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Talitha Dialog

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Conversation key
sta30_talitha_dlg
Package
STA30 — Streamed subarea — Design, gameplay, and Kismet logic BIOA_STA30_02B_DSG
BIOA_STA30_02B_DSG_LOC_INT.pcc
Organization
Conversation graph; additional records grouped by speaker

Duplicate source rows with identical technical context are collapsed for presentation.

TalithaStay away from her.E0 · string 143208 · conditional 4865:19 choices
AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

(Take a step towards her.)

Shepard says

I'm going to take a step towards you now. Okay?

File location
Response
Reply R13, from link 1
Wheel string
138862
Spoken string
138836
Conditional
Function 979, parameter -1
TalithaNo! Stay back.E8 · string 138770 · conditional 972:-1
TalithaShe-- I remember me. What I was before. But she doesn't want to remember anymore.E9 · string 138771 · transition 3177:-1
TalithaPlease don't touch her. She's dirty. You'll catch it!E11 · string 138953 · conditional 978:-1 · transition 3201:09 choices
AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

(Take a step towards her.)

Shepard says

I'm going to take a step towards you now. Okay?

File location
Response
Reply R13, from link 1
Wheel string
138862
Spoken string
138836
Conditional
Function 979, parameter -1
Continues at: No! Stay back.Returns to: Please don't touch her. She's dirty. You'll catch it!
TalithaShe doesn't want-- Don't touch her!E12 · string 138954 · conditional 970:-1 · transition 3201:09 choices
AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

(Take a step towards her.)

Shepard says

I'm going to take a step towards you now. Okay?

File location
Response
Reply R13, from link 1
Wheel string
138862
Spoken string
138836
Conditional
Function 979, parameter -1
Continues at: No! Stay back.Returns to: Please don't touch her. She's dirty. You'll catch it!Returns to: She doesn't want-- Don't touch her!
TalithaNo! She's no good. Don't want to be handled again!E13 · string 138773 · transition 3201:-19 choices
AgreeChoice 2

Wheel

(Give her the sedative.)

Shepard says

Talitha, this will make you sleep. If you fall asleep, they'll take you to a place where you can get better.

File location
Response
Reply R8, from link 2
Wheel string
138863
Spoken string
138840
Conditional
Function 969, parameter 3
Transition
State 4030, parameter -1
TalithaWill she have bad dreams?E6 · string 1387753 choices
AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

No.

Shepard says

You'll dream of a warm place. And when you wake up, you'll be in it.

File location
Response
Reply R9, from link 1
Wheel string
138874
Spoken string
138841
Continues at: She'd like that.
DisagreeChoice 2

Wheel

I don't know.

Shepard says

I'm not going to lie to you. I just don't know.

File location
Response
Reply R10, from link 2
Wheel string
138875
Spoken string
138842
Continues at: She'd like that.
DefaultChoice 3

Wheel

No dreams.

Shepard says

This is powerful stuff. You won't dream at all.

File location
Response
Reply R11, from link 3
Wheel string
138876
Spoken string
138843
Continues at: She'd like that.
InvestigateChoice 4

Wheel

The raid

Shepard says

What's the last thing you remember from Mindoir?

File location
Response
Reply R27, from link 4
Wheel string
138865
Spoken string
138794
Conditional
Function 4876, parameter 0
TalithaFires. Smells of smoke and burning meat. Animals screaming as the masters cage them. As they put the metal to their backs. Put the wires in their brains.E22 · string 138955 · transition 3200:-1
Continues at: She pretends to be dead. If she's dead, she can't work. But they know. She hopes they'll leave. But they put her in the pen.
DisagreeChoice 7

Wheel

(Use the sedative)

Shepard says

Hold still!

File location
Response
Reply R63, from link 7
Wheel string
138868
Spoken string
138821
Conditional
Function 969, parameter -1
Transition
State 4033, parameter -1
TalithaN-- No! Ow! She doesn't want to go back!E50 · string 1387623 choices
DisagreeChoice 8

Wheel

(Take a step back.)

Shepard says

Stay calm. I'll back up a bit.

