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up. Heat.

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What?

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In the name of

God, please tell me who you

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because I know you're

here. I'm a

friend and I want to help

you. So, will you let me help

you, please?

You can trust in me.

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I I want to help

you.

Who? Whoever you are.

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All irregularities will be handled by

the forces controlling each

dimension. Transeurranic heavy elements

may not be used where there is life.

Medium atomic weights are available.

gold,

lead,

copper, jet, diamond, radium, sapphire,

silver, and

steel. Sapphire and steel have been

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assigned. I want to help

you. So, in the name of

God, who are you?

Who are

you? You

I am from the other

side.

What? The down

platform. My

candle. Do you know what you've

done? Yes.

You've blown it out during an important

psychical investigation. Have I? Yes.

And that could be dangerous.

Mind the thread there, please.

There's another one there.

I'd appreciate an explanation for what?

Breaking in here. And you own this

place, do you? No, but I'm in the

process of conducting an investigation

of it. So am I.

What? Conducting an investigation. A

serious one. You better pack up your

junk and leave. When I was here first.

Oh, no.

Steel. Ste. Steel. Steel. Steel. Steel.

I've been observing here for nearly 2

months. Yes. Anything on the foot

bridge?

No. Where are you? The platform. Your

side. I think you'd better come here

now.

It's my ghost, you know. I located it

first. Have you seen it? No, but I've

heard it.

I've been observing here faithfully for

nearly 2 months, and that gives me every

right. You have no rights. Not in

this. You see, it happens to be more

than just a ghost.

Now what

the time of year now? Late October. Why

not here? Not on this platform. What?

It's summer.

Summer? Yes. Can you feel it? It's

summer night. Can you feel the warmth?

No. And the

air. It's filled with the smell of

flowers and

trees, the movement of them, and the

smell of newly cut grass. What time

period? I don't know.

The source

I can't tell. It's just that it doesn't

seem malevolent. The sensation

of warmth and

calmness. It is malevolent. It has to

be. Sapphire. There are no trees. There

are no

flowers. There's only you and I.

It. And a

man. It's not locked.

Who is the man? Some wouldbe ghost

catcher. He's in the booking hall busy

trying to make contact with what he

thinks is a lost soul. Does it feel like

summer in here? No. This man What's in

there?

What's in there? Leads to the reception

area.

reception area. Yes. This wasn't just a

station. There was once a small hotel

attached to it. A railway hotel.

How romantic.

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1947.

They still had steam engines in those

days.

Why derelict station? I don't know. I

mean, why choose this place? It's hardly

what we expected. Depends what it has in

mind. What form it's taken?

Or whose form it's taken?

Yes. Landing hotel

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bedrooms. There are two more floors like

this.

How many rooms are there in all? About

20.

Only it doesn't seem to have taken up

residence in any of them. You expected

to arrive with a suitcase, do you?

No.

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steel. There's something happening in

here. Something

changing. Stay there. Watch me.

What am I looking at? Well, it happened

just now twice. My my clothes and my

hair seem to change into

what? It was a light cotton

shirt. A straw hat? Summer clothes? Yes.

Summer clothes? I don't see them. You

smell summer on the platform. I don't.

From here. Yes.

No, no.

It seems to be interested in you.

Whatever it is,

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What did it look like to you? Human.

Male or female? I couldn't tell.

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steel. They're real. They exist. The

soil's fresh. It's been newly dug.

Chrysanthemum composite eye gania

carrier fellas. Summer flowers in full

bloom. Late October. Yes.

The man in the booking hall. What about

him? Does he exist? He's in there. But

is he real? You said it could take any

form. Did you do a spot analysis? No.

You know that's not my territory.

It is mine then.

Are you playing tricks with me? Tricks?

Yes, tricks with flowers. I happen to be

a psychical investigator, not a

conjurer.

So, you've seen the flowers, have you?

I've seen some flowers. Yes. On the

platform.

Well, I shouldn't worry. They won't be

there long. They never are.

Even if we took some home, they'd still

disappear

later. I've tried it.

What about you? Me?

Are you likely to disappear later? I

shouldn't think so. No.

If I didn't make these notes straight

up,

how' you do? How'd you do? My name is

Sappa.

Oh, and your name is Tally. George

Tully. Well, I'm so very pleased to meet

you, Mr. Tully.

Muscular power, mission per second. Mass

times acceleration times distance

divided by time. Well, I must say I'm

very pleased to meet you. I suppose my

friend didn't bother to introduce

himself. No. Which by its power of

contraction enables movement to be made

either voluntary or involuntary. He

never does. I'm always having to

apologize for him. Are you? Oh,

voluntary muscle existing mainly for

movement of the skeleton at the command

of the will. Do you know at first he

thought you might be a ghost? Well, I

thought he was one. Circulating

throughout the vertebrate body carry

nutrients and oxygen to the tissues.

Well, you certainly don't look like a

ghost to me, Mr. Tully. Oh, I'm not.

Flesh and blood like everyone else, I'm

afraid. That has four main constituents.

Plasma, ariththraittes,

lucid human. Yes.

Life expectancy of present subject

57.03 years.

This ghost of

yours, Mr. Tully.

Yes. Describe it to me. What?

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Well, I'm glad you asked that question,

but it's not really my ghost. It's my

ghost. You know, I located it first.

Yes. When I said that, describe it to

me. That young woman, is she? Is she

what? Is she a relative of yours or just

a friend?

A business associate. Oh, business. Yes,

I understand. Mr. Tully, of course. I

always work alone myself. Not that I

prefer it that way, but it's difficult

to find someone compatible,

someone business associate.

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A kind of darkness. That's all. Like a

piece of darkness. Not quite a shadowy.

Yes. Like a piece of darkness.

And that's all you've seen? Well, it's

enough for the time being. I'm a patient

observer.

Two months? What? You say you've been

observing this presence for 2 months

approximately? Yes.

Been with you long? What? Your business

associate?

Quite a long time. Yes. Good working

relationship. Perfect. Well, that's a

godsend these days. How long has it been

haunting this place? as far as I can

make out for just those two months from

the time I happen to find it. And I

regard that as an important private and

personal

discovery. So what's your

interest? I'm here to get rid of it.

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But making contact with that ghost as I

have done and as I will continue to do

is is essential. Not to me. It's

necessary. It's of supreme importance

both to psychical and theological groups

all over. You won't get rid of that

ghost. You know, you can't. He's not

just a ghost. Thank you. But what else

can it be?

Whatever it

is, it represents a kind of energy. What

kind of energy? Negative energy. Cranks

like you could never understand it. You

only increase the danger by trying to

help.

By interfering.

You're still in the dark ages, Mr.

Tully. Am I? Well, at least in my

ignorance, I'm

sympathetic. At least I know he's in

trouble. But he's been hurt in some

way. That he needs help.

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Heat. Heat.

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I just feel that it's a man. That's all.

The ghost of a man. Why?

It's just a Well, I sense it, I

suppose. I accept that it's a man. I

haven't seen him,

but I just

know. And then there's the sounds.

What

sounds of the things he carries?

Heavy

sounds. Well, not all that heavy, but

it's as if, well, as if he were as if he

were carrying a lot of bulky objects,

bags, luggage, things like that.

That's why I feel he was a traveler or

or a member of the station

staff. I

feel I feel he cares about this

place. He has a weird kind of interest

in the place. Yes.

No, he

cares. And someone who provides flowers

has the power to decorate that platform

with beautiful flowers. How could he

possibly represent danger or evil?

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Hey.

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When will you be back? Tomorrow. At what

time? Still to continue my

investigations. About 11:00.

I beg your pardon? I said be quiet. What

is it?

The platform

again. Something changing. Something

happening.

Tell me. The flowers have appeared again

and the smell of summer.

But there's something else, Steel.

There's something else this time. Can

you identify it?

Just a very powerful

feeling of

hatred and resentment. A strong feeling

of resentment. The whole atmosphere out

here is charged with it.

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And that sounds to

you. Can you hear that?

No. What is it?

It's the sound of a

band. It's

approaching. It's coming

here.

Listen. And I can hear

men watching.

Do you hear that?

Be careful, Sappa. You hear it, Safar,

be careful. I'm all right, Steel.

Sapphire, leave that platform now. We're

in the waiting room. Come here now.

Sapphire, leave that platform now.

Answer me. It's hot.

It's a hot summer day.

He likes the sun. He says it makes

things grow. It makes the

corner. I can hear wood

pigeons and

bees. It's very

hard. Very, very

still. He's with them. You

see, it's their special send

off. Do

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you hear it? You hear that?

Who are you?

Who are you?

No passenger trains today.

This station is closed to ordinary

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passengers. The waiting room doors are

locked.

They're just the girls.

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Just the girls who

gave who gave them.

Look. Look. It's daylight out

there.

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Yeah. Heat.

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Heat. Heat.

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The girls who gave us flowers.

