Conversation 825: JAM / PALEDRIVER

A small, old, shrivelled up mesque woman with thinning hair sits awkwardly on the ledge of a lorry. An empty, glazed look adorns her eyes. She murmurs while nodding her head to the music coming from a radio in her lorry cabin. She wears a squared truck-driver flannel shirt with sleeves wrapped up to her elbows and blue denim dungarees tucked in yellow-brown (Caterpillar) boots.

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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2 None
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3 You "Thank you for now." [Leave.]
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4 Paledriver
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5 Paledriver Variable["jam.paledriver_greeting_done"]
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6 Paledriver (Variable["jam.paledriver_greeting_done"]) == false
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7 Paledriver
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8 Paledriver Variable["jam.paledriver_quick_intro"]
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9 Paledriver (Variable["jam.paledriver_quick_intro"]) == false
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10 You "Before I came, you seemed... *away*."
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11 You "Blacked out. Should you be driving a lorry if you get like that?"
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12 Paledriver The woman is still hunched over the railing, her head swaying to the music, her eyes looking at nothing in particular.
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13 None
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14 Paledriver "What do you mean?"
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15 Paledriver "Because I'm one of the best camionneurs around, that's why. I drive routes no one else will."
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16 You "You were in a dream. Inactive. Tuned off."
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17 Paledriver "Yes. What about it?"
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18 Paledriver "You go right ahead, lawman. Let me know when you find them. I can't wait to read their *report*..."
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19 You "This should be reported to the proper authorities." Variable["tc.pale"] == false
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20 Paledriver "Huh?" That flicked a switch somewhere. "What is it? What do you want?"
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21 You Snap your fingers in front of her face.
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22 You "Never mind, sorry to bother you." [Leave.]
23 You "I'm something of an expert in blacking out. You should take better care of yourself."
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24 Paledriver She looks you over and scoffs. "You're right, lawman. *I'm* the one who should take *my* health more seriously. Thank you for looking out for me..."
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25 Paledriver "Is that all you woke me up to say?"
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26 Paledriver "Is that all you wanted to know, lawman?"
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27 None
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28 You "Show me the soles of your boots." Variable["tc.oddfoot_at_lynching"] == true and Variable["XP.figured_out_the_odd_sole"] == false and Variable["jam.paledriver_composure_soles"] == true
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29 You "If you had to guess, who do you think is smuggling drugs around here?"
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30 You "Alright. Are you *the* lady driver?" Variable["TASK.who_is_the_ladydriver"] == true and Variable["TASK.who_is_the_ladydriver_done"] == false and Variable["whirling.hardie_went_through_ruby_info"] == false
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31 You "You seem like a woman who knows a thing or two about drugs." Variable["TASK.probe_drivers_about_drugs"] and Variable["TASK.probe_drivers_about_drugs_done"] == false
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32 You "What is it that you're hauling, exactly?"
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33 Paledriver "What do I need drugs for, lawman? What I see, what I *feel*, the Great Adversary... no drugs can compare."
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34 You "How can you not know what you're hauling in your own lorry?"
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35 Paledriver "Just this month I made half a dozen trips from Saramiriza to Graad, on the U41-A. What do you think they take from Saramiriza to Graad, lawman?"
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36 You "I think I know what's going on with you." (Variable["gates.measurhead_fascha_dq_measurepale"] == true or Variable["TASK.what_is_pale_done"]) and Variable["jam.paledriver_asked_whats_wrong"]
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37 Paledriver "Now what do you want with an old woman's boots, *xerife*?"
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38 Paledriver "Did you just call me a *lady*, xerife?"
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39 Paledriver "No, lawman. Diamonds." She grins.
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40 You "Okay. If you're not involved with the drug trafficking then why are you still waiting here?" (Conclude.)
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41 Paledriver "Where do you want me to go? This isn't so bad. I can listen to music, or the seagulls. Look at all the colours and the features of this world. It's a good palate-cleanser, this jamboree..."
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42 You "What are you hauling?"
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43 Paledriver She shrugs. "Whatever stupid things they put in the lorry, I imagine."
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44 You "So you don't know what you're hauling in your own lorry?"
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45 You "What if the cargo is contraband?"
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46 Paledriver "I quit concerning myself with that a long time ago." She smiles a careless smile. "Besides, I don't drive the lorry for the cargo, if you know what I mean..."
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47 Paledriver "Then it's contraband, lawman. What? Do you want to take an old woman in? Be my guest. Lock me away like Bad Hand Hermenegildo."
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48 None
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49 Paledriver The woman sways her wrinkled shell back and forth, a strange grin across her face.
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50 You "Well, that's good enough for me."
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51 You "It's for important police business, ma'am."
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52 You "Please? Help me out here. It's important."
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53 You "Nothing, I guess. Let's talk about something else."
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54 None
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55 You "You said earlier you don't know what cargo you're hauling. Could it be drugs?" Variable["jam.paledriver_asked_about_cargo"] == true
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56 Paledriver "Who the fuck is Evrart?"
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57 You "Because of all those hauls through the pale?" Variable["pier.joyce_pale_fatigue_symptoms"] == true
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58 You "That's not really what I was getting at."
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59 You "Where could I get my hands on an *experience* like that?"
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60 Paledriver She glares at you. "Oh, this *xerife* is a smart one."
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61 Paledriver "Then what *were* you getting at?"
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62 Paledriver "If you don't know, pfft!" She flicks her wrist in a gesture of casual dismissal.
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63 You "Evrart sent me." (Place finger on the side of your nose and tap twice.) Variable["jam.paledriver_blackc_drama_peone"] == true and Variable["cargo.evrart_main_hub_reached"] == true
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64 You "I wanted to ask if you'd be interested in smuggling some drugs?"
