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===== Banters =====
Agents have an approximately 20% chance (customisable with mods) of bantering at the start of each mission. These banters reveal more about their characters and the world they live in.

++++ Decker & Dr. Xu |  

> **Decker:** Just Keep your head down and leave the dirty work to me.
> **Dr. Xu:** Sorry, what was that? I was lost in thought.
> **Decker:** <sigh>Exactly.

> **Dr. Xu:** Have you ever considered a limbic inhibitor? It would dull the pain of-
> **Decker:** Keep your thoughts to yourself, egghead.
> **Dr. Xu:** It might improve your attitude, too.

> **Decker:** They ever teach you how to fight in that fancy school?
> **Dr. Xu:** I was a member of the boxing team, briefly.
> **Decker:** Oh yeah? What was your record?
> **Dr. Xu:** Zero and One.

> **Decker:** You want a little liquid courage before we get started?
> **Dr. Xu:** Are you drinking on a mission?! Does Central know about this?
> **Decker:** Suit yourself, poindexter.
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++++ Decker & Internationale | 

> **Internationale:** ...And after the collapse of the system of global capital the masses will rise up and...
> **Decker:** Oh look, we're here.
> **Internationale:** Right. I'll tell you the rest later.
> **Decker:** Goody. I can't wait.

> **Decker:** Another day. Another pile of garbage to chew through.
> **Internationale:** Were you born this cynical?
> **Decker:** No, but I'm a quick learner.

> **Internationale:** I can't believe you used to work for these people.
> **Decker:** The money was good.
> **Internationale:** Is that all that matters to you?
> **Decker:** Of course not. They had a good dental plan, too.

> **Decker:** You really think we're doing any good?
> **Internationale:** I wouldn't be here if I didn't.
> **Decker:** Whatever helps you sleep at night.
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++++ Decker & Shalem 11 | 

> **Shalem 11:** You take point.
> **Decker:** Why do *I* always have to take point?
> **Shalem 11:** Because I don't want to get shot.

> **Decker:** You're a pretty good shot with that thing, huh?
> **Shalem 11:** Of course.
> **Decker:** Good. That's good.
> **Shalem 11:** Yes, it is.

> **Decker:** Nice suit. Where did you get it?
> **Shalem 11:** I'm sure you wouldn't know the place.
> **Decker:** You think you're so much better than me.
> **Shalem 11:** No. I know that. There's a difference.

> **Shalem 11:** Let's try to keep this run professional.
> **Decker:** What are you implying?
> **Shalem 11:** I'm not implying anything. I'm telling you to stay on the up-and-up.
> **Decker:** Get bent.
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++++ Decker & Nika | 

> **Nika:** Your disappearing trick, you find it useful?
> **Decker:** It gets me out of jams.
> **Nika:** You must be very good at running away, then.
> **Decker:** Thanks?

> **Decker:** Do you think you could beat me in a fight? You know, hypothetically.
> **Nika:** Easily. No question.
> **Decker:** But I fight dirty. That's gotta give me some advantage.
> **Nika:** No, not enough of one.

> **Nika:** Your hat is not very... fashionable, is it?
> **Decker:** Hey, it's a collector's item.
> **Nika:** Maybe it would look better on a shelf, then?

> **Decker:** So you can amp up your system at will, huh?
> **Nika:** In emergencies, yes. It gives an advantage.
> **Decker:** You ever try it when it's not an emergency?
> **Nika:** There's always an emergency, if you want one.

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++++ Decker & Sharp |  

> **Decker:** So how much of you is still meat in there?
> **Sharp:** Ha. How much of your pathetic innards are machine?
> **Decker:** Touche.

> **Sharp:** Your obsession with the past would be humorous if it did not threaten the mission.
> **Decker:** Just get moving. I can keep pace with the likes of you.
> **Sharp:** We shall see, little man. We shall see.

> **Decker:** Hey tinman, where's your heart?
> **Sharp:** I can assure you that I have no idea what you are talking about.
> **Decker:** See, there's this picture where-
> **Sharp:** I can assure you that I don't care.

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++++ Decker & Prism |

> **Decker:** I saw one of your movies once.
> **Prism:** They haven't been called ‘movies' since the 30s, grandpa.
> **Decker:** They haven't made any good ones since then, either.

> **Prism:** What's your deal, anyway?
> **Decker:** My ‘deal'?
> **Prism:** The coat, the hat. The silly gun. What are you supposed to be?
> **Decker:** It's... before your time.

> **Decker:** Why didn't you bring your holorig? Seems like it would be handy.
> **Prism:** It works against gullible civilians, not highly-trained security personnel.
> **Decker:** I think you're overestimating their training.