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Heat. Heat.

I

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hate steal.

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Wait.

It's

amazing. Really amazing.

Tell me he it is without life an

external projection. No. An after image.

After image. Yes. It lived once.

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To think we're

witnessing. It's

amazing. Would you please be quiet?

Who were you? Sure you can see he was a

soldier.

Who were

you? Who am I more

like?

No. Sorry, but you're

dead. Who were you?

At least give the poet a chance. Please

let him do it his way.

You might as well tell me.

Reckon you might as well find out for

yourself.

All

right. What do you want here?

Reckon you might as well find that out

in all

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You see what you've done? You've given

him

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away. So that's your threat, is

it? That poor

lad. I mean I mean is that really your

idea of evil? Yes, it is.

Well, it isn't

mine. Please come

back in the name of God. Please come

back. I heard a voice from heaven saying

unto me, "Blessed are the dead which die

in the Lord from henceforth.

Yay, set the spirit, that they may rest

from their labors.

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The after image belonged to someone who

died during the Great War. Great war?

1914 to 1918. Died here? You mean this

was a battleground? No, the send off was

from here. His sendoff. Did you hear the

train? Yes. The women? Women? Yes. the

ones who once cheered them on their way

and made them think that they were

heroes.

No, I didn't hear them. I did. It was

something he wanted me to experience, to

participate

in just momentary. I don't think he

wanted to frighten me. He just wanted me

to experience it. Why?

Because those women were part of this

place for him. He resented what they

stood for.

You sensed that? Yes. Was it the same

feeling of resentment and hatred you

felt earlier on on the platform? Some of

it, yes, but not all of it.

So, this is where it all started for

him. His death started

here. Great wars, civil wars, holy wars.

You know, sometimes I wonder why they

bother to send us here. It's not enough.

That amount of resentment, it's not

enough.

He was a soldier. He went to war. He

must have allowed for the possibility of

being killed

prematurely. It's not enough.

You sure that was the war he was killed

in? Oh, yes. I saw his death. It was

something else he wanted me to

experience. Where's Tully? Waiting.

Where?

In the waiting room.

I'm going to send him home.

Then we have to find out who he was, his

name, where he lived, and exactly where

and when he

died, what his intentions are.

He didn't come back. No. And I'm hoping,

praying, if you like, that he hasn't

desered us for good. I doubt that he

has. Because that would be a pity. A

great pity. I feel the ghost of that

poor lad has things to say. I'm sure he

has things to tell us, Mr. Tully. So,

I've decided to stay on tonight, not to

go home. Have you? A sort of emergency

service, if you like.

So, no more jokes. I'd rather you didn't

make fun of me. I'm not stupid. I happen

to realize. Realize what? That the pair

of you seem to be working along similar

lines to me. All right, then.

Alternative lines. Yes, I'd prefer that.

I mean, I'm aware of your well, I

suppose your tor of force. Oh, what the

way you're able to

communicate some method of thought

transference? Is it something like that?

Yes, it's very clever. And you obviously

have a leaning towards clairvoyance

also. Must have taken years of practice.

Now, my approach to the supernatural is

a much more Yes. Do you have any more

tapes for this machine?

I have some. Yes. recordings you've made

here during the past two months.

Yes, but I'm not giving them to you. You

refer to my equipment as junk. It's

still junk. Give them to me. Oh, no. No.

This happens to be part of a record of

my research. Now, I've answered a great

deal of questions from you, but you

haven't answered one of

mine. So, as fellow investigators, a

part of my research information in

exchange for a part of yours.

Tell

him this much.

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this force. What does it look like? We

don't know yet. And yet you say that

it's dangerous. It's evil. Yes. Then it

can hardly be the ghost of that poor

soldier. The man who killed him perhaps.

No. This force is not human. But you've

said it simply draws its power from

emotional responses of the humankind.

You mean the human soul?

No, I do not mean the human soul. I mean

responses. Like what?

Like hatred, anger, resentment.

You're trying to tell me that this force

thrives upon feelings upon some of the

worst human feelings? Yes. Of living

people? No. Preferably the

dead.

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So, where does this force come from? We

don't know that either. Well, you seem

to know enough. Yes. Now, how can this

force use the persona of the dead?

Because the persona lives on where? In

the atmosphere. It only has to be

activated. All right. So, where did you

No more questions, please. What? The

exchange is over. It is not. I let your

friend have four tape recordings. All

I've had so far in return is a few hints

about how dead people

Mr. Tully. Ah, just the man I wanted.

The first tape on this machine? Yes. Had

it ever been used before? No.

It's a blank tape. A new one. Did you

check it before you used it? Of course I

always do. And well, I just said it was

blank. The first and only recording made

with this tape was out there earlier

this evening. Yes. Have you played it

back since? Well, I haven't had much

chance, have I? What is it, Steel?

Listen. In the name of

God, please tell me who you

are. I know you're

here. I'm a friend.

And I want to help you. Well, there's

nothing wrong with that. Listen.

So, would you let me help

you? You can trust in

me. A

pigeon. That's you moving the machine.

Yes. You don't switch it off when you

move it.

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No. What are they doing?

Radio radio

messages

making making distress

call. Jamie's passed

out. The

air. Not enough air. Then don't waste it

talking.

How How deep are we?

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at the

bottom.

Hey, no pumps working. And And we're at

the

bottom.

Hey, tank's

full. And we're at the

bottom. Right at the bottom. Don't Don't

talk. Save Save the Air.

You blown it out during an important

psychical

investigation and that could be

dangerous.

And that was picked up on the foot

bridge stairs.

But I heard nothing at the time. No.

Have you ever heard anything like it

before? No. Nothing like that? No.

Only the sounds of the soldier.

It sounded like death again. Someone's

death. Yes. But where was they? In a

submarine. And yet

what?

Well, our young soldier was obviously

from the First World War, and that

seemed sort of sort of later. Why later?

Well, I don't think they had electric

pumps for ballast tanks in the First

World War. I mean, I couldn't swear to

that, but

I was at the top of the stairs on the

foot bridge. Tully was at the foot here.

Working my way up.

Working his way

up. Try the

stairs. Nothing. What about the top?

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Yes, there's something somewhere. It's

not very strong, but it's somewhere

here.

What are you sensing? Resentment?

No. Hatred? Neither of those. It's more

like fear and hopelessness.

What's the temperature? Cold. That's

odd. I've never recorded a temperature

drop there. Always the opposite.

Yes, it's quite cold.

Give me details.

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It's just cold.

Oh, it's a strange sort of con like like

at the bottom of the sea.

No, the other extreme.

What?

It's like high in the air. The air is

thin. It's a high altitude. But it's

still dark. No, the sun is shining. It's

very bright. It's almost dazzling.

It's

gone. Whatever it was, it's gone. Steel.

Maybe it's all designed to confuse us.

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It's all a bit of a mixture, isn't it?

Bottom of the sea, high in the air.

Things out of order, out of time.

And the voices.

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It has to be the soldier. The main

instrument is the soldier. Only him.

Yes, we've seen

him. We know this place is important to

her. that his resentment started here.

Is that what you're thinking or what

you're hoping? Hoping.

I'd rather not have to think the

obvious. That this could be a recruiting

ground for the dead.

Yes. I'm going to check the other three

tapes.

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Heat. Heat.

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Heat.

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Heat.

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Heat.

Heat.

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Heat. Heat.

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What's

wrong? Will you please tell me what's

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wrong? Will you please tell me what's

wrong?

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It's steel.

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Look, ignore them. I said ignore them,

Mr. Tully. Stay with me. Just put the

flowers up.

We must ignore that too for now.

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Steel.

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He seems to be everywhere.

Yes, I know. Steel. All I want is a

chance to try and talk to him.

The soldier. Mr. Tully, I'm sure you

will get your chance, but not just now.

Steel, tell me. Steel, try to tell me

what's

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happened. Okay.

There's nothing

there. Listen,

I heard that.

Like being in a room under the ground or

under the sea?

Yes. Under the

sea. Back to normal.

I'll go in there first, please.

You just keep behind me,

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right? Is he

asleep or what? Is he ill, Mr. Tully?

Yes. Can I help? Would you check the

other rooms on this floor, please? Check

them. Make sure there's nothing strange

in them.

Leave it to me.

If you get worried, I'll shout.

Fine.

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Still,

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take it back, Safar. Take time back. But

hurry.

Still,

it's all right out there. Please stay

there. He's unconscious. Unconscious.

Tally, I know him. I know what to do.

Just stay there.

All right. Quickly, so far. Take time

back with Tully here. You'll have to.

You must get me back quickly.

Take my hand then. Keep me here.

I'll go in there first. Please. You just

keep behind me. Right.

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Quickly,

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quickly, quickly. Or I'm as dead as he

is. Please tell me what's wrong.

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Heat. Heat.

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Heat. Heat.

