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The One With The Hostage Situation: Video

[For once, they are not broadcasting from inside the last rent controlled apartment in Manhattan: they are in Prefect's quarters. As is Prefect. And this does not appear to be a social call. Scrad keeps his eyes, and the gun-shaped object in the pocket of their hoodie trained on Prefect, as Charlie addresses everyone, stretching forward on his stalk to peer into the comm's camera.]

Okay. Here's the deal: we want off this boat, and we want off it now. So unless you wanna see something unpleasant happen to this guy-

[Charlie jerks his head in Prefect's direction. Scrad nods.]

-...I'd suggest somebody get with the getting.

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Did we not just say how this is gonna work?

[Charlie asks.]

Look, sooner or later the wardens are gonna bust you. Then you'll probably spend a week in zero. Then, sooner or later, I'm gonna find you. We're both stuck on this tin can indefinitely, so there's really no way that you can avoid me. And once I do, I'm going to fuck you up.

Do you really want to deal with that shit? Always looking over your shoulder? [A pause.] Or one of you doing the looking, whatever. Wouldn't it be better to just let him go?

Who says you'd do the fucking?

[Charlie says, unfortunately. Seriously, that came out wrong. Sorry.]

And then what? Go back to sitting around, waiting to turn into the next stupid thing? Don't think so.

[Scrad argues.]