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I think about the day we met.

I suppose you arrived par avion.

Maybe you were the first to get to security.

You didn't intend to stay.

You only had 24 hour coverage so only carry-ons.

And they probably had a driver waiting

so you didn't have to find a car.

You'd never been to Shanghai before, it was all new to you.

How do people live out here?

It's not living, just existing.

- You ever liveafuera? - No.

Can I have your cover please?

Candies, sherbet fountains, cigarettes, batteries, hair cuts.

- Hair cuts? Never seen that before! - I'll show you.

- Give me two sherbet fountains. - Two sherbet fountains.

Take me in, mister. I can do haircuts. I'm wasted out here.

You got a spare cover?

I only cover for one.

- I'm sorry. - You want to swap places with me?

- You? - I wear the suit, you wear this.

It's tempting! Good luck.

- What's your name? - Nabil.

Bye.

I don't think it's a good idea to encourage them.

If people can't get cover, there's a reason.

You arrived in the morning so the streets were deserted.

Did you call anyone? Did you have a cerveza?

I imagine you watching the news, sometimes playing a game,

sometimes sleeping,

mentally preparing yourself for the night ahead.

The thing I can't imagine is that we hadn't met or heard of each other.

That you thought it was going to be just another night.

Happy birthday, Maria.

Time to wake up.

It was my birthday, which I hate.

Every year on my birthday, I have a dream, always the same dream.

I go down into the subway. I wait for the train.

I'm worried I'm going to be late.

The train leaves the station.

I feel like going to sleep, but I have to find someone...

... before the train stops.

The train goes through one station, nineteen more to go.

I have to find him.

And then I wake up.

Happy birthday, Maria. Time to wake up!

The next year I had exactly the same dream,

only this time I went past two stations.

Don't ask me how I knew, I just knew there were eighteen stations to go.

The next year seventeen, the next year sixteen.

Every birthday, one less.

Today's my birthday, today I'm down to the last one.

If I fall asleep, I'll get to my destination.

If I want to, I can discover my fate tonight.

- Lo siento. - That's okay.

So, what am I going to do?

I'm going to stay awake all day.

Who wants to discover their fate? Who'll take a chance like that?

- I'm here to see Mr. Backland. - I'll send someone along for you.

I'm here on an investigation and I'd find it useful to wander around.

- All visitors have to be accompanied. - I know...

- Just let me do my job. - If I did, I wouldn't be doing mine.

That is a conundrum. If I could figure out your password...

- You couldn't do it. - I need one piece of information.

- Is this some kind of trick? - No, tell me one thing about you.

Anything at all.

My birthday. My palabra is not my birthday. 29.

Your palabra is Carrefour.

Crossroad, carrefour.

- How did you know that? - Can I register now?

I listened to you while you weren't speaking. Don't worry about it.

- I could get into a lot of trouble. - I'll go straight to his office.

Don't worry about it.

- William Geld? Salaam. - Mr. Backland?

You caught me off guard, I wanted to greet you properly.

I guess that's one of your skills, cunning.

I have no cunning, I'm afraid.

- This is your first visit? - Yes.

Do you have time to see the mammoth?

We specialize in short-term cover certificates for specific tasks.

A parachute jump, maybe a medical procedure.

People only buy fakes if we won't grant legitimate cover.

If we won't grant legitimate cover, there's a reason.

"The sphinx knows best."

Fake cover is a ticket to avoidable suffering.

We know which printer the fakes come from.

Each printer has its own fingerprint.

This one is from a number eight printer.

Only a few people can use it, it has to be one of them.

I need a quiet room and some time, I'll have this done by this evening.

It's a happy workplace, I don't want to create an atmosphere.

I don't want anyone to know what's going on.

Why? Tell them the truth, Larry.

Tell me something about yourself. Anything at all.

I was born in Napally Road, Hyderabad.

Tell me something about yourself.

Anything?

Try to make it interesting, I've got a long day ahead of me.

I have una cosa for freckles. A sexual cosa.

I find freckles a turn on.

Freckled skin, it's like it's clothed and not clothed.

There's no freckle pornography.

Women get famous for breasts and legs. But not for freckles.

- There's "Anne of Green Gables." - I regard that as an erotic classic.

The Normans...

amazing!

They invented the whole English language out of nothing but French.

- And some Latin, obviously. - Obviously.

