Now You See It Page #5

That's The Ideal Answer.

You're Really Learning

How To Play This Game,

Aren't You?

What's That Supposed

To Mean?

Danny Just Evoked One

Of The Oldest Tricks

In The Magician's

Black Bag.

I Have No Idea What

You're Talking About.

Do You Realize

How Many Classic Illusionists

Have Garnered

Endless Reams Of Publicity

By Claiming To Have

Actual Paranormal Powers?

But I'm Serious,

All Right?

I Don't Know

How That Mechanical

Contraption Got There.

Brandon Said He Felt

Like A Horse's Rear End

And There It Was.

Well, That's

Very Interesting.

So, I Suppose

You'll Have No Objection

To My Getting Together

A Group Of Distinguished Experts

To Test Your Claim?

Well, What Sort Of Experts

Are We Talking About, Max?

Well, As President

Of The Worldwide

Skeptics Society,

You Might Want

To Start With Me.

Worldwide Skeptics?

You?

Surprised?

Don't Be.

No One Knows Better

Than A Professional Magician

What Nonsense

Real Powers Are.

In Fact, There's A Long,

Illustrious History

Of True Magicians Debunking

Paranormal Pretenders.

Because What We Do Is,

We Provide Precisely

Practiced Entertainment,

And Every Fraud

Who Comes Along

Only Serves

To Devalue Our Skills.

So What Do You Say,

Young Man?

Would You Like

To Settle This Nonsense

Once And For All?

[Knocks On Door]

Danny!

Are You In There?

The Panel Of Experts

Was Waiting

And Danny Was Nowhere

To Be Found.

Call It My Own E.S.P.

Or Whatever,

But After Checking

Every Place I Could Think Of,

I Finally Found Him.

What Are You

Doing In Here?

The Panel's Waiting.

Danny?

It's No Use.

I Can't Do This.

What?

Why Not?

Whatever Way It Ends Up,

It's Just Gonna Be

A Complete Disaster For Me.

Why?

So Far, You've Played It

Perfectly.

Seriously,

Do You Have Any Idea

What Great Tv

You've Been Creating?

Wait, You Don't--

You Don't Honestly Think

You Have Real Powers,

Do You?

Look, I Need To Explain

Something To You,

But You Got To Promise Me

That You Will

Just Sit There Quietly

And Just Let Me

Get Through It.

I'll Be As Silent

As A Monk.

So, What's The Deal?

Come On,

You're A Smart Girl.

Think Logically.

How Did Those Doves Appear

In Your Van?

How Did Brandon Disappear

From A Stage

That Has No Trapdoor?

Nobody's Missing

A Mechanical Bull Anywhere,

But Yet One Totally

Appears On Our Stage?

I Mean, Do You Honestly

Think It's Because

I'm Such A Great Magician?

What Are You Saying?

I Was Serious Before,

All Right?

I'm A Freak.

I'm A Freak.

Your Powers?

Look...

About 3 Years Ago,

I Was Walking To School

And I Saw This

Really Cool Skateboard

In The Store Window.

And I Was Thinking

To Myself

How Much

I Wanted That Thing.

2 Seconds Later,

It's Under My Feet

And I'm Riding It.

It Just Appeared?

No, No.

It Didn't Just Appear.

Ok, I Made It Appear.

A Couple Months Later,

This Jerk At School Was

Picking On Me,

Making Fun Of My Hair

Or My Pants Or Whatever,

And I Was Wishing That

He Would Just Get Lost.

And Then He Was Gone.

Then They Found Him

Like 10 Feet Up

In An Old Oak Tree

Hanging By A Belt Loop.

But How Is Any

Of That Possible?

That's The Point.

I Don't Know.

Ever Since

That First Incident,

I Have Been Driving

Myself Crazy

Trying To Figure Out

What's Wrong With Me.

I Can't Control My Magic,

Allyson.

I Don't Know How Or When

Things Are Gonna Happen,

They Just Do.

That Must Be

So Scary For You.

Yeah. Yeah, It Is.

It's--

It's Terrifying.

That's Why

I Don't Have Any Friends.

And That's Why

I Can't Get Up There

In Front Of Those Experts.

