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"Hello, friend. Hello, friend? That's lame. Maybe I should give you a name, but that's a slippery slope. You're only in my head. We have to remember that. Shit. It's actually happened, I'm talking to an imaginary person. What I'm about to tell you is top secret, a conspiracy bigger than all of us. There's a powerful group of people out there that are secretly running the world. I'm talking about the guys no one knows about, the guys that are invisible. The top 1% of the top 1%, the guys that play God without permission. And now I think they're following me."

6. Elliot (Rami Malek)- Hello Friend

Krista Gordon: What are you thinking about?
Elliot: Nothing.
Krista Gordon: You want to know what I'm thinking about? First time you came to me.

Elliot:I didn't exactly come to Krista. I was forced here. But I do like her. Hacking her was simple. Her password: Dylan 2791. Favorite artist and the year in which she was born, backwards. Though she's a psychologist, she's really bad at reading people. But I'm good at reading people. My secret: I look for the worst in them. I know she went through a divorce four years ago. I know she was devastated by it and has been dating losers on eHarmony ever since. Her most recent foray... Michael Hansen. I searched for him online, but nothing came up. No LinkedIn, no Facebook, nothing. Something about him bugs me, scratching that part of my mind again. But I'll hack him soon enough. I always do.

Krista Gordon: I know you're not yelling like before, which is good. But I can tell you're still holding on to it. And we need to work on your anger issues, Elliot. You're angry at everyone, at society...
Elliot: F... society.
Krista Gordon: I know you have a lot to be angry about, but keeping it to yourself and staying quiet like you're doing... it's not going to help you. There's pain underneath. That's where our work needs to go. What is it about society that disappoints you so much?

Elliot: Oh, I don't know. Is it that we collectively thought Steve Jobs was a great man, even when we knew he made billions off the backs of children? Or maybe it's that it feels like all our heroes are counterfeit. The world itself's just one big hoax. Spamming each other with our running commentary of bullshit masquerading as insight, our social media faking as intimacy. Or is it that we voted for this? Not with our rigged elections, but with our things, our property, our money. I'm not saying anything new. We all know why we do this, not because Hunger Games books makes us happy but because we wanna be sedated. Because it's painful not to pretend, because we're cowards. F... society.

Krista Gordon: Elliot. You're not saying anything. What's wrong?
Elliot: Nothing. Don't be frustrated.
Krista Gordon: Why shouldn't I be?
Elliot: You're different than most. You at least try. You at least understand.
Krista Gordon: Understand what?
Elliot: What it's like to feel alone. You understand the pain. You want to protect people from it. You want to protect me from it. I respect that about you.
Krista Gordon: Why do you think I know what it's like to feel alone?
Elliot: Shit! From her emails!
Krista Gordon: Elliot?
Elliot: I don't know.
Krista Gordon: Let's talk about last night. Did you go to Angela's birthday party? 
Elliot: Yeah. It was nice.
Krista Gordon: Did you try to talk to anyone?
Elliot: Sure. I got a girl's number.
Krista Gordon: You did? 
Elliot: She's cute. She likes The Hunger Games.
Krista Gordon: You're hiding again, Elliot. When you hide, your delusions come back. It's a slippery slope. Let's talk about the men in black you've been seeing. Are they still there?
Elliot: No, I... told you they're gone. The meds you gave me are working.

7. Elliot (Rami Malek) - Session 1° With Krista Gordon

"Krista Gordon: What is it about society that disappoints you so much?

Elliot: Oh, I don't know. Is it that we collectively thought Steve Jobs was a great man, even when we knew he made billions off the backs of children? Or maybe it's that it feels like all our heroes are counterfeit. The world itself's just one big hoax. Spamming each other with our running commentary of bullshit masquerading as insight, our social media faking as intimacy. Or is it that we voted for this? Not with our rigged elections, but with our things, our property, our money. I'm not saying anything new. We all know why we do this, not because Hunger Games books makes us happy but because we wanna be sedated. Because it's painful not to pretend, because we're cowards. F... society."

8. Elliot (Rami Malek) - F*ck Society

"Hello again. Long time no... whatever it is we do. I missed you. Where did you go? Did you leave, or did I? Maybe it was both. Or neither. Doesn't matter. Do those hopeful moments scare me? Of course. Daemons, remember? 
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At some point an "action without user interaction" will come along and sweep my legs. This spinning wheel of false highs and true lows will continue. That much I know. 
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Daemons... they don't stop working. They're always active. They seduce. They manipulate. They own us. And even though you're with me, even though I created you, it makes no difference. We all must deal with them alone. The best we can hope for... the only silver lining in all of this... is that when we break through, we find a few familiar faces waiting on the other side."

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