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which they dump onto
    SQUEEZE/SKEW/DROP                      an already-large pile beside
    102      00,00,0      175    1.4,1.4,1.9the machine
    103      00,00,0      -170   1.3,1.3,1.9
    104      00,00,0      -166   1.2,1.2,1.8VOICE OVER:
    105      00,00,0      -163   1.1,1.1,1.8(t = 88) “They don’t use
    106      00,00,0      -161   1.0,1.0,1.7the Westinghouse Mass
    107      00,00,0      -159   0.9,0.9,1.7Spectrograph to build brick
    108      00,00,0      -158   0.9,0.9,1.6houses. They use it to
    109      00,00,0      -157   0.9,0.9,1.6isolate pure elements . . .
    110      00,00,0      -156   0.9,0.9,1.6to build the machines . . .
    111      00,00,0      -155   0.9,0.9,1.6that will turn this sterile
    112      00,00,0      -154   0.9,0.9,1.6world. . . into a paradise
    113      00,00,0      -153   0.9,0.9,1.6for future generations.”
    BLUR   SKEW:                            (t = 114) “This bank of
    114      00,00,0      -098   0.9,0.9,1.6dials and switches is a thing
                                          that ancient alchemists sought for
    all their lives:
                                          the Philosopher’s Stone.
    HOLD THIS                              (BEAT to t = 125) “Our
    CONFIGURATION TO                       interest is not in changing
    122      00,00,0      -098   0.9,0.9,1.6base metals into gold, the
                                          alchemist’s dream. Rather,
    OUT AND SLIGHT UP                      we change rock into useful
      (clear rock pile)                     metals.”
    123      00,00,0      -098   1.0,1.0,1.7
    124      00,00,0      -098   1.2,1.2,1.8While VOICE OVER talks,
    125      00,00,0      -098   1.4,1.4,1.9the Tamers are filling the
    126      00,00,0      -098   1.7,1.7,1.9machine’s hopper with rock.
    127      00,00,0      -098   2.1,2.1,1.9
    128      00,00,0      -098   2.7,2.7,2.0“The Westinghouse Mass
    129      00,00,0      -098   3.5,3.5,2.0Spectrograph has an inside
                                          temperature so high that
    HOLD THIS                              this rock is broken down
    CONFIGURATION TO                       into individual molecules.
    143      00,00,0      -098   3.5,3.5,2.0It is able to sort through
                                          these molecules and collect
    SLOW SKEW                              those of any given element.”
    (to other side of machine)
    144            -096                     (SAFETY NOTE: During
    145            -094                     this skew the holo team
    146            -092                     must be careful. Y-axis
    147            -090                     cameraman must wear
    148            -088                     thermal armor, as he comes
    149            -086                     within two meters of the
    150            -084                     machine’s exhaust beam.)
    151            -082
    152            -081                     At t =156, one of the
    153            -080                     Tamers sets the machine’s
    154            -079                     controls.
    155            -078
    156            -077