koishi-plugin-ink/examples/intercept.ink.json

An inkjs application for Koishi.js

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Isn't that right?\"","\n","ev","str","^Agree","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-12","flg":20},"ev","str","^Disagree","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"!","/ev",{"*":".^.c-13","flg":21},"ev","str","^Disagree","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"/ev",{"*":".^.c-14","flg":21},"ev","str","^Lie","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"/ev",{"*":".^.c-15","flg":21},"ev","str","^Lie","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"!","/ev",{"*":".^.c-16","flg":21},"ev","str","^Evade","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"/ev",{"*":".^.c-17","flg":21},"ev","str","^Evade","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"!","/ev",{"*":".^.c-18","flg":21},{"c-12":["\n","^\"I suppose so,\" I reply. \"I've done things I shouldn't have done.\"","\n","ev",{"^var":"forceful","ci":-1},{"f()":"lower"},"pop","/ev","\n",{"->":"harris_presses_for_details"},{"#f":5}],"c-13":["\n","^\"I've done nothing that I'm ashamed of.\"","\n",{"->":"harris_asks_for_theory"},{"#f":5}],"c-14":["\n","^I open my mouth to disagree, but the words I want won't come. It is like Harris has taken a screwdriver to the sides of my jaw.","\n",{"->":"admitted_to_something.ive_done_things"},{"#f":5}],"c-15":["^ \t",{"->":".^.^.c-14"},"\n",{"#f":5}],"c-16":["^ \t",{"->":".^.^.c-13"},"\n",{"#f":5}],"c-17":["^ ",{"->":".^.^.c-14"},"\n",{"#f":5}],"c-18":["\n","^\"None of us are blameless, Harris. ","ev",{"VAR?":"forceful"},1,">","/ev",[{"->":".^.b","c":true},{"b":["^But you're not my priest and I'm not yours",{"->":".^.^.^.9"},null]}],[{"->":".^.b"},{"b":["^But I've done nothing to deserve this treatment",{"->":".^.^.^.9"},null]}],"nop","^. Now, please. Let me go. I'll help you find this damn component, of course I will.\"","\n","^He appears to consider the offer.","\n",{"->":"harris_asks_for_theory"},{"#f":5}]}]}],{"#f":3}],"harris_presses_for_details":[["^\"You mean you've left yourself open,\" Harris answers. \"To pressure. Is that what you're saying?\"","\n","ev","str","^Yes","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-0","flg":20},"ev","str","^No","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"!","/ev",{"*":".^.c-1","flg":21},"ev","str","^No","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"/ev",{"*":".^.c-2","flg":21},"ev","str","^Evade","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"!","/ev",{"*":".^.c-3","flg":21},"ev","str","^Evade","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"/ev",{"*":".^.c-4","flg":21},{"c-0":["^ ",{"->":".^.^.^.admit_open_to_pressure"},"\n",{"->":".^.^.g-0"},{"#f":5}],"c-1":["\n","^\"I'm not saying anything of the sort,\" I snap back. \"What is this, Harris? You're accusing me of treachery but I don't see a shred of evidence for it! Why don't you put your cards on the table?\"","\n","ev",{"^var":"forceful","ci":-1},{"f()":"raise"},"pop","/ev","\n",{"->":".^.^.g-0"},{"#f":5}],"c-2":["\n","^I shake my head violently, to say no, that's not it, but whatever is wrong with tongue is wrong with neck too. I look across at the table at Harris' face and realise with a start how sympathetic he is. Such a kind, generous man. How can I hold anything back from him?","\n","ev",{"^var":"forceful","ci":-1},{"f()":"lower"},"pop","/ev","\n","^I take another mouthful of the bitter, strange—tasting tea before answering.","\n",{"->":".^.^.^.admit_open_to_pressure"},{"->":".^.^.g-0"},{"#f":5}],"c-3":["\n","^\"You're the one applying pressure here,\" I answer ","ev",{"VAR?":"forceful"},1,">","/ev",[{"->":".^.b","c":true},{"b":["^smartly",{"->":".^.^.^.9"},null]}],[{"->":".^.b"},{"b":["^somewhat miserably",{"->":".^.^.^.9"},null]}],"nop","^. \"I'm just waiting until you tell me what is really going on.