Cerebrum

Tom, it's Carlos.

Been texting you all day, man.

We need to pay rent and I need your share.

Please call me back. Thanks.

Dude, I see your room is empty.

Why?

Please call me back.

Hey, how are ya?

You're lookin' good.

Put on some weight since last year, huh?

That was three years ago.

I got it.

You remember Chloe?

Yeah. Went to high school together.

We did more than that.

Got your old room all set up.

- Let me show you- - I know where it is.

Okay. Let's go.

Why don't you rest up and we could talk later.

Cool.

And Chloe, finish that assignment

and I'll check it out tonight.

Yes, sir.

Oh yeah, one more thing.

Look at me.

What the hell was that?

So how long you in town for?

A week, maybe two.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

I work at the Rusty Tavern,

so better stop by before you leave.

I will, I will.

You smile just like your dad.

I don't do a damn thing like my father.

You still have beef with him?

For what?

'Cause ya know that grudge, that hurts you, too,

not just him.

Look, all I'm sayin' is I'm not my, I'm just not my dad.

Well ya can't just throw him away like an old boot.

He's in your blood, whether you like it or not.

I'm gonna certainly try.

Look, I'm just saying

to keep an open mind, amigo, that's it.

Ya know people, they don't hold on to bitterness

and anger for no reason.

Think about it.

Hasta luego, cowboy.

So, what was it like growing up with him, man?

I mean, he could have gone anywhere

and yet he chooses this farm?

He's like a cowboy Einstein.

I mean, you're so lucky.

Whatever you say, man.

Look right into that.

Serious?

Go ahead.

Nice.

This is new. Can I try it out, too?

Crown prince has arrived. After you.

Look, man, I'm only here 'cause he's promised

to pay me for some stupid experiment.

You and him, way more in common than I ever had, okay?

Remember the last time you were here?

It was just a fan and a laptop.

Look at this place now.

MIT, Caltech, Stanford, nowhere near what I'm doin' here.

Why don't you explain to him what we do.

You know what we do here, right?

Nope.

Backup and restore.

Okay, like, you know on a computer

where you can backup and restore?

Yeah, copy the data, if you get a virus

or somethin' like that, you can fix the computer.

Only we fix brains here.

So, this machine right here, it's called a Scammer.

It digitally scans your brain and creates a backup, so,

God forbid you lose your memory,

we can restore it from the backup.

Memory loss.

Terrible thing.

Can you imagine looking at your child

and not knowin' who it is?

The horror of that?

Worse than death.

To some.

You wanted to try this?

It's what I'm here for, isn't it?

Here, take this.

It'll calm your brain down.

And it'll make recording easier.

Let's get started.

Okay, so what you're gonna-

Don't bother, okay, man.

The quicker we start, the quicker I get paid.

Let's get you set up here.

Keep your head still, please.

You guys are sure this is safe, right?

Yeah, 100%.

Okay, we're set.

You see this?

This is your brain in digital form.

So, Dr. Davis, now that the backup's done,

should we show him how the restore works?

Not tonight.

Look, I'm gonna go over to the Rusty Tavern.

Why don't we get a drink?

I'd like to talk to you about your mother.

Hey, Dr. Davis, I was wondering

if I could get access to the lab again?

After what you did?

Let's go.

Good boy. Go.

Are you ready?

I'm not sure about this, man.

You know what's in his bag, right?

Your Highness here is your ticket to eternity

in three, two,

one.

It's okay, it's okay.

Please sit down, sit down. Don't worry.

It will take two hours to back up your entire brain,

then all we need to do is find a younger body

and upload your backup.

Then it will be smooth sailing for another 50 years.

Whose car is that out there?

Dr. Davis I was not expecting you back so soon.

Who the hell is this?

Dr. Davis, listen,

this man is about to pay a million dollars for the Mint.

You're sellin' my research?

Get these assholes outta here.

- Get out. Let's go. - Imagine the research

- You gotta go. - we could do.

Let's go.

And you, I want you off my property.

Out, I want you

- off my property. - Dr. Davis.

Dr. Davis, please listen.

Go!

Go, get out.

Bruno! Bruno!

This is the Mint.

Short for Memory Interpreter.

It will completely restore memory.

All right, let me see if I got this.

Scammer records the memory onto the little noggin

and then the Mint plays it back.

Okay, what are we testing?

The hold time.

The problem is it only holds for 15 minutes.

What happens after 15 minutes?

Your brain returns to its pre-restored state.

What?

Look.

This is your neuro structure before restore, okay?

Now, after you load your backup, it changes like this.

Right?

But it's only gonna hold for a limited amount of time.

900 seconds.

Which is about 15 minutes.

Then it's gonna go back to its original state.

So, you just go back to the beginning.

Exactly.

Now, what I wanna do is avoid a return

to that original state for as long as possible.

One more thing.

I'm gonna need you to log down everything you do on this.

Okay?

Okay.

Let's get you set up.

This is Tom Davis. It's June 5th, 7:45 pm.

Current hold time is three hours.