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ID	Character	Dialogue	Conditions	Links
0	None			1
1	None			2 20
2	The Deserter	"Three weeks ago, when the rich hag came in on her galley. Her honour guard came in tow."		6
3	None			483 4 5 556
4	You	"By that you mean Joyce Messier, the Wild Pines rep?"	Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"] == true	10
5	You	"And by that you mean the representative of the harbour company?"	Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"] == false	10
6	None			7 8
7	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_talked_soucriant"]	550
8	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_talked_soucriant"]) == false	553
9	Rhetoric	Joyce... he means Joyce.		531
10	The Deserter	"Wrinkled up whore," he nods.		15
11	None			12 13
12	None		Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"]	3
13	None		(Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"]) == false	14
14	Logic	That must be the representative of the Harbour company, who came in on her boat.		3
15	None			486 485 16
16	You	"Khm..." (Cough.) "Moving on -- the victim arrives some time after her..."		17
17	The Deserter	He nods toward the city. "They moved into a deserted apartment above the roundabout. Radio equipment out for all to see -- reactionary radio playing. Sloppy and drunk."		18
18	The Deserter	"I've seen their kind during the Landing. Those Occidental and Mesque falangues weren't conscripts -- boys, like us. They were wights. All they know is to destroy and hurt."		19 534
19	You	"Wights?"		481
20	The Deserter	"Them fucking..." He looks at the charred wood. "I didn't like that."		22 26
21	The Deserter	"That's all it takes for the bullet to reach his head." He squints. "Now that I think of it, I wasn't aiming for his mouth. I wanted his brains to spill out on her... but..." he shrugs, "you can't have everything."		29
22	You	"So you were jealous?"		23
23	The Deserter	"Jealousy is a reactionary concept. I didn't like the reaver enjoying himself -- drugged out, soothed in the arms of a young woman. I wanted him to die so he could not enjoy life anymore."		25
24	The Deserter	"And I wanted her to see his head explode," he nods. "That too. She should know better than to hold a child murderer between her thighs. I knew he'd be there for one more second, writhing..."		21
25	Conceptualization	For him to stop reacting to stimuli, to be broken off from the world. Cordoned into darkness.		24
26	You	"Okay then."		27
27	The Deserter	Splat, a bloody spitball lands on the firewood.		497
28	Suggestion	And now he longs to see her covered in blood.		38
29	Electrochemistry	Her body sweating from the drugs, slick from cerebral haemorrhage.		30
30	None			31 32
31	None		Variable["XP.detect_compromized_skillset"]	33
32	None		(Variable["XP.detect_compromized_skillset"]) == false	37
33	Volition	This man has seen past her, like you did.		34
34	None			35 36
35	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_volition_defenses"]	28
36	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_volition_defenses"]) == false	37
37	Suggestion	He wants to see her covered in blood.		38
38	None			39 40
39	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_sugg_see_blood"]	41
40	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_sugg_see_blood"]) == false	562
41	Authority	To punish her.		42
42	None			286 45 104 182 43 44 46
43	You	"You wanted to punish her, so you killed him."	Variable["seafort.deserter_auth_punish_her"] == true	113
44	You	"Did you have feelings for that woman?"	Variable["seafort.deserter_alt_branch_flowers"] == false	250
45	You	"How long had you been watching her?"		48
46	You	"So in conclusion, it wasn't about him. It was about her." (Conclude.)	Variable["seafort.deserter_scope_hub_counter"] >=2	376
47	The Deserter	"Her..." He repeats, staring at the ashes -- then the reeds. There's a twitch in the corner of his eye.		384
48	The Deserter	"Since she came to Martinaise. I saw her sneaking in the reeds early in the morning, behind the Feld building. It was dark, still winter. She didn't have her skimpy outfit on then, just a spot in the night, moving..."		50
49	The Deserter	"Hiding something in the water. She had a fag after she'd done it. I was up in the ruins there -- she couldn't see me, but I could see her. Smoking... she was nervous, but not scared."		55
50	None			51 52
51	None		IsKimHere()	53
52	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	54
53	Kim Kitsuragi	"Past the Feld building, on the coast? What was she doing there?"		49
54	You	"What was she doing there?"		49
55	Electrochemistry	And beautiful.		56 57
56	You	"And beautiful."	Variable["seafort.deserter_elchem_and_beautiful"]	58
57	You	"What do you think she hid there?"		64
58	The Deserter	"That too," he nods.		59
59	None			60 61
60	None		IsKimHere()	62
61	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	97
62	Kim Kitsuragi	"How could you see what she looked like? You said it was dark."		63
63	The Deserter	"The sun came up, her hair was like cobwebs. She smoked more fags and snorted a line of whatever shit she was on. Right there..." he shakes his head. "She needed it just to move."		57
64	The Deserter	"Her passport. And tickets to Villiers." He coughs. "And from there to Casherbrume."		103
65	You	"This is the hidden buoy she told us about... You looked into it?"	Variable["whirling.klaasje_name_mentioned_buoy"] == true	67
66	You	"Some kind of hidden container on the coast? You looked into it?	Variable["whirling.klaasje_name_mentioned_buoy"] == false	86
67	The Deserter	He nods. "After she was gone."		71
68	None			69 70
69	None		IsKimHere()	74