There's a girl here, Maria. She's tone deaf.

She can't hold a tune to save her life.

That's beautiful.

Don't you think?

- What are you thinking? - I'm thinking, have we met before?

Upstairs, at the foyer, we almost bumped into each other.

- I feel I know you. - One thing, one thing about yourself.

I don't know if I want you to know something about me.

I can never think of anything when people ask me straight out.

- You want to prompt me? - It won't work if I prompted you.

What won't work?

Tell me what you're doing later tonight.

- That's a question or an invitation? - It's a prompt.

Tonight, I'm going to stay awake,

till the sun goes down.

I'm not going to sleep.

- Why? - It's my birthday.

Happy birthday.

I'm going to need to take your information, for future reference.

It's difficult

when you can get a big denarius for a piece of paper.

It's a big temptation.

Are you sure it's him?

I thought it might be her.

I don't think so.

Do you have evidence?

I don't need to give you evidence, it's intuition you're paying me for.

Are you okay?

Absolutely.

- Am I under surveillance? - No.

Do you want to go out with me?

It's your birthday, don't you have other plans?

Yes, I have to meet someone later but I'm hungry.

- Let's go and eat. - Alright.

I was never scared of you, even when I should have been.

Even when my fate was in your hands,

I always trusted you.

So why do you do it?

For the money.

- Why did you do it? - What?

Lie for me.

I don't know.

It's very impulsive.

I can be impulsive.

Happy birthday.

I love these, how did you know?

Out of my file?

- A lucky guess. - Fate.

Actually, I have a whole bag full of them.

For my kid.

- You have a kid? - Yes.

- A boy! - Yes.

His name is Jim.

- I bet he's very special. - He is special.

Everybody's children are special.

It makes you wonder where all the ordinary grown-ups come from.

These are good!

- Do you want to come to a club? - Don't you have to meet someone?

- Come, I want you to. - Why?

I want to corrupt you.

If you come, there's a definite risk you'll have a good time.

If you don't come with me...

then you'll regret it.

Come on.

Vodka with ice, please.

Would you like to sing a song? Are you sure?

- I'm sure. - You don't want to hear me sing.

Actually, I was hoping to hear you sing.

- Why? - I heard you have distinctive voice.

What else did they say about me behind my back?

Did you know you can take a virus that can make you more musical?

- You sing like an angel. - I did once for Mandarin Chinese.

Chinese people knew what I was saying but I didn't. Weird!

I'm on a virus right now, an empathy virus.

I take an empathy virus to help with my work.

I don't like that, that's weird. You could pick up stuff about me.

I could.

That's like wearing x-ray specs, to look at girls' underwear.

- I got x-ray specs, they don't work. - But you bought them.

- You wanted them to work. - I was six years old.

I was interested in skeletons, not underwear.

I thought you were a natural intuitivehombre.

Does it make any difference?

Of course.

- Really? - The virus...

Damian!

William is helping me celebrate my birthday.

It's your birthday? I didn't know.

That's okay, William is okay.

He knows about our secret.

That's the one that will take me in!

You should kiss William too, because he helped.

Tell him what you're going to do.

I study bats.

The best quality of bats in this world in this cave in Delhi.

I've wanted to see that since I was a kid.

You couldn't get cover in the normal way?

I've tried for eight years. Eight years and only now am I going.

Usually, if you can't get cover, there's a good reason.

- Yes, "the Sphinx knows best." - Best.

- The Sphinx knows a lot. - It doesn't know what I know.

Some things in life can be worth the risk.

Anyone who has ever wanted something knows you have to be prepared to risk.

I think I'll be okay.

- See you soon. - Bye.

- Why did you do that? - What?

All that, in front of me. You know what I should do now?

I should have his cover withdrawn and you too while I'm at it.

But you're not going to you, though. Are you?

Why are you being so nice to me?

Are you hoping for a reward?

How did you get those papeles out?

At the beginning of every new batch, we do a test run then destroy them.

So I go into work and I have a fake pass under my tongue.

I destroy the fake pass and put the real pass under my tongue.

Then I go into the bathroom, put it into a pill and swallow it.

A couple of days later... I have the pass.

Impressed?

Come on, be impressed.

Thanks for bringing me home.

That's very kind of you.

Come in.

Beautiful! You have green fingers.

Everything is controlled scientifically.

Do you think the sunlight is as dangerous as they say?

