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[***]

[***]

* The wretched desert
Takes its form *

* The jackal
Proud and tight *

* In search of you
I feel my way *

* Through the slowest
Heaving night *

* Whatever fear invents

* I swear
It make no sense... *

IRENE:
Look at this guy.
Fucking cliché.

Uh-uh.
No, don't do that.

Mom, he's just checking
the registration.

I know what he's doing.

We have a permit to cross
without scanning.

BORDER PATROL AGENT:
Ma'am, please get back
in your car.

IRENE:
I just want you
to look at it.

I mean, just come on.
Look at it.

Fuck.

Sir, I'm an elected official.

Elected by who?

West American citizens
choosing to live free

instead of regulated.

We're here to take back
our representatives' seats

to stop the constant
encroachment

into our Bubbles.
What encroachment?

Um, satellite surveillance,
for one.

That has been
totally debunked by--

I don't need to
explain myself to you.

My daughter and I
have a year-long eastern pass,

and we intend to use it
for all 365 days,

whether you like it or not.

Good luck
with her.

Thanks.

[***]

Fake nature
really offsets the brutalism.

Don't worry.
We can beat this place.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

IRENE:
Look at what they're wearing.

Hi, sheep.

This is what we're fighting.

Mindless conformity
creates a willing slave class.

Now Big Tech want us
to put the chains on too.

Or maybe they just like
the clothes.

Oh, please. Those clothes?

Cupcake night tonight.

You can go now. Heh.

[***]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[ALARM BLARING]

Where's your Dex?

My what?

Your Dex.

[SENSOR BEEPS]

I don't have one.

Security line.

[SCANNER HUMMING]

You're
good.

Arms
up.

Turn around.

You're good. Next.

You, mom shirt.

Arms up.

Turn around.

Leave it
on.

Keep it visible.

GIRL [ON SCREEN]:
MagLev bombings,
restaurant shootings.

Seems like every day,
there's a new threat,

which is why I love
that my school

is a certified
Simi Safe Zone.

From the moment
I walk through that doorway,

I can finally relax
because no one can touch me,

and I'm learning at
a whole new level.

For the first time,

everything I need
in one perfect device.

Tracking my past,
protecting my present,

preparing my future.

WOMAN [OVER PA]:
Your attention, students.

Stop by the next bar
after class to see

the latest
model T4 simulator...

BOY 1:
What's up, red band?

Security
check.

BOY 2:
Ooh. What's in the bag?

Terrorist
contraband?

Hey, no need to steal.
We'll give it up for free.

Yeah, I'd rather not catch
any diseases today.

Come on.
Bet you got a good PPO.

What we've got
clears up real fast.

So gross.

WOMAN [OVER PA]:
...students,
the meetup for the music...

Never flinch.
We're not Dexxed,

so there's no record
of what they do to us.

Wait. Wait. I'm Foster.

Hooray for you.

TEACHER:
Where do you come from,
Foster?

FOSTER:
One of the Bubbles--
Orange-Morning.

TEACHER:
Wanna show us?

C-could you move it
to the right a little?

TEACHER:
Oh.

Wow.

Must be different for you.

I've always wanted
to cross the Riph,

and I...

I know I have a lot
to learn.

And I know I look weird.
Heh.

Uh...

but I'm gonna try really hard
not to be, so...

yeah.

You're cute for a terrorist.

TEACHER:
Kaveh,

not everyone from
the other side is a terrorist.

KAVEH:
Most, though.

The only reason
I come to school

is so I don't get blown up
by crazy Bubble people.

Why do so many of you
wanna kill us?

FOSTER:
We don't.

Back home, they just--
They say that's all propaganda.

Yep. Better unwash
that brain, kid.

TEACHER:
Enough. Foster, you can sit.

And since you don't have a Dex,
I guess take notes.

Well, I don't think she should
be allowed inside without one.

When did you cross over,
like, two days ago?

Three.
Yeah, how is that safe?

Nobody knows where she's been.

But we all know
where you've been, Kim.

[ALL LAUGH]

COMPUTER:
Lesson one: assemble
the element radon.

[SCREENS CHIMING]

Blue team, great job.

Radon comes
from decayed uranium,

and it is found naturally...

