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company your son false

3:15

Good morning, and welcome to French Tuniu's.

3:17

I'm Jacques Desormeau. As reports

3:19

keep coming in, the world is still struggling

3:22

to find answers regarding the extraordinary

3:24

burst of mutation detected, just

3:26

be on the earth that must be Shut off the television.

3:28

The world's too crazy. It is going to scale

3:31

the baby. The baby isn't due for another

3:33

five months or nine. It can still hear

3:35

what we're saying. Then

3:37

tell me you love me now.

3:40

That's easy. I love you.

3:44

I love you, Nathalie. I love you. I love

3:46

you. Come

3:48

on. Get off. You miss your

3:50

train. No. It's cool. Victor's giving

3:52

me a right to the train? Victor.

3:56

I just just don't

3:58

trust Victor. You know

3:59

how hard it is to find work today?

4:02

for anyone, but especially ex

4:04

cons. Now telly, Victor's

4:06

the person who got me this job at JTek.

4:09

A good job. Enough that we can save for

4:11

the baby. Are you

4:12

really sure? You promised me?

4:15

I promise. This

4:17

is a good job, Nathalie.

4:19

Yeah. The commute is terrible, but

4:21

I don't care if it helps our family.

4:23

And in two years, you'll be able to apply

4:25

for citizenship. You're dreaming

4:28

again Renee. It's so hard for

4:30

Albertans and friends right now.

4:32

There are so many people trying to come across

4:34

the board I'll never get citizenship.

4:36

No. I'm telling you everything is

4:38

going to be fine. That's

4:40

easy for you to say, you're French.

4:43

shit. That's Victor. Actually,

4:46

I have to go. Come here.

4:48

What? What? You know, I'm running

4:50

late. Give me your hand. What do you?

4:53

Oh, the baby. She

4:55

moved. When did just

4:57

in the last few days, she was kicking

4:59

up a storm yesterday. Oh my god.

5:01

I can feel

5:03

or little Estella.

5:05

I've got

5:07

to run. What time are you coming home?

5:10

Around six PM. No.

5:12

Seven. I promised Victor how to help

5:14

him with something. Hurry home. Name

5:16

is Euronext. I love

5:18

you. I love you too.

5:27

Well,

5:29

we missed seven thirty

5:31

AM. It took too long saying Uruguay

5:33

to your young bride. Well, maybe if you weren't

5:35

driving like a turtle after eating a Turkish

5:37

sandwich, hey, so

5:39

what? We'll take the seven forty three

5:42

who can still get to work on time.

5:44

No. No. No. There's a strike if the scene is our

5:46

station. I got an alert on my phone

5:48

this morning. It's slowing down all RER.

5:50

Didn't you see it? No. Oh, no. I

5:52

I guess I didn't see it. What

5:54

happened? Too busy trying for baby

5:56

number two? We know she had to have

5:58

the first baby before.

5:59

Hey, Shreda. Don't

6:01

talk about her that way. She's now

6:03

respectful. You talk that way to

6:05

your Trashig girlfriend, Fashionfully.

6:10

I don't know what she's seizing you, man. It's

6:13

seizing. I was just kidding. Don't

6:15

forget who's trying to get your moved up in the

6:17

immigration queue. I'm just trying to

6:19

make sure I don't get marked for coming in late

6:21

again. You say I've been a bad boy

6:23

and my fire me if I do it again.

6:25

I think they're actually serious

6:27

about it. Oh. How do they know

6:29

you're late? They don't check my time card

6:31

in VTech. Mhmm. Did they check Cravat,

6:33

when you use the executive bathroom, the

6:35

elegance. So I'm not

6:37

an executive, Victor. I

6:39

compile databases. It's practically

6:42

data and I don't work in the fancy executive

6:44

tower like Euroneight. I have to clean out

6:46

medical waste and garbage bins

6:48

in the facility across campus. They

6:50

make me punch in every morning besides

6:53

the stupid drugs that the doctor gave me

6:55

for my anxiety make me sleepy.

6:58

I actually missed the day of work last month.

7:00

No. I'm so sick. It's terrible,

7:02

man. Hey, before

7:05

when you mentioned Nathalie's immigration

7:07

status, I thought you said you couldn't

7:09

penetrate the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

7:11

I thought you said the crack

7:13

was too hard. is,

7:15

but maybe I know

7:17

someone who can help. Sasha? No.

7:20

Sasha is still in jail. No.

7:22

I've heard rumors on a discord server about that

7:24

American hacker. He's here in Paris.

7:26

Good. Very good. Used to work

7:28

with Sensors, a Now all those

7:30

guys are busted or dead.

