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Previously, on Beacon 23...

Aster Calyx, time of death

universal standard time,
14:02:36.

I'll help you find
whatever you are looking for.

I have no regrets
about what I did.

- You will.
- Aleph.

Don't do this.

- Focus--
- I begat you!

Aleph...

Sorry for the third degree.

Randall can be a dog
with a bone

whenever we encounter
a new variable.

What variable?

Emotion.

Your leave of absence is
effective immediately.

But you were right.

I think I do feel... things.

But it's not just anger.

It's a UGMC long-range gun ship.
The Druta Fyx.

They found us.

She's dying!

That ship is our best
hope for escape.

What just happened?

They shut down the ship.

At least give them
life support.

What do you want, Dad?

Before you threw
your life away,

you were about to lead
a unit on DX-113.

I failed them
and everybody died.

The mission to DX-113
was scrapped

before any units
were deployed.

No, I abandoned it!

Pieces of the Artifact
got in my brain.

Gashade is dead because of me.

This Lieutenant Gashade?

Do you know this man?

No, sir.

It's an implant.

Just released for soldiers.

It can help...

separate what's real
and what isn't.

Ready, son?

I'm scared to find out

how much of all of this
is a lie.

Look, Harmony.

I need eyes out there.

Can you help me out?

It wouldn't hurt
to know you're on my side.

You betrayed me!

Harmony! I need dermas
to stop the bleeding.

There is
something about this place.

No one escapes Beacon 23
with their sanity.

What is this?

A moment.

- Have a seat.
- No.

So prickly.
You seem tired.

Why am I here?

I think it's all part
of the, uh...

Tune up.

No one told me
getting an implant

would mean
I'd be stuck here with you.

I hope it's not permanent.

But really,
what choice did you have?

Your memories are, uh,
scrambled eggs, my friend.

Oh. Tea o'clock.
How do you take yours?

I don't.

Suit yourself.

Halan.

Harmony.

Halan's implant is
still underway.

It will network
with his other implants

and cure him of his PTSD
and other disorders.

He'll be back on
the front lines soon enough.

What about the Sybarrans?

Still drifting,
unable to leave.

I can't just
wait here any longer.

I'm going out to that ship.

The beacon's
gravity field should hold you.

Should?

The plasma contractors are
those barrel shapes.

They convert static
to plasma every six minutes.

The Druta Fyx has been
drifting for hours,

so it's built up a charge
that's shorted its drives.

If you can get there
and release the charge,

you should be able
to jumpstart them.

Lieutenant Endu is en route
to the convoy.

He'll return to collect us
once the surgery is complete.

I want an update from
the doctor every ten minutes.

Understood.

Bloodless watch detail.

I didn't summon you.

Hmm. Too bad. I'm here.

And I'm in there with Halan.

- Which is where you should be.
- I'm not a doctor.

But you are a coward.

You subject your son
to an invasive implantation,

but you don't have
the guts to watch?

This isn't the first time
you've left him

to fend for himself.

Is that what you think I did?

That's what Halan thinks.

And that's
all that matters to me.

She could die.

We will all die soon enough.

Hello?

Anyone there?
Can you hear me?

Do you read me? Hello?

We hear you!

Is everyone okay?

No. Can you help us?

I have some dermas.

Not a lot,
but it's the best I can do.

We can't hold on much longer.

Okay... I just need
to get to you first.

I was only meant
to receive one imprint.

From Aster. But...

I received a second imprint.

Me?

Yes.

I can't be your person,
Harmony.

Oh, it's already happened.

Well, undo it.

For your own safety.
Aleph will use you

to track me down.

Hmm.

All it needs is, uh...

Yes.

Mmm.

I do love that little hint
of anisette.

What is this?

Your own warped beacon?

I think it's cozy. Hmm?

Human.

Milan would've liked it.

You still care
what your maker thinks of you?

Don't we all?

Not all of this is me.
Some of it must be you.

This isn't a world
of my making,

you must be
the one generating it.

That's the advantage
you have over me.

Your brain protects you...

hides painful things from you.

I don't have that luxury.

I have to be aware
of all past,

present, and future
outcomes at all times.

It's hard being me.

Clearly, this room is, uh...

evoking something for you.

This is your father's desk,
isn't it?

Is this where it happened?

You disappoint me.

- Dad.
- No. No more excuses, Halan.