I was just kidding about
the whole terrorist thing.

If you decide you want a Dex,
I can help you out with that.

COMPUTER:
Assemble the element...

My mom wouldn't let me.

COMPUTER: Silver.
Who says she has to know?

COMPUTER:
Ooh, sorry, Red team.
Try again.

Everybody
at the capital

thinks I'm some sort of
oblivious bumpkin.

And this so-called, uh,
consumer-rights advocate

is like a
brick-fucking-wall. Odin.

This place really would've
driven your dad crazy.

I'm sorry. That was
a bad choice of words,

and I'm really sorry
about the cupcakes.

And I'm sorry. And...how-how--
How was your day? How are you?

I need a Dex.

One of those
tracking things?

Why?

Well, because it's--
It's not just a tracking thing.

It connects to all my lessons,
which are all--

Oh, my God. Of course it does.
Of course it does.

You know, it's not
a bad thing. All right?

Kids here
actually like school,

and-and nobody
will talk to me.

I can't do any of my work
unless I have one.

Well, it's just a year,
Foster, one year,

and I really don't want you
to surrender

what little freedom
they allow you to have.

It's not a surrender,
all right? It's security.

People need to know
I'm safe.

Oh, p-- Pfft. Safe.

Do not give me that
safe bullshit, all right?

I dealt with it
literally all day today.

You know, there is a difference
between safety and comfort,

and a difference between safety
and truth, for that matter.

Do you know how many
actual terrorist attacks

have occurred
in the past 20 years?

Zero. Zero.

And no matter how many times
this government

announces another
false instance

of a terrorist attack,
it still is not true.

I'm not buying you a Dex.

[***]

[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]

Hey.

Hey.

Jesus,

there is literally no security
on your mom's account.

Anyone who knows her birthday

could siphon every credit
that she's ever had.

November 10th.

Okay, and you are...

Foster Lee,

daughter.

All right.
So this thing's gonna run...

an instant background check
on your mom.

Has she ever been in
any kind of trouble?

I don't think so.

Okay. So do you want
the Dex

or the Dexxy Lite?

The Dex. Heh.

Mm.
Okay. All right.

Done.

So this thing's
gonna download all of your info,

and then it'll send you a drone.
Probably take about an hour.

Thanks.

So, um, have you ever seen
a terrorist attack before?

Of course. They're on
the newsfeed all the time.

No, no.
I-I mean like in real life?

[***]

Um...
Hey, it's cool.
It's cool. I'll go slower.

No. I--

I just-- I needed help.

I-I didn't know.

Wait. You wanted me to help you
just because?

All right.
Well, I'm headed back.

You can, uh, wait outside
for the drone.

How do I get back?

Shit, I don't know.
Take the Mag or walk, I guess.

You guys love to walk
beyond the Riph, right?

[***]

[DRONE APPROACHING]

[***]

WOMAN [OVER DEX]:
Foster Lee,

can you hear this message?

[DEX CHIMING]
Thank you.

You will need to reapply
Hear Gel

every two to three months.

Off.

Go away.

Go away. Uh, help? Hu--

Mm. Human help?

MAN [OVER DEX]:
Hi. You've reached
live customer support.

Is this, uh, Foster Lee?

Yeah.
Hey there, Foster.

Wow, I just see you booted up
your very first Dex,

so congrats on that.
How can I help?

Ahem. Um, I'm stuck on
the-the calculator.

Okay. Well,
in order to close any app,

you just need to give it
one of these. Do you see that?

Four fingers in, double-quick
squeeze into the palm.

Try it for me.

There it is.

The immigration log says

this is your first time
in the East.

That must be overwhelming.

Um, yeah. Heh.

Heh. The Dex
is tough for a newcomer.

Soon it will all be
second nature to you,

but until then,
it's a little like--

Like learning formal Cantonese.
Yeah, sure.

Heh. All right.

Well, you have
a few basic moves

that sort of make up
your foundation.

Is that your hand?

Uh, no. What makes you think
this is me?

Pretty bunny.

The thumb-index pinch.
That's another one.

Yeah. Nine times out of 10,

that will be
your primary select function.

You're a total natural.

Bet I forget all of this
by tomorrow.