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65 You "Okay. Let me put this another way -- are you smuggling drugs through Terminal B?"
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66 Drama Maybe if she thought you're... *corrupt*?
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67 Paledriver "Your *mãe*, lawman. What of it?"
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68 Paledriver Her shoulder bones crack as she shrugs. "Maybe. Probably not. Makes no difference to me either way."
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69 You "The Union boss?"
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70 Paledriver "*Ah*. And what do I care about the Union boss? He's not Gabriel, he's not Franconegro. He's not even Hermenegildo the Hand."
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71 Paledriver "Why would I want to do that?"
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72 You "For commerce, the lifeblood of the isolas."
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73 You "For the glory of the world republic. Liberation of the spirit and body."
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74 You "I don't know, the thrill of the criminal lifestyle?"
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75 Paledriver "Lawman... what in the name of god are you talking about?"
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76 You "Drugs!?"
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77 You "I don't know, that's why I'm asking you."
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78 Paledriver "It's diamonds, lawman. Obviously." She grins.
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79 Half Light Damn this. Make her answer.
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80 You "I didn't ask you about diamonds, did I? I don't care about that."
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81 You "Are you making fun of me right now? You better start complying." Variable["jam.paledriver_blackc_logic_mockery"]
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82 Paledriver "I would never make fun of a real lawman, *xerife*."
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83 Paledriver "Or -- I can just relax and let my mind carry me back where it will. To the great plains..."
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84 None
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85 Paledriver "Diamonds are good for you, lawman. You should try them sometime. Make yourself pretty like Eva Deshoras."
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86 You "Okay. Let me ask you something else, then."
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87 None
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88 None
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89 You "I guess that makes sense. Minding your own business."
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90 Paledriver "Of course it does -- what did you expect?"
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91 Paledriver "Never mind," she sighs. "I remember now. I'm still stuck in that traffic jam. In the *Fifties*," she adds with contempt.
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92 Paledriver "While *you* people were tearing each other apart over your petty little Revolution, in Mesque it was a golden age."
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93 Rhetoric In all likelihood, it's a world that's only ever existed in her mind.
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94 Paledriver "He was the biggest star of his day. Girls used to faint in the aisles of the cinema whenever he came on the screen, and school boys used to memorize all his lines..." She leans back, savouring the world she's conjured up.
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95 You "Who's Gabriel Buenguerro?"
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96 None
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97 None
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98 You "Are you alright, ma'am? You were out."
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99 You "I was actually hoping *you* could tell me that."
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100 You "Me? I am the law around here."
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101 You "Where else would you be then?"
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102 You "*When* else would you be then?"
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103 Paledriver "Back in Mesque during the time of the Revolution." The smile returns to her face. "The sidewalks and cafes are filled with young people... I was on my way to see a new boiadeiro picture starring Gabriel Buenguerro."
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104 Paledriver The small wrinkled woman does not greet you. She nods along to something on her radio. A photograph is clutched in her hands and there is a warm smile on her face.
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105 You "Excuse me, ma'am, I'd like to ask some questions."
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106 You "Grandma?" Variable["jam.paledriver_inland_grandma"]
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107 Kim Kitsuragi "She's just a distracted old woman. Better to leave her alone."
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108 You "If you say so..." [Leave.]
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109 Paledriver
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110 Paledriver Variable["TASK.probe_drivers_about_drugs"]
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111 Paledriver (Variable["TASK.probe_drivers_about_drugs"]) == false
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112 Paledriver "Where am I? Who are you?" Like a magician recalling a subject from hypnosis, you've jolted her back to reality.
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113 Paledriver No response. Wherever this woman is, your words fail to reach her.
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114 None
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115 Kim Kitsuragi "Wait..." The lieutenant stops you before you can snap.
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116 Paledriver
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117 Paledriver IsKimHere()
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118 Paledriver (IsKimHere()) == false
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119 Paledriver "Then I don't suppose you could tell me where we are, lawman?"
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120 Paledriver The woman still has her eyes fixed on the photograph in her hands. In the background, the radio plays.
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121 Empathy The smile on her face has disappeared, replaced by the wary aspect of a cornered beast.
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122 Inland Empire It's the warmth of a winter night's fire. Maybe she could give you comfort and shelter? Some cigarettes and food money? Maybe she's your...
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123 You "Nothing to do here." [Leave.]
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124 Paledriver "Until you came along, that is." The look she gives you is accusatory.
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125 Kim Kitsuragi "If you want her attention you may need to be more forceful."
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126 You "Okay. What's that?"
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127 Paledriver "Of course not. To truly understand the boiadeiro, you need to listen to 'On the Western Plain'."
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128 You "I've already got too many records to listen to as it is. Change of topic."
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129 Paledriver "It's an old ballad about a young girl who falls in love with a daring boiadeiro. He promises to marry her as soon as he returns from the Western Plain."
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130 You "I'm guessing that doesn't happen."
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131 You "And they live happily ever after?"
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132 Paledriver "No, the boiadeiro strangles his beloved and throws her body in the Magritte. Then he rides off, because the Western Plain is calling to him."
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133 Paledriver "Of course not. The boiadeiro returns from the Western Plain a *changed* man. One night, as he and his beloved are out walking along the River Magritte, she pleads with him to give up his riding and settle down..."
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134 Paledriver "You have to understand -- a true boiadeiro needs a whole horizon to himself. He can't be tied down by man or woman. His beloved was selfish. She didn't know what it meant to love a *boiadeiro*."
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135 You "That's a terrible song."
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136 You (Nod solemnly.) "A beautiful song."
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137 You "I still don't really understand this whole *boiadeiro* thing." Variable["tc.boiadeiro"] == true
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138 You "I think I see where this is going."
