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Mercy Graves : Well, well, well. Love the reno, Lena. Although I'm a little surprised you put the whole building online. It's so unlike you.
Eve Teschmacher : [sarcastic] Well, she's fun.
Kara Danvers : Okay, so, what's the plan? Do we... do we split up?
Lena Luthor : Absolutely not. Safety in numbers.
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Lena Luthor : [Kara covertly blocks bullets fired at them] Kara, are you okay?
Kara Danvers : Yeah. Mercy must have hired terrible marksmen. They totally missed me.
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Kara Danvers : Knock knock.
Lena Luthor : Kara! Oh, my god. I am so glad to see you. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Is that Big Belly Burger? Have I ever told you you're my favorite person?
Kara Danvers : James said you've been working through lunches and dinners.
Lena Luthor : I have. Sales for the image inducers have been skyrocketing ever since the revelation that the president is an alien.
Kara Danvers : Yeah, how do you feel about that? It's kind of like the whole world changed overnight.
Lena Luthor : To be honest, I didn't have very much faith in politicians to begin with. I don't think any of them can be trusted.
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Kara Danvers : I had no idea you were so cynical.
Lena Luthor : Of course you did. To be honest, though, I have to commend her for stepping down. You know? The last thing we need right now is a tumbling stock market or trade embargoes or whatever other chaos can come out of this thing.
Kara Danvers : Well, actually, the last thing we need is democracy descending into anarchy.
Lena Luthor : You are right. Neither of us need that. How are you doing?
Kara Danvers : It's hard. Seeing this many people fighting. But James is trying his best to manage it at CatCo. You know, telling both sides of the story.
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Kara Danvers : I was wondering if you could help me with an article I'm writing about Mercy Graves.
Lena Luthor : Mercy's complicated. But her work with LuthorCorp is well-documented. I'll get you the files.
Kara Danvers : Great.
Lena Luthor : But, burgers first.
Kara Danvers : Yes, burgers always first.
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Kara Danvers : I had no idea your brother's history with Mercy went back this far.
Lena Luthor : Yeah. Mercy started out as his head of security, but over time she became his closest confidant and frequent dinner guest.
Kara Danvers : I knew Lex had a close relationship with her, but I-I had no idea you did.
Lena Luthor : Growing up, my mother was very critical of me, as you know. She wasn't very helpful with the life stuff. Then Mercy came into our lives and she kind of took me under her wing. She taught me how to act, how to dress, how to always reach for the biggest gun. She was almost like a big sister. Almost.
Kara Danvers : Was it hard for you after she left Lex?
Lena Luthor : Yeah. I felt abandoned. But I really can't blame her. Truthfully, I blame Lex entirely.
Kara Danvers : What happened between them?
Lena Luthor : Mercy grew frustrated because Lex was so hyper-focused on Superman. He lost sight of the bigger picture. She felt intelligence wasn't enough, that humans needed to develop even greater powers and abilities than aliens.
Kara Danvers : That sounds unhinged.
Lena Luthor : Yeah. But I don't disagree with her main point.
[seeing Kara's look of surprise]
Lena Luthor : Well, why can't humans be as powerful as aliens?
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Eve Teschmacher : You know Kevin Oh?
Lena Luthor : Of course I know him. He's the chief programmer for our image inducers.
Eve Teschmacher : He's dead. He was found at his apartment complex this morning.
Lena Luthor : Oh, my god. That's horrible.
Eve Teschmacher : His laptop was missing, and cybersecurity just called to say that it's being used to log into the mainframe.
Lena Luthor : [heading to her desk] We're gonna have to block this hack before they can breach us.
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Lena Luthor : Someone's put a Trojan horse into the system. It's trying to take down the entire image inducer platform. The first user's already been compromised.
Kara Danvers : Brainac-5?
Lena Luthor : If I don't delete the Trojan, then every user will be exposed, worldwide.
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Lena Luthor : Okay, I'm putting a lockdown on the cloud so no one can access the system through a computer. Mercy Graves is never getting in here.
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Eve Teschmacher : The building's in lockdown.
Lena Luthor : Mercy's here.