No, no. Hey, I do
these tutorials all day,

and I've never seen anybody
take to it so fast.

I guess you're meant to be here
after all, huh?

You still with me?

Yeah.

Yeah, thanks.

You all right?

I'm fine. It's just...

you're nice.

Oh. Heh, heh.

Um...well,
is there anything else

I can help you with, then?

What's your name?

Oh, um...
That's kind of against policy.

Oh. Oh, I'm sorry.

No, it's dumb.
I-I-- I'd love to tell you.

Oh, no, I-I understand.

Yeah. Um, all right, here comes
the boilerplate, then.

Ma'am, have we fulfilled

your customer-support needs
today?

Oh, yes. A-plus-plus.

Heh, heh. Ridiculous.
In that case,

just remember that Simi's
always here for you

and have a safe night, okay?

[DEX WHIRS]

[***]

[CHUCKLES]

[***]

[SENSOR BEEPS]
GUARD: Morning.

[SCANNER WHIRS]

WOMAN:
You want the entire history
of modern warfare in two words?

Better hiding. Every enemy
learns to embrace

the strategic power
of surprise.

Jacob Balewa,
can you spot the terrorist?

[SCREEN CHIMING]

Foster Lee, help him.

[SCREEN CHIMING]

Wait. I-I-I know that pin.

That's-- He's from Deer-Brush--
one of the Bubbles.

[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

WOMAN:
Ooh, missed him.

But that's where
the NowTek programs come in.

No more human error.

Due to countless attacks
over the last 20 years,

companies like Simi

developed systems
that would identify the enemy

before they
ever posed a threat.

Suspicion scanners,
temperature gauges,

even the Dexxes
you're wearing today.

There's nowhere left to hide,
right? But wait.

What if the terrorists

didn't know
they were terrorists?

What if they were even hidden
from themselves,

with no idea that
they'd eventually be activated?

That would be the best,
most dangerous hiding of all.

I'm talking about mind control.

Hey. Nice Dex.

Thanks.
It's Kim, right?

Can I give you
some advice?

You seem
really sweet,

but you got to fix
your Kaveh problem.

My what?

You led him on, got your Dex,
and then shut him down?

No, no, no. I just--

Well, that's what
he's been saying.

By the end of the day,
everybody's gonna know

that you stole that Dex
from your mom.

What am I supposed to do?

Do him,
or else you're screwed.

Kaveh can make your life
a living hell,

and for this, he will.

I get it. I've heard how careful
you need to be in the Bubbles,

but we're safe.

Kaveh's on Steriles.
It's okay to have fun here.

Hey. Can we talk?

Okay.

So yesterday, I've...
I panicked, and...

it's just not how
I actually feel about you.

Feel about me?

Okay, I'm not good at this,
obviously.

So could we just...

I want to.

Yeah. Think I'm gonna pass.

[PEOPLE GIGGLING,
CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

[SIGHS]

Sink.

Water.
Just turn the fuck on.

MAN [OVER DEX]:
Whoa, Foster. You all right?

Hi.

Your vitals
just spiked like crazy.

How did you...

I set up an alert,

just to make sure
that you were doing okay today.

So...

hey, what's going on?

This place hates me.

And nothing works.

Looks like you were just
talking to someone named...

I think Kaveh?

Does this have anything
to do with him?

Just humiliated me

on purpose.

First, he wanted to
hook up with me,

and now he's--

Oh, God, high school.

I remember it very well.
Dirt is everything.

Well, fortunately for you,

you do have a friend
in the security business, yeah?

Let me look into this kid
for you.

I'll see
if I can find something

that might even things up.

Is that legal?

Aw, it's a favor.

It's just--
You know, it's Ethan

looking out for his buddy,
Foster, all right?

And we won't even have to
hook up or anything. I promise.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Ethan.

Okay.

All right. Well,

just slap that ridiculous smile
back on your face

and have an A-plus-plus day.

REPORTER [ON SCREEN]:
Breaking news.
Another terrorist attack

was put down today
on the Periphery line.

The origin of the attacks

and the identities
of the attackers

are not yet known.

So it's just a coincidence
that this supposed attack

happens the first day
we sit with the committee?