File location
Response
Reply R69, from link 8
Wheel string
138869
Spoken string
138827
Conditional
Function 1648, parameter -1
TalithaShe won't ever forget. She won't be normal. Put her down. A spark at the back of the head.E53 · string 138765 · transition 3205:-19 choices
AgreeChoice 2

Wheel

(Give her the sedative.)

Shepard says

Talitha, this will make you sleep. If you fall asleep, they'll take you to a place where you can get better.

File location
Response
Reply R8, from link 2
Wheel string
138863
Spoken string
138840
Conditional
Function 969, parameter 3
Transition
State 4030, parameter -1
Continues at: Will she have bad dreams?
DefaultChoice 9

Wheel

Goodbye.

Shepard says

I'm going to leave now.

File location
Response
Reply R70, from link 9
Wheel string
138870
Spoken string
138828
DefaultChoice 9

Wheel

Goodbye.

Shepard says

I'm going to leave now.

File location
Response
Reply R70, from link 9
Wheel string
138870
Spoken string
138828
AgreeChoice 2

Wheel

(Give her the sedative.)

Shepard says

Talitha, this will make you sleep. If you fall asleep, they'll take you to a place where you can get better.

File location
Response
Reply R8, from link 2
Wheel string
138863
Spoken string
138840
Conditional
Function 969, parameter 3
Transition
State 4030, parameter -1
Continues at: Will she have bad dreams?
DefaultChoice 9

Wheel

Goodbye.

Shepard says

I'm going to leave now.

File location
Response
Reply R70, from link 9
Wheel string
138870
Spoken string
138828
Continues at: No! She's no good. Don't want to be handled again!
AgreeChoice 2

Wheel

(Give her the sedative.)

Shepard says

Talitha, this will make you sleep. If you fall asleep, they'll take you to a place where you can get better.

File location
Response
Reply R8, from link 2
Wheel string
138863
Spoken string
138840
Conditional
Function 969, parameter 3
Transition
State 4030, parameter -1
Continues at: Will she have bad dreams?
DefaultChoice 9

Wheel

Goodbye.

Shepard says

I'm going to leave now.

File location
Response
Reply R70, from link 9
Wheel string
138870
Spoken string
138828
Continues at: She doesn't want-- Don't touch her!Continues at: No! She's no good. Don't want to be handled again!
AgreeChoice 2

Wheel

(Give her the sedative.)

Shepard says

Talitha, this will make you sleep. If you fall asleep, they'll take you to a place where you can get better.

File location
Response
Reply R8, from link 2
Wheel string
138863
Spoken string
138840
Conditional
Function 969, parameter 3
Transition
State 4030, parameter -1
Continues at: Will she have bad dreams?
DefaultChoice 9

Wheel

Goodbye.

Shepard says

I'm going to leave now.

File location
Response
Reply R70, from link 9
Wheel string
138870
Spoken string
138828
TalithaS-- Stop! What do you-- What are you?E1 · string 1387463 choices
AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

Shepard.

Shepard says

My name is Shepard. Lieutenant Girard sent me to talk to you. What's your name?

File location
Response
Reply R0, from link 1
Wheel string
138854
Spoken string
138791
TalithaAnimals don't get names. The masters put their symbols on her. Hot metal all over her back. She screams when they do it.E2 · string 1387473 choices
AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

Think back.

Shepard says

You're not an animal. Your parents? What did they call you? Do you remember them?

File location
Response
Reply R3, from link 1
Wheel string
138857
Spoken string
138831
TalithaShe remembers a lot of things.E3 · string 138767
TalithaTalitha. They call her that. Sh-- She doesn't remember the rest.E4 · string 138768
TalithaLeave her alone.E5 · string 1387699 choices
AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

(Give her the sedative.)

Shepard says

Talitha, this will make you sleep. If you fall asleep, they'll take you to a place where you can get better.

File location
Response
Reply R8, from link 1
Wheel string
138863
Spoken string
138840
Conditional
Function 969, parameter 3
Transition
State 4030, parameter -1
Continues at: Will she have bad dreams?
DefaultChoice 9

Wheel

Goodbye.

Shepard says

I'm going to leave now.

File location
Response
Reply R70, from link 9
Wheel string
138870
Spoken string
138828
DefaultChoice 3

Wheel

You were born with one.

Shepard says

You must have a name. A name you were born with. Can you remember it?

