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Hey! Smells good around here!

- You want some? - No thanks.

I'm just gonna grab some coffee,

I need to leave pretty soon.

- But thanks. - No problem.

- Jeff we need to go grocery shopping. - Sure.

- Marion... - Yeah?

We're meeting some friends downtown later, one of the girls is French.

- Cool. - You wanna come?

Yes of course, thanks you so much.

I'll text you the details later.

Ok, thank you!

Have a good day and see you tonight then!

- Later. - Bye.

Hey Steve!

Hey Marion, how are you today?

I'm fine, I was just at the library,

- I got the books you told me about. - Great.

Shankar's book will be a big help to your project.

- How's it going so far? - Yeah...

I still got a couple of month before my presentation and...

I think I've got everything I need so

now I'm just working on details.

Good.

Read Shankar's book, let me know what you think.

I'm really sorry I can't be there to join you but...

Yeah.

- I'm so busy. - That's ok, I understand.

How's it going with...?

- Jeff and...? - Oh.

Jeff and Nina.

They are great.

My room is perfect, the neighborhood is so peaceful.

I was so lucky,

to find them for my stay here.

I could stay there forever!

I'm so glad! Marion, I gotta go.

- We keep in touch though ok? - Sure.

Thank you Steve.

- Bye! - See you. Bye.

So I mean, the ending, what Marvel did there...

It was pretty risky, but I think that's what the audience wanted.

In the end, after they saw it.

That's what we're really craving when we go see a movie... a twist.

See the director take things a direction that we weren't expecting.

And what a way to introduce children to the idea of death.

Oh yeah, on such a massive scale too!

Unlike the scarcity, especially...

A fantastic idea too! Sorry kids, people die in mass amounts!

And it just happens!

It's such a bold concept that he didn't use the glove to,

provide all the ressources that the universe would need in the first place.

Like that's his pigheadedness I think, which was evident.

Can I have a lighter please?

Thank you.

Thanks.

Hey!

- Thanks for coming. - You bet.

- How are you? - I'm good, how are you?

I'm fine, thanks.

- Do you want to drink coffee or...? - No thanks.

- Can I help you with something? - Yes!

I'm just thinking about how I'm gonna introduce

the chapter about the Hawking discoveries.

If it were me... I'd summarize his results,

go chronologically back through his life... and add your own conclusions.

Yeah you're right, I should do that.

- You saw "The Theory of Everything"? - Of course.

It's good right?

We're going to another movie in that series tonight,

taking a couple of PhD students, on campus,

8 o'clock, wanna go?

Oh... it would be great but

actually I really want to finish this so...

I guess tonight I keep on working on that.

But thank you.

Yeah.

Are you ok?

Yeah. I think I'm a bit tired today.

I don't think you're a bit tired today, I think,

something is bothering you.

Dreams maybe?

I told you about that?

Yeah...

Dreams.

I have dreams and... they are

very strange.

And I'm sorry. I don't want to bother you...

It's not a bother.

Dreams are strange.

But sometimes, they're trying to help us,

sometimes... they're trying to tell us ...something.

And sometimes, we should listen.

I'd love to have this conversation, it's interesting to me, I gotta go.

Some other time?

Don't worry about it,

It's fine, I gotta go.

Later. Ok..

Sorry about that.

It's ok. No worries.

You were telling me... you got a lot out of Shankar's book?

Yeah, it's very... interesting,

and I think I will

use it a lot for my work.

Perfect.

How are you holding up?

I'm good!

Are you sure?

Did you want to talk about something while I'm here?

You want me to talk about the dreams I'm having?

You should probably tell somebody,

it doesn't have to be me.

But I think we both know, the more you bottle these things up,

the more power they have over us.

I know.

So...?

Well...

It's been a while now

that I'm having the same dream

again and again and again.

It's almost always the same story,

only a few details change.

What's the story?

I'm basically getting killed.

Ok.. What changes?

People.

The person who kills me.

It can be anyone,

most of the time, people I just met.

People here in the States?

Yes...

People here at the university?

Sometimes.

People like... me?

Yes.

I'm no expert,

but from what I understand,

the subconscious

creates these

stories... for us, in our dreams

out of... what's going on... in our present life

maybe mixes it with some... trauma?

Or something from... the past?

And runs it for us,

again and again and again,

until we decide how we feel about it.

Possibly even make some kind of a decision.

I think it's perfectly normal,

but... I also think

you've been having this one,

for a while.

Maybe you should pay a little more attention to it.

- Hi everybody! - Hey Marion.

How's it going?

Great! I took up residence at the library today.

How was your day?

Pretty intense! We're currently doing inventory at the shop so it's a big mess.

But tonight, we should just chill out!

Sounds great to me!

I invited Emma. You two became friends it seems!

Yeah she's really nice.

And I'm very happy to be able to speak French with someone too!

I'm glad you two found each other, she's awesome, interesting and clever.

- And I love her tattoos. - Me too.

I'm gonna change clothes and I'll be back with you guys in a minute.

See you!

Marion, you want a beer?

- Sure thanks. - Hey babe, can you get me one too?

Thank you.

- Here you go. - Thank you.

Cheers.

It's been about 3 weeks now, how are you liking it so far?

I love it! You guys are great,

people here are so friendly,

I'm making friends all the time here, it's very cool.

- That's awesome. - Great.

So Emma is coming tonight, right?

Yeah she texted earlier, she should be here any second.

She didn't tell me what her job is.

Is she a student here in Portland?

No, not a student, she's a performing artist. Dancing, that sort of thing.

Oh. Really?

Where did you guys meet?

We met at a party, she was dancing on a stage,

and we got to talking at the bar afterwards, about spirituality..

She's really into that sort of thing.

Yeah I noticed.

Do you know why?

I couldn't say why, but she's a very open-minded person I think.

Yeah.

She told me

about a meeting she goes to...

Is she in a cult or something?

I really can't say... but she does have her secrets.

- Hi, how are you? - Good how are you?

Good! Hi everyone!

Hey Emma how's it going? I hear you're in a cult now?

I'm not sure I want you around anymore, we don't need any crazies in here!

We're worshiping Cthulhu, actually

as a matter of fact, you should be aware