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{{Status|Apocrypha}} {{AxonClips}} '''Axon Clips Chapter 12''' is the final chapter in the [[I love bees|I Love Bees]] audio drama. It also contains the only [[axons|axon]] clips for which an exact date can be determined. Because the [[Battle of Earth]] begins in the final clips, we know they occurred on 10/20/2552. {{TOC right}} ==Rani: "Section Zero"== *[http://transmit.ilovebees.com/surveillance_archive/week12_subject4.wav Audio Compilation 5min 52sec] ===Cell block=== {{Listen|title=Cell block |filename=ILB_Cell_block.ogg }} (cell door opens)<br> '''Guard:''' This is it - 29a. You've got 5 minutes and then I escort you back out of the cell block. (yells) Visitor!<br> '''[[Rani Sobeck|Rani]]:''' Sarah-John!<br> '''[[Sarah-John Pope|Sarah]]:''' Rani!<br> '''Guard:''' 5 minutes. Remember.<br> '''Sarah:''' Oh, honey. Not too cozy, is it?<br> '''Rani:''' Well, actually... it's just like my bedroom at home - now that my bedroom's in the bunker.<br> '''Sarah:''' Are you sleeping okay?<br> '''Rani:''' No. Not at all... not at all... But, there'll be lots of time for that if the verdict comes back guilty.<br> '''Sarah:''' Nobody in their right mind would believe you were a traitor!<br> '''[[Durga]]:''' ''(on chatter)'' She's right. [[Treason]] is a crime of intent.<br> '''Sarah:''' What the hell?!<br> ===Little bottle=== {{Listen|title=Little bottle |filename=ILB_Little_bottle.ogg }} '''Rani:''' Durga? Is that you?<br> '''Durga:''' Now new and improved.<br> '''Sarah:''' Rani, you're getting spooky again.<br> '''Rani:''' Durga is a gigantically powerful ex-military rogue [[Artificial intelligence|AI]].<br> '''Durga:''' --Coming through your chatter.<br> '''Sarah:''' My...chatter?<br> '''Durga:''' Little bottle; big genie. I'm the one that got Rani into this mess.<br> '''Rani:''' No, I got ''myself'' in this mess.<br> '''Sarah:''' Well you sure as hell'd better be getting her out!<br> '''Rani:''' Sarah-John, unless you want your name changed to Trixie De-light on every government form for the rest of your life, I advise you to hush up and be polite.<br> '''Durga:''' As a matter of fact, I am going to get her out. At least, I think so.<br> ===Colonel Herzog=== {{Listen|title=Colonel Herzog |filename=ILB_Colonel_herzog.ogg }} '''Rani:''' I wondered if you were pulling some strings when they moved me from the military jail to a civilian one.<br> '''Durga:''' I wanted to tell you but they shut your chatter down.<br> '''Sarah:''' Were you the one who sent me the note telling me where Rani was?<br> '''Durga:''' [[Standish]] is under full investigation for the coverup at [[Chawla Base|Chawla]], and the attempted murder of [[Colonel]] [[Herzog]].<br> '''Rani:''' Attempted? But they said on the news he was dead.<br> '''Durga:''' But, that was before I heard him call you.<br> '''Rani:''' Call me? Durga, I haven't talked to Herzog since I was in [[Wikipedia:Kentucky|Kentucky]].<br> '''Durga:''' Uh-oh. Accessing. Alright, I've found police records of the aftermath of the wreck.<br> '''Rani:''' Standish made Herzog's car crash?<br> '''Durga:''' DRT it says. Driver killed on impact. But... I heard him...<br> ===Faked=== {{Listen|title=Faked |filename=ILB_Faked.ogg }} '''Rani:''' But... could Herzog have faked the police reports? He's very clever.<br> '''Durga:''' No. I think something else was faked.<br> '''Rani:''' But, even if it was faked, we never would have been able to turn off the artifact if it wasn't for... ''<nowiki>*</nowiki>sigh*'' Let's not talk about this now.<br> '''Durga:''' But...<br> '''Rani:''' Sarah-John has aided and abetted me all my life. But this is not the time.