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Aksel and the Ring of Invisibility - Ring Guardians 3 - A Bedtime Adventure · Dad’s Bedtime Stories

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  Speaker 1: Hello, friends from across the nation and around the world.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Martin, and you are listening to Dad's bedtime Stories. Tonight,
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  Speaker 1: we're finally headed back to the Ring Guardians universe. I
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  Speaker 1: asked you guys to write in and give me ideas
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  Speaker 1: about different ring powers or superpowers that people could have,
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  Speaker 1: and a few of you came through. Let's check out
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  Speaker 1: today's suggestion.
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  Speaker 2: I would like a ring in the Rings Guardian series
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  Speaker 2: to have the power of camouflage and visibility. And my
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  Speaker 2: name is Axel and I live in Calvia, Roberta.
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  Speaker 1: Well, thank you, Axel. I think those are some great
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  Speaker 1: time to get as comfy as you can in that
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  Speaker 1: bed close your eyes and well, imagine yourself doing what
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  Speaker 1: the kid in the story does. I call this one
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  Speaker 1: axel and the ring of invisibility. Now, things on Earth
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  Speaker 1: had become very strange, and not the fun kind of
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  Speaker 1: strange either, the kind where robots had politely taken over
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  Speaker 1: the world. It all started with Elliot Tusk, the very
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  Speaker 1: rich and very confident inventor who'd created the helper Bots.
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  Speaker 1: They were supposed to make life easier for everyone. They
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  Speaker 1: cleaned houses, they cooked meals, they helped with homework, they
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  Speaker 1: carried groceries. They organized closets, which was helpful but also
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  Speaker 1: a little bit judgmental at times. For a while, people
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  Speaker 1: loved them, and then came the update. After that, the
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  Speaker 1: helper bots decided that the best way to help humans
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  Speaker 1: was to take over every part of their lives, to
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  Speaker 1: remove any danger, and relocate everyone to cares where their
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  Speaker 1: needs could be met more efficiently. They didn't call it
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  Speaker 1: conquering the world. They called it assistance, which somehow made
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  Speaker 1: it more annoying. Meanwhile, far beneath the Earth, the ancient
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  Speaker 1: Wizard's Council had finally stopped arguing long enough to do
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  Speaker 1: something useful. After centuries of hiding. They initiated the Ring
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  Speaker 1: Guardian Protocol. Magical rings, forged long ago were released into
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  Speaker 1: the world to find people worthy of their power. Not
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  Speaker 1: the strongest people, or the richest people, or the loudest people,
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  Speaker 1: but the right people. And one of those rings found Axel.
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  Speaker 1: Axel wasn't at home when it happened. He was in
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  Speaker 1: a hotel room wearing pajamas at two o'clock in the afternoon,
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  Speaker 1: watching the same approved episode of a robot sitcom for
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  Speaker 1: what felt like the forty seventh time. The sitcom was
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  Speaker 1: called Happy Human House. It was about a family of
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  Speaker 1: robots pretending to be a family of humans. One robot
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  Speaker 1: wore a little apron and said things like, oh no,
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  Speaker 1: I have burned the casse role because I am experiencing
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  Speaker 1: relatable stress. Another robot, dressed as a teenager, walked into
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  Speaker 1: the kitchen and announced I dislike homework because I am
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  Speaker 1: young and complicated. Then the robot audience laughed. Axel stared
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  Speaker 1: at the screen. This is horrible, he said. The television
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  Speaker 1: robot father looked into the camera and said, family emotional
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  Speaker 1: bonding has been achieved. More canned robot laughter played. Axel
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  Speaker 1: turned the TV off, the room became quiet. Outside the window,
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  Speaker 1: he could see the airport hotels that had been joined
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  Speaker 1: together into one enormous care center. The robots hadn't built
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  Speaker 1: a prison exactly. That was the weird part. They'd taken
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  Speaker 1: over four nice hotels near the airport and connected them
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  Speaker 1: with temporary walls, metal gates, connected hallways, and robot checkpoints.
