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A Conversation About Connection and Touch
Zak
Hello.
Marie
Hello. What was your ]?
[''pauses''; [idea]
Zak
I think we should…]. You know, as part of the ] collection, I-I think we should touch.
[[touch; [data]
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Exploring Personal Interests and Curiosities
Theodor-Adorno "Theo" Strauss
What I am interested in is the ]…].
[[universal; [symphony]
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Ironic Particles and Desire Chains Explained
Isaac-Newton "Zak" Midgeley
Ironic ]: the ] manifestation of ] ] latent in every ] in the ]. But my preliminary ] suggests that the ironic particles are only activated by the ] when we ] something, and so forming a "desire chain"—but only by a certain type of ].
[[particle; [physical; [irony; [existing; [atom; [universe; [research; [brain; [want; [person]
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The Limits of Connection and Timing
Miss Anderson
It's okay, they've used up their ] for this ] already; we couldn't get them together ] if we ].
[[minute; [year; [now; [tried]
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Connection and Understanding in Frequencies
Marie-Curie Fortune
I ]…connected…to ].
[[feel; [myself|my''self'']
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Relief in Uncertainty
Mr. Fortune
How do you feel about it, hmm?
Marie
I'm so relieved, really; it could have been so much lower.
[''imitating what a girl<!--who had scored 67--> had said to her earlier in the day'']
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The End of Possibility
Theodor-Adorno "Theo" Strauss
*Last line of the film.
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The Nature of Friendship and Isolation
Marie
Everybody ] to be my ].
[[wants; [friend]
Miss Anderson
But how many actually are your friends?
Marie
None.
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The Nature of Existence Explained
Miss Anderson
] does not ].
[[Frequency; [change]
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The Challenge of Being Different
Miss Anderson
Misses Midgeley, we ] to be clear on this: Zak is a ]. This is very ], but it means that he is literally out of sync with the ] ]. He will be beyond ]. He will ] be at the right ] at the right ]. He will never fit in—apart from those of his own kind. He no longer belongs here; that's not our ], that's ] ].
[[need; [negative; [rare; [natural; [world; [unlucky; [never; [place; [time; [opinion; [scientific; [fact]
Mrs. Midgeley
He is gifted.
Miss Anderson
He's a ], but unfortunately surrounded by ].
[[genius; [prodigies]
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Destiny and Experiments in Relationships
Miss Anderson
Do you like him?
Marie
It's just an experiment.
Miss Anderson
It's a ] experiment; ] does not ]. Don't waste your "]" on this ]; the two of you are just not ] to be together.
[[false; [frequency; [change; [feelings; [boy; [destined]
Marie
] ] destiny, Miss Anderson.
[[Knowledge; [determines]
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Exploring Concepts of Time and Limits
Zak
Hello.
Marie
Hello. It it goes past a ], maybe ] isn't fixed.
[''pauses''; [minute; [frequency]
Zak
]?
[[Confusion|Sorry]
Marie
You asked what would happen if it goes past a minute.-->
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Exploring Limits of Connection and Timing
Miss Anderson
It's okay, they've used up their ] for this ] already; we couldn't get them together ] if we ].-->
[[minute; [year; [now; [tried]
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Unity in Diversity of Human Experience
Various
] ] ].
[[Knowledge; [determines; [destiny]
Mrs. Fortune
You ] people's ].
[''to Isaac-Newton "Zak" Midgeley''; [steal; [frequencies|''fre''quencies]
Mr. Strauss
When ] plays, we are all the same ].
[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart; [frequency]
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Cryptic Statement by Zak Midgeley
Isaac-Newton "Zak" Midgeley
I've ] a ]: O. X. V.
[[seen; [pattern]
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The Necessity of Having Something
Marie-Curie Fortune
You have to have ].
[[choice]
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The Nature of Existence Explored
Marie-Curie Fortune
*Repeated line.
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The Burden of Attention and Expectations
Marie-Curie Fortune
I have a 210 ] I never needed to take notes. I just didn't want to always have to ] at ] or have them looking at me. It's the ].
[[I.Q.; [look; [people; [eyes]
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Introduction of a New Character
Boy
Meet my ].
[[friend]
Girl
You don't have any friends.
Boy
This is Isaac-Newton Midgeley.
Isaac-Newton "Zak" Midgeley
Zak. Hello.
Marie
Hello.
Boy
He's a minus-seven. Always ] I didn't like you.
[[knew]
Girl
Thought he was your friend.
Boy
Shut up, and ].
