01x11 - Unknown

[bunniefuu]

[gentle music plays]

[dramatic music plays]

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[rumbling]

[gasps]

[grunts]

[tense music plays]

It's already here?

[gasps]

The city. It's in danger!

Hold it right there!

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[tense music plays]

[rumbling]

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[operator] Commander Bob Skylum

has returned from Agarum.

Sir, glad to have you back on board.

[Skylum] Yeah.

Status report.

[Wise] It seems to have lost

some of its initial speed,

but it shows no sign of stopping.

That mutation continues its advance,

inching ever closer to Agarum, it seems.

[Skylum] Mm.

So the cryo-freeze

ultimately proved ineffective.

But is there something else?

Something drawing it to Agarum?

[music stops]

[ominous music plays]

[gurgling]

But where is it headed?

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I said stop!

[woman screams]

[man whimpers]

[man screams]

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There aren't many people in this district,

but at this rate

[gurgling]

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No effect.

Huh?

What the hell is that?

Hold on. Isn't that

[dramatic music plays]

It's that thing.

[grunts]

[groans]

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- [Jack] Hey!

- [gasps]

It doesn't even flinch at g*nf*re.

I think there's something

you're not telling me! What do you know?

But there's a lot I don't know

about your body either.

Avoid making contact with it.

I've seen it k*ll with just a touch.

[Jack] sh*t. How do we

even stop this thing?

A person?

[dramatic music continues]

[Jack] That's

What are you doing? Mary! Run!

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[electricity crackles]

[crackling stops]

[gurgling]

[gasps]

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[Jack] What the hell are you doing?

Mary! Take cover! Run! Hey!

Hey, Mary! You all right?

Mary, snap out of it! Mary!

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Mary.

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Mary! Mary! Mary!

Mary!

Jack? What?

Mary, you with me?

Uh

- Huh?

- You scared--

[grunts] What the heck are you doing?

[groans]

What's with you?

[gasps]

[eerie whooshing]

Huh?

[unsettling music plays]

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- Oh.

- [exhales]

What's this?

[unsettling music plays]

[Salamandra] Did she do this?

- [drones whir]

- [gasps]

[car doors slam]

[Salamandra exhales]

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[Jack] There's so much

So much I still don't know.

[inaudible speech]

[uneasy music plays]

[inaudible speech]

What exactly was it

that caused her to come to again?

- [Osma] Jack.

- Hm?

[music stops]

Let's confirm the situation.

You remain a suspect

of last year's t*rror1st incident.

So far, we're clear?

Yeah.

Sapientia has merely

postponed your sentencing for now.

And you are in direct custody

of your commanding officer, Rhys.

I trust you understand

what I'm trying to say.

[sighs] Loud and clear.

JOINT BASE AGARUM

[slapping]

[uneasy music plays]

Where's Salamandra?

In an underground holding cell.

And Mary?

Resting in the other room.

I see.

"Don't k*ll the contact."

"There's something that I need

to make sure of."

That was your order

to the special unit forces in pursuit.

Now, you're not the type

to just sit back and watch,

which is often

how you get yourself in trouble.

But usually, you take action

to protect people.

This time, it seems different.

Jack, what are you hiding?

[gulps]

[inaudible speech]

[Jack] To protect somebody?

Sharp as ever, Rhys.

Here we go.

So, what happens to her?

What happens to Salamandra after all this?

She'll be escorted back to HQ,

then transferred

to the intelligence department.

I expect the proceedings

will be implemented rapidly.

- Won't be long before the transfer--

- Can you find a way to let me see her?

[gasps] What is wrong with you?

All I'm asking for

is a conversation with Salamandra.

Wait. If I'm not mistaken,

you'e that friend of Philiosio's.

Jacob, was it?

Ah. Well, that changes things completely.

[sighs] Jack, you do understand

the position you're in, right?

I just need to speak with her

for a little while longer.

- I'm begging you.

- [grunts]

[slapping]

[music stops]

- [Georg exhales]

- [Inanna] Huh?

[Clemenza] Not only did you arrive late

with no prior notice,

but your squad

interfered with a local unit's mission.

Be thankful that I'm not

putting you behind bars.

Thank you for your understanding, sir.

And, Major

[machine whirs]

you picked up a whole new problem

along the way, didn't you?

- [door slides open]

- [soldier] Get in here.

You do not have permission

to leave this room.

[Jack] Yeah, yeah. I get it.

[gasps]

[grumbles]

So that's what happens

if you push Rhys too far.

[jaunty music plays]

[inhales sharply] Ow, ow.

Got a problem? A complaint?

Not one bit.

There's the right person

for every job, you know?

Quit whining.

It would have to be at least another

decade before I'd play nurse for you.

Nah, come on. I was never expecting that.

[Zowan] Based on

what Inanna was telling me,

if Rhys hadn't intervened,

the moment you ignored orders

and abandoned the squad

would have earned you

a one-way ticket back to Earth.

Where you'd probably be ex*cuted.

The fact that we even have

this limited freedom now,

I mean, it's pretty unbelievable.

Major Rhys has quite a lot of influence,

it seems.

[music stops]

Yes! And we're in!

[gasps]

[Jack] What are they doing?

[uneasy music plays]

[woman] End body scan.

Here, look at this.

It appears that an energy regarded as

highly incompatible with human biology

has somehow entered her body.

This should be impossible.

Furthermore, the footage onscreen shows

Goddard when the unidentified object,

or I suppose when the unidentified

organism first appeared.

A local drone was able to obtain

some data on it. Look here, please.

That would mean

[woman] Yes, the energy patterns

are basically identical.

We don't know how or why,

but it is our hypothesis

that some sort of mutation of the organism

has entered

and then essentially fused with her.

Based on the intel

detailing the organism's vast

and relentless advance towards Agarum,

coupled with the report

of the earlier incident

that occurred within the city walls

What is it?

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She may be a core.

Effectively a queen bee,

or something similar for the organism.

That's our fear.

[ominous music plays]

Evidence suggests her condition

is highly dangerous.

The fact that someone like this exists

at all puts the whole world in peril.

[Zowan] What the hell does this mean?

[grunts softly]

[ominous music continues]

[inaudible speech]

Then what about me?

[tense music plays]

[device beeps]

Hm?

The general? Here?

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[gentle ballad plays]

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