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Uh, what was that? What the... I didn't

1:36

catch what you just said there. Wait,

1:38

what? John, what the fuck? Where am

1:40

I? John, where the fuck am I?

1:43

John, where the fuck am I? Jesus,

1:45

come the fuck down, okay? I don't

1:47

know what's gotten into you. In regards

1:49

to the first part of your

1:51

question, I don't exactly know what

1:53

you're talking about. I just picked

1:56

you up from your house. Remember?

1:58

We talked last night. You said

2:00

you wanted to come down

2:02

to the station and get

2:04

confirmation about Jess. And to

2:06

where we're going, that would

2:08

be the police station, just

2:10

like we discussed. John, I'm

2:12

going to try to say

2:14

this as calmly as I

2:16

can without absolutely freaking the

2:18

fuck out. I don't remember

2:20

getting in the car with

2:23

you. I don't remember you

2:25

getting to my house. I

2:28

don't even remember waking up

2:30

this morning. Last thing I

2:33

remember was reading a long

2:35

letter with Ringo and Bella

2:37

and then... Wait, where are

2:39

they? Where are they? Where

2:41

are Ringo and Bella? Oh,

2:43

whoa, oh, Nate. Just relax.

2:45

Everything is fine. A dog

2:47

and beetle are A-OK. Apparently

2:49

you don't remember, but we

2:51

walked Bella and fed them

2:53

both before we left. They

2:55

are absolutely fine. Bella is

2:57

back at your house and

2:59

Ringo is right here in

3:02

the back seat, see? He's

3:04

in the jar in the

3:06

passenger side floor. Now I'm

3:08

going to give you some

3:10

time to chill out a

3:12

bit. Sound good? Mm-hmm. Okay.

3:33

At least 15

3:35

minutes that. Thank

3:38

you. So. When

3:41

did we leave?

3:43

Probably, I don't

3:46

know, 15 minutes

3:49

ago. Okay. At

3:51

least 15 minutes

3:54

ago. Okay. At

3:57

least 15 minutes.

4:01

And where's the police

4:03

station? It's probably, I

4:05

don't know, 10 miles

4:07

away. 10 miles. Okay.

4:10

How many minutes is

4:12

that? Jesus, do I

4:14

have to spoonfeed everything

4:16

to you? What was

4:18

that? I said probably

4:20

15, 20 minutes. It's

4:23

not that far. Okay.

4:25

Okay. That's not too

4:27

bad. So

4:30

since you picked me up

4:32

this morning, how have I

4:35

been acting? How have you

4:37

been acting? Yeah, like have

4:39

I been acting normal or

4:41

have I been strange? Well,

4:43

Nate, I'm sorry to break

4:45

it to you like this,

4:48

but normal and strange, you're

4:50

basically interchangeable with you. Your

4:52

normal can be very, very

4:54

strange. John, please. I'm being

4:56

serious. Something

4:59

happened last night that basically

5:01

made me black out until...

5:03

basically five minutes ago. This

5:06

isn't normal. This really isn't

5:08

the time to be joking

5:10

around. You're right, Nate, I'm

5:13

sorry. I guess sometimes I

5:15

use humor to deal with

5:18

things that are hard. The

5:20

truth is... I was scared

5:22

too. I don't know what's

5:25

going on. with you and

5:27

I want to help. I

5:29

really do. I just don't

5:32

know how. And wait a

5:34

minute. Blocking out, you weren't

5:37

drinking, were you? John, I

5:39

wasn't drinking. I haven't had

5:41

a drink since the night

5:44

I met you. I think,

5:46

anyway, I don't really drink

5:48

anymore. And I definitely didn't

5:51

have anything to drink last

5:53

night. And I appreciate the

5:55

apology. And

5:59

I get it. My old

6:01

therapist used to tell me

6:03

that I use humor as

6:05

a coping mechanism to deal

6:07

with some of my past

6:09

trauma. Apparently it's a very

6:11

normal thing. And I think you

6:14

are helping. Just having someone

6:16

to talk to, it helps.

6:18

Well, someone other than Bella

6:20

or Ringo. They obviously help

6:23

too, but this is different. Can

6:25

I tell you what I think

6:27

happened last night? Sure. I

6:30

think you pushed yourself a little too

6:32

far. I think maybe you haven't

6:34

slept in days, and you've been

6:36

up all day and all night

6:38

reading those letters and listening to

6:40

those tapes. I think you may have

6:42

just passed out. You really need to

6:45

take better care of yourself, Nate. Yeah.

6:47

Yeah, I guess that could be it. I could

6:49

have sworn that I've slept recently.

6:51

But I've also been really

6:54

trying to go through some of

6:56

these to try and piece together

6:58

some of the information. I

7:00

know that everything has to connect,

7:03

but I still have so many

7:05

blanks that need filling. That

7:07

reminds me, I don't really know

7:09

what time I'll be able to

7:11

bring you back to the station.