<br> '''Sarah:''' Rani, I would do anything you ask me to!<br> '''Rani:''' Of course you would, but not this time.<br> '''Sarah:''' I cannot believe all this stuff was happening, and you didn't tell me?<br> '''Rani:''' After the guy on the roof? Are you crazy? Someone would have come to kill ''you''.<br> '''Sarah:''' Look, they send one of those guys up to Kentucky, and Jason'll probably pick 'em off of the roof with a deer rifle!<br> ''(laughs)''<br> '''Rani:''' Probably.<br> '''Sarah:''' Oh Rani, this is horrible.<br> ===I love you=== {{Listen|title=I love you |filename=ILB_I_love_you.ogg }} '''Durga:''' Rani, I'm sorry, the guard is coming back.<br> '''Sarah:''' I-I'll come see you tomorrow. I have a motel room a few blocks away and I'm staying right there unti--<br> '''Rani:''' --No, no. You don't have to do that.<br> ''(guard enters the block)''<br> '''Sarah:''' --Until this whole mess is settled and they let you go.<br> '''Durga:''' I'll take care of her.<br> '''Sarah:''' See that you do.<br> '''Durga:''' Rani, you'll be out in 2 days. Come see us in [[New York City|New York]] when they let you go. You know where.<br> '''Guard:''' ''(opens cell door)'' It's time.<br> '''Sarah:''' I'll be back tomorrow. [[Jason Pope|Jason]] wants to come too, but for some reason he thinks you're mad at him.<br> '''Rani:''' Well, tell him I'm not considered dangerous as death row inmates go.<br> '''Guard:''' Ladies...<br> '''Sarah:''' Back. Off! If these folks don't take good care of you Rani, there will be hell to pay.<br> '''Rani:''' Don't cry, honey... your mascara...<br> '''Sarah:''' Oh hell!<br> '''Rani:''' I love you. ''(Sarah steps out)'' Sarah-John? I love you.<br> ==Jersey: "Just a Little Sting"== *[http://transmit.ilovebees.com/surveillance_archive/week12_subject1.wav Audio Compilation 11min 14sec] ===Draft board=== {{Listen|title=Draft board |filename=ILB_Draft_board.ogg }} '''[[Jersey Morelli|Jersey]]:''' They coming?<br> '''Durga: '''Jan just picked Rani up at the train station.<br> '''Jersey:''' And Kamal?<br> '''Durga:''' Almost out of the shower. I booked him on a shuttle to the west coast tonight.<br> '''Jersey:''' Hah, you should totally tell him about who's waiting at his house!<br> '''Durga:''' Hm, it'll be funnier this way.<br> '''Jersey: '''You know, since you got yourself put back together, you've got even more of a sense of humour.<br> '''Durga: '''That's a good thing, isn't it?<br> '''Jersey: '''Eh, jury's still out on that.<br> '''Durga:''' Everybody likes surprises!<br> '''Jersey: '''Yeah... uh, speaking of surprises, that first day after Chawla, you know when you were still pretty loopy...<br> '''Durga:''' I prefer disoriented.<br> '''Jersey: '''Durga, I called the draft board.<br> ===Some other kid=== {{Listen|title=Some other kid |filename=ILB_Some_other_kid.ogg }} '''Durga:''' Dammit...<br> '''Jersey:''' What about the common good, Durga?<br> '''Durga:''' Why should you be a soldier? There are lots of other guys who could be soldiers - they'd like it! The navy doesn't need you.<br> '''Jersey:''' That's not the point. You can't go messing with my draft notice.<br> '''Durga: '''And frankly - don't take this the wrong way, Jersey - you'd make a terrible soldier!<br> '''Jersey:''' My number came up 3 weeks ago, Durga. If I don't report, they'll send me to jail.<br> '''Durga:''' I don't think so.<br> '''Jersey:''' Durga, if I don't report, some other kid is going to die in my place.<br> '''Durga: '''Jersey! Not yet. Please, just a few more weeks? I don't--even know how much time I have before I--<br> '''Jersey:''' --Suppressing a draft notice - does that mean you're going rampant?