Involution

I am the son of Earth.

A child from the tiny planet,

lost in outer space a long time ago.

I dwell beneath the burden of time,

where dreams are fruitless

and all belongings ultimately lost.

I am the son of earth,

where days and years pass,

where the green and sweet spring always beckons,

where madness will never let go.

But the moon soothes your beloved nightmare.

We've been prisoners of this modest planet,

circling the sun,

always wondering what miserable eye is watching us.

Hi, you've reached the Mayas.

We're not at home right now but that doesn't mean

we don't have an alarm system.

After the beep, you can tell us everything

you think about us.

Mwah.

Honey.

Can you hear me?

You can hear me.

I know.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Pick up.

Pick up the fucking thing.

God!

You!

You sycophant!

It's all your fault, do you hear me?

Everything I did, I did for us!

And you wanted to bail out?

Why did you just quit?!

Did I get you down to me?

We could have saved our family.

You could have just talked to me.

No.

You decided everything yourself.

What else could I have done?!

How could I have reached out to you?

I just wanted you to be the same.

The one...

The one I...

I just wanted you to get my wife back!

Where are you going?

Home.

Home?

What does that mean?

She wants me to come.

Wait, you're packing up and leaving?

I left you a note.

What note?

Liv, wait, what's going on?

Talk to me, Liv.

What's going on?

You know this whole time,

What time?

That we've been together, I didn't work.

You've been working nonstop until now.

This was supposed to be our little vacation.

I know.

This has been the best time of my life.

Liv, before I met you,

I didn't want anything other than work.

I didn't have anything other than this place

and my work, and that was it.

Then you show up out of nowhere.

And?

And I was so happy.

What?

No, I didn't mean it like,

yesterday I found out one of my clients killed himself.

I thought that happened a lot.

It does.

He and I have been in touch the whole time

I'd have been with Companion.

And he was calling me more than anyone else.

I thought we talked more than anyone else.

He was even beginning to call more often, god.

Jeez.

I thought that I got him out of that place.

He was this guy, he wears a suit to work,

he comes home, he beats his wife!

God, I thought we could change!

And now you're beating yourself up.

Liv, this guy was living a normal life.

I fucking disappear and he jumps off a fucking building!

He was fucking nuts!

Yeah and he's not the only one!

I'm so, Liv?

Christ.

Welcome to the Companion System.

Hamming Tyree, yesterday you got three new clients

from Dr. Berndhart to take care of.

You also have 28 unanswered calls.

Pick up.

Goddamn you, pick up!

Please, pick up.

Aaron Meyer was my very first

client with Companion.

Now he's the first client that I've killed.

Hey listen, Aaron, how long have we been working together?

Three years?

Yes, something like that, I think.

Yes, you're right.

But...

And, we have made clear progress.

You know, we found us a job,

we managed to stick to it.

Doesn't that mean something?

Yes it does, but we're talking.

Do you really want your illusions to make...

It's not about my illusions, you fucking...

Excuse me?

She looks right through me

as if I don't exist.

She's always silent and acts

like I'm fucking bitch, you see?

And then makes me look like a fucking tyrant,

like I'm the psycho here.

Aaron, you know that swearing's not allowed.

You taking everything I prescribed?

What does it have to do

with the fucking sedatives?

It's about her.

It's her, you understand?

Her indifference is killing me.

Aaron, you do realize that it's not just

a momentary calming effect.

These drugs accumulate in the body for months,

so we really need to complete the course, okay?

It will get easier every week.

Did you take your medicine this morning?

Damn, man, you're not listening to me at all.

Aaron, did you take your medicine this morning?

No.

Please take it.

And then press your hand to the screen

and we can continue.

Patient ID8931, drug injection is confirmed.

Thank you, Aaron.

You have to go through identification

for every session, okay?

Otherwise we can't achieve anything.

If you feel better now,

all right so we'll discuss everything again tomorrow

and for now,

talk to your wife.

Preferably in the next couple of hours

while the effect of the medicine is strongest.

And our appointment tomorrow is scheduled.

Deal.

Okay, take care.

Client ID8931, session is over.

Your rating has moved up by 320 points.

Your rating position is 16, congratulations.

Incoming call from System Administrator.

Dude, good thing I caught you,

are you home?

Yeah.

Have you seen the news?

No.

As usual, what happened now?

Some guy claims the world is fucked

but don't worry, sure, nothing happened.

Don't tell me you started watching that zombie box.

Dude, one billion views.

I'll send it to your desktop.

Shh.

Danger, danger.

Hey Hamming, are you too lazy to hit the road?

Hi, Margaret, no, I'm working.

It's already been four weeks

since I last saw you around.

Incoming call from client ID9314, Cain Sardo.

Cain?

Isn't our appointment in 40 minutes

or do I have it wrong?

Screw this.

This is bullshit, my friend.

This is all bullshit.

I'm sorry, what are you talking about?

I threw away what's rest of your fucking pills!

Maybe someone will find them, huh,

and start fooling around like me after this, huh?

After what?

After I took out that Spotty guy.

Took out?

Sorted.

Took out, killed!

Killed, is it clear now?

Cain, let's start over.

So you threw away the medicine and then you...

I'm sick, you can't be that retarded.

Walking down the sneaky street,

the one with the goddamn shop, you know, right there.

This motherfucker is walking straight at me

and fucking blocking me!