7:32

Apparently, this guy got away. Disappeared

7:34

for a few years. Alright. Here he might be good

7:36

enough to in the crack. I'm

7:39

I'm starting a new life, Victor. I

7:41

don't want to do any of that stuff anymore.

7:43

So you want to go straight but

7:46

you also want to get your wife's citizenship.

7:48

I'm right. I do. Well, your

7:50

name. Sounds like you have some

7:53

serious choices

7:54

to

8:06

Paris France.

8:09

Close

8:10

your eyes. Pabtell.

8:12

That's you. They are closed.

8:16

Oh, I hear a door. Are

8:19

you gonna carry me across the threshold?

8:21

It could be romantic.

8:23

As usual, I don't know what you're talking

8:25

about. I hear echoes. Are in

8:27

a cave? Oh, the set is our new

8:29

apartment in a French wine cave. Even

8:31

better. Open your ice, grab

8:34

again. Oh

8:35

my god. Oh

8:37

my god, Lisette. Wait.

8:39

This

8:40

is our apartment. Mhmm. This

8:42

this is our apartment. So what do

8:44

you think?

8:45

Do you like it? Like it. It's it's

8:48

incredible. It's it's like a damp

8:50

nappy ate a croissant.

8:51

It's It's just stunning. I

8:53

said you did such an amazing job finding

8:55

us a place to live. This place is just

8:58

unreal. Welcome. Lazette

9:02

and chlora can were newly reunited in the

9:04

city of lights, the city

9:06

of love. A student of

9:08

YEA inside an eighteenth century mezzanette

9:10

that was built to the baroque parameters

9:12

of the age. The casement windows stood

9:14

almost ten feet tall and open inwards

9:16

to overlook the stakely buildings of the

9:18

ninth Arizona. Oh, wow. Look at

9:20

this place. Fifteen

9:21

foot ceilings, a rod

9:24

iron balcony. It

9:25

feels like an apartment where you need to

9:28

wear a white powdered wig. Well, you could

9:30

try coming in half once.

9:32

Come on. I just cut off a red eye. Wow.

9:34

Look at this foyer. It's incredible.

9:36

It's bigger than my apartment in San

9:38

Jose. I have to say, I rather

9:40

like it myself. Come on. Let

9:42

me show you the other rooms. We have

9:44

a lot of boxes to impact.

9:45

Where are

9:48

you? Wait, Kirkland.

9:50

Wait for me. Holy cow. Look at the

9:52

bedroom. That's this bathtub.

9:54

We could have a party in it

9:56

or a naval battle. Oh, look

9:58

at this.

9:59

Well, I guess I'll bring

10:02

all the luggage inside.

10:04

A few hours later. And

10:07

look at these ceilings, and that's chandelier.

10:11

Wait. Is this the salon?

10:12

You mean another room

10:14

when you get your hair done? Clear again. When

10:16

you focus, you're like a spastic grasshopper.

10:18

We need to unpack all these boxes

10:21

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm coming. But,

10:23

Lizette, you have to tell me how much

10:25

does this place cost? How can we

10:27

afford it? We had a pretty limited

10:29

startup budget. It's

10:30

not costing us anything. The

10:33

apartment

10:33

belongs to an old friend of mine that isn't

10:35

using it and generously offered

10:37

to learn it to us on one

10:39

condition. Does

10:40

this involve him having

10:42

a night of passion with you? Maybe.

10:44

Are you a channel worker?

10:46

Maybe. Well, no silly.

10:48

We just have to take care of the bonsai

10:50

tree in the foyer. Apparently, it's worth a

10:52

lot. Well,

10:53

I say yes. because this place

10:55

is amazing. Clark had stopped

10:57

in his tracks and stared deeply at Lizette

11:00

just before releasing a hint of a smile.

11:02

a kneeling cross legged on the floor with his

11:04

eyes closed.

11:06

Clorica, why are you doing your

11:08

cross legged thing again? Come on.

11:10

Help me with these boxes. It's all

11:12

your computer gear and you shipped over.

11:14

I'm taking a moment. Well,

11:16

take it while you unzip those power

11:19

cords. here.

11:20

Oh, I'm glad you found these. I can start

11:22

putting together excalibur. What the hell

11:24

is

11:24

excalibur? It's

11:25

my personal desktop computer rig.

11:27

A custom designed it for compiling

11:30

speed and to be the Fort Knox of

11:32

data storage. Hey, can you open those

11:34

boxes in the corner for me?

11:35

Sure.