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I'll go in there first,

please. You just keep behind me, right?

Yes. Well, uh, we've been looking for

you. Why?

Because

uh Yes.

Why? Wasn't I supposed to be checking

out the other rooms on this floor or

something? Yes. Making sure there's

nothing strange in them. That's right.

Yes. Leave it to me.

Remember?

I'm not sure.

Remember now?

Yes.

It was a

death. Someone's death. Yes, it was your

turn to experience it. Who was sitting

in that chair? The soldier? No, it was

someone else. Another arrival. A new

recruit. What did he look like?

He was young. He was wearing flying

clothes. What time period? Their Second

World War. But there were no connections

with this place. None at all. Not during

his life. None that I could sense.

And how close did I come to joining him

in his last flight?

Almost as near as the real thing.

Yes. I've had enough of ghosts waging

war on us. It's time we fought back.

It's all all right out there. Lights.

H. Lights are for the living.

What? The darkness is for the dead,

right? Well, uh, I think it's about time

we got some of these working. You'll be

lucky.

I should think so. Yes. These lights

have been out of action for donkeys

years. So So, how do you expect to get

them to work?

Light it?

Yes. Well, how on earth do you expect me

to light that?

with a

match. Come on. Up you

get. Will you get up and light it?

But they're obsolete. Oh, you should

know about obsolescence, Mr. Tully. I

beg your pardon. Just light it.

But what about all the other lamps?

They're waiting to be lit. They're

waiting to be lit.

Beautiful.

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1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 When

it was, did you sense anything? Not

really. No response. It didn't last for

very long. Did you sense anything that

was once human? There wasn't enough

time.

1 2 3

4. So there was only really a change in

the quality of the sound. Yes. And you

think it came from the submarine? From a

compartment in that submarine. Yes.

I want to help you.

That

not as much. Not nearly as much.

about that. No, I didn't hear that.

You didn't hear that? And you didn't

hear the sound of the electric

generator? No.

The

air not enough

air wasted talking and one's

unconscious.

How how deep? Young voices.

The bottom.

Voices of young sailors.

No pumps working. And we're at the

bottom. I think

I think that what Talia and I

experienced was later than that when the

electrical supply to the submarine had

failed.

The men were already dead.

Well, there was no air left for them to

breathe.

They were all young. The soldier, the

pilot, the men from the submarine. Seems

like it is. Young men die in war. It's

accepted, so they can't be using that.

Maybe they were working. They're still

here. It's supplying them with the

power. It's allowing them to use after

images of their own deaths to fight us.

Therefore, each one has his own death,

his own individual resentment. Maybe

they're working as a group.

Collective grievances. The soldier

acting as headman. A spokesman. Yes.

Yeah. Maybe.

Spokesman usually wants to

negotiate and he hasn't asked for

anything from us.

Not yet.

Just before I took that crash dive, he

was keeping things cheerful by whistling

that little tune of

his. And there was another thing written

on the window. 11.

Yes.

The Great War ended with a suspension of

hostilities. The fighting stopped the

11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th

month.

There were four 11s. I know. So, do

ghosts make mistakes with their

arithmetic? What? Whereas, this

particular ghost made another kind of

mistake. Would you say he feels a bit

too sorry for himself? Why?

Showing you the kind of women that sent

him to war.

haunting the place that gave him the

send off. Writing up the date of a

ceasefire he never lived to see. Yeah,

he's a ghost with feelings. It's almost

as as if he's asking for sympathy.

I think whatever it is made a bad choice

in him. Don't be too sure.

A ghost with

feelings. I'm going to bring those

feelings out.

What? You stay there. Watch from the

window. Watch the platform. I'm going to

bring him

out. I'm going to make things really

irritating for him. After all he's been

through, he needs cheering up.

Right.

Wrong. Just watch the platform. Let me

know when you see him.

What do you mean sing? I want you to

sing or to cheer this place up a bit. I

wonder if you mind telling me why

the soldier. Yes. We're going to bring

him to us. How? By singing his song for

him. That's how. We're not going to do

it the way he does it.

We're going to liven things up a bit. Do

you know the words? words. Yes. To the

tune. He's always whistling. Yes. Sing

them.

Come on, Mr. Tully. Let's hear them.

Pack up your That's fine.

Mr. Tully. Yes. I can't do it without

you.

Let's make them sound happy. Come on.

Pack up your troubles in your old kit

bag and smile. Smile.

Smile while you've

[Music]

elucifile. That's the

What's the use of worrying?

It never was

worthwhile. So pack up your troubles in

your old kip and smile. Smile. Smile

again. Come on. You want to see your

ghost again? Yes. You want to make

contact with him? Of course. Well, let's

waken the dead, shall we? Pack up your

troules in your old kit bag and smile.

Smile. Smile.

Why Lucifer delight your flag smile

voice that's the

style what's the use of

worrying it never was worthwhile so pack

up your troubles in your old kit bag and

smile smile

smile pack up

your bag and smile smile

[Music]

Why you lucid light your bag? Smile

boy. What's the use of worrying? It

never was worthwhile. So pack up your

crumples in your old kit bag and smile.

Smile. Smile.

Pack up your tpples in your old kit bag

and

[Music]

smile. You loos your Smile, boys.

That's

[Applause]

[Music]

the

[Music]

[Applause]

Smile boys. That's the

[Music]

Pack up your troubles in your old good

bag and smile. Smile.

Smile. Pack up your Mr. Tully. No more.

Come on. No. No.

I'm

sorry. I didn't want to do

it. Really, I

didn't. I'm

sorry. Please bring back the flowers

again, will

you? Let's see the flowers again,

please.

A flare. What?

It's

Tully.

Tully. Mr. Tully.

[Music]

[Music]

Tell you what,

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

excuse me, sir.

[Music]

So far

Mr. Tully

[Music]

[Music]

Heat. Heat.

[Music]

[Applause]

I'm the one that's

responsible. I'm the one that wants to

get rid of you. me, not

them. So why punish them?

Everyone has to die when it's their

time. Yes. Not your

time. As you have no say. You don't

belong with the living.

I'm here, aren't

I? Then prove

it. Shake my hand.

or come and sit down with

me. Come on, talk with me. Tell me your

name. Perhaps we could have a nice warm

human

conversation. Ah, but you can't do that,

can you? You don't belong here. You

don't belong with us. You belong in the

darkness. You and your

friend. You're

dead. Every single one of you.

Not for long. We won't be

[Music]

[Music]

Not for long. We won't be

[Music]

What are they

doing? Jamie's passed

out.

Yeah. Not enough air.

[Music]

Still, how deep are we?

[Music]

No working at the

bottom. I can't breathe. Hey, Tank's

full. Tanks full.

Now we're at the bottom. Now we're at

the bottom.

Right at the bottom. Right at the

bottom.

[Music]

Stay.

Don't

talk. Save. Save the air.

Don't talk. Don't talk. Save Save the

air. Save Save the air.

All

right. I can't

breathe.

[Music]

Help

us. Please help us.

[Laughter]

[Laughter]

[Music]

You saw them?

Yes. You heard them? Yes.

Let's get him onto the platform. Steel.

What? He needs air.

57.3. You

said his life expectancy. That's right.

Yes. How old is he now?

52.9.

Then he'll survive, won't he?

You're enjoying this, aren't you?

Yes.

Got more than you bargained for, though.

It worked, didn't it?

They weren't dressed as sailors. No. So,

what were civilians doing on a

submarine? I couldn't tell. I thought

you were always the expert on history.

When it makes sense. Yes. When they

called out to me for help, they were

probably trying to trick you. Maybe. But

when they did call out, was it as ghosts

or as living people? Well, it could

hardly have been as living people,

unless of course you were once a ghost

in their time. I wasn't. Well, there you

are, then.

Anyway, I don't think they intend to be

ghosts in this time period for long.

What do you mean? Not according to that

soldier. Wake him up,

Mr.

Tully. Wake up, Mr. Tully.

Oh, thank you.

It wasn't my asthma again, was it? No,

it was not your asthma. When you first

came here, what did you do?

I remember now. They tried to kill us.

Not quite. They encouraged us to die.

When you You antagonized When you first

came to this place, you antagonized the

ghost of that young seldom. I know. I

meant to. Meant to? Yes. And given the

opportunity, I intend to antagonize him

even further if it helps me to find out

who he is, who his friends are, and why

they decided to haunt this particular

railway station. Well, perhaps. If I

went out there and asked him nicely what

his name was, I tried that. Come on now,

Mr. Tully. Are they behaving the way

your average ghost is supposed to

behave? Would all your pals at Psychical

HQ classify them as good ghosts or bad

ghosts? That depends. And what about one

of your priests? What about him? Would

he give them a favorable report?

Again, that depends. They attack us with

their own pasts. With their own deaths,

Mr. Tully, I saved you from one such

experience. Sapphire saved me from

another. So, when you first came here?

