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[loud footstep]

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[upbeat music]

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With grit and determination,

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we took this journey

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one brutal,
ridiculous step at a time,

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leaving our primitive world

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and making it all
the way to the moon.

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[cheering]

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[XENO] We still don't know
who or what Why-man is.

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Our weapon's meager at best.

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Weapon?

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Are you talking about that
kablooey net-launching thingy?

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The net grenade gun?

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No, they've brought one more.

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The capsule Medusa.

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♪ ♪

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Hot dog!

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Yeah, of course.

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They're doing their
whole gig up in space

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where there's not
a peep of sound to speak of.

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The Medusa wouldn't even
work without the capsule.

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Hmm?

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What do you mean?

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[RYUSUI] The Medusa
is a powerful tool,

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both weapon and healing item.

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If the capsule is
filled with air,

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it should be able to receive
the voice commands

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we speak into our mics.

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Ha!
And if it comes down to it,

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I can just hurl this thing
straight at the enemy.

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I'll say 10 meters, one sec--

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[grunts]

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[KOHAKU]
Oh, whoops. Sorry.

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That could have been pretty
unfortunate for us, huh?

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Areful-cay.

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Think first.

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Look, let's just save
the chit-chat for later.

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Yeah, don't waste
that sweet O2.

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I say we find this Why-man
and settle the score.

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[mechanical clicking]

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OK, I guess we're not getting
a viral, heartfelt quote.

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Soldier, efficiency freak and
lioness on a hair-trigger would

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never wait for such a thing.

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[whirring]

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[SENKU]
Next stop--

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The Taurus-Littrow Valley!

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♪ ♪

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[theme music]

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♪ ♪

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[bagpipe music]

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[whirring]

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They're heading
towards Taurus-Littrow.

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A.k.a. the moon
bunny's little neck.

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[XENO]
More importantly,

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that is where our satellite
discovered the large,

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mysterious black spot
on the surface.

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It's gonna be easy
for the enemy to see us coming,

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since we're driving around
in this shiny-ass thing.

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[laughs]

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It's a stealthier approach
than landing on them.

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Ah.

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[curious music]

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Do you see that?

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♪ ♪

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It looks like a flag, right?

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That's because the USA planted
our stars and stripes here.

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The cosmic rays have been
bleaching that thing out,

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so there aren't any stars
or stripes left on it.

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[KOHAKU]
Ha!

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So Why-man just
happens to be around here,

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right around the spot
where humanity planted a flag.

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[chuckles]

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Yeah, that is
a little bit suspicious.

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It's not like the moon is
some tiny rock or something.

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I bet it's not a coincidence.

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There's gotta be
a reason for that.

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Let's not jump
to conclusions.

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Assuming you know
can be deadly.

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We'll just have to go
and see for ourselves.

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[whirring]

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[SENKU]
Kohaku,

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if you would, please
release the capsule Medusa.

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Oh.

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Wow, Senku.

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I don't think you've
ever said please before.

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You want me to open it now?

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[SENKU]
Correct.

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Quickly, please.

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[KOHAKU groans]

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[SENKU]
Hey, Kohaku.

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What do you think you're doing?

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It's quiet.

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No one asked you to do
anything just now.

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[gasps]

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Why-man's using
Senku's mic frequency

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and copying his voice.

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He's forging comms.

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[hissing]

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They unlocked it for me.

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Thank you so much.

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[glowing]

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[skidding]

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[groaning]

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[static]

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Throw that thing, Kohaku!

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[groans]

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[tense music]

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[KOHAKU grunts]

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♪ ♪

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[chuckles]

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Kohaku and her
lioness strength

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ought to get that far
enough away from us.

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Especially true since
we're up here on the moon,

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six times farther
than on Earth.

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Not bad.

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♪ ♪

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[humming]

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♪ ♪

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[all gasping]

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♪ ♪

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Ha.

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I think we may have found
what we're looking for.

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♪ ♪

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[chittering]

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[ominous music]

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♪ ♪

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There it is.

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So this is what's behind
that creepy black spot

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we've seen writhing
around on the surface.

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♪ ♪

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Holy shit.

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Finally, the truth behind
all these mysteries

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is coming to light.

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That green glow
thousands of years ago,

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the mastermind behind it all,
who petrified humanity.

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All of that stuff was
your doing, right?

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Because you're Why-man.

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[CHROME]
Oh.

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What happened?

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Why did they find up there?

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What's on the moon?

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[chiming]

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[KOHAKU] This one tiny
spot here has been changing

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shape little by little.

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[eerie music]

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[crackling]

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♪ ♪

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That's the Medusa I threw.