7:13

I do have some more work

7:15

to do. So I grabbed everything

7:18

that was on your table. So

7:20

you would have something to do

7:22

while you're waiting. It's on the

7:24

back right next to Ringo. Oh.

7:26

Thanks. After she ate, I

7:29

filled her bowl again, just

7:31

in case we don't make

7:33

it back at a reasonable

7:35

time for dinner. Okay. Great.

7:38

Thank you. Knowing her, she

7:40

probably already ate that as

7:42

a little second breakfast.

7:45

If there's food

7:47

around, she will absolutely

7:49

eat it. She'll be fine, though. She's

7:51

a good girl. So

7:58

that to the

8:00

question, how was I since

8:02

you picked me up? You

8:05

seemed great. You seemed absolutely

8:07

fine, actually. Like you didn't

8:09

have a care in the

8:11

world. You didn't seem nearly

8:13

as erotic as you typically

8:15

do. Well, that doesn't really

8:18

sound like me at all.

8:20

I'm usually pretty wound up.

8:22

What did we talk about?

8:24

We really didn't talk about

8:26

that much. We took care

8:28

of Bella and then we

8:31

loaded your stuff into the

8:33

car. When I got there

8:35

Ringo started to freak out

8:37

a bit, so I decided

8:39

to bring him with us.

8:42

I mean, how much trouble

8:44

could a little bug really

8:46

get into? Do you remember

8:48

anything about the letter that

8:50

you were reading? Before you

8:52

blocked out? No, no. This

8:55

was someone else that was

8:57

basically telling his whole life

8:59

story. Was this person like

9:02

his friend or something? No.

9:04

Not at all. This person

9:06

never even met my dad.

9:08

Well, I don't think he

9:10

did. I haven't finished it

9:12

yet. It's a long one.

9:14

How does this person know

9:16

your dad's story then? It

9:18

doesn't make any sense. Is

9:20

he like a stalker or

9:22

something? It's really strange. This

9:25

person says that every time he

9:27

goes to sleep he can basically

9:29

see through my dad's eyes But

9:32

then it gets weirder as it

9:34

goes on it starts to happen

9:36

every time that he even closes

9:39

his eyes He says it would

9:41

happen in the middle of the

9:44

day Well, how do you know

9:46

that he's seeing everything that your

9:48

dad's on? He described the murder

9:51

of my grandparents There

9:54

was too much detail for it

9:56

to just be a coincidence. Well,

9:58

that is very weird. Did

10:00

the letter mention anything else?

10:03

Yeah. It also tied into

10:05

the story that Greg told

10:08

me. Greg? The guy from

10:10

the mental health facility. He

10:12

told that story about his

10:15

religion class. They went to

10:17

Egypt to look for something.

10:19

And then the majority of

10:22

the students killed themselves. Oh,

10:24

yeah. Apparently

10:28

my dad was in those

10:31

classes. And he was on

10:33

that trip. The only people

10:36

that survived that trip were

10:38

Greg, my dad, the professor,

10:41

and one other person. Who

10:43

is this other person? I

10:46

have no idea. Whoever wrote

10:48

the letter said they looked

10:51

extremely familiar, but for some

10:53

reason they just couldn't place

10:56

him. I don't know what

10:58

makes that one guy important,

11:01

but... The writer seemed to

11:03

think that he was important

11:06

enough to mention. Interesting. What

11:08

else did the letter say?

11:10

The last thing I remember

11:13

reading was... The professor said

11:15

something... ominous. What was it?

11:18

Let me see if I

11:20

can find it. What page

11:23

was that on? Here it

11:25

is. And the

11:28

letter writer said he

11:30

could hear the professor

11:32

say this, in his

11:35

head, clear his day.

11:37

He wasn't dreaming or

11:40

anything. He said, I

11:42

know you can feel

11:44

them. They're coming. We

11:47

must prepare for among

11:49

the time. What? What

11:51

the fuck just happened?

11:55

What are you talking about? What

11:57

the fuck just happened? Nate, I

12:00

have no idea what you... It

12:02

happened. It happened again. What happened

12:04

again? I fucking lost time. What

12:07

were we just doing? Well, I

12:09

was working. I believe you were

12:11

reading a letter to yourself in

12:14

the corner. Showed you the information

12:16

you wanted to see. You did?

12:18

You did? I don't... I don't

12:20

remember any of that. They just

12:23

just happened. I don't see how

12:25

you... Show me again. Please. I

12:28

need to see it

12:31

again. Mate, I am

12:33

in the middle

12:35

of doing my

12:37

job. Fine. Come

12:40

in. Thank you, John.

12:42

Now please, show me.