Painting the Town

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(In the deserted alleyway with a graffiti-marked dumpster as Philly reveals his secret to Randy.)

Randy: Philly, I-I don't understand...

Philly: Most boys are born, but I was made. I'm the world's first synthetic person capable of generating an Aura. I'm not real...

Randy: Of course you are. You think just because you've got nuts and bolts instead of squishy guts makes you any less real than me?

Philly: I don't... um...You're... taking this extraordinarily well.

Randy: You're not like those things we saw back there. You've got a heart, and a soul; I can feel it!

Philly: Ooohh... oh Randy. You're the best friend anyone could have!

Randy: I can see why your Mother would want to protect such a delicate flower!

Philly: Oh, she's very sweet! My mother's the one that built me! I'm sure you would love her!

Randy: Wow. She built you all by herself?

Philly: Well, almost! She had some help from Ms. Ironwood.

Randy: The General?! Wait... Is that why those soldiers were after you?

Philly: They like to protect me, too!

Randy: They don't think you can protect yourself?

Philly: They're not sure if I'm ready yet... One day, it will be my job to save the world, but I still have a lot left to learn. That's why my mother let me come to the Vytal Festival. I want to see what it's like in the rest of the world, and test myself in the Tournament.

Randy: Philly, what are you talking about? Save the world from what? We're in a time of peace!

Philly: That's not what Ms. Ironwood said...
Soldier 1: Check down here!

Philly: You have to hide!

Randy: Philly, wait! What are you doing? You don't have to go with them! I can help you!

Philly: It's okay, Randy. They're not bad people; I just don't want to get you in trouble. Just promise me you won't tell anyone else my secret. Okay?

Randy: I promise.

(Randy lowers his head into the garbage as the lid is put down, but he lifts it a little to peek at the scene outside.)

Soldier 1: There he is!
Philly: Sal-u-tations, officers!

Soldier 1: Why were you running? And what happened to the other boy?

Philly: What boy? I've been by myself all day!
Soldier 1: You shouldn't cause such a scene.
Soldier 2: Are you okay?
Philly: Just a scratch.

Soldier 1: Philly, your mother isn't going to be happy about this.

Soldier 2: Please, just come with us.
Philly: Yes, ma'am!

(Philly and the soldiers are heard walking away as Randy looks on in sadness... until a rat screeches from below his feet, causing the young Huntsman to fall and close the lid on himself.)

(In the ruined parts of Vale, the sound of an engine gets closer and closer until Bumblebee pulls into the street and stops just short of the camera, showing Yoshi Xiao Long behind the handlebars in his matching helmet.)

Yoshi: Come on, my friend's right in here!

(Yoshi gets off the bike to reveal Natalia sitting right behind him, hair and goggles messed up with a petrified expression of terror on her face.)

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