70	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	96
71	None			72 73
72	None		Variable["TASK.inspect_the_buoy_done"]	68
73	None		(Variable["TASK.inspect_the_buoy_done"]) == false	508
74	Kim Kitsuragi	"Did you keep what was in it? When we found the submersible it was empty."		75
75	The Deserter	"No. Why would I do that? I didn't need tickets to Villiers... I put them back. If I wanted to extort someone I'd do better."		289
76	None			77 78 79 94 99
77	You	"Are you sure? I checked the submersible. There was nothing there."	Variable["TASK.inspect_the_buoy_done"] == true	80
78	You	"Where was this submersible, looks like the investigation missed it?"	Variable["whirling.klaasje_name_mentioned_buoy"] == true and Variable["TASK.inspect_the_buoy_done"] == false	92
79	You	"You saw her name on the passport. But before, when I said her name is Klaasje -- you didn't seem to recognize it."	Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_inconsistency_name"]	93
80	The Deserter	He looks to the reeds, confused. "Why would I need that trash? I'm not going to Villiers..."		82
81	Composure	There it is again. The strange neurological state he's sometimes in.		98
82	None			83 84
83	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_modifier_composure_neurological"]	81
84	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_modifier_composure_neurological"]) == false	85
85	Composure	A strange confusion comes over him from time to time. Some kind of aberration of the nervous system?		98
86	The Deserter	"Yes. After she'd gone. It was a submersible. Well made, actually..."		87
87	None			88 89
88	None		IsKimHere()	90
89	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	101
90	Kim Kitsuragi	"Sloppy, we should have gotten her to tell us about this..." the lieutenant mutters to himself. "Did you take the documents?"		91
91	The Deserter	"No. I put them back. Why would I take them, I'm not going to Falne..." He seems confused, momentarily. "Or... I mean..."		536
92	The Deserter	"In the water, behind the camp site there," he waves erratically toward the coast. "I don't remember precisely. It was in the winter. It was cold out..."		82
93	The Deserter	"It didn't say Klaasje in there..." He shakes his head.		98
94	You	"What did it say her name was -- in the passport?"	Variable["seafort.deserter_reaction_ask_for_klaasjes_name_on_passport"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_did_not_say_klaasje"]	95
95	The Deserter	"It was something else..." He stutters. "I don't remember. It was dark that morning. I only remember her face on the photo."		98
96	You	"Did you keep the materials? When I found the submersible it was empty."		75
97	The Deserter	"The sun came up and her hair was like cobwebs. She smoked more fags and snorted a line of whatever shit she was on. Right there..." he shakes his head. "She needed it just to move."		57
98	None			76
99	You	"Moving on -- did you continue watching her after this?" (Proceed.)		100
100	The Deserter	"I did." He almost smiles. "She had a face like an archipelago, with those birthmarks. And a body, hard and lean and bruised all over -- black and yellow. I could see she's taken a beating."		110
101	You	"Did you take the documents?"		91
102	Drama	He's setting it up for you...		297
103	Encyclopedia	In the Free State of Semenine. Hidden away at the edge of the Earth, near the pale.		65 66
104	You	How does he know those minute details about her body?	Variable["seafort.deserter_branch_watching_her"] == true and Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"]	114
105	None			106 107
106	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_you_have_maybelled"]	290
107	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_you_have_maybelled"]) == false	536
108	Logic	A little inconsistency -- he was surprised to hear her name Klaasje, before. Would he not have seen it on the documents?		76
109	Kim Kitsuragi	"You could tell she was a spook from the documents?"		130
110	The Deserter	"I could see who she was, too," he nods. "A spook. On the run. Revachol's the cloaca of capital now. All the bagmen and arms dealers end up here. To do drugs and have sex like animals."		119
111	You	"First -- you could tell she was a spook from the documents?"	Variable["seafort.deserter_reaction_spookery"] == true	503
112	None			42
113	The Deserter	"She practically breastfed that man. You wouldn't believe the things she let him do to her..." He shakes his head and stares at the ashes.		326
114	None			115 116
115	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_rc_reaction_how_does_he_know_all_about_klaasje"]	117
116	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_rc_reaction_how_does_he_know_all_about_klaasje"]) == false	118
117	Reaction Speed	It quickly comes to you.		133
118	Reaction Speed	He must have... climbed to the roof maybe?		188 183 517 184
119	None			120 121
120	None		IsKimHere()	109
121	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	298
122	The Deserter	"Oh yes," he smacks his lips. "Cutting those drugs of hers into little lines with a knife, masturbating..."		145
123	You	"The bruises on her body -- any chance you've seen them through a hole in a wall?"	Variable["whirling.workshop_seen_perforation"] == true	134
124	The Deserter	"Like that too, yes," he nods. "Bending like a bow against the glass..."		142
125	You	"Ever see her through a window, on a roof?"		137
126	You	"You've been through the secret route behind the Whirling-in-Rags." (Move on.)	Variable["seafort.deserter_clicked_window"] == true and Variable["seafort.deserter_clicked_peephole"] == true	127
127	The Deserter	"I've been through all of Martinaise -- every nook and cranny."		128