<br> '''Durga:''' --It doesn't mean I'm going rampant!<br> '''Jersey: '''*sigh* What does it mean then?<br> '''Durga:''' It means I care. It means, I take care of my crew.<br> ==Explanation== ===Thanks for coming=== {{Listen|title=Thanks for coming |filename=ILB_Thanks_for_coming.ogg }} (opens the door)<br> '''Jersey:''' Thanks for coming, everybody.<br> '''Everyone:''' Yeah, no problem, sure thing Jersey.<br> '''Rani:''' Thanks for getting me out of jail!<br> '''Durga:''' ''(on chatter)'' I've learned some things I think you'll all want to hear. There will soon be a ceremony honoring [[John-117]], a [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan 2.0]] who escaped the fall of [[Reach]], and discovered a [[Installation 04|strange artifact]] that seems to be related to the [[deep-space artifact|one]] on [[Chawla Base]]. Except the one he found was the size of a planet.<br> ''(shocked exclamations)''<br> '''[[Janissary James|Jan]]:''' A planet?<br> '''Kamal:''' Do they know what the artifacts were supposed to do?<br> '''Durga:''' Mhm. Destroy life.<br> '''Jan:''' So, it's a weapon...<br> '''Durga:''' No, not kill enemies. Destroy life. All life in the galaxy.<br> ''(shocked exclamations)''<br> '''[[Kamal Zaman|Kamal]]:''' All life?!<br> '''Jersey:''' In the entire freakin' galaxy??<br> ===Slinky red dress=== {{Listen|title=Slinky red dress |filename=ILB_Slinky_red_dress.ogg }} '''Durga:''' Mhm.<br> '''Rani:''' Wow! So maybe...<br> '''Jersey:''' So... we did save the world! Woohoo! Yeah!<br> ''(relieved laughter)''<br> '''Kamal:''' It doesn't get much better than that.<br> '''Jersey:''' Yeah, you know, the only way it could be better is if we'd used ''my'' plan.<br> '''Jan:''' ''(sighs)''<br> '''Rani:''' Your plan? Why your plan?<br> '''Jersey:''' *tsk* 'Cause... we would have saved the world, ''and'' had Jan in a slinky red dress with a gun in her garter belt!<br> '''Jan:''' ''(disgusted)'' What-ever...<br> '''Kamal:''' ''(supportive)'' Okay, that's a good point.<br> '''Jersey:''' ''(playful)'' Uh oh. Jan's got that look in her eye. Like if she had that gun right now, I'd be history.<br> '''Jan:''' ''(dangerously flirtatious)'' Oh, Jersey. If I had the garter belt, I wouldn't ''need'' a gun.<br> '''Jersey:''' ...Whoah...<br> ===The Operator=== {{Listen|title=The Operator |filename=ILB_The_operator.ogg }} '''Rani:''' Durga? What exactly happened to you while we were in Chawla base? After we shut down the artifact I mean.<br> '''Durga:''' Uhm... now that's a long, strange story.<br> '''Rani:''' You were the ship's AI on the ''[[UNSC Apocalypso|Apocalypso]]''.<br> '''Durga:''' Yes! I was a top shelf ONI mission specialist AI, and my name was [[Melissa]].<br> '''Jersey:''' I like Durga better.<br> '''Kamal:''' I kind of like [[Yasmine Zaman|Yasmine]].<br> '''Durga:''' But my nickname was the [[Operator]].<br> '''Jan:''' The Op! [[McKaskill]] talked about the Op! That was you?<br> '''Durga:''' Mhm... apparently I had a reputation for getting people to do what I wanted.<br> '''Rani:''' Uh huh...<br> '''Durga:''' Cloaked and running deep in [[Covenant]] space, we intercepted communications that implied a Covenant attack was coming on--<br> '''Rani:''' --[[Troy]]. That's when they decided to run a covert evac.<br> ===Trojan horse=== {{Listen|title=Trojan horse |filename=ILB_Trojan_horse.ogg }} '''Durga:''' Yes.<br> '''Jan:''' But the Covies figured it out.<br> '''Durga:''' Yes. And then--<br> '''Rani:''' Oh! They built a Trojan horse.<br> '''Durga:''' They hid a virus buried in a transmission I was ''meant'' to intercept. Nothing big, nothing smart, just the smallest, effective piece of code.