Dark City
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1:08:01
They mix and match our memories
as they see fit,

1:08:04
trying to divine
what makes us unique.

1:08:07
One day, a man might be
an inspector.

1:08:10
The next,
someone entirely different.

1:08:13
When they want to study
a murderer, for instance,

1:08:16
they simply imprint one of their
citizens with a new personality.

1:08:20
Arrange a family for him,
friends, an entire history...

1:08:25
even a lost wallet.
1:08:26
Then they observe the results.
1:08:30
Will a man, given the history of
a killer, continue in that vein?

1:08:34
Or are we, in fact, more than
the sum of our memories?

1:08:38
This business of you being
a killer was a sad coincidence.

1:08:43
You have had dozens of lives
before now.

1:08:45
You happened to wake up...
1:08:47
while I was imprinting you
with this one.

1:08:49
Why are they doing all this?
1:08:51
It is our capacity for
individuality, our souls...

1:08:55
that makes us different
from them.

1:08:57
They think they'll find
the human soul...

1:08:59
if they understand
how our memories work.

1:09:02
They have collective memories.
They share one group mind.

1:09:06
They're dying. Their race is
on the brink of extinction.

1:09:11
-They think we can save them.
-Where do I fit in?

1:09:14
You're different. You resisted
my attempt to imprint you.

1:09:23
Somehow, you have developed
their ability to Tune.

1:09:27
That is how they change things,
how they built this city.

1:09:30
They have machines buried
beneath the surface...

1:09:32
that allow them to focus
their telepathic energies.

1:09:37
They control everything here,
even the sun.

1:09:39
That's why it's always dark.
They can't stand the light.

1:09:42
Why do they need you?
1:09:44
When they first brought us here,
1:09:46
they extracted what was in us
and stored the information,

1:09:50
remixed it like paint...
1:09:52
and gave us back
new memories of their choosing.

1:09:54
But they still needed an artist
to help them.

1:09:59
I understood the human mind
better than they ever could,


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