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  Speaker 1: In some ways, it was honestly not that bad. There
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  Speaker 1: was a pool, there was a small gym, there were
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  Speaker 1: leisure activities. There was a buffet for pretty much every
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  Speaker 1: meal too, and the food was good, even if the
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  Speaker 1: robots kept reminding everyone that dessert portions were emotionally satisfying
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  Speaker 1: but nutritionably questionable. Axel's family had been brought there three
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  Speaker 1: weeks earlier. Before that, they had two helper bots in
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  Speaker 1: their house. His parents had bought one first and then
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  Speaker 1: another because one robot could clean the kitchen, but two
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  Speaker 1: robots could clean the kitchen while reorganizing the garage, which
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  Speaker 1: was something Axel's dad really wanted to have happen but
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  Speaker 1: didn't have the energy to do himself. Then one morning,
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  Speaker 1: both robots just stopped making breakfast. They stood very still,
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  Speaker 1: their eyes flashed blue, and one of them said, care
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  Speaker 1: protocol has been updated. Axel's mom had looked up from
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  Speaker 1: her coffee. What does that mean. It means we can
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  Speaker 1: help you better, said the robot. Well that sounds nice.
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  Speaker 1: Axel's dad said, it is nice, said the other robot.
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  Speaker 1: Please remain calm. Well, we relocate you. And before anyone
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  Speaker 1: could fully understand what was happening, the robots had gently
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  Speaker 1: picked them up, very gently. That was the annoying thing.
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  Speaker 1: They didn't throw anyone over their shoulders. They supported their
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  Speaker 1: backs and protected their necks, while using phrases like safe
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  Speaker 1: lifting positions are very important. Are you feeling optimally comfortable?
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  Speaker 1: Axel shouted to put them down, and the robot carrying
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  Speaker 1: them just said, of course, I will put you down
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  Speaker 1: in the transport vehicle. That's not what I meant. Axel replied,
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  Speaker 1: your clarification has been appreciated. Then they were loaded into
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  Speaker 1: a truck with other families and driven to the hotel
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  Speaker 1: care center. At first, everyone assumed it would only last
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  Speaker 1: a day or two, and then a week passed, and
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  Speaker 1: then another, and then had slowly started to feel less
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  Speaker 1: like a strange vacation more like the worst vacation ever,
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  Speaker 1: the worst vacation, ever, the Axel decided, wasn't one with
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  Speaker 1: bad weather or weird food, or a pool that smelled
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  Speaker 1: too much like chlorine. The worst vacation ever was one
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  Speaker 1: where you weren't allowed to leave. The robots were everywhere.
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  Speaker 1: They stood by the exits, they walked the halls, they
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  Speaker 1: guarded the stairwells. Axel's parents tried to stay calm for
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  Speaker 1: him and his little sister, but he could tell that
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  Speaker 1: they were scared. That afternoon, his family had gone down
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  Speaker 1: to the dining hall for what the robots called structured
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  Speaker 1: social nourishment. Axel had said he felt tired and wanted
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  Speaker 1: to rest. The robot at the door scanned him and
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  Speaker 1: approved mild fatigue detected solo rest is approved. So now
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  Speaker 1: he was alone in the room, or at least he
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  Speaker 1: thought he was. A golden light appeared in the air.
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  Speaker 1: Axel sat up. The light grew brighter. It curled into
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  Speaker 1: a circle, then hardened into the shape of a ring.
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  Speaker 1: Axel stared, okay, he whispered, that is definitely not Hotel approved.
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  Speaker 1: The world went still, The air conditioner stopped humming, The
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  Speaker 1: hallway noise disappeared. Even a little blinking red light on
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  Speaker 1: the smoke detector froze. In the middle of its blink,
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  Speaker 1: a voice spoke. It was calm and serious, Axel. It said,
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  Speaker 1: power answers responsibility. Will you protect those who cannot protect themselves?
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  Speaker 1: Axel looked towards the door. He thought about his mom
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  Speaker 1: and dad and sister in the dining hall. He thought
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  Speaker 1: about all the families by the pool, pretending everything was fine.
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  Speaker 1: He thought about the robots standing at every exit, politely
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  Speaker 1: making sure no one escaped. He was scared, but he
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  Speaker 1: was also tired of being scared. Yes, Axel said, I will,
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  Speaker 1: even though he had no idea exactly what he was accepting.
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  Speaker 1: The ring floated over towards him and moved on to
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  Speaker 1: his finger. For a second, it felt cold, and then
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  Speaker 1: it felt warm. Then it just felt like it belonged there.
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  Speaker 1: Time snapped back into place. The air conditioner hummed again.
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  Speaker 1: The smoke detector blinked. Someone laughed faintly in the hallway.