128	You	"And that too."		129
129	The Deserter	"Yes, that too." He shakes his head, almost in awe. "The things they did in that little room. What she'd do to feel good..." He explains: "Funny, the way light works..."		143
130	The Deserter	"She had different colour hair on the photo, and glasses. Forged. Some sordid, bourgeois affair. I've heard about this kind of thing on the radio..."		294
131	You	"And the bruises -- you could see her bruises through the scope of a rifle?"	Variable["seafort.deserter_viscal_bruises_scope"] == true	132
132	The Deserter	"You can't see that through a scope. It's just a blur there..." He shakes his silver-grey head.		112
133	None			123 125 126 144
134	None			135 136
135	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_clicked_window"]	140
136	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_clicked_window"]) == false	122
137	None			138 139
138	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_clicked_peephole"]	124
139	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_clicked_peephole"]) == false	141
140	The Deserter	"I've seen her like that, yes," he nods. "Cutting those drugs of hers into little lines with a knife, masturbating..."		145
141	The Deserter	"Mhm," he smacks his lips. "Bending like a bow against the glass..."		142
142	None			133
143	The Deserter	"You turn it on inside and it gets so dark out you can't see a man looking in. I learned that in the Twenties when they were still hunting me. I've seen people do some shit, but..." He keeps shaking his head.		540
144	You	"You've been through the secret route behind the Whirling-in-Rags." (Move on.)	Variable["seafort.deserter_clicked_window"] == true and Variable["seafort.deserter_clicked_peephole"] == false	127
145	Electrochemistry	Everything in him fills with impossible longing, all at once.		156
146	None			147 148
147	None		IsKimHere()	149
148	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	513
149	Kim Kitsuragi	You hear the familiar scribble of the lieutenant's pen. A quick glance at you...		150
150	Esprit de Corps	One more loose end down. We're doing this, detective.		164
151	Kim Kitsuragi	"One more thing -- the flowers, Mr. Dros. The dried flowers that were on the roof."		155
152	None			153 154
153	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_maybells_could_not_talk_about_in_feelings_branch"]	243
154	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_maybells_could_not_talk_about_in_feelings_branch"]) == false	236
155	The Deserter	"What about them?"		312
156	None			157 158
157	None		IsKimHere()	159
158	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	160
159	Kim Kitsuragi	"Did you make that hole?"		161
160	You	"You made that hole?"		161
161	The Deserter	"With a clip point knife."		163
162	None			133
163	Perception (Hearing)	Good for listening in too. For hearing the moaning and the snorts.		162
164	Kim Kitsuragi	... then at the man. "How did you get in there? The hidden pinball workshop?"		166
165	The Deserter	"I can just walk in there now, after a good wash -- I told you they think I'm an antisocial. Closing hour is a good time. The kitchen's empty."		171
166	None			167 168
167	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_hiding_hub_looks_like_bum"]	165
168	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_hiding_hub_looks_like_bum"]) == false	169
169	The Deserter	"I can just walk in the hostel now, after a good wash. They all think I'm an antisocial, a vagrant. Closing hour is a good time. The kitchen's empty then."		171
170	Kim Kitsuragi	"You had to open the steel door in the kitchen? How?"		174
171	None			172 173
172	None		IsKimHere()	170
173	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	179
174	The Deserter	"I got that open a long time ago. Some bourgeois game-merchant lived there -- I don't know... fifteen years ago? He left spare keys all over and I took one. Then I saw her turn the light on one night in my scope..." He points toward the Whirling-in-Rags.		175
175	None			176 177
176	None		CheckItem("key_workshop_spare")	178
177	None		(CheckItem("key_workshop_spare")) == false	152
178	Interfacing	And he found use for it -- a spare key, like the one hanging behind the Union box window.		152
179	You	"And the door? The steel door in the kitchen, how do you open that?"		174
180	You	"How did you get in there? The hidden pinball workshop?"		166
181	Savoir Faire	He must knows his way around a creaky floorboard and a rusty hinge on a door...		180
182	You	"How did you get close enough to see the bruises, Mr. Dros?"	Variable["seafort.deserter_branch_watching_her"] == true and Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"] == false	185
183	You	"You climbed, right? You climbed behind her window?"	Variable["tc.crab_man"] == false	185
184	You	"How good are those fucking eyes of yours -- you use binoculars?"		185
185	The Deserter	"I have my ways." A cracked smile appears on his dried white lips.		190
186	You	"What ways? Tell me!"		187
187	The Deserter	"Not in this lifetime droite." He waves you off with a cough, his thoughts elsewhere...		237
188	You	"How did you get close enough to see her bruises, Mr. Dros?"		185
189	The Deserter	"What are you talking about -- 'crab-man'?" He waves you off with a cough.		190
190	None			191 192
191	None		IsKimHere()	202
192	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	518
193	Kim Kitsuragi	"You've been through the secret route behind the Whirling-in-Rags." The lieutenant interrupts.		194
194	The Deserter	"I've been through all of Martinaise -- every nook and cranny."		541
195	Kim Kitsuragi	"But that nook too?" The lieutenant does not let you finish.		129