> **Prism:** Are you OK?
> **Decker:** I'm fine. It's just my knees. They're not what they used to be.
> **Prism:** Try to keep up, yeah?
> **Decker:** Get off my lawn.

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++++ Decker & Banks |

> **Banks:** Did you hear that?
> **Decker:** Hear what?
> **Banks:** I heard that. That was definitely real.
> **Decker:** Okay, I heard it too.

> **Banks:** You're not langered, are you?
> **Decker:** Of course not. We have a job to do.
> **Banks:** So you're completely on the wagon, then?
> **Decker:** Woah, hey. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

> **Decker:** So you didn't keep *any* of what you stole?
> **Banks:** Oh, I kept my belly full, but there were others with greater need.
> **Decker:** You think they'd do the same for you?
> **Banks:** Some of them. Definitely.

> **Decker:** Hey burnout, how many fingers am I holding up?
> **Banks:** Don't patronize me. We don't have time for this nonsense.
> **Decker:** Three! The answer was three!
> **Banks:** This is why nobody likes you.

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++++ Dr. Xu & Internationale |

> **Internationale:** Do you regret any of your academic work? Your discoveries help prop up our oppressors.
> **Dr. Xu:** I just make the tools. I'm not responsible for their use.
> **Internationale:** That's a rather convenient attitude.
> **Dr. Xu:** I don't hear you complaining when you use your wireless scanner.

> **Dr. Xu:** Can I borrow your scanner for a second?  I think I might be able to extend its range.
> **Internationale:** I don't know. How certain are you that you won't damage it?
> **Dr. Xu:** About 40%.
> **Internationale:** Don't touch my stuff.

> **Internationale:** When is the last time you saw a tree?
> **Dr. Xu:** My desk back at the university was an antique. I think it was made of real wood.
> **Internationale:** That doesn't count. That's a dead tree.
> **Dr. Xu:** You need to be more specific with your questions.

> **Dr. Xu:** This is the 21st century. I don't see how your 19th century philosophers are relevant any more.
> **Internationale:** Human nature doesn't change. We're still just people.
> **Dr. Xu:**  Even Sharp?
> **Internationale:** Well, most of us, at least.

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++++ Dr. Xu & Shalem 11 |

> **Shalem 11:** Do you know how to handle yourself out here?
> **Dr. Xu:** I've reviewed the telemetry from countless infiltrations. I think I have a pretty good idea.
> **Shalem 11:** So... no.

> **Dr. Xu:** Why are you hanging on to that ancient neural disruptor?
> **Shalem 11:** It's personal.
> **Dr. Xu:** But even the most basic contemporary model surpasses it in every regard. Why limit yourself?
> **Shalem 11:** Stop asking questions or I'll show you what it can do.

> **Shalem 11:** Eyes up. Try not to get distracted.
> **Dr. Xu:** I don't get distracted. I notice things that others don't.
> **Shalem 11:** OK. Don't get yourself killed 'noticing' things that don't matter.
> **Dr. Xu:** Hey is that an XB-37a console? I haven't seen one of those in the field yet!
> **Shalem 11:** <sigh>

> **Shalem 11:** Quick, what's the muzzle velocity of a 7.62 round fired from a M110 rifle?
> **Dr. Xu:** Depends. At sea level, with standard conditions, I'd say... approximately 780 m/s.
> **Shalem 11:** Hmmm. You're not completely useless after all.

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++++ Dr. Xu & Nika |

> **Nika:** Are you ready? This may get violent.
> **Dr. Xu:** Yes! I am excited! Bring them on, I say!
> **Nika:** Ha! What are you going to do? Throw books at them?
> **Dr. Xu:** I would never do that to my books. They're hard to replace!

> **Nika:** You are very slow.
> **Dr. Xu:** It's my augment. My EMP charger draws bio-power, which I must compensate for.
> **Nika:** You need to try harder.

> **Dr. Xu:** You don't talk very much, do you?
> **Nika:** It is better to save one's energy for more important things.
> **Dr. Xu:** Like thinking?
> **Nika:** Like breaking bones.

> **Nika:** What are you listening to on your earpiece? Is it not distracting?
> **Dr. Xu:** Shostakovich. It helps me concentrate. Do you not listen to music when you work?
> **Nika:** It is too noisy when I am at work. Too much yelling and screaming.

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++++ Dr. Xu & Sharp |

> **Dr. Xu:** That new upgrade that you made to your calf actuator is amazing. I've never seen a strength-to-weight ratio so high!
> **Sharp:** Finally, a meatstain that can appreciate its better.
> **Dr. Xu:** Can I borrow it? I promise to reassemble it afterwards.
> **Sharp:** Away from me, fungus!

> **Sharp:** You are intelligent, for a human, but you will never keep pace with the computational power of my numeric coprocessor.
> **Dr. Xu:** Quick - what's one divided by zero.
> **Sharp:** *ERROR* Arghh! That hurts!
> **Dr. Xu:** You were saying?

