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[Zed stands before a giant screen swarming with microscopic infusoria]
May: Look at it. It's you.
[Zed looks behind him, but May does not see him do so]
May: Your genetic structure, your life chart. Look.
[Obligingly, Zed does so again]
May: You are a mutant, second, maybe third generation - therefore genetically stable. Enlarged brain, total recall. Your potential is... Your breeding potential!
Zed: Breeding?
May: Frayn!
[May spins around to confront Zed]
May: How did you get into the Vortex? What is your purpose?
Zed: I'm just an Exterminator. I know nothing.
May: You must know that you're mentally and physically vastly superior to me, or to anyone else here. You could be anything, could *do* anything. You must be destroyed.
Zed: Why?
May: Because you could destroy us!
Zed: As *you* destroyed the rest of life? Can you un-know what you know now about me?
May: For the sake of science, I will keep this knowledge from the others, for the time being. But you must follow me, obey me, be circumspect, make no disruption, quietly do whatever work is given you. I will watch over you
May: Look at it. It's you.
[Zed looks behind him, but May does not see him do so]
May: Your genetic structure, your life chart. Look.
[Obligingly, Zed does so again]
May: You are a mutant, second, maybe third generation - therefore genetically stable. Enlarged brain, total recall. Your potential is... Your breeding potential!
Zed: Breeding?
May: Frayn!
[May spins around to confront Zed]
May: How did you get into the Vortex? What is your purpose?
Zed: I'm just an Exterminator. I know nothing.
May: You must know that you're mentally and physically vastly superior to me, or to anyone else here. You could be anything, could *do* anything. You must be destroyed.
Zed: Why?
May: Because you could destroy us!
Zed: As *you* destroyed the rest of life? Can you un-know what you know now about me?
May: For the sake of science, I will keep this knowledge from the others, for the time being. But you must follow me, obey me, be circumspect, make no disruption, quietly do whatever work is given you. I will watch over you
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May Look at it It's you
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Your genetic structure Your life chart
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Look
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You are a mutant
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Second maybe third generation
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Therefore genetically stable
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Enlarged brain
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Total recall
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Your potential is
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Your breeding potential Breeding
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Frayn How did you get into the Vortex What is your purpose
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I'm just an exterminator I know nothing
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You must know that you're mentally and physically vastly superior
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to me or anyone else here
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You could be anything
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Could do anything
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You must be destroyed Why
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Because you could destroy us As you destroyed the rest of life
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Can you unknow what you know now about me
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For the sake of science I will keep this knowledge from the others
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for the moment keep you alive
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But you must follow me Obey me
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Be circumspect Make no disruption
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Quietly do whatever work is given you I will watch over you
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Movie Summary
In the distant future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