196	Logic	This one's gone. Make up somehow, connect something else, fast!		197
197	Inland Empire	You lost it...		208
198	None			42
199	You	"Another question about her."		200
200	The Deserter	"Her..." he repeats, with strange slowness.		201
201	Pain Threshold	A little pain there. A prick.		198
202	None			203 204
203	None		Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"]	193
204	None		(Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"]) == false	186 199
205	None			206 207
206	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_lost_it"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_lost_it"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_physint_lost_it"]	209 210
207	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_lost_it"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_lost_it"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_physint_lost_it"]) == false	198
208	Physical Instrument	You're a bad detective. Lazy and bad.		205
209	You	One little thing missed and I drown in anxiety...		214
210	You	No. It's cool. I've already got him. I don't need to be perfect.		223
211	None			212 213
212	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_lost_it"]	230
213	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_lost_it"]) == false	217
214	None			215 216
215	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_lost_it"]	229
216	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_lost_it"]) == false	211
217	None			218 219
218	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_physint_lost_it"]	231
219	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_physint_lost_it"]) == false	235
220	None			221 222
221	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_lost_it"]	232
222	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_lost_it"]) == false	226
223	None			224 225
224	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_lost_it"]	233
225	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_lost_it"]) == false	220
226	None			227 228
227	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_physint_lost_it"]	234
228	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_physint_lost_it"]) == false	235
229	Logic	Rightly so. Fix this now! Push on, extra carefully!		235
230	Inland Empire	Dive for other clues now, like you always do. Make it up in the deep end...		235
231	Physical Instrument	As you should be, son, this is pitiful. Make up for it now!		235
232	Inland Empire	Is it? You don't feel like it is. You feel like you should make up for it by scrutinizing him extra carefully...		235
233	Logic	No it's not. Fix this now! Move on extra carefully! Be incredibly minute!		235
234	Physical Instrument	Of course it's not okay. Make up for it now, maximum performance!		235
235	None			42
236	None			42
237	Empathy	On her.		196
238	None			239 240
239	None		Variable["XP.connect_secret_roof_path_to_deserter"]	528
240	None		(Variable["XP.connect_secret_roof_path_to_deserter"]) == false	545
241	You	"Was that why you left the dried flowers behind her window?"	Variable["seafort.deserter_you_have_maybelled"] == true	258
242	You	"One more thing about this woman..."		273
243	None			244 245
244	None		IsKimHere()	151
245	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	246 247
246	You	"One more thing, Mr. Dros -- the dried flowers. On the roof."		155
247	You	"One more thing about her..."		248
248	The Deserter	"That fucking whore..." He waves his hand, with sudden anger. Something comes over him...		249
249	Half Light	A strange, uncalled for rage he seems to have no control over.		236
250	The Deserter	"There's..." he sighs, "there's nothing to hold on to, only this... It's not enough."		257
251	The Deserter	"Yes," he looks at the charred logs. "I don't know why I do the things I do anymore."		264
252	You	Say nothing.		254
253	You	"You wanted to console her."		314
254	The Deserter	Neither does he. He lowers his head, like a sunflower on a withered stalk.		276
255	The Deserter	"Man needs to feel something else. In this fight, it helps if you have your eye on something there," he looks to the city. "It's weakness, I know."		238
256	You	"Something put the thought in you. A compulsion."	Variable["seafort.deserter_modifier_vol_insert_thought"]	265
257	Perception (Sight)	The coals of his eyes glisten suddenly, like stones dripping with water. Is he crying?		255
258	The Deserter	"No..." He starts to shake his head again, a sunflower on a withered stalk.		544
259	You	"When was this?"		260
260	The Deserter	"The day after I'd killed him."		261
261	You	"And you brought her May bells?"		251
262	You	"There have been others?"		263
263	The Deserter	"Yes. Over the years. It's not un-proletarian to feel something."		241 242
264	Volition	It's as if something put the thought there. To leave the flowers.		253 266 256 252
265	The Deserter	"What do you mean put?" He raises his eyes. They're round and wide.		288
266	You	"You wanted to manipulate her."		314
267	The Deserter	"I don't understand..." He shakes his head.		276
268	The Deserter	"Maybe..." He lowers his head and just stares at the logs. "I told you, I have holes in my brain now. I wouldn't just sit here waiting for you..."		272
269	The Deserter	"Maybe..." He lowers his head and just stares at the logs. "I have these... holes in my brain now. I wouldn't just sit here waiting for you..."		272
270	You	"I just got this feeling. From what you said. Do you agree?"		314
271	You	"Nothing."		267
272	Half Light	A sudden pang of rage.		317
273	The Deserter	"Woman..." he smiles suddenly.		274
274	Composure	And inexplicably. It doesn't go with his pained voice.		275
275	None			42
