Primer Page #6

He says they had to spray again.

But he can't tell us about it in advance.

Is Hero even here?

You never see anything around here

but those geckos.

-I know.

-I think it's forthe geckos.

-What?

-Why?

-Hey, man, thanks forthe present.

-How is that working out foryou?

You know what? You guys, both of you,

you make fun, but there is a difference.

Wait. What did you call him?

-What?

-When you walked in? What did you say?

-He didn't tell you about it?

-No.

All right. Rachel's ex-boyfriend

walks into my birthday party with a shotgun.

-What?

-Swearto God.

I've already gotten that speech from Kara.

-Filby!

-You'll get it. You have a wife and kid.

It's funny how you two are the only people

that have a problem with it.

-Everybody else thinks I did a good thing.

-You didn't.

You can't risk your life and

especially the welfare of Kara and Lauren...

for someone like Rachel.

She practically begs

forthis to happen to her.

I figured at least you'd understand.

Understand what?

You've never been like this.

That's what I mean.

You see how different things are now.

Different? How are things different?

You see it, okay? I know you do.

Look, that was the night...

you had told me everything

about the machine.

Everything you showed me was so fresh

in my head and when I saw this guy...

I'm looking at him.

I wasn't going to let him do that.

I wasn't going

to let him scare people like that.

I know it was stupid, okay?

But I mean, this whole idea,

this whole thing that we're doing.

It just took some getting used to for me.

I wasn't completely acclimated to it.

If it was just you, you had to worry about,

I'd still think you're stupid.

But you have a family now,

and God, especially now...

anything like this would be crazy.

-I know, okay.

-I know you know that, but you've got to....

-I know, okay?

-Filby!

You little sack of....

Even if you see him, don't tell me.

It's not my fault if I don't know,

and ljust hope the thing runs away.

Then what are we doing out here?

She worries about the cat.

So you look forthe cat. It's what you do.

-I don't know.

-What do you mean?

It's embarrassing that the storage room guy

sees us come in together...

but he never sees us leave.

Yeah, but what do you think

the receptionist thinks...

about two guys that come

and get a room for six hours every day?

Did you unplug this?

You brought your cell phone?

Can I check the caller ID?

Yeah, we're not back.

Yeah, but you can't take it back

with you, okay?

This is Aaron. Hey, babe.

I'm not there. I had to come downtown

and hold some of these guys' hands.

Tell me.

That sounds good.

No, I've got to eat with these offsite fags.

Save mine, though. I'll have it later.

Okay. Yeah, 6:
00.

-What?

-What?

We're supposed to win this by two,

they just turned over with 12 on the clock.

-We have to foul.

-No.

What? No, we foul here,

they miss the first free throw...

-and they come back with the three.

-Three points.

That's right.

Man, are you hungry?

I haven't eaten since laterthis afternoon.

What's up, you guys?

-You have got to be kidding.

-I'm sorry. I forgot it was in my pocket.

-It's Kara?

-Yeah.

How do cell phones work?

If there's two duplicate phones

and I call the same number...

do they both ring at the same time,

or is there....

-That's not how they work.

-It's a radio signal.

No, it's a network.

It checks each area and

when it finds the phone, it stops ringing.

It rings the first one.

-This one is ringing.

-Right.

So the one your double has in Russellfield

can't be.

Right. I think we broke symmetry.

-Are you sure that's how cell phones work?

-No.

You feel all right?

-I feel fine. Do you?

-Yeah.

Is Kara asleep? Did I wake you up?

Yeah. No, not me, it felt more like a nap.

I think my body's getting used to

these 36-hour days. What's going on?

We can do this, but we have to do it now.

-Do you have his home address?

-Why now?

We were planning on taking a trip

tomorrow, right? Just like today?

Yeah, for stocks.

Okay, well, half an hour ago I was asleep.

This car alarm woke me up.

These kids were down skating by,

hitting cars on the block.

So we go right now, do our business

at Platts', get back in the box...

and come back before

those kids set off those alarms.

All we really have to do is stand there

in plain sight. That should scare them off.

That way my double

sleeps through the night...

they don't have this conversation,

and they get in the box tomorrow as usual.

-They'll be changed. But--

-Yeah, but at least they'll get in the box.

Wait, how do we go back that far

if the machines haven't been running?

-Have they been running?

-Yeah.

I started going by at 5:00,and turning them on, 5:00 p.m.

I got tired of the whole

unanswerable question--

Are we doing this as an experiment

or are we doing this for me?

-A little of both.

-5:
00.

If we get this done by 3:00,

that's 10 hours in the box.

I've got the O2 tanks in the car.

-Is that....

-Is that Rachel's car?

No, that's not Rachel's, that's her dad's.

They have the same kind.

Did you see that?

That's Mr. Granger. That's Thomas.

He's sitting in that car.

What?

I swearthat was him.

What the hell is he doing...

sitting outside my house

at 2:
00 in the morning?

I don't believe this.

What, is he following us?

-What are you doing?

-Let's just see what he wants.

No, let's just get out

of my neighborhood first. Come on.

-Did you see him today?

-No.

I did. I saw him this afternoon...

around 6:
00.

Are you sure you didn't see him

when we drove past?

No, what?

I'm positive this afternoon

he was clean-shaven. I know he was.

He was ready to go to some function

with his wife.

He looks like he's got

a two orthree-day growth now.

-Are you sure?

-No, I'm not sure, but I think so.

Rachel. This is Abe. Did I wake you up?

Can I get your dad's number

from you real quick?

Yeah. Okay, go ahead.

-Yeah, thanks.

-What's he doing?

He's just sitting there.

He got out for a second

and I thought he was coming over...

and then he got back in the car.

I think he's drunk.

Hi, sorry to call so late.

May I speak to Thomas Granger, please?

Yeah, this is James Miller

from Putney and Myers.

Hi, Mr. Granger?

Thomas Granger?

What are you doing here? Come here!

What happened?

I'm okay. I slipped.

I want to know what box he used.

You built one foryou, right? Just one.

Yeah. How many do you think I made?

These are set right. I turned them on at 5:00.

He could have used one

and gone back to 5:00.

He could be in one of them right now.

I say we shut them off

and see if he's in there.

Were you planning on talking to him?

Just tell me if you were.

I'm not going to be mad.

No, I promise you. You know I wouldn't.

Are you sure you wouldn't?

You're the one he can't get near

without passing out.

There is no way

I would tell anyone about this. No way.

-Can you think of any reason you might?

-No.

Sometimes we do things

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