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Not sure he'd still consider me such,
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but that's part and parcel of the reason
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I want to see him. I had some bad years
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on my own. Now with you here being part
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of a team. This might sound a might
0:19
sppy, but I feel like I could be a
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proper agent again. That starts with
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writing accounts. This friend of mine,
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Zebulon Tran, I let him down. And I've
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been chewing on that live wire for a
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while. Too long, maybe.
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After I recovered from Horizon Point,
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Zeb and I ran together for a spell,
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doing what we could to help folks in
0:45
difficult spots, fighting protective
0:48
tyranny in small ways. Too small for
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Zeb, as it turned out. He was unhappy
0:54
before I showed up. And after well all
0:57
my director talk fired him up even more.
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I had my orders. I was to stay low.
1:03
Couldn't let the protector catch win of
1:04
an Earth Directorate agent in its midst.
1:07
But Zeb, he kept pushing to take more
1:23
Whether an orifice for a face.
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I agree. But the problem with burning
1:28
down a system is finding ways out for
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all the innocent folk trapped inside it.
1:32
That wasn't the goal anyway. Just
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helping out where we could. We worked
1:36
hard, but the protectorates arbittors
1:38
and sentinels worked harder. Often than
1:40
not, our help only made targets of the
1:42
folks whose lives we were trying to
1:44
improve. Didn't matter what we did,
1:46
Arcadia was still caught under the
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You want freedom of choice. You want
2:02
guess some of what you said way back
2:03
when stuck. All that talk about putting
2:05
people first. Figured that's what I was
2:08
doing. Putting a stop to all the pain I
2:10
was causing. Anyway, things weren't
2:12
good. Zeb and I couldn't find the rhythm
2:15
we had before. We were arguing every
2:18
day. Eventually, cutting ties just
2:21
seemed for the best. Clean light. Only
2:24
later I learned Zeb hadn't given up the
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struggle like I assumed he would.
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You got to stay in mental refreshment
2:29
for his trouble. That's the last I heard
2:35
and she'll give you a facial.
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Much appreciated, Commander. Promise I
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won't be making a habit of pulling
2:42
skeletons out of my closet. Westport's
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on the east side of the island. I
2:45
tracked Zeb to somewhere on its
2:47
outskirts, but never got up the nerve to
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visit before. Now we ought to start