When I first came here, there wasn't all

this trouble. And there was no danger.

No, just nice, peaceful ghosts. Until

you people arrived, yes. Everything was

all right until you arrived.

Mr. Tony, I'm sorry. I will not be. He

has a job to do. And so have I. I seem

to have no say in anything anymore.

decisions are made for me and look

what's happened. I would never think of

making a ghost angry. But then that's

the way I do things. Unfortunately,

nobody seems to be interested in the way

that I do things. So, what is your way?

What? When you first came here 2 months

ago, when everything was going right for

you, what did you do? Do? Yeah. I mean,

the ghosts weren't sitting around here

waiting for you, were they? No, I

prevailed upon them to make some form of

contact. And how did you uh prevail upon

them? Well, if you must know, I had a

sitting. A what? A sitting. A oneman

sitting. A s? Yes. Where? In the buffet.

And the ghosts responded to that, did

they? Well, they have to. It's a kind of

summons. All right. It wasn't very

successful, but then it confirmed my

belief. Why do you say it wasn't

successful? Well, I'm afraid I'm not

very mediumistic. Sapphire here would

make a very good medium. So,

so why don't we try it your way for

once, Mr. Tully? My way? Yes. Why don't

we have a seance? When? Right now.

Afterwards just happened. Happened. All

that business in the hotel. What about

it? Well, when I had a sales, I was

friendly. Well, what's that got to do

with Well, you've upset them, haven't

you? You've antagonized them. Yes. Well,

to have a seance now to summon them now

under these conditions would be would be

dangerous.

[Music]

Do they have music on submarines? Music?

Yeah. From a radio? In most cases, they

would have access to a radio. Yes. But

submarines don't have wooden doors.

Hardly.

I heard somebody open an old rickety

wooden door in the middle of the room.

Then the laughter and the talking

stopped. All the fun stopped.

Where was this?

I told

you. Right in the middle of the room.

Well, I'm ready.

What about the mics? H, Mr. Tally, Mr.

You can leave those, but uh you can put

this one out, I think.

thermometer. A bit of candle light, I

think. And the cotton threads. Not this

time. No. Would you sit there, please?

And you sit there.

As long as you're sure. Sure. But this

is what you want to do. Yes, I'm sure.

Safa. Yes.

[Music]

[Music]

What's that supposed to do? Make me feel

better.

[Music]

Hands on the tabletop,

please. Now we join hands.

Is this important? It's vital. And how

did you manage when you had a one-man

sitting?

Well, I just held my own hand. Ah.

Oh, then

you'd like me in some sort of

autohypnoidal state, would you, Mr.

Tally? Yes, please. What?

It's a self-induced hypnotic state

halfway between waking and sleeping.

Yes, that'll be fine. Right.

I want his name. I want the soldier's

name. Give her a chance. Give it a

chance.

I think perhaps we should close our

eyes, try to share the moment with her.

I prefer to stay awake. Thank you. No

one suggesting that you should

sleep. I've always believed on occasions

like this that closing one's eyes is

well, courteous.

Courteous. I've often felt in the past

that spirits are rather like strangers

paying a

visit, a little bit

shy, a little

insecure. Why shouldn't it be after all?

Yes.

He doesn't like this

steel. He doesn't like this. Not from

us. I want his name. No. No. His name.

His name. No. Please. Please.

You cannot be coercive. It never works

that way.

Will you leave it to me?

All

right. Thank

you.

Now, I am not interested in knowing your

name or in the names of any of you.

[Music]

only if you wish to tell

[Music]

me. I

want we want to help

you. Help

us. Please help us.

trials. They said there'd be

trials. It was um a last minute

decision.

What kind of

trials? A court marshal. Something like

that.

Was it a court marshal or the assizes

maybe?

What?

The

trials. Oh, they were

told the sea.

Well, it's the channel really, but I

suppose you could call it the

sea. Back by 5, they were

told. You'll be back by

5. Be like any other working day.

Who said this? They were told. Sorry.

Now, tell us about the trials.

We're talking about the trials, aren't

we? Back at

5. Out at dawn and back by 5. It's like

any other working day.

Sea trials? Are you talking about sea

trials? Of course they are. Sea trials

for a submarine.

Yes. Steel. This resentment here.

There's so much resentment. No, please

tell us about the

submarine, about the trial. No, there's

no point now. There's no point in

talking about it. But if you want to,

there's no point.

You're sailors, are you?

Of course we're not. They're not

sailors. That's obvious, isn't it?

Sailors get paid to take chances. They

get paid to

die. We don't. We get paid to

work. A day's

work. Back by five. They

said we never came back, did

we? What year was this?

Oh, 1938.

What are your jobs?

Jobs? You say you're not sailors? Of

course, we're not sailors. If we were

So, what are you what are you doing in

the submarine? We're civilian workers,

aren't we? We're civilian attached

workers.

Bright

futures. Home by five. That wreck should

never have gone to

sea. Home by five, they

said.

Yes. What are your names?

Can't tell you that. Surely you can.

Anyway, there's no point. But if we can

help you.

Don't need it. We've already got help.

Thanks.

What kind of help have you got?

[Music]

I

won't.

Please. I think they've said their

peace.

At least we know something about those

three. Yes. But isn't that It's not

enough.

But they've volunteered that. Oh, they

like to give us bits of information, but

I want the name of the soldier. But I've

already said it's dangerous.

Safar. Sappire.

Yes. The name of the soldier. We still

need the name of the soldier.

He won't communicate

and find someone else. Someone who once

knew him.

But there's no one who knew him. Then go

further back into the past. Find someone

who knew you. Find someone who was close

to him.

Try, Sapphire. Into the past. Into his

past.

It's a long way back. Steel. Try. It's a

long way back. Try Sapphire. Try. Oh,

it's such a long way.

[Music]

She mustn't go that day.

Saf. It's a warm

day. Oh, it's a beautiful hot summer's

day.

There are flowers in full

bloom. There's such a lot of

flowers. But there's no one here

anymore. They've all had to go.

There must be someone. Someone who was

close to him.

Just a

minute. Yes, there is

someone. Yes, there

is. Come

on. Come

on.

There. No. No.

No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

They're looking for me. So, you better

help. You brought us here. You

promised. So, you better

[Music]

help. Who are you?

[Music]

Will you tell

us? Here we are on Tomler's ground

picking up gold and

silver. Now children, back to your desk,

please. All of you. That's better.

Where's Sam

Pierce? Late again, is

he? Always late that one. Always will

be.

It's gone wrong. What? We want the name

of a soldier, not a child. Sam Pierce, I

reckon you'll be late for your own

funeral.

[Music]

Get her back now. Yes, it's gone wrong.

Get her

back. Will you come back to the table,

please? The circle has been broken. Will

you return to the

table? Will you come back to us,

please? No. No. No, she she must come to

us. Come back to us. We sent her.

Safar.

Sappire, please answer me.

Safar, come back to us. Come back to the

table. No, you can't.

I don't want to be

here. I don't know why anyone should

want me here.

What are you people doing?

Sitting in judgment or something? No.

Sitting there like that?

The state of this place. You know this

place? Well, I don't know it like this.

I didn't know it once mind. It's a

railway station.

Oh, Don Station.

Oh, yes.

You recognize it? Well, not in this

state.

But you've been here before. Off and on.

Yes. When it was tidy mind. Of course,

darling.

The name of the soldier.

Will you tell us about yourself?

Well, there's nothing much to tell.

Well, there must be.

Look, I I don't want to be here. There

are things here. Things? What kind of

things?

It's like a power. It's using other

things. I just don't want to be here.

It's using you. Of course, it's not

using me. I don't have a grievance. What

do you mean by that?

I don't know what I mean.

That's what I feel all around me.

Can you Can you describe this power?

Not

really. It's like

dark

darkness. It's

just very

dark. It's darker than

anything.

Anyway, I don't want to talk to you. Not

you. Why?

Because you're different. That's why.

Why different?

You don't seem like one of us. So, I

don't want to talk to you. I'm only

asking you. I'm only telling you. I

don't want to talk to you. Not you.

[Music]

Will you tell us your name?

Why? because you'd like to know

it. Not telling him.

But you can tell me, can't you?

Yes.

So, what is your name?

[Music]

And were you at your school?

School just now teaching at your school.

I'm not anywhere.

I'm here and I don't want to be here.

Tell us something about your school.

It's just a school. Please, I don't want

to be here. I'm frightened.

Just tell me something about your

school. It's just a village school,

that's all. It's just a village school,

please. Who is Sam Pierce?

[Music]

Sam

[Music]

Beers. Always late for school. Sam

Beers always late for everything.

What happened to him?

Especially in the summer. You couldn't

keep him indoors for long in the summer.

