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Hi.

Hi.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm good.

Sure you don't want to go out there?

No?

No.

Well, I think we're going to sit in for a year.

Crazy.

Yeah.

It's crazy.

Let's get some food.

Yeah, let's get some food.

Where should we go?

Coffee now?

Yeah.

Okay.

Does it look any different?

No.

Wish it was still there.

There's a lot that's still here.

Yeah.

For you.

Thank you very much.

Oh, yes.

Number two.

Cheers.

Cheers, honey.

Oh, wait.

Do you remember Go Fish?

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

I did.

What was it?

I don't know.

I don't know.

Okay.

Wait.

So, it was like when we had pigtails.

Right.

And a ponytail.

And Dad had just hurt his back.

Right.

He had just slipped on his bow.

Yes.

And so, he would lay on his back and he would

wait for us to dangle our hair over his mouth.

Yeah.

And we would try to avoid his bite.

Oh, look.

That is scary.

Oh, yeah.

You know what?

You're slow.

Yes.

It was funny.

He loved it.

I know.

He loved it.

Yes.

He loved it.

Yes.

Yes.

Is this okay, Jaber?

Okay.

You're okay?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'm good.

Are you okay, Raymond?

Yeah.

I'm good.

Yeah.

I don't know.

No.

I just don't remember that memory.

I didn't have pigtails.

I like your hair.

I know.

Yeah.

It looks great.

It looks bad.

It could be a lot better.

You know what I mean?

Yeah.

Good extensions or something.

Yes.

In which so many people remember.

Why don't you start to forget?

Well, but they're not just for him, though.

They're for Mom.

What?

They are.

They're for Mom.

Yeah.

Yeah.

But if they're also for Mom, then they're also for us.

Yeah, but they're...

They're also for his children.

Oh, yeah.

I know.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah.

Cool.

You really didn't go sit with her today?

Uh, no.

I don't know.

I wasn't feeling great.

Still haven't opened the letter?

You know about the letter?

Dude, of course we know about the letter.

We all got letters, you know?

I mean, what else could he do except write you a letter?

Who knows?

You're...

He wasn't a subtle guy.

He told me what he thought about me all the time.

I don't need...

Shh.

Okay.

We can all...

He did ask for you.

Yeah.

I know.

I know that whatever happened on his boat...

You don't.

You don't.

Dude.

Sorry.

Sorry.

Sorry, I just...

I tried to...

To be there and just, you know...

To make things better, just...

Make things worse.

Do you guys, um...

Do you guys ever think about how his casket is empty?

Like it's just a wooden box.

Sleepers, rise!

It's what I came back for.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I don't know why.

I just know I have to do this.

You know, he saved my life once.

You know?

Yeah.

Went too deep at a Carmel River beach.

Got nitrogen narcosis.

It was a pretty classic case.

Started acting drunk.

I hear him voice.

I just try to get rockfish to use my air.

And this guy swims up.

Out of nowhere.

Guides me up like an angel.

Saved my life.

Probably saved a lot of lives.

Did you know?

Jay?

Hey!

I knew it was you!

Come here!

Come here!

I didn't know you were back.

Yeah, yeah.

Just said I'm in for a little few days.

Some mom, sister.

I got a job.

I gotta get back to you.

Look at you.

College boy.

Working man.

Should be good for an hour.

Thanks.

Your old favorite tank.

Bet you don't need that in Iowa.

I thought you hated diving.

Wasn't diving I hated?

Well, hey.

When you think of taking her out, maybe we can...

I'm driving.

I'm going straight from here.

Oh, right.

You checked the tide tables?

You know, funny thing.

Drove past the beach on the way in.

Crawling with coast guards.

Something must have happened overnight.

Pork is near the shore, maybe.

They might not be letting folks in the water.

Hey.

How about you and me?

Sunday.

We grab some grub.

Take the boat out.

I leave on Sundays.

I can pull Saturday.

I don't want to be on that boat.

Sorry.

But thanks.

You know what?

We'll just have to steal someone else's boat.

How about that?

Huh?

Jay, I know.

Come on.

So, this your first dive?

Since I left for school, yeah.

First time back.

Remember your training.

Re-sleeping.

All that junk.

Yeah.

I know.

Yeah, I know your dad was rough on you.

But he knew what he was talking about.

Especially down there.

Don't forget.

I won.

A year.

A whole year.

Yeah.