I hope not.

- Would you like a drink, some water? - Sure.

You know that one of my fingers is younger than the others?

- Really? - Yeah.

Which one?

This one.

Do you like it?

Very much, it's much better than the other fingers.

Maybe I should get me a younger face.

I love the sorrows on your changing face.

Or whatever it is.

I haven't seen this book in a while.

The friend one should have is one's best enemy.

You should be closest to him when resisting.

Look.

It's all I've got left from my childhood.

I keep my special memories here.

Who are they?

My father and mother before we left Shanghai.

These are people like Damien, when I give them papeles.

Now you know all my secrets.

I love to look at their faces.

They're so beautiful.

Look at their eyes.

They have a look that the rest of us don't have.

You look like them a little.

You should go to sleep.

I don't want to go to sleep,

please don't let me go to sleep.

I'll make you some coffee.

Coffee.

I was just going to torture the song and now you're going to murder it!

I'm tone deaf, you know... You find it attractive?

Are you leaving?

I'm booked on a flight home.

- What time's your flight? - 11.

What happens at Bikku?

He'll lose his cover.

- That's bad! - I know.

You giving out fake papers is bad...

Have you ever lived outside?

I was outside for ten years.

I have to go.

I have to go.

I need to stop at the entry checkpoint.

- Why? - To get more sherbet fountains.

Hi, mister.

I found this, I thought you could put it to good use.

Thanks, God bless you. Go, go.

No, I'm sorry.

Leave him alone.

Thanks, God bless you.

If we had enough information

we could predict the consequences of our actions.

Would you want to know?

If you kissed that girl,

if you talked to that man,

take that job, or marry that woman, or steal that papel?

If we knew what would happen, would we ever take that first step?

Hello! I'm home.

- Did you have a good trip? - Yeah.

- Where have you been? - What are you doing awake?

They will be pleased to see you. Your wife, your special boy.

They will want to know all your news.

And they will be happy to have you home, safe and sound.

- Shall I guess what you're thinking? - Yes.

A bicycle.

I can't answer right now so leave a message.

It's William, call me. Just to let me know you're okay.

- Are you tired? - Yes.

Did you think about me at all?

Did you try to imagine what was happening to me?

Does an empathy virus work long distance?

Maria Gonzalez, aged 25. Employee of the Sphinx.

Nurture father: Christian Gunter, born in free port ofJebel Ali.

Transferred to Shanghai and exiled for financial irregularities.

Registered in Kunming, Dhanbad, Betta and Baghdad.

He is presumed to be returning to the free port ofJebel Ali.

Carmen Gonzalez returned to Shanghai,

remarried to...

Maria Gonzalez, height: 165 cm...

- De Souza wants you. - What about?

There's been a fatality in Asia,

a guy was travelling on one of the papers from Shanghai.

- Do you want a coffee? - No, thanks.

- Someone died yesterday. - I know, do you have details?

A man had una cosa about bats, wanted to go to Delhi.

The place to be if you like bats, apparently.

He couldn't get cover because he had an ineluctable disposition

to Wards disease.

- Do you know it? - No.

It makes you bleed to death.

Most people in Delhi are immune which is why he couldn't get cover.

Which is why he bought fake papeles,

which is why he bled to death yesterday.

- What was his name? - Damian Alekan.

The papeles are from the same printer as the one you investigated.

I'm sorry.

Get back on a plane, make it right, so you won't be sorry anymore.

- There's someone else you can send? - Why would you want me to do that?

I had some trouble when I was there, some trouble with the virus, I think.

We all have problems, William.

The way we deal with them is a measure of our worth.

Go back tomorrow.

Where did you get that from?

I have to get back to Shanghai.

- How long will you be away? - I got 24 hour cover.

I'll be back before you know I'm gone.

There have been three papeles reported.

One here, one in San Paolo, one in Delhi.

If this doesn't stop, I'm going to lose my own cover.

I'm sorry. This is the first time my intuition's let me down.

I think he had an accomplice. A certain Maria Gonzalez.

She's gone.

What do you mean gone? Disappeared?

I was told she had a body issue. It was all official.

Video Listo Corporation.

Hello, I just tried to get into my apartment and it won't work.

We have your number listed as temporarily discontinued.

- Do I look discontinued to you? - No, but you may be the holder.

- That's not my problem, is it? - Give me your palabra.