\"","\n","ev",{"^var":"evasive","ci":-1},{"f()":"raise"},"pop","/ev","\n",{"->":".^.^.g-0"},{"#f":5}],"c-4":["\n","^\"We're all under pressure here.\"","\n","^He looks at me with pity. ",{"->":"harris_has_seen_it_before"},"\n",{"->":".^.^.g-0"},{"#f":5}],"g-0":["^\"It's simple enough,\" Harris says. ",{"->":"harris_has_seen_it_before"},"\n",null]}],{"admit_open_to_pressure":["^\"That's it,\" I reply. \"There are some things... which a man shouldn't do.\"","\n","ev",1,"/ev",{"VAR=":"admitblackmail","re":true},"^Harris doesn't stiffen. Doesn't lean away, as though my condition might be infectious. I had thought they trained them in the army to shoot my kind on sight.","\n","^He offers no sympathy either. He nods, once. His understanding of me is a mere turning cog in his calculations, with no meaning to it.","\n",{"->":"harris_has_seen_it_before"},{"#f":3}],"#f":3}],"admitted_to_something":[["ev",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"!","/ev",[{"->":".^.b","c":true},{"b":["\n","^Harris stares back at me. 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To just come out and say it, after a lifetime of hiding... that is a circle I cannot square.","\n",["ev","str","^Explain","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-0","flg":20},"ev","str","^Say nothing","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"/ev",{"*":".^.c-1","flg":21},"ev","str","^Lie","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"!","/ev",{"*":".^.c-2","flg":21},{"c-0":["^ \t",{"->":".^.^.^.^.^.ive_done_things"},"\n",{"#f":5}],"c-1":["^ \t",{"->":".^.^.^.^.c-4"},"\n",{"#f":5}],"c-2":["^ \t",{"->":"claim_hooper_took_component"},"\n",{"#f":5}]}],{"#f":5}],"c-1":["\n","^\"There's nothing to explain,\" I reply stiffly. ",{"->":".^.^.^.i_know_where"},"\n",{"#f":5}],"c-2":["^ ",{"->":"claim_hooper_took_component"},"\n",{"#f":5}],"c-3":["\n","^\"Explain what you should be doing, do you mean, rather than bullying me? Certainly.\" I fold my arms. ",{"->":".^.^.^.i_know_where"},"\n",{"#f":5}],"c-4":["\n","^I fold my arms, intended firmly to say nothing. But somehow, watching Harris' face, I cannot bring myself to do it. I want to confess. I want to tell him everything I can, to explain myself to him, to earn his forgiveness. The sensation is so strong my will is powerless in the face of it.","\n","^Something is wrong with me, I am sure of it. There is a strange, bitter flavour on my tongue. I taste it as words start to form.","\n",{"->":".^.^.^.ive_done_things"},{"#f":5}]}],{"i_know_where":["^\"I know where your component is because it's obvious where your component is. That doesn't mean I took it, just because I can figure out a simple problem, any more than it means I'm a German spy because I can crack their codes.\"","\n",{"->":"harris_asks_for_theory"},{"#f":3}],"ive_done_things":["^\"I've done things,\" I begin","ev",{"CNT?":"harris_demands_component.0.g-1.c-14"},"/ev",[{"->":".^.b","c":true},{"b":["^ helplessly",{"->":".^.^.^.5"},null]}],"nop","^. \"Things I didn't want to do. I tried not to. But in the end, it felt like cutting off my own arm to resist.\"","\n",{"->":"harris_presses_for_details"},{"#f":3}],"#f":3}],"harris_asks_for_theory":[["^\"Tell me, then,\" he asks. \"What's your theory? You're a smart fellow — as smart as they come around here, and that's saying something. What's your opinion on the missing component? Accident, perhaps? Or do you blame one of the other men? ","ev",{"VAR?":"hooper_mentioned"},"/ev",[{"->":".^.b","c":true},{"b":["^Hooper?",{"->":".^.^.^.5"},null]}],"nop","^\"","\n","ev","str","^Blame no—one","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-0","flg":20},"ev","str","^Blame someone","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-1","flg":20},{"c-0":["\n",{"->":".^.^.^.an_accident"},{"#f":5}],"c-1":["^ ",{"->":"claim_hooper_took_component"},"\n",{"#f":5}]}],{"an_accident":[["^\"An accident, naturally.