"Walk the Line" - Reboot.Exe - S2 Chapter 20

## Walk the Line

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"Walk the Line" is the twentieth episode of the second season in Reboot.exe following the Holiday Hiatus. It was released on 25 February 2023 and is narrated by Dave.

## Episode Synopsis

Weeks pass. A new candidate is chosen for NuYou, and the slums are placated for the moment yet again. The gang is gathering supplies, and coming to the realization that they may never return to the slums. The crew goes over the various people they want to join them on their adventure. Eve calls Possum and he agrees to be there within a few days, as he’s a city citizen and can go whenever he wants. Eve also talks with Incongruent, and they get in contact with one of Incongruent’s confidants and arrange for the extra Eve units to be taken care of, and stowed somewhere safe.

Eve and Seb begin their walk out to deliver the other drones. They are initially stopped by a few gangers with weapons, but once realizing they are from Ugly’s gang, they immediately back off. They meet a woman in her late twenties with a cybernetic hand, who takes the drones from them and gets them ready to be sent to the Allen family house.

Seb and Eve both say their separate goodbyes to Conrado, who shares his gratefulness to Seb for the new life forward, as well as his arms. ‘Tilda shares with Eve about her long lost love, Macca, who she hasn’t seen in a very long time, and has no idea of where he could be.

After their touching goodbyes, Xiang, Eve, Incongruent, Seb and Ugly pile into a car and begin their way to the city. Once in, they go to meet Oscar at a dark back entrance. He invites them all in to come and see what Pr0, now Peter, has grown into, thanks to the help of Reboot. Seb keeps an eye on both Ugly and his father – neither of which seem to have a reaction to one another. Oscar leads them into the backroom that is holding several large tubes filled with “goo.” Oscar highlights one of them, that is housing a fetal being, that is appears to be around seven years of age. Oscar says that it will be another three or four weeks until Peter is ready to the degree they wanted from him, and will require even more cognitive therapy.

Oscar steps away to speak with a receptionist. Ugly walks up behind Seb, and squeezes his shoulder, asking about their own process of becoming who they are. Ugly says that he was much younger when he was “born.” Ugly then asks Seb about “goldilocks” in reference to his younger brother, Uriel. Seb says that he doesn’t know much about him, and that he just seemed to pop into existence one day.

Ugly pokes at the tank, and asks Seb if he thinks all of this is wrong. Ugly says that he wants to burn the entirety of it all down. Seb says that this was the best option for Pr0, considering he didn’t get to really life a life. Ugly concedes, saying that he’s too smart to not see some of the positives in this, but that Pr0 is dead. He watched Seb kill him, but agrees that he deserves another chance. Oscar comes up and Ugly ends their conversation by saying that he hopes Seb will be on his side when its time to make a choice.

They all pack up, and head to a building where they will be staying from now on. Xiang has been on her phone throughout the entirety of the visit to see the baby Peter and is now acting distant while setting up firewalls and other protective measures in this new place.

A month passes, and Seb gets a call from Nyla, stating that “his little boy has been born.” Incongruent, Xiang and Possum hang back, whereas Ugly comes to see, being morbidly curious about the entire process.

Arriving to the facility, they are greeted by Peter, still in the vat. As Nyla begins to drain the goo, she tells them that Peter has been made to believe that he is was a solider, explaining away his certain proficiencies. She also tell them that Peter is now 23. She says that he has memories, but they aren’t entirely accurate, and are “rose tinted.” Nyla warns them that Peter’s cognitive state is very fragile and a great shock or overwhelming information will be very dangerous. Seb asks to have the room completely to themselves. Nyla gives them the best she can, by her and Oscar exiting the room, but that staff members need to remain in the background.

Peter awakens, and is able to talk and recognize people immediately. He remembers his last moments as Pr0, but just believes that he had too much to drink that night and is waking up from a hangover. Seb runs up and gives Peter a hug, but he is still incredibly confused about things. Seb, after giving him a towel, hands him his gun.

