2nd - Video

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[The camera focuses on five little patchwork mice in a cage. It remains focused on them as Stein tries to pick up a little extra cash.]

Pet mice for sale to a good home. Friendly, healthy, and neutered. Five dollars each.

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Five dollars?

[Well, his little brother likes mice. And these are certainly...unique.]

They look...um. What breed are they? Mice have breeds, right...?

voice.

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Just your basic short-haired house mice. Slightly modified, of course.

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I see. And they're--

[Wait. What.]

Modified?

voice.

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They certainly weren't born looking like that.

voice.

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So what did you do to make them look...like they do now...?

voice.

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Well, I took them apart, and then I put them back together. Each mouse has parts from at least one of the others.

voice. 1/2

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Wh--

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Huuuuh?! Is that really okay to do?!

voice.

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They seem to be doing well. [What are morals?]

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'Doing well'?! How are they even still alive?!

[Science how does it work.]

voice.

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[WHO EVEN KNOWS]

It's not that hard once you've practiced as much as I have.

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H-how many have you practiced with...?!

voice.

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Oh, several hundred, at least. Not here of course, but over the course of a lifetime.

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[deductives]

[Oh. This is tempting. Sadly, with Sherlock, it wouldn't be used as a pet.]

What breed are they?

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No idea.

voice.

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So it's that sort of hobby...

[Spoken mostly to himself.]

You're sure they aren't going to die right away?

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[At least you aren't running away or telling him to stop.]

I've given them a week of recovery time, and they're fine. I doubt they'll die right away.

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[Sadly, two years here and another 24 in the world he came from will help you accept a lot of strange, immoral things...

Plus they're cute. That helps.]

And you haven't seen any other...ah, strange side effects or anything from doing this?

voice.

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Not particularity. It's just basic organ transplants.

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[Modern science is so weird. But okay, he'll bite.]

All right. Where can I pick one up?

voice.

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Where's easiest for you?

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Anywhere is fine. I'm in sector four until five o'clock.

voice.

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I can meet you over there. Do you want one or two?

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You just found them here?

[voice]

[kuritsun]

[ ... suspicious. ]

They look a little bit... unusual.