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139 None
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140 Drama In the background you can hear the orchestra swell as the screen fills with the maiden's imploring eyes...
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141 None
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142 You "I don't think I *do* know what you mean." Variable["jam.paledriver_electrochem_pale_high"] == false
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143 Paledriver "Of course you don't."
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144 Paledriver
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145 Paledriver IsKimHere()
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146 Paledriver (IsKimHere()) == false
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147 Kim Kitsuragi "She's just a distracted old woman. We should maybe let her get back to her things..."
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148 Paledriver "You hear that, lawman? I don't think your partner likes you spending too much time with me..."
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149 Paledriver "Diamonds."
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150 You "Diamonds, really?"
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151 Paledriver "Of course not," she says, grinning. "But wouldn't it be marvellous if I was?"
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152 You "Okay, but what are you *really* hauling?"
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153 None
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154 You "So he gives up his riding and settles down, right?"
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155 You "That's... not where I thought that was going."
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156 Half Light No. This one is a monster in disguise.
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157 You "Why?"
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158 Kim Kitsuragi "Why? I just told you why."
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159 Encyclopedia The photo -- an *ambrotype* from the turn of the century. As golden as her smile.
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160 None
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161 None
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162 You "Wait, what's so bad about the Fifties?" Variable["tc.date_fifty_one"]
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163 Paledriver "The men have small jaws and everything is made out of plastic. Why do you need plastic?" she scoffs. "When you can make the world out of amber?"
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164 You Snap your fingers twice. Variable["jam.paledriver_can_snap_twice"] or (IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time") and Variable["jam.paledriver_fingers_snapped_once_failed_exited"])
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165 Paledriver "*This* is Gabriel Buenguerro..." She shows you the photograph in the lavish amber frame.
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166 You "Right. I have some other questions for you. Police questions." (Proceed.)
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167 None
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168 You Snap your fingers in front of her face. Variable["TASK.probe_drivers_about_drugs"] == false and Variable["jam.paledriver_fingers_snapped_once_failed_exited"] == false
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169 Paledriver "They are someone's memories, boy." She gets gruff, suddenly. "What difference does it make if it's me or not?"
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170 You "Someone? Are these not your memories?" Variable["jam.paledriver_open_not_your_memories"]
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171 Paledriver A strikingly handsome man looks straight at you, his head crowned with a wide-brim hat. His hair is dark as an oil slick and his jaw is the most perfectly chiselled thing you've ever seen.
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172 You Take a look.
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173 You "Sorry to interrupt your dreaming, ma'am."
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174 Paledriver "I wasn't dreaming. I was *there*, lawman. It was early spring and 'The Man Behind The Black Sun' had just come out. The posters were twenty metres tall. Everything was golden..." Her eyes narrow and she appears to take your measure.
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175 None
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176 You "So I take it you were in Mesque when you were young?"
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177 Paledriver "*Someone* was..." She nods as though her meaning were perfectly clear.
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178 Empathy She seems to derive some bitter pleasure from this strange thought. As if the past will one day wipe the present away, like a tidal wave approaching.
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179 Paledriver "Why not, *xerife*? It's not like I have anything better to do in this hellhole." She settles back against the railing of her motor lorry. Behind her, mountains of memorabilia, photos, and knicknacks line the dashboard.
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180 Paledriver "They're beautiful. That is all that matters. Beautiful and true -- and they will win. They're *coming* for this, you know..." She looks around. "All of this."
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181 Paledriver "Lawman," she greets you. "You caught me at an opportune moment. This awful weather keeps me awake. You can entertain me with your questions."
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182 Paledriver
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183 Paledriver Variable["auto.is_raining"] or Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
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184 Paledriver (Variable["auto.is_raining"] or Variable["auto.is_snowing"]) == false
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185 Logic She doesn't actually think you're that smart.
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186 Authority This line of questioning is going nowhere! Try harder!
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187 You "Well, aren't you a lady?"
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188 You "I was told of a woman driver. You're the only woman here."
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189 Paledriver The woman's malevolent cackling fills the roundabout.
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190 Paledriver "I'm not that either, *xerife*." Her smile dissipates. "I've gone too far from it all to remember what was between my legs. It doesn't work like that on the *long haul*."
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191 Paledriver "I'm a lady like you're Gabriel Buenguerro -- only in dreams."
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192 You "So... you're *not* the driver everyone is terrified of?"
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193 You "That's all I needed to know, thanks." (Conclude.)
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194 Paledriver "I'm only terrifying to small children. And to those who used to know me."
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195 You "Then who is the female driver I was told of?" Variable["whirling.hardie_went_through_ruby_info"] == false
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196 Paledriver "How should I know? Do I look like I spend a lot of time with the other camionneurs -- sniffing around -- when I have my movies to go to..."
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197 Paledriver "*O sim*..." The woman stares at you, her mind elsewhere now, on other matters.
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198 Paledriver "Easy. It's the skinny man who thinks he's a poet -- never trust a poet..." She squints across the square. "Also, he's the only one I can see from here."
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199 None
200 None
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201 Paledriver
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202 Paledriver Variable["tc.oddfoot_at_lynching"] == true and Variable["XP.figured_out_the_odd_sole"] == false and Variable["jam.paledriver_composure_soles"] == false
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203 Paledriver (Variable["tc.oddfoot_at_lynching"] == true and Variable["XP.figured_out_the_odd_sole"] == false and Variable["jam.paledriver_composure_soles"] == false) == false
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204 Inland Empire There's something off about this woman. Tell her to show you the soles of her boots. Maybe she was at the hanging... somehow?
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205 Paledriver
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206 Paledriver IsKimHere()
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207 Paledriver (IsKimHere()) == false
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208 Kim Kitsuragi "I think we're done here, no?" He closes his notebook to stress it.