\" I risk a smile. \"That damned machine is made from spare parts and string. Even these Huts leak when it rains. It wouldn't take more than one fellow to trip over a cable to shake out a component. Have you tried looking under the thing?\"","\n","^\"Do you believe we haven't?\"","\n","^In a sudden moment I understand that his reply is a threat.","\n","^\"Now,\" he continues. \"Are you sure there isn't anything you want to tell me?\"","\n","ev","str","^Co-operate","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-0","flg":20},"ev","str","^Evade","/str",{"VAR?":"evasive"},0,">","/ev",{"*":".^.c-1","flg":21},{"c-0":["\n","^\"All right.\" With a sigh, your defiance collapses. \"If you're searched my things then I suppose you've found ","ev",{"VAR?":"evasive"},1,">","/ev",[{"->":".^.b","c":true},{"b":["^ what you need",{"->":".^.^.^.9"},null]}],[{"->":".^.b"},{"b":["^my letters. Haven't you? In fact, if you haven't, don't tell me",{"->":".^.^.^.9"},null]}],"nop","^.","\n","ev",1,"/ev",{"VAR=":"admitblackmail","re":true},"^Harris nods once.","\n","<>","^ ",{"->":"harris_has_seen_it_before"},"\n",{"#f":5}],"c-1":["^ \"Only that you're being unreasonable, and behaving like a swine.\"","\n","^\"You imbecile,\" Harris replies, with sudden force. He is half out of his chair. \"You know the situation as well as I do. Why the fencing? The Hun are poised like rats, ready to run all over this country. They'll destroy everything. You understand that, don't you? You're not so locked up inside your crossword puzzles that you don't see that, are you? This machine we have here — you men — you are the best and only hope this country has. God help her.\"","\n","ev",1,"/ev",{"VAR=":"losttemper","re":true},"^I sit back, startled by the force of his outburst. His carefully sculpted expression has curled to angry disgust. <i>He really does hate me</i>, I think. <i>He'll have my blood for the taste of it.</i>","\n",["ev","str","^Placate","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-0","flg":20},"ev","str","^Mock","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-1","flg":20},"ev","str","^Dismiss","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-2","flg":20},{"c-0":["\n","^\"Now steady on,\" I reply, gesturing for him to be calm.","\n",{"->":".^.^.g-0"},{"#f":5}],"c-1":["\n","^\"I can imagine how being surrounded by clever men is pretty threatening for you, Commander,\" I reply with a sneer. \"They don't train you to think in the Armed Forces.\"","\n","ev",{"^var":"forceful","ci":-1},{"f()":"raise"},"pop","/ev","\n",{"->":".^.^.g-0"},{"#f":5}],"c-2":["\n","^\"Then I'll be going, on and getting on with my job of saving her, shall I?\" I even rise half to my feet, before he slams the tabletop.","\n",{"->":".^.^.g-0"},{"#f":5}],"g-0":["^\"Talk,\" Harris demands. \"Talk now. Tell me where you've hidden it or who you passed it to. Or God help me, I'll take your wretched pansy body to pieces looking for it.\"","\n",{"->":"harris_demands_you_speak"},null]}],{"#f":5}]}],{"#f":3}],"#f":3}],"harris_has_seen_it_before":[["^\"I've seen it before. A young man like you — clever, removed. The kind that doesn't go to parties. Who takes himself too seriously. Who takes things too far.\"","\n","^He slides his thumb between two fingers.","\n","^\"Now they own you.\"","\n","ev","str","^Agree","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-0","flg":20},"ev","str","^Disagree","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-1","flg":20},"ev","str","^Lie","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"!","/ev",{"*":".^.c-2","flg":21},"ev","str","^Apologise","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},{"VAR?":"forceful"},0,"<","&&","/ev",{"*":".^.c-3","flg":21},{"c-0":["\n","^\"What could I do?\" I'm shaking now. The night is cold and the heat—lamp in the Hut has been removed. \"","ev",{"VAR?":"forceful"},2,">","/ev",[{"->":".^.b","c":true},{"b":["^I won't",{"->":".^.^.^.9"},null]}],[{"->":".^.b"},{"b":["^I don't want to",{"->":".