I said what happened to him? Loved the

sun and the

soil. Liked seeing things

grow. Didn't make a lot of difference

really. 12

years. Well, it did when he was at

school, but not

after. Not when he'd grown

up. 12 years. That didn't mean a lot

then. Oh, it's hot

now. Usually does after a plaque for in

winter.

Well, when there's a frost in March, of

course. Thought you'd known

that. You know, up Goodman's field. I

laid out straw there last

March, dragged it up there, spread it

out. Took

hours. Well, the lap wings, they start

nesting in March. And they nest on the

ground. See? So if there's a

frost, that one

there.

Look. No, by

there. Well, turn your head

then. That's a pasque flower. Well, when

it was in

bloom. They're

rare. Must be chalk here

somewhere. Chalk

pasture. Now

what? That would have been in flower at

Easter and we missed

him. So what happened to him when he

grew up?

He went away to France

to the war. Yes.

I made a hide out of breeds, didn't I?

Out on Cotle

Marsh. Take you there one

day. Oh, all

kinds.

Wobblers, read buttons, yellow

wagtails. You have to be patient, mind.

All

right. You bring the bread and cheese.

I'll fetch the ale. Oh, no. It'll stay

hot. You know

what? Come next Easter tide, I'll pick

that pas flower. Well, they're rare.

There may not be another in a season or

two. Next

year. I'll pick that next year.

I think we found out who your soldier

was. Yes.

Then let's get Sapphire back, shall we?

Not yet. No. But you've got the

soldiers's name. That's what you wanted,

isn't it? Yes. Then that's enough. No,

it's not enough.

Elanor.

[Applause]

I don't want to talk to you. Tell me

some more about Sam Pierce. There's

nothing more to tell. He died, didn't

he? Of course he died in that war. Not

quite.

What do you mean by that? Look, I said I

wouldn't talk to you, Alan. Please,

please. Any change, any sudden shock

could could kill your friend Suffer. Do

you want that to happen? Are you

prepared to risk that for information

about someone who's already dead? All

right, then you find out what you meant

by that.

Right,

Elanor? When did Sampas

die? Tell me, please. When did he

die? It was a shame, really. He should

have come

home. Summer again.

12 years age difference. It didn't mean

a lot really.

So when did he die? Well, they said in

the village it was exactly 11 minutes

afterwards. Someone out there had made a

mistake. You see?

11 minutes after what?

Well, after the armistice, of course.

After the

ceasefire, someone out there had made a

mistake. That's all.

11 minutes after 11 on the 11th day of

the 11th month.

Yes.

Or

11s. All right, let's get her back.

What's wrong? They found me. So, what do

we do? Do we go go back? No, it's all

right. It's coming to

help. It's coming now.

[Music]

[Music]

Now, let's close our eyes, please. Why?

Because we have to.

Can I go back now?

Yes. Just close your eyes.

Like this?

Yes.

Think about your classroom.

You just think of your village. The

village where you live.

Yes. on a hot summer day a long time

ago. Do you remember it?

I do. Yes. Can you see it?

Almost. Yes. And the school? The school

where you teach? Yes, I can almost see

it.

Good. Keep thinking about it.

Yes.

I think about your

classroom. The

[Music]

children. Yes, I can almost see

them. The sun's shining. It's a hot

day. Open the window,

somebody. That's better.

Sapphire. Who's Sapphire? Shh. Just

think of your classroom.

Yes.

And think of the children in the

classroom.

Yes, I can see them properly now. Good.

They're all

there. All of

them. All except Sam

Pierce. Always late. Sam

Pierce. Well, the sun's

gone. It's

dark. Darkness.

Careful at the back there.

Careful. Tony, please be

careful. Have you seen darkness like

that before? What is it? Whatever it is,

it's capable of bringing back the

dead. No, you can't break the circle

now. She isn't back yet. Why isn't she

back? I don't know. Sappa, you can't

break her that way. Saf. No, you can't.

Come on, Ty.

[Music]

Hey, you broke the circle.

You broke the

circle. You could have been left

out. Left out between journeys. Between

journeys from one life to the next.

Elellanena.

Ellen. Alan.

No short

pastures, no

birds, no trees.

I would never point us to subconscious

and arrive between journeys.

There was no one. I mean, don't don't

you don't you see that between the

school teachers life on her own? You you

must never break the circle. Never. Do

you know what you could have done?

Steel. You could have lost her forever

out there. Out there. Steal. You could

have lost her. You could have lost. Dead

be quiet. Safar, help me still. I heard

you, Safar. I heard you, didn't I?

Answer me. I was right. Look at her. You

You broke the circuit and you lost her

out there. Out there. What do you know

about out there, Mr. Telly? Well, not a

great deal. Exactly.

Still help me.

But it's something we've come to believe

in. Who is we? People like me, my kind.

Then I shouldn't worry too much about

Sapphire if I were you. What? She knows

more about out there than you and your

kind will ever know. But she's not with

us, is she? I mean, is she

[Music]

[Music]

[Applause]

Look after her for a moment, will you?

Where are you going? I'm going to see

where that darkness has got

to. I'll come with you. No,

no. I I need you to look after Sapphire.

Please. Very

[Music]

well. Heat. Heat.

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Music]

Pierce. Sam Pierce.

Sam, is that what they call

you? Sorry, used to call

you. Or is it

Sammy? Well, it wouldn't have been

Samuel, would it? Not a private soldier.

I wonder what they called you when they

marked your

gravestone. I wonder what's written

there. Maybe they didn't give you a

stone. Maybe there wasn't enough left of

you to fill a

grave. Not enough of Private Pierce left

a

belly. Have you been back, Sam?

been back to take a

look. What about

Eleanor? Do you think she ever went to

take a look at your

gravestone to see what's engraved on

it? I doubt it. I doubt she'd bother.

She was too old for

you and probably too

good. What chance would you have stood

once that summer was over?

Hey, help

[Music]

[Music]

us.

Excuse me, sir.

Group sent me here, sir. I've got one

more op to complete and then I go

home. And he did say, sir, a group said

that as your flight is one man short and

all my team have boarded, that

you all right,

sir. Sorry, sir.

[Music]

Tell you what, he

[Music]

[Music]

It's up there. Yes. How's Sappa? Wait,

she's still

asleep. You going up there? Yes. It's

almost like an invitation. Huh? Each

time he starts to whistle one of his

tunes. Yes.

I I I' I'd like to say

that with the seance of what happened

afterwards. Well, I I could have been

wrong about some things. That is it was

a darkness. You

see, even the spirit of the school

teacher warned us. Yes. Yes. Yes, she

did. But but I knew I knew the moment

the darkness appeared that we were

dealing with something evil. I sensed

it. I felt it. Even the crucifix

trembled. And and there he is up there

inviting us once again. Yes. But things

are different now. We know about him. We

We know his name. Oh, yes. So, you go

back into the waiting room. Take care of

Sapphire.

But, but what about the

darkness? It's gone. But it could

reappear, couldn't it? It could. Yes. I

thought that's why I got this. Thank

you. Take care of Sapphire.

All

right,

[Music]

Sammy.

[Music]

Sam. Sam

Pierce. That's your name, isn't it?

We know it is. So there's no need for

you to hide in the darkness anymore.

We don't have to

hide. But that's our

privilege. The privilege of the living.

[Music]

Steel

Tally.

Yes. Is Safar still in there with you?

Of course she's still in here. Check

again. Check again. Look.

Is she still here? She's still

[Music]

asleep.

[Music]

[Music]

Woo! Oh my god.

[Music]

What's the matter? What is it? You said

something earlier on about the

subconscious. The the fact that it could

be somewhere else. I did. Yes. Between

journeys. Either that or the seance has

had an exhausting effect on her. After

all, she was sent back a long way in her

journey. A great distance in time. And

that can be very tiring. You are right.

I've just seen Sapphire on the platform.

I'm sorry. I don't understand. I have

just seen Sapphire or what looked like

Sapphire out there on the station

platform with Pierce and the

others. And it was as if Sapphire was

one of

them. This this the subconscious. Can it

be seen? You mean does it have a human

shape? Yes. I wouldn't have thought to

know. I mean, otherwise it could hardly

be determined the subconscious, could

it? All right, Mr. Tully, would you say

it's possible to have such things as

ghosts of the living? No. Would you? I

mean, there are all sorts of theories

about visual fallacies, but

sales hadn't quite finished. No. I broke

the circle. Yes. And here's the result.

I'm going to try and take a close look

at the other one.

Don't worry. I I'll look after

[Music]

her. I realize how important she is to

you. I'll try talking to her. Well, many

medical practitioners believe that

talking to a patient who is comeomaos

can often prove therapeutic,

even curative. That's a good idea. You

do that.

[Music]

[Music]

Sapphire. Sapphire.

It's no good,

Pierce. No good. You're still late, you

see. Over 60 years too late. Oh, I

wouldn't say that. I would. Your war was

finished. Finished a long time ago.

A bit different to yours

then. Yours has just begun.