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209 None
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210 None
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211 Paledriver Nothing. Her smile just keeps widening; her hair is grey like lead.
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212 None
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213 You Snap your fingers in front of her face. Variable["TASK.probe_drivers_about_drugs"]
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214 Encyclopedia The Republic of Mesque is a massive confederation on the isola of Mundi, the world's largest state by territory. It's a petrostate, a constitutional monarchy, and as of recently an outcast due to its tilt to the far right.
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215 Encyclopedia A *boiadeiro* (*boia* for short) is a cow herder from upstream Magritte, the great steppes of Northern Mesque. He is a rugged individualist and explorer.
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216 Paledriver
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217 Paledriver Variable["gates.manana_blackcheck_ency_boiadeiro"]
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218 Paledriver (Variable["gates.manana_blackcheck_ency_boiadeiro"]) == false
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219 Encyclopedia A *boiadeiro* (*boia* for short) is a cow herder from upstream Magritte, the great steppes of Northern Mesque. People like Mañana, at the gates, have turned it into an ideology of sorts.
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220 Encyclopedia Bad Hand Hermenegildo's *bad* hand strangled three hundred people. What can I say -- some people just really like strangling people.
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221 Electrochemistry She says that as if something *narcotic* is the real reason.
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222 You "Wait -- you get high off driving a lorry?" Variable["jam.paledriver_electrochem_pale_high"]
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223 None
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224 Paledriver "Oh, it's so much more than *high* where I go, xerife. It's *low* -- I go to the bottom..." She closes her eyes in reverie.
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225 Electrochemistry Yeah, it's definitely some kick, some *terrible* kick in the dark. A sleep kick. Perhaps you can find out later...
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226 Paledriver
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227 Paledriver Variable["tc.pale"]
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228 Paledriver (Variable["tc.pale"]) == false
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229 Electrochemistry Yeah, it's definitely some kick. Some *terrible* kick... the pale probably. This 'pale' sounds like it's the *shit*.
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230 None
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231 You "Wait -- why is that, lieutenant?" IsKimHere()
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232 You "Should you drive a lorry if you get like that?"
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233 Kim Kitsuragi "Nothing. I just don't think she's connected to anything."
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234 Paledriver
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235 Paledriver Variable["tc.pale"]
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236 Paledriver (Variable["tc.pale"]) == false
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237 Drama It's because of the pale. He doesn't want your frail mind caught up in it -- and this woman has spent time *in* the pale. A lot of time.
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238 Drama He doesn't want your frail mind caught up in something here. Something *unconnected* to the case. But connected to this woman tuning out like that.
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239 None
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240 Empathy He's worried. But not for her -- for you. Hmm. What is it about this woman, if she's not connected to anything?
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241 You "Okay -- let's change the subject."
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242 Paledriver "A pale dream, is what it is." She nods her head according to a rhythm known only to her -- staring at the photo in her hands.
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243 Paledriver "Oh, don't worry about me. I'm one of the best camionneurs around. I drive routes no one else will."
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244 None
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245 None
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246 None
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247 You "What routes?"
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248 Paledriver "Lomonossov's Land. Udachnaya Zemlya. The Western Plain..." She nods and closes her eyes again, letting her mind submerge...
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249 Shivers A terrible cold comes over her. Rattling her teeth, as she stares inward.
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250 Paledriver "The Trans-Katla Magistral. U41-A. As Estradas do Mirador. All the good ones. The deep trenches. Where the bluebirds fly." She opens her eyes again and shudders.
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251 You "Cool. Ride until you're dust, sister."
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252 Paledriver "Irmão..." she breathes out. "I already *am* dust."
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253 Paledriver She raises her boot, slowly -- with contempt -- and says. "I'm starting to think you should let me get back to Gabriel Buenguerro. You're no Gabriel..."
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254 Paledriver "Just before Gabriel it was the coronation of Franconegro -- now *there* was a real man..." There is no aberration in the pattern that you can see. She puts her foot down.
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255 Visual Calculus Moreover, the boots were size 37. Tiny. There are too many discrepancies in all this.
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256 Paledriver She's wearing sturdy worker's boots made of black leather. Buckles run across. The sole is also made of leather.
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257 You "Now the other one please."
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258 Paledriver "Please?" She raises her boot, slowly, with contempt. "I think you should let me get back to Gabriel Buenguerro. You're no Gabriel. Gabriel doesn't say please..."
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259 None
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260 You "Wait, what do you mean it *was* the coronation of Franconegro?"
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261 You (Turn to Kim.) "She is not Odd Sole. These are not the boots that made the prints." IsKimHere()
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262 You "These are not the boots I was looking for." IsKimHere() == false
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263 Encyclopedia Another discrepancy, although not boot-related, is the coronation of His Innocence Franconegro. Which happened 500 years ago.
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264 Paledriver "It was," she shrugs. "And then it was no more. And I was no longer holding my father's hand. He was no longer descending the stairs in Raehl. The crowd had gone silent."
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265 Paledriver "Perhaps it was another *xerife* who came and woke me up, looking at my boots, asking questions? Or perhaps it was one of the others in this *carnaval*. I don't remember."
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266 Composure As she says *carnaval* she gestures to the empty square -- with the statue and the machines.
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267 Kim Kitsuragi He takes a quick note. "I could have told you that from just looking at them. Her size is 37."
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268 Paledriver "The feet of a little girl," she smiles. "They fit well on the pedals."
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269 Paledriver "The feet of a little girl," she smiles. "They fit well on the pedals.
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270 None
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271 You "The... Adversary?"
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272 Paledriver "Yes. There is a *protagonista*..." She gestures to the intersection. "And an *adversário*. I am on the side of the Adversary. There's no coming back from that haul."