I mean, how fucking stupid
do you think we are, Odin?

Mrs. Lee,
if you honestly believe

this violence has
anything to do with you--

IRENE:
There was no violence.
This is blatant propaganda.

I mean,
you people need bogeymen

to-to justify
your policy positions.

And the Bubbles have been your
scapegoats for way too long.

Wow.
Frankly, that's...

a bewildering
statement.

Fuck you.

Look, the reformation
was not intended

to pit our country
against itself.

People were supposed to choose
what side they wanted to be on,

and accept the benefits
and limitations of that choice.

Is this a civics lesson?

But the harder you push us,

the harder
we are gonna push back.

[***]

ETHAN [OVER DEX]:
Foster, you there?

Ethan. Hi.

Hi. I'm sorry
I took so long.

I got sucked into
a pretty crazy rabbit hole.

What do you mean?
About Kaveh?

Yeah. I started
checking his records,

looking for personality defects
or vices or whatever.

But what I found was weird.

Two weeks ago, Kaveh starts
taking off his Dex at school.

He leaves it off for 15 minutes
exactly once every day.

And that's
against the rules or...

No. Well, sort of.
Look, kids do it all the time.

They're cheating on a test
or smoking Iso's.

Really whatever
they don't want recorded.

Here's the weird part.

Every time Kaveh went offline,

so did 13 other kids
at 13 different schools.

That is 14 kids
slipping off their Dexxes

at the exact same moment
across two time zones

in the middle of the day.

That feels suspicious.

What are they doing?

I have no idea.

But Foster,
I may need your help.

With what?

I need somebody
to follow this Kaveh kid

just to see where and why
he's taking off his Dex.

I don't want to present
all this to my boss

only to realize
it's some dumb new game app.

But if my instincts
are right,

this could be the dirt
you needed to shut him down.

No more trouble.

[***]

ETHAN:
There. He just went offline.

Go check the door.

Thirteen minutes.
He should be coming out soon.

And then
what am I supposed to do,

talk to him?

GIRL:
Her. You okay?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm-- I'm fine.
I'm just waiting for a friend.

GIRL:
And talking to yourself.

To my Dex.

Tech support was just helping me
figure out

some of the...functions.
Heh.

I only heard you.

Hear Gel.

Hear Gel?

Do you need help
or something?

No.

ETHAN:
You have the newest model.

The company
thought that Hear Gel

would be too invasive,

but so far,
people seem to like it.

[UNDER BREATH]
My dad used to talk
to himself.

What?

I think I want to stop.

[DOOR OPENS]

ETHAN:
Jesus, that girl isn't Dexxed.
New target.

You need to follow her now.

Foster?

She-- She helped me
on my first day.

Wait. She approached you?
Why?

I don't know.

This was supposed to be
about Kaveh. I don't w--

Foster, listen to me. There is
something going on here.

I don't know what it is,
but I need your help.

Please. As a friend?

I will be with you
the whole time.

[***]

She squeezed through
that gate.

Ow.

If you can get her talking,

then I'll be able to lock down
a genetic voice profile.

Hello?

GIRL:
Who's that?

It's Foster.

You following me?

Yes.

Why?

I don't know.

It's just you're different
from everybody else around here.

Don't you have, like, a million
little Dex-y friends now?

Bunny-fucking
each other's rat babies,

or whatever it is
you all do?

I don't have any friends.
Never have.

I'm Milena.

Hooray for you.

[CHUCKLES]

They just left it.
How hilarious is that?

There really was a time
before digitized libraries.

No one even bothers
to look for me.

Without a Dex, it's
kind of like we don't exist,

which is awesome.

ETHAN:
Ask about Kaveh.

Come on, Foster.
Help me solve this.

Kaveh took his Dex off. Why?

So do you know Kaveh?

Mm. You weren't following me.

What do you really
wanna ask?

What do you do with him
every day?

Uh, I s-- I saw you.

You went in-in a room.

I know what
he's been saying about you.

Kaveh's an asshole,
but his cock works.

It's a good way to get him
to leave you alone. So I do it.

ETHAN:
She's lying. Push harder.

MILENA:
Plus, it's really not
a bad way to kill 10 minutes.