File location
Response
Reply R5, from link 3
Wheel string
138859
Spoken string
138833
Continues at: She remembers a lot of things.
TalithaShe'd like that.E7 · string 138776 · transition 3174:-1
TalithaIt hurts when she-- when I remember me. But she wants to remember.E52 · string 138764
TalithaWhy are you alive? Why are you-- Why aren't you like her? Broken. Only fit to dig and carry.E15 · string 1387785 choices
AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

The Alliance.

Shepard says

An Alliance patrol arrived in system before they found me. The slavers never caught me.

File location
Response
Reply R19, from link 1
Wheel string
138879
Spoken string
138847
TalithaNo. No one's lucky. Everyone's dead. Dead or an animal. It's not fair!E16 · string 1387799 choices
AgreeChoice 2

Wheel

(Give her the sedative.)

Shepard says

Talitha, this will make you sleep. If you fall asleep, they'll take you to a place where you can get better.

File location
Response
Reply R8, from link 2
Wheel string
138863
Spoken string
138840
Conditional
Function 969, parameter 3
Transition
State 4030, parameter -1
Continues at: Will she have bad dreams?
DefaultChoice 9

Wheel

Goodbye.

Shepard says

I'm going to leave now.

File location
Response
Reply R70, from link 9
Wheel string
138870
Spoken string
138828
FriendlyChoice 2

Wheel

It was hard.

Shepard says

For a while I was broken. I lost my whole family, Talitha. My friends. My childhood. I had to pull myself up and keep going.

File location
Response
Reply R20, from link 2
Wheel string
138880
Spoken string
138848
Conditional
Function 158, parameter 4
TalithaYou lose your mommy and daddy. But you don't dig. You don't carry. You stand up.E20 · string 138783 · transition 3205:-1
TalithaShe wishes she could stand up.E21 · string 1387845 choices
AgreeChoice 2

Wheel

(Give her the sedative.)

Shepard says

Talitha, this will make you sleep. If you fall asleep, they'll take you to a place where you can get better.

File location
Response
Reply R8, from link 2
Wheel string
138863
Spoken string
138840
Conditional
Function 969, parameter 3
Transition
State 4030, parameter -1
Continues at: Will she have bad dreams?
DefaultChoice 5

Wheel

Goodbye.

Shepard says

I'm going to leave now.

File location
Response
Reply R70, from link 5
Wheel string
138870
Spoken string
138828
DisagreeChoice 4

Wheel

Who says I'm not?

Shepard says

Some say I am broken. I kill aliens for a living. To protect humans from them.

File location
Response
Reply R22, from link 4
Wheel string
138882
Spoken string
138850
TalithaAn animal that kills. Like the ones that made the masters explode.E17 · string 138780
TalithaShe can't do that. She can't kill. Not to feel better about her past.E18 · string 1387819 choices
AgreeChoice 2

Wheel

(Give her the sedative.)

Shepard says

Talitha, this will make you sleep. If you fall asleep, they'll take you to a place where you can get better.

File location
Response
Reply R8, from link 2
Wheel string
138863
Spoken string
138840
Conditional
Function 969, parameter 3
Transition
State 4030, parameter -1
Continues at: Will she have bad dreams?
DefaultChoice 9

Wheel

Goodbye.

Shepard says

I'm going to leave now.

File location
Response
Reply R70, from link 9
Wheel string
138870
Spoken string
138828
DefaultChoice 5

Wheel

I was lucky.

Shepard says

We were trying to evacuate people. The slavers hit us with artillery. When I woke up, I was the only one alive. They must have thought I was a corpse.

File location
Response
Reply R24, from link 5
Wheel string
138883
Spoken string
138852
Continues at: Dead animals can't work.
TalithaShe pretends to be dead. If she's dead, she can't work. But they know. She hopes they'll leave. But they put her in the pen.E23 · string 138956
TalithaShe didn't fight. She was already broken when they put the wires in.E24 · string 1389575 choices
AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

You were scared.

Shepard says

With everything that happened that day, no one could blame you for hoping they'd just go away.

File location
Response
Reply R30, from link 1
Wheel string
138971
Spoken string
138962
TalithaShe can. She can blame her. Stupid! She's stupid and she deserves to be dead!E25 · string 1389589 choices
AgreeChoice 2

Wheel

(Give her the sedative.)

