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| *'''Osiris''': There are hundreds of copies of Chioma and Maya within the Vex network. We're glimpsing some that were untouched by the Conductor. | | *'''Osiris''': There are hundreds of copies of Chioma and Maya within the Vex network. We're glimpsing some that were untouched by the Conductor. |
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': A bottle of port? What for?
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': It's our anniversary.
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': Oh. Oh, Chioma, I—
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': It's all right; I knew you'd forget! So I remembered for the both of us. Put your work away, Maya… just for now. I'm cooking! Come join me.
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': And your insomnia?
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': A little better. Maybe. Sometimes. It doesn't matter.
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': It does. You're in pain. I don't want to see you in pain.
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': It's not important right now, not with everything.
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': It is. You're just as important as anything else.
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': There. Through the telescope. I have calibrated it. You can see—
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': Earth.
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': We won't be able to see it for much longer. There's a point on Neptune's orbital path where it won't be visible, even with our equipment.
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': Maybe that's a good thing. Just let it fade among the heavenly bodies.
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': [laughs]
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': What?
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': Earth is the only planet that isn't a "heavenly body".
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': Well, it is now.
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': Maya? Maya, what's wrong?
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': Chioma — I didn't mean to wake you up.
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': You're pacing again.
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': I just can't stop thinking about what we had to leave behind.
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': We're still here. Suryodaya, my sunrise... come back to bed.
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': There is no sunrise here. Only twilight.
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': Then you'll be my brightest star.
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': Do you remember those gigantic sunflowers your mother grew?
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': Yes. Why?
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': I always looked at those and thought of you. But now… I think these ones here remind me of you, too.
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': Really? But these are so small! They hardly get any light on this planet.
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': But they're here. And alive. And that's a miracle, isn't it?
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': Just a little to the right.
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': How much? This is heavy!
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': My grandmother painted it. A little more to the right. Oh — too much. Left. Stop, STOP. Perfect.
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': [exhales in relief] It's not too close to the window?
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': No. Well, hmm. Now that you say so…
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': Nope! No! It's exactly where it should be. [sighs happily] It's beautiful, Maya.
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': All of the versions of us simulated by the Vex… What are their lives like? Are they happy? Are we still together? Are they safe at home, or exploring Sol?
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| *'''Maya Sundaresh''': Yes. We are. All of it, simultaneously. Forever. Is that so frightening?
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| *'''Chioma Esi''': No. It's wonderful. We'll live our fullest lives, together and apart. I love that.
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| ==Appearance== | | ==Appearance== |