ETHAN:
This is about more than sex.
You have to make her tell you.

[GASPING]
Is it...

Are you bleeding?

I guess I cut my hand
on the gate.

It's okay. It's okay.

I'm fine, if you wanna go--
Just breathe

No, no, no.
Hey, it's all right.

You're safe, okay?
You're totally safe.

MILENA:
Takes a minute to get hot.

My dad got this in India.

It kind of reminds me
of the Bubbles.

You've been there?

I was born in Light-Lily.

My dad and I crossed over
when I was...9?

Just you and your dad?

My mom stayed back.

Do you talk to her?

How about your parents?

My dad died
when I was 6.

Well, do you think your mom
would be into

gray-haired
Asian professor types?

[BOTH LAUGH]

Maybe. She likes tweed.

[CHUCKLES]

Here. Try this.

Have some more.

You should come up here more,
you know, assuming that you--

ETHAN [OVER DEX]:
Stop drinking.

Aah. Fuck. You scared me.
Get to a bathroom.

I'm sorry.
No. It's okay.

I'll just grab
some paper towels.

I need to go clean up.

[***]

Why did you do that?

ETHAN [OVER DEX]:
You need to purge.

What?

Make yourself throw up.
Go do it.

She may have
just drugged you, Foster.

[GAGS]

Good.

[COUGHS]

Okay, good, good.
You only had a sip or two?

Yeah, yeah.
Okay. Okay.

Listen to me.
The voice scans came back,

and Milena's father
is Carter Yang.

You know that name?
No.

He is a massive
anti-corporate activist.

Part of the terrorist cell that
bombed the WCO 20 years back

and kicked off the
last two decades of attacks.

And after that,
Yang vanished...

But--
...until right now.

MILENA:
Foster? You okay?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm--
I'm fine. I'm fine.

ETHAN:
I don't know
what's going on right now,

but if he's involved,
it isn't good.

What-what do you mean?
Another terrorist attack or...

MILENA:
Can I come in and help?

No. I'm almost...
I'm almost done.

ETHAN:
I don't know. Just do not
eat or drink anything

and don't trust anybody--

not Milena, not Kaveh,
and not your mom.

I think this may be
the real reason

she moved here:
to link up with Yang.

No. She doesn't even
believe in terrorists, so--

ETHAN: Are you sure about that?
Yes.

ETHAN:
Then what's she doing here?

[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
MILENA: You have to let us in.

IRENE:
Foster?

Foster, it's Mom.

[***]

Are you okay? Your friend
said you might...

[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
... need help.

[RATTLING]

[CONTINUES KNOCKING]
Foster.

ETHAN:
You have to go back out there,

but act normal.
IRENE: It's Mom.

[WHIMPERS]

I must do some more digging,
but I'll be back. I promise.

Just be careful.

[GASPS]
IRENE: Open the door.

Wait. Wait. Wait.
Wait. Wait.

FOSTER:
I'm fine.

IRENE:
You didn't seem fine.

How did Milena find you?

Who knows?
Nothing's private out here.

They run your school
like a prison.

I'm surprised
they didn't strip-search me.

She said you had
some sort of...breakdown.

She misunderstood.

Okay. Well, when I hear
the word "breakdown"...

I don't know.
Our family history.

You know, your dad--

Don't talk about him.

All right, Foster.
What-what is that?

What is that?
It's nothing.

Foster.

I'm-I'm borrowing it.

No. You need a parent's
permission for one of those.

Did you steal creds?
No. You don't understand.

Oh, for chrissake, this is why
you've been acting so crazy.

Don't touch me.

Foster.

Foster.

Look at me.

Honey, look at me.

You used verified credits

to buy a gov-linked
tracking device.

Okay. The people I work with,
they are gonna know that.

So this undermines
everything we crossed over for.

Take it off now.

I said,
take it off now!

[***]

[BANDS CHIRP]

COMPUTER [FEMALE VOICE]:
Say it with me--

"Good morning.

The universal exchange rate
is most favorable today."

[WOMAN SPEAKING MANDARIN]

[ALARM BLARING]

MAN [OVER PA]:
Terrorist threat yellow.

TEACHER:
Slow down.

MAN:
This is not a drill.