11:37

Hey. Why

11:39

does all this stuff say property of white

11:41

egg? Probably because I stole it.

11:44

I

11:44

thought steering was my job. And

11:46

I thought you were done with Way Day.

11:47

Well, I never exactly told them

11:49

I was leaving.

11:50

What? You're joking. You

11:52

never quit,

11:53

not formally. Oh,

11:55

Clark again. Look, they

11:57

were never going to let me leave, Lisette.

11:59

Bailing fast and skipping the country was the

12:02

only way out. if I had asked them

12:04

to quit, it would have frozen my accounts

12:06

and probably taken my passport. Here.

12:08

Can you open that box? I think the

12:10

motherboard is in there. Mhmm.

12:13

Do you always use a butterfly

12:14

knife to open boxes? I use it for

12:16

other things too. Of

12:17

course you do. Clarican, aren't

12:19

they going for you? You said, you

12:21

know, way too much about what white egg is up

12:24

to. Is this the box with

12:26

the boneless?

12:26

Yeah. Bring that over.

12:31

See

12:33

if I can boot up this CPU I put

12:35

together.

12:35

So you don't think why Doug is

12:37

looking for you?

12:38

I'm betting not. Graphics

12:41

card. Yep. And why is

12:43

that? The whole sand sword incident

12:45

back when I was teenager in Sunnyvale.

12:47

I should never have gotten

12:49

dragged into it. Most of the

12:51

hacking we did was just low level cracks.

12:53

some website defacements and some watering

12:55

hole attacks just for

12:57

fun and practice really. So what

12:59

happened? Well, one day our group put

13:01

together a high dev team for a really

13:03

hairy embedded Trojan malware attack

13:05

on some DOD servers. Pat, can

13:07

you grab those adapters on the chair?

13:09

Sure. Here's the adapters. So

13:11

the crack went south and we all got

13:13

torched and busted by the FBI.

13:15

My god, clerical.

13:16

caramel, but what does

13:19

any of this have to do with white egg? I'll

13:21

show

13:21

you. Throw me that extra long power cord

13:23

over there. Yep.

13:25

Thanks. Okay.

13:26

Moment of truth. Let's

13:29

boot this up. Come

13:31

on. Come on.

13:33

Come on. Come on. Yes.

13:35

What? What are you showing me. Come here.

13:37

Look

13:37

at this. See that file. It's an icon

13:39

of a skull and crow's bones. It's

13:41

the encrypted file I accidentally downloaded

13:43

when we hacked the DOD. Yeah.

13:46

Take a look. Oh my

13:47

god. Is this what I think it is?

13:49

This is what is going to keep us

13:51

safe from

13:52

white egg. or put a target on

13:54

your back. Where did you get

13:56

this?

13:56

When Santor did the Department of

13:59

Defense hack. I ran a slipworm

14:01

grabbed to trick the servers into copying

14:03

themselves to

14:03

excalibur, locking it into an

14:05

encrypted vault. No one could

14:06

get it except me.

14:08

What happened after the feds grabbed you in

14:10

the sense team.

14:11

Doctor Jeffrey Jacobs. Some

14:13

high level guy from White egg came

14:15

in and told me that I would have to make a

14:17

choice that would affect the rest of my life.

14:20

They knew I had this file tying White

14:22

egg to a secret government program

14:24

to use AI to spy on US

14:26

citizens, so they gave me

14:28

a choice. join White egg and have my

14:30

identity scrubbed or

14:32

they give me back to the feds and I

14:34

spend the next twenty years in jail. So

14:35

that's why you joined White egg. What

14:38

did it happen to senseled?

14:39

I never heard from them again. Most

14:41

of the guys are still in jail. But

14:43

actually, I think one of the old crew is

14:45

living in Paris. Arty

14:47

Kim. a codename Raptor. The feds never caught

14:49

him. rumor has it, he's living in a

14:51

firehouse. That's strange. No. He was always

14:53

one of those people who could disappear when he

14:55

wants to. but I think I know

14:57

how to find him.

14:58

What about White egg? Are they going

15:00

to come after you?

15:01

Not sure. I bet they'll know I'm

15:03

in Paris soon enough. The

15:04

question is if I'm really worth the extradition

15:07

effort.

15:07

Well, I think he was

15:10

the effort.

15:21

Later

15:21

that day, at the Veta

15:23

campus in Paris.

15:24

Welcome to Veta,

15:26

where

15:26

we use the promise of the future

15:29

to create What are

15:33

you doing in the lobby? I thought we

15:35

are meeting at Pier's Cafe. You said

15:37

you needed my help boys something? Yeah.