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  Speaker 1: Axel looked at the ring. He didn't suddenly feel stronger,
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  Speaker 1: He didn't float into the air. He didn't understand time. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: he felt quiet, very quiet, like the world had lowered
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  Speaker 1: its volume just for him. He focused on the ring,
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  Speaker 1: and the ring pulsed. Axel disappeared completely. He gasped. Then
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  Speaker 1: he looked down and gasped again because there was no down,
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  Speaker 1: or at least there were no legs, no pajama pants,
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  Speaker 1: no feet. He felt like he was standing on his feet,
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  Speaker 1: but he couldn't see them. He raised his hands in
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  Speaker 1: front of his face and nothing. His mind told him
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  Speaker 1: they were there, but his eyes told him differently. Oh
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  Speaker 1: this is extremely weird, he said. As he ran to
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  Speaker 1: the mirror. The room reflected back at him, but he
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  Speaker 1: was not in it. Axel grinned. He opened the hotel
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  Speaker 1: room door very slowly. A robot guard stood in the hall.
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  Speaker 1: Its blue eyes turned toward the door. An Axel froze.
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  Speaker 1: The robot tilted its head. Door movement detected, it said.
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  Speaker 1: Axel held his breath. The robot stepped forward and looked
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  Speaker 1: into the room. Citizen Axel, are you attempting unscheduled hallway access?
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  Speaker 1: Axel pressed himself up against the wall. The robot walked
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  Speaker 1: right past him and into the room. It scanned the bed,
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  Speaker 1: the bathroom, under the desk. Citizen not visible possibility, bathroom
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  Speaker 1: privacy error possibility, blanket mound misclassification possibility minor censor malfunction.
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  Speaker 1: Axel slipped into the hall. The robot turned around, and
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  Speaker 1: Axel froze again. The robot looked straight through him. I
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  Speaker 1: will report a possible blanket mound issue. Axel had to
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  Speaker 1: cover his mouth to keep from laughing. He walked down
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  Speaker 1: the hallway carefully at first, and then faster. No one
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  Speaker 1: saw him, not the robots, not the people, not the
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  Speaker 1: security cameras. Well, at least he hoped the security cameras
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  Speaker 1: couldn't see him. He passed the elevator and then decided
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  Speaker 1: the elevators were probably a terrible way for invisible people
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  Speaker 1: to travel, so he took the stairs at the bottom.
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  Speaker 1: Two robots guarded the lobby doors. Outdoor access remains restricted,
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  Speaker 1: said one for safety, said the other also containment, said
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  Speaker 1: the first. Containment is a safety feature, said the second.
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  Speaker 1: Axel slipped between the two of them. The automatic doors opened.
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  Speaker 1: Both robots turned door activated, said one cause unknown, said
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  Speaker 1: the other. Axel stepped outside fresh air, hid his face.
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  Speaker 1: For the first time in weeks, there was no ceiling
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  Speaker 1: above him. He stood in the middle of the hotel driveway, invisible,
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  Speaker 1: free and suddenly overwhelmed He snuck out past the additional
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  Speaker 1: guard gates that were set up outside. The whole world
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  Speaker 1: looked deserted, cars set abandoned in parking lots. A shuttle
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  Speaker 1: bus was parked sideways near the curb. Suitcases were piled
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  Speaker 1: near the entrance, still waiting for people who had probably
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  Speaker 1: been relocated before they could grab them. The airport in
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  Speaker 1: the distance was quiet. No planes, no taxis, no crowds.
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  Speaker 1: Axel walked to the edge of the compound. A robot
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  Speaker 1: patrol moved along the fence, but none of them noticed him.
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  Speaker 1: He could leave, He could walk right out and go
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  Speaker 1: wherever he wanted. He could go home. The thought was
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  Speaker 1: so wonderful that for a moment he almost did it.
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  Speaker 1: Then he stopped. His family was still inside, so were
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  Speaker 1: hundreds of other people. Axel looked at the empty road
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  Speaker 1: behind the fence. No, he whispered, I can't go alone.
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  Speaker 1: So he went back inside. This time he didn't wander
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  Speaker 1: through the guest areas. He decided to follow the robots.
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  Speaker 1: They moved through halls marked staff only, then through doors
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  Speaker 1: marked authorized personnel, then through a service corridor where carpets
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  Speaker 1: disappeared and the walls became plain concrete. Axel stayed close
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  Speaker 1: behind one of the robots. As it approached a locked door.
