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Cypher Raige: Inventory up.
Kitai Raige: Roger. Food rations, half available. Flares, full. Med kit, half available. Breathing fluid... Breathing fluid, four vials available.
Cypher Raige: [looks Kitai's heart rate increases] Why are you not showing me the case?
Kitai Raige: What?
Cypher Raige: Show it to me now.
Kitai Raige: I thought that I could make it, sir.
Cypher Raige: [after seeing the analysis report] Abort mission. Return to the ship. That is an order.
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Kitai Raige: No, Dad. I can do it. I don't need many. I can get across with just two.
Cypher Raige: You need a minimum of three inhalers to make it to the tail. You have exhausted your resources.
Kitai Raige: I can get across. I can do it with just two, Dad.
Cypher Raige: This mission has reached abort criteria. I take full responsibility. You did your best. You have nothing more to prove. Now return to the ship.
Kitai Raige: What was your mistake? Trusting me? Depending on me, thinking that I could do this?
Cypher Raige: I am giving you an order... to turn around and return to this ship.
Kitai Raige: You wouldn't give any other Ranger that order?
Cypher Raige: You are not a Ranger. And I am giving you that order.
Kitai Raige: [pause] What was I supposed to do? What did you want me to do? She gave me an order. She said, no matter what, don't come out of that box! Was I supposed to just come out and die?
Andrew James McManus
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