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[[Patty, Dexter, and Trish look toward Colonel Lionel Barker with anger.]]
Patty: You're mad...
Dexter: You're worse than Emperor Palpatine and Khan Noonien Singh rolled into one...

[[Lionel faces the trio, apparently let down by his monologue's inability to convince them.]]
Lionel: How... disappointing. I had hoped you would have shared my vision. My reconnaissance implied a higher intelligence among your office-mates. But you seem blinded by sentimentality.

[[Lionel walks away, toward a door that opens with a <<SLIFTH>> sound. He speaks over his shoulder to the trio.]]
Lionel: Unfortunately, you now know too much for me to allow you to wander about freely. I will leave you here to... reconsider. Perhaps in time you will see my inevitable truth.

[[Lionel turns away, heading out the door. Behind him, we see Patty, Dexter, and Trish, and further behind him we see Fred and Socrates still concealed by the outcropping.]]
Lionel: At this point, we have no further options, my friends. Our course is set. We must embrace this destiny... or perish.

[END CHAPTER FIVE]