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*"Proud? When I have failed you utterly, how can I feel anything but sorrow? | *"Proud? When I have failed you utterly, how can I feel anything but sorrow? | ||
:Bias has come undone. He crossed the line this morning - brought the abomination with him - and destroyed your waiting rescue party. | :Bias has come undone. He crossed the line this morning - brought the abomination with him - and destroyed your waiting rescue party. | ||
:It's over. We're activating the [destructive arrayed matrix], our shameful last resort. I can picture you in [[Eden|your garden]], surveying all you have created - surveying all you have preserved. And I curse the circumstance that keeps my finger on the trigger. | :It's over. We're activating the [destructive arrayed matrix], our shameful last resort. I can picture you in [[Eden (place)|your garden]], surveying all you have created - surveying all you have preserved. And I curse the circumstance that keeps my finger on the trigger. | ||
:Of all the fates to befall us, this is the cruelest of all. My inaction and hesitation and foolishness kept me here, on the wrong side of the line. And [300 years[?]] of our society's failure and miscalculation makes me your executioner. It's too much to bear. | :Of all the fates to befall us, this is the cruelest of all. My inaction and hesitation and foolishness kept me here, on the wrong side of the line. And [300 years[?]] of our society's failure and miscalculation makes me your executioner. It's too much to bear. | ||
:Mendicant Bias is trying to prevent us from firing the Array. He speeds back to the [[Installation 00|Ark]], but he won't succeed. [[Offensive Bias]] will [[Battle of the Maginot Sphere|stop him]], and I will burn this stinking menace in your name. | :Mendicant Bias is trying to prevent us from firing the Array. He speeds back to the [[Installation 00|Ark]], but he won't succeed. [[Offensive Bias]] will [[Battle of the Maginot Sphere|stop him]], and I will burn this stinking menace in your name. |
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