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[ " They're easier to take down than they thought, meaning they can stand up to the Soetti.", " The Soetti are going to exact revenge on the crew now that he's exposed their secret.", " They don't have the right to be asking for papers, making their presence on board illegal.", " They're easy to bluff against. They'll believe what the captain tells them." ]

[ " They need transport to Jorgenson’s Worlds as well.", " They need to check the papers of each passenger, so the caption allows them to do so.", " The Soetti aren’t - the captain fears them and they are illegally boarding.", " The captain and Mr. Tony are in business with them." ]

[ " He was the connection between Mr. Tony, the captain, and the Soetti's business.", " Unlike other Soetti, he was brittle and easily killed.", " He didn't have much importance. When the Soetti was presented with his body, they didn't care.", " He was the one to check the validity of each passenger's papers." ]

[ " Jorgenson's World doesn't have enough trade value to warrant the trip.", " Retief killed Skaw, and it angered Mr. Tony, who ordered him to change course.", " He needs to get away from the Soettie after Skaw's death.", " He wants to drop Retief off at Alabaster instead." ]

[ " Acoustix can be sold at a high price.", " It's an ore that can only be found in one place.", " It helps Martain people regain their ability to communicate.", " It's an abundant ore that Earth people sell." ]

[ " It is contagious, and it is affecting nearly every worker.", " There is no known cure for it.", " It makes people vanish into thin air.", " Infra-red rays influence people, and they end up lost in the Baldric." ]

[ " She didn't want Billy to know where they were heading.", " She had to pretend she was replaced by a cockatoo, and make it convincing.", " She didn't want Antler to know about the cockatoo images and how they worked.", " She didn't. It was one of the cockatoo images." ]

[ " When Billy enters the barracks, he realizes he's being hit by Red Fever.", " Workers were showing their first symptoms from working in the mines.", " The location was written in the Fever Victims file.", " Workers were showing their first symptoms after being in the barracks." ]

[ " It's the Red Fever influencing their perception.", " As Grannie Annie says, it's a form of mass hypnosis.", " They're a mirage, a result of the Baldric.", " They're the cockatoos, copying their appearance." ]

[ " They are able to copy speech.", " They live in abundance in the Baldric, despite it being a dangerous area.", " They are identical to Earth parrots, despite being on a different planet.", " They are able to physically mimic any picture." ]

[ " She found the location they all went to and helped them navigate back.", " She removed the lens from the barracks that was making them sick.", " She pretended to contract the fever and fooled Antler Park.", " She discovered that ultraviolet could reverse the effects on them and used it to cure them." ]

[ " It plays a recording of something. In this case, it's of Grannie, Xarnal, and Jimmy Baker.", " It's stationary, and can only be used to view one place and time.", " It brings up a 3-D image of the person you are looking at and allows you to watch and hear them as if you were there.", " Like a computer or television screen, it allows you to see another person on the other end." ]

[ " He didn't fully understand the effects of the infra-red rays and wanted to see what it was capable of.", " He knew the value of this spot for Acoustix, and wanted to run the Jimmy Baker out.", " He was afraid of Grannie Annie discovering his plot and tried to get rid of her.", " He had struck a large load of Acoustix and wanted to hide the evidence." ]

[ " Geologists were already aware of its presence and had been watching it.", " They investigated what they thought was a forest fire, only to find it was sediment and dust.", " The land had become so dry it was a cause of concern.", " Newspapers had established the connections of the 3 faults." ]

[ " There wasn't enough evidence to disprove the active volcano theory.", " There wasn't enough evidence to write about the fault line theory.", " Simply that the idea of an active volcano was much more interesting to the public.", " Joseph Schwartzberg was the only geologist saying otherwise." ]

[ " An earthquake begins, and the fault starts to settle on either side, putting everything into motion.", " A landslip began to form along the fault, and the land continued to sink.", " The tremors begin to increase in size.", " A new lake was beginning to settle around the Arkansas River." ]

[ " It proved that the dust volcano was alive.", " It proved Schwartzberg's theory?", " It became a national tragedy, affecting most of the country.", " It happened quickly and suddenly." ]

[ " About three months total.", " Over the course of a month.", " It all took place between September and October.", " It's all over in a matter of hours." ]

