2.16: Juno Steel and the Promised Land (Part 3)

If you had asked Erin Marshall D’Arc, the Free Dome was supposed to be for everyone. Anyone who wanted a home away from the War, she said, could have it.

If you had asked Marshall Erin D’Arc, the Free Dome was only for the best of the best. Only those who could create paradise, he said, could have it.

If you ask Mayor Pilot Pereyra, the Free Dome belongs to the highest bidder. Whoever finds it, they say, owns it – and they can do with it as they please.

And if you ask Juno Steel, Private Eye, drained of blood and confidence? You can keep your lousy Dome. Because something about this place doesn’t sit right with Detective Steel… and he’s rapidly running out of time to figure out what it is before Pilot decides they’re done with him.

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Transcript:

A transcript of the spoken lines in this episode can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1brwwewroN93mc3TfXDpv52sGJsWI-LEjpmlZoEvG3bE

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(Transcript by Avi Meehan.)

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