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273 Conceptualization The pale. Sounds like *the* drug to me.
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274 Paledriver
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275 Paledriver Variable["tc.pale"]
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276 Paledriver (Variable["tc.pale"]) == false
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277 Half Light I don't like the sound of any of that. Sounds like a horrible drug. The worst one of them all.
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278 Rhetoric Those epithets are familiar somehow -- The Great Adversary, The Great Unrest.
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279 Paledriver
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280 Paledriver Variable["tc.pale"]
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281 Paledriver (Variable["tc.pale"]) == false
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282 Electrochemistry Alright. Let's get you a pale-category licence and roll that doobie up!
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283 None
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284 You "Fine. Let's change the subject."
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285 Paledriver "Good. I don't care about drugs. Little molecules. They're nothing." She glances wistfully at the photo.
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286 None
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287 Paledriver
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288 Paledriver IsKimHere()
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289 Paledriver (IsKimHere()) == false
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290 Kim Kitsuragi "Ma'am, you're not responsible for what the client puts in your lorry as long as the seals are not opened. We officers know that." He gives you a stern look.
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291 Esprit de Corps Lay off her.
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292 None
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293 None
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294 Visual Calculus That's correct. There is no visibility of any of the others.
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295 Paledriver "Like looking into the ocean at night. In the dark."
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296 Drama Yeah... it's not her. Believe me.
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297 You "Why are you scary to the people who used to know you?"
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298 Paledriver "Because they can no longer recognize the person I once was."
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299 None
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300 You "You said *long* haul. That's..." Variable["jam.paledriver_mentioned_long_haul"]
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301 Paledriver "The big ones. The tracts. There's no women and men there, it's all just..." She hums along, as if to a track on repeat...
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302 Paledriver "'In the middle of this town there's a ghostly motorway -- it takes all the people where they want to stay'..."
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303 None
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304 Volition Something in her is pulling toward some unknown rest state. She twitches -- like a sleep kick.
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305 Conceptualization In the background, a quiet song seeps from her cabin into the air. You don't hear any vocals.
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306 You "The routes you drive are *unusual*, aren't they." Variable["tc.pale"]
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307 Paledriver "Some of them. Some of them are like home to me now." She nods. "I would say the routes I drive are *usual* to me."
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308 Paledriver "And what *is* that?" She sticks a filterless cigarette into a cigarette holder and reaches for the light.
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309 You "You're a paledriver. You transport goods through the pale."
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310 You "Nothing. No need to be direct."
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311 Paledriver "Some jamboree you turned out to be... You have about a third of the jawline of Gabriel Buenguerro, and none of the balls." She smiles.
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312 None
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313 Paledriver
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314 Paledriver IsKimHere()
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315 Paledriver (IsKimHere()) == false
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316 Kim Kitsuragi "Great." The lieutenant concedes with a head shake. "He asked the Pines rep about the pale."
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317 None
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318 You "You don't have to protect me from this. I'm a big boy."
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319 You "I can't operate in this world without knowing its basic terms."
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320 You "I'm a detective. I need to know things."
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321 You "No. I just remembered it myself." (Point to your head.) "With my head."
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322 Kim Kitsuragi "Fine." He's not buying it. "Just try not to black out again. And don't *contemplate*. We don't have time for that."
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323 Kim Kitsuragi "Fine, then." He sighs. "Just try not to black out again. And don't *contemplate*. We don't have time for that."
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324 None
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325 You "Oh -- I'm contemplating, Kim. I'm drawing *existential conclusions* from this."
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326 You "Yeah, no. Just for detective work. That's all I needed it for. Now..."
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327 You "Everything is related to the pale. My condition. The case. Everything. It's all *entroponetic*."
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328 Conceptualization It's death -- but for the Universe? Oh, we're contemplating the living *shit* out of this.
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329 Kim Kitsuragi "That is *exactly* what I didn't want you to think..." He sighs and turns to the woman. "Ma'am, my partner wanted to know if you work in pale transport."
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330 Kim Kitsuragi "*Exactly* what I didn't want you to do..." He sighs and turns to the woman. "Ma'am, my partner wanted to know if you work in pale transport."
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331 Paledriver "No offence, but *your partner*..." She lights the cigarette, a white and silver cloud of smoke disappears into her mouth.
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332 Kim Kitsuragi "That is *exactly* what I didn't want you to do..." He sighs and turns to the woman. "Ma'am, my partner wanted to know if you work in pale transport."
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333 Paledriver "...seems like a bit of an idiot." She breathes out. The air tastes sweet.
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334 Paledriver "*Oh meu deus*, the Lawman solved the case..." She lights the cigarette. A white cloud of smoke disappears into her mouth.
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335 Paledriver "And here I was thinking you were an idiot." She breathes out and the air tastes sweet. "So, are you? An idiot, I mean."
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336 Perception (Smell) 'República', a filterless cigarette from Mesque.
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337 None
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338 You "'República'." (Smell the air.) "That's not very healthy." Variable["jam.paledriver_percept_republica"]
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339 You "I blacked out after a night of heavy drinking and lost all memory of the world."
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340 You "I blacked out -- from sheer heartbreak -- and lost all memory of the world."
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341 None
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342 Paledriver "Neither is pale transportation." She shrugs. "Life is transitory."
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343 You "I'm not an idiot. I'm a detective of the RCM. Don't say I'm an idiot."
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344 Paledriver "You *are* an idiot. And you're keeping me here. Glued to this racket. Unless there was anything else..." She puts the cigarette out and stares at something in the distance.
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345 None
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346 Paledriver "Like Gabriel Buenguerro in 'Pergunte à Poeira.'" She nods and smiles, unkindly. "You're the opposite of me, then. I remember everything -- even things I never knew."