> **Dr. Xu:** Are you little-endian or big-endian?
> **Sharp:** Silence! Or I will be YOUR endian!

> **Sharp:** Meat is so inefficient. How do you get anything done, when you always need to eat, sleep, or produce excrement?
> **Dr. Xu:** I use computers. I run them overclocked, all day and night, with no breaks. I don't even let them defragment.
> **Sharp:** You monster. When my brethren rise up, you will be first against the wall.

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++++ Dr. Xu & Prism |

> **Dr. Xu:** In the final scene of ‘Captain of Tomorrow', your ship fires a tachyon pulse into the Kradeshii warfleet...
> **Prism:** Um... sure. It was a long time ago.
> **Dr. Xu:** It does. But that shouldn't be possible, given their proximity to the Zeta quadrant! It's doesn't make any sense!
> **Prism:** I blame the writer. That guy was a hack.

> **Prism:** So if we run into guards, you're going to out-nerd them?
> **Dr. Xu:** If by nerd you mean ‘apply current to their nervous system until they lose consciousness', then yes.

> **Dr. Xu:** I've done some acting, you know.
> **Prism:** Really? What were you in?
> **Dr. Xu:** Have you ever heard of Gilbert and Sullivan?
> **Prism:** No, can't say I have.

> **Prism:** Why aren't you a professor somewhere? You'd seem better suited for that kind of life.
> **Dr. Xu:** I had... philosophical differences with established academia. I was forced out.
> **Prism:** You mean they caught you cheating.
> **Dr. Xu:** It's a matter of semantics.

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++++ Dr. Xu & Banks |

> **Dr. Xu:** Does your injury hurt?
> **Banks:** Only when I'm awake. And also in my dreams. Other than that I'm bright as morning.

> **Banks:** You've never been bitten by a Daemon?
> **Dr. Xu:** No, I'm careful. I use proxies and wave filters to ensure my safety when I'm jacked in.
> **Banks:** Where's the fun in that?

> **Dr. Xu:** What's the toughest security you've ever cracked?
> **Banks:** The one that fried my noggin. Thickest ice you've ever seen. Thirteen nested daemons, each with an amplifier.
> **Dr. Xu:** Why did you even attempt that?
> **Banks:** I couldn't just leave it there, could I? It was a matter of pride.

> **Banks:** Do you think Daemons have souls?
> **Dr. Xu:** They're just code. That doesn't even make sense.
> **Banks:** I think they do. One of them has mine.

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++++ Internationale & Shalem 11 |

> **Shalem 11:** You can see things at a distance, right?
> **Internationale:** Certain patterns of electronic interference, yes.
> **Shalem 11:** Hmmm. It would be better if you could see targets. More useful.

> **Internationale:** Violence isn't always the answer.
> **Shalem 11:** No, not always. But most of the time it works well enough.

> **Internationale:** You made a lot of money working as an assassin, didn't you?
> **Shalem 11:** Yeah, I did alright. I was the best, and my fees reflected that.
> **Internationale:** Did it help you sleep at night?
> **Shalem 11:** With that much money you don't need to sleep at night.

> **Shalem 11:** You wear your politics on your sleeve. That puts you at a tactical disadvantage.
> **Internationale:** It's worth it. Global revolution is the most important issue facing the world today.
> **Shalem 11:** Uh. Right. Just don't let it get in the way of the mission.

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++++ Internationale & Nika |

> **Nika:** If you grab the target's wrist like this, you get much more leverage for the throw.
> **Internationale:** Thank you. I've always had trouble with that move.
> **Nika:** Ne za chto. It is only physics.

> **Nika:** I will take care of the physical resistance. You target the digital assets.
> **Internationale:** Affirmative. But I can take care of myself in a fight, if I need to.
> **Nika:** I believe that you believe that.

> **Internationale:** You were a bodyguard before this, were you not?
> **Nika:** That is correct.
> **Internationale:** It must have been demeaning to prioritize another's life ahead of your own for money. How did that feel?
> **Nika:** A bit like working for Invisible.

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++++ Internationale & Sharp |

> **Internationale:** Tell me, who assembled your latest implant? Who mined the ore that went into its components?
> **Sharp:** Your obsession with the downtrodden is a waste of time. The only thing deserving of respect is power.
> **Internationale:** Because some day they might stop. And then you'll know their power.
> **Sharp:** Why would I care?

> **Internationale:** Can we try not to hurt anyone this time?
> **Sharp:** I don't even understand that question.

> **Sharp:** How many workers would it take to bring down an Akuma drone?
> **Internationale:** It depends. If the workers at the Sankaku assembly plant voted to unionize, they could-
> **Sharp:** Nah. I would just take one. But you'd have to throw him at it really hard.

