Elliot: We can't waste resources on a lost cause.
Annie: Saving somebody's life is not a lost cause.
Elliot: It is if you know they can't be saved. Why should three people die, if two can live?
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
Annie: Saving somebody's life is not a lost cause.
Elliot: It is if you know they can't be saved. Why should three people die, if two can live?
 Elliot:  We can't waste resources on a lost cause. 
 Annie:  Saving somebody's life is not a lost cause. 
 Elliot:  It is if you know they can't be saved.  Why should three people die, if two can live? 
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