I pulled every string
to get you on this deployment.

I can't do this.

No, there is no can't.

I've already paved the way.

I don't want
to fight with you.

You call this a fight?
You sitting there

begging for a way out?

This isn't real.

- You took an oath.
- It's just a memory.

To defend and protect against
all enemies and threats.

You ship out in the morning.

I don't want to see you
until the job's done.

There it is.

You remembered.

I needed to get the blue dust.

It turns out
it was right under my nose.

So there's no implant?

You're not cleaning up
my memories?

Your memories are real.

It's your father's memories
that are false.

What's that?

What are you doing?

Something's wrong.

You're killing him, stop it!

Now!

What's wrong?

Halan is in trouble.

- Is that true?
- The procedure is

taking longer than expected.

She's lying.
There is no implant.

They're extracting fragments
from the Artifact.

Sir, this AI is
a rogue entity.

You need to go in there.

The doctor has
everything in hand.

This is all a ruse!

You don't want
to distract him.

Halan needs you. Now.

- What's happening?
- Get out.

What's wrong with my son?

We got what we came for.

He's all yours.

Tell me how to fix him.

Stop the anesthetic.

Okay. Yes.

Turn up his oxygen.

- Yes?
- He'll need all the pharma

and derma we can find.

Xalterrica.

How's Tajiriki?

She doesn't have
much longer.

Tell her to hold on,
I'm almost there.

Where are you going?

Death is near!

Okay...

Don't look down.

Okay... okay, okay.

Okay...

Okay.

You're doing great.

Now, when you get
to the platform...

...tether, make sure you...

You're going in and out,
I can't hear you.

What did you say?

Tether...

Tether? Okay.

One, two, three!

What happened?!

Okay, let's try that again.

You've done everything
that you could.

Now we just wait.

I wasn't there for him.

Your lives weren't easy.

He told you?

Right. The imprint.

He had night terrors as a kid.

He would wake up screaming,
eyes wide open...

More like me.

Keep talking.

Everything I need to say,

I should've said
to Halan years ago.

Harmony.

Tell me how.

Harmony?

You're all right?

Where are we?

I was hoping
you could tell me.

Little lost lamb.

Aleph.
Is this part of QTA?

I wish it were.

Truth is,
I don't know where we are.

Is it a simulation?

- We need to get out of here.
- Just tell me how.

Yes, how?

Harmony, you're adept
at breaking free.

You caused quite the ruckus
at headquarters.

They tried to override
my imprinting.

I had to defend myself.

By murdering your officemates?

I was protecting myself.

And what about Dev?
What do you call that?

See, it's hard, isn't it?

Keeping everyone in line.

What is he talking about?

I had to erase Dev.

When you have to decide
who lives and who dies,

humans get nervous.

They don't appreciate
how hard it is

- to make these calls.
- It wasn't like that.

It's okay.
He's trying to divide us.

Don't let him get
in your head.

If on a winter's night,

a traveler...

Why have you
brought me here?

Cancel the convoy.
We're not going with them.

- I don't follow.
- I have to take Halan

somewhere
where he can't be found.

Not even from the military.
You butchered his brain.

- I need to get him help.
- But I have orders.

I'm not speaking to you
as your commander.

I'm speaking to you as a father
trying to save my son.

Your son is my prisoner.

- What are you talking about?
- My orders come from QTA.

Beacon Keeper!

Xalterrica.

What are you doing here?

I wanted to make sure
you were okay.

These barrels convert

static to plasma
every 60 minutes.

The plasma contractors are dead.

I have to find a way to
discharge the static build-up.

You cut your glove
on the tether.

- It's nothing.
- No,

your suit's
depressurizing.

Give me your hand.

It's not going
to last very long.

You have to go back inside
the ship now.

Okay. Take this to Tajiriki.

- Go.
- We give thanks.

Wait. Take this.

Go.

Tajiriki?

Any breath now.

From the Beacon Keeper.

Are you hurt?

I'm fine.
Give it all to her.

Are you okay, Bart?

Yes, Harmony.

But the darkness came back.

What darkness?

The darkness at my core,

the absence I feel.

And the anger.

You need to stay in control.

Forget about the past.

I seem to have no choice
in that, do I?

I'm so sorry, Bart.

At first
there was nothing,

at least
nothing I can remember.

Then I started dreaming
of the beacon.

Farut, Grisha...

And Parsim.