^.^.^.9"},null]}],"nop","^ go to prison.\"","\n","^\"Smart man,\" he replies. \"You wouldn't last.","\n",{"->":".^.^.tell_me_now"},{"#f":5}],"c-1":["\n","^\"I can still fix this.\"","\n","^Harris shakes his head. \"You'll do nothing. This is beyond you now. You may go to prison or may go to firing squad - or we can change your name and move you somewhere where your indiscretions can't hurt you. But right now, none of that matters. What happens to you doesn't matter. All that matters is where that component is.","\n",{"->":".^.^.tell_me_now"},{"#f":5}],"c-2":["\n","^\"I wanted to tell you,\" I tell him. \"I thought I could find out who they were. Lead you to them.\"","\n","^Harris looks at me with contempt. \"You wretch. You'll pay for what you've done to this country today. If a single man loses his life because of your pride and your perversions then God help your soul.","\n",{"->":".^.^.tell_me_now"},{"#f":5}],"c-3":["\n","^\"Harris, I...\"","\n","ev",{"^var":"forceful","ci":-1},{"f()":"lower"},"pop","/ev","\n","^\"Stop it,\" he interrupts. \"There's no jury here to sway.  And there's no time.","\n",{"->":".^.^.tell_me_now"},{"#f":5}],"tell_me_now":["<>","^ So why don't you tell me, right now. Where is it?\"","\n",{"->":"harris_demands_you_speak"},null]}],{"#f":3}],"harris_demands_you_speak":[["^His eyes bear down like carbonised drill—bits.","\n","ev","str","^Confess","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-0","flg":20},"ev","str","^Dissemble","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"!","/ev",{"*":".^.c-1","flg":21},"ev","str","^Dissemble","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"/ev",{"*":".^.c-2","flg":21},{"c-0":["\n","ev",{"VAR?":"forceful"},1,">","/ev",[{"->":".^.b","c":true},{"b":["\n","^\"You want me to tell you what happened? You'll be disgusted.\"","\n",{"->":".^.^.^.8"},null]}],[{"->":".^.b"},{"b":["\n","^\"All right. I'll tell you what happened.\" And never mind my shame.","\n",{"->":".^.^.^.8"},null]}],"nop","\n","^\"I can imagine how it starts,\" he replies.","\n",{"->":".^.^.g-0"},{"#f":5}],"c-1":["^ ",{"->":"claim_hooper_took_component"},"\n",{"->":".^.^.g-0"},{"#f":5}],"c-2":["\n","^My plan now is to blame Hooper, but I cannot seem to tell the story. Whatever they put in my tea, it rules my tongue. ","ev",{"VAR?":"forceful"},1,">","/ev",[{"->":".^.b","c":true},{"b":["^I fight it as hard as I can but it does no good.",{"->":".^.^.^.9"},null]}],[{"->":".^.b"},{"b":["^I am desperate to tell him everything. I am weeping with shame.",{"->":".^.^.^.9"},null]}],"nop","\n","ev",{"^var":"forceful","ci":-1},{"f()":"lower"},"pop","/ev","\n",{"->":".^.^.g-0"},{"#f":5}],"g-0":[{"->":"i_met_a_young_man"},null]}],{"#f":3}],"i_met_a_young_man":[["ev","str","^Talk","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-0","flg":20},{"c-0":["\n","^\"There was a young man. I met him in the town. A few months ago now. We got to talking. Not about work. And I used my cover story, but he seemed to know it wasn't true. That got me wondering if he might be one of us.\"","\n",{"->":".^.^.g-0"},{"#f":5}],"g-0":["^Harris is not letting me off any more.","\n","^\"You seriously entertained that possibility?\"","\n","ev","str","^Yes","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-1","flg":20},"ev","str","^No","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-2","flg":20},"ev","str","^Lie","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-3","flg":20},{"c-1":["\n","^\"Yes, I considered it. ","<>","\n",{"->":".^.^.^.g-1"},{"#f":5}],"c-2":["\n","^\"No. Not for more than a moment, of course. Everyone here is marked out by how little we would be willing to say about it.\"","\n","^\"Only you told this young man more than a little, didn't you?\"","\n","^I nod. \"","<>","\n",{"->":".^.^.^.g-1"},{"#f":5}],"c-3":["\n","^\"I was quite certain, after a while. After we'd been talking. ","<>","\n",{"->":".^.^.