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to this dungeon.

And why would

they bring you here?

Because they wanted me gone,

away from the castle,

so that I wouldn't be there

to defend it when they attack,

which is

in only three days time.

That's what the order

has pronounced.

You see,

we have to act quickly.

I can't do it on my own.

Help me understand

why they want your castle.

Isn't that obvious by now?

I am the king!

I am the king of Neverwas.

Doctor, I'm running

into some unexpected issues

with, um...

with Gabriel's case.

What kind of issues?

I mean, for starters...

he's completely delusional.

The subject of his delusion

being a fairy tale.

One my father wrote.

Your father?

T.L. Pierson.

It's funny you didn't

mention that.

I did say that

I had an acquaintance.

Oh.

Go on.

I mean, the point is that

Gabriel believes that he...

lives in Neverwas,

that he's actually the king.

And I assume...

(chuckles)

...that he believes that I'm

the boy sent to rescue him.

There's always some

kind of transference

with patients with delusional

or schizophrenic psychosis.

I don't know

how to help him.

I will leave it up to you.

How long has it been

since you slept?

Tell me.

I'll be fine, Doctor.

(woman) You look uncomfortable.

You wanna sit on the couch?

No. I'm fine right here.

You're asking about the baby.

About your book, actually.

Dedication to your son.

(Thomas) Zachary Small.

Good character.

People don't like him.

Thomas, I'm talking

about your son,

not the character.

What?

Your son.

I don't know about...

about that one yet.

Just trying

to get to know you.

All that I am that's worth

a damn is in those pages,

if you know where to look,

if you can know how to find it.

What I'm saying...

What I know...

is that sometimes

a story finds

the storyteller.

Not the other way around.

I don't really

like these, Dad.

No, no, no, Zach.

These are good for me.

They make everything better.

They make me very, very happy.

You want me to be happy,

don't you?

Zach, this is too hard

for me.

You know that, don't you?

I need you here with me,

fighting.

You know I can't do this

without you.

You know that, Zach.

No. Zach!

Zach.

Zach!

(pounding on door)

Zach!

Zach, open the door.

Zach!

(rattling doorknob

and pounding)

Zach.

Zach.

(phone ringing)

Hello?

Hello?

Hey, Maggie.

It's me. It's Zach.

Zach. Hi.

I know it's late.

No, no.

It's fine. I was up.

Look, Maggie.

Let me ask you a question.

And this is hypothetically

speaking, but...

what would you say if somebody

- like a delusional person -

believed with every certainty

that he lived inside

my father's book?

That they're a part

of the story?

Yeah.

I guess I could think

of worse places to be.

When I was a kid,

I definitely spent some

major quality time there.

It's not so bad.

(Zach sighs deeply)

Nah, it's just strange.

I can't sleep and...

Talk to me.

I probably should've never

gone back to Millwood.

I should've left it alone.

I should go.

Zach...

Can I see you

tomorrow morning?

We really need to talk.

(sniffles) Yeah.

Yeah, that would be nice.

Sometimes...

Sometimes I just want

the night to be over.

You remembered

how to get here.

Come on in.

I'm not bothering you?

No. I wouldn't have asked

if I didn't want you to.

I was just working.

You look a little tired.

Did you get some sleep

last night?

Unfortunately not.

It's killing me.

You've gotta try yoga.

It's amazing.

It gets a little chanty and

weird, but it's so relaxing.

I sleep like a baby

afterwards.

You're not exactly

the yoga type, are you?

It's a little too chanty

and weird.

Right.

Thanks for the suggestion,

though.

Well, I'm a good suggester.

( "Hollow Heart"

by n. Lannon)

Wait.

We really need to talk.

This is really not working out

like I thought it would.

(chuckles)

I think I like you, Maggie.

I think...

I've always liked you, Zach.

Well, if he wants that boat,

he can just sue me, right?

I mean,

I didn't make the rules.

Hon, you had an appointment.

I know, Shirley.

I'm late. I'm sorry.

I was late today...

and that was wrong, Gabriel.

I was just thinking

about my kingdom.

They're helpless without me.

And I am without them.

They are my one purpose,

my reason for being.

It's a funny thing

about being king, boy.

He's so much more

than just station.

He's the very glue that

holds the center together

so there can be peace.

I love that word.

"Peace."

Gabriel.

Can you tell me

what it is about Neverwas

that attracts you?

It's where I'm from.

It's where I belong.

Neverwas is where you belong,

where you will find your

strength and your purpose.

(bell rings)

Your reason for being.

Dr. Riley, we need your help.

I'll be right back, Gabriel.

Get off of me!

Aah! I wanna die!

Take him to Isolation.

You'd like that, huh?

(continues yelling)

(crying)

Jake, you've suffered

a terrible blow.

I told her she shouldn't

have come.

I told her that I wasn't

who she thought I was.

And I couldn't be that

anymore.

I have no place...

anywhere.

And I don't know what happens

to people who have no place.

Do you?

(beeping)

I gotta go, Jake.

You left this outside

in your bag.

Gabriel looked through it

and had a complete meltdown.

He broke away from the orderlies

and he's barricaded himself

in his room.

I don't want to, Zach,

but I will.

(shouts)

Gabriel, you OK in there?

Who's that?

Gabriel...

It's me, Zach Riley.

Zachary.

Let me go in first!

Please.

I don't know what you're

waiting for, boy.

Gabriel, I am so sorry

that you saw this b--

What is th--

The prophecy is about

to be fulfilled,

and you still haven't

completed your task,

that which was promised.

(Reed) We'll take it

from here.

Oh, yes, you and your guards.

You can lock me up

in this cage.

You can torture me

with your poison pills

and your electric shocks.

It's been done before.

But I will not give in

to you!

Hide them!

Don't come too close.

Do you hear me?

Through the dark!

You!

Through the dark!

You don't know who I am

or where I'm from.

Where did you get this?

But Zachary knows.

Zachary knows!

Zachary!

Don't let the guards

take the journal!

Zach.

Where'd you get it?

You've done enough.

Stop now.

Who gave it to you?

(Thomas) Dear Gabriel, of all

the things one says and does,

I look back on what never was.

Then think of

all that life could be

if I could capture what I see.

Gabriel, I hope life

finds you well

and your kingdom

remains at peace.

Your trusted friend,

Thomas.

"This journal is

a historical document

"particularizing the details

of the land of Neverwas -

its history, inhabitants

and geographical points

of interest."

(sighs)

Martin told me you were

coming down here.

Gabriel's back in his room.

We had to sedate him.

Look at this. This is

Gabriel Finch's journal,

which gives detailed

descriptions of

the land of Neverwas

years before my father

even thought of his book.

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