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Near the beginning of the game, right before you find the single-portal gun, you fall down a shaft and into some water. Wheatley asks "Do you see it?" referring to the portal gun. Then he asks "Also, are you alive? That's important. I should've asked that first." (Transcript not exact).

Then he says "I'm going to work on the assumption that you're alive, and wait for you at the end. I'll wait for an hour, and then I'll come looking for your dead body, and if I find it, I'll bury it."

I didn't really have the time, but if you actually stand there for an hour, will he come? I realize this is pushing the bounds of game development, but it is Valve we're talking about here.

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Well there IS an achievement for waiting an hour in one of the test chambers IIRC..."You've proved your point" or something – Ben Brocka Mar 21 '12 at 20:25
No. How would he? He is still on his track. – bwarner Mar 21 '12 at 20:26
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@bwarner Maybe his track leads down there. I know what you're asking: "Why wouldn't he just come immediately then?" Because he's Wheatley. When scientists spend decades making something stupid... – commando Mar 21 '12 at 20:28
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@Ben: That achievement requires you to wait like 30 seconds. – BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft Mar 21 '12 at 20:32

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No, unfortunately, he never comes back to look for you (I tried waiting). It's not like there's anything down there that'd actually kill you within an hour anyway, and there doesn't appear to be anything in the script to the effect of him traveling back and calling for you, after that line. Still, rather unfortunate.

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I'm impressed you tried :P – Matthew Read Mar 21 '12 at 20:43
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Good thing I play in windowed mode, so I get to do other things while waiting (like... answering questions!) :) – The Annoying Pyro Mar 21 '12 at 20:52
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+1 and accepted for SCIENCE! Had you tried it before, or did you try in response to this question? – commando Mar 21 '12 at 22:46
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I tried it way back. If I only did in response to your question, I wouldn't have been able to post my findings within less than 10 minutes of you asking ;) – The Annoying Pyro Mar 21 '12 at 22:48
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@TheAnnoyingPyro facepalm touche... – commando Mar 21 '12 at 22:49
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