All right.

There's Bill.

You good?

Huh?

Yeah.

I'm good.

I'm great.

Yeah.

It's good to see you.

Maybe I'll call you.

You better.

Yeah.

You know I still want to see you.

Even if it's a landlocked bunch.

Yeah, Bill.

Yeah.

Hey, Jay.

Yeah.

He, uh...

He made sure we were near the edge of the canyon at Monastery.

He was just never going to go out on the hospital bed.

Think he just wanted to be close enough to everyone, you know.

Yes, sir.

This is a favor tank.

It stores it.

If there's something wrong with your regulator, you use your backup.

The yellow one.

It's called an octopus.

Okay.

Hey!

Don't be laughing when you're suffocating.

Air comes from the first stage?

One, two, three.

Three chances to save your life, and you missed all three.

It's too late.

Do you think this is enough weight?

I, I don't know.

Well, keep your scrawny ass down.

Otherwise, take that shit off.

So you're fit to use it.

Ah.

I can't.

It's too gross.

Do it.

One bone.

Come on, please.

Show me.

Show me if you do it.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

The more lubbers we take out, the more boats.

The more boats, the more noise.

All this sonar is driving whales mad.

And then they don't know where to shit.

And if they don't shit right, they don't fertilize the water with the plankton.

Plankton takes more CO2 than rainforest.

Did you know that?

Yeah.

Without it, we die.

All because of tourists?

All so they can post a selfie with a whale?

Come on.

You okay?

Dad, I was, um.

I was looking up mesothelioma treatments.

Uh.

No, no, no, no, no.

No treatments.

I'd be poked like a voodoo doll the rest of my life.

There's something called immunotherapy that really is supposed to help a lot.

Oh, God.

Dad.

I'm never gonna dive again.

Ah.

Oh, what I wouldn't give to dive.

Even for golf balls again.

You remember that?

Mm-hmm.

Water housers at the country club.

Diving through all that goo shit, all that flammable methane.

Listen, we have to blow up this piece of shit.

Why not?

You don't want it.

Iowa.

Come on, I don't want to talk about it.

It's a good school.

It's tuition.

Look, we got oily rags in the engine room.

We could sky high.

Jay, come on.

Blow this sucker up together.

Come on.

No, you can still use it.

You can still move around.

It's good for you.

You hate it, but you can still run some tours.

Dad, it'll be good for you.

Iowa.

Dad.

Iowa will have to wait.

I don't want to talk about Iowa, Dad.

It's a good school.

We can't go right now.

They're paying for my tuition.

Come on, we can't go.

That's it.

Get a last look at your precious land.

This is home now.

We're going to drink until we soften up into

something that the whales can slurp down easily.

We own that much, don't you think?

Respecting a whale isn't about gaping at it from a charter boat.

It's about living with it.

It's about dying with it.

Inuits knew that.

They built a whole society around the whale.

One whale fed a whole village.

Every piece of that whale became a part of them.

Every whale they killed, they got a new tattoo.

When an Inuit died, they mummified him and took him on the next time.

Will you do that for me?

Huh?

You can drag my dead ass back onto a boat so I can be home forever?

Huh?

No, you're headed off soon.

Alone.

I'm ready.

You're not ready.

I know how to fix it.

I'm going to fix you.

Inuit tattoos.

Your turn.

Come on.

We Inuit tattoo on your face.

Gotta remember the whales need to drink.

How do you do it?

Whales gotta drink.

Dad, come here.

Fix your head a little.

A little neck like this.

That's fine.

You're a cat.

Don't get accused.

Look, just a little neck and then the whale will recognize you.

Hey, put that down.

I don't respect you.

Put it down.

I'll protect you.

Put it down.

That's a knife.

Stop.

Stop it.

Give me that.

What's wrong with you?

A knife?

Belgium, they're not ready for the world.

You're not ready.

You watch me.

Look, you and me.

You and me.

You and me what?

You and me.

We're supposed to be a team.

We're supposed to be a team.

We're not a team.

What are you talking about?

I'm trying to bond with you, but I don't know how to fix this.

I'm trying.

You see, I'm trying, but I don't know how to fix this.

I'm scared of you.

I want it to be different, but you just can't treat me like this.

I'm done.

I'm done.

Where are you going?

I'm going home.

Cancer's not going to change how you treat me.

I'm done.

You can't go out there.

That's not for us anymore.

Get off.

