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A young man and woman sit side by side on a train with a cityscape visible through the window, with the man holding a black box in his lap and the woman looking out with her head resting on her hand.
A woman with red hair and a man with dark hair sit on a couch, talking, then the man is seen looking at a black box on a coffee table while the woman asks a question about it.
A man and a woman are sitting on a couch. The man has black hair and is wearing a white and black jacket. The woman has red hair and is wearing a dark blue jacket. They are looking at each other while having a conversation.
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A young man and woman sit side by side on a train with a cityscape visible through the window, with the man holding a black box in his lap and the woman looking out with her head resting on her hand.
A woman with red hair and a man with dark hair sit on a couch, talking, then the man is seen looking at a black box on a coffee table while the woman asks a question about it.
A man and a woman are sitting on a couch. The man has black hair and is wearing a white and black jacket. The woman has red hair and is wearing a dark blue jacket. They are looking at each other while having a conversation.

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Ben Lorentz and locksmith Casey Cardea flee with a mysterious package tied to missing physicist Dr. Lana Boone. They head to the docks, where Ben plans to use his unusual ability to slip aboard a ship and find her.

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F1AkK PRESENTS 04 WHITE CITY ★ COOL CITY. BRIGHT FUTURE. ★ LOW TOWER PEOPLE PLACES POSSIBILITIES TOGETHER LIVE IN THE BASEMENT WHITE CITY TRANSIT CARDEA & SONS SAT NOV 14 THE LOWER DECK AUREA COMMONS LOUDER PEOPLE BRIGHTER DAYS THE HANDOFF PT. 2: THE SLIP FEATURING BEN LORENTZ & CASEY CARDEA

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Red-haired woman: So your delivery was a fake name and the real recipient is a missing physicist from Solis? Dark-haired man: That sounds like the gist of it. Red-haired woman: You have a package meant for a Solis physicist that was to be delivered under a false name, and that physicist is conveniently missing... Dark-haired man: Yeah, you said that al-- Red-haired woman: No, don't you get it, Ben? You're in trouble... Big kinda trouble. Dark-haired man: They're going to want the box back. Red-haired woman: Yes, Ben, and... Dark-haired man: ...and I have the box. Red-haired woman: Good boy. Red-haired woman: What would you normally do with an undeliverable package? Dark-haired man: Well shit. Dark-haired man: Return to the sender.

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Ben: And I called Solis earlier. The receptionist had no record of the package. So I can't give it back. Woman: You did what? Ben: I called to see if I could just return it. Woman: Ben... Woman: Sweetie... Woman: Did you really call Solis? Ben: Yeah.