What's going on?

Probably just a drill.

Where's your Dex?
My mom took it.

TEACHER:
You won't be allowed
in the safe room.

Where do I go?

Security will come
restrain you.

Restrain me?

Just until the alert
is over. Stay here.

ETHAN [THROUGH PA]:
Foster, get out of
the building.

Ethan?

ETHAN:
Get outside now!

MAN [OVER PA]:
Terrorist threat yellow.

This is not a drill.

Ethan, it's locked!

ETHAN:
Get in the light,
in the sun.

ETHAN:
Foster, can you hear me?

[WHIMPERS]
Wha-what's happening?

ETHAN:
The sunbeam isn't strong enough
to hold this frequency,

so I need you
to get outside to the park

at F and 41st Street
so that we can talk.

We set off security drills
at every school in the East

so that they would think
that we were panicking,

that we didn't know which
schools they were targeting.

Foster, you were right.

They are planning an attack
at Runciter High,

and they are expecting you
to do it.

[***]

ETHAN:
A one-bedroom apartment
in Greensboro

blew up this morning. Home of
Dennis and Justin Bolton.

They found traces of homemade
explosives in the walls.

Now, Justin went to one of
the schools we'd been tracking.

He had no record of suspicion.
He'd just gotten a Dex.

Does any of that
sound familiar to you?

I compared two
of his psych profiles,

one from when he was a kid,

and the other
taken just last month.

They were totally different.

I need a doctor.
You're not sick.

I'm talking to ants.

No. I told you their antennae
can bounce our si--

You have taken two
psych profiles in your life.

Do you remember?

One after my dad died,

and the other just two weeks ago
for immigration.

Yes, and just like Justin's,

your childhood profile bears
no similarity to the new one.

That little girl was strong.
She was confident and social.

Is that really the way
you describe yourself now?

They changed you.

I need to talk to someone.

I need to see a face

so I know this isn't
all happening in my head.

Grow the fuck up, Foster!

I know your dad
heard voices.

I know he lost his mind
and killed himself.

But that is not you.
This is happening.

This is how the world
really works,

and people are gonna die
unless you fucking listen.

So are you listening?

Yeah.

Radical Western terrorists

want to undermine the values
of Eastern society.

By targeting
our certified safe zones,

they will rattle public faith,

but we never thought they would
use their own kids to do it.

Innocents who can
cross the border

with no subversion record.

Why else would she
have brought you here?

But I would never do that.

But what if I hadn't found you

and shown you
what was really going on?

You said it yourself--
"This place hates me." Right?

She wanted you
to hate them back

so you would want
to lash out,

and then they'd use a
chemical agent to trigger you.

Milena's father
has raised her for this.

That is how mind control works,
Foster.

And there are 12 other kids
out there just like Justin,

who have probably
already been triggered.

Well, then stop them.
Close the schools.

We can't. We tip our hand,
they will shift plans,

and we would lose the only
advantage that we have.

What advantage?

Me?

In order to cut
the head off this cell,

we have to catch you attempting
to commit an act of terrorism,

that very same act we now know

they were
gonna force you to commit.

But I... I don't even have
a Dex. How could I--

Your mom took it. She could
easily have given it back,

but we can't wait for that.

We have to control
an attack ourselves

so that we can stop it.

You want me to attack?

We won't let you hurt anybody.

Foster, the night that we met,

I told you you belonged here,
and I meant that.

Take out your notebook.

Good. I need you to follow
these instructions exactly.

[***]

Here's to your rough week.

But in the end,
we're still you and me.

And cupcakes.

Listen, I know that
I've been harsh.

I was up all night
last night,

and I realize
it's a bad idea

to be less present and
overbearing. It's a bad combo.

So I'm sorry.

The Dex thing...

I get the appeal.

I get it.

But I'm just worried
that you're too young

to understand
exactly what you're giving up.

I mean, you are
trading independence

for security
that you don't need.

I mean, look at the news
the other day.

The news about the
terrorist attack at the border.

I mean, the truth is,
somebody probably crossed

with a letter opener
in their purse,

and then it becomes a knife,
and then it becomes a gun,

and then, a month later,
the official report comes out,

and they've caught
a bunch of insurgents

who are intent on
blowing up the whole world.