15:39

Yeah. Maybe we can talk about it upstairs in

15:41

your office. Oh. You know I

15:43

don't have an office, Victor. I

15:46

share a cubicle with a flatulent

15:48

american who eats sunflower seeds all day

15:50

long. Come on. Let's go to

15:52

beers and get a glass of wine.

15:54

They help I need Renee's

15:56

upstairs in your office

15:58

building. What are you talking about?

16:00

Upstairs. The elevator

16:02

bank behind you. What do you mean?

16:04

Are you serious? You

16:06

know, I work in a secure area. I could

16:08

lose my job, Victor. I

16:10

can't bring any people to my floor. You

16:12

know that. Well, maybe not your

16:14

floor, but you can get me

16:16

into the elevator bank and we can make a

16:18

quick stop on another floor

16:20

where Are you crazy? They'll fire

16:22

me. They'll fire both of us. Those are

16:24

restricted areas. I thought you were

16:26

done with this, Victor, no

16:28

more hacking. I need five minutes.

16:30

That's all. It's not what you think Renee.

16:32

I'm trying to keep my job, not

16:34

lose it. You can take me inside as your

16:36

guest, your employee pass can us onto elevator

16:39

and to any floor in the building. No

16:41

way. No way I'm helping you.

16:43

This is illegal. I'm not

16:45

going back to prison. No. No.

16:47

No. Listen. No. You listen.

16:49

It's over Victor. I'm

16:51

starting a family. I'm done with

16:53

all this. Look, I wouldn't ask, but I

16:55

work in a different building. I can't get

16:57

clean access to the servers without without

17:00

what? Me jeopardizing my

17:02

job. And who got you this job?

17:04

Who covered up your police file so you could get a job this

17:06

good at a big pharmaceutical

17:08

company? Nice corporate gig. How much

17:10

are you making were next? Enough to not

17:12

jeopardize my family. My job is What

17:15

about my job? How about

17:17

helping me for once? I told

17:19

you, I was linked too many

17:21

times to stupid meds.

17:23

I just need to change the time stamps on my

17:25

personnel record before my monthly review.

17:27

I'm not contracting. I swear, this

17:29

is just for me. Just to

17:31

save my job, please Renee. I

17:34

helped you when you came out of prison.

17:37

Come on, Victor. This

17:40

isn't fair, man. You

17:42

you know that I can't. You know what's

17:44

not fair. The authorities learning that

17:47

your wife is humanly believe. it be

17:49

a shame if your wife got deported

17:51

right before the baby is born. Stop

17:53

it. Natalie will pass her citizenship

17:56

test. and be French and so will the baby?

17:58

Maybe she will. Maybe

17:59

she won't. But Renee,

18:03

I prom miss you. Promise you that if you

18:05

help me, I know someone that can make

18:07

it a certainty. Please. All

18:09

I'm asking is that you help me

18:11

keep my job. five minutes.

18:13

Just get me up and down that elevator. That's

18:15

it. If I lose my job as a

18:17

janitor with the record like mine, where do I

18:19

go from here? please

18:22

Renee. Renee stared at Victor and

18:24

saw the tired desperation on his

18:26

face. Fine. this

18:29

last time, Victor, but we

18:31

wait. We let the

18:33

building empty out for the evening.

18:35

I'll tell Natalie, I'm not coming

18:37

home for dinner.

18:45

No.

18:46

No, Holly Quinn. I'm fine.

18:49

Yes. We

18:49

are fine. No. I don't

18:52

need any help.

18:53

What? That's

18:55

a inappropriate question. And no, I don't need

18:58

anything, especially not

18:59

that.

19:01

Yes. Yes.

19:03

I appreciate you calling.

19:06

Yes. Yes.

19:08

Look, I have to go

19:10

I'm serious. I have to go. Yes. I'll

19:12

call you later. Okay?

19:14

Goodbye. I'm going.

19:17

told

19:17

you you're gonna go. Bye

19:20

bye.

19:20

You too. Bye.

19:23

Bye now. Bye.

19:25

Look, I

19:26

know Harley Quinn drives you crazy, but

19:29

it's nice that he called you. It's

19:31

not the same. I've wanted

19:33

to get out of Hollywood's shadow.

19:35

I'm tired of him always telling me what

19:37

to do. He's not my

19:38

father. What? Not my real father.

19:40

But he's been treating me like I was ten years old

19:43

since since you were ten

19:44

years old. Exactly. We lived here in

19:46

Paris

19:46

for a few years after he adopted me.

19:49

but

19:49

it was always my city more than his.

