it ♪

♪ Once again, I lose it ♪

♪ Once again, I lose it all ♪

♪ Begging for this love ♪

♪ Once again, I lose it all ♪