I'll provide you with a terminate window to re- code your video listo.

That'd be great, thank you.

- Your palabra? - Panoplia.

Did you know what you were looking for?

Were you hoping I'd left you a clue?

Like Hansel and Gretel being dragged off into the woods.

Panoplia.

Maria, today you have no appointments.

Maria, today you have a 3:15 at the Mai Lin clinic.

I'm investigating a fraud to which Maria Gonzalez is a key witness.

I was officially informed that she has body issues and was unhappy.

She has been relocated. There were complications we couldn't deal with.

She has been sent afuera.

Outside is a big place. It would help if you were more specific.

There's a confidentiality issue there, I'm afraid, sir.

What was the nature of her body issue?

There's a confidentiality issue there, I'm afraid, sir.

Why was she summoned for happiness break?

Is this a training exercise? Are you trying to catch me out?

- You got me! - You didn't get me, though.

You were top of the class, very good.

Tell me something about yourself. For the report, I have to write this.

My mother had this job before me,

I inherited it.

How long has Miss Gonzalez been pregnant?

I never said that.

Was type of Code 46 violation was it?

I never mentioned Code 46.

Where is the Mai Lin clinic?

There's a confidentiality issue there, I'm afraid, sir.

Thank you for your help.

You rented a car.

The clinic was afuera, 170km from the city.

I imagined you like a medieval knight on a quest.

The quest for me.

I'm here to see Maria Gonzalez.

No visitors are permitted until 6.

I'm from Westerfields. She's a witness in a major fraud case.

- Name? - Maria Gonzalez.

- Your name. - William Geld from Westerfields.

- I need your print here. - It's a very urgent situation.

I know, name and print...

I can tell by looking at you...

that you are not just a keypad presser,

you make judgements.

And I made my judgement about you. If you don't have authorisation...

Tell me one thing about yourself, anything at all.

I'm tired. I have conversations like this one a lot.

If I were able to guess your palabra, would you be impressed?

I would be mummified.

- It's Garamond. - It's nothing like that.

Did you have an empathy virus? It doesn't work here.

That's why you got a cold here.

We use antiviral bacteria, we're infested with streptococci.

Here on the outside we do not have access to some of the pleasures

freely available on the inside.

I have these...

The gold ones are particularly good.

I don't need wealth, I just need a little encouragement.

You have a very sophisticated security system here.

Of course, we have all kinds of cases here.

- What is Maria Gonzalez here for? - Are you investigating her case?

I'm investigating a fraud case, she's a witness.

She's had a finger graft.

This is Maria Gonzalez.

Take a seat.

- You okay? - I'm good.

If this is about my finger, then I don't want to prosecute.

This is not about your finger.

I need to speak to Miss Gonzalez alone.

You have no authorization.

I'm investigating an incident at your place of work.

Fraudulent papeles were issued from your printer.

In the last fourteen days, three people have died,

while travelling with papeles issued from your printer.

The people who come to us are all doing something dangerous.

We have to expect that. Unfortunately some of them won't make it.

One of them, Damian Alekan, bled to death.

He was fond of bats, remember?

You met him at a bar

and you sold him a papel which allowed him to go to Delhi.

- When did he die? - One week ago.

I've been in here for ten days.

The papeles were issued prior to you arriving here.

I'm tired, I would like to rest.

Miss Gonzalez is still in recovery.

Why is she in here?

- Please, don't use the word finger... - Her finger has just been...

It was damaged and re-grown on her family's insurance 22 years ago.

I know a lot about Miss Gonzalez, she was pregnant when she came.

I also know that you have no interest in impeding my investigation.

She violated code 46.

We aborted the pregnancy and took out the memory cluster around it.

- The baby was terminated? - There was no baby.

Just a pregnancy that was terminated and the memory removed.

You've interfered

with the memory of a key witness in an insurance fraud.

Her memory was very local. It's just the man, sex act and pregnancy.

She doesn't remember the man at all?

The man, the sex, the pregnancy, we've erased all of them.

It's the same Maria Gonzalez. The finger was a placebo memory.

I moved it from her childhood. I think it's very effective.

- When will she be able to leave? - She's due to leave tomorrow.

I'm afraid I may have to ask you to release her to me now.

Can you miss someone you don't remember?

Can one moment or experience ever disappear completely?

Or does it always exist somewhere, waiting to be discovered?

