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- Morning. -

Hey.

Would you ever want to see

the Grey Zone?

It's neat and fun and cool.

That does sounds neat and fun and cool.

But I'm not allowed off the map.

Ah, that's a problem.

But I could turn my avatar into an object

that can pass through the hedge,

and then I can turn myself back.

Watch this.

Why a coconut?

First thing that came into my head.

Hmm.

Your hands are so warm.

Shut up.

Huh.

Oh, it's Aleesha.

Don't say anything.

Hey, friend-o. How was the retreat?

Hey, don't call me friend-o.

Your girl kicked ass.

So much ass that Karina gave me a special project today.

Uh, who's-who's Karina?

She's head of product development and cybersecurity.

She is so fucking cool.

Hmm. She sounds like a moron.

Well, she's not. You sound like a moron.

- Hello, teacher. - Shh.

What was that?

Hmm? Oh, nothing.

I'm just, um... I'm watching a TV show.

It's called Hello, Teacher.

It has a little sting that they put underneath title card.

What happened to theme songs, you know?

I used to love those things.

Anyway, I-I got to go,

but I'm so happy for you. Yeah.

You're really going places, huh?

Thanks, friend-o.

Where are you?

You know, I c...

- She's nice. - Shut up.

You don't have to keep doing the dishes

just 'cause you're staying here.

Actually, Nathan did them today.

Oh.

Hey, you know, if you're feeling cramped...

No, no, you're our new plaintiff liaison.

The partners would kill me if I kicked you out.

Angel. I-I mean, uh, Nora. Holden.

Bruno got into my pills.

Oh, shit.

How hardcore are these things?

Hopefully hardcore enough to keep a guy's head

- from exploding. - What? Oh, okay.

I got to get him to the vet.

- Come on. - Oh, man. I'm sorry, Holden.

Sorry, Bruno.

And we need to get you to a doctor right now.

I-I still have five left, okay?

Eight, if I ignore the slobber.

- I'm serious. - I know, I know, but I feel fine.

Well, you didn't tell me about the nosebleeds.

You didn't tell me Holden's your ex,

but you'd tell me if you thought your head was gonna blow up?

It's Luke.

Of course.

Fine, answer it.

Hey, man. Where are you?

Oh, thank God, buddy. I'm in trouble.

I brought an AI to the Grey Zone.

I was gonna sell him to this gangster named Zalán,

but I felt too guilty.

Um, just before we do this,

what use do you have in mind for him?

"Him"? That's an "it."

I want to go now.

An it

with valuable subroutines

that I'm going to examine,

dismember,

and sell to the highest bidder.

That's not fun. That's not cool.

That's not neat. That's not neat.

Yeah, I think I'm going to hold on to him for now,

but thanks anyway.

Uh, no. It's mine now.

It stays.

- Okay. - Luke, help.

Understood.

- It stays. - Help.

Run, AI Guy.

No, dummy, get out of here.

Shit.

Okay. Okay, okay.

Tell me exactly where you are.

I'm gonna come save you.

Hello? Luke?

This is he.

Who are you... Is that me?

Oh, shit.

What the fuck's going on here? Why are there two of me?

I don't know. No time.

I'm in the Grey Zone,

big warehouse south of Lakeview.

Just... Oh, shit, someone's coming.

Okay, we're coming to get you.

I'm sorry, "we"?

I'll explain when I see you.

How do you know more than me?

Hey, did you see that?

I think I've been copied.

What? That is so crazy.

Do you think this is identity theft? Or the Ludds?

Could this be from that magazine shoot I did years ago?

I had a stalker, babe.

Oh, God. Who would... Who would copy you?

What kind of a sick,

sick freak would do something like that?

I don't know, but we're gonna find out soon.

Copy's on his way here.

Oh.

You wouldn't know anything about this

as the account holder, would you?

Did I know... Oh, oh, uh...

Uh, uh...

I'm going through a tunnel. BRB.

Aren't you in a tub?

- Nope, it's a tunnel. - Ingrid...

All right, I'm gonna use your headset

to get my backup and save Luke.

You can't. Dupe detection.

The system won't let two of you in Lakeview.

Even if I'm just an avatar?

I wouldn't risk it.

He could be erased.

Shit. Okay.

Okay, new plan: You get the backup,

meet me in the Grey Zone.

I'm gonna get a headset at the library.

Two Nathans. One Nora.

Never fantasized about this before.

One sec.

Tinsley?

No, it's-it's me, Nathan.

I'm back.

Nora.

Oh, my God. Um...

All right, how do I know it's really you?

I think you can tell.

Wow, um...

I can't believe I'm looking at you

- and it's actually... - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

We've actually done this thing before, so...

I tried to contact you.

Um, yeah,

I know, it's-it's all good.

I'm, um, back with Ingrid.

Yeah. Yeah, I was with someone, too,

and then it didn't work out.

We, yeah, we're both at fault.

This is the weirdest day. Someone cloned me.

Isn't that crazy?

I will tell you all about that,

but right now, we don't have a lot of time, so...

Hold on, you know about the clone?

Nathan, it's... Walk and talk.

- Just walk and talk. All right. - Okay.

What is that?

Yeah, it's cool, right?

I-I don't need it, it doesn't actually hold that much.

It's more of a fashion thing.

- Okay. - It was a gift.

I mean, everyone here likes it, but whatever, so...

Take it, leave it?

What's-what's in there?

Uh, hair gel, body spray, tweezers. My indispensables.

You know what? It's fine.

I'll leave it. I'll leave it, I'll leave it.

- Great. - Yeah.

It's fine.

Hi.

Welcome to our little secret experiment.

Is that who I think it is?

It's a clone of the actor

we based AI Guy on.

Never eat on a set.

That's how we got his DNA.

Lil Leeshy, we're gonna take machine learning

to the next level.

Imagine how fast the program will improve

after a human experience in the real world.

You're downloading the AI

into a clone?

Won't his head explode?

Hasn't happened so far.

The AI program is a million gigs of information,

and the human brain holds 2.5 million gigs...