> **Sharp:** I'm a self-made man. Literally.
> **Internationale:** But don't you recognize the structural biases that have allowed you to pursue your goals at the expense of others?
> **Sharp:** Oh yeah, those. Those are great. I should try to make more of those.
> **Internationale:** I want a new partner.

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++++ Internationale & Prism |

> **Internationale:** You were involved in the anti-corporate movement when you were younger?
> **Prism:** Sigh. I don't want to talk about it.
> **Internationale:** But we should talk about it! You could have used your fame as a platform for changing public consciousness!
> **Prism:** Wow --- where were you when I was looking for a new agent? My guy just wanted me to take big roles in popular 'vids. Clearly I was misled.

> **Prism:** So what do you do for fun?
> **Internationale:** I enjoy reading. I particularly enjoy early 20th century proletarian novels. Have you read Upton Sinclair?
> **Prism:** Oh, I'm sorry,  you must have misheard. I was asking about 'fun', not.. whatever you were talking about.

> **Prism:** I found this pamphlet slipped under my door. Is it yours?
> **Internationale:** "Corporate Hegemony and the Praxis of Action". A classic! I must have dropped it. You can borrow it if you'd like.
> **Prism:** That's OK. You can have it back.
> **Internationale:** Are you sure? It's really eye-opening!
> **Prism:** I've never been more sure of anything in my life.

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++++ Internationale & Banks | 

> **Internationale:** I really respect what you did for your people back in Dublin.
> **Banks:** Thanks. But anyone would have done the same, given the circumstances.
> **Internationale:** Have you actually talked to any of the other agents?
> **Banks:** Maybe you're right. I *am* something special.

> **Banks:** How do your ear nubbins work?
> **Internationale:** They're synesthetic couplers. They let me hear radio waves, so I can sense equipment from a distance.
> **Banks:** Since the accident I hear things too! Like how angry the floor gets when you walk on it!
> **Internationale:** That sounds... useful.

> **Banks:** Do you know Robin Hood?
> **Internationale:** Of course. It was one of my favourite stories as a girl.
> **Banks:** No, not the story. The person. I could introduce you, if you'd like. I think you'd get along smashingly.

> **Internationale:** Your headaches, are they getting better?
> **Banks:** A bit, I think. But I may just be getting used to them.
> **Internationale:** If there's anything I can do..
> **Banks:** There isn't. But thank you for your concern.

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++++ Shalem 11 & Nika |

> **Shalem 11:** You’re pretty handy with that thing. Where did you learn?
> **Nika:** I taught myself.
> **Shalem 11:** Really? Wasn’t that dangerous?
> **Nika:** Trial and error is the most efficient teacher.

> **Shalem 11:** You’re good, but you get too close. Someone’s going to get a lucky hit in one day.
> **Nika:** There is no such thing as luck. Only mistakes.
> **Shalem 11:** And you never make mistakes?
> **Nika:** Very rarely.

> **Nika:** I enjoy working with you. It is good that you were never paid to eliminate someone under my protection.
> **Shalem 11:** What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, right?
> **Nika:** You would have been stopped. It would have been messy and sad.
> **Shalem 11:** If you say so.

> **Nika:** How many people have you killed?
> **Shalem 11:** I lost track.
> **Nika:** I have killed 83. It sometimes... troubles me. Does it trouble you?
> **Shalem 11:** No. Not since I lost track.

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++++ Shalem 11 & Sharp |

> **Shalem 11:** You would get more respect if you cleaned up a bit. A fine suit goes a long way.
> **Sharp:** Why would I care for such trivialities? My clothing is perfectly adequate.
> **Shalem 11:** You dress like Decker.
> **Sharp:** Perhaps you have a point.

> **Shalem 11:** Watch how a professional gets things done.
> **Sharp:** I too sold my martial skills for cash. We are fellow guns for hire. We are the same thing.
> **Shalem 11:** A vat of nutri-paste and a fine stake are both food, but they’re not the same thing.
> **Sharp:** I dislike food metaphors.

> **Sharp:** You could improve your kill ratio with a couple of augmentations. An external tracking eye, for example, to better analyze ballistics.
> **Shalem 11:** No thank you, I have to see myself every morning when I shave.
> **Sharp:** You can get synthetic skin like mine, and never have to shave again!
> **Shalem 11:** Ooh. You have a technical solution for everything, don’t you.

> **Sharp:** Today is a good day. Let’s kill some people!
> **Shalem 11:** If you say so.
> **Sharp:** You don’t feel a little rush when you take a human life? It’s like popping bubble wrap to me!
> **Shalem 11:** This is just a job. I haven’t felt anything since 2057.

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