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If I spoke about it.

If I did.

what would I tell you I wonder.

Would I tell you about the time?

It happened a long time ago, it seems.

in the last days of a fair prince’s reign.

Or would I tell you about the place?

A small city near the coast.

but far from everything else.

Or, I don’t know.

Would I tell you about her?

The princess without voice.

Or perhaps I would just warn you

about the truth of these facts.

and the tale of love and loss.

and the monster who tried to destroy it all.

I don’t want to go up there.

Why, everybody’s got to go upstairs, Miss Lloyd,

if they wants to go to bed.

The sirens wake you up?

There was a fire.

The chocolate factory.

Do you smell that?

Oh, my

Toasted cocoa.

Tragedy and delight, hand in hand.

Oh, my dear child.

I would waste away if you weren’t here looking after me.

I am the proverbial starving.

Watch this.

It’s Bojangles, the stair dance.

Oh, that’s so hard.

Cagney did it.

Different, but beautiful.

I wanna do that, too.

All right

Are you ready?

Yup.

Come on.

Say, you catch on quick.

Elisa

Next time you come to bring the rent.

I want you to stay and see the Bible movie, huh

I have two free tickets here.

You bring your neighbor Giles.

He’s a good boy.

Bible movie and comedy

Nobody’s coming to the theater, huh?

I’ll throw in a free popcorn and soda

Oh, no

For God’s sake, there are two “S’s” there

Come on Two “S” “Mardi Grass”

Two “S.”

All new personnel, be advised that sector 12

has now been cleared to level A safety.

Elisa Come on.

I’m here already.

You gotta learn to be on time.

What are you doing?

Don’t cut in, dummy

Leave her alone, woman.

I was keeping her place.

I get reported, I come after you and the mute.

You do that, Yolanda.

You do that.

My feet are already killing me.

I made Brewster pigs in a blanket tonight before leaving and boy, he just ate ‘em up.

No “thankyous”, no “yumyums”.

Not a peep.

Man is as silent as a grave.

But if farts were flattery honey, he’d be Shakespeare.

Then I get home and I make him breakfast.

Eggs, bacon, and buttered toast.

I butter the man’s toast, Elisa.

Mmmhmm, both sides as if he was a child.

And I don’t even get a thankyou.

You’d be grateful because you’re an educated woman.

But my Brewster, all he had going for him was animal magnetism back in the day.

Hasn’t worked in a while.

What in the Sam Hill?

No

You boys mind putting the trash in the can?

That’s what it’s there for.

Hard to believe, huh?

That’s what it’s there for.

All right, all right.

Sorry, Zelda

I don’t know what they’re doing.

Making a goddamn mess is what I think.

Zelda Stop that chatter, please.

Yes, sir.

There’s no call for the blasphemy.

Sorry, Mr Fleming, sir.

A moment of your time

Today, we are receiving a new team and asset here in T4.

This is Dr. Robert Hoffstetler from our sister facility in Galveston.

Now, I don’t wanna bolster or overstate the matter but this may very well be the most sensitive asset ever to be housed in this facility.