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conversations.value: Give me a plot for a story about Doug, Laura, Doug\'s entitled Multiplicity.
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conversations.value: Multiplicity (film): Doug Kinney (Michael Keaton) is a Los Angeles construction worker whose job is constantly getting in the way of his family.\nOn one job to build a new wing of a scientific facility, Doug meets up with dr Leeds (Harris Yulin), a friendly scientist who has developed a successful method for cloning humans.\nDoug is introduced to dr Leeds\' clone as proof.\ndr Leeds is sympathetic to Doug\'s troubles, so he allows Doug to clone himself so that the clone can take over for Doug at work, while the original Doug tries to spend some quality time with his family.\nThe clone, called "Two" (although he calls himself "Lance"), has all of Doug\'s memories and knowledge, but his personality is an exaggeration of Doug\'s masculine side and he is especially macho.\nDoug does not reveal the cloning to his family and he goes to great lengths to keep it a secret.\nAlthough the clone seems to be a dream come true, while Doug and his wife Laura (Andie MacDowell) are at a restaurant for dinner, Doug finds that Two is on his own date (due to not being allowed to be with Laura).\nDoug realizes clones are not as great as they seem, and Doug begins to worry about his clone being revealed.\nDespite the complications of having a clone, Lance is extremely busy at work so Doug decides to have another made to help out at home.\n"Three" (who calls himself "Rico") is a sharp contrast to Lance and is an exaggeration of Doug\'s feminine side.\nHe has an extremely sensitive and thoughtful personality.\nHe is much like a housewife and loves to cook and take care of the house, much to Lance\'s chagrin.\nHowever, things take a turn for the worse when Lance and Rico introduce "Four" (who refers to Doug as "Steve", and is later himself named Lenny).\nLance and Rico decided to make another clone and he is cloned from Two/Lance, and has the mentality of an overly-curious child.\nUnfortunately, since he is a clone-of-a-clone, his IQ is considerably lower than that of his predecessors, and the personality defects are more pronounced when a clone is cloned (the analogy from the movie refers to how a copy of a copy may not be as \'sharp\' as the original).\nThis causes an annoyed Doug to decree that no more clones of him/them be created.\nDoug decides to take some time off and goes on a sailing trip.\nHe doesn\'t want Laura to know, so he has his clones step in for him and take his place while he\'s away.\nHowever, he specifically instructs them that Laura is off limits.\nWhile he is gone, each of the clones, in turn, run into Laura and, despite their best efforts to follow instructions (one plays sick, etc), she persists and eventually has sex with all three of them thinking they\'re Doug.\nThe next day, Lance has a cold and is unable to go to work, so he sends Rico.\nDuring an inspection on site, Rico\'s lack of knowledge about the current construction site annoys and upset the inspector, which leads to Doug losing his job.\nAs time passes, Doug\'s wife becomes increasingly upset with her husband\'s erratic behavior, as she is wondering about Doug\'s sudden personality changes throughout the day and how Doug continually has no memories of discussions Laura unwittingly had with another clone.\nThinking Doug is ignoring her, she reveals her feelings to Lenny, mentioning how Doug has never kept his promise to fix up the house.\nWhen she asks him what he wants, an inattentive Lenny (who is oblivious to the meaning of her question) merely replies, "I want pizza".\nUpset, she takes the children and leaves, moving to stay at her parents\' home.\nWhen Doug returns, he learns that Laura and the kids have left.\nHe also learns from the clones\' confessions that he has lost his job and each one of them has had sex with Laura.\nWhile Doug tries to determine how to get Laura back, Lenny tells him about what Laura told Lenny about how he never fixed the house.\nWith the help of the clones, Doug remodels the house and wins back the love of his wife.\nDoug also tells Laura he is planning to start his own construction business.\nRealizing Doug can take care of himself now, the three clones move away.\nAs they are driving away and stopped at a stoplight, Laura finally sees the three clones in the car next to her.\nFeeling like she is hallucinating, she tells her children that you can tell you really love someone when everyone you see reminds you of them.\nThe clones write to Doug that they have set up a successful pizzeria called "Three Guys from Nowhere" in Miami, Florida and are masquerading as triplets.\nLance becomes the businessman of the shop and serves customers, enjoying this opportunity to meet many women.\nRico is the head chef and is "cooking up a storm and having a ball", and Lenny is the delivery boy as well as taking a second job as a paperboy.\nUnfortunately, Lenny confuses the two and is seen delivering pizzas by throwing the box onto the lawn as he rides his bike by.
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conversations.value: Give me the first four paragraphs for this story.
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conversations.value: Multiplicity
  Am I really hearing this, Jani asked herself, feeling something stirring, something roused, within her chest.