Either Nothing Will Happen

And I'll Look

Like A Total Fraud,

Or My Powers Will Get

Out Of Control

And They'll Recognize

This Great Gift Of Mine

And I'll End Up

On Some Government

Operating Table

Being Poked And Probed

Like An Alien Lab Rat.

Look...

[Sighs]

I Can't Even Come Close

To Saying I'm Grasping All This,

But I Certainly Do Know

How It Feels To Be The Outcast,

The Weirdo,

The One Nobody Else Can

Ever Relate To.

Not Much Fun, Right?

No, Not So Much.

Well, See, That's Why

This Is So Perfect.

Maybe What You Need More

Than Anything Is

Just One Person

Who's Really Gonna

Believe In You.

And That Person's You?

If You Want Me To Be.

Isn't That What

Friends Are For?

Yeah, I Guess.

You Know What Else?

I Think You Should Go

Face Max's Experts.

Maybe They Can Help You.

Maybe They Can

Explain All This.

You've Got Nothing

To Lose, Danny.

I Mean, Isn't This Why

You Were So Desperate

To Get Here

In The First Place?

To Find The Truth?

These Guys Might

Finally Give You

The Answers You Need.

Allyson, NARRATING:

Everything Was Set.

Max's Panel Of Experts

Included 2 Scientists

Who Specialized In Explaining

Unexplained Phenomenon.

You Know, The Kind Of Guys

Who Say That Crop Circles

Are Really Made By Kids

Stomping Around

With Cardboard Tied

To Their Shoes,

Or That The Loch Ness Monster

Is Nothing But Swamp Gas.

Oh, And Just So It Wouldn't Be

A Stacked Deck Of Techno-Geeks,

Max Also Invited

A Self-Proclaimed Psychic,

Madame Susette.

And Boy, Does

She Look The Part.

At What Age Did You

Begin To Notice...

[Chuckles]

This Ability?

Around 13 Or So.

It's Common For The Powers

To First Appear

Around The Time Of Puberty.

Tell Me, Danny,

Is It Possible

That These Claims

Of Paranormal Powers Are

Just A Ploy To Get

Some Extra Attention

Around Here?

No, No.

My Colleague Is Merely Making

A Reasonable Assumption.

Anybody Interested In Being

In A Reality Tv Show Is

Obviously Someone

Who Craves A Lot Of Attention.

Danny, Do You Have

A Family History

Of Paranormal

Abilities?

Your Mother?

Your Father?

No.

An Aunt Possibly?

Not That I Know Of.

Maybe A Long-Lost

Second Cousin Twice Removed

On Your Father's Side?

Look, I'm Sure We Could Go On

With This All Day,

But Either This Boy

Can Demonstrate

His Supposed Powers

Or He Cannot.

I, For One,

Am Ready To Find Out.

What Will You

Be Attempting?

Yes, Danny, Tell Us.

What's It Going To Be, Hmm?

A Little Localized

Snow Storm Perhaps?

Maybe A Mechanical Bull

Appearing Out Of Thin Air?

I Honestly Have No Idea.

Don't Force It, Danny.

Just Relax.

Clear Your Mind

Of All Thoughts.

Let The Powers

Come To You.

Are You Up To It, Danny?

Tell Us.

Are You Up To It Or Not?

Look!

What?

Boy:
Do You See This?!

Whoa!

Girl:
Remarkable!

Ok, I'm--

I'm Losing It.

Relax.

Stay Focused.

Breathe.

What Are You Doing?

Get Your Hands

Off Of Him.

Why?

Are You Afraid

I'm Affecting

His Flight Pattern?

You Weren't Actually Levitating.

Were You, Danny?

I Thought I Was.

Of Course He Was.

Oh, Really?

Well, All Right.

I Suppose It's Possible,

But Instead Of Going

For Far-Fetched Answers,

Why Don't We Look At

A More Logical Explanation

Right In Front Of Us?

Stand Up.

Will You, Danny?

You See, My Friends,

The Secret Is

Not In The Boy,

It's In The Chair.

Please, Explain.

This Is A Very Clever Device

Invented By

A Scandinavian Illusionist

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