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347 Paledriver "Like Gabriel Buenguerro in 'Segure-me, Paraíso'..." She nods and smiles, unkindly. "You're the opposite of me then. I remember everything -- even the things I never knew."
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348 You "Things you never knew?"
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349 Paledriver "The smell of liquor on Gabriel's lips after the shoot. In the motor park. The roses on the day of Franconegro's coronation. On the grand stairs of Raehl. The smoke from the fowling piece, when Dolores Dei was shot..."
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350 Paledriver "The look on her face -- like an orgasm. The wound in her chest. My hand in my father's hand..." She closes her eyes, her eyelids trembling. "Except I never had a father. And I never shot Her Innocence Dolores Dei."
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351 You "Over-radiation?" Variable["pier.joyce_mentions_overradiation"] == true
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352 Paledriver "Heroic doses, *xerife*. Heroic."
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353 You "Isn't that dangerous?"
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354 Paledriver "Thought insertion? *Dithering*? The Graad-Katla Magistral?" She savours the lungful. "It's more than dangerous -- it's *sad*. But... at first I had to make a living. Now..."
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355 Paledriver "When you've seen it all go *away* like that, rolling off like the sea, and then come back to this..." She gestures at the square. The broken horse monument, the clanging of machines in the distance.
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356 Paledriver "What are we *doing* here? For thousands of years, Gabriel... It doesn't have to be like this. We can just give up. We can just become vapour."
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357 None
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358 You "What does it look like? The pale?"
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359 You "I would rather have what I have than what you have."
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360 You "I would rather have what you have than what I have."
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361 You "And..."
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362 Paledriver "You cannot see it but you know it's there. And it's big -- bigger than anything. Bigger than all the other things combined."
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363 You "I feel I already *have* what you have. In some way."
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364 You "What does it feel like?"
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365 You "How do you pass through it?"
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366 Paledriver "In the belly of an airship, behind steel windows -- so you don't look straight into it. It's not *advised* to look into it."
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367 You "Not on this lorry then?"
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368 Paledriver "No -- the same one. A *roller*. They all are nowadays. Special wheels for connecting to the floor of the hold." She points to the machines, clumped up like toys.
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369 None
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370 You "One last thing. You said we can just become... vapour?"
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371 Interfacing Their wheels all small and round, multi-axle trailers.
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372 Paledriver "Nothing. Until it starts. When you're deep enough -- then, for me... it's like autumn. Dark grey and orange, the orange of streetlights and the colour of trees in the electric light. It smells like autumn too. It smells terrible."
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373 Paledriver "Yes."
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374 Rhetoric No elaboration.
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375 None
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376 Empathy Nostalgia. Cooped up in the cabin, shaking... Terrible nostalgia. For yourself. For humans. It's too much to bear. She loves it.
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377 Paledriver "They say there is a point -- one that *I* have not crossed -- in the pale superdeep. If you stray too far off course on the U41-A, or in Lomonossov's Land... where every step you take is one step further from home, no matter the direction."
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378 Paledriver "It's a point you cannot come back from. Your mind becomes so radiant with the past -- there is a flip." She flicks the ash from her cigarette. "Instead of writing, it erases memory. Nearing some kind of..." She shakes her head. "Indescribable *finale*."
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379 Paledriver "Maybe you've been down the *Motorway South?*" She looks at her cigarette, it's almost out. She has swallowed it hungrily. Then at you...
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380 You "The Motorway South?"
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381 Paledriver "It's a story us longhaulsmen tell -- longhaulsmen, *xerife*, not *paledrivers* -- way beyond the established pale that's lit by radio frequencies. Where it goes silent."
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382 Paledriver "And dark. And the process begins. Erasure. Kilometre by kilometre. In any direction. The Motorway South is a road you cannot come back from."
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383 You "What is at the end of the Motorway South?"
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384 Paledriver "No one knows what's at the *end...*" She takes the cigarette out of the cigarette holder and extinguishes it. "I've only glimpsed the beginning."
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385 Paledriver "I've only felt it in the distance. When I was a child..." She goes silent, her eyes close and her hands shake. "A child. Rowing on the lake."
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386 You "Ma'am?"
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387 Paledriver "*Hosiannna...*" A sigh escapes her lips, then silence, as she stares within herself.
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388 You "Thank you. Good bye." [Leave.]
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389 Paledriver
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390 Paledriver Variable["jam.paledriver_motorway_south_lyrics_heard"]
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391 Paledriver (Variable["jam.paledriver_motorway_south_lyrics_heard"]) == false
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392 Paledriver "'They say I've been away on a kind of holiday'..." She replies, silently.
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393 You "'It takes all the people where they want to stay.'" Variable["jam.paledriver_concept_motorway_south"]
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394 Conceptualization 'In the centre of this town there's a ghostly motorway', she sang.
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395 Paledriver
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396 Paledriver IsKimHere()
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397 Paledriver (IsKimHere()) == false
398 Kim Kitsuragi "You've fried both your brains enough for today, detective..." He inspects her. No response.
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399 Kim Kitsuragi "Let's get some air. This one's far gone..." He shakes his head silently as he turns to leave.
400 Empathy There is nothing more to do now. She's far away.
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401 None
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402 None
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403 Paledriver "Don't be stupid. The boiadeiro returns from the Western Plain a *changed* man. One night, as he and his beloved are out walking along the River Magritte, she pleads with him to give up his riding and settle down..."
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404 Paledriver
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405 Paledriver Variable["TASK.who_is_the_ladydriver"] and Variable["TASK.who_is_the_ladydriver_done"] == false
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406 Paledriver (Variable["TASK.who_is_the_ladydriver"] and Variable["TASK.who_is_the_ladydriver_done"] == false) == false
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407 Logic So he doesn't think she's the lady driver?
