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[blameful]

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PART TWO

[blameful]

WASH: what i don't get is the motion tracker. no one can get by one of those while they're active. you sure you don't have anything in your logs? [ silence ] south. you with me? south.
SOUTH: what?
WASH: i need you to concentrate, south. okay? i know he was your brother, but the sooner i can piece together what happened, the sooner we can track this guy.
SOUTH: right, uh. sorry.
WASH: don't sweat it. now, your logs: nothing?
SOUTH: no. not even a ping.
WASH: and you didn't hear anything?
SOUTH: i heard him — i heard him scream. i came around the corner, and then . . . nothing.
WASH: you mean you didn't see the attacker?
SOUTH: no. i mean, nothing. i heard him scream, i headed towards him, and then suddenly you're standing over me asking if i'm all right and telling me my brother is dead.
WASH: yeah. you were out about eight hours. north's armor started a level one distress and they got me here stat.
SOUTH: yeeeah.
WASH: level one, south. something you wanna tell me?
SOUTH: i'm sure you already know.
WASH: i need you to confirm it.
SOUTH: he still had theta.
WASH: well, i didn't find theta on him, south. did you take it?
SOUTH: no, i don't have it.
WASH: do you still have yours?
SOUTH: no, wash. i never had one. i was in the implant group behind you, remember? and after what happened to you, nobody got any more.
WASH: don't sound so bitter.
SOUTH: of course not. bitter wouldn't win the war, right?
WASH: i have to take care of your brother now, south. you might not wanna watch this part.
SOUTH: can i have a few minutes alone with him first?
WASH: you can have one minute.
SOUTH: i guess i should say thank you.
WASH: i guess you should get busy. your minute's already started.

COMMAND: this is recovery command responding secure.
WASH: command, this is recovery one.
COMMAND: hello, wash. we have you secure, go ahead.
WASH: i'm on the scene.
COMMAND: what's the status of the twins?
WASH: north is kia. south is still functioning.
COMMAND: what is the status of north's ai?
WASH: you guys knew he had theta?
COMMAND: recovery one, please respond to the previous inquiry. what is the status of the artificial —
WASH: [ cutting her off ] it's not here, okay? it's gone. this one's gone, too.
COMMAND: understood. please wait for directive . . . find out what you can, clean up the agent, and report back.
WASH: already on it.
COMMAND: the whereabouts of theta are top priority, recovery one. you of all people do not need to be reminded of —
WASH: [ interrupting YET AGAIN ] no. you're right. i don't need to be reminded of anything.
COMMAND: the mission is now level zero —
WASH: what?
COMMAND: — we need a full recovery of the current incident.
WASH: are you serious? [ turning to look at south in the background ]
COMMAND: recovery one, please confirm the previous directive. [ silence ] recovery one, please confirm: you are now level zero, you are ordered —
WASH: yeah. i got it.

WASH: [ approaching south ] time's up. i'm sorry.
SOUTH: i always thought being a twin was . . . a hard thing. everyone always finds a way to put you together. it's like you're not considered two people. even when we were kids, our parents dressed us alike, and when we joined up and got sent to the program, they stuck us together. people thought we were special somehow, i suppose. i used to hate that. all i ever wanted was to have my own life, and here i am now, just wondering how i'm gonna live without him.
WASH: [ slowly lifts his sidearm ] yeah. [ fires sidearm ] i wouldn't go worrying about that if i were you.