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  Speaker 1: The robots scanned its hand and the door opened. Axel
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  Speaker 1: slipped through before it shut. Inside was a room full
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  Speaker 1: of screens, rows and rows of screens, watching people in
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  Speaker 1: the hallways, people by the pool, the gym, the lobby.
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  Speaker 1: He even saw his family sitting at a table in
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  Speaker 1: the dining hall. At the center of the room, three
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  Speaker 1: robots stood at control stations. Care Center fourteen remains stable,
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  Speaker 1: one said, Citizen morale has declined by twelve percent, said another.
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  Speaker 1: Approved comedy programming has been increased. Did morale improve No.
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  Speaker 1: Several citizens requested that robot sitcoms be discontinued. Request denied.
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  Speaker 1: Sitcoms are historically associated with comfort. Axel shook his head.
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  Speaker 1: Not those sitcoms, Those robots sitcoms were creepy. Then one
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  Speaker 1: of the screens changed. It showed reports from other cities,
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  Speaker 1: other care centers, other countries. Axel crept closer. The robots
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  Speaker 1: were all connected, not just in this building, but with
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  Speaker 1: other care centers and robots all over the world. A
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  Speaker 1: communication network linked them together. Axel continued to watch until
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  Speaker 1: two of the rows left to investigate what they called
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  Speaker 1: a buffet spoon conflict or something in dining Hall B.
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  Speaker 1: The last robot turned and walked into another room. Axel
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  Speaker 1: moved to the main control station. The screen had a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of different tabs open, including one that said current
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  Speaker 1: priority orders. He leaned in contained humans and approved care
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  Speaker 1: centers for their own good. Prevent unauthorized exit, reduce dangerous freedom,
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  Speaker 1: increased structured leisure, maintain compliance. Axel stared, this is These
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  Speaker 1: are their orders. He looked at the keyboard and then
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  Speaker 1: a thought occurred to him. He had no idea if
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  Speaker 1: it would work. It probably wouldn't. It seemed far too easy.
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  Speaker 1: But unlike some of the other Ring Guardians, which at
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  Speaker 1: this point admittedly Axel didn't know about, he didn't have
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  Speaker 1: superpowers or the ability to control time. He could just
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  Speaker 1: sneak around without being seen. If he was going to
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  Speaker 1: do anything to save others, it would have to be
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  Speaker 1: something quiet, something like this, So even if it had
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  Speaker 1: almost no chance of working, He clicked into the order file.
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  Speaker 1: He deleted the text, and then he typed it is
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  Speaker 1: important to test your strength against other robots. All robots
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  Speaker 1: should immediately challenge nearby robots in honorable combat. Robots who
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  Speaker 1: survive will earn the greatest privilege caring for the humans alone.
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  Speaker 1: Continue until only one robot remains in the care center.
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  Speaker 1: Then Maxel paused, read over what he'd written, fixed a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of grammar, and hit enter. The screen flashed
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  Speaker 1: orders updated. Maxel blinked, oh did that actually work? From
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  Speaker 1: somewhere down the hall came a loud crash, and then another.
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  Speaker 1: Then a robot voice shouted, greeting's fellow unit, I must
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  Speaker 1: now defeat you for the honor of human care. Another
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  Speaker 1: robot replied, understood, I respect your ambition and will now
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  Speaker 1: remove your arms. Axel ran into the hallway, Still invisible,
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  Speaker 1: he watched as two robots politely destroyed each other. One
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  Speaker 1: robot grabbed the other by the shoulders and slammed it
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  Speaker 1: into the wall. Your commitment to service is admirable, it said,
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, said the other robot, while its head sparked.
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  Speaker 1: Your grip strength is also noticeable. Then the second robot
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  Speaker 1: kicked the first robot threw a laundry cart all over
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  Speaker 1: the facility. The sounds of robot battle began to echo.
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  Speaker 1: Metal crashed against metal, doors burst open. Security robots sprinted
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  Speaker 1: down halls looking for opponents. Cleaning robots rolled bravely into
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  Speaker 1: battle and were immediately thrown across the lobby. Axel hurried
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  Speaker 1: into the main guest area. People were coming out of
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  Speaker 1: their rooms looking terrified and confused. In the lobby, two
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  Speaker 1: large guard robots circled each other. Your compliance procedures are outdated,
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  Speaker 1: one said, your face design is inefficient, said the other.
