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[door machinery hisses]

-[Talia] Oh. -[Avida gasps shakily]

-[Talia] Hey, Mom. -[Avida] Oh.

-[door closes] -[sighs] Don't scare me like that.

[Talia] What? You think I ran away?

[doctor] You're certain?

Talia's hardly in a state to move around so easily.

But it didn't seem like she was struggling.

Especially compared to when we admitted her.

She honestly seems better.

[poignant music playing]

I see. I'll stop by to check on her.

She just… I don't know, doctor.

She seemed so… normal today. [whimpers]

You think there's a chance that she might recover on her own?

As much as I appreciate your optimism, Mrs. Yang,

realistically, I'm afraid not.

Terminal patients sometimes experience a brief period

of newfound energy or clarity.

Unfortunately, it's common for this to give false hope,

before leading to a sharp, sudden decline in their condition.

[Avida] I… I understand.

["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]

[bleeping]

[waves breaking gently]

[power zapping]

[Roman gasps]

[soft rustling]

[wistful music playing]

-[D] Roman. -[Roman] Huh?

[D] Need to borrow your computer.

[slow footsteps]

[clicking and whirring]

[presses key]

[bleeping]

[Roman] Help yourself. [sighs]

[D] My deck doesn't have enough processing punch.

[Roman] What are you makin'?

[D] What I need.

I didn't think you were ever comin' back.

I looked everywhere for you.

Where did you go, anyway?

[D] If you want the chip, not happenin'.

[Roman sighs]

-[D] At least, not yet. -[Roman] Hmm?

-Okay, done. -[bleep]

You were rollin', right? When I fought that Saka bozo and his pet Tygers?

-Show me the footage. -[Roman sighs]

[fighting on recording]

-[blows landing] -[men groaning]

[D] Is that it?

[Roman] Yeah.

[D] You didn't film to the end?

[Roman] Couldn't.

[D sighs] Huh.

Still, it might do the trick.

[Roman] Huh? What do you mean?

I want you to cut a reel for me.

Make it look like I dealt Arasaka a heavy blow.

Max out the gore.

Hold on. Why the heck do you need a reel like that?

The shard.

You were houndin' me for it.

Lend me a hand with this, you'll get it.

Once I've had my revenge.

What are you plannin', 'xactly?

[starts]

[D] I need more footage.

-[funky music playing] -[Roman] What's with the mask?

[D] Why do you care?

You gonna film from down there?

-[Roman] Why do you care? -[D] Huh.

[Roman] Rollin'.

To the Arasaka butchers who slaughtered my clan!

Come forward now, or I'll hunt down more Saka suits one by--

[Roman] Wh… Cut!

You're declaring war on Arasaka? Seriously?

-[D] Yeah, so what? -Wait.

You're gonna broadcast this? Using Capri?

-[D] No shit. -[Roman] Are you skezzed?

You're free to chicken out. Nothin' I can't do solo.

Press record, slap some edits in there.

-It doesn't have to be you. -[Roman gasps]

Fine! It's a gonk idea, but I'll do it!

[groans]

♪ Get back, back up ♪

[sighs]

-Hmm. -♪ You make me go up ♪

-[groans] -♪ Say ♪

♪ Get back, back up ♪

-♪ I'll make you go up, go up, go up ♪ -[whimpering]

-♪ Yeah, hey, hey ♪ -♪ Go up, go up ♪

-♪ Go up, go up ♪ -♪ Say ♪

-♪ Go up, go up ♪ -[gasps]

-♪ Go up, go up ♪ -[grunts]

-Uh… -♪ Hey, hey ♪

♪ Go up, go up ♪

-♪ Say, hey, hey ♪ -♪ Go up, go up ♪

♪ Try… ♪

[bleeping]

Huh.

[music stops]

[Meshuga] Been a tick since we came here last.

[King] Kinda feels like the early days.

-Yeah? -[Meshuga] Hah!

Ya corny egg.

[techno music playing in club]

I did some digging.

No matter how ya slice it, no curing the incurable.

Add to that a proven cyberpsychosis risk,

you'd have better luck shearin' a bald sheep.

-It's a lost cause. -[King] I see.