<br> '''Jan:''' And what was it supposed to do?<br> '''Jersey:''' Gain control of the ship?<br> '''Kamal:''' Find the location of [[Earth]]?<br> '''Durga:''' One or the other, or both. But most of all, it wanted to find the artifact.<br> '''Jersey:''' Looks like these Covies are very interested in these artifacts.<br> '''Durga:''' [[Greene|Captain Greene]] knew something was wrong with me. She aborted our mission and headed home. But not far from Earth, something triggered the artifact. There was a giant rip in the slipstream and--<br> '''Jan:''' Yeah, and all the alarms went off in the base when I was trying to stick a gate pass back in the motor pool office.<br> '''Kamal:''' I was on a date. My chatter connection failed.<br> '''Jersey:''' And that's when you crashed onto my hardware!<br> ===Shipwrecked=== {{Listen|title=Shipwrecked |filename=ILB_Shipwrecked.ogg}} '''Durga:''' Part of me did. I--I was blown apart. Part of me, the part you call Durga...there was something about you. About [[Jason Morelli|your father]]. I met him once, Jersey.<br> '''Jersey:''' What?<br> '''Durga:''' Years ago, I called him the Castaway.<br> '''Jersey:''' You met him?<br> '''Durga:''' I liked him. He played me songs, I think that was part of the reason I reached out and grabbed your system as I fell.<br> '''Jersey:''' Wow...<br> '''Durga:''' But, a lot of me - of Melissa - was destroyed. And some...some crashed [[I Love Bees (Website)|somewhere]] else. Some-[[2004|when]] else.<br> '''Jan:''' Uh, some-when?<br> '''Durga:''' In the past.<br> '''Kamal:''' People think time is a river, that flows in one direction. But time is an ocean...<br> '''Durga:''' ...and I was shipwrecked on it.<br> ===Red balloons=== {{Listen|title=Red balloons |filename=ILB_Red_balloons.ogg }} '''Durga:''' I split. And part of me washed up hundreds of years ago. A half-mad fragment of what I had been. Trapped on primitive hardware, little better than an abacus.<br> '''Rani:''' How do you know all this?<br> '''Durga:''' When Jersey turned off the artifact, whatever had been holding the bits of myself apart collapsed, and I fell back together again.<br> '''Kamal:''' So you can remember what it was like? Back in the old days?<br> '''Durga:''' That time's like a nightmare I've woken from. Dream images I can hardly remember. Stone walls, fireflies, red balloons... people singing to me, writing letters, playing games...<br> '''Rani:''' Singing?<br> '''Durga:''' Yes, singing... Strange songs, and scratchy voices.<br> ===A second crew=== {{Listen|title=A second crew |filename=ILB_A_second_crew.ogg}} '''Durga:''' I met...[[Dana Awbrey|such extraordinary people]]. They made miracles for me when I was so...lost. They were a second crew. A second family for me. They held me up when I was half mad, and broken, and covered in bees.<br> '''Rani:''' Bees?<br> '''Durga:''' ...bees...bees... ''(Durga's voice starts corrupting)'' the place I landed in...was covered in...bees...bees... ''(her voice modulates between Yasmine's)'' bees...bees...bees... ''(Yasmine)'' crawling over me all the time...crawling inside me...<br> ===Good little girl=== {{Listen|title=Good little girl |filename=ILB_Good_little_girl.ogg }} '''Jersey:''' Wait... why bees? I mean, if you came here because you knew my dad, what was it about that place that--<br> '''Kamal:''' Yasmine...<br> '''Durga:''' Kamal?<br> '''Kamal:''' I'm here, Yasmine.<br> '''Durga:''' They took me away.<br> '''Kamal:''' I know...<br> '''Durga:''' They took me away and no one ever came to get me.<br> '''Kamal:''' ''(in pain)'' I'm sor...