And they hate people like me

because when we call them out
on their lies,

we challenge
their monopoly on reality,

not to mention that right now,
we are the only thing

standing in between them
and half a continent

of more power and profit,
but the thing is--

Mom, I have to
tell you something.

Okay, but I have a point,
I really do.

I believe, in my core,
that

independence and free thought
are worth fighting for,

and I would sacrifice everything
for these ideals,

but I cannot force them
on you.

You live here.
You're 16 years old.

I have to respect
your decisions.

What did you want to ask me?

I think--
I guess I understand.

I understand
why you took it.

And I think I'm gonna try
another day without it,

just to see how it goes.

[***]

Yes.

[SIGHS]

You got so much
from your dad.

The best parts.

[***]

Foster?

[TRAIN PASSES OVERHEAD]

[***]

MILENA:
Foster.

[***]

[GIRL GASPS]

[SENSOR ALARM BLARING]

Are you okay?

[MILENA GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[SCREAMS]

Ethan! Ethan!

Move quick!

[***]

GUARD:
That was good.

ODIN:
As of today,

I can confirm that the
thwarted attack at Runciter High

was perpetrated by
a lone radical

from the Bubble community
of Orange-Morning.

We believe that Irene Lee
acted independently,

mentally abusing
her own daughter

until she agreed to carry out

what would've been
a suicide bombing.

So today,

I'm happy to announce
two major new policies.

First, we will be granting
Simi Corp permits

to implement their NowTek
systems throughout the Riph.

Second,
there will be a mandatory

student-tracking
and security policy

financially supplemented
at the federal level.

Now to tell you a little more
about this historic action,

I'd like to bring up
a very, very special guest.

You all know her by now.

Foster.

[CROWD APPLAUDS]

FOSTER:
The past two months

have been the most challenging
of my entire life.

When you all first saw me,

I was scared, nervous,
and very confused.

That's because
the person you saw was not me,

but rather an unwilling cog

in an evil
and destructive machine.

My mother will spend
the rest of her life

atoning for her crimes.

But with
Simi Corporation's help,

we can prevent such atrocities
from ever happening again.

I hope knowing
that every student

will now have their own
Dexterity device

will be as comforting to you
as it is to me.

Our children
deserve to be safe.

I deserve to be safe.

And now, for the first time,
I am.

[CROWD APPLAUDS]

Safety and comfort
might not be the same thing,

but people do need both...

or they'll go really crazy.

People need someone to trust,
even if they can't see them,

even if their voice
comes from, um,

sunbeam or-or tree.

[WHISPERING]
Foster. Foster, come on.
Come here.

It's cool. Come with me,
you did great.

ODIN:
Such a brave kid.
Without her cooperation,

none of this
would've be possible.

Let's give her
one more round of applause.

[CROWD APPLAUDS]

[IN NORMAL VOICE]
You did a fantastic job,
Foster.

You know what?
Let me take you to lunch.

Seriously, anything you want.
It's on me.

You've earned it.

[***]

Guess who
just ordered a Dex.

Irene's
daughter.

Got one of the kids at school
to hack her mom's account.

FOSTER:
I'll forget all of this
by tomorrow.

Oh, no. Look, I-I do
these tutorials all day,

and I've never seen anybody
take to it so fast.

I guess you're
meant to be here after all.

You still with me?

You've got the newest model.

The company thought Hear Gel
might be a little too invasive,

but so far,
people seem to like it.

FOSTER:
My dad used to talk
to himself.

MAN:
What?

FOSTER:
I think I want to stop.

Jesus, that girl
isn't Dexxed.

FOSTER:
I need to see a face...

You gotta scare her,
or you're gonna lose her.

Let me handle it.

Grow the fuck up.
Say it now.

[YELLS]
Grow the fuck up, Foster!

[IN NORMAL VOICE]
I know your dad heard voices.

I know he lost his mind
and killed himself,

but that is not you.
This is how the world works.

This is happening,
and people are going to die

because you wouldn't
fucking listen.

So are you listening?

FOSTER:
Yeah.

[WHIMPERS]

[WHISPERS]
Got her.

[***]

[***]