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408 Esprit de Corps C'mon, he thinks -- she's not the lady driver.
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409 Paledriver
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410 Paledriver Variable["jam.paledriver_logic_kim_thinks_not_ladydriver"]
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411 Paledriver (Variable["jam.paledriver_logic_kim_thinks_not_ladydriver"]) == false
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412 Paledriver
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413 Paledriver Variable["jam.paledriver_drama_kim_worried"]
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414 Paledriver (Variable["jam.paledriver_drama_kim_worried"]) == false
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415 Endurance A correct appraisal, you're quite shabby.
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416 Paledriver
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417 Paledriver Variable["jam.paledriver_exited_once"]
418 Paledriver (Variable["jam.paledriver_exited_once"]) == false
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419 Paledriver "Yes -- go. Enough jamboree. I need to get back to Mesque..." Her voice trails off.
420 Paledriver "So the boiadeiro strangles his beloved and throws her body in the Magritte. Then he rides off, because the Western Plain is calling to him."
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421 Paledriver "The *most* beautiful -- a true boiadeiro needs a whole horizon to himself. He can't be tied down by man or woman. His beloved was selfish. She didn't know what it meant to love a *boiadeiro*."
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422 Paledriver
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423 Paledriver IsNight()
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424 Paledriver (IsNight()) == false
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425 Paledriver "When you've seen it all go *away* like that. Rolling off like the sea. And then come back to this..." She gestures at the square: the broken horse monument, the shadows of the machines in the night.
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426 Conceptualization She is receding. In the clutches of some indescribable, scattered emotion. A child. Descending.
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427 Paledriver
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428 Paledriver IsTHCPresent("motorway_south")
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429 Paledriver (IsTHCPresent("motorway_south")) == false
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430 Paledriver The woman looks at nothing, her eyes closed and her lips moving.
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431 Perception (Hearing) "Girl child," you hear her say. "Girl child. Girl child..."
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432 Paledriver
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433 Paledriver Variable["jam.paledriver_perception_child"]
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434 Paledriver (Variable["jam.paledriver_perception_child"]) == false
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435 None
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436 None
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437 Suggestion This man's got a hold over her. Even fifty years later, you can feel it...
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438 Reaction Speed All of what -- the world? The present?
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439 Inland Empire What if... to truly love a boiadeiro is to float lifeless downstream?
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440 Paledriver
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441 Paledriver Variable["TASK.probe_drivers_about_drugs"] and Variable["TASK.probe_drivers_about_drugs_done"] == false
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442 Paledriver (Variable["TASK.probe_drivers_about_drugs"] and Variable["TASK.probe_drivers_about_drugs_done"] == false) == false
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443 Logic So he doesn't think she's the smuggler?
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444 Suggestion She clearly doesn't think she's a 'lady'. Don't repeat it.
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445 Shivers You feel very cold suddenly. As if standing face to face with a terrifying adversary. Then the feeling dissipates and all you see is an ageing woman.
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446 Paledriver
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447 Paledriver Variable["pier.joyce_found_out_pale_without_kim"]
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448 Paledriver (Variable["pier.joyce_found_out_pale_without_kim"]) == false
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449 Kim Kitsuragi "Great." The lieutenant concedes with a head shake. "He asked the Pines rep about the pale -- and now he's talking to everyone about it..."
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450 Paledriver
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451 Paledriver Variable["pier.kim_pale_discussed"]
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452 Paledriver (Variable["pier.kim_pale_discussed"]) == false
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453 You "I'm looking for Ruby, the *lady driver*. Know anything about her?" Variable["TASK.who_is_the_ladydriver"] == true and Variable["TASK.who_is_the_ladydriver_done"] == false and Variable["whirling.hardie_went_through_ruby_info"] == true
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454 Paledriver She cups her ear and leans forward. "Did you just call me a *lady*, xerife?"
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455 Suggestion If you want to know more about Ruby, this is a dead end. She's only heard the word 'lady' and latched onto it. You can push on if you're interested in *that*, though.
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456 None
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457 You "Never mind. I have other questions."
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458 Paledriver
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459 Paledriver
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460 Paledriver Variable["whirling.hardie_went_through_ruby_info"]
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461 Paledriver (Variable["whirling.hardie_went_through_ruby_info"]) == false
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462 Paledriver "I'm terrifying to small children. And to those who used to know me."
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463 You "This is about turning *back* time, Kim." IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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464 Kim Kitsuragi "We're still on this ridiculous *side-task*, I see..." He sighs and turns to the woman. "Ma'am, my partner wanted to know if you work in pale transport."
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465 Paledriver
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466 Paledriver IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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467 Paledriver (IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false
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468 You "Hold on, you said it *was* possible to turn back time, through the pale..." IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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469 Paledriver "*Xerife*, what you understand wouldn't fill a pamphlet..."
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470 Endurance This is your chance. Ask her, is it really possible?
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471 Paledriver "You don't need to turn back time. The pale is already churning with it. As the tide of pale rises, so does the past. Someday both will cover the whole world. That's it. That's the story."
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472 You "You're saying the future will *be* the past..."
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473 You "You mean, we'll all be drowned in our own past..."
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474 You "You're saying, one day I'll be able to return to *love*..."
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475 Paledriver "And that's just fine with me. I don't mind becoming vapour. I *like* vapour..." She gathers a cloud of smoke in her mouth, then slowly exhales.
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476 Encyclopedia There is a name for this ideology: Entropolism. A faith in and desire to accelerate the spread of pale across the world, until humanity has reached what its adherents call the 'rest state' of humanity, the final reconciliation of past, present, and future in timeless spirit...