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The one we brought from Earth.

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The whole capsule is floating.

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[SENKU]
You're the only ones

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who could have been crafty
enough to fake my voice

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and send those
forged comms earlier.

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You speak through radio,
isn't that right?

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So go on ahead
and give us an answer.

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Yes.

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[all gasping]

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Hmm.

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It's nuts.

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All this time,
you were right there.

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♪ ♪

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Closer than we ever realized.

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It's you, Medusa, or Medusas.

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You're like
a collective organism.

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♪ ♪

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Together you make up
the machine lifeform, Why-man.

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[crackling]

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♪ ♪

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Do you wanna die?

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♪ ♪

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[intriguing music]

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[GEN]
Do you wanna die?

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Hearing that again sends
chills up my spine.

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I don't love that being
the only other question

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Why-man has asked us,
and I wonder how come

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it's asked right after they
dodged a petrification blast.

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[CHROME]
Dude, you know what?

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It could be that
Medusa or I guess--

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I mean, Why-man,

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maybe they're not
trying to kill us after all.

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And the reason they petrified
us was so we won't die.

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♪ ♪

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[GEN]
Hey there, Senku.

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I don't know if there's any
point in trying to talk to it,

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but I had a thought.

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Throughout the entirety
of world history,

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diplomacy between
peoples or nations

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has always had
an element of gift-giving.

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Is that right?

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But we don't have anything
with us to give them.

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What would they even
consider a gift anyway?

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I mean, are they alive?

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What do they want or need?

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Think.

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What rules do they
operate under?

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As long as there
are replicable rules,

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we've got science.

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♪ ♪

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[resonating]

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♪ ♪

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[chuckles]

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You know,
I'm positive about one thing.

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As spooky as that question is,

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it was polite enough
to ask us if we wanna die.

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And that tells us
continuing to live

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is something that these little
guys also think is important.

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Why-man--

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Ah.

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I know that's not
really your name,

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but that's what I'll call you.

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Anyway,

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unfortunately, our science
isn't advanced enough

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to replicate your kind,

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although we can replace
those diamond batteries.

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You need those to power
yourselves, don't you?

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00:10:51,734 --> 00:10:54,446
One stupidly tough
step at a time,

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we managed to bring human
science that far, at least.

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That's our gift to you.

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00:11:02,245 --> 00:11:04,663
But we have some
demands in exchange.

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00:11:04,705 --> 00:11:07,334
Now, Senku, be careful.

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00:11:07,375 --> 00:11:10,295
You need to frame this
request uber olitely-pay.

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00:11:10,337 --> 00:11:13,089
Quit doing that shit
with the petrification!

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00:11:13,131 --> 00:11:14,090
It really sucks!

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00:11:14,132 --> 00:11:15,049
Oh, no!

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00:11:15,091 --> 00:11:16,801
Don't cuss him out!

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00:11:16,843 --> 00:11:18,512
Why?

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00:11:18,553 --> 00:11:20,930
[low humming]

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00:11:20,972 --> 00:11:22,182
Stop it.

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00:11:22,223 --> 00:11:24,601
I ask you, please, be silent.

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00:11:26,060 --> 00:11:27,479
There's more than one Why-man.

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Seems as though they're
not a monolith after all.

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[SENKU] We don't have
any intel on this,

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00:11:34,819 --> 00:11:37,197
so I'm just taking
a guess here.

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You guys would love
nothing more than to have us

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give you a little
needed maintenance.

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00:11:42,452 --> 00:11:45,664
That's what the whole
petrification beam is about.

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00:11:45,704 --> 00:11:47,582
[XENO]
Of course!

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00:11:47,624 --> 00:11:48,916
[gasps]

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00:11:48,958 --> 00:11:52,962
The elegance of this
lifeform is unbelievable.

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The Medusa,
or the Why-man, rather,

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its modus operandi
is to promise eternal life

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to intelligent beings
through petrification,

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00:12:03,848 --> 00:12:07,602
who in turn would later
care for or make more of them.

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00:12:07,644 --> 00:12:13,233
It's a mechanical parasite,
so it needs a host species!

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00:12:13,274 --> 00:12:16,944
[WHY-MAN 1] Yes, that is
an accurate assessment.

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00:12:18,613 --> 00:12:22,200
All necessary information
will now be imparted.

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Civilizations
inevitably advance.

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00:12:27,622 --> 00:12:32,126
When a planet emits regularly
modulated radio waves,

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this serves as conclusive
evidence of the presence

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of intelligent life.

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[SENKU] Why did you
petrify the planet's swallows

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before humanity?

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00:12:41,469 --> 00:12:43,346
Was it a test?