Wait, I've forgotten something. My suitcase, it's very important.

It's in the back!

Is that what you're going to do?

Put me outside with them?

You've been outside before, for ten years.

You didn't come back inside till you were fourteen.

You really did your homework.

You can't sing, you like sugar fountains,

you like to grow real plants from seeds.

I must have been your favourite subject at school.

You hate the desert.

I always hated the desert.

Even at college studying Road Runner cartoons,

I had to look away.

I always wondered why the coyote didn't buy a Road Runner.

He had enough money to buy rocket-powered skates,

let alone a Road Runner.

How did you do that?

What?

I was thinking something and you heard me. That is weird.

Intuition,

I can feel what you're thinking.

I don't believe in mind-reading, I think it is all a trick.

It's not a trick, it's a gift.

What am I thinking now?

Damian Alekan.

- Have you been here before? - Once.

- You like it? - I was only here a day.

But, yes. I like it very much.

Excuse the mess.

Come here.

Sit down.

That's Damian,

you recognize him now?

I remember he wanted to go to Delhi.

And I remember the look on his face when I gave him the papel.

He tried for years to get one officially and couldn't.

I was there when you met Damian.

I was with you at the bar.

I don't understand.

You don't remember because they erased your memory.

I don't know what you're talking about.

I came to Shanghai to investigate a fraud.

I knew you were guilty,

but then I fell in love with you.

Why would they erase my memory of you?

I don't know.

Where's my cosa?

- I can't find my cosa. - You haven't lost anything.

- You haven't lost anything, relax. - I can't find my...

I can't find my cosa!

Will you stay with me?

- I'm so tired. - I'll stay with you till you wake up.

- What is it? - It'll help you sleep.

- I don't understand anything. - Neither do I.

My father used to tell me stories as I fell asleep.

Stories about Jebel Ali and the Arabian Sea.

Stories of magic and adventure.

He used to live there and believed that if we returned

everything would be alright, everything would be like it used to,

before we were exiled.

And in my dreams, I was there.

Sample, please.

Thanks.

I've screened 30 sets of genes and there are no code 46 issues.

It's perfectly safe for you to marry.

I'd recommend it.

You both have the code for high intelligence.

- Thanks very much. - Bye, bye.

Do you know this woman?

I'm looking for her.

You must have found her if you have her hair.

It was given to me by relatives.

- Your relationship to this woman? - I just want to know about her.

You can't liase with her. Look at this.

This is her DNA, 50% match the hair samples.

Here...

is the DNA of your mother,

a 100% match, genetically identical.

Any liaison with this woman would be a code 46 violation.

- How can that be? - Anything's possible with vitriol.

Your mother was one of a batch of 24 cloned foetuses.

The hair is from your mother or one of her genetic twins.

She's identical to my mother?

Diet, climate, environment,

chance, surgery, the stars, God.

We aren't prisoners of our genes.

Is this hair from your mother?

- Are you in love with this woman? - Why?

Is she pregnant?

- Were you naturally conceived? - In vitriol.

Your nurture parents will have your records.

- They're dead. - I'm sorry.

Thanks.

If we're frightened we run, it's our instinct.

Adrenaline pumps round the body, the muscles contract,

our heart beasts faster and we run.

We run for our lives,

we run for safety, for our home, our families,

our loved ones.

I don't want you to drive and call.

I'm going to the airport and I'll be home tomorrow.

- Did you catch the bad guy? - Every time.

- How are you? - I love you.

- Me, too. - See you soon.

I need a ticket to Seattle.

It's completely red, it's out of date.

You're not covered for the Asia area.

But I don't want to be here, I want to go home.

- I'm covered to go home, right? - I really don't know, sir.

Yes, I'm covered for home.

But you're not at home, sir. You're in Shanghai without cover.

Why don't you just kick me out in the general direction of home?

You can't fly or be in the Asia area without cover.

What am I going to do? Piss out the window at 20,000 feet?

I don't know your character well enough to say so, sir.

Maybe I can guess something about your character.

These are particularly fun.

I'm afraid you guessed wrong, sir. I'm a Christian scientist.

- I don't do drugs or coffee. - Damn, I'm all out of bibles!

- Can I come in? - Can I stop you?

- I need your help. - How have you been?

I had something to do.

I shouldn't be in Shanghai, I should be in Seattle.

- You knew that last night. - I have to go.

- Go! - I can't.