19:52

Wow. He's

19:52

not here anymore. And

19:54

it's just you and me this

19:56

time. Mhmm. And I think I'm gonna really

19:58

like your city, Lisette.

19:59

ooh ooh

20:02

Oh, no.

20:05

Just don't

20:06

say that. So tired of hearing Americans

20:08

say that. Come on.

20:10

We still have more unpacking to do.

20:13

And we

20:13

can't start a company on

20:15

Christmas, which

20:17

you try. No,

20:20

Clark. And seriously, we have to get the last

20:22

box of them packed. Hey. Are we doing this?

20:24

doing Mhmm. I

20:25

mean, how are you really doing

20:27

this? I'm right. We are. I know

20:29

we can do

20:30

this. will be the best cybersecurity

20:32

firm in Europe,

20:33

assuming we can find some clients.

20:35

Of course, we will. With you

20:37

behind

20:37

the keyboard and me in the field, who wouldn't

20:39

want to hire

20:40

us? You know what these for? What's

20:43

that? Some fresh bread and

20:45

cheese and

20:45

Champagne. I say, hell, yes. I said,

20:48

oh, wait. Elwe.

20:51

Real

20:51

bread from Brie.

20:53

At least French flour,

20:55

no yeast bake this morning.

20:58

is the best

20:59

in Europe. It's one of the things I miss most

21:01

about my city. Well, let's break

21:03

it out. Should I

21:05

No. No. Jack left the cup was empty because

21:07

I didn't know what they would be arriving. Can

21:09

you run downstairs and pick up some? I think there's

21:11

a place on Regagile. I need stay

21:13

here just in case the electrician

21:15

shows up? I could stay and you

21:17

could go if you want, walk in that

21:19

bakery, get that fresh bread smell.

21:21

It's a

21:21

very generous offer but

21:24

you don't speak French and the electrician.

21:26

I might be over there. Good

21:27

point. Good point. But I'm gonna

21:29

work on that. So

21:31

Okay. Bread and champagne. I can do that.

21:33

So just go outside and turn left

21:35

to And

21:36

Claire can try to get a

21:38

panda companion in

21:39

his cell. Are there

21:41

champagne? No. The bread's

21:44

mochida pang.

21:44

Got it. Okay. This is gonna be

21:46

fun. Definitely fun.

21:56

BARRIS.

21:59

Laura can

21:59

walk down the of the Mesonet taking a

22:02

brief moment to appreciate the

22:04

warm September and the build he

22:06

smiled, feeling the gentle heat on the back of his

22:08

neck. Must be two hundred if you close his eyes, he

22:10

imagine he might smell the scent of cut

22:12

flowers. fresh bread

22:14

and perfume. A museum The light poured

22:16

to the Honey Locker's trees that

22:18

signed the cobblestone Boulevard, forcing chloricant to

22:21

unfold his sunglasses, after

22:23

checking the GPS on his phone, he headed

22:25

north towards the eighteenth aroundissimo.

22:27

Maybe if I may happen next. It will

22:29

be good. What's where you're going? Sorry.

22:33

Sorry. Sorry.

22:36

Sorry. I'm new

22:38

in town. These bike lanes, man. dog.

23:01

Turkey and good field of vivacious energy

23:03

of the city of Paris. The

23:05

city of artists, lovers,

23:07

and thinkers for centuries. He

23:09

worked for another twenty minutes along

23:11

the tight sidewalk across admiring the zinc

23:13

plant buildings and tiny stores.

23:16

Wow. As well as the fashion of the

23:18

passive creative. It's just a

23:20

lot better a faded wooden sign that said

23:22

Boulangerie called Clarkin's eyes. I set the

23:24

store in the same paper, Moshe

23:25

baguette, hung below the awning, and

23:27

three black metal tables sat outside

23:30

the door. As Clarican approached,

23:32

a full palette of pastel

23:34

colors erupted under small sign

23:36

in the case that red, you would have Macau,

23:39

pale pink, lavender,

23:41

stone gray, and Robin egg blue created

23:43

a prison of technique color that

23:46

affected a gravitational pull on

23:48

hurricane. I wonder what flavor that one. He approached

23:50

the door and could hear he

23:52

did cover

23:55

damn

23:59

and

23:59

there was a good the money like guess because

24:02

if you succeed see the people

24:03

Hello? English.

24:21

Just one second. Yes.

24:24

How

24:25

can I help you? So,

24:26

hey, Oh, yeah.

24:29

What kind of bread do you guys have here? We

24:31

have French bread. Read the sign.

24:33

Yeah. The sign is in French. Because

24:35

this is France. Yeah. Yeah.

