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See, he was hiding.

l fenced him in.

- There's only one thing l

can do now. Just let him out.

- Good night, George.

Good night.

- Here's Roger.

- George, can l have my Bronco back?

l don't have any cash right now,

but l need my car.

Well, l need some solar panels

installed on my roof.

- l don't know

anything about solar.

- Well, Charlie Shipper does,

and, uh, he needs a well

dug on his property.

You help him dig the well, he'll help me

with the panels, and l'll fix your car.

Deal?

Yeah, deal.

l'll, uh, l'll call Charlie.

Hi. l just called

about, uh, fixin' my brakes.

Oh, yeah, yeah. l'll be right

with ya. Uh, Tito--

- Come on.

- Tito, he speaks Spanish

better than l do now.

Yeah, better than me too.

All right. Where's the owner

and operator of this vehicle?

- You a cop?

- Our mom's in the store.

- Mm-hmm. You got the brake on, sport?

- His name's Al.

- And what's your name?

- Glory.

Well, l'm George.

Pop the hood, Al.

Why?

You know how

to start this thing?

Duh.

Ah! Emergency

road service, ma'am.

Your truck can't breathe

and your idle's too fast.

Mmm, sorry. Gotta go.

Where? You're not, uh,

leavin' town, are ya?

No, just San Francisco,

for the day.

Oh, l used to live there. Uh, a-a-ask,

ask me directions on where you're goin'.

As a matter of fact,

ask me anything at all.

You could even ask me

to come along.

l'd show you the sights,

hazards. Whattaya think?

l think your idle's too fast.

San Francisco, huh?

But you were born here, right?

- How did you know l was born here?

- Just now, in the store. Someone said:

''l've known George Malley all my life,

and if he said he saw a UFO,

he saw one''.

l didn't say that.

- You saw one?

- But l didn't say what l saw.

What'd it look like?

Well, it could've been.

That's 'mate, Doc.

Wait, wait, wait! Wait, George!

Now, what in the hell

is goin' on here? What?

Look, you know, l don't know,

Doc. l-l-l really don't.

Just lately l've been, been

seeing things so clearly, you know?

And, uh, you know, uh,

l understand right away.

l concentrate. And books.

l can't stop feeding myself.

l read two, two, three books a day.

lmagine that.

And-And-And uh, you know, l can't stop

and l, l, can't sleep ever since the--

l-l-- l gotta go.

Get back to work.

Ever since the sighting.

- Roger, it was a damn light!

- And a boom.

Now, did you hear it?

Well, no. Anybody?

About nine days ago, right outside here?

Was that 12:
00, George?

George, come in for a physical, okay?

George?

Two or three books a day?

- At least.

- About what?

About everything. You know,

all the things l've wanted

to know about and learn.

Like what?

You tell me, Rog.

l mean, what have you always wanted

to know about and learn? Hmm?

Think about it.

l'm waiting for ignition

l'm looking for a spark

Any chance collision

and l light up in the dark

Such a mass of motion

Do not know where it goes

l move with the movement and

l have the touch

Any social occasion

lt's hello, how do you do

All those introductions

l never miss my cue

So before a question

So before a doubt

My hand moves out and

l have the touch

Lonely, only

wanting contact with you

Shake those hands

Shake those hands

Shake hands

Shake hands

l have the touch

CQ, this is W-B-6-Q-L-F

standing by.

Searcher out of Harmon, California.

ls anybody in the void tonight?

l'm lookin' for Diana Ross, but l'll

accept any voice in the English tongue.

ls that you, Diana?

- Hey, George.

- Now look, Nate.

You haven't sat until

you put your ass on one of

these home-made willow chairs. Okay?

Now l bought you a pair

so you could put your feet up.

Or, if you, uh, want a friend

to sit in there, if you decide

one day to invite someone over.

Whattaya think?

- l don't think they go, George

- Oh, what would you know?

Looks like a swap meet

blew in here.

Talk about needin' a woman's touch.

This is an emergency.

Hey, Nate. l've been workin'

on that solar kit you gave me.

l'm tellin' you, the whole field of

photovoltaics is, is just in babyland.

l mean, you know, th-the idea

that plants have been storing...

and, and using the sun's energy

since the birth of the world.

l mean, photosynthesis is,

is a model for us,

and, and we're just scratching

the surface of what we can do

with these silicon cells.

l'm tellin' ya. What?

What?

You just talk so fast, George,

and, and you know so much stuff.

l'm sorry.

l can't help it, Nate.

lt's okay.

- What is that?

- Oh, it's just computers

talking to computers.

Shh. Leave it,

leave it, leave it.

Ah, come on. The Morse code's

goin' too fast for you to pick that out.

No, no, no, no. lt's-- lt's--

l can hear it.

- Bull.

- No, l'll tell ya what it is.

A repeated pattern.

They're looping a message.

- ''Watering the golds F-Friday.''

- Yeah, yeah.

Now who'd be sending a coded message

like that in simple Morse?

Oh, man, look. l pick up like

two different air force bases.

l think we better

leave this one alone, George.

Mm, no, no. This is

a different one. Listen, listen.

This one's much denser, but it's still

a loop; it still repeats. Listen.

- Seriously, l think we--

- Oh, l gotta record this.

- l think we need to leave this alone.

- Hey, where's your--

- No, no, no, no, no.

- What are you doin'?

Well, l want to take it home

so l can break it down,

and then we can answer it.

- Why?

- Because it gives me

something to do, Nate.

l don't know if it's getting worse

or it's gettin' better, but--

You know, l have 12 hours

in the night to kill, and l--

When l get tired of reading,

l do crossword puzzles,

but they're all too simple.

Too simple?

And then everybody l know is asleep,

and l'm, l'm awake at night.

ls there something, um,

something l could do?

Hey! Why don't we

just go outside and box?

l could split your lip again.

You'll-- Ya-- You'll feel a lot better.

No!

Hey, if you send a message,

would they get it?

Yeah, sure. Um--

Send this. Send them...

''Don't, uh-- Don't overwater

the golds.'' Say that.

- Okay, fine. The golds?

- Marigolds.

- Oh, yeah.

No, no, no. Say:

''Don't overwater the marigolds Friday.''

''Don't overwater...

- the marigolds on Friday.''

- Right.

- ''We'll be watching.''

- Yeah, yeah. We'll be watching.

- How does that sound?

Oh, my God. This is cool.

lt's okay, Attila. lt's nothing.

Static electricity, that's all.

That's all it is.

See, here. Here you go.

Okay. All right. Okay.

Oh, God.

Oh, God! Oh, man!

ls somebody trying

to tell me something? Huh?

What?

- Did ya pee in the cup?

- Yep.

- Still having trouble sleeping?

- Yep. Any ideas?

How long you been

feeling this way?

You know how long

l've been feeling this way.

Everybody does. lt's been

over a month since my birthday.

Notice anything else, or--

- Yeah.

- What?

- Well, watch your fountain pen there.

- Whattaya mean?

- lt's telekinesis.

- Yeah.

ls that okay?

Do it again. Do it again.

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