276	None			277 278
277	None		IsKimHere()	280
278	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	285
279	Kim Kitsuragi	In the silence, the lieutenant draws a line in his notes.		284
280	None			281 282
281	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_kim_taking_notes"]	283
282	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_kim_taking_notes"]) == false	279
283	Kim Kitsuragi	In the silence, the lieutenant draws a line in his notes. Then nods at you once more.		284
284	Esprit de Corps	One more down.		285
285	None			42
286	You	"Did you leave the dried May bells behind her window?"	Variable["seafort.deserter_alt_branch_flowers"] == true	287
287	The Deserter	"I did. I shouldn't have. It was a mistake..." A tremor passes the right side of his face.		368
288	Empathy	A brief flash of terror.		270 271
289	Rhetoric	This implies that he's thought about extorting her.		105
290	None			291 292
291	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_rhet_thinking_thoughts"]	293
292	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_rhet_thinking_thoughts"]) == false	108
293	Logic	Also, a little inconsistency here -- he was surprised to hear her name Klaasje, before. Would he not have seen it on the documents?		76
294	None			295 296
295	None		IsKimHere()	102
296	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	297
297	Visual Calculus	The bruises. You can't make that out in a scope...		311 308
298	Visual Calculus	The bruises. Can you make that out in a scope?		301
299	None			111 131 305
300	Reaction Speed	And the fact that she was a spook. How did he come to that?		299
301	None			302 303
302	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_viscal_bruises_scope"]	300
303	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_viscal_bruises_scope"]) == false	304
304	Reaction Speed	Wait, she was a spook? How did he come to that?		299
305	You	"How did you see all this. The bruises, that she was beaten?"	Variable["seafort.deserter_viscal_bruises_scope"] == false	306
306	The Deserter	"Heh..." He shakes his silver-grey head.		112
307	None			42
308	You	"How did you see all this. The bruises; that she was beaten?"	Variable["seafort.deserter_viscal_bruises_scope"] == false	310
309	The Deserter	"You can't see bruises through a scope. It's just a blur..." He shakes his silver-grey head.		307
310	The Deserter	"I'm not blind, am I?" He shakes his silver head.		307
311	You	"And you could see her bruises -- through the scope of a rifle?"	Variable["seafort.deserter_viscal_bruises_scope"] == true	309
312	Rhetoric	There! He's already admitted to it! Just ask...		236
313	None			259
314	None			315 316
315	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_holes_in_head"]	268
316	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_holes_in_head"]) == false	269
317	The Deserter	"If you came ten years ago, I would have killed you." He wipes his eye.		276
318	None			367 319 321 320 322 344
319	You	"She did deserve a good punishing."		324
320	You	"I'm not like that. I don't think like that."		323
321	You	"I hate women too, you know."	IsTHCPresent("radical_feminist_agenda") == false	325
322	You	"Men are insane." (Shake your head.)		343
323	The Deserter	"No one gives a shit what you think," the old man spits in the ash. "You and your cronies kill ten working class men a day. I've heard the statistics on Channel 8."		347
324	The Deserter	He nods. "Made a little love-nest up there. Sweaty linen and bottles they would use for god knows what... I saw other men there too, but I can't be sure. Even a woman once."		338
325	The Deserter	"True, there is something bourgeois about women..." He nods. "The weak are more vulnerable to exploitation by capital, unless they rise up in arms, which the likes of her..." He shakes his head.		342
326	None			327 328
327	None		Variable["seafort.dolores_done"]	329
328	None		(Variable["seafort.dolores_done"]) == false	563
329	Inland Empire	You stare at them too. In your mind, Her Innocence Dei still turns to leave, airport bag in hand, silks flowing in her wake...		330
330	None			331 332
331	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_dolores_leaving"]	333 334
332	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_dolores_leaving"]) == false	318
333	You	The dream...		336
334	You	This has got nothing to do with that. (Try to forget it.)		335
335	Inland Empire	It's no good, Harry. Her voice rings in the evening air. It smells of burning buildings...		318
336	Inland Empire	See you tomorrow, Harry. Her voice rings in the evening air, burning...		318
337	The Deserter	"That kind of thing is fine by the Party so it's fine by me, but it goes to show you..." He just shakes his head.		549
338	None			339 340
339	None		IsKimHere()	341
340	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	349 350
341	Kim Kitsuragi	"A red haired woman? Ruby..."		337
342	The Deserter	"Twisted by psychopharmaceuticals, alcohol, and the class interests of the bourgeoisie. They all are -- women nowadays..." He raises his eyes from the ashes.		527
343	The Deserter	"The world is insane..." He raises his gaze. Something glimmers in there. Then it's gone.		347
344	You	Say nothing.		345
345	The Deserter	The old man raises his gaze. Something glimmers in the corner of his black eye...		346
346	Empathy	A bitter taste on his tongue.		347
347	None			42
348	None			42
349	You	"A red haired woman? Ruby..."		351
350	You	Let it be.		352
351	The Deserter	"That kind of thing is fine by the Party so it's fine by me. But it goes to show you..." He just shakes his head.		549
352	None			345
353	None			354 355
354	None		Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"]	357
