Ex Machina Page #10

NATHAN:

Good. Because I am pissed. Hey.

Kyoko.

KYOKO looks over again.

NATHAN (CONT'D)

Go-go.

She stands, and leaves.

NATHAN walks to over the bar, where he picks up another

bottle.

NATHAN (CONT'D)

It's funny. It doesn't matter how

rich you are:
sh*t goes wrong. You

can't insulate yourself from it.

It's supposed to be death and taxes

you can't avoid. But actually it's

death and sh*t.

NATHAN walks back to the table. Fills CALEB'S glass. Then

his own.

NATHAN (CONT'D)

It's like these power cuts. You

would not believe how much I spent

on the generator system here. But

I'm getting failures every day.

CALEB:

Do you know why they happen?

NATHAN:

No. The system was supposed to be

bullet proof, but the guys who

installed it obviously f***ed

something up.

CALEB:

Can't you call them back?

NATHAN:

There's too much classified stuff

here. So after the job was done, I

had them all killed.

CALEB shoots a glance at NATHAN. Confirms: just joking.

NATHAN drains his glass.

Then refills.

CALEB'S glass is still untouched.

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NATHAN (CONT'D)

Anyway. Here's to your second day.

Cheers.

CALEB:

Cheers.

They drink.

NATHAN:

So how did it go? What have you

got to report?

CALEB hesitates.

Then answers. Casual.

CALEB:

You saw how the day went, didn't

you? I mean, I assume you're

watching on the CCTV.

NATHAN:

Sure. But I want to hear your

take.

Beat.

CALEB:

There was one interesting thing

that happened with Ava today.

NATHAN:

... Yeah?

CALEB:

She made a joke.

NATHAN:

Right. When she threw your line

back at you. About being

interested to see what she'd

choose. I noticed that too.

CALEB:

It got me thinking. In a way, the

joke is the best indication of AI

I've seen in her. It's discretely

complicated. Kind of non-autistic.

NATHAN:

What do you mean?

CALEB:

It was a play on words, and a play

on me. She could only do that with

an awareness of her own mind, and

also of awareness of mine.

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NATHAN smiles.

NATHAN:

Yeah. She's aware of you, all

right.

NATHAN drinks. Watching CALEB.

NATHAN (CONT'D)

And what about the power cut?

CALEB freezes up. Subtly.

CALEB:

Sorry?

NATHAN:

The power cut. That was the only

bit I couldn't see. All the

cameras fail, I lose audio, the

works.

Beat.

NATHAN (CONT'D)

So what happened?

CALEB takes a sip of his wine.

NATHAN waits.

CALEB:

Nothing.

NATHAN:

Nothing? She didn't remark on it

at all?

CALEB puts the glass down. And meets NATHAN'S gaze.

CALEB:

No. Not really.

ON NATHAN'S GLASS - refilling. The view through it, of

CALEB, disappearing in the red liquid.

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INT. HOUSE/CALEB'S BATHROOM - NIGHT

CUT:

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INT. HOUSE/CALEB'S BATHROOM - NIGHT

CALEB stands in shorts, in front of the sink, having a shave.

He leans forwards into the mirror, as if checking to make

sure he shaved properly on his cheek.

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And he hears the noise again. The servo, making a tiny

corrective movement.

CALEB catches his own gaze in the mirror.

Then he deliberately steps sideways, and turns his head.

Ostensibly to check the other cheek. But actually to have

shifted his position.

And he hears the noise again.

Very faint. But definitely there.

A micro beat.

Then CALEB pulls back and continues shaving.

Not giving any outward indication that he has just figured

out that there is a camera behind the bathroom mirror.

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INT. HOUSE/CALEB'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Clean-shaved, CALEB walks into his bedroom.

On the TV, the live feed of AVA'S room is playing - though

she is not in shot.

Subtly, CALEB'S gaze flicks to different points around the

room.

To the full-length mirror on the wall.

The high vent for the air-conditioning system.

The TV itself.

CALEB hesitates for a moment.

Then pulls on a T-Shirt. Picks up his ID card. And exits.

CUT TO -

- the TV.

AVA walks in to the locked-off CCTV shot.

She walks towards an induction plate, rests her hand against

it, and starts charging herself.

As she does so, almost imperceptibly, the lights dim, and a

slight static charge passes over the television screen.

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INT. HOUSE/GLASS CORRIDOR - NIGHT

CALEB walks along the glass corridor.

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Systematically trying his ID CARD on the doors he passes.

He tries one.

Then another. Then another. Then another.

Every single door remains locked.

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INT. HOUSE/CABIN - NIGHT

CALEB enters a small room with a view over the river and

garden.

It is virtually the only room apart from his own that he

seems able to gain access to.

The lights are all off. The room is only lit by the

moonlight through the sliding glass wall, and lanterns in the

garden.

He starts walking towards the glass wall.

Then stops.

On the patio, NATHAN is working the punch bag.

KYOKO stands a few feet away from him, holding a white towel.

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