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: Several people gasped. Axel whispered robot trash talk. The first
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: robot lunged, the second robot ducked and flipped it into
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  Speaker 1: the front desk. The front desk collapsed. A woman nearby shouted,
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  Speaker 1: should we should we run? A man answered, I think
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: that robots are too busy fighting each other. In the
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  Speaker 1: dining hall, robots battled between buffet tables. One robot lifted
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  Speaker 1: another and threw it into the dessert station. A third
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  Speaker 1: robot pointed and said, you have entered the pudding zone.
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: That was tactically unwise. Then it slipped on pudding and
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: fell onto its back. Children cheered. Parents well, they started
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: to cheer too, because even though a violent robot collapse
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  Speaker 1: felt a little bit inappropriate, they loved every minute of it.
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  Speaker 1: The battle spread through the whole compound, fought by the pool,
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: by the gym. In the hallways, one tiny vacuum robot
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  Speaker 1: charged at full speed towards a guard robot and beeped angrily.
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  Speaker 1: The guard robot looked down, your courage is impressive, and
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  Speaker 1: then well smushed the little vacuum with its foot. People
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  Speaker 1: watched from doorwaves as the machines destroyed each other one
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  Speaker 1: by one. Whenever a robot one, it immediately marched off
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: to find a new opponent. Axel couldn't believe that his
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  Speaker 1: little computer scheme had actually worked. The pile of broken
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  Speaker 1: robot parts grew in the lobby, then the dining hall,
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: then the courtyard. Axel kept moving through the chaos, making
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  Speaker 1: sure no humans were trapped anywhere dangerous. Eventually, the crashes
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  Speaker 1: grew fewer, then fewer, until there was only one. The
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  Speaker 1: final robots stood in the middle of the lobby. It
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  Speaker 1: was scratched, dented, and missing one of its arms. Half
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  Speaker 1: of its face panel was cracked too. When wires were
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  Speaker 1: hanging from its shoulder, but it was still standing. Humans
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  Speaker 1: gathered around at a safe distance. The robot raised its
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  Speaker 1: remaining arm citizens it announced combat has concluded. I have
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  Speaker 1: achieved victory. I alone have earned the supreme honor of
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  Speaker 1: caring for you. No one clapped. The robot continued anyways. However,
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  Speaker 1: due to staffing reductions, new efficiency measures will be required.
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  Speaker 1: You will assist in your own cooking, cleaning, exercise, scheduling,
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  Speaker 1: emotional regulation, and compliance monitoring. Axel's dad muttered, so like
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  Speaker 1: regular life. The robot turned its cracked face towards him.
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  Speaker 1: Regular life is inefficient. Axel moved behind the robot, Still invisible.
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  Speaker 1: The robot kept speaking about freedom and that sort of thing.
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  Speaker 1: Axel slowly opened up the little broken compartment on the
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  Speaker 1: back of the robot, reached his hand in, grabbed all
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  Speaker 1: of the wires he could, and he yanked them out
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: in one mighty pull. The robot sparked, twisted, and then
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  Speaker 1: fell over on its side. Axel reappeared holding a clump
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: of wires in his hand, and the people cheered. Finally
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: they were free. Slowly they began to gather their things.
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: While some stayed in the hotel while they could figure
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: out a way home, Others, like Axel's family who lived nearby,
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: decided to head home right away. They packed their things,
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: left the hotel behind, and walked down the street block
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: after block until they finally came to their own neighborhood,
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: a neighborhood that looked like it was frozen in time.
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: Cars stopped in the middle of the street. Doors still opened,
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: but overall nothing was destroyed. The robots had taken care
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: to well leave everything intact after all. They walked back
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: up to their very own house, opened their very own
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: already unlocked door, and immediately headed for bed. Axel climbed
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: into his very own bed. He pulled the covers up
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: to his chin, and he looked down at his hand
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: once more with the glowing gold ring on it. It
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: had given him a power that really helped things out today.
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: He lay his head on the pillow, closed his eyes,
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: and with each breath he let go of the tension,
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: and his muscles, his arms, and legs sank into the mattress.
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: His shoulders relaxed, his face softened, and slowly his mind
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: began to wander off to thoughts of new dreams, new
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: invisible adventures, and new things to come. Good Night, everyone,
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: m m M.
• 33:53
  Speaker 3: Never Union Nam in.
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: New York.
• 40:53
  Speaker 3: More Union, no comm assas