355	None		(Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"]) == false	356
356	Drama	Safe and sound, sire. Surely you have not misplaced the witness.		357
357	None			358 362 359 360 361
358	You	"She got away. I don't know where she is."	Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"] == false	364
359	You	"I arrested her." (Lie.)	Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"] == false	365
360	You	"I arrested her."	Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"] == true	365
361	You	"I am not at liberty to say."		366
362	You	"She got away, but she led me here first. She figured out someone was watching her from the seafort."	Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"] == false	363
363	The Deserter	"Gone..." He looks to the city and nods: "I knew it. She kept staring into the scope this last week. At the island, like she knew...." He sighs.		412
364	The Deserter	"Good for her..." He looks to the city and nods: "That girl kept staring into the scope, you know -- in the end. This last week, kept staring at the island..."		388
365	The Deserter	"Locked up with your masters, like I'll be... maybe we'll meet?" He looks to the city. "She kept staring into the scope, you know -- in the end. Like she knew."		392
366	The Deserter	"I know she's gone." He looks to the city. "Locked up, or on the run.... She kept staring into the scope, you know. In the end, this last week. At the fort. Like she knew."		413
367	You	"You saw through her? So did I."	Variable["XP.detect_compromized_skillset"] == true	370
368	You	"Why did you?"		369
369	The Deserter	"I was there one night and she was crying. Like a child, in the corner of her room -- on the floor. I'd never seen her do that before."		313
370	The Deserter	"You're delusional. There's nothing to see in the soul of the bourgeois woman. It's the same as the surface -- sick hedonism and desperation."		319 321 320 322
371	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant nods at you, in acknowledgement.		385
372	None			373 374
373	None		IsKimHere()	371
374	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	386
375	The Deserter	The old man looks at you, suddenly remembering something: "Where is she? I haven't seen her there for days."		353
376	None			377 378
377	None		IsKimHere()	47
378	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	379
379	None			380 381
380	None		IsCunoInParty()	47
381	None		(IsCunoInParty()) == false	382
382	The Deserter	"Her..." He repeats, staring at the ashes -- then at the reeds. There's a twitch in the corner of his eye.		383
383	Perception (Hearing)	You hear a low frequency hiss, barely beneath the audible spectrum. Then it's gone.		375
384	Perception (Hearing)	You hear a low frequency hiss, barely. Beneath the audible spectrum. Then it's gone.		372
385	Esprit de Corps	That's it. Motive. We have it.		375
386	Cuno	"It was about bitches." The boy nods grimly.		387
387	Esprit de Corps	There -- motive, detective. We have it.		375
388	The Deserter	"At night, crying or smoking on the roof. Like she knew I was here..." He says to no one in particular: "It doesn't matter."		389
389	None			390 391
390	None		Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"]	414
391	None		(Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"]) == false	448
392	The Deserter	"Staring at the island, the fort, like she knew I was here..." He adds, to no one in particular: "It doesn't matter."		389
393	None			394 395
394	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_shivers_klaasje_arrest"]	396 397
395	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_shivers_klaasje_arrest"]) == false	459
396	You	Look east...		429
397	You	Shake it off.		398
398	Shivers	Inside, in a cell, a young woman is withdrawing from amphetamines, barbiturates and alcohol. Shivering, she fades from your mind's eye...		459
399	Esprit de Corps	There, on a dilapidated jetty in a nameless village, two police officers and one special consultant look across a narrow strip of sea. The ruins of a seafort stick out of the water, built by Filippe II, re-appropriated by the Commune, then lost in the Landing...		400
400	None			401 402
401	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_esprit_posse_in_village"]	403
402	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_esprit_posse_in_village"]) == false	564
403	Esprit de Corps	"He's there, doing... what exactly I don't know," Satellite-Officer Vicquemare points at the ruins. "Behind that anti-aircraft-something. That's why we can't see him."		404
404	Esprit de Corps	Special consultant Heidelstam is optimistic: "We'll see the boat when he comes. Let's go get a coffee until then. I know this interesting little place, where..." His voice trails off as the three walk down the jetty.		464
405	None			406 407
406	None		IsKimHere()	411
407	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	408
408	None			409 410
409	None		IsCunoInParty()	530
410	None		(IsCunoInParty()) == false	473
411	Kim Kitsuragi	"We could get more..." the lieutenant uses the opportunity to tell you -- in a lowered voice. "We've got him talking..."		480
412	The Deserter	"She'd look -- at night, crying or smoking on the roof -- staring right into me..." He adds, to no one in particular: "It doesn't matter."		389
413	The Deserter	"Like she knew I was here..." He adds, to no one in particular: "It doesn't matter."		389
414	None			415 416
415	None		Variable["auto.is_raining"]	420
416	None		(Variable["auto.is_raining"]) == false	417
417	None			418 419
418	None		Variable["auto.is_snowing"]	421
419	None		(Variable["auto.is_snowing"]) == false	422
