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Questioning Boundaries of Rules and Encouragement
Dodd
You know, you shouldn't be looking at the files.
Wynn
It's not against the rules.
Dodd
It's not encouraged.
Wynn
C'mon.
Dodd
It's not encouraged.
[pointedly]
Wynn
What's got into you?
[muttering]
Decision at the Exit
Wynn
Hello? It's for you.
[pause]
Dodd
Yes, sir. Right away sir.
Dodd
Someone's at the exit.
Wynn
Then what do we do?!
[panicking]
Dodd
The exit procedure.
Understanding the Inhabitants of the Cube
Dodd
You know what sort of people end up in there.
A Request for a Moment of Silence
Dodd
Can we spend five minutes without bringing up Owen?
Emergency Situations and Their Perceptions
Dodd
We'll call up when it's an emergency.
Wynn
Well, what do you think this is?!
Dodd
I don't see a fire, or flooding, or a gas leak or somebody down on the floor having a heart attack! But right now, I sure would like to!
Questioning loyalty for a moment's clarity
Wynn
Would you forget the party line for a minute and make the call?
A Mother's Desperate Search for Her Daughter
Cassandra
Where's my daughter, Where is... ...she. Why can't I remember my daughter's name? Where is she?!
[stutters]
The Limits of Short-Term Memory
Rains
Good memory.
Meyerhold
Yeah, in the short term. Now if I could just remember anything between birth and about three hours ago.
Skepticism Towards Machines and Technology
Jax
I don't trust machines, I have a machine to thank for this and this! I want to see them with my own God-given eye!
[points to his right eye, which is robotic; pounds the ground with his cane]
Request for Enhanced Monitoring in Pursuit
Jax
Oh, can you use Wynn's aux. monitor because we'll need the big guns here for our little mouse hunt.
Caution Against Exploring Dangerous Environments
Haskell
Hey, you can't go climbing around in here.
Rains
Why not?
Haskell
There are traps.
Rains
How do you know?
Meyerhold
Because of this.
Innocence and Mortality in a Deadly Situation
Wynn
She's gonna die in there, and she's probably innocent!
Discussion of Infection Risks Among Characters
Haskell
Look, we had to leave him. If he stayed with us, we'd already be infected with what she had.
Rains
You don't know that!
Wynn
Actually, he's right. It was a highly aggressive form of necrotizing fasciitis. Flesh-eating disease.
[entering through the hatch at the top of the room]
The Reality of Instant Paralysis
Jax
Instant paralysis. They really weren't kidding, were they?