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Workbench. Dev examines the USB under a magnifier. He is in his element — engineer mode, calm, fascinated. He turns the chip over and over.

  • DEVIt's not a standard USB-C.
  • DEVIt's USB-C housing but the pinout is wrong.
  • DEVThere's a coil in the casing. A really small one.

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Jesse, holding Alex's chord diagram, looking at Dev.

  • JESSECan you plug it in?
  • DEVI can plug it in.
  • DEVI have no idea what happens when I do.

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Marisol from the doorway.

  • MARISOLHe plugged things in for a living, Jesse.
  • MARISOLYour father once stuck a fork in an outlet to "see what the fork would do."
  • JESSE(small smile)The fork.
  • MARISOLThe fork came out bent, Jesse.

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Dev, grinning despite himself, plugs the USB into the side of the Amp-Sim Box.

  • DEVFor the record. I am — plugging the fork in.

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A beat. The Amp-Sim Box's LED — which has been green for the entire series — turns deep, saturated, gem-green. The hum of the box drops half an octave. Allred — give us a small color hold on the LED. The box has just woken up.

  • SFXKHHHHHHHHHH —(small)
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