My papel is red, I can't get out.

So you tried already, you were just going to disappear.

- I'm sorry. - You're sorry!

You say that too much.

I need to go home.

You have a family?

- Boy or girl? - Boy.

Jim.

He must think you're a hero for catching bad guys like me.

Something like that.

You know what they say, "the Sphinx knows best".

Maybe there's a reason you can't go home.

It's fake,

I have to swap it for a genuine pass.

I'll meet you at the airport at seven, okay?

- Thanks. - Let's go.

My name's Maria Gonzalez, I have an access problem.

I have a new finger and it needs to be recoded.

- Hold on a moment please. - Thanks.

- Good morning. - It's so good to see you.

I have a new finger and I need it to be recoded.

I know, you've been relocated.

- Sorry? - You've been relocated.

Why don't you come inside?

- William, where are you? - I'm in Shanghai.

- Isn't your cover out? - I extended it.

No, you haven't. Where is Maria?

Why did you remove her from Mai Lin clinic without authorization?

- She was a suspect? - Was?

Is.

You seem upset, William. Report to the Shanghai office today,

they will take over the case.

Bring me what you can, today.

EXIT ONLY

It's a single exit cover,

valid for today only.

The Seattle flights leave from zone C.

I do remember you.

From a dream,

from my birthday.

You should go home.

Two for Jebel Ali.

- Which flight, sir? - The next one.

- Do you have cover? - I'm a resident here.

Sorry, I forgot. It's my new finger.

Thanks for choosing Pan Worldwide Airways, have a safe journey.

I'd always dreamt ofJebel Ali, Jebel Ali of my father's stories.

He said you could do anything there, as long as you wanted it enough.

You know something?

You know what? Every time I imagined doing this, I imagined being with you,

even though we've never met.

- You okay? - Yes.

We're looking for a place to stay.

Come.

You've never been outside, I could be your guide.

Your teacher.

Three pacoras.

We're looking for a room, we have cover.

No one has cover for over here. You can't buy cover for here.

Residents sleep at their own risk.

- Can we have a room? - Room, food, a game of chess.

There's a shower through there,

you're covered in dust!

- It'll be noisy, I'm afraid. - That doesn't matter.

We'll sleep through anything, we're so tired.

- You've come a long way? - Yes.

My wife made that

before she passed on.

- Think about her before sleeping. - Thanks.

It's a pleasure to have you.

Will you put this on?

- Does your wife look like you? - No.

How did you meet?

We worked together till we had Jim.

- You must miss him. - Yes.

Sing.

What?

I want to hear you sing.

I can't sing.

Sorry.

It's okay.

It's not your fault.

It's viral.

The Sphinx gave you a virus.

Like what? An anti-William virus?

It's involuntary, it's like adrenalin.

When you're scared of something, your body gets ready to run away.

- I'm not scared of you. - I know but your body is.

I want you to make love to me.

Make me make love to you.

I love you...

You knew how the virus works.

Was there nothing you could do to stop me?

- I have to make a call. - It will be recorded.

- That's okay. - The phone's there.

My name is Maria Gonzalez.

I'm recording a code 46 violation.

What is your location?

- What is this address? - 168, Shada Perrera.

- Please wait there. - I'll be right here.

Wake up.

Come on, wake up,

we have to go.

No, I want to stay here forever.

See? I can kiss you now.

I have to go, come on.

Something's happened.

- We need a car, can you help? - Cars cost more than in the city.

I got these.

I need money, people have to eat.

It's all I've got.

It's not enough.

Sonno, take them to the shop and tell Farrukh to give them a mini.

Stop playing now, stop it!

You went before a tribunal.

They decided the empathy virus had affected your judgement,

so they took away your memory of me.

Just like they had wiped my memory of you.

What does he remember about the crash?

He knows he went to Shanghai, he solved a case

on the way to the airport he crashed the hire car.

As far as he's concerned, he never went to Jebel Ali.

I'll leave you alone.

Thank you.

I missed you.

It's good to see you.

I brought you some clothes.

Daddy!

Where have you been?

I did a silly thing, I crashed a car,

but the doctors fixed me up real good.

What am I thinking?

I don't know.

I'm thinking about boats.

I was exiled because I tried to cheat the Sphinx.

They left me my memories.

They don't care what you think if you're outside.

Why bother? To them, it's as if we don't exist.

That feels good!