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It is standard
parasitic protocol.

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An advance party is dispatched.

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A fortunate species
is chosen at random

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and their DNA is targeted.

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Fortunate?

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00:12:56,109 --> 00:12:58,236
For getting stone-whammied?

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[WHY-MAN 1]
The life of every creature

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is eventually terminated.

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00:13:02,657 --> 00:13:05,952
Even for us,
this is an irrefutable fact.

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[SENKU]
Oxidation.

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The lifeforms we call
Why-man are machines.

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Their deaths are
caused by oxygen--

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or rusting,
to be more precise.

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[WHY-MAN 1]
There is nothing in existence

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more terrible
or terrifying than death.

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00:13:22,469 --> 00:13:24,554
The prime objective
for all organisms

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is to prolong their life.

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Everlasting petrification

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equates to eternal
evasion of death.

273
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It is the epitome
of magnificence.

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[GEN] In other words,
in Why-man's humble opinion,

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being stuck as a statue
for the rest of forever

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is cause for celebration.

277
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[WHY-MAN 2]
Petrification waves cause

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an elemental phase change.

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They are perceived
as visible light,

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but only
for the targeted species.

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Petrification is
abrupt and the result

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is the gift of eternal life.

283
00:14:03,635 --> 00:14:07,054
The most intelligent living
entities inhabiting a planet

284
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are the ones who swiftly
discuss the occurrence

285
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via radio waves.

286
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That was humanity.

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[WHY-MAN 1] In that manner,
our host species was chosen.

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[electric buzzing]

289
00:14:21,860 --> 00:14:24,572
[low humming]

290
00:14:31,329 --> 00:14:33,373
The mechanism
operates in such a way

291
00:14:33,414 --> 00:14:36,917
as to allow individuals with
increased cognitive processing

292
00:14:36,959 --> 00:14:38,586
to be released earlier.

293
00:14:38,628 --> 00:14:40,380
[mysterious music]

294
00:14:40,421 --> 00:14:43,341
Naturally,
for the intellectual elite,

295
00:14:43,383 --> 00:14:47,136
the promise of life everlasting
is impossible to resist.

296
00:14:47,178 --> 00:14:49,930
As a result, they elect
to accept and maintain

297
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us parasites in perpetuity.

298
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[WHY-MAN 2] Those of us who
descended to petrify humanity

299
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eventually ceased functioning,
killed by the deadly toxin

300
00:15:01,860 --> 00:15:03,570
called oxygen.

301
00:15:04,153 --> 00:15:06,030
For the rest of us,

302
00:15:06,072 --> 00:15:09,950
we remained on this satellite
and awaited our opportunity.

303
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♪ ♪

304
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[WHY-MAN 1] Then,
after roughly 3,000 orbits--

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00:15:42,233 --> 00:15:44,068
♪ ♪

306
00:15:44,110 --> 00:15:45,820
[scraping]

307
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- the regular signal
of crystals being polished

308
00:15:49,657 --> 00:15:51,743
was amplified
by hair accessories

309
00:15:51,785 --> 00:15:55,329
inadvertently functioning
as dipole antennas.

310
00:15:55,371 --> 00:15:58,040
These signals made
their way to us.

311
00:15:58,082 --> 00:16:00,668
[crackling]

312
00:16:00,710 --> 00:16:02,879
[WHY-MAN 2]
In response,

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we decided to rain down
petrification devices

314
00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:08,885
and teach humans to wield them.

315
00:16:08,927 --> 00:16:10,303
[plasma humming]

316
00:16:10,344 --> 00:16:12,597
[low-frequency rumble]

317
00:16:12,639 --> 00:16:16,768
♪ ♪

318
00:16:16,810 --> 00:16:19,520
Using the same frequency
as the radio waves

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their antenna
transmitted,

320
00:16:21,481 --> 00:16:23,399
we were able
to communicate directly.

321
00:16:23,441 --> 00:16:24,901
Huh? What's this?

322
00:16:24,943 --> 00:16:26,527
I hear something.

323
00:16:26,569 --> 00:16:29,238
Maybe God is speaking to me?

324
00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,115
But I'm confused.

325
00:16:31,157 --> 00:16:32,909
"One meter in one second"?

326
00:16:32,951 --> 00:16:34,285
[gasping]

327
00:16:34,327 --> 00:16:35,453
[low-frequency rumble]

328
00:16:35,495 --> 00:16:37,831
[pants, gasps]

329
00:16:37,872 --> 00:16:41,960
[WHY-MAN 1] The nature of our
gift was thusly demonstrated.

330
00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,922
Death was deferred for all
who were petrified.