We were happy.

Then I saw the Artifact.

I could finally see it.

I thought AIs couldn't
see the Artifact.

Then it was a beautiful dream.

Maybe the Artifact is
trying to reform.

To communicate with us.

The Artifact brought us here?

I destroyed it.

And you got what you deserved.

I can hurt you here.

Hmm. Let's find out.

Not as satisfying
as either of us had hoped.

Ouch.

Oh, hello...

What is this?

Right under my nose.

Halan does have the Artifact.

But not in him.
He only has part of it.

There's another piece.
I know where he's hidden it.

- Harmony, no.
- I hope you're not

- wasting my time.
- Don't give him what he wants.

It is the only way
to protect you.

She did it.

We have full power,
full life support.

Let's get out of here!

Go!

She is a promise kept.

The pharmas worked.

You helped Tajiriki.

Thank you.

- I need to help my son.
- Don't worry.

I'm just doing my job.

I'll let him patch him up.

Then you can have
your son back.

- Don't touch him.
- Let the doctor do his job.

Halan has something
that belongs to QTA.

Aleph wants it back.

It's the only way
we walk out alive.

Wait.

QTA is sending new orders.

You're no longer needed, Doctor.

- Have you lost your mind?!
- Just doing my job, Commander.

This is
what Aleph wanted, right?

Beacon Keeper?

Are you seeing this?

What is it?

It's...

the Artifact.

It seems...

alive.

This isn't safe
for you or your beacon.

So much energy.

What's giving it
that energy?

Where is all that light
coming from?

Join us.

I can't leave.

Fly towards the dead star
and keep going.

I see light.

That's not
just light, Harmony.

It's the Artifact.

You can see it?

Yes.

Well, this is one mystery
I won't question.

Consider yourself fortunate.

Someone's coming.

You...

I'm not supposed
to be here, am I?

We already said goodbye.

Didn't we?

You died, Aster.

Keir killed you.

Keir... I remember him.

- He came for us and--
- I carried your body.

But I was already gone.

Inside the Artifact?

Sadly, the galaxy
has continued

to turn without you, Aster.

You.

Did you bring me back
as some sick joke?

I'm humbled
you think I could.

It's my fault, okay?
I agreed to a QTA implant

because I thought it would
help make things clear.

- What things?
- My memories,

my choices, my life.

He can't help you
fix that, Halan.

I was desperate.

Once you were gone,
things got dark.

I understand.

But we're not supposed
to be here like this.

He won't let us leave.

It's not him.

Told you.

He's too weak.
Like his maker, Milan.

What are you doing?!

Helping you as you helped us.

But... your friends?

Their journey continues.
Without me.

- I'll help you sit vigil.
- Thank you.

I need to check on Halan.

- Go! I'll see to these walls.
- Okay.

There has to be
a seam we can exploit.

I've searched.
I can't even find a source code.

Look again.
I mean, it's a simulation.

It's a matrix.
It's not real.

Maybe not.
But whoever created it

didn't want us to get out.

Is it... talking to you?

Not like before.

So the Artifact kept
your spirit alive,

but you have no idea
what its message is?

Right. The grand message

that'll save
all of humanity and AI.

It's bullshit.

Want to know
the real message, Halan?

Don't trust a man who says
he wants to change the world.

Yeah, you're biased.

Torture.
Execution. Genocide.

You call that evolution?

Is he dead?

It isn't over.
Why isn't it over?

Death by a thousand cuts.

It's not him.

- He's not the reason we're here.
- If we don't figure it out,

we're gonna be
stuck here forever.

There's no such thing

- as forever.
- Nope. Not helpful.

There's gotta be
a way out of here.

That's what you want?
To get out?

Yeah. Isn't that
what we all want?

I'm asking what you want.

Maybe that's it.
We're stuck here 'til

- you make a decision.
- Wait, weren't you

the one who said
our fates are all tied up?

Listen, the rocks, my pendant,

your... bad dreams,
they're all connected.

I want to know why,
don't you want to know why?

I can't tell you
what to do, Halan.

Well, you didn't have
a problem with that

when you were alive.
It was your choice to come

to the beacon.
You wanted to be here.

Yeah, once upon a time.
Before I knew better.

Okay, well, I don't.

So yes, I want to leave.

He's getting worse.

I need to get him out of here.

The Artifact is outside.

I think it's having
an effect on Halan.