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Eve Teschmacher : Mercy's taken out our whole security team and got control of the whole building. But how?
Lena Luthor : When Mercy was head of Lex's security, she designed the whole system.
Kara Danvers : [turning to leave, to get into superhero mode] Okay.
Lena Luthor : Kara, wait, wait, wait. You-you can't go out there. We're on lockdown. There's no going in or out.
Kara Danvers : Uh... d... well, should I hide somewhere? Is there, like, a closet or somewhere where I can lay low?
Lena Luthor : Kara, the safest place for you to be right now is with me. I know Mercy's dangerous, but I know how to handle her.
Kara Danvers : [reluctantly going along] Okay.
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Mercy Graves : I always wondered what the House of Lena would look like. But this is more innovative and imaginative than even I expected.
Lena Luthor : You underestimated me. It's insulting.
Mercy Graves : You have a gift. And I don't intend to sqaunder it.
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Alex Danvers : Have you seen Mercy yet?
Kara Danvers : Only on every monitor in the place.
Alex Danvers : Where are you now?
Kara Danvers : Uh... Lena, where are we?
Lena Luthor : Uh, east wing, third floor, corridor B.
Alex Danvers : Brainy's gonna find a place for you to change.
Kara Danvers : Great.
Querl Dox : There's a broom closet 27 feet to the west. Uh, wait, no. There's a 78% chance that Mercy's mercenaries will approach from that direction.
Kara Danvers : Okay. Any other options?
Querl Dox : A proto lab. Unoccupied. Forty feet behind you. Wait.
Kara Danvers : What is it? Is Mercy there?
Querl Dox : Uh, yes. Yes. Oh, rather, no. No, uh... there's a 76.8% chance that she'll be using that corridor to reach the server room. Uh... 67%.
Kara Danvers : Brainy, which is it?
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Lena Luthor : Of course she would come here.
Kara Danvers : Where is "here"? What is this?
Lena Luthor : It's where I keep all my experimental prototypes. Don't print that.
Kara Danvers : Reporter's honor.
[seeing a suit of armor on a table]
Kara Danvers : Your mother's Lexosuit.
Lena Luthor : Yeah, it's in pieces.
Kara Danvers : Shouldn't there be another arm here?
Lena Luthor : [realizing] Mercy took the bigger gun.
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Mercy Graves : I have to hand it to you, this suit is such an exquisite instrument of death. This creation could really move humans into a new phase of physical excellence.
Lena Luthor : I know. That's why I made it.
Mercy Graves : Well, then join me. Once we destroy the image inducers, then the aliens are gonna go crawling into the light, and then we'll know exactly who we're fighting.
Lena Luthor : I don't wanna fight them, Mercy.
Mercy Graves : Well, isn't that what L-Corp is all about? Your fight for control and superiority?
Lena Luthor : No, it's about doing good for the world and helping clear the Luthor name.
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Mercy Graves : Do you remember when you were afraid to show Lex your little inventions? That you would hide them from him until they were absolutely perfect. Do you remember what he would do?
Lena Luthor : Yeah. He'd say they were cute and I should make them in pink.
Mercy Graves : This is exactly what he was afraid of. That you would outshine him. I know that you wanna resist, but you are just like me. You don't just wanna be the best, you are the best.
Lena Luthor : Oh, I know I'm the best. You're the one not living up to your full potential. You've chosen a side. I'd never do that.
Mercy Graves : All you care about is lining your pockets.
Kara Danvers : Yeah, also she's not a murderer, so...
Mercy Graves : Maybe that's just because she hasn't tried it yet.
[Lena activates the other arm of the Lexosuit and fires a blast at her]
Mercy Graves : You missed.
Lena Luthor : I wasn't really aiming.
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Mercy Graves : You don't deserve the Luthor name, Earth traitor.
Supergirl : [speeding in and restraining her] You've got that backwards. The Luthor name doesn't deserve Lena.
Lena Luthor : Supergirl. I'd ask how you bypassed a lockdown, but...
Supergirl : But you're in a crisis and you're happy to see me?
Lena Luthor : Yes. Thank you.