Shepard says

Talitha, this will make you sleep. If you fall asleep, they'll take you to a place where you can get better.

File location
Response
Reply R8, from link 2
Wheel string
138863
Spoken string
138840
Conditional
Function 969, parameter 3
Transition
State 4030, parameter -1
Continues at: Will she have bad dreams?
DefaultChoice 9

Wheel

Goodbye.

Shepard says

I'm going to leave now.

File location
Response
Reply R70, from link 9
Wheel string
138870
Spoken string
138828
FriendlyChoice 2

Wheel

It's not your fault.

Shepard says

Talitha, you were what? Six years old? No one blames you for staying quiet and hoping they'd go away. The only person blaming you is you.

File location
Response
Reply R31, from link 2
Wheel string
138972
Spoken string
138963
Conditional
Function 158, parameter 7
TalithaShe wants to believe that. She wants to believe nothing would change.E26 · string 138959
TalithaShe doesn't want to be there anymore. In the pen. In the cages. Lying quiet while they do things to her.E29 · string 138952 · transition 3205:-15 choices
AgreeChoice 2

Wheel

(Give her the sedative.)

Shepard says

Talitha, this will make you sleep. If you fall asleep, they'll take you to a place where you can get better.

File location
Response
Reply R8, from link 2
Wheel string
138863
Spoken string
138840
Conditional
Function 969, parameter 3
Transition
State 4030, parameter -1
Continues at: Will she have bad dreams?
DefaultChoice 5

Wheel

Goodbye.

Shepard says

I'm going to leave now.

File location
Response
Reply R70, from link 5
Wheel string
138870
Spoken string
138828
DisagreeChoice 4

Wheel

It was a bad call.

Shepard says

All right, you didn't fight back. So what? I've been in combat. I've seen people make bad decisions under stress.

File location
Response
Reply R34, from link 4
Wheel string
138974
Spoken string
138966
TalithaShe's stupid. Stupid and chicken. That's why she's an animal. Stupid animal put in a pen.E27 · string 1389509 choices
AgreeChoice 2

Wheel

(Give her the sedative.)

Shepard says

Talitha, this will make you sleep. If you fall asleep, they'll take you to a place where you can get better.

File location
Response
Reply R8, from link 2
Wheel string
138863
Spoken string
138840
Conditional
Function 969, parameter 3
Transition
State 4030, parameter -1
Continues at: Will she have bad dreams?
DefaultChoice 9

Wheel

Goodbye.

Shepard says

I'm going to leave now.

File location
Response
Reply R70, from link 9
Wheel string
138870
Spoken string
138828
DefaultChoice 5

Wheel

You were a kid.

Shepard says

You were just a child when this happened. You can't blame yourself for pulling the blankets over your head and hoping the monsters go away.

File location
Response
Reply R35, from link 5
Wheel string
138975
Spoken string
138967
TalithaHer mommy says there are no monsters. No real ones. When they come, there aren't any blankets.E28 · string 138951
Continues at: She doesn't want to be there anymore. In the pen. In the cages. Lying quiet while they do things to her.
TalithaAnimals like her come. Animals with guns. They make the masters explode.E31 · string 138786
TalithaShe tries to fix the masters. So they won't be mad at her. She puts all the reds and purples back in, but they don't move. The other animals take her.E32 · string 1387875 choices
AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

You were afraid.

Shepard says

The marines destroyed your world. As bad as it was, that was still the only world you knew. You didn't know them. They weren't safe.

File location
Response
Reply R40, from link 1
Wheel string
138889
Spoken string
138798
TalithaShe doesn't want to see other animals. They're not real. They can't be real. They can't see her.E33 · string 138788
TalithaIf the animals can see her, then this is real. But it can't be. The wires. The chains. The hitting.E34 · string 138789 · transition 3205:-1
TalithaThis doesn't happen to her. It's another girl. A dirty girl. A stupid girl. She deserves it!E35 · string 138790
Continues at: It-- It happens to her. Doesn't it? They see her, so it's real. She doesn't want it to be real.
DisagreeChoice 4

Wheel

You helped your captors?