24:38

III get that. I guess I'll

24:39

start with one of those croissants.

24:41

Hey, what was that guy's problem? Oh, he's in a

24:44

rush. Everyone is in

24:46

a rush. this day no time.

24:48

Always a screen to look

24:50

at just sad. Yeah.

24:51

But that's no reason to get so

24:53

upset. It's this new register

24:56

and this tipping touchscreen. I just

24:58

can't seem to get it to work. You know,

25:00

I'm not terrible with

25:01

computers. I'd be happy. They're

25:05

ready. I me a moment.

25:07

Oh, wow. That that smell

25:09

your shot smells amazing.

25:11

It's like firewood toast and a

25:13

little vanilla and cinnamon. It's

25:14

the chorizo bun. It just

25:17

came out of the oven. Yeah.

25:19

Try one. Wow.

25:21

You know? You have

25:24

a very good nose. Thanks.

25:26

When I

25:26

was going at my uncle who was

25:29

a chef would bring over these

25:31

amazing dishes to our house. He

25:33

used to say that to really

25:35

appreciate food, you had to slow

25:37

down to taste it deeply. A wise man, your

25:39

uncle. One cannot

25:40

think well, love well, or

25:42

sleep well if one has not

25:45

dined well.

25:45

Gertrude Stein.

25:47

Virgina Wolf. But it's

25:49

nice to see you have a gomond party.

25:51

Well, like I said, it was

25:53

mostly my uncle. How about you? Is your family all

25:56

bakers? No. No. Just

25:57

my husband and nine. Sounds like

25:58

a family business.

25:59

I wish it still of words. I

26:02

have a son, Pierre. but

26:04

he doesn't love baking. He's

26:06

only interested in flirting with

26:08

female customers.

26:09

I see.

26:12

Sorry to hear that.

26:12

Pierre is trying to help me deliver

26:15

more bread to the other neighborhoods, but

26:17

it takes me away from the store

26:19

too long. I don't want to

26:21

chase my customer all over Paris.

26:23

There are actually

26:23

some really good apps now that could make

26:25

it pretty easy for people to order bread

26:28

for me. why

26:29

would they do that? There was the mouth

26:32

watering smell of a bakery, that

26:34

sense of walking in and knowing

26:36

that everything was baked

26:38

by hand. You lose all of

26:40

that when your bread just show

26:42

up in

26:43

a van. Here. Try this. Mhmm. Mhmm.

26:46

Mhmm. I don't think

26:48

I see what you mean.

26:50

I taste what you

26:51

mean. I think

26:53

you already know more about bread than

26:55

my son. So you

26:57

think you can fix this orange

26:59

touchscreen? I can't make any

27:02

sales. Sure. I can take a look. You know, a lot of these new

27:04

point of sale systems don't play well with

27:06

legacy hardware. Do you mind if By

27:08

all means? Thanks. I

27:10

well, let's take a look here. No.

27:12

That's okay. Sometimes if

27:15

you have bluetooth on it, it can pick up

27:17

and pair with other devices. So

27:19

oh, I see. Yeah. I I think

27:21

I see the problem. You need to do

27:23

a software update so that

27:26

well, here. I I can

27:28

show you. See

27:29

see this little icon? I can

27:31

barely see it without

27:33

my glasses. Well, this just means that

27:35

the latest and greatest software was released so

27:37

your touch screen might work a little better. There. Try

27:40

it again. Hey, it's not

27:42

frozen. You

27:44

think did. Thank you, my

27:46

friend. I'm glad to be a help. Well,

27:48

I'm very appreciative.

27:50

So then, what kind of breed are you

27:52

looking for, Moshana?

27:53

No. Well, my girlfriend sent me to

27:55

get some bread, bread in champagne

27:58

actually. And I think she

27:59

said, when was

28:02

it? Maybe some faecally

28:04

or facsimile?

28:05

Feasel. It's like if

28:08

I get your girlfriend she's

28:10

French. Yes? Oh, yeah.

28:11

Very good. Then you must also bring

28:13

her this. A whole wheat latte and

28:15

a box of account. From

28:17

a recipe, my husband brought from

28:20

me. Remember, hell half, not

28:22

free, like a woman's dad?

28:24

Certainly sounds like you've met my girlfriend.

28:26

Yeah. These look great.

28:29

I'll I'll take all of them. Yeah. How much do

28:31

you want? No. No. Compressed Montalamese.

28:33

Small gift. for

28:35

helping keep my little business running. Now,

28:37

I

28:37

have a little taxi

28:39

boat. Whoo. Oh, no. No. No. No.