420	Shivers	Across the harbour, on the banks of the River Esperance, cold rain falls on Precinct 57 -- a two story box of duraluminum near the gates to Terminal H.		393
421	Shivers	Across the harbour, on the South bank of the River Esperance, white snow falls on a two story box of duraluminum. Precinct 57, near the gates to Terminal H.		393
422	Shivers	Across the harbour, on the South bank of the River Esperance, the air stands still outside Precinct 57 -- a two story box of duraluminum near the gates to Terminal H.		393
423	None			424 425
424	None		IsEvening()	430
425	None		(IsEvening()) == false	426
426	None			427 428
427	None		IsNight()	431
428	None		(IsNight()) == false	432
429	Shivers	Inside, in a cell, a young woman is withdrawing from amphetamines, barbiturates and alcohol. All at once. While two men in brown suits wave ICP badges at a young policeman. She hears the door open...		423
430	Shivers	...and knows it's over. They've come for her. Outside the dusk gathers, the river flows by, gold and orange into the Bay of Martinaise.		459
431	Shivers	...and knows it's over. They've come for her. Outside night falls, the river flows by, treacle black into the Bay of Martinaise.		459
432	Shivers	...and knows it's over. They've come for her. Outside it's springtime, the river flows blue and green into the Bay of Martinaise.		459
433	Shivers	Smaller. Distant. Hidden. Not like the great chandelier she sees sparkle in the dusk below her. Streets, towers, tenements and cold water; and across the water -- a dark strip of ruins barely visible, if she didn't squint her eyes...		459 458
434	Shivers	On the platform a young woman is withdrawing from amphetamines, barbiturates and alcohol. Yet still she smiles among the crowd, fading from your mind's eye...		459
435	None			436 437
436	None		IsEvening()	433
437	None		(IsEvening()) == false	438
438	None			439 440
439	None		IsNight()	442
440	None		(IsNight()) == false	443
441	Shivers	On the platform a young woman is withdrawing from amphetamines, barbiturates and alcohol. Yet still she smiles among the crowd, among the great ghost of the city she's leaving -- for another, far south.		435
442	Shivers	Smaller. Distant. Hidden. Not like the great chandelier she sees sparkle in the night below her. Street lights, towers, tenements and water -- and across it, a dark strip of ruins barely visible, if she didn't squint her eyes...		459 458
443	Shivers	Smaller. Distant. Hidden. Not like the great chandelier she sees sparkle in the spring air below her. Streets and towers, tenements and water -- and across it, a dark strip of ruins barely visible, if she didn't squint her eyes...		459 458
444	None			445 446
445	None		Variable["auto.is_snowing"]	456
446	None		(Variable["auto.is_snowing"]) == false	457
447	You	Look north...		441
448	None			449 450
449	None		Variable["auto.is_raining"]	451
450	None		(Variable["auto.is_raining"]) == false	444
451	Shivers	Midtown, across the bay of Revachol. Cold rain falls on forty-story towers. Above them -- Lausanne Central Aerodrome; a cocoon suspended in the grey sky by a web of suspension wiring, encircled by hybrid aircraft.		453
452	You	Shake it off.		434
453	None			454 455
454	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_shivers_klaasje_fled"]	447 452
455	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_shivers_klaasje_fled"]) == false	459
456	Shivers	Midtown, across the bay of Revachol. Snow falls on forty-story towers. Above them -- Lausanne Central Aerodrome; a cocoon suspended in the snowy sky by a web of suspension wiring, encircled by hybrid aircraft.		453
457	Shivers	Midtown, across the bay of Revachol. The oceanic wind washes forty-story towers. Above them -- Lausanne Central Aerodrome; a cocoon suspended in the sky by a web of suspension wiring, encircled by hybrid aircraft.		453
458	Shivers	Good bye, Martinaise.		459
459	None			460 461
460	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_shivers_full"]	399
461	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_shivers_full"]) == false	462
462	Esprit de Corps	Across the water, on a dilapidated jetty in a nameless village -- made of grey cinder block houses with eternite roofs -- two police officers and one special consultant look across a narrow strip of sea.		400
463	Esprit de Corps	As the men go, Patrol Officer Minot looks back over her shoulder -- at the crumbling fortification in the rain, like a rotten tooth rising out of the water...		472
464	None			465 466
465	None		Variable["auto.is_raining"]	463
466	None		(Variable["auto.is_raining"]) == false	467
467	None			468 469
468	None		Variable["auto.is_snowing"]	470
469	None		(Variable["auto.is_snowing"]) == false	471
470	Esprit de Corps	As the men go, Patrol Officer Minot looks back over her shoulder -- at the crumbling fortification in the snowfall, like a rotten tooth rising out of the water...		472
471	Esprit de Corps	As the men go, Patrol Officer Minot looks back over her shoulder -- at the crumbling fortification, like a rotten tooth rising out of the water...		472
472	Empathy	Good luck, Harry, she thinks. You need something good for this...		498
473	The Deserter	The old man falls silent. Staring at your feet, the burnt logs.		474
474	Suggestion	You could get more out of him... He likes talking.		475
475	None			476 477
476	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_seen_more"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_sugg_get_more"]	478
477	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_seen_more"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_sugg_get_more"]) == false	479
478	Physical Instrument	Enough. Take him in. Bend his arms behind his back and end this.		479
