[Skit: Quentin Thomas (Steve Blum) & William Kai (Kevin Randolph)]
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Okay, so what do you think life was like before the fall?
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I mean, weve seen pictures of open land as far as the eye can see and oceans incomprehensible in size that our grandparents would do their best to describe it…
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I just cant imagine life anywhere but inside a space station
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I mean the simple concept of a sky doesnt even fully register…
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We do have fields on the Babel station and also—
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Yeah, yeah, but thats all synthetic
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I mean were heading to this planet right?
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That we call “Paradise,” because we hope it can sustain life
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Why?
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Because well eventually run out of resources…
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Exactly! I mean what if we got there and its exactly as the data predicted: beautiful, lush—then we destroy it just like we did Earth?
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Theres only five million human beings left in the universe
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I mean, its weird to think about the fact that in 2065 the last footprint was left on Earth before ascending to Babel
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Man, whats your point?
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The point is, thirty ships have traveled in deep space looking for a planet like this
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Damn near all of them return home without any luck!
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Some of them didnt return at all…
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I guess my fear isnt that we wont find Paradise; its that well create purgatory…