[Music]

You left me here,

Steel. This is where you left me. We

didn't exactly leave you right here. So

now I suppose I'm as much part of this

station as he is. No.

Not sure of me.

Well, you can't exactly do a spot

analysis, can you? It's not your

territory, remember?

Why shouldn't I be sure of you?

Because I know it's not in your nature

to be sure of anything. But I know

you're Sapphire. Oh, and there's only

one of you, isn't there?

Yes. Well,

then where's Pierce gone? How should I

know? Well, you just said that you're as

much a part of this station as he is, so

I thought perhaps you'd know. Well, I

expect he's busy. Busy? Busy waiting? Or

for?

For others, of course.

Others like him. Yes. I'd like the pilot

and the young men from the submarine.

Yes. How many others? What? How many

others is he expecting?

I don't know. One, five, 10. I said I

don't know. A thousand? 100? I mean,

there must be a lot of applicants.

Surely.

Anyway, still, since you left me here,

since you abandoned me, I've had time to

think.

Oh, yes. And realize

[Music]

realize what?

That we shouldn't be here on this

particular assignment.

No,

[Music]

our information was

false. Our briefing was

wrong. Those after images are harmless.

Harmless? Yes. And they'll be gone soon

anyway.

So, why don't we just leave them in

peace?

All

right, let's leave them in peace, shall

we?

Come on.

I haven't finished talking yet.

Oh,

sorry. Well, I suppose my interest in

the supernatural started

[Music]

early when I was at school. I

suppose. Yes. I think it was when I was

at

school. It started as a game, but I soon

realized that I was experiencing

something more than that.

When the others have arrived, they'll

all leave. To go where? I don't know. To

go back where they came from. I don't

know. But I do know that they intend to

leave.

[Music]

Steel, would you mind looking at me when

I'm talking to you?

[Music]

After all, there's no one else

here. Only

us. I spent a great deal of time as a

lad going to churches and places like

that. My my hobby in those days was

brass

rubbing. And other lads of my age were

involved in sporting

activities, but not me.

Tell me what happened. Happened? Well,

you say you want to talk. I do. Well,

then tell me what happened when when you

were left behind.

Well, I suppose I was given the chance

to understand. To understand Pierce and

his friend. Yes. And to sympathize with

them to an extent. Yes. And to find them

harmless.

Yes.

I've always allowed myself to have an

open

mind. To believe that one can approve

and accept something without necessarily

having to understand it is for me the

first essential before any man can have

a supernatural or religious

experience. The mind that is closed

cannot be

receptive. What about the power? What

power? The darkness, remember? Oh yes.

Is it also harmless?

Yes. You were wrong about that as well.

Yes. So, in a way, it was fortunate that

I was left behind. Why fortunate? Well,

because of what I've learned, the truth,

Steel, aren't you pleased with me? Huh?

Yes.

Well, you might at least show it. You

might at least congratulate me. All

right. I congratulate you. Thank you,

Steele. Thank you very much. I'll just

go and fetch Mr. Tully, shall I?

I'm sure he'd like to congratulate you,

too.

Oh, there's no need to fetch

Tally. He will be

here. He'll be with us soon.

I've often felt that I was the wrong age

for proper psychical achievements.

A friend of mine once told me that

cats, children, their own people have

the best

results. Perhaps that's because they

have the time to be

patient, the time to be

tolerant. So, in a way, I'm looking

forward to reaching 70, even getting

into my 80s, which means I should find

some success.

Don't you think so, Steve? Yes. As soon

as Mr. Tully arrives, we'll pack up and

leave. I thought you'd agree. After all,

we have such a fine working

relationship, don't we? Yes. One of the

best, right? That's probably because we

know each other so well. Of course, and

can anticipate each other's thoughts and

moods. Exactly. So, there's never any

real need to even ask each other

questions. Never. Even though there's

one particular question that keeps

nagging inside the

head, like the one that's inside my head

right now.

the one that's crying out for an answer.

Well, perhaps it doesn't need an answer.

No, but it does.

Ask

it. Ask your

question. If you're the

sapphire that I've grown to

know and to

[Laughter]

[Music]

love. Who is that person?

What person?

That person in the waiting room with

Tully.

[Music]

I suppose I mean I prepared to go on

until I

was Oh my god.

[Music]

I will deceive you and find that great

mercy defends and dangers of this

nightmare.

[Music]

[Applause]

I couldn't get out of the plane.

[Music]

It's my little kid's birthday tomorrow.

Who's going to look after the

[Music]

[Applause]

garden? Said your war just begun, didn't

I?

By thy great mercy defend us from the

pedals and dangers of this night. Light

not darkness.

[Music]

Sn please leave us alone. I I beg you.

Wake up. You must wake

up. We We haven't harmed you. I I

haven't harmed you. Oh, please. Please

let Please let us go. I I promise I

promise that I that I'll leave. I I I'll

go now. I I promise that. I I I leave. I

I leave her in

[Music]

peace. Oh, thank you,

Mom. I'm sorry. I I I I didn't

understand. I I'm I'm sorry. I mean,

just just me. You You

mean just

me? I'll get I'll get help. She I will

I'll get help.

[Music]

Steel,

[Music]

steel,

steel, steel. They they they they said I

could leave. Still,

they they they said I could go when and

I'm going. But but but but don't wor

don't worry. I I'll I'll I I'll get

help. I I'll I I'll I'll send back help.

[Music]

[Applause]

Excuse me. I need one op. Just the one.

Then I'm off home on leave. I don't mind

what I fly. I'll go tail in Charlie. It

makes no difference to me. And I know

you fellas are flying too short. So

really, can't any of you use me? Please.

[Music]

Excuse me,

[Music]

sir. Heat. Heat.

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

I've been allowed to leave.

Have you now? Yes.

Reckon you better leave then?

This seems to be the only remaining exit

point. That's right. Over the bridge.

I noticed just now

that there were others down on the

platform. Who are they? Just others.

Oh, when I first came here 2 months ago,

I said that I was your

friend. I still am.

I said then that I wanted to help you

and I still

do. My dear boy, whatever it is that has

this shameful hold on you, I

[Applause]

Heat. Heat.

[Music]

be a detail out here for

Dorne. Why wire

detail might find

you? Or what's left you after the next

barrage?

And again, they may not come. I mean,

you can't blame them. Even the stretcher

bears won't come out here.

[Music]

Sammy

Pierce. Private S

Pierce. You should have left us alone.

We were causing no

harm. We just wanted what was owed to

us. That's all. Pierce, come on.

[Music]

You asked me once,

remember? You asked me to sit and talk

with

you. Well, I've sat and I've talked on

my terms for a change and not yours.

It's going to be a favorable

winter. It'll slip into spring like it

was one and the

same. And then it'll be

Easter.

Anyway, you'll be leaving us

soon. You've got no choice.

[Music]

Everything's all right, isn't it?

It is now.

Yes, it is now.

[Music]

Heat. Heat.

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

Heat. Heat.

[Music]

Steel. Yes.

Me.

No. Stay there.

All

[Music]

right. It's early

morning. It's dawn. I know. I just

realized it. Why is it dawn?

Well, how should I know

why? What is

it? Look, Ste, I've just woken up. I've

been having some terrible dreams. I had

a few bad dreams myself. One of them.

You attacked me with a bunch of

flowers. Give me your

hands. We brought you here after the

sales. Talia and I brought you to this

room. Is that

[Music]

right,

Safar? Safar, do you hear me?

Can you hear me?

You can't hear me, can you? Of course I

can hear you.

We've got work to

do. There are some things I must

remember.

Stab me.

I remember. I remember the girl with the

flowers. It wasn't me. An illusion. Not

quite. It was an image. A projected

image created by Pierce. Created through

Pierce. created by the darkness. Even

though you didn't see the darkness, I

didn't need to. I was aware of it.

La picking up gold and silver. I

remember wooden desks and

inkwells, a school, an old school.

Eleanor.

Who? Ah, you don't remember her? No.

That's probably because she wasn't

created by the darkness. She was invited

to take part in the sea.

Well, you have been busy in my absence.

Elanar, look.

I do remember a flower. What kind of

flower?

That's a pasque flower. A wild

flower. Its petals are kind of purple.

Well, they're rare.

It's very beautiful. I think it's very

rare, but I don't know why I remember

it. Come next Easter. I don't pick that

task flowerine.

[Applause]

Oh no. I did visit your grave.

They suffered. Why did they have to

suffer so much? They told you. No. No. I

sensed it. What's the solution? What?

The answer to their problems. Whatever

it is the darkness has promised them.

Did you sense that? No. No. That was

kept from me. But you know that they

were waiting. Yes. What for? for more of

their kind. Then what? I don't know.

Were they optimistic? Yes. But you still

don't know where they were going. But

you do know they were definitely going

somewhere. Yes. The darkness promised

them that. Why is it mourning?