[ " State lines were made to be different after the upsets by the earthquakes.", " Much of the landscape is upset by the earthquakes, throwing dirt and dust everywhere.", " Several states totally sink, and water takes its place.", " New cliffs and fault lines continued to form." ]

[ " Because everything is now along a coastline, it's much cooler.", " For most of the states, it's about the same.", " It's much muggier in many places now, and unlivable in others.", " It's brought on much warmer, more tolerable weather." ]

[ " Because of the new sea, there are no more rivers to trade by.", " Even though millions of lives were lost, the economy is now booming due to the sea.", " Coast-to-coast travel via buses and trucks is now a thing of the past.", " Many of the previous states have dissolved." ]

[ " With millions of their people gone, America is still finding a foothold in this new world.", " It's now a booming maritime location, with high population and economic growth.", " Most of the states have separated and began to live independently again.", " The political climate has been completely upended." ]

[ " Like a factual retelling of events that have happened in America's history.", " As a scientific paper going over a tragedy that happened once in America.", " As a theory as to what could end up happening to America one day.", " As an obviously fictional scenario." ]

[ " The cops used incendiary bullets to melt the tires.", " The Scorpion somehow melted their tires.", " They didn't realize the car they stole was damaged.", " It was so hot outside that their tires melted and blew out." ]

[ " The police don't want to bring attention to them, because they don't believe there is a connection between the crimes.", " Their first letter was disregarded, and their second was read by a different person.", " The Scorpion hasn't made an appearance in person yet.", " They wrote a crank letter, and so it was completely disregarded." ]

[ " Stevenson has an overactive imagination, similar to how a previous police officer had been.", " The nature of how the crimes ended didn't add up on their own. That, as well as the signatures, make him believe there is more.", " Two back-to-back crimes is too suspicious.", " The alibi of Higgins doesn't add up. He admits to leaving the signature, but Stevenson doesn't trust him." ]

[ " The schoolyard would be empty as kids would be out.", " They could be out past curfew without suspicion. No one would question why kids were going out on Halloween night.", " The cops would be preoccupied with other matters, and it was easy to explain why you had a weapon on you.", " The cops wouldn't be on lookout on a night like Halloween, so they can get away with doing what they want." ]

[ " To show that they \"took care\" of each criminal.", " To scare off other potential criminals.", " To show that they were present at the crime.", " To help lead the police in connecting the crimes." ]

[ " They were ended by unexplained phenomena and marked by the Scorpion.", " They were carried out by The Scorpions, a new gang.", " They were ended by the criminals being apprehended by the police.", " In all 3 cases, something either melted or got too hot to handle." ]

[ " They want people to know their name and fear them, hence leaving their mark at every crime.", " They are indiscriminately attacking people in various situations.", " They hate criminals and work as a vigilante, punishing people as they see fit.", " They want to cause trouble because they are actually The Scorpions, a group of juvenile delinquents." ]

[ " To see if it matches the specifications of the person who ordered it.", " To investigate the ship that's been parked on it.", " To check what minerals and ores are present in it.", " To check its overall dimensions." ]

[ " They don't want their competitors getting to the asteroid before them and missing out on the profit.", " The Saylor Brothers have been chasing them, and they know they're on their way to the same asteroid.", " They need to fulfill Burnside's requests quickly in order to make a profit.", " Hauling asteroids is dangerous work, and the quicker they get it done the better." ]

[ " She's trying to get away from her life. She can't stand how stubborn her Grandfather is.", " She's trying to delay her arranged marriage, by preventing the asteroid from ever being delivered.", " She told her Grandfather about the asteroid and told him she would marry Mac on top of it.", " She's Burnside's granddaughter and is protecting it for him." ]

[ " She knows that the wedding has to happen, one way or another.", " She doesn't feel the same way about Bob.", " She feels trapped by her Grandfather's bargain.", " She still cares about Mac, despite all that's happening." ]

[ " It made it easy to spot and to re-locate it.", " It's small, making it easy for them to transport it with them.", " Being a \"yo-yo\" shape, it was easy to attach cables to it and maneuver it back and forth.", " Being a \"yo-yo\" shape, they can use it like one to fight against the Saylor brothers." ]