Shepard says

Unbelievable. After everything they did to you, you wanted to help them?

File location
Response
Reply R46, from link 4
Wheel string
138892
Spoken string
138804
TalithaShe doesn't want--E37 · string 138749
TalithaThe animals look at her funny. They look at her and she knows.E39 · string 138751
TalithaShe's dirty and stupid. Broken. She doesn't talk good. She doesn't have clothes. She is an animal.E40 · string 1387529 choices
AgreeChoice 2

Wheel

(Give her the sedative.)

Shepard says

Talitha, this will make you sleep. If you fall asleep, they'll take you to a place where you can get better.

File location
Response
Reply R8, from link 2
Wheel string
138863
Spoken string
138840
Conditional
Function 969, parameter 3
Transition
State 4030, parameter -1
Continues at: Will she have bad dreams?
DefaultChoice 9

Wheel

Goodbye.

Shepard says

I'm going to leave now.

File location
Response
Reply R70, from link 9
Wheel string
138870
Spoken string
138828
TalithaIt-- It happens to her. Doesn't it? They see her, so it's real. She doesn't want it to be real.E36 · string 1387485 choices
AgreeChoice 2

Wheel

(Give her the sedative.)

Shepard says

Talitha, this will make you sleep. If you fall asleep, they'll take you to a place where you can get better.

File location
Response
Reply R8, from link 2
Wheel string
138863
Spoken string
138840
Conditional
Function 969, parameter 3
Transition
State 4030, parameter -1
Continues at: Will she have bad dreams?
DefaultChoice 5

Wheel

Goodbye.

Shepard says

I'm going to leave now.

File location
Response
Reply R70, from link 5
Wheel string
138870
Spoken string
138828
TalithaSh-- She doesn't want to see that! Don't make her look. Don't look! Stupid, stupid!E42 · string 1387545 choices
AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

Don't blame yourself.

Shepard says

Listen to me. It's not your fault. You're not responsible. The slavers killed your parents. You didn't.

File location
Response
Reply R53, from link 1
Wheel string
138901
Spoken string
138811
TalithaNo! She doesn't think about it! It doesn't happen! Daddy's at work. Mommy's making dinner. Go away!E49 · string 1387617 choices
DefaultChoice 7

Wheel

Goodbye.

Shepard says

I'm going to leave now.

File location
Response
Reply R70, from link 7
Wheel string
138870
Spoken string
138828
FriendlyChoice 2

Wheel

You need to face it.

Shepard says

I know it hurts, Talitha. I'm sorry. But you need to deal with this. What happened to them? Think.

File location
Response
Reply R54, from link 2
Wheel string
138902
Spoken string
138812
Conditional
Function 158, parameter 5
TalithaWhen she thinks, water comes out of her eyes. The masters beat her when she wastes water. So she doesn't think anymore.E43 · string 138755
TalithaShe sees them. Mommy and Daddy. Burning in white light. Melting. Going to pieces. They can't even say anything to her.E46 · string 138758 · transition 3205:-1
TalithaThey're dead, Shepard. They try to save her, and the masters burn them.E47 · string 138759
TalithaCan she stop remembering now? Please?E48 · string 1387603 choices
DefaultChoice 3

Wheel

Goodbye.

Shepard says

I'm going to leave now.

File location
Response
Reply R70, from link 3
Wheel string
138870
Spoken string
138828
HostileChoice 3

Wheel

Be strong!

Shepard says

I don't want to hear that! You survived 13 years in a slave pen. You 're strong enough to deal with a memory.

File location
Response
Reply R56, from link 3
Wheel string
138903
Spoken string
138814
Conditional
Function 159, parameter 7
TalithaShe's not strong. She's weak and stupid. All humans are. That's what the masters say.E44 · string 138756
Continues at: She sees them. Mommy and Daddy. Burning in white light. Melting. Going to pieces. They can't even say anything to her.
TalithaShe doesn't like needles. Wires. The masters made her sleep a lot.E51 · string 138763 · transition 3175:-1
Continues at: It hurts when she-- when I remember me. But she wants to remember.

Additional dialogue records

Talitha1 line
Will you let her die? Please let her. She doesn't-- doesn't...

String 138766 · 1 known context · Export #115 · Raw speaker Owner