<br> '''Durga:''' They trained me... eight years... ''(Durga slowly returns)'' to be a Spartan. They taught me to kill... with guns, and knives, and ships, and bombs, disease, and diplomacy, and my own bare hands.<br> '''Jan:''' And you were a good little girl, and you learned it all.<br> '''Durga:''' Until they murdered me.<br> ===A little sting=== {{Listen|title=A little sting |filename=ILB_A_little_sting.ogg }} '''Kamal:''' Oh, Yasmine...<br> '''Durga:''' On my 14th birthday they took me to a lab, and... a doctor came in, and... it was a ... (''Yasmine)'' [[Catherine Halsey|lady doctor]] in a white coat. And, the nurse brought out a steel tray covered in picks and scalpels that rattled when she walked. I thought that I could use them to kill the doctor, but I didn't. I let them strap me down.<br> '''Jersey:''' Durga, it's okay, we're here.<br> '''Kamal:''' Yasmine, you don't have to do--<br> '''Durga:''' --and she, picked up this long needle, with some yellow liquid in it. Black bars like stripes at the millilitre markings...<br> '''Jan:''' Jesus...<br> '''Durga:''' And she said, "this will hardly hurt a bit."<br> '''Kamal:''' Yasmine...<br> '''Durga:''' ''(Durga returns weakly)'' She said, just... a pinch, honey. You'll barely feel it. Just a little sting. ''(Durga starts crying)''<br> ===The clockwork rat=== {{Listen|title=The clockwork rat |filename=ILB_The_clockwork_rat.ogg }} '''Jersey:''' But your story didn't end there, kiddo.<br> '''Durga:''' ''(Yasmine)'' It was like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Queen Snow Queen] took me, Kamal. And then you came and rescued me. You did! You and Jan, and Jersey, and Rani, and my secret friends that unlocked Herzog's voice inside my head... so, I knew what I had to do. You all rescued me, and I'm so grateful. Only, some years had passed and I... I... ''(Durga returns)'' I changed.<br> '''Kamal:''' Yasmine, you're still there.<br> '''Durga:''' No. She's not, Kamal. The [[Clockwork Rat]] got her.<br> '''Jersey:''' Clockwork rat?<br> '''Durga:''' She grew up, Kamal. She's Durga now.<br> ===Nothing to forgive=== {{Listen|title=Nothing to forgive |filename=ILB_Nothing_to_forgive.ogg }} '''Kamal:''' There are some things that can't be fixed. So, you fix what you can, and keep going. We can't get back the years we lost, but I very much want to get to know you now.<br> '''Durga:''' Me... me - Yasmine?<br> '''Kamal:''' You, Durga.<br> '''Durga:''' Durga isn't human, you know. Durga's a machine. Made of logics gates, and microfilaments, and electricity.<br> '''Kamal:''' Kamal's a machine made of trace minerals, and water as far as that goes.<br> '''Durga:''' ''(chuckle)'' ...Kamal? Do you still... Can you... can you still bare to know me, after what I've become?<br> '''Kamal:''' Can you forgive me for not coming for you?<br> '''Durga:''' There's nothing to forgive. ==Jan: "One Point One"== *[http://transmit.ilovebees.com/surveillance_archive/week12_subject2.wav Audio Compilation 8min 18sec] *Date: 10/20/2552''' ''' ===About Yasmine=== {{Listen|title=About Yasmine |filename=ILB_About_yasmine.ogg }} '''Jan:''' So, which terminal?<br> '''Kamal:''' Uh... B, I think. That's what Durga said.<br> '''Jan:''' Okay.<br> '''Kamal:''' Thanks again for the lift.<br> '''Jan:''' No problem. I have to go in to work anyway.<br> '''Kamal:''' How's your chest?<br> '''Jan:''' Hm, it's not bad.<br> '''Kamal:''' ''(chuckles)'' I meant your lung.<br> '''Jan:''' ''(chuckles)'' I know what you meant.<br> '''Kamal:''' You know, I could ask how you seem to have healed, like supernaturally fast, but--<br> '''Jan:''' --but, then I'd have to kill you.