Serena and the Ratts Page #6

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by individual thought.

[ moans ]

They believe

that with

the right amount

of concentration,

one can bring themselves

so deeply into a memory

that the present,

as they know it,

disappears.

Whether or not

they can do anything

differently

than what they did

in the past,

I have no idea.

They're all construed

with paradox, but...

what isn't?

Well, I really

ought to be going.

Perhaps I'll leave you

with a little quote

from Silesius.

"Time is

of your own making.

"Its clock

ticks in your head.

"The moment

you stop thought,

time, too, stops dead."

BOSS:
Serena?

[ crying ]

Serena?

Boss, don't kill me.

Why not?

I can't--[ sobs ]

I can't--

You can't?

You can't what?

You know what I think?

I think

I should kill you,

you treacherous b*tch.

[ sobbing ]

Boss, why?

Why what?

Why did you have

to kill Leonard?

Why?!

[ exhales ]

You f***ing

beat-up old man!

Tell me!

It's because

he took me from

you, isn't it?

Your beloved Leonard.

Good old Leonard!

Let me

tell you something

about Leonard,

my poor naive Serena.

Leonard

wanted you dead.

Bullshit.

Oh, of course.

You can't believe me.

What do I know?

I think you're

forgetting something.

I think you've

forgotten how I work

after that

little vacation there

with Leonard.

Shall I refresh

your drug-swamped mind?

Now, I think it should

come back pretty quickly,

because I've

told you this before.

I kill people

that need killing.

Leonard wanted

some killing of you.

Unfortunate for him,

he didn't know my operation,

so I thought...

let's do something nice

for Serena.

Let's spare her the grief

[ sobbing ]

of feeling like nobody

could ever really love her.

Let's invent an enemy

and have Leonard die

in the line of duty,

all valiant and brave.

Therefore, everyone's happy.

Leonard at least

gets to die with dignity,

Mr. Muffins

and his time travel

doesn't have a pesky

radical group after him

or wacko scientists

trying to f*** with

the space-time continuum.

You...

you don't develop

some kind

of everybody-in-my-life-

abandons-me complex.

The world's happy,

because it's short

one cowardly

little bastard

who didn't have

the guts to kill

somebody himself.

And I'm happy...

because, in the end,

you'd be safe.

He cared about me.

Did you care about him?

Did you take

the time to notice?

Do you think all

those husbands who hired me

went home and

acted like they wanted

their wives dead? No!

They'd snuggle up

next to them in bed...

kiss them good night

and dream sweet dreams

of a life without them.

This got so f***ed up!

[ sighs ]

Boss.

Yeah?

Next time...

[ clicks ]

tell me when

there's something

in the case.

Heh.

[ gagging ]

[ sighs ]

That is creepy.

[ acoustic guitar

music plays ]

Well, hindsight

does no good

It's always late to arrive

Well, I should-a, I could-a

But what's the point?

You're already in my life

Even with the chance

to reverse the clocks

Turning back time

would do no good

'Cause it wouldn't change,

you don't change

It'd be the same

This union

Is beyond repair

Is that the first thing

I said that isn't fair?

You should know by now

How I can be

So for now, let's agree

To disagree

And just walk away

Walk away

I put my trust

In a well-dressed scam

Who was as honest

and forthright

As the first week's

SoundScans

And the sand that was

meant for my eyes

Is drained to the bottom

of an hourglass

I got one eye

fixed on the ceiling

One deep in the past

This union

Is beyond repair

Is that the first thing

I said that isn't fair?

[ cellphone ringing ]

You should know by now

How I can be...

Boss here.

MAN:
What the hell

you been doing?

I've been trying

to get ahold of you

for hours.

You know,

business as usual.

About that,

I was talking to

our mutual friend.

Said there's

a lot of static

about someone trying

to take you out.

It may be someone

on the inside,

maybe not.

I can't be sure.

He didn't tell me

much.

I just thought

you should

watch yourself.

I guess there's

no escaping fate,

is there?

Oh, boy. [ laughs ]

Are you

in one of your moods?

Fate isn't about

what's gonna happen,

what you're gonna do.

It's about

what already happened,

what you've

already done.

There's

no changing that.

What you can do

is decide what

happens next.

We've all got options,

Boss.

Give me a call

from the other line

if you find

anything out.

Take care.

Oh, this union

Is beyond repair

Is that the first thing

I've said that isn't fair?

You should know by now

How I can be

So for now

Let's agree to disagree

And just walk away

Walk away

Walk away

Ay-ay, yeah-ah

Walk away

Just walk away

Ay-ay, yeah-ah

Walk, walk away

Ay-ay, yeah-ah

Walk away

Ay-ay, yeah-ah

[ classical score playing ]

[ dramatic music playing ]

Hey. I just called

to tell you...

I wanted to leave you

a message...

but I don't think

you're gonna be able

to get back to me.

[ chuckles ]

I just want you

to know that...

you're my best friend...

the best friend

that I could ask for...

and I love you.

And if you love somebody...

don't ever forget that...

they were

always there for you...

and that you love them.

All right.

I'm gonna go now.

I hope you stay safe.

I hope you stay well.

Good night.

Good luck.

Stay safe, darling.

Bye, hon.

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