I'm sorry, but you see, I also fell

asleep. And I don't

sleep right

here. When I awoke, there was a cobweb

across the doorway here. It wasn't on

me. It was on the doorway here. Analyze

that. I don't have to. How long was I

asleep? A few hours. Why? There's a new

layer of dust in the waiting room, on

the furniture, and on the floor. This

room is the same.

I can't see anything.

No, but I can. Is it a natural formation

of dust?

Yes, the particles are stratified. As an

analyst, that means it wasn't just

dumped here in one go. It is a natural

formation of dust. And how long would it

take this amount of dust to settle

naturally?

Chronologically, with this degree of

stratification, about 12 days.

And you've been asleep for a few hours.

And I for only one. Yes. And all of a

sudden it's morning. Early morning.

That's right. It can't happen. It has

happened.

We'll see. You say we're 12 days a

drift. Approximately. Yes.

Tully's

sandwiches. They were a bit stale, but

they were well wrapped and perfectly

edible. I saw Tully eating one a few

hours ago just before the seance. And

these are

[Music]

Maybe it's another image. Not this time.

Why not? The darkness is good at images.

You just admitted that. Yes. There's

another image that you missed when you

were asleep. A barbed wire entanglement.

I ran right into it. Where's the barbed

wire now? It's gone, of course.

But the cobweb

hasn't. It's still there.

Did you receive any cuts from the wire?

How could I? It wasn't It wasn't what?

It wasn't real.

This dust

is. When I woke up, there was no dust on

my clothes. And you said the cobweb

hadn't touched you while you were

asleep. Therefore, those things were not

placed in our time. We have been

deliberately placed in theirs. Do we?

We've been shunted forward in time. Yes.

And there's something else. They're not

here anymore. Pierce and the others.

They've gone. Perfect. They have gone.

Ever since I've woken up, I've realized

that the atmosphere is gone. All of it,

the malevolence, the after images.

There's nothing like that here anymore.

Even the darkness is gone. This place is

free now. Free 12 days ahead. What

happened in between? Well, how should I

know that? Your subconscious. My

subconscious will have missed 12 days as

well. If this is true, then you know

what could have happened? Yes. While we

have been shunted to one side, 12 days

to one side, the darkness could have

kept its promise. Mr. Pierce and the

others. It could have. Yes. But what has

it done with Tully?

Tully? Yeah. Where is Tully? I left him

with you. I told him to look after you.

I've been asleep. Remember?

Tully.

Tully. Tully.

We've been moved forward 12 days in

time. Tali's been left behind. We're

being manipulated. Tally could have been

moved forward with us. He could just be

hiding. Why would he do that? I don't

know. Let's find some proof.

Tally, will you ever forgive me?

Here. I'm

here. Thank God you're

safe. That's all I want to say before I

go. Just thank God you're safe.

Tell. Oh, no accusations, please. I

apologize. I apologize here and now.

When I realized the darkness must have

swallowed you up

when you what? Well, the darkness it

must have swallowed you up. It was

everywhere. You're not injured?

No. Thank God for

that. You saw me.

What? Saw me on the

wire? More or less? Yes.

There's your proof.

Oh, my dear

girl, I abandoned

you. But I had to. You see, anyway, I

was going for help, I intended to send

back help. You will forgive me, won't

you? Where were you? I intended to send

back help as quickly as possible.

When you abandoned Sapphire, as you put

it, where did you go? And I I I

I looked for you and then I came up

here. Then what did the darkness swallow

you up as well? I have no idea. I I fell

asleep. Sound

asleep. You fell asleep? Yes. I I saw

the ghost of that poor airman down there

and then I saw the ghost of the young

soldier up there and I crossed the

bridge and and I fell asleep. I I I

slept like a log.

I slept for

hours. I must have done it. I mean, it's

it's dawn. It's it's almost daylight and

now you're leaving. Well, it's it's

simply that my work here is done. Who

decided that?

I did. Nothing decided it for you. Well,

if you mean have I been frightened a

little. Well, well, I don't mind

admitting it. I I have been frightened

somewhat. That's why I have to leave.

Mr. Tully? Yes. Take a look at your

sandwiches, Mr. Tully.

If you leave now, I'm not concerned

about a few sandwiches, but I I am

concerned about having to leave when

there's so much more to learn.

But that's the way it must be, I'm

afraid. Naturally, I'm thankful for the

things I witnessed here, the opportunity

to see the spirits of the dead, even

speak to some of them.

I'm sorry I have to deny myself the

chance of talking to the others. What

others? Before they've even had time to

express their troubles to me. I said

what others? Well, the new ones, of

course.

You haven't seen them? No, I haven't

seen

them. Tell me about them. Well, they

arrived when?

Just before I fell asleep last night. It

wasn't last night, Mr.

Tully. It was 12 days ago.

What? It was 12 days ago.

Where did you see them? On the platform

waiting. How many new arrivals? I don't

know. 9 to 10. Something like

that. Anyway, I have to go.

[Applause]

Please let me go. I have to leave.

Why? Well, I've explained my work here

is done. No, it isn't. You've just been

complaining about missed opportunities.

Yes, but when I say that, tell me. I

don't necessarily What you mean?

Why are you leaving?

Because I made a promise. A promise?

Yes. To whom? To it? To the darkness?

Yes.

to the darkness that brought the ghosts

here that supposed to have swallowed me

up, swallowed Sapphire up. Well, you're

both all right. Yes, but you didn't know

that at the time, did you? Yes, but I

told you I was going to get help. You

made a promise, did you? To the darkness

that plays games with people's minds.

That plays games with time. Well, I'm a

man of my word. You're a what? All

right, then. They gave me my freedom,

and I asked them for my pleaded for it.

If you like, pleaded for it, and they

gave it to me. They gave it me last last

night.

[Music]

Why are you still here, Mr. Tully?

What? If it wanted you to leave, why did

it make you sleep?

I don't

[Laughter]

know. Please.

I'm so

frightened. I didn't think I'd ever be

this frightened after so many years of

observing, but I

am. I'm scared,

silly. I mean, the way I deserted the

pair of you. Sit down. I did. I deserted

you. But but it it frightened me. You

see, even my prayers didn't seem to

work. Mr. Tully. Yes.

It's gone.

What? The darkness. It's not here

anymore.

And the ghosts of those poor lads.

They've also gone

in peace. Do you think? We hope so.

You want them to

stay, don't you?

because they deserve peace. You know,

those poor

lads and all their problems, their bad

luck. It isn't fair. What isn't fair?

Well, there there are looking for peace

after death, after such short lives.

And here am I hoping for peace in my old

age.

Saf. It's all

I That's all I want.

Well,

the darkness hasn't really gone, has it?

As far as we are concerned, yes. But

it's playing games with time. It's using

time against us, isn't it?

Yes. Therefore, in its own way, it must

be around here somewhere.

I suppose so. Good.

I can't do that. Still can't do what? I

can't take time back 12 days. I don't

want you to. I want it to take us

back. And you make contact with it.

Contact the doctors. Yes,

[Music]

possibly if I tried. Then try.

Look, it's hardly likely to cooperate. I

think it

will. I want to make a deal with the

darkness. You want me to negotiate the

deal? No, I'll do that after it's taken

us back.

Just the two of us.

Yes.

And Mr. Tully.

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

It may not give us a second chance,

Steel. There's no real guarantee it's

given us a first one yet. No. Who says

we're safe here in

storage? So, let's make that

deal. Find it,

Safar. Find the darkness.

[Music]

Is it

coming? Wait for

[Music]

me. Sapphire asked you to rest. She did.

Yes. Then sit down and rest.

[Music]

It's for your own good, Mr. Tully.

What is it? You've been frightened. You

said so yourself. Yes. Well, then you

should sit down and rest. Calm yourself.

All

right. That's

better. How old are you? 53. 52. 52. Ah.

Well, well, all the more reason to take

care of yourself.

You'd rather I didn't leave

then. Go

home. Not because of the promise I made.

I realized that was wrong. That was as

bad as making a promise to the devil.

And that would never do. No. I I I

didn't want to leave just because I was

frightened. It's just that I I don't

feel him of any

use. My faith has has taken a knock, you

see.

Well, we'd rather you stayed. We need

you. Really? I need

you.

You I never thought I'd ever hear that

kind of admission. You needing me. All

right. I was I was wrong about you.

Well, that's easy enough to You just sit

there and relax. Sapphire and I uh have

things to discuss. What

things? Private

things. Oh,

by the way, Mr. Tully, do you have a

family? A family at home? No, I I live

alone except for my cat. I have a cat.

Nelson. Nelson. He's only got one eye,

you see. Oh, yes. But don't worry. My

neighbor always feeds him if if I'm not

there. Oh, good.

No. Quickly. What's Tully doing?

Relaxing.

This deal you want me to make? No.

