I Origins Page #2

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...when I saw you

that night I...

...I had the feeling

that I had known you.

Actually, I felt

like you knew me.

What do you mean?

Like we are connected

from past lives.

I don't believe in that.

What do you believe in?

I'm a scientist.

I believe in data.

A scientist?

Mmm-hmm.

What kind of scientist?

Molecular biology.

I'm most fascinated

with the eye.

The eye, the eyes?

The eyes.

Why the eye?

The eye is the one sticking

point that religious people use

to discredit evolution.

They use it as proof of

an intelligent designer.

- Intelligent designer?

- God.

I'm looking to end the debate

once and for all with...

...clear, clean facts.

Data points of every

stage of eye-evolution.

Why are you working

so hard to disprove God?

Disprove? Who proved that God

was there in the first place?

Anyway, let's get some real

data points on you, okay?

Be my guest.

I prefer talking about myself anyway.

Okay.

Um...

What's your favorite...

Candy?

Strawberry Mentos.

Food?

Veggie burritos.

I'm vegetarian, you should know that.

What's your favorite flower?

Dandelions.

Okay. Why?

'Cause they're free,

wild, and you can't buy them.

What's your favorite

field of study?

The stars.

What's your favorite animal?

The white peacock.

You ever see one?

Mmm.

- There's one in New York.

- I'll take you to see it.

So, you're gonna see me again?

Maybe.

You know, in Indian mythology...

...the white peacock

symbolizes souls

being dispersed

throughout the world.

Did you ever think

it just symbolizes

a lack of melanin

or pigment in the cells?

The control subjects T...

T as in Tsunami.

- G as in...

- Gnome.

P as in...

Pneumonia.

M as in...

Mnemonic.

I start to see these elevens, like,

everywhere. Too many elevens.

The amount was so staggering,

so unlikely,

that I followed them.

And when I followed them,

I found your eyes,

which then led me to you.

Because I found you

through your eyes.

So unlikely, like life itself.

I know.

I sent them to you.

Bullshit.

You know you have it.

Have what?

But you're scared of it.

I have what?

Okay.

You live in this room, right?

Mmm-hmm.

Reality.

You have a bed,

you have books, um...

...a desk,

a chair, lamps.

Logic.

But in this room,

you have a door...

...to the other side.

See?

Light comes through.

It's open.

Just a tiny bit, but it is open.

You keep trying to close that

door because you're scared.

But you won't always be scared.

What's behind the door?

Besides my dirty laundry.

You have to go in to find out.

You know what I'm talking about.

I have no idea.

You will.

You will.

Mmm!

You want to move to my place?

You have a place?

Mmm-hmm.

Of course.

Can I move in tomorrow?

Is this your family?

Yes, it's my grandmother.

Such an eccentric beauty.

And...

My parents and me

when I was baby.

Um, the white peacock,

but you have met him before. Mmm.

This is a proof

of the spirit world.

El Angel de la Resurreccion.

What?

It's the name of the statue.

Of the statue in

Saint Anne's Cemetery.

It's in Saint Anne's Cemetery?

Mmm-hmm.

But look at the eyes.

They're alive.

It's amazing what you can

do on Photoshop these days.

There's no Photoshop!

The eyes appeared just

when she took the picture.

Just...

You're so beautiful.

Let's get more boxes.

Nineteen days gestation period.

She is ready.

Fame, science grants...

...fortune await you.

If you find that PAX6 gene,

we'll be well on our way

to all of that.

Recognition makes me

extremely nauseous.

Well, it is important that

people know about the work.

To me, the best thing about

living like a lab rat...

...is that sometimes...

...really rare times...

...you actually

discover something.

On the night of a discovery

when you're lying in bed...

...you are the only person in

the world that knows it's true.

Can you promise me something?

Promise you something?

Mmm-hmm.

What?

Promise.

I can't promise if you don't tell me...

Promise first.

Before you tell me what it is?

Mmm-hmm.

I keep my promises.

Whatever, I won't tell.

Promise.

Okay, I promise.

I want you to burn me.

Burn you?

I don't want to rot in a box when I die.

Oh, you mean like cremate you.

Mmm...

Yeah. Oh, no.

I don't want to be cremated.

Mmm.

This is a big disagreement

I didn't know we had.

Cremation is like obliteration.

I mean, what if in the future,

the scientists...

What if they can reconstitute

ourselves through our DNA?

I want to be clear with you.

Mmm.

I don't want that.

You don't want what?

- I don't want to be cloning.

- Cloneed.

"I don't want to be cloning."

Cloneed!

No, but I'd reconstitute

myself first...

...then I'd reconstitute you

and then I'd ask you,

"Do you wanna be alive?"

And then if you didn't,

I'd kill you.

No, but then we could

be together forever,

like, for real, scientifically.

Reanimated, reconstituted.

You have a hard time letting go.

Don't worry.

We'll find each other again.

I love your smell.

What is it?

I won't tell.

Come on, tell me.

Mmm-mmm.

Will you marry me?

Next?

Can I help you?

We'd like to get married.

Do you have your ID's?

Yeah.

Yes.

First you have to get

your marriage license,

so you have to fill these out.

Okay.

You're gonna have

to wait 24 hours

before you can

actually get married.

Twenty-four hours?

Yeah.

Why?

Well, this way,

you have 24 hours to decide

whether you want to

marry this young man.

But I want to marry him!

In 24 hours.

So, okay. All right.

Yeah, so we can't get married today.

Okay.

This system really kills the

spontaneity factor, hmm?

We're already married in the spirit world.

Sh*t.

Hello?

Hi.

Hi.

Hi.

Hi. What's up?

You called like five times.

I did.

Why would I do that?

Why might I call five times?

I don't know.

I was running

the electrophoretic drill,

you know, just another Tuesday.

And I started sequencing the

genes of this strange worm...

...called Eisenia fetida.

Go on.

And, uh...

I found the PAX6 master switch.

No.

Yeah.

Are you serious right now?

Are you f***ing with me?

Do you know what this means?

We found an origin species and we can

build an eye from scratch.

Holy sh...

Um, does it have the same

amino acid sequence as humans?

I can't even talk right now.

I feel like I'm gonna

piss myself.

Can you just come in here?

Okay, I'm coming in right now.

You're amazing.

Bye. Bye, bye, bye.

Who was that?

That was Karen, um,

my rotating...

Well, my lab partner.

I have to go into

the lab right now.

Do you want to come with me?

On our wedding day?

Well, technically,

it's not our wedding day today.

And we've been married forever

in the spiritual world, right?

Sofi, please come in with me.

It's really important.

Sure.

Yeah?

Mmm. It's fine.

Let's go.

Well, don't be upset about it.

Let's put our rings on.

I don't want to, it's bad luck.

I don't believe in luck.

I do believe we've known each

other since forever, though.

Really?

Yeah. You know how?

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