[ " The yo-yo fails to hit the other ship, as it can't quite reach it.", " The Saylor brothers call on the Interplanetary Commission for help.", " The yo-yo worked as intended, hitting their ship with the first hit.", " The yo-yo worked as intended after some maneuvering, damaging their ship." ]

[ " Starre is hopeful that they can eventually help her out of her own predicament.", " The Saylor brothers are in the way for both parties, and it makes more sense to work together to take them down.", " Bob and Quezy don't care what happens to her after. They just want to get through the situation.", " They simply don't have any other choice." ]

[ " They are hoping to start a new business selling them.", " Other companies have been making a profit with them, and they want in on it.", " The asteroids of deposits of rich minerals, making them valuable. Hence why they check the composition of each one.", " It's a new fad that Bob hard started, where rich people enjoy having them on display." ]

[ " Starre takes the asteroid back, and she goes back to living on it alone.", " The Saylor brothers return and retrieve the asteroid again.", " Bob and Quezy work with Starre to come up with a solution to both their problems,", " Bob and Quezy deliver the asteroid, and Starre marries Mac." ]

[ " He was glad to know he wasn't the only person who had seen something.", " He was glad to hear it reported, rather than ignored.", " It confirmed that what he saw was real, and he wasn't losing his mind.", " He feared he was going mad and was relieved to hear something from the real world." ]

[ " They recognize humans as intelligent beings and wanted to see what they have made.", " They want to wage war with Earth and take it for themselves.", " They are investigating humans in a scientific, albeit fatal, way.", " They are investigating humans, making notes to not destroy their world indiscriminately." ]

[ " Without the broadcast, there is no proof of what is happening. As Peter says, it's unbelievable otherwse.", " Even though the imagery is horrific, it's important that the whole world is made aware. It's their only warning.", " The images are horrific. It shows the brutality of the aliens.", " The broadcasts will likely lead to mass panic and suicide, because of how grim the circumstances are." ]

[ " They make mental contact with human victims, often leading them to madness.", " They speak through people, making them scream.", " Their lips are sealed together. They are unable to speak.", " They speak telepathically, in a language people can't understand." ]

[ " He's one of the few people to have survived an encounter with the aliens.", " He's a scientist. Scientists are part of the last hope as people who could potentially piece together how to fight the aliens.", " He's a scientist. Scientists are part of the last hope as people who could lead a new life in the underground.", " He's one of the few survivors of the new world. They need every healthy person they can get." ]

[ " To seek a solution to the aliens out in space.", " To take the embryos with him and start a new life for humans.", " To mutate embryos until they come across someone who can fight the aliens.", " To seek out a \"superman.\" Someone who can face the aliens for them." ]

[ " He knows he will mutate when he leaves, and he can't stand the thought of her seeing him like that.", " It's too dangerous for her to go as a woman. She doesn't have the same odds of survival.", " He knows she would mutate as well, and he wouldn't be able to handle that and put the mission at risk.", " He knows that they'll be reunited, and promises to come back." ]

[ " He recognizes that he will be a changed, mutated man when he returns. He literally will come back \"not as a boy.\"", " He's trying to convince himself that he and humanity will be able to come back, with the emphasis on \"We'll come back.\"", " The situation is grave. Like men who go off to war, the journey will change them. He won't be coming home as the same \"boy.\"", " He's not sure he'll be coming back, and the song is bittersweet for him." ]

[ " Without Peter, the ship won't be functional anymore.", " Despite being logical, Robert feels emotional about killing Peter. He is at odds with himself.", " Robert kills Peter without any thought behind it.", " Robert's cold logic has won him over completely." ]

[ " As a fellow scientist, he'd understand and appreciate what they're doing.", " He's in relatively good health, meaning he'd survive the experiment and yield resutls.", " He is a man of great importance, and people will believe him if it works.", " He has chronic migraines, making him a good candidate." ]

[ " It would address the root problem of every headache. By focusing on the core behind a headache, it can be used in any circumstance.", " It would separately address any problem that could cause a headache, from tumors to fatigue. It's built to be an answer to everything.", " It constricts the blood vessels with an artificial virus.", " It's not a cure at all, it's a virus." ]

