"Ilana:" "It's like a beautiful sunrise." "The splash of colors makes me feel warm, hopeful." "Lance:" "I see something..." "A bit different." " Ilana:" "What?" " Lance:" "Pestilence..." "Devastation..." "Endless war." "Ilana:" "You need to lighten up." "What do you see?" "Octus: [ Human voice ] Well..." "There are 20,000 variations of color." "Ilana:" "No, no." "What do you see?" "Lance:" "What do you think the painting represents?" "Octus:" "The red doesn't represent red?" "Ilana:" "You can't just look with your eyes." "You have to look with your heart..." "Uh, your gut..." "Oh, your imagination?" "Go deeper, below the surface." "Octus:" "Yes." "Yes, I see it." "I can detect another painting underneath it." "So, I guess this wasn't the artist's first try." "Ilana:" "But what can you tell us about the painting?" "Octus:" "The canvas is 20'x20', and I date it to be approximately 1929." "Lance:" "That's not what she's talking about." "Octus:" "There's an interesting variation of brush strokes, but..." "What?" "Ilana:" "You really don't see anything else?" "Octus:" "But nothing else is printed." "It's just a configuration of lines and color." "Ilana:" "I guess you can't see it the way we do because..." "You're a robot." "Octus:" "Robot?" "Idiot." "Je ne ferais pas ça." "[ Chuckles ] Tu vas perdre." "Le fou prend la dame." " Echec et mat!" " Huh?" "!" "Comment est-ce que c'est possible?" "!" "Comment peux-tu me battre?" "!" "Tu as le cerveau d'un chevreau sans son mère!" "[ Pigeons cooing ]" "[ Both laughing ]" "Hé!" "Revenez ici, vous petits monstres!" "Ah." "Les enfants seront des enfants." "Ce coup était illégal, juste comme toi!" "Tu es illégal!" "Imbécile, buveur de café!" "[ Both laughing ]" "[ Bang ]" "[ Bang ]" "[ Bang ]" "[ Bicycle bell dings ]" "[ Gears clicking ]" "[ Bang ]" "[ Clicking continues ]" "[ Indistinct conversations ]" "Ilana:" "Newton?" "Newton?" "Octus:" "What?" "Ilana:" "You've been a million light-years away since we left the art institute." "Are you okay?" "Octus:" "Sure." "Ilana:" "What's going on?" "Meanwhile, in southern France, a series of strange occurrences." "Lance:" "What are they saying?" "Ilana:" "I can't hear it over all this noise." "[ Conversations continue ]" "Octus: [ Sighs ]" "Okay!" "[ Radio warbling, stat ]" "[ Loudly ]..." "According to the reports from our Paris bureau, the population of an entire village, both human and animal, has been thrust into what experts are theorizing is a kind of profound hypnotic state." "French military has quarantined the entire area and..." "[ Radio warbling, static ]" "Ilana:" "Mutradi?" "Lance:" "Only one way to know for sure." "Octus:" "We can't go." "If this phenomenon is affecting humans, there's every chance it will affect us, too." "Lance:" "It might affect us but not you." "Octus: [ Sarcastically ] Oh, sure... send the robot." "I'll call you when I get there." " Lance:" "What was that all about?" " Ilana:" "I don't know." "Are you there?" "What do you see?" "Octus: [ Robotic voice ] A beautiful sunrise." "The colors make me feel warm and hopeful." "Lance:" "You want to run that by us again, minus the sarcasm?" "Octus:" "My robot scanner isn't detecting anything." "I guess it's beyond my robot capacity to..." " Are you guys seeing this?" " Lance:" "Yeah." "Ilana:" "What could have done that?" "Lance:" "Octus, run an analysis of the air and water." "Octus:" "Already have." "No evidence of toxins or biological agents of any kind." "I'm not sure what's happening." "Um, the g3 guys are here, also." "Lance:" "What are they doing?" "Octus:" "Nothing." "I'm entering the village now." "All