Embers

Okay, here it goes.

Things to remember.

The air in the morning

in June.

The sound of

ice cream trucks.

Emma's sleeping face.

The first time

I held Jasper.

Saturday morning cartoons

when I was a kid.

Running into the ocean.

Driving around on Saturday

nights with Frankie.

My first car,

the badger.

My mother's garden

and her hands.

She had beautiful hands.

The freckle on the back

of Emma's knee.

That's the kind of thing

to remember, that freckle.

I will remember you.

I will not forget you.

Promise.

Who are you?

I-- I woke up with you.

Uh...

-Where?

-Right here.

No, no. I mean,

where is this place?

I uh,

i don't know... i--

I was hoping you

might know that. Um...

I can't remember.

I feel like

i know you.

Yeah, I know

what you mean.

You--

I just don't

know how.

How long have

we been here?

I don't know.

It feels like

the first day.

But...

We, um... look.

We wanted

to be together.

What are you

doing out here?

What are you

trying to say?

Well, you better come

with me then.

Come on!

Come on!

This?

This...

This is a watch. Here...

It tells the time.

But it doesn't tell it.

It can't talk.

But see those numbers.

Those are the time.

And what's time?

How can I explain it?

Now. It's now.

And now, it's now. See?

Here.

And now...

It's now.

And now...

It's now.

Now is now.

And now is now.

And now is now.

So that's time.

But what about space?

Because they're always

together so now we're here.

And awhile ago...

...we were somewhere

but soon we'll be there

because now we're here.

And now, we're here.

And now, we're here.

And now, we're here.

And we will be...

...there.

And now, is here.

And now, is here.

And now, is here.

And now...

Oh!

Oh, hello there.

What are you doing out here?

Are you alone?

Well, you better come

with me then.

I'll look out for you.

Now stay close.

Quiet, aren't you?

Now, who gave you that?

That's too big for you.

Here, I'll hold on to that.

Come on.

Now, look at these.

These are...

...windows.

And they're all

broken, broken...

Look at that.

Wait here.

Oh, oh.

- Good morning, Miranda.

Ew, great.

Are you ready for

your self diagnostic

memory test?

Yes.

What is your name?

Miranda chan dowell.

Where were you born?

Singapore.

What is your birthday?

April 11.

How long have you

been in containment?

9 years, 276 days.

Thank you, Miranda.

Please pay close attention.

Here is today's scenario.

A family lives in a house

that is three storeys tall.

On the first floor

in the dining room,

the mother puts

a red rose in a vase.

On the second floor,

in his bedroom,

the son puts a green

baseball cap on his head.

On the third floor

in the library,

the daughter puts

a blue book on the shelf.

Where is the rose?

In the dining room.

What floor is the son on?

The second floor.

He's in his bedroom.

He's trying on

his stupid hat.

What color is

the daughter's book?

Blue.

Please count

backwards from 10.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

You have completed

the test successfully.

Likelihood of infection

is less than 0.12 percent.

"Memory recall

is improved

when attempted in

the same environment

as the original

memory trace."

Yeah, that's good.

How can I know

that I don't know?

Okay.

So...

Hmm. It's sweet.

Hmm. Okay.

I knew you were

gonna do that.

-Oh.

-I knew, I knew

the moment after you did it.

-What?

-That you were gonna tuck

your hair behind your ear.

-Oh.

-I knew, I knew.

I knew that you

were gonna do that.

What else do you know?

- I don't know.

-What am i

gonna do next?

I don't know but i-- i--

I know that

i know somewhere.

Afterwards,

i know that I knew.

I didn't know.

Maybe we're family.

Maybe I'm your brother.

Come.

Families look alike.

Our eyes are different.

Yeah, but our hair's

the same. Look.

Maybe... maybe

we're married.

Maybe.

Fuzzy.

Ha...

Um...

What do you think?

I'm not sure. Let's...

...try it one more time.

Hmm.

- I guess we're together.

I guess so.

I'm sorry I didn't

recognize you.

Hmm.

Hmm. I--

I woke up this morning

and I knew...

I'd messed--

i knew I loved you.

-But I was a bit confused.

-Me, too.

Me too!

We have to go home.

This...

...is home.

Hmm.

So what do you think,

how long we've been

together?

I don't know.

I don't even know

your name.

But I don't even know

my own name.

- Oh, I don't know

my name either.

- Bill.

-Bill?

- Bill. Bill.

-No, not bill.

-Bill.

-No, no, no.

- I refused to be called...

Um...

I... I love you...

...Ben!

-Ben?

-Ben.

-Ben.

-Ben.

-Hm. That's better.

-Ben.

What's my name?

Um...

Hmm.

-Jenny.

-Jenny?

-Yeah, you're Jenny.

-Jenny.

-Jenny.

-Sounds weird.

Oh, yeah, it's gonna

sound weird.

It always sounds weird

when you say your own name.

Jenny. Hmm.

Jenny.

Well, Jenny, let's

at least see who

else is here.

-No, no, no.

-Come on.

No! I don't think

we should.

-Come on!

-No.

All these doors

look the same.

We'll get lost.

No, no, no.

We'll remember.

-So says our blanket.

-No, I think we'd get lost.

Come on.

--Lets go back.

Okay.

This place feels different.

It feels

the same to me.

We should clean up.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

This isn't

where we live.

-Why not?

-We wouldn't live here.

Look at this place.

We must on our way

to some place better.

I know that we're trying

to get somewhere else.

I can feel it.

What if there's

no place better?

I mean,

this is good. It's...

-It's safe.

-You don't...

You don't know that.

How come there's

no one else here?

I mean, there's food.

We're together.

Yeah, but there's not much.

Look, it won't last us long.

If we don't find some

place better, we'd come back.

-Okay?

-I don't know.

We found this

apartment again.

We'll remember.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Mmm-hmm.

-Trust me.

-Here, hold it.

-Yeah.

Yeah.

Doesn't matter.

The longer it takes

the more time it feels.

I don't wanna be

a piece in your museum.

I don't have

anything to tell you.

I don't have anything

new to tell you.

I wish.

Do you like this?

You wanna play with it?

I have so much more

wonderful stuff inside.

Come on!

Come on,

this is my house.

You're gonna like it here.

I've always been here.

Ooh, this is mine.

And this is mine.

I was a queen.

You're gonna like it here.

Nothing bad has ever

happened to me.

You like it?

Come on!

Oh, there you go.

There you go.

Here.

Like this.

Would you like me

to tell you a story?

Once upon a time,

there was a kingdom

filled with people.

And one day,

all the people disappeared.

Except for one girl.

She searched everywhere

for the rest of the people.

She looked high and low

and in between...

And then,

she found the people

waiting for her in a house.

And everyone

was so happy.

They had a party.

And it was also

her birthday.

And everything was good

from then on.

The end.

It's nice.

- Oh yeah?

-Yeah.

Oh!

Are you coming?

Now you are coming.

Wow!

Come, it's amazing!

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