479	None			External: (1315, 87)
480	Logic	Who knows what he's seen and done over the years?		474
481	The Deserter	"Barely alive. They like to kill while they're on their drugs. After the landing, in the burning years I would take shots at them, end them. The worst ones. If I had a bullet to spare."		482
482	The Deserter	"I could see they've returned now. To show their real face -- the face they don't dare show their bourgeois voters back on Mundi, with their families and polyester clothes..."		496
483	You	"Rich hag?"		484
484	The Deserter	"Wrinkled up whore," he nods.		15
485	You	"What is it with these whores and pederasts... aren't you a communist?"		488
486	You	"Whore. Good strong word. I use it often myself."		487
487	The Deserter	"Yes," he nods enthusiastically. "Old-fashioned."		16
488	The Deserter	"Lax sexual morals are a bourgeois ploy," he gargles a spit ball. "As to pederasty, the Party legalized it in '04. My Party, not your liberal masters." He spits it out on the dying coals.		489
489	The Deserter	"So don't you sermonize me, you racist shithole." He adds. "It's still bourgeois when the bourgeois does it. Fiddling with their sexual organs..."		490
490	Electrochemistry	Some strange glandular process takes place in him at the thought. Like yeast rising...		491
491	Half Light	An anger too, in addition to loneliness.		492
492	None			493 494
493	None		IsKimHere()	495
494	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	16
495	Kim Kitsuragi	"Khm," the lieutenant coughs.		16
496	None			External: (1315, 87)
497	None			External: (1315, 87)
498	None			499 500
499	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_bonus_hub_got"]	501
500	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_bonus_hub_got"]) == false	405
501	The Deserter	The old man has fallen silent, staring at your feet. The burnt logs in the fire are moist from the sea air.		502
502	None			External: (1315, 87)
503	The Deserter	"She had different colour hair on the photo -- and glasses. Forged. Some sort of sordid, bourgeois affair. I've heard about this kind of thing on the radio..."		131 305
504	Rhetoric	Joyce... he means Joyce again.		505 561
505	You	"This is the so-called soucriant again, right? Joyce?"		506
506	None			484
507	You	"You mean the Wild Pines representative again, right?"		506
508	None			509 510
509	None		IsKimHere()	511
510	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	512
511	Kim Kitsuragi	"Did you keep the documents in it?"		91
512	You	"Did you keep the materials?"		91
513	None			514 515
514	None		IsCunoInParty()	516
515	None		(IsCunoInParty()) == false	181
516	Cuno	"Yeah." Cuno nods knowingly. "The lightning gets shit going. Speedfreaks fuckin' in the bushes..."		181
517	You	"You climbed, right? You climbed behind her window, like the CRAB-MAN?"	Variable["tc.crab_man"] == true	189
518	None			519 520
519	None		IsCunoInParty()	521
520	None		(IsCunoInParty()) == false	186 199
521	None			522 523
522	None		Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"]	524
523	None		(Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"]) == false	186 199
524	Cuno	"You've been through some secret route shit, huh? Inside the Whirling-in-Rags, creepin' around?"		525
525	The Deserter	"I've been through all of Martinaise -- every nook and cranny."		542
526	Cuno	"Yeah, but that one too, right? Secret Whirling shit?"		129
527	None			42
528	None			262 241 242
529	None			262 242
530	Cuno	"We can totally get more out of him..." the kid whispers. "He's squeelin'..."		480
531	None			532 533
532	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_rhet_he_means_joyce"]	3
533	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_rhet_he_means_joyce"]) == false	11
534	You	"Got it."		535
535	The Deserter	"Herding the strikebreakers like that -- I kept an eye on them." He stares inland, then back at you.		496
536	None			537 538
537	None		Variable["TASK.klaasjes_real_name_done"]	539
538	None		(Variable["TASK.klaasjes_real_name_done"]) == false	76
539	Reaction Speed	One little thing -- what was her name, on the passport. Just curious...		76
540	Rhetoric	Those two took the cake.		146
541	Reaction Speed	Thank god, the lieutenant is picking it up...		195
542	Reaction Speed	Thank god, the kid is picking it up...		526
543	The Deserter	"I don't really know. I was there one night and she was crying, like a child -- in the corner of her room, on the floor. Like she does sometimes...."		259
544	You	"Why then?"		543
545	None			546 547
546	None		Variable["seafort.deserter_you_have_maybelled"]	548
547	None		(Variable["seafort.deserter_you_have_maybelled"]) == false	529
548	None			529
549	Rhetoric	Seems like the answer was yes.		348
550	None			551 552
551	None		Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"]	504
552	None		(Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"]) == false	507 561
553	None			554 555
554	None		Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"]	9
555	None		(Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"]) == false	531
556	You	"Let's talk about something else for now."		558
557	None			External: (1315, 87)
558	The Deserter	He draws shallow breaths.		557
559	None			External: (1315, 87)
560	The Deserter	He draws shallow breaths.		559
561	You	"Let's talk about something else for now."		560
562	Hand/Eye Coordination	The calibre of bullet he used does not do that kind of damage.		42
563	Empathy	While he stands here and rots.		318
564	Rhetoric	He knew she knows. She was looking at the island, figuring it out -- day by day, cigarette by cigarette...		498

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