Pluto
	 Volume 6
	  Act. 47
	   Real Tears

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Act. 47 : Real Tears

Gesicht: Ali...
	What's wrong, Ali?
	I haven't seen you since that market in Samarkand.
	What it is? Come closer.
	Don't be scared.

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Gesicht: You heard that gunshot, didn't you?
	It's dangerous. Come with me...
	I had a boy just like you...

Ali: (clank)

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Gesicht: Ali...?
	What happened, Ali...?
	(clank)

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News: Police have reported the murder of a robot officer...

Act. 47 : Real Tears

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News: ...Whose body was discovered last night in Amsterdam.
	The deceased was identified as world-famous high-powered robot Agent Gesicht.
	A D-class small-sized robot was found collapsed nearby with a cluster cannon affixed to its arm.
	Agent Gesicht had suffered injury from the same weapon several weeks before...
	...and had taken part in a fierce battle just hours before his death.
	Despite having a body made from Zeronium, the strongest-known alloy, the stress from multiple injuries was enough to make this blow fatal.

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News: For you folks just joining us, our top story:
	Europol Robot Agent Gesicht, found dead...

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[Two months later, Tokyo Intl. Airport]

Ochanomizu: Welcome.
	It's been years since I saw you last, Dr. Hoffman.

Hoffman: Not since the investigation squad, Dr. Ochanomizu.
	Oh...
	Allow me to introduce you.

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Helena: My name is Helena. I'm Gesicht's wife.

Ochanomizu: My dear lady... I simply don't know what to say.
	If there's anything I can do to help, anything at all...

Helena: Oh, no... You have my thanks just for inviting me.
	Gesicht was looking forward to visiting Japan with me.
	We had just booked our flight that day...

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Men: I think we should be going, before the media gets word...

Ochanomizu: Oh... Yes, of course.

Hoffman: She's been so strong...

Ochanomizu: So, is Gesicht another victim of those serial robot destructions?

Hoffman: Well... Europol hasn't released a formal decision yet.
	Perhaps our lives are still in danger...

Helena: Dr. Ochanomizu.

Ochanomizu: Yes?

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Helena: I believe Gesicht was right.

Ochanomizu: About what?

Helena: The air of Japan has just a slight trace of soy sauce elements in it...

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Ochanomizu: She seems to be acting happy, in an attempt to forget her pain...
	That's a very advanced action...

Hoffman: Yes...
	Even though robot memories do not disappear unless they are erased...
	Europol tampered with Gesicht's memory in some way.

Ochanomizu: Within Robot Law standards?

Hoffman: No, it would seem to be extralegal...

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Ochanomizu: That's not good...

Hoffman: I tried to find out what it was, but I haven't been successful.
	I can't abide the thought of humans manipulating robot memories for their own sake!
	But at this point...
	I wish that I could.
	You know what I asked her?

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Hoffman: "Would you like me to erase part of your memory?"
	And she said to me...
	Don't erase my memories of him...

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Woman: You will stay in the Maple Room, Dr. Hoffman.
	Mrs. Helena, you are in the Pine Room.

Helena: This is the room Gesicht booked for us.

Hoffman: Will you be all right on your own?

Helena: Yes.

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Woman: Right this way, now.

Helena: I can make my way from here, thank you.

Woman: Yes, ma'am.

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Helena: Dr. Tenma, I presume?

Tenma: Yes...

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Tenma: Did you bring it...?

Helena: Yes.
	Will this help to catch the criminal?

Tenma: Naturally.

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Tenma: What is it?

Helena: I just can't process it.

Tenma: Process what?

Helena: This great...
	Huge sadness...
	Gesicht only gets...
	Clearer and clearer in my mind...
	I just don't know what to do...

Tenma: Helena...

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Tenma: Go on. Cry.
	This is when humans cry.
	Yes...

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Tenma: It can be pretend, at first.

Helena: Ah...
	Ah...

Tenma: That's it...

Helena: Aaahhhh...

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Helena: Ahaaahhh!

Tenma: Excellent. That's the way.
	The pretense will turn real with time.

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Tenma: You will learn how to TRULY cry, as I do.
	These are real tears.
	The tears of sorrow that I shed over Atom's death...

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