of Paris is affected." "If this phenomenon keeps spreading at this rate, it'll..." "[ Gasps ]" "Hello?" "Lance?" "Ilana?" "[ Car alarms blaring ]" "[ Human voice ] No." "[ Car alarms blaring ]" "[ Disc clatters ]" "[ Soft footsteps ]" "[ Signal clicking ]" "[ Water splashing ]" "Octus: [ Human voice ] It's everywhere." "It's infected everyone." "Everyone human." "Maybe titan can break the grip of whatever's done this to you." "Initiating sym-bionic titan!" "Your vitals are normal, but I can't get to you." "It's like you're trapped." "Maybe if I can stimulate electrical activity in your brain, I can..." "[ Electricity crackling ]" "Nothing." "Of course... an ultrasonic frequency signal coming from..." "A pinhole in space?" "No, wait!" "That's the rift gate!" "Something's coming." "[ Robotic voice ] I need to jam the signal and free you before it's too late." "But first I have to amplify my transmissions." "[ Human voice ] Wish me luck." "[ Energy humming ]" "[ Machinery whirring ]" "[ Electricity crackling ]" "[ Beeping ]" "More power!" "[ Zap!" "]" "[ Electricity crackles ]" "Data entry 5.6." "Signal from space hasn't been disrupted." "I've failed." "Has being around humans..." "Affected my ability to analyze?" "Is that why I can't solve this problem?" "I'm so sorry." "It's a funny thing, having these feelings." "Am I just projecting feelings because they are appropriate to the situation, or am I actually feeling them?" "And if being with humans has affected me, the way I process the world around me, then why can't I see what they see?" "What am I?" "I'm not a man, and I'm not just a machine." "Am I both..." "Or neither?" "[ Screeches ]" "Octus:" "The rift gate!" "[ Beeping ]" "It's searching for us... for you, Ilana." "[ Screeches ]" "[ Screeching ]" "[ Door creaks, slams ]" "[ Screeches ]" "Octus: [ Robotic voice ] It should take a little more time for the creature's bio-sonar to find us down here, but it will find us." "What do I do?" "What do I do?" "What would you do?" "What would you do?" "You'd ask me." "You'd know my systems would be able to analyze the creature and find a solution." "If I can just get close enough, I can jam the signal." "Then we can form titan and stop the thing." "But to do that, I'll need a diversion." "[ Energy hums ]" "[ Human voice, thinking ] It is the logical solution, a momentary distraction." "But if it doesn't work, you'll..." "[ Energy hums ]" "[ Energy hums ]" "[ Robotic voice ] No!" "It will work." "It has to." "[ Train clacking ]" "[ Screeches ]" "[ Screeches ]" "[ Explosion ]" "[ Horns honking ]" "Ce coup était illégal!" "[ All grunt, whistle blows ]" "[ Screeching ]" "Octus:" "No." "[ Wheels screech ]" "Lance:" "What..." "[ Roars ]" "Octus:" "Initiate sym-bionic titan!" "[ Electricity crackling, energy humming ]" "Lance:" "What is that thing?" "Octus:" "I'll fill you in later." "Right now we've got to take care of this beast." "[ Crack ]" "[ Screeches ]" "[ Birds chirping ]" "Lance:" "That looks cool." "Ilana:" "Thanks." " Are you done?" " Lance:" "Yeah, I guess." "Ilana:" "You're so... angry." "Lance:" "Yeah." "Ilana:" "How do you think Newton's doing?" "How's it going in here?" "Octus: [ Human voice ] You tell me." "Well?" "Ilana:" "Wow, I, um... think the fruit represents... humanity." "Right, and, uh..." "Lance:" "And, um, the way the light kind of washes over the bowl, that's the future... the hope for a better tomorrow." "Octus: [ Thinking ] I may not see the painting the way they do, but I see it my own way." "I'm not a robot, and I'm not a human." "I am something..." "[ Robotic voice ] Different." "I am Octus."