[Jack's voice sounds strained and distracted]
I need to talk to someone here who has experience with... the supernatural.
[He takes a deep breath]
With ghosts, spirits, specifically.
[There's a pause with nothing but the sound of Jack breathing and muttering something]Thank you
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I'm sorry, I've never dealt with anything like this. Do you know anything that could help?
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Um do you have any silver, sir? Maybe that would work, or at least make them stay away.
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I don't know what to do, but I can't work like this.
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[There's a long pause.]
Sir? What exactly do these ghosts look like?
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[Jack swallows audibly]
I don't know what they really are, but if there's a chance that my daughter's been brought here somehow, in some other form...
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[At least she hopes not cause otherwise she'll really have to question the ones she's seeing right now.]
They can't be real.
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[They'd better, or she was going to go find the Porter and put a few Harkonnen sized holes in it.]
Um....is there anything you want me to do, sir? For you I mean.
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I don't know if there's anything you can do, Seras. But thank you.
[long pause, then PRIVATE]
Seras, do you trust me?
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Why?
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You've also never given me any reason not to, sir. Um...why do you ask?
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[sigh]
I've done some pretty bad things, Seras. And I've let a lot of people down. I'm looking at a lot of them right now. They're standing here, staring at me. Reminding me.
Every sacrifice I've made, I've done because I thought it was necessary to protect innocent lives. I don't regret that, but I do regret the cost. The people who know me tend to get dragged into things, end up paying prices that they shouldn't have to. Some of them die, some of them... become different people, get changed by being involved. Sometimes it's my fault, sometimes it's something I can't prevent, but one way or another they get hurt ( ... )
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So yes sir, I understand and I still trust you. I don't want to let you down, sir.
And thank you, sir. For what you said about me. Also, I'm sorry, sir. For the ghosts, sir.
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You don't have to worry about letting me down, Seras. That's the last thing you should be concerned about. I know that you are willing to lay down your life for this, and I respect that. But there are other things you can lose, things that I don't want to see you have to sacrifice.
[He sighs]
Look, I don't think I know how to explain this. So I'll show you.
[Suddenly, the communicator's video turns on, showing the darkened interior of Jack's apartment kitchen. Shadows are everywhere. The picture is a little shaky, but the face Jack is focusing on is clear, staring out from the shadows, unblinking.]His name was Carl Mossman. He was a civilian, a bank manager. Information had been hidden in his bank that implicated the President of the United States in a terrorist conspiracy. The President had declared me a fugitive, I was being hunted by every law enforcement agency in the country, so I had to go outside the law. I broke into Mister Mossman's home in the dead of night, threatened his ( ... )
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