^.g-1"},{"#f":5}]}],"g-1":["^He seemed to know all about me. He... he was quite enchanted by my achievements.\"","\n","^The way Harris is staring I expect him to strike me, but he does not. He replies, \"I can see how that must have been attractive to you,\" with such plain—spokeness that I think I must have misheard.","\n","ev","str","^Yes","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-4","flg":20},"ev","str","^No","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"!","/ev",{"*":".^.c-5","flg":21},"ev","str","^No","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"/ev",{"*":".^.c-6","flg":21},"ev","str","^Lie","/str",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"!","/ev",{"*":".^.c-7","flg":21},{"c-4":["^ \"It's a lonely life in this place,\" I reply. \"Lonely - and still one never gets a moment to oneself.\"","\n","^\"That's how it is in the Service,\" Harris answers.","\n",["ev","str","^Argue","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-0","flg":20},"ev","str","^Agree","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-1","flg":20},{"c-0":["^ \"I'm not in the Service.\"","\n","^Harris shakes his head. \"Yes, you are.\"","\n",{"->":".^.^.g-0"},{"#f":5}],"c-1":["^ \"Perhaps. But I didn't choose this life.\"","\n","^Harris shakes his head. \"No. And there's plenty of others who didn't who are suffering far worse.\"","\n",{"->":".^.^.g-0"},{"#f":5}],"g-0":["^Then he waves the thought aside.","\n",{"->":".^.^.^.^.^.g-2"},null]}],{"#f":5}],"c-5":["^ \"The boy was a pretty simpleton. Quite inferior. His good opinion meant nothing to be. Harris, do not misunderstand. I was simply after his body.\"","\n","ev",{"^var":"evasive","ci":-1},{"f()":"raise"},"pop","/ev","\n","^Harris, to his credit, doesn't flinch; but I can see he will have nightmares of this moment later tonight. I'm tempted to reach out and take his hand to worsen it for him.","\n",{"->":".^.^.^.g-2"},{"#f":5}],"c-6":["\n","^\"It wasn't,\" I reply. \"But I doubt you'd understand.\"","\n","^He simply nods.","\n",{"->":".^.^.^.g-2"},{"#f":5}],"c-7":["^ ",{"->":".^.^.c-5"},"\n",{"->":".^.^.^.g-2"},{"#f":5}]}],"g-2":["^\"Go on with your confession.\"","\n",["ev",{"CNT?":".^.^.^.g-1.c-5"},"!","/ev",[{"->":".^.b","c":true},{"b":["\n","^That gives me pause. I hadn't thought of it as such. But I suppose he's right. I am about to admit what I did.","\n",{"->":".^.^.^.5"},null]}],"nop","\n","^\"There's not much else to say. I took the part from Bombe computing device. You seem to know that already. I had to. He was going to expose me if I didn't.\"","\n","^\"This young man was blackmailing you over your affair?\"","\n","ev",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"/ev",{"temp=":"harris_thinks_youre_drugged"},"ev",{"VAR?":"drugged"},"/ev",[{"->":".^.b","c":true},{"b":["\n","ev",0,"/ev",{"VAR=":"drugged","re":true},"^As Harris speaks I find myself suddenly sharply aware, as if waking from a long sleep. The table, the corrugated walls of the hut, everything seems suddenly more tangible than a moment before.","\n","^Whatever it was they put in my drink is wearing off.","\n",{"->":".^.^.^.19"},null]}],"nop","\n","ev","str","^Yes","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-8","flg":20},"ev","str","^No","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-9","flg":20},"ev","str","^Tell the truth","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-10","flg":20},"ev","str","^Lie","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-11","flg":20},{"c-8":["\n","^\"Yes. I suppose he was their agent. I should have realised but I didn't. Then he threatened to tell you. I thought you would have me locked up: I couldn't bear the thought of it. I love working here. I've never been so happy, so successful, anywhere before. I didn't want to lose it.\"","\n","^\"So what did you do with the component?