[[wait]
Girl
What for? ] her pocket watch]
[''Marie [[observes]
Boy
Super-high ] meets super-low frequency: something should be happening, some…]. ] pass, ] begins rumbling and ] begins falling on Zak]
[[frequency; [reaction; ''after some more [[seconds; [thunder; [rain]
Marie
Interesting.
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A New Experience Awaits Marie-Curie Fortune
Marie-Curie Fortune
I've never ] for a ] before.
[[waited; [train]
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Understanding Frequencies and Signifiers in Life
Miss Anderson
That's how you ] true ]?
[[define; [love]
Marie
That's how ] defines it. Those with the lower frequencies need a minimum of seven hundred signifiers.
[[nature]
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Setting Limits in Competition
Boy
What did you get?
Marie-Curie Fortune
A hundred twenty-seven.
Boy
Don't go higher than a hundred.
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A Moment of Realization
Theodor-Adorno "Theo" Strauss
That's it. ]. Oh. I ].
[[Perfect; [understand|see]
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Innovative Wave-Form Development Discussion
Marie
This ] your precise ]. I developed a way to directly ] the wave-form—much more ] than the old ] ].
[[analyses; [frequency; [read; [efficient; [school; [tests]
Miss Anderson
You have the ] for that?
[[patent]
Marie
Of course.
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The Nature of Human Desire
Isaac-Newton "Zak" Midgeley
] needs ] ].
[[Nature; [constant; [nurturing]
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Exploring Control and Spontaneity in Life
Mr. Strauss
Look, for ], we have been the players, Theo, ] the score, ] it. Where's the ]? Where's the ]? Where's the…]!?
[[centuries|''hun''dreds of years; [interpreting; [evolving; [life; [inspiration; [spontaneity]
Theodor-Adorno "Theo" Strauss
If we are all ], then ] is ]; spontaneity is an ].
[[machines; [everything; [determinism|decided; [illusion]
Mr. Strauss
No, we still have ], we still have ], we still have ].
[[compatibilism|free will; [souls; [imagination]
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Emotional Balance and Its Implications
Mrs. Fortune
Is there anything we can do about her emotional…her ]?
[[emotions]
Miss Anderson
It's a common side-effect: the higher the ], the lower the ]. One tends to drive out the other. The ] we are, the less we ] about it.
[[frequency; [empathy; [luckier; [care]
Mrs. Fortune
And no one's gonna be luckier than Marie.
Miss Anderson
No, it doesn't appear so. There are certain things we can try—] does ] ], after all.
[[knowledge; [determine; [destiny]
Mrs. Fortune
I don't want her to be an ]. We ] her to, uh…make ], have ], fall in ], have a ] ].
[[experiment; [want; [friends; [fun; [love; [normal; [life]
Miss Anderson
Oh, I'm ], but you ] ], that won't be at all ].
[[sorry; [must; [understand; [possible]
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Life's Side Effects and Their Implications
Isaac-Newton "Zak" Midgeley
Everything has a ]. My whole ]s a side-effect.
[[side-effect; [life]
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The Burden of Emotional Disconnect
Marie-Curie Fortune
I don't feel. No one ] to understand. I ] what they call me—"the ]"—and they're right. I do not love my ]. I ] no ]. If you ever ] me ], ], ], or ], I'm ], ] for it to become ]; but it ] will. It's the side-effect.
[[wants; [know; [Machine; [family; [experience; [joy; [see; [smile; [frown; [laugh; [cry; [pretending; [waiting; [real; [never]
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A Brief Exchange Between Two Characters
Zak
Hello.
Marie
Hello.
Zak
Did you see the—
Marie
I was going to say—
Zak
Yes?
Marie
—we don't have to ].
[[speak]
Zak
It's just that I-I ] to; I mean, we're ] not gonna get more than a ]. ], um, how are you?
[''pauses''; [want; [probably; [minute; ''pauses''; [Sorry]
Marie
] or ] ]?
[[Greeting; [serious; [question]
Zak
Uh, greeting.
Marie
Fine. How are you?
Zak
Bit ] about what's gonna happen.
[[worried]
Marie
Maybe ] will happen.
[[nothing]
Zak
] If thats ], then why are they here?
[''referring to [[student; [observers; [true]
Marie
Why don't you ask them?
Zak
Why me?
Marie
Because you and I are supposed to have the most interesting reaction.
Zak
How long?
[''pauses'']
Marie
Fifty ].
[''checking her pocket watch''; [seconds]
Zak
What happens if it goes past a ]? ] passes overhead; luggage begins ] from the
[[minute; ''a low-flying [[plane; [falling; [sky]
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The Significance of Our Choices
Isaac-Newton "Zak" Midgeley
What we ] about ] is ]. Otherwise, you and I would never have ].
[[know; [frequency; [wrong; [met]
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