Come on.

Wait.

Wait.

You won't make it.

You've got soft lungs.

Better than lungs that are dead.

You hear me?

Soft lungs!

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Yes.

Come on.

Here, here.

Alright, got ya.

Here, here.

Alright, got you.

There you go.

You know.

Breathe like you're asleep, fill the belly, long breaths out, total poem, make

it a poem.

You won't hear it a lot longer.

Breathe like

you're asleep, fill the belly, long breaths out,

total poem,

make

it a poem.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

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Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

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Oh.

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Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Sleepers, rise.

Five minutes.

Outside.

Hey, there he is.

Hey, you got to remember to flush out your mouth piece.

You got a pebble in there, you won't be able to breathe.

Oh, sorry, I pointed.

All right.

Now we're ready for that old magic ratio, 79% nitrogen, 21%.

oxygen there you go um yeah i forgot to mention i or i um it's daniel's birthday

and he uh wants to go to ocean world oh yeah yeah and um i forgot

that we were doing like both these things when about diablo

pinnacles well i mean like well i mean you'd mentioned it but we

didn't really like say like 100 yes to it oh no we 100 confirmed

yeah but you're gonna go to ocean world fake ocean i mean

it's his birthday and it's just you know just fun fun

yeah just fun hey it's your birthday you're gonna go to

ocean world dad yeah you're gonna play with a jellyfish

that's fun happy birthday fun you know there's more to existence

than fun like understanding nature being a part of the

world not just being a cog in the industrial commercial

complex i don't even know what that means think sorry hey

kid we got you that gauge we talked about thanks

not that you're gonna need it what the gauge

you've already developed your internal clock you can time your

safety stops on instinct ah hell you can navigate by currents

position of the sun you got it all figured out already right son uh see you later

hey enjoy the orcas it sounds like a lot

of fun i'll be back for dinner thanks ocean

always provides for you oh

yes all

right hey

buddy let me give us home okay i need some help all right

just a little bit alone okay we're

just gonna have one of the songs here for me okay okay

i'm gonna go home all right hey

good job all

right i'm okay we're gonna get

out of

here oh

I thought this was the end of the world.

But it's not.

I think I'm listening.

It's my ears, I'm deaf.

Do you want to take a picture?

I'm going to get together with my friends.

Go to the beach.

I'm not going to lie.

It's a pity.

I know.

I know.

Do you feel that?

It's the beach.

It's not a beach.

It's a waterfall.

You're gonna die.

I'm tired too.

Oh, that's not good.

Oh, that's cold.

Don't tingle too.

Oh, that's cold.

Oh, that's not good.

Oh, that's cold.

Don't tingle too.

Hey, hey, hey.

I'm fine.

I'm sorry, okay?

You're gonna stay with me, alright?

Okay.

No, no, no.

No, no, no.

Go on.

Go on.

Buddy, I need you.

Buddy.

Buddy.

I'm sorry.

Buddy, you're not hurting me.

I'm just trying to get us home.

Okay?

I'm so sorry.

I didn't mean to.

I'm so sorry.

I didn't mean to.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

You know I met this biologist once, he said that sperm whales have a vocal fold,

very strange.

The very ones that baby whales use to cry out to their mommies.

You know, the day you were born, you cried so

hard you popped a little hole in your lung?

Anyway, baby sperm whales, they cry when they grow up, just like you.

They still have that hole in their larynx, totally

asymmetrical, so they can eat squid all day long.

But really, they could be making the loudest scream in the sea.

That would get those lovers' attention, don't you think?

Ha ha ha ha.

It's so hot.

Ah!

It's so hot!

Ah!

It's so hot!

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

I hate you.

I hate you.

I hate you so much.

I hate you so much.

So what?

Kids getting a hard time?

You know why?

Because they're predators.

Okay, now in the ocean, predators have all the advantages.

They're faster, they can track you, they can get at you from any angle.

So what options does that leave a prey like you?

Hmm?

Just accept your fate?

Like a codfish?

Born to be a goner?

No, that's not the Gardner way.

You want to know what the Gardner way is?

Yes, sir.

The prey becomes so dangerous that the predators can't help but let him go.

You say it.

The prey becomes so dangerous that the predators can't help but let him go.

That's it.

That's it.

So what are you going to do?

I'll make you puke me out.

I'll suck a bitch.

I'll make you blow me up.

I'll make you blow me up.

