S3 E2: Time at Cyrus’s Bedside

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There are kids in this world who are different special They go to school in a place you can't find on a map And they're about to get a new classmate. What were you doing in Florida, Cyrus? What were you looking for? He's still so... infuriating! He always knows just how to get to me. Are you crying, Ridley Basternak? What? May I offer you a tissue? Thanks, Ivan.

I need to learn from you. Don't let emotions get in the way. Cyrus has always been kind to me. I hope you will wake up. Yeah. What floor, Renly? Can you take me to level 43? I want to go to Cyrus' lap. Wait, I guess I don't have access to that floor anymore since I quit my job. Incorrect. You have lifetime clearance to every floor. I do? How?

Cyrus Sanders, he said. No matter what happens with the two of us, Brinley should always feel like she has a safe home here at Holiday Corps. He must have recorded that before I done- Before the breakup. Incorrect again. This was recorded two days ago. Oh. Cyrus Andrus, Laboratory. Oh Cyrus, you big nerd. Look at all this mess! Test tubes and wires and... You still keep a photo of us on your desk. Homecoming dance. I looked really amazing that night.

This piece of junk. An old cell phone? It's like the size of a toaster. Who invented it, Benjamin Franklin? And why is it attached to all these wires and a bunch of... Crazy antennae. What were you up to, Cyrus? Trying to talk to space? Hello? Cyrus Angers from home?

Is that you? Really? How old are you? How old am I? Seriously? You care that little that you can't even remember my birthday? No, I... Brinley? What are you doing in here? Birdie! I was in the middle of a relaxing swim in my water tank when someone triggered the alarm in Cyrus's lab. I should have known it was you. We can talk about this later. Hello?

who is that you're not authorized to be operating this whatever it is i don't have time to debate you birdie yes yes i'm here what do you know about cyrus wait cyrus Who are you talking to? Why does she sound so weird? Do you know what he was doing in Florida? Elixir Academy. Do not go. Okay, enough of this. I'm shutting you down. Birdie, stop! No!

What did you do? I told you, you're not authorized to touch Cyrus's experiments. No, no, no, no, no, no. Hello? Can you hear me? Hello? Now she's gone, and I... I didn't get any answers about Cyrus or his trip to Florida or why he had her name in his hand. Wait, I thought you said the name in his hand was... Your mother? That's your mom on the phone? It was.

And now she's gone. Again. When was the last time you talked to her? I don't know. Ten years ago? So how was she connected to Cyrus' accident? I don't understand. Neither do I, Birdie. Neither do I. Oh, Cyrus. You know, it's been like 614 days since one of us ended up in a life-threatening situation. A new record. Till you ended it. And why? What were you doing down in Florida of all places? Were you looking for my mom? Hey, Brinley. How are you holding up? I'm...

I don't know. Do you think he knows we're here? I certainly hope so. To be honest, we were hoping you might start one of your classic fights with him and that would wake him up. I would love that. What's wrong with him? Why is he still unconscious, Dr. Anders? I don't know. Every test we've run has come back clean. MRI, CAT scan, blood work. But he's not getting better. No.

Do you have any idea what he was doing down there? He told us he was going to a robotics conference in Miami. Only they found him on the opposite coast. And turns out, there was no conference. He lied. Why? The last month or two, he was obsessed with something at work. But he didn't tell us what it was. You haven't spoken to him? No, I was preparing for school and... No. He misses you, Brinley.

We all do. I'm not sure I believe you, but thanks for saying it. That's Holiday. We'll take it out in the hall. I know you're leaving for school tomorrow, but stay as long as you like. Okay? Okay. Thank you. Hey, Holiday. He's okay, but still unconscious. It's so stuffy in here.

Can we at least crack a window? Whoa! Stop here, Mr. Board! Badger? Brinley, I found you. What's up with your voice? How did it get so low? Oh, uh, Bruce and I, we've been experimenting with my voice modulator, trying to get it to match my age. So, like... Robo-puberty? Something like that. How'd you do on your driving test? Awesome, but what are you doing all the way up here? Huh. What? No, I just... I got some serious deja vu.

Four years ago, I pulled up on my hoverboard outside Holiday's hospital room window. So you're just celebrating an anniversary? I came to check on Cyrus, but mostly bring you this. What's in the envelope? It was sitting on the porch when I got home. The return address is somewhere in Florida. Florida? It's... an acceptance letter? Another boarding school? I didn't know you applied anywhere else. I didn't. Brinley Pasternak, you are cordially invited to enroll as a student at the Elixir Academy.

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