At least, by conventional means.

Ever hear of Soulkiller?

[King] Hmm?

[Meshuga] It's tech that can copy, digitize and store a person's mind.

Yeah.

It was cooked up in Arasaka's kitchen, wasn't it?

I remember it now. They shelved it 'cause of some kinda critical defect.

[Meshuga] Right. The digitizin' memories part worked like a dream.

Problem is, all the chooms they were testin' on went brain-dead.

Shit was cut and paste. Can't copy a soul, turns out.

[King] Hmm. Yes, that explains the name.

[Meshuga] Official company line is they scrapped the project commercially.

[King] 'Kay. So what are you gettin' at?

[Meshuga] The research never stopped.

It's just off the books now. It's worth too much.

These digitized souls they extract, people's memories, their psyche, whatever,

they call 'em "constructs."

And they still see potential there.

Even got close to transferrin' one to another person's body.

So, yeah. What I'm getting at,

Say we get our mitts on this wondertech.

We scoop out the girl's soul, find it a new brain to call home.

Her flesh is sick, not her mind.

Well, I'll be damned.

Oh. Hold on.

Said they've only gotten close, right?

Meaning there's never been a successful transfer?

And that's the bitch of it.

We've got nothin' to go on 'sides whispers and old wives' tales.

Including rumors the lead dev's a flatline.

That, or defected to Kang Tao for the eddies.

Damn hard to say for sure.

If there's real proof to be found,

it's buried under layers of corp firewalls.

Too deep for my shovel.

D'you say defected to Kang Tao?

[Meshuga] Somethin' on your mind?

If that rumor's true, know a way to dig deeper.

[wind gusting]

[Talia sighs]

Hmm?

[woman] Talia.

Talia.

-Talia! -[Talia gasps]

[woman] Poor thing. Are you okay?

What are you doing out here?

How'd you get this far?

[D on recording] Come forward now! Or I'll hunt down more Saka suits one by one!

[Roman] Well, thoughts?

[D] Better than I expected. Nifty work.

Just be sure to add this netpage address at the end.

[Roman] Hmm? What netpage?

[D] A tip line. Untraceable. Leaves no digital scat for trackers to follow.

You made this?

[D] Uh-huh.

With Capri's help.

[Roman] Hm?

We really gonna do this?

Damn right.

[energy zapping]

[power surges and fades]

-[rock music playing] -[Arasaka leader] You freak!

Why can't I hit you? God damn it!

-[man] What's goin' on? -[leader wails]

[screaming]

-[onlookers murmuring] -No!

[D] You ready to talk this time, corpo?

[leader] You… street trash…

[D] Louder.

[leader yelps]

[wailing and gasping]

[echoing laughter]

To the Arasaka butchers who slaughtered my clan!

Come forward now, or I'll hunt down more Saka suits one by one!

[music stops]

[Roman] Huh.

[passers-by chatting and laughing]

[footsteps approaching]

[D] Well, not a bad first rodeo.

[Roman sighs]

You're tremblin' like a jackrabbit.

-[chuckles] -[Roman laughs]

I wonder why.

[D chuckles]

Now, phase two.

-Yeah. -[suspenseful music playing]

Mm… Huh?

Phase two?

[D] Nomad-killin' scum, show yourselves!

[alarm siren blaring]

[vehicles accelerating]

-[tires screech] -[power crackling]

-[car door opens] -[man] Wait! Please! Please don't hurt me!

[D] You know this symbol, don't you?

-[girl] Hmm. -[man] Not another step!

Don't come any closer!

-[tires screech, doors open] -[D] Uh-huh.

-[man] Fuck! -[running footsteps]

-[crackling] -[man yells]

-[gunshots, man groans] -[girl] Uh…

[wailing]

Gah! Don't do it!

[screams]

[D and Roman panting]

-[explosion] -[screams]

[whimpers]

[music fades]

-[crackling] -[groans]

[D and Roman panting]

Well, it sure wasn't our cleanest work, but damn, does that look good.

-[girl] Um… -[Roman] Uh…

[girl] Are you, like, the Arasaka killer guy from those vids?

[D] Who's askin'?

[jaunty music playing]

Oh my God! You totally are!

