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Well, the prodigal son returns. Agent Maine, you've cause quite a few problems for us.

I would like to remind the Sub-committee members that anything is possible. Some things are probable. This is what is. And my agency, as it always has, will continue to deal with what is... until it is no more.

Of course, I am sure that you will agree that the core mission of any scientific endeavor is to find creative solutions to unexpected problems."

But I revere above all else our ability to continue as a species - our ability to survive. And no committee, no bureaucrat, will ever convince me otherwise."

What has surprised me most about mankind during the Great War is not our ability to adapt to the new arenas of conflict, but instead, our willingness in victory to so quickly return to the old."

I feel I must remind you that it is undeniable, and may I say a fundamental quality of man, that when faced with extinction, every alternative is preferable."

And while the law has many penalties for the atrocities we inflict on others, there are no punishments for the terrors that we inflict on ourselves. So you send your men. They won't find themselves a fight. They'll only find an old man. An old man tired, but satisfied he did his duty. An old man weary from a mind more filled with memory than it is with hope. Sincerely yours, the former Director of Project Freelancer, Dr. Leonard Church."

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