Los Habitantes

Inhabitants

What happened?

Nothing, all good.

2:45 in the morning, why?

-Is it related to the accident? -No.

Why not?

Because the accident happened around 6 am.

Let's talk about that.

How much you do remember?

Cero.

But you dream about the accident.

Yes, but...

...what I dream is not a memory.

Then, what is it?

Have you been told stories of you as a child,

your aunts, your mother, those stories that are...

...impossible for you to remember,

but they've repeated them so many times that...

...after imagining them over and over.

-Those stories begin to look more like -Memories.

That's what I dream.

Stories.

How long ago was the accident?

Four years now.

I was at a bar.

It was late.

I grabbed the car keys from the valet.

I took the car, and crashed it against a tree in the forest, in Chipinque.

Three months after, I woke up in a hospital with no memory of it.

-You lived in Chipinque? -No.

-Then, what were you doing there? -That's the question.

What's the last thing you do remember?

I was about to turn 30.

My friends wanted me to make a huge party, but

I wanted something more.

So, I sold my car. I had some money saved, and said to myself,

why not? Spain, six months.

And you moved to Spain.

They say.

-So, from 30 to 35, you remember nothing? -I don't even remember turning 30.

How long it's been since you returned to Monterrey?

Officially to live, a week, but

we visited the house a month ago.

The garage can store up to three cars.

It has three and a half bathrooms,

and two bedrooms.

It's fully furnished, but if you don't want the furniture

it's up for negotiation.

-When did the nightmares started? -Just as the migraines.

Glasses, plates, cups, pans, everything.

Emiliano, what's wrong?

Everything alright?

Yes, all good.

It was an ice pick headache, but it's gone.

Please, continue.

It also includes a smart house system.

It has many functions.

You can basically control the entire house.

Here, you can turn on and off the lights one by one.

You can also control all the doors

-And the pool curtain. -Which pool?

I'll show you in a minute. You want to go upstairs first?

Yes, of course.

As you can see, it also includes security cameras,

but they need to get reactivated.

There is one in the front porch, the living room,

and the backyard.

Emiliano?

It has everything you can ask for.

Location, security, comfort, equipment, price, everything.

-Do you like it? -What do you think?

Ready to sign?

This is the last one.

-What is that? -It says Nina.

Yes, but in the back?

It says...

...books -That goes in the studio.

Sorry.

I can't sleep.

Did I wake you?

I heard something.

Alright, come on.

And the giraffe said:

"How could you not remember?

Elephants have the greatest memory in the world"

Then the elephant replied:

"I'm not an elephant, I'm a mammoth"

"You can't be a mammoth" The giraffe said.

"Mammoths extinguished thousands of years ago"

"If I was an elephant, I'd remember to be an elephant,

but as I don’t remember it, I'm not"

The mammoth said.

-I have a lot to do. -Really?

-Yes, really, -Aha, yeah.

And it's the very last week.

If I don't do it now, I'll forget.

I’m the birdbrain, remember?

-What happened? -Nothing, all good.

Sofia!

Hey, breakfast is ready.

-What were you doing? -Nothing.

Nothing, I swear. I'll go down now.

Okay,

by the way.

It will be done today.

Don't take too long. It gets cold.

Yeah.

Good morning, Sofia.

How did you sleep?

Did you take the pill?

Yes.

Sofia!

How many times have I told you not to play with your food sweetie?

It should the bed, you're not used to it

That should be it.

I have to enroll Sofia to school,

-I have to buy some paint, go grocery shopping. -Paint?

Yes, paint. For Sofia's room. I think the wall had some wallpaper on

and there's glue all over. We need to remove it.

How about a wallpaper?

I mean.

A unicorn or something.

I'm not sure. I can't decide.

Would you go with me?

I have a meeting with Arturo at 11.

Also, I need to unpack.

And you need to fix the studio.

And the studio.

-Sofia, sweetie! -I'll clean it up.

-Don't forget the dishes. -I won't!

Nina?

Emiliano!

Nina, is that you?

They don't fit Emiliano. With yours, we'll be eleven trucks over capacity.

But at least half will be on the road.

Even like that, they still don't fit. We need a bigger state.

Okay, so how much would that be?

-A lot. -But the diesel evens it up.

The diesel?

Okay guys, how about if we continue next week, we got extended anyway.

-Fine for me. -Okay.

Hey, Emiliano,

why don't you just come to my place? so I can finally see you,

we can talk about the office, the diesel contract,

and...

-Or, if you prefer I can go to your place. -No, no, no, the house now is a mess.

As your ex roomate, I think I know your mess, perfectly

What's wrong?

Nothing, just this migraine that won't go away.

It most be the stress of moving. I know what you need.

-Friday, open house, no matter your house condition. -No

Why not? How about dinner? anything.

Or you don't want to show me your house?

Okay, but let me talk to Nina first. Friday or Saturdar. I'll let you know.

Okay, It's a date then.

I'll call you.

Emiliano!

Emiliano!

Boo!

-What's wrong with you? -I'm sorry!

-I hate to get scared out. -Since when?

Nina?

babe.

It is your right to be mad at me. I fucked it up.

I'm not trying to justify myself, but

I've been sick lately.

I still am.

Who are you talking to?

You know me, you know I'm not that kind of guy.

Emiliano, what happened?

Emiliano.

-Did you see her? -See who?

If you don't tell me who, I can't help you.

There's something I haven't told you.

Traumatic brain injuries like yours could come with various

secondary effects post-surgery.

Temporary or permanent amnesia, distress, fear, paranoia,

and in some cases, hallucinations.

Strange thing is that you had non of these symptoms until now.

So, what's happening to me?

That's what we need to figure out. For now, the scan showed nothing.

Nothing that can tell us what's triggering these hallucinations.

-Then what should we do Doctor? -Treatment, for the moment,

and...

And that's how I ended up here.

I'm going insane, right?

No.

It can't be ghosts. I don't believe in ghosts.

It has to be...

...I don't know.

Tell me.

It has to be schizophrenia or something.

Don't do that.

And the hallucinations?

Emiliano, my job is to help you find the answers,

but it takes time.

We need a lot more than one session to know what's happening.

Let me ask you something.

Why coming back to Monterrey?

Because I studied here.