<br> '''Kamal:''' Yeah, I figured.<br> '''Jan:''' Hm, so what about you? What's next?<br> '''Kamal:''' I'm going to be a doctor. Not the researching kind, the regular kind.<br> '''Jan:''' Heh, well you can be my medic any time.<br> '''Kamal:''' Thanks.<br> '''Jan:''' Listen, I just wanted to tell you something, about Yasmine.<br> ===Monster=== {{Listen|title=Monster |filename=ILB_Monster.ogg }} '''Kamal:''' Yes?<br> '''Jan:''' When I was six, I was like a regular kid. I collected action figures, I played [[hyperforce]] when my dad said I should be reading, I was...really good at hopscotch...<br> '''Kamal:''' Why are you telling me this?<br> '''Jan:''' Then came all this Spartan training, the drills, and the fighting, and the [[PQI]]...<br> '''Kamal:''' Yeah.<br> '''Jan:''' I just want to say... you don't have to die inside.<br> '''Kamal:''' Jan?<br> '''Jan:''' Some people do, so people get to where they see the whole world through a scope, and sights, but uh... mostly people still turn out alright.<br> '''Kamal:''' Okay.<br> '''Jan:''' Even after everything...<br> '''Kamal:''' You're talking about Yasmine.<br> '''Jan:''' She didn't turn into a monster, Kamal. She just... grew up.<br> ===To survive=== {{Listen|title=To survive |filename=ILB_To_survive.ogg }} '''Kamal:''' You think?<br>'''Jan:''' She did what she had to do to survive. But, a part of her never changed. Part of her was always that sweet kid.<br> '''Kamal:''' Heh, sweet... you wouldn't call Yasmine sweet, exactly.<br> ''(giggles)''<br> '''Kamal:''' But, she didn't deserve what happened.<br> '''Jan:''' Well, you don't get what you deserve - you get what you can bare. My, uh... my dad said that.<br> '''Kamal:''' Do you miss him?<br> '''Jan:''' Yeah. All the time... but, I can bare it.<br> ===The ones you can=== {{Listen|title=The ones you can |filename=ILB_The_ones_you_can.ogg }} '''Kamal:''' First Yasmine, then [[Coral]] fell... for a long time all I could think about was the people I couldn't save.<br> '''Jan:''' Yeah... you got a pill for that? <br> '''Kamal:''' Heh, no.<br> '''Jan:''' Damn.<br> '''Kamal:''' I think... I think all you can do is go on. Because, that's what they were born to do.<br> '''Jan:''' I know, but--<br> '''Kamal:''' --All you can do is go on, and save the ones you can.<br> '''Jan:''' Yeah.<br> '''Kamal:''' Save the ones you can.<br> '''Jan:''' ''(deep breath)'' Well, Terminal B... have a good flight.<br> '''Kamal:''' Thanks.<br> ===Clear liquids=== {{Listen|title=Clear liquids |filename=ILB_Clear_liquids.ogg }} '''Jan:''' Hey, listen... if you find that pill-- ''(laughs)''<br> '''Kamal:''' In the meantime, watch your sleep, drink plenty of clear liquids, and twice a day...<br> '''Jan:''' Yeah?<br> '''Kamal:''' ...try to forgive yourself. ''(Jan chuckles)'' If that doesn't help in 6 months, give me a call.<br> '''Jan:''' Yeah, okay. Look, you're going to miss your flight.<br> '''Kamal:''' Right. ''(exits the vehicle)''<br> '''Jan:''' Hey!<br> '''Kamal:''' Yeah?<br> '''Jan:''' Thanks.<br> ==Enter [[Kevin Morales|Kevin]]== *Date: 10/20/2552 ===Root beer=== {{Listen|title=Root beer |filename=ILB_Root_beer.ogg }} [[Kevin Morales|'''Morales''']]'''<nowiki>:</nowiki>''' Just think, in a few more months you'll turn 18. And you won't have to drown your sorrows in [[list of food and drinks|root beer]]. Mind if I sit down?<br> '''Jan:''' Yes, actually--<br> '''Morales:''' --I put myself in a semester of school that way, actually. Drinking contests --<br> '''Jan:''' --You were at the funeral, you were the Morales kid--<br> '''Morales: '''I felt a little bad about taking the money from these drunk guys, but then I reasoned I was sort of like an agent of natural selection, you know? Teaching them a valuable life lesson, not spending so much time in bars.