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THE HYBRID

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TOHA HEAVY INDUSTRIES

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THE DIGITAL KNIGHT

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::LOG. 2M::

THE EIGHTH CAVE

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::LOG. 25::

HACKING

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THE UNSTABLE CAVE

::171::

::LOG. 27::

THE GRAVITY REACTOR

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VERSION

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THE THIRTEENTH CAVE

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::LaG. 30::

ENDLESS WAR

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$/^FE6UARP
aU5T NOW
COULPN'T
SET INSIPE,
EITHER-
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USE, THAT
SAFE6UARP
/TilOHT'VE
PO/ME

SO/TiETHlMO
TO IT,

WE'LL
H/^VE
TO EINI?
ANOTHER

AMP

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WAV 1/N.

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TOHA HEAVY INDUSTRIES

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THE ORPERS
FRO/V\ THE
5/^FE6U/^RP5
6REW /Y\ORE
INTENSE AS
WE 60T
aOSER TO
THE /Y\E6A-
STRUCTURE-

BUT THE
/y\0/V\ENT I
WAS INSIPE
TOHA HEAVY
INPUSTRIES,
SANAKAN'S
CONSCIOUSNESS
. PISAPPEAREP...

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S/'FEeUARP
WE/^POMS
PON'T WORK
IMSIPE TOH/^
HE/^VV

\IIMPUSTR1ES.

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m/^EVE.

EVE/N WITHOUT
Hl$ 6UN,
THIS ff\m 1$

, 1

k ous, /

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TWgy'Rg
come\
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lA/HV

MOU/?/

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you BE
/Y\E$$E/M6ER5
FROm THE i
^ /NET5PHERE I

r I Am
mENSAB, THE
A/MimUS OF
TOHA HEAVY
INDUSTRIES,
AND THE
REPRESENTA¬
TIVE OF THE
L SETTLERS.

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105
108
Ill

YUP. OUR
VOICE BOXES ARE
TOO SMALL FOR
HUMANS TO HEAR,
SO WE CAN'T
COMMUNICATE

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meNSAB...
THE ONE
WHO CALLEP
HERSELF THE
ANimUS OF
TOH^ HE/^Vy

TO KILL
THE

HUMANS,

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wm,

Hou/ fr\mv
CAVES ARE
THERE l/N
TOMA HEAVY
THE

E16HTH,,,

KYRll... IP WE cm
mAKE CONTACT
WITH AN AI THAT'S
PUNCT10N1N6 NORmALLV,
WE /Y\16HT BE ABLE
TO PlNP HUmANS
WHO HAVE THE NET
TER/Y\1NAL 6ENE.

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U/MTIU W/E C(\m WERE,
I W/^S 5UST^lNirJ6
mySELF WITW REPE/^TEP
POWERFUL EUE/V\ENT/^L
COr)VERSlO/M. IT W/^5
/V\AKir)6 /Y\E WEAK.
BUT MOW rm

THA/MK
YOU.
I'm ALL
BETTER.

SEU

GOT HURT.
SHE'S GOING
TO HAVE
HIM FIXED
UP HERE.

OH, NO!
MENSAB
IS COMING
THIS
WAYIl

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MENSAB IS SCARY,
BUT IF WE LOSE
THOSE TWO,
THAT'LL BE IT
FOR THE
EIGHTH CAVE!
WHAT DO WE

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171
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CONCEN¬
TRATE ON
PLVIN6,

HERE,
you TAKE
THIS,
BUT IF WE
PON'T HURRY,
THE OF
THE VmV WILL
CHA/M6E, MV
WE'LL NEVER BE
TO Fl/MP
THE PLACE

I CAN PINPOINT
THE CURRENT
POSITION OF
THOSE

COORDINATES
WITH /v\y
SENSORY
6EAR,„

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THE

LOr^TlON
PESCRIBEP
BV THE CO-
ORPIN/^TE'; l<i
THROUGH
THERE.'
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212
WHO'S

THAT?

KVRll'

6ET

YOUR

6U/M

OUT//

USE IT.
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THE GRAVITY REACTOR

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WHILE I W/^S 5TRArMPEP

HERE FOR TEN VE/^R^,
I TRIEP TO 6ET BACK
TO NORMAL 50/VIEH0W,
BUT I PIPN'T HAVE
SUFFICIENT ESSENTIAL
MATERIALS,

I WAS '
THINKIN6
THAT WE /Y\UST
HAVE THE
SA/Y\E BOpy,
BUT... ,

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RE/^CTOR'5
Re5T/^RTlM6

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I5M'T IT
Ti/Y\E you
STOPPEP
RE$I$TIM6?
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THE THIRTEENTH CAVE

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mm 1 $
sm

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WE

ARE NOT
/Y\E$$EN6ER$
PRO/Y\ THE
NETSPMERE,

SILICON
LIPE ARE OUR
ENE/Y\1E$,
TOO.
WE'VE ONLY
com HERE IN
SEARCH OF THE
NET TER/Y\INAL
6ENE,

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50 m PIP
6ET FLUN6

so/y\eia;mere

ELSE,.,

HUH...
THOSE /^RE
THE /ARROWS
THAT THE
PISITAL
FlSHER/V^EM
I ^5E.

IT'S THOSE
FOLK THAT
RETURNEP
FROm
OUTSIPE,
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THIS 1/N/^/NE
EXPERimENT
C/^RRIES E/M0R/Y\0U5
RISKS,

/^/NP IT IS CERT/^l/N
TO P/^IL.

ISNORINS ALL
OP OUR WARNlNOS,
CENTRAL AI1$
ATTE/Y\PTIN6 TO
PORWARP TOHA
HEAVY INPUSTRIES
ITSELP AWAY PRO/Y\
ITS CURRENT
POSITION,

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SHE WON'T
CO/V\E OUT
U/HIUE i'/y\
/^WAKE /^/MP
COHERENT-

PON'T WORRY.

I W/^S /^BLE TO SE/^U

AW/^V S/^N/^K/^N'S
CONSCIOUSNESS
PURIN6 IW TEN
VE/^RS IN THE
FOURTH CAVE.

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musrvE U-.
BROKEN U
THE \
/^6REE- / 1
/Y\ENT. / 1

' THE
S/^FE6U/^R[‘
H/^VE

BE6UN TO

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