[ " He's acting as if he took a narcotic, enough that Mrs. Macklin suspects that they gave him heroin?", " He's much too happy, as observed by Sidney. He's inexplicably healthy and too adjusted.", " He seems unbothered by it, despite the fact that it should have changed his life.", " The shot has somehow removed his intelligence." ]

[ " Macklin is a valuable asset to them, and they don't want something to happen to his intellect.", " The army is investigating Mitchell and Ferris because they gave unauthorized medical assistance.", " Mrs. Macklin called them in to help.", " They want to see the results of Ferris and Mitchell's trial." ]

[ " He doesn't want to have to undergo another experiment.", " He doesn't want to go back. He'd rather be \"stupid\" than having headaches and always worrying.", " It's too risky to try the experiment again. He'd rather take his chances the way he is now.", " He doesn't want to go back. In the state he's in, he's too \"stupid\" to realize the ramifications of what happened to him." ]

[ " The American astronauts can't get in contact with anyone who speaks English.", " Winship's reefer stops working properly.", " The Americans are unable to tell when the scheduled explosion is going off.", " The harsh sunlight is making the astronauts perspire." ]

[ " The Russians are unconcerned, meaning their job went well.", " The dome is severely damaged.", " Static prevent the astronauts from contacting anybody anymore.", " The dome is still standing but suffered a leak, making a new problem." ]

[ " He wished he had the same luxury. The Americans have much less room to work with.", " He's frustrated with the current situation and is finding himself envious of all the things they don't have.", " It's too much of an effort to do something like that, making it a waste of time and resources.", " To him, it's a frivolous display of power and nothing more, especially when materials like aluminum are available." ]

[ " His communications were cut off, and he has no way to talk to Wilkin.", " He is starting to lose air and needs to have it replaced.", " He runs out of air and can't breathe.", " The communications equipment stops working, and the people down at Earth start to worry." ]

[ " It ends up being epoxy resin, which activates and starts melting.", " They're unsure how to read the instructions and mix it incorrectly.", " It's the wrong substance. Because of the language barrier, the Russians set them off with the wrong barrel.", " The barrel doesn't fit in the space they need it to." ]

[ " They don't understand the instructions for the compound.", " They need help fixing the leak. They don't know how to use the calking compound.", " They need more manpower to help fix the rest of the dome.", " They need more calking compound to fix the leak. All of what they had has already hardened." ]

[ " The two stations are much too close to one another.", " They want the sole ability to conduct research on the moon.", " They know the Americans are ahead of them technology-wise.", " They don't trust the Americans, the same way Winship distrusts them." ]

[ " The dome has no been compromised.", " The barrel has destroyed their air supply.", " The calking compound has hardened and become unusable.", " They can no longer fix the leek in the dome." ]

[ " To get the full human experience, and understand what makes the planet worthwhile.", " To investigate the planet without vslling attention, and determine if it's worth colonizing.", " To assimilate the human host into the Hord, and add to it their knowledge.", " To examine the memories of the human host, and see what knowledge they have." ]

[ " Worry. He begins to worry that he won't be able to separate from Lew properly later on.", " Discontent with his regular life as he becomes more enamored with Earth life.", " Anger at that state of Orthan civilization.", " Worry. He worries that the Hord will no longer accept him when he returns." ]

[ " Earth people wear clothing, where Orthan people wear none.", " Orthan people are unsentimental, and after experiencing emotion Thig wants to be rid of it.", " Earth people enjoy a much more lush planet, with more things to enjoy.", " Earth people are individuals, capable of making their own decisions in life." ]

[ " He remembers Ellen and the love he felt, and doesn't want to leave.", " He has forgotten why he lives for the Hord.", " He contracted a disease while on Earth that's making him make wild decisions.", " He is fearful that Earth's influence will affect the Orthan as it did him." ]

[ " Torp did not have the strength to kill him, despite hitting him for some time.", " Thip's body had been left last to be disposed of.", " Torp allowed his rage to blind him, so he did not realize he left Thig alive.", " Torp wants to investigate his body for diseases before killing him." ]

[ " He went mad from the same disease that's afflicting Thip.", " Thip shoots him with a blaster before he can comprehend what happened.", " His own madness. His overly trained mind can't handle the new circumstances.", " He was never trained for a situation like this. He's not able to keep up with Thip." ]

