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 [The Stark Industries CEO office. Standard floor-to-ceiling windows, with a nice view of downtown Manhattan. PEPPER Stark, current CEO, sits at a large but simple desk, listening to her two assistants, one male (M.A.) and one female (F.A.) on the Monday morning before Thanksgiving 2043.]

M.A.: The drone software bug has been fixed with an over-the-air update.

F.A.: And here's the latest factory report. [She offers some papers.]

PEPPER: Enkyoo. [She blinks in confusion. The left side of her face is slack.] Wha...?

[Both assistants are frozen, with blank faces – horrified, almost. M.A. types quickly into his phone.]

F.A.: Uh...

M.A.: Wait...can you raise both arms?

[PEPPER raises her right arm, but her left one doesn't move. She looks at it, still confused.]

PEPPER: Moh...

M.A.: I think you're having a stroke. I'm calling 911.

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