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All right, Buddy.

Let's go cure some cancer.

Shh, shh, shh, shh.

- Did you see that?

- No.

- Did you see anything up there?

- Uh-uh.

What was it?

I thought I heard something.

Josef?

Josef?

Hey, man.

Is everything okay?

Oh, my God.

Aaron.

Obviously you didn't see

your face.

Holy cow.

You... here.

I just need to

show you something.

You need to see your face.

All right, you're a little mad.

- I'm sorry.

- It's okay.

But oh, my God,

that was incredible.

That was... you just

had a near-death experience.

Yeah.

That's what it feels like

when you feel like

you're gonna die.

It's incredible, isn't it?

Yeah.

- You all right?

- Yeah.

I'm fine. Thanks.

Thank you.

All right.

- It's powerful, isn't it?

- Yeah, it is.

You know,

what's really amazing is,

there was about

two seconds there

after you were done being scared

where it looked like

you wanted to kill me.

No, I-I-I was...

t was just the...

I don't take it personally.

I think it was

a visceral reaction, you know?

It's a defense thing, but...

But there's an animal in you.

There's a little Peachfuzz

inside you yet.

Anybody you need to make peace

with in this world?

Before you go?

I have an ex.

- You have an axe?

- Ex.

Oh, I thought you were

gonna tell me you had,

like, an axe to grind.

I have an axe back at the house.

Yeah.

No, I saw it.

Can I ask you a question

and you'll answer me honestly?

Okay.

When you saw that axe

out in front of the house,

was there a small part of you

that thought

I might kill you with it?

Yeah, but I didn't know you.

You did?

That's great.

Josef, I don't remember

how long we've been walking for.

- Are you getting hungry?

- Yeah, I know, I know.

But you're doing great

and just...

We got to keep in motion.

- Okay.

- Look.

Look.

There's a sign.

Hey.

Little something.

- All right.

- Healing waters, here we come.

"Sewer pipeline."

It's sh*t water.

It's something.

Better than nothing.

Come on.

Josef.

What's up?

Are you...

You remember how to get back?

No. I don't.

Okay.

It's just we've taken a lot of...

A lot of forks in the road,

switchbacks that...

I just... I haven't been

keeping track, so...

I haven't either.

But that's... I mean,

that's back there, man.

We got to...

- We got to go forward.

- Okay.

You know,

we can't find the miracle

if we got a rope attached to us,

you know what I'm saying?

Right.

Holy sh*t.

Holy sh*t.

Holy sh*t.

Josef.

Come see!

It's a lookout point.

See?

Aaron.

Yeah?

You are not gonna

ever believe this.

Aaron, I want you

to point your camera down there

and tell me what you see.

Oh, my God.

It's a heart, man.

That's a heart down there.

You were right.

It's a heart.

But it's also a miracle.

Only the pure of heart

can be healed.

Yes.

Heal those big ol' tootsies.

Amazing.

Whoo-hoo!

Whoo-hoo!

It's chilly, huh?

All right.

Whoo!

Whoo!

Yeah!

Okay, you do me.

Tell you what.

I know a little place

called Billy Bear's.

It has the best god damn

pancakes in the world.

- You still hungry?

- Yeah.

All right.

I'm buying lunch.

- All right, let's do it.

- Let's get out of here.

Okay.

Let's see what's good here.

It's the pancakes, right?

Didn't you say you used to

come here with your family?

What's that?

Didn't you used to

come here for years?

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, it's just

they changed the menu,

so I was just curious

if there was anything else,

but yeah, I mean,

obviously the pancakes

are the thing.

Hey, Aaron.

Yeah?

Have you ever done anything

you're really ashamed of?

Yeah.

Would you mind

telling me about it?

Uh, yeah, okay.

Really?

Here, give me the camera.

Come on, I'll...

t'll be fun.

I'll...

Okay.

Take the focus

off of me for a second.

There we go.

Handsome devil.

Um, okay.

Um, I guess...

Let me think.

I was, um...

I used to...

I used to just pee my pants

a lot,

um, when I was a little kid.

Ooh.

And, um...

it got to the point

where my mom got this, uh...

device from a mail-order

catalogue that was, um...

it was like a... like a thing

attached to my wrist

with a wire that went up my arm

and down my shirt

into my pants.

And with a little sensor

on it that would...

That would beep at the sound

of... or at the...

t would...

When it felt wetness.

And, uh, I remember one time

when I was just out on

the monkey bars with my friends,

I had to go really bad,

and I didn't want to,

and I just... I just started

just pissing my pants.

And then... and then the monitor

starting going off,

and so there I was,

you know, laying in the sand

just with piss all over myself

and this loud alarm going off.

And that was probably

the first time,

or at least the first time

I remember, feeling...

Feeling shame.

Thanks for sharing

that with me, man.

Yeah.

It's not easy

to talk about that stuff.

- I appreciate it.

- Yeah.

Okay.

Can I have a turn?

Uh, yeah.

Okay.

What?

What is that?

Is that...

That's me.

Yeah.

I took pictures of you.

Okay.

Why?

I don't know.

I suppose I was nervous

before you came up,

and I felt that

if I got to know you

before you got to know me,

then I would be less scared.

I'm sorry.

I wouldn't have done it

if I knew you then

like I know you now.

And I'm very ashamed of it,

and I hope we can move past it.

Okay?

Okay.

No, I'm... it's...

t's a little weird,

but I'm... I'm past it.

You are?

Yeah.

Yeah, it's fine.

Thank you.

Josef.

Yeah?

I think...

I think I'm gonna head back.

Um, I got...

I got all my stuff on me.

I just think I'll just

head back down the hill now.

Oh.

Oh.

I was going to

pour you a whiskey.

Yeah, no.

It's okay.

I-I think, uh...

I think it's a long drive,

and it's kind of treacherous

going down the hill.

I think I'll just...

It takes about 20 minutes

going down.

You can coast the whole way;

t's not...

I think we should

commemorate our day, Aaron.

I feel like we should

raise our glasses together

and celebrate.

One drink, okay?

One drink, and I'll send you

on your merry way.

Please?

- Okay.

- Okay.

- One drink.

- Great.

Sorry.

I didn't mean to do that.

I keep doing that.

Come on, let's go.

This is great, huh?

Two guys having some whiskeys.

It's really great, man.

What a great day, you know?

And I don't take my days

lightly.

I mean, really.

I could've spent it

with my family,

but I made a new friend.

Just a great day.

- Yeah, it was a good day.

- Yeah.

What made you decide

to come up here

and do this with me, anyway?

I guess it was a job.

The money, huh?

Yeah.

You having money problems,

Aaron?

- No.

- It's okay.

There's nothing

to be ashamed of.

People have money problems.

I mean, it's tough,

but, you know...

Of course it's tough.

When I was your age, I didn't

have a row to hoe, you know?

It took a while before I

accumulated the wealth I have,

and I've actually accumulated

quite a bit.

And, um...

I've been

thinking about it today,

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