Safari. What exactly is it? I can't tell

you. Not yet. But if I'm to make contact

with the darkness, that's all I want you

to do. Make contact with it. All right.

But if I do make contact with it, it may

decide to come back. It can't come back.

It can only come forward. Yes. It may

well decide it wants to do its

bargaining from here. From this room.

Well, from somewhere here. You could be

face to face with it. Steel. Do you

realize that? Yes.

All right.

But watch for it. I may not be able to

help

you. Please be

[Music]

careful. We wish to talk with you.

We have something to say to you.

Something

important. Something

important. We wish to contact you.

We wish to make contact with you as soon

as possible.

Us.

They want to talk to us. Surely it must

be us.

No, not us.

It's hurt us. Steel.

It's heard us. It's coming to us.

[Music]

It stopped. Where?

It It stopped somewhere

now. In the time we are in.

No. In its own

time. Almost.

It's the foot bridge. It's on the foot

bridge. That's the between point. That's

the halfway

[Music]

point. It's moving again.

[Music]

Still in its own time.

No, it's crossed over into ours.

[Music]

It's coming. Steel.

[Music]

Be careful

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

still. Heat. Heat.

[Music]

[Music]

I sent for

you. I want to talk to

you. So, let's talk, shall

we? I have something of importance I

want to discuss with you.

a

deal. Well,

uh, a

transaction. So, where are

you? I can't very well discuss something

of importance if I can't see you, can

I? You're

here. I know you're

here. So, why not show

yourself? We've seen you before.

seen you as the

darkness. So, let's see you now here on

the stairs if you

like. Neutral

ground.

No. All right, we'll forget the whole

thing. I'm in no mood to play cat and

mouse. As far as I'm concerned, you're

not here. You've gone. You never

arrived. The deal is

off. Come on, Sapphire. It's not here.

It's not interested. So, let's go. Let's

not waste our

time. Sapphire, wake up. It's time to

go. I say wake

up. It's not

here. It's not interested. If it is,

it's not

interested. Come on. It's here.

What? I said it's here.

Where?

Here.

Don't play games with it. It's inside my

head. It's inside my brain. But I can't

see you because it has my

eyes. It's watching you and listening to

you through my eyes. So, please don't

try to trick it.

It could take my

eyes and my mind. You could snuff out my

mind as easily as you could snuff out a

candle.

Steel, I can't see you. I'm here. I

understand what's been said. Good,

because you asked for it to come. I did?

Yes. Well, it's here. So, ask your

questions. I don't have any questions.

Just a proposal. One proposal.

What is it?

The darkness thrives on resentment. Am I

right? That's right. Yes. It's

parasitic. Resentment is food and drink

to it. Blood and tissue. Right. Again,

these are questions. No, they're not.

They're statements. They're facts. Am I

right or not? You're right. To a degree.

To a degree.

I have something to

offer. An original source of

resentment. A real reason for

resentment. It's on offer, but it can't

be bought cheaply.

Describe the offer.

Sorry. No.

Please steal. Do as it says. and tell it

not to try that. It's either you

negotiating or it. All right.

Well, what about my offer? It's not

interested. No, no, it already has its

own source of resentment. It's happy

enough with that. Well, then it has poor

judgment, doesn't

it? Or blind

faith. I mean, what has it got? The

spirit of some kid of a soldier who died

at the wrong time when his war was over.

The ghosts of three young men who were

trapped in a submarine they didn't

belong

in. Some lost soul of a pilot who risked

his life flying a death trap because

nobody would let him fly with him. I

mean, you you call that resentment.

There are others, many of them. Yes,

I expect they're all third rate

grievances as well.

Steel, no. Please don't make it angry,

Steel. by telling it the truth. Please,

I can't see you. Steel,

come back to me.

Where are you? I'm here.

Please take my

hands. Please

steal. I'm frightened.

[Music]

Till it

suffer, tell it what I'm offering could

give it enough negative energy, enough

resentment to last for 500 years, maybe

even a thousand years. It wants to know.

Well, I'm prepared to tell it, but not

here. Not 12 days out of time. Tell it

to take us back. All three of us, back

to where we were, and I'll explain the

nature of my offer. Every last detail of

it. Yes, but only if it takes us back.

It will take you back. No. No. Good. All

three of us are none of us.

It agrees.

Good. Well, when do we go back? Soon. It

will go back. It will meet us where we

were.

[Music]

You said it had gone. It has.

This way. Does it matter where we are

when it takes us back? Yes. I want it to

be on the foot bridge.

On your feet, Mr. Tully. We don't have

very much time. But But I I saw it.

Something came through here. I asked you

to rest. I saw. Did you get some rest?

Not really. No. Fine.

Why the foot bridge? What?

I said why the foot bridge? You said it

was a halfway point, a between point for

anything that wants to cross time. Yes.

Oh, we're crossing time, aren't we?

We're what?

No steel.

[Music]

No steel. We are being taken back.

That's what I don't like. Not being

responsible for my own actions. Could we

hurry, please? I negotiated this deal.

Remember the deal still

stands except for one amended clause.

[Music]

I've already warned you about the

darkness deal. You can't play tricks

with it. I realize that. Could I would

someone mind telling you? Yes, I'll tell

you. We're going back 12 days.

Well, not exactly 12. 11. It means that

you will lose one day of your life, but

you can afford that. One day of money.

Still, it's easy. Easy for you. Easy.

What I did just now was not easy. That

was dangerous. Exactly. That's why I

want to be one day ahead of the

darkness. You can hold time for a day,

can't you? Yes. Well, then while we're

being taken back 12 days, we'll jump off

at 11:00. Jump off. Mr. Tully, if you're

in an elevator and the button has been

pushed and there's somebody on the

ground floor you're not sure of, what do

you do? Well, you get off on the floor

above and you and you and you walk the

rest. Exactly.

You must do it,

Safar. I won't trick it anymore. I

promise. It's only one day out of 12.

All

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right, Mr. Tully.

You'll be all right, Mr. Tony.

You promise? I promise.

What if I could be of any take my hand?

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stillness.

Mark

11

10

9

8

7

6

5

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You now

suffer. Now,

one day,

22.736 hours.

That's close enough.

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Look.

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[Laughter]

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Tubby, go back up on the foot bridge.

Wait there. Wait there. Yes. Exactly

where we were before. And keep watch of

the platform. Of the

platform. You still need me

then? Oh yeah, we need you.

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steel. And we thought you'd

gone us.

No,

but we will leave. Unlike

you, you'll never go. You'll never leave

this place. Oh, we're going. When? Soon.

We're all here now. We'll be going soon.

Where exactly where will you be going?

We're going to live again. We are. And

that's what it's told you. Yes. To live

where? How? To live your own lives

again? No.

New lives. Is that what it's promised

you? In a way, yes. Tell him, Sapphire.

It can't be

done. It can't be done because of the

nature of the power that is using you.

It thrives on the resentment of the

dead. So, what use would you be to it

alive? Once the others have arrived,

it'll start at the beginning again with

you. Me? Yes, you. You will arrive here

again alone, and you will start to wait

for the others. It's like a loop, like a

circle. It is feeding on you. Therefore,

it cannot let you go. Forever and ever,

Pierce. You'll never see those green

fields or those hot summer days. Forever

and ever. the same motions, the same

actions, the same circle over and over.

And when they pull this place down and

build something new, you'll still be

here walking up and down, whistling your

songs, waiting forever and ever. Can't

be like that. We were promised. Sorry,

we

were. I mean, I'd

rather

what? I'd rather go

back. Go back for good and all. Or we

all

would.

No. No. Not this place. Not for always.

No. I can make sure.

What? That you go back.

All of us. Yes,

but it won't let us. Oh, it

will. You leave it to me.

It's all

right. There are no tricks. The deal

still stands. The transaction. Your

negotiable goods are here on the

platform. We've brought ours with

us. For exchange of all of your dead, we

give you one of the living. Someone who

is due to die in approximately 5 years

time. The time of death is not

estimated. It is known. It is

recorded. Take him now and you will have

the amount of resentment I promised

you. Not from him. He doesn't matter.

But from time it will have damaged time.

perhaps even future

history. And that could cause havoc in

hive

places. Is it a

deal? Your ghosts who remain dead for

one living subject who isn't due to die

for approximately 5

years. enough.

Well, Tully.

Yes. But I promised it has to be.

It's

gone. They've all gone.

Now for our part of the deal.

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Steel.

Yes. I wondered how we were doing.

We're doing

fine. You just wait up

there where I told you to wait.

Right.

I will be leaving

soon. Do I need to collect my

things? I'll let you

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know. Winning. Are

we? Yes.

They have all gone. Yes.

Do you sense nothing anymore?

No, there's only

that. That's all that's left.

It's a pasque

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flower. They only bloom at Easter tide.

But it's late October. I know. I think

you said it once. I said what once?

There must be something wrong with a

ghost that has feelings.

Heat. Heat.

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