Hold it! Stay right there.

-[D] Huh? -[girl giggling]

I'm Yupi!

I'm a huge fan. Like, mega huge!

-[D] A fan? -Your vids are nova max!

The way you're flashing things at Arasaka all by yourself?

It's… [squeals]

Oh my God, I just can't! [squeals]

[gasps] Literally! I cannot.

So nova. Gonna puke. Gonna die.

Shut up!

There's no way this could really be happening to me right now!

[gasps] Is there?

Huh?

Hey! Aah! No, wait!

Wait! Choomies, come on! Seriously!

Wait for me! Please!

-[D] Why? -[Yupi] Wanna help, duh!

Do whatever you need! Anything!

[D] You?

[gasps]

Prob'ly shouldn't be talkin' secret strats out in the open like this.

Hey! Better come to my place.

Just a skip around the corner.

D, time to go.

Aah! Prob'ly don't think you can trust me, huh?

[gasps] I so totally get it.

But I, like, really vibe with your mission.

All I'm askin' for is a chance!

[gasps] Pretty please!

-[Roman] Ugh. -[music stops]

[Yupi] Here we are! Make yourselves cozy!

-[gasping] -[Yupi] Somethin' to drink?

[D] Got beer?

-[Yupi] Comin' up! -Huh?

[D sighs]

Hey! Don't!

Huh? Why what's the problem?

-[Yupi] Oh my God! -[Roman] Uh…

[Yupi squeals]

[gasps] Wait, wait, wait!

You're, like, really hot!

What am I even looking at?

-[Roman] Uh… -[Yupi] Oh, is that a scar?

-You're, like, so close to perfect though. -[beer cans open]

-[Yupi simpers] -[beer pours]

Wait, where'd you get this?

Random peeps scrolled your broadcasts and dropped them on the net.

Got four of 'em so far, but there's some early ones I can't find .

-Just ask Roman for those. -[Roman] Huh?

-[Yupi gasps] You? -[D] Yeah. He's the one who shot 'em.

What? You made that? But you're just a little guy!

What a haze! No way! You a genius, or what?

-[ringing] -One sec. Got a holo.

Yo, Roman. Been a while, amico.

[Roman] Sorry. Lot goin' on.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, don't sweat it.

[Yupi] …too excitable…

[Yupi] …I get like, you know…

-Go for it. Cha-ching, right? -[Yupi giggling]

-Cha-ching. -[Yupi] Shut up! [gasps]

We could build a studio here. Oh my God!

I got some spare rooms.

-I'll even buy you new gear. -You'd do that?

[Yupi] Said I wanted to help you, 'member? [giggles]

-Plus, I freakin' hate Arasaka's guts! -[Roman] Hmm?

[Yupi gasps] Let me do my part and fight for the cause!

Why do you hate 'em so much?

[sighs] Daddy worked for 'em.

He ran a PR firm with lots of big shot corpo clients.

When Arasaka came knockin' with dirty laundry, he had to clean it.

Did their bidding.

And what did it get him?

[laughs] Whatever! Talk about a buzzkill!

I just know they're garbo. The worst.

Those jerks wiped out all your nomad choomies, didn't they?

-[D] Yeah. -Ugh! Like, what's their baggage?

We should totally burn it all to the ground. Make 'em think twice.

Fuckin' right.

If you need literally anything, like, I've got you.

[gasps] Ooh! Like an editing room!

Um, no. No need to go to all that trouble, really.

Aww, you are just the sweetest.

Now, a toast! To Team D and our brand-new HQ!

-I'll drink to that. -Then it's settled! [giggles]

Cheers!

[moody electronic music playing]

[D] Tick-tock, dirtbags.

Come forward, or more bodies drop.

[man 1] You're tellin' me we're gettin' countless hits,

but ya still can't ID whoever's behind this shit?

[man 2] These jumping IP addresses…

The flood of dummy traffic…

How can they manage so much at once?

[man 1] The distortion on his face is some kind of unknown jamming tech.

God help us! Is whoever's behind this even human?

Huh?

Whoa!

Come forward now, or I'll hunt down more Saka suits one by one!

[all cheer]

Things are really startin' to blow up, aren't they?