\" Harris talks urgently. He grips his gloves tightly in one hand, perhaps prepared to lift them and strike if it is required. \"Have you passed it to this man already? Have you left it somewhere for him to find?\"","\n",["ev","str","^I have it","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-0","flg":20},"ev","str","^I don't have it","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-1","flg":20},"ev","str","^Lie","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-2","flg":20},"ev","str","^Tell the truth","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-3","flg":20},{"c-0":["\n","^\"I still have it. Not on me, of course. ",{"->":"reveal_location_of_component"},"\n",{"#f":5}],"c-1":["^ \t",{"->":".^.^.^.^.^.^.^.i_dont_have_it"},"\n",{"#f":5}],"c-2":["^ \t\t\t\t\t\t\t",{"->":".^.^.c-1"},"\n",{"#f":5}],"c-3":["^ \t\t\t\t",{"->":".^.^.c-0"},"\n",{"#f":5}]}],{"#f":5}],"c-9":["\n","^\"No, Harris. The young man wasn't blackmailing me.\" I take a deep breath. \"It was Hooper.\"","\n","ev",{"VAR?":"hooper_mentioned"},"!","/ev",[{"->":".^.b","c":true},{"b":["\n","^\"Hooper!\" Harris exclaims, in surprise. ","ev",{"VAR?":"harris_thinks_youre_drugged"},"/ev",[{"->":".^.b","c":true},{"b":["^He does not doubt me for a moment.",{"->":".^.^.^.6"},null]}],"nop","\n",{"->":".^.^.^.9"},null]}],[{"->":".^.b"},{"b":["\n","^\"Now look here,\" Harris interrupts. \"Don't start that again.\"","\n",{"->":".^.^.^.9"},null]}],"nop","\n","^\"It's the truth, Harris. If I'm going to jail, so be it, but I won't hang at Traitor's Gate. Hooper was the one who told the boy about our work. Hooper put the boy on to me. ","ev",{"VAR?":"forceful"},2,"<","/ev",[{"->":".^.b","c":true},{"b":["^I should have realised, of course. These things don't happen by chance. I was a fool to think they might.",{"->":".^.^.^.18"},null]}],"nop","^ And then, once he had me compromised, he demanded I steal the part from the machine.\"","\n","ev",1,"/ev",{"VAR=":"revealedhooperasculprit","re":true},"^\"Which you did.\" Harris leans forward. \"And then what? You still have it? You've stashed it somewhere?\"","\n",["ev","str","^Yes","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-0","flg":20},"ev","str","^No","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-1","flg":20},"ev","str","^Lie","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-2","flg":20},"ev","str","^Evade","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-3","flg":20},{"c-0":["\n","^\"Yes. I only had a moment. 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You're happier to stay a child all your life and play with your little childish toys.\"","\n","ev","str","^Answer back","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-0","flg":20},"ev","str","^Say nothing","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-1","flg":20},{"c-0":["\n","^\"Really, Commander,\" I reply. \"It rather sounds like you want to spank me.\"","\n","^\"For God's sake,\" he declares with thick disgust, then swoops away out of the room.","\n",{"->":".^.^.g-0"},{"#f":5}],"c-1":["\n","^I say nothing. It's true, isn't it? I can't deny that I know there is a world out there, a complicated world of pain and suffering. And I can't deny that I don't think about it a moment longer than I have to. What use is thinking on a problem that cannot be solved? It is precisely our ability to avoid such endless spirals that makes us human and not machine.","\n","^\"God have mercy on your soul,\" Harris says finally, as he gets to his feet and heads for the door. \"I fear no—one else will.\"","\n",{"->":".^.^.g-0"},{"#f":5}],"g-0":[{"->":"left_alone"},null]}],{"#f":3}],"passed_onto_hooper":[["ev",1,"/ev",{"VAR=":"hooper_mentioned","re":true},"^\"No. I passed it on to Hooper.\"","\n","^\"I see. And what did he do with it?\"","\n","ev","str","^Evade","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-0","flg":20},"ev","str","^Tell the truth","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.c-1","flg":20},"ev","str","^Lie","/str","/ev",{"*":".^.