[ " His Orthan background will always be at odds with his new life.", " It's grueling to remember what he did to Terry, and to always have to be him now.", " Though he wants it, he'll never truly belong. He'll always be an otherworlder.", " He misses his life as an Orthan, even though he's come to enjoy Earth." ]

[ " He wants to make sure no one comes to invade Earth, and have reason to fear doing so.", " He wants to warn the other Orthans about the potential dangers of Earth.", " He wants someone to understand what had happened.", " He feels badly about killing Kam and Torp, and wants to leave a final message on their behalf." ]

[ " Lewis Terry. Lewis's mind took over his completely.", " Disease. It was as Torp suspected. Being on Earth affected him too deeply.", " Comfort. Earth culture is not nearly as controlling as Orthan culture.", " Love. Love for his new family, and the uncertainties of human life." ]

[ " It is abundant with water. It would be enough for all of Mars and the colonies.", " The presence of Altha, and her living here in secrecy.", " It is a secluded area, not yet touched by most other people.", " The miniature planet and the way it functions." ]

[ " The Furry people hunt the Hairy, because they were once enslaved by them.", " The Hairy people rule over the Furry, and they are rebelling against them.", " The two factions have disputes over the land", " The Furry people have a disdain for the Hairy, and frequently attack them." ]

[ " The Hairy people need all the extra weaponry against the Furry.", " He's able to catch the Furry off guard with his expoder.", " It's much more technologically advanced than theirs.", " He's a skilled marksman and able to hit many targets at once." ]

[ " Now that he knows the location of the water, he'll be able to return to grab it for himself.", " He'll have a way out of the caverns at last, be able to escape.", " He can escape the fighting and leave Tanner and the girl behind.", " He'll be able to distribute water to Mar's colonies, and get out with Tanner and the girl." ]

[ " He was known for disallowing sexual content from his publications and was put off by the comment.", " As someone who looked into risque material himself, it piqued his curiosity.", " The phrasing took him by surprise. It's not the answer he thought he'd receive.", " He was prudish in nature, and he was embarrassed by it." ]

[ " She had a difficult time describing her true feelings.", " She contradicts herself often. She describes him one way than an inverse way pages later.", " She tells the objective truth about her and Shawn, and the relationship they shared.", " She has a habit of glorifying Shawn." ]

[ " They found it boring.", " They wished that Shawn set a restriction on how many words he allowed Mehta to publish.", " They appreciate that he persisted in telling his story.", " Like other critics, they found the growing word count intolerable." ]

[ " A neutral one. The anecdotes offered are too biased to make a judgement either way.", " They agree with Ross, that Brown carried the same mentality as Shawn.", " Brown's presence saddened Shawn, as evidence by him no longer reading the magazine.", " Brown has built on William Shawn's legacy in her own way." ]

[ " The two memoirs are completely inaccurate, and thus nothing that is offered can be true.", " Shawn clearly had deep relationships with many people. Thus, it's hard to fully understand his life and his thoughts.", " Shawn had been cheating on his wife, and even without getting a proper divorce he still pursued Ross.", " There are different sources with differing opinions, making it hard to infer the total truth about Shawn and later Tina Brown." ]

[ " Neither has a strong opinion on the matter, until after Shawn's death.", " Mehta felt betrayed by being let go; Ross said she saw the same personality in her as Shawn and was glad to be invited back.", " Ross was glad to see it brought a new interest in the magazine to Shawn, despite Mehta feeling otherwise.", " Mehta resents that Shawn passed away so soon after her being brought on, while Ross was just happy to have a job again." ]

[ " He had a magnetic personality, as shown in the way Ross and Mehta gravitated towards him.", " While quiet on the outside, he was a man prone to adultery.", " He was a respectable man with complexities that weren't always obvious and is hard to pin down based on the stories told of him.", " He lived a simple life and worked hard to publish his magazine." ]

[ " It was a preemptive measure. It's too complex to allow it to be explored unregulated.", " It is objectively immoral and \"evil.\"", " It was an easy political stance for Bill Clinton to take.", " There was no real research behind it, so there was no pushback on a bad." ]

[ " His opinion on it carries too much weight on how the ban is handled.", " When he supports the ban, he goes beyond his position as a religious leader for a specific group of people.", " The writer feels that humans have the right to choose how they reproduce, and the Pope is disallowing that.", " The Bible says nothing about cloning in it." ]

[ " To show that there is a demand for more reproductive aids like cloning.", " To show that the fear of cloning is not based on science.", " To show that reproduction has always been assisted to the benefit of people one way or another, with good results.", " To prove the science behind cloning and to show it is based in commonly used practices." ]

[ " They show that clones already exist, and are proven to grow as individuals and have their own individual rights.", " They show that like twins, clones use the same DNA to make people with shared characteristics.", " They use twins to show that if clones did exist, they would grow up the same way that twins do.", " They show that twins are a common occurrence, meaning cloning would not be such a new concept to introduce." ]

[ " They show that the idea of cloning is a possible one because some plants undergo a similar process.", " Plant cloning is unnatural and a human-made process.", " They are another example of how humans have influenced reproduction before.", " They are another example of it happening in nature, and being normal in our day-to-day lives." ]

[ " Clones would be genetically superior, as they'd be able to choose what traits to pass down.", " People may envy the social recognition that clones would receive. They'd be missing out on the same popularity.", " Clones get in between people and their spouses. They're too separate and impersonal.", " People would be \"losing\" a sexual advantage in not being able to reproduce a clone directly themselves." ]

[ " They don't understand the scientific reasoning enough. If they had the knowledge, they would more readily support it.", " People are afraid of rich people and dictators being cloned and thus continued to be in power.", " People like Bill Clinton have instilled a fear of it with his policies.", " They are too scared of the unknown and blinded by their prejudices. They believe that cloning would usurp them in one way or another." ]

[ " There is nothing to fear about it. It can't be used for evil, and there is no evidence suggesting it will affect us negatively.", " There is nothing intrinsically unnatural or immoral about it. Science supports it, and we already owe ourselves to previous new methodologies.", " It will be a great way to continue the populace. It will give people different options in terms of raising children, and even continuing their own lives vicariously through their clones.", " It is going to happen anyway, so people may as well accept it for what it is and move on." ]

[ " He's a \"hick\" as he is referred", " He's careful with his decisions", " He's scared to push the buttons on the wrong person", " He's tough and determined" ]

[ " It's difficult to locate and makes travel rather uncommon", " Tourists are no longer welcome and travel has been halted.", " It's existence is only known as top-secret so there is no information about it.", " Ships are unable to land due to too many tourists" ]

[ " Overwhelmed by bullies", " Fearful of what he would encounter once they landed", " Scared of what they had planned for him", " Annoyed by the grievance he was receiving." ]

[ " He would see the same fate as the others who had stood against Retief", " Retief would have backed off and accepted he was not welcome", " Retief would have communicated with him and solved their issue", " Tony would have won any kind of fight by using his weapon" ]

[ " The gates were closing and he didn't want to take the time for the boarding session", " The VIP accommodation requested no tourists", " He was lazy and didn't want to do his job.", " There were too many tourists on board already and the ship was full" ]

[ " They were avoiding going to Jorgensen's World because of Retief's presence", " The journey was too dangerous and long to travel", " Alabaster was a better opportunity for all on board", " They had to retreat because of the trouble with the Sweaties" ]

[ " They will be turning back around to where they came from and calling off the trip", " Retief will ensure the ship travels to Jorgensen's World, as initially planned", " It's still unclear at the end of the passage", " They will be traveling to Alabaster in stead, per the Captain's orders" ]

[ " He held vital information that could change the picture of the future of the area", " He was a useful aggressor who could take down an entire army if needed", " He was responsible for ensuring that Tony did not enter Jorgensen's Worlds", " He was the only member who was skilled in traveling" ]

[ " He was selfish and wanted everyone else to suffer", " He was caring and generous when no one else was", " He was an old, hateful man who didn't appreciate back talk", " He only cared about the food he prepared" ]

[ " She's fearless and quick-witted", " She's fearful and hard to work with", " She lacks the experience that she claims she has for her novels", " She lacks the knowledge that is needed for her novels" ]

[ " He feared they would have too much difficulty getting the employees back to work.", " He feared that would not stop the plague of Red Spot Fever.", " He feared they would lose chartered rights with Spacolonial", " He feared their work would suffer from the break." ]