Seb sits Peter down on a chair, and begins explaining to him that he, Pr0, died, and that Seb is the reason for it. Peter tells Seb to calm down, and reassures him that he’s here and alive now. Peter says, after dredging his memories, that he remembers that he put himself on the line for his friends and to protect the ones he cared about the most, and that Seb is the one that brought him back. Seb hands him his gun again, but Peter refuses, saying that he needs a meal, a shower, the lights to be turned down, and doesn’t want to be angry.

Seb begins explaining some changes that were made to his body, starting with the fact that he no longer has cybernetics. A technician begins to interrupt their conversation, reminding them of how dangerous all of this information is to be getting, being merely minutes old. Seb brushes him off, and tells Peter about Riley, and how she came to see him, saying that he thinks she left the circle. Peter is ultimately upset that Seb didn’t take her up on her offer, and wants to see her again. Peter eventually says that he is going to do so, but is going to save it for another day. He turns and thanks Seb for saving him. Seb reminds him that he is the one who killed him, but Peter pays that no mind.

Ugly walks in, looking to Peter with a sad expression. He says that he wasn’t that pretty before. Peter tries to laugh it off, but Ugly isn’t taking this lightly. He tells Peter that he’s going to need to stay here for a little while longer to make sure things are working as planned, and to get some food into his stomach in a way that won’t cause a total organ collapse. Ugly says that the “whole family is back together.. just in time to burn Reboot Corp to the ground.”

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## TL;DR

* Weeks pass. A new candidate is chosen for NuYou, and the gang is gathering supplies, and coming to the realization that they may never return to the slums. The crew goes over the various people they want to join them on their adventure. Eve also talks with Incongruent, and they get in contact with one of Incongruent’s confidants and arrange for the extra Eve units to be taken care of, and stowed at the Allen family house when they get delivered.

* Seb and Eve both say their separate goodbyes to Conrado and ‘Tilda.

* Xiang, Eve, Incongruent, Seb and Ugly pile into a car and begin their way to the city. Once in, they go to meet Oscar at a dark back entrance. He invites them all in to come and see what Pr0, now Peter, has grown into, thanks to the help of Reboot. Oscar says that it will be another three or four weeks until Peter is ready to the degree they wanted from him, and will require even more cognitive therapy.

* They all pack up, and head to a building where they will be staying from now on. Xiang has been on her phone throughout the entirety of the visit to see the baby Peter and is now acting distant while setting up firewalls and other protective measures in this new place.

* A month passes, and Seb gets a call from Nyla, stating that “his little boy has been born.” Incongruent, Xiang and Possum hang back, whereas Ugly comes to see, being morbidly curious about the entire process.

* Arriving to the facility, they are greeted by Peter, still in the vat. As Nyla begins to drain the goo, she tells them that Peter has been made to believe that he is was a solider, explaining away his certain proficiencies. She also tell them that Peter is now 23. Nyla warns them that Peter’s cognitive state is very fragile and a great shock or overwhelming information will be very dangerous.

* Peter awakens, and is able to talk and recognize people immediately. He remembers his last moments as Pr0, but just believes that he had too much to drink that night and is waking up from a hangover.

* Seb sits Peter down on a chair, and begins explaining to him that he, Pr0, died, and that Seb is the reason for it. Peter tells Seb to calm down, and reassures him that he’s here and alive now. Peter assures Seb that he doesn’t want to be angry.

* A technician begins to interrupt their conversation, reminding them of how dangerous all of this information is to be getting, being merely minutes old. Seb brushes him off.

* Seb tells Peter about Riley, and how she came to see him, saying that he thinks she left the circle. Peter eventually says that he is going to do so, but is going to save it for another day. He turns and thanks Seb for saving him. Seb reminds him that he is the one who killed him, but Peter pays that no mind.

* Ugly says that the “whole family is back together.. just in time to burn Reboot Corp to the ground.”

YHT