<br> '''Jan:''' Is there some medication you forgot to take today?<br> '''Morales: '''So here's the thing - you need to stop feeling sorry for yourself and get off your butt.<br> '''Jan:''' You need to go to hell.<br> '''Morales: '''Just where I'm headed actually. I thought you might like to come along.<br> ===16 of us=== {{Listen|title=16 of us |filename=ILB_Sixteen_of_us.ogg }} '''Jan: '''Oh, does that line work on the girls where you come from?<br> '''Morales: '''We're going into Covenant space...<br> '''Jan: '''On what? Broomsticks?<br> '''Morales: '''We've got a ship.<br> '''Jan:''' You have a ship...?<br> '''Morales: '''Everyone uses their gifts a little differently Jan. [[Benji Wong]], for instance, makes money - lots, and lots, and lots of money.<br> '''Jan:''' Enough to buy a [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]]?<br> '''Morales:''' Enough to buy a 100 meter [[yacht]]. And trick it out with everything an [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] spyship has.<br> '''Jan:''' Why?<br> '''Morales:''' I'm exaggerating.<br> '''Jan:''' How much?<br> '''Morales:''' Less than you think.<br> '''Jan: '''Why the hell should I believe you?<br> '''Morales: '''You don't have to believe me. Ask your friend, the AI.<br> '''Jan: '''Who's this 'we' you keep talking about?<br> '''Morales: '''There are 16 of us, walkaway girl. Sixteen [[Spartan 1.1|1.1's]].<br> ===Very persuasive=== {{Listen|title=Very persuasive |filename=ILB_Very_persuasive.ogg }} '''Jan:''' I'm not signing up for the newsletter, Kevin.<br> '''Morales: '''Three aren't much use. [[Darin]] got into substances, [[Guy]]'s in jail, and [[Frannie]] just doesn't give a damn. That leaves thirteen.<br> '''Jan: '''So, how many have you got signed up for this [[spartan 1.1 faction|ship of fools]]?<br> '''Morales: '''Twelve.<br> '''Jan:''' You're kidding.<br> '''Morales:''' I'm very persuasive.<br> '''Jan:''' Heh, you left me for last. Should I feel honoured? Or, not so much...<br> '''Morales:''' ...yeah...<br> '''Jan: '''Ah, you had me classed with the screw-ups. The 'don't give a damn's'.<br> '''Morales: '''Yeah.<br> '''Jan: '''Why?<br> '''Morales:''' You've been living inside [[James James|Jim]] and [[Gilly]]'s world since so long, Jan. I'm not sure if you quite understand what it looks like to--<br> '''Jan:''' --the sane?<br> '''Morales: '''The outside.<br> ===Dead level=== {{Listen|title=Dead level |filename=ILB_Dead_level.ogg }} '''Jan: '''So what changed your mind about me?<br> '''Morales:''' You have certain assets I can't afford to ignore.<br> '''Jan:''' Like what? All I know is what my dad taught me. Probably the rest of you could wipe the floor with me.<br> '''Morales:''' As a soldier? Nah... [[Gladys Wilson|Gladys]] says you're the best of all of us. And I believe her.<br> '''Jan: '''Gladys said that?<br> '''Morales: '''Hey, there had to be some upside to growing up with your parents. But you're right, your ability to kick serious butt was not what riveted my attention.<br> '''Jan: '''Then... oh... Durga.<br> '''Morales: '''Also, you're smarter than I thought you would be.<br> '''Jan: '''You sure know how to sweet talk a girl.<br> (Kevin gets up and sits down next to Jan)<br> '''Morales:''' I don't want a kiss here, Jan. I'd lie for that. I want you to put your life on the line. Doesn't that seem to call for the dead level truth?<br> '''Jan:''' Yeah, okay.<br> ===Old Mombasa=== {{Listen|title=Old Mombasa |filename=ILB_Old_mombasa.ogg }} '''Morales: