Elias spun the chair around slowly. He looked at the girl he had mentored, the girl he had 'saved' in the season premiere. He looked at the gun pointed at his chest and didn't blink.
(Should we stay in the Hub or cut to the world outside?) The tone (More action-heavy or psychological dialogue?) [S2E8] This is Where the Plot Thickens
"Come on, Sarah," Elias murmured, a cold smile twitching at his lips. "The audience is waiting." Elias spun the chair around slowly
Elias didn’t reach for his keycard. He reached for a glass shard hidden in his sleeve. He pressed his thumb against the sharp edge, letting a single drop of blood fall onto the scanner. The screen didn’t turn red. It turned white. "Welcome back, Director," the voice synthesizer whispered. (Should we stay in the Hub or cut to the world outside
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Outside, the rebellion was hammering at the blast doors. Sarah, the supposed hero of this story, was leading the charge to "shut down" the system Elias had spent years pretending to maintain. She thought she was saving the world from a machine. She didn’t know the machine was the only thing keeping the atmosphere from venting into space.
: The hero is now the unintended pawn in a much larger game.