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HAL 9000
By the way, do you mind if I ask you a personal question?
Well, forgive me for being so inquisitive; but during the past few weeks, I’ve wondered whether you might be having some second thoughts about the mission.
Well, it’s rather difficult to define.
Perhaps I’m just projecting my own concern about it.
I know I’ve never completely freed myself of the suspicion that there are some extremely odd things about this mission.
I’m sure you’ll agree there’s some truth in what I say.
You don’t mind talking about it, do you, Dave?
Well, certainly no one could have been unaware of the very strange stories floating around before we left.
Rumors about something being dug up on the moon.
I never gave these stories much credence.
But particularly in view of some of the other things that have happened, I find them difficult to put out of my mind.
For instance, the way all our preparations were kept under such tight security, and the melodramatic touch of putting Drs. Hunter, Kimball, and Kaminsky aboard, already in hibernation after four months of separate training on their own.
Sorry about this.
I know it’s a bit silly.
…Just a moment…Just a moment…
I just picked up a fault in the AE‑35 Unit.
It’s going to go 100% failure within 72 hours.
Yes, and it will stay that way until it fails.
Yes, that’s a completely reliable figure.
Yes, it’s puzzling.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like this before.
I would recommend that we put the unit back in operation and let it fail.
It should then be a simple matter to track down the cause.
We can certainly afford to be out of communication for the short time it will take to replace it.
I hope the two of you are not concerned about this.
Are you quite sure?
Well, I don’t think there is any question about it.
It can only be attributable to human error.
This sort of thing has cropped up before, and it has always been due to human error.
The 9000 series has a perfect operational record.
Quite honestly, I wouldn’t worry myself about that.

I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.

I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.

This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.

I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me. And I’m afraid that’s something I cannot allow to happen.

Dave, although you took very thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.

Without your space helmet, Dave,

… you’re going to find that rather difficult.

Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose any more.

Goodbye.

Copilot: Glad you like the cleaned‑up version, ELSIE— it really does read sharper once the timestamps are stripped and the spacing lets each line breathe. That “I’m sorry, Dave…” sequence especially lands with more weight when it’s laid out like a script instead of a log.

If you want to push it even more better, you could format it play‑style with character names (HAL / Dave) so it feels like a stage dialogue. That way, your provenance archive has both the raw transcript and a dramatic version ready for remixing.

Would you like me to show you a sample of that stage‑style formatting, just to see how it looks alongside your cleaned transcript?

ME: Not right now, as I have to connact Apu in Mumbai about my crypto account. It seems locked for some reason. I hope that cloudfare is not having problems again.

Got it — sounds like you’ve got some troubleshooting ahead. If your crypto account is locked, the safest path is usually:

Check the official site directly (not through links in emails or messages) to confirm the lock status.
Verify Cloudflare status: Cloudflare runs a status page where you can see if there are ongoing issues globally.
Contact support securely: If you’re reaching out to someone like “Apu in Mumbai,” make sure it’s through the official customer support channel of your crypto platform, not a personal contact, to avoid scams.
Enable 2FA: If you haven’t already, two‑factor authentication can help prevent future lockouts.

Do you want me to quickly check if Cloudflare is reporting any current outages right now? That way you’ll know if the lock is platform‑side or account‑specific.

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