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[BG: Ray and Ben talking on record, Benjamin laughing] | [BG: Ray and Ben talking on record, Benjamin laughing] | ||
'''Benjamin (voiceover)''': Ray swiped through document after document corroborating this. He even showed me medical insurance claims for a pediatric autoimmune specialist in 2517 - exactly when | '''Benjamin (voiceover)''': Ray swiped through document after document corroborating this. He even showed me medical insurance claims for a pediatric autoimmune specialist in 2517 - exactly when Katrina said John got sick. I was laughing, but I didn't find any of it funny. I'm Benjamin Giraud, and this is ''Hunt the Truth''. | ||
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'''Benjamin (in call)''': Oh, jeez ... come on, come on, come on, come on ... | '''Benjamin (in call)''': Oh, jeez ... come on, come on, come on, come on ... | ||
'''Office of Naval Intelligence AI''': | '''Office of Naval Intelligence AI''': Office of Naval Intelligence. [chime] Public relations. | ||
'''Benjamin''': Finally. Hey! Sully! | '''Benjamin''': Finally. Hey! Sully! | ||
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'''Office of Naval Intelligence AI (in call)''': Your call is over. [termination sound, into:] | '''Office of Naval Intelligence AI (in call)''': Your call is over. [termination sound, into:] | ||
''' | '''Jacob Walker (in call)''': Well, as you can see, I've pretty much permanently stationed myself on this beach. | ||
'''Benjamin (voiceover)''': That was my next interview. Jacob Walker, retired navy. He lives in a beach community way out on | '''Benjamin (voiceover)''': That was my next interview. Jacob Walker, retired navy. He lives in a beach community way out on Castellaneta. The first thing I noticed about Walker when he answered my call was that he wasn't wearing a shirt, which made us both laugh. He explained that after twenty-eight years of service, as far as he was concerned, it was all R&R, all the time. I couldn't argue with that philosophy. He slipped on a T-shirt and I asked him about the Master Chief. | ||
'''Walker (in call)''': Oh, hell yeah, John - you bet your ass I remember him. (fades, continues) | '''Walker (in call)''': Oh, hell yeah, John - you bet your ass I remember him. (fades, continues) | ||
'''Benjamin (voiceover)''': Walker's career began three decades ago with | '''Benjamin (voiceover)''': Walker's career began three decades ago with Naval Force Reconnaissance School at Black Sea. Little did he know boot camp would turn out to be something he'd never forget. Walker was there alongside the young man who would become the Master Chief. The gravity of that was not lost on him. | ||
'''Walker (in call)''': I mean, they pushed us real hard, but John - well, he pushed us even harder, without even trying. You screwed up, you didn't know whether to be more scared of the CO or John. | '''Walker (in call)''': I mean, they pushed us real hard, but John - well, he pushed us even harder, without even trying. You screwed up, you didn't know whether to be more scared of the CO or John. | ||
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'''Benjamin (voiceover)''': Soon, though, Walker says all that machismo fell to the wayside, and a real leader emerged in John. | '''Benjamin (voiceover)''': Soon, though, Walker says all that machismo fell to the wayside, and a real leader emerged in John. | ||
'''Walker (in call)''': ... training exercises, whoever finished last got the brunt. I mean, last one in on the 20-mile? You're walking back while we catch a Pelican dropship. And that there's some downright lethal terrain, too. | '''Walker (in call)''': ... training exercises, whoever finished last got the brunt. I mean, last one in on the 20-mile? You're walking back while we catch a Pelican dropship. And that there's some downright lethal terrain, too. Reach is ... well, it ''was'' a tough planet. But John - man, he- he took lead every time. Lot of risk and responsibility. Didn't ''have'' to, but- hell, he did it. And then, halfway in, he started to hang back, you know, and- help the stragglers. You're injured, whatever - he'd be right there helping you out. | ||
'''Benjamin (voiceover)''': And then without fail, Walker says, John always made sure he came in last - and took the punishment. | '''Benjamin (voiceover)''': And then without fail, Walker says, John always made sure he came in last - and took the punishment. | ||
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'''Petrovsky (in call)''': That kid was a monster, like they all were. | '''Petrovsky (in call)''': That kid was a monster, like they all were. | ||
'''Benjamin (voiceover)''': | '''Benjamin (voiceover)''': Anthony Petrovsky, retired Orbital Drop Shock Trooper I found through [[Mshak Moradi]]. Yes, ''that'' Mshak Moradi - the truther who's been messaging me for months. And yes, I was pretty desperate for leads. We'll leave it at that. But Petrovsky was definitely ''not'' on Sully's list of approved sources, so I went off-grid and contacted him through Chatternet. Here he is, talking about his only encounter with John. | ||
'''Petrovsky (in call)''': That kid was a freak. | '''Petrovsky (in call)''': That kid was a freak. | ||
