Pluto Volume 3 Act. 20 Robot-Hater - Page 101 - Ball: (pomm)(pomm) Man: L... lemme go!! Robot: This man. Man: It... it wasn't me!! I didn't do it!! Robot: This man. Man: Put me down!! - Page 102 - Robot: This man. Man: Please, let me go!! Robot: This man. Act. 20 : Robot-Hater - Page 103 - [The factory my father worked at was closed.] [Robots had greatly increased the efficiency of manufacturing.] [The spread of "robot layoffs" created a huge force of displaced, unemployed workers.] [My father was one of them.] - Page 104 - Adolf: Hey, I'm hungreee. Dad: Mm... you are? Well, let's eat something then. Adolf: Yay! Steak!! Brother: Don't get your hopes up. Adolf: Sandwiches again... Brother: I told you. Device: (bip) Adolf: Did you find a good job yet? Brother: No, he didn't. That's why he's looking. Dad: Don't you boys worry about it. - Page 105 - Adolf: When is Mommy coming back? Dad: Don't worry about it. Boys: Hee hee!! Over there!! Brother: Let's go, Adolf. Adolf: I wish I had a ball... Brother: We'll leave you behind. - Page 106 - Adolf: Huh...? Dad: Here you go. Adolf: Wow, it's brand new!! Brother: Where'd you get that? Dad: You boys go on and play now. Adolf: Thanks, Daddy!! Hee hee!! - Page 107 - Dad: Whoaa!! Robot: This man. Dad: H... hey, put me down!! Robot: This man stole the ball from the store. Dad: It wasn't me! I didn't do nothin'! Robot: This man. Dad: Please, let me go!! Robot: This man. - Page 108 - Dad: I... I'm sorry, just let me go!! Robot: This man. Police: Move it!! Police coming through!! [My father returned home several days later,] [and he began to drink heavily...] [Three months later...] - Page 109 - [He jumped off the roof.] Door: (batam) Brother: Huff. Huff. Adolf: What's going on...? Brother: Here ya go, Adolf... Adolf: Hey... this is the portable study hall I've been wanting...!! Brother: You can't keep up nowadays, taking notes by hand. Use it! - Page 110 - Adolf: What happened to your arm...? Brother: I killed it... Adolf: K... killed...? Brother: The robot. They can't kill us humans, but we can kill them. Study up, little brother. Study hard, and make a world without robots. - Page 111 - Door: (batam) Men: You see, this is my point. What is the use of becoming sentimental just because a robot judge has died?! We're not waxing sentimental, if that's what you think. Judge Neumann passed some epochal decisions that human judges have never achieved. Epochal? You just mean that robots don't have emotions and thus pass judgments outside of human thought. Yes, exactly. - Page 112 - Men: It's much fairer than the human jury system, which relies solely on emotion. They can consider all the circumstances from a calm and detached position... I certainly don't want any robot considering MY circumstances. What do THEY know about human life?! That's a prejudicial statement!! Moderator: Gentlemen, let's return to the topic. We have another theme to today's discussion, on the use of robot police officers... Mr. Wagner, spokesman for Europol. Wagner: Robot policemen have already become a vital part of our society. They are extremely effective in fighting today's increasingly brutal crime. Man: Even if their investigation methods are extreme? Wagner: They investigate in accordance with the limits imposed by robot law. - Page 113 - Man: Really... Yet I hear that a special firearm was recently used in the apprehension of a group of armed thieves. Zeronium... Only robots can use this weapon. Wagner: Yes. Man: It will turn any human it hits into pulp. Wagner: Each usage requires clearance from headquarters, and no lives were taken in this case. Man: But there are always mistakes!! Wagner: No, there have been no cases of... Man: How many of them are there? How many robots capable of firing Zeronium weapons are in the service of Europol? - Page 114 - Man: It's like we humans are being watched over by executioners, nothing more!! Moderator: I hate to interrupt the debate, but it's time for a commercial break. Elder: How do you like the program? We set it up. Our media planning is proceeding well. Adolf: It will take time... Elder: We're in no rush. As long as we take out Gesicht in the end. Adolf: We don't have time. - Page 115 - Adolf: I looked at Gesicht's schedule. He's going on extended leave in just days. Elder: No matter. He can run, but our pressure will not relent. Adolf: But... Elder: If we rush this, the world will learn of your brother's true colors. And if I may make myself clear... The actions your brother took make me physically nauseous. If the public learns the truth of this, it will work directly against our cause. - Page 116 - Door: (batam) Elder: (bip) Man: Sir... Elder: Keep an eye on Adolf. Make sure he doesn't do anything fishy... Kill him if you must. Car: Would you like to keep going? Adolf: Yes, just follow the car ahead. - Page 117 - Adolf: Gesicht is scheduled for maintenance today... I suppose I won't have a chance to use it... Huh? He's taking a route out of the city...? Has he noticed he's being followed...? - Page 118 - Car: The vehicle ahead has stopped just around this curve. Adolf: S... stop the engine!! This might be my chance!! (click) (shff) What's he doing...? - Page 119 - Adolf: Th... this is it!! Light: (flash) Adolf: Whoaa!! Gesicht: So you are Epsilon? - Page 120 - Epsilon: I'm sorry my request was so sudden. Gesicht: That's all right... It isn't the kind of thing we should do through data. Epsilon: Did you understand the contents of what I sent you? Gesicht: Of course. Epsilon: You are the only one... who has the right to arrest our enemy. Gesicht: Yes... Epsilon: We must stop Heracles... - Page 121 - Epsilon: We must prevent a duel. It is the worst possible outcome... For you, as well. Gesicht: Naturally. I'm an officer. Epsilon: At this rate, another war will begin. There must not be another one. We cannot have any experiences like the ones my children have been through. Are you familiar with what the public commonly calls Persian War Syndrome...? - Page 122 - Gesicht: Yes, a state of deep mental scarring resulting from the shock of the war... Epsilon: Several of my children exbihit very strong symptons of the syndrome. In particular, one of the boys... His town was obliterated in an instant. He was the only survivor, and everything else was gone. [One image was burned into his mind...] - Page 123 - [A giant shape moving into the desert...] - Page 124 - Epsilon: To this day, he only says one word. The sound that this object was making as it moved... Boy: Bora... - Act. 20 End -