Cortez[in Grey having her cornered at gunpoint]Grey, this isn't you.
Grey Trace[Stem speaking through Grey in having taken over his body]Grey's not here anymore. He's in a better place... in his mind, where he wants to be. I've taken over now. A fake world is a lot less painful than the real one. All I needed was for his mind to break, and he broke it.
Grey Trace[as Stem is still speaking through Grey, and as Cortez grimaces in bracing for Grey's gunshot, which kills her]Goodbye.
[the scene shifts several times between the aftermath of Grey shooting Cortez, to Grey in his mind in the fake world, the latter where he is lying in a hospital bed while Asha comforts him]
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StemIt does not make sense that humans deliberately malfunction.
Grey TraceYeah, that's because your memories are filled with ones and zeros, pal, and our memories are filled with every fuck-up we've ever made.
StemGrey's not here anymore, he's in a better place, in his mind, where he wants to be, I've taken over now. A fake world is a lot less painful than the real one. All I needed was for his mind to break, and he broke it.
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[Grey is fixing up a classic muscle car. Getting behind the wheel, he, with a pensive look on his face, turns the key in the ignition, and the engine successfully turns over as he revs it, he then turning the engine off]
Grey Trace[placing his hands firmly on the dashboard]I love you.
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Grey Trace[as he struggles for control against Stem and not wanting to kill Cortez]You are not in control...!
[points the gun to his neck where the Stem chip is supposed to be, about to pull the trigger]