I can't

do this.

I can't do it.

I can't do it.

We tried, we had to allow death to haunt

us.

Fortune is haunting us.

Where are you going with that?

Wolfpack to the sea.

By sailing?

You know better than that.

Survive or survive.

It was a terrible way to ask.

If you ask death, so does.

I want to know which is better.

One thing a whale can't do is save itself.

Yeah, guess that.

We did the greatest thing of all.

Call out for help.

Call him.

Call him!

Call him.

If you die, I die.

It's too late.

I'm not worth saving.

Just think now is the time to visit him.

I'm not visiting him.

It's not about him, it's about you.

Okay, I just don't want you to regret this.

Oh, please.

Survival rate is 10%.

If they were going to dive again, Jay!

I love you, I gotta go, I'm sorry.

All he talks about is you.

All he talks about is you!

Give me my bag!

You are what he's holding on.

I'm right here.

Come on!

How many of us?

If it's so, I'll come.

One of his son.

You can act like him.

As on things we knew.

Teach you things.

So then one day you can do whatever you want.

When they sweep up the sun.

And you know what to do.

We got a few minutes left.

We could do that thing.

Is there anything you want to know?

No.

I don't have a girlfriend.

A boyfriend?

I appreciate that, but...

No.

Do you like it?

Iowa?

Yeah, I like it.

You know, it's...

I don't really feel like it's my home, but...

I just...

I just felt like I...

Needed to leave.

Why?

I just felt like I needed...

To get away from you.

Now here we are.

What did you want to be?

Well...

I don't know.

Something with nature, maybe.

Like a park ranger.

Something where I could just be free.

Did you ever want a dog?

What?

You always felt bad you kids never had a dog.

That was the least of our problems.

You ever read this?

No.

It's a good book.

I lied.

How'd you know?

Because I knew it was your favorite book.

I don't want to like anything that you liked.

It's time to thank God.

You know what my favorite part?

What?

When the prostitutes made the quilts out of lingerie.

I gave it to Doc.

That's my favorite part too.

I'm sorry we didn't ask more of these questions.

Why didn't you?

We wanted to know.

But we were afraid.

What did it say?

A letter from you I never read.

That I made so many mistakes.

They always wanted you to escape me.

Only...

I forgot.

I'm sorry I never read it.

I'm sorry I didn't find your remains.

It's stupid.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I didn't.

Jay.

You are my remains.

I don't want to remember.

I never saw you again.

Remember.

I got a basket of oil and rags in the engine room.

Sky high, Jay.

Blow it up.

You couldn't die.

You died.

It's so funny.

That's funny.

All of that venting in his system.

Old colonoscopy equipment.

There must have been a sperm in it.

It just blew his ass off.

I can't really fight.

Did you hear that, Jay?

The methane blew his ass off.

It's fascinating.

Remember the water hazards at the country club?

Diving through all that good shit.

All that flammable methane.

Where I need heat.

Nine volt.

There's spark.

A little touch of metal.

Battery.

Battery.

Yes, please.

I got it.

Thank you.

What else?

What else?

It's too hot.

What else?

Methane.

Methane.

It's the heat.

It's too hot.

Please.

All right, we're ready.

The old magic ratio.

Oxygen.

Oxygen.

Oxygen.

I can't even hear you.

I can't even get that shit off or kill myself.

The ocean always provides, Jay.

Thank you.

It's time.

I can't do it.

I love you so I won't even make it to the surface.

All this for you.

Hey.

You ready?

Yeah.

Dad?

Yeah, man?

Hey.

Hey.

I'm over here.

Daddy.

You ready?

You know, when whales die, they create whole

ecosystems, centuries of life blooms from it.

And this one whale, this is Simon Spock, you know what they call it?

Whale fall.

You can do it, come on.

Jay.

Jay, gotcha.

Hey, you're gonna be fine.

You're gonna be fine.

Okay, I'm gonna be right back.

Here, here, here.

Be right back, okay?

Okay.

I told you I'd get you back on boat, huh?

Go.

Hey.

Hey.

How was the funeral?

Excellent.

You did yourself, huh?

I did, yeah.

Yeah, I wish we had a sip of that.

It's how pigs.

You never have a little bit when you're dead?

Sniff it.

Thank you, Jay.

The beautiful family.

It's all gonna be fine.

Oh, yeah?

Oh, yeah.

Honey.

Ready to go home?