  She considered his words. "But, Mahran, correct me if I am wrong; the Zhell have conquered Vantissar – so won't you be in grave danger in travelling there?"
  She spoke for them both when she said, "We have faced danger again and again over the course of the past weeks, Mahran, and we are ready to face even more."
  The Morn smiled. "In all fairness," he said, "how could I deny myself the support of beings who have shown themselves, to date, to be loyal and staunch companions to me and my erstwhile colleague?"
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conversations.value: Give me another paragraph.. End with the sentence ' "It's nothing more than a sprain," he said.'.
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conversations.value: Then the vessel abruptly stopped its dizzy gyre and a weird silence reigned. Jani picked herself up and staggered over the sloping deck to where Anand was sitting, wiping blood from a gash on his forehead. Alfie joined them, holding his left arm. "It's nothing more than a sprain," he said.
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conversations.value: Give me the last two paragraphs.
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conversations.value: Caught in an act of deception by the implacable Mr Holmforth, Evvie is offered a stark choice: transportation to the colonies, or an education – and utter commitment to Her Majesty's Service – at Miss Cairngrim's harsh school for female spies.
  But on the decadent streets of Shanghai, where the corruption of the Empire is laid bare, Holmforth is about to make a devil's bargain, and Eveline's choices could change the future of two worlds...
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conversations.value: Delete the first sentence.
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conversations.value: But on the decadent streets of Shanghai, where the corruption of the Empire is laid bare, Holmforth is about to make a devil's bargain, and Eveline's choices could change the future of two worlds...
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conversations.value: Give me the first four paragraphs for this story.
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conversations.value: Multiplicity
  Alfie's senses whirled. "What? But I... I mean, it was I who alerted Brigadier Cartwright to where she was heading."
  Alfie was dripping with sweat and his heart pounded. He was imprisoned in an airship with a sadistic lunatic, and he had no doubt that Smethers would indeed take great delight in shooting him dead at the slightest provocation.
  Alfie stared at the madman, stared at the oiled muzzle of the revolver an inch from his nose. "You," he said with great deliberation, "you, Smethers, are insane."
  The colonel barked a laugh and lashed out with the pistol. Alfie felt a searing pain across his cheek and tumbled from his seat with the force of the blow. He scrabbled across the floor of the cabin, staring up as the colonel loomed over him, aiming at his head with the pistol.
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conversations.value: Give me five more paragraphs.
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conversations.value: The trio was perhaps thirty yards away. Alfie stared at the tell-tale disturbance in the grass as Smethers approached the trio. He heard a click as Smethers cocked the hammer of his revolver.
  Then he heard Smethers' voice call out, "If you value your lives, then stay very still and raise your hands."
  The creature, Janisha Chatterjee and the boy turned to face the sound of the voice. The strange creature's flattened, corpse-pale face remained expressionless.
  They froze, staring around the clearing in search of the invisible Smethers. Alfie watched as the creature noticed the twin depressions in the grass, its eyes fixing on the area as it said, "Who are you, and what do you want?"
  Alfie could imagine Smethers' expression as he sneered, "Don't play silly games with me, you animal. Hands in the air!"
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conversations.value: Give me the last five paragraphs.. Start with the sentence 'But on the decadent streets of Shanghai, where the corruption of the Empire is laid bare, Holmforth is about to make a devil's bargain, and Eveline's choices could change the future of two worlds'.
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conversations.value: But on the decadent streets of Shanghai, where the corruption of the Empire is laid bare, Holmforth is about to make a devil's bargain, and Eveline's choices could change the future of two worlds...
  The Helix: a vast spiral of ten thousand worlds turning around its sun. Aeons ago, the enigmatic Builders constructed the Helix as a refuge for alien races on the verge of extinction.
  Two hundred years ago, humankind came to the Helix aboard a great colony ship, and the builders conferred on them the mantle of peacekeepers. For that long, peace has reigned on the Helix. But when shuttle pilot Jeff Ellis crash-lands on the world of Phandra, he interrupts a barbarous invasion from the neighbouring Sporelli, who are now racing to catch and exterminate Ellis before he can return to New Earth and inform the peacekeepers.
  In 2025, the Serene arrive from Delta Pavonis V, and change mankind's destiny forever. The gentle aliens bring peace to an ailing world – a world riven by war, terrorism and poverty, by rising conflicts over natural resources – and offer an end to need and violence. But not everyone supports the seemingly benign invasion. There are those who benefit from conflict, who cherish chaos, and they will stop at nothing to bring back the old days.
  When Sally Walsh is kidnapped by terrorists and threatened with death, it seems that only a miracle can save her life. Geoff Allen, photojournalist, is contacted by the Serene and offered the opportunity to work with the aliens in their mission. For Sally, Geoff, and billions of other citizens of Earth, nothing will ever be the same again...