331
00:16:45,964 --> 00:16:47,757
Even so--

332
00:16:47,799 --> 00:16:49,634
[rock cracking]

333
00:16:49,676 --> 00:16:56,265
♪ ♪

334
00:17:03,230 --> 00:17:05,942
- humanity showed no
interest in cultivating

335
00:17:05,984 --> 00:17:08,862
the devices in their care.

336
00:17:08,903 --> 00:17:11,531
They could not even
replace the batteries,

337
00:17:11,572 --> 00:17:15,075
much less assist
in replication.

338
00:17:15,117 --> 00:17:17,578
Did they lack
the cognitive capacity

339
00:17:17,620 --> 00:17:21,415
or had we chosen
an inadequate host?

340
00:17:21,457 --> 00:17:23,668
Your sparse emission
of radio waves

341
00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:26,921
made us question
if humans were too inferior.

342
00:17:26,963 --> 00:17:30,591
We were not expecting
what your species did next.

343
00:17:30,633 --> 00:17:35,179
We're making a GPS, and
sending a massive radio beacon.

344
00:17:36,347 --> 00:17:39,893
[electric buzzing]

345
00:17:40,935 --> 00:17:42,436
[WHY-MAN 1]
Their kind is evidently

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00:17:42,478 --> 00:17:45,356
capable of emitting
strong radio waves,

347
00:17:45,398 --> 00:17:48,985
and yet they do not
desire eternal life

348
00:17:49,027 --> 00:17:50,987
through petrification.

349
00:17:51,905 --> 00:17:53,322
Why?

350
00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:55,616
Why?

351
00:17:55,658 --> 00:17:56,576
Why?

352
00:17:56,617 --> 00:17:58,411
[ALL]
Why?

353
00:17:58,452 --> 00:17:59,746
Why?

354
00:17:59,787 --> 00:18:01,039
Why?

355
00:18:01,079 --> 00:18:03,123
Why?

356
00:18:03,165 --> 00:18:06,669
[WHY-MAN 1] Our next
course of action was decided.

357
00:18:06,711 --> 00:18:08,546
We would again
envelop the planet

358
00:18:08,588 --> 00:18:10,256
in our magnificent waves.

359
00:18:10,297 --> 00:18:12,425
This would allow us
to properly reconvey

360
00:18:12,466 --> 00:18:15,970
the glory of petrification.

361
00:18:16,012 --> 00:18:20,600
We utilized the same methods,
the same frequencies,

362
00:18:20,641 --> 00:18:22,977
even the same vocal timbre--

363
00:18:23,019 --> 00:18:28,858
[SENKU] Effect 12,800,000
meters in one second.

364
00:18:28,900 --> 00:18:30,818
[energy shimmering]

365
00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:38,158
♪ ♪

366
00:19:05,561 --> 00:19:08,272
[WHY-MAN 1] Your response
was utterly confounding.

367
00:19:08,314 --> 00:19:10,942
♪ ♪

368
00:19:10,984 --> 00:19:12,318
[SENKU]
Ah.

369
00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,362
So that's why you sent
that cryptic message,

370
00:19:15,404 --> 00:19:17,740
asking us if we wanted to die.

371
00:19:19,075 --> 00:19:20,994
Well, we sure as hell don't.

372
00:19:21,035 --> 00:19:24,998
So, wait, does that mean when
it went off it was a misfire?

373
00:19:25,039 --> 00:19:27,583
[WHY-MAN 1]
The moment you are referring to

374
00:19:27,625 --> 00:19:29,961
is when the poisonous
oxygen suddenly

375
00:19:30,003 --> 00:19:32,839
vanished from
my environment completely.

376
00:19:33,965 --> 00:19:36,425
This place, where am I?

377
00:19:37,051 --> 00:19:38,176
[crackling]

378
00:19:38,594 --> 00:19:39,595
I can move.

379
00:19:39,637 --> 00:19:44,266
♪ ♪

380
00:19:44,308 --> 00:19:48,062
I will send a signal with
a petrification wave.

381
00:19:49,522 --> 00:19:55,193
All proximal intelligent beings
must know of my existence.

382
00:19:55,235 --> 00:19:57,155
Then it wasn't an accident.

383
00:19:57,195 --> 00:19:59,657
Why-man was trying
to put on a show.

384
00:19:59,699 --> 00:20:00,992
Is that true?

385
00:20:01,034 --> 00:20:03,828
You did it on purpose
to get our attention?

386
00:20:03,870 --> 00:20:06,747
[WHY-MAN 1]
Correct, that is accurate.