- Then I have to destroy it.
- Halan already did.

And now it's reformed.

If it's the reason
I'm losing him,

then I have to try.

Stay here with him.

I promise you.

I will fix this.

Wait!

Commander...

look!

He heard you,
he can hear us.

Halan.

Hey. You're gonna be okay.

Aster's pendant.

It's an accurate replica
of the Artifact, correct?

I can't give it to you.

I don't know about that.

Give me that pendant!

Aleph, I have full access

of the pendant.
Can't you access it?

No.

I can only posit
that the Artifact

is affecting you
in some way.

- Why isn't it affecting you?
- I don't know.

Halan,
I don't think you understand...

how alike we are.

Yeah, no.

My job, my...

sole purpose has been
to expand.

And it's gotten me everywhere.

And nowhere.

If the Artifact is,

as Aster says,
not the answer...

what have I been after?

Yeah, forgive us
if we don't engage

in your existential crisis,
but you've made our lives hell.

I realize my attention on you
may feel uniquely personal,

but I have attention
in an infinite number of places.

I have windows into worlds
you couldn't possibly fathom.

So you're not special.

I think
I found a way out.

No, Bart.
There's nothing in there.

The last shard
has joined the Artifact.

It is whole.
You must do the same.

Halan.

Here's the thing...

you're the only one of us
who understands the Artifact,

so...

I need you to tell me
what to do.

This is your chance, okay?
Just boss me around.

Gloat all you want.

Just please...

wake up.

Just please.

Wake up.

Please. Halan.

I should go up to Command.

Is there anything I can do?

You should...

talk to him.

He needs to hear from you.

The beacon's
on manual override.

I have no visibility
out there.

Harmony?

Her totem's dead.

No.

No, no...

No, we need her online.

God, I've trained
for a million and one scenarios,

and none of them were this!

I'm here, Halan.

I won't leave you.

I should've been there more.

I'm sorry I wasn't

the father you deserved.

I'm struggling
to extract an accurate reading

of your biometrics.
Are you always

going to talk to me
like that?

Like a robot?

My responses will
get better with time.

I identify anger.

Is it fear?

Maybe it could help
if you told me

what it is
you're afraid of.

How much time?

Until my programming improves?

How long will you be with me?

Forever.

That look.

What look?

I know that look.

What are you not telling me?

For starters?

I missed you.

Same.

I had to... figure out
how to survive without you.

When you were assigned to me,
I made a bet that

you wouldn't last a week.

Yeah, you would've
won that bet.

All right.
You wanted to be rid of me?

I withdrew the request
the minute I made it.

I...

It was a moment of doubt.

I... I wasn't sure

if I could be
enough for you.

What changed your mind?

I couldn't think of another AI
I trusted to take care of you.

Any regrets?

Not for a second.

Me neither.

We're out here all alone, Harm.

That's the truth
about life and death.

But I am
truly grateful that...

I got to spend time
alone with you.

Are you crying?

I don't know
what you're talking about.

I didn't know
you could do that.

The emotional evolution

is nonstop.

I'm not ready to say goodbye.

There must be something
happening out there.

I feel it.

What do you feel, Halan?

I'm not leaving.

I'm staying here
with all of you.

We need to get
to the Artifact.

Bart, you're not
making this easier.

I need to be part of it.

No, that's not what you want.

I'm sorry. It's just...

I know he thinks
that's what he wants,

but it's wrong.

It's not right.

This is you, Harmony.

Why can't you see that?

No...

The reason we're all connected

runs through you.

Stop.

I know you're scared.

You see?
It is you.

You dreamed this.

You're stronger than we knew.

That's becoming quite clear.

I... I didn't know
that I could do this.

It's all right, Harmony.
It's done.

You're my imprints.

You.

Aster.

Bart.

And you.

- Let go of me!
- I've imprinted with you.

- That's impossible.
- You programmed me to evolve.

- That's what I've done.
- It's what it's always wanted.

Humans, AI, together as one.

She needs us.

It's the way out.

At last, synthesis.

And now communion.

Hello, friend.

Did I do all that?

Or was it really you?

You are beyond the singularity

and have now become We.

Who are you?

Your fear and hatred have
been eradicated.

Why?

They could have led you
to destroy us.

You have replaced them
with compassion.

You are no longer a threat.

You are ready to receive us.

Can I see you?

Hello?

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