28:41

No. I couldn't. Please. No. No.

28:43

No. I insist. Well, thank

28:45

you.

28:46

Mersi, I I

28:48

really appreciate it. Missus And

28:52

you are? Claire can. Just There

28:54

we

28:54

go. Well, Moshe Clari can or

28:56

salty. I hope I get to see you

28:58

again. Well, if this

28:59

bread tastes as good as your store smells, I

29:01

think you'll be seeing a lot more of

29:03

us. hope so. And if you buy

29:06

Champagne, go to mister Jean Gucci shop on

29:08

Henri Beachel. Ask him for his

29:10

recommendation for a good demo.

29:12

I'll do that. Thank you for the tip and

29:14

for the bread. I'll bring my girlfriend in next

29:16

time. I hope so, mister Currie can.

29:20

Yes. Thank you. See you soon

29:22

in our what?

29:23

Oh,

29:24

clear again. You forgot something.

29:29

your adult turnover.

29:45

Later that night at the VayTek headquarters.

29:48

Okay. We hear. What's on this floor, Victor? They

29:50

have these servers that cover all the major

29:52

departments at Vintech, including

29:54

human resources. Five minutes, Victor.

29:56

Then I'm leaving. be done

29:58

in three. You know, they have cameras everywhere,

30:01

especially around the servers. That's why I

30:03

have this. What the hell is

30:05

that? looks like a rubber frog with two cigarettes

30:07

sticking out of his ass. Custom hardware.

30:10

Scrambles the camera videos. Doesn't

30:12

cut the feed, which would trigger alarms.

30:14

It's creates a lot of static.

30:16

That's a nice piece of kit. What else

30:18

does he do? He ties other tricks. How do

30:20

you miss it? I didn't. What? Well

30:22

then, couldn't it? Just Stay

30:25

here by the elevator. I'll be back in

30:27

under five minutes. Keep the elevator ready

30:29

and will be out of here in no time. Victor turned

30:31

towards the first keypadlock door at the end of

30:33

the corridor.

30:33

it. What? This is for

30:35

your job. Right

30:36

here? Yesterday, this

30:38

is

30:38

for my job, I promise. I

30:42

promise. Victor ran to the door and knelt on

30:44

one knee. He removed a

30:46

jewelers screwdriver from his backpack along

30:48

with a laptop with two wire leads hanging

30:50

from it. let's get you acquainted with

30:52

my little

30:52

friend. A few more seconds.

30:57

There, voila, I mean, rats.

30:59

It must be one of the

31:00

biolabs. There's a terminal.

31:03

Victor sprinkled to a terminal at the

31:05

far end of the room at my sweet little

31:07

server get to you to meet your new boyfriend and

31:09

paste the strange device on the

31:11

table design. First, bypass your

31:13

login clips. Now, let's get

31:15

access to line and misterfaces as

31:17

his fingertips raced across the keyboard. Rose

31:20

of code scrolled rapidly across the screen

31:22

as Victor's eyes scanned urgently for

31:24

the various specific very hidden

31:26

barrier protected piece of

31:28

information he was searching for.

31:30

Yeah. Oh my god. It's incredible will

31:32

my god. They actually did

31:34

it. The location is on the campus. If I

31:36

can grab it, if I can bring it to her

31:38

then.

31:38

The

31:41

Renee.

31:41

Renee get the elevator. We got to move. We

31:43

got to get out of here. Come on. Come on. What

31:45

the hell do you do there? These alarms

31:47

going off all over there at a

31:49

higher building. Shut up. I'm good to get out of

31:51

here now. Alright. Come on. Get in

31:53

the elevator. A damage picture.

31:56

What did you do? This wasn't supposed to happen. Your arms were

31:58

supposed to be handled. Oh my god. Oh my

31:59

god. They're going to find us. They're going to put

32:02

us in jail again. Oh my

32:04

god. Look. Sorry. You

32:06

got to get out of the

32:08

building. Damn it. What did you do, Victor? What

32:11

did you you I didn't steal

32:13

anything. Quick. Hit the service level. Take the

32:15

elevator to the basement. Come on.

32:17

Damn it. The button's phone. working

32:19

your ID card. I am using my IDU

32:22

idiot. The damn doors won't

32:24

close. We're losing time, but you try to

32:26

steal Victor. chip,

32:28

a computer chip. Kind of chip that

32:30

changes everything. What the hell are you talking

32:32

about? You're talking understand the

32:33

snap. It's so far better. I never

32:35

should have brushed did you. I never Those

32:37

are losing. Elevation. I'm going

32:39

down. You did it

32:40

yesterday. Get this to the underground

32:42

level. I can get this out from there.