387
00:20:06,789 --> 00:20:08,457
[sighs]

388
00:20:08,499 --> 00:20:11,794
[chirping]

389
00:20:11,836 --> 00:20:14,755
[SENKU] I've only got
one question left.

390
00:20:14,797 --> 00:20:16,298
Only one question?

391
00:20:16,340 --> 00:20:17,591
Really?

392
00:20:17,633 --> 00:20:19,510
But I still don't
understand most of this.

393
00:20:19,552 --> 00:20:22,889
It's complicated,
but long story short,

394
00:20:22,930 --> 00:20:26,726
they go around space petrifying
intelligent lifeforms.

395
00:20:26,767 --> 00:20:29,896
Then said lifeforms say,
thanks for the eternal life,

396
00:20:29,937 --> 00:20:31,981
and take good care of them.

397
00:20:32,023 --> 00:20:35,233
Didn't happen, but that's
what they were hoping for.

398
00:20:35,275 --> 00:20:36,944
So that's your aim.

399
00:20:36,986 --> 00:20:39,989
You bastards want us to use
our science to swap batteries

400
00:20:40,031 --> 00:20:41,407
and make more of you.

401
00:20:41,448 --> 00:20:43,868
But you petrified us
for thousands of years,

402
00:20:43,910 --> 00:20:46,620
wiping out civilization
and ruining your plan.

403
00:20:46,662 --> 00:20:49,999
Why the hell would you
sabotage your own goal?

404
00:20:50,041 --> 00:20:53,377
Upon first arrival
at this satellite,

405
00:20:53,419 --> 00:20:57,464
we discovered an abandoned
interplanetary craft.

406
00:20:57,506 --> 00:20:59,383
The implication
was that humanity

407
00:20:59,425 --> 00:21:02,220
must be highly intelligent.

408
00:21:02,260 --> 00:21:04,513
Contrary to this
initial assessment,

409
00:21:04,555 --> 00:21:07,349
your kind took thousands
of years to awaken.

410
00:21:07,391 --> 00:21:10,477
Your intelligence
was overestimated.

411
00:21:10,519 --> 00:21:13,731
Getting all worked up
isn't going to elp-hay.

412
00:21:13,773 --> 00:21:15,233
Take no offense.

413
00:21:15,273 --> 00:21:17,568
They are simply stating
the truth as they see it.

414
00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:19,277
Sure.

415
00:21:19,319 --> 00:21:23,281
Our science is 10,000,000,000%
lagging behind yours.

416
00:21:23,323 --> 00:21:24,867
For instance,
we can't even begin

417
00:21:24,909 --> 00:21:27,369
to theorize how you're
giving gravity the finger

418
00:21:27,411 --> 00:21:29,538
and floating around like that.

419
00:21:29,580 --> 00:21:30,998
But who gives a crap?

420
00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:32,875
We'll figure it
out soon enough!

421
00:21:32,917 --> 00:21:35,962
Humanity's scientific
civilization is pretty new.

422
00:21:36,003 --> 00:21:38,464
A few millennia is
a drop in the bucket.

423
00:21:38,505 --> 00:21:40,800
It doesn't matter that
our lives are fleeting.

424
00:21:40,841 --> 00:21:43,385
There are seven billion
others to pick up the torch

425
00:21:43,427 --> 00:21:46,097
and billions more
who haven't even been born.

426
00:21:46,139 --> 00:21:47,640
That's how we've done it,

427
00:21:47,681 --> 00:21:51,351
made this much progress
so stupidly fast.

428
00:21:51,393 --> 00:21:54,021
Why don't we cut
to the chase, Why-man?

429
00:21:54,063 --> 00:21:57,357
I'm asking to negotiate
with you one on one.

430
00:21:57,399 --> 00:21:58,358
No way.

431
00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,027
[dramatic music]

432
00:22:00,069 --> 00:22:03,906
He wants to negotiate
by himself?

433
00:22:03,948 --> 00:22:05,407
[chuckles]

434
00:22:05,449 --> 00:22:07,743
This is for the fate
of all humanity.

435
00:22:07,785 --> 00:22:09,870
It's time to duke it out
with a super intelligent

436
00:22:09,912 --> 00:22:11,164
machine lifeform.

437
00:22:11,205 --> 00:22:13,707
This will be
the final showdown.

438
00:22:14,625 --> 00:22:18,045
[theme music]

439
00:22:18,087 --> 00:22:25,385
♪ ♪

440
00:23:45,591 --> 00:23:47,260
[COMPUTERIZED VOICE]
Are you ready?

441
00:23:47,301 --> 00:23:48,844
[dynamic music]

442
00:23:48,886 --> 00:23:54,432
♪ ♪