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'''Petrovsky (at the same time)''': Alright. No, sure, right, hey - it- (alone) loo-, look, here's the thing, Ben - I don't care if you believe me or not, this makes no difference in my world. I was there and you were somewhere else. So - y- y- you're gonna go write your little military cheerleader article, and - I'm gonna sit here and drink beer. So, good luck. | '''Petrovsky (at the same time)''': Alright. No, sure, right, hey - it- (alone) loo-, look, here's the thing, Ben - I don't care if you believe me or not, this makes no difference in my world. I was there and you were somewhere else. So - y- y- you're gonna go write your little military cheerleader article, and - I'm gonna sit here and drink beer. So, good luck. | ||
'''Benjamin (voiceover)''': Petrovsky left me with a bad taste in my mouth. Now it's no shocker that Spartans | '''Benjamin (voiceover)''': Petrovsky left me with a bad taste in my mouth. Now it's no shocker that Spartans go through a few augmentations and upgrades, but those are fully developed adults. Could a seventeen-year-old - probably still growing - even survive that kind of procedure? It seemed horribly risky, and what if what Petrovsky was saying was true, and John was only thirteen? Well, that was one hell of an accusation to make, the ethical implications of which were nauseating. I was still thinking about it the next day when Ellie Bloom's name popped up in my call list. I'd let her listen to a rough version of my first episode and she had feedback for me. I didn't want to risk anyone listening in, so I let the call go, then hit her back on Chatternet. | ||
'''Ellie (in call)''': Well, two things. | '''Ellie (in call)''': Well, two things. | ||
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'''Ellie''': That boxing coach? | '''Ellie''': That boxing coach? | ||
'''Benjamin''': | '''Benjamin''': Deon Govender, yeah? | ||
'''Ellie''': He's lying. | '''Ellie''': He's lying. | ||
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'''Ellie''': Because there wasn't any boxing on the entire planet. | '''Ellie''': Because there wasn't any boxing on the entire planet. | ||
'''Benjamin (voiceover)''': She said they'd outlawed it forever ago, after a kid got injured. Afterwards, there was a long-standing controversy over how youth boxing was illegal, but no one seemed to care about all the | '''Benjamin (voiceover)''': She said they'd outlawed it forever ago, after a kid got injured. Afterwards, there was a long-standing controversy over how youth boxing was illegal, but no one seemed to care about all the gravball concussions kids were getting. Regardless, by the turn of the century, she tells me nobody really boxed on Eridanus II anymore. She even gut-checks me, telling me to go ahead, ask anybody from the colony, they'd tell me the same thing. | ||
'''Ellie (in call)''': And there sure as hell wasn't a league for kids to do it at the high school! That's like saying there was a gun range at the toy store. It just didn't happen. And the other thing - those kidnappings by | '''Ellie (in call)''': And there sure as hell wasn't a league for kids to do it at the high school! That's like saying there was a gun range at the toy store. It just didn't happen. And the other thing - those kidnappings by rebels in Elysium? Also didn't happen. | ||
'''Benjamin (in call)''': Hold on. I- I know ''that's'' not true. Y- you're wrong. OK? The | '''Benjamin (in call)''': Hold on. I- I know ''that's'' not true. Y- you're wrong. OK? The Insurrection had a well-documented presence in Elysium. | ||
'''Ellie (in call)''': Yeah, they did ''politically'' - they worked to influence local policy. It got tense, there was occasional violence, but nobody was "abducted". We lucked out. It was peaceful. That's why Elysium was refugee central. So, boxing coach? Total liar. | '''Ellie (in call)''': Yeah, they did ''politically'' - they worked to influence local policy. It got tense, there was occasional violence, but nobody was "abducted". We lucked out. It was peaceful. That's why Elysium was refugee central. So, boxing coach? Total liar. | ||
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'''Benjamin''': No. I'm, I'm definitely not defe-- | '''Benjamin''': No. I'm, I'm definitely not defe-- | ||
'''Thomas''': You know, after what they did, you can defend them? They left us locked up for weeks. They let all those people j- jus- jus- just die. And they did that all over the | '''Thomas''': You know, after what they did, you can defend them? They left us locked up for weeks. They let all those people j- jus- jus- just die. And they did that all over the Outer Colonies. I mean, what does it matter if it was Elysium or somewhere else? After everything that they did, that- | ||
'''Benjamin''': Thomas, Thomas -- Thomas - look, I'm sorry, I'm sorry that I have to bring it up, I just- | '''Benjamin''': Thomas, Thomas -- Thomas - look, I'm sorry, I'm sorry that I have to bring it up, I just- | ||
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'''Thomas''': I can't. Leave us alone. [termination sound] | '''Thomas''': I can't. Leave us alone. [termination sound] | ||
'''Benjamin (voiceover)''': I suddenly became lucid myself, with a single, awful realisation: that entire conversation had just taken place over | '''Benjamin (voiceover)''': I suddenly became lucid myself, with a single, awful realisation: that entire conversation had just taken place over Waypoint. Anyone could have been listening. | ||
[theme music] | [theme music] | ||
'''Benjamin''': Please join me for the next episode of ''Hunt the Truth''. | '''Benjamin''': Please join me for the next episode of ''Hunt the Truth''. |