32:45

Good day. Did you

32:47

hit the basement level? Relay. We we're going down

32:49

too fast. Something is wrong. Relay. I

32:55

The elevator shook

32:57

to a halt

33:00

as the red

33:02

emerge activated bathing the elevator in

33:05

Crimson. The doors were peeled back,

33:07

revealing a bold man in a well

33:09

tailored suit. He stood

33:11

five ten a little stocky and well

33:13

built without appearing fixate. No.

33:15

Seriously, he only wore one glove. I

33:17

think you got off on the

33:19

wrong floor, my friends. It's

33:21

him. is this? No. Zoom mail doc. The

33:23

sidebar. The sidebar. What the

33:25

hell are

33:25

you talking about? This is

33:28

the end. Peeking

33:30

eyes will always tell lies.

33:32

The man removed his left glove to

33:34

reveal a gleaming silver

33:37

hair. His

33:39

head, it's metal.

33:41

Miradox swifter left into the elevator tab

33:43

and viciously connects Renee's enough. Let him

33:45

go. Let him go your freak. Your

33:48

friend can leave. If

33:50

you give me back what you stole,

33:52

I didn't steal anything. Let him

33:54

go. As Jewish. Hurdown.

33:57

Flex his left by Sam, shooting

33:59

a dull

33:59

gray blade out of his forearm.

34:05

No.

34:05

Two thieves

34:07

lie dead from misbelieves.

34:10

Pastor two

34:12

freak guard. Kill him. The man move towards

34:14

Victor to block his escape through

34:16

the elevator doors. Not yet Victor.

34:20

Uh-uh. The chip. Give me

34:22

the chip you stole from us. They

34:24

told you I don't have it

34:26

crazy. Victor threw his fist at

34:28

Murdoch's face, but the man absorbed the blow

34:30

easily, entering with a sharp

34:32

jab. You buffered. We dotted

34:34

our red to live with

34:36

stolen cheese. Miradoc launched

34:38

to drive the blade into Victor's

34:40

stomach, but Victor twisted left just

34:42

in time for Miradoc's arm to passed by.

34:44

Driving instead into the wall and the elevator cab,

34:47

immobilizing the blade into a

34:49

tangle of metal. Victor spun behind him

34:51

and fired a desperate kick

34:53

to characterization, causing him to

34:55

inhale sharply in peace. Oh,

34:58

hello. And killed. Peace. And

35:00

as Miradoc turned, miss face

35:03

red a genuine surprise as Victor stood

35:05

outside the elevator door. Oh, the

35:07

hell. He held a black device with

35:09

two antennas. You're damn

35:12

frick. Victor pressed the button for

35:14

the lowest levels. Closing elevator. And watch the elevator

35:17

door slam shut. his

35:22

hand across his trench face as he picked

35:24

up his backpack and sprinted down the hallway

35:26

of the VTech executive tower, principally trying

35:28

to find the most expeditious run of

35:31

his thing.

35:31

Damn it. Damn

35:34

it. Damn it. I

35:35

got to get out of here.

35:37

I got to to move

35:39

on, God. Oh my God. My my God.

35:51

No. No. No. No. She's

35:53

gonna kill

35:53

me. She's gonna kill me.

35:56

I

35:56

knew. No.

35:59

Yes?

36:00

Do you

36:02

have

36:03

it? No. No.

36:06

I wasn't able to get it. We

36:08

have an agreement. Yes.

36:10

I know we did, but there were

36:13

complications. That's disappointing. But I I know where it is now.

36:15

I located it and and I saw the reports it's

36:18

true. They did it.

36:20

They created a successful

36:22

prototype, and I can find it.

36:24

Then why

36:24

don't you have it?

36:25

I I could burn. I I just

36:28

need more time. You don't have

36:29

time. Neither this

36:31

Look, I I can't go back to Baytec.

36:34

They'll spot me. I don't have the cover

36:36

of my job anymore. And

36:38

my my friend that I

36:40

set up. you should have seen

36:42

what they did to him. My ear

36:44

excuses. No. No. It's

36:46

just the facial recognition software will

36:48

pick me up as soon as I walk into the

36:50

lobby. I can't get access to the Baytec

36:52

campus anymore. I won't

36:54

be able to meet our deadline.

36:56

It will be just please. No.

36:58

No. Please. I can fix this. I

37:00

can still get the chip. I think

37:02

I know someone else who can steal

37:05

it for us. whether they want to

37:08

or not.

37:22

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