[D] Huh? Yeah.

-Hey, D? -Mmm?

'Bout Capri. Is she still around?

[D] Well, that's random.

It's just that I haven't heard you mention her lately.

She's here. Like always.

-Oh… That's good. -Right?

[music stops]

[urgent, dynamic music playing]

Wait. That's…

Is that our emblem?

[crowd cheering]

[clamoring]

Turn around! Death to Arasaka scum!

[man whimpering] Please. Oh, wait.

Have mercy. I didn't mean to…

-[power zapping] -[man wails]

-[groans] -[crowd cheers]

[Roman grumbles]

Take it was you who leaked the deets of our ambush?

Guilty! And what a turnout!

Just one teensy bummer…

You're usin' that fugly hunk o' junk

instead of the sparkly new toy I bought ya!

Like, hell-ooo?

-Uh… -[Roman] I'm going home.

Huh? Aww, wah-wah-wah!

The edits?

[Roman] Tomorrow.

Uh, rude. Wanted those today, but whatevs.

'Kay! That's a wrap, everyone!

[crowd chanting] D! D! D!

-D! D! -[laughing]

-D! D! -[D] Huh?

D! D! D!

D! D!

[fading] D! D!

[music fades]

[fire crackling]

[running footsteps]

-[D] Omi! -[gasps]

-[D] It is you, isn't it? -[Omi grunts]

Huh?

Saw you back there. You been doin' all right?

-I'm getting by. -Yeah?

I'm glad to hear it.

So, you run a travelling circus now?

What's that s'posed to mean?

[Omi] Playing ringleader

of some revenge tour.

-[D] Yeah. -All this time? Ever since then?

What matters is I found a new lead.

-[Omi] And it's Arasaka? -Yeah.

You'd go toe-to-toe with a megacorp?

In a battle you obviously can't win?

What else am I supposed to do?

-Forget what happened? -[poignant music playing]

-How's that been workin' out for you? -You know I'd never forget!

-But what you're doing… -You could let it go.

You should have too. Revenge won't fix anything.

-You think it'll bring back the family? -They never left, Omi.

They're all still here.

[Omi sighs]

Each and every one.

Not a night goes by they don't visit.

[Omi] What?

They come to me in my dreams, askin' for help.

But I never can.

[Omi sighs]

And when you've spilled enough blood, you think they'll simply vanish?

Leave you in peace?

Then you're a fool.

[D] But… [gasps]

But they won't go away.

What else can I do?

[sighs]

Sorry.

I shouldn't have dug up old bones.

I'll uh… see you around, Omi.

[sobs] Gah!

[music fades]

[ringing tone pulsing]

-[ringing] -Uh… Hmm?

Who's this?

[Kyoko speaking]

[automated voice] Don't walk.

Don't walk.

-[beeping] -Walk. Walk.

Walk. Walk.

Walk. Walk.

Walk.

[Kyoko giggles]

Oh, with hacking. And cyberware.

I happen to be quite handy with stuff like that, if I do say so myself.

I'm an expert.

But it does seem like his temper's runnin' hotter.

[Kyoko] You don't say…

[Kyoko] Is it so hard to believe I love your work?

So this Soulkiller tech, it can really save Talia?

Or it could just as well be an urban legend.

But we're runnin' outta road here.

It's the only lead we've got.

Digitize her soul and put her into a new body?

How could this be real?

[King] Went down some rabbit holes.

Idea's not as far-fetched as it sounds.

And besides… Know someone close who might be able to give us a head start.

Who's that?

[King sighs]

Your husband.

[moody music playing]

Is that you?

Capricorn?

[power crackles]

-[whirring] -[Talia] Hm?

[grunts and sighs]

-Hmm. -[low, buzzing hum]

Hmm?

-[rattling] -[gasps]

[gasps incredulously]

Wha…

-[low, buzzing hum]

[grunts]

[sighs]

Oh…

[gasping]

-Mmph… -[Capri] That's the best I can do for now.

[Talia] What are you?

Hey, you up for doing something really crazy?

[loud, distorted buzzing]

[high-pitched ringing]

[rapid buzzing]

[buzzing fades]

["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 ♪