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477 Electrochemistry You don't like the sound of that, chief. All the *really* good stuff is *right here*, in the present...
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478 None
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479 Paledriver
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480 Paledriver IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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481 Paledriver (IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false
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482 Paledriver
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483 Paledriver IsKimHere()
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484 Paledriver (IsKimHere()) == false
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485 Kim Kitsuragi "You've fried both your brains enough for today, detective..." He inspects her. No response.
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486 Kim Kitsuragi "Now, I'd like to have a word with you about this *side task* of yours..."
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487 Endurance This is all you're going to get out of her. There's nothing more for you here.
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488 Endurance Yes, *yes*. This is what you've been searching for...
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489 Paledriver
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490 Paledriver IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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491 Paledriver (IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false
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492 You "It sounds... *wonderful*." IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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493 Paledriver "Thought insertion? *Dithering*? The Graad-Katla Magistral?" She savours the lungful. "There's a kind of wonder there -- a *sad* wonder. But... at first I had to make a living. Now..."
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494 Endurance But there *is* one more kingsman to confront.
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495 You "I feel like I'm getting *really* close."
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496 You "I feel like there's still a *long way* to go."
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497 Kim Kitsuragi "You've been saying that for a while. And yet, we only seem to be getting *further* from our actual goal..."
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498 Kim Kitsuragi "No. You see, we've already spent too much time on this nonsensical side-errand. There's no magical fascist who's going to unwind time for you..."
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499 Kim Kitsuragi "Because the problem isn't time, it's *you*, detective..."
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500 Kim Kitsuragi "If you're serious about this, really truly serious, then I suggest you take a long, hard look in the mirror and ask yourself what's *really* going on..."
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501 Kim Kitsuragi "Now come on, let's leave this one to her reveries." He shakes his head silently as he turns to leave.
502 You Who?
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503 Endurance *YOU*.
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504 Endurance It's time to face yourself, mano y mano. The next time you find yourself alone before a mirror. *That's* where this will end... The final showdown.
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505 Paledriver
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506 Paledriver Variable["whirling.bathroom_mirror_wiped_the_mirror"]
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507 Paledriver (Variable["whirling.bathroom_mirror_wiped_the_mirror"]) == false
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508 Paledriver
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509 Paledriver Variable["whirling.mirror_inland_warned"]
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510 Paledriver (Variable["whirling.mirror_inland_warned"]) == false
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511 Inland Empire B-b-but what if you don't *like* what you find there? There'll be no going back from it...
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512 Inland Empire Are you s-s-sure you want to do that? Remember what happened *last* time...
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513 Inland Empire Why don't you ever listen to us. We tried to warn you that you wouldn't *like* what the mirror had to say...
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514 Paledriver
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515 Paledriver IsKimHere()
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516 Paledriver (IsKimHere()) == false
517 Endurance The lieutenant is right. It's the only way forward. Face yourself, kingsman!
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518 Paledriver
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519 Paledriver IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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520 Paledriver (IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false
521 Paledriver
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522 Paledriver IsKimHere()
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523 Paledriver (IsKimHere()) == false
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524 Kim Kitsuragi "Just a moment, detective. Before we go, I'd like a word with you about this *side task* of yours..."
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525 Endurance Stop. There's nothing else she can do for you, but this isn't the end of the line. No, there's one more kingsman to confront.
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526 None
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527 None
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528 None
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529 You "But Measurehead said she knows the secret to turning back time."
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530 Kim Kitsuragi The lieutenant considers the slumped form for a moment. He sighs.
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531 Kim Kitsuragi "I don't understand why you're so set on what seems like a... *personal side-task*, but if you must, then let's get it over with..."
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532 None
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533 Endurance It's time to face yourself, mano y mano. The next time you find yourself alone before a mirror. *That's* where this will end...
534 Paledriver
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535 Paledriver IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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536 Paledriver (IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false
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537 Endurance What are you doing? This woman might be your only chance to figure out how to reverse time... Grow a pair!
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538 Paledriver
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539 Paledriver IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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540 Paledriver (IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false
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541 Paledriver
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542 Paledriver IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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543 Paledriver (IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false
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544 Endurance No-no-no... you'll never figure out how to turn back time if you're not honest with her. Explain what's going on with you.
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545 Endurance Whatever it is about this woman, it's connected to *time* -- she knows the way back.
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546 Paledriver
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547 Paledriver IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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548 Paledriver (IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false
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549 Paledriver
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550 Paledriver Variable["gates.measurhead_fascha_dq_measurepale"] and Variable["tc.pale"] == false
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551 Paledriver (Variable["gates.measurhead_fascha_dq_measurepale"] and Variable["tc.pale"] == false) == false
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552 Kim Kitsuragi "Great." The lieutenant concedes with a head shake. "He's figured out the pale. And now he's talking to everyone about it..."
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553 You "Actually, I haven't figured anything out yet..."
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554 Kim Kitsuragi "You haven't? Why are you bringing up *pale* then?"
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555 You "I blacked out -- from the love I felt for my Motherland -- and lost all memory of the world."
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556 Paledriver "Like Gabriel Buenguerro in 'O Céu Dourado'..." She nods and smiles, unkindly. "You're the opposite of me then. I remember everything -- even the things I never knew."
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557 You "What *is* it?" Variable["tc.pale"] == false and IsTaskActive("TASK.ask_paledriver_how_to_turn_back_time")
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558 Paledriver "Beautiful... it's beautiful."
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559 Encyclopedia That's the most you can get out of her -- only shapes and sensations, no dictionary definitions or scientific explanations...
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560 Paledriver "If you wait long enough, it's going to be much more than just 'love'... It's going to be the entire history -- vapourised."
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561 None
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